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it. .:,...,„ :u Pt, ,11 Lord and the Hen. Member who have addressed the House on the motion for the third reading of this Bill, in speeches of great talent and acuteness. My Noble Friend, who has just sat down, has observed that firmness and constancy are the great qualities to be possessed by a Minister, and avoiding the terms of vituperation, in which other Hon. Members have indulged, has censured the Prime Minister for tergiversa tion, as he cal's it, on this important measure.—( Hear. ) I must, in answer to that, say, that charged as we were at an extraordinary time of public difficulty and danger, we should not have acted in consistency with the public interests, had we hesitated to give effect to the opinions we entertained om this great question—( Hear, hear)—which now engages your atten tion. The Hon. Member, who has just sat down, has stated that he believes this question, on which we are at issue, will not pass into a law on account of the opposition it will encounter in another House.—( Hear, hear.) I will not venture to prophecy like the Hen. Member, but I will venture this opinion, that whatever may be done elsewhere on this question, both in Parliament as well as out of Parliament, in my opinion, it is virtually settled—e Loud cheers)—and there i 3 every prospect that in a short time it must become the law of the land.— ( Renewed cheers.) Entertaining this opinion, and having great interest in agriculture, and desirous of the success of the landed interest, I must say that I altogether differ from the Noble Lord (Lord G. Bentinck) in the views he has expressed as to the effect of the measure on the landowners and far mers of the country.—( Hear, hear.) I cannot think that either the farmers or landlords are interested in the continuance of the protective system. He has objected in the course of the debates on the present question that the measure will prove most injurious to the farming as well as to the landed interests—(Hear, hear)—and he has referred to the stock in wheat that is ready to be let loose on the market as soon as the Bill is passed. We are told that the stock belief in hand is 1,500,000 quarters of foreign wheat . It is m y that the evils apprehended by this large stock, have by the delay created by the opposition of the been causedl'aloble Lord and his friends, and the longer the delay the greater the evil to be apprehended. If this wheat had been admitted into the home market in January or February last, the effect on the markets would have been gradual and unfelt. Four months have gone since this accumulation has been going on, and still have kept baek that steady influx into the market which, had this law been passed, would have been going forward. During this period, no new market has been opened for this accumulation of gra i n; an d, in my opinion, if you protract still longer the settlement of this question—if you still hesitate referring to public opinion, the effect will be too sudden, and, as in times past, under similar proceedings of this kind, throw into the market a large stock of grain, which will operate injuriously on prices, and on the interest of those who are holders of stock.—( Hear, hear.) With this incidental reference to the Noble Lord, I will refer to the other topics involved in this question ; but before doing so, I wish to glance at the ground taken by the Hon. Member who last addressed the House. He says that the preseat corn-law is a good financial measure.— ( Cries of " Hear, hear.") I will not charge him with inconsistency in advancing that opinion, but with reference to this point, I submit that my experience has led me to a different conclusion. It has been my unvarying opinion that it is not good or expedient as a fiscal measure, and is not to be supported on such grounds. I neither think that a duty on corn is defensible as a fiscal measure, or that it is beneficial to the landed interest. The Hon. Gentleman then went on to say that the producers were satisfied with the existing corn laws.—(" Hear, hear," from the protection benches.) To that I will say, I do not believe the farmers have any reason to be satisfied with the working of the measure.—( Hear, hear.) But you must not consider it as a measure for the farmers or the landowners alone. You must consider the measure with reference to the great body of the consumers, whose interests it is importatit should be duly and fairly consulted.—(Hear.) The Hon. Gentleman says that the gentlemen on his side of the House have adhered with firmness to this question, and have continued their opposition against great difficulties. That they have maintained their opinions with great ability and un varying courage I admit, and that you (the protectionists) have consistently fought the battle ; but I recollect, that during the debates that took place the last three or four sessions upon this question, we had not the benefit of that ability and courage in the sup; art of the protective principle. I must say, that till the present session, we have not had the benefit of their advocacy. ( Hear, hear. ) With respect to myself I have been placed in the position of arguing this question fur many years, and from that I can state as the result of my experience, that I have seen during the course and development of public opinion, arguments as sumed some years ago in support of a corn-law that are now entirely abandoned as no longer tenable. I have often heard arguments about the interests of farmers and landlords in rela tion to this law, which are now abandoned as unavailing. No Member is found now to urge them in the House.—( Cheers.) I am glad that the issue of the measure is now reduced to a small point of debate. A point that was most clearly and explicitly put, I believe, on Friday last, by the Hon. _Member for Shrewsbury (Mr. Disraeli). That Hon. Member said that the question—the real question they had to consider was, the effect of the measure on the interests of the people generally, He said if the measure did not tend to displace the labourer and operate as a scheme of political destruction, then it was good, and they ought not to oppose it. It was, therefore, net the intention to treat it as a landlords' question. Such was the way in which it was put by the Hon. Member for Shrews bury, and responded to this night by the Hon. Member for So mersetshire. They rest the question of the corn-laws now on the emend that they are conducive to the happiness, the benefit, and the welfare of the labouring classes. This is the whole question now, iuvolving a conclusion which I cannot concede. The Hon. Gentleman who last spoke has referred to a pamphlet, written by Messrs. Mort on and Trimmer, on the operation of these laws, making reference to the great number of farms in Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire with regard to the value of land and the price of wheat. He stated that, under the operation of the law of 1842, the average price of wheat had been 525., and that under the proposed law it would be 40s. Why, I must inform the Hon. Gentleman, that frequently under the restrictive law the price of wheat has often been as low as 395. throughout a whole year.— ( Hear, hear.) The grounds upon which he has come to this opinion he has not stated, and in their absence I can only deal with his inferences. I must confess, however, that I can scarcely understand the argument, as put by him. The Hon. Gentleman not only prophecies about the effect of this Bill, but he gives his results of a most fanciful character to support his views. He says that Russia annually accumulates 28,000,000 quarters of grain over and above the consumption of the Russian people. —( Hear, hear.) To this, Tamboff is but a joke. 28,000,000, year by year, not only beyond the consumption, but beyond the present exports of that country, and available for exportation when this measure shall become the law of the land. But this is not all. The Hon. Gentleman, along with this, tells us of wheat which is culti vated in land in America that requires no manure. He says that there is land in Virginia which has been year by year under cultivation for wheat during the last century, without the application of manure.—(Hear, hear.) If these facts are true—if Russia has 28,000,000 quarters of grain, or America has land that for a century has grown wheat without manure, all I can say is that all restrictive laws that we may devise must fail. it will be impossible for them to stand against snch facilities as those for the rapid and abundant sup ply of food.—(Loud cheers.) The Hon. Member then re ferred to the question of tithes. I will endeavour shortly to reply to his objection on this head. In my opinion, so far from thinking the change will be injurious to:the tithe receiver, it will be otherwise. Under the Tithe Commutation Act it has been regulated that he cannot suffer from land being thrown out of cultivation. if it is thrown out of cultivation he is protected by the commutation-laws, and he can only suffer, if he suffers at all, in the variation of the price. Before the passing of the commutation-laws, he was liable to all fluctuations, but now it is arranged and so altered that he can but suffer in a very limited degree. I must say it is my decided opinion, as far as it relates to the tithe owner, that if this measure passes it will involve no injus tice whatever, nor will he run the slightest risk.—( Hear, hear. ) Now with respect to the colonist?, my Humble Friend has re ferred to the Cariadas. It will be remembered that he was an eager opponent last year of placing the Canadas in the same position as an integral portion of the Bsitish Empire. Ii hen the Honourable Member for Gateshead brought forward his motion for placing the Canadas on the same footing as the other portions of the empire, the Honourable Member and those who now act with him voted against that proposition. This was the course of proceeding, notwithstanding his profession of sym pathy for the Canadas, that he thought fit to take when the ques tion wasplaced before him by the Hon. Member for Gateshead. Now, Sir, I have just one other topic that I would wish to refer to, I mean compensation to the landed interest.—( Hear, hear. ) On the part of the Government, I absolutely disclaim that term " compensatioo."—(Cheers.) I say, if it be necessary for the public good that this measure shall be carried, it would be unworthy and disgraceful on the part of the Government to propose, as it would on the part of the landowners to accept, compensation for doing an act of justice. —( Loud cheerio-% ) A measure is propounded by Government which, in their judgment, conduces to the public good, at the same time that it affects not injuriously a smaller section of the people. Are the greater to be sacrificed to that lesser portion?—( Cheers. ) Sir, I will now take leave very shortly in passing to advert to another portico of this extensive subject. 1 allude to what was said by the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn, on the subject of information relative to the social state of Ireland, and the distress which at present prevails in that country. The Noble Lord, the Member for Lynn, stated that her Majesty's Government were mistaken on the subject of Ireland ; he stated also that they, for the purpose of substantiating the facts as stated by themselves, kept back such information as told against them from the House.—(Hear, hear.) He stated that information had been received from the Commander of the Forces which had been withheld ; he stated al so th at i nformation had been received from th e P oor -l aw Commissioners, and thatl have that information made_ g u a every rquarter, had been denied to th e House. Now,' Sir, inquiry—l have mad e every i nqu i ry in the with respect to any informati on rece i ve d f rom l properesd ! Noble Lord. no information of the character desc r ib e d b y the Lord. 1 hays made inquiries at the Horse G uar d s as to anyle information from the Commander of the Force s i n Ireland, and I am in a condition to give a positive contradiction to any as sertion of the kind made by the Noble Lord.—(Hear, hear, and cheer'.) With reference to the Poor-law Commission. I felt it my duty, in the month of November last, to recommend to her Majesty to appoint a superior officer to preside over the Commission in Dublin, and since that month I have been hi constant communication with that superior officer, who is also a member of the Scarcity Commission, from which weekly re ports are received by the Government. He signs each of these weekly reports. I have laid on the table of the House four of them, extending throughout the month of March, and bringing up the information to the latest period, with the excep tion of two more reports which I hove since received, and these latter reports also confirm the statements already so re• peatedly made by her Majesty's Ministers with respect to the scarcity which prevails in Ireland —( Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord the Member fur Lynn referred to trials made by the Poor-law Commissioners in the months of October and Septem ber, with the view of ascertaining the extent of this distress. I can affirm that these investigations referred to a perfectly different matter, and the information received had therefore no official bearing upon this subject. The superior officer I have already referred to left Ire land in November, and other visits referred to by the Noble Lord took place in the months of November and October. I do not know what the Inspectors of Prisons, in Ireland, did with reference to this distress. I have never received any information from them with respect to their inquiries in the state of Mayo, bnt as soon as I do receive an answer to the inquiry I have instituted, I shall not fail to communicate that answer to the Noble Lord. The Noble Lord has said that we have misrepresented the extent of the distress which at present prevails in Ireland. I have never said that distress extended over the whole of Ire land. I have never said that the distress in Ireland was universal. I have said that there was a wide-spread scarcity throughout almost every locality in Ireland, and that the greatest difficulty wou ld arise from its continuance.— ( Hear.) Now, to that statement I still adhere in the most decided manner.—(Hear.) I know not whether the Hon Member for Armagh is in hi s place.-01r. Ber nar d h ere . caught the eye of the Right Hon. Baronet.) The Hon. Member is here. I hold a letter signed by the Hon. Member., dated not very long ago, in which he states, toe distress in his own neighbourhood, in the most glowing colours, and con cluded, by making an application to glowing for pecu niary assistance. To this letter lie signs his name. He de amities the distress in Ireland as of such a character as to im peratively demand the immediate consideration and attention of two Government. The letter is addressed to the Lord Lieutenant, and is dated, November, 184.5. It states, " We, the undersigned inhabitants of the town of Loughrea, and its neighbourhood, from the frightful calamity with which this ifereatencd from the failure of the potato crop, feel it our incumbent duty to address your Excellency. We con sider, that in an emergency like the present, when the great body of the Irish people were threatened with the frightful evils which follow in the train of the scanty of food, that we are justified in suggesting to the Government, that to provide good employment for the labouring classes will be the very best means of averting these calamities. We subm t, therefore, that a grant from Govern ment of 14,000/. would tend to improve the district, and give employment to the labouring classes, whose condition without it it is fearful to contemplate, unless some measure of this kind be adopted." This letter is signed by the Lord Primate, by Archbishop Crolly, Lord Hertford, Lord Charleville, Lord Gos port, and by William Bernard, Esq., M.P. But, Sir, although I am afraid that the Irish case is a case of such depression as will force itself more painfully on the attentions aot whichf this s measure I shallillouse day by day, yet I have never rested my y upon the Irish case alone. I am sp eakin g be always ready to re th pe e at, ne th e a e t ssity the of urge r n e- c e y on o si f der th in a g t case did precipitate the law which regulated and ordered the importa tion of corn into this country. But from the moment that that recommendation was rendered necessary, views of general policy and a knowledge of the general con dition of the peace of this country proved to the Government beyond a doubt that the repeal of the existing restrictive laws had become indispensably necessary. I wish not unnecessarily to trespass on your attention, but I repeat the arguments which brought me to that =elusion. Something was said by the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury on a former evening, with reference to the injurious effect which he anticipated from the exportation of precious metals consequent on a large importation of corn from the north.—(Hear, hear.) Among other reasons why I advocate this change is one, the very converse of that which the Hon. Member brought before the House. I consider, in the p resent state of oar monetary system that any large import a ti on o f t h e prec i ous meta l s wou ld be very injurious to the commercial interests of England ; but my own belief is, that if the ports are kept open for a steady importation of corn from abroad, that so far from any im portation of the precious metals taking place, it will be pre vented by the measure which the Government propose shall be now adopted. When our trade in corn with foreign countries is fully established, there will be an interchange of commodities, which will extend the commercial relations of the several countries, and thus any injurious exportations of the precious metals will be effectually avoided. Well, Sir, I am also anxious to state my opinion with reference to the effect produced upon foreign trade by the measure now under discussion. I consider the question of foreign and home trade so intimately connected that they may be considered one and the same interest. I find that the foreign and home trade are in a series of years most materially and indissolubly connected. The high price of provisions in the first instance consumed, prevents a consumption of home manufactures ; the home mar ket is consequently paralysed, and the manufacturer is com pelled to have recourse to a forced exportation to foreign mar kets. The foreign market is glutted—foreign interests are injured—and the home market, from its intimate connexion with the foreign trade, is seriously injured. Then comes the question, what is the effect of this importation into the foreign market ? Now, Sir, I perceive that wheat in this country is more universally consumed than in any country in the world. And whatever may be the price, and whatever the scarcity of that article, the consumption is very little if any less, and the price scarcely suffers the slightest variation ; for the labourer, who will not be prohibited its use, will rather forego everything else, not absolutely necessary, than be with out wheat and bread. At any sacrifice of wages, wheat is still purchased ; but the surplus remaining of his wages, as it is in exact ratio with the price of that food, is so much less expended in home manufactures. If this be true with refer ence to this part of the argument, the price of wheat h as a great influence on the manufac' urea of this country, because the enormous sacrifice, on the whole amount of the labourer's wages, incapacitate him from the purchase of other articles. What is the effect of these laws on the condition of the la bourers ? It has been said that the high price of the wages of the labourer are not dependent on the price of provisions. I admit the number of the agricultural labourers. I admit their importance—l will not say paramount importance—but the great importance of this class must be obvious to all. But having given my most anxious consideration to this measure, I have come to the conclusion that it is not high prices, with reference to the labourer, whether manufacturing or agricul tural, will benefit or injure both classes equally. An Hon. Member has said that, under no circumstances, do the labourers of Dorsetshire receive more than 6s. or 7s. per week. From that sum they had to deduct one or two shillings for the house rent, making the net earnings of the Dorsetshire labourers, somewhat between se. and 63. per week. The same Hon. Member stated that, prices did not vary with the price of provision ; if corn rose, wages did not rise—their condi tion was literally hopeless. I say that it is anything but hopeless.---( Hear, hear.) Try one experiment—you cannot alter the price of wages—reduce the price of wheat.—( Cheers. ) Possibly the farmers and the landowners may suffer, but I defy you to show that the condition of the labourers would suffer.--(Loud cheers.) I understood the Hon. Member also to say that was net only the present condition of the agricul tural labourers in Dorsetshire, but for thirty years they had been in the same state. I would advise you for once to try, as you cannot raise the price of wages, to lower the price of food.— ( Loud cheers.) 'Tis our duty to contemplate the state of things as they now exist. This country was now a commercial and manufacturing, and not a purely agricultural country ; and if you attempt to legislate for the country as for fi purely agri cultural one, your error will become palpable and injurious.— (Hear, hear.) The country has become, for good or for woe, a manufacturing or commercial country, and you must legislate for it as such..—( Hear, hear.) Admit this end the connexion between commerce, manufactures, and land, is evident and palpable. Seasons of commercial and manufacturing pros perity have their re-action upon the labourers in the agricul tural districts. Already we have railways, docks, canals ; labour of every description is the means of giving employment to the labourers in the rural districts. When these persons see the great wealth in the manufacturing districts, even in the most distant rural districts, the consequence is, when prices are lose and manufactures flourish, wages rise ; and this is the natural cause for the great demand for labour. Now what was the real question at issue ? Let us be sincere in this matter.— (Loud cheering and laughter.) I appeal to the consciences of those gentlemen who sit below the gangway. I say if they be really sincere in their desire to legislate for the good of the labouring classes, whether agricultural or manufacturing. Now let us inquire as to what are the natural effects of low prices, high wages, and full employment. In seasons of plenty an oscillation takes place, which leads to low prices in previsions ; this leads to manufacturing prosperity, and the natural result,the increased demand for labour. An oscillation again takes placa —the quantity of provisions fail—low prices come, and wages, in consequence, fall. Then again comes low prices of wages, from diminished quantity of food; again comes high prices of food, in consequence of your ports being closed against the ad mission of foreign grain—manufactures languish—the home markets are dull—trade is stagnated—and a considerable export of the precious metals is required to buy foreign corn to meet the deficiency at home, and, as the inevitable result, the wages of the labourer fall. Then what is the condition of the labouring man, whether manufacturing or agricultural ? He is worse than before. He had full employment, high wages, and low prices of provisions ; now he is subject to the converse of all this. He has deficient employment, low wages, and high prices of provisions.—(Hear, hear.) I am quite satisfied that this measure is conducive to the interests of the labouring classes, be they manufacturing or agricultural. I must say that no sophistry, ingenuity, or argument, will satisfy the people of this country that it is conducive to their interests that the prices of food should be high and the price of wages low. I feel convinced that no sophistry will satisfy the people of this country, that any such arrangement of our le g islation is calculated to promote the interests of the people of this country, however generous our intentions may be, or however unequivocal our declarations. Now I will refer to another part of the question. Is it for the interest of the working farmer that these laws should continue? In the Committee, Sir, over which you presided in the year 1836, several witnesses gave evidence as to that point. I will merely call the attention of the House to two of them. They bear so directly upon the point that the House will excuse me, if I read a portion of their evidence. I will not detain it king. The name of the witness examined was Mr. Ellie, a tenant farmer. Oc.e of the questions that was put to him, was— " It is for your advantage to raise prices, is it not ?—I don't think so. I am not at all of that opinion. I do not see the great advantage of having hige prices. What do you consider moat advantageous to the interest of the farmer ?—Steady prices. The farmer when he goes to take land should look to some steady prices, and not to adventitous cir cumstances to help him out of his difficulty. Do you think the present scale (referring to the sliding scale of 1830 has prevented any alteration of prices?— That is a question which I cannot answer, not having been in the corn trade, but I am certain of one thing, that the corn laws have raised a delusive hope in the minds of the people. (Mr. Clay, the Member for the Tower Hamlets, asked him this question)—l3 it, in your opinion, that steadiness of prices is roost important to the farmer?—My opinion is not in accord ance with that of most people with reference to the interest of the landlord and tenant. Up to a certain point I hold they 7.,e together. It is the interest of the tenant to keep the land in good condition, as it is, undoubtedly, the interest of the landlord that he should do so. It is for the interest of the landowner to have high prices in order to enable him to pay high rents. It makes very little difference to me if I pay a high price or a low one. I think the country thrives better if prices are moderate. It is better for me not to have a low price, provided, however, my expenses are proportionate. The next question put to him was—Do you think you can do without protection ? Hit answer was—Not in the present state of things ; we must come to that ultimately. I have no doubt but we must come to it by slow and gradual steps. Now, :his is precisely the course proposed by the Go vernment. The duty on corn during the next three years will orsetsbire cease. farmers, grailual'y be redu c ed, until in 1849 the protection duties wjll altogether —Cheers.) Now, that is the opinion of u deuce of a tenant-farmer I will now L c h al a l ins a . tten l ti b o e n lie t s % thleieisevnio longer living, hut I had the pleasure of his acquaintance, and I know he was a most ei chiseltuwriasst askedin tbhayt the llonou i ra n b e l e e d Me a m nd . u e. t rs f ufler e en n :h.uel hadislaogrrtih seat of English farming- Well, Riding of Yorkshire this question : k out in 1820, would you have been better than you y are now so 'l d " The House will see that 1820 was the period when the protec tion was put on. Well, what is his answer ? Why, he said, r " I do not know that nay case can be taken as a general case, because I set out poor in life, and after a hard struggle improved my condition. I am, however, the only remaining • farmer in the parish alive where I was brought up. Excepting myself there is not a farmer remaining in the parish." Now, this is explained still more by the answer to another question from the Hon. Member for the North Riding. He is asked " What is the reason of their having all gone away?" and he re plies, "The money rents that were exacted from them." They all conceived that wheat would be 80s. per quarter, and their calculations were made accordingly. It soon appeared that this price could not be realised. but they were riot convinced of this till their ruin was the con sequence.—( Hear, hear.) So you see it was calculated by the landlord and the tenant, and in fact settled, that the price of wheat would be SW., and land was taken upon that assump tion. The tenants were, however, now disappointed; but the landlords still felt justified in assuming that 803. would be the I know that they did so, because of their confidence in price. whowtheereeflipeerafcictolyf wellthe to t i t? , f users rom honourable o h u a r v a i b n b men, een They were con nectedper- fectly with them almost from my youth. featly convinced that the price would be 8,)5., and the conse. quence was they postponed too long, indeed till the fall of their tenants was the consequence.—( Hear.) Now there you have the statement of a tenant farmer of the effect of the law upon the body to which he belonged. I have shown you what effect the law has upon the labourers, and I have read to you evidence detailing its effect upon the tenant. Need I say there is evidence to show that it has in no way been beneficial to the landlord ? Have I not clearly shown already that they were w thiswould convictionpr odu ce y i m o p ; e a s s fi e x cl e d w a i t n h d a a conviction ee that d the a l a t a fi r s m te l a y d resulted in the ruin or the extinc in ti s o t n the of the tenant systemn iv ant'. Can ? there be a stronger argument against i w tthheout gangway, In my opinion I own it is conclus ive? intend ing any offence to Honourable Memb ers I must say they erroneously assume to themselves that they monopolise the land of the country.—(Cheers.) They Now, bel state themselves to be the repres entatives of the whole of the landed i n t erests , but let us see if they really do represent t h e w h o l e o f the landlords of the kingdom.—( landowne rs o f t h e fertile districts, but t h e repres entation is by Hear, hear.) I admit that they rep resent the no means general, while they represent but few landlords whose property lies in any of the manufacturing districts.—(Hear) hear.) Just let me prove this by eliciting the attention of the House to the manufacturing district of Lancashire, where the cotton trade nourishes most. Who is the principal landed pro prietor of the district? The Earl of Derby. And what are the opinions of the Earl of Derby? Is he against freedom of trade, and in favour of agricultural protection ? No, he is decidedly opposed to the latter, and favourable to the former. But perhaps you will say, he holds thi s o pi n i on b ecause h is property is in immediate proximity with manufactures that are likely to be considerably improved and extended under free trade. Let us tale another part of the country. There is Lord Burlington, who is an extensive agriculturist residing in this part of the country, is he opposed to the corn-laws? Ne, he decidedly is not ; and here, then, we have their Lords Derby and Burlington, two large landed proprietors, who are opposed to agricultural pro tection.—( Cheers ) Then there is Lord Francis Egerton, who certainly is connected more or less with the commercial interest of the country, but still he possesses considerable landed property, and he is opposed to the continuance of the corn-laws.—( Hear, hear.) Let us go now to the West Riding of Yorkshire, the seat of our woollen manufactures. The Earl of Fereilliam is an extensive landowner there, but he is not opposed to this movement. Pass now over to Scotland, which, perhaps, is not so much dependent upon the commer cial prosperity of the country as the district I hare already mentioned. Let us go to Lanarkshire.—( Hear, hear.) What is the opinion of the Duke of Hamilton? Why, he is reso lutely opposed to the existing protective system.—(Cheers. ) You must not say, then, that you represent the whole of the landed interest of the country, or you will be assuming that which I am sure the majority of the House will agree with me you have no right to.—( Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman the Member for Somerset has mentioned an extraordinary fact, which, in my opinion, is most conclusive, in favour of the change which we now propose. He says the price of wheat, since 1809, has averaged from 92e. to 455. per quarter, but within the last three years the price had been exceedingly steady. Nothing can be more conclusive than this ; and here I may observe that I do not think this measure will produce any great change in the price of better years, but I am satisfied it will give the people the advantage of always having a constant and regular supply of food, and protect them against the sudden rising of prices in times of temporary scarcity at home.—(Cheers.) I have not arrived at this conclusios until recently, but I arrived at it after a very careful considera tion of the subject, and a minute and searching examination of the authorities upon it.--(Hear, hear.) No one can deny that the corn-laws are a monopoly, and I for one, agree witth Lord Granville, when he says, " Monopoly is the parent of scarcity and dearness."—(Loud cheers.) Now, Sir, I am certain, therefore, entertaining these opinions. and most anxious that this measure which we are now discuss ing, should pass unmutilated and intact—(Hear, hear',—l hays a strong conviction that if it become the law of this land it will protect the labourer against dearness of price in an article which is necessary for his subsistence. I believe it will give security to the farmer in his speculations and in his profits, and, more than all, I believe that this measure, and this measure only, can reconcile the prosperity of the landlord with the interests and food of the country at large.—(Cheers.) I believe that it will extend our commerce—l believe that it will secure the prosperity of our manufactures. lam quite sure that it will place our foreign relations upon the surest and most stable foundations of amity.—(Cheers.) It is my conscientious belief that it will be memorable in our history—(Cheers)—me morable for this that it has secured the prosperity, the content ment, the peace and happiness of the great body of the people —(Cheers)--without reference to the exclusive interests of any particular class.—( Loud and continued cheering. ) Mr. CALEY then proceeded to address the House in so low a tone as scarcely to be heard in the reporters' gallery. We understood him to say that the Right Hon. Baronet had just misrepresented the opinions of Lord Granville, who while he described monopoly as the parent of scarcity, did not intend to describe the present corn-law.—( Hear, hear.) That law was protective, but not prohibitory—( Hear.) It was called protective not because it starved the people, but because it pro tected the employment of labourers in the cultivation of the land. When the Right Hon. Baronet had stated that there were several large landowners who were in favour of the pre • sent measures, he should have recollected that such individuals could never be affected by any change in the commercial legis lation of the country.—(oh, oh.) They had no proof that low prices reduced the prosperity of the country; these periods of action and reaction were unavoidably He held the opinion now which he always held, and that was, that this was a dangerous experiment. It would injure land lords, farmers, and labourers, and involve the whole agricul ural community in one common ruin. The Right Hon. Baronet said, that if the people of this country were in favour of free-trade principles, it was their duty to submit to the general feeling on this subject. For his part, however repug nant he might feel t: alterations of such a pernicious tendency, he would bow to public opinion if fairly and generally expressed with regard to them. But he denied that such was the case.—( Hear, hear.) He denied that public opinion was in favour of these measures, ( Hear, hear. ) How was this public tested? The history of the Anti-Corn law League was that they had made a great number of speeches, and that the result was, that the impression made by gentlemen of talent, who generally addressed such assemblies, had gained the opinion of two-thirds of the middle classes in favour of the Right Hon. Baronet's measure. But he believed, however, that if they were to canvass the opinions of the working classes, they would find that two-thirds of them were against the measure. Had they ever called meetings at Manchester ? An Honourable MEMBER—We have : several. - _ . ___ - Mr. CA LEY—If they had, he diTriOt - callthem pubiic meetings. They were got up in that manner, there was no ex pression of the working classes taken, for they were meetings got up not for discussion, but for the purpose of making speeches for a repeal of the corn-laws. It would be very natural for the working-classes to oppose this measure, for, whatever philosophers might think, it was not yet in the minds of the working classes that competition was for their general good. Competition might be carried out to too great a length.—( Hear, bear.) There was one competition that might be favourable, he meant the competition of reciprocity. He believed that there was no sacrifice that the landowners were not prepared to make for the public good, were it shown to them that such a sacrifice was necessary.—( Hear, hear. ) The Right Hon. Gentleman said that a more or less degree of protection was necessary ; but he thought it very hard on the English farmer, that what remained of it was to be removed. The Right Hon. Baronet stated that other countries would fol low the example of this measure ; but he doubted that very much, unless the principle of free trade had been established in this country for a number of years. If that had been so, then it was probable M. Guizot would say to the French Chambers, " See what England, the greatest country on the face of the globe, has done—why not follow her example ?" The Hon. Member, with a volubility of utterance, and in a lowness of tone, that rendered him utterly unreportable, then proceeded to review the factory system, in connexion with the manufacturing districts, which the free trade advocates were desirous of extending, contending, amidst the cheers of the protection benches, that he could not support the present mea sure, on the ground that to do so would be to extend a system that had been hitherto productive of great misehie f, and likely under the preposed measure to be much more so. These were much higher con siderations than profit or cheapness to he viewed in connexion with the present question. They must view it in its physical, moral, social, and religious influence on the nation generally, but more especially on the working classes.—( Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member implored the Hon. Baronet opposite to pause before, by this measure, he destroyed the Church, the constitution, and the colonies. The sentiment of loyalty in the colonies might be at present very strong, but there were other sentiments equally powerful ; and the House might rest assured that, if this Bill were carried, they would render themselves a scorn and a mockery to surrounding nations, and they would sacrifice the freedom, the independence, and indus try of England's hardy labourers.—(Cheers.) The HoN. MEMBER in conclusion and amidst the most pro found silence repeated, in a tone of the most profound solemnity, the whole of that well known melody— " Oh Woodman spare that tree." At the conclusion a burst of the most vociferous cheering re warded the poetic effusion of the lion. Member. On the motion of Mr. NEWDEGATE the debate was ad . journed. W. S. O'BRIEN—WARRANT OF COMMITTAL. Mr. P. BUTLER moved for a copy of the warrant under which Mr. W. S. O'Brien was committed to the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms.—Agreed to. CALEDONIAN RAILWAYS. Mr. BROTHERTON presented two petitions in favour of this rail% ay. The House adjourned at one o'clock. REPRESENTATION OY OXFORD.—It is currently re ported that there is every probability that the Conservative Member for this city, Donald Maclean, Esq., will, in the course of a few days, accept the Chiltern Hundreds. We have not heard any reason as signed fur the lion. Matub,r's resignation, zur do we vouch for the manracy cat the report—Oxford Iferced. . . -. . . _. THE GREAT LIVERPOOL.—A party of passengers by the late Great Liverpool steamer dined together, on Friday last, at the Mitre Tavern, Fleet-street, Captain Fearon in the chair, for the pur pose of presenting a silver breakfast service to Captain Bowen, late of the ship Hindostan, as a testimony of the gratitude of his tellow• passengers for his great exertions on the occasion of the wreck of the Great Liverpool. After din .er, when the usual loyal toasts had been given, the chairman rose and proposed the health of Captain Boweii, stating the general feeling of the passengers that they were mainly indebted to him for the preservation of their lives, and reading a letter signed by the whole party, in which they tendered their warmest thanks to Captain Bowen for his services, and requested his acceptance of the above-named testimonial of their gratitude. In returning thanks for the toast, which was received with all the honours, Captain Bowen took the opportunity of hearing his testimony to the able conduct of the late Captain Macleod, and the rest of the officers and crew—without which (he said) his own exertions would have been of little avail. Referring to his long experience in naval affairs, he disclaimed the extraordi nary merit attributed ,to him, asserting that no one possessing the same qualifications could have acted otherwise than lie had done. Ile, however, returned his heartfelt thanks to the company for their kindness, and expressed the pleasure which he should always feel in I meeting any of those whom he must now always look upon as among his most valued friends Captain Bowen's speech was received with loud cheering. The principal other toasts were—" The health of the Chairman," proposed by Captain Ilowen ; " Mr. Baker, her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Corunna," and "Mr. Santos, Vice-Consul at Co runna," proposed by the Chairman ; "Mrs. Baker and the ladies of Corunna, who kindly assisted the lady-passengers," proposed by Mr. I c,si . oo u hct g ril l ets i o ; b " c air. Hamilton and the other surviving officers and crew of the Great Liverpool," proposed by Mr. Fitzpatrick, said " The absent passengers," proposed by Mr. Hampton. The dinner and wines were provided by Mr. Poole, of the Mitre Tavern, and gave universal satis faction. The party did not separate till a late hour. THE OLD STOCKS RESTORED.—The almost obsolete custom of placing in the stocks was revived in this borough (Tewkes bury) a few days back, by an itinerant musician, named Davis, being committed thereto for three hours, in default of payment of a fine of ss. for drunkenness.— Worcester Chroniee. THE SCOTTISH HOSPITAL.—On Saturday the spring festival of this ancient and royal charity was celebrated at the Lon don Tavern, the Duke of Richmond, President of the Institution, officiating as chairman of the day. The attendance was considerably general proposed or:7l,3,oeanrsrre .adpgpre‘..l smaller than usual, but the dinner, dessert, wines, &c., were excel lent, sad creditable alike to the taste and liberality of Messrs. Bathe and Breach. The Chairman was supported on the right by General Monteith, Mr. Seymer, M.P., and Colonel W. N. Burns, son of the poet; and on the left by Mr. R. A. Christopher, M.P., Mr. Lawson, M.P., the Rev. Dr. Cumming (chaplain), Colonel Campbell, Major Ileslop, Major Adair, Mr. .1. Leslie, Mr. Alexander Thompson, Mr. :3o : I sn. ets.d,tStewart," .commending y r th, t ,,. I t to h i: e do S ift ab c tu o hy t me t a i or s lui h o)rune l kai l i eloo)s,bopi observing Hospital," Richmond,l,: r v ' L. Mackinnon, &c. After the usual Introductory toasts, the Chair manhaving acknowledged the compliment, gave aen i, l°urgin ggtihs that n t w g t h iits e s claims to the support of the charitable and humane. Mr. It. A. " the Treasurer of the regarded as ominous of defalcation in the accounts. wa A s absence of that functionary, though somewhat inconvenient, iltnhi underb e gv,e r h a wr l let i h,which ce subscription ilie,,sr,eca,esti nlO ,p., eia ri oyvwf agreeably irrt e a ., ien,:leb, J011y,,1 u y, e I r l c saw e dpl spent. n.r were very songsvTlriiye, Mr.i good.i n ,,, u,ocile;r3asi course .to, Nilson utti neae arrangements, vsatelensr.: acquitted himself with his accustomed ability. RAMSGATE, MAY 9.—(From a Correspondent). —The beautiful steam-vessel the Queen of the French has just been placed here by the:South-Eastern and Continental Company, to ruts between Ramsgate and Ostend. This day she made her passage to this port in four hours and three-quarters, bringing 26 passengers, among whom were .Mr • Cunningh.sin and family, Major A s k ew, & c., with Performed the voyage from hence • t ever known, having p . to two carriages. A few days since this vessel made the quickest transit Ostend in to Ramsgate, Railway has been opened the commu nication , increased daily, as passengers may reach four hours and nine minutes only. Since the branch of the nication with Belgium has can take place at the pier added to whit embarkation and I necessity of having boats. e than s a e n v d e i n ng liours after leaving London; heretla t country u a n u t r t y h h i n es li: N t , KING OF THE FRENCH. g;iN THE THE LATE ATTEMPT late attempt at Fon • dons relative to the —The preliminary examinations and should no new incident inter tainbleau are nearly terminated, ill be brought at May 20th vene, it is probable that the matter w iltehoniu°tlt.he nece before the Commission of It is said that the first Pre sident,functions of Chambre d'Accusation. by the Chancellor k Carre, has been designated . 1111111S111011..es M. Fran e of the eXtUalitu)g CV to draw up the report in the Ilana OciiiMfrii. the Court of Peers, which s o lo fulfil the THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 12, 1846. THE CHANNEL ISLANDS. 7'O THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sxa,—l request, as an act of justice, the insertion in your paper, of the few following remarks on an article which ap peared in The Sun of last Saturday evening, in reference to the Channel Islands. It is there asserted, that " the most valuable prerogative of the Crown—that of mercy—is pi actically abolished." Now the fact is, that within the last six weeks mercy has been extended to a man in Jersey, of the name of Nicolle, who was under sentence of death for murder. Since the Ist April in this year his sentence has been commuted to trans portation for life, which most of your readers will regard as an act of mercy. It is also asserted, that "no record of any of the proceedings of this Court (the Royal Court of Guern sey) ii kept, or if kept, it is not open to public inspection." Here, ag.iin, you do not seem to be aware of what every person who is but a little acquainted with the Court of Guernsey knows, that a full record is kept of every proceed ing, and that these records are open to public inspection at least as much as those of any court of justice in England. It is needless to point out each error in detail ; the two which I have singled out are glaring, and are sufficient to show that the information which you have received on the subject is not to be relied upon. Both you and your readers must perceive that a person who could be so mistaken as to two facts, with regard to which a very little inquiry would have set him right, cannot require to be seriously refuted to whatever extent he may indulge a lively imagination, I am, Sir, :vour obedient servant, London, May 11. WILLIAM H. LE hIARCHANT. DARING ATTEMPT OF A CONVICT TO ESCAPE.--On Friday afternoon one of the most daring attempts of a prisoner to escape from the hands of justice aver recorded took place in the river at Woolwich. There are at this moment three ships lying off the Royal Arsenal embarking convicts for the penal settlements. One of these is the Nova Scotia, bound for Norfolk Island. About three o'clock in the afternoon a prisoner on board the vessel, having for a moment eluded the vigilance of his keepers and the guard, jumped overboard, disguised in the dress of a senor. Au alarm was imme diately given, and while a file of soldiers were ge.ttim; into one of the ship's boats to follow him, two watermen who were near the spot in their boats pursued him ; but the prisoner, who was an expert swimmer, contrived to elude them by diving. He was making towards the Kentish shore of the river, when the boat con taining the soldiers came up with him, and finding all further re sistance useless, he suffered himself to be taken, after having been in the water nearly a quarter of an hour. Amongst our last Indian extracts there was an article mentioning the probable retirement of Sir George Arthur from the government of Bombay. We have good authority for stating that this is incorrect, and that the Hon. Baronet does not contemplate in the least vacating his high appointment in India. A temporary indisposition, caused by severe application to official duties, under which Sir Arthur has been suffering, but from which he has quite recovered, was probably the cause of this rumour. REPRESENTATION OF THE RADNORSHIRE BOROUGHS. —J. A. Whitaker, Esq., has complied with the desire contained in a requisition presented to him by a large body of the electors, to be come a candidate for the representation of the Radnorshire boroughs, if they pledge themselves to secure his return. The lion. Mr. Frank land Lewis has intimated his Intention of becoming a candidate. - - - THE RECENT ELOPEMENT IN HIGH LIFE.—A correspondent states that the marriage of Lady Anna Grenville, only daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Buckingham, and Mr. Langton, grandson of Colonel Gore Langton, M.P., will not be solemnised before the week after next, that is to say, until after the yeomanry meeting at Stowe. The precise day Is not as yet determined. The Council of the Vritish Association for the Ad vancement of Science has fixed the period of holding the next meet ing at Southampton, for the week commencing Thursday, September 10. The president appointed at the last meeting at Cambridge is Sir Roderick Impey Murchison. REPRESENTATION OF WINCIIESTER.—Mr. J. Bonham Carter, of Ditcham House, near Petersfield, has expressed his wil lingness, in compliance with a requisition presented to him by a body of the electors, to become a candidate for the representation of Winchester in the event of a general election. Mr. Carter is a Liberal. Thirty-seven vessels arrives in the River Thames and different dock establishments in the port of London on Friday, and reported at the Custom-house from different parts of the globe, four of which were from China 611rect, with cargoes of teas, six from the East Indies of heavy tonnage, and several others from the West Indies and different places in that distant quarter. This influx of business will have the effect of creating a little bustle at the water- side and docks, which, with the exception of the usual arrivals of steamers and packets from the continental ports with provisions of ♦arious kinds, have been rather slack of late, owing to the preva lence of easterly winds, and the consequent detention of ships at sea. The arrivals at tile port of Liverpool have also comprised vessels from the same distant ports, and have been, in a lesser de gree, of very considerable importance. ARRIVAL OF EAST INDIA MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, MAT 10.—The Tagus, Oriental steam-ship, Captain Brookes, arrived at the Motherbank yesterday morning from Malta, en route from Constantinople, and landed the East India and China mails, which were duly forwarded to London by railway. In the evening she was released from quarantine, and arrived in the docks and landed 116 passengers. The Tagus left Constantinople April 22d, Malta 27th, and Gibraltar May 3d. The India mails were brought from Alex andria to Malta by the Iberia. The following were the passengers : —Messrs. Sandford, J. Hall, White, H. Fitzsimons, Mackay, M'llenry, and Henderson; Mr. and Mrs. Hanson and child, Miss Barry, Miss Ede, Messrs. Lloyd, Kidd, Hon. Keane, M. Smith and servant; Davis and servant'; ;.2arstairson, Miss Ewbank, Major Tate, Colonels Bagnold and Payne, Lieutenants Warren and IPDenald, Captain Love, Messrs. Perry and Le Lagot, Captain Webb, Grant and servant ; Morris, Collins, Prendergast, Captain Eckford, Mrs. Cochrane, Mrs. Cochrane and servant; Mrs. Dalrymple, one child, and servant; Mrs. Morris, three children, and servant; Mrs. Colonel Seaton, three children, and three servants, Mrs. Hurst, one child, and one servant ; Mrs. Eckford and one child ; Messrs. Larkins, Scott, and Edmonds, lion. Mr. Dutton, Mr. Lyon, of her Majesty's ship Inconstant. FIRE ON BRIXTON- HILL.—On Saturday morning, be tween twelve and one o'clock, after the family of J. Milner, Esq., stockbroker, of Atkin's-road, Brixton-hill, had retired to rest, Mrs. Milner was alarmed by hearing a noise and loud groaning, which was speedily followed by a dense volume of smoke. She imme diately raised an alarm, when the servants forced the doer of Mr. Milner's bedroom, from which the flames were rushing with great fury. Some minutes elapsed before any person could enter the apartment, when John Grainger, the footman, succeeding in finding the body of Mr. Milner, who was fortunately extricated from a most fearful death. ♦ large body of police officers were quickly on the spot, under the judiciout direction of Inspector Gifford, who, toge ther with the servants and neighbours, ultimately extinguished the fire. Mr. Milner was very severely burnt. The fire is attributed to Mr. Milner falling asleep while reading in bed. THE RECENT MURDERS AT BATTERSEA-BRIDGE.— On Saturday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr. Carter. at the Red House, Battersea, on the body of William Matthew Clarke, aged seven years, the second of the children recently murdered by their mother at Battersea. The evidence of the father and some other witnesse4 having been taken, the coroner adjourned the inquiry in order that apart mortem examination might be taken. _ _ . MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Saturday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Gunmakers' Arms, Bow-common, on view of the body of George Brook, aged twelve years, the son of a master rigger, at No. 3, Edward-street, Limehouse, and who was drowned under the following circumstances :—On the afternoon of Thursday last deceased went to a pond, called " Little Ocean," on Bow-com mon, in'which there are several deep holes, to catch tittle-batsf He was advised not to go in, and told that he would be drowned. De ceased, however, persisted, when, after taking a few steps, he sank. Another boy followed to rescue him, and was nearly lost in the at tempt. Several of the jury complained that lives had been lost there before, and that the pond ought ;O be filled up. The coroner stated that on a former occasion he wrote to Mr. Cotton, late chairman of the Bank of England, upon the subject, and that, as it was the wish of the jury, he would write to him again.—Verdict, " Accidental death." The Lewes and Hastings Riilroad is rapidly advanc ing to completion. In the course of next week an engine will be and in six weeks the whole line '6 that the portion between Brighton drivenand 'l Lewes v e r n s te l ev b de e n opened seiYt itso expected in gh a t b o o n u l t a month. The middle arch of the Preston viaduct, which is looked upon by practical men as one of the most beautiful pieces of brickwork in the kingdom, has been repaired, and the road over it restored. One of the arches of the skew bridge over the Lewes road, which had also been aflected by the wetness of the season, is about to be rebuilt ; but in the present fa vourable weather this will be quickly dispatched, and the line coin pleted.—Brichton Herald. THE POST OFFICES OF ENGLAND AND F R A NC E.— were printed additi ona l art i c l es in a Parl i amentary agreed upon between the P os t- o ffi ce o f G reat B r it a i n p O a n p e S r a t t o u rd t h a o y a a and the Post-office of France, for carrying into execution the con vention of the 3d of April, 1843. These articles were signed at Paris on the 25th of March last, and at London five days afterwards. The articles came into operation on the Ist of the present month. ATTEMPT AT MURDER IN BRISTOL.—On Tuesday morning last much excitement was occasioned in this city, in bonse quence of e report that a youees man had been murdered late on Monday night, in the Post-office-passage, Broad-street. It appeared that a quarrel had taken place between a young man named Edward Quinlan and a man named Williams, and that a man named Lum berg had been stabbed in the neck by Quinlan, who, in the dark, mistook him for Williams. Quinlan was apprehended, and on Tues day was taken before the magistrates at the Council-house. A cer tificate was read from one of the surgeons of the Infirmary, which stated that Luinberg, was in that iestitution with a wound of consi derable depth in the neck, and that from the loss of blood serious consequences were apprehended. A witness of the name of Thomas stated that after the quarrel between Quinlan and Williams, Quinlan west down the passage and returned, and mistaking Lumberg for Williams, struck him in the neck ; Lumberg immediately cried out that he was stabbed, and he (witness) afterwards picked up a clasp knife covered with blood, The prisoner was remanded for further examination.—Bristol Journal. EXTRAORDINARY I•EA.T.-000 day last week the lady of Captain Austen. of the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers, a detachment of whom at present occupy our barracks—a lady who seems to de light in equestrian exercise—was placed in circumstances of the most imminent peril, but in which she displayed singular coolness arid heroism. ihe was taking her usual airing on a high mettled and highly bred young hunter, just front the hands of the breaker; and wane on the Great North or Edinburgh•road, at Craig-end, about a mile and a half to the southward of this city, the animal, from some cause or other, bceame restive, and the fair rider lost all command of him, at least in so far as to impose any restraint on the impe tuosity with which he ran off with her. Her attendant tiOng at a respectful distance behind, could render no aid in the outset, although mounted on a spirited charger ; to overtake her was out of the ques tion—nor might that have been prudent, although he could have done so. Onward the fiery steed flew at a race-course speed, if not with even greater velocity ; all in sight were petrified with alarm for the lady's safety, but none dared offer their willing aid. That she would be thrown and killed was expected, but to interrupt by any means the forward progress was thought snore likely to render such a catas trophe certain. The lady stuck by her seat as if lashed to the saddle, and, Mazeppa-like, the frothing animal dashed across the rah of Strathern with the same impetuous career. The sight was at once picturesque and terrific. The fairy form of the rider, her hat hanging over her shoulders, her long hair dishevelled, and with the ample drapery of her riding habit floating in the breeze, would have been a fine subject for the pencil of the artist. Without any relaxation of impetuosity, both were observed to penetrate the Ochils, and were lost to sight in the deep recesses of Glenfarg. At length, exhausted by his own exertion, the animal came to a dead stand beyond the middle of that romantic pass, having gone over about six miles in eight minutes. Fortunately, the lady sustatned no material injury in any way but from well•grounded alarm. She had the nerve to manage the bridle reins so as to steer clear of dangerous obstacles, for many carts and other carriages came in the way; and, after bleeding, which the strained state of her arms rendered advisable, she has been comparatively well ever since. — Perth Constitutional. SIR HUGH MYDDLETON'S DESCENDANT.—The New River is, perhaps, the greatest boon London ever received from one individual; through all difficulties, even to the gates of ruin, Sir Hugh carried out his design—how he was rewarded history tells us. A single hundred pound share now sells for about fourteen thousand pounds! The New River Company Is one of the richest extant; yet has it never occurred to its directors to do anything to ameliorate the condition of Sir Hugh's only surviving relative, Mrs. Jane Myddleton Boyers. The Corporation of London having investigated her pedi gree, and finding that she is the last relative in a direct line from Sir Hugh, allow her 181. per annum. We do not complain of the small ness of the sum—the Corporation has to meet many claims ; but one Shilling per day (and it is not quite that) is a poor allowance for age and infirmity to struggle down to the grave with. Could not the New River Company afford another shilling per diem? And could not the thousands who daily taste the benefit of Sir Ilugh's science and enterprise render a third ? Such gifts would smooth the downward path of a highly-deserving individual. We do not often appeal to our readers thus ; but we think the in habitants of London must feel that Mrs. Jane Myddleton Boyers has a just claim. We may do reverence to the dead by erecting marble monuments, but how much better is it to ckerish those they, or theirs (however remote in time), have left behind them. The de scendants of great men have a sort of ret ospective claim upon national gratitude. Ho w mus t it so othe the death-bed of genius and of worth to b e li eve that the country w ill f or ages con ti nue to a id those whom the dy ing patr i ot i s una ble to provide for. We trust that this appeal will not b e made in va i n . Public bodies are generally tardy in their gifts ; but in this case so little is asked, and the power to bestow is s o great, that we canno t believe the New River Com pany will let the opportunity pass by. We need only impress upon it the old Roman adage—" Those give /trice who give soon."— SUltelay Times. LiARINE JEALOUSY.—Mr. Charles Davis, huntsman of her Majesty's stag-hounds, informed me that " a friend of his hail a tine Newfoundland dog, who was a great favourite with the family. While this dog was confined In the yard, a pet lamb was given to one of the children, and which the former soon discovered to be sharing a great portion of those caresses which he had been in the habit of receiving. This circumstance produced so great an effect upon the poor animal, that he fretted, and became extremely unwell, and refused to eat. Thinking that exercise might he of use to him, he was let loose. No sooner was this done, than the dog watched his opportunity, and seized the lamb in his mouth. lie was seen conveying it down a lane, about a quarter of a mile from his master's house, at the bottom of which the river Thames flowed. On arriv ing at it, he held the lamb under water till it was drowned, and thus effectually got rid of his rival. On examining the lamb, it did not appear to have been bitten or otherwise injured; and it might almost be supposed th &c., atthedog had chosen the easiest death in removing the object of hi s di slike, " — Jesse's Anecdotes of Dogs. POSTAGE, is , uod by order of ParCllaAnNieAnDt,l CANADA. —utlaiPnQgrahaven correspondenceee :eelactiei:otityo a reduction of postage in Canada, it appears that Lord Stardoy, in answer to addresses ibr such reduction, states that the Government agree with the Pos tmaster-General, "that it would be unadvisable to sanction at present any diminution ILL tile foto of postage in the DritiiMlioitiz-AmorlOan prmayee. LAW INTELLIGENCE, PRIVY COUNCIL, May 11. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat in the Council Chamber, Whitehall, for the first time sine 3 the alterations. The Lords present were the Master of the Rolls, the Vice- Chancellor Knight Bruce, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, Sir Edward Ryan, Sir E. 11. East, and Sir Alexander Johnstone. Their Lordships were occupied the whole morning with the arguments in an appeal from Madras. HOUSE OF LORDS, May 11. The House sat to-day to hear Scotch appeals. The Peers in attendance were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, and Lord Campbell. THE EARL OF MANSFIELD V. SIR W. D. STEWART.-STEWART V. TITZ SAME. These cases came before their Lordships on Tuesday last, upon appeal from the decision of the Court of Session. The short facts connected with the case may be thus stated : The appellant, the Earl of Mansfield, bought, in the year 1842, from Sir W. D. Stewart, the est ate of Logrealmond, for the sum of 203,000/., but some douLts afterwards occurring whether, according to the terms of an ancient family entail, the powers of Sir W. D. Stewart over the estate extended to the right to sell it, a suit was instituted in the Court of Session for the purpose of obtaining their decision on the point. The appellant in the second appeal was one of the line of entail. The Court of Session gave judgment in favour of the power of sale, and from that decision the present ap peal was brought. The arguments were resumed this morning, and appear likely to occupy the whole day. COURT OF QUEEIV'S BENCH, May 11. (Sittings at Nisi Prius.) TUCKER V. ELKIN. This was an action of ejectment. The plaintiff was trustee under the will of the late Mr. Tucker, for his widow, and sought to recover the possession of certain premises which the defendant held under deceased, and from whom deceased's son often received rent. Defendant contended that he held the premises under the assignee of another will, and was not the tenant of defendant. The case occupied a considerable time, but was of no public interest. The jury found for the le3sors of the plaintiff. COURT OF CO,IIMON PLEAS, May 11. INGRAM V. LENNOX. This was an action for the recovery of 1001., lent upon a bill of exchange to a person named Williams, for whom de fendant became security. The defence set up was, that the date of the bill had been altered after the defendant had first seen it.—The jury found for the plaintiff. The other cases tried during the day were of the same character. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, May 11. THE QUEEN V. OSBORNE. In this case the Attorney-General prosecuted. The allega tion was, that the defendant had smuggled a quantity of brandy. It commenced at the sitting of the Court, and the plaintiff's case had noticlosed when our reporter left. It is likely to occupy two or three days. BAIL COURT, May 11. (Sittings in Banco.) This Court was occupied for a considerable portion of the day in hearing the arguments for and against an application for a new trial. The allegation at the original trial was the infringement of a patent. The case was of no interest to the public. :COURT OF BAAKRUPICY, May 11. (Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.) NOVEL QUESTION UNDER THE RANIERI:PT LAW. An affidavit was tendered to the Learned Commissioner, on which to found a fiat of bankruptcy against J. Paine, architect and survey or. The fiat was sought to be issued at the instance of Mr. Payne, who gained the golden medal for th 3 best design for the New Royal Exchange, and was also connected with several railroads. He had previously ap plied a.s an insolvent, but his petition was discharged. The Learned ComusstoNea asked on what grounds the act of bankruptcy was founded? The SOLICITOR said the party had bought copper, em ployed engravers, had the plates engraved, and afterwards published them for his own profit. This he deemed to be a trading. The COMMISSIONER—What were the works published? The Soucrroa—There was a design of the New Royal Exchange, and also a map of the parish, &c., &c. The COMMISSIONER—SureIy he had a right to publish a design which was the work of his own imagination, and which he could not have displayed without drawing or en graving,. and yet not be liable as a bankrupt. The Sonceroe.--But ke bought the raper, and sold it at a profit. The COMMISSIONER—Yes ; in displaying a work of imagi nation, you might as well say that an author would be liable for selling the work of his own imagination. The Souctrort said, that in publishing the maps, the per son was evidently selling fin. profit. The Comaussiosmt said that he did not think that it was a working up of paper or copper as materials. The Souciron said that the selling fur profit could be maintained by the having sent out agents to solicit orders, and then selling the maps. The COMMISSIONER—StiII he was only selling the design. The ticnicrron—That design was on a survey of the parish which he had been enaged to make. The Comausstownn—That makes no difference. The SOLICITOR-But he became a printer by employing printers to print the work. The CommassioNEß—All that was necessary; he could not sell his design without paper and printers, and that is the very reason he is not subject to the bankruptcy laws. The ;SOLICITOR—But this is his own petition. The CO3ISIISSIONER—That makes no difference. Mr. Commissioner Evaxs, who was called in to advise, expressed his opinion that no trading was proved in this case, but the sets of the petitioner were as free as an author, all being w orks of imagination—(meaning the designs—query surveys). CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. These :sessiotas, the seventh of the present Mayoralty, were conarnenced yesterday, before the Lord Mayor, the Re corder, an d Aldermen Sir Chapman Marshall, Mr. Hughes Hughes, the Sheriffs, &c. From the calendar it appears that thereare no less than 251 prisoners for trial, and the following may be I . .,aken as a summary statement of the offences with which tl le prisoners stand charged :—Murder, 3 ; unnatural crimes, 1.? ; manslaughter, 2 ; rape, 1; sheep-stealing, 1; demandi , g money with menaces, 1 ; burglary, 8; forgery and uttering forged instruments, 1; em bezzelm, ant by clerks and servants, 15 ; curtilage breaking; and larcency, 1; cutting and wounding with int en t, 12 ; unlawfully uttering counterfeit coin, 11 ; unlawful possession and uttering, 2 ; house breaking and larceny, 4; highway robbery with violence, 1; receiving stolen g pods, 9 ; robbery, 7 ; larceny in a dwelling-house, 7 ; larceny from the person, 24; larceny by servants, 39 ; rob beries out the river Thames, 4; robbery in ports of entry and discharge, 2; assaults with intent to violate, 2; unlawful as3ault, 1; misdemeanours of divers descriptions, 13 ; lar cenies, grand and petite, 80. The committals are :—Lon don 41 -, Middlesex, 151; Essex, 4; Kent, 12 ; Surrey, 42 : Total, 2:51. The gr and jury having been sworn, The .1.12 6COZDER proceeded to deliver his charge to them. A It was re his intention to address them at anylength, be cause, rapon a careful perusal of the depositions hefoundtha; they c• airatained matters of fact, which it was purely the pro vince of the grand jury to deal with them according to law. He lan se nted to observe the number of prisoners for trial which tl IC calendar presented, upwards of 250. That num ber coed d not but be considered large when it was remem bered that the Central Criminal Court had been relieved ef a vast number of minor cases at Hick's Hall. He regretted to see th at offences against the person of au aggravated charac ter svi ere on the increase ; there was in the calendar no less than i;wslity cases of cutting and wounding, with intent to mureli tr or do some grievous bodily harm. There were three cases of murder, one for rape, seven cases of robbery with violen , aa , and two cases of manslaughter. With regard to the charges of murder, one alone was likely to be submitted to the consideration of the grand jury, 'hi ,cane the other two persons charged with that offence •whose names appeared in the calendar had been in.. dicted in a former session, and true bills found against theta by pre vi ous grand juries. The other case of murder was one in wh: cl t the mother was charged with the death of her childrt by drowning ;he adverted to the case not from am doubt that by the act of the mother the children met theft' death, bi it because some doubt might arise from the act• of the rnt , t tier as to whether or not her mind was impaired. The questit it i of the sanity or insanity of the party was one the Le And jury could not dispose of: if they were clearly of opinion that death had been caused by the act of the mother, it was their duty to put the case in a c nurse of trial, by finding a true bill against her. He was r orry to see that the offence of larceny from the person was o n the increase, there were no less than twenty-four cases )f that description in the present calendar. Judicious severity of punishment had apparently been un able tc restrain effectually this species of offence, which. was generally committed by thieves by pro fession.. There were several charges in the calendar of un lawfullF uttering counterfeit coin, and also uttering it felo niously; and for the latter offence the parties were liable to tramp t ation or long imprisonment, according to the dis cretion. c f the Court. There was also a case in the calendar ef a hi3rt• ible description, on which the charge rested upon the ev id ence of two servants in the establishment of a gen tlenlau- That charge related' to an offence of which they were et-ated to be eye-witnesses. With respect to that he would only say, that if, upon consideration of the evidence, they •ri ere convinced that the case would succeed, or was likely tto succeed before a j ur y, it was their duty to put it in a coui :cc for trial ; but if they were convinced that theta was not en .coagh in the evidence to convict the party, then they would spare the Court the disgusting details. Among the cases of cutting and wounding, he was sorry to say there were a ome of a most shocking character, and dis tressii ig: to contemplate. For the smallest provo cation resort was now had to such weapons as spades:, _knives, and other weapons, instead of the more manly metho d t hat was formerly adopted. He was sorry to see this change- it i the state of society. Whether the lenity of the Legislr ire had caused this it was not for them to inquire, but it ws s distressing to see petty injuries resented in so murdei ea , as a spirit, and by such murderous weapons. The Learned Judge, after remarking upon the increase of larceny commi dby servants, remitted the grand jury to the per formance of their duty. The G Jurt then proceeded to swear in the petit jury. Wi/ !ice n Jordan, alias Middleton, aged 18, was indictedfor stealing two coats and other articles , the property of Thomas , 3arfield. The pi isoner pleaded guilty, and, addressing the Court, said he had made some very bad acquaintances, and he hoped th 4 t such a sentence would be passed upon him, as would eff actually separate him from the evil connexions he had form, d. The RI .CORDER sentenced him to be transported for seven years. James. Andrews, aged 44, was found guilty of stealing, in the dweri ng 'house of Edward Gifford, nineteen silver forks, his prop •ty. The Jul y recommended him to mercy, anti he was sen tenced to twel vemonths' imprisonment, with hard labour. The Ina.•s Oil ver, aged 22, a well-dressed young man, was indict ed for b urglariously breaking into the dwelling-house of Ri chard C primes, and stealing a cream-jug, two 51. bank-• notes, and o ther articles, his property. The robbery was comm itted is . a most daring manner. The jury I found the prisoner guilty of the offence of steal ing in a dweL'ing••house above the value of 5/., and he was senten .ced to 1- 1 e transported for ten years. PO LICE INTELLIGENCE. _ _ WORSHIP-STREET. Sarah Le ssar, a girl about 17 years of age, was placed at the bar befi ire Mr. Broughton, charged with the following unfeeling rd bbery : Mary Anr Le Calif; the wife ofa weaver in Punderson-street, Bethnal-gre en, stated that about a month since the prisoner, who was in a complete state of destitution, applied to her fa Pitiativ4 ce, And mapas.sl9Alitillg her C9lActitiP, Act ea. gaged her at 2s. a week and her board and lodging to look after her children, whilst the witness assisted her husband at weaving, which paid very badly. Cm Thursday, the 30th ult., she carried out some silk to her employers, and on her return home found her two little children in the street, her house left open, and that the prisoner had absconded. Sus pecting she had been robbed, she immediately examined a box underneath her bed, in which she had deposited 18L, the accumulated savings of herself and husband for a great length of time, and found that the whole of the money had been carried off: After a fruitless search for the prisoner of several days, she, and a lodger of hers named Foy, at length traced her to a house in Nicholl-street, Spitalfields, and on accusing her of her heartless conduct, she immediately burst into tears, acknowledged she had done wrong, and pulled a handkerchief out of her bosom containing 41. 16s. of the money. Another part of the 181. she said she had intrusted to a man named Daniels to keep for her, who had told her that he had destroyed and buried it, as it was base coin, and the remainder she had spent in articles of dress. Police-constable Alexander produced a large bundle of women's wearing apparel, entirely new, which he had found at the girl's lodglg ; and the prisoner, whose eyes were greatly swollen from incessant weeping, having declined to say anything in answer to the charge, was fully committed for trial. A tall powerful fellow, named Augustus Fisher, stated to be a cabman and pugilist, and well known to the police, was next charged upon suspicion of committing the following violent assault and highway robbery upon the person of a hatmaker named Jackson. It appeared from the evidence in this case, that the prose cutor having to take home a beaver hat to the landlord of a public-lnuSe in Collingwood-street, Bethnal-green, at a late hour on Thursday night last, was standing talking to the publican, when the prisoner came in and asked the prose cutor to treat him ; the prosecutor handed him his glass of brandy-and-water, and after some conversation left the house, accompanied by the prisoner; but a heavy fall being heard shortly afterwards by the publican and his brother, they went out and found Mr. Jackson lying on his back on the pavement in a state of insensibility, and bleeding profusely from the mouth, with one of his lips cut through, evidently by a very violent blow. The prosecutor was assisted into the house, and, having partially recovered from his ill-usage, stated that the instant he had left the door he was felled to the ground by a terrible blow in the face • that the prisoner immediat ely took to his heels, and that although he did not see the pri soner strike him, the act was so sudden, he was satisfied it was he who did it, as there was no one else in the street, and he had been robbed of his purse at the same moment, con taining 1/. 155., which was secure in his pocket the instant before. The prisoner called at the public-house the next night, and offered to pay for half a pint of gin, but a police man was fetched, who took him into custody. The police gave the accused a very bad character, as the constant associate of persons of bad repute, and repeatedly in custody for different offences, and The prisoner, on being called upon for his defence, ac knowledged that he had left the house with the prosecutor as described; but declared that the latter had sustained the injuries complained of by falling accidentally, and denied all knowledge of the robbery, which must have been com mitted by two other men who left the public-house at the same time. This last assertion, however, was flatly contradicted by the publican and his brother, and Mr. Bitoccirroc, who considered the prisoner's conduct replete with suspicion throughout, ordered him to be bruught up again next week for the completion of the evidence. A respectable looking woman, who gave the acknow ledgedly false name of Anne Brown, but is known to be the wife of a commercial clerk in a wholesale house in the city, was then charged with stealing a woman's bedgown, value 9d., from the shop of Mr. Smith, a pawnbroker, in Pitfield street, Hoxton. It appeared that the prisoner at four o'clock on Thursday offered in pledge a piece of calico, and was requested to go to another part of the shop with it; she did so, and the bed gown was missing from a number of others to which it had been pinned at the spot where she had been previously stand ing. This being communicated to the shopman attending on her, her pledge was refused, and she was followed out into the street, and then requested to go back again. This she also readily did, but on reaching the door she pulled the bed gown from beneath her cloak, and, delivering it to the shop man, asked for forgiveness, and requested that her husband might be sent to, who, she said, would immediately pay the value of the article. This was of course refused, and a con stable being procured, she was delivered into his custody. She had been in the habit of frequenting the shop for six months, and, although different articles had been repeatedly missed about the time of her visits, no suspicion had before been entertained of her, from her apparent respectability. The prisoner, in defence, declared that a woman had pre sented her with the bedgown at the pawnbroker's door, and, although she protested it was of no use to her, the woman persisted in her gift, and while she was deliberating what to do with the article, suspecting it might not have been honestly come by, the shopman came up and gave her in charge. Mr. BROUGHTON intimated that she must offer that defence at the sessions, and ordered the depositions to be taken, and the prisoner committed for trial. SOUTHWARK. John Conolly, a young man of hitherto bad character, was placed at the bar, charged with assaulting and robbing a Miss Georgiana Peterson of a parcel containing two silk gowns. The complainant stated that at half-past eight in the evening, as she was walking near the leather market at Ber mondsey, with a parcel containing two silk dresses, in her hand, she was suddenly struck by some person from behind, and knocked down. She screamed out, and at the moment she saw the prisoner, who snatched the bundle out of her hand, and, having threatened her if she called out, then ran away. The complainant added that she afterwards saw the prisoner in custody, and also had her property restored. A tradesman, named Beckem, stated that he was at a short distance from the leather market, when he heard a shriek, and immediately afterwards saw the prisoner running with great swiftness in the direction of Snow's-fields. Wit ness pursued him, in the course of which he saw him throw away a bundle, and he was eventually secured near Snow's fields. When taken into custody, he asserted that on hear ing a cry of " Stop thief" he ran after the culprit, And was close at his heels, when he (pHs mer) was accused as the real thief, although he was as innocent, he could declare, as a babe unborn. The complainant, as well as the witness, were recalled, and, in reply to the prisoner's assertion with respect to his having been in pursuit of the thief when he was taken, they contradicted it, and both added that they had no doubt he was the man. The prisoner was committed. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, MAY 9. STOCK ExcnxwaE.—The sales are--Bristol and Exeter, New, 7-16—Caledonlan, 12%—Ditto, New, 1 15-16—Midland, New, 3234 —North Staffordshire, 434 p:_— . MANCHESTER, Mir 9 STOCK ExcittsroE.—The sales are—Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 7 dis.—East Lincolnshire, par—Great Grimsby .and Dock Exten. sion, I dis.—Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford, 24 p.—Lanca shire and North Yorkshire, 7s. 6d, dis.—Liverpool, Ormakirk, and Preston, 14 p.—Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, %—Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction, 17s. dis.—Man- Chester and Hyde, % p.—Manchester and Southampton, p.— Northumberland and Lancashire, 1 dis.—North Staffordshire, % Preston and Wyre, Halves (B), 10s. 6d. p.— Sheffield and Lincoln shire Junction, 14 p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, p.—Shrews bury and Hereibrdshire, % dis.—Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, % dis.—South Eastern and Dover, 42—Ditto, Consol (2Se 3), 24 p.—Ditto, Halves (No. 4), 1% p.—West Lancashire Cow% % Riding Union, 2X p. LEEDS, MAT 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The result of the business of the week juatl. fies the caution given in our last Saturday's notice, prices having slowly and gradually declined sines that time. Those buyers who have abstained from purchasing during the early part of the account will probably now come forward, and by the creation of a demand, prevent any material further reduction for this account. The trade is becoming one more of supply and demand than of " account" speculation, and is therefore less likely to be subject to those capri cious variations in price which the speculations of the jobbers have so long fostered. The American intelligence to the IGth ult., received via Havre, is generally considered favourable to the preser vation of peace, but is yet not of that decided character to produce so favourable an abet on the share markets as our anticipation of a final amicable settlement of the Oregon question would have. The sales are—Huddersfield and Manchester, % P. — Huddersfield and Sheffield, s%p.—Leeds and DewSbury, —Leeds and Think, 2 dis.— Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares (A), 8% p.—North British, Carlisle Branch, 255. p.—Skef field and Manchester, Quarter Shares (No. 3), 1 p.—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 10s. dis.—Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 20s. dis. — Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, &c., 275. dis.—tradford, Wakefield, cud Midland, 235. dis.--Buckinghamshire, 13s. p.—Direct Northern, 10s. dis.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, % dis.— Leeds and York, 15s. dis.--Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, Gs. dis.—Liver pool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, par—Manchester, Bux ton, Matlock, and Midland, 275. Gd. p.—Northumberland and Lan cashire Junction, 19s. dis.—North Staffordshire, 4% p.—North Western, 6s. p.—Shrewsbury and Hereford, 21s. dis.—Shropshire Union, 12s. 6d. dis.—South Midland, 1% p.—West Riding Union, 4%. HULL, MAY -9, STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Durham and Sunderland, 23 —North British, Carlisle, 435. Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, &c., l —4:tholme, Ijl —Buckinghamshire, 21. Ils. —Derby and Gains borough, 13s. 3d —East Lincolnshire, 225. 6d.—Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., 41s.—Hull and Barnsley Junction, 25s.—Leicester and Birmingham, % —London and Manchester (Remington's), 1 is. 3d.— Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 31. 9s. 6d.—South Midland, 31. 9s.—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 265. 6d. SHEFFIELD, MAY 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales - Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares (No. 3 Scrip), 1!,1 p.—Grimsby and Sheffield Quar ter Shares, 6s. 6d. dis.— Manchester and Lincoln Union and Canal, 12s. dis.—Sheflield and Lincolnshire, Extension, 15s. dis.—Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe, 13s. Gd. dig. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MAY 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, 275. 6d. p.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 4 dis.— Lei cester and Bedford, lls. 6d. dis.—Liverpool, Manchester, and New castle Junction, p.—North Staffordshire, 4% p.—Northumberland and Lancashire, 18s. 6d. dis.—South Midland, 2 p.—West Riding Union, 2/ p. YORK, MAY 9 STOCK Excumsoz.-The sales are-Eastern Counties, York Exten sion, 1%-Eastern Union, 343{ -Ditto, Quarter Shares, 2 p.-Lan cashtre and Nortk Yorkshire, 11. 125.-Manchester, Buxton, Mat lock, and Midland, 336-Newcastle and Darlington Extensions, 91. 16s. 3d.-North British, Carlisle Extension, 21. Gs.- Stafford shire, 64-North Western, 1/. 65.-West !J i. ni7o rt n. ll4l . lac - York and North Midland, New (East and West Riding), 114. EDINBURGH, MAY 8. Banff, and Elgin, 11. 95.-Airdrie and !. los. g -Armagh and Portrush, 51. 158.-Aberdeen, STOCK EXCHANGE .- The sales are-Aberdeen, 51. and Forfar, 271. -Ditto, Half Shares 15 2/. lls.-Arbroath 21. 25.-13ariffshrre, • 131. 55.-Ditto, New, 12s. 6d y r an . d G l9 ll - 0 w ß a e y l , f. ll t . .16 x :s d . - CountyAyr s h Down,ire a nd Bridge r o t th f h W a e n i r d , Irish Union, 21. 25 .-Caledonian, --Caledonian and Northern Direct, 1/. 14s. . 155.-Clydesdale Junction, 21.-Cale dontan Extension, 11. 15s. 6d.-Caledonian and West l e l s s t . 1/. I s. 3d .- a C D he e l v m ot s[o c rd en ar r d al ßu i r i y . ' 125.61.-Deeside Railway, 141.-Cornwall an 41.-Direct and Arbroath, 391.-Ditto, New, 211.-Dundee and Forfar Linton, Northern, 21. 511.-Dublin and Enniskillen, 11. 10s.- Junction, 1/. 165.-Dundee and Perth, 171.-Ditto, Kinross Exten sion, 9d.-East 2/.--Eas of Fife, 11. 21.-Eastern Counties 11s.E Extension, a s 21. - Lothian Centraln s tlndia d Indian n Railway, Tyne 14s. Valley Junction, 1/. 45.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 11. 188.-Edin burgh arid Glasgow, 771.-Ditto, Half Shares, 201.- Ditto, Quarters, 18/. 17s. Gd.-Ditto, ditto, New, 17!. IN.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 11.-Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric, 1/.55. 6d. -Edin burgh, Leith, and Granton, 16/.-Date, Preference, 18/.-Edlnburgh and Northern, Gl.-Ditto, Newport, 165.-Ditto, Lochgelly, Edinburgh and Peebles, it. 1 ls.-Edinhurgh and Perth, 2!. 25.-- Edinburgh, Portobello, and Musselburgh, 11. 125.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 1/. 145.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 761.-Ditto, New Stock, 301.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 18/.-Glasgow Belfast Union, 2/. Os. 6d. -Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 21. 75.-Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 1/. 135.-Glasgow and Garirkirk, 40/. 10s.-Glasgow General Terminus, 9/. 105.-Glasgow and Greenock, 17/.-Ditto, New Stock, Si. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 1/. 15 5.-Glasgow Harbour Grand Junc tion, 11. 10s.-Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 1!. 15 5.-Glasgow, Kilmar nock, and Ardrossan, 2!. 10s.-Gl asgow, Strathaven, and fesmaha gow, 2/. 3s. 6d.-Granton Junction, 10s.- -Great County Down, IN.-Great North of Scotland, U. 10s. 6d.-Great North and South Wales, I[s.-Inverness and Elgin, 1/.-Lanark and Lothians, 21. 2s. &1.-Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena, 125.-London and Houn slow, 158.-London and Manchester (Bast.), 3/. 5s -London and Manchester (Remington's), 1/.-London and York, 2!. 155.-Ditto, Half Shares, 21.-Midland and Eastern Counties, U. 18s.-Moray siltryes,.-1/N.-ortNhewficraitsitslh, e and 3u 51:.einDicitkt,o, a1 2 1 6 1 1.- ve Nzwry and Londonder r y, 121.-Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, 21. 17s. 6 d.--Ditto, Extension to Dalkeith, 6!. 12s. 6d.- North Wales Mineral, 15/ -Ditto, New, 6/. 55.-Perth and Crieff Direct, 11. 125.-Perth and Inverness, 1/. IN.-Scottish Central, 1 6/.-Ditto, New, 71. 5 5.-Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, 11. Gs -Scottish Grand Junction, I/. ls.-Scottish Midland, 71. -Scot t ish Southern, 11. 13s. 6 d.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 10s.-Shrews bury, Oswestry, and Chester, 4/. 9s -South Midland, 31. 15s. 6d.- Stirling and Dunfermline, It. 14s. Gd.- Stirling and Midland, 2/.- Strathern Junction, 1/. IN.-Surrey Grand Junction, 10s.-Tear and Dove Valley, 155.-Wishaw and Coltncss, 501. GLASGOW, MAY 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen. Banff, and Elgin, 30 5.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 545.-Ayr and Galloway. 355.-Banff shire, 205.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Extension, 335.- Direct Northern, 455.-Dundee and Perth, 17A-East Indian Hallway, 13s. 9d.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 335. 6d.-Glasgow General Ter minus, 9%-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 395. 6d.-Glasgow,GKilmar nock, and Ayr, Qnarter Shares (5 per cent. guar.), 1834 -Glasgow, lasg Ma-44 0114001 en 0 Vgla, 64.--Kilniantoc ita . 4 4 7 Dumfries, 418, frie C4 s, and . Carlisle , y 395. 6d. -Glas 9 go . w, Kilmarnock, d A n dros- Direct, :123. 6,l.—Lesrnaliagow, 425. Gd.—Manchester and South' anipton, 45s.—Scottish Central, D."-,/.—Scottish Southern, 255. Gd: - Scottish Centrat and Caledonian Junction, 29s.—South Midland , 6=4' LLOYD'S SHIPPING. and floe clear noN, weather. MAYll-- 11. —Wind this day at noon, S.W., light b red& 10tb , DEAL, MAY 9.—Wind E.S.E. ; 10th, S.W., fresh.—Arrd. John Brewer, Brown, Bombay ; Benjamin Green, Dyet, St. Kitt:: City of Rochester, Cuba; Bohemia, New York; Franklyn, C.;; ! ming, Batavia and Cape of Good Hope; Standard, WMullan, `,.. Orleans; Giovanna, Maria, Pernambuco, and Md. for HanibUre, Sid. Orwell, Quebec. Arrd. Ystroom, Detering, Batavia, and sl d. Amsterdam. Arrd. from the River, Enterprise, Webb, Ascens iot i l o , ta t Arabian, Robertson, Halifax ; Rapid, Scotland, Beyrout ; 11 2, 2 1 t ,•A Cork and Quebec. Arrd. from the River, and sld. 9th, . packet, Smith, Launceston ; Carshalton Park Carter, Honduras; Ann's, Richard, New York ; 10th, Post Boy, Madeira. LIVERPOOL, MAY 10.—Wind W., moderate.—Arrd. 9th, Munro, Sydney, New South,Wales, sailed Nov. 12 ; St. Vincent, Sbe.P.: herd, St. V in cent ; Math ew il' earce , Whit e , L a G uayra ; Olinda, Th irl r : ; son, Galv es t on ; Cin c i nna tti , P eacoc k , B a l t i more ; New • Cropper, New York, sailed 18th ult. 10th. Alveston, Clark, o "'Z i - e . pore ; Du c h ess o f A rg yl e , Philli ps, C a l cu t ta and Trinidad ; E lle " - a Pagan, Lima ; Rosa, Rio de la Ilache; Tamerlane, 31'Leary , Orleans; Symmetry, M'Connell, Mobile. Sid. 9th, Hindoo. Fo l t , t o lk it , TsliolTir Philadelphia. istA y Calcutta; Douglas, Smerdon, Cape of Good Hope ; Merchant , ' m u sts Rio Janeir, W ; Lancashire itch, Sutherland, Jamaica; Murray, Grebo w , Vera Cruz ; Z a nt e , K earne y, T a mpico ; 9.—WindLev— S.S.E. to S.W.Sid Chadwick, Ne w Y or k ; R o b er t Small, Scott, Ma — drasa . 77 e C li a linegtUtrs: Arrd. 10, Rosali n d , G a t e, C u b a. Off, 9, Sans Parelle, Adelaide. COWES, MAY 10.—Wi n d W.S.W.—A rr d . Herman, Scheel,Sandirt'' Islands ; Boreas, Block, Jaquemel ; Cora, Young, New Bedford' Ore PORTLAND, MAY B.—Chimera, Ilagball, Surinam. „mod- BRISTOL, MAY 10.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Gr ow ler, No. — land. OFF TORBAY, MAY s.—Admiral de Ruyter, Van Essen' r3 ,,t via. 6. Disco, Ma r k, f or B res t. 7. O sprey, Williams, Pernara h v" for Hamburgh ; Ceras, Smith —. OFF DARTMOUTH, M AY s.—Eli za b e th, M an ill a , for 11 ! 1 , 31 „; burgh. 9. Maas Nymph, M an t an d em, B a t av i a, f or Rotterd am ' Achilles, Perchard, Mauritius ; Hollander, Boston, for Rotterebn-ed, PLYMOUTH, MAY 10. —Wind S.W., s t rong . A rr d. ValleYn Farmer, Sierra Leone. Off, Leander, Sydney, New South Wale' er e FALMOUTH, MAY 9.—Wind S. to S.W., fresh. —Sid. 8, P et packet, Madeira, Teneriffe, and Brazils. FLEETWOOD, MAY B.—Arrd. Tapley, IPKie, Calcutta. I th ig BRISTOL, MAY 10.—The Liverpool, Potter, from Patagonia to port, put into Barbadoes, 18th March, with damage, and woul d charge to repair. LIVERPOOL, M AY 9.—A severe gale was experienced at New Orl,eg and the mouth of the Mississippi , 4th ult. The Thomas H. p er ' h ir Superb, United States, and Coromandel were aground on t he "A e t when the gale set in ; the three frst got to sea, but the Cororatta:,l drew too much water to float, and would have to discharge to be B° off. The Kentville, of Liverpool, was wrecked on the bar of Toha,, March 14; crew and materials saved. The William, Scott , IP/ Honduras to Cork, put into Baltimore, 13th ult., leaky. !yea lll=Lir, MAT B.—The Adam Clark, Strutt, of Harwich, air here from Sunderland, reports having passed on the 7th inst. a WIT. or sunken vessel, with apparently a top-gal ant sail floating upon T.; surface attached to the wreck—lower Whiting buoy, bearing compass N.N.W., distance three-quarters of a MARKET NEWS.-(YESTERDAY). C ORN-EXC HANG E. During last week the arrivals of Wheat of home produce for oe market were on a full average scale, and of somewhat irnproll quality. Of English Oats the receipts were tole ra bl y extens i v e; b° those of all other articles of grain, coastwise, were limited. fr ° _: Scotland very few Oats came to hand ; but from Irela n d, upwart l3 _,, 16,000 quarters came to hand. The imports of Foreign Wheat Flour were moderately extensive. Fresh up the arrivals of NV lle° from our own coasts were not to say large ; yet the number of _,„ pies on offer was good, owing to which, the continuance of flue W 7.", ther for the growing wheats, and the comparatively thin attenda n ,',;, of buyers, the demand for that article was unusliat i heavy, at a declir a in the quotations obtained on Mon last last of from five to six shillings per quarter, and a large quantity mained unsold at the close of business. The advises which h ay .. reached us to-day from various parts of the country are toleirgw,ff favourable as respects the appearance of the wheats. The shelf_:; free foreign Wheat was by no means large, yet the sale for it ly; very depressed, and, to effort sales, the holders were compelle d v give way in their demands fully 4s per quarter. In Corn tin', lock so litfle was doing that the currencies were almost notnin The quantity of Barley on offer was small, yet the inquiry for it heavy, at barely, but nothing quotable beneath, last week's Pri vu :s The transactions in Malt were wholly confined to retail parcel.% " for previous currencies. With Oats we were better supplied than some time past ; hence the Oat trade was duli, at an abatemen t value of Is per quarter. both Beans and Peas, the supplies of wid c were small, moved off slowly, at late rates. The sal e f o r Flour Wa , dull, at a decline of from is to 3s per 2801bs. In Seeds no trans l°. Bons were reported. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE Wheat—Essex & Kent, I Malt—Chevalier...... 64s tO Oats— Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feed. 243 3 " Potatoe 263 23. Youghar and Cork, Black . ...... 233 24 ! Cork, White . 243 2 6: Scotch, Feed..... 27s r, Beans—Tick . ........ 343 3° ' Pigeons . 35s 3 " Pease—Grey , „ „ 35, 36S „ „ 35 9 363 Maple White Boilers .... ..... 40s 4 2 . 4° Flour—Town-made 469 Suffolk .... 4 : Stocktn & Norfolk 403 416 ID FLOUR IN BOND. Beans • 423 to 44 0 Pease.. ... ... 44s 4 Flour—American Baltic ...... —5 Red, New.... 45s to 605 Ditto,White, Old.. 485 64s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red..... 45s 57s Ditto, White...... 50s 605 Irish, Red........ —3 —s Ditto, White...... —3 —5 Rye—Old 343 38s New. .. .... •• • ... 38s 40s Barley—Grinding..... 28s 31a Malting . ........ 34$ 35s Chevalier 363 —s Malt—Suffolk and Nor folk • ....• ••• • • • 58s 633 Brown . • ••• • • 565 603 Kingston and Ware 59s 60s FOREIGN GRAIN A' Wheat—Dantzic...... 52s to 605 Hamburgh .. 48s 503 Barley .......... 20s 26s Oats —New ... .•• • . • 225 24s Feed 19s 20s SME THPIELD. - -- ----- During the past week the imports of live stock into London ha 4 ' been large, they having amounted to nearly 400 head of B eeer t and 350 ditto Sheep, chiefly mom holland. To-day we had on 11S,e Z.'oo Beasts, and 200 Sheep from Germany and Holland, together "flo' 40 from Prussia, which latter, the quality of which was good, w er e shipped at Rotterdam. The demand for the foreign goer was tolerably steady ; yet, though offered at last Monday s _ _ quotations, the whole di ' not find purchasers. From or , grazing districts the arrivals of Beasts fresh up wer e E f,,t derately extensive ; yet, as the attendance of buyers was solcos w '''.., numerous, the Beef trade was steady, at fully, but at nothing (fol able beyond, Friday's pricee. The droves from Norfolk, Suffolk, Fi sex, and Cambridgeshire, comprised 1,500 Scots, Homebreds , a nd Shorthorns; from the Western and Midland dist r icts, 400 Here fordOr aunts, Devons,lec. s from other parts of Bngland, 4® of variod 3 kinds ; and from Scotland 250 Scots. The numbers of Sheep we r by no means extensive ; while the Mutton t ra d e was f i rm , an d pre vious rates were well supported. From the Isle of Wi g ht 300 Lambs came to hand ; while the Lamb trade was steady, a t our quo t a tions. In Calves and Pigs, the supplies of which were rath er li m it e d, ex ceedingly little business was transacted. Per Blbs. to sink the offal. S. d to s. d Second quality ditto 4 4 4 6 Coarse-woolledditto 4 6 4 ti Southdown Wethers 4 10 5 0 Ditto out of the wool Large Hogs ...... 3 6 4 Small Porkers •... 4 8 5 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 19 0 Lambs . 5 4 6 4 SUPPLY AT MARKET. s. d. s. d Inferior Beasts .... 2 6 2 8 Second quality ditto. 210 3 4 Prime large Oxen.. 3 6 3 8 Prime Scots ...• 310 4 0 Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 8 Prime small ditto .. 410 5 Suckling Calves ..18 0 29 0 Inferior Sheep .. . 3 6 4 2 Beasts. 2,538 I Sheep. 22,010 --- Calves. I Pigs -93 290 NEWGATE AND LEADENNALL. The arrivals of slaughtered meat for our markets during the past week have been moderate, the time of year considered, and of flu' average quality. Although the supplies slaughtered in the metre" polls have been tolerably extensive, the general demand this morn ing was steady, and previous rates were well supported. About 100 carcases of foreign Beasts, and 200 foreign Sheep, have been db i " posed of, at fair quotations. At per stone, by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to S. cl ,; Beef, Inferior...." 2 4 2 6 Mutton, Inferior .. 3 4 - middling .... 2 6 3 8 middling.. 310 4 v - prime large .. 210 8 2 prime .... 4 2 4 , - prime small •• 3 4 3 6 Pork, 1arge........ 3 4 4 4 Veal •••••..... 441 5 0- small ........ 4 6 6 ° Lamb. 5s 4,1 to 6s 4d. ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs. Scotland ••.• • • • 32 400 —• 350 Yorkshire ••• • • •.••••• • • • • • •• 40 510 400 Lincolnshire .•••• • • • • • GO 100 100 Norfolk . ..... .......... •••• • • .. 30 60 120 Suffolk .......... •. •••••• • • • • . 20 80 160 Cambridgeshire ...... • ......... 30 100 -- SO Essex ......... • ....... ..... 40 60 70 80 Surrey . • .... ................. 80 98 GO 120 Devonshire ..... Wiltshire ....... Other parts ..... ••••• • .. ..... - ........ 50 100 80 100 —. Total ......... ..... 402 1,580 250 1,540 Previous week's arrival...... 410 2,100 300 1,750 Dlliference since oar last .... 8 520 50 21 0 BOROUGH AND SPITALPIELDS. On the. whole the receipts of Potatoes at the water-side during the past week have been but moderate. The finest parcels have moved off steadily at rather more money, but all other kinds have hung heavily on hand. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. The finest parcels of new Hops are In somewhat imprOved request , at rather more money. In all other kinds, however, next to nettling is passing. _ _ WOOL. The past week's imports of foreign and colonial Wools have amounted to about 1,800 bales. In the private contract market the demand for all descriptions of Wed, owing chiefly to the appr•ach ing public sales, is heavy at barely late rates. TALLOW. There is no alteration in this market since our last. Yellow Candle of fine quality, on the spot, is firm, at 42s 6d ; and fc,r the autuMtl , in bond, 41s 3d to 41s 6d ; Town Tallow 41s, net cash. A CANDIDATE FOR THE MINISTRY.—LateIy a clod pole in one of our northern counties applied to a magistrate for e i n the outerlic ens e t m o e ri p t r h e a a t c l e i . . t 1 tTI ehdehim worthyta the magistrate , office, ad d observing i nothing , ~ Cam lod glistrate—" Well, but my good fello w , h ow will you preach ?" .0 an you read or write ?" Clodpole—" Nuther, pl a z e y our h onour ." Ma ple (scratching his head)—" Moth e r r ea d s , an d me 'spounda thea %plains." The magistrate ref u s e d t o gra tify the ambition aspirant, who went away sadly disappointed. COLONIAL BisnoPnics.-I'hr..e ne w episcopal sees c In Our Chinese p os .. are forthwith to be created In our colonies e_ Bishop of Vict or i a and two In Austral's. [ADVISETJUSSMENT. j sessions at Hon ;-Kung , the bishop to be cane d o n e —SpLENDID ARRANGEME NT O r LOOKING-GLASS, 1 producing the effect of a long ar ca d e , an d o f bewildering as to cause a dou bt whether you are in London or in old Rome. ~ Arch follows arch, and pile succ ee d s to pile. " This unique apartment is devoted to'cutting,r and arranging the h a i r i n , and with another having a beautiful view of Naples, are on the ground-floor. In calling attention to their establish ment. 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I had a very severe attack of erysipelas in my righ t foot and uncle with swelling and inflammation to an alarming. extent; I was unable to move without the assistance of'crutcpeS s I consulted an eminent physician to no purpose ; however, in less than two weeks, by the use of your ointment and pills, I w" cured;, to the surprise of all who knew me." (Signed) " Joseph Gil a farmer. —Sol by all chemists, and at Professor Holloway's alet O t e E r, , E d l a t t l ed Esta blishment, 214, Strand, London. BIRTHS.wiIe of On the 2d inst., a t th e H o t e l de :NOMlles, Spa, Belgium, the we -- A. Colyar, Esq., of a son. nrge On the Gth inst., at An g les e y, near G os p or t, th e l a dy of - Bridge, Esq , Captain, 34 Regiment, the Buffs, of a son. On the 6th inst., at Ru s s e ll-s quare , M rs . Al exan d er P r ince, o f a Son. .. On the Gth inst., at Cadboro ug h-f aun , Rye, Sussex, Mrs. T hom — Brown Lovett, of a son. On the 7th inst., at Lee-terrace, Blackheath, the wife of C harles A. Ferguson, Esq., of a son. SEI.I On the 7th inst., at Hendon, the wife of Philip Han of a son. MARRIED. On the 2d of October, 1845, at Yoonunga , South Australi a, W.111,101.er Maturin, Esq., Auditor-General, to Charlotte Owen, second &M' of Captain C. H. Bagot, M.L.C., of Koonunga. DIED. .. v enth On the 30th ult., at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Mary Zinnia, °` daughter of Major-General A. Aitchison: of Hyde. aged 17. „ On the 4th inst., at Carlton-villas. Makia-hill, Mr. R. Mgen"iourth On the sth Inst., Ilumberstone, Leicestershire, M arl ' daughter of the late John Pares. Esq. thm, ° On the sth inst., at Camden-place, Bath, Frederic Willht infant son of J. W. Whittuck, Esq. On the 6th inst., at Clapham, Surrey, Mrs. Jeaney Mounfte-'''widoK of the late J. Mounsey. On the 7th Inst., In Trafalgar-place West, Haekneprosd, IJC iSsbet li • wife of Mr. John Walker. 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