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'... .... t ' , _ ~ . , IMPERIAL PARLIAM El\ I (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair Five minute lacer Twelve o'clock. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed : - - Exeter and Exmouth Railway Acts Am m 'm?nt. Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (A , uLLdment Acts and Regulation of Capital). LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amendments to Payne's Patents (I nprovc went in Preserving Vegetable Matters) Bill was con sidered and agreed to. STATE OF IRELAND. Lord J. RUSSELL rose and said—Mr. Speaker, I never felt so deep a concern in bringing any question be fore this House as that which I now feel in proposing to this House to suspend for a limited time the constitutional liberties of Ireland. I feel, however, at the same time that the measure I am about to propose is not only necessary for the preservation of life and property in Ireland—it is necessary for the purpose of prevent ing bloodshed—but it is necessary to put a stop to in cipient insurrection, and is eminently called for to secure the safety of the British empire. —(bear, and cheers.) It is from such a conviction in my own mind that I pro pose to state to the House at once the grounds upon which I rest the proposition I am now about to make. It appears to me, Sir, that the measure I have to pro pose is absolutely necessary on these grounds. The one is, that the present state of Ireland is fraught with evil—that it threatens danger—that we are on the eve of an outbreak if not timely repressed. The second is, that there are means sufficient to produce great injury and great danger unless some measures are adopted to prevent them. The third is, that the measure which I shall have the honour to propose is that remedy which appears most appropriate to the present cala mitous state of Ireland. With respect to the first of these propositions, with regard to the present state of Ireland, I do not propose to rest my case on any secret information, or on any grounds known solely to the Government of this country, or upon information of a doubtful or uncertain character, but I propose to rest it upon facts patent, notorious, and flagrant. After the passing of the Emancipation Act there were - various institutions established in Ireland under the di rection of Mr. O'Connell for the promotion of the repeal of the legislative union, and this House is well aware that while these associations were in progress—while at the meetings of its members which took place for the purpose of promoting repeal, where the most exciting language was used—language that hardly fell short of sedition—there was on the part of the leader of that movement one settled conviction that no polical change was worth one single drop ot blood, and he held out to the multitude who followed him that it was by the force of great collections of people, expressing their views peace ably and determindly, that their object of the repeal of the union was to be attained.—(Hear, hear.) Sir, I Ida not making any comment upon those movements ; lam not arguing whether they were lawful—whether they were wise—or whether they were just—l am Merely recalling to the recollection of Hon. Members that which they have already' known. Towards the end of that course of action, and towards the close of the life. of Mr. O'Connell, there broke away from the Repeal Association a new party, which took a course different both in the object to be attained and the means by which it was proposed to effect it. The object that Mr. O'Connell and the Repeal Associa tion had held out to the people of Ireland was, that the Act of Union might be repealed—that a Parliament might sit in Ireland consisting of Lords and Commons, and that as the Parliament sat in Ireland from 1783 to 1800,, so likewise by the repeal of the union an other Parliament might be again summoned to sit in Dublin. As I have said, this declared object of the Re- Peal Association was to be obtained by a peaceful move ment, but although the second party held forth the seine object,and counselled similar measures for its attain ment, yet I think it is quite evident to any one who exa mire s their tactics, their true object was the total seraration of Ireland from England.—(Hear, hear.) hey held forth, with certain lax conditions, that Ire laud was to be totally separated from England, that the councils of the Sovereign of this country were not at all to enact the course of legislation or of administration in that country; they pointed entirely to the separation of the two nations, and to the independence of Ireland un der some other form of government.—(Hear, hear.) Sir, whatever might be taught—whatever I might think, as to one of the proposals for a repeal of the union, as tending to lead to a dismemberment of the empire—that was a matter of reasoning and argument but the separation which the second party contended for was obvious. It was, clear and plain on the face of their movement, the object, and the meansliy which they proposed to attain it. From the beginning the means they suggested were distinguished by phy sical force as opposed to moral force. That is to say, by the term physical force they intended no less than a rebellion against the Crown of these kingdoms, and they hoped, by means of that rebellion, if successful, to establish a separate Government in Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) Sir, whatever there might be either in the disguise of their objects or the want of power to carry them into execution, a great stimulus has been given to the movement by the events which have taken Place within 'the last few months. The misfortune fell Upon Ireland of a blight in the potato crop and the want of food for millions of her people, and the artificial means which had to be resorted to for supplying the deficiency afforded the leaders of the movement the means of fur thering their object, the procuring a separation between the tw o countries, and of exciting the passions of the People against the Government. As far as I know, they did nothing to appease the passions of the people or to supply their wants; while, oa the other hand, eight mil lions were lavished by this House upon Ireland, and 40 0,0001. was contributed towards mitigating the suffer ings of her people by the charitably - disposed inhabit ants of England and . cotla,nd.—(Hear, hear, and cheers . ) All that was contributed on the part of these persons was seditious harangues and inflammatory appeals to the passions, and by misrepresenting the motives of this Country in voting the money, and the amount of the con tributions that were given.—(Hear.) But, Sir, when Ireland was in some degree, but very slowly, recovering from that great calamity—when the evils consequent Upon it, though still very severe, were somewhat miti gated —there occurred an event in a neighbouring country which has been productive of encouragement to all who wish to overthrow established institutions to all who wish to promote rebellion Ito all who believe that the Crown and Government of the empire may be overthrown by force. We cannot forget that immediately upon that event a deputation was sent to Paris, comprising among its number a Member of this House—(Sear, hear) —with a view of asking the assistance from that country which had first let the example of rebellion—with a view to obtain the means ot resistance against the authorities of this country. That negotiation was unsuccessful. The Government of France, though springing out of revolution, felt its duties towards neighbouring countries paramount, and refused, to lend its aid.—(Loud cheers.) But, Sir, although that event failed, the projects of These parties went on, and there was little or no disguise W an e further attempted as to what was in their minds. We may all remember that a newspaper was set up called the United Irishman, to whose articles I will not call the particular attention of this House, or make any ob servations with res p ect to the author of them, because he is n ow suffering the penalty of the offence which he committed; but I wish to call the attention of this Rouse to the fact, because great sympathy has been shown for that person, and many have identified themselves with the Sentiments which the author of those articles expressed, and which were found in Ireland to be articles tending to the overthrow of the Government of that country by the dispossession of the Queen from her throne and her dominions. It is notorious, I say, that every kind of sym pathy has been shown for the editor of that paper— that every sort of indignation has been expressed that a person who had"enunciated such sentiments should have' been •punished. It has been declared that he is one of the best patriots of Ireland, and that so far from deservindamishment, :he deserved the best thanks of his country. In the same sense another newspaper, which I now hold in my hand has spoken—l mean the Irish Felon, so called, because it succeeded the Unite 4 Irishman, the proprietor of which had been convicted of felony. I wish to read a passage from the writings of une of the contributors, James F. Lalor, who, in a few words, states the spirit of the sentiments of the party with whom he is acting. (The Noble Lord then read the letter, which was to to the effect that under the existing Government all the rights of property were mere usurpations and tyranny, W hose sway it was their purpose to abolish entirely, or lose their lives in the attempt. The right by which they held the island was that ot Conquest, which was the right of the robber on a large scale. Ireland could not be bound to obey laws that were passed without her consent. The present salvation and future security of this country required that' the • English Government should at once be abolished and the English garrison instantly expelled.) The advice went on to urge the people to organise and take up arms in their own defence, and we shall set an example by arming and organizing our selves.--(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Now, Sir these Passages contain in a few words the o b j ect of this con spiracy, and the means by which that object is intended to be obtained. It is declared at once—first, that the I toparial Government, not of En g land alone, but the Government which represents England, Scotland, and Ireland, is to be utterly abolished—it purposes to take away from the Queen all her authority, and at the Bums time to abolish at once all the rights of property. Some, indeed, have made a sort of menacing salvo with respect to those whom they are desirous should join them in the rebellion; but with respect to the great body of those who hold property in Ireland—property which they have acquired by industry—they. are to be d.- Prised of their rights—in short, the right of of pro- Party is to be altogether abolished. It is proposed that the means of effecting this object is by arming, and being ,ready to encounter any force which may threaten to put them down.—(Hear, hear.) here is 'another article written more lately, it is in the -Nation of the 3d of July. I need not read it to the house at length, but it is called " The Value of the Irish harvest." It is stated that there is growing upon the Irish soil 80,000,0001. worth of produce, and it will be for the Irish Government, or such Government as may be appointed, to consider in what manner that produce Should be apportioned—what portion may be given to those who now hold rights of property, What portion to those who encourage industry, and what Portion is necessary for the purposes of the Government; T E SUN, but evidently intending that none of the existnig of property shall tw acknowledged, hut that the whole produce of the Irish soil, by one swcepintr confiscation, shall be held by the muster of vvhar, the French called a Red Republic, men who have no regard fur any rule in social states, men who wished that no society should be kept together but idich as woull satisfy the mind of ti.ose who wanted, that the whole produce of regular industry, property, &c., acquit el by those who wished to see right enforced should by one desolating measure he distributed according to the di , - cree of those who would attempt to be the rulers of Ire land.—(Hear, hear.) I will allude to one passage more with regard to the objects of these confederates, because they were stated in a resolution passed evidently for the purpose of quieting alarm. It has been felt in in Ireland, and by none more than the Ro man Catholic clergy, that if such a confederation as has been formed should succeed, there would be an end of all respect for liberty and of all regard of what men had hitherto held sacred, and a code of brute force would be established. In order to repel these alarms, there was a meeting of what was called the Dublin Clubs, and on that occasion a resolution was moved by Mr. Smith O'Brien, and seconded. (The Noble Lord then read the resolution and proceeded) —Now the House will see that in that resolution they did not disguise their object, which was not a repeal of the union, but the overthrowing the sway of the Govern ment they are bound to obey; that nothing less than the dismemberment of the empire would satisy their wishes. So much then from their ova confessions may be taken to be the fact.—(Hear, hear.) You may believe with me, that in the accomplishment of that object they would necessarily overthrow the sway of religion and property in Ireland, but then you must believe also that it is the traitorous conspiracy that is intended to over throw the Government of the United Kingdom, and to put in its place a government to rule over Ireland. — (Hear, hear.) That is the last end to which you can believe them to wish to come.—(Hear, hear.) I come now, Sir, to that which I have stated would be the second proposition that I should have to state to the House, namely, that there are formidable measures pre paring intended to produce rebellion, and only too likely to end in it.—(Hear, hear.) Because, Sir, although there may be practices the most injurious, yet if those practices are intended by few persons, or some insignificant associations, such are the free institutions of this country, which permitting every kind, of opinion, that we should be sacrificing the greater to the less if we were to interfere by any extraordinary law to crush an eviler small amount. But, Sir, although I hoped such might have been the case, I am sorry to say all the accounts we have re ceived have tended to the contusion that the organiza tion proposed by these persons is rapidly continuing, and in many parts of the country the clubs are ready and ripe for insurrection. After the law that was pased by this House in the month of April, and which gave the power of bringing before a court of justice for felony persons who were conspiring in opposition to the Sovereign, or who were levying war against the Sove reign, a great check was placed against the conspirators in Ireland. A confederation was formed by the organi zation of the clubs, and it was determined to send mis sions into the country, with the view of persuad ing persons in great towns, and even in small towns and villages, to adopt a similar system of organization. From this time their efforts did not suc ceed. The accounts received from the Lord-Lieutenant tended to induce the belief that the organization would not become immediately formidable ; but soon after this the Lord-Lieutenant and the Lord Chancellor, on infor mation that they had received, announced the fact that confederate clubs were increasing in number, and were be coming more.formiciabletn their organization. Within the last month they assumed the character which I am now about to detail to the House. (The Noble Lord then read an extract from a letter which had been received, to the effect that the state of Ireland was such that the Go vernment would have either to determine whether they would ask fresh powers of the House. or make an immediate organization for civil war. The Noble Lord then read the accounts which had been received from Tipperary and from Carrick-on-Suir. At the latter place no less than five confederate clubs had been estab lished, and no one but members were admitted to the meetings, which were kept strictly private, their object apparently being to ascertain the strength of the organiza tion. 'The Noble Lord then read accounts from Tuam, Dundalk, and Wexford, at which places large meetings had been held. At the meeting at Tuam one of the speakers said he hoped to see the constabulary soon take the first rank in the Irish national guard. The Noble Lord continued)—l should say the method .pursued by these confederates was in general to call a meeting for some political object, and then to harangue the meeting in violent speeches, and immediately afterwards to form an association or club, which it was arranged should meet secretly. In the first place, in one instance, a public meeting was called, speeches were made of a violent character, and private meetings followed week after week, at which no person was admitted except those belonging to the confederation, and every person—every loyal subject—who was desirous of giving information of the proceedings which took places was carefully excluded. At Cork fifteen confederate clubs had been formed, and about two thousand names have been enrolled as members. At Wexford one of tho constabulary was refused admit tance to a meeting by a sentry at the door, who said he would rather allow him to walk over his dead body at the threshold than permit him to pass. Mr. Meagher attended the different clubs, at which he made speeches, and had been appointed to go on a mission to America. On the 13th of July a meeting was held in the county of Cork, at which a deputation attended from the confe deration, and advised the people to arm and demand their rights. I now wish to state the occurrences which have taken place at Cork since the beginning of the present month. A meeting took place there which was attended by all the clubs, and the people walked in regular marching order, and underwent what was called by Mr. Smith O'Brien, a review. Three cheers were given for the King of Munster, meaning Mr. Smith O'Brien, and he replied—" No, not yet, not yet; no shouting." Now, Sir, it is to be remarked that there were meetings afterwards held at Drogheda and Dublin, and at both of these meetings Mr. O'Brien adverted in his speeches to what he said was his review at Cork, and stated that the numbers were very considerable, and that they were ready to act with determination whenever they were called to do so. The other event to which I wish to allude is very im portant. Mr. Meagher is well known for the exciting language he has frequently addressed to the people of Ireland. He was arrested in Waterford on a charge of sedition, and immediately after wards a thousand people collected to procure his rescue, but Mr. Meagher told them that if they attempted a rescue it would produce no good. The Roman Catholic clergy used all their efforts to dissuade them from their object, and Mr. Meagher was conveyed away from the town without resistance. After his release, an assem blage of fifteen thousand mein to give Mr. Meagher a welcome back to Waterford, and I have a letter from a gentleman residing in the neighbourhood that gives a description of the scene which took place, and which states that the writer has no hesitation in stating that unless Government takes immediate steps to put down the movement they might in the end get the better of these people, but that could not be attained before much life and property had been sac rificed.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Sir, I can answer for the character of the gentleman who writes this letter, but the state of Waterford has been described to me by other persons, and I have seen many letters from persons who were in the neigh bourhood at the time the occurrence took place, who are all connected with the neighbourhood either by fa mily or property, who are well acquainted with the language and political feelings of the people, and who all concur in stating that although persons of property and station, both Protestants and Roman Catholics, are de cidedly against any outbreak, yet that no influence of theirs or of the clergy has any effect in deterring many thousands of the young men of every class, more especially the farmer and the peasant, to rise in insurrection.—(Hear, hear.) That is the evidence I have received, supported, as I think, by all the public prints, and entirely believed by the Lord Lieutenant. — (Hear, hear.) In the town of Carrick-on-Suir their oc curred acts which, al though they were not very alarming they still afford ais a melancholy warning of coming events.—(Hear, heat ..) Teree persons were arrested for a bailable offend They were arrested not under the late Act, but for using seditious language, but their arrest lead to an immense collection of people who as sembled from till parts of the country. Va rious reports 7 ere spread amongst them ; some that a priest had been arrested ; some that these men wets; confined because the insurrection had begun. Many of them were armed with muskets and rude pikes, and they marched into the town in a most menacing man ner. They went up to the authori ties, and on their ae Oaring that the prisoners must be liberated, it was thought, that the offence being a bailable one, it would be much better to liberate the prisoners on bail. They were accordingly let out of prison, and the crowd quietly dispersed, but if there had be en cause to retain these prisoners, if their offence had been such that they could not be bailed, or if for an y other reason it was not desirable t n h s a u t r they a s n h ou mustl d b i eca cave ee followedt o hail, the a b r e , gin hear.) ui ot an ' There i was not wanting th es desire, there was not wanting the will, there was not wanting the intention of rebellion. All that was wanti at; was the particulnr occasion, those who meant to rise i al !ing satisfiesthat such a step would render the object co mpiete. No rising, however, took place, but no man clan doubt that had these persons not been liberated, an insurrection was then and there to be begun.—(Hear, h ear.) Sir, the accounts from these various places are not only now, but have been for some time past, most al arming. (LEFT SPEAKING.) .JMNO. =in ~- A meeting of the friends of Mr. Richard Hicks, the much-respected deputy of Castle Bay nard Ward, was held on Wedne:i day, at the London Tavern, for the purpose of present',lng to that gentleman a splendid ser vice of plate (mar,.ufactured by Hunt and Roskiil, of Bond•street), subsc tined by the trade of butchers, sales men, and others, a s a testimonial of their esteem and gratitude for the I )erseverance, ability, and public spirit with which he he .s for many years advocated their in terests and those of the community at large, more par ticularly by obtain ing and personally superintending the enlargement and improvement of Smithfield market. The company sal d own to au excellent dejeaner provided for the occasion.. . Mr. William Sharpe iu the chair. YORK, Tut ran >Av.--Yesterday evening a soirée was given to Hr. Henry Vincent, one of the late candi dates for the city of York. Upwards of 1,200 persons were present. A. mongst the Company were E. Miall, Esq., of London; Dr. Gordon, of Hull; J. Plint, Esq., of Leeds; J. Th ompson, Esq., of Manchester, and a number of other g entlemen, connected with this city and county. LONDON, v SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 22, 184 A. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. LORD SHAFTESBURY'S COMMITTEE.—Roy- STON AND HITCHIN RAILWAY EXTENblON.—Preamble passed and clauses agreed to. GROUP No. 6.—GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (Mixed Gauge from Fenny Compton to Birmingham on Bir mingham and Oxford Line).—The Committee re•as sembled at the usual hour this morning, and after deli berating for a length of time with closed doors, the par ties were called in, when The CHAIRMAN made the important announcement that the Committee had come to the resolution that the pre amble of the Bill was proved, and had determined to re tain the 15th clause, authorising the laying down of the mixed guage from Fenny Compton to Birmingham. The Committee, however, had decided upon so alter ing the 16th clause as to bind the Great Western Com pany to maintain both gauges in working order, and pro vide the public with a narrow as well as a broad gauge working track, so that the London and North Western might work their trains over the line without inconvenience. They had also added a provision to this clause, enacting that in the event of the working of the mixed gauge being found to be dangerous or inconvenient to the public, the Board of Trade should have power to order the Great Western Company to take up one of the gauges, the same board having the op tion of deciding which gauge it should be—the narrow or the broad. The Committee subsequently decided that a clause should be added to the Bill to authorise a junction at Birmingham between the Birmingham and Oxford and the Loudon and North-Western lines; the manner in which such junction was to be effected to rest with the Board of Trade. The whole day was taken up with the consideration of the clauses, but they were ultimately agreed to, and the Chairman was instructed to report the Bill as amended. GREAT WESTERN (Birmingham and Oxford Junc tion Loop Line).—The object of this Bill is to authorise the construction of a short loop line from the Birming ham and Oxford Junction Railway through the town of Leamington. Case opened, end evidence taken in its favour. GROUP No. 7.—FLEETWOOD, PRESTON, and WEST RIDING JUNCI'ION (Burnley and Colliery Branches). — The case for the promoters and the opposition of the East Lancashire. Company having closed, the room was cleared, and the Committee, after a short deliberation, decided that the preamble was not proved. LONDONDERRY AND COLERAINE (Deviation of Line and Amendment of Act).—Case opened by Mr. Talbot, and evidence taken in its favour. The Bill is opposed by landholders. GROUP No. B.—NORTH AND SOUTH•WESTERN.— This Bill is to authorise the construction of a short line of railway from the Brentford station of the Windsor, Staines, and South-Western line to the Harrow station of the London and North-Western line. The case was opened to-day, and general evidence taken in its favour. It is opposed by the Great Western Company and several landholders. GROUP No. 9.— EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW, AND GLASGOW, .AIRDRIE, AND MONKLANDS JUNCTION (Amendments of Acts).—Preamble passed, clauses agreed to, and Bill ordered to be reported. SCOTCH MIDLAND JUNCTION (Amendments of Acts and Branch to Laurencekirk).—Case for promoters opened, and evidence taken in its favour. WISHAW AND COLTNESS EXTENSION.—CIauses agreed to and Bill ordered to be reported. ELECTION Co IMITTEE. DUBLIN. The scrutiny into the validity of Mr. Reynolds' ma jority was resumed yesterday, and in the course of the day the petitioners succeeded in striking of three additional votes. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32,f0r the Week ending on Saturday, the 15th day of July, 1848. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued .• •..... 27,593,690 Government debt • • 11,015,j00 Other securities •• • • 2,984.900 Gold coin and bullion 12,184,014 Silver bullion ••• • • • 1,409,676 £27,593,690 Z 27,593,690 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 20th day of July, 1848. Rapeseed Oil several purchases have been made, still there is a desire on the part of Crushers to sell, pale at 35s Cd, and brown at 34s 6el per cwt. Prices have not risen for Olive Ori, notwithstanding small supplies, and an improving demand. Holders, however, display firmness, and a good business has been concluded. Lard Oil finds is more ready sale at 423 to 45s per eat, but Ground Nut Oil is wanted, and can be obtained at 37s to 37s 61 A slight advance is apparent in the value of Linseed Oil, although a good demand has been experienced for home trade purposes on the spot ; whereas deliveries are of a satisfactory nature, hut on the part of exporters little desire is shown to do business. Of Fish Oils arrivals are upon an extended scale, and as buyers are not disposed to enlarge their purchases, the downward progress of prices continues. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, JULY 19, 184 S. This day had audience of her Majesty, the Baron de Hiigel, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary from the King of Wurternberg, to deliver his let ter of recall: to which he was introduced by Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Colonel the Honourable Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., Master of the Ceremonies. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 19. The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. lIcr• sant, as Consul at Dublin; of M. Metaisyer, as Consu at Edinburgh; and of M. Poggioli, as Consul at Liver pool, for the French Republic. CROWN-OFFICE, JULY 19. sources it stood in need of; by securing to them for that loan of 250 francs an interest of upwards of seven per cent. Thus would vanish, at the same time, the reproach addressed to the Gover nmen t o f ta ki ng a d van - h. - se of the difficult situation of the Company, since it would ensure an interest of five per cent. to the share holders who should fulfil their enzagernents! The Chamber of Commerce of Paris has published the following notice : The Director of Customs has adopted provisional measures to ensure to the exporters of stuffs mann ):.lctured of mixed materials the advantage con ferred by the decree of the Provisional Govern ments, dated June 10. The declarations of mer chants claiming a drawback on goods exported will be received by the officers of customs with a reser vation as to the value at which they are to be estimated i❑ order to calculate the drawback at 41 per cent. These delarations are to contain all the details neces sary fur the estimation of the value of each of the articles composing the stuff, and they should have annexed certificate, duly legalised, substantiating the place where they have been manufactured. It would be well that a double pattern be exhibited, as it is proposed to require such double pattern by a general ordonnanco about to be published, regulating the mode of claiming the drawback on mixed silks and woollen stuffs, and facilitating its payment." The second permanent court•martial sitting at Verdun has condemned a sergeant and four fusileers of the 48th Regiment of the line to be shot for having joined in a serious disturbance which took place at Rethel. NEIVISER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PAR• LIAMENT. Borough of Sligo—John Patrick Somers, Esq., the last election for the said borough having been declared void. WAR-OFFICE, JULY 21. 9th Light Dragoons—Paymaster Cuthbert Barlow, from the 10th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Leech, ap pointed Paymaster Invalid Depot, at Chatham, July 21. 14th Light Dragoons—Captain Thomas Garratt, from the 78th Foot, to be Captain, vice Dawson appointed to the 57th Foot, July 21. , 6th Regiment of Foot—Brevet Colonel Philip Dun das, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice John Crofton, who exchanges; Major Randal Rum ley to be Lieutenant •Colonel, by purchase, vice Dundas, who retires; Brevet Major Thomas Sidney Powell to be Major, by purchase, vice Rumley; Lieutenant Charles Henry Dowker to be Captain, by purchase, vice Powell; Ensign Robert Provo Norris to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Dowker; Hugh Augustus Crofton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Norris; July 21. 18th Foot—Captain Thomas Henry Ashton, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice Lovett, who exchanges, July 21. 34th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Jardine Street, from the 79th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Scott, who ex changes; Ensign Henry Edward Bale to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Parker who retires; Henry Dalton Probyn, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bale, July 21. 41st Foot—Ensign Archibald Elliott, from the 84th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Young, who exchanges, July 21. 46th Foot—Ensign John Crymes to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Menzies, v‘ho retires; William Reginald Hesketh, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Crymes, July 21. 47th Foot—Lieutenant Claremont Skrine to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Rooke, who retires; Ensign Nathaniel George Philips to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Skrine; Fitzwilliam Frederick Hunter, Gent., to th) Ensign, by purchase, vice Philips, July 21. 51st Foot—Ensign Alexander Nenon Armstrong, from the 57th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Lloyd, who re tires, July 21. 53d Foot—Captain John Mac Neale Walter, from 90th Foot, to be Captain, vice Bastard, who exchanges, July 21. 57th Foot—Captain George K Massy Daw son , from the 14th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Hunt, appointed to the 78th Foot; Gerrard John For syth, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Armstrong, appointed to the 51st Foot, July 21. 60th Foot—Assistant,-Surgeon George Augustus Fre derick Shelton, M. 8., from the 28th Foot, to be Assist ant-Surgeon, vice O'Brien, deceased, July 21. 64th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Scott Jeffery to be Captain, by purchase, vice Parker, who retires; Ensign Henry Robert Crewe Godley to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Jeffery; Francis Fothergill Hood, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Godley, July 21. 74th Feot—Lieutenant Thomas Wallnutt to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice De Butts, who retires; Ensign Lewis Augustus Brydon to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice V`, 7 allnutt; John Maryon Wilson, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Brydon; July 21. 78th Foot—Captain George Henry Hunt, from the 57th Foot, to be Captain, vice Garrett, appointed to the 14th Light Dragoons, July 21. 79th Foot—Lieutenant William Scott, from the 34th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Street, who exchanges, July 21. 84th Foot—Quartermaster Thomas Young, from the 41st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Elliott, who exchanges, July 21. 87tb Foot—Lieutenant Alexander Hugh Cobbe to be Captain, by purchase, vice Turner, who retires; Second Lieutenant Honourable Augustus Murray Cathcart to be First-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cobbe; John Peyton, Gent., to be Second-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cathcart, July 21. 90th Foot—Captain William Benjamin Bastard, from the 53d Foot, to be Captain, vice Walker, who ex changes, July 21. 97th Foot—Captain John Nembhard Hibbert, from half-pay Ist Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Har vest, promoted; Lieutenant Robert: Bruce to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hibbert, who retires; Ensign Law rence William Reynolds to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bruce; Thomas Henry Pipon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase vice Reynolds, July 21. 2d West India Regiment—William Crispin, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Knapman, who re signs; Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Parr, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Kahoe, who exchanges, July 21. 3d West India Regiment—Captain George William Molynenx Lovett, from the 18th Foot, to be Captain, vice Ashton, who exchanges, July 21. BREVET.—Captain John Nembhard Hibbert, of the 97th Foot, to be Major in the Army, Jan. 10, 1837. HOSPITAL STAFF. — Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Ke hoe, M.D. from the 2d West India Regiment. to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Parr, who ex changes, July 21. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Southampton. The Honourable Sir Edward Butler, Knight, to be Deputy Lieutenant, May 20 ; William Gamier, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, July 10. 4 y ADMIRALTY, JULY 14. Corps of Royal Marines.—First Lieutenant Pitcairn Ouslow to be Captain, vice Shoveller, placed on half-pay, on account of ill health; Second Lieutenant Richard Goddard Hallilay to be First Lieutenant, vice Onslow, promoted. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. William Edensor and Thomas liumphreys,naerchants, Liverpool. BANKRUPTS. Edward Ilagen and Henry Hagen, merchants, Mill street, Bermondsey, to surrender July 31, at two, and Sept. 0, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basingball-street; Marten and Co., Alincing-lane. Joseph Holdsworth, carpenter, Whitechapel - road , Aug. 2, at one, and Sept. 9, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alder manbury ; Norton and Son, New-street, Bishopsgate. Charles Willis, licensed,victualler, King-street-terrace, New North-road, Islington, Aug. 2, at half-past one, and Sept. 9, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Har per, Kennington-cross. June Bowdler, jeweller, Shropshire, July 29 and Aug. 29, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Sweeting and Byrne, Southampton-buildings; Mottrang, Knight, and Emmett, Birmingham. John Matthews and Charles Decircus Matthew s , bankers, Chipping Norton, Oxtordshire, Aug. 9 and Sept 5, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Wilkins, N or th and Kendal, Bourton-on-the-Water; Gillam wad 'r ho _ mas, Birmingham. Abraham Holmes, worsted spinner, Mannin g h am, Yorkshire, Aug. 3, and Sept. 8, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Gre gory and Sons, Clement's-inn, London; Pickup, Brad ford; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. William Todd, ironmonger, Whitehaven, C umber _ land, Aug. 3, at half-past ten, and Sept. 13 , at 0,0 at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. NyttiAey, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; W. and J . L ump, Whitehaven; Gregory, Faulkner, and Co., Bedford-row, London; Griffith and Crighton, Newcastle - upon-Typ e . William Angus, banker, Gateshead, Durham, August 9, at half- past ten, and Sept. 13, at half-past twelve,--at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official ass i g nee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Meggison , Pringle, a nd c o King's-road, Bedford - row , London ; W ilson, Aln- Hail and Ridley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. (Dividends, &c., in our next.) PRICE OF SUGAR• Th e average price of Brown or Muscova o Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending J uly 18, 1848, is 255. 21a d. per cwt. FRANCE. [The following appeared in our Third Edition of last night] : The Constitutionnel states that the Government was disposed to treat with the sharehold ers o f the Lyons Railroad Company on the following terms :-7f. 60c. rente are to be allowed the shareholders in exchange of the 250 f. paid in by them for every share. The sum of 1,400,000 f., paid in addition to those 250 f. per share, are to be reimbursed in specie. "Nevertheless," adds the Con stitutionnel, " it would be indispensable, previous to the conclusion of the affair, that the Government should take into consid era tio n the decision adopted to-day by the Committ ee of Public Works. A sum of 25,000,000 is necessary to complete the works to be executed this year on the Lyons Railroad. The com mittee accordingly resolved to divide the shareholders into two categories. Ist. Those who should not pay up their instalments would receive a rente of 7f. 50c. for the 250 f. they have already advanced. 2d. Those who undertook to pay the 500 f. the amount of each share, according as they s h ou ld be called for, are to receive a rente of 25f. The Committee intended by that measure to encourage the shareholders to afford th© State the re- BANKING DEPAITKEN T. Propr!etors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rest 2,492,114 Public , depusits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and Di vidend accounts) .. 2,621,157 Other deposits • . . • • • 11,709,054 Seven day and other bills • • ..... . .. • • 1,150,477 Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity)" 13,207,546 Other securities .. .. 11,200,140 Notes .. .. • • 8,448,630 Gold and silver coin.. 669,41 s 6 £33,525,802 £33,525,802 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 20th day of July. 1841 MARKET INTELLIGENCE (From the London New Price Current of July 21.) SUGAR.—Today the inactivity in the market for every description of duty-paid Sugar was further in creased, arising from the announcement of Government, that they intend to allow Sugar to be refined in bond, either for home consumption or exportation. The business, in consequence, by private treaty, was extremely limited for all purposes, and is not worth enumerating; there was also no public sale. It is diffi cult to quote prices with accuracy; most sorts of colonial will not fetch within is 6d per cwt of last Friday's rates. The measure has been productive of a beneficial effect upon the market for Foreign Sugar in bond. For the week the sales of West India are barely 648 hhds and trcs. DEFINED.—To• day there was much heaviness in the home-trade refined market, and the nearest rates are 53s for brown, and Ms per cwt for standard lumps. Bonded Crushed Sugar is more in demand, at 26s to 27s per cwt. . . MAURITIUS.—AIthough importers are willing to make a further concession in the value of 6d to is per cwt, yet on the part of grocers and refiners little desire has been manifested to operate. The business concluded in all sorts has been much less than in the former week, and which is a matter of surprise, when the low rates that prevail are taken into consideration. Only 1,659 bags and 165 casks were submitted to public sale, still a part only found purchasers. - FOR - EIGN.—To-day there was much inquiry after Foreign Sugar in bond, and stiffer rates were paid. The private sales for the week are 1,800 chests of yellow Havannah at 19s; 150 chests of tine brown Bahia 18s, and 2,000 bags of ordinary brown Pernambuco 16s, 100 chests of white Babia 41s per cwt. F or duty-pai d par cels there is very little inquiry. EAST INDIA.—Of .Maaras an increased quantity has been brought to market, whereas buyers showing little desire to do business, prices went down 6d per cwt for all sorts. At public sale 4,161 bags were disposed of. By private treaty only small parcels have been taken at about similar rates. In Bengal the dealings in the private market have been of little mo ment, although sellers are willing to accept rather lower rates. Of 1,919 bags 4 chests offered at auction, a small part only sold. COFFEE.—This afternoon there was not more desire evinced to operate in Ceylon Coffee. At public sale 867 bags and 25 casks were only in part sold, but full rates were obtained. Plantation, middling 50s to 565, low middling 47s to 495, fine fine ord 40s to 455, fine ord 35s to 38s 6d, ordinary 28s to 31s, damaged 29s to 365, triage 255; Native was taken in at 30$ for sound. 26 casks 74 barrels West India only in part sold, Jamaica, fine fine ordinary 42s to 44s 6d, ordinary 30s 6d, and fine fine ordinary Demerara 38s. 12 cases of Yellow Madras sold at 56s to 58s 6d, and pea berry 618 per cwt. TEA.--There is no further advance to record in the value of Congou, but the demand is active, and previous rates are well sustained; ord and good ord is held for 8d to 9d, better 10d to Is 3d, strong black leaf and Pekoe flavour is 4d to 2s 2d. For Twankay the market is dull, and prices rule low. In other sorts of Green a good business has been done, and at full rates. Of 11,500 pkgs Tea offered at public sale, 4,500 were sold. liace.—To-day many parcels of Rice were sold by private treaty, and at stiffer rates. At auction 833 bags of Penang sold at 8s 6d to 9s for ordinary yellow small grain. For Sago there was not a brisker demand, and of 208 boxes at auction, a part only sold, fine white large pearl at 19s 6d to 20s, and small ditto 19s 6d per cwt. SPICES.—To-day the market was better supplied with Black Pepper, and the quantity offered at public sale amounted to 2,930 bags, but a part only sold at full rates ; 7 packages of Nutmegs middling brown 2s 7d to 2s 9d, ordinary 2s sd, mouldy 2s 5d to 2s 6d; 2 cases of Mace, middling 2s 2d ; 3 csks middling Bencoolen Cloves, damp is Id ; 330 bags Pimento were taken in at 3:id to 2id for middling and good middling, and at 3sd for low middling coarse. For public sale 842 cases of Cassia Lignea, 600 bags Pepper, 250 pkgs Jamaica Ginger, and 100 bags Pimento are declared. SPIRITS.—East India has been in brisk request, and d pr ices are firmer, whilst 400 hhd s h ave b een so ld a t is 4to is 6d per g a ll on p roo f. L eewar d I s l an d m et with 2 greater attention, and the sales amount to 300 puns at is 7d to is 8d proof, at which the market is firm. Purchases to a fair ex tent have been made in Demerara, and the rates paid a re firm, 2s 4d to 3s per gallon for 26 to 38 per , c a e n n d to u ve o rproof. Holders of Ja maica show firmness , fo rmer terms a good business has been done, but chiefl y pn f or home-trade pur poses. The sales for the week a mount to 400 puns, For Brandy the market is quiet , are sellers of Cognac, best brands, of the vintage of 184 6, re at 4s 6d to 4s Bd, and 1847 ditto at 3s 7d to 3s 9d. Geneva has been dealt in with caution at Is 9d to is 10d for export sort, and at 2s 6d to 3s for fine, suitable for home trade purposes. For British made Spirit prices are without variation. INDIGO.—The quantity of Spanish Indigo offered at public sale this week has been large, and amounted to 327 serous, still the whole sold ; low and middling at full rates, but good and fine went rather cheaper; Flores sold at 4s to 4s 2d, Sobres 2s 8d to 3s 4d, Cortes is 8d to 2s 6d, and very ordinary is 3d to Is 5d per lb.. COCHINEAL.—This afternoon there was an increased demand for Cochineal, and 126 bags of Honduras at public sale mostly sold at very full rates, and went at 3s 9d to 4s 4d for middling to fine silvers, and blacks, ordinary to middling, 4s 6d to ss. TALLow.—This afternoon lower rates were again taken for Tallow. At public sale 121 casks South American sold at 41s Gd to 42s 9d; 325 ditto New South Wales 38s to 435; 40 ditto East India 44s 3d to 46s 9d, and 136 casks Odessa Ox taken in at 439. OlLS.—Prices have further improved for Palm Oil, whilst there is a material increase in the demand, and a falling off in the supply. Purchases to a large extent have been made, and the rates paid are 30s 6d to 31s for fine, and 29s to 30s for fair to good quality. Cocoa Nut is little wanted. HANOVER-SQUARE ROOMS. There was a musical reunion at the above rooms yes terday. The elite of those popular artistes, whose sing ing and playing has been so much admired during the season, sung and performed their most favourite mor- ' minx. Madame Anna Thillon sung with most charm ing effect a manuscript ballad by Mrs. H. J. St. Leger, "Hope's bright Dream ;" the melody is original and very catching; it is sweetly harmonized—the words are highly interesting, and we are sure when it is published it will be very popular. The exquisite singing of the three French prima donna—Madame Dorus Gras, Madame Anna Thillon, and Madame Sabatier, was the theme of universal and well merited admiration. Madame Dorus Gras was in excel lent voice, and displayed all the wonders of her exquisite . taste and wonderful facilite in the air " En vainfespere," from Robert le Diable, and an air from the new opera by Clapisson, Gibby la cornemeuse. Ap plause most enthusiastic rewarded this superb display of vocalization. We forgot to mention, in noticing Mrs. St. Leger's song, that Madame Anna Thillon introduced a cadenza remarkable for its beauty and novelty. Madame Sabatier charmed every body with her graceful and exquisite singing of " La fontaine aux perles" and "Ma Brunette," which are le rage du jour, and have been sung by la fauvette a la tete noir before the most part of the royal family and in the mansions of the chief nobility of London. Mademoiselle Helene Stcepel and Mr. Wallace played a duet upon two splendid pianofortes, made by Erard, composed by the talented composer of Maritana, and were frequently interrupted during their superb per formance with the most enthusiastic applause. Mdlle. Stceple also played two of her own charming compo sitions, "La Reverie" and " Tho Steeple-chase galop," with her accustomed grace and excellence of execution. Miss Wallace sung in first-rate style " Que la voce." Her voice has an extraordinary compass, and her execu tion was most brilliant. The Misses Williams and their brother, Mr. T. Williams, sung a very pretty duet, " Alas! she can forget," by Mr. St. Leger, and the gem "Ti prego," which were encored. The singing of these talented professors is remarkable for extreme purity of style and expression the most charming. Mr. Reeves not having arrived, Herr Muller volunteered two Ger man songs, " The Wanderer" and " The Standard bearer," which he sung with great effect, his beautiful baritone voice coming out with great power in the slow movement of " The Wanderer." The execution of Signor Giulio Regondi on the guitar, when playing his solo on airs from Don Giovanni, arranged from Thalberg's piauoforte score, was the eighth wonder of the world, and if a ninth could exist it was Herr Stcepel's fantasia on the Xylo Cordeon. Miss Victoria Collins sung most sweetly, "Land of my Dearest." The Rose of the bouquet, the highly talented Rossina Collins, astonished the admiring audience by her splendid execution on the violin, of " Le Tremolo," by Beethoven, and Paganini's variations to Le Carneval de Venice. The reunion, we understand, was under the direction of a musical amateur well known for his enthusiastic love for music, and his kindliness to young talented professors. Messrs. Wal lace, W. Holmes, and F. B. Jewson were the conductors. RAILWAY RETURNS RittLwat TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns arc made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year : NAME OF RAILWAY. Week ending July - 16 Aberdeen •• • • .. •• . • . Amiens and Boulogne . • • •• • • • • •• Arbroath and Forfar . •• •• • • •• • Chester and Birkenhead . • • • • • • •• Chester and Holyhead.• • .. • • .. • . • • • Cockermouth and Workington.... Dublin and Drogheda.. •• • • •• • •• • • •• Dublin and Kingstown Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen .. • • • • • • East Anglian.... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• Edinburgh and Glasgow .•• • • • •• • • Edinburgh and Northern . • • • • • • • • • • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern• • East Lancashire •• • • .....• •• • • •• • • Eastern Union • • • . • • • • Glasgow, Gamkirk, and Coatbridge... Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • . • Glasgow and Greenock • • • • • • •• • • • •• Great Southern and Western • • • • • • •• Great Western, &c • • • • Kendal and Windennere• • ...• • • • •- Lancashire and Yorkshire • • • • • • • • • • Lancaster and Carlisle .• • • • • • • • • • • • • Leeds and Thirst-- • • • • • • •• • • • • ' ' , . London d r d y and North t: Western,n ~ London and Blackwall• • • • • • • • • • • • • • L°n London and Brighton . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • London and South Western. • • .... Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Maryport and Carlisle • • • . Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... Midland Great Western (Irish) • • Newmarket... ..... ......... Newcastle and Car1i51e.............. North British .. •• • • • • • •• Paris and Rouen. • ............ Rotten and llavre ................ Scottish Central ........ Shrewsbury and Chester ....: South Eastern and Branches South Devon Taff Vale Ulster . ........ Last week. 1,235 946 4,581 1,152 156 831 1,187 1,205 628 3,923 1,724 16,359 1,131 1,361 2,759 1,463 3,130 21,874 '204 11,764 2,205 142 45,602 1,598 10,711 11,082 2,844 651 23,092 1,022 2,235 593 819 966 1,260 1,021 4,231 2,355 3,891 1,608 1,000 14,140 1,013 1,069 3,369 1,564 1,705 21,190 10,142 1,283 14/i 46,472 1,446 9,490 11,11.02 2,160 602 20,831 869 2,583 2,524 2,073 8,699 3,669 6g7 10,119 1,638 1,788 894 197 Whitchaven Junction ..... Wishaw and Coltness..... York and Newcastle . _ _ 530 10,245 815 1,427 781 213 York and North Midland . 14,167 12,178 10,784 8,457 DEATH OF SIR JOSEPH DE COURCY LAFFAN, BART.—This Baronet, who was for many years con nected with the medical department of the Army, died a few days, since at his temporary residence, in France, in his sixty-second year. The deceased was a native of the county of Tipperary, a district which has given birth to Lords Bloomfield, Gough, and others of the most distinguished Irish officers. He was son of Mr. Walter Lam, of the city of Cashel, and was brother to the late Dr. Laffan, for many years the Roman Catholic Archbishop of that diocese. The de ceased entered the medical department of the Army at an early age, and made rapid advancement in his profession. lie at length became Physician to the Forces, and us such acted during the Peninsular war. He subsequently became Physician in Ordinary to the Duchess of Kent, and in 1828 was created a Baronet. In 1815 the deceased married the daughter and co heiress of Mr. Paul Filcher, of Rochester, and by this ledy, who died in 1836, he had no issue. The title, therefore, falls to the ground. Sir Joseph was a gra duate of the city of Edinburgh. DISASTROUS FIRE AT GREENWlCH.—Yesterday morning, between four and five o'clock, a fire broke out upon the premises of Mr. Fenton, a general dealer, No. 2 and 3, Hog-lane, Greenwich. The flames originated in the lower part of the house, at which time the pro prietor and his wife were in their beds asleep. After some trouble the residents were made sensible of the danger to which they were exposed, and Mr. Fenton on going down stairs to examine the building, was com pletely surrounded with flame; by a desperate effort he succeeded in gaining the street, but was unable to render the least assistance to his wife. The poor woman, in her anxiety to escape, jumped from the upper window and fell upon her head, by which she was seriously injured. Owing to the strong hold the flames had obtained, but few minutes elapsed before the two buildings occupied by Mr. Fenton were in a blaze, as was also tie roof of the premises belonging to Mr. John Mitchell, fishmonger. With as little delay as possible the engines of the Royal Hospital were brought out and set to work, and a mounted express was sent to London for additional aid. By the exertions of all parties the flames were subdued, but not until Mr. Fenton's two houses were totally destroyed, the furniture and wearing apparel con sumed, and the adjoining building, occupied severally by Mr. Jones, hairdresser, Mrs. Griffiths, laundress, and Mr. Mitchell, fishmonger, extensively injured by fire and water. Whilst the parties were engaged removing the furniture from the contiguous houses, a table fell from a window upon the head of a female and severely injured her. With one exception the sufferers were uninsured. THE ARMY.— The army in England and Scot land at the present moment consists of eleven regiments of cavalry, seven battalions of the Guards, and twenty two regiments of infantry. In addition there are four depot troop stations of cavalry, and fifty-three depot companies of infantry. In Scotland alone there is but one regiment of cavalry and two of infantry. It is sup posed that the 42d Foot will be shortly ordered to Ire land. Other regiments are in readiness to depart should their services be required. COURT OF CONSERVANCY.—The Lord Mayor held a Court of Conservancy at the Swan Hotel, Westminster bridge, yesterday, at one o'clock. His Lordship after wards, accompanied by several Aldermen, the Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, and other civic dignitaries, embarked in the City barge, and proceeded to Kew to inspect the banks of the river. —ll.- THE CHOLERA.—A letter from Posen brings pri vate vete accounts from Warsaw announcing thelnPiPsesaarild to of the cholera among the Russian troops. a t nd symP , have appeared also at Riga and its vieini h t toms of a disease similar in its character at Konigsberg. According to the last had assumed a Petersburgh, dated the 10th, the m alady . of rapidity occurred at character of greater virulence and dvia.c'vees develop ment than upon any other previous occasion. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE Cr LORDS, July 21. Their Lordsll4..s assembled at Fire o'clock. The Earl of FARNHAM presented several petitions from various unions in Ireland, praying for an alteza- Lion in the poor-laws. CIVIL BILLS BILL (DUBLIN). This Bill was read a third time and passed. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. _ _ On the motion of the Marquis of LAICIS DOWNE the standing orders were suspended, and this Bill was read a second and third time, and passed. NORTHERN RAILWAY DEVIATION BILL. On the motion that the report on this Bill be received, The Earl of EGLINTON moved that the Bill be re committed. The Earl or KINNOUL, as Chairman of the Com mittee on this Bill, justified their decision, and opposed the re-committal of the Bill. After a few words from the Earl of GRANVILLE, The Earl of EGLINTON withdrew his amendment, and the motion was agreed to. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE BILL. Lord CAMPBELL moved that the report on the Ad ministration of Justice Bill be brought up.—Agreed to. IRELAND. The Earl of GLENGALL asked if the Government intended to suspend the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland, as it was rumoured they intended to do so, because if such were their intention, he should not proceed with the motion of which he had given notice. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that it was the intention of the Noble Lord at the head of the Govern ment to introduce into the other House of Parliament a measure authorising the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, or the Lords Justices, to arrest and detain such persons as he and they might suspect were conspiring against her Majesty's Government. The Earl of GLENGALL would then proceed with the motion of which he had given notice for returns re specting the formation of clubs in Ireland since Jan. 1, 1848. Clubs had been organized in Ireland for the pur poses of rebellion. These clubs existed in Dublin. In bringing forward this motion he was willing to admit that Lord Clarendon had done all he could to preserve the peace of Ireland. He had acted with judgment, with decision, with energy; but that Noble Lord had not been invested with sufficient powers. He had not the powers necessary to enable him to prevent the disaf fected from organising clubs for the subversion of all government and of all order. The Members of these clubs aimed at producing a social as well as a political revolution. Th e y declared that they were determined to exterminate the Irish landlords, to destroy the Protes tant landlords, whopossessed nine-tenths of the country; they called these the English garrison, and declared that they must be extirpated, and the clubs declared that they were prepared to carry out this object by means of pikes and blunderbusses. They had not only instructed the men to arm themselves, but they had in structed the women to throw hoops, encircled with burn ing tow, from the windows on the heads of the soldiers. One of their leaders had passed in review these clubs in the south of Ireland, consisting of several thousand men. The clubs had sought for assistance in America and t l h r i i s s was motion.i C n I ub b consequence is t I of the v France, and th ose w h o h ad deluged Paris with blood in the mo n th o f J une last were in connexion with the st.th was 'orshetrue The things nobility otbhialitttoytehrtey the y n e u d uhnaso g dam e tbis n or t rso r a y uecogtorh of ts l ron r i e a,, andlteaunord it w had represented s nature of his answ er th at h e h ad been induced to bring ery, ta forward these persons to trial, and had obtained a conviction. They had others now awaiting their trial on the Bth of August. It was the intention of these clubbists to produce an outbreak to prevent the trial of the prisoners. They would not, perhaps, succeed; but woull the juries do their duty ? could they do their duty ? Several of the jurors who had convicted the late Mr. O'Connell had been ruined in consequence, and the names of the jurors who had convicted Mitchel had been circulated throughout the country, and they were marked men. It was im portant to give the necessary protection to the well af fected. Another great evil was with reference to the evidence. On all such occasions it was difficult to obtain juries aed witnesses. Special commissions were so fre quent that they almost became regular assizes ; and if a witness in Ireland told the truth, it was necessary that he should at once :expatriate himself and his family. Whether these commissions succeed or not depended on the sheriff, for if he did not return the first persons in the county, they would have no juries at all ; and in consideration of those persons. the Government ought to put down the agitation which existed. How was it possible with so much division of opinion that evil results could be avoided ? Until this agitation was put down, until these clubs were put down, and such meetings as those at Conciliation-hall were put a stop to, proclamations would be vain. The far mer and labourer did nothing but think and talk of politics, and persons now were progressing through the country to sow dissension in every quarter. People were obliged to take part in these proceedings or they I became marked men. The Roman Catholic gentry, he believed, were as well affected as their Protestant bre thren, but their case was far different. If a Roman Catholic gentleman acted against agitation, he was imme diately singled out and termed "an Orange Catholic," and when a person received that appellation, the sooner he made his will the better. Ile had received most frightful accounts from many gentlemen in districts which had not been proclaimed. Their own tenants they said had come to them and stated that the day of insurrection was coming on the Btb of August, and they were obliged to join these traitor. —they daied not re sist them. Tumultuous assemblages and most sedi tious acts were committed in proclaimed dis tricts, and the parties who committed those outrages in some instances had but just been charged with misdemeanors. Mr. Doheny ought to have been prosecuted under the Crown and Government Security Act. The moment he was liberated on bail he put on certain uniform worn in 1782, and proceeded to Cashel, where he advised the people to arm. He also met between ten and twelve thousand men last Sunday. A man who had been tried, but not found guilty, of sedition, had also attended a meeting, and so serious was the demonstration made that the military was held in readiness to act. At Carrick-on-Suir a most serious disturbance had occurred. It was not true that a priest had been arrested; but three other parties were. The moment, however, that they were arrested, the chapel bells were rung, and a large party proceeded to the gaol, where bail was taken for the prisoners. That showed how ready the people were for rebellion. When the tocsin sounded the whole population rushed into the town de termined to pull down half the town, and they would have broken open the gaol doors if tho men had not been re leased. The Rev. Mr. Byrne, however, told them to go home for the present; and what occurred a night or two ago ? Upon a fire being lighted near Clonmel fires also appeared in many other places immediately. Under these circumstances he felt confident that proclamations were not sufficient ; and he was glad that the Govern ment bad determined to act with energy and determina tion.—(Hear, hear.) The English people would, he was sure, go with the Government, and aid them in main taining law and order.—(Hear, hear.) He bad intended to say much more on the subject, but as the Government had;; determined to suspend the Habeas Corpus Act, he would congratulate the people of Ireland and England on Chao fact, and content himself by at once moving for the papers of which he had given notice.—(Cheers.) The Marquis of LANSDOWNE had not sought to prevent the Noble Earl from giving notice of his motion. He had been reported to have stated on a former night that discussion on the state of Ireland would be attended with: public inconvenience ; but, on the contrary, he bad said that whether he concurred in the motion of the Noble Earl or not he thought it a desirable opportunity for aiscussing the subject and hearing the opinion of the Houtse upon it. He considered, however, that it might be citesirable for the Noble Earl to withdraw his motion, althsaugh he concurred in the propriety of the attention of the House being called to the subject ; and he was 'not prepared to deny the statement which had been made in any particular; on the contrary, the Noble Earl had founded it on facts which were known to all the world; and it was cot. duct which the parties themselves had in no degree att.( unpted to dissemble. It was unnecessary to state in nh it degree, in an ordinary state of society, clubs might be more or less permitted, and when they were danger ous and when they were not. It would be difficult to tak a the precise gauge and dimensions of clubs, and poi at out under what circumstances they might be per mit ited; but, at this moment, the clubs referred to had reached a pitch in Ireland which he would affirm to be, on the authority of the Lord-Lieutenant, and on the au thc prity of all the servants of the Crown, subversive of pit' 3lie peace and the prelude to civil war.—(Hear.) Their pr. sceedings were before the public. Their secret move- Int eats he could not attempt to discover, but when he lot thed at the systematic formation of these clubs, and at th. sir increase, and when he regarded their language, an 1 looked at their objects—when he also observed the mi litary array by which they sought to attain those ob jects—they had all the elements of insurrection before f th am, and they only wanted an absolute declaration of wt tr.—(Hear, her.) When he saw this military array di :rected by a person who went to Paris with be t en e rejected of ject of seeing the clubs there, and, having g knocking by - the Government of that country, went about.sof his own fr. sm door to door to seek out the enemies from that co untry—(Hear, hear)—and, when returningofttase clubs in m ission, he was placed at the head the ob ject. _ (Hear, Jr eland, there could be no doub a t s of engaged afterwards, ht tar.) When that person was wGovernment, but with n , st in a conflict with and talked of abandoning hi . s own countrymen, " his public life" —when w bat he chose to term " puhlic life" to organize h s again returned to , d in review at successive when he passe tl is system, and if not possessed of arms, had it itervals persons who,. and told that it was nothing, • tructed in training, b eon ins u mess they had use—when he observed all this, v ras there any difficulty r amaet iu seeing the object in view?—. ( Hear.) lie t h e refore said that the notoriety of the case % ins made out, and when the Noble Lord made hi s mo t ion for copies of th e reports from stipendi ar y magis t rates, i he did not object to it, but he wished hi m t o sub ,‘ ex tracts of dispatches," because they i nc l u d ed greattitute deal of matter which it would not be fit to lay I aefore the public—(Hear, hear)--and whi c h would • weaken the case and defeat the object of the Govern- ment if published. With regard to the powers which existed, the Noble Earl at the head of the Government in Ireland would not, he was sure, be suspected of not giving effect to those powers —powers which were more usefully employed than the Noble Earl opposite seemed disposed to think; for when he said they had not been so effectual in procuring the possession of arms, he must not forget that the power exercised led to the abandonment of the open use of arms, which had been productive of the best effect. The Noble Earl (Clarendon) attached the greatest import- ance to the Act to which he referred. 71.------e (the Mar T ur:lo3\ Lansdowne) knew he had abstained as long as . , - --i .. , '.,! --'" ~.. 0 sibly could from applying it to the great cities ~..7-7.7 1-00'r land, and particularly to Dublin.—(Hear, hest )0 0 -114F4- 4 -‘lO. 11..*..::::› ctflit7:7,i . i. also knew that his Noble Friend thought that th t• s ,)k ( . . ti, had now come when the Act must be strictly en all ; C. , - and it would be with all that vigilance and sagac'e ' :, which characterised his Noble Friend. Other Act 01 r -sr.. -- ei6 A„ N i V L. 4 Psi Parliament applicable to the present emergency h a d bee n revived by the Government of Ireland, one of which against training had already been brought into operation _ with very good effects, and as it was about to expire, the Government would call upon the Legislature to renew it during the present session. —(Hear, hear.) He could not agree with the Noble Earl in thinking that the trial by jury was so ineffective in Ireland as he had represented it to be—more particu larly when he recollected the courage and honesty with which the jurors empanelled during the recent trials for murder had discharged the functions that devolved on them. The conduct of these jurors entitled them to re ceive the thanks of their country, and it was only justice to those who were called upon to assist at the cases at Limerick, to state that not a single witness shrank from giving his evidence in a truthful manner, and thus aid ing the cause of justice. He entirely coincided in the opinion expressed by the Noble Earl, that the clubs ex ercised a power of intimidation in Ireland over all classes, high and low, rich and poor; and notices were universally spread abroad by these associations that they considered all who did not join them, and act in concert with them, to be their enemies, thus abusing what they termed liberty, and rendering that term more hateful than the worst despotism of an absolute Government. Was not this a state of things that ought to be grappled with by the Government?—(Hear, hear.) Did it not call for the exercise of all the powers of Government?— (Hear, hear.) And he would say that his Noble Friend at the head of the Ministry was prepared to use those powers, supported as he hoped he would be by both Houses of Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) He knew it had been said, why did not the Government wait? Why do to-day what might be put off till to-morrow? In an swer to these objections he could only express his belief that they had arrived at a state of things, when any loss of time would be a certain loss of power.—(Hear, hear.) If the power of the Government were now exerted, so far from tending to a loss of life or an im pairment of liberty, the very reverse would be the effect of prompt measures.—(Hear.) Under these circumstances the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland had informed the Go vernment that the time had arrived when it was necessary to arm him with the power of detaining all persons suspected of treasonable or seditious intentions or opinions. He (the Marquis of Lansdowne) thought that this was a power very justly called for by his Noble Friend, because the exercise of it would strike at the leaders of the insurrectionary parties in Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) The condition of the population of that coun • try ought to be taken into consideration. They had strong tendencies to commit excesses. They were marked by an incapacity to judge correctly of their own condition. They were deprived of the advantages of having capital employed amongst them, and when, in addition to all these characteristics, he found that they had recently suffered severely under a dispensation of Providence which had inflicted the horrors of famine upon them, he felt that there were some excuses for the population being excited into manifestations of sedition, and led away by their teachers and orators. But as for those leaders and teachers, who knew the falsity of the statements which they uttered, and who had taken advantage of the sufferings caused by famine to turn the minds of the people against the Government, he felt that for such leaders no pity ought or could be entertained, and it was against them that the whole power of the Government and of the Parliament would be fairly and justly levelled.—(Hear.) He was, therefore, of opinion that the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland was justified in making the demand which he had done, and he trusted the Parliament would manifest no other feeling on the subject than that they trusted the power so asked for in 1 safe hands—(Hear)—and, also, that his Noble Friend, having only asked for it at the last moment, was all the more likely to exercise it prudently and with modera tion. For the reasons, therefore, that he had stated, he hoped the Noble Earl would withdraw his motion, as the production of the correspondence would only lead to bad results, and could do no good. Before he sat down he must state on the authority of his Noble Friend (the Earl of Clarendon) that, although there were individual instances to the contrary, the conduct of the great por tion of the Roman Catholic priesthood in Ireland had been most meritorious—(Hear)—and they had exerted themselves most effectually in opposing the progress of sedition and inflammation—(Hear, hear)—and he might add, that many cases might be cited where they had made effectual exhortations to their flocks to maintain peace and to prevent the contagion of treason and dis content from reaching them. And these facts his Noble Friend was most anxious should be publicly stated and universally known. Lord BROUGHAM said that he was one of not a few Members of their Lordships' House who were dis posed to ask the Government why they had waited so long. Now, however, after the delay of six months, they were prepared to act, and he cordially approved of their intention, only hoping it was not adopted too late to be effectual. The :.-.nly way to avoid the unhappy state of things observable in a neighbouring country was to suspend the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland, or, in other words, to give the authorities there the power to imprison persons without having any sworn informa tions against them. By so doing the Government would have the power of imprisoning the leaders of the sedition, and thus those would be taken away in whose absence the insurrection could not proceed. He would call their Lordships' attention to a statement made by a person of high legal authority, who gave it us hi opinion that the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act was a remedy for the evil, inasmuch as it tended to cure and not to irritate. He had been told that he was at liberty to cite the name of the late Mr. O'Connell as that of the authority to whom he referred, but he had declined to do so unless the conversation wherein he made the assertion was committed to paper by the very respectable person who had held it with him. This had been done, and he would ROW proceed to read the record of the conversation. The Noble Lord then read a statement to the effect that about three weeks be fore Sir Robert Peel's Coercion Bill of 1845 was brought in, the late Daniel O'Connell d e lib erate l y state d to the writer, in the presence of a Learned Doctor and another gentleman, who was since a Member of Parliament, whose names he (Lord Brougham) would, together with his informant's, communicate to the Noble Marquis, that in his opinion the true remedy and the safe and constitu tional course to pursue in regard to Limerick was to resort to what was commonly called the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, as that would cure and not irritate. And Mr. D. O'Connell also then stated that if Sir R. Peel made out a case, he would support him in suspend ing the Habeas Corpus Act, provided he (Sir H. Peel) produced at the same time to the House those measures of relief and justice to Ireland which he (Sir R. Peel) had so often promised to give to the people of that country. In that case, Mr. D. O'Connell said he would give his hearty support to the suspension of the Habeas Corpus, but he would oppose any Curfew Bill, as that would irri tate and not cure the malady. The writer proceeded to state that, with Mr. D. O'Connell's permission, ho had put this conversation on paper and shown it to Sir R. Peel and Lord J. Russell. Such testimony, continued the Noble Lord (Brougham), was of no slight value in support of the measure proposed by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland and her Majesty's Government. He himself was, in com• mon with the Noble Marquis opposite, a firm unalter able friend to liberty, and it was because he was so that he detested anarchy, and such scenes as were now witnessed in Ireland. He hoped and trusted that the Noble Lord and his colleagues would not forget one sentence uttered by his Noble Friend near him, namely, that the peril was great and immediate. Let the measure be also immediate in its enactment, so that the remedy might be quickly applied. He believe s that the Governm e nt c o uld not take a wiser or more regular c ou rse th an t o su spend the standing ordersand pass th e Bill at once . Those who wished to see an outbreak in Ireland would avail themselves of the delay, however short, which might in_y.riviennto law.e between the pres ent t i me an d th e p ass ing of a 13 " Lord STANLEY sa id, might be whi c h was c r e ated by that rTea t the alarm ° ' the knowledge Government was goin g to resort iin the country w ho t to strong measures , vs . '•l e d ge that the there was no right-thinking ii? would not cordially rejoice a ' t t e rs, and if there was a n y hearing the announcem ent made by her M a jesty drawback t o that feeling s o Minfissatisfaction it was not on account of the promptnessf the determination of the Government, but rather becauseo.or the measure about to, of the delay that had taken plac e i n c oming to it. For months n m t h e a s n a s g o o r , be proposed was not a lossofpowesrombeut strength—and had it the state of Ireland would beenn proposed or f le be p s o o wer s dangerousasked foras it wouldnow was. He did not know if but at all events they were be sufficient for the s pu right ~i tor thereby the Government ene bled:I:too strike the proper persons. He did o w f oul a d be victims of their own credulity sub not desire to jected to the renalties attached to the law. lie rather d expected to see those who had so ba se ly prac tised ontileciedulity of the people, and who had f o r th e i r own person a l purposes misled them, first struck a t b y t h e aut h o rities. It was those who incited other s t o se di t i on and treason, and yet who had knowledge enough to en able them to keep within the letter of the law, that ought to pay the penalty of their wicked ness . H e d i d not wish to see them punished for the sake of vengeance, but for that of example and for the good of the community. On them ho trusted severity would fall in all the weight of the law, and he also hoped that no delays would be per mitted to retard the progress of the measure ; if such de-:- lay should be permitted to take place the sword of justice' would fall without effect. If the course pursued in for mer trials for sedition was again followed, it would be March, 1849, before the instigators of tho seditious practices of May and June, 1848, could be tri e d. H e entirely agreed with the Noble Marquis and his Noble Friend near him, that the juries in Ireland had done their duty admirably dur ing the late trials. But it must be recollected that the trials wore on the charges of murder, and the offenders had not been brought to conviction without many pre cautions having been taken to protect witnesses ; but cases of przedial crime were very different from such offences as were contemplated by the measures of the Government ; and if the political feelings of the popu lation of Ireland were such as the Noble Earl had de scribed, they would to a man rejoice at the escapelrom conviction of a rebel. If that were so, and he believed it was, could it be hoped or expected that ordinary juries would convict men of political offences in Ireland? He mistrusted the juries as far as political trials were concerned, not only on account of their sympathy with the prisoners, but also because of the feeling of timidity which would prevent them from giving a verdict against their own countryman and fellow-Ca tholic. And he agreed with the Noble Earl in think ing that if there was a class of men exposed to danger amidst the conflicts of political and religious opinions iu Ireland it was the Roman Catholic farmers and : _ -O = z ~" o ....: t' % :-, !.°. o L)