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-\ • ~ ~~ t Kdr . < . ,S MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—YEBTERDAY. (Continued from our Third Alition of last nigh MINISTERIAL MEASURES, The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said, that in making the inquiry of which he had given notice, he did not wish to urge anything which would create debate, or be inconvenient to Government ; but he thought it would be for the advantage of public business, and the private convenience of their lordships, that they should know what business was likely to be brought forward before the recess, and during the remainder of the session. (Hear, hear.) The Earl of DERBY—The question put to me is one of considerable importance, and I shall endeavour to give my answer as briefly as I can ; but in replying to a question as to the intentions of the Government—which I have not the slightest difficulty in doing—l must call attention to the circumstances under which her Ma jesty's Government accepted office, and I need not re mind your lordships of the understanding upon which the business of the session of the last Parliament was conducted, when we thought it right to refuse all appli cations for an immediate appeal to the country, so as not to interrupt the business of the session, and pro mised that at the earliest possible period consistent with public business reference should be made to the country at large. That reference to the country will and must undoubtedly and immediately decide whether her Majesty's Government do or do not en joy that amount of confidence on the part of the country and Parliament which will enable them satis factorily to administer the affairs of the nation. There `, is one important question on which such reference was made, namely, on what prin c ipl es o f commercial and fiscal legislation the interests of the country should be managed. (Hear, hear.) That question has been a matter of controversy for many years. All parties agreed in this, that at the earliest possible moment, this ques tion should be finally decided, and upon this question, without disguising his own opinions, or the opinions of those who acted with him, he declared in the last session of Parliament that he should be guided by the sense of the community at large, as expressed by the re t urns which they made to Parliament, and that he should not • bring forward any measure in accordance with his own _ views, if he found he was no t supporte d b y a large ma jority-in the country and in Parliament. And therefore, whilst he resisted the frequent appeals made to him to dissolve Parliament, he gave a pledge that the new Par liament would be called together before Christmas, with the view of deciding on what was to be the future finan cial and commercial policy of the country ; and accord ingly, in pursuance of that pledge, her Majesty's Govern ment advised that Parliament should be summoned early in November for that purpose. He had also given an other pledge—namely, that Parliament should be called together for the purpose of ascertaining its views as to a particular policy, in order that the ordinary business of the session might not be interfered with. It was always unpleasant and mortifying to any one to be obliged to confess that his opinions were not shared by the great body of his fellow-countrymen ' • but he would not hesi tate to say now, as he had not hesitated to say before, that the result of the general election was such as to con - vine him that a very large number of the constituen cies, and of the members returned by them, though de sirous upon all other measures to give their support to her Majesty's Government, were determined not to assent to any alteration of the existing commercial system ; and therefore he did not hesitate to advise her Majesty, in the speech from the Throne, in terms as explicit as it would be advisable and proper to put into a speech to be spoken by the Sovereign, that the principle of unrestricted competition was one to which the wisdom of Parliament decided that the country should be subjected. (Hear, hear.) If there was any ambiguity in the speech of her Majesty it ought to have been removed by the declarations made by himself in that house, and by the leader of the House of Commons in the other house —namely, that whatever they might have thought the more desirable for the country, they were ready and willing as frankly and nnreservedly to act upon that principle of commercial policy as if they had been the original authors and advisers of it. (Hear, hear.) He doubted if any language could have been More explicit, or whether it were possible to give more satisfactory assurances to those who were apprehensive of any alteration or tampering with that system. He went still further, for they resolved not to postpone the ordinary financial statement to the usual ,time; but, al though impr esse d w ith a full sense of the disadvantages arising from imperfect calculations, determined at once to lay before Parliament and the country the full details of those financial and commercial measures which they were prepared to recommend for adoption, and by which Parliament would be able to judge of the sincerity of the intentions of the Government and the policy it pro posed to pursue. He was rather surprised at the noble marquis saying that the Government gave notice of a specific resolution affirmative of their principles. That was a candid or correct statement. Her Majesty's Go vernment gave no such notice. Her Majesty's Govern ment were perfectly satisfied to rest quiet till the 26th, when facts and not words would show the truth and sincerity of the course they intended to pur sue. (Hear, hear.) But another gentleman opposed to her Majesty's Government, did think it right to anticipate the Government--did think that the com mercial and financial policy of the country could be more satisfactorily discussed, previous to the financial state ment of the Government, by giving notice of an abstract principle which he intended to submit to Parliament. So far from the Government having given any notice of a specific motion, as the noble marqui s seeme d t o t hi n k , they appealed t o the hon. gentlemen in the other house, not that he should withdraw his motion, but that he would postpone it till the house was put in possession of the intended measures of the Government. Now with regard to that resolution it was couched in terms which made it impossible for the Government, or for those who supported the Government, to accept it, for it did not confine itself to a declaration of the policy to be pursued in future, but contained reflections on the Government, and expressed opinions with which the framer of the re solution must have known that the Government could not agree. After the declarations of the Government in both houses of Parliament, he did not think there was any necessity for a specific resolution on the subject. But, granted there was, if the hon. gentl eman h a d at heart th e rea l interest f the country, and the promotion of the principles he advocated, he should have so framed his resolution that it would not lead to any unnecessary division, and would con c ilit a t e t o its affirmation the greatest possible majority, if not the whole, of the House of Commons. (Hear, hear.) But the resolution was couched in language which made it impossible for the Government or their supporters to assent to it with honour or with credit. The resolution did not go fur ther - than the affirmation of a principle, and for the affirmation of a principle it was unnecessary. He did not know what other views might be in the contem plation of those by whom that motion was framed. If the object was to overthrow the Government before they had an opportunity of developing or explaining their policy, he hoped the hon. gentleman who was going to move that motion, and the various sections into which the Opposition in the House of Commons was divided, had well considered the full amount of responsibility they took on themselves—(hear, hear)—that they had not merely considered how they could combine the largest force for the purpose of overturning the Govern ment, but had considered, in the interest of the country, if that Government was overthrown, whether they had the materials, the concert, the unity, which would be necessary to form another Government and to preserve the country from the inconvenience of a Ministerial in terregnum. (Hear, hear.) It might be that they had not the intention to frame a Government themselves, or to overthrow the Government, but that their intention was to weaken and discredit the Government by forcing on their acceptance a resolution which was offensive to. them and to their supporters ; if that were their inten tion, then he had that confidence in the House of Com mons and in the country, that they would not sanction a proceeding so factious, and which, if successful, must lead to serious difficulties. (Hear, hear.) If it had been the intention of the Government to offer any pro position for the purpose of reversing the system already established, due notice of such a proposition would have been given at the earliest period to both houses of Par liament. But, on the contrary, both here and in the other house, the most distinct intimations were made that it was not the intention of Government to propose any measure framed in opposition to the established system —and that our commercial and financial policy was to be carried on under that system. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the question put to him by the noble mar quis, although they had thought it right to renew the inquiry on the subject of their Indian territories ; al though his noble and learned friend on the woolsack had submitted a clear and masterly exposition of the great measures of legal reform to be submitted to Parliament —although the principle of legal reform had been dealt with by th e i ntroduction of bills in the other house, not to the purpose of immediate discussio n , b u t f or th e p ur - Pose of tho n ,, h affording time for their due consideration—al- G en : ra r o right hon. and learned friend, the Attorney gaged ba i l r Ireland, was pro b a b ly at that moment en utmost im aiiig before the other house measures of the the desire oilance to the condition of Ireland, it was not introduce at th'is ention of her Majesty's Government to for the decisio n of 7Usual period of the session, or call strictly necessa ry Parliament on, measures, except those tire fulfilment t o t h e Te Purpose of giving the most en was given by th e G o ndsrstanding and pledges which ve roreent on the subject. Beyond the laying of those scherne, Policy before the house, to would wc'fhifichnaittel e a L a v il e d rnm comm ent e w rc e ia re l pledged, and by which they not intended to submit any ineaaure st;.vid or fall, it was consideration of Parliament, n or „ Ja c ' s ' rertance to the oil lrable that chpropounce their lordships 's house would be called any opinion on any important subject befor e m i zrnas. (Hear.) The Marquis of CLANRICARDE sa i d that he justified in saying that the Government embodi Was ed their views in the amendment, of which notice had been given by them in the other house of Parliament, because it Was perfectly competent to them either to have accepted th e motion of the hon. gentleman (Mr. Villiers), or to nega. tiv e it, or, to avoid discussion, by moving the previous question. He tho ht that if Parliament were called together fo r the purpose of discussing the great question of rot p,-.4.4 - and free trade, that it ought to be submitted otof pthaei,..consideration of this as well as of the other house of a fui menace of Re did not know what effect the dread tain that Pa • free trade sh ou ld r "ignation might have, but he was cer thatrhament and the country were determined be dearly, explicitly, and perms- Cerinetta .. Lady Flora Henrietta Bit of Blue Lady Bibina THIE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 23, 1852. nently adopted. And he could not but think that Par liament contained members who were quite as experienced in office as the members of the present Government. (Hear, hear.) Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.--YESTERDAY. (Continued from our Third Edition of last night.) LAW OF LANDLORD AND TENANT (IRELAND). Mr. NAPIER, who was most imperfectly heard in his opening observations, rose to move for leave to bring in a bill to amend the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland. Having asked the indulgence of the house, he acknow ledged that he owed a debt of gratitude to those who, al though unsuccessful, had preceded him in the same field, and of whose researches he had gladly availed himself. The pressure upon agriculture in Ireland—however per sons might dispute the cause—was an acknowledged fact, and the effect had been to induce people in that country to entertain the most extravagant expectations from the legis lature—a circumstance of which designing persons had taken advantage to inflame and disturb their minds. He did not hope to meet such expectations, as he only hoped to do'what was practical, and must therefore be limited in proportion. Having stated that he had deeply considered the question since 1848, when Mr. S. Crawford introduced his measure, the right hon. and learned gentleman quoted the opinion of Sir Robert Peel as the desirableness of an amendment in the law of landlord and tenant, and pro- , ceed to say that, wishing to be as completely informed as possible on the subject, he had employed two gentlemen to make a detail report of the state of things in the north of Ireland, and their book had received the approbation of Mr. Holmes, the father of the Irish bar. (Hear.) The following was Mr. Holmes's opinion :—" I have re eeized the book which you were so kind as to send me— your work On the tenure and improvement of land in Ireland, &c., &c.' I deferred acknowledging the gift until I could in some degree appreciate its value. I have now read it, and I consider it due both to you and myself to declare that I have derived from the persual the greatest satisfastion and most useful information. It is a work which exhibits industry and research, professional know ledge and talent, judicious observation and benevolent purpose in an eminent degree, and a rare unity of brevity with eomprehensiveness, on one of ,the most important and interesting subjects which can in these times engage and fix the attention of every class of society, and which de mands the prompt and decisive interference of the Legis lature. That your valuable work may have the influence which it ought to have with those who possess the power of giving effee6 to its wise recommendations, is my sincere wish." Of theiriformation furnished by these gentlemen ne had largely availed himself. Looking at the state of Ireland, he believed that the present was the most fitting moment for the revision of the code. Landed property was rising in value, some estates fetching 30 years' pur chase. Ireland had great resources, but she required se curity for life and property, and that could only be given by just laws. (Hear, hear.) Next she required an ar rangenient of the land question, for being an agricultural country, she could not expect commerce and manufactures until she had first attained full development in agriculture. The larid question was attended with two classes of diffi culties, the permanent and the temporary. With regard to the permanent difficulties, they often heard discussions as to the causes of the state of Ireland. One said it was the priests, another the parsons ; sometimes it was charged to British policy, at other times to Irish neglect. His opinion was that all these elements had contributed their quota. (A laugh.) It was very remarkable that what Sir John Davis wrote as prophecy in the reign of Eliza beth had become history in the reign of Victoria. Davis remarked that the ancient customs of Ireland which made unqerfain the right of property was the true cause of the barbarism and desolation of the land. Spenser also de precated the Irish system, and it was remarkable that up to a very recent period a very large portion of the country was still occupied by tenants at will. They would find much also of the causes of Irish depression in English laws. They punished the people for non-conformity in what they never taught them to understand, and when it was urged that the people did not understand English it was decreed that to accommodate them the church service should be read in Latin. (A laugh.) They had pressed on the union before there was assimulation, and as a general rule their fault had been to press too hardly on with such legislation. The land had been granted to absentees, who in turn handed it to m iddl emen , an d th e resu lt had been to overran the whole country with middlemen. The re sult was, that whenever any calamity afflicted the coun try, the people foundered at once. Mr. Pitt had testified how Government had shut out Ireland from commerce with our colonies and with the world. The consequence was the vicious state' of society he had described—the competition for land, the accumulation of incumbrances on property, the absence of improvements, and a super abundance of unemployed labour. A l ge proportion of these incumbrances had originated at the beginning of the present ar the close of the last century, and, being based on fictitious value, it was impossible in a country where the possession of land had become a necessary of life to the people, and was subject to the severest competition in consequence, to regulate its value as you could in England or Scotland, arid the result was, that when things were brought to their natural level, and war prices no longer prevailed, the whole state of property in Ireland was found to be vicious. The multiplication of forty shilling freeholds for political purposes had also, by increasing the number of small holdings, increased the difficulty, and it might be added, that corruption and coercion had tended to the same result. After the war the attention of Parliament was di rected by numerous select committees to the state of Ire land. The right hon. and learned gentleman referred to the reports of the committees of 1819, 1823, of the inquiry instituted in 1827 by Mrs. Fry and her brother, in con nexion with the Society of Friends ; the committee of 1830; of the Devon Commission—all referring to the land question as the great difficulty of Ireland ; and the latter suggesting as temedies—extended facilities for the sale and transfer of land, the granting of leases for moderate terms, giving power to the Bank of Ireland to make advances on the security of land to enable the landlords to make improvements, a register of contracts and agreements, and a provision where no agreement existed for granting compensa tion to tenants for improvements made by them. The Devon Committee reported that at the period of their in quiry the number of small holdings was so great that it would be impracticable for the landlord to carry out the improvements, and the tenants, who were not living, but merely vegetating upon it, living on the potato with water only for their beverage, could of coarse do nothing. And besides almost two millions of the rental of the coun try was in the hands of receivers under the Court of Chan cery. In such a state of society there could be no improve ments, and the result was that at the time of the commis sion, minions of acres were uncultivated, millions of the people were unemployed, and millions of money lying idle. The report of the Central Relief Committee of the Societ of Friends, recently published, and which was also a most valuable document, stated that at the period of the famtne, when all the world sympathised with Ireland, there were several districts where there were ample means for relieving the destitution which existed, but where in consequence of the vicious state of society, no agency could be found for carrying out- the charitable intentions of those by whom such means of relief had been provided. All this showed the necessity for some legislation, and he had aneordingly endeavoured to apply hi s mind devise a way by whieh in some degree the evil might be met. It had struck him, in the first place, that it was desirable to provide means for enabling the owners themselves to make improvements—improvements by which the produce of the soil might be increased, and employment given to the people. There were several models which might be for in carrying out this object. First, there was the Montgomery Act, which referred to Scotland ; there was also another act, passed in 1845 ; and, subsequently, there was the Landed Estates Improvement Act, passed by the government of the late Sir Robert Peel —the act passed for Great Britain in 1846, which authorised the lending two millions of money for the purposes of drainage ; and then there was the Landed Improvement Act for Ireland, passed in the first year of the government of the noble lord (J. Russell), and which had grown out of the act of 1846. What occurred to him as the result of such a measure was that in the first place farming was placed under a totally new condition. It was admitted on all hands that the farmers must be a better educated class than they had been—that they could not go on under the ignorant system of cultivation which formerly prevailed. Already bp found that a better course of cultivation was beginning"to obtain, and which must extend, notwith standing the prejudice with which in many quarters it was met. (Hear, hear.) But the first step towards the improvement of the soil was drainage, and to that his first measure would refer. After quoting an article from the Times of Sept., 1850, as to the necessity of greater know ledge and more capital being brought to bear on the busi ness of farming, he observed that Sir R. Peel, when intro ducing his measures for changing the commercial policy of the country, had intimated his opinion that one result of those measures would be the reduction of the prices of ag ricultural produce by one-third ; and that if any one part of the United Kingdom suffered more from the policy he was then inaugurating than another, it would be Ireland— that being npurely agricultural country. (Hear.) Sir R. Peel was quite correct in that opinion, and not only had. Ireland suffered more in comparison with England or Scot land, but there was a marked distinction even between the result of those measures on some parts of Ireland as com pored with others. In the neighbourhood of Belfast, where s there , were ready means of communication, where capital -was abundant, where markets were plentiful, and com mercial enterprise was extensively carried on, there tenants were prosperous and landlords were in a con dition to make the necessary improvements on their land P • but it w as no t so i n th e p ure l y agr i cu l tura l districts. Under Sir R. Peel's acts, 2,000,0001. were ap portioned to England and Scotland, and 1,000,0001. to Ireland, as the amount to be advanced on loan for the purposes of drainage. In Scotland the money was rapidly taken sitip, but in Ireland the landlords could not take ad v,antade of the act, in consequence of a condition imposed in it that the loan should only be granted when the money had been expended and the improvements made. This, however, was remedied in the following session, when the amount authorised to be advanced was increased to 2,000,0001., and the money w as th en a ll owe d t o b e advanced for the wors without the landlord being first required to pay it`himself out of his own pocket, which had undoubt edly been a great benefit to Ireland. The amount of loans applied for (under that act, mainly for drainage, but to some extent for other improvements, as sub-soiling, farm buildings, &c.,) was 4,082,591/. ' • of this, 1,839,843/, h ad been sanctioned, and 1,287,884/. had been actually issued. He might observe further—for it was sometimes supposed that when money was lent to Ireland it never came back vasin—that of 190,1511. 4s. due in repayment in April, 1852, 183,159/. had been repaid up to the 15th of November. Hear, hear.) And even this slight defalcation was owing 3ntirely to the mglect of the officers. The drainage effected under that act had been the means of enabling the country to keep up its produce of green and root crops—for, it had ceased in a great degree to produce cereal crops which re quired thorough drainage. There had been some remark able instances of the beneficial operation of this act. One gentleman, whose estate was encumbered, induced his creditors to assent to his applying for a loan. He did so, and it was expended on drainage, and the result had been that since then the tenants had paid their rents, his incum brosiees were paid off, and he had even a surplus. Again. lands age ei ra carteinntloman in the south of Ireland obtained a loan for drained, tenants were unwilling to have their hi m With a ' (id, and one of them even threatened tenant had since motion if it were attempted, and yet that very means of that onl thartked his llann e C1 3 1,31 3 . a d his rent punctually, and often € l l l for having drained his land, for by rent, and even toYhaadv the land enabled him to pax his proeiperous condition e 411seurplus, and be altogether in a drainage had doubled the Produce of the land, fordrainage There were instances was particulatY adapted to Ireland, the climate being , mild and humid, and money advanced for that object giving new facilities for parties to enter into contracts and would be productive of great benefit. It had, besides, agreements, and that, while giving the tenant full legal a collateral effect, for every acre of drainage employed protection, and granting every just claim contained in the 160 labourers a day, who were employed by task work, phrase tenant-right, he was not, on the other hand depriv while it also enabled many who had no capital but their ing the landlord of a single one of the due rights of pro labour to get their own land drained, and many small perty. In these two bills—the one enabling the proprietors tenants accepted it as an equivalent for wages. He (Mr. themselves to improve the land by drainage and by farm Napier) wished this object to be attained more by private buildings, and other manner specified in the Land Im loan than public grants, though he was sure that public privement Act ; and th e o th er ena bli ng the owners of money advanced for such purposes would be well laid out. estates to make beneficial leases with tenants for improve- Still, however, he wished the money to be advanced by ments, for which the tenant would have ample compensa private proprietors, who were able t o d o so , an d a l so th a t ti on —h e saw a great machinery o f use f u l ness t o I re l an d . facilities for such loans should be given to the Bank of (Hear, hear.) And h e s h ou ld not forget to add, that by Ireland, and that such loans s h ou ld b e ma d e th e primary the last bill he made provision for the case of mortgagors charge on the land, thus affording a perfect security to the left in possession by encumbrances, by which provision lender. The act provided that, in the first instance, a me- they would have new facilities for making leases, safe morial should be presented by the borrower, giving a de- guards being at the same time taken for securing the scription of the land to be drained, and the increased value creditors in every right. But something more was necessary which was expected to arise, and the Board of Works, to give effect to those bills. That report of the Society of which had officers in every county in Ireland, would be Friends to which he had before referred spoke of two things enabled to examine the land and test the accuracy of the as essential to the well-being of Ireland ; first, that there statement as to expected value, and unless those officers should be freedom in making contracts ; and next, that were of opinion that such improvement would amount to there should be facilities for enforcing those contracts. at least 6 per cent. they were to reject the proposition. (Hear, hear.) He believed in these essentials, and to fulfil The expense of such investigation would be from ss. to 15s. the latter he had now to propose a bill which consolidated per cent. The officers of the Board of Works were also to all the laws dealing with the relations of landlord and see that the drainage was properly carried out as regarded' tenant. This would simplify the law, would clear it of depth, and to exercise an equal supervision over other classes confusion and technicalities, and would secure the enforce of improvement. The improvements were to be registered 1 ment of the contracts he thought it so desirable to see by means of the arrangement adopted in the Ordnance generally entered into. (Hear.) A struggle had been going maps, so that the farm of each individual intended to be on for some time in the courts between the old feudal improved would be marked in every townland division and principles and the new commercial habits • and the nature of the improvements stated. (The right hon. fin this bill he set out with declaring that the relations of gentleman here illustrated the system proposed on a plan ' landlord and tenant must be founded in contract. (Hear, which he had of the improvements on the estate of the hear.) It had been said that from particular circumstances honourable member for Limerick, and by means of which the contract in Ireland could not be quite fair, since the regular registry would be obtained.) The working of the owners of the land and the proposing occupiers did not at act for facilitating drainage had given great satisfaction in all stand on equal terms. No doubt there had been in Ireland, and a proof of it was to be found in the fact, times past a most unhealthy competition in Ireland for that upwards of two millions had been expended ; and the land ; but circumstances had diminished that competition; provision by which the commissioners were entitled to and he must say that nothing could so much sustain it as adjudicate in cases of differences between landlord and to allow the law to remain in such a state that the tenant tenant, had only been called into exercise in four cases. would be indifferent to what offer he made, however large, All disputes had been amicably arranged, and the old because he could calculate on not being forced to pay rents had been continued and paid in consequence of the the rent. " (Hear, hear.) The bill he now brought increased productiveness of the land. He had taken forward would dispose of 200 statutes, and bring them that act as the basis of the measure he had proposed. There into a code, and on going into committee he would was to be considered—firstly, the question of settlements show what acts would be repealed. Aa to assign for life on the land, and the difficulty of equitably adjust- ment, he proposed to continue the principle of the act of ing the interests arising out of them ; and, secondly, the 1832, which would prevent such frauds as tenants escaping interests of the landlord and the tenant. The bill as pro their responsibilities by assigning th e l an d t o paupers ; and posed made the sum borrowed payable by 22 yearly in- as to sub-letting, h e wou ld propose to leave matters to be stalments, - which would h ave th e e ff ec t th a t, as th e p a y- decided, as far as possible, by mutual sp ec ifi c arrangemen t . ment would be in the nature of a rent- c h arge , ever y owner On this point experience would guide them pretty safely ; would pay in proportion to what he enjoyed, which was an and he believed it was now generally admitted that in Ire improvement of the Montgomery Act. If a tenant for land the excessively small farms had not answered. In il life borrowed the money either from a private individual lwetration of the changes which had taken place in Ireland or the Bank of Ireland and died, the loan would be a in this respect, he would detail the statistical contrast of primary charge on the land, which would have the effect the state of things in 1841, and of what was found to have of enabling improvements to be carried out fully th roug h taken place in 1851. In 1841 there were, of farms of from all Ireland, increasing the productiveness of the soil, Ito 5 acres, 310,375 ;in 1851, of such farms, 88,083. In employing the population, and diminishing the poor- 1841 there were, of farms of from 5 to 15 acres, 252,778 ; rates, while the proprietors would have the benefit and in 1851, of such farms, 191,854. In 1841 there were, of the assistance of an experienced staff of officers, who of farms of from 30 acres and upwards, 48,623 • and in worked out the Drainage Act, which would materially 1851, of su c h f arms , 149 , 090 . C ertainly, this result must assist them in doing what was essential. Take the be traced to its primary cause ; and, however desirable case of the flax crop, which, in his opinion, was a most such a result, he could not but mourn over the cause which important feature. As in the case o f agriculture there consisted in the emigration of a million and a-half of peo could not be green crops without drainage, and the expen. ple. (Hear, hear.) To give full effect to leases, he pro diture attendant on it, so it was with flax. The supply of posed to provide an open registry of them, and he would flax was not a third of that which was necessary for home endeavour to have this registry self-supporting, through consumption in Ireland, and if thousands of additional the instrumentality of the Ordnance survey. Another acres were drained and 8-abseiled, the result would probe- class of provisions to which he had turned his attention, bly be that the supply of flax wou ld not only be sufficient specified different rights and reservations of the land for Ireland, but afford sufficient for export to other coon- lord, such as those connected with mines and quarries, tries, and the consequence (perhaps one of the effects o f There w a s anoth er se t o f provisions against waste and unrestricted competition) would be that each country would against burning the land ; and in those cases a magis find out the article to the production of which the soil w as trate would have power to issue a stop order to re adapted, and its cultivation and export would tend to the strain, on having obtained sufficient evidence of the injury advantage not only of each particular country, but of the being in progress ; and, as a security to the tenant, he civilised world. (Hear, hear.) He h o p e d that there would would have power to appeal against this order before the be found no objection to the principle of the bill he pro- execution of it. The next subject to which he had to call posed to introduce. The next provision he came to w as attention was with regard to the dwellings of the labouring one to which he attached great import a nce. He found classes on estates ; and he desired to express his decided that there were in Ireland some sixty scattered statutes, conviction that in this direction several improvements giving power to persons and corporations to make leases for were needed, and which could only be made by the land special purposes. Some enabled a tenant for life to ma k e lords themselves. He thought that it was desirable that a lease of three acres of land, and then enabled a rector, ca, the labourers should have decent cottages, and that attached to these cottages there sho u ld be garden allotments. (Hea r , a bishop, or any other corporation to make a lease f ora year. The bill now proposed recognised the principle__ hear.) In pursuance of this object he proposed that as to the cottages which were rated a t no t more t h an 6/, a year, which was also recognised by the Devon Commission—th a t it should be the duty 'of the landlord t o k ee p th em i n repair, persons with limited estates making charg es on th em s h ou ld not derive any advantage from fin es , an d a l so reduced all , and that if he did not so keep th em i n repair, he should be deprived of any means of recover i ng rent :but at the leasing powers to one uniform principle. I n th e Montgo- I mery Act there was a provision which was productive o f ! same time that the landlord sh ou ld h ave power when he some mischief, by placing restrictions on the cultivation of removed a man from his employment to eject hi m f rom hi s the land; and there were other acts, some o f th em con t a i n i ng cottage ; and other powe rs were g i ven to the landlord to , enabling powers, but he thought that it wou ld b e b es t f or enforce the covenant of th e l ease . H e now came to deal Ireland if all arrangements with r egar d t o l eases were with the law of distress, a subject on w hi c h th ere prevailed made beforehand, and not after they we re gran t e d. (Hear, , great difference of opinion ; and he b egge d t o say that he hear.) In the bill the classes who h a d suc h powers o f had not stereotyped hi s own op i n i ons on the question, and leasing as he had stated, namely, tenant s f or lif e , tenants that he invited every dis cuss i on , an d every practical im in t a il, corporations and trust ees o f public buildings, were Provement on this bill. (Hear.) The alterations h e did specified; and although he wished to co n ti nue li m it a ti ons Propose to make were extensive. The pres en t l aw a ll owed wa on land for family uses, so long as they were cons i s t en t distraint for s ix y ears ' ren t . Now his own conviction with beneficial leases to tenants, yet it was a grea t o bj ec t s, that nothing was m ore unmerc i ful to the tenant to have the terms regulated by the pu r p ose f or w hi c h th e than to allow him t o accumu l ate arrears in this way, land was leased. When it was l e t for agricultural giro- for such arrears were never pa i d ; and while they were poses the term was not to be l ess th an 31 years ; i mprove - being accumulated, dissension and b a d f ee li ng of course ment leases were not to be l ess th an 61 years ; m i n i ng would exist between th e l an dl or d and his tenant. He ; leases than 91; model farms f o r l onger t erms , an d indus- (Mr. Napier) proposed to limit th e r i g ht t o di strain in this trial schools and public buildin g s f or 999 y ears . With re - way that no distraint s h a ll b e made for any rent that Bard to public buildings and industrial schools, he had shall have accumulated f or more than a year and a half found from documents in his offi ce that attempts had be en before the dat e o f th e warrant ; and that before the party made in Waterford and Kilkenny t o erec t i n d u strial schools executes the distress he s h a ll b e required to make affidavit on property which belonged only to tenants for life, whi c h that a sum of mone y, no t l ess than 5/. is owing to the had caused them to be given up. It was of th e u t mos t i m - person claiming the rent. As a se t o ff aga i nst this right of portance to Ireland that industrial and agric u lt ura l educa- the landlord to di s t ra i n ( an d h e was only following the re tion should be promoted, and this bill was intended to carry commendation of the Devon C omm i ss i on, that the law of out that object. He had set forth the various terms ofleases distress should not b e a b o li s h ed altogether) he proposed • for different purposes to which the act w as int en d e d t o ap - that the t enan t s h ou ld have the right, if he should ply, and all of them would enable leases to be gran t e d f or deny that th e ren t c l a i med was due, to go before the those purposes. There were also provisio ns se tti ng ou t th e sheriff, and h ave hi s rent account examined. The sheriff conditions of leases granted under the act. Th ere were to decide at once ; an d each party, according to provisions for covenants for agricultur a l i m p rovements, the decisio n , t o d epos it a security for the expenses, which and covenants with regard to mining. Th ere was one funds would b e l o d ge d w ith t h e clerk of the peace. There provision which might be the subj ec t o f di scuss i on, were then provisi ons w ith regar d to the removal of distress though he (Mr. Napier) thought it an advi s abl e one . It and the rescue of di s t ress , w hi c h would, he hoped, tend to had was a clause enabling that in agricultural leases the r en t counteract the demoralisati on w hi c h arose from that source, should be made subject to variati on , f oun d e d on th e gene- He provided different f orms o f e j ectment. In the ral value of tenements in Ireland. The A c t th a t was , service of ejectment th ere was great confusion ; and, in passed last session for the valuation o f t enemen t s was order to remedy it, he proposed to confine the service t o based on that principle. The valuation was t o vary ac - the parties actually in possession, and suc h o th er parties as cording to the rise and fall of prices, and the ren t was t o , had availedthemselv es o f the local registry. He a l so a b o li s h ed rise and fall according to the valu a ti on . (Th e r i g ht h on, the necessity for reve rs i ons an d fi ct i ons, considering a system gentleman then related a remarkable cas e , a ppli ca bl e t o of contract more c ons i s t en t w i t h advanced civilisation. this principle, which had been furnished by th e presen t As regarded the cas e o f overholding tenants, it was pro- Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and w hi c h occurre d on an vided that they sh ou ld b e di sposed of, as in England, by a estate in Scotland, of 1,170 acres, divid e d i n t o 12 f arms, summary proceeding. Th en , as respected deserting tenants, on which the occupiers were tenant s a t w ill, an d w h o after persons, for example, wh o em i grated, and left the land un the Currency Bill of 1819, got int o arrear , an d w h en, occupied, he had provided facilitie s t o ena bl e the landlord after some difficulty, a gentleman u n d er t oo k th e manage- to get possession, an d if th e t enant returned, as was some , ment of the estate, and leases of 16 y ears were gran t e d to times the case, befor e th e exp i rat i on of the term, the case the tenants, and the rent regulated by th e pr i ces of the was to be treated as a simpl e m i s d emeanour. He now preceding four years, the tenants took th e l eases on those came to the last bill, which provided for what h e m i g ht terms, and drainage being just then introduced the land ' term the transiti on s t a t e o f I re l and. If they had only to lord and tenants subscribed a sum for that p urpose • that p do with the futur e th e y m i g ht perhaps rest contented with arrangement took place in 1830 ; from 1843 t o 1818 th e the three bills which h e h a d a l rea d y explained to the house ; rent paid for the whole 12 farms was 12,7151., b u t i n 1848 but a vast portio n o f th e coun t ry was at present under the leases expired ; when all the tenants took their farms tenancies from year to year ; there were still a great number of small farms ; they had to d ea l w ith t h e cases of again, the property was revalued, and a ris e i n th e ren t the took place of 24 per cent., nevertheless, all tenants who had made i m p rovemen t s, especially in the rents had since been punctually paid, and, instead of th e propriet o r north of Ireland, and all these required careful considera being involved and the tenants poor, as they were in tion. He would sa y i n li m i ne w ith regard to the tenant -1830, since 1848 they had both been prosperous, and i right of Ulster that it was no t hi s i n t en ti on, i n these bills, the tenants were eager to get leases on the e s t a t e .) (H ear, 'in any way to interfere with it. The Ulster tenant-right • hear, hear.) That was done by the co - opera ti on was, in his judgment, i nca p a bl e o f being reduced t o a fi xe d of landlord and tenant, both the parties and the law for it consisted of a var yi ng cus t om an country at large were benefited, and that was b roug h t nothing whatever to pre ven t a landlord fr.' and there was om introdu c i ng about by a sensible agent, who saw the capabilities of they custom he pleased. Th e recep ti on w hi ch had been property, and used the best means which Providence had given to previous bills enabled hi m t o es ti ma t e pretty fairly afforded and blessed to the production of this resu lt. Th e the extent to which P ar li amen t was li kely to go with re agent in question had sent this statement to th e presen t ference fo this questi on • an d h e would candidly and Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, saying that he did no t see w h y honestly avow that it had been his desir e th roug h ou t the same state of things should not exist in Ireland. Nor to go to the utmost extent which was consistent with did he (Mr. Napier) see why they ought not, if all parties I the just rights of property, in giving legal security to co-operated, and honestly and seriously had the good of ; tenants for what they conceived to be included in moral their country at heart. Another case illustrative of the obligation;, (H ear, h ear. ) B y t hi s bi ll he thought principle of regulating rent by valuation was given by' the •he had hanestly carried out the view of the Devon Rev. Mr. O'Sullivan, in his examination before a committee Commission., which was, that when the tenant desired of the House of L or d s , i n w hi c h h e s t a t e d th a t i n t h e cen t re to make benefi c i a l i mprovemen t s th e l an dl ord should first of Tippe rar y th ere was a t own l an d so peacea bl e that it had have the option o f carry i ng th em ou t. H e b el i eved the never been touched by the insurrection acts, and there the r effect of such a state of things would be to create a system rents had been regulated by prices. It might be observed of agreement, and the provision would thus have operated that in Ireland the process of subsoiling we n t on w ith as a species of industrial education with regard to the cul drainage, although it was difficult to know when the sub- tivation of the soil. He now came to a part of the subject soiling was properly done, unless the workmen were Which had raised a good deal of controversy ; he referred watched ; but when the tenant co-operated with the land- to retrospective compensation. After giving it his most lord in that respect, and saw it properly done, it was of pulverising of th e soil an d it s careful attention, he had come to the conclusion that the pre . ~ase of retrospective improvements ought to be provided great importance in the pul • ' partition for the crops. Provisions were also made in the -°r. (Cheep.) Inasmuch as this class of improvements making of leases under . powers . He bill regulatin g the stamp duties, It was a l so propose d t o was specified in the Land Improvement Act, sad landlords provide a local registry. There was a provision as to the obtained loafs of public money thus to improve the soil, himself been concerned in ° a ere by wa trustees with PertY leasing te ce wa ssit s y hip of esfuei3hallpryoeviastsiioen.heThld ease which showed e N we a d pie t r h ) e h n a e c! it was clear that such improvements were regarded as beneficial to the public. He thought that when the ...tenant had 'lade improvements, he should be secured in powers. The tenants took leases which were only executed possession fre a compensating period applicable to the by one of the trustees, the other being absent, and some of . c l e a t ss ee of as im en p t rr h e a m t e t n h t e s w te hi na c n \he un ha d d er eff s e u cr but circumstances,he could them expended 7001. or 8001. in buildings. The property he e lloul e t i bo ps p ie lb . tai l n f a he m a. on m e e y m c h o e m rs pe t n h s e a u ti g o h n t and that gi he ve ha u ( p i belonged to a lunatic, and the C our t o f Ch ancery, in deal. ing with it, decreed that the leases so execu t e d were inva- fallen s h or t of doing complete justice in any particul ar , he lid, and ejectments were brought again s t a ll th e tenants, should be delighted, whatever toil might be invol ve d', to and but for his learned friend the Solicit or -G eneral and give his most candid consideration to any proposal for himself, who were the counsel in the cases, defeating the areea dment—(hear) —but he confessed he did not see any ejectments on a point of law, the tenants were within an way of carrying out what he had mentioned last, which did ace of losing their property. He had provided in the bill not resol ve i tself into a compulsory adjustment of rent. that such leases should be valid, and the p ar ti es thus se- The right hex , an d learned gentleman concl u d e d as f o l. cured. There was also a provision that persons taking lows : — Such then is the outline of the code which I propose leases of that kind should be entitled to an agreement with for the adoption of the house and the acceptance of such regard to improvements. In some towns in I reland, by reason of the defecve reverted of owners of property, im- sacrifice proprietors aid tenants in Ireland as may not desire to deavoured, any of those rights of property which form the provements *ere p. There was one remarkable basis of civil society; subject to those rights, I have en case of a person who wished to build a factory near a turf bog, which would afford him fuel ; but the tenant for life the exigeneba of Ireland in a liberal and generous spirit. was only able to lease three acres, which, not being suffi- (Hear h 8 4 far as their just limits would allow, to meet ear.) In re aring this code, in considering every cient for his purpose, he went to another place, a n d th e sugges'tion submitted? I have added many an hour of toil neighbourhood in question lost the benefit of having build- to a life of labour. And every suggestion which may here ings erected on it, and the _lmpulation employment The after be offeisd, from whatever quarter it may come, will improvements contemplated s by e this e _ a c t were from farm be accepted End considered in the same spirit in which the lands, from measure has been now submitted to the house. I know the t b h uil or din ougVdr fr al in nag t e h, e fro re na cla m m a n g n .ou f ter visst bei s i n d ar , fences, recompense often bestowed on those who prefer the mode or from internal fences, enclosing ten acres at le-jast, from rate and equitable adjustment of extreme opinions and con. A la— -- . 1 ---- flicting clam s , and who consider the common weal as para. provements by the use of manure. certain number of mount to the selfish demands of any class or party. Th e specified as being what he would call compensa- man who is clamorous about rights and negligent of duties, years were durable improvement by marling, or from te nom? , in , time the will depreci a t e my labours ; the grinding middleman will tenant would compensate himself for the o la 1 adm . itted that in a certa' n • • ay he mi g ht dislike, and the factious or fraudulent tenant will heartily ot take u n the shorte s t condemn; f ar a ll thi s lam quite prepared. Enough, if m ti n. on ke pe in riods im ; p f re or ve i ni t w en as t. He had n _ period for which precedent in the example of other wa n - I have provided a free course for industry, and a hind rance t bet t years as toinjustice, If I shall have afforded the means of work the maximum, leaving within greemen ween h e e parties ing effectively the resources of a land which God has to regulate the periods that margin as th 1 tries might be found; but he had fixed upon 10 might blessed but man has blighted, the recompense will be to as pos- me an exceeding great reward. (Hear, hear.) But it sible he left all the relations between landlord and tenant may be asked, is Ireland to be made a land of peace and to be determined w ithi n li m it s by m utual agreement;. for prosperity by the power of legislation? Assuredly not, think most desirable in the several cases. __As_mue the interests of these two classes were, he believed, the save so far as such legislation be a part of the proper agency same; and he wa s p roc eeding throughout on the asstunp- which He may bless, whose gracious touch could make the (Loud eh object to effect. (Hear.) Particular occasion and the means of increase and abundance. The H tio e n ne t e ha h t e t ja he v r i e ted wa leas sa ea co ef min spe o e n ifia very act of distributing to the wants of the multitude the classes of improve m e n ts. I n th ese cases there would be voice of mercy has resuscitated Ireland ; the flush and flow provision for ge tti ng a cer tifi ca t e o f co mpletion of the ha. of returning life re-animate her frame; but still is she agreement for provement, whi c h cer tifi ca t e wou ld h ave to be registered, bound in the grave clothes in which severe policy and sore and after the expiration of a certain short period in which affliction have enwrapped her there could be appeal to the assistant-barrister or judge of The next Loose her, and let her go. assize, this certificate would be deemed filial• machinery would defend landlord against tenant, and ten- mr. ~,Z?:9 ant equally against landlord, in the event of dispute or on his measure and trusted he should receive from the litigation; and he provided, while the tenant is entitled, if the ure,rt a,vN taLLY congratulated the right hon. gentleman to carry out his arduous un he pays his rent, to hold the land until the expiration of the der • suppo necessary g • period in which he would have compensated himself for - Mr. Serjeant SHEE had listened to the right hon. and provement, on the other hand that if the landlord should die- possess him, then the landlord should learned gentleman with the greatest attention, and could tell him he ar much mistaken if he thought the deducting it from his rent due. At thp same time he would not members who as very nted Irish constituencies would join allow compensation fordispossession provokedbyth anon-pay . any attempt represented in attempt to disturb the rights of property. With payhim compensation, ment of rent ; for clearly the tenant had non ght to im- respect to three of his bills, he believed - they °contained prove with the landlord's capital ; the provision was only much that was well worthy the attention of the house, but for disp?ssession under circumstances which the tenant, he had heard the last bill explained without any feeling of making improvements could not have contemplated. From satisfaction. It was neither more nor less than are peti these provisions he anticipa great advantages, in re moving impediments to the y tble cultivation of the tion of Lord Stanley's bill, and contained no provision for soil; and in proposing them, hie hope was that he wan 1 the protection of the vast accumulation of property in the 1 north of Ireland. He could assure the right hon. and learned gentleman that this bill, so far from giving satis faction, would excite disaffection and dismay, if not dis turbances in the most industrious and prosperous part of Ireland. (Oh.) Mr. GEORGE approved of the bill, and believed it would give satisfaction to all honest and right-thinking men. Mr. KIRK thanked the right hon. gentleman for the tone and temper of his observations, but regretted that he had not grappled with the question of tenant right. It should be recollected that the occupiers in the north of Ireland were the sole improvers of the land, and built the gaols, the workhouses, and made the roads. Notwithstand ing all this the landlords had refused them any abatement, until in desperation, when refused justice by the landlord, they shot the agent. He was sorry to add that then what had been refused to justice was conceded to terror, and abatements were sure to follow in the vicinity of a murder. Every one must deprecate such a state of things, and he be lieved that the only remedy was a legislative provision. Mr. P. 13RQUHA_RT approved of some of the bills, but agreed with the hon. and learned member for Kilkenny as regarded the last bill. He had little faith in any measure that did not provide full and fair compensation for tenants' improvements. Lord NAAS denied that the bill of his right hon. and learned friend was a copy of Lord Stanley's bill, with the exception that both bills were intended to give compensa tion for improvements. In machinery and details the bills were totally different. The bill of Lord Stanley provided intricate machinery for ascertaining the value of improve ments, and left an opening for protracted litigation. In the present bill all these inconveniences were avoided. He was not surprised that gentlemen opposite could not find any recognition of tenant right in the bill. He believed that every attempt to give legislative recognition to tenant right would be a failure. It varied upondifferent estates and in different parishes, and was, be believed, quite unmanageable in an act of Parliament. He thanked the house for the feel ing with which they had received his right hon. and learned friend's bills. Leave was then given to bring in the bills. The house adjourned at half-past nine. tirttrb Xbrition SHREWSBURY RACE . (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. The Abbey Stakes. The Column Handicap. Sixteen ran. SOUTHWARK.-PUBLIC DINNLR TO JOHN BRADY, ESQ., M.P A very numerous and highly respectable assembly met on Wednesday evening in the Borough of Southwark, to express their feelings of esteem and respect for John Brady, Esq., M.P. for the county of Leitrim. Apsley Pellatt, Esq., M.P., very ably presided over the festivi ties of the evening. After the usual loyal toasts, the CHAIRMAN rose to propose the toast of the evening— " The health of the guest whom they had assembled to honour." He called the attention of the company in very complimentary terms to the many claims which their guest, Mr. Brady, had on the esteem and affection of the people of the Borough, where he had in his private and professional capacity earned for himself the respect of all good men,—the poor followed him with blessings, and the rich valued him for his straightforward and honourable conduct. The reception of the toast was most enthusiastic. Mr BRADY rose to return thanks, evidently labourinc , under feelings of deep emotion. He said—" I should be indeed be a bold man were I to rise unmoved to thank you for the honour which you have done me in making me your guest this night. In good truth, I feel quite overcome ; and when I look upon this large assembly, knowing at the same time that it has been convened on my account, I know not what to say ; for that which, j under ordinary circumstances, might be a difficulty, on the present occasion almost amounts to an impossibility. I feel, indeed, that all my powers are gone, for the warmth of your reception has left me quite prostrate. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Chairman, on looking round, I see I am supported by a very large number of friends, many of whom I have had the pleasure of being acquainted with for years, and for whom I entertain feelings of the most sincere regard ; at the same time I cannot forget that this meeting is presided over by you, the beloved by all classes of society—and that you are so beloved and respected, is fully proved by your being the chosen repre sentative of this great and influential Borough. Yes, sir, I feel that you have done me a high honour in com ing here to night. (Hear, hear.) I say that I want words to give expression to the feelings which I labour under at this moment ;—then what shall I say to you all, or how shall I be able to impart to you, or make you comprehend the rapturous feelings of pleasure which your kindness has engendered in my heart ? Words, mere words, can at best but faintly depict the gratitude I feel. (Cheers.) Were Ito look upon this assembly as an ordinary meeting of friends for the sole purposes of conviviality, I should be doing you and myself a great injustice. I know from past experience what wonderful effects arise from well timed kindness, such as that of which this night lam the grateful recipient. Yes, Mr. Chairman, I am satisfied that this night will have con siderable influence on my future career in life, at all events, it will stimul a t e me t o en d eavour to make my self more worthy of the friendship of those friends around me, and that of all good and upright men. (Great cheering.) The past has taught me that the ladder of life is difficult to ascend even with moderate success, and the incertitude is great how far up we may reach. I have always, therefore, cherished with warmest affection the recollection of every kind act done me in my earlier ' struggles in life. I hope, then, to remember this night with feelings of much pleasure, as long as it may p l ease God to grant m e t o li ve, it shall be remembered by me as a particular epoch from whence to date my entry into a new life, and its effects, I am satisfied, will be most beneficial to me. (Great cheering.) Having taken upon myself the duties of a senator, I shall, with your permis sion, without entering into the troubled arena of politics, explain my views upon one or two points which mate rially affect or interest the great bulk of the family of mankind in a social point of view, and as it has been laid down by writers of authority, and accepted by the world at large, that Constitutional Governments are but social pyramids, the apices of which are, as it may so occur, either emperors, kings, or queens, and that the bases of such constitutions are the people, yes—the peo ple L-the busy bees that labour and create by their indus try the wealth of nations, and without whom kings, queens, and emperors, would be of little importance. II sa y that I mean at all times to identify myself with all measures that I think have a en dency to raise the people to their proper and natural position in society ; and amongst those measures most likely to benefit them, I look upon a good sound moral education as the first and most important, for by education you elevate the natural man, and cause him to have true self-respect, thereby making him a good father, a good neighbour, and a useful citizen. The next point of importance is to see that the people are allowed to have a power in the formation of the laws by which they are governed ; at the same time it is a mock ery to give a power to the people that they cannot use with perfect freedom, and under the present state of things the people are not free agents in the exercise of their elective franchise, therefore I should throw over them the protection of the Ballot, without which protec tion the people's House of Commons can never be what the Constitution originally intended it to be—the reflex of the opinion of the people of this country." Mr Brady then shortly dwelt on the benefits which the country de rived from free trade, and concluded by calling the atten tion of the company to the great abuses which existed in the administration of the funds of public charitable trusts. He said that there was public money sufficient, if pro perly administered, to educate the whole of the poor of this country ; and to illustrate the proposition, he point ed out one fund alone, which was left by Alleyn, the comedian. At the time of his death the property was only worth 8001. a year ; but now it is worth more than 12,0001. a year, yet the institutions which he formed have not been extended or improved. The meeting afterwards separated, delighted at the happy and convivial evening which had been so agree ably passed. COLLIERY EXPLOSION.—An inquest has been held on a collier named James Farnworth, of Singing Clough, near Bolton, who had lost his life by an explosion of gas in a coal mine. The deceased worked in one of the coal mines of Messrs. Knowles and Stott, at Singing Clough, and on Wednesday last, after leaving the face of coal at which he was working, he returned with a naked candle. A quantity of foul gas accumulated inithe place instantly exploded, and he was much burnt. He was carried home, where he died on Friday. Fortunately none of the other workmen were injured. The jury were of opinion that Farnworth's death was entirely owing to his own want of care, and found a verdict of V Accidental death." LADVERTISEMENT.]--The Royal Exhibition, A. valu able newly invented ver y sma ll powerful Waistcoat pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a p erson can be seen and know n 1 mile's distant, they answer every purpose on the Race-course, at the Opera-houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles ; they are invaluable for Shooting, Deer Stalki ng , Yachting, to Sportsmen, Gentlemen, Game - keepers, and Tourists—To be had at 39, Albemarle-street, Picca dilly ; observe opposite the York Hotel. Telescopes,_ A new and most important invention in Telescopes, possessing such extraordinary powers, that some, 3 inches, with a n ex t ra eye p i ece, will show distinctly Ju thpiter's Moons, Saturn's Ring, an d th e double Stars; wi the same Telescope, weighing only 3 ounces, be seen a person's countenance, 3i miles diant, an can d an object from 16 to 20 mile s ; they supersedest every other kind for the Waistcoat pocket, and are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accor di ngly. Opera and Race-course glasses, with wonderful powers ;an object can be clearly seen from 14 to 16 miles distant. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians, have in vented invaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses ; immedi a t e l y t h ey are placed before imperfect vision, every object appears clear and distinct; the most aged defective sight becomes bright and brilliant, is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. The invisible Organic Vibrator, and all kinds of Acoustic instruments for the relief of extreme deafness.— 39, Albemarle -street, Piccadilly, observe op posite the York Hotel. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS. —Nov. 22. APPEALS-GIELS V. DICKENSON. This was an appeal from the Scotch courts, and involved the question whether a wife who has ob tained a divorce a mensa et thoro in the Ecclesiastical Courts in England can obtain a divorce a vinculo matrimonii in the Scotch courts. The appellant is Mr. J. E. Giels, the son of Colonel Giels, who was the proprietor of an estate called Dumbuck, in Dumbarton shire. He was born in 1813, and in 1834, being then about 21 years old, obtained a commission in the 4th Light Dragoons, joined his regiment in India, and re turned to England in 1837, when he passed some time at his father's house in Dumbartonshire. In June, 1838, being in England, he became acquainted with Miss Dickenson, a lady of large fortune, about 18 years of age, and a ward in Chancery, and in October of that year he married her, at Shinfield, in Berkshire, where her pro perty was situated. After the marriage they had no settled residence, but lived i n a f urn i s h e d house, and went on a visit to Colonel Giel s , i n S co tl an d . In Feb., 1843, by the death of his father, Mr. Giels, the appellant, succeeded to the estate of Dumbuck, in Dumbartonshire. In September, 1845, the parti es being then in England, Mrs. Giels separated from her husband and insisted on a divorce. In October, 1845, the husband instituted a suit in the Ecclesiastical Courts in England for a restitu tion of conjugal rights. By the modern practice of the Consistorial Court, if a wife resists such a suit on the ground of adultery or cruelty, she does not institute a cross suit, but puts in a responsive allegation, which concludes with a prayer for separation a mensa et thoro; and this throws the initiative and the onus of evidence on her. This was done by Mrs. Giels, and a final decree was pronounced by th e A rc h es Court for a separation a mensa et thoro in April, 1848. In May, 1849, Mrs. Giels, the present respondent, brought an action in the Court of Session in Scotland for a divorce a vinculo matri monii. Mr. Giels, her husband, the defender in that suit, put in several pleas, of which the two first were now in question—viz., "that the pursuer, his wife, was a native of England, and that the marriage was con tracted and solemnised in England, and, therefore, that the Scotch courts had no jurisdiction or power to dissolve the marriage ;" and, secondly, "that the pursuer had in stituted a suit against him (the defender) in the Arches Court in England, and that a sentence of separation a mensa et thoro had been decreed by that court, which was a bar to the action." In November, 1849, the Lord Ordinary, by an interlocutor (which was not in the pre sent appeal), repelled the first defence as to the jurisdic tion of the court, and reserved the second defence. On appeal to the Inner House that judgment was confirmed in December, 1849, and the cause was remitted to the court below to proceed on the second plea. In July, 1850, the Lord Ordinary repelled the second plea by his interlocutor, and on an appeal to the Inner House his judgment was confirmed—thus establishing the right of the wife to proceed in the Scotch courts for a divorce, notwithstanding the sentence of the English Ecclesiasti cal Court for a separation, a mensa et thoro. Against this decision the appeal now came before their lordships. At the conclusion of the argument, their lordships postponed judgment. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS—Nov. 22. HARRIS V. THOMPSON—SLANDER. This was an action of slander, and was tried before the Chief Justice at the sittings in Middlesex after last term, when the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for 1501. Early in the, present term, however, a rule was obtained to enter a verdict for the defendant, or for a new trial, and to-day this rule came on for argument. The facts out of which the action arose were these : The plaintiff was formerly secretary to the Brewers and Distillers' Insurance Company, and also auditor of the London Necropolis Company, and the defendant was a director of each of these companies. The plaintiff had some charges preferred against hinvas secretary to the insurance company, and was dismissed, and subsequently the defendant brought this circumstanee before the Necropolis directors in the plaintiff's absence, and stated that he had been dismissed from the secretaryship for • obtaining money under felse pretences from the solici r tors to take up a bill of his own, and for giving an I 0 U of his own for a petty cash debt due from the company. The defendant on this occasion proposed that the plaintiff should be dismissed from the office of audi r tor, but upon the suggestion of the chairman it was re solved that the matter should be investigated, and that the plaintiff should have notice of the meeting for that purpose. The consequence was that the plaintiff at tended with his solicitor, but the defendant declined to make any statement in the presence of the solicitor, and upon that gentleman offering to withdraw he also declined to make his charges in the presence of the plain tiff himself. At the trial his lordship was of opinion that the communication made by the defendant to the Necropolis directors was privileged ; and he left it to the jury to say whether the defendant had acted malici ously, and they were of opinion that he had so acted. The principal point now for the consideration of the Court was, whether there was any evidence of malice, which was left to the jury. The Chief Justice said he was of opinion that he was wrong in leaving this case to the jury • and that he ou g ht to have withd rawn it f rom their consideration, upon the ground that there was no evidence of express malice for their consideration. Rule absolute accordingly. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. CONSPIRACY.—. W. Jarrett and H. Keen, surrendered to take their trial upon an indictment for a conspiracy to defraud. The prosecutor of this indictment was Mr. Pinnock, a flour and corn factor, carrying on his business in the Harrow-road, and also at the Corn Exchange, and from his evidence, and that of the other witnesses in the case, it appeared that he had been made the victim of a very ingenious and deliberate system of fraud, practised upon him by the defendants. It appeared that in July Keen called upon the prosecutor at the Corn Exchange, and intimated that he was in a position to recommend him some very good customers. The prosecutor had known him about two years before, at which time he was in the service of a respectable firm, and, entertaining no suspi cion, he agreed t o accep t of customers he might re commend, but at the same time told him to take care not to introduce him any but good ones. Instead of doing this, however, all his customers, of whom Jarrett was one, were men of straw, who conspired with Keen to cheat the prosecutor, which they succeeded in doing to a serious extent. The jury without hesitation returned 4 verdict of guilty against both defendants. The defendants were then sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for eighteen months. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. SOUTHWARK.—In the course of the day Mr. Phillips, the patentee of the fire annihilator, waited upon Mr. A'Beckett for the purpose of soliciting his advice under the following circumstances : The applicant said that within the last few days he had received information that the company formed for the manufacture of the fire annihilators had premises in Great Suffolk-street, in the immediate vicinity of this court ; that the ingredients, which were of a highly in flammable nature, w permitted to lie about in so negligent a manner, tha danger was to be apprehended of an explosion, if great care was not taken. Acting upon the information he had received, he called at the manufactory that day, with the view of inspecting the place where the materials were deposited, and pointing out to the person in charge the necessity for the utmost caution to be observed, especially in such a crowded thoroughfare. He, however, was refused admission, and had therefore determined on calling at this court, in order to acquaint his worship of the circumstance, and to ascertain if proceedings could not be adopted to prevent any casualty that might arise from carrying on such a dangerous process in so populous a neighbourhood. In reply to Mr. A'Beckett, the applicant said that he had reason to believe the man in charge of the place of which he complained was totally ignorant of the chemi cal nature of the materials used in the manufacture of the fire annihilator; and that therefore he would not be expected to use that degree of caution which it was so necessary to observe. Mr. A'Beckett sent Sergeant Baker to request the foreman of the manufactory to attend, and on presenting himself, in reply to the questions put to him by the ma gistrate, he said he was foreman at the place in Suffolk street belonging to the company; that he did not under stand the chemical properties of the fire annihilator, but that he was aware of their explosive nature in the event of any fire coming in contact with them in the course of manufacture. Mr. Phillips repeated, in the hearing of the foreman, the great caution necessary to be observed where any portion of the manufacture of the ingredients composing the fire annihilator were carried on, and Mr. A'Beckett pointed out the heavy responsibility on the foreman in the event of any accident arising after the caution he had received. withdrew The a pplicant having th an k e d th e mag i strate, then AILWAY SHARE M-4RKETS. LIVERPOOL, NOV. 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market has been very firm throughout the entire day, and closed strong at im proved quotations as follows :—Aberdeen, 15 ; Birkenhead (late Chester and Birkenhend, 21$ ; ditto, £22 shares, 2i dis. ; Bristol and Exeter, 106 ; Caledonian, 31i ; Eastern Counties, 12i • East Anglian, £3k share, guaranteed 6 per cent., 38 • East Lancashire, 191; Great Northern, 21k ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 881 ; ditto, West Riding Union, 2k dis. ; Lancashire and Carlisle, Thirds, 118 p. ; Leeds Northern (late Leeds and Thirsk), 19 ; London and North Western, 124 1 1 ; ditto, Fifths, 4k p. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Preference Shares, 11 7-16 ; Midland, 794 ; North British, 9 9-16 ; ditto, Preference, 5 1-16 ; St. Helen's Railway and Canal, Preference 4i per cent., 9-16 p. South Eastern and Dover, 24 • York, Newcastle, an d Berwick, 18i ; York and North Midland, 298. MANCHESTER, Nov. 22. STOOK EXCHANGE.—There has been more activity in the market than of late, and prices have slightly advanced. Blackburn, N o. 1,7 i ; C a l e d on i an, 3 1 # ; East Anglian Pref. Six per cent., 3$ ; Eastern Counties, 124 • East Lan cashire, 19# ; Fleetwood, 74 dis. ; Great Northern Six per cent., 15i ; Kendal and Windermere, 13 c. ; Leeds, 88 ; Matlock, 31-16 ; Midland, 7 . 94 ; South Eastern, 23 12-16 ; Berwick, 19. • LEEDS, Nov. 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There is very little doing to-day, and prices are unaltered. The only transactions are as follows : Caledonians, 31A ; Leeds Northern, 17k; and Little North Westerns, £BlBs 9d. WELLINGTON. Britannia, plunged in sorrow by the death Of him who was in all her chiefest son, Sadly proclaimed in tones of falt'ring breath' That one last honour to his name be done• That solemn scene of grandeur has gone by, To which the nation opened all its heart• The pageant was sublime ! The very sky Seemed in its glory bright to bear a per; For not a cloud obscured the golden sun That saw the tomb close over Wellington His bright career was brilliant to the last, And worthy of his name the closing scen e ; Not e'en the breath of malice sought to cast A single stain—where stain had never been' Upon his brow a nation's eyes were bent; oa , Towards his tomb a nation's heart was tur li ,i And up to Hea ven th a t na ti on ' s pra yers Nver e ' — For him in solemn grandeur thus inurned" For him—the nation's highest, noblest son`; Her patriot chief—unconquered WeDine° See, from each point how countless thousaudgl3° To give their silent homage on the day To him they sadly mourn for and deplore-- The mighty hero Death has snatched 00 ' Slowly amidst that multitude there comes The solemn pageant moving to the trawl Of England's heroes—as the muffled dru ms Proclaim the coming of the mighty dead. And there conspicuous o'er them all *P ei° The bier of him who has the nation's tear'3* In deep solemnity it moves along Towards the sleeping hero's resting - o' l3e And as it passes through that silent thror Pride, mixed with sadness, animates For there, upon that passing solemn 04 . e a Appear the trophie s w hi c h th e h er o gi b For England in her troublous time of war - Trophies which ne'er by cruelty were There, too, emblazoned, were those noble Through which our Wellington his glori ' Names which shall shine in history *O il ' Shall be a light to nations y e t un knoval Names which shall live in every distant Their glory second only to his own. With them he rose to Fame's exalted hew - By them his name obtained a world's' Through them he showed the nations thet' Alone could their lost liberties reclean' They left but one more glory as his due ! In thy great triumph, wondrous Water The tomb has closed upon him, and he sl ee 1 0 ; Beneath that dome that is our city's PT I f eet There, o'er that honoured tomb Brits/ 01i ' And mourns the day that her great he r° But still above her sadness there she feal s One solace to assuage her heavy grief',,, As by her mi g ht y h ero ' s tomb she knees In silent sorrow—this is her relief : She hears the voice of universal Fame Stamp everlasting glory on his name. COUNTRY MARKETS , os 4 O o 6 The following is the official statement 0 f the fr„4 of corn, &c., received in th e p or t o f L on don o 0 in Essex, from the 15th to the 20th Novembe r 'y inclusive : 8 c. ci . 90 76 144 20 621 98 .+4 - O Colchester Harwich ~ Leigh ..... Maldon 236 a 0 1 560 -- io CHELMSFORD—Nov. 19. 0, 01 i! Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, W,„ 111 , to 54s Od, ne w 42 s t o 53 s ; red, old 40s to .117' 41s ; barley, 26s to 30s ; chevalier, 28s to_r t i,O4 21s to 275; malt, 55s to 56s ; chevalier, 04, 198 to 25s ; peas, partridge, 30s to 35s • W i t 7;0$1 boiling 37s to 40 s ; d un, new, 29s to 340 ; "1, 30 0 to 34s ; harrow ticks, 31s to 36s ; mazagsn, COLCHESTER--Nov. 20. 490 Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, 2t , 1 .1 red, 36s to 45 s ; b ar l ey, 28 s to 34s ; oats, 18s t° Or mazagan, 30s to 32 5; middl e and small, 343 white, 40s to 42s ; grey, 30s to 325. KIRKALDY—Nov. 20. .....1 0 ,0, The following are th e quo t a ti ons for grain I af' Wheat. I Barley. oats. First Secood 1 1 5 Third 3Bs Od I 24s 6d 17 9 Od Oatmeal, per bag of 2801b s i mper i a l, 2Ss Oa 1" 00 COAL 21111 IRK Prices of Coal per ton at t] ET—Nov. 22. yet Le close of the O ill' s. d. Hasting's Hartley 15 9 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 15 6, RayensworthW. Hartley 15 9 Tanfield Moor l5 3 Tanfield Moor Butes 15 0 Wall's End, &c. Gosforth 16 0 Harton l6 0 Eden Main 17 0 Belmont 17 0 Ships at market, r Hetton ............ Kepier Grange Lambton ........ Stewart's .. ... South Hartlepool Adelaide Tees ••''':/ / li Pease's West Tee 5............. ••"' Nixon's Methyl* g Gwaen Cae Gavle '7 Sold, 34• rlritP_AT in The i f t o t g F orms Oftice a aPPlic Or* I the E x i Bo • Or. Francis elety of Arts, 44 1))t 11/1I . m Z p e e e CL lna, ISM stre e t and B 4ke IPV-ZSTM 1 , 04 1) . 1P,Xn pAy on 3i T to 20 per trines SLUR} aqd whi ch will 4 1 ( ; o nsiderabl e b ":rt, e ". AL ' Erry bor a riti th eL koilt s * tile Wi :MONT] ` es ,ki be, e , Z v e ee, ;Zy „Zip I ut ~.41°Ittilheh Aadar , ' t - ef a u tl the tv eatl Y ext y e to the 413 c 'ool, th e d a the p i peer am g ait the l'Ect k IIG YLL Charl es 'um Piu•sua (I b4r ing the . 14 8 ' H rYer e° rega: - 8 4 z Q b " Ink tri ,TZ at ] n , An entir ei Sl(ti rale° ' AlletZ v oc ., th iBt 4" -- -Dh isi P4ll i s—V °ea ga - eng'hp (with n .,P , on tr ait, lie o cal 14aneheaterall 1 %11.1 QA en..kport 14 no - wn 7 tilt, , etod ies. „ b n tatio n, kit h ( NYligh t b OOk . , > l "eral e°41.86 Of t 44431881C 't, is. ; IL tee A a/ (soci -44r et be "i. e ach "' Pesit , bea fa , • pears Rt 4 q c o fs l ,..'nor 1. 0 „: uotl Stßnor -anass ell e , p F3 1 „ ..0 0r r r A vv l 9 l".. as e ( kc_ itiCe ; (tltege-re luilltr rag the Tardeansi —Ps oc h fitt e tall: , Noire, " ,„.}..; .bo, .! 1.), r, 'krinialuafuiv 1.4 e ,;aitt e ' l t , (4 , le g e i the Inu v n 7 pt.' _, by t l l le l o wa , , the a t etsii. ° t tb' e r ' Wiii a de L ble n o ielh4,,c,auettu :l z 1 10 ' 1 4 d 6 e Jt'flaii hee' 1 e 44, l'trinovel I r it l Pr ile IlerP tot: . 'll:7, arr vin' i 114en°`.1141ene°," [ i h ailvaWs e sta ll s ti,• It i, e from 4 ; shall, l '' , Deetf e ighv . I i p ,, iZi Is. :rea tz3.lon, Prlv, 0 hils SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the mails are by the night—and It by nt from ie morning—asp; Day when made ui 1 in General Post- Ofilee, London. Nov. 25 . .Tov. 30.. soy. 24. 20th of each monthl 24th of the month ) 2nd of December.. 23rd of the month. 19th&30th of mon. oth of the month .. 9th of the month.. _ _ d & 17tliof month 14th of the month.. 11th of the month.. thl7th27thofmon. 2nd & 17th of mon. Nfon.Wed.& Friday id & 17th of month Twice daily •• •• •• 7 thl7th77thoftnon. Tuesday & Friday Wednesday & Sat 17th of the month. Twice daily 2nth of theinOnilL, Bth& 24th of month) 114th of the month.. 14th of the month.. 20th of the month., ; Bth & 24th ofmonth 2nd of the month f 9th&23dof the mon. 7 0,170,19th,27th. &30th of the month sth Ibth2sthofmon. ithlbth2 s thofmon. 7 thl7th27thofmon, 2d & 17th of month sthl Sth2sthof mon, I 2d & 17th of month COUNTRIES. America (byßrit.pack.N America (by United Sts. packet) ..N America (by U. States packet ........ ....N Australia (via South. ampton Ditto (zia Marseilles) N *Ditto (via Cape of Goed Hope .. ..N Africa (West Coast)..N Alexandria* ......N Belgium Brazil . Buenos Ayres Callforila fCapo of Good Hope ..N Cape de Verde ....N Constantinople* . .N Central America —.DI Channel Isles ........N France ........ M & N Greeee* ...... • • ....N Hamburgh ..........N Rolland ..... Honduras .......... N Ireland ... M & N India (viaSoutlutrupt.)lll India (via Marseilles) N India (via Cape of Good H0pe)...... Mauritius ..........N Mediterranean (via Southampton ......M Ditto (via Marseilles).N Mexico .....• ......M Madeira ....... M Malta*. ............N€ Naples* . .... • Papal 5tat055........N Peninsula .... • • ...M Tusaany* N West Indies ..31 Van Diemen' s Land(see Australia ."100 1 te , AUSTRALIA AS IT IS ; ITS SETTLE3fENTS) ..c 11 11 ° ! 1 ) 19 .:I fa' f'l GOLD FIELDS. 2 vo l s .—At a t i me w h e n 0 a idol" tion is directed t o Australia, a work dese rl ",CrOio sent condition of th a t territory, and its vi° l/ .l e `‘'irO" Fields, from the pen o f a practical , ~ d hailed by all classes_ as a great acquisition• t in f o 01 0 0 As it is," does indeed supply a variety : as cc :, ' that has long been wanted, and which br' n ft 1 0 _;t0 .j .: life in Austmlia, from Sydney to theremotest,s;it ht;vor vividly before us. The author, Mr. Lanc ei° ,;f"tbi kt Y„ veiled over the whole of the explored tra,e,?ad—,,tely,o country, and dots down his experience, ° and his shrewd and valuable observatioln..,:oilevit. and things, in a manner not easily to be , u`b v ain work ought to be in the hands of every ° Tie for information regarding these rich posset2„.l_li° It? o b n ins t o h n e , MARRIED. g r. flro 6th inst., at St. Paul's, _Deptford, „, o Liceso late Superintendent of Metropolitan •L bu ila Alice, , Youngest daughter of J. Wright, °‘ c l . ' 1 4 1 vv ootwi c h. A i r Allot H. 2n the 19th inst., at Bloomsbury Chapel, ---- ung Oy , 111, of King-street, Bloomsbury, to Louis* (laughter of the late Mr. Richard Hughes. --------_ DEATHS. V strljj On the 19th inst Godmersham-park, leilt' ~ a t ee' Knight, Esq., aged 85. -scl the On the 20th inst ,at her residence, 18, I : Lege"' of " Brighton, Mary, relict of the late P. Cloves, P B q"' Rookery, Woodford, Essex. On the 20th inst., the wife of E dwin Corbett' 061.' o h CO' Tilstone-lodge, Cheshire. On te 21st inst., at her residence, orth-te e ' Ems'' berwell h , Elizabeth Mary, relict of the la N te J. Fu ser, of the same place, aged 80. VOV SG d' London : Printed and Published by MURDO No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Oee• uo ty 'P t ' 2. Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the co Middlesex, Tuesday, November 23, 186 ~41104 the 00 ;ch.] From ill * port di.patcbeu; gol j . Aro7 ,„0 0 vf , l# ' I OO I.I OJ O f el! iff i g ; 1X4.10? LiverPo °l ' LiverPO l ' Southall'Pi°l Southall)PP! D ov e • • • • • fl s;oso D D PP ol li orn o yinu : u Yin v v ttte e thhoor r : ararnainuo uu i i t • l pp . .. t.t.uo,... Dover Southanino", iouthanlts 4outbssnPw. Dover • • .• Dover •• London ••• London ••:p SouPang'. LiolyheanL:e S ou thanlPw, Dover •• Plymouth';, Plymouth' outharn Dover • • •:,, v SouthanaPv".v SouthaMPtv Dover • • " " Dover • • " Dover •• • t • o , SoutbsunP .zontbanlP t , Dover SouthluziP R. FL :To Gnco One ta bs a br u ct FpsCl°tlTENTri,B , Fie and 4 4 , 468 t VIgIT TC tx Tat 4 1 " Th a hi e Y° urig • I 011 Of ev a , •,' ZBC' At Of th • tie s uce e n ttti N and rk _o GRAN ' l ° l lre m ot _ g on am • • allure' Pt „ Bce: k.g24): j • matters. 1 ‘ 144 * iO, ?i t la: ltunratia * The mails for Australia via the Cape of Good tleje, ll 'll7 on the second of every alternate month. Those rgo 20th and 24th of each month via Southampton en u ot_f,joo ij sent by sailing vessels at present from .Singapore , t por , r they will be sent in steamers. The Post-office ag ot ielVd. given notice that the Austrian mail steamer wid eli t eleci Pymouth on the 3rd of next month will not be (WO- to To 14th proximo. ate rn rit e Mails are also made up on th e 2d o f every - Do the Cape of Good Hope.—The mails which ought to the 14th will not be dispatched before the 25th. . t . O 0 00 * The mails to th ose coun t r i es thus marked (0) '- French packet to Marseilles. BIRTHS. _lo 0 Iri -) OF fi A SON. On the 19th inst., at George-street, M u " — cries , of John Lindsay Scott, Esq. ii" OF A DAUGHTER. Blac k ' On the 21st inst. at 8, Bl ac kheath-torra cc, ° or Mrs. Arthur N or t on. a° r On the 22d inst., at Brentwood -lodge, Wpil/ common, the wife of Henry Grisewoo . 0 ~~•``