The Sun. — London, England, 1852-02-20 00:00:00

THE SIJN, VOW) 91tttion+ like Mauritius 30s to 345. Madras of soft quality is lass wanted. and must be quotsd rather lower; at public sale 1.700 bags were sold, sat brown went at 21s ad to 23 6d, ()sit and mid yellow ditto 24s to 255. FOREIGN.—To-day further parcels of yel ow Haven nab were sold by private treaty, mostly for exportation, and full rates were obtained. Of Manilla 500 bags at auction were, however, taken in at 32s for clayed, being above the value. COME.—This afternoon several purchases were made privately in Native Ceylon, and go od ordinary was not to be obtained under 38s 6d per cwt.; at public sale 197 bags sold at that rate. For Plantation Ceylon there is an increasing demand privately at full rates, but et auction 114 casks (seconds) were taken in above the value, mid to good 52s to 565, low mid 485 to 50s, other sorts 42s to 47, triage 35s to 41s, and per berry 645. Of Costa Rica 728 bags were disposed of at the full currency, good ord at 39s 6d to 41s, and find ord 41s 6d to 445. 92 bags 20 cases East India, ord Malabar went at 375 6d to 38s, Padang 33s 6d to 355, and damaged 29s 6d per cwt. Cocos.—TO -day Trinidad Cocoa attracted greater attention, and at public sale 235 bags were sold at firm rates; fine red went at 39s to 42s 6d, low to good 33s to 38s; grey from 295 to 335, and damaged 23s to 41s 6d per cwt. TEA.—A slight improvement has occurred in the de mand for Congou this week; there is, however, no de crease of supply, and merchants are desirous to sell at previous low rates; old quality can be obtained at 7d to 7id, good ord 8d to Sid; blackish leaf 9d to lOid; fine and Pekoe kinds lld to is sd. Some pals of low have been taken for shipping. Oolong is not offiring at a fur ther decline; yet operations have been small low to mid at 8d to 10d, and good to fine lld to is 3d. In Souchong sales are trifling, although good to fine can be obtained at lld to is 6d, and low to mid 8d to 10d. In Pouchong rather more business is doing at 4d to 6d. The low and mid qualities of green are in brisker request at previous valuations; but transactions in good to fine are small, with sellers at last week's terms; there is no decreaos in supply of either. Prices for Hyson rule for low to mid quality at is to is 2d, good to fine is 3d to 2s, superior 2s 2d to 2s 7d; Young Hyson, ord 10d to 11d, mid to good is to Is 6d, superior is 7d to 2s 2d; Imperial Can ton 10d to Is; Hyson kind Is ld to 2s 2d; Gunpowder, Canton 8d to Is; Hyson kind common to mid is Id to is 6d, good to fine Is 7d to 3s 3d, twankey 9d to Is; Hy son skin 7d to Is; Caper 8d to is 4d. Scented Oronge Pekoe attracts attention, yet there is no evidence; good to fine selling at Is to 13 7d, low to mid 8d to 11d. Flowery Pekoe is still difficult of sale; fine and choice at is 8d to 21 Bd, and low to good is to Is 6d per lb. RICE.—To-day the demand for East India Rice was not better by private treaty, and 900 bgs of Bengal at public sale were only in part sold at 9s 6d to 10s per cwt for mid to good mid white, being easier rates. SPICES.—To-day Pepper was in active &eland, and a publi , • sale of 3,200 bgs went at stiff rates; Malabar shot at 4d to 4id, Tellecherry clean 3d to 3id. Penang 3id co aid, very fine bright 34d to 4d; at these rates there are not free sellers. Of white 210 bgs went at ',lel to 8d for fair, but chiefly at 7id, losing stiff prices. SALTPETRE.—Tv-day a large parcel of 5.996 bgs Madras Saltpetre was (Hared at auction, and all taken in at firm rates; good quality 9i per cent refraction at 255 6d; 14 ditto 24s 6d; a few lots not refracted 235. Of Calcutta 444 bgs sold at full terms; mid quality 131 to 12 per cent 25s to 25s 6d. COCHINEAL—A better demand has been experienced Ibis week, and full rates have been obtained for lower qualities, but better kinds rather cheaper. At auction 420 bgs were nearly all disposed of, low to mid Hondu ras silvers 3s to 3s 2d, good to fine 3s 3d to 3s 4, black ditto 3s 10d to 4s Sd, ord to 'mid 3s 4d to 3s 8d; 120 bags Mexican silvers Is 1 Id' to 3s ld, black 3s 4d to 3s 10d, common 3s ld to 3s 3d. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEB. 16, 1852. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold Levees at St. James's Palace, on the following days, at two o'clock :—Thursday, the 26th instant, and Wednes day, March 3. Regulations to be ob3erved at the Queen's Levees, at St. James's Palace. The noblemen and gentlemen who purpose to attend her Majesty's LeS''l, at St. James's Palace, are requested to bring with t t w o large cards, with their names clearly written thereon, one to be lett with the Queen's Page in Attenda.ece in the Preeence-chamber, and the other to be delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, who will announce the name to her Majesty. Those Gentlemen who are to be presented are hereby informed, it is absolut , ly necessary that their names, with the name of the Nobleman or Gentleman who is to present them, should be sent into the Lord Chamber lain's-office, on the Tuesday previous to the Levee on the 26th of February instant, and on the Monday pre vious to the Levee on the 3d of March next, on each day before twelve o'clock, in order that they may be submitted for the Queen's approbation; it being her Ma jesty's voremand . , that no presentation shall be made at the Levees but in conformity with the above regulations. It is particularly requested, that in every case the names be very distinctly written upon the cards to he delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, in order that there may be no difficulty in announcing them to the Queen. The state apartments will not be open for the refeption of company c.ming to Court until half-past one o'clock. Netice i 4 hereby given, that all persons having peti tion: or addreseee to present to her Majesty at t'ee Levees, are to send a card (having on it their names, a statement of the object of such petitions or addresses, and the names of the persons from whom they come) to the Lord Chamberlain's Office, before twelve o'clock, on the Tuesday previous to the Levee on the 26th of Fe braary instant, and on the Monday previous to the Levee on the 3d of March next; and that two other cards, having on them precisely what is written upon that sent to the Lord Chamberlain's office, are to be taken to the Levee; one of the two cards to be delivered to the Page in the Ante-Room, and the other to the Lord Cham berlain, who will read its contents to her Majesty; and, on these occaliuns, no other statement is to be addressed to her Majesty. A Deputation to prsent an Address is not to exceed four persons. WHITEHALL, FEB. 19. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Houghton Forrest. Gent., to be Lientenant in the Artillery Com pany of London. WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 20. 6th Regiment of Dragoons.—Lieutenant Hugh Lyne doch Barton had been allowed to retire from the service by the sale of his Commission, Feb. 20. 16th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Clement Jekyll Smith has been allowed to retire from the service by the sale of his commission. Feb. 20. Scots Fusilier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Henry Green Wilkinson to be Adjutant, vice Haygarth, who resigns the Adjutancy only, Feb. 20. 3d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Philip Henry Pren dergrass Aplin, from the 28th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Ramadge, who exchanges, Feb. 20. 10th Foot—Ensign Robert Thomas Francis Hamilton, from the 86th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Bartholomew, promoted, Feb. 20. 12th Fuot—Lieuteuant Thomas Dundas to be Captain, by purchase, vice Blake, who retires, Feb. 20. 21st Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant Roger Killeen to be Second Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Blacker, deceased, Feb. 20. 27th Foot—Lieutenant Alexander Cbancellor to be Captain, by put chase, vice Cholmeb.3v. who retires; En sign George Reynell Gresson to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Chancellor. Feb. 20 28th Foot—Lieut. smith Itstnadge, from the 3d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Aplin, who exchanges, F. b. 20. FRIIIT.—The business doing in Currants for home Consumption is very trifling, but some large contracts have been made for shipping. The quantity exported in six days last week amounted to 276 tons, cf which 100 tons consisted o. new Fruit, and the remainder old, from 193 to 25e new is 30s to 355. In V a l enc i a R a i s i ns littl e doing. Little inquiry fir Turkey fits, at low prices. SPIRITS.—There is no variation to notice in prices of Jamaica Rum. The rates paid for fine and choice marks vary from 3s to 45 for 34 to 38'over proof, good 30 to 35 over 2s 7 l to 23 101, mid to good mid 23 41 to 2s 6J, and low 27 to 30 over 2 , 2 d to 2s 3d Der gallon. For Leeward Maud tats keep on the advance Is 641 to is 7d proof. Est India is rather dearer, Is 4d to 13 5d proof being now the value. Ot Demerara several parcels have been sold at from 23 Id to 2s 4d for 30 to 42 over proof. In Brandy purchases rather exceed those of last week. The, terms obtaii.ed for Cognac, test brands of the vintage of 1851 are 4s 24 to 4s 4d, 18.50 ditto 4s 5d to 4s 7d, 1849 ditto 4s 9d to 4s 1 Id, 1848 ditto 5s 3d to 5s sd, older 5s 6d to 6s 64, low to mid 21 7d to 4a, and Bordeaux 2s to 2s 2d. Prices for British made Spirit remain at 9s lld to 103 net cash. Gin 8s 6d for 22, and 9s for 17 under proof. Geneva is 84 to is 94, and fine as Is 104 to 2s gallon. INDlGO.—To.dnyduring the progress of the stale 217 chests have been withdrawn. 1,436 chests (including 644 withdrawn) have passed. The biddings were brisk and the rates previously quoted have been fully sup-, ported for Bengal of all sorts. Several parcels of Ma dras and Kurp'h sold with spirit at 3d to 61 advance for mid to good, and par to 2d discount for ord and low. TALLOW.—On the part of holders of Russian, cn the. spot there is more firmness; fine ole yellow Candle being held for 34s 64 to 34s 84, and - new 35s 04 to 35s 3d per cwt. The demand is not batter for delivery; the prices asked are 34s 94 to 35s for next two months; and 373 to 37a 3d for latter part of the year. At the previous decline a good demand exists for home melted, and 35s to 35s 6d is the value net cash. 1,000 pkgs Australian Tallow offered 700 sold at 32s 6d to 35s 6d; 150 pkgs South American found buyers at 32s to 355; 240 brls old P. Y. C. 33s 6d to 33s 9d, which were full rates. 38tia Foot—Lieut. William Robert Cravviorn Potter, from half-pay sth Foot. to be Lieutenant, vice Scott, appiuted Paymaster; Lieut. R tort Scott to be Pay master, vice Vernon, dec. , ased, &b. 20. 48th Foot—Brevet-Msjor Benjamin Riky to be Major, by purchase, vice Brevet Lieut.-Colynel Joseph Rolant Raines, who retiree; Lieut. Oliver Matthew Latham to be Cantaiii, by purchase, vice Riky; Ensign Bache Har pur Liesthcote to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice La tham, Feb. 20. . _ 77th Fo , t—Enaign Bentinek Duncan Gilby to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Elliott, who retires, Feb. 20. 89th Foot—Lieutenant Alexander Campbell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Moore, who retires; Ensign Robert Selby to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Camp bell, Feb. 20. 99th Foot—Lieutenant Owen Wynne Gray, from hat:-pay 39th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice O'Reilly, who retires upon half-pay, Feb. 20. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Invern,lssi-hlre. 76th or Inverness, Banff, Elgin, and Nairn Regiment Militia.—Adjutant Robert Goldin to serve with the rank of Captain, Feb. 9. WHITEHALL, FEZ. 12. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Robert Henry eed, of the ti,wo and county of the town of Notting ham, Gent,, to be a Maater Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEUALL, FEB. 20. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Joseph Stone, of Worksworth and Cnrafotd, in the county of Derby, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. OlLS.—This afternoon Sperm 01 met with little at tention, and at auction 50 tuns only in part sold at 841 to 85l for first sort. William Platte, draper, Crawford-street, Merylebone. Frederick Freeman Cobb, grocer, Canterbury. BANKRUPTS. COURSE OF EXCEL &mster:.ACll . ... • • •• 11 19 Ditto, three month/3 .. 12 0 6.otterdam • • • • .• •• 12 0 Antwerp • • • •• •• ••• .. 25 50 Brunel.° • • • • .• • • . • • 25 50 Sam burg'.: ......:Q 13 10-% Paris, 3 days'sigat 25 3.0 Ditto, 3 montha .. 25 50 Marseilles • • • • • • • • .... 35 5 2u Pranlaort on Maine..., 121 &NGE.-(THIS DAY.) Glwalti ........ Leghorn •••• •• •• 30 GelEtoa ••• • • , 25 60 Venico.. ...... • . Maples ...... •....... 40% Palermo., peros ........ 121% Messina, •••••••• .• •• • . 121 % 33% Oporto o . Rio •Ja lelro .... • ... • • Bneno Ayres New 3 :0rk,60 days'sighl )bila(!elphla .••• • • • Simon Abraham Risch, tailor and robe maker, Bed ford-street, Covent-garden, to surrender March 2 and 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, officrialtissignee; Laurence, Bread -street, City. William Elphs Holland, brewer, Portland-place, Ken nington, March 5, and April 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abcburch lane, Lombard-street; Lawrence, Flews, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. Job Clark, bolt manufacturer, Willenhall, Stafford shire, March 2 and 24, at half past eleven, at the Bir mingham Distrist Court. Valpy, official assignee, Bir mingham; Brown, Bilston; Hodgson, Birmingham- Thomas Myring, bridle cutter. Walsall, March 1, at half-past ten, and March 27, at one, at the Biralin gham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Thomas, Walsall ; Hodgson, Birmingham. George Greeustock, milliner, Bristol, March 9 and April 6, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol. Cornish and Parcel), Bristol. William S a vage, druggist, Bradford, March 9 and ll4reti 30, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, ( 'fficial assignee, Leeds; Foster, Bradford; Porritt and S withinbank, Leeds. Fran c i a I ngham, grocer, Doncaster, M arc h 6, an d o_Aprileal7, at t en , at t h e L ee d s Di str i c t C aurt . F reeman , assignee, Sheffield; Smith, Doncaster. . utopher S tea d man an d Ch ar l es Si d d a ll B a k ewe il, °llle"Man r NM e tachastnr, March 5 and April 2, at twelve, at t heiter ?) : strict Court. Mackenzie, official assignee, Nl.,nehmer: Sharp, Verulam-buildings; Row ley, Manchester. 'Vienna, e!eo. 110 . ••• 12 42 Trieste, ditto—. •••• .- 12 42 Petersburg h• Eble•- 375( Madrid •• •• •••• • 60 Sa.rcelcaa •......... Se villa IMP P/AltlsB 01/117LLION, Prit Fore , _gn Gold inbars.. £3 17 9 Por f .ugs.l Gold Coln .. 0 0 0 . 'P' , :talsh Doubloons .. 0 0 _4l. New Dollars 4 10% 'Miler in bars 0 5 ojl ,RILL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS: The LORD CANCULLOrt took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'clock. THE MEGJER.A. Lord MINTO wished to explain a misapprehension as to the statement which he had made the other night. It had been represented that he had blamed the meter of the ship for not keeping in the middle of the Cl:mnnE.l instead of putting into Plymouth for shelter.. Fi e certa i nly had blamed the master, but it was for'not putting into some nearer port; he never could hare supposed that it would have been butter for him to keep in the middle channel. The master had, however, fur purposes of his own, predetermined to go i n t o Plymouth, and he had Warned him for doing so in defiance of the state of the i‘eather, 4.nd thereby putting the soldiers to great inconvenience. He had made this explanation in consequence of a letter which had appeared in the public prints, written by a certain individual, who, of course', had been led away by the misztatement he had seen, of his (the Noble Lord's) speech. He did not blame the reporters for their misrepresentation, but he attributed the error to his own imperfect method of expressing himself. Lord REDESDALE said it was perfectly clear that the master had gorse to sea wilbovrz a sufficient stock of provisions, thinking that he might buy them cheaper at Plymouth. pricePRICE OF SUGAR. The average Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from r eturn o c : ti T t ad e in . the week ending Feb. 17, 1852, exclusive of Duties paid or payable thereon on the importatipeonutehses'r°ieonits into Great Britain From the British .s in America 19s. 10d. per cwt From the Mauritius From the East Inuies : ••• „.. No return. „ Average price of the t wo for .z. ... 233. 9id. ~ sc.riptions of sugar . , Jointly, computed ,tle 20s 7id. ~ above, and exclusive of dut y . I ' .. "ta as , By authority of Parliament HENRY BICKNELL, Clerk o f the Grocers' Company Orocers'-hall. Feb. ::.O. _BANK OF _ENtiLA ND. (Frcm this night's Gazett e .) An Account, pursuant to the It 7th and stii v • ietoria the West ending on Saturday, the I ith day of Feb ru i try :: . A 2 for OS V. Dis'PAAVIMNT. tE S . BEER-HOUSE;;;;. The Earl of lIARROW BY presented a petition from a place in the. county of Sussex against the increase of licensed beer-houses in agricultural places. After a short conversation betwef na Lord BEAnatoriT thd Lord 13 ROUGHAM ou the subject of the County Courts Ea. - tension Bill, intrcduceii th 9 la:ter, Thq Marquis of LANSDOWNE: said that its moving the tnit adjournment of the /louse, he would tike the oppor y f,f inforrnin,,,, the (Ellenbu rough) that the h;iter wh N ic ° h k'le he E h v it iri d eP irfcil i ir te ed for last night had been di scovered at the India Office in menu , se:Opt, and would he laid on the treble together with the Their L or d shlp3 o:hor doc uments asked for by the Noble Earl. then e(journnd at Hal:-ptist Five. Il trtlS °F COMMONS. The SPEARED. took the Chair a few minutes before Four o'clock. R. Notes i55ued........ Z,'2,194•395 (;overnment debt .. 11,015,1(0 (ei l,coOthersienae. io cnrnitibeusl.3..n 1 . 1:0961:mot m billion • • • • •• 3.4,45 ,0 9 ...roar 4 2 1, 39 5 £32,094 3 9 5 M. 31A1',eL1-ALL. Chief Canh;r: Dated the ;9:h day of February, i 4 4. RAN/SING DETAtiraine T .E ...• Proprietors 'capital" 14,553,000 Government securl ltst '•'••• • • • • • • 3,3 ‘ 6,18. i ties( including D ead Public deposits (in tiding Exchequer, W e i g ht Annuity)" 13,524,191 cl Other securities ... , 11,125,437 Commissioners of • Notes ...... .. .. .. .. 11. " :1, ,?,;i i National Debt, Esau - Gold and silver coin • 501,, 72 I ngs-banks, and Di vidend accounts) • • r,925,306 Otter deposits • • • . 11,552,777 Sown day and other BMA .. : . .. - - • • • The Great Munster Fair Bill %vita read a second time and ordered to be committed. n E g E o l f i this Bill, BILL. I motion lO I N o r C the I s ' ee l j o second • - -M re!t• MARKET IN TE I. Ll GEN CE. Sir GEORGE GREY said this n Iltrket existed b' , lore ld _Removal Bill w (From the London New Price Current ; Feb. 20.) the SinitLfie • was pAss^6 - , and the re- SCGAE.—TO-1.,:y ; rovi4ions of that Bill did ne apply , OnltShLe in cons, quence of the extensive par- stric:.To p r the Commit to it, but he eels et East India and Mauritius offered at public sale thought the House o i Id sofa before whom the tly3re was tialy a small btYitaess transacted in Westlndia • Bill should be sent wei. pause . - 4:re they passed the Sanger, yet (Ai-, c, ry or r pfi u ing kinds were not to be oh- elapse enabling the proprietors of Ma , market to iecreitie tinoid under the currency of Frilay last. Operation s its size by s i xtee o acres. the Bill %vas re a d ale 420 bide, & J ., i nc l u di ng a pubiic Bala of 115 hhd s After a brief diwuss2.on a second B "baduf -3 , which wen t a t full terms, 'fine and superior time and ordered to be committed. yed , v , at 39a to-tia, mid to good 32a to 373, and com- MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN. mon 303 to 3h 6d. SHIRE RAILWA r . REFINED.—T n . day Refined Sugar met w i t h ready On The motion for thesecorni readin gof this Canal Bill, purchasers for home cJasunaption, and brown Lumps Mr. W. PATTEN ca ll e d the sac r lion of the House C.innot Le cbtsin e d under 44s 6d per cwt. For Crushed to the f ict that this Bill was promoted by a canal coin- Sugar the market is firm at previous term , . • pang which had merged into the Shafield and Lauca. MAURITIUS.—Th is afternoon four parcels of Mauritius , shire Railway Company, and the Bill proposed to raise Sugar, comprising 9,300 bags. were submitt e d to p u bli c the rates which were at present levied. on a rival canal, sale, still the wisolo found buyers, and full rates were He was opposed to the Bill, and he called upon the obtained; good to fins yellow went at 33s to 361, other House to throw it cut, as it ;' - . wa3 un j ust In principle. sorts 303 to 325 6d, good to fine brown 278 to 29s 6d, Mr. GEACH supported the Bill, ar d said this was a low to mid 24s to 263 6d, mid to good grainy yellow 33s peculiar case. The Bill did ' ; the • not prop( ,se to raise 6d to 375, inferior 30, 6l to 335, brown ditto from 243 to tolls of a rival can4l, h oru ut to compel the railway c 30a, the refining qualities 281 to 348 per cwt, pany to place the Macelesaed Canal up , c n the same foot- EAST INDlA.—'fais afternoon the quantity of Bengal in; in respect to tolls as its competitors. Sugar, offered a t auction foil to 6,400 begs, yet - 3,1 r. LABOUCHERE said this case vas quite unprc nt,arly tho whole sold at ui rat,,s. and grainy at a small cedented in the private legislation of the House. The advance, but soft brown went rather c:ivaper; Benar(-s Bill did not propose to have the affairs •of its anal own canal low to good white realised 32s 6d to !I': --i, fine 353 6d i " d but it wanted to interfere • nvestigate , with the manage to 361, damp and washed 315 91 to 35s fine grainy meat of its rivals, and he therefore call: id upon the House yolks.? 37s to 38s. g ood 36s to 365 6d, low to ' to be cautious how it adopted such a n reasure. The mid 32s to 35s 6d, brown 285 64 to 30s 6d, Khaar 22a Gd ' ceedin a which it complained of were notpeculiar prc to 243, low to mid soft yellow 24s 6d to 265, mid to fine- north,gb . . all t, to the f but it was going on over ne country ; and he t 1,1:9,951 .f,36,5J7,520 Dated the 19th day of February , 185 2 . MAESIIALL 556,537,320 , Chief Cashier. LONDON, might. remind the House that this Bill relat€d to what was called the Carrying question. He regretted thEl he could not see his way to a general Bid upon that sub ject; but, though he admitted the evil which the Bill referred to, he felt there was great difficulty in the way of removing it by legislation. Mr. ROEBUCK supported the Bill. Mr. GREENE moved that the Bill be read a second time this day six months. This Bill was founded upon a dangerous principle, and he hoped the House would hesitate before it adopted it. Mr. J. CLAY supported the Bill. Mr. CHRISTOPHER suggested that the Bill should be postponed for a week. Sir G. STRICKLAND did not think it would be safe to leave this question to the decision of a Committee, and he should therefore oppose the Bill. No less than 500,000/. was spent in preliminary litigation by the Great Northern Railway, owing to the opposition it met with at the hands of every company, and.if they allowed canal companies to interfere with the affairs of its rivals there would be no end to the Parliamentary ex penses which the litigation would give rise te. After a few words from Mr. GE ACH in reply, Mr. MACGREGOR expressed a hope that the House would reject the Bill. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the second rearing 83 Against it Majority against -55 Tho Bill was accordingly thrown out. PETITIONS. Mr. WAWN presented a petition from North Shields against the post-horse duty. Several petitions to the same effect were presented by other HoN. MEMBERS. Colonel THOMPSON presented a petition from Brad ford, praying that the war in South Africa might be put an end to by mediation. PARISH CONSTABLES. Mr. DEEDES gave notice that on the 24th instant he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend and consolidate the laws respecting the appointment and salaries of parish constables. VOTE BY BALLOT. Mr. IL BERKELEY gave notice that on the second reading of the Parliamentary Representation) Bill he would move amendments to the effect that votes for Mem bers of Parliament should be taken by ballot.—(Hear.) STAMP ON MONTHLY PUBLICATIONS. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD wished to know whether the Government acquiesced in the decision of the Barons of the Exchequer with respect to stamping of monthly publications, and if so, whether they were prepared to return the fines which had been inflicted prior to that decision by the Board of Inland Revenue on a misre presentation of the laws ? The proprietor of the Wakffield Examiner had cempromised an action in stituted against him by the payment of 51., and he wished that sum to he refunded. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said what he stated on a former occasion was, that he was not dis posed to question further the point which was raised in the case of the Household Words, but he did nos mean to say that he acquiesced in a decision which set aside an interpre tation of the law that had existed,for upwards of 200 years. There were, however, very few cases in which fines had been inflicted. Indeed, he believed the Wakefield Exa miner was the only one, and he was certainly not dis posed to return the money which had been paid in that Case. In reply to Mr. HUME, who inquired whether the Government acquiesced in the decision of the Barons of the Exchequer, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he did not mean to attempt to reverse the decision, but it was under consideration whether the Government should be guided by it. THE MAGARA. Mr. ROEBUCK wished to ask a question with re spect to the Government steam-vessel Magtera, which some time since was dispatched to the Cape with . 800 soldiers on board. A letter appeared in the Times from a clergymar, stating that when she started there was great confusion on board, that nothing was prepared tor the voyage, and that every one who saw her were as sured some dreadful disaster would happen to her before she got to the end of her voyage. A few days after wards she was driven into Plymouth by stress of vrea ther, having met with a severe gale in the Channel. Another letter appeared in the saint., paper last Tuesday, stating that she took 17 clays to arrive at Madeira, the ordinary time:for a sailing vessel was 15 days, and for a steam vessel 7 days. and that this delay arose from her having only six day s' coal on board. The letter also added that the vessel was twice on: fire during the voyage. Now he wished to learn whether those statements were correct Sir F. BARING said the Magaers was built in a private yard, and her engines made by a private manu facturer. She wus built of iron, and being thought fit for the conveyance of troops, was fitted up with great care for that purpose. She was twice in spected by the Board, and several times by competent naval officers iwho spoke in the strongest terms of her capabilities for carrying troops. Every possible accom modation was provided for the soldiers, officers, and crew. It was proposed by the Admiralty that the number of troops to be conveyed should be diminished by 100 but, the authorities at the Horse Guards were opposed to the separation of the troops on the ground that it would interfere with their proper disci pline. It was quite true there were ordnance stores on board, but no more than necessary for the use of the soldiers. The delay in the voyage to Madeira arose, not from a deficiency of coal, but to a long-continued gale and hurricane, such as the Captain of the Birkenhead said he had never seen before. The fires on board were occasioned by the ig nition of some felt near the boilers; but they were of no serious character. Mr. ROEBUCK said he had been informed that vessels were sent to the Cape without ammunition, an error which was not discovered until after the ships returned home, and he begged to give notice that he should ask a question on this point on Monday. Mr. FITZROY should be glad to know whether any improvement had been effected or was going on with ra fererce to the better coaling of ships? Sir F. BARING said some improvements had been recently effected. _ THE AMAZON. IlLfr. M. GIBSON wished to put a question on the subject of the Amazon. It would be remembered that some of the crew and passengers of the Amazon found their way :into Brest Harbour, and imme diately afterwards the French Admiral, with great humanity sent a ship to sea with a view to aid or save ►he lives of any other persons who might be found in boats.—(Cheers.) The question he wished to ash - the Noble Lord at the head of the Government was whether the Government had expressed to the French Go vernment the gratification which had been felt in this country at the humane conduct of their Admiral. . _ Lord JOHN RUSSELL had only to say, that her Majesty's Government had felt great gratitude to the French Admiral for the efforts be had madf in the cause of humanity—(Hear, hear)—and Lord G ran vine had conveyed the thanks of tier Majesty in the name of the British nation to the French Governu tent, tor the service which their officers had so promptly and humanely rendered.—(Cheers.) Mr. HUME should be glad to know when the et Ire spontlence with Admiral Ommannry would be laic I on the table. His conduct prevented a very strange con' aast be that of the humanity of the French Admiral. Sir F. BARING said it had already been laid on the table. THE MAGAERA. Sir H. VERNEY wished to know if hamocks 'were provided for all the men on board of this vessel %viler L she sailed for the Cape? Sir F. BARING said the Honourable Baronet of ight to know, but probably he did not know—(A laugli)— that by the rules of the service troops on board ship were divided into three weches, one of which wens al ways on deck, and it was not the custom of the Admir ally to provide hamocks for those who could not use diem. EXCHEQUER-BILLS. Mr. J. B. SMITH wished to put a question to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the subject of the forthcoming Exchequer-bids. At present these bills carried interest at the rate of 18.2 d, a day, or 21, 15a 7d. a year, end were at a premium of 60s. each. Nuw, he was inf ;rmed that in the existing plentiful state of the me ney market the interest could be safely reduced to ld. per day, whereby a saving of something like 130,0001. vri )uld be effected, and be should be glad to know if the Cl tan cellor of the Exchequer intended to make sac h reduction.— ( fit ar.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not propose to reduce the interest, because if ho it would only have the effect of disturbing the solidir y of those securities, and create undue representation in ti tern. —(Hear.) The quEsLion of redaction had before 1 teen submitted to him, ha after givin the hest conidert ition in his power to the subject, ho could arrive at no t ether conclusion than that it would be neither wise nor pru dent to make the change.—(Haar, hear.) The latA Sir Robert Peel, it would be remembered, was very n inch blamed for lowering the rase of interest, bccati, se it led to undue and unnatural speculation, and he was afraid the reverse result would follow any reduction 7now. —(Hear, hear.) The interest On Exchequer Billss bad never been lower than 110. per day, but in 1844 the premium on them rose to 79s , and yet no reduction was made then and he saw no reason for making any I tow. The Honourable Gentleman was mistaken in the um , aunt which he supposed a reduction to a penny would an ve. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. Mr. ANSTEY wished to know if Captain Penny was to be employed in the new expeditioz: no fitting aat to go in search of Sir John Franklin and his crew? Admiral BERKELEY said that it did not mt with the Hoe. Gentleman to determine what officers shout id big await out on ArticEervice—(Hear, hear)—andi f hew ould Put his question into a proper form on Monday he w ould anawer him. THE ST. ALBANS WITNESSES. On the order of the cloy being rei:cl for the conar.d Lion of the commutication wade by the Sergfa:a lord J. RUSSELL moved that the Sergnant-at- l rms be di rected to plead to the notice o f act i on w hi o L s hod been served on him. Mr. HUME protested against this course being t a : ken, he thought the House ought to have the powers r'aich every court had, of enforcing its orders, and of sup p ort ing its own officers. Mr. ROEBUCK said that the act of the Chai rraan of the Select Committee on the St. Alban's election -pos sessed just the same force as if it had been the act )i the Speaker himself. The Committee would not be sepa rated from the House; and it was the Acts of the Houses which %ere sought to bo submitted to a civil tribunal. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that Loth the honourable Gentlemen laboured under a a isup prehension. The question here was simply wh ether the Chairman of the St. Albans Committee had ri gbtly exercised the powers vested in him by Act of P, trlia ment. It was his act as an individual which wer, im pitted, and under those cireurnsttne.q 0" objection to allow the Sergeant to pit,,O. After a few words from Sir H. H. INGLIS, tho motion was agreed to, THE MILITIA BILL. Lord JOHN RUSSELL in bringing up the re port of the Committee on this Bill, recapitu lated its provisions, and asked leave to be allowed to have she Bill printed and laid on the sable, in order that it might be discussed with greater facility. Lurd PALBEIERSTON rose, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) 0 1, nrr.1. , • 11) rpri 6 0 h... • 49 ogs 'quantity of Gram and Number of Pigs so4l last week a• Wheat, 564. Barley, 1,014, Oats, 5,186. Pigs, 323 PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CURRINCY. First quality Second quality Third quality 66, 'Third quality . . Fourth quality Fifth quality Sixth quality OO3 Sixth quality Return of Cattle sold for week ending Feb. 7. Pigs, 705. Sheep, 150. Cows, 94. Cox .—Flour—First 12d 6d to 141 Od; extra 15s Od; seconds, 10s 6d to 12s Od; households 93 to lOs 6d; thirds, 7s to 9. per cwt. Oatmeal 1086 d tolls; Indian meal 7s Od to 7s 6d; wheat - meal, 1080 d to 106 6/ per cwt. Indian corn 7108 Od to 715 s pe? ton. Bran 8"s 6d to 90s per ton. Hay—Farmers 233 to 333; averagf 288 ; dealers 33s to 40$ Od; average 37s per ton. Straw—Farman 14s Od to 26; Od; average 18s; dealers 30, Od to 00$ Ad average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 60. to 0 ; household loaf rid to Od per 41b. Fresh butter, Ed 10d per lb. Eggs-5a 6d to 6s Od per hundred. Coals— Newport, 15s Od ; Lydney 156 ; Landore (03s ; 12s 6d per ton. Tallow 383 Od to 40,' per nv Whisky, 25 o. p., bs 9d per imperial gallon. Mew —Beef 4d to 6id ; mutton 5d to 61 1 d; veal 4d t• 6d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages bd per lb Hops 818 s to 910 s per cwt. Banf4or slates 2/ 17s 6d to 3/ Os per ton. Bark, red 7/ to 8/ lOs per ton. Fleece wool 14s to 15s per stew , . Hemp 29/ t 0341 per ton. Fish— Seotch herrings 19s to 00s; red ditto, 24; to 00s per barrel ; Newfoundland, 10 , Os to 111 pp, ton. Timber—Memel, 70s per ton; red pine, 3/ 5s ; yell°. ditto, 2/ 15e per ton; deals, 151 to 181 per 100. Hidex— Market 18s to 255; salted 20s to 26s per owt ; calf skin, Sid to Od per lb. Potatoes, white 7d to 8d; pink , 10d to 12d. Guano—Peruvian 11/ Os ; Ichaboe, 8/ to vi per ton. Tar —Archangel. 19; per barrel. SEABORNE MAILS. (X signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-o.Lcc by the night—:..nd Si I,)y the MOIIIiTIN —4l3pateb 3 FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY • - 20, 1852. ITALY. The Opinione of Turin of the 15th inst. announces that the Senate had adopted on the previous day, without any discussion, the estimates of the depart ments of Justice, Ecclesiastical Affairs, and Marine. The Bill for modifying the law on the press had been brought up to the Senate on the 13th, and on the 14th the Bill for extending the electric telegraph from Alexandria to the Ticino was presented to it. The Senate will consequently have terminated its labours in a few days, and the cession of 1851 will be c l ose d. The Minister of Marine, availing himself of the vote on the sanitary administration, demanded from the Senate the approbation of the treaty con cluded in Paris for the establishment of a uniform sanitary administration in the ports of the Mediter ranean. The Senate afterwards voted the budget of general expenditure by 40 to 16. The Genoa Mercantile Courier of the 14th con tains the following A curious ease was lately tried by the Tribunal of First Instance of our city, namely, the illegal a eizure of Miss G. C. Gamble by an American, M. Henry Wikoff, with a view to extort a promise of marriage, or, at least, one-half the fortune of the young lady in case of failure. A Frenchman, Louis Vannaud, the courier of Miss Gamble, and a Genoese, Lnigi Cavallari, were accu,ed of being his accomplices. The latter was acquitted, and the two others sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment." RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NOR DIERN AND EASTERN. The halt -yearly meeting of the proprisors in this company was held at ti,e cffiees, Bishopsgate station, yesterday; Mr. R. Paterson in the chair. The SECRETARY read the report, which announced that the dividend on the shares for the half-year would become Payable on Wednesday, the 25th instant. On the shares guaranteed 5 per cent., 11. ss. on 501. paid, and 1/. le. 6d. on 431. On the shares guaranteed 6 per cent ., 11 . 10 ! , . on 501. paid, and 11. 67. 6d. or 43/. The CHAIRMAN, in moving that the report be re ceived and adopted, stated that the whole of the liabili ties oa the debentures had been paid off, with the ex ception of one to the amount of 1,0001., which had not yet been received. The report was adopted unanimously, and the meet ing separated after a vote of thanks to the chairman. EAST INDIAN. The fifth annual meeting of the proprietors in this r ai l way , was held yesterday at the offices, in Old Broad -street. Mr. Aglionby, M.P., chairman of the directors, presided. The secretary (Mr. D. I. Noad) having read the re port, which has already appeared in our columns, The CHAIRMAN, in a brief speech. moved that it he received and adopted. He had much ph asure, he said, in meeting the proprietors under the present prosperous circumstances of the company. He was happy to say that the most perfect harmony existed between the direc tors and the East India authorities, and that everything wes progressing, both at home and in India, agreeably to the hopes and wishes of the most zealous advocates of this great undertaking. The report was then adopted. In reply to questions from Mr. Hatow and another proprietor, The CHAIRMAN said it would d Tend entirely upon the authorities at the. East India House when the last call would be made, and the proprietors become entitle:] to the increased dividend; but it must necessarily 13 ,, made some time in the course of the present year. The shares on which the calls remained unpaid, amounting to upwards of 12,0001., had been forfeited, and were now at the disposal of the board. Mr. J. A. FRANKLIN expressed his satisfaction at the improvement which had been made this year iu the statement of accounts, by e which they were renderedireure intelligible; and made various suggestions with a /view to their still further simplification. The retiring directors were unanimously re-elected, and the proceedings terminated. TAFF VALE. The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of the above company was held at the White Lion Hotel, Bristol, yesterday (Thursday). Mr. Walter Coffin, the chairman of the company, presided. The report stated that the balance of account allowed the directors to declare a dividend of 4 /_ 102. for the half-year on each original share of 1261 , payable on the 6th day of March, and a dividend in the same propor tion on the quarter and 101. shares. They should also apply the usual half-yearly sem of 750/. to the depre ciation fund. At the last half-yearly meeting the directors had the opportunity of stating that the trustees of the Marquis of Bute had directed plans to be prepared for increased dock accommodation at the port of Cardiff, in connexion with the Bute dock. They had now the pleasure of being enabled to announce that the contract for the new dock, of very enlarged di mensione, had been entered into by the trusn ea, and that the works had been commenced. The di rectors verbally intimated to the proprietors, when last assemble.., that the trustees of Lord Bute had commenced the sinking of a pit in the Rrhoudda Fo.wr Valley, for the purpose of testing the mineral treasures supposed to exist in that district. The results had been found satisfactory, and at a moderate depth steam coal of first-rate quality had been discovered. This had induced the directors to advertise for tenders for the completion of the Rrhoudda branches, or the for mation of about 12 miles of railway, and they were in the expectation of finding that the works wouldibe com pleted upon moderate terms. On the Ist of Jan., Ist of Feb , and Ist of March this year, 15,437/. of the deben ture debt becam3 due, viz., 3,0001. bearing interest at 5 per cent., 7,7371. at 41, and 4,7001. at 4 per cent., all of which had been agreed fer renewal at 4 per cent. per annum. The South \Vales Railway Company were now preparing to make a railway communication between their line and the Taff Vale Railway, and were applying to Parliament this session for powers to enter into and make arrangements with this company, for the purpose of bringing to and taking f ro m the South Wales Cardi ff station all passengers desirous of u sin g the Taff Vale line, as well as f or a genera l interchange of goods traffic. Th e directors would readily assist in promoting those views. The in moving th e a d o pti on of the report, said be had was, that whereas a bad di v id en d requite d a long speech, their d ivide nd : l was so good that it required o speech a I R Th u usual resolutions were than passed, and the 0 t l l. ta., only one short remark to offer, and that meeting separated. YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK. The report to be p r esented to the half-yearly meet ing, on Tuesday next, sho ws t h a t the income of the s company," for the last half-year amounted to 40 1 , 09 1/. 4.3.; . expenses to 147,2871. 195. 2J.; the wayleaves and ta xes to ' , 0,809/. Os. 4d.; le avin g a net profit of 232,9941. 4s. 9d. Th e li a bilities of the company for int eiTe t on loans and rents of leased lines amount to 1 03,356/ . 33 . 8&, by which the balance is t working reduced to 129,6381 . Is , ld. Out of this sum , after paying the gu arante ed dividend upon the pu rchase shares, 10,38 31 . 9 s. 4d., and carrying to the fund for the replacement of the permanent way,. according to the resolution of the general meeting OF, the 23d of August, 184 9,24,1371, (less 1,5261, the map propriated balance of the sum received from Mr . lied son), the directors recommend that a dividend should be declared on the ordinary stock and shares of the com pany at the rate of 3 per cent. p e r an num, amounting . to 91,397/., and that the surplus of 2,9131. 12s. 4 d. remam ing after writing off 2,332/, 193. V., for bad deb's pre viously incurred, should bm carried forward to the cri.dit of the revenue account for the current half-year. THE COLIN - TR,Y MARKETS. Datum SMITHFIELD MARKET, FEB. 17. There was a large and beautiful supply of beasts to-day, a good number being from Rotherham and the North of England ; the de mand was fiat, and there were several lots remained unsold. Sheep were about an average, and readily disposed of. Fat pigs rather more plentiful. The number of fat znd store calves about the same as last week. Prices—Beef, 4id to 5d ; mutton, 51sd to 66d ; veal, 5d to 50 per lb ; pigs, 7s 6,1 to 7s 9d per score. Rough fat, 3s 6d per stone of 141bs. Hides, lid to lid per lb ; calf skins 2d to aid per lb. Urrimunatt, Fan. 'S.—Wheat 405 to 445; barley 28s to 31, Od ; oats 19s to 245; beans 26s to 36s per qr. Butter 11 id per lb ; eggs 24 for Is. LOUTH, Fan. 13.—Wheat 36s to 42s ; barley 253 to 30s ; oats 15, to 20s ; beans 25s to 215 per qr. NEWARK, FEB. 18.—Wheat, white 46s to 50s, red 40s to 44s ; barley, malting 31s to 335, grinding 24s to 26s ; oats, 245 t., 22, to 245, 225 t., 19s to 21s; beans, old 385 to 40s; new, 32s to 355; malt, 56s to 60s; tares, 32s to 34s per qr. MELTON MOWBRAY, Fits. 17.—Wheat, 38s Od to 42s barley, 26s to 30s; oats, ISs to 24s ; beans, 27s to 35s per qr. Butter 12d to I3d per lb ; eggs 20 to 22 for Is. BOSTON, FEB. 18.—Wheat, red 34s to 42s Od, white 44, to 465, superfine 48s to 00s ; barley 2!:'s to 31s ; oats, 163 to 20s ; beans 27, to 34s ; peas 23s to 28s per qr. LYNN, FEB. 17—Wheat 36s 38s to 40s Od, fine 40, to 445; barley 26s to 28s, fine 398 to 325; oats 00s to 00s Od ; beans Os to Gs, fine Os to Os per qr. EDINBURGH GRAIN MARKET, Fits. 18.—We had again a large supply of all kinds of grain in the market to-day. Prices for oats and beans rather dull, and wheat and barley brisk, although last week's prices were maintained. The top of wheat was 2s 6d up, and the average bd down. Barley on the top 6d down, and the average 5d up. Oats on the top the same as last week, and the average the same. Beans on the top the same as last week, and the average 2d up. Unsold, '219 qrs wheat, 56 qrs barley, 193 qrs oats, and 66 qrs. beans. Top of Wheat „ Barley „ Oats ~ Beans 63 lb. 483 Od 57 lb. 315 3 d ••• ▪ .. 44 lb. 25s Od 36s Od CORK, F• zu. 18. Barrels. Currency. 5 White wheat 22s 6d to 00s Od 00s Od-20 stone 51 Red wheat 2ls Od to 22s 6d 005 Od-20 do O Ditto oos Od to 00s Od O Ditto oos Od to 00s ud 65 Barley lls 9d to 12s 1 O O Ditto oos Od to 00s Od} 295 Od-16 do 0 Ditto 0 00 s Od to 009 Od O Here. oos Od to 06 Od Os Od 384 Oats 95 6d to 10 a 4d 349 Ditto ...... le to s 4d 100 6d 00s 0d....14 d o 110 Ditto .. ... lOs 6d to lOs 10d 86 Pigs, 28 s 6d to 32 s Od 29 s Od per cwt Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:_. When made th. is] From what - he , PLACES- General Post-office! port diE• due. London:. I patched. America (by Brit. pkt.)N;Feb. 20 .. Liverpool.. ; Feb. 23 America (by U.S. pkt.) N Feb.' 24 .. 'Liverpool March 2 America (by 13.5. pkt.) M!M arch 3 .. ..ISouthampt. Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the month Plymouth March 3 Alexandria* • • ...... N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover .. Feb. 26 Belgium • N Daily ......Dover .. Dail> Brazil Mi9th of the month Sonthampt. March 16 Buenos Ayres • • .. Ml9th of the month Southampt. March 10 California(viaChagreE)M 3d& 17th of month Southampt. Feb. 20 Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth.. March 3 Constantinople .... Nl7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Feb. 20 Central America .. Ml2d & 17th of men. ISouthampt. Feb. 20 Channel Isles •. Ilion., Wed., & FrLSoutharapt. Ta. Th. Sat Chill M 1 17th of the month ISouthampt. Feb, 20 France M & N Twice daily .. Dover Twicedaily Greece* N;7th 1 7th27th ofmo Dover .. Feb. 20 Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday London .. Tees. Sat. Holland M Wednes. & Satur. London .. Meri.Thur Honduras .. . 'N 17th of the month Southampt. Feb. 20 Ireland .. M & NlTwice daily .. Holyhead .. Twicedaily India (via Southarnp.) Ml2oth of the month Southanapt. Feb, 23 India (viaMarseille.s) N Sth& 24th ef month Dever P. March 2 Mediterranean (via Sontha.irnton) M 20th of the month Southampt. Feb. 23 Meditert -mean (via Marseille4) N 1 8th& 24th of month i Dover • • March 2 Mexico 31 , 2 d of the month ..;Southampt. March 5 Madeira '9th of tlae month ; Southampt. March 16 Malta* • • •• 1th,17 th,l9th,27th I & 30th of month I 1 Dover Feb. 20 Naples* .. N sth 15th 25th ofme,Dover .- Feb. 22 Papal States* .. N 511115th 25th of mo Dover . Feb. 22 Peninsular.. 7th 17th 27th ef mo' Southampt. I Feb. 2 Peru .. M 17th of the month I Soathanaot. IFeb 20 Tuscany* N sth 15th 25th ofmo ; Thver ,Feb. 22 Nest Indies .. 34 17th of the month ISov.:hampt.lFeb. 20 West Indies (exeept clEvaana & Nassanl W 'td nt. he mentr f4 ,, ..tharapt. IMarch 5 `;', DISTRESSIAG SUICIDE in W ESTJIL NSTER, A discovery has just been made in a house in Dean strs et, Westminster, which has given rise to a must painiul feeling in that neighuourhoed. About seven years ago an engineer, named Stone, died, and was buried in the Broadway churchyard. His widow was lett unprovided for, and left London to take a situatieu i❑ Kent, where she was not successful. At the begin eing of the present month she took lodgings in Dean street, Westminster. She at first objected to the rent, saying her only purpose for coming was to visit the grave of her husband. She went away, but returned and took one of the rooms, instead of two, and very little was seen of her after wards; the last occasion being when she went to the landlady to borrow a pen and ink, saying she weeded to write a letter. After that, for a week, no more was seen of her, and suspicion being excited, the door was forced open, and she was found lying dead on the carpet. Mr. Heath, the surgeon of Bridge street, was sent for, who was of opinion that she had been dead seven or eight days. He found on the mantle piece two battles labelled " poison," and upon a post mortem examination he discovered about an ounce of laudanum in the stomach. She had been in tne habit for two years of going to the churchyard and weeping over the grave of her husband. In her room the following letter was found : To save trouble, Mrs. Ann Stone came by her death by a draught of laudanum, no one knowing that she did take it, as she is a total stranger in the house she is in. Every effort she has made to obtain an honest living failed her. She has the presumption to throw her soul into the pre sence of Almighty, and she fervently prays that God will have mercy on her soul. Good Christians, do not allow a number of persons to look on my unfortunate body. I have performed all the offices that ace requisite; the body is quite ready for the coffin." She then begs that she may he buried in the same grave with her hus band, and expressed a fear that the New Victoria-street might destroy it. She concludes—" If I could have died on my husband's grave-stone I would have done so." CONTINENTAL CLIMATES. - 1 It is a grand mistake to believe that any of our neigh bours are much better than ourselves in that respect. If they be, it is more in the fact, that the order of the sea sons is more regular, and that the particular character of the time has fewer variations than in England. So much is this the case, that we appreciate perfectly the distinction a foreigner ,once made to us, that England has weather but no climate, meaning that every imagin able change is at all times possible, and that for tour weeks of June sun and wind, we often are requited with a December that even Naples might envy. It may be set down as certain, that except in a few favoured spots along the shores of the Mediterranean and in Sicily, our winters are milder than those of the Continent. A Paris winter is a vile compound of cold, slush, damp, fog, and foul smells. A Brussels one is all the preceding, Plus sleet and storm. A German winter is an affsir of stoves, double windows, fur mantles, and foot-warmers, frozen fouatains, and no mail every second or third day. Italy has a dozen climates. Milan, all rain and wind. Turin both, in diminished degree. Florence alternates be tween an Irish Jauuary and a West Indian tornado. With the Sirocco, come fog, mud, and neuralgia; with the Tramontano wind you have falling pottery arid pleurisies. Rome is Ireland with a Pontine fever; and Naples is all that sun and wind can make it. The au tumns are uniformly fine abroad, finer and less change able than in England. As for spring, it only exists in " Thomson's Seasons." The contihental summers are almost unexceptionably good. In mountain districts there are certain periodical rains, hut they rarely last long, or cause much inconvenience. An English inva lid has few valid reasons for leaving his own shores, save such as the change of scene and the novelty of travel suggest. Pisa, it is true, offers some advantages to the weak•chested; but then the whole mvailable ex tent of Pisa is the quay along the Arno. Away from this you encounter cutting winds and cold blasts, and all the rigours of a northern winter. There are a few secluded nooks along the Mediterranean, such as Nestre and Spezzia, which combine the advantages cf sea-air with all the luxuriance of a tropical vegetaaion.—Dic hens's " Household Words." _ _ IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 19. PETITION OF JAMES HAMILTON STORY. ' The Earl of EGLIN TON called the attontion of their Lordships to a petition from James Hamilton Story, praying for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal a portion of an Act passed in 1804, relating to the Moat gomery estate, and moved that the petition be referred to two English judges for the purpose of obtaining their report. He considered that great injustice had been done to Mr. Story in depriving him of his ancestors' ' estates in Ireland, and he trusted their Lordships would not heaitate to accede to his motion. There were pia eedents for adopting the course he now proposed, be cause their Lordships had passed Bills to correct mis takes which had occurred in previous Acts with regard to the disposition of estates. Lord REDESDALE opposed the motion, on the ' ground that it was against the invariable pt actice of the House to refer Irish Estate Bills to Iriia Judges only. The same prectice was pursued with regard to Estate Bills in Enaland and Scotland, and ho saw no reason why it should now bo departed from. _ After a few words from Earl EGLIN rON, Lord BROUGHAM said be saw consiclerah:i) irregu larity in referring the matter to the English Judges. He admitted there Nk as great injustice in the ci , se, hut too long a period had elapsed to allow the subject to he now revived. Lord BEAUMONT opposed the motion, which was then withdrawn. THE EAST INDIA COMPANY'S Cll,xAjoltr,TsEaTain The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH to call the attention of the Noble Al,arwrnqamusielat(' Laaransidgoir or to a question ho had pat to the G two ago with respect to tho pr e e s p o ' n n v r a:t h i e o n E of s t information _ to be laid before the Committees on understood the pany'a charter. If h Noble Marquis, he said tsthhhkaetfoirt swuocuhlidnfboennf:rtioPna,ealinadmreiontt and the Committees t9na first instance, to prepare it. for the such Government, in determination Intl submitted as she uld be; an d, secondly, because the absence OT such infor mation would be the cause of great delay. Owing to the ) great difficulty of collecting returns, it was obvious Oita their Lordships, if left to themselves, would be able to gather but, a very slight amount of information, es compared with the Government. Upon another topic he had un derstood the Noble Ni arqu i s to say that it was only re cently ha had ascertained whether certain other infor mation was to be obtained at the Board of Control or at the India House. Now the papers were to be had at both places, although the one hoard had the particular letter in extenso. If the Noble Marquis had read these letters he could have had no difficulty in stating whether they could be laid on the table. The Noble Marquis had treated it as a personal question between hire (the Earl of Ellenhorough) and the Court of Directors; but he (the Earl of Elienborough) pr"" tested aeainst such an assumption. Was th e r ec all of Sir 11. Smith a personal question mil!, ? Ile was sure the Noble Earl (Grey) did not so consider it, but that he felt it to be a matter of the deo',,est public im portance; and if Sir 11. Smith were to send tom_ajet! dispatch, justifying his conduct, would the Nob: feel himself justified in suppressingiit? Surely E not '• .. 3, 7 , 1, 1 1, 1+ borough) asked, therefore, in justice, not to himself alone, but to the great public interests involved i❑ the relations between the Court of Directors and the Indian Government, that the Noble Marquis should consent to the production of those paprs; or, if the whole could not be produced, at all events such extracts as might be thoue,h , admissible of those communications which had now been in the posseesion of the Court of Direc , ors for seven years? What he complained of was, that the public knew nothing of the real cause of his dismissal, and, of course, had been left to infer anything they liked. If, then, the Noble Marquis had no objection, he (the Earl of Elienborongh) would move for several documents. especially two letters he had written in de. fence of the alterations he bad made, and a minute of his on a question of law with respect to the Cottrell of India. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said it would be competent for the Committee, if they thought they re quired further information beyond what would be sub. mined by the Government, to all for additional infor mation. With regard to the particular information con nected with the Noble Earl's recall, it was his desire to do the Noble Earl full justice; and he by no means in tended to imply that the question was merely a personal one, and involving no public interest. On the contrary, it was obvious that a question as to the recall of a go vernor or a commander-in-chief wu.t he of the deepest public interest and importance, and a fit subject for Par liamentary investigation and inquiry. He submitted, however, that it was not convenient to make any specific inquiry as to this matter, considered separately and by - ,;self. It had taken place some eight years ago—it was not thought fit by the Government of the time to produce any papers upon the subject, and Parliament had not called for an inquiry. And under these cir cumstances, and after successive Governments had refused information on the matter, it was inexpedient to institute an inquiry esp:cially with reference to if. But at the same time he quite agreed that it might be considered as one of the events which had marked the career of our Indian administration, and illustrated the relations which had subsisted between the Government and the Company, and that, there. fore, it might be convenient, along with any further in formation which might be called for by the Committee. to furnish as much information as could be obtained with respect to the recall of the Noble Earl; and he (the Marquis of Lansdowne) should be happy, after commu nicating with the Noble Earl, to do his utmost to pro mote his object. He had recently had the opportunity of reading such of the papers as were at the Board of Control, and he had done so with deep interest. But he had to inform the Noble Earl that one of the letters which he (the Earl of Ellenborough) deemed most ma terial, did not exist either at the Board of Control or the East India House—the letter containing a full exposi tion of the motives and character of the Noble Earl's conduct in India. That letter, he repeated, was not to be found in the records of the Government or of the Company, and there was reason to believe that the Noble Earl (Ripon), who had been President of the Board of Control at the time, had deemed it so far pri vate as to justify him in taking it away with him when he left the India Board (an expression of astonishment from the Earl of Ellenborough). Under these circum stances, whatever course the Noble Lord opposite in tended to adopt, he (the Marquis of Lansdowne) should wish to communicate with him, and also with the Earl of Ripon, with respect to the information it was desir able to produce. And he would undertake to commu nicate with that Noble Earl (Ripon) upon the subject. Meanwhile he hoped the Noble Earl opposite would not for the present press any motion for papers, but would reserve the subject for general consideration before the Committee. The Earl of ELLENBOBOUGH said he quite agreed that the question of his recall should be considered in conjunction with all the other great events which would come before Parliament in connexion with the adminis tration of Indian affairs. He desired to state, however, that, by law the Court of Directors had no power what ever of sending out to India any one single syllable by way of direction as to any measure whatever; and yet they had most strangely continued to do so (a vestige of a former state of things which had altogether legally ceased to exist), and had the power of recalling, without the consent of the Crown, the very officer whom the Crown judged best fitted to carry into execution the measures which by the Board of Control the directors themselves might be compelled to adopt. So monstrous an anomaly never could have existed in a proper sys tem of government. And surely the question whether Finch a state of things should continue ought to come before the Committee. He also thought that there ought, at the same time, to be brought before them the intor tnetion as to the manner in which this power of rec-ill had been exercised in his own case. But, 'yen should Parliament be unanimous in approving of the exercise of it in his case, his opinion would be unaltered, that the general question should be considered—whether the power of deciding upon measures to be adopted should be vested in one body, and the power of recalling the man appointed to carry them out be vested in another? With regard to the state ment of the Noble Marquis, that a most important let ter which he (the Earl of E , lenhorough) had written. was not to be found at the Board of Control, he heti heard that statement with the utmost astonishment. It was true that he had written it after receiving the order for his recall ; but it was, a vindication of his conduct previous to his recall, while he was in a high public sta tion, and it was undoubtedly a public document. Would any Minister dream of preventing Sir H Smith from putting before the country in an official form his vindi cation of his conduct, in answer to the dispatch of the Noble Earl opposite conveying his recall? Surely not. And he must confess be had viewed with indignation the attempt which had been made at that time to make it appear that this letter was a private one. It was a public document, written by a public man, upon a most important public measure ; and as such ought to have been considered. And he had received a promise that it should be considered. He could show the Noble Marquis a letter from Earl Ripon, communicating an extract from that letter, and he (the Earl of El lenborough) had, in consequence of an inquiry he had made at the Board of Control, been assured that, although only an extract had been in cluded in that communication, yet the whole in extenso should be recorded. He considered, therefore, the removal of the document as a great aggravation of the injustice with which he had been treated; and re peated that he had always considered the document a public one, and had received an assurance that it should be considered as such. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE intimated that on this day se'nnight he would move the appointment of the Committee. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said that be should t h e n make some observations on the present system of t h e Government of India, assuming that the Court of Directors was retained with powers similar to what they DOW possessed. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said he did not, for his part, desire to anticipate the discussion of the subk ot, hut rather wished that the whole subject sh uld go to the Committee on the part of the Government unfettered b y an y opinion; and that it should not be until atter the Committee should have made their inquiry, and pro nounced their judgment, that Parliament should be called upon to come to any decision. The Earl of ELLEN BOROUGH said he had thought that his expertence on Indian affairs might be useful to their Lordships. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said he hoped, at all events, other Noble Lords, not having the advantage of such experience, would not imitate the Noble Earl's example. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH observed that, about 40 years ago, Lord Grenville thought the earliest pos eible expression of his opinions upon the subject of im portance, and eta7ed them before any question had come before the House. COUNTY COURTS ACT EXTENSION BILL. Lord BROUGHAM moved the order of the day for the committee upon this Bill. Lord LYNDHURST rose to state a case of g reat hardship which had arisen under the existing Emall tradesman sued in the county court for amounting to 51., and recovered that sum A and he paid bill the 15s. allowed for costs under the andA so tar was sati.- to the attorney he had employed; or with the result. But a day rotrher costs, amounting :wo afterwards the attorney sent him in a Bill for had received the costs to 221. Of course the client wf ► urts astounded, and asked what this meant, as the attorne Y e er of the attorne w n g F u t allowed under the Act. The ans "Those were the co sts allowed under the . Act, for y the pr o ceedings in co urt. The crliptsa.rlinngo; evidence,ncur and e cta c i b m se a , rgeettthe co p i ed ou t of court for p s o on." This explanation was not sataic tory to the incurred p l a intiff in the suit, who consequently refused to paY. The case came before a judge of the courts of law at Westminster, where a learned judge, whose Itt of vision was mos t rem a r kable, declared upon !mein: n ese - • n i g at the Ac t that the attorney wee quite right in h conetruc tion of it; and that t h ough he tied received to l e s am ount the Act allowed for coots in court, there was nothing to preclude his recovering a further sum for costa out of court. The result was that the attorney re , covered the bill, though it was taxed down to 11/. 14s. which his client, the successful suitor, had to pay ; so that the suitor recovered 51. at a cost of nearly 13/., and, was about la. out of P ocket u(L g hter and hear, hear.) This, however, was not he a had sued in the supe rior courts of Westminster he could have recovered tots sum from the other party, the defendant; a nd it was most just and reasonable that he who had refused to pay a just demand should pay the cost of the proceedings re ' sorted to to enforce it.—(Hear, hear.) But according to this county courts system, the successful suitor, or the plaintiff who recovered the debt, had to pay all the costs of recovering it except the email sum of 15s. Such a System seemed so inconsist ent with the plainest princi ples of justice, that he had deemed it his duty to ettee the case with a view to the grievance being remedied.— (Hear, hear.) He h a d no doubt the construction put e i upon the Act bs.d surprised those who ba and draw vil; n but it up t , and that they had not anticipated such had nevertheless arisen. L or d 13B.OUGHAM concurred in the latter observa tion ; adding thet it was not at all unutual for judicial constructions to be pat upon Acts of Parliament waich the flamers of them never had expected. He must say h owe ver, that the whole subject of coats was one of the most stifficult and the most hard to deal with that could be conceived. Lord LYNDHURST did not at all wish to insinuate that the decisions of the courts of Westminster Hall had not been quite correct. The Court of Queen's Bench an d the Court of Common Piess had both SO decided. Lord CAMPBELL said be did not think that his Noble and Learned Friend would commit such a mis take as to censure any decision of the courts of law, from which an appeal lay to their Lordships as the last resort. Iu the decision alluded to he had concurred, and defied any one to come to any other upon the words of the Act'. The meaning of the legislature could of t~ k r . gi" ee i J ., . ,r 1,, i eeeu gee ur. and that cif the two Gains of Bench and Com mon Pleas, the restriction in the Ac= applied only to costs in court, and not to costs of proceedings out of court. He certainly thought the eubject should be recon sidered by the Legislature ; but it was one which would tie felled inv •lved in great difficulty, and in which, if care were not taken, sertou, inj .ry might ea.ily be done to the suitor.—(Hea-, hear.) I many csees it was es sential to employ attorneys of respcctebility and ability to make investigation, look into long accounts, and so on; and no one could expect that all this could be done by such practitioners for so paltry a sum as les. (Hear, bear.) The result, therefore, of restricting the entire cost rec iveble to so small an amount would be to deprive the sinters of the assistance at respectab le and able practitioners, which was oftea requisite for the pur poses of jusoc- —(Hear, hear.) Lord LYNDHURST repeated that he did not intend to dispute the validity of the decision, although at first there had been doubt upon the point—the Queen's Bench deciding one way, and the Court of Common Fleas the other. Lord CAMPBELL said the Queen's Bench had after wards reversed their decision cud concurred with the Common Pleas in the construction he had stated. Lord LYN DdURST said he quite agreed with his Noble and Learnea Friend that it was often re quieite to employ able and respectable attorneys in the county courts; but what he complained of was that if such at torneys were employed the cost ot so employing thle l did not fall on the party who ought to pay —namely. th e defendant who had resisted a just demacd.—(Eeear.) The Earl of DERRY said it seeme d to be egre e r upon that the costs in legal ea s es s h ou ld b e reduced, an d the object ot the former County Courts Bill clearly was to limit the amount of the expenses, and thereby induce the suitor to go to an economical court. That 0 " .851ht ha d inducement ven, and it was s u pp ose d that they gained that advantage by limiting the amount of $1 Costs. It would now appesr that this was as uneconthoat mical a process as before, and he considered that was doing a great iejteetice to the suitor. The attorney' it now appeared, might charge any amount of costa he pleased to the plaintiff. Lord CAMPBELL—Bat the costs must be taxed , The Earl of DERBY—The evil and the injustic e were that the plaintiff, who would be entitled to recei ve his costs in a superior court, wa s not en titled by tb, l „ s interpretation to receive them in the coun ty courts. t: the superior court these c os t s were t h rown upon t"; defendant who was proved to be in the wrong. Theewere now considering the propri e ty o f exten ding tb jurisdiction of those courts, and surely that was a fit ting time, before that extension was given, to remedy what was an acknowledged evil.—(Hear.) Lord BROUGHAM doubted the propriety of intro s dining such an amendment in the present Bill. It WS O a measure not to extend the power or jurisdiction of th county courts, but merely to enable the court of Chen; eery to send certain causes down to these courts echlP oeherwise would be considered in the Master's Ace' The Marquis of LANSDOWNE thought when tile were considering the jurisdiction of th e se courts A O W° bethe right time to make the alteration. Lord ORAN WORTH thought the case was some 041 difficult to deal with, and admitted that it was a ana th ?„ o to justice that the defendant by whose wrong t h e ecti ; -__ was brought should not be made to pay the costs. Tbertui were, however, many costs which should not be We i l, upon the defendant, which might have arisen from • plaintiff's default. Lord CAMPBELL—The Bill was not only for she extension, but also for the improve men t, of these to u r ta' and the equitable errangeme nt of these courts would WI. noubtedly be an. improvement. The Earl ut DERBY certainly thought it advisable to inttoduce a clause to explain what the th n ; tentions of the Legi.lature were, and not satisfiedleave public open to fraud and deceptum. He was o ; that if they allowed the present Bill to pass with dealing with the question of coats, it would be leee e . be i tore would .be they would have so favourable an opportunity. doing so again. Earl Fl 12 WILLIAM—And the public out of doll will believe that you have v er y li t tl e d es i re to amend— law if )ou do not do it now. the Lord BROUGHAM b a d no o bj ect i on to postpone - third roadie till the early part o r n ext week, in o rder e that• he migh• have time to consider the qu.-s , io ll * be' Earl GREY said it seem e d t o hi m that it vioalu..rd more advisable to postpone the report than the tbj e e nt reading. As a general rule it was highly inconve el t be to introduce clauses on the third reading, and it sr" 00 more necessary as he understood there would be se ij a difficulty in framing a clause. On these grouted* sa d with a .view to the general regularity of their Pre cee ings, he thought the report ought to be postponed. -b a t Lord BROUGHAM was disposed to concur in had fallen from the Noble Earl. He should, therefer; adjourn the further consideration of the report until had had an opportunity of considering the queitione The further consideration of the report was than P 99 poned. LAW OF PATENTS. Lord LYNDHURST, in presenting a petition fr i e t cer t a in parties, praying fo r an amen d men t of sh e ; - g regulating patents, observed, t h at un d er the Bill uf l e " ; year a protection was g rant , d to paten tees for -; mited period, and if the Bill for the amendment of patent law wits not introduced before the expiration?! the term of that protection, those under the necessity of incurring all the expense of present law for the protection of their inventions. hoped, therefore, no rime would be lost in introdumni that m , .asare. He understood his Noble and Learr eo el parties would be Friend (Lord Brougham) had a Bill upon the seb i be aimilar to that of laic seasion, and the Noble Lord t Vice-Presiden t o f t h e B oar d o f T r ade, who b e W " sorry was not in his pl ace , h a d also a measure for be amendment of the pat ent l aw . He suggested whet' zgg it would not b e ex p e di, nt to come to some scree g ea r respecting those two Bills. Noble Toe Earl o f miNro un d ers t oo d from his ,- t hat Friend th e Vi ce -P res id ent o f the B oa rd of Trad e b e the Bill was a lt b ut rea d y , an d wou ld be laid up on table very shortly. ati 011' Lord BROUGHAM presente d a pet ition from + l ^ cheater on the same subject. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE RD.LEu O T P E ' THE LO N C A ° N aI I' AW OFR NSIFEeLA.N b. 191 &ND ),,, THE WORLD NE WSPAPER—VOT E-c4 WANT OF CONFIDENCE. (Continued from our Third Edition of last nigh L ijo Lord J. RUSSELL then rose an d said--Tbe gee , which the. N o bl e L ord has b rought forwa rd is certainfii as he said, Noble T-' °/. a most grave one, and let n ot the roe attempt to diminish its gravity.—( Hear, he ar " ) ie ere• Noble Lord has said that he wished to do eet bi t g . :also tiously; and, at the commencement of his re w h ar r — e - ,s' said that he did not mean to make a single lir :; D t, or the Now, the House must be aware that the hamster ()fait, Noble Lord by his motion is to bla,t the cha T ad -;,, Noble Lord at the head of the Governmen t him tea (Cheers)—to afF.x a disgrace upon a man wh ° hag der. -d great public services—(Loud e heers) -- ", rp ac been for many years engaged in public life with „? bat; credit and with great honour, and win', above ai. _ sor , ri ndere 1 great public service w t cou ntry of a den of which the Noble Lord is a Member of.—(Ch , te r Let not the House, t h en , at all believe that the Z lo _ e L ird is bringing forwar d a question i ers)—fort must ion of mere e specul on o % reference to public morality—(Cheers)—fur e est tail the consequen ces which have mentioned, and Iro be upon what foundatio n be asks cxachnie, therefore, ,tio House to come to so grave_ and so vnal a dechsr as that emb,died in his resolution.—(Hear, hear.) :1 rn it fe facts with resp C t to thesetrans xtion s re:quire, I sae 0 to b g one over again after the e arral i en of t h em bY L Noble Lord. In the first place, m „ say , 13,,W ev e : %o at for my parr I never hard from Lord Clarend s ingle word u p on th is matter, or upon his relation wite Mr. Birch, until after th e notice of be Noble .L9rcro l a m tendon to bring Old motion—in fact, four day s The letter which h a d b een referred to by ' the Noble as it having teen add resse d to me by Mr. - Birch was I ; `' ir. 1 ere cast asid e urer i ti a ,d -, as ore of coalman se cora coalman tinny which tr,qu,nti3' conic to me from p eople of who are , either so w Id or inaneinanee as not c i eser e sl ving not ice; hear.) Let me ili)Yf t be r a l stat e the facts Eave hu.tl h e a r d them from Lord Claren d on , as I b gathered them from the reports of the trial, and Ta i s vg believe theta undoubtedly to have been. In the al /rin of 1848. after the revolution which had taken pia , Ac France, the state of Ireknh was one of great peril. „ 4 ,, that Vine Mr. Birch sought the Lord-Lieutenant of 0 ; lend and told him that his owe disposition was in fel? ) , of supporting the Government of the country against revolutionary doctrihes wh ich were then su acutely "viso persrd amen. „he people, a nd that as his newspaper , a weekly one and circulated directly with the most o p nicious of these pu blications which were preachingio rebellion, he could be of great use in maintal uieig A in conne xion between Great Britain and Irelan d, a main su ppor,ieg the caus e of peace and the °cite tenan co of law. In this situation of affairs, and II!! t circumstances which I shall have hereafter to descriler the H o use, Lord Clarendon a cce pted Mr. Birch's um,da Mr. Birch then stated—and I will quote again the ,'"°'oo which Lord Clarendon u s ed, and to which the .1:°0(1 Lord has already referred :—" I then saw Mr. Birch , f ' alc l in the state of public affairs at the time, I think I s i l i i e b h , ye failed in my duty if I bad not accepted offers a rc h aoy personp made in support of law and order. lgr - ,,,., P i i ;et offered to write in that sense, and I told him he It re do so, • tiLhough I did not expect much good to safe from his labours.—(A laugh) I told him, at the time, that he should offer no support to the Gov ernlo b end that, as for myself, he might abuse me as sl o e tae liked, us I was perfectly indifferent to it. e n Sir, that passage shows that what Lord ClsreaPirr WiShi'd to be done was writing in favour of the o an a t-nanee o' law against the attempts at rebellioe,;(n.. that he did not seek any support to his own ado:lli:l it ' ig ht tion. The letter afterwards written by the, / s ea Honourable Baronet, the Chief Secretary for see n' (nrol) prated exactly what was stated by Lord Li s o c ilea don. Ou the 30th of April, 1849, Sir W. Siall' r it , I said, in a letter addressed to Mr. Beech, A s fAr aid 0 am concerned, my sole motive throughout waa 0 , 0 10 journalist who professed himself anxious to Pr; the cause of public order; nor can I charge 'DP laced to havieg done, or left undone , anything a t all calea 7 give you just cause of complaint." O n the 33 1849, he nlso writes, "If there is anything .1 a"' „„ the, finitely di) to aid you in your efforts to neofee'''' is cause of order and good government, I shall be , And again, in Novem ber of the same year, be s d j sal au can have no other view than the public good, toe some for the othcr parties name d in your ri c i l a ; pc lor l cvion." These fir- the statements of Lori '-'„.E,„.cee' and 01 the Ittght Honourable B aronet the Chu: s oaf tary for Ireland. The Noble Lord opposite s e J c i . t bsiC_ are men of eigh character—he has nut ittngsut4,ooc.o character—and therefore the Ilouv,_aeou beia l ° of the Noble Lord, will accept those deolaratla