The Sun. — London, England, 1848-03-10 00:00:00

BANKING D] Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rest • L'ub! lc dep6slts (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, ziav ings-banks, and Di vidend accounts) .. 6,574,785 Other deposits ...... 9,249,504 Seven day and other 630,2G0 £3.5,188,689 Dated the WI day of March. tat COURSE OF EXCH Lan: en ttin ...... •• • • Dit,, at sight • • .... lt:Atc rdatn .... ••.. • • Antwerp • • ............ 24 tlarnburgh .... • • 11.8. Al tons • • Paris, 3 days' sight ...• 25 73 Ditto, ••.•.. • • .• 26 Marseilles •• • .... 26 29 liourdeata...... •.. • • Frankfort on Maths.... Peters burgh, SR. Itbi e • • • • • • Vienna, effec. flo • • • • • • Trieste, ditt0.......... Madrid ••.. • • ........ 46 •• •• Barcelona •• •• .• Saville ..... •• •• ~ MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of March 10.) Si:MAR.—To-day there was no improvement in the home or export demand for Raw Sugar, and although the market was less freely supplied, still a further decline in the value was apparent. Of West India Muscovado the private sales were small in all sorts, only 4SO hhds and trs finding buyers, and at easier rates. The decline for the week is is per cwt, and the total sales 1,240 hhds and tra. REFINED.—To-day the refined Sugar market had a dull appearance, standard lumps were offered at 53s 6d, and brown grocery 52s 6d to 535. For bonded Crushed Sugar there is no improvement in the demand, and 28s to 29. 6d is the value of first and second sort. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar was dealt in with caution, and 1,344 bags, at public sale, were only in part sold at the former value. Bnares, good white at 42s to 42s 6d, middling and good middling 40s 6d to 41s 6d, low 39s 6d, damp and washed 395 6d to 40s. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon there was no public nale, and privately only small parcels were sold at prices Is per cwt under those of Friday last. FORT ON.—To-day there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar, and the small parcels sold in the private market were at lower rates. MOLASSES.—The market for West India has been in a very dull state all the week, and prices are on the de cline; wo quote low to fine quality 15s to 19s per cwt, and the stock is large. COFFEE.—This afternoon at a public sale of 780 bales, and 119} bales of Mocha, prices declined 3s to 4s per cwt, but the whole sold, middling yellow clean garbled went at 55s to 58s, fair 54s to 54s 6d, low 53s to 53s 6d, good ordinary 475, mixed peas 57 to 58s, better sort 61s to 66s 61, ordinary red 28s, good ordinary 34s to 40s, triage 293, very ordinary 255, damaged 26s to 563. Cey• lon is dull of sale, good ordinary Native at 32s to 32 6d. TRA.—The demand continues on the decrease for Congou of all descrip tio ns , , 3 and there are sellers rather under previous rates, as ma r ket is well supplied, and other arrivals near at hand. We quote low and common Congon at 7d to7ido,ogood ordinary sound 8d to Bid, but middling middling 84d to 10d, strong blackish leaf 10Id to ls ls 9 2d, fine Is 3d to is sd, and Pekoe flavour Is 6d to chong has been dealt in with caution, and tdhereSoaure ready sellers of common and middling at 9d to Is 2d, and good to fine is 3d to 2 s 2 d . Pouch ong finds a dull sale at from 6d to 9d. The supply is on the increase of all kinds of Green, and holders are inclined to accept rather lower rates, yet the town and country trade operated with reluctance. Cocoa.-11olders of West India manifest firmness, and supply the market sparingly with all sorts, but buyers are less inclined to operate. By private treaty the sales made have been trifling, and of 157 bags of Trinidad offered at public sale, only one lot sold at 50s for fine dark red, good was taken in at 483, and middling, rather wormy, 4Cs to 47s per cwt. The stock is small, and continues on the decrease. Foreign is drill of sale at 33s to 363 per cwt. Rice.—The purchases made in Cleaned have been up .)n a limited scale only, and there are ready sellers of Patna at 16s to 20s, broken 14s to 151 6d; Carolina Town dressed 24s to 235, and American 21s to 23s per cwt. With East India the market is well supplied, and prices aro declining. The export purchases made by private treaty have been trifling. Notwithstanding the lowness of prices, merchants are willing to sell. Of 3,895 bags Madras cffercd at auction, a small part only sold. Of Bengal 3,620 blgs were taken in at 12s to 13s for good and good middling white rather dusty, but damaged sold at 4s 6d to lOs 6d. Faurr.—The sales made in Currants have been upon a more extended scale, and holders show more firmness. We quote New Patras at 39s to 425, Zante and Cepha lonia 395. For Raisins there are, however, few buyers; new Valentia can be obtained at 36a to 40s, Denia 325, and Lexie, 28s. spicEs.—There has been less demand for Cassia Linea this week, and prices have suffered a depression of 6d to Is per ewt, although there is only a moderate 67' 4 1/iftilas 1 4 Won „i NSti OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. LANCASTER ELECTION. (FROM A C ORRESPONDENT.) REJOICINGS AT PRESTON. - This borough, which used to be formerly looked upon as a sort of " pocket borough" for the Derby family, was in a state of great excitement throughout the whole of yesterday (Thurs day). As soon as the news of the defeat of Lord Stanley's son for Lancaster arrived the streets were crowded with small knots of politicians, congratulating each other on the death-blow to the Stanley influence in this county. A band of music is now parading the town. and while I am writing the crowd are huzzaing at the front of the office of the Preston Guardian, the leading Liberal paper here. The result has come like the shock of an earthquake on the Conservatives here, as they never anticipated otherwise than that Mr. Stanley would be returned; and it was thought that having once secured his seat for the county town, there would be a fair chance for his contesting the northern division of the county, which his father formerly re presented. _ The following is the state of the poll: Armstrong, Stanley 620 Majority ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) LINCOLN. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) At the close of the Learned Gentleman's address the room was cleared, and the Committee having deliberated for a short time, strangers were re-admitted, when The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee had come to the following resolutions :- Ist. That Charles Seeley, Esq., was not duly elected a citizen to serve in the present farliament for the city of Lincoln. 2d. That the last election for the said city, so far as regards the return of the said Charles Seeley, Esq., is a void election. ad. That the said Charles Seeley, Esq., was guilty of bribery at the last election for the said city. 4th. That it has been proved to the Committee that Joseph Shaw was bribed by the payment of 10s.. made after the election, by Mr. Keeley, agent of the sitting Member, Charles Seeley, Esq., but it was not proved that the act of bribery was committed with the know ledge or consent of the said Charles Seeley, Esq. htb. That the said Charles Seeley, Esq , was proved to have provided drink and other entertainments for several persons previous to the election, for the purpose of corruptly influencing such persons to give or refrain from giving their votes at such election. 6th. That it appears to the Committee that a system of treating has for a long time prevailed in the city of Lincoln at and previous to elections, by the candidates or their agents distributing at public-houses to electors and othere drink and other entertainments. 7th. That it was proved to the Committee that sub sequently to the polling sums of money were paid to non-resident voters for the expenses of their journies and loss cf time, which sums exceeded the necessary expenses on those accounts, and it is the opinion of the Committee that practices of this character must always be open to most serious abuses, and require regulating by some definite enactment; but that clause 20 of the sth and 6th Vic., chap. 102, is so general and indefinite, as occasionally to lead to varied and contradictory reports from Election Committees. This closed the labours of the Committee. BE WDLEY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) At the close of the Learned Gentleman's address the room was cleared, and the Committee having consulted together for a short while, strangers were re• admitted, when The CHAIRMAN announced that Mr. Ireland was not duly elected for the borough of Bewdley. That it was proved to the Committee that Edward Price was bribed in the sum of 15/. by James Banks, an agent of the said Mr. Ireland ; but it was Rot proved that the Act of Bribery was committed with the knowledge or consent of the said Mr. Ireland. That the said Mr. Ireland, by his agents, was guilty of treating the electors for the purpose of corruptly influencing them. The case against Sir Thomas Winnington was ad journed till to-morrow. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) AR Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 4th day of March, 1848. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. X. vote • 1381104. • .. • • •• 28,2c1,836 Government debt . • 11,015,100 Other securities .... 2,984.900 Gold coin and bullion 12,762,501 Silver bullion ••.. .. 1,443,328 £28,2C11,830 28,201,130 M. MARSUALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 9th day of March, 18 kEPAILTMEN T. Government securi- ties (including Dead • Weight Annuity).. 11,574,921 Other securities .. 13,115,455 Notes .............. 9,530,2: 5 Gold and silver coin.. 668,097 £35,188,r,89 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 6NGE.-(THIS DAY.) Leghorn ........ •• . 31 50 Genoa ... •.. 26 15 Milan Venice................ Palermo, perm.. ..... Rio Janeiro .......... Bahia ................ Buenos Ayres .. .. .. .. New York, 21 days'sight Philadelphia .......... PRIMO •P BULLION, 1311 Of. Foreign Geld in bars.. ZS :7 9 New Dollars ...... • 4 9% Portugal Gold Coln .. 0 B 0 Spanish Doubleous .. 0 0 0 Aflver In bars ...... • • 0 4 11 3 THE SIYN, LONDON, FRI DAY supply; at public sale 670 cases were sold. Black Pep- j , per cannot be purchased on lower terms, as the supply is small, the demand has been limited by private treaty for all sorts. White sold at full rates: at auction 114 bags were nearly all sold. Pimento is less required, and former prices cannot be obtained ; none has been offered at auction, and privately only small parcels have been sold at 4id to 41d per lb. Mace met with little attention, and prices are on the decline, although there is only a limited supply let market. Cloves have been dealt in with caution, and there is a desire to sell. The purchases made in Nutmegs have been limited by , private treaty, and rather Power rates are accepted. Jamaica Ginger is wanted. Cinnamon is offered at easier prices. SPIRITS.—To-day prices declined fur Jamaica Rum, and 50 puns were sold at 34 10d to 3 s I Id for fa ir q ualit y 31 to 32 per cent over proof. Of East India several parcels were taken at is 9d proof. Leeward Island is dull of sale at is 10d to is lld proof. TURPENTINE.—AIthough the demand for Spirits is good, yet prices do not improve; Briti sh drawn sellin g at 38s to 395, and American 39s 6d to 40s. There is yet a fair supply, but the consumption is on the in crease. OlLS.—This afternoon at auction 10 tons of Palm Oil were sold at 34s 9d to 35s for fine; 40 pipes and 75 hhds of Ceylon Cocoa Nnt went at 53s to 54s for fine, and 50s to 52s for middling and good, being lower rates. TALLow.—This afternoon the public sales of Tallow went off heavily, and at lower rates; 38 casks of New South Wales were sold at 48s 9d to 49s 8d for fine, and at 48s to 48s 6d for good; 277 pipes and 18 hhds of South American 45s to 46s 9d, and low 42s to 43s 6,1; 72 hhds and 68 casks of Galatz 46s to 49s 3d; and 43 casks Odessa sheep 48s to 49s 9d per cwt. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, took his seat upon the Woolsack at Five o'clock. _ Lord MONTEAGLE presented a petition in favour of sanitary:reform. The Earl of HARDWICKE presented several petitions from shipowners and mariners of various seaport towns against any alteration . , in the navi gation-laws. timents held by that body should be communicated to the House as soon as possible. Dr. BOWRING rose to order. He did not think that, as this was an opposed motion, the Hon. Mem ber could have precedence over orders of the day. The SPEAKER said that, no doubt, in point of order, the Hon. Member was not entitled to mova that the petition be printed, unless he gave notice of his intention to found a motion thereon. Mr. LAW said that if that were so he would then give notice that he would specially call the attention of the House to the subject of that petition, Mr. W. PATTEN said that he thought the Hon. Member had no right whatever to impute any mo tives to his Hon. Friend who had objected, in point of form, to the petition being printed. He felt con vinced that the Hon. Member for Lancaster, in the course he had adopted, had been instigated by no other motives than the proper and faithful discharge of his duty.—([Tear, hear.) He trusted, there• fore, that the Hon. and Learned Member for Cambridge would at once perceive that he was in error in the assertions he had made, and would with draw them. Mr. I. XIV did not intend in the slightest degree to impute improper motives to the Hon. Member for Lancaster.—(llear, hear.) If anything had been said by:him which could be considered in the slightest degree disrespectful to the Hon. Member he would at once withdraw it.—(hear, hear.) Sir GEORGE G KEY thought that the House was greatly inch bled to the - Hon. Member for Lancaster for the attention he had paid to the orders of the House, and the great assistance he had in variably given to every Member, in order that they might be enabled to adopt them. He trusted, there fore, that the Hon. and Learned Member from Cam bridge would withdraw his motion. After some further discussion, Mr. LAW withdrew his motion. COTTON WOOL. Mr. POLE CAREW moved, pursuant to notice, for " Accounts of the total number of pounds weight of cotton wool imported into the United Kingdom, in each year, from 1815 to 1847, both inclusive; distinguishing the quantities imported from the United States of America, Brazil, the Me diterranean, the East Indies, and the British West Indies, respectively, from that imported from all other parts; with the several rates of duty payable upon such cotton wool in the United Kingdom during that period ; and the total amount of duty received in each year. Of the total quantities and declared value of British cotton goods, and of cotton twist, yarn, or thread, exported from the United Kingdotn to all parts of the world, in each year from 1815 to 1847, both inclusive ; specifying the number of yards, and declared value of all goods entered by the yard; the declared value of such goods as are entered by value only, as hosiery, lace, &c. ; and the number of pounds weight and declared value of cotton twist, yarn, or thread, so exported ; showing the aggregate declared value of all such exports in each year. Similar accounts to the foregoing of the export of British cotton manufactured goods, and cotton twist, yarn, or thread, to the United States of America ; and, account of the total official value of all goods imported into, and the total official value of the produce and manufactures of the United Kingdom, and of foreign and colonial merchandise, respectively, with the aggregate of ouch amounts exported from the United Kingdom to the United States of America; also, the total declaredvalue of the produce and manu • factures of the United Kingdom so exported, in each year, from 1815 to 1847, both inclusive.—Agreed to. to the Committe, and those petitions only could be referred to such Committee. If the door were once opened to admit pe itions of this nature, there would be no end to petitions which would be sent to Com mittees for the puvose of guiding or biassing their decisions. Afser a words 'rom Mr. S. WORTLEY, the motion was withdrun. CONSTITUTION Oh' NEW SOUTH WALES. Mr. SCOTT wisled to know whether the Govern ment had any intotion of making any and what change in the constitution of New South Wales; whether Any commmication of such an intention had been made to the Legislative Council of the colony, in order to obtain tle opinion of the colony upon such a proposed alteratim ; and, if so, whether the Govern ment would lay the papers before Parliament. Mr. LABOUCEERE stated that it was intended to introduce a Bill 'or the separation of the Govern ment of New Souti Wales from that of Port Philip; that it was not usual to make communications with the Legislative Council of any of th• colonies but that communbations had been made with the Governor of Nem South Wales on the subject, and the Colonial Office were now waiting the arrival of a dispatch from the Governor, in answer to a communication sent from this country on the subject of the separation of the two Governm.mts he had referred to. With respect to the papers, they would be laid upon the table of the House he expected shortly. SPANISH TARIFFS. Mr. BANKES ',idled to ask the Foreign Secre trary whether any reply had been received to the representations mace by our Minister at the Court of Madrid, some months ago, on the subject of increased duties imposed by the Government of Spain on articles of British manufacture; also, why no return had been made, in compliance with the order of this House, respecting the present tariffs of Spain and Portugal? Lord PALMERSTON said, in answer to the first question of the Hon. Member, he might state that an answer had been received, dated the 28th of Decem ber last, to the communication made by her Majesty's Minister in Madrid, and that answer he would lay on the table of the House. It argued at some length that the decrees were not liable to the objections that had been taken to them, and stated that they were only intended to [prevent :abuse.—(Hear, hear.) With respect. to the other question he had to state that he had sent fresh directions to Madrid and Lisbon to procure the returns, and he felt satisfied that there not having been sent arose from an over sight, and nothing else. He would lay all the papers when he received them on the table of the House. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ROME. Mr. PLUMPTRE wished to know whether it was the intention of the Noble Lord at the head of the Foreign Department to move the second reading of the diplomatic Relations with Rome Bill on Monday, and if not, on what day he intended to move the second reading? Lord PALMERSTON was afraid that the state of the public business would prevent him moving the second reading of the Bill on Monday next, he would therefore postpone it to Monday week. INCOME-TAX (IRELAND). Mr. HAMILTON, seeing the Hon. Baronet the Member for Marylebone in his place, was desirous of knowing whether it was his intention to bring for ward the motion of which he had given notice, for extending the income-tax io Ireland? Sir B. HALL said is certainly was his intention to bring on the motion, and he should take the sense of the Committee upon it. As to the time when he should bring it forward, it was impossible for him to say, as the debate on the income-tax was now going on; until it was determined, he could not bring for ward his motion. The best advice be could give to the Hon. Member was to pass the question on to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and to ask him %hen, if the Committee came to a decision whether the income-tax should be for one year or for three, he proposed to go into a Committee of Ways and Means ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER — On ➢Monday, Sir.—(Laughter.) DURHAM CATHEDRAL. Lord J. RUSSELL, in answer to a question from Mr. Horsman, stated, as we understood, that it was not the intention of the Government to fill up the vacant stall in the Cathedral of Durham.. SCOTCH ENTAIL BILL. Sir G. GREY, in reply to Mr. B. Cochrane, stated the second reading of this Bill stood for Tues day. The Lord Advocate was absent from town, and if the Bill could not be taken on that day the second reading would be fixed for an early day. WAYS AND MEANS.---THE INCOME-TAX. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then moved the order of the day for going into a Cammittee of the %%hole House on the income-tax. Several petitions having been presented against the income. tax, the Home went into Committee; Mr. Bernal in the chair. Mr. WILSON then rose to address the House (LEFT SPEAKING.) THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING) ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 11, 1848. The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Hamilton, Marquis 'of Donegal, to be Captain of her Majesty's Guard of Yeomen of the Guard, in the room of Lucius Bentinek, Viscount Falkland, resigned. WHITEHALL, MAncu 9. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, nominating and ap pointing Benjamin Currey, Esq., to be Clerk Assistant of the Parliaments, in the room of John William Birch, Esq., resigned. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 10. The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Wat son Sheriff, Esq. to be her Majesty's Attorney-General for the Islands of Antigua and Montserrat, and John Somers Martin, Esq. to be Coroner for the Island of Antigua. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint John 11. Jennings, Esq. to be Comrnissarp of Police for the Island of St. Lucia. W A R OFFICE, MA BCH 10. Ist Dragoon Guards._John Kemp, Gent. (Riding Master) to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Butke, who retires, March 10. sth Regiment of Foot—Samuel Lindsay Maylor, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vic e Wallace, appointed to the Ist or Grenadier liegimeLt of Foot Guards, March 10. Bth Foot—Ensign Thomas Beattie Grierson, from 28th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Bourne, who exchanges, Dec. 27. 11th Foot—Lieut. John Theodore Thomas Boyd to be Adjutant, vice Lewis Alexanderßoyd, promoted, March 10 ; Lieut. Itelitrd Maunsell, from half-pay 62d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Boyd, appointed Adjutant, March 10. 16th Foot—Lieutenant Colonel George Teulon, from half-pay as late Inspecting Field Officer of Militia in the lonian Islands, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Henry M'Munus, who exchanges, receiving the difference; Major Hubert 1.0 x more to be Lieutenant Co lonel, by pun:luta°, vice Teuton, who retires ; Brevet Major Charles Murray to be Major, by purchase, vice Luxmoro ; Li. utenant Charles Lorenzo 1)e Winton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Murray; Ensign John Thomas Jame t 3 be Lieutenant, by purchase, v►ce De \Vinton; Richard Lucas Baker, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, Mar, h 10. 17th Foot—Captain Eric Mackay Clarke to be Major by purchase, vice Owen, who retires ; Lieutenant Ed ward Croker to be Captain, by purchase, ♦ice Clarke ; Ensign Philip M'Pherson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Croker ; Frederic John Sandys Lindesay, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice M'Pherson; Lieutenant Canibbell Sawers to be Adjutant, vice Croker, pro moted, March 10. _ _ . 25th Foot—Brevet Major Thomas Deacon, from 28th Foot, to be Captain, vice M`Donald, who exchanges, Dec. 29. 28th Foot—Captain William M`Donald, from the 25th Foot, to be Captain, vice Deacon, who exchanges, Dec. 29; Ensign Frederick Dickinson Bourne, from Bth Foot, to bye Ensign, vice Grierson, who exchanges, Dec. 27. G3d Foot—Augustus Penton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Reynolds, promoted in the 94th Foot, March 10. 67th Foot—WilliatulVesey Munninge, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice O'Brien, appointed to the 70th Foot, March 10. 70th Foot—Captain James Benners Parkinson, from half pay Unattached to be Captain vices James Palliser Costobadie, who exchanges ; Lieutenant John Wilson Filder to be Cap tain by purchase, vice Parkinson who retires, Ensign Arthur Henry Creswell Snow to be Lieutenant, by purch zsc , v i ce Fild e r ; Ensign John Ter ence Ni c a s O'Brien, from the 67th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Snow March 10. 71st Foot—Sergeant-Major Thomas Walker to bo Quartermaster, vice Thomas Fitzgerald, who retires on half-pay, March 10. 90th Foot—Ensign Thomas James Meredith to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice O'Gorman, ap pointed Adjutant; Frederick Beatty, Gent., to be En sign, without purchase, vice Meredith; Lieutenant Pur cell O'Gorman to be Adjutant, vice Walter, promoted, March 10. 94th Foot—Ensign Montagu Lyttleton' Varnham Reynolds, from 63d Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice William Wilson Campbell, who has been allowed to receive the value of his coin tnission, March 10. 99th Foot—William James Romulus Russell, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Mends, promoted in 98th Foot, March 10. BREvzt—Lieutenant Colonel George Teulon, of 16th Foot, to be Colonel in the ArmY , N ov ' 9. STAFF.—Lieutenant John Spence, from 14th Foot, to be Adjutant of a Recruiting District, vice Moorhead, promoted, March 10. M.EmoaANnum.—The name of the Ensign, appointed to the 9311 Foot, on the 11:h February, 1848, is James " Dalzell," nut " Dalyell" as previously stated. The name of the Captain of the 57th Foot, 2d March, 1847, is John " Anchniuty," not Ahmuty, as previously stated. The name of the Captain of 98th Foot, 9th April, 1847, is Warren " Auctimuty," not Ahmuty, as previ ously stated. The date of the promotion of Lieutenant Stewart, of 21st Foot, to be Captain in the 61st Foot, has been antedated "21st November, 1647," and not the 21st IRISH POOR- LAW. Earl FITZWILLIAM gave notice that he should move for returns of the number of able bodied male adult paupers receiving relief in the various unions in Ireland, either in the workhouse or out of it, on the Ist December, Ist January, Ist February, and Ist March last. He should move for this return for the purpose of ascertaining whether pau perism was on the increase or on the decrease in Ireland. lle would also, at the same time, move for a return of the various unions in Ireland in which the granting of out-door relief had been authorised. He should move for these returns on Monday next. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Cbair shortly before Four o'clock. LINCOLN ELECTION. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL brought up the report of the Committee appointed to try the merits of the election for the city of Lincoln, reporting that Charles Seeley, Esq., was not duly elected for the city of Lincoln ; that the last election for Lincoln, so far as it concerned. Mr. Charles Seeley, was a void election ; that he was guilty by his agents of bribery; and that a system of treating had long existed in the city of Lincoln. The Hon. Member then moved for a new writ for Lincoln in the room of Mr. Seeley. Colonel SIBTHORP defended the city of Lincoln against the imputations cast upon it by the report, and denied in most energetic terms, that any illegal act had ever taken place either on his part or those who supported him on his election for Lincoln, which he had represented for upwards of twenty years, and some members of his family for upwards of a century. After some observations from Mr. BRIGHT and Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL, A new writ was issued for Lincoln in the room of Mr. Seeley. HARWICH ELECTION. Mr. J. STUART WORTLEY, the Chairman of the Committee appointed to try the merits of the Harwich Election, appeared at the Bar, and reported that Mr. Beckett, one of the members of the Committee, did not attend the Committee this morning, on account of in disposition. He understood that Dr. Wilson had attended the Hon. Member, and he should, therefore, move that Dr. Wilson be called to the bar, in order to satisfy the House of the indisposition of the Hon. Member. Dr. Wilson having been called to the bar, stated that Mr. Beckett could not have attended the Com mittee to-day without danger, nor would he be able to attend it to-morrow. On the motion of Mr. J. STUART WORTLEY, Mr. Beckett was discharged from further attendance on the Committee till Monday. Mr. BERNAL, pursuant to notice, moved—" That in cases of Bills affecting canals or navigations form ing part of any general chain or system of inland water communication, the proprietors of any other canal or navigation farming part of such general chain, shall be entitled to be heard upon any petition which they may present against such Bills before the Committees to which such Bills shall be referred." Sir R. INGLIS and Sir W. HEATHCOTE trusted that the Hon. Member would postpone the motion, in order that it might be well considered before it was adopted. Mr. STRUTT was in favour of the adoption of the motion, but had no objection to its being post poned if it was considered necessary that it should be more maturely considered before it was agreed to. Mr. BRO MERTON thought the motion one which was well worthy the consideration of the House. Mr. E. DENISON considered the motion of such importance that it should be adjourned to Monday for further consideration. After a few words from Sir J. DUCKWORTH, Mr. BERNAL consented to propose the motion merely as a sessional order. This course was acceded to, and the motion was adopted. PENZANCE WATERWORKS. Mr. MO WATT proposed the second reading of this Bill, which was agreed to. 1 On the motion that the Bill be committed, Sir C. LEMON moved that it be committed this day six months. He wished the Bill had emanated from parties altogether unconnected with Penzance. Th 3 subscription contract did not contain the name of a single rate-payer. Mr. WYLD supported the Bill, on the ground that the town was badly supplied with water. Provision had been inserted in the Bill to give the Commissioners of Penzance compensation for any injury which the town might sustain in consequence of the carry ing out of the works. In a sanitary point of view the measure was a most important one. He thought the House should accede to the committal of the Bill, in which stage some alterations might be made, in order to render it more palatable to those who op posed it. Mr. MOWATT defended the Bill. The parties promoting the Bill had paid up the necessary capital, and as they had obtained a Bill to construct similar works at Falmouth, they conceived they had some claim to be entrusted with power to construct waterworks at Penzance. The House then divided, when there appeared — For the motion .. 46 -17 Against it Majority The Bill was thf;n ordered to be committed. AYLESBURY ELECTION. The Members of the Committee appointed to try :he Aylesbury election petition were summoned to .he bar and sworn. PETITIONS. Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition against the principle of centralization embraced by the Health of Towns Bill. Mr. REYNOLDS presented a petition from Dublin praying for the repeal of the 17th awl 18th of Charles the Second, obliging Dissenters to contri bute to the support of the Established Church. Mr. SHARMAN CRAUFORD presented a pe tition from Rochdale against the present income-tax. INCOME-TAX. Dr. BOWRING moved for a copy of the charges preferred to the Board of Stamps and Taxes, by Mr. Thomas Jones, late clerk to the Commissioners for General Purposes for the City of London, under the Property an d I ncome -t ax A ct , aga i ns t r. Edward Welsh, the surveyor of taxes for the City of London, on the 23d day of April, 1847, with the minute of the Board of Stamps and Taxes of the 27th day of WPR INoyTedlNthGatthe petition PETITIONS July la s t i n reference thereto.—Agreed to. Mr. LA o . f the Chan cellor and Scholars of the University of Cambridge (presented 9th March), be printed with the votes. Mr. GREENE must oppose the printing of pe titions, merely upon the ground that it came from a respectable body. Some years ago it was found to be a matter of serious inconvenience that so many petitions were required to be printed, and a Com mittee was appointed to devise a remedy for the evil. The result of that Committee was the adoption of an order by the House, that no petition should be printed unless the Hon. Member who moved that it should be printed intended to found a motion upon it. It did not appear that the Hon. and Learned Member intended to found a motion upon this peti tion ; and, therefore, there could be no necessity to print it.--(Hear, hear.) Mr. LAW said he was not at all surprised at the opposition which had been raised to the motion for printing the petition. Upon a question vitally affect ing the Protestant religicn of this country, he thought that it might be allowed to one of the Members of the University of Cambridge to propose that the sen- COUNTY COURTS. Dr. BO\VRING moved, pursuant to notice, for a tabular return of the amounts received monthly by the treasurers of the county courts; of the name of the bank in which such amounts are dely:sited, and of the balances in hand on the Ist day of March, 1848 ; also, of the amounts withdrawn monthly; showing also in whose name the accounts are kept, whether interest is allowed on the balances, and to whom the said interest (if any) is paid; stating also whether any and what amount of security has been given, and the nature of the security. The account to exhibit, in a separate column, the amount of suitors' money unclaimed.—Agreed to. THE LEGACY DUTY. On the motion of Mr. lIUME the following re turns were ordered :—The amount of capital on which the several rates of legacy duty have been paid in Great Britain in the years ended the sth day of January, 1847, and the sth day of January, 1843 ; an 1 an abstract of the total amount under each rate since 1797 : showing the amount of capital on which the several rates of legacy duty have been paid in Ireland, for the year ended the sth day,of January, 1847, and distinguish ing the amount of each rate ; also, an abstract of the total amount under each rate since 1797. Account, showing the total amount of duties on legacies, pro bates, and administrations received in Ireland in the years ended the sth day of January 1847, and the sth day of January, 1848. Returns of the total amount of revenue received in the United Kingdom, in the year er.ded the sth day of January, 1847, fig stamp duty on legacies, on probates, administrations, and tesLinuntary invcoti,ries ; diltingui,hing the amount from England ra,d Wales, from Scotland and tiom 1; t.:ke. : total duty received in England, Scotland, and Ireland since 1797, distinguishing legacies from probates, adminis trations, and testamentary inventories ; also an abstract of the aggregate amount from legacies and probates, &c., in England and Wales, in Scot land and in Ireland. And account, showing the total amount of duty on legacies, probates, and administra tions received in each year in Ireland since the year 1797 to the sth day of January, 1848 (in continua. tion of Parliamentary Paper No. 71, of Session 1846). The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not object to either of the last returns, because he had not heard their purport ; he rose, however, for a different purpose, namely, to express his disapproval of the growing practice that now prevailed of Hon. Members moving for unopposed returns without any communication with the departments by which they were to be furnished. Ile had no objection to the re• turn moved for just now by the llonourable Member for Montrose, which was taken out of its turn.—(Hear, hear.) He had no objection to a motion for return being taken out of its turn when if an understanding to that cffect subsisted with the department by which it was to be supplied; but when the contrary was the case, he thought the convenience of the House would be better consulted if such re • turns were taken in their regular order. In all cases, the departments to which the returns had reference should be communicat(d with.—(llear.) Mr. HUME said he communicated the purport of his first motion to Mr. Wickham, one of the Under Secretaries of the Treasury, four days ago, and that he offered no objection to it.-- (Ilear, hear.) The return with respect to the legacy duty he had named session after session for the last five and twenty years.—(Hear.) Ile asked the House if there was any ground for the statement of the Right Hon. Gentteman the Chancellor of the Exchequer, so far as he was concerned ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the consent of the Treasury should invariably be obtained before Hon. Gentlemen brought forward motions which they imagined would not be opposed. Mr. HUME said Mr. Parker consented to his other motion. Mr. V. SMITH said the expense of printing and stationary was one of the largest that came before them, and that Hon. Gentleman, before moving for returns, should consult the intelligent library officers as to whtsher similar returns had not been mcved for, as it was frequently found, after great expense had been incurred, that all the : i nformation required was to be found in the archives of the library. He was a member of the Printing Committee, appointed at the instigation of the Speaker, and facts of this kind had come to his knowledge in the course of the investigations that were made. It was very necessary that the suggestions of seeking information from the officers of the library should be attended to. When the Speaker had been appealed to, he had invariably stated that the matter rested entirely in the discretion of the House. Mr. PARKER corroborated the statement of Mr, Hume. Air. 111. J. O'CONNELL gave as his opinion, that moving for unopposed re-turns without previous no tice, was a most inconvenient practice. Mr. HORSMAN said many of the blue-books presented to the House were utterly useless, and he ventured to declare that the majority of thos ordered to be printed last year, had iound their way to the butter shop. The motion of Mr. Waddington was then with drawn. WEST INDIA COLONIES. Mr. I3ARKLY moved that the petition of the agri culturists, merchants, and other inhabitants of the island of Jamaica be printed with the votes. — Agreed to. METROPOLITAN DISTRESS. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY moved that the petition from numerous individuals in the city of London, complaining of the alarming increase in window breaking, be printed with the votes.—Agreed to. AYLESBURY ELECTION. Mr. NE\VDEGATE moved that the petition of John Peter Deering, Esq.. Member for the borough of Aylesbury, be referred to the Select Committee appointed to try the merits of the last election and return for the said borough of Aylesbury. Sir W. HEATHCOTE could see no necessity for the House agreeing to the motion, for all that the petitioner required would be done by the Committee without their having :try petition of the sort before them. Sir G. CLERK said that, in his opinion, the llouse had not the power to interfere by referring this petition to the Committee. The Act of Parlia inent clearly defined what petitions should be referred MARC If 10, 1846 Nnvember, 1848, as stated in the Gazette of 3d March, 1848. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MARCH 9. Royal Regiment of Artillery— Second Captain Fre derick Alexander Campbell to be Adjutant, vice Forbes, promoted, Nov. 21, 1846; Second Captain John Russell Domvile to be Adjutant, vice Riddell, who resigns the Adjutancy only, Feb. 5,1847. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire. Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—Major Thomas Clutton Brock to be Lieutenant Colonel, vice Cox, de ceased; Thomas Clowes, Esq., late Captain in the Bth, or King's Regiment of Foot, to be Major, vice Thomas Clutton Brock, promoted; Henry Giles, Gent, to be Ensign; Henry Giles, Gent. to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Jeffries, who resigns the Assistant Surgeoncy only, Feb 29. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the East Riding of York. East York Militia.—Robert lieynard, Esq. to be Cap tain, vice Locke, resigned, Feb. 21; George Holmes, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Smith, resigned, Feb. 22. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire. 2d Regiment of West York Militia.—William St. Leger, Gent. to be Ensign, Feb. 29. Yorkshire Hussar Regiment of West Riding Yeo manry Cavalry.—William Alcock, Gent, to be Cornet, vice Wilson, resigned, Feb. 29. WHITEHALL, MARCH 6. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Brooks, -of Ashton•under-Lyne, in the county palatine of Lancaster, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, MARCH 7. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Reed Donald, of the city of Carlisle, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Edward Beck, doctor of medicine, Ipswich. BANKRUPTS. _ _ __ John Wing, innkeeper, Cambridge. Watkin Williams, draper, Brec on, Brecknockshire. John Milroy Hannay, stockbroker, Birkenhead. James Oliver Mason, John ilason, and Alfred Mason, merchants, New Broad street, London. Samuel Prentice, licensed victualler, Boxford, Suffolk. David M'Kee, wholesale cheesemonger,Upper Thames street. George Saunders Naish and Thomas Inkson Glennie, general ironmongers, Farringdon-street, Snow-hill. William Lee, builder, Honiton. Walter Tyler, stationer, Bristol. John Bryant Chapelle, victualler, Bath. James Plumley, market gardener, Bower Ashton, So merset,hire. Joseph Randell, painter, Bristol. Richard Evans, stationer, Carmarthen. Thomas Chandler, innkeeper, Brimscombe, Glouces. tershire, James Shepherd, leather seller, Bristol. James Baker, victualler, Staunton-upon-Wye, Here fordshire. Thomas Harrison, earthenware manufacturer, Church Gresley, Derbyshire. Henry Prince, furrier, Exeter. Edward Roberts, saddler, Toxteth-park, Lancashire. John Owen, brewer, Dawley, Shropshire. George Thomas Bateson, ironfounder, Warrington, Lancshire. William Tomlinson, butcher, Rochdale, Lancashire. William Parkinson, cotton manufacturer, Blackburn, Lancashire. William Helm, cabinet joiner, Lancaster. Edward Charles Blackwell and Janes Newman Duns ford, brewers, Newbiggin, Nort humberlandshire. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending March 7 1848, is 245. led. per cwt. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, LN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. __. __ From the Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUEADAT AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON. FRIDAY. MARCH 10. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Anima. Share. .......... 1 1 1 ,1M..M11..1.1.1......... •••••....., A s. d. A s. d. kastralasia .......... 40 0 0 40 0 0 - .iritshNorth American 51. per eent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 43 Ceylon ........ •••• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - 2.'onantercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - 3olonial. - Gloucestershire ...• .• 151 per cent. - - - lonian ........ •• •• •. 6/. per cent. 25 0 6 25 0 0 - Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 23% Ditto ..... . - - 13 0 0 - i..ondon Joint-Stook ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New.-- • • 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 11 0 - National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0"22 10 0 - Nat. Provncial of Eng. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New......• • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - South Australia ••• . • • - - 22 10 0 - Union 01 Australia.... 6!. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto - - 2 10 0 - Union of L0nd0n..... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Union of Madrid ..... - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - INSIIZANCEI CODIP.AXIZS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price Annum. Share. - Ibion .........• •• • • 31. 10e. 500 0 0 50 9 0 75 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17% DIM) Marine. •• •• •• 61. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Atlas Itrltisti Commercial .. 7s.per share 50 0 0 50 0 576 Clertcl,Med.& Gen. Life Si. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 30 31. 100 0 0 i II 0 0 - 0:*()TIII •• *. *a .. .• *. 13s. 50 0 0 5 0 • II Eagle . • Eng.& Scot. Law .• .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 212 6 - European Life ...• • • 5% per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. - Family Endowmot Soc. 41. & bs. 4 0 0 4 0 0 - F. eemasons' . - Glot.e ..... ...... •• • • 61. per cent. Stock. - 119 Guardian ...... •• •• • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 45 !mperial Fire .....• •• 12 per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 220 imperial Life •• -- -12 s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Indemnity Marine.• • • 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 SIS 1 - Law Fire ............ - 100 0 0 211 0 ...- Lew I /fa.- - ...... 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 - L;oldcu Fire -- - - 101. 25 0 0 12 10 0 13% London Skip • .•• - -10 s. 25 0 0 12 10 I 13% Starine -•-.. - - - - 100 8 0 15 0 0 - Med. Invlidk Gen. Life 4% /. per et. 50 0 0 20• 2% National Lean Fund.. Si. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - National Life .....• .•. 81. per cent. 100 0 8 5 0 0 - Palladium Lite 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0- - - - - 33 Pticeaix - - - "'iotecter Life.... ••. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 I I 0 - rovident Life.- -•• 11.55. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Itock Life ...... -- •• 4s. 50 0 010 0 4% Royal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. - -- San Fire. - - - Ditte Life 11. 6s. - - Universal Life.,...• .. 103(1. pr cut. 100 0 0 810 0 - Vidoria Life . - - 4 0 0 - DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -- - A s. d. A s. d. Commercial .... •• .•. 4/. per cent. Stock. - 70 East and West India ..• 6!. pr cent. Stock. - 119 East Country - 2t Landon 5/. pr cent. Stock. - 101 Ditto Bonds • - 41. per cent. - - - 91 . Katharine .... -.. S per cent. Stock. - 77% Ditto 80nd5........ 4%1. pr cent. - - - Southampton ••• .. -.. 21. per cent. 50 0 6 50 0 0 32 : 1 1, X 5 T Or SCOTTISH COBIPANI: Dividexel Name of Company. Amount Bank of Scotland British Linen Company Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank . Clydesdale Bank .• • • Commercial Bank . • • • Eastern Bank.. • • • • • • Edlub.k Glasgow Bank Exchange Bnk of Scot Isle of Man. Company National Bank North of Scotland Bank North British Bank • • Royal Bank of Scotland (Tilton Bank of Scotland "Vestern Bank • • • • Aber leen Fi•e and Life B. Accord. Life and Fire British Guar,ntee Ins. Caledonian Fire Insur. Church of Eng.and Ins. City of Glasgow Life Edinburgh Life Insur East of Scotland Life Eng. & scot, Law Life itercules Insurance Co. incur. Co. of Scotlnd • . Life Assoc. of Scotland Mercantile Life National Fire and Life North British Incur. • . North & West of Soot. Scottish Life and • :uar. Scot. Mai. and Gen. Life Scottish Union Ingram Stan lard Life ...... • . United Dep. Assurance per nuum Name of Company. Hungerford . ..... Southwrk, Nw Sub. AT. Ditto Nw of 754 p. e. Waterloo ............ Ditto Old Ann. oft 1. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Taux.hall .... ... AT 71. per cent. 81. per cent. 81. per sent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 71. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 71. per cent. 6/. per cent. 71. per cent. 61. per cent. Si. per cent. Si. per cent. 121. per cent. 10!. per cent 51. per cent, Si. per cent, 51. per cent. V. per cent. 51. per cent. Si. per cent. Si. per cent. s)i 1. pr cent. St. per cent. GUI. pr cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. DRIDG: Dividend per Annum. Share , 355. per cent. X s. d. 100 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 20 0 0 500 0 0 25 u 0 5 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 20 I 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 20 0 • 10 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 10 0 50 0 I 100 0 0 100 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 200 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 0 • 20 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 ♦mount of Share. X. I. d. 632 12 8 50 0 I 100 0 0 :CES Price. 167 197% 144 1034 6153 ' BoB.od. 21. 9s 17k, 11P.6d. 11. Is 10s. 0;1 1/. Os 9 1 4 12s. Price. Mr. CLEMENTS addresse I himself to the quer . tion of the poor-law uniens, eb erving that he d if not think the Commission promised by the Govern'' meat for re-modelli n g th ose un i ons could be at• tended with adv•mtage. They were all anxious to, have the poor-law fai r ly t r i e d i n I re l an d, but it could never be done unless the area of taxation were greatly reduced. The unions in L i re land were three ti mes th e s i ze of o°3° in England; and as the Right Hon. Gentle man the Secretary for Ireland had not given 21 1 9: pledge for the diminution of the area of taxation, be Lopea the contemplated commission would be abas• dolled. They had suffered in Ireland already too much by the habit of tr us ti ng t o th e G ove rnment 4 " ,. the country more than to themselves, and to that own efforts.—(Hear, hear.) if it was determine ° , that the poor-laws sh o uld b e a d m i n i s t ere d i n that country by paid guardians, their administrati en would inevitably be much more oppressive than even it was at present. lie trusted, therefore, that the Right Hon. Baronet would see the necessity of re: considering the matter, and that the Governineei would show some regard for the opinions of so mangy gentlemen connect e d with I re l an d upon th e subject of having the po or -l aws a d m i n i stere d by P!!! guardians. There was ano th er ma t ter worthy the consideration of the House —he alluded to d medical relief. Persons seekin g r e li e f i n Ireland constantly applie,l on the ground of sicknes s „ The boards of guardi ans h a d no poss ibl e wane °' ascertaining whether the applicants were fit Ac e ," for relief, or what s or t o f re li e f s h ou ld b e grant It would, therefore, be necessary to employ a larg er number of medical officers. There must be upon all average at least five medical officers to each union. The whole system was too cumbrous; and it We i impossible for boards of guardians to attend to the proper discharge of the duties of their officers. There were altogether in Ireland 944 me di ca l officers, 6 89 collectors of rates,- and, upon an average, seven re . lieving officers to each union. In many cases there were nine, ten, eleven, and even twelve relieving, officers in an union, and he need hardly say he diaar: proved of the expenses as well as the organization of the unions and electoral divisions in Ireland. ll ° thought there should be a general reduction in the area of each electoral division, so as to make the OA' ministration of relief effectual. Sir W. SOMERVILLE, with reference to an ob' servation made by one of the Hon. Gentlemen w h °. had previously spoken, deni e d th a t h e h a d attr ibuted personal motives to any person. Sir G. GREY said that the motion before the' House had been altogether lost sight of, but the Hen' Gentleman (Mr. Clements) who had given notice of a. motion, which stood fourth on the paper, was deter mined the House should nut lose the benefit of his speech ' • and the result was, no t one wor d h a d bee° uttered by the Hen. Gentleman with reference to the question under consideration. It was a dangerous example, and he (Sir G. Grey) hoped other Gentlemen would abstain from following it. As t ° the poor-law boundaries and their proportions, the Government would be happy to receive suggestions. and Hon. Gentlemen would see there should be more sanguine grounds for satisfaction than seemed to he anticipated. The question before the House was dig' cussed at very considerable length about BeVen months ago. The clause was not in the original Balt but it was introduced in committee by Mr. Gregory, the then Member for the city of Dublin, and there were only found nine gentlemen to oppose it' Six of these nine were English Members and three were Irish.—(Hear, hear.) The clause was adopted in co nsequence o f th e s t a te l° which Ireland was situated, and the manner in whi,,eb . the soil was suff ere d t o rema i n uncultivated. De regretted to say there was still a great deal of par perism in Ireland. There were many persons there who held quantities of land—in some instances se much as 20 or. 30 stores; who were living at the public expense, and neither cultivated the soil thew selves nor would surrender it to the proprietors, wh ° would have it cultivated by others. The land was thus suffered to remain uncultivated, and it was quite clear a material injury would be inflicted upon the country if something was not done to prevent the continuance of that state of things. He would ask the House, under these circumstances, whether it wee, wise, because there may ha ve b een some i n di v idual cases of hardship arising from the operation of the clause in question, that the restrictions it imposes should be removed and the door again opened to a repetition of such evils ?—(Hear, hear.) The hardships enumerated by the H ono urable Member for Nottingham and other Hon. Member* could not have arisen from the operation of the quarter-acre clause. The. Hon. Member (Mr. O'Con• nor) said that when persons who had been compelled to receive relief from the . poor-laws returned to their dwellings they found them levelled. Now, the clause did not require the occupiers of land to give up pos' session of it ; but as they had absented themselves from their dwellings, and being, in the majority of instances, only tenants at w ill, th e l an dl or d s no d ou bt exercised their privileges, and put an end to the tenancy. In whatever way the House might think fit to deal with the clause, he felt bound to say that the Government now relied exclusively upon the operation of the poor-laws, as the only source Of maintaining the poor of Ireland. He was sorry to have to repeat that pauperism and suffering existed still to a very great extent there, notwithstanding the large charitable expenditure which was being made in aid of the ordinary rates. By the returns it appeared that from 94,000 to 100,000 children were fed for many months past, and continue to be fed by daily rations distributed through the instru mentality of agents connected with the British Asso ciation for the . Relief of the Distress in Ireland and Scotland. By another return it appeared that 150,000 children were fed from the same source where dis tress was severe, and that 20,000'. a month were distributed in relief in 25 or 30 unions where poverty and destitution were excessive. He had not, in enumerating those sources of relief, referred to the land improvement loans, or the other moneys available for the improvement of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) He wished then to take that opportunity to refer to I question put to him a few evenings ago by the Hon. Member for Galway (Mr. O'Flaherty), whom he then saw in his place. The Hon. Gentleman's question related to an application .made to the Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland for temporary relief for the prison of Galway, which was represented to be greatly overcrowded. It was said the ',or& Lieutenant had refused the application on the ground of expense, and he (Sir G. Grey) thought he had explained the matter. However, he found by the report in the Times that the answer he had given the Hon. Member had been completely misapprehended. He had looked over all the other morning papers, and he found his answer had been correctly reported. He wished ! now to repeat what he wished then to convey distinctly. He had not denied the fact of the gaol of Galway being overcrowded to an inconve nient, even to an alarming degree. But it had been stated that the application had been made to the Lord-Lieutenant for temporary relief, and that it had been refused upon the ground of expense. What he had stated was, that he was convinced the Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland was most anxious to remedy the evil complained of, and to provide such accommo dation as could be legally given ; but if the persons who were imprisoned were not under sentence of transportation, they could not legally be removed to a hulk. Colonel CONOLLY 'vindicated the landlords of Ireland, and opposed the motion. kr. E. B. ROCHE supported the motion. He admitted that the Irish landlords were very badly treated in that House. Whenever a difficult question relating to Ireland was to be dealt with by the Go vernment, they deliberately turned round and made the Irish landlord the scape. Even the Secretary for Ireland took a fling at them that night.—(Laughter.) That Right Hon. Gentleman held up his hand, and seemed horrified with the " exterminator." But he (Mr. Roche) would show him a greater exterminator —a greater criminal than the Irish landlord—and that was the present Government and that House.— (Hear, hear, and laughter.) 'The people of Ireland had no other resource but their potatoes, which failed. On their failure they were driven to the necessity of obtaining any advantage or relief the poor-laws afforded, and by the clause now proposed to he re modelled or repealed, that House enacted the law, that if the poor man retained his hovel and his quarter of an acre of land, he should not receive any relief from the poor-laws. He, therefore, told them plainly , . that the British House of Commons and the British Government were the real exterminators, and were much more guilty than the guiltiest and most op. pressive of any of the Irish landlords. They were now in an age of social revolutions, but before he further adverted to that topic, he wished to say that he was not amongst the three Irish Members who voted against the clause in question. The question whether the people should live by their industry, or be converted into paupers, was one of growing im portance, which must ere long compel attentic; however thin the House might be on this occasion. Nothing more revolted the feelings of the poor than going into the workhouse; and this was one of the great difficulties in the way of working the poor law. It was, therefore, moat unfair in the Right Honourable Baronet the Home Secretary to allege that if this clause were repealed, numbers of small holders would grow their potatoes during one Ralf-year, and go into the workhouse in the other.—(Hear, hear.) They would not do this, but if the exterminating system were persevered in, they would soon be beyond the reach of poor laws or any other laws. The political economists alleged that Ireland would soon right itself; if it &I s ° . no thanks would be due to the British Parliament or the British nation. The much vaunted charity of the British Association doubtless did good in its way, by supporting a number of poor children, but it was not a subject which ought to be continually paraded before; the House by a Minister. CANALS. - . 1 Names of 1 d ; Dividend l Names of E Pridend C om p an i es. ' 4 i Price. Companies. .I D per Price. , I per 1v: 1 Annum. Al Annum. to •S i Z Ashtn& Oldh 97 71. p a 110 Macclesfield . 100 2/. lON. - Barnsley.. • • 160 121. 180 Neath ••• • • • 100 201. 210 irknk&Abrgllso 51. Si Oxford.. •• • • 100 201. 200 Birmingham 31I' 41. 7834 Peak Forest. 78 31. 10s, 68 Leventry -• • 1 100 251. 271 Rezent's •. • • 38 11. 4s. 18 3( Derby .• • - ;100 61. 163 Rochdale...• 85 el, 64 Ells rre&Chs 133, 41. 40 Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 130 g::e , ash • • •1100 32,. - Do.LkFdSt ill 61. p. a. - i irandJunctn 100 1/. 80 Stffri &Wore 140; 281, 276 Grand Surrey 100 - 40 Shrewsbury.. “rand Uulen 100 U. 10 s. 31% Stourbridge- 145 I 201. 215 .Irantliam "1150 121. - S evern and 126 151. - &emit & lairli 39 7s. Bd. IN Wye Rail.) 26 11. Es. 36 Lee4s3cLivrp,loo' 341. 430 Warwick& / Leicester ••••1140 101. 7i B . irming. j ' OO 51 . 63 Leicstr &Nthl 81 41. 36 Warwiek& 1 :, , oushhorogh;l4l 701. 030 Napton.. j I I - 46 Menmouthskloo 81. - Wercstr Bti 76 21. 39 M ntgernryel2lloo 51. - Bi nn i ng. lieltnllwbry 100 10/. - Wilts & Brks, 67 11. 11 WATER -WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. .€ s. d. Birmingham . ........ Die. 25 1 0 25 0 6 - Eact L0nd0n.......... 81. 100 0 0 - 178 Grand Junction .... • • 2/. 10s. 41 13 4 - 52 31. 100 0 I - 84 .iew ltivr Ludu Brdge 21. 10s. - - /5 rauxhall 1 100 0 0 - 104 West Middlesex . . . 51.15a.prcnt. 63 12 9 -11 l GAS-LIGHT AND CONE COMPANIES. , Dividend I Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. I Annum. Share. ---- L. s. d. A. 0. d. British --•.•• •• • - •• 11. 40 0 0 IS 0 0 17 Ditto Provincial- • • 11. Bs. 20 II 0 19 0 0 !R Bristol .............. 101. per cent. 20 II 0 - - Brighton ...... -- .. 51. per cent. 30 I I - IS City of London .. •• • •S S le ( 6 ) 0 S 3_90 ContinentalConsolldat. 925. pr s hare 100 O l l ° • 37 II • _ Ditt o , N ew .„ ~,, .... 85e. pr share S I :O I I I 0 7 2 i I h Equitable.... ..... ... Is.. pr share 5 60 5 e ll Imperial • • ...• • • • • • • Independent ..... •• • • 6 6 1 1 .. per er cent. e. 40 0 0 40 0 0 14 L on d on .. „ „ ........ 2}4 1. pr cent. be 0 9 10 0 0 if 61. per cent. 10 • e 110 0 0 88 p licenix . „ .......... 51. per cent. MP 0 9 41 1 9 _ Itatcliff ••••-••• • • • • • 5/. and bus. 100 0 1 90 I 0 10 United General .• •. • • 454 1. pr coat. 50 0 0 10 0 0 l7 Westminster Chartered 2/, 60 1 0 - I 563¢ Ditto, New --- - _ MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of ! Paid. Price Anion,. Share. - ----- - .E. s. 4. Z. s. 4. Australian Agrieulturl - 100 0 0 30 5 I - ' Anglo-Mexican Stint., 11. 4s. 11 $ 0 IS 0 0 16 Ditto, Half Shame.. - - 210 I -- Canada ... ......... . 61. per cent. 101 I I 1 3! 19 II 31 Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per cent. .- - -- City Bonds.. .... .... 3341. pr cent. - - 11 Comp. Cppr slars Eng. bl. per cent. 100 0 I l 76 0 I - Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.k bs, 2/ 100 0 I 100 0 0 - 1 Egnitable Reversienry 434 I. pr sant. 110 41 0 96 6 I - i Gee. Steam Navigation 11. is. 15 0 5 14 1 • 24 1 .4 London Institution . • • - - . - I I ' Peninsir & Orient.Stm. 2/. per cent. 50 0 I 50 5 1 is Reversionary Int. Soc. 3341. pr cont. 100 0 0 100 0 0 95 , Royal Mall Steam.... 3i41. pr cent. 100 0 I 61 I I 4534 South Australian ... - 61. per sent. 26 0 0 25 0 6 - I Van Dieman's Land., - 100 0 0 23 II I „...., e , Univormal Salvage.... - 025 0 0 50 0 - e kVENING. X. it. d, CO 0 0 40 0 • 11. ss. 4d. 11. 2s. 2d. 11. 16s. 70 10 0 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF COMMONS. Mach 9. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. BRIGHT gave notice that he should postpone his Bill on the game-laws till this day fortnight. Mr. LUSHINGTON gave notice that, to-morrow, he should present a petition from a number of the electors and inhabitants of Westminster, praying that an inquiry might be instituted into the foul and disgusting practices which are still retained in several workhouses of the metropolis. Mr. BANKES gave notice that to-morrow he would put a question to her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, as to whether any reply had been received to the representations made by the Minister at the Court of Madrid on the subject of the in creased duties the Government of Spain proposed to place on articles of British manufacture; also, why no return had been made, in compliance with an order of the House, with respect to the tariffs of Spain and Portugal. COMMITTEE OF PRIVILEGES. Lord H. VANE brought up the report of the Committee of Privileges. Mr. G. BERKELEY said, that on the part of the petitioners he should feel it his duty, when the report was printed, to call the attention of the House to the same. THE CASE OF ANNETTE MEYERS. Lord NUGENT wished to know from the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he had received any further communication from the Lord Chief Baron on the subject of Annette Meyers, who had been found guilty of murder at the sessions at the Old Bailey, and if so, whether it was the intention of the Government to act upon the recommendation of the jury. Sir G. GREY said that he thought he should best discharge the painful duty which devolved upon him, as Secretary of State, by declining to give any answer to the question of the Noble Lord. THE TREASURY. Sir B. HALL gave notice that on Monday, the 18th instant, he should move for the original estimate of the improvements in the Treasury, with the name of the architect, together with the entire cost. THE IRISH POOR-LAW. Mr. S. CRAWFORD then rose to move for leave to introduce a Bill to amend the " Irish Poor Relief Extension Act," with a view to the repeal of the 10th section, called the " quarter-acre clause." He said the clause as it stood inflicted the greatest injustice upon the poor tenant, as it crippled his industry, and kept him constantly in the most abject state of poverty. The provisions of his Bill might be stated in a few words. He proposed to repeal the quarter-acre clause, and empower the guardians to give relief to such persons as in their judgment might deserve it. The third clause would enable the guardians to afford relief to parties in distress by way of loan, and to take as security for its repayment a lien upon such pro• perty as the parties might possess. These were the short provisions of his Bill; and without troubling the House further, he begged to move for leave to introduce it.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. O'FLAHERTY said he had been requested by the Bon. Member for Limerick, s l ho was unavoidably absent, to second this motion, and he certainly had great pleasure in doing so. In the present state of Ire land it was absolutely necessary that the House should amend the existing poorlaw. All the institutions in his own district had been converted into receptacles for the starving population, and he had this morning received a letter from a Roman Catholic clergyman of the neighbourhood, giving a most frightful account of the state and condition of the poor.—(Hear, hear.) He earnestly trusted that the Government would look to the fearful state of things in Ireland, and endeavour to provide some remedy for the seine. Sir W. SOMERVILLE said that it was with considerable pain that he rose to oppose the introduc tion of this Bill. The Honourable Member had gone in his remarks entirely upon a wrong supposition-- he had confounded the interpretation of this quarter acre clause with the manner in which the landlords had carried out the provisions of that clause. The Right Hon. Baronet then proceeded to read extracts from a correspondence which had taken place between the Commissioners of the poor-law and several persons who had applied to them on the subject of the operation of that clause, to the effect that the boards of guardians were bound to relieve all destitute persons without regard to their being possessed of a quarter of an acre of land.--(Hear.) After reading the instructions of the Relief Commis sioners, he said he thought the House could have no doubt that all the objections of the lion. Gentleman fell to the ground. He wished the House and the Hon. Member to bear in mind that the horrible cases of ejectment to which he had referred had not their origin in the poor-law. If the houses of poor persons were entered during their temporary absence and levelled to the ground, the poor law could not be blamed, as it could neither provide ag a i ns t nor pun i sh any such proceedings—proceedings which he was bound to say were of the m os t s h oc ki ng c h aracter, and most harrowing to the humane feelings of Hon. Members in that House and the community out of doors.—(Hear, h ear .) H e oppose d t h e Bi l l because it would give ri se t o h o p es th at cou ld not b e realised, and would accomplish more mischief than good. He believed he should best consult the interests o f b a th r i c h an d poor b y re sisting the introduction of the Bill.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. FAGAN said that if there were abundant agri cultural employment in Ireland there might be some justification for this quarter-acre clause; but with 2,300,000 people in a state of destitution for six weeks in every year, and 95,000 families endeavouring to subsist on farms under one acre, it was certain to work both cruelty and injustice. Mr. P. SCROPE complained of the want of suffi cient authentic information as to the operation of the poor-law in Ireland ; but as far as he had been able to ascertain, his worst suspicions as to the effect of this clause, which he originally opposed, were be i ng realised by its being made, as he bad foretold, thein strument of clearances upon a small scale. He had always been of opinion that the application of the English poor-law to Ireland would never suf fi ce to meet the necessities of the country without some supplemental measure to provide for the employ ment of the people, and at the same time to develop those natural resources with which no country was more blessed. It was a monstrous anomaly to see thousands of able-bodied men daily fed in idleness, with those resourc es untr i ed. This was not the prin ciple of the poor-law of Elizabeth, nor of the exist ing English poor-law. The true principle of a poor law was to relieve, gratuitously, the aged and infirm, and find p ro d uct i ve la b our for the able-bodied. During the past years no less than 740,000 able-bodied men had been relieved, and there was every likeli• hood of a similar number being relieved in the course of the present year. He warned the House that if immense masses were to be thus made chargeable on the rates for their support, without giving any equi valent in the shape of labour, the country would soon sink to ruin. The Hon. Gentleman having declared himself favourable to the introduction of the Bill as likely to amend the law, announced his intention of renewing in the present session his proposition for makng the waste lands of Ireland available for giving at once employment a n d reli e f to the able-bodied poor of that country. Mr. F. O'CONNOR complained generally of the want of sympathy in England for the Irish p oor , while the warmest sympathy was evinced towards the English in France. If the Government persisted in their unjust and cruel treatment of Ireland, that country would not remain much longer subject t o th e dominion of England. Conceiving that the lion. Member for Rochdale had fully made out his case, he would support his motion. It was not only a great anomaly, but most unfair, that in such a country a man possessed of a quarter of an a cre o f l an d , and i n ft state of dest i tut ion, should be refused relief. ,9' PEI Paid. 4 Paid.