The Sun. — London, England, 1846-02-11 00:00:00

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Worcaster & Wolverhampton 12% • • • • 1”s - ** to - and Invenie'ss •• •• • • • • 9 2 3 4 .• • 134 . : : : t ° --- ss t '3' and Bunt illgilon • • • • • • „-" •• • • 311.4%. to -••• itZ til 'AtrY and Birmingham • • • • '72 "• • ,i''' •• to 1 3 ' P 425. .. • • 2 n 1 , • • _ 4 h Mid 1411.5 • .. .. • • • • 381 i.... 38,x ~ .. to I'n E Astern ^nd Dover • • • - th' t ic , NI ; . • .. 2% ••• • 3% %• * to -,. 1 , y _ 4 . 1 , - es ir,.. o. 4 .. • • .. 5 .... 6% .... to o '' ‘ ,ti t t v aney . : • • ' : .• :: .. 5 .... 214. - viterrora ard Kilkenuy .. „ .. 3 .... 24% - to - Im4 .. to - Qtrf.l., Wexfil , Wicklow, & Dublin 1% .. • • i'rnd. Waterford, and Valentla .. l% •• • • 1% %• ' to _- 1 . .mi Itieltnd . • • ••••2%•• • 1 % • • • • T" . 1.1 azg Carlisle • ••.. .. 2%.... 2 1 % •• • • to - $N .,^ I, ' „ r ` alsi La ncaste • r • •• • • • . 2 5 4.. • • I A ''• t° - ',,,, -- Ltd Nort't Val • • • • • 'qt.). Extension t and :: .... .... 50 • • -101% •• .• 11N.,, FOREIGN RAILWAYS. .. to - I , itt + %douse, & Cette ( M ackenzie) 2 •• • 2 ie • • to _ GCry' ''' ditto (Esrelete) .. . • • • 2 .. • • nt •• • • _ ll Rhenish ~ .. 5 .. .. 7 •• • • to - et,.reat Ind,:rut .. .... ... :: ss. •• • • 1,, 1 , %• • .. t to o -- Muhl of France Constituted 5 •• • • • -,„ •. . to - (4 ' , !aa.tlldian hl .. .. .. ss. •• • • .1 5- • • to - J:.iWt'telli Canada . • • - 3 %** • ' •• •• to - 0,;!n44, ea South A li n Ju,ic• ion .•1•• •• 3 " 4 7 ‘ k •• •.. to - d Avignon .. - " • • 2 •• • • -'" - • to - , Fan, zindyllordeaux .. .. .. 6.. .. 1134 •• • • " . to - i' - 'Ran`- ''''ten 20 •• • • 3872 • • ... to - •r ' 1 aki llavre •• : •• : •• • • • 28 • • 1,, JOINT-STOCK ANKS. • , r). l 265 i •• • • to - U4ii t'ld w aittni t •.i ~f A s3 , trana ns er . .. • B 20 •• • • - .. .. .. 25 - - .... to - tell • MINES. - del konte u . nr eVatared .. .. - .... 4 26 () al. ,01 t Th E Prese * GE-WEDNESDAY Tb t o I .. fit?; ar l v als of English Wheat from Essex have ‘mr of tkin cafe. Those from all other quarters limited. scout ge o n here this morning was small ; yet the kr :r m :of free o reign a *i ac tie, at about Monday's quotations. ,:"' e n at un a i, ercd acat being firm, very little was doing in that the The ligures. , , orn under lock remained nominally lictiltirtdirade supply ..of Barley exceeding the wants of the s ztne - Ira, 7 caul, at the late depression in value. but easier again dull, and the inferior samples were selling che al , er. Er terms. Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flour very dull, ARRIVALS. IWheat. I Barlpy. Oats Flour. (;Gt) qrs. I 2,510 qrs. I 3,640 qrs. 1,250 sks 2,210 4,310 We h.. Malt. 3.600 qrs. the 2 ,7 41 „_ Orily a ,„laritsinaciaapEri. oeniwerate supply of each kind of meat on sale, while 10 41 ; w as firm at very full prices. Beef from 28 8d —53 2 q Gcl to 43 10c1 ; Veal, 4s 8d to 5s 8d ; and Pork, Der Ulbs. 12, the carcase' 1 'll.t. 41ANCERY.—(TH1S DAY) w i ,,,- (Alp, s th,: 111,, t`i,;:ltatieellor sat to-day in the Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn, it .1,7 44 , lso s4 al aft er His Lordship took appea -.lto th no eas e of any public interest came before the Court me of iet( ---........,______-• .„ 4-Cl-IAN CERY.—(T HIS DAY') 4,;:,!ig v. ,tl:46foreiirstibet.ic.c...NcELLoa of Esotson. . Al l ~,,.., k vat a fter Hilary Term, and the Court took d ot ‘ ; fk,ZlieittikktB,‘!. B ORN—LORENZO DE MEDICI. 4 ' , • 7'4* Allbl ko .7 this ease for an injunction to restrain thedefen -14.15u0 ex , .. ol s ng or selling a book, called the European Library, 'sco t , , r `_et, .froal the Life of Lorenzo de Medici, written b ••• ,,, n poto ;fit the whole day. ~t OAv ~ , otr,.'• ogre, ... t .,, 1 REE T.--( TII I S DA Y . t'i,: etr.i,,-,:, ~..5 WilS lately charged at this Court with forging ititAcrotint`..Wo documents viz a "certificate " 43 °,. 44)( 1ey,'',." -t leberal, --'• '- tow a . nank of England ree e h i p aneery- Tsr e4 3l the tht,inireseuted to have been Paid into the C today or "direction a it s s ' l hlati Q4 1 ' la Olusuance of such direction, appeared k c i ll he tein 41331 rib e in ti t , (4 ered that on the former occasion Mr. Smythe, t la c ,i 113 14 a s 4,neer Y-ottic e at the Bank of England , , itst,,,, e ( e le oteci te • i e the contents of the cash-book of that ofnc t e, .. s I„.'“'r(le r kt,°3tht b y Mr - P arrY (on the part of the was)prisoner, I .lab till., was ab ut e t t o s ~- - -, t .. e.t r:t it ,i.,:,,1e Produced in Court, and the case 1111 J the .I. l l ' so et heloe t t th e he Produced. Mr. Smythe now pro duced 14 4 „. as .2.5561 there was in it no entry of the _ lii . if . -alce. R as Au e xa ,,,, 1 (8. to the account of the case of the Rev. M. ; 4 ' ). sli ch also i57.,„, 41 ed ,h ue d ol ' of ledge r in the Accountant-Genera l ' f Tile ~ • t ika tl iz _--- --Alcoa, a nd contain ed a no entry of the receipt o 4 44 Ltt waS renlanded till to-morrow. 110 8 ---------It. ki'l 2 t( llPa i!' Y. 1 B EET.-(THIS DAY. ) i. ' , 711,', 1 " e``xt,„' l4 - nun, Was tined 20s or fourteen daYs,l, • ' ort,,,e43ed. gitishillg ono of the street gas- lamps in 4 lark ' at .Ste r „,„ 3 sea,'Z ti With ea . a Yourto woman of respectable appearance, was t kr, z ie the 41 4 a tilq - on duty tc,. lt 4 Polic e __ urbane. at the Haymarket Theatre, and -ottipe,li baredP I,.,onstable (No. 77 of the A d ivis ion) tottr eio r , child of ),- 'Le Ott (xl Y 4 that about 9 o'clock last evening the defendant, 1 As it is h kr) 4. rile tee ,no aooUt three years of age, presented herself 0 4 , ~ ie re,,.„, Produced two cheques of the even to females, atie,;‘,,illee ki„,',7,i... ef t he theatre to give cheue teen in the , te., , AN ext, sit e e 3 eel_lhat she had not previously fir. Oefehr , tr ue t 4k :alel y v s e:ls!equently refused admission, onawhpiacsht s the h"` 4 4 . t ~. ke o , .7`• and attempted to force his w Y -,33ustabtas Prevented from doing so, and given into the - 3 , to e 4 .3 qt ,kl,,', whom she violently assaulted. 0itt,.,., Zi t s of ft,3:(_the cheqo es were given to her by two gentle -144-142•14e1.be th e a l at l r e e she thought she had, by virtue of t h em, a ns , , tn , ' said t i • lie due eu t , for ~....e ish, nid fine her seven shillings , or seven days wa, twilltliting the constable . 1 1 AI L I7' - ---------______,_._._.' i---- ---- e ' tate ' Y Daid " A Y COMMITTEES. ERDAY.) Drift S u b . 0 :-.6...._ (c i ...ZOT zn x? "".... 4 xlitt ee No. 1. 11 "4t ' nu 'd horn - — ' o l 4, AND PORTSMOUTH. v. r • lir pi k - our Afternoon • • of yesterday.) ~‘' uo t ti ; l'''. said the Edition .4r, a . • e contract e contract deed before th e Committee as tesiia.:withstao,„ deed brought before the House k rill ; f Parlial4lng that the Bill had been part-heard last ~ ~* . at oi.lallie deed b t e • The standing order was imPeratllT , • k l ,. •Nlit i n „ ne• h .3 0 1 ' ' -rulight forward again where a Bill ,k t , '• uerk e i a oill part-heard. . blarsi q In E., 4NI ' Co t , ' e z. "'en sent for by the Chairman of another ,i , r ' e .- i t :' 4 ' tlad t h e su PPorted ,h '• d o sau te - e objection. The contract of this , ‘45,4t :iti to Ab e names as that of last year, but the sum 4) . 1 - 1 00 .4531 * in the Iltnes of parties who were only bound for i 1 1 .% /, ~,, e first deed amounted in the presentdeed to nth aCiutW rhos parties had never subscribe that TP ll3 ' Must have been paid in their names by other ta ' eil it 54 Y. th at:ti lt-AN s .. • 4 bid, e Pers on !'" it mattered not who had paid the k t . p arb, s complained of were bound; the money tea,;:e Col-1.4'811 bY some of their friends, but that was not ttl l „,,! 1 of th e ,ea to inquire int. s tan dingas therefore the -mtd with`-'unuittee that the orders had been 141tarit,'Ic("INtil?4-11— artYNCTION RAILWAY. I thZt',2ll of ill'''",aPPeared for the promoters. The witnesses t ( t „ Vo rn . e lOrtri a l Ri k d I nitte e • . points having been called, 1 ,. with otcided that the standing orders q td z ole : . had been it ' i C h 44 l4l lll , °2 ' l AND YORIC. RAILWAY BILL tirg.F3T, ojtj,r,,ENT OF TIM CAMPAIGN—.TE ...` l4l4 tt A Il tekL uSr I No' ~' vas a ---. r, during the temporary absence of Mr. lit t t ' ,' l 4t. h e pPointed to take the chair. The Hon. Member k4, i `ukt 4 ' n ought it but right to state to the parties pre loi Way, sit as himself a promoter of the London and York 44 7 '41 ,0 14 sib.., 118 he happened to be in the chair during Mr. ,•‘s s ,, •-elleo - probable that many re -41 -0111,, ,-, it was more than pro , p t, 1 , . J . 1,4 ue made. ' Li h. ~ "Quits t appeared for the opposition, sai . d he ' ) interest. f 4, 1, 1 4 ' 1 0' 1,,,.. t:'letil; sa v tis ° fie - ci - with the Hon, Member's decision --- 1 , 1 7.11 I h il t, I ; . ver vital to his (Mr. Parkes s t Za•ot t3 d,t sa '° * ve that he appeared on a petition against the the Direct London and Ports ' 1 Z 5 ,.7 1 ti Is s- % l ( . tot . i t, l n consequenee of the decision of the Corn li It/till!, aunutes ago in ed for the pro trs. ' 3 a • m Baxter, app ear ed . t . t. , saisted by r. kt , Qo at a3', he would not press his petition. tiong,' witnesses ' l'ro:' 4141 b o - e t" in support of the depositing led °f plans tid gave their , k,. with o „-s of reference were then cal----, a and sec- Ji , t " 14ixt-e` er(Position. ' 1 4 o cjf ra likra l) ! zin nined by Mr. CoAnts.—This B into the ti at ,:!cr to_Y irein London to York was broug ht aurto it was sane ill for a it ~.73 It was they st year, by which House '''‘ till tA,--- r 4 -au, consideration post- Por i r em fi taken into the House of Lord!, where llr. i i til ts s e , • e, and the further consi Cig na () Mau '''° ll . terts ''"tiiined b MI r. Hwitne ssed the one -ta eo Y osr. ..,OATEs-- e . e to them ,„", whieh"Nt,„4,,tr,act• deed They were all genuine say -- i 'IM ti ,1 - '""es "Peet in e - "ed. ' ant Ptod d rtificate authonsing 44huer of the k 6 ~ . fropa h i Ile, z uce ace 141 t'sl'4Pan).'s t ' -'' 'tgtie(l Jo.seph lash. That person came , ' ti alucion e 8 r a ttler ted the contract, but witness were foale,ect• the . there was something wrong, tth at b e held shares wi l V h il he asked Nash if he was the a 443 wee the: 9111e ' a nd had"' he had signed. He answered . Ah e „ i instructed t . la ~. ( 1 'lily fou,d° erg b 11 ' s e tie Parted with a good many. Wit ," the ( , : a8 sent b y - tuat Nash had no interest what' -4 ee jr'mPar, ) , for taii stockbroker in the City to impose it i. alt e inquiries about the matter, 1, _ i pon this i klir n'se t he si afbrmatvi:l7 to re • ekes, gnatur e T n the Company refused . PUrpose of invalidating the k r , nteo. • he shares to that amount were still , l ata u i ..,_ Self and ..angdoh.....„ ' 4l l w 4, Upon a "' " present when Nash presented 11, auth, n . ~ suspicion havi been Mr. Jor 'the ' Coa l . uto make . g create d, • ibtfir,,, P-s--I e inquiries. ' r iloCe r w hich eahl'lti prepared to state the name of tit, 3 (.4 t v.• P oyed Nui. 1 r .,.' ib tli it L. I night t , N tl ere the name was given, I " V " it " 18 Bill. ~,. u• to impose on the tti,"s), I " unaitt e ,L ) .-,p,slblY amount to an action the a n d Prepared to ,_`'" Company, however (said ?Ir. vi l'itr, pAltof 12,1 50/. Pt Prow have sufficient capital with at t_ it t ,..._, _, , for w.hieh Nash bound himself. •ia e , 4 4 re was tak e n like to ask the last two witnesses r he i," the a e .Tru to insure the correctness of the other All v'ttatesr; ' ab', • ' statidiu ,• N,,r,e, a s . 1-t--I think t i 'lilt th - •7:ta ndin sucu a question is out of order. g Order Committee have to do is to tittiiblitlstanee we t,orders have been complied with. Nitro tlsitt ed l t with • buta ne of opinion that they have not been niii,,, mel o It s f low we shall report that the case was ex "te tt , It st et) , hl he C9ruPany were imposed on and their alli oq "ltt th e c `" t rYlng to set it right. We , shall also I ts t 's e 'i x4 f t -\', ash. °M-P i t au Y have sufficient capital without the li-euei, oirenmat s ont for the Committee to go into ~..t t.i g o rder. , . ancas the case not bearing upon the 14, - g ,_., ~Priers in svitii.`ae stkn4, - lb was sufficieut for them to be of opinion this instance were not complied 44V, .I.PAIIkR-,... - il,,,, ii i v '" . a y s we nt a- .e.:l to-submit to the Committee that his n-b77,„_%,.he eo jtlnst the contract deed. After the decision 7.1%ktv, ; '2 l l. si on of.`'t'?,!•akot go ;into that question but he would, .7 i :uu an d yelii,.,C,,)m.mil, tee, state the position in which -ota. Inco t, „, a dtailway stood. The Bill was last session 1 qtrl,,eaftrr,,, alter b e i n ~ • i, teed a fi rst time in the House ,f -, ito a c 1 ti :11% .!011tr itet d Coin on a petition against thevalidity P-tatie .Norted t " (1 . The Committee, after having sat some t 4,.. l e a. w i th ~? the House. that the Bill should not be pro th:.latuilit tee wilittsittlie inquiry should conclude. Now, that ki ite,i eout rae . ~aP,'Eun, and, of course, they will sit upon Th,, t? thi„ 0 ` "eed, whereas the contract deed now sub soto e lat ,-urninittee i • r t • • tlts i 3 quite a new deed. to eo .qed la ti • , a ,„ , N. our case is one which can, no doubt, be on l with ,„ „I? House of Lord!, but here we have nothing a!hr3i,uf 011; Y /1' 1 01 TX but that which relates to the standing "4" Vr i 4 ndi ' i g order were then declared to have been com ,. 1 4 , 44 i:l,..st,e4sreat battl e i i 't t2 1 ' 41 °f te .lief'" yet, however, to be fought. The ed t it- erpo_,__ao}-,ta'aleagmearenl3e-wof c a n n f t o r r a m e t a 1 deed, character, and i,roet Ptunioters leav e 4 4 ' 8 tile ' h e been signally successful. has I ' a _t the most interesting period to all tt e or the competing- fine., ig ent ,f‘ arrtved, we rnav point to the absence though we may as wk, tll „ at ___°fle (!f the agents for the Direct Northern pres ent in cc 9. W e li laY date the commence. ment of the campaign from this day—the field has been taken, and the first outpost established. NVOLVERSTOZT, PURNESS, Awn CAE.LES.E Ri!:ILWAT. Mr. Burke appeared 14 the promoters. The Bill was unopposed, and the standing orders were de. dared to have been complied with. THE 1.E13175, DEWS 9u - i 4 4,y, AND MANCHES TER Iit..ELILWAY (ur.a.lomenaxii) EXTEN SION). Mr. Burke appeared for this Company. The Committee declared that the standing orders had been complied with, saving in a few instances. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock till twelve o'clock to-morrow. Sub-Committee No. 2. BERES AND RANTS (HUNGEEMORD EX- TENSION) RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The next allegation was. that there had been a deposit of the plans in the parish of Erlstoke. Mr. Parrr called for proof that Erlstoke was a parish, as stated in the petition. Evidence being given pro and con, The Committee were of opinion that Erlstoke was not of itself a parish. There was a similar allegation respecting the parish of Edrington, which was not sustained, competent evidence not being adduced. The next allegation was, that the:notice in the newspapers was insufficient, and calculated to mislead, inasmuch as it cpmprised two different schemes, the one the Berks and Hants, with the extension from Hungerford to the terminus at Green-bridge, the other diverging from the Great Western at Tiverton, near Bath, to Radstock. Mr. COATES contended that this was clearly of a nature to mislead, and if carried would be of incalculable mischief to. the parties through whose property lines might pass. Mr. Burr contended, that witnesses should have been pro duced to sustain his allegation. By an Act of last session a 'lower was given to the Berks and Hants Railway to incor porate with the Great Western, of which line it was a part and parcel. With reference to the line being brought out under its former name, it was nothing more than what was done by the London and Birmingham Company with refer. ence to the Northampton and Peterborough Railway. The CHAIRMAN said the Committee were of opinion that the standing orders had been complied with in the present case, as there was no positive contravention of any stand ing order, and the subject adverted to would become matter for the consideration of the Committee on the Bill. The next allegation was, that the notice was also insuffi c ent, inasmuch as it stated that the Company intended to construct branches without defining them, instead of g.ving full information to the owners of the property to enable them to ascertain how they would be affected by the railway, and to adopt the necessary steps to protect their interests. The Committee decided (arguments being heard for and against) that the standingorders had been complied with, the notice containing all that was required by the Act of Par 'lament. Mr. COATES said the next allegation was, that the notice was insufficient, because, it stated that it (the Great Western Company) intended to raise 850,0001., without stating that they would make any application to Parliament to amend the Great Western Act. Mr. Pfurr said that as notices had been given in every parish through which the line would pass the objection was untenable. The room was cleared, and in about half an hour we were admitted. The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee were of opinion that in this case the standing orders had not been complied with, and directed the short-hand writer to read the resolu tion to which the Company had arrived, which was as fol lows : . " Inasmuch as the notice of application to Parliament to make a railway commencing from the line of the Berks and Hants Railway to or near the town of Hungerfdrd and county of Berke, terminating by a junction with the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, does not state the inten tion of the Great Western Railway Company, though sub sequently stated to the owners of the said Berks and Hants Railway, to amend their acts by raising a further sum of money, but a separate notice of the same dates respectively was given by :the Great Western Railway to amend their Act, but yet such last-mentioned notice does not contain the names of the places through which the works are intended to be made." Mr. COATES said, he appeared on the part of other peti tioners, owners of the property through which the line would pass ; but he would not press a great portion of the allegations. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock, till twelve o'clock to-morrow. Sub- Committee, No. 3. BRIGHTON AND CHICHESTER RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) This was another petition of the London and Brighton Company, who are the proprietors by purchase of the Brighton and Chichester Railway, for leave to bring; in a Bill to make a branch line of that railway from Bognor to Little hampton. The customary formal proofs having been put in, proving the usual deposit of plans, and that the estimated cost of the works was 45,0001., the committee decided that the standing orders had been complied with. STETNING This was another petition of the London and Brighton Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorise the con struction of a branch from a point on the Brighton and Chi chester line to Steyning, in the county of Sussex. The customary formal pro<•ess having been gone through. tn Committee decided that the standing orders had been com plied with. The estimated cost of the branch is 44,0001., and the aggregate estimated cost of all the works comprised in these London and Brighton Bills is 271,0001. IPS WIC Ay D BURT ST. EDMUND'S RAIL- 1 4 4 tru 4 4 ~,„p the al of half s h woof • u sr, hea r ) i m porter. i n Great not reaCh be fully ley would Lot fur the u ket, bet 4 ;. four shit f the Elie 0 f the ins 1' Newde. sncellor of e wa s t° 1 fib d cPen ct d" ro e f puttig o l if su ch ~ theeg ht le the Vel ta he reve be r o f t g es no. • , • j e btroY °nS T , 'er b l to nf aten the beggeedr " Ir ' e', und THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1846: from parishes in Berkshire praying that no abolition of protection to agriculture should take place. Another HON. MEMBER presented a petition from Manchester in favour of the Ten Hours' Labour Bill ; and also petitions of a similar nature from factory dis tricts in Lancashire. Lord RENDLESHAM presented 124 petitions in fa vour of agricultural protection from di.tricts in Suffolk. Mr. HUME presented seven petitions.in favour of the present measure of her Majesty's Government ; one being from Montrose, and signed by the bankers, mer chants, and other inhabitants ; another from Arbroath ; another from Kerriemnir, signed by 1,160 of the inha bitants ; another from the linen manufacturers of Kerriemuir, who stated that they desired no protection themselves, and, therefore, protested against any pro tection being extended to other interests ; another was from the Parmers of Kerriemuir, praying the House to abolish the corn-laws, for they wanted no protection to agriculture. Mr. MITCHELL presented a petition, numerously signed, praying for a total repeal of the corn-laws. Colonel RICHARDSON presented two petitions from South Cheshire deprecating the present measure of the Government. WAY EXTENSION. This was the petition of the Ipswieh and Boxy St. Ed inund's Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to ex tend their line to Norwich, and thus complete an entire chain of uninterrupted railway communication between the metro polis and the city of Norwich by means of the Eastern Counties line to Colchester, the Eastern Union Extension to IpswiGh, the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's to Bury St. Edmund's, and the present extension of the latter line. The three last lines were laid out by Mr. Locke. The estimated cost of the extension was 550,000!., and the length of the line was 31 miles. The Committee decided that the standing orders had been complied with. WAVENEY VALLEY AND GREAT YA.R- MOUTH RAILWAY. This was the petition of the Waveney Valley Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorise the con struction of a railway, of thirty.four miles in length, from Diss to Southdown, West Town, and Little Yarmouth. The line was laid out by Captain Moorsom, who estimated its cost at 419,5001. The Committee took the usual formal proofs, and after wards declared that the standing orders had been complied with.—The Committee then adjourned. Sub-Committee No. 4. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) WISBEACH, ST. IVES, AND CAMBRIDGE RAILWAY BILL. __ _ In respect to this Bill the standing orders were complied with. The ler gth of the line is 271 miles; estimated cost, 260,0001. ; the engineers, Messrs. Stephenson and Borth wick ; agents, Dorrington, Hayward, and Ellicombe. BRISTOL AND SOUTH WALES RAILWAY BILL. The standing orders were complied with in respect to this Bill, the object of which is to form a connexion between the South Wales Railway and Bristol. The length of the line is twelve miles,—estimated cost 300,000/. ; the engineer, J. Brunel, Esq.; Parliamentary agents, Dyson and Co. There was no opposition. x.A.:acAsTER AND CARLISLE (EXTENSION TO CALEDONIAN RAILWAY, AND LAN CASTER AND PRESTON TUNCTION RAIL WAYS ANl. A.LCAMAirxors)la.a.xx.w.alr BILL In the matter of this Bill there was no opposition, and the standing orders were complied with. The estimated cost of the extension is 80,000/. Mr. Evrington is the engineer, and Messrs. Burke and Co., the Parliamentary agents. LEEDS, DEWBBITRIr, AND mr.arzcHnsrrEß. (DEVIATION AND BRAN cHES) RAizawalr BILL. The object of this Bill is to make certain deviations from the original line which has already received the sanction of Parlia ment, for the purpose of effecting ajunetion with the Manchester and Leeds line in the neighbourhood of Dewsbury, and also to form a branch to Holdenclough with other branches. The cost is estimated at about 100,0001. The engineer is Mr. Thomas Grainger, of Endinburgh. The Parliamentary agents are Messrs. Burke, Pritt, and Co. There was no op position, and the standing orders were complied with. YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND (WIDEN ING AND ENLARGEMENT) RAILWAY BILL. There was no opposition to this Bill, in respect to which the standing orders were pronounced to have been complied with. The extent of new railway proposed to be formed is about fifteen miles ; engineer, Mr. Birkenshaw ; agents, Messrs. Burke, Pritt, and Venables. /CORTI( UNION RAILWAY. The object of this Bill was to effect the amalgamation of the North Union, Grand Junction and Manchester and Leeds Railway Companies, or rather to authorise the sale of the North Union line to the other two Companies as amal gamated. The standing orders were complied with. The Committee adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow. ILLNESS OF MR. COBDEN.—We are concerned to state that the Hon. Member for Stockport has been confined to his house during a week by serious indisposition, brought on, we !ear, by his herculeale labour in the cause of free trade. It is much to be re gretted that the lion. Gentleman will be not able to take part in the interesting and important discussion on the free-trade measures now before Parliament. FATAL ACCIDENT IN FLEET• STREET.— Yesterday t.ftBrnoon, between two and three o'clock, two young men, said to be brothers, and named Fletcher, were proceeding along Fleet-street with a horse and cart, the property of Mr. John Stone, of Spriggs alley, Milner, Oxfordshire, when at the corner of Bride-lane, one of the men, in endeavouring to step from the shafts of the cart, fell under the vehicle, and the near wheel passed over his head, literally crushing his brains out. A large Uussian vessel, the Norden, has been seized in Newcastle Harbour, under a writ from the Admiralty Court, by thl owners of the Countess of Erroll, for the alleged running down of that vessel, a few days ago, on her passage from Newcastle to London. BUTF.SHIRB ELECTION.—The lion. James Stuart Wortley having recently resigned his seat for this county, on accept ing the office of Judge-Advocate-General, a new election, to fill up the vacancy, took plaee at Rothesay on Saturday. The Hon. James Stuart Wortley .was put in nemination by Henry Stuart, Esq., seconded by Captain Marshal, of Rothesay, and was elected without opposition. This election may be considered as decisively indicating lust the Marquis of Bole will support the Government measures for abolishing the corn-laws, and other restrictions on trade and com merce.—Wasgoto Argus. THE INDIA MAIL—The English packet with the India mail not having arrived, a contour was current at Marseilles, On Thursday, that she was lost. The Simaphore of Marseilles of Friday, however, o' serves that there is no reason for attaching any credit to this rturmr, or feeling the least anxiety on the subject, as a letter has been received from Malta, dated the 29th ult., stating that the time for departure of the packet was not then fixed, It was supposed she would leave in the night of the 291 h, butt this was by no means certain. It is probable that the packet was delayed by the weather at sea, which has beer very bad for the last fortnight. On the 27th, the Scamandre Levant packet on her way to Beyront with the mails for Syria, &C., was caught in a storm at about 75 leagues from Malta, and com pelled to seek refuge at Cagliari, where she transferred her letters and passengers to the Mitios for Marseilles, to be re-shipped on beard the Alexander Levant mail packet, which left on the 4th. rie Minos experienced such bad weather, however, that she did not arrive iu Marseilles until the sth, having been forced to put in at Alaccio. On the same day the Scamandre, which had also put in at. Ajaccio, arrived at Marseilles.---Galignuni of Monday. REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH NOTTS. Yesterdoy (Tuesday) morning a protectionist candidate made his ap pearance at Nottingham, in the person of T. B. T. Hildyard, Esq. Though the day of election is not known, much ex citement prevails, and no exertions are wanting in the friends of Lord Lincoln. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Tuesday, Feb. 10. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at the usual hour. ASSASSINATIONS IN IRELAND. Lord DUNCANNON gave 'notice, that on Thursday, he should move for a, return of all the murders or at tempts to murder, in Ireland, since the year 1842, as also the amount of the rewards offered for the disco very of these offences since January 1842 ; the nature of each offence ; the number of rewards claimed, and the number of convictions which followed. CORN-LAWS. A NOBLE LORD presented a petition from Wigton praying for the repeal of the corn-laws. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM presented petitions from the counties of Buckingham, York, Monmouth and Brecon, against any change in the present system of protection. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition very nume rously and respectably signed at Birmingham, praying for a reduction of all duty on the importation into this country of copper ore. The petition stated that an im mense quantity of copper ore was imported into this country and was still subject to a large duty, though the duty had been reduced. It also stated that during last year the price of copper had risen 12 per cent, which impeded the work of the manufacturers considerably. Lord KINNAIRD presented a petition from Altos, for the abolition of all protective duties on agriculture, and also one to the same effect from the county of Forfar. NUNS OF MINSK. - The NOBLE EARL proceeded to say, that on a pre vious evening he had given notice to the Noble Lord the Secretary of Foreisn Affairs of his intention to ask him a question on a subject which had excited a great sensation throughout all civilised countries. It had been stated that in a state in Europe the most barbarous and savage acts, which it was possible to conceive, had been committed ; and though it .might be questionable how far they were entitled to interfere in the internal relations of other countries, he still thought that an in terference by peaceable means, and peaceable remon strances, with regard to such acts as he was about to call the attention of their Lordships, so far from being at variance with national proprieties,was perfectly justifiable. He alluded to what had especially been brought under their attention lately, and of which they had read and beard much. He referred to Lithuania, where scenes had taken place so incredible, that it was with the greatest difficulty they could be led to believe them. He had taken great pains to arrive at the truth of the facts alleged, and the result was that they were too true. He had learned from the most undoubted au thority that that country had witnessed barbarities of a most atrocious character. He would not harrow up their feelings with a description of the horrors and cruelties which had been committed in Lithuania on un protected nuns, and persons holding the Roman Catholic faith. He would be content with stating shortly the leading facts of the case. In 1837 it appeared that the principal of the Roman Ca tholic Church in that district became converted from the Roman Catholic to the Russian or Greek faith, and in consequence he obtained an unlimited power from the Emperor of Russia to use every means for the conversion of the Roman Catholics hitherto under his direction. He made his first attempt at conversion upon the sisterhood of Minsk, and, after obtaining the conversion of the prin cipal or head to his views, proceeded to use his influ ence with the nuns to change their religion. Having failed in his attempt, he gave them three months to consider his proposition, at the end of which time he expected them to give an answer. Fail ing to obey this injunction the principal, at the head of a body of soldiers, seized upon the sisterhood and took them into custody. They were then put to every kind of servile and menial employ ment, and obliged to associate with the lowest dregs of society. After two years' servitude of this kind, from fear that the bishop of their church would influence the people of the town to rise in their favour, they were removed to a neighbouring town, where they were put to labour which no female ought to, or could endure. They were obliged to serve the masons engaged in building the palace, and so hard was the labour that eight of them died at the work, and three others immediately after. The cruelties inflicted on them were such as to make their Lordships' blood shud der. They were given salted herrings with the object of increasing their thirst, and denied a cup of water to quench it. while they fed on alternate days upon bread and water. They were brought to the lowest possible state, and then, when they would not abandon their religion, they were made to receive fifty lashes twice a week Under this treatment several of them died. Not only were they made to suffer this treatment, but were sub jected to other treatment which he could not name. He did think that a worse spirit was never evinced by the most ruthless of the Roman emperors, or that acts more horrible were ever committed by them. There were four brought forth and placed under a flow of water until the water was congealed, and kept there until they were frozen to death. These facts appear so marvellous that some think such barbarities could not be committed by, a civilised people. Such cruelties do indeed appear almost incredible, but he (Lord Kennaird) was much afraid that the statements which he was making were too true. They were forced to drink salt water, and out of eighteen eleven only survived this treatment. Ile did feel very anxious on this subject, as there had been assertions made against the Emperor of Russia; and as this Government were on amicable terms with that sovereign, he hoped an inquiry would be instituted into the affair. He was sure it would not be considered that this Government were improperly, or for a hostile reason, interfering in this matter, but that it was interfering for a humane purpose. The cause of charity ought to induce their Lordships to make an en deavour to mitigate the sufferings of these unfortunate nuns. The question he would ask of the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs was, whether he had received any information on the subject, or would he have any objection that some information should be procured on the subject. He was sure it could not be considered a hostile inquiry by the Emperor of Russia, or that it was created by any hostile feeling. Lord ABERDEEN said that he had read, in common with others, the reports in question, and he could not say whether they were correct or not, as be had not received any information from her Majesty's Envoy about the transaction. He had no further knowledge of this subject than what he now stated ; but he could not believe that the ac counts that had been received of this transaction could in any degree be relied on. No doubt reli gious persecution of any sort was greatly . to be deplored ; but the barbarities enumerated by the Noble Lord, he (Lord Aberdeen) really did not think could have been perpetrated. The difference between the Greek form of worship and the Roman Catholic was, that one acknowledged the supremacy of the Pope, and the other did not, but there was no difference in doctrinal points. When the Emperor of Russia was in Rome recently, the Pope asked him if those statements were correct, and the Emperor assured him that he had no knowledge of them whatever, but they should be rigidly inquired into immediately, and if found to be correct, the perpetrators should be visited with the severest punishment. And this course he (Lord A.) thought would be better then any attempt of this Go• vernment to interfere in the matter.—(Hear, hear.) RAILWAY INVESTMENTS. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that he would move for a return of all the moneys that had been paid into the account of the Accountant• General on account of railway property to be brought before Parliament this session. CORN-LAWS. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from a place in the county of Southampton praying that no alteration should be made in the existing corn-laws. The petitioners stated that it was the confidence they had in the protection afforded to the agricultural produce of this country that had induced them to invest their capital in extensive improvements, the loss of which they appre hended in the event of the removal of that protection. C isT A T L sa T id AX th A a i:l t O h bi er . Lord BEAUMLOOe was -a notice s tanding in his name on the paper relative to t he p ecu liar burdens on land. He begged to state that he would, on Monday next, move that the House resolve itself into Committee on the subject. THE HIGH CONSTABLE (SCOTLAND) AND TURNPIKE (SCOTLAND) BILL. The House then resolved itself into Committee on these Bills, when the several clauses were read and passed without discussion. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved that Tuesday Aril 21, should be the last day for receiving petitions, on private Bills, and that Tuesday, June 18, should be the last day for receiving the reports of the judges. — Agreed to. - Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Tuesday, Feb. 10. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a few minutes before Four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. JAMES STUART WORTLEY, who has recently been appointed Judge-Advocate-General, took the oaths and his seat for the county of Bute, for which place he has been re-elected. RAILWAY BILLS. Mr. HUDSON brought in the York and North Mid land (with extensions) Railway Bill, which was read a first time. _ . Mr. W. PATTEN brought in the Preston and Black burn Railway Bill, which was also read a first time. CORN-LAWS. Mr. DAWSON presented a petition from the in habitants of Knaresborough, expressing their disappro bation of the free-trade measures of the Government. The Hon. Member also presented a petition ;from the inhabitants of the North Riding of Yorkshire against any alteration in the existing corn-laws. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET presented peti tions from sixteen parishes in the county of Kent against any alterations in the corn-laws. Sir JOHN EASTHOPE presented a petition, signed by 50,000 of the inhabitants of Leicester, in favour of the repeal of the corn-laws ; and also petitions from several parishes in the neighbourhood of Leicester to the same effect. _ Mr. BERKELEY presented a petition from the city 1 of Bristol, signed by 17,981 persons of all ranks, in which they express their satisfaction at the free-trade measures proposed by her Majesty's Government, bnt wishing for a total and immediate repeal of the corn laws. Mr. PLUMPTRE presented a petition from the West Riding of Yorkshire, praying that the Ten Hours' Bill might pass into law. Mr. HUDSON presented a petition from Sunderland praying for a total and immediate repeal of the corn- laws. Mr. BANKES presented a petition from the county of Dorset in favour of the Ten Hours' Factory Bill. An Hort. MEMBER presented twenty-nine petitions THE MILITIA. Sir J. Y. BULLER presented a petition from the inhabitants of Staleybridge, praying the House to take no steps for the enrolment of the militia. CORN-LAWS. Mr. FOX MAULE presented a petition from the in habitants of Aberdeen approving of the present measures of her Majesty's Government, and praying for a total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws. Mr. FERRAND presented petitions from Bradford and several other places in Yorkshire praying for pro tection to labour by passing the Ten Hours' Factory Bill. Mr. ESCOTT presented a petition from Broadway, Somersetshire, approving of the measures of her Ma jesty's Government respecting corn. Lord J. RUSSELL presented a petition from the in habitant, of London, signed by 64,000 persons, praying for a total and immediate repeal of the corn laws, and in favour of free trade generally. • NEW WRIT. Mr. YOUNG moved • for a writ for the city o f Westminster, in the room of Captain Rous—(llear) who had accepted the office of a Lord of the Ad iral ty.—(Grea t laughter.) Colonel SIBTLIORI? moved for a return of all per sons who held Government situations of over 500/. a year, since the year 1795.—(Much laughter.) CORN-LAWS. Mr. BRIGHT presented petitions from Gainsborough, from several parishes in Yorkshire, from Hawick, in Scotland, from Nutsford, Darlington, and a number of other places, preying for a total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws. INDIAN CORN. Mr. F. FRENCH asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer at what port in Ireland it wa• intended to dis embark the Indian corn, which he understood the Go vernment had in their possession? He would also ask the Secretary of State whether there was any truth in the reports which had been circulated in some of the Irish newspapers, to the effect that the Poor-law Commissioners had taken upon themselves to exercise a power vested in them, and had dismissed the guardians of two poor law unions ii Ireland ? Sir J. GRAHAM had not had an opportunity of making the proper inquiry upon the subject. PUBLIC WORKS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in answer to a question put to him by an Hon. Member, stated that the amount applicable to the purposes of public works was 300,0001. for Great Britain. Upon this sum a demand might be made in aid of the public works in Ireland. But, independent of that sum, there was placed under the management of the Board of Works (Ireland) a fur ther sum of 60,000/. There was also the sum of 57,0001. remaining in hand applicable to public works in Ireland. THE TARIFFS OF THE BRITISH COLONIES. Mr. HUME moved that an hurniile address be pre sented to her Majesty, that she will be pleased to direct copies of the existing tariffs and commercial regulations or each of the British colonies and 'possessions to be laid before this House, in the same manner as the tariffs and commercial regulations of Europe and America have been laid before the House. That there be laid before this House copies of the existing tariffs and com mercial regulations of British India and the depen dencies thereof, on exports and imports, in the same manner as those laid before:the House of the European and American States. It was highly important that the House should be in possession of ~this information in order that they might perceive how great a burden the colonies were to this country, and that they might take measures to relieve themselves of much of the expense. Dr. BOWRING seconded the motion, but he could not do so without bearing his testimony to the great talent which these returns evinced in their compiler, who he believed was Mr. M'Gregor, of the Board of Trade. Lord SEYMOUR was understood to differ from the Hon. Member for Bolton. The returns, in his opinion, a ere dull romances, and full of inaccuracies. Sir G. CLERK could only say that if this Noble Lord would point out the inaccuracies, he would take care to have them corrected. Mr. lIUME denied .that the returns were dull ro mances, and declared that they were of great service to - the country. Lord SEYMOUR (as we understood) expressed his dissent from the Hon. Member for Montrose. Mr. HUME rose to explain. He said that it would be very unfair to reject ten or twelve documents because there might be an error in one of 'them. Mr. AGLIONBY concurred with this remark. He thought it was hard to attack the documents in that man ner. If there were any serious doubts as to their correctness they ought to be referred to a Select Committee. He felt great pleasure in finding this motion before the House, and in finding that it had been seen. led. He was glad to sea Hon. Members turning their attention to the affairs of our colonies, which had been too long neg lected. Government had not turned sufficient attention to their commercial interest, and that was the reason why they had always been a burthen to the mother country.—(Hear.) He was convinced that if a proper course were adopted with regard to our colonies, they would become an, assistance instead of a burden. Sir G GREY said that if these documents contained valuable information, he thought that the Members had not sufficient access to them; and he would, therefore, propose that they should be referred to the consideration of the Printing Committee, with a view to their greater dissemination. • After a few remarks fromSl.r R. H. INGLIS, COURT OF APPEAL IN CRIMINAL CASES. Mr. E% ART wished to put a question to the Solici tor-General or the Secretary for the Home Department. On a former occasion the Hon. and Learned Solicitor • General had brought in a Bill to give a court of appeal in criminal cases in this country. He begged to ask whether it was the intention of the Government to remedy the defect at present existing with respect to the want of a court of appeal in criminal cases. Sir JAMES GRAHAM was understood to say that it was the intention of the Government to bring in a Bill to give a power of appeal in certain criminal minal cases. INDIA. Mr. HUME rose to move for certain returns con nected with the atisirs of India. He thought that the recessity for giving that information was sufficiently ap parent, and he would therefore throw out the suggestion that those reports ought to be printed. During the last ten years he had always entertained that opinion, and he trusted that the Government would adopt that sug gestion, as it was likely to conduce to the general benefit. lie would therefore suggest the propriety of printing those reports %Melt had any concern with Indian affairs. THE CORN-LAWS.—ADJOURNED DEBATE. Lord EBEINGTON and Mr. HINDLEY presented peti Lions against the repeal of the corn-laws.. Mr.s. o, B d ebate, R E On the montion being put for . the resumption of the adjourned N said, that in resuming this debate, he could not help feeling that, in the consideration of this subject there had been a great disregard of the interests of the commonalty, and that before the repeal of the corn-laws the Ministers ought to have consulted the farmers respecting the mannner i n which that repeal was likely to affect them. Whether such may be the general opinion he did not take on himself to say, neither ,would he express any opinion of his own on the subject. However, in refe rence to the question, he should say that, whatever might be urged against the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Government, he (Mr. O'Brien) had nothing to retract o r explllear.) He had rot changed his opinion, and what he stated before he was then prepared . .to . state again.—(" He a r, hear," from the Ministerial benches.) A N o bl e Lord who spoke last night had not only felt it his duty to announce an alteration in his opinions in reference to the present great ques tion, but also to deliver himself of a sentence, upon which, as it form ed the salient point of the Noble Lord's speech, be hoped to be permitted to comment. The purport of the sentence was, 'that the law of 1815 was the greatest e rror ever committed.—(Hear, hear.) That might be the case ; but he turned to that side of the House, and b e gg ed to ash who the parties were that urged the landed interest of the country !lot to expl a i n or retract, but to persevere in and maintain an oppo sition to that law ?—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") The no h t ad wa g n i t Zn ample Right Hon. Baronet at the . head of the Government says he has given an opportunity to Hon. Members to ear, and a laugh.) retract their opinions as regarded that measure. e felt much obliged to the Right Hon. Gentleman, bathe as the °H s h pop o n u o.r ld t mu s n a ei y mtyb t e h yr a e t a f o r. p r p 'Wolverhamptono aftert Opportunities n y t , e e a s r: were —( That brought him to another part of the q ues ti on . Hi s Ri g ht Hon, Friend (the P rem i er) had said, that "if he had cha n g ed his opinions .an 1 not dr c l are d suc h, he should be ashamed of himself." Now he (Mr. O'Brien) should be as:mined of him also. But he wished to know on . what principl e part i es i n t hi s country could in future be kept t oge th e r ? It might be said that that vas an o ld story, and that they nitre attacking t h e Pre mier and making speechesrylial in bad cause. governed by party, and it might b e considered to be abs olute pre judice, but he was net ashamed, to own himself a party man.—(Hear, hear.) It had hitherto been the custom of this country to believe that a discussion of ques tions upon party principles was advi s abl e ; t h at a rigid adherence to those principles w as on t h e whole, with all its imperfections and all its anomalies, the better way of eliciting the truth, and conduced to a sound legislation.—(Hear, hear.) But he might observe that not only had the Government chang,"ed its priaci• pies since it came into office—((lear, hear)--but it had practically declared that it would be bound by no strict principles whatever.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. S. O'Brien) was not in the House before the present Government came into office ; the first vote which he ever gave was to place them in their present position. But he could undertake to say, that if ever an opposition was con ducted upon party principles, that opposition was which was marshalled, headed, and led by the Right lion. Ba ronet at the head of the Government.--(Hear, hear, and laughter.) The disappointment was too bitter.— (Hear, hear.) The subject of his conduct was one which was far too annoying, or else he would enter into it . with perfect willingness. B u t h e did no t w i s h t o give personal offence to his friends, the officers of the Government, otherwise he would su bj ec t th e occu pants of the Cabinet to the reprobation of the House. — (Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman bad said— and that he thought was the sum and substance of his speech—that inasmuch as the law had failed in the year 1842, he should, therefore, entirely aban don those principles on which he had come iato office. The Right Honourable Gentleman said that the l aw h a d failed in 1842, and the word " failure" might be under stood in two ways. He would wish to call to the recol lection of his ltight Hon. Friend what he said to the farmers of Wiltshire, in February, 1845—( Hear, hear) —when he made the announcement that he had become a convert of free trade. He would wish to ask whether, if the law failed in. 1842, the Sidney Herbert of that year would have corresponded with the Sidney Herbert of this ?—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He would also wish to ask him, if it was possible for any ingenuity in human nature to concoct a law which would answer both those gentlemen ?—(Great laughter.) His Right Hon. Friend in 1845 would find that law failed for the letting in of corn freely—his Right Hon. Friend in 1846 would find that the corn law failed in the re striction of the free importation of corn—therefore, highly as lie thought of the legislative powers of his chief, and sincerely as he might believe that he was capable of effecting anything—and certainly the House had seen that he was capable of effecting great things—still that Right Hon. Gentleman asked of him too much, if he expected that the law of 1842 could succeed in pleasing gentlemen of both sides of the House. Bue the question of averages was all that disappointed the ex pectations of his Right Hon. Friend. He could not see the cause of that. His Right Hon. Friond might re member, that even if he were obliged by this failure to give up the question of the sliding scale, there was a fixed duty for him to fall back upon.—(Laughter.) He conceived that the argument of the Right Honourable Baronet, viz., that be cause the sliding scale had failed in one out of three years, it was not a good one; was not in his opinion a sufficient reason to induce him to give up, not only his favourite measure, but even the principles of all his life. His Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Sidney Herbert) had said that this was not a question of delegation. He (Mr. S. O'Brien) should say it was not a question of delegation, but the Members of that House were the representatives of the people, and when they voted against the interests of their constituents, then they betrayed those interests, and were unfit either to be delegates or representatives. It was not merely a question of import which sent this House before the country, and it was not merely a ques tion of import which placed the Right Hon. Gentleman on the Treasury benches. He would not attempt to treat this question as a trifling one. He would not treat this question in that light manner that the Right Hon. Gentleman who had spoken last had attempted to treat it. It was a question of the greatest importance to the agricultural interests of this country. The Right Hon. Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Government had said that the great potato failure in Ireland had almost led him to throw open the ports. He (Mr. Stafford O'Brien) did not underrate those evils ; he knew they did exist, and he was glad to find that the Hon. and Learned Member for Cork intended to bring forward the evils pending that failure in Ireland the following day. But he thought her elajesty's Ministers would have done better by throwing open the ports temporarily for a temporary relief, than to adopt the present measure. How had the free trade question been receiver] in Ireland ? The gentleman who stood next to Mr. O'Connell in that country had re probated the measure; he said plainly that a re peal of the corn-laws would work great evil to the farmers of that country, and would but add to the distress which now threatened her. He was in England when be was called back again by the dreadful accounts which he received of the progress of the potato disease, and he would tell the House that those accounts were so far correct, that if the disease had progressed as it had commenced, there would not have been a single vegetable in Ireland at the present moment. On my return, 1 found the dis ease rather mending, but it has again commenced, either from the late wet weather or some other mysterious arrangement of Providence. He assured them that there never was a country which called for more urgent measures than Ireland, and he firmly believed, there never was a Government mere anxious than the present for the welfare of that country. But he should tell the Right Honourable Member for Oxford, that the famine in Ireland re quired more immediate measures for its alleviation, and he did not see how, if he would pass his Bill, Ireland would be benefited by it one single quarter of wheat.— (Cheers.) My Hon. Friend, observed that when he looked round Wiltshire he was surprised how the poor people could exist there. All he could say was, that he generally found that the poverty of the agricultu ral districts was greatly to be attributed to the owners of the soil. When they found wretched cottages, and women and children half-clothed, they were naturally led to inquire the name of the owner of the soil. He had conversed with some Wiltshire farmers that morn ing, who bore him out in the statements he had made, and he would do them the justice to say they believes him to be conscienth ais in his Opinions. But he (Mr. S. Herbert) had totally failed in the case which he had brought for ward to show the necessity of a repeal of the corn-laws, in order to remedy the evils tinder which the country , was labouring, which was simply only saying that em ployment and the wages of e.np!oyment tended to the happiness of the labourer, but if he had followed up his argument, and really shown that a repeal of the corn laws, and an extensive cultivation of p oor soil would effect ail this, he would have made his arguments com plete. He would have given an argument in favour of the repeal of the corn-laws, which had never yet been urged. —Cheers.)—But if the Hon. Gentleman had visited Northamptonshire, the county which he (Mr. S. O'Brien) had the honour to represent, where the la bourers received wages amounting to 13s. or 14s. a week, he would find that the people were not in the abject state he had represented. If he would go and visit that part of the county with which he was connected, he should be able to show him well built cottages and a state of comfort which would satisfy him that a repeal of the corn-laws was not so much required. He should, in the course of their ramble together, be able to show him cold clay lands of such a nature as even to affect the intellects of those engaged in their cultivation—(Hear) and, he might add, that the Noble Lord the Member for the City of London, in his address, looked to the Member for Northamptonshire when he talked of the advantages which the landed proprietors of that county would derive from a relaxation of the duties on corn and other articles of commerce. The address laid down three propositions for meeting the wants of the , country at the present moment, the long and short o f which was, that British industry required no pro tection ; and in the latter part of his speech he said that protection was neither wanted by the agriculturist nor bythe manufacturer, and would leave their protection to the energies of the country. It was not treating him improperly if he (Mr. S. O'Brien) assumed that this principle had been publicly enunciated. The Noble Lord assumed that these propositions were true, because all political economists were of the same opinion. Notwithstanding the charge of their having old fashioned prejudices and clay intellects, he for one dis sented from those propositions, and he said, that even if all political economists were agreed in this manner, there would still be higher considerations on the settle • meat of the question. Honourable Members on the other side of the House were very apt to confound the science of political economy with the science oflegislation. His own notion of political economy was, that it was a science which treated of the amassing and distribution of wealth, and if the science of legis lation consisted of the amassing and distribution of wealth,then ho should say that both political economy and legislation were synoniwous terins.—(Hear, hear.) He, - however, took a higher standing ; he said that the distribution and accumulation of wealth was only one element in the science of legis lation, but even if both the science of le gislation and political economy consisted only of the accumulation and distribution of wealth, it was not sufficient to prove the case of the Right Hon. Baronet. —:Cheers.) The Noble Lord the Member for the City of London had sneeringly declared that agricul tural protection societies were established solely for the purpose of opposing the Anti-Corn-law League. Now, he denied that these agricultural societies had been recently formed, and so far from their object being the overthrow of the Anti-Corn-law League, he believed they were established for the promotion and improvement of agriculture.—(Hear, hear.) Honour able Members were too much accustomed to throwing out taunts in reference to these protection societies, but on a future occasion he might find it convenient to enter into their history, and he would say now that there was nothing in them he was ashamed of.—(Hear, hear.) It was sa id that labour was the property of the poor man ;he di d not know whether it was right to call things by their wrong names, but the Noble Lord the Member for Lancashire called the agriculturist a manufacturer, and upon the same principle labour was called the property of the poor man, and this definition of one of the Right Hon, Baronet's dogmas went forth to the world. But they ought not to stop there. It would not do for them to meet six months every year for the protection of their own property - , and at the same time to tell the po or man that labour was his property, but his property was not to be protected. The poor man would not understand such a system the poor man would say that they met to protect their own property, and the conclusion he would come to was, that the property of the poor man must be left to take care of itself. The question of protection was a very unfortunate one to emanate from a legislation who some years ago boasted of the extent to which they could avail them selves of the labour of children. That legislation now found the labour of the poor a difficult thing to deal with. They had resorted to the most discreditable methods to protect property. Treatise upon treatise had been written on the subject, and the decision . ' they came to at length was that they should let it alone. He did not speak of the shop keeper, but of the man who had amassed money, and who, the moment he found himself in pos session of it, found it his interest to be a convert to the system of buying in the cheapest market and selling in the dearest one. He would take the case of the duties lately spoken of by the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government, because they would serve as an il lustration, and because they were fresher in the memo ries of the Members of that House. Supposing . that he had been in the cheapest market , he c ould furnish his house with splendid French paper or silk hanging, and could ride abroad in a foreign carriage. :He could look out of the window of his smart house, and drive abroad in his foreign car riage, and he would see a number of labourers standing idle. Me might ask them what they were, and the reply would be, that they were, perhaps, E glish paper-stainers, hardware-manufacturers from Birmingham, and coach makers. He might then say—" My good fellows, I have done my best to make you idle, but not from any selfish motive, for on the 27th of January, 1846, the Government proposed the withdrawal of the pro tective duties, and that proposition was received with cheers by all political economists, in order that theirdoctrines might have fair play."—(Hear, hear.) Would any man say that the feeling in the hearts of the people would be one of reverence or attachment to our institutions in such a case they had that profane°, for the feeling would be decidedly against the Government. When they took into consideration the number of persons so employed, whose employment would be taken away by the want of protection, they must consider how much their ancestors had laboured to give them that protection ; they would see that the way to benefit the poor was to protect them against foreign competi tion, and against the madness of themselves. In this House they were all rich men—(Great laughter)—at least he assumed the fact, and such lion. Members as were not, might laugh at the notion.—(Laeghter.) But one thing was quite certain, and that was that they all had had a breakfast that morning, and they all expected to have a dinner that evening—(Laughter)—and they might, rest assured that such is the position in which they would be held by their poorer fellow-creatures ; and, therefore, he was right when he asserted that they in this House were rich, while the classes he al luded to outside were poor. Well, now it would go forth to-night to those classes, that . in this House the question propounded was not corn against cot ton, but the question of buying in the cheapest market and selling in the dearest, and therefore he would ask them why they taxed the poor ? He was net now argu ing against the poor-law, but he was contending against this House attempting to propound a harsh and imprac ticable dogma, which would luok odious in the eyes of the poor.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") lie had never stood up in this House as the champion of exces sive duties, or to contend that no alteration should be made in the corn-laws, but he was contend ing that the Government was enunciating a dogma which the poor people could not understand. There was another reason why he objected that this dogma should be promulgated here, and that was that this assembly was no longer the representatives of the poor ran, for that had been done away with by the pa sing of the Reform Bill. Adam Smith had made two exceptions where other considerations might enter besides political economy. But there were so many other exceptions in addition, that it would be extremely unwise and unsound to propound such a rule, and extremely dangerous to acs upon it. He thought that one of those cases was agriculture.—(hear, hear.) He would not then go into the question of the corn-laws, as he had so frequently expressed his opinions on them; but he considered, that if there was a calling which, more than another, had peculiar claims on protection—which contributed to the health, longevity, and morals of the community—that calling was agriculture.—(Loud cheers.) He protested against any change being made under such a complex state of things which existed in this country. lie must say that he had been engaged in studying the state of the question during the last four years in all its bearings, and he could not find anything to materially alter the opinions which he had formed on the subject. One change, however, had come over his mind ; he began by believing it a landlord question, and he was of opinion that the effect of a sudden repeal would be to throw large quantities of land into the market, and consequently the price would be greatly deteriorated.—(Hear, hear.) From all that he had read and seen he could not but consider that this question was a question of the small landed proprietors, nut of the large landed proprietors; they are able to weather the storm.—(Hear, hear.) It is a question of the small landed proprietors, who, upon the faith of previous legis lation, have burdened their estates to nearly the full valae for the sake of effecting improvemsnts on their lands.—(Hear.) He believed the present was essentially a farmers' question, and it was upon this ground that he took his stand; and because he thus considered it a far mers' question he refused to consent to any changes which would bring in their train nothing but distress and misery. —(Hear, hear.) Now suppose the case of a tenant farmer, and he wouli give an illustration, because he considered that would have more weight than mere abstract arguments. Suppose, then, in this case, the prices to be rather low, arising from a large importation of grain or some other cause. The tenant farmer comes to tt.e landlord, he says to him, "I hope you will allow some abatement in the rent. I have expended large sums in draining and fencing, my family have held under you for several generations, we have weathered together many hard, difficult, and stormy seasons. I have worn your colours, and I should be sorry to leave the spot where I and my family have lived so lung to seek a home elsewhere."—(Hear, hear.) The landlord says to him, " My good fellow I am sorry for yop, you have invested your money in drains and fences, you invested that money on the faith of my as surances, and I have made those assurances, and invested my capital on the faith of the legislature.—(Hear, hear.) We are now told that we are to buy in the cheapest, and Ilell in the dearest rnarkets.—(hear, hear.) There is a gentleman, a manufacturer in this district, ready to invest his capital in your fern,. I must nos/ look to my tie family arrangements ;I am sorry I can do nothing foryou.—(Hear, bear.) You look back at the feudal times, those times we are now told are old and exploded notions—(Hear, hear)—and as for colours, God bless you, my good fellow, there is no such thing as true blue now."—(Prolonged cheering.) The tenant farmer then goes away from his land, the manufacturer with his immense capit.il conies in, and by the application of that capital, the land, which before yielded but three quarters thee, yields six quarters, and the great increase of the produce will then be used as a set off to the injurious effects of a large importation of foreign corn.—(Hear, hear.) A few months ago a farmer mentioned a circumstance to him, the relation of which would help to explain this questior better than anything he could say. A farmer went to his landlord and stated that he had just had a large fortune left him ; his landlord advised him to leave the cold, clayey ground which he then held, and invest his capital in some good ground, and make his fortune. He said " the graves of four generations—of my father, grandfather, great grandfather, and great great grand father are in this neighbourhood ; and I have worked that farm, and I will stick to it."—(llear, hear.) There were hundreds of thousands of men like that man, who had not fortunes in their pockets, but who had the same hearts in their bosoms—whom now they were driv ing forth by their legislation with broken hearts, and whose bitterest recollection—whose bitterest association, would be with the name of Cobden.—(Hear, hear.) We, continued the Honourable Gentleman, will not aid you, Sir, in your triumph over these poor men. We do not envy a triumph in which we do not parti cipate, and though we are small iu number, and may be uninfluential in debate, we will raise our voices against the injustice that is proposed. You are now preparing a triumph against a body of men who are petitioning that table in vain ; and who see ruin staring them in the face ; who have been moderate in prosperity and patient in adversity ; whose virtue and whose mis fortune is, that they are poor, and, as I said before, whose fatal fault was, having trusted you.—(Cheers.) You are prepared to triumph over them, for I will give it no more milder term—) ou are prepared to triumph over them by a strange coalition with men who, true to their principles—(Loud cheers)—can neither welcome you as friends, nor respect you as opponents—(Voci ferous cheering)—of whom, I may say, in conclusion, that the best and most patriotic amongst them will least rejoice in the ruin and the downfal of a great constitu tional party, and will most deplore the loss of public con fidence in public men.—(The Hon. Gentleman sat down amidst the most boisterous cheering from his own party.) Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD rose to address the House, but was some time inaudible on account of Mem bers leaving. He said that the whole argument of the Honourable Gentleman who had just sat down was that the Right Honourable Baronet at the head of the Government was a traitor. The Honourable Gentleman professed great regard for the working classes, for whom he professed protection was required. He (Mr. Sharman Crawford) eould not understand the Hon. Member asking the House to continue protection while they refused cheap food to the working classes. Cheap food was the foundation of national prosperity and protectionw as injurious,bccause it enhanced the price of the necessaries of life. He thought the arguments heretofore used in the debate tended to confuse the question, T the h The main points of w hich were exceedinglysimple. agricultural body demanded that the nation should pur chase its food at their market price, but would they consent to proffhr to the working classes wages equivalent to the prices they sought to obtain ? They had never yet done so. they prepared to do so now? Y et t hi s seemed an Weres sential element in the case. Could they engage that all the working classes should have their wages made com mensurate to the price they wished to keep agricultural produce at? By the old poor-law wages were raised in proportion to the price of food, but the new poor-law had done away with that. It was not so now. In the election of 1841, two points were raised, in order to return a majority to that House. One was the per petuation of protection to the agricultural interest, and the other the restoration of the old poor-law; the latter especially was much dwelt on as an electioneering cry against the Whigs, who were charged with the odium of that measure. Had the pledge then given been fulfilled? No; they had kept up prices by the corn-laws, and yet had done nothing to mitigate the evils of the new poor-law He was more particularly anxious to address the House on that occasion, on account of the question of Ireland having been raised. It was raised by the Hon. Member who spoke last, and many other lion. Members who preceded him. He must acknowledge that he disagreed with the great majority of Irish landlords on this question, and so far from his thinking that agricultural protection was a benefit to Ireland, it had, in his opinion, proved a curse to that country. — (Hear, hear.) It was used as an argument in favour of the continuance of the corn-laws in England, that England had been in a prosperous state ever since their exist ence ; but this argument could not, at all events, be applied to Ireland, for ever since the corn-laws had been extended to that unfortunate countryhear) nothing but misery had prevailed there.—( 1: lie thought that this measure was a matter 'He cou- He had had cern to the whole of the Irish cornmun a, • h It arise from great hopes of the results ha Co tt the Commission under the h ev foundamrl of Devon. tlatt he was disappointed, for mission had I to the interests of the landlords , and reference whatever to the had no condition of the tenantry of Ireland. It was evident from the report of that Commission that the condition of the tenantry was wretched in the extreme. Now, by en inquiry into the relations between landlord and tenant, he found that there was a decided advantage on the side of the proprietor of the soil—a remarkable advan tage, for he gave a singular evidence of the relation between landlord and tenant, and of the advantages which were likely to arise to both in consequence of their ev. rat positions. By that return it appeared that the whole of the benefit derived from the soil of Irelund was not , more than 14s. 2d. per acre, and that the gross revenue of the country from t h at source was not more than 6,000,000/. per annum, whereas it was known that although the soil of Eng.. land was not more than that of Ireland, that at least 40,000,000/. per annum were realised. There was a part of Ireland in which the protection of agriculture was not considered to be of any benefit to these con , cerned in agriculture—he meant Ennisfail. Agriculture and manufactures were then in a perfect union, and the people were prosperous and happy—every class of society was in the enjoyment of the comforts of life. For his own part, he dreaded not the repeal of the .corn-laws ; he dreaded not the lowering of the price of food. He did not believe that the repeal of the corn-laws would damage the interests of the agriculturists. In fact, he was perfectly convinced that the lowering of the price of food would increase the profits of the agricul turist, and that that increase would be followed by in creased employment; and the general prosperity of the people of this kingdom would fidlow in such a manner as could not be created by the main tenance of protection to agriculture. He wished to see Ireland cease to be a land in which agriculture was protected, and he wished to see Ireland depending on her agricultural produce as well as her manufactures. It was said that the corn laws opened a market for her agricultural produce in England and other countries ; Out of what benefit were such markets to the agricul turists of Ireland ?—(Hear, hear.) He admitted that vast qu entities of food were sent from Ireland to Eng land, the purchase of which cost the English millions of money. But did Ireland benefit by such sales ? The exports of the provisions from Ireland instead of having conduced to her wealth, had led to her wretchedness and misery. Those exports were not the exports of her superfluities; they were the exports of her means of existence ; they were the exports cf those things which the people should have to support ex istence and a comfortable life ; they were taken from her comforts, and they did not therefore benefit the people of Ireland. The poor in that country were at the pre sent moment suffering under privations which no man could at all concave, and that fact, he submitted, was a proof of the justice and correctness of his position. It was found that the number of acres in England were not sufficient for the relief of her inhabit tants, and yet from Ireland, the acres of which were pro portionately far less, they annually exported most im mense quantities of provisions. They were therefore exporting the life and blood and substance of the people of Ireland. The injury done to the people of Ireland by this means was incalculable. Such a system produced the most barbarous murders and assassinations in various parts of Ireland. They fell in to 'those horrid crimes because they were without employment, and deprived of the means of existence. Such were some of the effects of agricultural protection. When they go to Ireland, what do they find? They find the people, except where those murders of an agrarian nature took place, obedient to the laws. They find the landlords living among their tenantry in peace and in security; and if the landlords of Ireland gave up the system of agricultural protection, and turned their thoughts and energies on the development of the country, those crimes which he alluded to would be heard of no more. Nothing would promote the happiness and com fort of the people so much as cheapcorn, and, therefore, he was most anxious to see the tax on that necessary article of human food totally abolished. There was an oth-r great fault committed by the rulers of Ireland, in cot doing something to enable the people to get a better description of food. They are now compelled to subsist on the potato, which is the one of the lowest articles amongst all descriptions of vegetable diet. But if they once made corn cheap by removing all restrictions on that article, the people would be enabled to procure it, and thus secure for themselves a proper description of food, for they could then command the corn market. The potato was an article of food liable, from various causes, to periodical injury, and he was therefore anx ious that a substitute should be provided for it by the abolition of the corn-laws. If the landlords of Ire land, by a repeal of the corn-laws, were forced to adopt other means for increasing their incomes than that which land afforded, it would be better both for themselves and for their tenantry.—(llear.) They could also, by culti vating and improving their land, increase to a consider able extent their present incomes. —(Hear.) In the greater part of Ireland land at present is not more than half cultivated, and :le was certain, if the tenants were induced to improve the farms, the produce might be double that which it at present is. He (Mr. Sharman Crawford) would not refer to par ticular cases, but would address himself to the general condition of the people of Ireland. There was no period or season of the 3 ear at which a great por tion of the poorer class of the people were so reduced as not to be able to procure food. He did not moan to say that they were actually starved to death ; but there the insufficiency of fo d, and the bad ness of its quality was such, as to produce the most alarming consequences. Kooning such to be the case :I,lv,ngst a large body of the poorer classes, he could not reconcile it to his conscience, indeed he would hold himself aecountalule for the results., if he did not protest against any mode of raising the price of food.—(Hear, hear.) He considered it the bounden duty of every - landed proprietor ro use his best exertions to Frocure cheap food for the peo ple, and to counteract the many grievous calamities that were consequent on a seaway of food—the least amongst which was not typhus lever. Wi:h regard to the scarcity of food, he should say, that that very day he had rteeiced a communicatieri from districts Kith which he was connected, informing him that the potatoes—the staple food of the pour—were en tiroly dustroyed, and that the people were obliged to have recourse to oatmeal. Therefore, seeing all that, he could not be indiffirrent to the great benefit that was certain to be derived from the measure then introduced by the Government ; and he should, therefore, feel it his duty to give his most cordial support to the Government proposition.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BAILLIE (whose opening observations were wholly inaudible in the gallery) was understood to say, that the Noble Lord the Member,for the City of London, in his address to the House last night , seemed to . _ assume and to take it for granted that free trade must prove moat beneficial under any circumstances, If that was the opinion of the Noble Lord, how would he reconcile it with the fact that foreign nations knew well enough the value of protection to their national pro ductions? Foreign nations were well aware of the great advantages which England possessed for manufactures. This country had large manufactures and every facility fur production. We had rivers, and ships, and every means of carrying out our trade at a cheap rate ; and we also could produce articles of manufactures of a very fine quality which would compete with them. It was for that reason that foreign countries had erected barriers in the shape of protection for their manu factures ; and if that was the case, how was it was pos sible for this country to have all those advantages from free trade that they were led to expect? France bad manufactures of her own, and if the manufactures of this country were introduced into that country, we should be competing with them to the injury of t heir own trade. In India we had introduced our manufac . tt a rea u. of cotton goods, and that did away with of t re r o p w e n opl b e of tiful fabrics, to the great injury since the dominion that country.—(Hear, hear.) Br o e re r injury done by the of England in India, there was in had been shed or all the massacres which blood which introduction of our manufactures there than by all the By doing away with their staple had thrown out o f employment people, who suffered by starvation. p h r a ( d ida ta c l t i i , a , pl N a y e e e. the result of our free trade-doctrine there, in all our endeavours to induce foreign i ations to adopt free trade, ATthi:':diusshwaanavdsisn.gof ta th i l l e ed therefore, shall we try the experiment upon our own people ? They had only to refer to the occurrences of the last few Sears in order to be convinced of the intimate connexion which existed between their agricultural and co:nmercial prosperity. They need not look farther back than 1848. It was in the recollec tion of every one what was the state of the country in that year. Their trade and commerce was stag nant ; their manufacturers in the deepest consternation ; thousands of their operatives thrown out of employment; the revenue fallen below the expenditure and threatening the utmost commercial difficulties. Such was the state of the country—to what was that state to be attributed? It had succeeded several years of unexampled manufacturing prosperity. He alluded to the period commencing in 1838. Let them look however at the present state of things in the country. All their,operatives were in full employment, they were working on good and sufficient wages ; they were happier and better: off than at any former period in their history. To what was this to be attributed? He did not wish to take away, and he was fully pre pared to do justice to the talent of the Right Hon. Baro net, but he was not prepared to give him the sole credit of restoring the country. That altered state was to be attributed to the three abundant harvests, commenc ing from the year 1841.—(Hear, hear.) How clearly then, did not these facts demonstrate to us how careful t e should be to preserve the causes that produce this prosperity and success ?—(Hear.) It was not, however, his intention on that occasion to enter into a discussion as to whether there were pecuniary or heavy burdens on the agricultural portionlie of the community, because he thought he able to show that the agriculturists laboured:upnuedtietriona greater disadvantage on account of th burdens on land. This disadvantage course these discus with the foreigner than from the peheudlianerocta°bnedenhdeauvlyy discus sions ; but there was appreciated or considered in l is ‘ . . another , de principles could get of the advocates of free o tr e , disadvantages which oduvrantage which none rid of. He meant the country laboured the inhabitants r in c k lim th a e t y ae . utondetiriaton acc ount o f f grain. o h u e e t i t n i f : H s r , i :w i l d ' i c hi) not 0 t t p h reduced th description of finerbelieve that the farmers of had any -ere less skilful or intelligent thin this coun t r y w . of aso o i t i her to those of other countries. He had heard it stated that foreign countries were superior hi the arts of agricul ture, and lie believed there were many pelts of Germany not inferior to our own. In Poland the wages of those engaged in agricultural pursuits were as much as the wages paid to those engaged in similar pursuits in England. The soil was equally fertile, and the: corn realised 10 to 20 per cent. more in the markets of England than our own. He knew that samples of wheat might be produced in Essex sad in some of the southern counties of England equal to dne wheat grown in Poland, but he spoke of what constituted the whole produce of this country, which was of a vary inferior quality, and varied with the seasons. This inferiority arose from the great heat of ti e countries to which he had alluded, and the natu; al