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Colonel Connolly) attributed this very nrrli to Lord Eliot's Act. Mr. M. O'FERRALL said he could not go the same length with his Hon. Friend. He believed that if under the present c rcumstanc,eis of Ireland they extended out door relief it would only have the e ff ect of increasing the miseries of the people. He thought the course which had been adopted by her Majesty's Government was preferable. The landlords of Ireland had had sufficient time to perform those useful works themselves with the aid of private Acts of Par- lament. _ Similar works had been carried oat by the landlords of Lincolr..shire, Cambridgeshire, parts of Eng land. It was obje.cted that on.= of the clauses of the Bill of last night, empowered Grand Juries to rna?zo present ments for the declaration of waste lands. The llon. Gmtlsmer:, the Member for Roscornmon, had Stated that a similar law had been in existeLce for the last three hundred years. _ _ Mr. IttENCLI—No, no. That was alothe7 law to whirh I refer. Mr. M. O'FERRALL—A similar law did nn. ueationably exist, and a laudlerd was compelled under it to retain such parts of his land as he did not take the trouble to improve; but her Majesty's Government now propcsed not only that anch a law should be extended to Ireland, but that the landowner who6e lands were presented should 'have the necessary funds lent to him for the purpose of reclaiming his lands.—(Hear, hear.) With respect to the poor-law be concurred to a great extent with the remarks of hie Noble Friend Colonel Connally. Ile (Mr. °Terrell) cer• tainly was of opinion that that law had done much good to Ireland. The portion of that country with which he was connected had reaped much good from its operations; and the Board of Guardians had properly discharged its duties. But there certainly had been diffirrenee3 in some districts, the whole of which were attributable to the conduct of the Poor-law Commissioners. Those gentlemen commenced their campaign under the impression that every man in Ireland must be distressed, and that every . .board of poor-law guardians were jobbers. lie wished that the Right Honourable Baronet the Secretary for the Home Department, would exercise that power a hieli the law vested in him. The RiglitHoneurable Bariinet bad frequently told the House that he had control over the Commissioners, and he (Mr. Olferrall) would ae.sure that Right Honourable Gentleman that many cases might be reads out which properly called for his interference. He trusted now that there was an opportunity for making cut that case; and he hoped, when it was made out, the Government would be prepared to deal with it.—(Hear.) Mr. S. CRAWFORD begged to observe that be did not ask that a right should be given to the poor to seek e:I-dr:or rein t, but that in certain cases it should be iu the power of the Board to Erant it. COUNTY WORKS (IRELAND) BILL. . On the motion of Sir JAMES GIIALIAM, the County Works ree s eafraents (Ireland) Bill was read a second time. FISHERY PIERS AND HARBOUR (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, the Heuer went into a Commitec on the Fishery Piers and Harbours (Ire land) Bill, in which a resolution was agreed to that a sum of 59,0tal be granted for the purposes of the Bill, • Mr. W4)1)EHOIrS11 4 ! mnvod for rt,p; of the papers p , ..- santed by the late Lord Sydenham, Secretary for the Colo nies, in pursuance of an address to her Majesty, dated the Ist day of July 1839, entitled, "Communication from the Prussian Minister in London, and minute of the Board of Trade, relative to the - Commercial relations tirriveet timat Britain and Prussia,' December 1825, January 1826. Agreed to. Lord GaORGE BENTINCK moved for a return giving the numbers and names of the holders of foreign grain now in bond in the Queen's warehouses in Great Britain and Ireland, together with the quantities hell by each individual. In compliance, however, w ith the suggestions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he would change the terms of his motion from holders of foreign grain to importers. The object of his motion was to show the. very limited number of perions lrho were at pre - sent boilers of tliat grain, and who would be benefited to the extent of half a million sterling by the passing of the measures at present before Parliament, tar the immediate reduction of the duties on grain and wheat e.,pecially. There were at present in bond 944,513 quarters of wheat alai 451,46 f cart. of, flour. Now a in the course of the month. of December last there were 'ae less than 5,097 quarters of wheel and 2,177 cwt. of flour which paid duty at ate. per quarter. The operation of the pa.sent measure would be to reduce the large quantity of grain at present in bond from paying a duty oi 16s. to a duty of ae., as it came into effect immediately after the passing of the law. The whole of this wheat, therefore. would be at once taken out for home consnwptien, not at a duty of IGs., but at 4s. Trade was thus thrown into such a . . . . • . state, that it, became a consideration with the merchant whether it was worth his whiie, under such circumstances., to pay a dut) uf 4s. Now, if this large cpuntity of grain whids exeeed,:o a million of quarters, were taken out at a duty of 4:•., the dir f4•cute wouid not go to th benefit of the consumer, but tc the one, two, or three hundred individuals who wer* holders of it, and wlio would by this means pocket the extent of upwards of half a million sterling lie (the Noble Lord) should cinfess that he had a wish to know who the holders werz, though lie uuderstood that such cquiry might interfere with the priatiples .cf private trade ad businese, and silk) create a suspicion that her Majesty': Misters were engaged in some sort. of a job.—(2l laugh.) He aseured the Hot,e that, for his part, he entertained no uch stt?picion ; but he thought it of importance that the eeun.ry should know if the public exchequer was to be robbed of half a million uf money which w.is logo into the peekets of two or thre.e. hundred corn merchants.—(Hear, hear.) When they had been told by the Right Hon. Secretary for the Home Department, that relief, in the shape of loons to the amount of 260,0004, was intended to be bestowed on•lrelanc , should they not pause before making a present of half 4. million of limey to sonic corn merchants, which money might be far preferably disposed of and expended in fain' lug the distresses of the people of Irelaint ?—(llear. hear ) ills motion, then, was for a return of the number of importers of foreign grain, and the quantity then in bond in Great Britain and Ireland. Mr. EscoTr made a few observations, which did not reach I the gallery. After which, The (ALAN(' F. LLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he fully acquiesced in Ile motion of the Noble Lord. They would find that a great deal of corn was being imported, not 14 the purpose of allowing it to come, at once into the market, but ibr the purpose of doing so when there shall be a four shil ling ;intr. Mr. gEWDEGATE said that the Chancellor of the Ex chequer put a wrong coastruction on the observations of the Noble Lord (Bentinck). It appeared to him (lir. New le gate) a very simple question was put to the Chince!Jur of the. Exchequer. 'flre object of the present Measure was to temove the distress which existed in a part of her Majesty's dominions, and which - none inure deplored than ke did. But he did not think a wasteful expenditure should take place, as the measure would hire the effect of losing to the Exchequer half a million of money by putting it into the pockets of a few eorn-dealers.—( t Lear.) If such an expenditure of the revenue was to take pl.tee, he thought it would be better to give it to relieve the distress of the people of Ireland, as a much better way for sacrificing the rev - elitte of the country. He was a great admirer of the present system of bonding corn, and he did not see any mode of improving that system, which, by their present measure, they were about. destroying,. lie considered the practice of bonding ccrn a' valuable one under the present system. lie had heard the answer given to the Hon. Member for Winchester, recommending hint tee move for a return of all the persons who bad eaten the bread made from the wheat so admitted, and he begged the Hon. Gentleman who bad given that answer to undertake that arduous task himself. )fr. WOOEHOUSE said that there had not been . _ _ _ measurt. nforotection, or relief of any kind, to Ireland, to which he had not given his assent, and he begged leave to say that the expression of opinion made by him before the meat lag of Parliament had always been in favour of such mea sures, and, he therefore thought that the observations made by the Chancellor of the Exchever were uncalled for. ,Mr. C. O'BRIEN said, that as he was the peva!' to lek,:na his Right Hon. Friend referred, he must beg to ju g ., ti t zst his Observations related solely to Ireland; fur he considerett this kingdom at present quite independent of foreign curt!, and he believed that there was no kingdom so well prepared to avoid the horrors of famine —(Leud cries of " Hear, heir.") His liononrable Friend had alluded to the fact of his sitting next the Member for Lynn, as i‘ the fact of sitting next to a Member was conclusive that he agreed with him in opinion. lie certainly did agree with the lion. Member for Lynn in opinion, but the expe rience of the last three or ions nights ought to have shown his Friend that one Hon. Member might sit by another and yet totillv disagree with him in his political views. CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER made some The CIIAN obaervetioe which did not reach the gallery. Mr. S. O'BRIEN said that the price of wheat bad fallen; that nearly 9,000 quarters had paid 14s, duty in December, and yet his Right ilon, Friend was going to reduce the duty at once to 4s. The 10s. 'duty thus 'gained would nut go to the consumer, but would be to the advantage of the corn merchant. llis Right lion. Friend had repudiated the allegation that at tar from disapproving of the measures now proposed by her Majesty's Government he perfectly agreed with them The Right hon. Baronet at the head of the Geverument had said t hat there were only three members of the cabinet who agreed with him. One was the Right Hon. Gentleman who had jest left the House (Sir J. Graham), the Earl of Aberdeen, and the Seeretary•at-War, so that his Honourable Friend could not be one of the three referred to. 11e:thought his (Mr. Escott's) proposition, that he . move an amendment to his o wn motion, and have a' return . of the whole of those who may be consumers of wheaten bread, wheaten 'Newt that ie not consumed, and which is yet in bond —• he thought that suggestion was ae Learned as the conduct of the Hon. and Gentleman to constituent', when he thought it consistent w i t h' his .i public duty and personal honour to stand for th e c i ty of N\ nebester, at ithich period the are rage fou p r r . i __of , wheat teas 62:4 Id. per quarter, and when and tengile"e".' loaf was sold fur ninepenee-halfpcmev took his stand on that occasion with those who advocated In the speeches of the cheap bread interest. mover and ted'ondrrhe Tofind to the the question thus p ut electors, to decide whether they would like a Government who were determined to maintain the then existing (Mr. Escott) tras.—(t ) heeps. "ItslatT whose advocate be en advocated a corn protectio dthl,lis_idea taw which would give a Ma. and Learned Gentleman neenlge 2B B, but in 1812 the for a 11 . 4. duty.—(Hear, hear.) !, and' voted Lo continued the the Honourable Noble Lord, that line of cond uct o ' i ! i l i te ou a; should incomprehensibl e G en tleman lowans his constituen n t a s I to s as the suggestion he has made , a be it' I were to follo w him as a leader, •or allow myself to be mad, indeed, here or elsewhere either by his example Mr. ESCO 17 hoped the Noble and LenetrLord was MOM comfortable after the display he had made, Ile con• id er ed that the suggestion he had thrown out: per f ec tly in accordance with Iliad precedent. t v i The Noble Lord had himself stated that his object in moving fa the return he,- was to ascertain what profit was made by the parties referred to, and thinking that the public w ould derive profit front such return, he thought the adli arm he had suggested was not altogether intproper. With respect to what he had said abont t his (Mrs klecott's i ) consti tuent 4, be s h o uld . be g uestion of the colt lad to mee him n that House or el sewhere on the q - awe. Ife would not, however, then enter into the argument with the Noble Lord, except to state that he was utterly ignorant of th e whole facts of the case.—(f.augh:cr.) The motion was then agreed to. An Hoer. Mk:3I3.ER brought up the report of the Sub-Com mittee,stating that the promoters of the Dorchester R lil - had not complied with the standing orders. The House then adjourned. -- - SPEECH OF SIR J. GRAHAM. The following is a fuller report of his speech than we were enabled to give yesterday:— Sir .1. GRAHAM—s%r, I have risento address you at this lime chiefly in consequence of the able and powerful speech of the lion. Member for Northamptonshire, who ad dressed the House this evening, and in whose sentiments I. most cordially concur, that we ought not to allow this discus fiou to degenerate into a mere fiscal question.—(llear, hear.) mrh en a great party is on the point of being dissolved, the qaes tion, though in itself even insignificant, b e c omes a great national one.—( [Tear.) I think that no leader at a treat [,arty, such as ttot which haq placed its confideneein my Right T Hon. Frienl7lrittie one - moment fu great occasion in any other light except as one of immense national importance, and one that needs the frankest explana tion. This is a question that I hope also may not be treated altogether as a question of mere personality.—( Hear.) I can not at all Warne my Noble Friend who has just sat down for the reference he has made to my former declarati:Als on this . . subject. I admit that the past declarations of opiniun made by a Member of this House, who either leads, or aspires to lead a party. and declarations =ado by a first Minister of the Crown, if at variance with the course he now adopt*, are sehjects not unworthy of reference, and which call for explanation.— (Hear, hear.) The Hors. Member fur Northamptonshire made a direct appeal to the Government, and challenges us if we had changed our opinions, manfully to own it. I an swer that challenge. Ido frankly avow my change of opinion, and by that avowal I dispose of all the speeches— ( Loud cheers from the Opposition, with counter-cheers from the Protection benehes, rendered inaudible the rest of the sentence.) Upon the advice given by the Hon. Member for Nottinghamshire, that if I were prepared to make that avowal it is my duty to do it; I now make the avowal, and I only ask the House to exercise patience, and indulge me while I point to the reasons of that change.—( Hear.) And that I may stand in the position of a man worthy of confidence, I win only glance at a few considerations explanatory of the course I now pursue, instead of leaving the matter to rest on the indi vidual honour of the yerson who makes the avowal. If you leek at the tests by which change of opinion must b. tried, on the part of a particular Member, you will find that the first which should, be applied is this—does the change of opi n i on promote his personal interest? Perhaps, under the cacum stances, I may be allowed to glance at my personal position. Atl that I possess is as a landlord. I have nothing to hope for except from the possession of landed property.—( Hear, hear.) I have inherited by that property a large tract of land of inferior soil ; and I congratulate myself that, by my position as a landlord, if the proposed change be dangstoue it exposes me to as great risks as any landed proprietor in the country. (Hear. ) So much with reTect to my personal posit ion. Now as a Minister of the Crown, allow me to ask you to apply a test equally conclusive. Does a change of opinion on the part of a Minister of the Crown increase his strength or consolidate his power ? Can there be a doubt, after the unhappy scene which we have witnessed during the two last evenings iu the conduct of the debate on this side of the House, that my Right Hon. Friend, before the commencement of this session, being (as is allowed) a leader of greet talent, possessing the confidence of a great party, and of powerful and im m e ns e i n fl uence ou t o f th e H o use, has lost—has, as it is now said, almost dissolved that party, by the conduct which he, from a sense of public duty, has pursued ?—( Cries of " Hoar ' hear.") I wilt try another test upon that subj e ct, and it. shall be the last. Has the Minister, by a change of opinion, acted unfairly towards his political's& versaries, and availed himself of that change of opinion to ex elude them fromnifiee ? I think it is not expedient, at this time, to touch further upon that subject ; but toy Right Hon. Friend. with my entire concurrence, frankly tendered to her Majesty the office which he held as the head of the Administration. I certainly concurred in that resignation; and I can truly and sincerely say, it was my earnest desire that this measure should have been brought forward by the Noble Lord opposite, in whose hands I think it would hate been more properly placed.—( Hear hear.) I state that, un feignedly and frankly, I thought, after all that has occurred, it would bare been better for the public, better for public men. —( Loud cheers.) lam stating my sincere opinion—l think it would have been more for the public advantage, and for the credit of public men, it what has been proposed, as it has become our duty now to propose it, had been brought for ward by the Noble Lord opposite ; and I may say. and I am sure the Noble Lord will bear testimony to the truth of what I am saying, that both in writing and verbally I assured the Noble Lord that if he, as a Minister, brought forward a measure such as was indicated in his letter to his constituente of London, I, as a privaie :%letcher of Parliament, non1:1 h-ive given to that measure my frank and cordial support.—( Cheers. ) Now, having disposed of that ohieh more psrsonally related to myself, I may perhaps be rei mitted to refer to some of the points touched upon by the Hoe. Member for Northampton -hire ( Mr. S. O'Brien), and the Noble Lord ( Lord Nord.). ). The Noble Lord asks me--is this measure brought forward aierely because we thir( it expedient ? He appeared to doubt whether we thought it right. I ,ay that we bring forward this measure, not because we think it expedient, but becraine we thick it right, and because we think it necessary.—( Hear, hear.) Then the Noble Lord proe.eeded to sire, that the time had arrived when this question must be settled. I per fectly agree with him, and I join in the alternative he put ; he said it could only be settled in one of two ways, either by ab solutely refusing to go into Committee upon this question, and to entertain any further proposition in relation to agricultural a roteetion, or else that you must proceed as the Govern ment now advises yeu to proceed, to the total abolition of protection to agriculture.—( Hear, hear.) An Hon. Member has put the question, as I think, shortly and fairly ; he said, the question to be decided is, is the abolition of pro tective duties adverse to the poor?? The Nob'e Lord the Member for Stamford ( the Marquis of Granby), who ad dressed the House also with great ability, put in terms equally distinct ; he said, the question is, will tilt, alteration in the corn• laws not only give cheap bread, bat give a greater quan tity of cheap bread, to the working classes? I must say thet this is the issue which I think we have to try—this is the great qu e stion we have to determine.—(llear, hear.) The Hon. Member for Northamptonshire addressed the House with so much ability, that I really was surprised to hear him; even in a pasting sentence, speak contemptuously of political eco nomy ; he said that the object of political economy, in his opi nion, was the accumulation of wealth. I had always under stcod that the great object of political economy was the distri hutiOn of wealth— [Mr. S O'Brien—" I said the distribution of wealth."]— Will the litn. Member allow me?—in ma humble view the great object of political economy is not thir accumulation, but the distribution of wealth, and the applica tion of capital to industry on principles which science and ex perience shall have proved to be conducive to the happiness and welfare of the greatest number.—( Hear, hear.) The question, then, which we have to determine is, is the main tenance of the existing corn-laws conducive to the interests of the greatest number of the community? Will it insure them an ample supply of food of the cheapest and best kind ? (Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord who has just sat down, rather apologised for reading extracts from speeches, be cause he thought they were not very palatable to the House; I must say t'sat the extracts be react appeared to me by no means unpalatable.—( Laughter.) \I" ill he allow me also,, in per fect fairness, to read just two extracts? The Noble Lord on purest to my Right lion Friend that not hatentioeally, but without intention, what had fallen from him tie former occa sions had by no means prepared the House or the public for the course which he now takes, and he referred particularly to a speech made by my Right Hon. Friend in 1939. Allow me to read a short extract from that wry speech. My Right Hon. Friend, then a leader in Opposition, and a candidate for power, said—" I consider this statement, that the condi ion of the labourer has been rendered worse by the operation of the corn-law, a most important one; and I have no hesitation in saying that, unless the existence of the corn-law can be shown to be consistent, net only with the prosperity of agriculture and maintenance of the landlord's interest, but also with the maintenance of the general interests of the country, and espe cially with the improvement of the condition of the labonrinfr class, the corn-law is practically at an end." That was the leclaration of my Right Hon. Friend, as early as the year 1839. —( Hear, hear.) It may seem presumptuous in me to rater, in addressing the House, to what has fallen from myself in a former debate, but after what my Noble Friend has stated, perhaps in fairness the House will not refuse me per mission to do so.—( Hear, hear.) 0 o the occasion when the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton (Mr. Villiers) moved for eoing into Committee on the corn-laws in June last, I said, " It is decidedly my opinion that the prosperity of agricul ure must always depend on the prosperity of the other branches of the native industry of this country, and that the public prosperity is on the whole best promoted by giving a fair and uninterrupted current to the natural flow of national industry. I will go further and say, that it is my opinion that, by safe, gradual, and cautions measures, it is expedient to bring our laws, with reference to the trade in c,}rn, into a nearer relation with the sound principles which regulate oar commercial policy with respect to every other branch of in dustry. I will go still further, and say lam not satisfied with the plan, and can be ne party to it, of setting up a separate in terest for the landlo:d and the farmer of this country ; I be lieve that their prosperity will, in the main, be found to depend on the weal:h, the comfort, and the ease of the great body of the people of this country." Those were the principles which I avowed - upon that occasion.—( Hear, hear.) The House, I think, wilt also remember the memorable motion of the Noble Lord opposite, on the condition of the working classes. I then stated to the House many facts which had come before me, which were, in my opinion, quite conclusive to prove that the comfort and well-being of the working classes in this country were mainly dependent upon abundance and cheapness, and their misery and distress were mainly occasioned by scarcity or by high prices.—(Hear, hear.) 1 frankly avow, that if the course of events bad not been interrupted by circurnetances which it was impossible to foresee, I should very gladly have adhered to the policy of gradually and progressively . diminishing the protection to agriculture, but steadily keeping in view that desirable period when the protection might altogether be re moved. But this brings me to the point of the a most import ance to the consi.'eration of this case, namely, the unforeseen circumstances which did occur after the termination of the last session. First, with respect to the harvest of this country. It was a harvest, as was truly stated by my Right Hoc. Friend the Secretary-at. War, of a peculiar character. In point of quantity it was not a deficient harvest ; in point of quality, I believe, in the experience of the oldest farmers, there never was so great a variety ; ard the effect et that has been to point out. and to establish the great imperfection of the averages under the existing law. I will not press this further. It was dis tinctly stated last night by my Right Hon. Friend, that in no former year! ' I believe, has there been such a variety of quality in the corn brought to market, the price varying from 40s. for the worst, I believe, up to 705., or 755., fur the best. An al teration was made in the law in 1842, iu regard to the averages, which had a very decisive effect in one respect; it altogether prevented fraud. By extending the peered, and multiplying the towns, in respect to which the taking of the averages, fraud was prevented; but as relates to the interest of the consumer, this had a very adverse effect ; for fraud, whenever it had been exerted, was always in favour of the con sumer, and for the purp tsc of opening the ports ; and in my real opinion, the general defect of the measure of 1942, though it was not so intended, was that it rendered protection inure stringent.—(hear, hear.) 'this was demonstrated, I must say, by the operation of the scale regulating the duties in the course of last autumn. Prices were rising ; the price.of the quartern loaf in this metropolis was 9 1 hd., and approaching to the war price. When the quartern loaf had so risen, the duty indicated by the sliding -scale was 14s. or 15s. per quarter.— ( Hear, hear.) In point of fact the sliding-scale would neither slide nor move.—( Cheers.) And that was its condemnation. —(Renewed cheers.) I do not wish to go into an historical statement respecting the corn-laws, or I might mention that from 1773 to 1792 the importation of corn was in point of fact free in this country ; and it was a remarkable coincidence, which Adam Smith points out when, without marking the cause, he mentions as a time when there was a great start in our manufacturing and commercial prosperity—exactly that period, front 1773 to 1791, when the importation of corn was tree.—( Hear, hear.) I will also observe that really change on this matter was not a change of any Tangefudnadnamd fundamental l ed P ti r r l e n( O i t i' s le i; tinaTet.eandcovrent-iltaswavowheadd object had never been answered.—( Hear, ' hear.) I will now return to the point from which 1 digressed. as speaking of the imperfect operation o f the slidin that could together ii with anticipate,i ih th a t tll e t r h e , dgiedn general i t. a c t i d e h o n m a t human fore sightad thronghout the United Kingaoru. This failure p was by cr r o i li o means limited to Ireland. The destruction of the potato crop began in the south of England , and I believe that it was more fatal in the southern part of England than in any part of Ire land. In many parts of the southern counties of England the working population, though not altogether subsisting on potatoes, article for their " h daily . food. ‘S It- respect to Scotland we have the most aceu. yet are in a.,r;reat measure dependent on that the parochial returns, we know Ix 'lively, that in the sout h of Scotland one-third of the po tato information ; and tro h m early al the month of November last. will not go through all t he precisel Suffice it to say, that in tato crop Will destroyed as the failure of the crop details v,s to the event of in Irelan d. - 111 , e . s irs. half of ro t s l e , ;y e e e Lindley and Playfair, , ter than an average, ha y peen November the Government .by wh which it app e received th a e red rep th or a t t o o n f e , the whole crop, though Pot gre a ter destroyed; that one-eighth of that crap rfi ll: b e for seed; and that consequently, not than p eistiths of the whole crop remained Itt that time PA. the SUN, LONDON, T consumption of the year in Ireland. I had been at that time resident_in the north of Engl.4nd. and had almost daily communications, in writing, ‘a ill my Right Friend at the head of the Government; and it did appear to me that this matter of coming scarcity, if not of famine, to be apprehended I in Ireland, did have an immediate and indissoluble connexion with this question of the corn-laws. The Noble Lord the Member for Liverp, ol said last night that he c.)uld not see that connexion ; and the Hon. Member for N.orthanaptnnshire, following the same track, has also said that he did not see the intimate connexion between the two questions. Will the House, then, allow me to state what was the effect pro laced upon my mind by this inevitabl:i-ceming scarcity in Ireland ? —( Hear.) I foresaw, and lam afraid rightly, that it would be indispensably necesslry to give to the suffering community in Ireland aid from the public purse of this country to meet this great calamity. Already some advance of the public money has been asked for, and I am afraid that further advances may still be necessary, Then this great question presents itself— Can in fairness any Minister of the Crown propose to the neople of Great Britain to take out of the taxes of Great liritam public meney to aid in the sustenance of their fellow country men in Ireland, while artificially, by leers so designed, the price of the lood of the people of Great Britain is enhanced? —( Hear, hear.)- Other persons may be bold enough to make such a proposition ; but I confess that no power on earth should have induced me to be responsible for such a proposal.— ( Hear, hear.) I told my Right Honourable Friend, that if such a course should be neeessary, I strongly advised the suspension of the existing law—( Hear, hear, from the Protectionist benches)- and that suspension I find i 3 now generally approved of on this side of the House.—( Hear. hear.) The humane, the generous feelings of the landlords of England could net tolerate for a moment that distress, such as that likely to visit Ireland, should not be met.—(Hear, hear.) But to give this aid to the Irish people. and at the same time to en hance the price of the food of the great community who contri bute towards the taxes of England, and who by their hard in dustry are only able to pay those taxes, living in some instances on potatoes, is a proposition which I never could have ma:re tained as a Minister.—( Hear, hear.) But it has been in - i mated that, under these circumstances, Hon. Members gene rally on this aide of the House would be glad to open the ports. Then arises the question—if you once suspend the preser.t law, what is the proposition which. at the termination of that sus pension, is to be made ? I have told you that I am satisfied, that even when scarcity has arisen, when the price of the quartern loaf was high, and when high prices ought to have been counteracted by the self-operation of the scale, that scale does not operate. I have told you that I thought the pre. sent an unsatisfactory law, and according to my opinion, I could not, after its suspension, have supported its re-imposi tion. 1 have always stated that my objections to a fixed duty as a fiscal duty are insuperable. because I think that whenever the duty should be high, it would be impos sible to exact it, and whenever the duty should be low, it failed for the purposes of protection, and the agricultural [ interest would then incur all the obloquy of maintain ing protection without deriving any advantages from it. We might have proposed some small remnant of the sliding scale, and such a reduction of protection, which it would have been unworthy of the agricultural interest to accept, and still more unworthy of the Government to offer. Under these cir cumstances the abolition of the corn-laws was inevitable on its suspension. It was, as it appeared to me, absolutely necessary to suspend the operation of the law ; and I foresaw the twee'. shy, if you suspended the law, of its abolition ; and I again repeat that, in my humble view, our duty was, charged as 'we were with the responsibility of office, to meet this immediate necessity arid to suspend the law. Nothing could have more gratified me than to see the general arrangements of this ques tion respecting the corn-law conducted by the Noble Lord op posite.—(Hear, hear.) The question has been asked, " Have you any reason since 1842 for changing your opinion?" I say that since 1842 those who were charged with the administra tion of afters, anti who had watched the various circumstances which have occurred, have had experience, not to be mistaken, leading to conclusiae consequences. We hat, first of all, the painful and lamentable experience of 1642 itself, a year of the greatest distress, and, since it has passed, I may say. of the utmostdanger. What were the circumstances of 1812 . ? Allow we just to glance at them. We haul in this metropolis, at mid night, Chartist meetings, assembled in Lincoln s Inn fields. Almost for nearly three weeks there were assembled in all the environs of th.s metropolis immense masses of people, greatly discontented, and acting in a spirit dangerous to the public peace. What was the condition of Lancashire, the seat of our great staple manufacture, dependin g for its prosperity on unin terrupted tranquillity and labour ? Such was the tuatincss of the people on that occasion, that a great combination existed to stop machinery, and to put an end to the source of the labour, on which they depended for subsistence. —( Hear, hear. ) What was the duty of the 0 .vernment under these exeunt stances ? It was my painful duty to consult with the Horse Guards as to the precautions that were necessary for the maintenance of the public peace ; a large farce was marched to alanc'nester, and the troops were actually called on to enforce public tranquillity. I can safely say that for three months the anxiety which I anti my colleagues experienced with re ference to the public peace was greater than we ever felt be fore with reference to public cormerns. Those were the days of high prices and scarcity. lam certain from what I have since ebe rved, that that turbulent disposition, that slatigerous disposition, mainly arose from the want of adi quate sustenance, combined with low wages.—(Loud cheers ) What has been my experience for the last two years ? I don't take credit to her Majesty's Government for the altered circumstances. Our measures may o. may not nave conduced to that great end ; but by the bounty of Providence we have had abundant harvests ; with abundant harvests we have had cheapness and fad employment ; and what has occurred ? I can safely say that for the last twelve months I have not hael a single interview with ohe of the Commissioners of Police with respect to the maintenance of the peace of this metropolis; I do not believe that for the last twelve months I have had one interview with the Horse Guards with respect to the move , mete of troops for the maintenance of the peace of this coun try —( Hear, hear.) Perfect tranquillity, comparative happiuess prevailed; and that is a contrast between scarcity with discon tent, and plenty with social comfort, more striking than any I ever b, fore witnessed.—(Loud cheers.) I will not trouble you with many statimies. The document I am about to read is short, but still, as an anal) sis with reference to crime, it is pregnant with instruction. 1 have taken the six counties which may be said to be the seat of our manufacturing industry; I have taken the county of York, the county of Lancaster, the county of Warwick, the counties of Gloucester, Cheshire, and Staf fordshire, and have compared the commitments for trial iu these counties in 1840,'41, and '42, when the prices of wileat were 635. 4d, 643. 6d., 575. 3d., with those which took place in 18-13, '44, arid '45, when the price of wheat was about silt. Now, ob,ierve, in Yost:shire the committals were, in 1340, 1,8 - 47; 1641, 1,69,; 1842, 2.591. Tie scarcity then ceased, abundance with low prices begins, and we have committed for trial in 1843, 2,304; 1814, 1,691 ; 1845, 1,417.; shoeing a decrease of commitments in the last, as compared with the pre vious period of them. years, of 149 per cent. In Lanes-hire the commitments in those years were respectively 3,5(16, 3,97, 4,497, 3,677, 2,893, 2,852, eahibiting a diminution of 21.4 percent. Iu Warwickahire the commitments were 1,001. 1,046, 1,003, 1,045, 694, 769, a decrease of 11.2 per cent. In Gloucestershire, including Bristol, the number. were 1,045, 1,236, 1,252, 1,186, 1,071, 920, showing a decrease of 9.8 per cent. In Cheshire the commitments were 1,042, 943, 1,05:'6, 1,019, 777, 6eB, a decrease of 19 -1 uer cent. In Staffordshire the numbers were 923, 1,059, 1,465, 1,175, 885, 717, a deer ate of 19 9 per cent.; exhibiting an aggregate decrease of 17 per cent.—( Loud cheers.) Upon the whole of these six counties, comparing the }ears 1842 and 1845, there is a diminution on the aggregate of 18 ;ter cent. lam convinced with the Right Hon. Baronet, at the head of the Government, that . it is a fallacy to contend that wages fa'l with falling prices, and rise with rising prhtea.— ( Hear, hear.) It was my Noble Fi iend the Member fur Liver ' pool, I think, who last night contended that it was true in the agricultural districts that wages did rise with rising prices; but he admitted that the proportion was not always canal. Now 1 beg you to observe, that to the labouring man the equal proportion between the mice of food and the rise of wages is a matter of life and death. But it was necessary to observe that the proportion should be concurrent as well as equal. If the rise in wages should lag behind the rise of prices life itself might tie in danger. But I have the experience of Sir John Waltham, who long had the charge of the dis tricts of Norfolk and Suffolk, himself an extensive landed pro prietor in the county of Hereford, and who, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, assisted the Poor-law Commissioners, and he tells me that he has never known that wages have risen beyond from Ba. to 10s. and I Is. in certain counties, and from 9s. to 13s. in other counties ; the utmost rise being 25 per cent ; while he has seen at the same time the price of corn rise from 455. to 935. It is unnecessary to say, in reference to this point, that the rise of wages its those dis tricts is not at all commensurate with the rise in the artic:e of first necessity.—(Hear, hear.) But, as truly stated by my Right Hen. Friend the Secretary-ut-War, whatever may be the case in the agricultural districts, the converse of the as.er tion is true with respect to the manutacturing districts. Inva riably in the manufacturing districts you will fied low prices accompanied by high wages, arid high prices by low wages. I mentioned some circumstances which occurred in the month of November with reference tt Ireland; but I have not the whole of the case with respect to that time. From a report which [ I have received from Mr. Sanders with respect to the West Riding of Yorkshire, I fried that at that time there was not merely a rise in prices, but a strong apprehension of mill higher prices in several parts of the West Riding, particularly in Bradford, and that several won ks were put on short time. In several of the cotton districts, also, I learn the mills, were about to be put on short time. %nen, therefore, we looked to the circumstances of the whole country in the months of November and December, we had no option left, as the general guardians of the condition of the great body of the community, bat to pursue the course which we have pursued. We have been told of the danger of being dependent on foreign states for the supply of food ; but when we consider that the population of these 14ritaiu in 1815 was 18,000,000, and that at the present moment it is 23,00j,0U0, it seems to me that the time has arrived when it may well become a question, not whether Great Bri tain can alone supply the amount of food necessary for the population, but whether it will not be difficult, at a moderate price, to secure food for the whole of that po pulation, even with the aid of foreign countries.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") For myself, I have no apprehension of any great fail of prices from the abolition of the corn-lass. I think that both the hopes and fears of many people on the subject are greatly exaggerated. Ido not be lieve that the abolition of protection, as matters now stand, will materially lower the price of eorn; but I consider that to the great body of consumers it will be a security of inestimable value against high prices when the harvest happens to be deficient in this country. That is my view with regard to supply, With regard to the commercial principle there can be no doubt whatever. The Hon. Member for Northamptonshire oescribed a state of things where a certain individual has the walls of his House covered with Fsench paper-hangings, furnished with articles of German hardware, and who rides in a Brussels carriage, while workmen are crowding the market with nobody to hire, them. How does the Hon. Gentleman think those carriages are to be obtained? Whatever may be the form of the trans- action by which they are obtained, that transaction of neces• sity resolved itself into a bargain. Directly or indirectly there must be an exchange of commodities, and you must in the long run export some of your own home productions to pay for what you have got from abroad. I am quite satisfied, if your extend the sphere of your commerce and do not attempt by I fits and t tarts to force its expansion, that the Prosperity of all classes will steadily advance with the increase of your exports. The Hon: Member for Northampton (Mr. S. O'Brien) referred to the case of a farmer, whom he de- ' scribed in the most pathetic terms. for the purpose of illus crating the consequences which the Hun. Gentleman pre sumes will flow from the measures of her Majesty's Ali niaters. But another picture was given last night by the Noble Lord the Member for Liverpool (Lord Sandon). The Hon. Gentleman represented his farmer as petitioning his landlord in vain for a reduction of rent. 'the Noble Lord considered the condition of the farmer as peculiarly helpless and exposed. He said this unhappy man had constantly had held out to him the expectation of prices which he had never realised—prices vihich were made the basis of calculation, I s a e n e d k l i o n r g d a n w i a t h b a 't abatement a e t n e t d o b f r r e e a n t t t s . " an T d h e m l o a s n t when he agreed to p a y a fi xe d rent; then he comes to the dlo h r u d m g b r l a e n t demeanour less than the farmer requires; an abatement of 10 per cent. is found quite inadequate ; and at last the farmer is forced to take refuge from all his difficulties in some lower occupation. Such are the results, as described most accurately by the Noble Lord himself, of this system of protection and of disappoint ' ment.—(Cheers. ) The abundant crop, the diminished pro. Mt:floe, and the fixed rent, have been a failure. —(" No, no," and " Hear, hear.") From the very spot where the Hon. Gene lIITRS DAY monNiria, FEBIUITARI 12, 1 -6. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. mANsti. US E. FAREMIOTHER, who . at for the Lord Mayor, stated tbat the Lotd. Mayor had rezeived the. following eomcounieuttoe from the water-beliiff : Eeven A.M., 10th Feb., 1846. My Lord,—l regret to harn that a young woman lust har lite in can -evict - ice ef the insecure state of Mr. Francis's per, Essex s'reet, but yesterday morwing.—l a n, my Lord, your faith:id Servant, N. SAUNDERS. A young men, who was pot-boy at a public-house in the neighbourhood of the Mansion House, was charged by his master upon suspicion of having niwnitte:i a rub bery of a serious description in the house. h e complaint was first made on Tue. day. when the complainant stated as follows : —The prisoner had en treated, on account (-.f his abject poverty, that the corn p'ainant would give him employment, some week: ago, at any walk sea at Roy price, and was accord:ngly .1e rated to tho condition of pot. b.ly, tier the perturmaixe If the duties of which he received two shillings per week. Having heard a • dispute • between the pot-boy and the female servant, ;he complainant Insisted upon b.: big in formed of the eau e, and was told that the girl accused the boy of t ' a shilling, which was her property. The buy d. nied the truth of the charge, with the most tremendous oaths and swore in the satnedtatbolical man eer that he lied not a shilling in the world ; but there being s.one reason to question his assurance that he was wholly without money, his hand was opened, and the sum of 10/. 4s. 6d. was found in it. As p reels and trunk , : belt:tiing to seamen and others wire frequently eft in the care of the landlord, and as a druaken sailor had left in the house on the previous night a box, in whi•At it was supp.ised there alight be it sriey ' it oc curred to the complainant that the pot-bey•lsof opened the box with a false key, and thus possessed himself (if' property to en amount never before !laid by him. The complainant's view of the case was strength, ned by the assurance of a little boy, the pot- boy's brother, who de clared that the prisoner, upon entering the service, had not a farthing in the world in his possession. Under all the circtunstas, it eas consid-xed ne , n• scary to submit the case to the judgment of a magistrate, and the pri x iner, who said the money was the pi - oluce of his hard earnings in many situations, was remanded. Yesterday the prisoner was...again broue t up, and the publican :ewe.] th it the seaman who owned the box Ir:d been at the h. use, and said that he had not lei', any money in the box. The conduct of the pot-boy, how ev.-r, in a.iearing so hard to the truth of a lie, was cal culated to make such an impression, that the complain ant stilt believed the boy had got the cash dishonestly. Mr. Pelham, who appeared as solicitor to the pri soner, stated that there was not the slightest ground fur the charge ; that the prisoner was an extewlingly indus irious ant - feconomical' lad, who had put oy all his earn. n s i t awi TAwsll h t e i • a lece h totallyncal dmmta; Alderman perhapsnd tr., n ~de cß .ore r (u)s m rhs t ,ui r hlr y l: oesbru i ; n : ,d(001 v h idbn e ,e!ot v t o a sot, r . ernusehe bpt s l a)el,rnt: l g t a c d v Lit neihp:aletatdhc ofest he e . i 4 l ll i' :. g l;l2oTHEß—The cN erring was bad ; but who ever k ew a drunken waiter to to k up his money in is box ? There is no proor t a;• in the tad, and he is, of course, disc;iarged, and I pe a 11. take care or his money. - tleman stood when he addressed the House I heard such a representation given of the condition of the farmer; and I am quite satisfied that the greet hulk of that class are more likely to be injured by the continuance of the existing law than by its repeal. I have no apprehensions whatever that the abolition of that law will render this country dependent upon any foreign country. But, a; a landlord—and on this point. I agree with the Noble Lord the Member for Lincolnshire—l am certain that the settlement of this question is with reference to the interests of landlords of paramount importance.— (Cheers.) How can we have a settlement? with the feeling of the great bulk of the community on the subject as at present, there is but one settlement.—(Cheers.) There are various classes whose interests are involved in this question, and their views have undergone a change on the principle of protection. I will not dwell upon the meeting in Wiltshire. It may have been suggested, but still that meeting is a remarkable fact. I pass, however, from that , and appal to every gentleman in this when I assert that till lately the opinion canH House e contradictw ho ha s m h a e tl prevalent among operatives was, that low prices would in ra4ably lead to low wages. I say they have changed their opinions.—(Cheers.) The experiences* of the last three years has not been thrown away upon them ; and if that be so—if the masters and the men are quite of one mind on this point, they will settle—and I may tell the Hon. Member for Kuaresboreugh so—they wdl easily and amicably settle those questions which are likely to arise between parties placed in such a relivion to each other. I can very well understand how those working men should overtax their in dustry, and evi n call on their Nerves and daughters to work, that they may obtain subsistence. Necessity might drive them to such resources. But if they can understand that by a change of your law they may be able, without working so long them selves, without requiring their wives or daughters to work as they do now, to live in greater comfort than they have ever known, I have not the smallest doubt that arrangements will be made between masters and men as to the period of labour, pretext for legislative interference w n il Cheers.) It will, I should eev, b e one aoidlbes e very away.—( " the t a ken mostpleasantground and harpy day s th a t eve r occurred in rendering England , shorter a when, orte on account of an a lt era ti on i n your l aw r tima neceseary to p rocure wages ado • Tate to purchase the comforts of life—it will, I repeat, be one of the happiest days of England when, on account of such an alteration, the masters and the men shall, without legislative interference, come to an agreement on that subject. —(Cheers.) lam glad to see that the Noble Lord the Mem ber for the West Riding of York,hire (Lord Morpeth)—with ;shoal I have often differed, but whose absence from this House I never ceased to regret—expressed on the hustings sentiments closely akin to those I bare endeavoured to couvey.—(Cheers. ) As to the agricultural interest—the interest with which I am myself connected—l would say, let us have certainty with re ference to the value of our land. That certainty you wi:l have, as far as it can possibly be given, from a change in the law. Rut in addition to certainty, you aria have peaceful enjoyment. You will have that peaceful enjoyment without exciting the jealousy of your poorer eeighbour. And Ido not think that landlords will have to make any very great sacrifices ; but, entertaining the opi nions which I do, founded on the experience I now possess, I say, were the sacrifice ten thiy‘s greater, I for one, sooner than that it should be said of myielf, or any of the class to which belong, that our object was to secn:e far ourselves an increase of rem,- and not to promote the welfare and happiness of the great body of the community—sooner than leave any room for suctra suspicion, I should say, speaking for my-elf, that would I descend to a lower estate, and abrogate my inheritance. — (Loud cheers.) It is said a great party has been dissolved. It is said old political ties have been severed. It has been said that social relations have been disturbed. It is anticipated, and it is probable, that an Administration may be dissolved.— (Cheers ) And, though I should regret the former part of those consequences, on my conscience I believe this proposi tion will save a great and powerful nation from anarchy, misery, and ruin. [The Right Hun. Gentleman resumed his seat amidst great cheering.l BOW-STREET. Mr. Caret', who was lately charged at this Court with forging °Mee Copies of two documents, viz., a "certificate" or " direction ' of the Accountant-General, and a Bank of England receipt for a stun of money, represented to have been paid into the Chancery °thee, at the Bank, in pursuance of such direction, appeared to-day for examination. It will be remembered that on the former occasion Mr. Smythe, a clerk in the Chancery- °Rice at the Bank of England, was about to give evidence as to the contents o: the cash-book of that oilice, when it was objected to by Mr. Parry (on the part of the prisoner), thaetiVs cash-book ought to be produced in Court, and the case was adjourned in order that It might be produced. Mr. Smythe now produced the book, and ~ b owed that there was in it no entry of the receipt of au} euelt sum as 2,59 G/. 17s. to the account of the case of the Rev. M. E: Franks. An examined copy of a ledger in the Accountant-General's office, was also produced, and contained no entry of the receipt of any such stun. The prisoner was remanded till to-morrow. MARLBOR:)UGH STREET. • John Brcni, a young man, was fined 205., or fourteen days' impri sonment, the extinguishing one of the street gas lamps in a " lark," as it is termed. Caroline Bteren.§, a young woman of respectable appearance, was charged with causing a dieturbance at the Haymarket theatre, and assaulting the pace constable (No. 77 of the A division) on duty there. it appeared that about 9 o'clock last evening the defendant, accompanied by a child of about three years of age, presented herself at the pit entrance aiel produced two cheques of the evening. As it is contrary to tile regulations of the theatre to give cheques to females, it was at once known that she had not previously been in the theatre, and she was consequently refused admission, on which she became ex.ranely violent, and attempted to force his way past the cheque taker. Site was prevented from &leg so, and given into the charge of the constable, whom site violently assaulted. The defendant said the cheques were given to her by two gentle men, friends of 11.15, and she thought. she had, by virtue of them, a right to enter the theatre. 3lata BY said he should fine her seven shillings, or seven days Imprisonment, for a milting the constable. The tine was imme liately paid. PAItLIAMENTA It Y BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proetedi;vs of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, FEB. 10. The following Petitions for Rai:ways were reported, and the BM f:rdered to he brought in 'ay the undernamed Hon. Members : Newcastle and Berwick—Mr Ilinde, Mr. Bell, and Mr Hudson. Grand Junction (Ituyton and Warrington Branch)—Mr. Patten and Viscount Sandon. London and South-Western (Farnham and Alton Branch)—Mr. Ketnhle and Sir W. licatheote. Windsor, Siott,M, and Staines Atmospheric—Mr. Neville and Col. Reid. Manchcsterand Birmingham—Lord F. Egerton, Mr. Entwi4e, and • Mr. M. Philips. .... „ London and Brighton (East Grinstead Branch)—Mr. Kemble and Mr. Elphinstono. Newcastle and Darlington Junction (Thirsk and Malton)—Mr. O. Dummy's!, Sir J. Lowther, and Mr. Hud•on. The following Railway Bills were presented, read a first time, and Ordered to he read a second time : Perk and North Midland (Whitby and Pickering Extension)—' enabling-tl e York and North Midland Railway Company to eater the Line of the Whitby and Pickering Railway to or near Castieton London and South-Wentetn (Epsom Branch)—"to enable the Loi do i and South-Western Railway Company to make a Branch Rai way to Epsom, in the county of Surrey." Blackburn and Preston —" for making certain Branches from the Line of the Blackburn and Preston Railway, in the county of Lan caster, aud for amending the Acts relating thereto." - Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston— . for making a Railway from the Liverpool and Bury Railway to Preston, and to the Blackburn and Preston and North Union Railways, with Branches therefrom, to be called • The Liverpool, Ormskirk, anti Preston Railway.' North Kent —" for making a Railway from London to Dover, with Branches therefrom." North Kent (City Extension)—" for making a Railway from the proposed North Kent Railway, in the borough of Southwark, to the city of London." - Aohblu ton, Newton, and South Devon—" for making a Railway from Ashburton, in the county of Devon, to join the South Devon Itatilway."l • • East I.incolnihire—" fbr making a Railway 'from Creat Grimsby, by Louth and Altlml, to Boston, in the county of Lincoln, to be called ' The East Lincolnshire " North iitatro dahiro (ClTu;:n-e-t-'l,'ltlley_Line)—. for making a Rv way from the Manchester and Ilirmitl'atm 'Railway at Maeclest to join the Birmingham and - Derby Line of the Midland Railways, with a Branch to Stoke-upon-Trent." • - • • North Staffordshire (Harecastlo and .4andbach ft.r making a Re.ilway from Harecastie to join ti - e Manchester and Birmingham It 411 way at or near the Sandhaeh Station thereon." Epsom and Dorking —" to enable the London and Croydon Rail way Company to make a Railway, in extension of the Croydon and Epsom Railway, to Dorking, in the county of Surrey." NOTICES OF MOTIONS. Mr. lit no—That all Ililla for the formation or hurrovement of Herb:airs and Wet Ducks, lavlga..te Cain Ali and Works of every on lands within high water mark, should he referrei to the Board, of Admiralty for their report thereon, before the Committee 011 the Bill shall report to the it Use (Thursday, Feb. 12). Mr. Ilitmo—Coples of all Reports and Correspondence respecting the loss.oi:- the emigrant ship Catarturte,'M Bass' Straits, In August la,t, having 369 emigrates on board. Copy of the report of the aniverpool, - on the state of the Cataraque before sailing from Liverpool in April, 1845 :—Whother the cepta TIM:4 mato had passed an S• ex:a - aim/Atm, and how long the captain had been at sea (Thurs day, Feb. Itf). NOTICES GIVEN AT TILE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE, TuESDAY, FER. 10. Eastern Counties arut Harwich Railw a y —C omm it tee on Petition, u. o PETITIONS FOR RAILWAY BILLS. C po ( Atpo n ned , frornmlhursdNay Hi till Friday, F e b. 13. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18. Birkenhead and Llangollen. Warwickshire and London (Hampton and Abehurch Line). Glasgow and Dundee Junction. Cameron's Coalbrook Steam Coal and Swansea and Loughor Railway T"urk and North Dlidlend 1%_:a 1) 3 (litby and Pickering Exten- Blackburn, Cl}orley, and Liverpool Railway— Secoad rea di ng , Monday, Feb. IG. }.,Vii LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Feb. 11. Tire Lord Chancellor sat to-day In the Old Hall, Lincoln's Tnn, it being the first nal after. Hilary Tenn. Ills Lordship took appea motions, but no case of any public interest came before thu Court during the whole morning. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Feb. 11. (Itefore the VICE - CHANcELLoa of ENGLAND. This was the first seal after Hilary Term, and the Court took motions. V. BOUN — L® Library. An applicatio s n ° r this ease for ail ini o u r n ts t i o zo n 4 t e o r 3 e i s e t ai ra c i i n , . t: ri e tt d e e n fe b n ; e d o a : l i i t t a f i r n ,; l n g peuxbtlriacs g ts froomr the gelling a te 0 gook, it Mr. Roscoe, occupied the Court the whole day. COURT OF CO.3IMON PLEAS, Feb. 10. (Sittinga at Nisi Prius, beibre Mr. Justice COLTMAN and a Siiddlesex Special Jury, at Westminster.) GAMBLE V. KURTZ. This . case (which occupied Saturday and Monday, and the greater part of this day's sitting), was resumed at the meeting of the Court this day, when several further wit nesses were heard in support of the defendant's case, to prove that his machinery was not an infringement upcn the plaintiff's patent, &c. Drs. Lyon Playfair and Pratt, of Liverpool, were among those Witeeises. The case for the defence having concluded, and counsel having replied on be half of the plaintiff, the Learned Judge summed up, and the jury retired at about three o'clock to consider their ver dict. After. having been in consultation for nearly five hours, they returned into Court with a special verdict, in the following terms :—" Assumine• that the models were correct, we find that the patent had been infringed. Secondly, that the invention of the two separate chambers, or furnaces, is not new, but that the plaintiff's mode of connecting the same is new.. Thirdly, that the specification is sufficient; and, fourthly, that the process patented is an improvement upon the old system of preparing sulphate of soda." This verdict was not delivered till nearly eight o'clock at night. SECONDARIES' COURT, Feb. 11. (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) SIMS r. kiTITLAVS. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 8/. Bs. fur a monument erected in the East London Cetnetery. The defence was that credit had been given, and that the time had not expired. George a workman in the employ of the plaintiff, proved the erection of a monument over the family grave of the defendant, on the death of one of his children in August last. The price was very reasonable ; 10 guineas would have been a f a ir char ge fur ready money. H had applied for the amount, and defendant Ali,' not then say anything about credit having been given. The inscription was cut under the directions of the defendant. Mr. Hill, superintendent of the cemetery, was called, and said that six months' time was allowed after the grant or con veyance of the ground for the erection of a monument. He however declined giving an opinion as to the custom of giving six months' credit for tombs erected there. Mr. JILToms, for the defendant, sail that the defendant would have been willing to pay at the expiration of the time of credit, which he should prove was given for six months. He also contended that even the governors of the cemetery Two witnesses could not enforce p a y men t f or the ground till the six months,, as the whole co n t rac t was no t completed till the erection of the tomb, or the waiv er o f right. The SECONDARY the custom of th o e cemetery. ve s r a e eaidtilimed, that the jury had nothing to do with who swore positively that they heard plaintiff agree to give six months' credit. The jury, aft er consu l t i ng a sh o rt time, gave a verdict for the plaintiff. Air. IleGiles applied to have the record retained on the ground that the verdict was contrary to evidence. The SEcosp.titv said it was a matter of fact far the jury to determine, and he saw no reason to say they had not come to a just conchtion. FACTS AND HINTS CONCERNING GAS.—In London, where the consumption of g,ts is very great, and the coke is sell at a good price, the charge fur gas is 7s. per 1,000 cubic feet; and the engineers profess they cannot sell it with a profit at less. Ili Plymouth, where the consumption of gas is small, the p r i ce o f the same quant ity o f gas is only 4s. 6(1.; and I find upon.inquiry, that this has been caused by the for mation of a new company, under t he direction a nd mana g ement of Mr. Iluchison, engineer of the London G as Com p an y . How is it that this gentleman can consistently' recommend the sale of gas, Wh ere t h e consumption is sma ll, at 4s. 6d. per 1,000 cubic feet, an d c h arge 7s. 6d. per 1, 000 cubic feet where the consumption is so much larger? There is one subject con nec:ed with gas whi c h oug ht to be brought prominently before th e pu bli c, Viz. that every parish should establish their own gas works, and, instead of annually pay in g lar g e sums into the pockets of gas compan ies, expend it either in the im provement of the p ar i s h , t h e e xtension of charity, or reduc tion of poor rates.—Correspondent o f the Builder. tity of seed potatoes which must be reserved for tho coining ye.kr, if the -cultivation of the land is to be persevered in We can state that on an averace one-eighth of a crop is re quired for planting the same quaotity of ground; so that, in f :et, only three-eighths of the crop can, in cur view, be at this moment wtsumed to be avaialo;e as food. " There is an opini , m that upon the whole the potato crop is this year a very large one. We regret to add that we have been unable to obtain any proof of this. On the con trary, we have seen that the crop was small, and we have it in evidence that it is below the average, but we hare also seen iz to be heavy, and we, therefore, conclude that it may perhaps be au average crop. " We are not sufil iently acquainted with the habits of the Iri,h peasantry to be able to etate at what time the wa a of food from the failure of their potatoes may be first expected. —We have the honour to remain, Sir, your most faithful ever rants, " JOHN LINDLEY, " LYON PLAYFAIR. "The Right Hon. Sir J. Groh m, M.P., &c." THE REvRESENTATION OF U TI NGDON. Mr. Peel, M.P., has published the folowing address to his constituents, the electors of the united boroughs of Hunting don and Godminster:--. " Gentlemen,—l am sure you will duty appreciate the sa crifiCe I snake iu proposing to resign the trust which you have now confided to me for so many ycars. I have never hesitated. however, for a moment as to tha line of conduct which it i my duty to pursue. " I determined from the first announcement of an intended change in the commercial policy of the Government to wait to hear what measures it was intended to propose, and the arguments by which they were supported; and, unless eon. viuced by them, to resign my idlice, and vote against them. On the other hand, if, after the best. consider mon I could give to them, I thought them likely to pionNte the general interests and welfare of the country, to give them my support " Considering the po-ition in which the question of the corn-laws is now placed—the declared opinion of the most • eminent men of all parties in favour of important changes; considering. also, that the meaeures proposed by Govern ment are not measures affecting exclusively the agricultural interests. but are based upon the principle of the general abatement of protective duties, without exception, it is My deliberate conviction, that it is for the general interests of the whole community that these measures should be sanc tioned by Parliament. " I must therefore, if in Parliament, give them my sup port. • " I am not unmindful, however, of the general under standing with regard to agricultural protection when you elected me as your representative. I have reason to believe that the majority of you have not come to the conclusions to which I have arrived; and I feel it my duty, thaeek to express my willingness, if that impression be corre4, give you the opportunity of placing in other hands 7 , trust which, with so - Much kindness, you have curnin:v to me. " I shall always entertain fur the united constituene, the strongest feelings of regard and esteem, with a graieL recollection of the unvarying kindness I your hands. " I have the honour to be, gentlemen, " Your obliged and grateful humbler " JONATHAN Pht,.. " London, 8, Park-place, Feb. 5, 1846." - THEAT}tE - ItOYAL, EDINBURGH, (From the Ediabargh ehly Journa• Feb. 4th.) The engagement of Celeste and Mr. Webster has proved signally successful. Mr. Webster is evidently an actor of very considerable power, and he has a much wider range than his tirat appearance in any character would cause us to anti cipate. This we think a great proof of excelienee ; he throws himself so thoroughly into his part, and evinces so much taste and disci etion, and in fact is so much at lame that we do not know how he could well go abroad into a different de partment, till we find him equally at home there also. Perhaps his eldest personation is in his own .cl , ver . farce, called The Miseries of Human Life, where old Mr. Ally Croaker, fretting at eve ry thing, finds, of course, every thing to fret him, even to the pulling on of his bouts. He does, in deed, seem as if he had been scalded or skinned, and then clad in a shirt of nettles—while his droll agonies are well contrasted with the coolness of his friend Mildmay (Murray who was quite in his element), to whom nothing cones amiss, and who, equally of course, finds every c,.rd a trump. The L;oness of the North is a clever comedy, founded on the mistake of Elizabeth of Russia (Celeste), who makes im perial a :d imperious love to a young lieutenant (Webster), thinking that he is the famous Biron, Duke of Courland. Celeste acted the sovereign virago with her usual animation and dignity. Mr. Webs•er, in his character of Alexis, rose into graceful and genteel comedy, and fully sustained his re putation. Mr. Murray, as the intriguing, conceited, and ever baffled Schuvoloff, or Sugar-loaf, or Shave-all-off, we forget which, the Russian chief spy, or minister of police, was very effective; as was Ray in the perpl xed kind-hearted jailer of Shlusselbourg. Lloyd has a capital part—as capitally acted —an ambitious " full private," making love to an Empr,ss, and rewarded with an immediate ducking in a horse-pond. Altogether, the piece was very successful. A new and better adaptation of the " Invincibles," called " The Pretty Girls of Stilberg," was brought out on Monday, with very great success, and, we may say, thunders of applause. Web ster a pert pag, undertook Napoleon ; this was doubted by his comrades; he turned his back for a few mo ments, unAttoned his coat, turned his wig. and presto ! the very 6 4 little corporal " hints If turned round and justified the apparently involuntary military salute of his merr% comrades. He was ever afterwards in and out of Napoleon, in the drollest and most graphic way, paricularly when he did— what Napoleon never did—got thoroughly drunk. Celeste, as a Prussian captain, thereafter took them all .prisoners. She appared at the hewl of a most efficient troop of heroines, ably assisted by Sergeant Maj,ress Tellet. (From the Edinburgh Weekly Express.) THE THEATRE.—The attraction of the Theatre Royal du ring the past week has been the brilliant acting of Mr. Ben jamin Webster of the Haymarket, and the elegant Madame Celeste. Mr. Webster is not often on our beards, but he certainly leaves us with a hearty wish that he may soon return again. His acting is of an entirely distict cast frAn that of Murray, of Mathews, or of any other comedian we lava seen ; but it is certainly excellent in its kind. We cannot imagine anything more comic than his acting with our Manager—the one as Ally Croker, the other as Mildmay. The seem e had all the effect of the most vivid contrast. The Pretty Girls of Stdberg was the charm of the week's performances. Madame Celeste figured in her most graceful style, arid drew down the rapturous applause of the audience. The Polka danced with Mr. Webster, will give au entirely fresh idea of it to our Assemblies. ALARMING POTATO) RIOTS AT INVERNESS. (Facm A CAMESPoNDENT.) INVERNESS, FED. 6, 1846.—As some excuse for not at tending to your letter, I enclose two proclamations and a note, from which you will gather the alarming nature of the po • sitiun of Inverness, and, indeed, as I am informed, of every chipping place in the northern counties; but our situation is much more critical than that of any other place from the large body of navigators at present employ - et in the neigh bourhood, and who are taking ae important part in the fray; snd as some of them are captured, we may to-night expect an attempt at rescue. Unfortunately there is only a small number of military at Fort George at present, but as many have come into Inverness as could be spared so as to leave enough for the defence of that important position. There appears to be about 70 or 80 who occupy the castle, and under the prudent and spirited command of Captain Campbell, of the 67th Irish, they have been of important use in preserving order, and as yet nobody has been killed, but the number wounded must be ten or twelve, some pretty se verely, by the bayonets which the soldiers Were obliged to use when retreating to the castle with about a score of pri eoners ; and some of the ge alemen and constables were se verely cut by the stones. If in the course of the night the navigators, of whom there are upwards of a thousand, overwhelm the military, it is impossible to say where this unfineunate affair will erd, the whole town and neighbourhood will be at the mercy of these blackguards for six dav 0, being the shortest period within which we can obtain assistance. Ott for twelve hours of our Perth amid Inverness railway 1 If anything will open the eyes of Government, it is the danger in which we are at present. The riots began on Wednestlay, in the attempt to ship some potatoes at Thorn Bush pier. The low popula tion of the town opposed it euccessfelly, in spite of the police magistrates, and the military were sent for, and placed in - the castle, in case of need. The town was quiet all day on Thursday, being the Sacramental tast-day, but in the evening thenavvies marched in from the canal, and being joined by our own mob, pro ceeded to smash windows, threatened or attempted to set tire to the Provost's distillery, and it was considered proper to order out the military, who, after a brush, succeeded in capturing about twenty rioters, when the mob dispersed. To-day special constables were sworn in, and under cover of a strong, body of eonstables, witlethe Provost and Sheriff at their head, an attempt was made to ship the rest of the cargo. About half-way to the pier the mob attacked us slightiv, but surrounded us in thousands, and after the Sheriff read the Riot Act and a proclamation, we continued our march to the pier. The mob had taken up a very strong position here close to the place of shipment, and whenever the at: empt was made to ship the potatoes we were attacked with the utmost fierce- ness, and we were all after a very short combat. obliged to fly. The soldiers were sent for, but before they arrived our cart and its potatoes were sent into the river. The military shipped another, and so the affair ended in the meantime. The soldiers have behaved very well, and Mr. Teller and Provost Sutherland are heroes. The e was a riot in Nairn last night, and at Campbeltown, luvergordon, &c., the same spirit prevails, and not a potato will be shipped without a military escort, though the authorities assured us to day there was an abundance in the country. Toe following proclamation has been issued by the Sheriff of the county _ _ _ " Whereas, notwithstanding the proclamation issued by the Provost and magistrates of Inverness on the 4th inst., the authorities of the county and town were this day deforced and assaulted by a riotous mob, compelled to read the Riot Act, and call in the assistance of the military power. The authorities, m addition to the prisoners already in custody, have marked several others, whowere active in the riot and mobbing, and they have been informed that the public peace is still threatened; they therefore prohibit all parties from appearing on the streets, lanes, al,d roads of the town of Inverness and its suburbs, after the hour of nine o'clock of this evening; and they hereby inti mate that any person or persons so appearing on the said streets, lanes, or roads, between the said hour and six o'clock, A.M., to-morrow, shall be deemed and held to be disturbers of the peace, and act and part in the said riot and mob, and shall be apprehended and prosecuted as felons—the Riot Act already read being in force. "The authorities aforesaid, while they are determined to enforce the law, take this opportunity of informing the in habitants, that measures have been taken for supplying the ma►L•etof Inverness with po'atoes. God save the Queen I _ " By order cf William Fra:;er Tytler, Esq., Sheriff of the County of Inverness, and James Sutherland, Esq., Prvvost, and the other Magistrates of Inverness. " PATK. GRANT, Sheriff-Clerk. • "ALEX. MACI'AVISII, Town-Clerk. "Inverness, 6th Feb., 1846." MUNIFICENT DONATION of M.L3B BURDETT COUTTS. —We have been given to understand that Miss Burdett Coutts recently forwarded to the Bishop of London a blank cheque with her signature attached, for his Lordship to fill up with such an amount as would include the entire cost of bui.ding a church —endowing it with 300/. per annum, and for the building of a parsonage•house and schools It is said that the draft has been honoured to the amount of 30,000/. for these objects. The church, we are informed, is to be built in the city of 11 estminster, in compliment to the muni ficent donor, who posz , es, , es considerable property there. This splendid donation will prove a noble and lasting monument of the Christian virtues of this truly bouutitul Sunday Paper. THE POTATO CROP. The following is an extract from a report of the Commis sionera of Inquiry into matters connected with the failure of the potato crop : Dublin Castle, Jan. 20, 1846. We have not understood it to be within our province to suggest to the Government measures involving important questions of policy ; but we consider it not only within our province, but our imperative duty, to bring, without furthsr delay, under the notice of Government, a state of circum stances which appears to us to call for immediate cousidera aon, and in which questions of policy may be involved. t'wo questions of very pressing nature have been under the con-Iteration of the board, which, for the present, have been disposed of by a suggestion that those interested in the re vective localities shall avail themselves of the Act 1 Viet., c. 2t, which enables the Board of Works, upon certain pre lituinaries being taken, to advance money fur the executio►; of local works. We beg to refer your Excellency to the reports of these cases, and especially to that of Nobber, as presenting pro bable indications of that which must be expected in. very many instauces ,to occur. We cazinot disguise from our selves, that the remedy we have suggested in these cases may fail of being successfully adopted, and if adopted, may be but a temporary alleviation of the distress then prevail ing; and that eumerouse cases of distress are likely to occur and some are near at hand, for which neither the Act pointed out by us, nor any other, as far as we know, in exist ence or in the contemplation of Government, can provide ro effectual remedy. It appears, from undoubted authority, that of 32 counties in Ireland, not one has tiecaped failure in the potato crop; of 130 pcwr-law unions, not one is exempt; of 2,050 electoral divisions, above 1,400 are certainly reported as having suf fered; and we have no certainty, until the receipt of more minute returns, now in progress of completion, that the re maining 600 have altogether escaped. Every variety, in point of extent of loss, and every shade of subdivision iu point of locality, will be finind in the re turns laid before us; and this circumstance, svhile it implies an exemption from widely extended and uninterrupted lose in one continuias locality, complicates, on the other hand, and renders difficult the application of relief in the manner apparently most desirable, by employment in labour. The poor-houses will, without doubt, be found a most inn portant means of relief, and we consider it a most providen tial circumstance that such an extensive resource is available against a calamity more widely extended, and more serious iu its nature. than any that has affected the Irish poor since the year 1817. We have the satisfaction to know that the resource is still open to a very great extent, and that even in the most distressed district the poor-houses are very far from beingfull. We look with anxious attention to their progress towards repletion, as a strong, though not conclusive indica tion of the state of the union to which they belong. We refer, however, to the core tabulary report of the recent oc currence at the poor-house at Kells (in which union Nobber is situated), for a pro 4 . that it would be unsafe to rely upon the state of the respective poorhouses, either as a certain test of the amount of distress in the union,, or as a sole re source fur its relief. The ordivary expenditure t.)r one year of the poor-houses in Ireland is about 260,000/., including essablished charges. repairs and instalments for repayment of building ; and taking the largest pecuniary estimate of the relief which their capacity would atlbra, we cannot consider it as at all equivalent to meet any such deficiency in the crop as that estimated. In turning therefore from this branch of resource for the poor to those afforded by existing and contemplated law for the encouragement of public works, we are suet by diffi culties attaching peculiarly to the present emergency. In all cases 01 public distress, it is necessary, as stated by the Commission of 1822 (16th May), to prefer small local undertakings, where employment in labour is tv be given, to those on a great scale. Works on a greater scale have a tendency to invite an accumulation of numbers to a given spot, and probably to disappoint the greater part of them. That which is necessary on all such occasions is pecu liarly necessary now; the extreme variety in the extent of the potato future, and the minute and insulated subdivisions of land in which it prevails, lead us to entertain the greatest doubt whether any adjustment of public works can be made to meet the need wherever it may occur; and it must be met, or death from famine may be the result. Sir John 31`Neill, a highly competent authority, in a document transmitted to us, estimates. the distance to which the benefit of employment in public works extends at five miles only. (Signed) • EDWARD LUCAS, Chairman. THE POTATO DISEASE. The following is a copy of the report of the Commissioners appointed by the Government to inquire into the extent of the disease in the potato crop in Ireland, extracts from which were read by Sir Robert Peel, in his speech on the 22d ult., and which has been laid on the table of the House of Com nions-by Sir J. Graham, at the request of Mr. Newdegate : "London, Nov. 15,1845. " Sir,—With ref:rence to the conversation we had the honour to hold with you to-day at the Home-office, and your wish that our individual opinions as to the extent of the potato disease should be com:nunicated in writing, we have the honour to make the following statement : " During our stay in Ireland, we carefully examined such official papers as were transmitted to us from the Castle; we consulted persona acquainted with the facts of the disease ; we visited the district lying between Dublin and Drogheda, and inspected various potato fields and stores in the counties of Dublin, Louth, Meath, Westmeath, and part of Kildare. Judging fr,:ni the evidence thus collected, and from what we have seen of the progress of the disease in England, we can come to no cotter conclusion than that one-half of the potato crop of Ireland is either destroyed or remains in a state unfit for the food of man. We, moreover, feel it our duty to apprise you that we tear this to be a low estimate. "It is, doubtless, true that in some places a much larger proportion of the crop is apparently sale ; but, on the other hand, there are districts where it is not too much to say that the crop is lost. For example, we may mention a large field at Sherries, where nut more than one potato in twenty was found by us in a state which would admit of preservation ; and anothea near Oldbridge, in which, from the want of skill in the owner, all appeared to be perishing in ;the pits; and we have proof that these are not rare examples. " We would eyeu add, melancholy as the picture is, tbst in all proability the late rainy weather has rendered the mis chief yet greater. "(if the remaining half thus assumed to be capable of pre servation, there can be no doubt that the pi incipal part mar be rqied upon as food fur the ensuing winter, provided the methods of storing which we have indicated are followed. But, considering the means, or rather want of means on the part of the Irish peasant, the wetness of the climate, the disputes between landlcrd and tenant, and perhaps the de spair or other feelings of the poor cultivators, we dare not venture to hope that our plans, aitup!e as they are, will be fully carried out; and in the meanwhile more of the crop will disappear. " It is also necessary to direct your attention to the quoin- -" ibr LATEST PRICES OF SHARES. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AN I ) OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From Vie Official' List, • P.IBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY ANI) FRIDAY EvKtif..lo LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10. JOINT-STOCIE 11.vIdentt Ampunt • 'Name of Compaq, - , per Paid. Fria • Annum. iilie ' . ..-----.........-• , .£ s. , d. i.£ s. d. ..„ Australasia , ... • • .... 6/. per cent. .10 0 0 4t) 0 0 z.... P.ritsti North American 5l. per eem. 50 0 0 50 0 0 4 '' tionnnercia oi London 51. per cent.. 100 0 0 20 0- 0 " . 16 ".:olottial. •• . 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Asliby-d-la-Z 113, 41. 72 Mntgomrysh 100 ; ~,0 Barnsley •• .• 160 12/. 180 Macclesfield . 1001 r, :. , ',„. ilasingstoke..lloo - ' - Neath .......100 .', ,0 lirlink&Abrg 151 . 1! 51. ' 85 Nottingham . 150 3 1 . 1 o Cromford... 100' 14/. 150 yeak Forest . 78 if 54. # 4 Dudley 1 100 41. - ißegent's ••• • 3 3 --;/. ... Derby ••. • • 1 46 0, 61. 73 f Rochdale ••• •8 5 :, ill Ellsnire&Cbs 133' 41. 65 !Shropshire • . 125 ar o ,. ii I , !:rewash !100 321. 300 ISomrset Coal 1 50 70. 1 . c : A d Forth & Clyd e 100 4/. - ; Do.Lk I'd St 12 6!. V, GrandJunctn i 100 71. , 9434 Stfird& Wore 140 2 ,: i ; To Grand Uition.loo 11. 10s. -- ,Sitrewsbary.. 12' l ' Glai norgnsh .1172 1 )%1. 210 Stottrhridge.. 145 2„,. 0 . Glstr& lirkly! 00, - - 'sit/Ird. Av 79 It.. '0 Grantham • • 150, 121. , 100 Severn and/ „ 6 11, 54. Huddersfield.' 571 -- - t Wye Rail. j ' , Keunt & Art' 39 7s. 6d. 22 iTriit & Mr../ c , 301. ..• Lancaster 47i 1.1. 10. - 1 sey, 1 ,4 th. 1 - . Letsl.s& Livri, 100 341. 520 ,Thains&sled 19 - 44 Leicester l4O 101. 105 - Worestr &? ~,, 2 L i Leicstr & Nth, a 34/. 60 ' Binning. i ' " „ , ' i.oughborogh 142 70/. 850 :Wilts & Hilts 67 '" - --- WATER-WO:MS . Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of I> a id. ," Annum. Aare. ...------;"-- - -- --*-- X s, d. 1 1 , 1 11 East London.. ••... • • • 8/. 100 0 0 ' - ' 6 5 Grand Junction .. •• • • 3/. 105. 46 1 1 4 ; - 51 I.:ent - ••••. •.••• . • • • • 2/. 10s. 100 0 0 - 1 30 Vauxhall .• ••-•. .. • . 5/. per cent. 100 11 0 West Middlesex •.• • .. 50.55• pr cot. 63 12 9 ' '' . 1 Vauxhall .. •••••• • • 5/. per cent. virwit Middlesex •.• • •• 5/.55. pr mt. 11111•011.101111 P I/ MARKET NE WS- YESTER -D i ce • CON-EXCILA.NO se,„ll o ,' The present week's arrivals of English Wheat fron., e rsi t tiP been on a lair average scale. Those from all other flu .' O O ; 00 :1; The number of samples on sale here this morning was ', 1 , 11 o lot 00; demand was somewhat inactive, at about MoialaY 6 40 04 W psi l ; Holders of free foreign Wheat being flrm, very little w'!• 3 c :d 0 0 (0' article, at unaltered figures. Corn under lock rennua wsossue. as on Monday. The supply of Barley exceeding the jjlos buyers, the trade was dull, at the late deprest" yore :earl' The Malt trade was again dull, and the interior samPl,es,ir `'eft on somewhat easier terms. Oats, Beans, Peas, and f but not cheaper ARRIVALS. flpo Wheat. 1 13arley. OSt g Of, 1,660 qrs. 2,510 qrs. 1 3,6 40 4 " . r , - i 2,2 10 4,340 1,130 [ --" Malt. 3,600 urs. i ,19 WIEXTECHAPEX. , ~,,, Ol e :, V t , We had only a moderate suiiply of each kind of Mem' ''',:icriA'"r7 the general demand was firm at very full prices. li e ,, . 3 0 " to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s Gd to 43 10d ; Veal, 45 8d to 5s 8 ' ' 33 10,1 to 5s 2d per Blbs. 1).% the carcase. ,rder English • • • • • . Irish • • • • • • Foreign REPRESENTATION OF SOUTU NOTTS. -- -14 : 1 1 i 5 „;1 4 day morning a protectio n ist can did a te pearallee at Nottingham, in the person of T. 1 3 . Esq. Though the ein.y of election is not know,i 4 OP* , eme nt prevails, and no exertions are wanting il l of Lord Lincoln. or rillcelf FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE.—On Sunda,' fil h i e about ten minutes to three o'clock, police f OP 172 11, whilst on duty in John-street, St. Ge er , S - , sy t : e East, saw an object issue from the house Nn. je g o. d co up the street blazing away like a tar-barrel- '0, 11 ,; 1 0_ 1 °' sten!. pursuit, at the same time springing his ra_Ale coming up he perceived it was a woman enveloP7pro. tier shrieks were heart. rending. Sullivan at 01 : c 0.1 8° to tear away her flaming garments, in which t in; e d he was soon assisted by 120 K, and in a 5114 0 4 e lel eV succeeded in quite thnudiog her, but not unti l ' p ea pe cto r fered most frightful injuries. Information was W el % vcyed to the Denmark-street station-house 1 / 13 ibe roo, Donegan immediately bad her conveyed or/ ill i on stretcher to the London Hospital, where she 1i 69 00 % Stilt precarious state. The unhappy sufferer is s C P named Mary Anne O'Connor, and it is supPos e t e ignited whilst she slept before the tire, and 5' p, complete blaze on reachi7,g the street. ° l lr l .l [A DV EnTISEMENT ]---BAD LEGS AND 11T 01 , -; 1 0 8, ALL RINDS srintßlLY CURTER IV HOLLOWAY 'S he tile d AND Nall. —lt these very valuable rusidiCine"; the . ., re d tl e iher, according to the directions given with b e ds °t case, however obstitrite, b‘d, or 104-standing' s olf ! I f 11 , shonly cured by their surprising efficacy. Thee ° d tow g 0 1 :i sons, who had been patients of large hospitals , st oeri ll 't i r e care of the greatest surgeons of the day, w eholl,ool, least benefit , as a last resource use Holloway'. ,0•1 , 1 00 0, Pills. which always cure them, and trequently W ,01/ 00l as a cut finger would require when treated in l b° Sold by all dm:gists, and at Professor HolloW 4 meat, 244, Strand, London. 11 44 BIRTHS. CA l* all' On the Bth Inst., the lady of Augustus Pere lol e, - of a son. A. 04 1- On the Bth inst., V rs. Robert M•Cabo, of Guildfor" 7 square, of a son. dog litei v elv" - On the Bth inst., at Dalstou, Mrs W. Adorn, an SO' . 4 0 Oc . On the 9th lust., at Grosvenor-place, Brixtop, 01 a 1011. P l' On the sth inst., at Hawley-road, Kentish -Own ' teo 4 W On inter, of a dananer. the 21st ult., in Upper Brook•street, GroSv o " - of George Jelt, Esq., o: a son and heir. OAS Si° 104 , On ;he 21st tilt., at Astley Hall the lady en , Th n glff , Esq , High Sherilt of Woreescersiihe, of a son. Oa the 21d ul!., at Montagu-square, the lady *i " of a daughter of dif A 1:141 ED. R ' • „ go od, 4 00 On the sth inst., at Brace :Mole, Salop, Llll3olr °I. illelit' 411.5. Oakley Lodge, Fulham, to Sarah, eldest daug" .e 5 VIII II % O O, Esq., of Red-hill, in that county. .., fr. On the 7th iasL, at St. Mary's, Strutford,l3o"' -t. if 0. ander Adams, to ?liss Emily On the 7th inst., at St. James's, Clerkettwull, bi r t ' ite r of ' o f to 3liss Leon' rd Charlotte Sustenanc • onlY 'l a"- o dre r 'Ar ~ Oitrk.r, of Ilarley-,trecoon3l;e late Sustenance, Esq. `William /s .... '° est (I°.- On the 7th Inst., at liorley Surrey, Mr. i i oum , ,- EA' terror Prices-street, Hanover-square:to sarah Eliz abe—' ~.. ... w e., (diaries Moore, Esq., of Edgeworth, 11 " le : roll P.„,,nse On the Stit inst., at Aiaryiebonu Church, ra.. e .',. T. 1 , .- - to Louisa Catharine, third daughter of the late Re ' 11 1 . :::-..----------------- , o rge. DIED. ~,,r c er St ' 0 On the Ist irst., at the Highway, Enfield. ," infant son of Or. John Jameson. „ „ m ufti On the 2d inst., at Nunsbury Hall, Herts. . ° ,; ( 1 19. Dell, second daughter of the late it. Dell, Esq •, !' l ,a.gr ee-° ' the Oil. On the tilt , Miss Mary Keep, late of Tulio; Nivicy, Ou the r.th inst., at Grove-road, North Drl 2 ' tyl ' ed 66. rf of Mr. richard Nichols. On the 9th inst., in Leadenhall-market,v.iteottiourY4`lll'-itowis ' „h TerrY. aC. ,,e, Ve l On the 9th Inst., in Bedford-place, IP rort ou►- 4 , : oorda n e s: Turner, Esq. hp el -b i ~ r io ss • c, 10 On .the 9th inst., at South -place, Cto n 's r* , t o e. 2dAr eld , r twin son of it. N. Bennett, rstl• On die 9th inst., In Upper Berkeley-street, Ilonorine, wife of the Rev. W. Thomas, D.P. _ f cold 1 13 ' oatili 3 On the 9th inst., Mr. James ltichardso%_,Liitti, Oil. kniso, ch ola On the 10th inst., in Albemarle -street, I I c' — ' wife of T. Gardiner, Esq. of fb On the nth inst., in New Bridge4treett 1314C.„litef Charlton, Esq., aged 9(1. __ ' dot d s "' On the , stil inst., at Stockvrell-place, tau (Gray, Esq. , -- -- 11;s , ___..------- , o f' tot ....-------- )0 voc,i-c,, De ~ os .1 , London: Printed . and l'abLisited bY .I°-!,12 „, lOW . S'irarni. V-,aiet.Ssoi, 0111,..0.310-. _ ~,_ lhollgifi4 ofthe zeirey. it the ieilitty el 31141.1,0.--, 12, 1546. price. 10 14 1 1 11* 1 .. 30 - held cr That that a vitea of au Man ~... 23, fir e \f/