The Sun. — London, England, 1852-03-17 00:00:00

FRANCE. The forms, as well as the essence, .of French in stitu lions are every day becoming less and less Repu'o;ii;an. A decree in the Moniteur of Saturday prescribes that public documents be entitled " Louis Napoleon, Presi dent of the French Republic. To all present al id to come, greeting," &c. Up to a recent period the com pliment of " Au nem du Peuple Francais" was pa id to the national sovereignty. Letters from Brignolles (Var) state that 1,000 persons engaged in the insurrectionary movement of the Bacses- Alpes, in December last, and who were sentenoed to transportation, have passed through that town ia de tachments of 100 each. They were on their way to Toulon where ships of war were waiting to receive em. It is reported that a Bishop of Cayenne will be created for the new penitentiary establishmeat in French Guiana. SPAIN. The accounts from Madrid are of the 10th inst. According to a return, p u blished by the Gazette, the debentures of the public debt, presented for conversion in February last, amounted to 153,288,950 reel s . The port of Malaga was visited on the 6th by a violent hurricane, in the course of which several vessels were wrecked on the coast. The Three per Cents. were done at 384 for time; the New Three per Cents. at 19; the Debt of the first class, at 7i; that of the second class at 5,i; and the Coupons at 10i. BELGIUM. The Paris correspondent of the Emancipation of Brussels says- 4, It is alleged that rather sharp notes have beer! sent to Belgi um b y t h e Mi n i ster o f F ore i g n Affairs with respect to a masquerade which took place at Ghent in the latter part of the Carnival. Some young men, it appears, promenaded through the streets, a man on a horse, wearing a dress to represent the President of the Republic, and with a gigantic false nose. This; man carried in his hand a whip, with which he struck from time to time a set of puppets which he carried in his hand. The puppets, each of which had a lock on his mouth, being intended to represent the French senators and deputies. The Belgian Government is said to have replied that it dis approved of the parody, and offered to dismiss the com missary of police who did not fulfil his duty by prevent ing it. But the French Government not considering this satisfaction sufficient, requires, it is said, the dismis sal of the Governor, who was on the balcony when the masquerade passed." lONIAN ISLANDS. We learn from Corfu, of the 3l instant, that the NS sion of the Legislative Assembly was opened on that day by the Lord High Commissioner in person. In his speech he passed an encomium on the spirit which had presided over the elections of that Assembly; he re peated his determination to carry cut the constitutional reforms be had prum'sed, and called upon the As sembly tz; give him their support. By a decree of the 26th ult., Count Roma had been named President of the lonian Senate. ITALY. The Risorgithento, of Turin, of the 12th inst., quotes the following, dated Venice, the 4th:—" Marshal Mar . - mont, in the last moments of his life, expressed a wish that an application be ' tnade to Prince LOUIS Napole on to allow his mortal remains to be deposited in the Inva lides. his last dispositions are not yet known. He spent several years in writing his memoirs, which must offer the greatest interest on account of his p ar ti c i pat i on in the gigantic wars of the . Empire. Th e hi story o f t h e c amp,,ign of 1814 must oe particularly interesting. Princess E!terbszy, who enjoy e d th e i nt i macy o f the Marshal, said after his death When his mentors shall have been published, history may transmit to posterity an impartial judgment on his acts: " The Duke of Ragusa received before his death all the Sacraments of the Catholic Church. The chaplain of the Duchess of Berri beard his last confession. His body has been embalmed, and clad in the uniform of a Marshal of Franc,. The Milan Gazette of the 9th cmtains a notification from the Imperial Lienten4nt of Lombardy, informing the public that, " until further orders," tho notification cf the 19th of January is to by oboyed, and no Sardinian vessels on the Lago Msggiore are to be allowed to ap proach the Austrian bank within 200 yards, or to take on board or land passengers or goods. THE LONDON GAZETTE, March 16. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MARCH 2, 1852. Notice is hereby given that her Majesty will hold a levee at St. James's Palace on Wednesday, 24th March instant, at two o'clock. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MARCH 2. Notice is hereby giTen, 'hat her Majesty will hold a drawing-room, at St. J am es's Palace, on Thursday, th e Ist of April next, at two o'chck. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 16. The rlueen has been pleased to appoint the Duchess of Atholl to be Mistress of the Robes, in the room of the Duchess of Sutherland, resigned. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAxcil 12. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John Car. michael as Consul at Liverpool for the Republic of Guate mala. CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 15. MEXBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PAR. LEAMENT. County of Buckingham—. The Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli, Chancellor and Linder Treasurer of the Exchequer. County of Lincoln—Parts of Lindsey—The Right Honour able Robert Adam Christopher, of Bloxham House, in the said county. Parts of Kesteven and Holland —The Right Honourable Sir John Trollope, of Casewick, in the said county, Baronet, Commissioner for administering the Laws for the Relief of the Poor in England. MARCO 16. County of Tyrone—The Right Honourable Claude Ha milton, commonly called Lord Claude Hamilton, Treasurer of her Majesty's Household. County of Londonderry—Thomas Bateson, of Belvoir Park, in the county of Devon, one of the Lords Commis sioners of the Treasury. County of Kildare—William Henry Ford Cogan, Esquire, in the room of the Right Honourable Richard Southwell Bourke, commonly called Lord Naas, who has accepted the office of Chief Secrets; to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. iry Lt. BANKRUPTS. James Franklin, innkeeper, Great Marlow, Buckingham shire, to surrender March 27 and April 30, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basing hall-street ; Spicer, Chancery-lane. Samuel Gash, builder, Hatcham New Town, Camberwell, March 26, at twelve, and April 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankrntcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall• street ; Lawrence, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. Henry Holland, builder, Eldon-road, Kensington, April 2 and 27, at twelve, at th e C our t o f Bank ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard. street ; Moxon, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane. George Warhurst, ironmonger, Leigh, Lancashire, April 2 and 29, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Mackenzie, official assignee, Manchester ; Slater, Man chester. Thomas Lord, boot maker, Ashton-under-Lyne, March 29 and April 26, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assisrnee, Manchester; Cobbett , Manchester. Robert Dilkes, inn keeper, Warrington, Lancashire, March 26 and Ap r il 19, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Nicholson, Warrington. William Rough, jun., joiner and builder, Rochdale, March 30 and April 27, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Frase r , official assign' ee, Manchester.; Downey, Rochdale. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. W. Carman, milkman, Broad -street, Lambeth. W. a r Pyett, grocer, Bi r d_ ee Lambeth. F. Debenham, baker, Sidney terrace, Kilburn. A. J. Weatherly, ehee eem z t r e r_ Cumberland-row, Islington. J. Price, cheesemonger, 4 inaso W r hitecross-street, St. Luke. H. Biggs, schoolmaster J. Day, vestry clerk eorge-the-M a rtyr, Bridge House place, Newington-causeway. G. Boon, milliner, Hanway-street, Oxford -street. W. Carpenter, grocer, High-street, sh adwell. J. Dalling, hair dresser, Brewer-street, Golden- u W. Gillbanks, Manchester agent, Minte rn _ stree tl_are.. te-street. a. ox on. J. G. Hutchinson, furrier, Edmund-place, toder 4 s , n t _Hampstead- reed. W. T. Webb, linen draper, Hall-street, City_ rea t R. Gellard, boot maker, Adam's-row, R. Malony, licensed victualler, la kfritys-road. T. Rossetter, miller, Windmill-street,.Hackney. J. C. Roeder, baker, Royley-street, Oict-strect.road, T. Ward, commission agent, Little Litchfield-street, Mary. lebone. W. H. Thompson, jun., gentleman, Albany-streety Regcut's. Andrew, 6. Andrew, cotton 4viaste:dealer, Ashton-under-Lyne. J. W. Barton, cotton waste dealer, Manchester. J. Heap, butches :Heaton Norris. E. Morrison, common carrier, Manchester. W. T. Moule,, commission agent, Oxton, Cheshire. W. T. Hant, gas engineer's clerk, Brutiswick-terrace, Soutla work. • T. A. Owen, shoemaker; Heaton Norris, Lancashire. James Prescutt, builder, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire. Walter Scott, printer, Havafit,-Haiits. Richard Brown, bootmaker, Birkenhead. Charles Whitworth, carter, Rochdale, Lancashire. J. Cooke, sen., brickmakees overlooker, Longton, Stafford shire. G. Robotham, jun., beer retailer, Lon g ton, Staffordshire. D. Parry, brewer, Trosnant, Monniout shire. B. Pearce, sen., stone merchant, Portland, Dorsetahire. E. Pinder, jun.; builder, Birmingham. Benjamin Ash, miner, Great Hucklow, Derbyshi re , Richard Christie Brown, attorney-at-law, Birkenhead. J. H. H. Keeling, blacksmith, Great Hucklowi Derbyshire. John Stevens, coach builder, Cheltenham. Thomas Thew, brazier; Bishopswearmouth. J. Leeds, licensed victualler, Milton-next-Gravesend. W. Lewis, milkman, Birmingham. E. Mogridge, leather seller, Edgbaston, Warwickshire. J. Nurse, attorney-at-law, King's Lynn , Norfolk. G. Reid, gardener, Grasmore, Westmoreland. J Sc horah, jou rneyman h a i r dr esser , L ee d s . Thomas Wadsworth, chemist, Manchester. John Henry Fra nc i s , ta il or, S t. H e l en ' s, L ancas hi re . John Lewis, tailor, or, Manchester. James Charism --- " 41 44 tobacconist, Woodford, Essex. Richard Sharp, tailor, Bliddlesbo r" gb, Yorkshire. James Hughes All en, c l erk, Dover. James RadderafielC James Beckett, 1. James Jones, farm labourer, Talgarth, Brecknockshire. DIVIDENDS. In the Country. J. Johnson, Liverpool; and Seacombe, Cheshire, at eleven-- at the Court, Liverpool—J. grocer, April 6, Brotherston (not Brotherton, as advertised in last Fri day's Gazettey, Liverpool, merchant, April 2, at eleven, at the Court, Liverp ool—T . Dalton and T. Edwards, Birmingham, ironfounders, April s, at half -past eleven, at the Court, Birming ham. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. oner 4d . 01 E. Thornton, Huddersfield,. ironu l Thursday, March 18, or any subsequent T h ursda y, y bc tvrees,eleven and two, at the office of d Mr. Freeman , Leeds. J.- es and T. Sykes, Soylan . Yorkshire, woollen . . the office man turers, 45., oil It urt'daY, March Is, or any sub _ ke (fit - Thursday, between eleven tind tivc rot ill of teeman, Leeds. % tett, ~ 6d., on r i n t;4, Staze, Strocd, Kent, ironmonger, , 48. , , March 16, or any su bsequent Tuesday, b etween , ,-- TELE SUN, eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall. 1 chambers, Bashaghall-street. T. Rutherford, Agnes-place, Waterloo-road, mer chant, lc. 2d., on Tuesday next, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street. H. Burton, York-square, Commercial-road East, clerk in her Majesty's Customs, 5d., on Tuesday next, or any subsequent Tuesday. between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall street. J. Fuller, City-road, glass merchant, 45., on Tuesday next, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street. A. Campbell, Is. 3d., on Tuesday next, or any subse quent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street. J. Greenshields and M. Strang, Liverpool, merchants, is., on Wednesday, March 31, or any subsequent Wed nesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool. G. Kirke, Bryn Malley, Denbighshire, lime burner 58. on Wednesday, March 31 , or any subsequent Wed nesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool. W. Pownall, Macclesfield, silk manufacturer, is. 6d., on Thursday next, and three following Thursdays, be tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street. R. Summers, Bath-street, City-road, pawnbroker and silversmith, 9s. lid., on Thursday next, and three fol lowing Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street. H. J. Cook, Hedge-row, High-street, Islington, linen draper, id., on Thursday next, and three following Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street. W. Taylor and J. Wylde, Wood-street, City, and Lock's-fields, Walworth, flock manufacturers, Bd., any Wednesday, between eleven and three, at the ofce of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. T. E. Southee, Fleet-street, advertising agent, 2a. 5d., any Wednesday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. A. Heilbronn and J. Harrison, Great St. Helen's, City, drysalters, is. Iod. any Wednesday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basing hall-street. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. In the Country. D. Little, Liverpool, merchant, April 8, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—T. Ramsden, Chester, timber merchant, April 8, at eleven, at the Court. Liverpool— Mary Ann Keel, Liverpool, coffee-house keeper, April 6, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—D. Morton, Wal sall, Staffordshire, chemist and druggist, April 7, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—W. Wor ley, Smethwick, Staffordshire, licensed victualler, April 7, at halt-past eleven, at the Court, Birmingham. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. J. Hatch, Friday-street, City, furrier, certificate of the first class—J. Sherwin, Liverpool, baker, certificate of the third class—G. Nock, Frith-street, Soho, gold smith and jeweller, certificate of the third class—S. V. Burge, Taunton, Somersetshire, saddler, certificate of the second class—T. Dixon, Bradford, Yorkshire, iron merchant, certificate of the second class—J. Roberts, Rhyl, Flintshire, innkeeper, certificate of the first class, atter twenty-one days from Feb. 19—T. H. Harris, Liverpool, shipowner, certificate cf second class, after twent.y-one days from March 4. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Armstrong, sen., and J. Armstrong, jun., Carlisle, Cumberland, attorneys—C. Boultbee and J. BStedman, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, surgeons and apothecaries —E. M. Matthews and J. Stephenson, Tynemouth, Northumberland, ship chandlers—D. Noble and J. Fielding, Salford, brewers—E. Noah and P. Aaron, Bir mingham—H. and J. Crossley, Woolwich—J. Hann, W. Clark, and A. W. Makinson, New Palace.yard, West minster, civil engineers (so far as regards J. Hann)—J. H. Berrey and G. Sutton, Adresford, Leicestershire and Derbyshire, brewers—T. Cummins and J. Firbank, Gateshead, Durham, painters—W. and I. Haywood, Rood lanc, City, merchants—T. Lewis and G. Kerr, Newport, Monmouthshire, drapers —J. Brown and H. Axe, Sheffield, slaters—L. A. Reeve and E. Benham, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, publishers —W. H. Cook and J. Morley, Kingston-upon- Hull, drapers—W. end J. Shaw, and J. Caudwell, Manchester, bakers (so far as regards J. Caudwell—B. J. Nowell and J. Hemingway, Isle of Anglesea, J. B. Hemingway, St. Mellons, Monmouthshire, and C. Pear son, Leequith, Glamorganshire, contractors—E. B. Dimmack, Thompson, J. Firmstone, and J. K. Black well, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, coal and i ron masters (so far as regards J. K. Blackwell)--W. G. Baker and H. Dunn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, brewers—R. Silk and T. Brown, Long-acre, coach builders. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. George Williams, Helston , Cornwall, butcher. Henry Young, Newport, Isle of Wight, smith. Robert Moffatt, Wolverhampton, carpenter. John:De Grey, Wolverhampton, baker. Evan Davis, Bradley, Staffordshire, miner. Robert Johnson, Runcorn, Cheshire, grocer. John Smith Deane, Altrinch am, Cheshire, painter. Peter Saunders, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, cordwainer. Wm. John Thompson, jun., Birmingham, revenue officer. James Hardy, East Dereham, Norfolk, millwright. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. F. Robertson, Girvan, surgeoa, to meet within the George Hotel, Girvan, March 19, and April 13, at twelve, MARKET IN TEL LIGEN CE. (From the London New Price Current, March 16.) SUGAR.—To-day importers of West India Sugar were not disposed to sell under the rates of Friday, and the quantity on offer was less than last week. The demand was, however, small, both for grocery and refining purposes, the purchases amounting to only 275 hhds, Ac. At auction 186 hhds De merara were taken in, low to mid yellow at 29s 6d to 30s6d, tine brown 28s 6d to 295, but since sold rather under these rates; 18 hhds 4 trcs Barbadoes went at 30s 6d to 33s 6d for low to mid yellow. REFIXED.—To-day Refined Sugar was in good demand for home consumption, but there were sellers of low to fine grocery Lumps at from 43s 6d to 48s. Crushed Sugar sells more freely for shipping, still rates do not improve. riLturd - rfus.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar met with little attention, and former rates are barely maintained ; of 10,000 bags at auction about one half found buyers, good to fine yellow at 32s to 348 6d, mid 31s to 31s 6d, low 29s to 30s, very ord brown 20s to 21s 6d, better kinds 22s to 265, good to tine 26s 6d to 295, grey from 27s to 33s 6d. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the public sales of Madras Sugar went off at fall rates, and nearly all offered, amounting to 9,000 bags, found buyers ; soft brown went at 22s to 23s 6d, common to good yellow 24s to 26s 6d, fine 27s to 278,6 d, supe rior grainy white 435, fine yellow ditto 36s to 375, mid to good 32s 6d to 355, ord 303 to 325. Bengal met with little attention ; at the same time last week's rates we re genera ll y sustained ; of 4,000 bags at auction about one-half sold; Benares fine white at 355 to 365, mid to good 33s to 34s 6d, ord 31s 6d to 32s 6d, damp and washed 31s to 355, mid grainy white 40s 6d to 41s, brown ditto 29s 6d to 30s, and mid to fine grainy yellow 33s to 38s. FoßxxeN.—To.day several purchases were made in Brazil and yellow Havannah by private treaty, the rates obtained being fully equal to laSt week, and exporters the leading operators. A cargo of brown Bahia sold at 16s 6d for the Baltic. None was offered at public sale. MoLasszs.—To-day at public sale •28 puns Barbadoes Molasses sold at 13s per cwt. Cocoa.—To-day at public sale 600 bags Grenada Cocoa were taken in at 303 to 31s 6d per cwt„ tieing the former value. COFFEE.—To-day Native Ceylon Coffee met with less at tention privately ; at the same time lower rates were re fused ; at auction 568 bags were only in part sold at 39s for good ord Native. Several parcels of Plantation Ceylon found buyers at full terms • a small public sa l e wen t as follows— fine at 61s to 655, mid to good 52s to 56s 6d, fine fine ord to low mid 47s to 50s, and fine ord 45s to 46s per cwt. The Dutch Company's public sale of Coffee has gone off with fair spirit. TEA.—Purchases in Congou have been on a limited scale, and medium sorts can be obtained at a small decline ; full terms are required for common and fine. The rates taken for ord to good ord are 8d to 8 1 ,6,d, blackish leaf 9d to 10 1 ,d, fine and Pekoe kinds lld to is sd. Oolong has been dealt in with reluctance, although low to mid can be obtained at Sd to 10d and good to fine lld to is 3d. For Souchong a good demand still prevails in consequence of the moderate terms current, fine and good realised lid to Is Gd, low to mid 8d to 10d. Ponchong is wanted at 4d to Gd, few parcels at present are offering. In the market for Green much dulness exists, and there is an abundant supply. There are free sellers at the following rates : Hyson, low to mid at is to is 3d, good to fine is 4d to 23, superior 2s 2d to 2s 8c1; Young Hyson, common 104 to Is, mid to good 18 ld to is Gd, superior is 8d to 2s 2d • Imperial Canton 19d to lld ; IT yson sort i s to 2s, Gunpowder Canton 8d to is I , I _Y,F. kind low to mid is Id to Is 6d, good to fine Is 7d to la 8d to dd, caper 8d to Is 3d, and H son skin 7d *43 1 Th O range s. ere are now few buyers of Scented Orange Pekoe, and holders are disposed Floweiye to sell, ord at 8d to lid, mid to tine Is to is 7d. 2a pekoe met with a slow sale, fine and choice at from low to good is to Is 6d. vately at fn V .. B _•Y' several parcels of East India were sold pri posed of, go oc rl e W t. At auction 1,840 bags Bengal were dis zszte at lls to lls 6d ; mid rather broken 103 to les 6d, and SPlnrra.--Laewlaised lend to lOs 6d per cwt. paroeisluarels Rum is wanted at Is 5d to Is 6d Is 4d pipe, offer. Several purchases made in Deme rara there are sellers at , ti a t nd holders are firm. For Deme ast proof; India few a t Jamaica beet -4 si) o rts 3d for 3 . 0 to 40 per cent. over proof. The rates taken f or h sustain previous terms. over proof are 3s kl to 43, fi ne e ar to 3 marks 34 to 38 4s a. F . d to 2s 4d, and low 32 to 35 over 2s 5d to 2s lod , rmict e . s sd, good mid to good apnrodofh2osidteors2sX more Brandy met with supply. T he 'inclined to sell, there being a more plentiful 26 6 tt t le o 3 n o ot o ic v e e , r of 18,1 etes taken for Cognac best brands of the vintage are tea 1850 ditto 4s 4d to 45 6d, 1849 ditto 4a id to to 4 8 3d, to 4s 1 ditto 58 4d to 5s sd, old er 5s 8d to 6s 6d 9d , ! ow to , 1848 4s, and Bordeaux is Ild to 2s 2d. _ For Briti sn "g c f:ld ir to trade is quiet, and a desire is evinced !o_sell at 93 lld to S net cash ; Gin 22 under 8s 6d, and I T n dito 98 per gallon' Several transactions have taken place Geneva at Is od to ' Is 10d, and fine 2s to 2s 4d per gallon. SALTPETRE. — The demand continues satisfactory f or rough, and rates to rule firm ; Calcutta from 24s id to 325, and Madras 24 s t o 26s ; fine sorts are most w anted, and r emain scarce. British Refined sells rather freely at 29s 6d to 30,_ Nitrate of Soda 13s 9d to 14s per Mt- COCHINEAL.—Th e upward tendency continues, making an advance from th e lowest point 6d per lb. Opera tions ha ve c ie been upon a l arge scale, h' d y b ecu l a tors ; the rates y sp obtained for Hond uras Silvers having been from 8s 5d to 3s 9d, black 3s 10d to 4s 10d, Mexican 3s 7d to 3s 101 Silvers 3s 4d to 3s sd, and Teneriffe 3s 7d to 48 2d per lb. GINGER —To-day at public sale 800 bags African were taken in at 24s 6d to 26s per cwt; but 30 cases preserv ed were sold at 8d per lb. FILUIT.—More trade was done in Currants, but generally at lower rates, fine sorts much wanted. Valencia Raisins without alteratiou. For Denies there is little more inquiry, but Muscatels are quite neglected. p ßo v m i o Ns.—Although Irish Butter is offering at reduced prices, yet operations have been upon a small scale, especially in inferior. There are sellers of Carlow, Clonmel, and Kil kenny at 68s to 80s ; Waterford, 63s to 683; Cork 755 to 77s ; Limerick, 62s to 67s ; Tralee and Kilrush, 60 s to 625 ; and Sligo, 62s to 645. Prices have again declined for Foreign ; imports continue to get larger and were 5,900 casks last week. There is a good demand ; Friesland tine at 94s to 98s, surplus and seconds 66 s to 903; H o ll and, fine 803 to 84s; Kampen ditto 90e ; Groningen 653 to 70s; Emden and Leer 60s to 645, Holstein and Kiel new milk 96s to 98s, and stubble 76s to 84s. For English Butter trade is dull at 62s to 1005, and Fresh 85 to 12s per dozen pounds. For Bacon a brisk demand exists, and rates continue to advance ; Irish small Meat selling at 47s to 50s, and heavy 44s to 475. In Middles operations are larger than previously, and rates are on the rise, bale selling at 43s to 545, and tierce 41s to 425. Lard is in brisk demand, and prices are on the rise, Irish Bladdered selling at 50s to 58s, keg and firkin 46s to 50s, Hambro' from 46s to 565, and American Bladdered 52s to 555. Hams continue to be little wanted ; Irish and English can be obtained at 48s to 60e. A free sale exists for Pork, and there is a firm market ; Irish India realized 1123 6d to 114 s per tierce ; prime Mess 67s 6d to 68s per brl, American India 105 s per tierce, and Mess 65s per brl. Beef is less wanted, and more desire is evinced to sell ,Mess at 85s to 955, and India 1108 to 115 s. Olls.—There is a brisk demand for Linseed Oil both for shipping and home consumption; the present value is 27s per cwt on the spot. In Rape Seed sales have been rather important, and the market is firm; pale at 30s 6d to 31s, brown 29s 6d to 30s, and Refined Foreign 31s 6d to 325. Lard Oil is held for 47s to 50s. Palm from 24s 6d to 26s 6d for mid to fine. Olive finds a free sale. Gallipoli realized 441 to 451; other sorts 42/ lOs to 4.3/ lOs per tun. For Cocoa Nut prices are on the rise, Ceylon realizing 33s 6d to 355; Cochin 34s to 365, and Sydney 30s to 325. Cod is less wanted, and rates are not so firm, ruling at 32/ lOs to 331. Seal has been operated in with caution ; pale is offered at 301; other sorts at 27/ 10s to 29/ 10s. Southern is still in small supply, and is held for 32/ to 38110 s. Sperm 831 to 851; and sales of Headmatter have been made at 86/ to 90/ por tun. Ground Nut Oil is 30s to 30s 6d per ewt. TALLOW.— A greater demand prevails for Russian on the spot, and an advance has taken place; fine old yellow Candle selling at 35s 6d to 35s 9d, and new at 36s 3d to 36s 6d per cwt. For next month several contracts have been concluded at 365, and for last thee months at 37s 6d to 38s. Home melted sells freely, and 36s to 36s 6d is the value, net cash. Other sorts of Tallow are in good demand, and better prices are obtained ; supply is less plentifuL At auction '2OO casks Australian were mostly sold ; Beef realised 33s 6cl to 35s 6d, Mutton 34s 6d to 35s 6d ; 200 cks South American 33s to 355; 13 cks Italian 37a; and 93 cks Peters burgh Soap Tallow 33s 3d to 34s 6d per cwt. LONDON, M. POITEVIN, THE AERONAUT. M. Poitevin, the well-known aeronaut, being at Turin, in January, 1850, entered into an agreement with a M. and Madame Barberis to make balloon ascents in the prin cipal towns of Spain and Portugal, they advancing him 6,500 f. In the event of the ascents in these two countries not producing sufficient to repay the Barberis their ad vance, it was agreed that ascents should take place in other towns. Finding that the journey to Spain would be very expensive, and that there were already aeronauts in the country, Poitevin did not proceed there; but coming to Paris, he made numerous ascents in the Champs-de- Mars and and at the Hippodrome, in the course of 1850 and 1851. He repaid M. and Madame Barberis 4,000 f. of their advance. They maintained that, according to their agreement, they were entitled to a share in the receipts obtained at Paris; but Poitevin, alleging that it only applied to Spain and Portugal, refused to pay them. An action was brought, and Poitevin was condemned to account for his ascensions in France. Ho appealed against this decision on Saturday to the Court ot Appeal, and the case was argued at some length. But, as it clearly ap peared from letters addressed by him to the Barberis that he had considered they were entitled to a share in his profits at Paris, the judgment was con firmed. These letters were written in a rather singular style. In ono he declared that he bad entered int' an agreement to go to London, to make six ascensions on horseback, at the rate of 50,000 f. each ascension, and others equally advantageous for other large towns, but that ho had been prevented by " a stupid animal of a judge," in virtue ot the law for preventing cruelty to animals. In this letter he de clared that he had already achieved "an im mortal reputation," that he was " the most au dacious, the most learned, the most renowned, the most celebrated, and the most extraordinary aero naut that exists or ever existed," and that " the famous Green and Gale were vanquished by him, and had been driven by him from Paris." In another letter he said that he did not like to have actions at law, and that " he had thrashed people who had commenced them against him ;" also that he had " challenged them to fight with sword, pistol, and musket."—Galignani. THE NEW COLOURS OF THE FRENCH ARMY. The manufactories at Lyons are actively employed in making the silk for the colours to be presented to the army and National Guards. As soon as a piece of the silk is made it is forwarded to the Ministry of War, where it undergoes a trial to test the goodness of the dye. These colours, the silk of which is double, will be ninety centimetres square, as they were under the empire; the standards of the cavalry will be sixty centimetres. On one side will be inscribed in gold letters :—" Louis Napoleon au regiment." At the four corners will be placed a wreath of oak, within which will be the initials L. N., and the number of the regiment. On the other side the corners will be similar, but on the white stripe will be inscribed the initials R. F., and under theta the campaigns in which the regiment has distinguished itself since its formation. The colour staff will be surmounted by a gilded eagle. Under it will be, on one side, the let ter& R. F.; and, on the other, the number of the regi ment. The staff will be ornamented with a tri• colour colour knot fringed with gold like the flag. The colours of each battalion of the national guards will be similar to those of the army, except that the fringe will be in silver. These colours are all to be completed by the 25th of April next. COURSE OF EIC Amsterdam ...... •• • . 11 19% Ditto, three months.. 12 0% Rotterdam .... • ... .. 12 0% Antwerp 25 52% Brussels 25 52 34 Hamburgh ..M.B. 13 11% Paris, 3 days'sight .. • • 25 35 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 55 Marseilles .......... •25 55 Bourdeaux •• • • ••• • • • • Prankforton,Maine.. 122 Berlin.... • • ...... • • • • Vienna, eireo. 12 46 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 12 48 Petersburgh,Sll. Rble•• 37% Madrid .....• 50 Cadiz _ .......... 50 36 Barcelona • • • • • • • • • • •• HANGE.-TIIESDA.Y. Gira.ltar.. • • ........ Leghorn •••••• • • • • •• • . 30 82% Geaoa •• • •• .. 25 62% Venice.. ........ Naples • • .... •• 40% Palermo, peros 121% Messina OO Lisbon..... •••••• . . • . • 5 3 1 4 Oporto .• .• •• •• •• 53 % Rio Janeiro Buenos Ayres New York,6odays'sight Philadelphia 7710E8 07 BULLION, PE* 07. Foreign Geld in bars .. 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 6 New Dollars •• .. 0 4 10% Silver In bars ........ 0 5 0% SeVille.. •• •• • • I• • • •• •41 - SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the mails are sent front the General Post-oftlee by the night—and M by the morning--elispatch.] 'When made up in From what when PLACES, General Post-office port die- due. London; patched. America (by Brit. pkt.) N March 15 .. Liverpool Arrived America (by U.S. pkt.) N March 23 .. .. Liverpool .. March 17 America (by U.S. pkt.) M March 31 'Southampt. Africa (West coast)" N 14th of the month I Plyntoath April Alexandria* ••.. • ... N 19th & 30th of m o. Dover .. , March 18 Belgium • • • • N Daily .. Dover .. Daily Brazil .. •• .. M,9th of the month Southampt. April 16 Buenos Ayres • • .. M,9th of the month ISouthampt. April 16 C alifornia(via Chagres) MI 2d & 17th of month Southampt. March 5 Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month !Plymouth— April 3 Constantinople* .. • • Nl7th 17th 27th of mo IDover .. March 20 Cantral America M,2d & 17th of men. ISouthampt. March 5 Channel Isles •• N Mon., Wed., &Frl,lSoutkampt. Ta. Th. Sat Mai M 17th of the month Southampt. March 20 Pranoe M& N. Twice daily .. .. Dover • • Twicodally Greece* •• .. N 7th 17th 27th ofmo Dover •• March 20 Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday London .. Taes. Sat. Holland •• M Wednes. & Satur. London .. Men. Thur Honduras ~17th of the month,Southampt. March 20 Ireland .. M& N Twice daily .. olyhead.. Twicedally India(via Southamp.) M 20th of the ruontts Southampt. March 21 India (via3,larseilles) N 8 th& 24th ef month over • • Arrived Mediterranean (via Southsurnthn) • • M 20th of the month Southampt. March 21 Mediterf anean (via Marseilles) N Bth&24tit of month Dover •• Arrived Mexico .. M2d of the month.. ,Southampt. March 5 Madeira •• •• M 9th of the month ,Southampt., , Aprll 16 I 7th,17th,19th,27th! Malta* .• • • } Dover March 18 & 30th of month Naples* .. • • •• N s th 15th 25th ofmoDover March 22 Papal States* .. N sth 15th 25thef mo Dover , March 22 Peninsular.. M,7thl7th 27thef mo Southampt. Arrived Peru .. .. • • .. M 17th of the month ;Southampt. March 20 Tuscany* .. • • N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover •. " March 22 West Indies 3117th of the month ISouthampt. March 211 West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) M 2d of the month ..,Southampt. March 5 _ _ . • The mails to those French packet via Marsel Cilaroarna.--Mails to are now despatched and d ountties thus marked (o) are conveyed by Liles. and from California, via the United States ice by every American packs NEW HACKNEY CARRIAGE REGULATIONS.—The following are; on and after the 25th instant, to be the stations on which cabs, &c., are to stand to ply for fares, as appointed by the City authorities, at their meeting on the 2d instant, by which arrangement it will be seen that several of the old-established cab ranks are completely done away with, they being found inconvenient, or impediments to the traffic of the City—for instance, the extensive one in Gracechnrch-street is to be removed. As will be seen, at some of the newly-appointed stands, art additional number of cabs has been added, in order to make up for any defi ciencies that may occur in those districts where different stations have been abolished, viz. :—Aldersgate-street, with 3 stands, allowing for 8, 4, and 13 hackney carriages, &c. ; Adelaide-place, 2, east and west, allowing for 3 ditto at each end ; Bridge-street, Blackfriare, 4, allowing respec tively, 7,6, 8, and 8 ditto ; Bishopsgate-street Within, with 1, from St. Helen's-place to Camomile-street, allowing 8 ditto; Bishopsgate-street Without, 1, for 20 ditto, viz.-12 between San-street and Widegate-street, and 8 from New street to Dovonshire-street ; Bartholomew-lane, with 1, for 3 ditto ; Fenehurch-street, with 1, from Rood-lane to Min cing -lane, for 6 ditto : Farringdon-street, with 2, allowing for the large number of 40 ditto, being 20 at each ; Finsbury pavement, with 2, from Short-street to Ropemaker-street, and from West-street to the Riding Academy, for 15 and 6 ditto respectively ; Great Tower-hill, with 1, for 8 ditto ; Holborn, with 3, for 12, 16, and 4 ditto; King William street, with 3, for 4,5, and 5 ditto; King.street, Cheapside, with 2, for 3 and 5 ditto; Leadenhall street,. with 1,: for 4 ditto ; Lower Thames-street, 1, for 9 ditto ; Minories, 1 for 24 ditto ; Old Bailey, 1, for 8 ditto ; Redcross-street, 2, for 7 ditto at each ; South-place, 2, for and 1 ditto each ; St. Paul's-churchyard, with 3, viz.—east side for 10 ditto ; north side, 4 ditto ; and south side, 14 ditto ; West Smithfield with 1, to accommodate 6 ditto. Win. Tandy to _ CoNFESMON OF THE MURDERER KALABERGO.-- ?nwlSlonday this wretched man made the following confession, committed." I T r iting, to-the Roman Catholic priest, Dr. Tandy, in the murder was W o u f the Rev. Dr. Harington, Principal of Brasenose b erg l. : , er?e of the county magistrates :—" I, William Kala upon my 'r le l e tat I am guilty of this crime of murder done There were at J ohn Kalabergo. I leave permission to Dr. disclose all the circumstances by which such PAPE R isi my. . IN THE UNITED KINGDOM --- Junework ' MILLS IN in the 'United Kingdom, on the 13th of last, 880 p a 38 in Ireland, anielBlll3- Of these, 304 were in England, B so ß m ° e °" of •The AEas English mills The number of beating engines at work in mills was 1267, and silent 107 ; in Scotland, 278 worg 8 work, and 15 silent. ' t India d directors, have de g, end 8 silent ; ' and in Ireland, 71 at d shipping interest, highest members of the mernTtntilaerge number of the termined to invite the Raja to a publi c dinner mark the sense they entertain of the eminent . inner, "in order to ren dered by Sir James Brooke to the interes ts of services amo S i:: W j h A om i" a s re humanity, in his endeavour t to ) Rut,,dnva4b a e ev e rgr,cg and in the Eastern Arcbipelago, and in his 4%116k:a pf,pracy. interests of civilization in, that part of the wor ilzgace the dinner will take place after Leut.—Prorfolh Olen in The , 4 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, March 16. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woo' sack at Five o'Clock. CORN-LAWS. Earl GRANVILLE presented a potitiou from Liver pool, praying that the House would take measures to remove the state of uncertainty which existed in the country as toithe intentions of the Government with re spect to the re-imposition of a duty on foreign corn. The Duke of NEWCASTLE gave notice that he should present a similar petition on Thursday next from Manchester. RIFLE CORPS. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH gave notice that he should, on an early day, ask her Majesty's Government whether they intended to adhere to the resolution taken by the late Government not to afford any aid to volun tary rifle corps. COUNTY COURTS EXTENSION BILL. in moving the third r ea di ng o f regret that the clause repe a lin g this Bill,rd e R x O p r U e s G s e H d A bis the prohibition of the former Act, which prevented bar risters practising in county courts without the interven tion of an attorney, had been omitted. He thought the ill effects of that prohibition would be even more dis tinctly felt than ever they had been yet. Lord BEAUMONT gave full credit to the Noble and Learned Lord for the pains which ho had taken on this subject, but he thought the Noble Lord would have done better to have brought in a Bill to consolidate all the former Acts on County C ourts, rat h er than introduce this Bill, which it was a misnomer to call an extension. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. EDUCATION IN IRELAND. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE r ose t o as k h er Majesty's Ministers whether it was their intention to propose any . alteration in the present applica tion of public money to educational purposes in Ireland. Ho expressed hi s conv i c ti on t h a t any amelioration in the condition of Ireland must be based, in the first instance, on the diffusion of education in that country. The present system worked well, he believed ; it had been prepared with great care and deliberation , after long consultation with the country,hier archy and since it s fi rs t es t a bli s h men t it s had continued on the increase, and 62,000 children receiving instruc tion under Noble Marquis then briefly traced s there he r e were o of f theoperation at it. present Thei the progress of the National School system, from 1832 down to the last report whi c h h a d b een pr e sented on the subject, with a view to show the progress which it had made. In 1834 there were 789 schools, giving edu cation to 107, 000 children; in 1843 the schools had in creased to 2,912, and the children to 353,000; in 1846 the number of schools was 3,600, and scholars 455,450; and according to the last report, in 1850, notwithstand ing the great extent of emigration in 1849, the number of schools was 4 ,547, and the pupils receiving instruc tion 511,639. Additional accommodation had since been obtained, and the schools now numbered 4,600, t ofeonthe and country, y itvv fur h e t oo k upon himself to say that partas of the civilised world. The books of a system of education eminently having 52 6 , 0 00 schol ars . N ow , ho maintained that t h ese schools ough t to b e preserve d b y t h e Government i t h e re did not exist a b etter system o f Christian educa tion in the National Society were sought after not only by sc hools in this country b u t i n var ious parts of the conti nent; prac tical. There w ere seventeen mo d e l schools in diffe rent parts of I re l and, besides those w hi c h h e h a d m entioned, and the whole system was calculated to be of the utmost b ene fi t to the coun t r y. This being the case, he was sorry to h ave h a d his attention lately called to a speech delivered by her Majesty's Attorney- General in Irel an d . H e d i d not w i s h to find fault with any particular w or d s o f t h at speec h, b u t with its general purport, which appeared to b e to f i n d f au lt with the pre sent system of national education, and to state that he should endeavour to induce the Government to lend their support to a different system. He stated that Lord Derby had s a id t h at h e would have an h on est inquiry to see what could be done. Such a speech coming from so high an authority wou ld cer t a i n ly have the effect of leading pe rsons to suppose that the prese nt Government were inclined to extend their plans of education to other systems than that of the national board, in contradiction to the policy of their predecessors. When they consi dered all the difficulties with which the national sch oo l system h a d h a d to contend—all the antagonism which it had to encounter—it was impossible not to award praise to those noble, learned, and reverend persons by whose untiring zeal and assiduity—by whom its success had been mainly secured.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped the present Government would support the system; but if it was said that the matt e r was un der the consideration of the Government, and a doubt was thrown upon it, it it self, but be most injurious, not only to the system but to the Government; and he ;thought he was doing no bad service to her Majesty's Government by asking the Noble Earl if it was his intention to make any change whatever its the appropriation of the public, funds? The Earl of DERBY said be was sure that their Lor dships and the Noble Marquis himself must suppose, that if any person were personally interested in the well working of the system of education in Ireland, it must be the individual who had then the honour of addressing their Lordships; because, without taking to himself any further credit, he was the person during whose adminis tration as Chief Secretary of the Affairs of Ireland, the various reports of former commissions and plans pre pared by learned and painstaking individuals, were ex amined; and the Government of which he was a Mem ber, came to the conclusion that it was necessary to introduce a new system of combined education. It was his good fortune to be the organ of that Government in framing the original regulations and introducing that system. He had watched with the deepest interest, he needly hardly say, the progress and increase which the Noble Marquis had so ably sketched of the number of schools and scholars under the system then intro duced. He believed no step which could be taken could have any effect in weakenin g th e i n fl uence which th a t s y s tem had produced on th e m i n d s o f th e people of Ireland. He believed it had deeply rooted itself in the institutions and affections of the people, and that the progress of that system was as certain as he believed its results, on the whole, had been beneficial. Great as had been the increase of the number of schools and pupils, he believed it had not been more than commensurate with the improvement, in point of quality, of the education now given in Ireland under the auspices of the National Board, as compared with the quality of the education given some twenty years ago. And be also believed, that if at that mo ment all Government assistance sho u ld b e w i t hd rawn schools erive a d. The people of Ire what really good education great and permanent l advantage k andnw o u l d nI and apprecia t ed a t v h e e r beend was, as compared with that prevalent some 20 or 25 years ago; and they would not be satisfied with educa tion of an inferior quality to that which they now re ceived. Nor did he believe it to be in the power of any class of persons, however great the influence they might exercise over a portion of the population, to support in opposition to those of ......(Hear, hea r .) He gladly joined in the tribute of respect which the Nobl e M arqu i s h a d p a id thesch o p o r l e s se of ht an system.—(Hear, inferior tem. character, to those Reverend and Learned persons to whose assi duityhin was more to be attri buted,ich had been given by the G Government. the vthe ra progress rmtooegnr anyetss u ot the htt assistance dsyss spokes of this as a system of education, but at the same time it was impossible that the Noble Marquis must not acknowledge, as he must himself, that in the course of twenty years various modifications in the de tails had been introduced, various alterations in the minor details of the board, and even some connected with matters of primary importance. For example, he understood, for he had not of late, attended minutely to tho details of the education in progress; but he believed that that which in the first instance was rendered com pulsory, namely, the use of Scripture lessons in all the schools, had, from various causes, been left to the will and pleasure of the managers ; and, consequently, in many schools where Scripture lessons were not used, there was less of Scripture education given in those c schools than was originally c ontemplated in the system. He did not mean to say that, although that was th© case, there was not given to the great bulk of the Roman Ca tholic population a far more enlightened education than they would have received if that system had not been es tablished. But various modifications, of which that was one, had taken place from time to time. They were aware that some time ago various objections, based on religious grounds, were taken on the part of the Presby terian bodies, who held aloof with as much perseverance as many—he might say almost the whole—of the united church of England and Ireland. The absence of that co-operation he felt it to be a great mis fortune. He felt it to be a great misfortune that the system was not taken iv by them, because they would by this time have obtained great influence over the edu cation of the people, and thereby over the minds not only of the Protestant, but the Roman Catholic popula tion—an influence which he did not mean to say would he regretted that the P rotestant clergy o f E ng l an d h a d y stoodhave been aloo fimtoprsoupeeh an rl, but ben e fi c i a lly used. But while extent, he was not ashamed to say he considered it a m atter of the greatest i mportance to ascertain whether, without departing from the original system, it might not be possible to introduce into that system such modifications as might mitigate the objec tions, and induce the clergy to co-operate far more largely than they had hitherto done in the system.— He had no t h a d t i me t o rea d muc h ; and Right I if he heard what was then ht reland, Hon. and Learned Friend the At torney-General hopedae r taking place, would not think that he was treating him with disrespect, if he frankly a vowe d th a t h e h a d not h(hear.) e e a h r h:i r s a l for read the speech to which the Noble Marquis had alluded. But this he knew, that he had had communications with him ou the subject, and he knew his straightforward and candid character too well, not to believe that he had made no statement in which he was not entirely borne out and warranted by the lan guage which he (the Earl of Derby) had used. He thought an investigation would tend to remove misun derstandings on both sides, and he intimated at that time that he was strongly disposed to submit the ques tion for their Lordships' consideration, and to move that a Committee of that House be appointed. There was one point which he thought it desirable to consider, how far this system was practicable with a combined educa tion, which would bring up the youth of Ireland in con stant and familiar intercourse with those of a different religious persuasion to themselves, and teach them rather bow many points there were in which they agreed than on which di ff ered ; h ow far such a system was an exclu sive_ system, not practically, but in its results; how far the schools under P res byterian management were prac tically confined to P res b yterians; how f ar in the south an d west of Ireland, w h ere the great b u lk of the peop le were Roman Catholics, and the schools were under the ma nagement of Roman Catholic and had Ro man patrons, Catholic schoolmaster s — an d as the great majority of the people were Roman Catholic he did not complain of that—ho thought it right that they should know by the investigation how far this system was practically EVENING, MARCH 17, 1852. a system of combined education. He thought for that purpose it was desirable that a Committee should be appointed; he thought that the labours, and investiga tions, ind suggestions of that Committee might remove a portion of the objections that now existed. If the re sult of the inquiry was to find that, practically speaking, in the great majority of schools in which it was intended a combined system should prevail, there was in reality an exclusive system; that there were Presbyterian schools here, and Roman Catholic schools there, from which a portion of the community were practically ex cluded by the rules of the board, he hoped it would not be considered as anything that would in the slightest degree trench on the existin g s y s t em, i f they entered into a calm inquiry how far assistance might to a certain degree be afforded, even to schools which did not come within the letter of the law, whether by the supply of school requisites, or by the supply of the literary works of the board, which fully deserved the praise the Noble Marquis gave to them, and which he believed h a d b een adopted, not only throughout this kingdom, but in a great part of Europe also, and had . been recognised both by Protestant and Roman Catholic. He said that there were other schools which were excluded from the ad vantages of coming under the direct superintendence and control of the board, and yet if these schools might be admitted to the advantages which they might derive from the assistance of the board, without sacrificing their own principles, he did not see that they (the Government) were in the slightest degree violating the principles on which the board was founded, if; adopting the example which was set in this country in the first instance, they c.Aisented to give some assistance to those schools, be they Protestant or Catholic. He did not shrink from the consequence adverted to by the Noble Marquis. If they gave such assistance to Protestant schools they could not withhold similar assistance from Roman Ca- tholic schools. In 1831 and 1832, when this system was first originated, there was a difference of feeling from that which prevailed now which would have rendered any assistance to a school exclusively Roman Catholic on the part of her Majesty's Government a matter of absolute impossibility. He had reason to believe that the feeling which then existed did not exist in the pre sent day. He believed that the objections which were then entertained, as to educating Roman Catholics as Roman Catholics, had not the same weight in the minds of the people now that they had in 1831. He believed, that affording such assistance to a school composed of Roman Catholics, would not meet now the opposition and objections which it would have met with in 1831 and 1832; but, he admitted, that if they gave such assistance to schools exclusively Protestant, they could not refuse it to schools exclusively Catholic. Whether it was possible to combine the independence of these schools, in their internal ar rangement, with the superintendence of the board, when they received aid from the national funds, was a matter on which, at the moment, he could not give a positive opinion. He thought it was a subject that if they sub mitted it to a Committee—if they ascertained that, prac tically combined, education had been the rule, and ex clusive education had been the exception—he thought it then deserved their attention whether they should ex tend the principle still further, and without, in the slightest degree diminishing the influence exercised by the Board of Education, whether they might not on the one side or the other extend the benefits of a good educa tion, assisted by Government, supplied with the best books, and controlled by Government. His Right Hon. Friend the Secretary for Ireland was perfectly right in stating that he did desire him to overcome the opposi tion of the Protestant clergymen to this system; he did desire that an investigation should take place into the practical working of that system, into the modification which from time to time it had been thought neces sary or expedient to make in the regulations of the board in the course of the last twenty years, with the yet further modification which, without departing from the principle, might be adopted; and he was fur ther justified in saying that he desired the co-operation of the clergy—that he desired, above all, to have the means in Ireland, as far as possible, to extend to Ro man Catholics and to Protestants, under the superin tendence of the board and of the Government, the ad vantages of a good moral, literary, and religious edu cation. Further than that, he then expressed his opi nion that the appointment of a Committee, fairly chosen, and entering into such an investigation, might tend to remove difficulties from, and give facilities to, the extension of education. Neither he nor her Ma jesty's Government were in the slightest degree pledged. But he was of opinion that an investigation by a Com mittee was desirable, for the purpose of seeing how far modifications might be introduced into the existing system which might have the tendency, not of diminish ing the influence of the board, but of carrying out more extensively those great objects which to a great extent had been accomplished, and which it was his earnest desire to see thoroughly and completely carried out. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said he was glad that the Noble Earl had thought fit to give so full and, in many respects, so satisfactory an answer to the ques tion put to him by the Noble Marquis. To the honour and credit of the Government to which he had himself the honour to belong, they gave to the system of educa tion in Ireland the most anxious attention and their un bending support. The Noble Earl, from the knowledge he had of the subject, would be aware of the many diffi culties they had to encounter in carrying it out—difficul ties which he did not hesitate to say would have proved fatal if it had not been for the happy and fortuitous cir cumstance that there were at the head of that system prelates of two churches equally distinguished for their enlightened character and their liberality to all classes; and by the anxiety, as the Noble Earl well knows, the labour, and the assiduity of those two prelates, the system had been kept alive, and the great mass of the people of Ireland had been made acquainted with the blessings of an enlightened, instead of —if he might use the expression —an ignorant education, which they had before. That education had been attended, he would not say with all the success that had been hoped for, but with a much greater degree of success than they could fairly have anticipated. And if he drew an inference from that, it was that the system, ho would not say could not be touched at all, but if it were touched, it should be touched with the greatest care. The Committee could be so composed as to produce good results; but he was against going into that Committee, with any view that the substantial foundation of that system should be departed from. Now, the substantial foundation of that system was a common education for all. And, when the Noble Earl threw out as a suggestion the possibility of having separate grants for Protestants and Roman Catholics and Presbyterians, he trusted he would consider whether by such grants, he would not cause the common system, of education to be the exception, and exclusive educa tion the rule; and that all the grants of money, and all the exertions of disinterested men to carry the present system out, had been wasted. Another reason for their being cautious was this—he had mentioned that the success of the system was owing to the exertions of two prelates. Unfortunately they had at this moment to de plore the loss of one of those distinguished prelates, who had done honour to the church with which, he had been connected. Much would depend on the choice of the person who would be his successor, and upon the state of things which ho would find. That, he said, was an additional reason for not disturbing the system which, he held, was at the present moment successful. The Earl of DESART said the object was to give a general education. He denied that the present system afforded is general education. He thought it desirable to have an investigation, with a view not to separate, but to unite all classes. The Earl of RODEN said, when this system was first proposed to the House he felt it his duty to oppose it. He thought that no measure should be introduced by her Majesty's Government under a Protestant Con stitution that had not for its foundation the teaching of the Scriptures and tho spread of the Bible among the children who were to be admitted to the schools. He had learned since that Roman Catholic children to a large amount were attending, and were very glad to attend, schools under scriptural education. He could not agree with the Noble Marquis that this system of education in Ireland was successful. He admitted that the books were good, that some of the schools were good, but the great majority of the schools did not give an united education, and were exclusively Roman Catholic. He was certain that the op position of the Protestant clergy was from con scientious motives. The Noble Earl had stated that an inquiry might be of use, and that, if it should appear that grants might be properly made to Church education schools, it should be so. He was glad to hear it. He believed that no fewer than 10,000 persona had, through the reading of the Scriptures, been brought out from the Church of Rome, and this had taken place in the diocese of Dr. M'Hale, an eminent man, a man of great talents, and who, he believed, sincerely maintained his opinions because he had, in accordance with these opinions, opposed the establishment of these national schools. Throughout his diocese there was not a na tional school to be found, and consequently the children went to the schools were the Scriptures were taught. Lord MONTEAGLE said he thought the Noble Earl who had just sat down would enter into the proposed inquiry on principles entirely opposed to the system. This, no doubt, was a fitting question _to be the subject of a Parliamentary inquiry ; but the investigation, in such a case, could on l y be y_ with a view to partial amendment, not to complete alteration; because a system such as the national sy of education in Ireland was not to be lightlydealtof with.the But considerable dangers would theariseeinsasthose of the event Legislature sanctioning such suggestions Noble Earl (Earl of Roden). O n the ver y first vote of money for the encouragement of a separate system of education for the peasant r y —(Hear, hear.) No ofrunlrge.land the knell of the withdrawn n d f i r a nni wh t igh e national system would doubt there were numerous cases been the Protestant children w in ith l national schools; but in all r t o h t o e s s e t a c n a cases e s it ministerw ou would hadben. wfoundit that it was because ..m the school in order the r d raw n his presence I to es tablish a separate school for the children of his own creed. There was a most serious principle i nvo l ved in this d e mand of separate grants. If t h e Legis lature conc eded the demand of t h e Noble Earl (Earl of Roden), that the Protestant children be edu cated in exclusively Protestant schools, then, logically, they! would be bound to admit that the whole of the education of the Roman Catholic children of Ireland ought to be placed in the hands of the Roman Catholic priests of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) This would be the logical consequence of the first concession; and, without wishing to depart from his invariable rule of speaking with the utmost respect of the Roman Catholic clergy men in Ireland, he did not hesitate to say that such a consequence would not tend to the advancement of the objects which a wise Legislature should have in view.— (Hear, hear.) In conclusion, the Noble Lord moved for the production of the letter of Mr. Stanley to the Duke of Leinster (as we understood), explaining the views of Earl Grey's Government with regard to the establish ment of the national system of education in Ireland. The Earl of DONOUGHMORE thought that the sys tem of common education, if it meant merely the educe- tion of the children of different creeds in one school, had not succeeded to any great extent in Ireland in effecting the principal object for which it had been established; for he believed that religious rancour was fully as rife at this moment in Ireland as it had been in 1832. A Noble and illustrious Duke (Wellington) had once used the expression in their Lordships' House that there were 6,000,000 of Roman Catholics in Ireland, and that whether their Lordships liked it or not, there these mil lions were. He (Lord Donoughmore) might suggest an analogous argument on this occasion. There were 1,600 educated gentlemen, Protestant clergymen, in Ireland. These rev, gentlemen were conscientiously opposed to the system of national education; and whether their Lordships liked it or not, these individuals would con tinue to be opposed to that system. This was the fact; and it was absurd to maintain that that system could be a thoroughly national system which had not obtained the sanction of persons of such influence and position. He could not perceive the peculiar difficul ties which were alleged to be in the way of a satisfactory settlement of this controversy. It seemed to him that the solution of the problem was to be found in such a new system as would make the patrons of the several schools the judges of the character of the reli gious education which should be given, with the proviso that the minimum of religious instruction should be the reading at the stated intervals of the scriptural extracts decided upon as part of the arrangements of 1832 in re ference to the national schools. Certainly such a solu tion would be accepted with satisfaction by the large majority of Irish Protestant clergymen. He was glad that there would be a Parliamentary Committee on the whole question, and he was not without hopes that the advocates of a change would produce such evidence be fore the Committee as would be calculated to remove all further doubts upon the desirability of resorting to a new and better system. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE replied, in a few brief observations; and after some conversation between the Noble Marquis, Lord DE Ros, and the Earl of DONOUGIIMORE, the subject dropped. The House adjourned at Half-past Seven until to morrow (Thursday) afternoon. HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 16. The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes to Four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Lord CLA.IIDE HAMILTON Look the oaths and his sea for Tyrone. SECOND READINGS. The Humber Conservancy Bill, and the Kingston upon-Hull Docks Bill were read a second time, and or• dered to be committed. PETITIONS. Mr. REYNOLDS presented petitions from West• meath, and other places in Ireland, against the Ecclesias• tical Titles Bill. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from Bristol against the Militia Bill. - Sir J. Y. BULLEI presented a petition from Devon to the same effect. Mr. W. J. FOX presented a petition from Leeds in favour of secular education; also n similar petition from Dr. Watts, of Manchester. Mr. LOCKE KING presented a petition from Croy don in favour of an extension of the franchise. Mr. STUART presented a petition from the Western part of Inverness, praying that an additional Member might be given to that county. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a petition from the Lite rary Fund Society against the Charitable Trusts Bill. Mr. BROWN presented a petition from Liverpool against the post-horse duty. Mr. SCLIOLEFIELD presented a petition from Bir mingham in favour of vote by ballot. Mr. SCULLY presented a petition from a place in Tipperary in favour of tenant right. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from landowners in a parish in the county of Cork, complaining that the clergyman claimed in tithes one-fifth of the whole value of their land, and praying that the tithes might be re gulated by the price of corn. Mr. VILLIERS presented a petition from a public meeting at Liverpool, praying that the free trade policy of tho country might not be reversed. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from a public meeting at Manchester against the formation of the militia. Mr. HUME presented a petition from Maidstone against tithes and church rates; also a petition against the Sale of Beer 13111. Several petitions were presented in favour of the Pharmacy Bill. Mr. SOTHERON presented a petition from a poor man, praying for the enrolment of friendly societies. STEAM NAVY. Mr. WILCOX gave notice that on the 30th instant he should move a resolution, founded on the report of a Select Committee, to the effect that measures ought to be taken to render the mercantile marine steam service available for national purposes in case of war. WINE DUTIES. Mr. ANSTEY gave notice that this day fortnight he should call the attention of the House to the decline which had recently taken place in the revenue derived from the import duty on wine. VOTE BY BALLOT. Mr. H. BERKELEY gave notice that, on the 30th inst., he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to make vote by ballot the law of the land. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Mr. LOCKE KING gave notice that this day fort night he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to assi milate the procedure and proceedings at electivria for counties in England to those in boroughs, namely, to make the right of voting a 101. rental, and to limit the polling to one day. SHOOTING A SAILOR. _ _ Mr. W. WILLIAMS called attention to a circum stance which had recently occurred at San Francisco. A sailor while attempting to desert from a British ship of war, by swimming ashore, was shot dead by one of the marines; and he wished to know from Admiral Berkeley if there was any truth in the report? Admiral BERKELEY said the question ought to have been put to the present Secretary for the Admi ralty. No report had reached the Admiralty of the na ture referred to by the Hon. Member at the time he left it.—(Hear.) lONIAN ISLANDS. On the motion of Mr. HUME, a return of dispatches between Sir H. G. Ward and Earl Grey were agreed to. VENTILATION OF THE HOUSE. Lord R. GROSVENOR inquired whether the Noble Lord at the head of the Woods and Forests was able to hold out any hopes of relief to the sufferings of Members from the present state of the vent il at i on of the Lower House? He considered that if some steps were not taken in the matter some fatal result would be the con sequence.—(Hear.) When Memb ers entered and took their seats in the House they felt a sort of burning sensation all round the he a d, an d a swelling of i the temples, which n some instances induced a s p ec i es of nervous fever, and in others a kind of apoplectic fit.— (Laughter and hear.) In ordor to escape this in fliction hot night, he went up to the gallery, and sat by the side of the Honourable M em b er f or Devon ; here they obtained a little fresh air, but in four or five minutes the breeze changed into a gale of wind—(A laugh)—and compelled them to quit the place. They next went to the op posite gallery, but they found that doing so was only jumping out of the frying-pan into the fire—(A laugh)—for the stench was so bad that they were com pelled to retire.—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen were all, no doubt, anxious to do their duty to their constituents, but unless some remedy were devised there would cer tainly be loss of life.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. W. PATTEN also complained of the imperfect state of ventilation in the committee-rooms. Lord J. MANNERS admitted that every Member must agree in the necessity of adopting Borne speedy remedy, and said that every inquiry on the subject either had or was now being made. Ile understood that the report of Dr. Reid had been completed this afternoon, but it had not yet come into his possession. In consequence of the notice of the lion. Member for Westminster, he had sent for Mr. Goldsworthy Gurney, and given him every facility for inquiring into the cause of the nuisance. It was, however, impossible for him (Lord J. Manners) to undertake that the evil should be altogether removed, though ho hoped the inquiries that were being made would enable them to devise a remedy. METROPOLITAN WATER SUPPLY. Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMBE wished to ask the Se cretary of State for the Home Department whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Ministers to take any steps during the present session of Parliament to secure a better supply of water to the metropolis, or to provide for the more distant interment o the dead? Mr. WALPOLE said this subject was unques tionably one of the greatest importance. Witehhtre gard to the first q uestion, the Honourable Gentle_ man was probably aware that the late Government i n t r oduced a Bill w hich was read a fir st time. He be lieved their intention was to send that Bill to a select Committee, to sea whether the provisions of the Bill would answer the purpose for which it provisions would ht in a nd also to see whether any furthert b e required for accomplishin g Bill contemplated.—(Hear, he purp ose which the e aor.)shoNulodwb, e until appo i he t e e d sa t w o the report of the Committee wh consider the Bill, if the Bill was p ersevered i n, it would be premature for hi m to give any opinion upon the sub ject- With regard to the other question, the Hon. Gen tleman no doubt was aware that the Act of 1850 had , entirely f a il e d . The subject consideration of however, was under the the Government at this moment, but whether they should be able to legislate upon it must of of course depend upon the state of the business of the House, and the continuance of the present session of Parliament. —(Hear.) Lord SEYMOUR was understood to say that, now that he was out of office, he had no hope of being able to pass the Water Bill. CRYSTAL PALACE. Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMBE wished to ask the Chief Commissioner of Public Works whether it was in tended to remove or to retain the building of the great National Exhibition? Lord JOHN MANNERS said, under the existing arrangements the contractors we re b ound to remove th e building by the Ist of May nex t. The Row. aware that last year an address Was presented- was to her Majesty, praying that a n inquiry might take place into the exp edienc y of retaining theebuilding in its present positio n or removin g it to some other site. —(Hear, hear.) Commissioners were subsequently ap pointed, and they sat some time receiving a considerable amount of evidence on the subject of th e ir in quiry. They had sinc e presented a r e p or t, an d both the report and the evidence were now being printed for the use of the House. —(Hear, hear.) That report recomme nde d that the existing arrangements should not be interfered with, which had induced reasons the Co to come to that conclusion Is actor appearing to t the Government 1 to be amply eat• P • was not the 1 intention of Government to propose that the existing arrangements should be interfered with.—(Hear, hear.) They thought that that great enterprise which origi nated with the high conception of a Prince, and which resulted in affording means of enjoyment, infor mation, and instruction to four millions of of people, did not require a memorial of this natnre , — (Hear, hear.) They thought that the reasons assigned by the Commissioners for not acceding to any of the propositions of that nature were conclusive and satisfactory, and therefore the Government had decided not to interfere with the arrangement that would necessitate the removal of the building on the Ist of May.—(Hear, hear.) SCOTCH PUBLIC-HOUSES BILL. In reply to Mr. OSWALD, Mr. F. MACKENZIE sa id it w as his intention to withdraw this Bill, but not to abandon the subject,whieh he hoped shortly to take up again.—(Hear.) VIENNA. Mr. ANSTEY wished to ask her Majesty's Ministers whether any reparation had been made by the Cabinet of Vienna for the outrages committed on the persons and properties of the ministers of the Scottish Church at Pesth, whether any reply has been received to Lord Granville's representation on the subjee.; and, if so• whether there was any objection tolay it before the House ? The CHANCELLOR o f t h e EXCHEQ,UER said Lord Westmoreland mentioned in his last dispatch that he had had an interview with the Austrian Minister on the subject, but the mat t er was st i ll un d er cons id e ration, and it was therefore impossible to lay the correspon dence on the table.—(Hear, hear.) MAYNOOTH. Mr. ANSTEY said he had given notice of his in tention to move for certain returns connected wish state endowments. Now, until that return was before the House it would be impossible to understand the ht O Y nooth debate; and he should therefore be glad to knew if there was any objection to lay the return before the House at once ?—(Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said there was no public or party objection to the return, but it could not be collected for a considerable time, and only at considerable expense. MINISTERS' MONEY. Mr. REYNOLDS wished to know if it was the in tention of the Government to abolish ministers' money in Ireland. Mr. WALPOLE said Government were anxious to discover some substitute for the impost which was of a very obnoxious character, but they required time to de termine what the substitute should be.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. REYNOLDS sa id h e was quite ready to gre at time, and he should not, therefore, persevere with his motion on the subject, which stood on the paper for to night, but postpone it, to afford an opportunity to the Government to consider the subjecss—(A laugh.) GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS FOR COALS. Mr. G. THOMPSON moved for the appointmen t of a Select Committee to inquire into certain alleged frauds in the supply of coals by contract to her 14a jesty's dockyards and to the public offices. The grievance ho complained of was that the vessels de livering coals to the Government obtained certificates for an amount of coals which it was impossible they could hold- The consequence was that for a series of years the duty paid in the Th ames on th ose cargoes o f coa l s , wa s con' siderably less than ought to have been paid, if the qusti tity alleged to be delivered at the Government dock yards and depots was correct. This fact led to a suspicion, if not to an actual belief, that a fraud had been committed upon the Government, sod ho should be able to show that the contractors had defrauded the country out of a considerable sum of money. The coals which were supplied also to Somerset House were delivered under circumstances which gale the transaction the complexion of a fraud. The coal° were loaded in b arges i n the pool, and proper certi ficates of the quantity were received, but these certifi cates were destroyed and replaced by others, a portion of the coals were removed on their way up the river, and when the barges arrived at S omerset H ouse t h ere was a groat deficiency in the cargo. Thi s was a su bj ect o f very greatimportance to tho country, because a vast sum of money was expended by the Government under con tracts for coal. He, therefore, hoped the Government would grant him an inquiry. He had no other motive in bringing the question be fore the House beyond a desire to promote the public interest, and he should rejoice if the result of the inquiry was to sweep away all the charges of fraud to which he had referred. Mr. HUME supported the motion, considering that the subject was fit and proper for inquiry. Mr. STAFFORD said the proposed inquiry was not limited to any particular contracts, but extended to all itmhaptohasaidble for a been made C fo o r m tr itt s e u e pp t l o y o e f n c t enter upon an sash i t was a as wide investigation.—(Hear.) The delivery of coals to the navy was, on the whole, on a satisfactory footing. If specific charges were brought forward, the department to which he belonged would be ready to answer them, but he protested against the course which the Hon. Mem ber had taken on the subject. The Government had taken effective precautions which would put and end for the future to all frauds. The gallery was then cleared for a division, but none took place, the motion having been withdrawn. PERFORATED POSTAGE STAMPS. Mr. MUNTZmoved for a Select Committee to in quire and report upon the agreement entered into be tween the Commissioners of Inland Revenue and the patentee relative to the construction of the machine for perforating the sh ee t s o f p os t age l a b e l s , an d whether i t would be desirable to carry out the principle for general use. He said the patentee (Mr. Archer) had invented a machine for perforating sheets of postage starolo , b y which great benefit w ou ld b e produced to the public. Se had sunwitted his improvement to the Government and had asked for no remuneration beyond what he mig h , l „ b n : entitled to in proportion to the advantage derived his invention. The Commissioners of Stamps enc l .:., t h Commissioners of I n l an d R evenue were satisfied ": a the invention, but wh en t h e quest i on of remune ret'°, was alluded to, they offered only 2,000/., although the machine itself cost 1,000/ ., an d t h e patent 1,100 /.. With out taking into account the years which Mr. Archer , f in ad . devoted to the inventi on . H e t h oug h t, s'Bo, that 11 ': Archer had not, in oth er respects, b een f a i r ly treated. He had offered to stamp the whole of the sheets of 1 309 t. age labels for a certain sum a year. One of the Com missioners had taken advantage of this, and after having. informed the person wh o at present h e ld t h e c ontract 0 ' Mr. Archer's offer, continued the contract to that person at a reduced rate. He hoped the Government would not oppose the motion. Mr. GROGAN said he had given notice of the /bl owing amendment to the motion :—For a Select Commit tee to inquire and report upon the present mode of en graving, printing, and gumming the postage label stamps and likewise whether and how the perforating machine, invented by the patentee, could be applied to the same with advantage to the public. He agreed with what the Hon. Member for Birmingham had said on the subject, but as his amendment was an extension and not a con tradiction of the motion for inquiry, he hoped it would be adopted. The question having been put, Mr. HAMILTON said the objection to the motion of the Hon. Member for Birmingham was, that it assumed an agreement to exist between the Commissioners of Inland Revenue and the patentee, when no such agree ment existed. It was quite true th at in 1 847 the patentee presented to the Yost-office and to the Commis sioners of Inland Revenue a plan for perforating stamps, which according to his view would be attended with advantage and saving to the public; but he stated that he would leave the question of com pensation to ou thld e d e _ cision of the Commissioner s of Stamps. He c not consent to the inquiry as proposed by t he Hon . Member for Birmingham; but with regard to the amendment of the Hon. Member for Dublin, he thought the House ought to adopt it, and to institute the inquiry proposed the no hefavmoautrte ofr ifnnvoestigate amend ment. in it. After a few words from Mr. MOWATT an d Mr. G EACH , Mr. MUNTZ said as his onl y ob j ect in bringing for wardwas withdraw to have it hew a the He admit ted there w as L una f i de agreement, but the Commissioners of Stamps had f 1 33 acknowledged the pr i nc iple that the patentee sh ou ld b s willing motion t o cor di n g to the d • be remunerated ac his invention. advantagederived by the public from The original motion h amendment wa s put PROP OSED andRAI tireen to. LWAY FROM OBAN TO Mr. J. STUART GLASGOW. expediency of rose to move a resolution as to the and the Governmentassistance to facilitate the intercourse and between the Western Highlands and Isles and the southern parts of the kingdom, by the construction of a rail way from the town and harbour of Oban, in Ar gyleshire, to Glas gow . The Hon. and Learned Gentle man, after having presented a petition from about 300 proprietors, clergymen, and other inhabitants of Inver nes;:-shire, in favour of his resolution, proceeded to say that a grant of public money had formerly been pro posed by the late Chancellor of the Exche quer for the relief of the inhabitants of the Western Highlands and Islands, by facilitating emi gration among them. The measure which be bad then to submit to the House was one of a different cha- racier, but was framed fora similar purpose. It was well known that the benevolent project of the late Go vernment had failed from peculiar circumstances. His (Mr. Stuart'a) object was to direct the attention of the House to certain facts which would show, as he believed, that a grant of public money might be made for the construction of a railway between the port of Oban, in Argyleshire, and Glasgow, without any ultimate lobs to the national revenue and with great benefit to the in habitants of a district placed at present under very pe culiar disadvantages. Such a railway would open up a Communication between the remote and secluded Western Highlands and Islands and the great lines of commL cation throughout the kingdom. It would super sede the long and dangerous navigation by which the traffic of that district was at present conducted; and that traffic, he should remind the House was of an ex tensive character. The Chamber of Commerce of Glasgow, whose members must have been per fectly acquainted with the whole subject, had memo rialised the late Chancellor of the Exchequer in favour of the project, and had expressed their belief that it would be difficult to conceive how the public money could be more legitimately or usefully than in aiding in the construction of such a work. The condition of the inhabitants of that district was at pre'. sent most deplorable in consequence of the want of that system of communication. Such an application of the public funds had been sanctioned by some of the wive', has of English statesmen a century ago, when roads .on employed been constructed in the Highlands under the direction of of General Wade. In the year 1847 the late Lori t u or Bcntinek had brought before the House a propos ay_ an advance of public money for the construction 1 : ' a. n Ire __ 111 .12 * . ! extensive system of railway communication in and, although that project hiid been rejected the aev o e u ' e , men by whom it had been opposed had thew o@Prel WEDNESDAY `, tp ',e I )et f or for,