The Sun. — London, England, 1848-07-29 00:00:00

NEWPORT. beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 33 8d to 4 , 8 d Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 6:1; Veal, 4s Od to 4s 6d; aud Pork 43'0d to 4s 6d per Sibs. WEIXTECRAPEL. Beef, from 28 Sd to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s Bdl Lamb, 43 4d to 5s 4d; Veal, 4s to 4s 4d; and Pork ; 3s tad to 4s 6d per Sibs. 4 , nXIMXTZGSGATM. Turbot 9, 3s to 10. A; Brills, 6d to 2s; Cod Fish, is 6d to 3s; Whitings, 33 to 6d; Lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d; nod Crabs, 61 to 2s Gd each ; Soles, Gd to 2s per pair ; 8d to is per ib; Mackarel, 3d to 6d each; Sal Imon. 6tl to 10d; ditto Trout, 4d to 61 per lb; Grey Mullets, 4d to is; Red ditto, 3 , 1 to Is; Haddocks, 3d to 6d each; Crimped Skat 9, 33 to 5d per lb; Flounders, Is to Is 6d p:r dozen; Whitebait, is per quart. a 1 E 1 The prices of Wheaten Bread in th 3 Metropolis are from 7d to 7id; of Household ditto, 5d to 6id par 4!b loaf. EIDE INICARILET. Market Bides, 5611) to 641 b, 11.1 to !d; ditto, 64111 to 721 b, 2d to 2.0; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 20 to 24d: ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 24d to 3d; ditto, 881 b to 96111 3 4 1 n to 3d; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 30 to 131 d; Lamb Skies, (esich), Is 6d to 2s 7d; Calf Skins 4s 6d to ss; Horse Rides, Ss Gd ; Stlearlings, 9d to Is 3d. HAT 2WAILZIGI:TS. SMITHFIELD.—OId Meadow Hay, 3/ to 3/ 15s; New ditto, 21 5s to 3l ss; Old Clover, 4/ to 4/ 18s; New ditto, 3/ 5s to 41 8s; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 106 per load. Trac'e dull, at but little alteration in prices. CIIMRERLAND. Old Meadow Hay, 31 to 4/ ; New ditto, 21 8s to 31 8s; Old Clover, 4/ to 4/ 15s; New ditto, 31 5s to 4155; and Straw, 115 s to 1/ 10.5 pe'r load. Supply moderately good. and trade dull. WurracttApm...—Old Meadow Hay, 3/ to 3/153; New ditto, 215 s to 31 5.; Old Clover, 4/ to 5/ ; New ditto, 31103 to 4110 s; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ lOs per load, A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. COAL MARK ET. - -TECTLR DAY. Rate's West Hartley... 14s Od Eden Main Carr's Hartley Dean's Primrose East Adairs Main..... 12s Od'Stewart's Basting's Hartley l4s 6d Whitwell 11°13-well Main New Tanfield l3s Od Ileugh Hall Original Tanfield IIs Gd South Hartlepool ..... 15s 3d • Ord 's Redheugh Tcwnley iVall's End, &c. i Sidney's Hartley lVharncliffe ', . Washington COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, JULY 28. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. July 21.—Stormfinch cutter, Lieut.-Colonel Bowers, C. 8., from Poole, and proceeded to the eastward. 22d.—Emerald ditto, J. L. Symonds, Esq., from Wey mouth.; 28th.—Fair Rosamond schooner, William Lyon, Esq., from London. 27th.—Maid of the Mist cutter, Henry Studdy, from the westward. SAILINGS. July 22.—Frisk cutter, Richard Frankland, Esq., for Cove of Cork. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Schooners—Capricorn, Fairy, Ariel, Fair Rosamund, Flirt, Camilla, Maud, Gem, Coral Queen, Merlin. Cutters—Alarm, Emerald, Forest Fly, Elizabeth, Os prey, Lark, .Turquoise, Arrow, Spider, Cygnet, Maid of the Mist. Yai•ls—Dream, Susan. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. The Duchess of Kent has taken a house in East Cowes Park for six weeks. Queen Adelaide, it is said, is in treaty for Norris Castle. The Marquis of Conyngbam bits taken East Cowes Castle; the Marquis of Aileshury, Norfolk House; the Countess of Darnley, Beach Villa; Lord Glengall, Harriet Lodge; the Countess of Don neva!, No. 3, Bath-buildings. The Marquis of Ormonde and family arrived yesterday at Millfield House. The Countess of Wilton and Lord Crofton were of the dis.: tinguished party that dined with her Majesty yesterday. THE POTATO CROP IN THE ISLE OF WlGHT.—Serious reports of the disease are in circulation, but we hope the bad-appearance of the haulm has been much increased " by the heavy rains and gales. Very few of the tubers are at present injured, and as fine weather has now set . in, we have reason to hope that a greater quantity of • 'potatoes will be grown in the island this year than in any former one, nud this would be the case even should one-sixth of the whole crop be lost, so great is the quen thy planted. Barometer 29.77. RAILWAY RETURNS RAILWAY Titsmc.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in 1 he previous year : b: 4 Week P Last ° ' .4 ending NAME OF RAILWAY. Week. t. • - o to 11................... July 15 Aberdeen .................. „.• • • • 493 4 23 Amiens and Boulogne .••••••• • • • • • • • 1,262 550 - Arbroath and Forfar ••••••••• •• •• •• - _ 22 Chester and Birkenhead .•••••• • • •• • • 857 764 22 ca1ed0nian............. .••••• • • • . • • 4,420 22 Cheater and Holyhead. ••.. • • ... ••• .. 1,480 - 22 Cockerrnouth and Workington........ 151 - 20 Dublin and Drogheda. ••• • • ••••• • • • • 865 971 35' Dublin and Kingstown ••••••• • • • • • • • 955 1,174 22 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen .• ••• • • • 1,263 1,036 23 East Anglian.... •• •••••••••• • • • • • • • • 652 - 22 Edinburgh and Glasgow .••••• • • • • • • 3,504 3,967 22 Edinbnrgh and Northern •••••• • • • • • • 1,865 - • 23 Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • 16,602 14,508 22 East Lancashire ••••.•••••• • • • • • • • • • 1,172 1,087 LlB Eastern Union ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • 1,454 1,109 Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge... - _ 22 Glasgow; Kilmarnock, and Ayr ••• • • • 2,410 3,072 22 Glasgow and Greenock • • 22 Great Southern and Western •••• • • .• 3, 165 1,656 23 Great Western, ice ..... ..... .•..• • . • 21,835 21,245 22 Kendal and Windermere ••.•.• • • • • • • 234 - 22 Lancashire and Yorkshire.. ••••• • • • • - 11,328 10,461 21 Lancaster and Carlisle ••• • • 2,113 1,464 Leeds and Thirsk..... • • • • • • • • •• • • • • - - 22 Londonderry and miniskillen. •••.• • • 174 132 23 London and North Western, &c. ..... 47,170 49,086 23 London and Blackwall .•••••• • • • • • • • 1,411 1,417 22 London and Brighton ....•• •• • 2 3 London and South Western .••• • •• • 22 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 3,021 2,507 23 Maryport and Carlisle .... -•• • • 22 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham •• • 23 Midland Great Western (Irish) •• - - 924 970 Newmarket... - • • - - 22 Newcastle and C,ar1i51e......... ..... 2,186 2,325 Norfolk. - -- 22 North British -- - ................ 2,411 2,295 :15 Paris and Rouen . .................. 4,584 9,215 16 Rouen and Havre .. .. .. .. .. .. •. - - 1,867 3,919 22 Scottish Central .............. • ... 1,007 - • 23 Shrewsbury and Chester •........... 632 444 22 South Eastern and Branches •• • - .... 10,419 10,401 ' 2 l South Devon •• •• •••• •• •• •• •• 1,778 1,124 22 Taff Vale •• ••..• • • • • ....... ..... .. 1,877 1,501 23 Ulster . ... ... 28 Whitehaven Junction ............... 175 238 - Wishaw and Coltness ............. ~ _... - 22 York and Newcastle .••--.• • • • • •. 13,099 11,377 22 York and North Midland . ...... •• - 9,101 8,625 His Excellency the Chevalier Bunsen left London last evening for Dover, en route to Berlin, whither he has been called by the Prussian Government to take part in its delihertitions on the great crisis now pending in Germany. If, however, we may trust private letters which - have reached us from Frankfort, it seems not un likely that the important post of President of the Council and Minister for Foreign Affairs to the Provisional Executive may be offered to his Excellency; and we are sure frOm his great experience and profound knowledge of the wants and wishes of England and Germany, that the choice of the Archduke John could fall on no one snore admirably qualified than the Chevalier Bunsen to promote that good understanding between ourselves and our German kinsmen so imperatively dictated by the dearest interests of both countries. But should this in telligence front Frankfort prove correct, and should the brilliant career of directing the foreign destinies of forty-five millions of people be reserved for this emi nent statesman, we cannot forget that the departure of the Chevalier Bunsen from London will leave a blank in. English society not easily filled up. Many distin guished foreigners have at various periods held high di plomatic Stations in this country, and have left it fol lowed by the regret of their acquaintances; but no ono to our knossledge has succeeded so thoroughly in secur ing the goodwill and heartfelt affection of those with whom ho was brought in contact as Chevalier Bunsen. Nor is it in the diplomatic world alone that his influ ence has been felt; at the same time that his house has ever been open to his countrymen of all classes, towards who'll he has exercised unbounded hospitality, it has never been shut to any Englishman who could prove that he hid a relay useful or scientific object in view. Many such, to whom the Chevalier Bunsen's ever-ready as sistance and advice have been of inestimable advantage, will hear the tidings of his departure with heartfelt sor row, and they will continue, as we do, to hope that his absence from England may not be permanent, but that he will speedily return either to resume his present im portant functions, or to exchange them for a higher office, as the representative of the United German Em pire at the Court of St. James's.—Times. Mr. Hudson, M.P., and Mrs. Hudson entertained at dinner last evening, at their mansion, Albert Gate, the Marchioness Dowager of Ely and Lady Anna Loftus, Lord and Lady Wbarncliffe, Sir James and Lady Gra ham, and Miss Graham, Mr. Hildyard, sI.P., Mr. San ders, M.P., Mr. Milnes Gaskell, M.P., Mr. Dundas, M.P., &c. Mrs. Hudson had subsequently an evening Party, which was honoured with the presence of the Conde de Montemolin and his Royal Highness the In fante Don Fernando of Spain, who were attended by Col. Don Francisco Merry. The party comprised among others the Prince Pignatelli, his Excellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, his Excellency the American Minister and Mrs. Bancroft, the Countess Reventlow and the Countess Hilda lieventlow, his Ex cellency the Minister for the Netherlands and Mddle. Schitotnelpenninck, the Duchess of Leeds and Miss Lane Fox, the Marchioness of Ely and Miss Hope Vere. the Earl and Countess of Morley, the Countess of Norbury and the Ladies Toler, Viscount Anson, Viscountess Gage and the Hon. Misses Gage, Lady Charles Somer set and Miss Somerset, Lady Yarde Buller and Miss Yards Buller ' Lady Dover and the Hon. Miss Ellis, Lord C rewe , Count de Bark, Elsa. Sidney Pierrepont, Sir Wm. Frszer, Mrs. W. slid Miss Cec ilia Harbert, &e. THE MA,N UFACTURIN G DISTRICTS.—FRIDAY, MID - N 'GUT. —Liverpool and Manchester aro perfectly tran quil and free from excitement. The Hon. Francis Scott, M.P., and Mr. Logan, from New South 'kV:ilea, had an interview, yesterday, With Mr. Ward, the Secretary of the Admiralty. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION.—WO are informed that her Majesty the Queen Dowager and the Duke of Wellington have signified their intention of honouring the concert in aid of this institution with their presence. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, BIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKE tool{. ti:e Chair at Twelve o'clock. THE STATE OF IIiELAND ADJOURNED DE B AT E. The adjourned debate on going into Committee of I Supply was resurneo. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL regretted the absence of leading Members of the G overnment. Ile wiehed to enter his remonstrance egainst the " do-nothing" policy of the Government. They had had to complain of former Governments with respect to Ireland ; but at any rate this could be said of them, that they passed their measures relating to that country, whether they were vood ur bad. It was true three measures had been passed. timing the session for the repres stun of agrarian diteut baaces ; he had voted for two of the Bills, and his absence, when the lest was passed, did not arise from any fear of the responsibility which, had he been present, he should nut have hesitated to take upon himself.—(Hear.) Much of the speech of the Hon. Member for Middlesex was most infe!ieitous, considering the state of the country. He hoped th e Government would put down rebellion, but with that charity and forbearance which he was sure would be exercised by the Noble Earl at the head of the Administration in Ireland. During the present excitement religious questions had remained in abey ance; but if civil war broke out they would break out fullin iore iii bland}'e,aniltfe members of ono religion would arrayed contest against another. In any settlement of the Church question the opinions of the Protastaht laity, of the middle and lower classes, must be duly considered. He was glad now to see the Noble Lord the Premier in his place. He wished to pass rapidly au to other questions of greater import mice. The Franchiser Extension Bill was of minor hie penance, compared with giving the people the means of caving.—(hear.) Let the Government postpone the measures with respect t, the Church and the fran chise, and early next session let them bring in great and intelligent measures for the welfare of Ireland. The Noble Lord had told them that many English measure had been peatponed. This was so, but those hnglise measures had net, like many of the Irish measures, been recommended by seventeen or eighteen Committees and five or six commissions. --(hear, hear.) The eye lost itself, so great was the vista. Then the Landlord and Tenant Bill had been most unjustly procrastinated. He wished the Hoe. Baronet. .the Member for Cavan to state the grounds. on which 'he opposed this Bill, in or der that the people might be made made acquainted with them. He wished him to speak out, and also, at the same time, to., say how, after his opinions in the past, he could do so. The Bill was not generally liked in Ireland. Ile hoped the Government would take up the matter with greater activity in the ensuing session. There was then the question, el which the last Bill formed a part, of affording the industrious the means of obtaining productive labour. The Noble Lord declared in 1846 that a measure providing for the reclamation of waste lands was absolutely required, yet such a measure had not been proceeded with.—(Hear.) At that time some thought railways would relieve the distress. Each had his peculiar notion; but the panacea that Ireland re quired was a series of combined measures all working for one common end—the amelioration of the country. It could not be expected that individual landowners would take upon themselves the responsibility of im proving land, because the burdene that would thereby be thrown upon them would be too great to bear. Recently the line to Limerick had been opened for a distance of twenty-one miles, and to show how profitable and ad vantageous such undertakings were, he might state that the receipts had been from 2,500/. to 3,000/. a week. There seemed no union of will amongst the Government as to the measures necessary for the present condition of Ireland. He should give the [notion his cordial sup port. Major BLACKALL felt it his duty to vote against the motion of the lion. Member for Rochdale. The Government, in the remedial measures they had brought forward, had been met by obstructive policy on'the part of many of the Irish Members. Ho denied that the great causes of the disturbed state of Ireland *ere the Church and the franchise. The state of both was the same in both Longford and Tipperary, yet the former county was peaceable, which ho attributed to the exertions of the Roman Catholic clergy, , and the discouragement of clubs and agitation. , He had no faith in remedial measures for Ireland, believing that the great panacea for Ireland was the en forcement of law and order in that country. lie was , not opposed to a poor-law Act in Ireland, but he ob jected to it because it did not give a community of inte- , rest. It was of great importance that the poor-law . should be made an'auxiliary to employment in Ireland. He believed that the disaffection that at present existed in Ireland arose not from distress, but the harangues of agitators in Ireland—(Hear, hear.) He believed that the bringing over of English gentlemen and English capital to Ireland would be of the greatest benefit to Ireland. In conclusion, he felt bound to say a few words on the course pursued by the Goverment with re spect to Irish Members. He thought that everything • had been done by the Government for Ireland that could be expected.—(Hear, hear.) No suggestion of any Irish Member had been disregarded, and looking upon the motion of the lion. Member for Rochdale as ill-timed, he felt bound to oppose it. Mr. P. SCROPE trusted that the English people and the English Parliament would at length think seriously of the state of Ireland. He believed that the social grievances of Ireland were at the bottom of the dreadful movement that was now taking place there, and that it behoved the Government to make the strictest inquiry into the subject. The prophecies of Dr. Doyle were being fulfilled, and the evils of not following his advice were being made apparent every day. (LEFT SPEAKING) THE ALLEGED OUTBREAK IN IRELAND. THE STATE OF LIVERPOOL. (From the Liverpool Mercury of yesterday.) The publication in the course of yesterday morning, of the very alarming, but totally untvunded, report, that the rebellion had broken out in Ireland, and that the military had refused to act, came upon the good people of this town like a thunderbolt. Nothing could exeeed the alarm which it created. Men on 'Change, accustomed narrowly to watch the progress of events, seemed astounded ; all business and confidence was for a time suspended ; and sorrow and alarm were de picted on every countenance. After the excitement occasioned by the first announcement had partially subsided, some of the more shrewd observers began to inquire how the news reached Liverpool. The Dublin evening papers contained no intelligence of the outbreak, and none of the passengers who came by the Trafalgar steamer, which arrived here early in the morning, had heard a word about it. Doubts accordingly began to be thrown upon the announcement, and these were partially confirmed by a commercial traveller, who stated that he had passed through Thurles at three o'clock on Wednesday, and then the town was in the most peaceable condition. The published report stated that the Queen's mesaenger had started from Dublin with dispatches for London. The Mayor caused a telegraphic communication to be made to Sir George Grey, with the view of ascertaining whether this was the fact or not, and receiving an answer to the effect that no such messenger had arrived, greater discredit was thrown upon the report. All apprehension was, how ver, removed, on the arrival last night, about seven o'clock, of the Urgent steamer, which brought the grati fying intelligence that no outbreak had taken place. e s r ( e n f o r e h , e l a )e r t l i i e t s t s le s c d o o u u n b d t r a l f for t r t h s t e oc r k e j o o r b t b w i n a g s s l e l t e a r b e ro ca ar n l ' hT or other sinister objects. A very large number of per sons had collected on the larding stage to await the ar rival of the steamer, a n d th ey appeare d much relieved upon learning th a t th e re p ort w hi c h h ad created so much alarm was a fabrication. That all kinds of alarming rumours are afloat may be believed when it is known that in Thurles and other parts of Ireland, it was reported that au outbreak lied taken place in Liverpool, and that 500 of the police had been killed. Immediately on the receipt of the alarming news the magistrates m e t at t h e T own -hall, with the view of mak ing the necessary arrangements, in the event of any rising town. t ou intelligenc edoh hyh meansavi n stated, abseirbgefaotrteeniitedin thin been ti conveyed of the electric, telegraph,' an order w by Captain Gregg immedi ate l y to call out theatpsenrseicoenievresd. portionu them to o k m ov o e d r at t i h ou e police-office in High-street. Wh en it This was accordingly don e , an d ao up their station at the Se ss i ons -h ouse, for the remaining being fou n d iu thevvcacoseuorint ascertained the news was incorrect, they w ere di smissed. It is supposed that the report must have been fabricated in Liverpool, and the magistrates are about to take steps, if possible, to discover the person who has been guilty of so heartless a piece of mischief. We are glad, however, to be able still to state that Liverpool remains in the most peaceable state. Not the slightest attempt at outbreak has been made, and, con sidering the preparations for suppressing any distur bance, we confidently believe no serious breach of the peace will take place in this town. Whilst the present excitement, however, continues in Ireland it will be ne cessary for the authorities to be on the alert. Since our last there have been further seizures of pikes and other weapons in this town. On the person of one man found in possession of these instruments of warfare was found a letter containing important infor mation as to the intended movements of the liepealers, which will be of service to the authorities. Considerable additions still continue to be made to the number of special constables in each of the wards, and meetings are held every night for the purpose of drill ing and organizing the men into companies. The workmen employed in nearly all the large establish ments of the town have been sworn in as special con stables. The regular police force has been increased from 800 to 1,300 men, and these continue to be regu larly drillcd every day to the use of the =Fleet aml the sword. In districts of the town principally occupied by the Irish, or where there is the mu :A probability of any disturbance originating, the ofii cera parade 'in pairs, and are furnished with alms : In addition to this, their beats have been shortened, su that the extra number on duty every night is con siderable. The military are all at their several stations, and there has been a further addition made by the arrival of a troop of the fourth Dragoon Guards, and a detach ment of the 30th regiment, which came into town last night. On Wednesday evening 50 chests and 26 hogsheads, con Lining cutlasses and accoutrements, arrived from Chester. The cutlasses are intended for the use of the special constables, if it Should be found necessary to arm them. Dr. Reynolds, the notorious Chartist "ironmonger," who last week said that he had sounded the 89th, and found them all right, and in favour of treason and rebellion, has been well answered by a private in that gallant corps, who says —"I wish re spectfully to inform that rebel.in-chief (Dr. Rey nolds) and his companions in iniquity, that , if he succeed in getting up an excitement, as he terms it, he will find, to his loss, that the ranks of the 89th are not so tainted with foul air a:.; he imagines ; that they are faithful and loyal, 'r.a they have ever been, to their Queen and country, and that they are not only ready, but anxious, at any moment, when required, either to repel the aggressions of foreign enemies, or to suppress domestic rebels. If the doctor would apply to this regiment whenever he feels the pike and vitriol complaint c , :ming on, they will administer to him, and to all such. free of expense, and without delay, a sufficient quantity of their purifying pills, which, though not patent medicine, yet have stood the test of long experience—particularly having done much execution in '9B. They will be sure to givetthe doctor almost instant relief, and do away with the necessity of his being sent to Bermuda for change of air." Immediately after the arrival of the mail from Dublin last evening, the Mayor and magistrates caused u pla card, of which the following is a copy, to be extensively posted in the town:— "BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. " The Mayor and magistrates beg to inform the pub lie, that the mail steamer from Dublin has this moment arrived, and it affords them the greatest pleasure to say that the alarming intelligence published this morning is entirely untrue. " T. B. HORSEALL, Mayor. " Town-hall, July 27, 1848." TILL LATE FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE AT WAPPING. LATEST PARTICULARS. As soon as the ruins could be suffieiently cooled for any ore to enter, Mr. Superintendent liraidwood ordered a number of his men to set to work and use every exer tion to extricate the two unfortunate men. Owing to the immense weight of the floorings which had fallen, and the great quantity of machinery which had been hurled into the second floor, some considerable time elapsed before either Pearcy or Hancock could be per ceived. At length, however, towards the latter part of the afternoon, the firemen discovered the lifeless bodies of the two men. They were lying some distance from each other, and in such a position that it was quite clear, when they saw the place falling, they were. in the act of running away, Hancock was , not, at all burnt, and Pearey but slightly, aed that only on one arm. The weight of the rubbish.falling upon themno doubr instantly deprived them ()Hire, The wife of l'earcy was confined only a few days Since ' and her feelings upon being informed of the melancholy death of her husband can be better imagined than described. Mr. Mackey, the engineer of Wellelose-square station, who was also severely injured, saved his life in the following remark able manner. Upon t:eeing the flooring coming down, ho ran back, calling to his men to escape. Before, how ever, he had time to get to the stairs, a heavy millstone fell through the upper flooring, and, falling at the Lack of him, revolved two or three times, and forced him down a loophole. Fortunately the aperture was not large enough for the stone to pass through; if it had, it must have fallen upon him and crushed him to death. After being attended to at the hospital, where he was first taken, it was found that he had got no bones broken; he was therefore removed to his own house, where he at pre sent remains. _ From an inspection made yesterday of the premises, it was found that the heavy planks and joistings in the floors bad been broken into pieces; the bond timber had been drawn out of the brickwork, and scarcely any por tion of the premises was found strong enough to allow the rubbish to be removed. The cause of the mischief appears to have been more by the great weight in the several rooms than by the action of the fire. The con tinned working of the machinery no doubt tended much to weaken .the fabric. It was only the preceding day that a barge load of wheat was taken into the mill to be ground, all of which -was destroyed. The two bodies have been removed to the adjoining public-house to await the Coroner's inquest. SIEGE OPERATIONS AT CEIATRAM.—A grand- mill tary display will take place on the 11th of August next, on which occasion the whole of the troops of this gar rison will take part in the operations, portions of which will be the besiegers, and the others the defenders of the fortress, which is to be taken by mining and counter mining. The Royal Sappers and Miners, with the Hon. East India Company's Sappers, are working night and day, erecting field batteries for heavy guns, and ap proaches necessary for storming a redoubt, upon a large scale, similar to those redoubts that the Duke of Wel lington caused to be erected at the memorable battle at Torres Vedras, a town of Portugal, against the French army. It is expected that 6,000 men will be under arms. The siege will be the most extensive that has ever been witnessed in this country, as the works stand over several acres of ground. To witness this military felt several general officers will be present; also the Chairman and Directors of the ROD. East India Com pany. The officers of the Guards have arrived, and are in possession of the mines and countermines. MAN AND WlFE.—There is but one instance of a person interfering between man and wife in their broils with either safety or success, and that person thrashed them both.—Liverpool Mercury. THE "SrA. LIONESB."—A fine specimen of this animal, the only living one ever brought to this country or to Europe, is now exhibited at the Cosmorama rooms, Regent -street. It is one of the species of marine animals mentioned in " Anson's Voyage round the World," and was taken in latitude 70 South, upon an iceberg near the Crozet Islands, whence it was brought to the Cape of Good Hope, where it remained for several months, and thence to this country, where it arrived a few days ago. It. differs from the common seal by its broad flat head and blunt nose. The skull shows many peculiari ties, but the chief character is presentetl by the teeth. This animal has only four conical cutting teeth in each jaw, which are far apart, and nearly similar to the canine teeth. The molar teeth, or grinders, are small, with large simple cylindrical roots, whereas in the common seal the roots are divided. Captain Tris:mtt, of the Ma thesis,w ho brought this extraordinary creature to England, describes it as being remarkably good-tempered and dis playing considerable intelligence in the recognition of persons. It is kept in a tank of sea water, beneath which it occasionally conceals itself, but more frequently it emerges from the water and reposes its head on the edge of the tank, the whole body being nearly above the water, and, being completely amphibious, it can exist on land as well as in the sea. The surface of the body is covered with smooth hair, of a brownish black tint; it has long whiskers like a tiger, and very large round bright eyes. When disturbed or irritated it utters a sort of growl. There are two fins where the fore legs would be in a land animal, the fins, if so they can be called, being terminated by hands almost similar to the human hand, but having longer nails, not claws. The body ends in a tail with broad fins, upon which the animal can sit nearly upright. It feeds upon fish and upon the blood of animals, which it appears to be very fond of. This lioness is well worthy of the visits of the curious—indeed everybody should go to seo it. It sup plies one of the most extraordinary links in the genera o f animals, and in this country is a very interesting phe nomenon. THE CHARING-CROSS llOSPlTAL.—Yesterday af ternoon the 27th annual meeting of the governor and friends of the Charing-cross Hospital was held at the Institution, to receive the report of the past year; Major the chair. Ir.. Robertson, hon. n or from which it appeared that secretary, been admitted for relief, at an expense out-patients had d Lyon, vicel ea re d si t c h le o n r t, op i and that from the .opening of tile of 2,292/. 4s. 11 , in the course of the previous year 1,155 in, and 10,937 ' of 31 305/. Bs. 11d. The receipts admitted, Man expense ,.. _ , 'sod and, after paying all amounted to 3,0051. 14s. 0- 4 .. . . NI in hand remaining was 2751. 19s. 6 4 . hospital in 1834, 13 ' 3758 in and out-patients had been charges, the balance The report expressed the regret of the governors at the loss of the services of the Re v . G . Hull Bowers, B. D., Dean of Manchester, who had acted aschaplain to the Institution many years, and in whose room the Rev. H. Marychurch, mini s t e r of St. Michael's, Burl had consent e d t o act . Th e report was received, and Dr. thanks were voted to th e Rev. G. H. Bowers, Geld ing, &c., when th e mee ti ng se p ara ted. eigh -street, PRIZE FIGHTS.--Two prize fights took place on Monday last, about two miles, frem this city, on the Gloucester •road, and adjacent to the Severn. The first, the ring for which had been formed on the Ketch side of the river, commenced_about five in the morning ; but on the a pp earance of P. C. Hemming, the parties moved towards the ferry, and taking possession of the boat, speedily crossed over to the opposite side of the water. Of course they refused to give the officer a passage; and he, finding there was no ' one willing to assist him in preventing the fight, started towards Kemps:ey, obtained the assistance of P. C. Teague, and having crossed the river at that place, both proct eded t owar d s t h e scene of combat. Here they,dis covered between seven and eight hundred persons as sembled, Teague et i abg e owo n fle t ti e cr r , seei officers eventually trlriuueeac struck violently o n ole g ejn. winbled, and t h e i nterrupted battle having b een decid e d, t wo fresh pugilists were then hard at it. ne cttl t tyeh o do p puhblreyloeaeddl force and h t heira from stake, pusheda u t h t he abo ut osrapi ntoyd, The police, finding their efforts to prevent the fight uwtitieicrhlywuallfeosr a s, gavepur purse e p othe money,attempt, tanderm terminated edh w encounter, ltout i v,: n h o o w w n , it t n h e e sysedhave exhibition, to os answer s s o w t e h r e pugilists the ch org e t them selves, a willt h s e h o: tl y further mol estat i on. We understand that the parties selves, are con necte d with this city; and that being well breach of the peace.— Worcester Chronicle. TOTAL LOSS Or THE WATERWITCU STEAMER. ESCAPE OF THE PASSENGERS AND CREW.--Yesterday intelligence was received at Lloyd's of the total loss of the Waterwitch steamer, Captain Greig commander, whilst on her passage from Troon to Belfast. It appears that she sprang a leak, and that the only chance of saving the lives on board was to abandon her. This was dune, and she shortly afterwards went down in deep water. The crew and passengers reached the shore in safet). The Waterwitch is understood to have been in r,ureil to some extent. KING'S COLLGE.—The annual recitations by the pupils of this establishment took place yesterday in the theatre, in the presence of Sir Robert Inglis, Bart., M.P., who presided; the Earl of Dartmouth, Earl Howe, Lord Radstock, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Rev. Dr. Sheppard, the. Rev. Dr. Jelf, and a distinguished audi tory. Sir Robert stated the object of the meeting in a brief address, and at the termination the speeches coin inenced. The recitations lasted about two hours. Prizes were subsequently distributed amongst the boys of the school, who were proficient in their respective classes ; and after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the proceed .ngs terminated. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY•) HOUSE OF LORDS. GROUP No. M.—CALEDONIAN PAILWAY (Glasgow Station, and Bridge across the Clyde).—Preamble passed, clauses agreed to, and Lill ordered to be reported. _.___... ----- ELECTION COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) DUBLIN. The scrutiny into the validity of Mr. Reynolds' ma jority was resumed, but the petitioners did not succeed iu stra: off any additi ona l vo tes to-day. The objec tions arose out of t h e non-paymen t o f the Dublin wide streets-tax, but th e p et i t i oners f a il e d t o prove to the satis faction of the Committee that a legal valuation had been made of the parish of St. Mark's. NORTH CIIESHIRE The case for th e p et i t i rtnors hav i ng c losed, Mr. MEREWETHER addressed the Committee at some length on beh a lf o f the sitting Member, Mr. Lech, that M r . L egh ' s ma j or ity c ould not in any way be att r ib uted to the a ll ege d treating. Both Mr. Legh an d h i s opponen t, Mr. AstleY, were free-traders, but Mr. Legh was also a Con servative, and he secured his majority in the agricul tural district?. Ile announced his intention to call wit nesses to rebut the alleged charges of treating and the agency, and he was quite sure that in the end the Com mittee would find that tho refreshments were supplied by the innkeepers upon speculation and their own re sponsibility. Mr. Rocoe, of linutsford the principal electioneering agent of Mr. Legh, proved that ho appointed Messrs. Reddish, Nichols, Nicholson, Colville, Barrett, and May, as his, assistant agents. Sir .Richard Brooke acted as chairman of Mr. Legh's committee. On the afternoon of the nomination day, Mr. Legh announced to his friends at the George Inn, limitsfOrd, that he was a de cided opponent of treating or the distribution of refresh ment tickets. Witness gave strict directions to all parties officially concerned for Mr. Legh to discountenance everything in the shape of treating, while he at the same time cautioned the innkeepers that neither Mr. Legh this testimony. nor his committ ee would be respons ibl e f or any re freshments they m i g h t supply to the voters. Th e other agents were ca ll ed to corroborate They all agreed . i n stating that every precaution was taken during the el ect i on to avoid treating. They admitted that they w ere applied to f or or d ers, h ut t h ey invariably refused to sanction anything in the shape of treating, knowing that it would void the election. Bills had.sinee been sent into them for the refreshments sup plied to the voters, but they had always disputed and refused to pay thern.—Adjourned. BANK OF ET'';GLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) AU Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Rth of Victoria. the Week ending on S a t ur d ay, the 22d day of July, 1848. issrn DEPARTMENT. X. G &otes i55ued........ 27,451,50 cap. 32, for Government debt .. 11,015,10 0 Other securities .... 2,9 , 44,900 Gold coin and bullion 12,123,761 Silver bullion ...... 1,:t27,799 £27,451,560 £ 27,451,560 M. MARSIIALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 27th day of July, 1848. BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rest • . - .• 3,498,611 Public depuslts (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say- ings - bank s, and Di vidend accounts) .. 2,410,857 Other deposits ...... 11,376, , 038 seven day and other bills • • • • • •• • • • . 1,127,125 Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity)" 12,807,546 Other securities .. 11,090,948 .Notes ........ •• • . . 8,410,840 Gold and 2111 w coin.. 657,147 X32,965 ; 431 £32,966,481 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 27th day of July. 1841 MARKET INTELLIGENCE (From the London New Prie Current of July 28.) SUGAR.—Today home-trade buyers operated with increased freedom in all sorts of raw Sugar and a slight advance in the value is apparent; merchants also dis- Flayed firmness. A good business was concluded in West India Mutpovado and for all purposes at prices showing a rise on those of Friday last of 61 to 13. The quantity sold to-day was 480 hhds, &c. A public sale of 110 hhds 16 brls of Barba does went off flatly, and a small part only sold at about former rates—low yellow went at 37s to 37s 6d, mid 363 to 38s 6d, good 39s to 40$, and fine 41s to 42s per cwt. The total sales for the week are 1,890 hhds and trcs. The market for Sugar closes firmly. REFINED .—Tuilsy there was a much better sale for Refined Sugar for home trade purposes; prices also ruled firmer. Standard Lumps realised 53$ 6d, and brown lumps 523 6d to 53s per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar is wanted for exportation—first sort at 27s to 27s 6d, and second ditto at 26s 6d, upon which terms there are not free sellers MAURITIUS.—This afternoon there was a good de mand fur Mauritius both for grocery and refining pur poses, whilst 1,323 bags at auction were sold at 6d per cwt advance; fine yellow went at 39s 6d, good 38s 6d to 395, middling 37s 6cl to 38s, low 36s 61 to 375, middling to fine grey 37s to 395, fine brown 35s to 365, washed and syrupy 34s to 38a 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar was dealt in with greater freedom, and 3,347 bags at public sale were all sold at 6d per cwt advance ; Bemires, good and fine white went at 42s to 435, middling and good mid dling 403 to 41s 6d, low 39s to 39s 6d, good and fine soft yellow 37s 6d to 38s 6d, damp and washed 36s 6d to 41s 6d. Of Madras 73 bags went at stiffer rates, good damp brown 31s 6d, and middling yellow 33s per cwt. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar, but the parcels sold privately were at stiffer rates, making the advance for the week 6d to is per cwt. A cargo of Porto Rico 18s Gd per cwt ; 200 cases brown Bahia at 16s ; and 3,000 bags Manilla at 36s per cwt, duty paid. COFFEE.—This afternoon at public sale 532 bags Plan tation Ceylon Coffee went off at full terms—middling realized 51s, low middling 44s Gd to 465, fine fine ordi nary 39s 6d to 433, good and fine ordinary 30s to 325, damaged 21s Gd to 40s, triage 28s. Native sold more freely privately at 29s to 30s Sur good and fine ordina r y . TEA.—The market for C ongou of all sorts looks firm; there is a good demand, prices are fully as high as they were on this day week, whilst there is a less quantity on offer. There is evidently a desire on the part of, the town and country trade generally to get into stock, as prices yet rule low, whilst there is a large consumption. Of fine sorts there is still a sma ll supply. Some holders refuse to sell at present rates. For Souchong there is a fair sole at 9d to is 2d for ordinary and middling, and Is 3d to 2s 4d for good and fine. Pouchong is wanted, and continues in small supply. RICE.—To-day there wa s little desire manifested to do business in East India, whilst the market was well supplied. At auction 4,787 bags, and 1,006 pockets of Bengal were offered, but a small part only sold at a de cline of Is, making the fall is Gd to 2s from the extreme point of Tuesday ; fine white went at 12s to 12s 6d, middling and good Ils to Ils 63 ; damaged 3s 6d to 10s ; 1,251 bags of Madras sold at a similar decline, and went at 93 to Os 6d for good pearl barley, and at 103 for mid pinky white, whilst cargo was taken in at 8s 6d to 9s ; good white at 1 ls. Of Sago Flour a small part only of 872 bags found buyers at 15s 6d for good, fine at 16s, damaged 8s to 13s 6d per cwt. SPICES.—To-day of Pimento 617 bags at auction were all taken in at 4d to 4ed for good, which is above the value; 123 bags Pod Pepper sold at 40s to 4ls for middling. SALTPETRE.—To . day there was little passing by pri vate treaty in Rough; and 326 bags at auction were all taken in at 24s to 24s 6d for middling grey 6f to 12 per cent. refraction, which is rather above the value. COCHINEAL.—This afternoon there was not a brisker sale, and 100 bags at public sale were only in part sold at easier rates for blacks, bat silvers fetched full prices. Mexican silvers went at 3s id to 3s Bd, black 3s 10d to 4s 6d, Mexican black 48 6d to 4s 7d, and silvers 3s 9d els 4s. _ _ SPIRITS.—On the part of holders of Leeward Island Rum, there is a desire manifested to sell upon former terms; a good business in consequence has been con cluded, and the sales amount to 300 puns at is 7d, good brown ditto is 7d, and fine is Bd. Demerara is rather cheaper, but the sales made aro upon a large scale, and reach to 400 puns. Holders of Jamaica are reluc tant to make any coaession in the value, but exporters and home buyers have operated with caution all the week. There are sellers of plain and middling quality 30 to 33 per cent over proof at 3s 3d to 3s 7d, good 32 to 38 over 3s Sd to 33 10d, fine 4s to 4s 3d, and high flavoured 3s 9d to 43 6d. The low and middling sorts are the most difficult of sale. East India has been dealt in with caution. A parcel of Mauritius of good quality has been sold at is 7d proof. Brandy is yet attracting little attention, and as the stock continues on the increase, holders are willing to sell. Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1846 at 4s 6d to 4s Bd, and 1847 ditto at 34 7d to 3s 9d per gallon. Ge neva sells more freely at is 10d to is lid for ordinary, and at 2s 6d to 5s for fine. British made Spirit is in ex cellent request, and former rates are well supported. INDIGO.--A fair business has been concluded this week for both home use and export, the low and mid dling qualities meeting with tho most attention. In seve ral cases the rates paid show a small advance on those ofis the last quarterly sale. For Spanish the de mandgetting brisker, and holders refuse t o se ll u p on f orm er terms. OlLS.—This afternoon the quantity of Cocoa Nut Oil 0 9 0 0 d tuns Southern, fine 241 15s to offered at public sale was large, and amounted to 304 packages, but the whole was taken in at 40s to 435; of Sperm 25 tuns good quality were sold at 70/ to 721, 20/ 10e. Linseed Oil sells more '231 to 2 4 / 1 0s, inferior 22/ to 6d per cwt on the spot. Y. Candle on the spot is worth c : ,,sks of New South Wales sold freely2sl which ss: aa middling d2dsii3rdi lower g traoanito2edw2s good 221 15s, and 'Very the inalket was firm for Russian TaLLow.—To-day 4 T 4 a 5 11 6 7 . , L A nd t a fi a n c e ti n n e a w l7 i 4 % at 49,d to 445, low 6j 10 41s 6d; 46 casks Odes L 6 42s Gt.! to 43s 6d; 12 boxes Sueb American 44 s 3d; 114 casks of old P. Y. Candle 43s to 458 9d. a t L L o o r n d do l- n I - a b r r d id in g g e evening, per p cir ;hunt, at ten minute, past eleven, pecial train, from • on Thursd . a:7 ` 1 —A pfnclama- MANCHESTER, FRIDAY AFTER/WO,. • tien from the magistrates, signed by the id:_vor, has been f the Con• issued this morning, relative to the meetings , 13 A to 1- ft derate Clubs, prohibiting all such meetings, a,_ - t s , nouncing them illegal. The proclamation concludes sivn, a general exhortation to order, and emphatically warns estaartiroi arrived d the perpetrators of discord of the consequemes washei, evil doings. . The meeting of the clubs, which it be lieved would have been held at three o'clock this morn ing, did not take place. JULY 29, 1848. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, July 28. Their Lordships met shortly after Five o'cicck. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (SCOTLAND) BILL. Lord CAMPBELL moved the second reading of Administration of Justice (Scotland) Bill.--Afire:d to. PETITIONS. Lord BROUGEIAM presented a petition him st me individual, praying for the introduction of some mra sure for the better administration of the empire. —CA laugh.) CL - ABENCE AND LEEDS AND TIIIRSK AMAL GAMATION RAILWAY BILL. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from certain shareholders in the Leeds and Thirsk Company, prayinr to be heard by counsel against this Bill, and moved that the Bill be re-committed, in order that they might be heard against it. The Earl of MORLEY opposed the motion. Lord BROUGHAM expressed his surprise that the Court of Chancery should have interfered, as he under stood that one of the Vice-Chancellors had interfered, to issue en injunction restraining these parties from prosecuting this petition before Parliament. If they bad contracted not to present such petition it might be a good cause of action for damages; but no court had a right to restrain persons from petitioning Parliament. After a few words from the LORD CHANCELLOR and Lord CAMPBELL, _ Lord NIONTEAGLE denounced this proceeding as ono of the grossest Parliamentary tricks that had ever been attempted to be practised. Ho entirely acquitted the Noble Lord of all participation in this unworthy proceeding. The motion was negatived without a division. DECLARATORY SUITS BILL. Lord BROUGHAM moved the second reading of the Declaratory Suits Bill. The object of the Bill was to import into England the Scotch Declaratory Act. At present, if the title to estate was bad, the owner of the estate could not proceed to clear himself. He must wait until his title was questioned before he could do so. So in the cases of marriage. The title in such a case could not be established unless questioned. The object of this Bill was to enable parties to prove their titles in the case cf marriage, without waiting until the titles were questioned. The LORD CHANCELLOR agreed to the import ance of the Bill, but thought that it had better not be pressed through this session., The Bill was then read a second time. On the motion of the Earl of FORTESCUE, the Ecclesiastical Patronage Strits Compromise (Ireland) Bill wan read a third time. EVICTED DESTITUTE POOR (IRELAND) BILL. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE in moving that the consideration of the Cot moes' amendment to this Bill be adjourned till Monday next, which he did, he said, at the request of Lord Stanley, who was absent from town, begged to state that ho could not consent to any further postponement of measures relating to Ireland, and, therefore, these amendments would be brought before their Lordships on Monday, and that too without prejudice to the consideration of the Commons' amend ments to the Incumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill, which would come on on Monday next. He would take the liberty of impressing on their Lordships in the most earnest manner the necessity of passing those measures relative to Ireland, which were before their Lordships' House, and which were of the greatest importance as re garded the interests of that country. The Marquis of LANSDOW.NE also urged the im portance of their Lordships at once carrying into a law the measures referred to by his Noble Friend. Ile wished it to be clearly understood that no further delay, as regarded those measures, would be sanctioned by the Government. He also hoped they would be able to pass the Charitable Trusts Bill this session. Lord REDESDALE said they had only had notice of the nature of the amendments made by the Commons to the Incumbered Estates Bill. He thought two days too few to consider these amendments. The Earl of GLENGALL concurred in this view of the matter. After a few words from the Marquis of CLANRI CARDE, who again urged the necessity of proceeding with the Incumbered Estates Bill immediately. Lord MONTEAGLE said ho considered the ntoice given of the Commons' amendments too short to discuss them effectively on Monday The Earl of GLENGALL said that this Bill should not be passed in the absence of so many Irish Members. Lord CAMPBELL denied this was a different Bill from that first introduced. The Earl of MOUNTCASIIEL objected to the pas sing of the Bill at so short a notice. The LORD CHANCELLOR explained, and the con sideration of the amendments was postponed to Monday next. The Highland Roads and Bridges (Scotland) Bill went through Committee, and their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 28. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were considered and agreed to:— Dundee and ArbrOath Railway (Dundee Junction) Bill. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and Glasgow, Air drie, and Monklands Junction Railway (Amendment of Acts) Bill. London and North-Western Railway (Branches and Ex tensions from Leamington, &c.) Bill. THIRD READING. The Huddersfield Improvement (No. 2) Bill was read a third time and passed. REPORT. The report on tho Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway and Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway Amalgamation Bill was considered and agreed to. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time, aed ordered to be committed:— The Duke of Bridgewater's Estate. Greenlaw's (or Woolwich Glebe Lands) Estate. Nicholson's Divorce. Ramsden's Estate. Waterhouse's Charities Estate. a Bill th e better regulation of medical charities in Irelam I. It was, however, his intention to irrl roduco a temporary measure for the renewal of the Dever Act of 184 5 as a portion of it. DUTI Ei:S LEVIED BY THE GERMAN CONFE- DE RATION ON COTTON AND WOOLLEN. Lord I G. BENTINCK said information ha, I reached this c 4 mntry that the German Confederatiort had in crease( I the duties upon cotton and woollen imported into Ciermany. On the forther article tin 'duty had been imareased from 30 dollars to 75 dollarn, and on the latter article from 50 dollars to 75 dollars. As those duties were in fact pro hibitory, duties.. he wished to know whether the Govern!: cent had receia sit any intimation of such a measure being passed by the German Confederation, bitting at Frankliort ; and whether it was their intention to remonstratie against such a proceeding. Mr. LABOUCHERE said that the Foretign-office had r , sceived no intimation on the subject. REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS (SCOTLAND). The, LORD-ADVOCATE, in answer to a question Iran Mr. Bailey, said that he could not consent: to post pone the second reading of the Registration of Births (Scoland) Bill to another session. IIaiLAND.—THE ELECTRIC TELEGEAPIL Mr- MACKINNON, seeing the Right Hon.. Gentle man Ile Secretary of State for the Home Depar tment in his p':aee, wished to put a question to him of great im portance. He was desirous of knowing whetTaer it was in the: power of the Government, and, if it was, whether they would exercise it, to take any steps Go prevent the dissemination by the electric telegraph of false news into this country? Sir G. GREY said that it was quite im'?oesible to prevent false news being circulated in this country. With, respect to the statements that had beers put forth yes; srday, it had been proved that tho whciie were a fabrication, and that the respectable news agen ti; of Liver pool had been grossly imposed upon. Th.e cabman, however, who had brought the parcels to them had stated that he could identify the person. who gave them, to him, and the matter was now undergoing the strictest investigation.—(Hear, hear.) As he had said before, it was impossible to prevent false information being disseminated, and as regarded th a Electric Telegraph Company, the Act which constiituted that company gave the Government power to take ;possession of the materials of the company for a period not less than a week. Such a step had been only ta:aeu once, and it was not advisable to resort to such measures hastily, especially as the Government had to ):t munerate the company. CITY SMALL DEBTS BILL. On the motion of Mr. MASTERIVIAN, it was ordered that this Bill be read a second time, notwithstanding that three clear days have not elapsed since the first reading of the said Bill, provided that the breviate shall be laid upon the table not later than the day previous to such second reading. HORSHAM. Mr. S. WORTLEY_ presented a petition from the sitting Member for Horsham, complaining of the inac curacy of a certificate of the examiner of recognizances, and praying that the petition against his return for that borough might be held as null and void. SEIZURE OF ARMS IN WOLIN. Mr. O'CONNOR presented a petition from a person in Dublin, complaining that his arms were seized on the 25th instant, and that if the arms of well-affected persons were seized, leaving them no means of defence in the present excited state of the country, it would lead to a confiscation of property. THE KAFIR WAR. Mr. OSBORNE gave notice that on Thursday next he should move that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she may be pleased to confer medals upon the officers who distinguished them selves in the Kafir war. THE POOR-LAW BILL. Mr. C. BULLER said he was extremely desirous of removing any doubt that might exist in the mind of the House with respect to some of the Bills which he had brought forward, but which he had found it would be impossible to proceed with during the present session. —(Hear, hear.) Having heard from some Members that they entertained several objections to the Poor law Superannuation Bill, which he was bound to state were also entertained to a great extent in the country, he should not trouble the House with the Bill in the present session. —(Hear, hear.) In another session he hoped to bring it forward in an improved form, in which it would receive the assent of the House. He therefore begged to move that the order for the second reading be discharged. With respect to the Poor-law Union Charges Bill, he had not been discou raged by any discussion that had taken place upon it; nay, on the contrary, he considered if the amendment of the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Oxfordshire had been submitted to the House, that the principle of the Bill would have been affirmed by a large majority—(Hear, hear)—but there was one power which he could not guard against—the power of time—yet he could not abandon the main principle of the Bill, as it was absolutely necessary to pass this session a Bill to continue the Act of Mr. Bodkin.—(Hear. hear.) He was also anxious to press the clause relating to vagrancy, and he must say that unless the House passed these clauses it would be quite hopeless for him to put down the system of vagrancy which had so extensively sprung up of late. He proposed, therefore, that the House should read the Bill a second time, and go into Committee pro forma, to strike out the other clauses. The Bill would then come before the House in its new shape. Mr. SPOONER remarked, that if the Right Hon. Gentleman had received communications from all parts of the country in favour of the Union Charges Bill, he had also received communications against it, and he had two petitions to present, praying the House to throw out the Bill. Mr. HENLEY had no difficulty in consenting to the vagrancy clause, if, in, the ,meantime, the Right Hon. Gentleman would throw the expense on the establish ment charges. After a short discussion the order was discharged. IRELAND. In reply to a question from Sir L. O'BRIEN, Lord J. RUSSELL admitted that it was very de sirable that Irish Members should return to their country as soon as possible, and stated that, should the debate be finished to-night, there would be no objection to take Mr. Sharman Crawford's motion, with respect to reme dial measures for Ireland, to-morrow at twelve o'clock. CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS. Colonel SIBTIIORP wished to know whether it was the intention of the Noble Lord at the head of the Go vernment to proceed with the Corrupt Practices at Elections Bill, and it' so at what period he intended to bring it on ? Lord J. RUSSELL said ho proposed to proceed with that Bill ou Monday next, but if anything arose to pre vent its coming ou on that day he should take it on Tuesday, at twelve o'clock. Colonel SIBTIIORP—Then I beg to give notice thin on Tuesday 'next, at twelve o'clock, if that Bill t, brought on, I shall move the a djournment of the House, and persist in the motion, whatever faction proceedings may be taken by the Government. MEDICAL CHARITIES IN IRELAND. reply to a question from Mr. FITZSTEPIIEN 111 .; r"TIVILLE 'said- he - was 'very' mnil. FRENCH, --ovrel with great regret, that Sir W. - , t session to introd uce afraid, and he mac% the he should not be able in the Reba., FOREIGN CATTLE. Arr. OSBORNE inquired whether it was the inten tion of the Government to introduce a Bill to prevent the isnportation of foreign cattle. Mr. LABOUCHEIIE said his attention, had been called to the matter b$ commurications from quarters to thi,, important subject, and the result o: the in quirks he had instituted had led him to rite opinion tnsi; there was no doubt that a fatal disease prevailed at gst the sheep of the country, and he purposed to introduce a Bill in the present session to give the Go vertu Sent the power—which they did not at present possess—of preventing the inip6rtation of diseased cattle into the country.—(llear, bear.) SAVINGS' BASKS (IRELAND.) Mr. HERBERT wished, as the Hon. Baronet the Chancellor of the Exchequer was absent, to ask a ques tion of the Government of considerable importance, whether it was the intention of the Government to pro pose a bona fide inquiry into the savings' ha nks of Ire land this session, great delay having taken peace on the subject ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said it was the intention of his Right Hon. Friend to introduce a Bill on. the subject. As, however, the subject was one on which ranch excite ment might be caused by any step not well considered, he had thought it better to move the appointment of a Committee on Monday. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ROME BILL. In reply to Mr. BUCK, Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated that the Government intended to proceed with this Bill this session as it at present stood, including the proviso (as we understood) introduced by the House of Lords. THE YEOMANRY OF THE NORTH OF IRELAND. Sir A. BROOKE inquired whether it was the inten tion of the Government to call out the yeomanry of the north of Ireland. On his own estate alone be believed ho could raise five hundred loyal men, who would do great service to their country. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he had written to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland on this subject, and be might state that his observations generally ended by his saying that the immediate calling out of the yeomanry, or the postponing doing so, was a matter which was better left to the discretion of his judg ment than of the Goverment at home. Ho could only say, therefore, that there was the utmost confidence on the part of the Lord-Lieutenant and the Government with respect to the loyalty of the yeomanry of the north of Ireland, and it was not, therefore, from any doubt as to their loyalty that the Government had not called them out.—(Hear, hear.) MALTA. In reply to a question from Mr. LOCKIIART, Mr. HAWES stated that the office of governor had been separated from the office of military commander of Malta. The salary of the,.Governor had been reduced 5001., which had been added to the salary of the Com mander-in• Chief. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ROME BILL. Mr. BUCK, seeing the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies, in his place. begged to repeat the ques tion he had a short time ago put to his Noble Colleague, namely, when he intended to proceed with the Diplo matic Relations with Rome Bill ? Mr. STAFFORD said this Bill was of the greatest importance to his English constituents, and he could not adopt the advice of the Noble Lord at the head of the Government to return to Ireland until it had been dis posed of. Lord PALMERSTON said Government certainly intended to proceed with the Bill this session, but ho could not say when.—(Hear, hear.) AMERICAN POSTAGE. _ In reply to a question from Mr. BROWN, Lord PALMERSTON said ho did not think it advis able to publish the correspondence which had taken place with the United States authorities upon the postage question. Mr. M. GIBSON reminded the House that the nego tiation might easily be put an end to by their consenting not to levy tolls upon letters brought in American vessel,. CAMBRIDGE. Mr. BOUVERIE wished to ask the Lord-Advocate of Scotland if he was aware of the circumstances under which a Professor of the - University of St. Andrew's was sought to be deprived of his Fellowship in a College at Cambridge; and whether the test administered to that Professor on his election to his chair was the legal one. The LORD-ADVOCATE said he had received no official information on the subject, but he had been in formed that the Learned Gentleman had indiscreetly, without reading it, signed a Churchman's declaration if.- stead of a Professor's. MALTA. In reply to a question from Mr. GOULBURN, Mr. HAWES stated that the effect of the appoint ment of a civil governor of Malta would be to place an increased charge upon the army estimate. NEW WRIT. A now writ was ordered for Thetford in the room of the Right lion. W. B. Baring, now Lord Ashburton, who has been called to the House of Peers. STATE OF IRELAND. On the order of the day for going into a Committee of Supply, Mr. S. CRAWFOfID moved that the present dis tracted state of Ireland demands the instant attention of Parliament, with a view to the speedy enactment of such measures as may be necesary to improve the con dition, redress the grievances. and establish the just rights of the Irish people, and thereby promote the good order and prosperity of that portion of the United Kingdom, and give increased security to her Majesty's Crown and Government. If the House assented to that proposition, he should follow it up by another simil a r to that which had been proposed by the Noble Lord in 1844, via., that the House resolve into a Committee of .she whole House to take into consideration the state of Ireland. On this occasion he appealed to British Mem bers of this House on behalf of his unfortunate country, and the question was, what was to be done for Ireland? If they were ignorant of what was to be done for Ire land, it was their own fault, for they had had the infor mation on their records for years. He took this up as an English Member—as an English question. He charged the British Parliament and the Government with having deeply wronged his country by a long course of. op pression. He charged them with being the perpetrators of wrong, as they could redress it, and they would suffer if they did not redress it. When the Noble Lord moved for a Committee on the state of Ireland in 1844, he had said—Why is Ireland in the condition of being occupied by a military power ? The condition of Ire land, if it was bad then, was infinitely worse now. The general condition of Ireland might be collected from the report of the landlord and tenant commission. The ac count of the Irish in that report was, that they were badly housed, badly clothed, badly fed, and badly paid for their labour. Again, in the p oor -law in q uiry com mission we had a record of the c ondition of Ireland. The commissioners described a great proportion of the of life, as inhabiting wretched hovels, and po pulation as insufficiently p rovided with the common ne cessarieslYing in straw which was insufficient to cover them. The state of Ireland was such that men were obliged to live upon a meal of potatoes in the day, and sometimes less than a sufficient quantity. In fact, an extermination of the people was goin g on to a certain extent, and whilst enormous rates bad been raised in some parts of the country, no exertion had been made to give a reproductive and proper employment to the people. There were vast tracts of land lying waste its Ireland which might be brought into 111=le no a d c up_ profitable cultivation, and why, he would ask, wa s that itllrieescsajosne.? W lt hy ha v l er a e ri t s h ei e l from i ni s ti g s o o v e d i e . upon Ire dition? It was in cousequen t e of partial l and were i ament. slaves, ae laws, which had inflicted for centuries Ire land, those laws being enacted by a Briti sh°"Bunjust The people had been created as if they masters; and what the landlords as if they were their icnouthrsee Policy ? deepest , lt was that the was people the were result involved of that uon—that they were s w ta er r e vin a g c . tua T ll h y The demands of the over and l rish people for in a state of dentittLst' laiserY— that they jus tice had been refu sed over again, not only since the union, but previou sl y, , with England, and were retnsec union they demanded a tree t rade" y. grossest corruption were .t Government by Mr. Grattan, upon an equality whilst . charges of the broughtund against the British unanswered. The Oa= of his alluding to those charges was, that they threw a light upon the spirit in which .the union was carried into effect. The agreement under which the union was carried was broken, and one of its princi pal conditions altogether refused; nor was it until twenty nine years after the p ass i ng o f t h at Act of Union that the condition to which he had alluded had been ac quiesced in. It Sias well understood as part of the agree ment that the Act of Union was to be accompanied by a measure relieving the Catholics from the disabilities under Which they had laboured for years, and particu larly from the reign of Queen Anne. Yet, instead of agreeing to that condition, coercive l aws were passed— martial law was passed—the Habeas Corpus Act was suspended, and it was not until twenty-nine years subse quent to the passing of the union that one of its principal conditions was agreed to. They all were well acquainted with the consequences which had followed from the tin ' just enactments which were passed with respect to Ire land, and particularly the laws passed in Queen Anne's reign, which inflicted such intolerable disabilities on the Catholics, the effects of which those Acts were the causes were still in operation, and they were painfully exhibited in the condition of Ireland. The tithe question was another subject with regard to which the people of Ireland had the strongest reason to complain, and from which they still suffered; and although the Noble Lord on a former occasion brought forward an address in opposition to it, and although a measure was brought in for the commutation of tithes, yet the people of Ireland paid them now just as much as they did befhre. That was the case, although the Noble Lord at the head of the Government had on a former occasion moved an ad dress to the effect that the surplus revenues of the Church in Ireland ought to be applied to the improvement of the moral and intellectual education of all classes, regardless of their religious opinions. What did the House think was the amount of the annual tithes nt present paid to the clergy of the Established Church in Ireland? It was :378,0004 per annum, whilst the revenue of the Church lands was ?01,0001.,-thus making in all a sum of half a million which was extracted from a suffering and dis tressed population. And what p ur p ose was t hi s sum ex tracted for? Why to support the religion of less than one twelfth of the people. The Presbyterian clergy were paid by the State, and the Catholics had to pay their own clergy, thus they paid in a double sense, although there were such large revenues attached to the Pro testant Church in Ireland, a Church of one-twelfth of the people. The only measure which had the colour of being advantageous; to Ireland was the poor-law, and that was one w hi c h s ho we d t h e greatest want of know ledge on the part of those who framed it of the consti tution of Ireland. It was not practicable, in fact, for it provided that relief should be supplied only to those 1, ho went inside the workhouse--a thing quite imprsc ticuble in Ireland; and: when the time of famine and distress came, there was the greater difficulty in apply ing the remedy from the imperfection of the original Act. Why had they not employed the people of Ireland on reproductive labour when they had such an amount of waste land in that country? The employment of the people was wholly disregarded, and then they talked of the condition of the country. What had been done for the improvement of the condition of the people in Ireland? The Landlord and Tenant Bill had been brought in this session and would be abandoned, a matter which he did not much regret, for it was nut nt all calculated to effect the ebjrct which it proposed. Why was the tenant right not recognised ? A landlord-end-tenant Commis sion was issued in 1843 under the administration of the Hight lion. Alex:l6er for Tamworth, and a great deal of information on that important subject, the relations be tween landlord and tenant in Ireland, was obtained. But what had it produced ? what had been done with respect to the tenant-right ? Nothing ; and yet it was a subject witn respect to which the Orangemen of Ulster felt a great interest. They had met and passed a reso lution to the eff€ ct that the Bill brought in by the Right Hon. Baronet opposite (Sir W. Somerville) was a gross robbery and injustice to the people of the north, by de stroying tenant-right, and handing over all power to the landlords. just measures had been too long re fused or delayed by that House, and thus all the evils of Ireland had been produced. Why were not means adopted to effx:ct the reclamation of the waste lands ? The people were allowed to starve whilst five millions of acres of improvable land were left uncul, tivated in Ireland.—(Bear, hear.) There were two modes of improving the condition of the people in Ire land—either to employ them in reclaiming the waste lands, or to afford them the means of emigrating ; but so long as there were waste lands to reclaim, ho did not see the policy of expending money on emigration. A Bill had been introduced into that House of the greatest im portance, ns affecting the interests of Ireland—a Bill for enabling landlords under entail to execute improvements, and to charge the inheritance with them. He, in con junction with the Hon. Member for Limerick, had taken charge of that Bill. But her Majesty's Government did not approve of the machinery in that Bill, although they did approve of the principle. He was, therefore, hopeless of any good result from it, as he could not introduce any other system of machinery than that which he had proposed. The . measure was one which could only succeed when introduced and pressed on by the Government. Another important measure which it would be necessary to introduce, was ono by which some charge should be placed upon Kbsen tee proprietors, the charge to be applied to the relief of the poor, and to he based upon the principle of poor-law taxation. It was absolutely necessary that name well considered plan of public works should be taken up by the State. In this country such a system was not re quired, but it was very different in Ireland. There it was essentially necessary for the interest of the State that great public works should be undertaken under the sanction and authority of the Government. He alluded particularly to the laying down of great trunk lines of railway —one from Dublin to some western port, which would form a means of carriage tor transatlantic mer chandise, would be of vast advantage. When he look , ed at the progress of those measures introduced for .he alleviation of Ireland, he found no less reason to complain. When ho referred to her Majr,sty's Speech from the throne, in which she recommended the House, to devise measures for the social improvement of Ireland, which would, at the same time, show a due regard for the rights of property, what had been done in accordance with that recommen dation? The House pledged itself to carry it out. And how has that pledge been fulfilled? The first coercion Act was brought in; it was called a Bill for the Pro tection of Life and Property in Ireland; it was passed under the pledge that ameliorative measures would speedily be proposed. Upon the faith of that promise, the Liberal party agreed with great unanimity to the Bill. In accordance with the promise given, some Bills were brought in, but only one of them, the Incumbered, Estates Bill, made any progress. Then followed tlee Bill for the Better Security of the Crown. He world not advert to the last Coercion Act, which was catered with unprecedented speed; and now they bad reason to believe that no measure of amelioration would be carried through that session. As to the Incumbered Estates Bill, it was good in principle, but very little benefit could be derived from it, as it was impos sible that large quantities of land would, under present circumstances, be brought into the market. The only Bill which could have been of any value. was the Landlord and Tenant Bill. The Landlotd and Tenant Bill, as it now stood, had been deprived of all the clauses which were of any value. A Landlord and Tenant Bill which would give satisfaction should be one which would enable the tenant without trouble to ob tain all the benefit of the labour and capital which he had expended, and to sell his interest in the land. A. Bill of that nature would give encouragement for im provement, such es was never yet given in any former time. In his district, where that principle was main tained, it had the most beneficial results. The rate cl l a a h nd es az o a r n d d i ng the t o the farms population generally was ra o t ed n e a a t c re and e eleven ac h . r e r, 1t s and a half. The question of tenant-right was very dear to the people, and it went far to make that of the repeal of the union as one of secondary importance. There was another Bill brought in, that tor the to relief of the evicted poor. It was mean months • it came down p ti r o o o t . ec t It th h e ad pe p o a p ss le ed f t r h o e m consequencesnooselt waso tethviecn suspended for nearly ten , to this House, and certain amendments having . _ been . other the e d to be derived from it, the 811 I was the good proposed and the sent back and stood for discussion night, that be made in it which would have the effect of annihilating be the feelings of the Iris „peep e (Hear.) What must h t' speed coercion after probability was that it might never con . si h dered. r when they considered with w a 11 when they reflected coercion Acts had been passed, and the savingof been suspended for hun dreds of thousands of lives, h ten months, before the g a passage fr om t h e speech of t a law. He could n ot forbear House determined q when be Noble Lord in 1846 , speaking of th e temptation issionoefo t crime ie thatto pass this it systemint of o parent of:—" However i gnorant many of us may be of the state of Ireland, we hav e h ere the best evidence that can be procured, the eviden ce of i persons b e st acquainted with that country—of m a , eviotio n to was the theco mm trs tcs fur many years, of farmers, of those who have employed by the Crown —and all tell you that, the possession of land is that which makes the difference . gsde,idnnor the world's law; between existing and starving amongst the peasantry, and that therefore ejections out of their holdings are the cause of siolence and cri ie m ehm e ta i h n kee l s r g e ar la et : etm d m . p at tempter e n sr f u ac goge t f , , i sh t tu i im s t no s other than the cause ü b e e s e u u re describes when wh h misery. The a reason to violate the law : h i a s c:1 hack a thyn g Fami ne s fr r i a e g n i Need and oppression atarveth in thine eyes, Upon thy The world The world affords no law to make thee rich: Then be not poor, but break it.' Such is the incentive which is given to the poor Irish peasant to break the law, which he considers deprives him of the means not of being rich, but of the means of ob taining a subsistence." Notwithstanding this, the Noble Lord was nut prepared to remove that temptation and that incitement to insurrection which this state of things produced. Ho was not prepared to lay the foundation of a better order of things, which would withdraw the people from the influence of those who excited them to treason. The Noble Lord referred to the danger of causing the people of Ireland to believe that they passed measures of coercion because there were other measures more relating to England, and for the benefit of Eng land, utak r consideration. " Look (says the Noble Lord), what an argument you give to the repealers. They will say, ' You miserable peasants, shut up from sunset to sunrise, obliged to keep within your miserable hovels ; if you are found looking for a stray cow, or visit ing an acquaintance who lives a few yards from you, you are liable to tratssportatiou ; but it is net for the secu ri ty of the lives of the people among whom y ou live, but it is because English measures were passing through Parlia ment at the same time ; and it is for the sake of those measures that these restrictions are inflicted upon you. Now tell us, aye or no, is the Parlia men t o f E ng l an d or Scotland a fit legislature for Ireland ? Will you not seek for a doniestic legislature—will you not use your utmost endeavours to obtain repeal?' 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