The Sun. — London, England, 1841-02-24 00:00:00

E YEN I NG- .14M0 ITION. axe that Ireland ought to have no constituency a:,` all " We bold him to his word. Yes, if the principle covertly a sserted in L ord Stanley's present Bill is to be affi-med— If s e tb . e Principle of th e E manc i pat i on Act, of the R e f orm _fa tli tand a Lord Mo r p et h' s Bi ll, is no longer to b e t h e LfidiantigeliPis.r•ienac%iple cf our I r i s h po li cy, l et lre l an d b e at once our confidence we believe it would be the Slifer and wiser, as well as the more manly and ho nourable plan. • (From O n the Morning Post.) n asio a late occn we described Lord Morpeth's Bill of e mbodying t wo leading, principles—one is the reform the present v i c i ous mode of establishing the right to be Put upon the register; the other, which is made essential to ttleithe fi rst, is the repeal of the Irish Reform Act, by to- NelY changing the pr o p erty qua lifi cat i on f or t h e f ranc hi se . complained of the gross unreasonableness of this. We , d im e u seribed it as a legislative sophism, plurium interrogatio • to which it is unjust to demand an answer ay or no. The just mode of dealiag with such a sophism is to take guestions sepa ra t e l y, an d to say ay or no according to the truth of each. From this vie infer that if Lord Morpeth hones willing to deal ho aes tly with the House—we mean I • nstead e as a politician—Le w ou ld h ave two Bills of • l e a one. First, a Bill to amen d t h e acknow • egeu abuses of r g s t rat i or , i n t h e pr i nc i p l e of w hi c h a:onservaiives agre e ; an d secon dl s, a B i ll to repea l the l ' , ef•nin Act, ehleli the Conservivives would undoubt edlyor oppose. B ut his Lerilst•ip, although he must be f t ally certain th at suc h a Bill as Le has preparci has no e t: chanc e erf heisg carried than his Honout able a 1:1 are° 1 Frisnd Air. O'Connell has af heiag ma le li:hu ller" of Chitia, w it/ put t h e two inineieles t getees, and e nder it im perat i ve upon every man who thiaks the satle. taunt of t h e Constitution in 1832 ought not to he distuibel The4Y " no" to the second rearing f the Bill. al Globe h as put forenet a strange doctrine than, of ",the sec on d rea di ng i s t h e t i me for aff i rming este the Propositions c f th e Bill, th ere f ore th e Con ' .e's!ja:oivr givinganswer einre b that ound the n secoed vote for seeding the secoisnd read also the of th. n a decided negative to one of thy! principles e • Leal, and therefore th e C o ns erva ti ves are bound to L u te against t h e second reading. It is no fault cf the Con i'lleitattises that- a principle which they approve has been zei op aid s aact h er utter l y oppose d to C onservat i ve Tni ilel ples. it is not consistent with ether the morals or so, Parties of Conservatives to consent to cell because e _ne good i s mired up w i t h ie This philosophy of the or u ‘ Otervati ves would indeed seem le lirh .e , s et St. Omer's eFi t: e l ,gowes, or Maynooth, the moreliey of which semi hind. may possihly hose reached Lord Morpeth at second ant But Conservatives base not hal this disadvantsge, the vi h e do n ot apr r• h and that any f them desire to pram- . the morality f the Jesuits, '• by way of a ( h t l o l 'ess they do this they are bound to reject a Bill which r i ) , °tes to effect a grctt tcvolstionary evil,.f . r the sake o f L t edYiag moral delinquency in tin political prate:cc lue people. (From the lilt rning Herald.) In r l• • t v ie anon to the enerossing sub.;ect of " Raileays"— a "le lines cf communication which exercise so vast an , 1/I "" ti ce on the social habits of the community in this Iratrye_we are not a little jealous of every Legislative te ference eith their emit and management, whien is Lot ,aest distinctly avowed and explained, and for which " i •gent necessity cannot be shown. On tl.e other head,tins tiNat the public require some more effectual protec : 11 , 8 gaiest the recklessness of drivers and engineers, Mint the occasional denial of the most reasonable ac rT°(lntions, and against the wanton abuse of the mone ieing Powers which ralway companies do assuredly : e ll s of not onl putting off all existing horse and p °tl te - 1 7 e ' ttavelling, on y - adjacent high . reads, but of even any from coming on again, or being re sten nod upon them,—tuat the public require, at this extent, protection more absolute than any ‘, 4 1 railway companies, of their own motion, are T h e 'Y to afford them, cannot, ee think, be doubted. • %%re, is one case so materially affected by the mode in lef e ," Railway Company may exercise the power above i , Q ued to, of drivirg eff and extinguishing all other calla ,. :,e''vo k trade but its own between given points, that we hope, l e t t ." Committee on Railways, Honourable MemLers will e n : 4 M who will devise some efficient restraints upon a • • ; a A, M it WiliCh we fear the great Railway Companies have ei t T, l _P° B iiien to exercise selfishly and oppressieely. It is ' - et the fast or the Directors of those Companies affect ha ve fa; •t, to i:eat it as owl:, that it is quite centrery to their wishes se al e short stations," as they are called ; that is to j u t stations at loialitles not very populoua themselves, but ei e, e l between the memopoThan tcrrninus and starion 20 or 30 miles down the line. The sr rely l ee of stopping at these shot t stations ease were ouie • el assuredvery recently by the Seem t•sry of one of the ;' • gree t l the " 1 ") " di•tressea the lecomotive pacer by straining te m achinery, a nd occasions a most irksome' feeling th `nose passengers who are hound for 'knees trips, or for paerte:_lire journey." Now, considering that, for the most e t* these short stations have a very small staff of officers ie ae s er r ants attached to them, and are almost destitute cf vis e ? ! ac commodation for passengers , it is a little ungra eite—„to hear th e com p an i e s complaining of the " neces inlelueY are und er " o f maintaining them " at all'—unless i inkeTta lose where it can be demonstrated that they abse il. moriey by them. We happen to know a case 2,a l uri e n one of these short stations returns sufficiently everfolic ere nialit of a ll its staff and contingent exeeases. et to tsn ‘ t Centry in its neighbourhood, who are compelled cy s , v Qe the flee front the almost total extinction of to ,‘•,' ot her public conveyance, arc treated very frequertly a 12 talt . eugines, intolerable delays, and all the treter St t er vies saitudes of broken axles, tenders off the oraten' tun me got up, fires blown out, &e. To remon meet s :meets s e head-quarters, the answer has been en trai n - ler 'es --" Th, a first-rate engines arc wanted for the long th e 0 11 . t, i fee, no stoppages; and the Directors had c l U e l ati , l a bet on , thorn whether they would really keep tp le i ? he steer auy of the short stations." To say no o' to alter unreasonableness of this mode of treating the - :. wh ° its ye thought themselves entitled to complain, 4 1eX t icieus tress of the disparaging view taken by their °r I ?" might, 'tresses," the Directors of the " little go," s i' ° , k r t,statio i , • passengers, is one of the most whim atee's'ungs in the world. If for short distances the 'O4 - rallies char, se very much more in proportion than for eigh t (for . aht or nine miles two shillings, for twenty pleie or thirty at five shillings)—one should have sup tertu distance a da'itional per centaur of charge against . the . as s eutlicient consideration to the sensitive to tl ii4 l7 for a n , s' distress" they occasioned to it, and at go? sal ly more' sensitive Directors, for any " irksome ', , t i r - oi, e : ntailed k e e `.heir long train passengers, by the itain e ; l : ln g e , in" and " dropping out " of the short .e Pot ter' But it: s e m et so, practically speaking. st n lifte P '•the guare ds, this engineers, and the stokers, all_ sh t t their severe.: fashions, snub the short trainers, If the suer. getting into a first-class carriage, ten to one but Of is closed upon the skirt of a coat or the flounce Pro at "wn• If hi Ito a second-class carriage, the most te ns et dexterity i s earc ely retrieves the fingers from the la lee eea ° l the d oor. O n arr iving at their destination, the titre --e n People are shelled out with no other invite . - le g c ' t attention, but injunctions to make haste, and their to Beetsae:t flung out to the fortune of the road. It may go Ati owners, or less owners may go to meet it. That stunt 44 44 of the guard, nor the porter. Ia the same in the „ th e engineer puts ol the whistle, the stoker' puts on ohli k - e e d it , t ns and the first-ebess short trainers find themselves out o f ,_"° take a flyi ng l e ap rather thau a deliberate step tsho r i th e carria g e on ti the landing. Happy the man Ils e t ,i i :t to travel eighty miles. He may calculate upon 11 8 y -4 L it Y of the guard going all lengths with his jour kite to the man who takes a ticket for an eight Stag I ` I. T. He is not looked upon as worth " his tet ill e Nobody who is about to travel 40 miles in the Path -ou r can afford 0 0 per cent. of his civil ty cr sym -I,4veY to such a plodder. But stnce shore-distance men vens e t/ e s t litioh right probably, to have their wishes and con where consulted as long-distance men ; and since, kla n - i i 2° or 30 coaches ran to Harrow or Uxbridge, the R-h.°W or Stanmore, Broxbourne or Kingston, scarcely wi (It f one can now be maintained on four wheels bath (1 , 1 % ° : l iving (quadruped) skeletons to draw it; it will 4hort - tneurnhent on the Committee to protect the 01 inati 0 n travellers-. To do this, tit be compulsory dilate Rail's Companies not to set up a short or interme- Peleij" l tlon wsibout a twelvemonths' previous notice, duly eha ne ;" lane' a d ve - t i se e. This course would give some engaLPuolic in Tannin e , t3 tset e a sn n ste -e and others . who may be already . the ticitiity, to get out . cf their of m o o s eats end the carriages burisess" with a less ruinous loss P r es: lle /1 4 nd Property than they are exp . osel . to at "t ex ener'et) " u r en " &Lion" calls a Ire ' 1 tosi ce - i Let the Companies ' be equally Etithm ant, boa. ed to a sniTel'an ah ead toe event cf their proposing disc,, M t h e 11Uhlic''•"i,ting station of this kind, Why show Ssene e .111dits vicinity, after being deprived of the convek. ablie - L", b enefit of ' the former inedei of travolli - g by bl r es -4 e end coach c nye .ance: be left without even e efageoYins.ubstitute i ci (exe ) ept at ' the expense . and trou re, en 50 a, miles out of their way to take their passage of • tile d ot's' distant station), at the whim or caprice "" e ralleny .Putti ne e e e ? It is testily a monstrous power this, t; a n% an 6 ti u_p e anti taking sway again intermediete th e It now that where it is not absolutely ec e ffect i n __; s eat of exercising it has been resorted to with duty o f r `_*, 6 r to suppress complaiets, or escape from the' en tir. euressime iseFeets and grievances of arrangement 1 ,,._ , (Prom the Globe.) f or ,," d eg, , of last night, on order of the day ti, t he second reading of Lord Morpeth's the Bill fo.r.dt.su iul,ng the franchise and amending a :l o ud, was one of surpassing interest— ,lol. • merely as registratio a i , powet:fliet in which the competitors for place and were •1 e ffort s . prepared to put forth their utnios Is , 0 attain the object of their aspirations, S 1" met wi'b correspondent resistance by those i t "? possess the e advantages —it was more. I 4 atet, and it is so regarded by the nation ;it was a con- Il• i"°lving issue s of higher moment than a mere 44 '4gßie between political belligerent 3. The peace of iii . ‘entire nation—the continuance of a country's adlie boll Ito Ertish in t 2 rests—possibly of continued coo l% • on with Britain, as an Unitcd Kingdom, are iti II A t e ' uy the blind ambition of Lord Stanley in the )14 4 he h a ,_ W, , „ ' s been induced to take on this question.. :i , At, her the Noble Lid is impelled by the headlong 0 114, *0 of his own nature, or prompted by those who th, ' 1 , 1( . er atAly him as the appropriate agent for effecting th, ''' clk Q dehigns (too long delayed, as they assert, by It, 'todit, eats of their nominal leader), it is nnt worth th ,de to st, iquire. The production of his genius, and t t i t! result, it Las already wrought in the country in lit 64 his L' , Atte vras already associated with recollec iw 'lls of for, mer attempted coercion and oppression, i felently att est his capabilities to destroy any party i t i, 4 ' el l resigns I,t , elf to his counsels, and to throw into iiita. ticsny tout, f,..v o n w hi c h h e may b e a ll owe d to try 'l,_ l k uliar sy9tem o f l eg i slation. The impetuous underli ngs: h ave long shown their disapproval 414 Robe rt P eel. Wearied with waiting for that totti , natio n o f their hopes, the advent of their party pi e'itch Plr :11 a " „ 1 . power, t'ney have given significant hints A I eir ish for a holl er lealer. List night the new At 1 4 the Premiership in the Ministry to be formed, showed himself in powerful contrast to the leader he would depose. Throughout Lord Stanley's speech in opposition to the Bill there was that desti tution of even the remblince of candour toward the mea7ure it was his object .to damage in the estima tion of the House and of the country—that thorough abandonment of recollection of what had passed in for mer debates on similar tneasures—so convenient an ob liviousness of what he had himself uttered in those de bat,s, when the expressions he had used were quoted aganst him, in illustration of his flagrant inconsistency —combined with such adtnirabie heroism of as sertion, unsupported by the semblance of proof—as can leave no doubt of his eminent fitness for being Prime Minister in any cabinet in which defiance of principle is the essential qualification of membership, and the alienation of Ireland from England the end to be at tained. (Flom the Courier.) We say it with unalre3ted sincerity, and casting utterly aside any feeling of partisanship which might un duly influence opinion, that the speech of Lord St in ley last evening, on opening his ease against the Bill of Lord Morpeth, wiw, perhap., as an exhib;tion of the highest and most finished powere of ratiocination, re lieved with happy illustrations, in which fallacy and contemplste 1 de c eption were brought to the grindstone of sarcasm and ridicule, and embellished with the chaste and severe graces of a fervid elcquence, the most per fect spe;.!irnea of st item:l:dike oratory which, evea within the walls of Yailiament, has reionaded for years. In realing it, mind, truth, temper, earnestnels, and the most elevirtA conceptions, hill be found to pervade its every line. Without pretending the presumption of illustrating further those topics upon' which that speech must flash apprehension and conviction wherever perused, we may be permitted to resume some of the more salient points of the debatr, and to state the general results of the impression they will produce. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price current of February 23. ) Suc AR. —The British Plantation Sugar Market has as sumed a dull aspect, the demand from both grocers and re finers has been very limited for all descriptions since our last report, the purchases not exceeding 480 hhds and tierces ; the small supply, however, has prevented any material variation in prices, in some cases, however, a slight reduction has been sub mitted to for the lower descriptions ; with bright yellow sorts the market has been scantily supplied; St. Lucia, of damp and low heavy quality has been disposed of at 70s ; Demerara low middling yellow rather bright 745; Antigua, good 80s. To-day the West India market was in a dull state, both Grocers and Refiners buying with much caution, and the sales amounted to only 150 hhds and tierces ; although the quantity of Sugar on show was small, still prices gave way a little, arid the reduction since Tuesday lad amounts to 6u to Is on brown and middling yellow sorts; but good and fine have nearly maintained the previous value, they being very scarce ; middling bright yellow Demerara sold to-day at 75s to 76s per cwt. REFINE n.—For Refined Goods prices have given way a little ; Standard Lumps 97s 6d to 98s ; Tittlers and Hainbro Loaves, fine 103 s to 106 s, good 99s to 102 s, ordinary 98s, brown Lumps low to fine 93s to 965. Treacle common at 34s 6d to 355; Patent 36s to 375, best old make 39s to 40s, and golden syrup 41s to 42s ; for Bas tards former rates have been supported. For Pieces a fair demand has existed; fine sorts at &is to 89s, mid other kinds at 78s to 84s per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar at 32s 3d for first quality. Leaves, 10Ibs and 141bs, at 36s Gd to 38s. Treacle at 14s 9d to 15s. Bastards and Pieces at former rates. Dutch Crushed Sugar at 30s 9d to 31s on board. The home trade to-day purchased sparingly of Refined Goods, and lower rates were submitted to, standard lumps selling at 97s per cwt. Treacle met with a slow sale, common at 345, and other sorts at 35s to 41s per cwt. Bastards and Pieces moved off slowly at the rates quoted. Bonded Crushed Sugar was in good request, and few sellers under 32s 6d per cwt for first sorts. MA UIL ITI . —This afternoon the trade evinced little desire to purchase, and at the public sales the biddings were very languid. 8,546 bags were offered, not half found buyers, and and prices declined 2s to 3s for brown and mid yellow sorts, and Is to Is 6d for goo.' and fine ; black brown went at 45s to 50s, low mid and mid 54s to 395, good mid bright to fine 60s to tics, low yellow 69s to 71s, mid 72s to 745, good mid to good 75s to 78s, fine 79s to Bls 6d, mid andgoodgreyish 70s to 75s per cwt. EAs-r Ismis..—The home trade have purchased sparingly of Bengal, and prices have further given way for all descrip tions ; middling white at 795, good 81s, dams and washed 76s to 795, low damp brown 565, washed 53s Gd, low dabs 48s to 525, low and good middling sound brown 53s to 625, yellow 65s to 70s ; 150 casks fine strong bright yellow fetched 75s to 76s per cwt, brown at Gss, yellow 775, and very fine white at 8-1 s ; Java at rather lower rates ; brown and low grey kinds went at 22s Gel to 24s 6d, a few lots good dry white sold at 26s Gd to 28s. This afternoon few sales were made privately in Bengal ; 494 ba g s brown at auction went rather lower, viz. at 50s to 52s for damp greyish quality. Fo a EIG w.—Brazil held firmly. For yellow Havannah prices remain firm. Porto Rico at 23s per cwt. MoLAssEs.—West India at former rates ; Antigua, fine has been sold at 38s to 39s ; Demerara, good fair 32s ; Barbadoes went at 38s for good quality, Trinidad at 30s tid to 31 s for common quality, and Sugar and Molasses went at 29s to 29s 6d. To-day in West India rather lower rates were accepted in some cases. COFFEE. —The demand has been limited for clean descrip tions of British Plantation since Tuesday last, and prices have given way Is dd to 2s per cwt. This afternoon the market presented a quiet aspect ; by private treaty few purchases were made in any kind, for cititer home use yr export, and prices have still a downward ten dency. The stock of East India has greatly accumu lated durinz the last few days. At public sale 1,540 bags Company's Java, and 284 bags Ceylon were offered; the former was mostly disposed of, but at a reduction on the rates of Friday of 2s per cwt, good ord pale went at 55s to 55s 6d, good ord pale greenish 56s Od to 57s ; the latter sold at 70s to 70s 6d for good ord, being Is to Is 6d under the prices of Friday. Sumatra, Padg, Rio, and St. Domingo are offered on rather lower terms. _ The Dutch Trading Company have declared 400,000 bags of Coffee for sale next month. . For auction to-morrow 1,600 bags Ceylon, and 600 bags other East India Forts are declared. _ Cocoa.—For West India prices are firm ; fine red Trinidad at 56s to 535, middling and good 503 to per ewt. Prices have improved for Forei g n, Bahia good red at 42s to 43s 6d, and one lot inferior 41s 6d per cwt. TEA.—The market for Free Trade has presented a more lively appearance since this day week : a fair demand has pre vailed for most descriptions for actual consumption, but im porters having brought large parcels to public sale, has pre vented any improvement in prices, and they remain much the same as on Tuesday last for black, but green i 3 rather dearer in some cases. To-day the transactions in Free Trade were only to a limited extent by private treaty, and former rates were barely sup ported ; Common Congou for cash was however not to be had under Is 6d per lb. At public sale, 2,036 packages were offered, at which the biddings were languid, and not above half found buyers rather under the prices of Friday ; Congou but middling rather strong old ansl flat went at is 7d to Is lid, scented Caper strong little old Is 7-1-d to Is 8d ; Twankay, but mid strong rather coarse I s 71;d to Is 7 , 4 d ; Hyson Skin mid rather strong Is 54d to Is 6d ; Hyson, good strong 4s to 4s 2d. mid 2s Bfd to 2s 9d, but mid rattier strong and rather coarse 2s 14d to 2s 2d ; Im perial, but mid strong burnt 2s 10d ; Gunpowder, good strong 3s 10d. In the speculative market there is a fair amount of business done, and Company's Congou closed at Is (lid to is 7d cash, buyers on change at the former rate. SricEs.—The demand has been limited for Black Pepper, and prices have given way 1 / 9 /1 per lb ; white in small parcels has been sold at 6d to is for low to good quality. For Cassia Lignea on Wednesday prices gave way I s fid to 2s per cwt, but, on Friday buyers came forward more freely. East India Gin ger has been in steady request and prices are firm ; sales of middling and good Bengal have been made privately at 16s to 18s 6d ; Wtst India has supported former prices. To-day, Cassia Lignca was sought after by the shippers, and some parcels were disposed of privately at 90s to 92s for mid dling quality. Rice. —Bengal has been only in limited request, and prices declined 3d to 6d for common sorts, but the better kinds have brought former rates ; Java, good mid white went at I Is, mid Os 6d to 10s, ordinary mixed with Paddy 8s 6d to 9s. Madras is held for previous rates. Carolina at 34s to 36s for home use, and 22s for export. To-day there was a better disposition evinced to purchase Bengal, and some parties were not disposed to sell at former rates, sales of fair middling white were made at 13s to 13s 3d per cwt. Java in small parcels fetched full prices. Rom, BRANDT, A NI) HOLLANDS. —The transactions in Rum have been limited, and the total purchases since this day week have not exceeded 150 puns, holders however have dis played firmness, and the rates previously established have been supported fur all sorts : proof Leewards have realized 2s 7d. Government have advertised for 100,000 gallons, half to be East India. The arrivals have been large during the past week. For old sorts of Brandy a fair demand has existed, I sales of 1836 having been made at 5s 6d in hhds, and 5s 4d in puns ; but new kinds move off slowly at former rates. Geneva steady at former prices. The demand has been dull for British COI"n Spirits, at 10:, cash. TA c.ow.—For Russian prices have given way since this per cwt. On the spot holders have accepted d46ays t Candle, prices have given way to 46s for 3 ' d eek fo t r ;L I . P. delivery in the last three months of the year ; South American has met with a slow sale, and lower prices have been sub mitted to, good and fine quality at 44s to 45s 6d per cwt. Town Tallow has brought higher rates. To-day the market was quiet, and 46s to 46s 3d, the value of P. Y. Candle on the spot, sellers for delivery in March and April at 45s 9d, and for the last three months at 46s per cwt. Ofts.—The market has presented a firm aspect for all sorts o f co -,imon Fish Oils since this day , week , a nd p rices have im proved' a little ; pale Seal has realized 32/. to 321. lOs ; brown 271 . 40 281, yellow and straw colour 281 . lO s to 30/ . Cod 26/. 15s to 271; Southern, fine 29/ to 29/ 10s, middling and good 9 7/ lOs to 2R/ 10s, ordinary 20l lOs to 271. In Linseed Oil pe at 2 ric,,_'s have advanced Is 6d. ; on the spot sales have been mad 6d to 28s, and for delivery at 28s 3d to 28s 6d. In Rape, prices have given way a little, 46s is the value of pale, and 45s to 45s 6d for brown. Cocoa Nut at 38s to 40s for good and fine quality : In Palm prices have a downward tendency, 331 lOs to i:4 l is the value of the first sort. Spanish at 641 to 651, and Galipo l ,l 69/ per tun. COURSE OF EXCIIAI` Amsterdam C F. 12 si' Ditto, at sight ......... . 12 :4 Rotterdam 2 U. 12 6 A:it,..verp l2 14 Hat aburzh ........ M.B l3 10 Alto 13 ............. ••••••• 13 11 P ar i s , 3 days' sight .25 45 Ditto, 3 ,-nonths 25 70 Marseilles.. Bourdeaux . 25 75 Frankfort ori Petersburgh, 3Us 37i Berlin... ...... . Vienna, effec. 3AI lO 2 Trieste, ditto ..........• lO 4 Madrid Cadiz 35- ... •. Blame 35 IGE—(YESTERDAY. B ) Gibraltar ..... Leghorn. Genoa 25 85 Milan Venice ... 47 Naples 4ok ralermo, per oz 114 Lisbon... ...... ...... Oporto • •••• Rio Janeiro 2B Bahia 27 !Buenos Ayres — INewYork, 21 days' sight 46i ,Philadelphia PRICE OF BEILLIOV, rgq OZ. Portugal Gold CoinXo 0 0 Foreign Gold, bars.. 3 17 9 i New Doubloons 0 0 0 ;New Dollars 0 410 !Silver iu Bars 0 5 Oil Barcelona Seville ... 35 The Marquis and IVlArchioness of Ely, Recoup , parried by the Lords Augustus and Adam Loftus and Laly Anna Loftus, left Ely Lodge, Fermanagh, on Wednesday last, for this country, intending to make several visits in their route. The Noble Miirquis and Marchioness, who have taken Sir John and Lady Sheiley;z mansion in Bel grave.square, give a series of splendid parties ix . 44v:liately after their arrival in town. THE SLTN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRETAIM 24, 1841. PRICES OF CANAL,DOCK, ASS 17R , ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, FEB. 23. Number Di vaderd Price trf per CANALS. per Shares. Annum. Paid. Sh%re. 1,7.6 7 per cent. Ashton & Chlhain...Average97/.l,is.sh. 112 1,182 41. Ashby.de.le-Zouch A•rcrage 113;.5h. 72 1, CO Basingstoke iool.sh . 5 i,i .15 5!. Brecknock and Aber gal. enny" 1501. sti . 03 f , ,. i i .16th. lOl. Birmingham, 1-16th share ....SI/. & 711. 201 4, Al Ditto & Liverpool Junct.l , Pll. sh. 100 pd 20 I. ;0 31. Bridgewater and Taunton.loo/. sr,. all pd - t+:,o 5/. Chelmer and Blackwater lOOl. sh . 191 500 1121. Coventry 100/.Bh. 600 Croydon. Average3ll.2s 10d. sh. - 2, '6O 51. Os. Dudley ... 100/.sh. 97 cioo 131, Derby lool.sh . 120 20,00 4 per cent. Danube anti Mayne 411.135. 4d.pd Cl 3,i/711 4' Ellesmere and Chester Avmage 133..51. 61 • .31 621 Frowasti lool.sti. 750 1,.:1f1 301. Forth and Clyde..., Average 4C01.165. en. & 0 11,10 81. Grand Junction lOOl.B h 137 !,1494 255. Grand Lln on lool.sh . 24 1,300 .... Grand Surrey 100/.sh. 15 000/ 41. percent. Ditto (optional) Loan 1001. :i. `i9e, Grand Weltern 400 131.12 x. 00. Glamorganshira, Aver. coat 1721.. Ms. Id. '?; 0 '745 12r. (ir ant h....Nr. 3,258 2/. Os. Hucideisiidd.„...AVera.;c.,ii. 6s. , 1. - I. sh 27 100 K.e.nsingto • 10; ;b. all pd 10 li '-ii. , B 11.10 s. Kennet yid Avon, Av. 390. W 3. 10,!. Fh Ali 11,01 - ,9; I/. 7s. Lancaster Average 471. 6s. Sd . "':! ' '.<, 2.8971 30/. Leeds and Liverpool lOOl. sti 753 ' , 15; , . 111. Leicester 1101.11 14; 1,121;7 Ll. Pi, ' Let ff,ster L. Norti..,:tipt on A.v er . 0 .14.100 '7:31,', 2.4,1;) 10!. Monnu.o hshire . 11:41! .81. Sf , i) 160 104 Melton Mowbray • 1001. eh. 2(.1, S(i) 25/. Mersey an:l Irwell lool.sh. 550 3,000 24. 10s. Maceles3eld lOOl. sh. all pd 1147, z 147 171. Neat!' l6O/.sh. 325 2,400 51. Peak Forest kvtl “g,t, about 701. sh. 75 21,410 85. Regent's (or London) Av. 33/.144.8d. sh. Ili j,609 61. per cent. llochd -, Average :i/e/.uh. 67 500 81. Shropshire 12.5'. All. 147 SOO 10/. Os. Somerset Coal 3,600/. 4; percent Ditto Lock Fund Strier 12/. 10F. sh. 1114 709 361. Stafford and Worcester. P.ol.sh. 05h 530 151, Shrewsbury • 125/. eh. 211 3:10 9 rstaurbridgt I ...-.., 145/. sh. 398 3,617 21. Os. Stratford-on-Avon Aver.... 791. 9s. t3d, sli. 41 533 1211 Swansea lOO/.sh. 265 1,7151, 2/. 83. Severn and Wyc and Railway Av.3st, sh. 45 2,600i5h. 32i. 10s. Trent and Mersey, i share 1, ,01.3h. 590 t 2.110 Thainea and Medway feat;!..,.. Bd. sh. 2 1,0003h.1 161. Warwick and Brriohighara lOO/.s h, 245 1.9001 s h.j 930 131 Warwick and I.lapt4n" 1001. sh. 175 7,000 41 1 Worcester Sr Birmingham Av.7B/.Bs. sh. 523 5,000 Ole. Welts and Ea. , Av..age fill. IOG rod. sh. 'l7 eV) 6.. Wyilev and Essington 145/. sh 71 .20 W:sncacn -.: oh. ?i £O5 11. Wey and Arun. llOl. an. 22 DUCES. 1,600 Sr 1 3p. C. Commere a, . lOOl. sh. 0 1,06515 h. East and West India 9.238,310;1. 60s. p.ct. London Stock 110,i; Ditto Bonds 2,'2.09 31. 6s. sd. Bristol Average 14'1. 93. sh. 75 68,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various ainsunts; lOB 352,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Srock 95'4 500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds 200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years ... ..... . ....... Deptford Pier ... .01. B[l ' 7'2o/. pd 10 BRIDGES. 10s. Hammersmith _ 50/.lh. :11 7,231 _ Southwark, Old Av. Nil. 2s. hd. sh. 2 , ,„ 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, Now, of 71 per rent ".Wish. 13 0,000 5,900 `2•2.5. Od. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/ CO!. p,l iuN 5,000 IN. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. eO/. pd 1S 80,0001. 5/. per cent. Ditto Bonds 5,848 261; Vauxhall . ..... ...Aymize 701. 102. 3.1. sh 2c!„ ASSURANCE COMPAS:F.,:;. 2,000 3/10s Albion 50,000 r I. 6 per cen 15s.t} Alliance British &Foreignloo/. sh. 111. pc! 135,4 and 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine lOO/. 611. 5/. pd 5 4,000 £l. per sh. Atlas 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 14N 1,2004811. 51. Birmingham 1' ire "50/. sh. 5:4/. pd 11;714 20,000 4/.percent. British Fire . 250/. sh. Sill. pd .0 t" I'4ooo 61. per cent. rritish Commercial 5l;/. sl:. 5/, pd 5 1 . ,,4 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical & Medial Life, 100/. sh. 2/10A /,d .41,i 4,000 3/ Os County 'oo/. sh. 10/. pd If 20,000 Ss. Eagle. 501. sh. 51. pd 5% 0 „„ r 5 per ..cnt./ Economic Litt: 1000/. sh. '250/. pd 400 '" I and 301 bs. j 2,271 225. percent. European Li.u: 301. ,11. a!1 lid fe2 50,000 2.;. Ditto, New "01. sh. :it. pd 17 . ;; 1,000,000/. 6/.perct Globe c, , ock 119 20,000 5I• Guardian 32,000 a. 02. Hope so!.sh. 51. pd 53, 4 2,400 5/. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire - 'Oa sh. 50/. pd 134 7,500 Os. Imperial Li le lOO/. sh. 101.1:d 10 13,459 5/. per cent. Indemnity Marine lOO/. sh. 0!. pd 2:) 2,020 31 105 Kent Fire 561/. sh. all pd ¶ , 2. 31. Ditto Life `o/..pd 66 10,000 16s. Law Life 1'H)!. It. 101. pd : - 033 5,000 10s. London, Fire '5!, sh. 12/. 10s. pd 19 , 4 3,900 10$. London, Ship "5!. sh. 12/. 105. pd 12% 1,000,000/. ... ..... Minerva Life 1001. O. 550,0001. 30,000 5/. per cent. Palladium Lite 5Ol. sh. 21. pd ~ (is 50,000 4/. per cent. Protector Flre , 0/. sh. 21.1,1 ISsild 10,000 4 per cont. Protestant Dissenters ....11.0/. sh. 51. pd /1!•4 2.500 11. Provident Lite ..... ........ 100/. sh. 1 0 1. pd 211 0 00,009 7s. Rock Life 89,220/ 5/. per cent. Royal Exeltaiip 'Pock 1S 1 _ . 6,009 5 per cent. University Life ni()/. sh, 51. pd 1,14 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. sh. 5/. pd JOINT STOCK BANKs. 25,000 .... ..... Agric. and Com. of lreland2s/. sh. 10/. pd 5,000 8 per cent. Austral via "0/. sh. 41;1. ;,1 5`.. , y, 10,410 10 per cent. Bank of Sim Ingham 50/. sh. 101. pd 1: , % 1.0,0n0 10 per cent. Birmingham Bonk 53/. sh. IW. Id tO 31,000 6 per cent. London & Westminster 100/ sh, 231. pd 04 60,000 Si. London Joint Stock... 50/. oh. 10/. pd IPA .1,000 4 per cent. Lancaster lOOl. oh. 2 0 /. Fil :i0 25,000 Liverpool lOOl sh. 101. id 00 sopoo 7 1 , per cent. Manchester and Liver-1 50. sh. 15/ pd 1(1 pool District 20,000 7 per ceAt. Manchester lOO4, sh. 25/. pd 4 N 20,000 Provincial Bank Of Irelluidloo/. sh. *25/. p.. 1 ~ Sy,, 0,000 5I cr cent. National Bark of Ireland 50/. sh. 1701. pd 1!. 10,600 5 per cent. National Provn,cial ling.loC/, sh. 0:11. pd :3434 10,060 Ditto New... Ult. sh. 101 pd 10 10,0(01 Gloucestershire 501. sh. 101. pd 52 6,000 10 per cent. kiampshire 5Ol. oh. 5!. p 0 o GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMP_ANE7..F. 2,500 16s 0;1 Bath ~ : il. .-,h. /6/. IA g 22 5,000 Britiei 4O/. sta. hi:. pd IA wr cnt. 5,000 ta, I i; P .ts.e63, I Ditto Provincial ` , O/. sh. IC/. pd 95 • 021 51 lOs Birmingham 'O.'. sh. 00 4;210 '2! Os Bristol "1..,11. :Ai :4'250 3/ 101 Brighton gel. sh. 14 7:',0 31 103 Ditto New 9.01. sh. In/. pd !i 2,171 44 per cent. Brighton General ..01 sh. all lid 9 1,000 51. Os. Omtirental Consolidat,d ....Z!. 02!1.pd 1:0 1,000 101. City 01 London.. ....... ..... WO!. sh. all pd 1;(5 1,000 0/. Ditto, New lOO/. sh. 75/. pd ITO 4,000 31.03. Equitable . 'I !. 0 20 10,000 24 per cent. Imperird - 'AV. sh. /7 800 5/. per cent. Isle nt Thanct os!. oh. 20/. pd 1: , % 2,350 6/. por cent. Independeht 301 411 all r,, 49 9,000 4/. per cant. Phoenix 'o/. ..;•; Sp/. I>4t fit 1,000 4!. per cent. Rateliti 100!, sh. 80/. pd 63 4,000 South Itistropolitan ~0 1. sh. 19/. pd 17 9,000 41. per cent. Unlted General WI. sh. 47/. pd SO 240 51. per cent. Warwick WI. :•.1). t..) 400 5/. per cent - Waxelicld 2,000 3!. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12s. Ditto New Si 1 - . sh. 10/.1)0 i I 750 3 per cent. Yarmouth ' ,ol. sh. 181, pi WATER WORKS. 4,800 10s. Birmingham ' , 5/. sh. 25/. pd `.T. 4,434 7!. • East London 100/. sh. 101% 5,500 21 15s. Grand Junction Average 411. Ins. 40. sh. 63 2,000 '2l. Kent 1004 sh. 45% 372 IN. Liverpool Bootle '''.o/ oh. 3'.:6 1,500 2/10s NC '77 River London Bridge Water Ann... 60 6,480 2/ lOs Manchester and Salford 1001. sh. 55 1,000 4 per cent. South London lOO/. sh. 10434 8,294 481. Went Middlesex Average 63/.1125. 3d. sh. 101 1.160 11 14 s York Building Co. Lessee Prop. 100/. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,100 Birmingham and Derby ...... lOl/ pd 70 9,500 . ..... Birmingham and Gloucester 1( 0/. pd SO 15,000 ..«..... Bristol and Exeter 1001. eh. fl 7) pd 31 7,500 Cheltenham &G. Western 1001. sh. 02 I. oi. 3,004 Clarence 1001. eh. 1001 pd Si) 9,000 Dublin and Drogheda 1001. sh. 0/. pd 50,00t1 ... ...... Eastern Counties 9 5/. eh. 131. lid B , A 10,000 Great North of England 100/. sh. 70/. pd 66 10,919 14 per cent. Grand Junction lOOl. sh. all pd 21! 14 2;,000 Great Western 11101. sh. 051. pd 69yi 23,000 • 3,000 per cent Gosport Junction... 504 sh. 40:. pd 4514 2,101) b per cent. Hartlepool 100/. th. 100/. pd 11514 8,000 Hull and Selby 50/. sh. 501. pd 43 ~ , 4 2,100 41. per cont. Leeds and 5e1by....... 100 sh. 6514 5,100 10 per cent. Liverisool& Manchester 10(.4511. 1004 pd ISS 7,00 s iolv.r cent. Ditto Half Shares s ' l/. pd 87N 11,493 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares "5' pd 45 36,000 ........• London and 11right0n...,..501. sh. 501. pd 42'a 94,000 Av• 134 1.55. od. I° 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich ...20/. sk. 201. IA (14 25,000 riper cent. London & Birmingham 1004 sh. 00/. p 0 1 1 25,000 Ditto Quarter Shares ....2M sh. 51. pd 2654 31,'250 Ditio New Shares 32/. sh. 301.1x1 s') 36,000 5 per cent. London and S. Western Av. 3SI, 17s. lid. 57y e 33,000 London and Croydon] Ditto New Scrip.... 124 13,000 Man eh ester and Leeds...loo/. sh. 701. pd 76 0,000 Ditto Half Shares 'Ol :254 pit 3 , 14 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 70/. sh. 40/. 254 Ditto Extension 7l. pd 4% 10,000 Midland Counties 'OOl. sh. 10(1. pd 79 1 4 15,000 ......... North Midland -1 . 01. sh. 1001 pd 75 .....«.., Ditto New - 40/. cd 3: .., 5,128 Northern and E: 5te:n....10 V. s h 301. pd t 46 I A r 2,600 Preston and Wyre 5O/. sh. 30/. pd t .- 6 28,000 .., ...... South Eastern and Dover 1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington ...10N. 611. 275 9,000 6,000 York and North Midland 50 • sh. 501. pd 75 MINES. 6,000 Albion Copper 51. s O.:T. p 1 12 4,000 1/. ss. Alten l5l. sh 121. o:. pd 10 10,000 ......... Anglo Mexican,iss. 51. pm.lool. sh. al 1 d IN Ditto Subscription 25/. 1 , 0 I A 2,000 101. Bolanos • 150/. sh all pd 35 10,000 1/. [Os Brazilianlmp. iss. 5/. pro 35/. sh. 20/. pd 12 6,000 Ms.eaulias ds Cones United 25/.811.2../. pd 6 11,000 Ditto St. John DA Rey 2JI. sh. 14/. pd 21 4 10,000 tolivar Copper Company, 2W. sh. 2j/. pd 1 10,000 Ditto Sciip lO4 sh. 10/. lid 2 2 4 3,000 British Iron 50/. sh. 55/. pd 1 000 Briiisii Copper 5/. sh. 491. pd IN Gal BrAnca fiy. pd 0,4 --,, Cam'onga Iflf SO 11 Copiapo ............ ...... ......20/. sh, 13/. psi 1/1 4 e, - 00 .. Coluniblan, ia. 5, pm. —55/. sh. 554 pd ON 2,. 50 3!. English 20.. 00 General Mi9ingAssociatior2o/ 311.184 pd I% 6, ,55 „.. ...... Mexican Company lOOl. sh. 5711. pa n B .4)0 Polherou Consols .. ....... —lO4 sh. Si. pd 4 11,:>00 Real del Monte, Unregistered 9.% Ditto Loan Notes I'o/. pd (60 30, , )00 United Mexican, isa. 2 pm. 401. oh. all pd 2!4 DAR. Scrip 3 ,i, Ditto New Scrip 5/ pc.l 5% West Cork 50/. sh 501. pd 35 Lin:SAM' 1 NSTITUTIONS. 1.000 _.—. London, with Bronze Ticket ...75gs. sh. In 1,5..10 London University lOOl. sh. all pd 8 700 sgg. 01. King' Colle;, , e 1601. l . 3.;: MISCELLANEOUS. In. - )0 1 1 15s. Australi•m A ) .7ricultur.2l.loll/Ish 251., pd :10 OPOO 1. per cent. British American Land Con pm) 3i. pd 4 lu,ooo 6'. per cent. Canada Company .... ..... 10tn. sh. ~„.. 0 1 :.. 13i 00,000 51. per cent. Upper Cana,ia Loan City Bonds, 1 p,r cent 11.014 20,000 1/. (is. General Stet.in Navigation 15/. :h. 141. pd 251 101. percent. Hodson's Bay Stock ,000 U. London Com. Sale Rooms ....Av. 751. oh l9 ,000 Now Brunswick Laud C0mpx.y...50/. pd P.% g, ,114 5/. per cent. Reversionary lot. 50c...100/. sh. 100/. pd 117 o,C:1:1 5/. per cent. Ditt7) New 100/. sh. 100!. pd 117 4, 0 00 10,000 lis. Van Die.neh's Lund.... 100/. sh. 17il. pd 9 LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICE'S FEB. 6, 1841. BANKS. 1,000,005/. 6/. p. ct. ilank 01 :.-icetland —.93/. 6s. Bd. ilh all pd 162 2,000,000/. 6 p. ct. Itcyal of Scotland 100/. sh. an pd 15t hio,ooo/. 8 p. et. British Linen Corny:fly-1001.8h. :di pd 2•2.1 500,000/. 61. p. et. Commercial "001. :h. 101)1. pd 174 500,0005. sn. ct. N,tional lOO/. oh. IW. pd 14 500,0001. 71. p. et. GlaFgow Union .... '4so/. sh. 501. pd 85 1000,0004 6 p. et. Western of Seetland , 2001. b h 40/. pd -74 INSUR A NUE COSI PANIES.I i250,0003h Oil,. et. :Scottish Umon ' , Of. sh. 11. pd 9.5 s Cd. 7,500 7p. et. Hercules lOOl. sh. 101. pd 13. F 160,000 5 p. et. Insurance Co. of Seotlarid .10/. sh. all pd 1;1,', 50,000 Bp. et. North British gl,Ol. sh. 10/. IA ft , A 1,000 9p. ct. Caledonian ii ire 1. , 01. sh. 10/, pd ::(1 4.000 6p. ct. Edinburgh Lire. 160,U00 Si p. :1, Vi est of hentlarid lO/. lid , __ .... WSCELLANk.obs 4,818 &lin. and t; Cjil.Ciinulso/. 04. all pd 10 Ditto Allocatqtlf 96/. sh. ail pd 47 SAOO 5 per cent. Edlnb. Joint Stuck Water :25/. sh.,ail pd 2,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron F0undery......501 sh 48/. rd 53 10,000 3 per ceat. Edinburgh & Leith Glass.2o/. sh. 11W. pd 4,5110 10 per cent. E'dinburgh Coal (la= ~,,,,.,,y,51. sh. all pd 50 1 / 4 1 1 5 , 0 , 7 1( 1 niTrr cent. .. aalill pdi 5521 7(1 per Eplipt4t4ro 3nd 13,7 ; 11, , ,pit h 413 CHANGE OF AlR.—This country offers abune ant ways of obtaining change of air of a very marked cha racter ; particularly in the transition from the southern and sea-girt counties t,) the midland ones, or from these to the south-not and so u th angles— tip!and religions of Yt rksbire and /sit rthumte r l an d ; th e passing from thv brOvp• and dry north rest ev.oarrimicrear,obfutEnnigo!iasntdantdo t re he itaing ; tcgetl er wi t h many cfacr changes that may I.e sug : gerited to patients by a medieil man more conversant with the sev(ral topographies of the country, and above all with the general aspects cf their Owns and viiinges.—Granville's Spas of England, THE WEATHER. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE- STREET. NOON. FEB. 24 Barometer 30'37 In. Thermometer Highest .. 41'5 Lowest Wind E. S. E.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. NEWSPAPER STAMPS. Extract from a Return to au Order of the House of Commons, dated 2d February, 1841, for the following London Papers, from the Ist of July to the 31st of December, 1840, inclusive : SUN GLOBE ... 526,000 STANDARD COUItIER lll,OOO IMPERIALPA/ILIENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, FRE. 23. POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL. The Earl of SHAFTESBCIRY, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, took hi, teat on the Woolsack at Five o'Clock. Loid AI3ING ER presented a petition, from the Gover nor and Guardians of the poor of Norwich, agai3st the Poor-law Amendment Act, and condemning some pro,. sions contained in the Bill now before the House of COM' moos for continuing that Act. The CLERK having read the petition at the table, The Marquis of NORMANDY objected to its reception on the ground of its referring to a Bill as yet before the oiler House. Lori ABINGER said that the petition only inci dentally alluded to the Bill in the House of Commons. But to p , event di= , euresion he would withdraw the petition. Earl FITZ WILLIAM had a very similar petition to present from (as we understood) the tame neighbourhood. The petition distinctly referred to the Bill supposed to he in progress in the other House. For his own part he concurred in several of their objections to that measure, and he agreed with them that the present speeal lequired amendment in many particulars. They would not °hie( t to the establishment of a permanent body to regulate the administration of the Poor-laws ail over the country ; but they thought, and in this he agreed with them, that the Poor-law Commissioners seemed to act like most persons in power, al if they were desirous to stretch that power to the utmost. They had recently issued an order, which he considered highly improper, namely, that tee return of the guardians, when cleated, should be male by the clerk of the union. As that officer was ge acrally a person a legal habits, and the guardians, on t: c coatrpry, persons ignorant of law, the clerk would have a avast advantage over them io the event of any dispute aii jog tete eon him and them, or of his ac iag improperly, Residing in the centre of the union, he would exercise a c mend crier the election of the guardians in the remo test districts, Iu the Poor-law Bill provision was made for three classes, the infirm, the insama and the infant. The Commissioners had the power to collect these out of the union, and provide for them according to the r own pleasure. With respect to the insane, they were persons rather idiotic than anything else, and he eotertained no objection to the power of the Commis sioners with respect to them. But with tegard to the in firm, lie thought that to take them promiscuously from under the care of those with whom they had been con nected would inflict a great hardship. With regard to in fants, he thought that their education would be more effi ciete when they were collected tneether in large number. The Marquis of NORMAN BY could assure the Noble Lord all who cre anxious for the good working of the laea would be happy to receive suggestions for its irn proeement. He could not state at present what provisions ha should introduce, but lie would give the Noble Lord's s4g stions his very best attention. Lord EL L ENBOROUG 11 observed that there were many utians in which the clerk was the master of the guardians instead of the it servant as he ought to be. His opinion was that the whole machinery cf the Poor law 8.11 would fail if there was any attempt to dim'nish the responsibility of tne guardians themselves.— ( Hear, hear.) It was only by givirg them responsibility and power that good men would Le induced to come for ward and take the of& e. Earl FITZWILLIAM entirely concurred iu the vies expressed by the Noble Lord. The Marquis of NORMANBY Has understood to sta e that ht would make inquiry into the matter. COF•YIIOLD ENFRANCIIISEMENT BILL. Lord BROULIIIM laid on the tahle the report of the Committee on the Copyhold Enfranchisement Bill, and moved that the Bill, as proposed to be amended, he ptin•ci. DESTRUCTION OF PRORPERTYINIRELAND. Lord BROUGHAM brought in a Bill to amend the laws 'elating to 4-he destruction of property in Ireland. Ile said there was in that country an Act somewhat similar to tlra which was called in England the Riot Act. The Lida Act was the 15th and I6th of George 111 , and it enabled persons whose property was injured in rite and tumults to recover in some cases against the ba rony, in others against the county. But tacre we.: also ant tt,er Act, the 19th and 20th of George 111., which for merly w a 3 t•upposed to apply ti all the counte , , and enat3:ed ersons who:e property was darred by burning, or whole catt c wee houghed, tecol,cr, under a ec.tain account, from the barony, and above it from the county. Now on account of the word barony used in that prrt. of the Act, it bad recently been held that the land did not apply to the county of the c'ty of Duhlin. Ha could not doubt that this decision of the Judges in land was correct according to the wording of the Act. But neither could he think that it was the intention of the Legislature to except the metropolis of the country from the operation of such an Act. The obje.n of this Bill, which he now Legged leave to propose, was to explain the Ac., and to extend its operation to the metro polis and its neighbourhood. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. ST. SULPICE. _ _ The Bishop of EXETER said it would be in the recol lection of their Lordships that yesterday he had:referred to the delays which had taken place in ;Tinting certain ordinances which were laid on the t:tb!e of their Lordships' House. Having been then informed that tho delay was caused by the Coloni4l Office tending a fresh order to be printed, the Noble Lord near Lim undertook to make inquiry upon the subject, and he begged leave now to ask him if he had done se. Viscount DUNCANNON stated that he had ascer tained that the ordinance in question was a police ordinance, and that a delay hid unavoidably taken place in the printing of that ordinance. But he proposed, in consideration of the delay, if it were satisfactory to the HOLM, that the ordnance should not be removed until an additionsl eleven days be expired. The Bishop of EXET E R said that what was satisfactory o him individually was of very little importance. If it were satisfnctory to their Lordships to hear such an explantion of such an occurrence, it would be for their Lordships to express that satisfaction, but he (the Bishop of Exeter) could not concur in is: For to what did that explanation amount ? The Noble Lord stated, that on the 29:11 of last month he laid certain ordinances on the table of the House, and that he, at the same time, moved the printing of these ordinances. But he adMitted that an ordinance, which it was very important that they should speedily receve, had not been included in the papers laid upon their I.ordihips' table, because it was under the con sideraien of the Law Officers of the Crown. And bow did her Majesty's Government propose to remedy this? Why instead of corning down to the House with the ordi nince, they smuggled it in with a number of others. Would the House submit to this gross neglect ?—( A laugh from Viscount Duncannon). He begged their Lordships to ob serve the Noble Viscount laugh. Ile (the Bishop of Exeter) wondered what he could see that was ridiculous. 'ihis 129th ordinance bad never yet been printed. The Act of Parliament enacted that no such ordinance should pass into a law until thirty days hat been allowed for Parliament to express its opinion upon it. He thought the explanation of the Noble Viscount wri thing but satisfactory. This was a matter which ought not to be treated lightly. It was a very serious departure from teat ingenueusness which the House bad a right to expect horn her Majesty's Government when they p!aeed confidence in them. The Government had profesiei to lay on the table on Jan. 29 all the ordinances which they aiked their Lordships to puss, bee it now appeared that they had In, i l i at ri n c ::to e a n hte say adli t i kept back one. Were their Lordships satisfied ? Wi t h re spect no h t e k;i was o , willingetii to allow this to the course which the Noble Viscount h a d pre the other ordirances also, sufficient time to allow thei r Lord s hip s pored, he understoo v d isocr I: t.; consider it—that way, that he wou ld allow the ordinance to remain on the table th e s ame number if d a ys as had olnr e tho Noble Leen lest by that transaction. Did he understand that tic Noble Viscount was willing to allow the House an opportunity cf addrelsing her Maje.ey not to carry that or dinance into effect by reckoning the thirty days from the Itith of the pre sent month. Vi scount MELBOU R N E : ought to have been laid on the table with the others_. that an irregularity had taken place, it was impossible to , deny • but when the R i g ht Re v. Prelate charged h er Ma jesty's Government with melt of ingenuousne ss in their meted in this transaction, he must say, t hat ; it appeared to him, he was grea tly exaggerating the irregularity that had taken place. And (said the Noble Viscount, in great wernith, and turning round to the Bishop of Exeter) I heve always observed that persons are most apt to charge others v ith those defects into which they bre most in the habit cf falling themselves.— e ( Hear, hear.) With rsspeet to the ordinance i n qee'Aion, it was one relating to the police, and one to which it Wes not at all probable the Right Rev. Prelate woul d c all tl e attention of the House. It was desirable that the spirit of the Act of Parliament should be complied with, so , is to give the House the fullest opportunity oft onsidering the subject. The ques tion was if the Act of Parliament had been complied with. IC the ordinance had laid on the table for thirty days, it would be impossible by ally agreement to give the address of that House the power of preventing her Majesty from giving her assent to the allowance of the ordinance, but if the ordinance had not laid on the table thirty days, then it was competent to the Right Rev. Prelate before that time had d ipsed to move an address to her Majesty PSI the subject. For himself he considered the thirty days to be reckoned from the day on which it was laid on the table. The Bishop of EXETER—Thiity days from the 16th instant. Lord DUNCANNON was understood to assent. The Duke of WELLINGTON said the intention was to giec the Home a full opportunity if considering their ordinances. That has all that was required, and the only question which their Lordsltipe had to decide war, Lad the Act been complied wiih. If less time than usual Ihad been Eisen, the R:get Re% erend Pi elate would make his motion a few dan s sooner. The Liiihoe of EXETER--Is it understood her Ma. jesty'a Government undertake to advise her hiajesty not to give her consent to this ordinance, if this House ad. dresses her Majesty within thirty days from the 16th day cf the proc.ent month. Viscount DUNCANNON_Certairdy. The BiAmp of EXETER was glad to hear that. That would take it up to the 18th of March. That having been rrrauged, he would not trouble their Lordships then with presenting the petition, bet at the same time, when be did present it, it would be his duty to state the grounds on which the petitioners came before their Lordships. 110 would therefore defer presenting the petition till Thursday next. Lord EL LENBOROUGH said, that if the Right Rev. Prelate intended to found a motion upon the peti tion, he had better present the petition a few days before making the motion. ThCl3ishop of EXETER would simply now give notice of I i intention to present the petition, and be could assure the Noble Baron that he should be aihamed of tiirnstlf if he entertained any specific intention on the sub ject, without first hearing the opinions of their Le rd ship,. When he presented the petition, ho shuuid have the :opinions of Noble Lords upon th e matter, and those opinions would have their effect upon kis mind as to any ultci motion he might think proper to make. He would, therefore, at present, give notice that he would prose: t the petition en Thursday, 4th March. L rd DUNCANNON thou moved for a return of despatches trJna the Governor-General of Canada. The NOIiLE LOR1) Clio moved for a return of the ex pense incurred in the t ial of Lord Cardigan. 1,.;;(1 DENMAN presented a petition from cer- Coin inhabitants of London and its vicinity, praying that persona having conscientious scruples against oaths should he allowed tl make affirmations in all cases where oaths are required by law, al in the case of Quakers arid Moraviaoft. Lord LYNDHURST lirivng learned that a Bill was •in progress in the House of Commons for the better admi nistranon of the law in the Courts of Chancery, and that It might be considered a Government mea;ure, he trusted that the Noble Lord opposite would take care that it contained a provision for compensation to officers of that Court for any loss they might sustain by the operation of the Bill. He made this suggestion lest there should be any omission in the Bill of so great injue tie, a; t 3 cause its rejection by this House; their Lord ships not having power to insert such a clause. Lord MELBOURNE said the obsecvotion was extra ordinary as addreised to him from the other side of the home upon a 13111 pending in the Commons, and upon a money clause of that Bill.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.): He would say, however, that he should take care that compensaii3n be provided for all who might be justly and ltga , ly entitled to it.—(Hear, hear.) Lord LYNDHURST said he had made the observa tion only by way of caution. Their Lordships then Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FED. 23. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly bi fire Four o'cleclt. Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY presented a petition from Che!tenham for a mitigation of the putishment of Frost, Williams, and Jones. He disagreed with the prayer. —(Laughter.) The Hon. Member presented a Petition from the same place against the cora:nuance of the Lew system of foot-lax•s. He need hardly say that he dis agreed with this petition also.—( Much laughte-.) Mr. G. EVANS presented a petition tram a place in the county of Dublin, in f tvaur of Lord Morpeth's Regis tration Bill. _qr. DUNBAR presented - a petition from Belfast, in favovr cf Lord tanlcy's Bill. Colonel RAWDON presented a petition from Mont.- gime, in forJur cf Lord Morpeth's Bill. Gytain BERKELEY presented a petition from Poor-law Guardians of Bristol against certain clauses in the Poor-la w Commission C o nti nuance Bill. Mr. ELL IS presented a petition from the Society of Rcional Religionists of Leicester, praying for an inquiry into their dont' hies.. Mr. FITZSTEPHEN FRENCH presented a pcti. ti ,n from the medical practitioners cf Waterford praying for a•t alteration in the has relating to vaccination. Mr. A G LIONBY brought up the Report of the Com mittee co the North American Colonial (Ireland) Bill, which stated that the Standing Orders of tho House hal nut been complied with. Ordered to . be referred to the Committee on Standing Orders. Sir H. SMITH presented a petition from Colchester, againa any grant to the College of Ma.ynooth. Sir R. PEEL presorted a petition from some pattern designer;, in favour a the Bill for the Extontion of Copyright of Designs. Also a petition from Ardee, in Ira lsnd, in favour of Ltrd Stanley's, and against Lord Mor pat.'s Regitrat:on Bil!. HUME prL!senttd a petition from the County of Donegal, pr,3ing for the refec•ion of Lord Stanley's, aad in favour of Lord Morpelles liegiAration Bill. Mr. O'CONNELL presented petitions from the coun ties of 'l'rotie, Navan, Cavan, and Antrim, in favour of dip Bi:1 "for the Extension of the Franchise in Ireland, and pra3ieg the house to reject the Bill for its extinction. Mr. ELLICE, jun., i:resented a petition from the Presbytery of Kirkcaldy, praying for the speedy and totil abolition of patronage in thu Cilurch of Scotland. 0,1 the notion of Mr. B. WOOD the Southwark Im provement 3111 was read a second time, and ordered to ho committed. IRISH REGISTRATION. A rex minutes before five o'el,,ck Lord Morpeth er.- t , reci the house bearing an immense petition which seemed es weighty as the Noble Lord could carry. He wry, le ceiveit with loud cheers. The Noble Lord st id—l hold, I cannot say in my hand, but by the hand, a petition which calls fur and is fully entitled to the best consideration of this House. The petition, Sir, emanates from a meeting held in Duclin, in January lass, which was presided over by the Earl of Charlemont. It is signed, Sir, by 20.5,830 persons.—( Cheers.) Amongst the signatute4 there axe those of 43 Veers, 22 Baronets, .58 Deputy- Lieutenatitti, and upwards of 400 MagistraLs. It contains the names of thosetepresentitag the great commercial wealth cf Ire land, and it also eintaineu the name of every Roman Ca tholic Bishop in Ireland. lam instructed that there is not one fictitimis signature attached to the petition, and that the name of one Peer was not added without the Secretary's having had communication with him. That is, I believe, more than can be said of the Noble Lord oppc site.—(Cties of " Order.") The petitioners state that they had viewed with indignation the introduction of the Bill of the Noble Lord opposite, and they pray the House to take into consideration the present unjustly limited state of the franchise, and to take such steps as n ould allow pro perty and numbers to be fairly represented. He moved that t be brought up. The Noble Lord also presented a petition against Lord Stanley's Bill, and in favour of the Govern ment Bill, from a parish in the county Wexford Mr. MARK PHILLIPS presented a petition to the same effect from Manchester, with 32,237 signatures, all of which he believed were attached to the petition in one day.—( Hear, hear.) Petitions to the same effect were presented by Mr. O'Connell from the county of Westmeath; Mr. Blake, from several parishes in the county of Galway ; Mr. Hind ley, from Ashton-under-Lyne; and Mr. Roche, from Limerick. Mr. FRE S HFIELD gave notice, that when the lionsie went into Committee on the Poor-law Bill, he should move certain amendments. Mr. PENDARVES moved for returns of the quantity of tin, lead, and copper ore, imported and exported.— Ordered. LAW OF EVIDENCE. Mr. C. BULLER moved for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the ltw relative to the admissibility of evidence in certain cases. Of course, if any lion. Gentleman was opposed to the motion, he should not press it ; but he Fuggested tLat it might possibly meet tbo convenience of the House if lie now moved for leave to bring in the Bill in order to have it printed, and than they aught take the discussion on a future stage. Mr. HANDLE Y moved for leave to bring in a Bill le ?lating to the drainage of land in England and Wales.— Grasted. Mr. FOX MAULE moved for leave to bring in a Bill for removing doubts as t.) the continuance of cettain Local Turnpike Acts, and for continuing until the Ist day of Juno 1842, or, if Parliament shall then be sitting. unt 1 esd of the then session of Parliament, the Local Turn pike Acts for Great Britain, which expire with this or the ensuing Ses.ion of Parliament.—Granted. DANISH CLAIMS. Mr. CRESSWELL postponed the Committee on the Address to her Majesty respecting Danish claims, to Thursday week. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS' (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. SHELL presented petitions from Carrick-on-Suir and other pia e 3 in the South of Ireland, in favour of the Bi.l introduud by Lord Morpetb, and against Lord Stanley's Bill. Lora CL hiVIENTS . preser.ted petitions from soveral places is Leitrim with a similar prayer. ADJOURNED DEBATE. On the Order of the Day being read for resuming the wijourned debate on the Registia.iou of Voters Bill (Ire land), Mr. YOUNG rose, and said he wished to offer a few observations on the Bill introduced on that subject by the Noble Lord (Lord Morpeih) opposite, with respect to tie accusation which bad been so often brought for ward, of a settled enmity being entertained by the party amongst whom be stood, against the peace and the liberty of Ireland. He would have hardly thought it necessary to take notice of what bad been stated in the speech of the Noble Lord (Lord niorpttli) last night, if he did nut think the statements made in that speech were more suited to a discourse in some popular assembly than to a speech from an Hon. Member to that House. He conceived that the history of Ire!and for the last half century, was a sufficient answer to the charges cf hostility to the Irish people brought against his party. Since the year 1765, they had founded their pellcy towards that country on principles cf kind ae,s and conciliation. Liak by link the chains which bound the teeth people had been struck off; and he could not now discover the least difference between the coLsbtion cf the Irish Roman Catholics and that of their Protestant cormtrymen. The statutes which had been passed of late years had been introduced in part by Hon. Gentlemen on his side of the House, and the prosperity of Ireland was shoving the wisdom of their policy. Ai the present day he saw no diminution of that good will. He found it stated by the Right Hor. Geutic man, the Member for Tam werth, when introducing the Catholic Relief Bill, that he preferred carrying out it.; dttails on priaciples of generous confidence rat h e r than attempting to impair the value of the concession by any vexatious restrictions. He believed that that Gi was e stil . still the course which the party led by the IL i g man was willing, to pursue. He remembered that it' tk had' been stated by the Right Hoc M e mber for Pembroke mbroke on the Irish. Corporation Bill that his p art y did not intend to act on a narrow and exclusive policy towards Ireland ; and the Right Hoc. Gentleman added that such an attempt could no more be carried into effect than the sun could go back from the dial. In thatopinion he (Mr. Y. )fully coin , ceded. The Noble Lord (Lord Morpetb), however, in the course of his speech last night, complained o the effects which the Bill introduced by the Noble Lord (the Member for Lancashire) would have on the interests of the majo rity of the people of Ireland. The Noble Lord stated that the Bill was full of snares and dangers which the most wreckless only would be willing to encounter. If, however, it w e r e t rue t h at t h e Bill contained clauses of a restricted nature, those clauses could he altered in Committee ; and for his own part be would not give his vote for any clause that could tend unduly to restrict the franchise or to throw vexatious ob stacles in the way of the claimant. —(Hear, hear.) But the Bill of the Noble Lord opposite was not a Bill merely for the purpose of amending the registration, but a Bill to alter the franchise by placing it on a basis mate rially lower, and one which he thought he should be able to show was not calculated to benefit either the agricultural or social improvement of Ireland-_( Hear, hear, hear) —and one that, instead of conducing to the real independence of the elector, was calculated to injure it, and to prevent the electors from exercising a viper control over their repiesentatives.—(Hcar.) Hone el hardly say a word on the question cf the valuation which had Leen so fully discussed last night. That valua tion made by the Noble Lord's own Commissioners had not he in made according to tie provisions of the Poor law Act, and was, in fact, a fraud upon the landlords in favour of the tenants; and instead of throwing overboard I such a valuation, the Noble Lord brought it forward as the foundation of his Bill for giving an ex tension to the franchise. lie thought the Noble Lord ought at least to have laid aside his Bill for a time, in order to see how that valuation would have workcJ. With respect to the question of the lowering of the franchise, most gentlemen acquainted with the existing franchise in Irelaul ;would agree with him in st ding that it would ' require eight acres of Irish ground, well cultivate:l, with a good house, to be held at a very leer rent, or at no rent at all, in order to confer the franchise upon the holder, ac cording to the beneficial interest test which he should throughout his argument assume to be the proper test for the coeferring of the franchise. Now eight Irish acres were equal to twelve English acres. According to the Report of the valuator of the Lurgan union, all the land in that union was valued at 11. sa. the English acre, therefore the 5/ value would confer the franchise upon the holder of four English acres; thus in the union of Lurgan the possession of one-third the land required at present would confer the franchee, and in the county of Longferd the possession of one-half would produce the same effect. Ile thought that must be admitted to be a great lowering of the franchise. --( Hear, hear.) The e%ils of bribery were felt in the time of the 40r. fr ee holders, but he thought that those evils would be magni fied by the provisions of the Noble Lord's Bill, for the franchise proposed by that Bill was very little above the 40'. freeholders. With regard to the numbers likely to be admitted under the franchise of the Noble Lord, he found its that portion of the union of Lurgan, which contained the county of Armagh, there was 39,847 scree, the whole county containing about 128,000, and in that county there were about 22,144 teternents which would qualify their occupiers to have the franchi-e, while in thet county the persons employing labourers did not exceed 17,000 Upon the point of what would best promote the social ini prcvement of Ireland he begged leave to quote the opinion of a man who was much respected even by Gentlemen on the opposite side of the House, he alluded to Mr. Blake, the Chief Remetnbrancer of Ireland ; it was given fifteen y ears ago, but he (Mr. Y.) had, he believed, good reason to say that he retained the same opinion up to the present time. The Hoc. Member then quoted Mr. Blake's opinion, viz. by raising the franchise from 40s. to a fol. beneficial occupation. That opinion wits quoted with much appro hearse by Lord Hatherton when he, as Secretary for Ire land, brought in a Bill to regulate the franchise.for that country. Much had been said in favour of the Belgian system ; but looking at all the recent writers upon the state of that country, it was proved that they were in a wretched condition ; that after severe and incessant labour, and prac tising the most rigid economy, they were scarcely able to keep their heads above water. That system might answer in that country, which was still in a state of transition, but it would not do, and ought not to be attempted to be forced upon a people like the Fish, who bad borne their difficul ties and privations in a mostsurprisingly peaceable manner. They had recently added to these claims by a fresh title to The sympathy and good feeling of the people of Eng laad. No country had shown more signal marks of resolution of purpose and energy of character than the people of Ireland had in rescuing themselves from the evils of intoxication.—( Hear, hear.) lie trusted that the refoamation might be as lasting as its benefits were obvious and important.—( Hear.) It was desirable that the constituencies should be sufficiently numerous, that when some particular subject inflamed the public mind they should hare sufficient weight in numbers and ieTec lability to stem the torrent of popular violence.—(Hear, boa-.) In the year 1784 it was tic gerie•al feeling of tl.e justice and sound policy of his measures that placed Mr. Pitt in power. On another occasion of liter datc in their own timer, which it was not very palatable to Conservative to refer to—he meant the Reform Biil--he conceived that it was the constituencies who raised themselves is opposition to the aris tccracy, and thereby probably averted the riots and bloodshed which would have ensued in the event of the measure having been rejected. In Ireland there were other influences be idea those of the landlord. He would not enter into the details of that much controverted question, whether the polidcal power which the Roman' Catholic clergy cf Ireland possessed was obtained by I gitimete means, or was used for legitimate purposes; but tots le would say. that firrr.ly at teched as he was to the doctrines cf the Established Church—great as was the respect he entertained for the ministers of that Chtireh,—yet not even in their hands would he wish to see that vast amount of irresponsible po litical power which was undoubtedly wielded by the clergy men of the Catholic Church in Ireland. Now upon those considerations, and wishing to do what was fair and just, and looking to what was the present defective state of information on the subject of valuation, he felt bound to oppose the precipitate measure now sought to be introduced. When be looked to the amount of qualifi cation granted by the Bill of the Noble Lord (Lord Morpeth) opposite, and when lie saw in that an index of the ideas of Government, he owned he felt apprehensions. It seemed to bins that a step was taken in an entirely wrong direction, and con trary to the dictates of sound policy, and opposed to those anticipations entertained arid held out to the country by the statesmen who changed the 40s. freeholders to 10/. freeholders. The measure of the Noble Lord would destroy the political power of the country, by putting the elective franchise in the hands of a second-rate and less desirable cline of persons. It would dimi rush the independence of the elector and in crease the expense of elections, and would perpe tuate that low and degraded state from which, under the influence of happier ercumstances, the people of Ireland mere steadily, though slowly, emerg ing. If the great change so mysteriously . pre pared—so suddenly brought before the public—if that great change now proposed should be adopted there would be no ratification so strong that would not be considered most easily changed on the slightest causes. He would, therefore, oppose the measure now sought to be passed into law. ;Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN then rose, but from the peat noise in the House, 'was inaudible in the gelicry. We understood the Honourable Member to be ad dressing himself more particularly to the speech of the Noble Lord, the Member for North Lan cashire (Lord Stanley). He thought the Noble Lord had brought a very slender stock of argu ment to bear against the Bill. The Noble Lord the Member for North Lancashire had reproached the Noble Lord near bias with inconsistency, while the Nable Lord himself was in many cases more open to the charge. The Noble Lord bad complained that a 51. rent, and not a 51. profit was adopted a's the test for the franchise in the Govern ment measure ; but the fact was Vent the Poor-law.valu ation iu Ireland was so low that if the profit test were adopted under it the Irish constituences would be annihilated. The Noble Lord had ended his address to the I-louse by quotations and arguments, to show that though theindispo sition of the landlords to grant leases to tenants was one cause of the small number of the constituency of Ireland as compared with the constituency in Erigland, y 4 that tie mails cause was the poverty of the country. The Noble Lord could scarcely be ignorant of the value of pro perty in Ireland, and he would, with the permission of the House, advert to that part of the country in which the Noble Lord was a landlord. In Tipperary the population in Ib3l was 402,000, and in the valuation by Mr. Giiflith in 1832. the valuation of the land in that county was 886,139/. a-year, and lie believed it would be found that the present number of electors in that county was not-more than 2,000. The time had now conic when the Govern ment bad fairly grappled with the subject, and he regarded the present Bill at one that would amend the Irish- Re ortti Bill; lie considered it a Bill that would settle the franchise, atid would give a good system of registration in I:e'and, would be productive of great good, and such a Bill was th e one now under the consideration of the House. AU. parties had admitted that the prevent state of things was net sound. The question then came to was it not possible so to reform the basis of the francluso as to give satisfaction to all parties. Many attempts h a d been made of late years to do so. Sir M. O'ligiele c l'e when in that House, had proposed and carried a Bill it was defined the- franchise, but the consequence war tha t G thrown out, in the Lords. The present Attorn.c brought its Bills for the same purpose last year, ~9 me .. found that there was not the slightest' chabnceewoarsbtio takeeta ing with arty support. Thu only thing adoptede that e Reform.st a at dh ae r in d new bads for the franchise, and they hatb u n t r h a e l ba sis which had been most praised by_then Conservativee l a c ' i t l y l _ , and more especially by the Right . 11 Exeter. When they found that t_ 1; t of the extent proposed by. ter for Taanwortb, and the Hon. ah n e cl o c L o . e n a s r ti n t e a d en M ci e e m s b o e f r lr fe e_ r Ire land did not amount to one-half surely, then, it became the authors of the their duty totfoorsotahleevfmrae franchise samehe upon such a basis as would bring i county of Cork ; in 1834 was 703 716, the value of the population of that and the J 37,9421. and amount. He placewould take the land VMS 1 county was was about2,ooo; apparently there w ere more, but making allowance des and removals the number of the const i t uency forwo deaths be found to b e about 2,600, which gave on l y one cl-ctor t- t every 400 inhabitants. In reference to the valuation there was only one voter to every 5001. o f renta l . Vas that the case in any county in Engla n d ?—( H ear.) For his o wn part he was of opinion that keeping the tenure with the .51. rating the number of voters iu the registry would be much smaller than at present. ri e was glad, therefore e the Government h a d erred on the side of liber salty, if any error there was, and they acted wisely not to place it upon a higher basis. At the a ame time he thought th ey wou ld h ave f o ll ow ed out a ma re constitutional principle if the franchise bad been gr 9 ated to the tenantry of Ireland without reference to tenure at all. He did not think it wise ir, any country to give t he landlords th e p ower o f w i t hh o ldi n g tee r gilts of citiza (Alp from the people. In that opinion he con curred ci ith the Ulster Association ; and he should say, In EVENING EDITION reference to the Report of that Association which had been alluded to by the Noble Lord, that he had never read a more able and comprehensive document on the whole question cf registration. He would add, that if th e N o bl e Lord foll)wci the recommendations it eaitained, he could not be much at variance with the opinions entertained by Hon. Members on his (Mr. S. (Mien's) side of tb HouFe. He regretted, however, that the Bill of the Go vernment did not abolish the necessity for the payment of rates and ttxes, with the exception of the poor-rates. With regard to the registration clauses, they had his entire concurrence, as they went on the fair principle of re moving from the register all those who had ceased to pos sess tee right to be there, and to facilitate Vie acquisi tion of the franchise by those who had a right to it. The Hon. Gentleman proceeded, at considerable length, to make observations on the several clauses of the Bill, stating the grounds on which he assented to some, and diff, red from others. With regard to the clause which related to poging he thought that the Bilt did not go far cnouu,N. He would wish to see all elections concluded, if possibly, in one day. Sir R. BA'CES - UN said, after the speech of the Noble Lord (Stanley) last evening, it would ill become him to trespass long upon the House ; but he could net sit silent and hear the constituency of Ireland so misrepre.entcd as lie had heard them last right..--( Hear, hear.) He did not understand the Noble Lord ta vsialt that the. •landlords should control the votes of their tenants in an uncon stitutional manner, but that they thould only exercise the legitimate influence of property. The tenants in Ireland had the greatest repugnance to register. Because, if they did they would be compc l'ed to vote against their landlords, under terror of remorseless persecu tion for themselves and faiti its in this rata Id, and the tbrezt of eternal punishment in the next. —( Hear, hear. ) That was the intimidation under which the people suffered, and that was the cause of the falling off in the registry. It had been said that all partie3 in Ireland were opposed to the Bill of Lord Stanley. But the contrary wag the fact in the wealthy and intelligent province of Ulster, al most the entire population of which was in favour of that Bill. This was shown by the petition presented la.t with 91.000 signatures, every one of the petitioners ha'- ing written his own name, and added his place of rani denee.—( Hear, hea-.) in the cther province a large part of the wealthy and intelligent inhabitants were friendly to the measure. A: to the proposed qualification of 51. rated value, it would be in many ewes practically lower than the fa7-famed 40s. freeholders, who were con sidered in 1829, even by the grea'est Liberal', a body of voters whom it was desirable to get rid of. He begged the independent gentlemen of Ergland not to trert this f s a party qaeition, but to look upon it solely a; one of vit ii importance to the interests of Ireland. As a resident:lrishman he supported the Bill oft .e Noble Lord near him, considering as he did, that the system of sr.bdividing 14nd was the source of the rack-tents, and of many of that calamities of Ireland. Ha believed, therefore, that if the Si. rating proposed by the Noble Lord opp osite were adopted, it would destroy all the good produced by the establishment of the 10/. franchise, and that it would lead to the misery and beggary of the Irish people. The Noble Lord had appealed to thtir fears of the repeal agitation, but be fe't that no fe.r recd be entertained on the subject —none, at least, need be felt as regarded• the province of Uhter. He believed that matter had been settled by what wearied at the late visit of the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin to Belfast. On that occa sion, in spite of the pomp of the preparations, the attempt to enlist the people of Ulster in favour of the repeal agi tation had proved a total failure. The Hon. Baronet con cluded by expre sing a hope that the Bill c f the Noble Lord the Scerct , v - y for Ireland would be rejeated by the House, and that .he Bill of the Noble Lord the Member for North Lancashire would soon become the law of the lam!. Nit . . CAREW did not mean to eat 'r into any details with regard to the Bill of the Noble Lord. It was ad mitted on ell hands that there were many abuse; in the precrit system of registration, and none were greater than those arising from the vexatious proccelli-gs to which those who claimed a right to be on the register were ex posed. Such persons were kept in many instances for a week waiting about the Registration Courts, and losing their valuable time, and were often rejected on mere technical grounds, which could not but :tepees to the voter to be a most vexatious proceeding.—( Cheers.) The consequence of these vexatious proceedings had been that there was growing up among the constituency of Leland an apathy and a disinclination to exercise the franchise. The Bill cf the Noble Lord the Secretary for Ireland was calculated to remove those coils and that apathy, and the. close it should have his h , arty support. It was cal culetel to extend the right cf voting—that every one would koit upon the possession cf . the fran chise as indispensable to his personal comfort.— ( Is sas ), flo had received a letter from a elsrgy man of the Church of England, residing in Queen's Count y , in which he desetibed the evils of the present s t a t e o f re - gistration ; that litter stated thct the plai of Lord Mew 1-rah had been hailed with universal satistact , on ; and the writer went on to say that he had recently attended a Re gistration Court, which appeared to him "t 5 biSnothing more than an arena of hard swearing, in which the man who swore the hireest was the moat SUCC2SfuI.—( Cheers from the Oppusition)—that the honest voter, who had sworn to the value of his property, and who was in a con dition to be better acquainted with its value than any other person, was set aside upon the hard swearing of some lured valuator.—(Loud cheers from the Nlinistcrisl side of the House. ) lie would ask it such procecdirgs were not revolting to all DCCSOTIS possessed of religious feclii,gs? 6 He hoped the House would consider the pr,- sent state of Ireland. Notwithstanding what had faders from the Floe. Gentleman opposite, he cotrid assure the House that fisoeixths of the people of Ireland were op posed to Lord Stanley's Bill. —( Loud cheers.) If ever an opportunity had occurred for the House to conciliate the good feeling of the people of Leland, it was on the • present occasions • and he hoped they would embrace it, by passing the Bill of the Government, which was calcu lated to remove the evils of the registration system. :tad to enlarge the franchise, while the Bill of the Noble Lord, the Member for North Lancashire, was one calcu lated entirely t.) destroy the franchises of tho people of Ireland.—( Cheers. ) Lord HO WICK would remind the House that the question they were c .11e on t 3 decide war, whether in attempting to amend the system of registration in Ireland, they should also endeavour to give a clear definition of the electoral franchise.—(Cheers.) The question was not whether they should adopt all the details of his Noble Friend's Bill, not whether they should determine that a 5/. rating should bestow the qualification for the franchise, not whether it would be advisable to apply the test of rate, for the purpose of ascertaining the franchise, in any given manner, but simply whether. in amending the sys tem of registration, it would be desirable at the same time to introduce some method of making the franchise depend upon the assessment to the Pcor-rates.—(Cheers.) That was the question which was really before the House. Now, putting aside all recollections of the angry discussions of last year, and of the party feelings which had been then excited, he thought that he might assume that wi h regard to the necessity for alteration in the system of registration a h l t s e i r d a e t s i o o n f s t t o h e b e ti m o u ad se e c f r o e r also a w ll e p t a o r , l t. e le r s ab w l e y r a e g a r g ee re d ed a ' s and to the both h the . he looked at the Bill of his Noble Friend opposite or at that of his Noble Friend on that side of the House, the differences between the two systems were not so great, but that one Bill might be made perfectly to resemble the other without undergoing greater altera tions in Committee than almost every other important measure had undergone in the course of its progress through pos sible House. t h l e i e e e m i • j o s u i r n e t o t w t e ad h d e re t s h s e h r im ea s l elf tiee as briefly stieeh as efet ethe House, and in so doing he should not quote from any docu ment, or go into any statistical details of which he thought the House had had snore than sufficient during the debate. The simple question was, in a measure for amending the system of registration, ought they or ought they not to attempt some improvement in the definition of the franchise? Without going so far as to say, that they were bound under all circum stances, in a measure for amending the registration, to in troduce some provision for a better definition of the franchise, he would express his decided opinion that such a provision was in the highest degree desirable and expedient, and that it was also in the highest degree desirable and expedient, that both subjects should be included in the same Bill. Throughout the whole course of the debate no one had denied the existence of great evils as connected with the unsettled state of the fran chisein Ireland. The lion. Member who had just sat down,and who had given as a new Member such promise of his future e_x cellence—( Hear, hear)—had read a letter to the House de scribing the proceedings that took place in the Registration_ swear that his land was of the value required,,h,y lad, in short, men Courts. They had on the one hand the tena a n i t id br e o e ut e u t p he to r the landlord to swear that it was not. the voter. Then, by the presentiss. good or not, and then they ter is to deride whether the mo,afs iatllneortdaersti rote e o decide - whether the Revising a n te lre o - f springing up one after the other tovtsltoelteal!-Othieeyßceovutlsdietgoi3daerfreias-t have the Judges called upon often the whole subject had to m mittee of that House. Now, nvaers"fdiscreditable to a civilized coml. society in be Barrister go ne o t , v , ears againri ht , beforea ncl was not that a state of 61 W al g. not that a state of things which sap i to place one portion •of oother? He thought that no man in that try ?—( Hear, hear. r) —ant land—(h ear, sere caused by the uncertainty of k opposition to deny t)oputths: etOntlintdoa,t-laonnds that such was the ease, and no person could Par House would i l ,v a s tG e l e d n e t ti 1 tetteegtit ought rate of value on whi hnow -hat t c the voting ing " d e pended.— ( Hear. ) It was this difficulty it Ireland, i ascertaining the value that was the cause of all that he had Lscribed, and such being the case, the question was how were they to clear up those doubts? Could the difficulty as to the construction of the words of the Act be cleared up? Should deny that those elils they take the construction put upon it by the Hon. Member for Dublin, reckoning all the labour of the tenant, and thereby giving him a beneficial interest,. or were they to take it as a 10/. beneficial interest beyond the rent ? If it were possible to make the former the proper construction by a declaratory Act, he should not approve of that course. because he believed it would have bad consequences in Ireland ; it would, in fact, lead to the consequences which the lion. 111erriber for Cavan had told them would flow from the measure now before the House. But then should they introduce a declaratory Act to say that the tenant must be enabled to pay 101. more than the occupa tion rent, psrhaps his Noble Friend opposite would tell him there was no necessity for that declaratory Act, because there was such an Act already ; but what would his Noble Friend sag with respect to the decision of the majority of the Judges binding th e m i noi i ty bound ? Ile had heard with dismay the opinion put forw ar d th a t th e minority of the Judge s were not weight by o the majority. If such an opinion weregiven Butany then came there would be an end of society altogether. to compel others'to act the question, had the House the subject? He feared that that according to their views on the was not the case ; but that was not all, the swe ar i ng at tie registration was m ost contradictory, and h a d they got rid of t h e root of that evil?—(Hear, hear.) Hatt they yet that got rid of the real cause ofcontradictory tei h they had all -complained? I n hi s op i n i on swearing of whic they had not. D id this contradictory swearing, begin • when to the • • c as proper con,tructi mof the term the dispute arot beneficial interest? Why, notoriously this complaint existed previously to 1829, during the system of the 40s. freeholders. It existed between 1829 and the passing of the Reform. Act, ' ender the system of the 10/. freeholders. So notorious was the abuse, that it was made use of as an argument. for the c hange. And he thought the argument was well founded ; h e thought that the change did ;set rid of a great deal of perjury. Under the words as they now stood he believed that an Irish peasant, who felt that his whole existence depended upon Isis maintaining possession of his farm—that he had no other means of obtaining a livelihood—he believed that that man, according to what he conceived to be the real interpreta- r 'S•