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EVENING EDITION. he proposed system was •not liable to the same temptations? Would it be just ire for instance, in the case of the landowner neglecting the general improvement of Ireland, he chose to sacrifice his estate for the purpose of making votes ? Was it fait that political influence should be attached to such improper and corrupt use of land? —(Cheers.) It would be so at first. A man would make freeholds, who found by so doing he could exercise great power in the country. This measure had a tendency in an evil direction—namely, to the subdivision of the land, and to arrest the progress of improve ment. He spoke not merely of the moral evil of it, of the unjust influence they. were conferring upon attorneys and grand juries.—(llear, hear.) . He looked to the effect in another direction. Ife, asked whether they thought • they were advancing the social improvement of Ireland, by giving a new stimulus to the subdivision of land? He asked-theist to read the Report of their own Commissioners before they, de- terrnined upon the subdivision of the land. They had the Re port of the Commissioners on the subject of the Poor-laws, who had advised them not the plan. The Government sent over Mr. Nicholls, and had such confidence in his judg ment that they overruled the recommendation of the Commis sioner, and determined to act on his recommendation. Now What evidence did Mr. Nicholls give upon the subject? He begged the Noble Lord's attention to it. Could he deny the, tendency of this measure to stimulate the • subdivision .of land for the purpose of increasing votes ? If not, let him see what would be the results. Mr. Nicholls said, " Small holdings and minute subdivision of hid prevailed in the county of Donegel to a greater extent than in any other part, and the consequent growth of the eoeu lation was so great as to diminish the productive power of the soil, and the condition of the people to the lowest point in the social scale, exposing them in the colvingency of a bad season, or the failure of the pota'oe crop, to the most dreadful priivation." No material or lasting improvement of the land could take place while such a system of sub-division existed; . and there was no check to the division, except the dread or the actual oc currence of famine. Under the present system the possession , of land was not the means of advancing the individual, but of degrading the whole population." Such were the words of Mr. Nicholls.—(Hear, hear.) But with all those facts before them, Ministers were superadeling to the gain of the landlords by the small division of land, the additional temptation of political influence.—(Bear, hear.) He had attempted to show that this extension of the franchise—this creation of something worse than the forty-shilling freeholders, was not compatible with a fair interpretation of the compact entered into upon the Emancipation of the Roman Catholics, and not compatible with the social improvement of Ire and.— ( Hear, hear.) He would now ask, whether if this extension of the franchise were granted to Ireland they would refuse the application of the same princ , ple to England ? (Cheers.) Let the Ministers suppose, that when the same demands were made upon them in this country, the party opposed to the Govern ment had coalesced with the Chartists, and had said—" The horizon is clouded, and you had better purchase peace by eon cession."—(Cheers.) But they did not say so. Aided by them ("the Conservatives) the Ministers had been able to resist the Chartists so long as they said that the Re form Bill was final. (Cheers.) When they made such concessions in Ireland as this, upon such evidence, and with such motives, would they be able to resist the demand that would be made for the extension of similar institutions to Englend ?—( Cheers. ) If it were right that without any elle - . gation the franchise in the towns in Ireland should be reduced from ten pounds to five, would they be able to soy to those who demanded a similar reduction in England, would they be ab , e to say that Earl Grey and Lord Althorp had declased the ' Reform Bill to be a final settlement, and that it was dange rous to disturb it? The Hon. - Gentleman, the Member for Kilkenny, had been indiscreet enough to say that he was in • favour of the Bill because it would lead to an extension in England— Mr. HUME—No, Sir, I did not, . . Sir ROBER'r PEEL-L-.The Honourable Gentleman had said, however, that if the definition of the franchise was necessary, why was it not settled in England ?—( Hear, tear.) 'fhe Noble Lord, the Secretary for the Colonies, said that in the present state of parties in Englaud, it was impossible to define the franchise more exactly than, it stood expressed in the Reform Bill. Yet the Noble Lord proceeded with a Bill to amend the registration but his Noble Friend, the Member for North Lancashiee, was loaded with every species of calumny because he advanced a Registration Bill, without defining the franchise. —( Cheers.) " The Noble Lord (John Russell) had placed the finality of the Irish Reform Bill—and he did not speak of technical finality, but of the principle—on the same ground as in the English and Scotch Bills ; yet on such allegations'as were made in support of the Bill nosy befo -e the ' House, the Noble Lord was pre pared not only to disturb but to destroy the system established in Ireland by the Reform Bill. He hoped the Noble Lord would be prepared to-night to make a declare ion of his intentions. Ile, fsr one—not' from any party considerations—but with a view to the peace and tranquillity of those countries, knowing the demands which would soon be made upon the Noble Lord when that precedent would have been established, he did regret the course which the Noble Lord, as a Minister of the Ci own, had thought proper to pirsue.— ( Loud cheers from the - Opposition benches.) He had understood from the Noble. Lord that he had meant steadily to adhere to the principles of the Reform Act—that on the miner de tails he might consent to improvement to remove restrictioes and vex itious accompaniments on the claim to the-franchise ; but he hod understood from the Noble Lord that he taught that a constantly. recurring agitation as to the principles of rrpre sentation was fraught with perils and with evils to the country. 1 —(Ctecers.) He recollected that the Noble Lard Lad made that declaration, and had reprinted it in the letter which he addressed to the electors of Stroud. The Noble Lord might have reason for holding a different opinion now. The Noble Lord might have found it necessary for the purpoai of conciliating lukewarm supporters--( Hear, hear, hear)—and propping up a falling power to pursue the course he had adopted ; but if in the hope of gaining the accession of those who wero unsatisfied with the declarations of 1837, and to demand from the Noble Lord, if not an actual performance, at least an indefinite promise as to the progress of Reform, th e N o bl e L ord did not Readily refuse to encou rage all.change, he (Sir R. Peel) trusted he would resolve on refusing it now. But he was afraid the power of the Noble Lord to refuse it would be weakened by the precedent he had established. (Hear, hear, hear, and cheers.) In the year 1834, the Noble Lord was party to a declaration, by which he, discountenanced, in the most formal manner, any effort to obtain a repeal of the Legislative Union. In the • year 1834, the Noble Lord was a party to placing in the mouth of his Sovereign, this emphatic consideration of the mischievous - agitation of a repeal of the Union. The King said, in kis speech to Parliament, " I have seen, with feelings of deep regret and just indignation the continuance of an attempt to excite the people of Ireland to demand a Repeal of the Legislative Union. To the practices which have been used to produce disaffection in the State, and mutual distrust and animosity between the two countries, are chiefly to be attributed the spirit of insubordina tion, which though for the present controlled by the powers of the law, has been but too perceptible in many instances." That was the language addressed in the year 1834 to the agitators for repeal. In the year 1837, at the period when the Noble Lord addressed his letter to his constituents at Stroud, this was the language which he addressed to the eager advocates fur an extended franchise. He said—" Th at a f ter th i s decla ration, any Member of Lord Grey's Cabinet was to propose to begin the whole question anew, the obvious remarks would be, you have either so egregiously deceived us, that we cannot trust to your public engagements, or you have so blindly deceived yourselves that we cannot believe in the solidity of your as surances." The Noble Lord said—" The excitement of 'new changes, passions again rising, the House of Commons again in a furnace to be meltedin a new mould, and the people again in a temper which burst out in flames at Nottingham and Bristol, would go far to shake the stability if 'pro perty, and make the law the servant of popular passions; the happy consummation of the wishes .of the labouring classes would be again removed far off; and the security to be enjoyed in Switzerland and in Ger- - many would remove capital from . this country, and transport • it there. The deluded might then be roused from their dream, but too late." These were manly sentiments.—(Loud cheere.) The very delive r y of w hich, from a place of high authority, gave streugth to the person from whose lips they proceeded. The Noble Lord might have since found the new pressure upon him to be such that he could not maintain his adherence Ito those manly declarations. The Noble Lord might have re ceived significant hints at the commencement of this Session that the foreign policy of the Government did not meet with the cordial apptobatiou of his supporters.—( Hear, hea. ) The Noole Lord mighthavefound it necessary -to use less strong language in denouncing the effort to promote a repeal by agi tation. He (sir R. P. ) regretted it—he deeply regretted its for the interests of the country., The Noble Lord might have found in the return from Sorrey—be might have found a strong • indication that the confidence of this country was lost, and he might have found it necessary to seek compensation for that loss of confidence by renewing the alliance with those in that 'House who before appeared ready to withhold from him their support. He might purchase, .by concession on that point; a. temporary su p port ; b ut he (Sir R. • Peel) could not help thinking, when he called to mind the declarations of 1834 and 1837, that it would abate something of the feeling of satisfaction with which he contemplated his tempordry triumph over the pressure of the hour—that he should abite something of the satisfaction with which he might reflect on the small majority which he might call to his aid that" night.—( Hear, hear.) It would he thought cast a gloom over the festivity with which perhaps he might celebrate the new compact and alliance, if the reflection did cross him that he had gamed that support by receding from the position which enabled him to arrest the progress of democratic claims by ob structing the progress of social improvement in Ireland, by exciting hopes in that country, by raising passions and ereat ing expectations which_ the Noble Lord could not real i se with out peril, and which he could_ not_ gratify witho u t b e i ng t h e • fora 3 ntor of convulsion. (The Right Hon. Baronet resumed . his seat amidst loud a nd lof contrinefaduetydhecthoßemeirgeihnettg Hon. Gentlhe s, the objecti o Lord JOHN RUSSELL was the accusations, and the iin warnings man—(Loud cheers)—an d order o to do so it would be neces sary for him to rhea' hadalluded, to the year the attention of the House to the period to which the Right Hon. Gentle man . compact, which which w h the ieb 18 0 9, to show the House the c ircumsta nc es Right Honourable Baronet forme d _ . compact he admitted had been made, a . n it d ._ to (L d n e n cl d ar c e House his reasons for the fulfilment of he t er t s. ke ) For that purpose it would not be necessary for him mto tn d r o e , fe w r b iw at the Right H on . B arone t had thought proper .to communications which had passed between his Sovereigntnplicel himself; it would 'be only necessary for him to refer , , and notorious facts, and to place himself on that groundlF (Hear, hear.) Engagements had then made to those / 10, felt scruples, pre) j udices, and fears, which scruples, prejudices, and fears, he had, however, always considered to be unfoundeid• • as to the admission of the Roman Catholics to power. It was tight to keep the n gagements then entered into with t . hein, but, at th e same time, e the eng agemen t s en t ere d i n to wit h the people of Ireland ought not to be wantonly violated, which tile Noble Lord the Member for North Lancashire had attempted to do. The circumstances were these :—for a long time the Catholic Question had been matter of debate • men of the highest talent had t a k en part hi it in that House on ' both sides, • but with regard to Ireland so strong had the conflict of opinien become on the subject th a t at length in that coun t r y nosu'ph thing as Government existed.—(Cheers.) The other day fi e had been reading a statement o f w h at had passed in the House of Lords at the time on the occasion of the appointment of a Secretary for Ireland. ' One of the Ministers of the Crown ' had stated that the appointment of the Chief Secretary for Ireland had been given away without his knowledge and with out consulting him on the subject. The person so anointed was the present Lord Glenelg, and it was obvioutly an appointment made for the purpose of keeping hp that balance of opinion in Ireland which it had been their policy to keep up. The circumstances of that time appeared most alarming. Any one who would read an Act of that time would see that there was a vast Association in existence enacting laws for its own government, havin a treasury of it s own ,: over which it possessed control , giving di rections to its own executive, which directions were obeyel, holding large meetings, having processions, attended by vast numbers, who marched, preceded by their banners. All - these were circumstances calculated to excite the greatest alarm. The sthtement of the Duke of Wellington in the debate on the Catholic Question was, that their metings existed in such a enanner, although they did not present any features of Mega ..., lity, yet they we h re uc o_f a a-a' tot a civil War. of thhe o formidable a nature that they might lead 4 ." ,- Governmput, w as aa theh circumstances under which the f '.‘'eTt 1 ,Catlilttiteiee Y ad proposed the -repeal. of the Pfie: ranting of tha l 4//aire ghe - , 'we"' He had a s e ai ..e. that thought that that ar s 4..,:. ~._ ~ „, i . If, the most unfnlorteasunuartee was, most m co e u st ld ju b s e t leatte:r Id on that subject repeat the statement sti,n,.t, , _,, _.,.._ le Lord at that time, whose statements were V ' kteL Y-- ' . 401, ‘ .s. ''); e .. • : - the greatest attention. Lord Mansfield, in ‘4r_' the House of Peers, had stated that by making these the grounds of concession—by giving the fear of civil war as the ground of making the ground of concession—thev did give great encouragement at all future times to. men in Ireland to form combinations and associations dangerous to the country, in order to obtain any ulterior objects they might have in view. That was the statement of the Noble Lord, who differed from him entirely in politics, respecting the support which the then Government had given the agitators by conceding the Catholic claims on those grounds. That had been said, not with respect to her Majesty's present Government, but with respect to the Tory Government, one of the chief members of which now taunted him, with giving encouragement to agita tion and concession.—(Loud cheering.) He would, however, do the Government of that day the justice to say that what they did give at that time, they gave it frankly and candidly.-- (Cheers.) With respect to the measure for disfranchising the 40s. freeholder, to which - the Right Hon: Baronet alluded, he (Lord J. Russell) had always felt the strongest repugnance to that measure, and he remembered th it at that time the pre sent Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (Lord Ebriugton) and him self came up to town together for the purpose of opposing it. But in proposing the change from the 40s. franchise to the 101. the manner in which that measure was to'be carried into effect. had been stated in the way most likely to conciliate the support of the friends of popular privileges. The person who claimed it was to go before the Assistant Barrister, he was there to claim in resp ct of the 101., and if the Assistant-Barrister admitted him, he became, for eight years, possessed of thefranchise, but he was rejected if the Bat rister thought he had not made out his claim, but th. n there was an appeal, for the party might go before a Jury as to fads, and before a Judge as to the law. and if he succeeded, he remained eight years. What was proposed now ? He begged the House to- recollect that it was proposed to take away that power, it was proposed to tax the voter by continually herraesing him ; it was proposed, instead of granting him the franchise for eight gears, that he should not have it for three months, and that he should be obliged to go to the• registry every year. He was now answering the charge cf a breach of faith—if there was any breach of faith, it was in the proposal of the Noble Lord.—(Cheers.) By modes of this kind they might most effectually destroy a franchise. —(Cheers.) The Attorney-General had- told them some time ago that with regard to the Court of Chancery, no man could go into that Court, unle:s the subji ct of dispute exceeded 1001. Now he would suppose that a man had a claim for 10/. ; if he was told that he must go into the, Court of Chancery to obtain it, 'he would be deprived of his r i ghts, and that was what n-as proposed by the Bill of the Noble Lord the Member for Lancashire. It was the bringing in of the Nob:e Lord's Bill that made it necessary for him to go into the whole case, and when he proposed to do that, as he thought he was bound to do in faith to the . people of Ireland, he thought he was bound. to give them as good a ft anchise as was intended for them in 1829.—(Cheers.) That was a proposal made to a people that were disturbed, and he would not take it away from a people that were in tran " quillity.—(Hear hear. )" That was a franchise granted to those who agitated and threatened,. and he wonld -nut take it away from men wLo were loyal and obedient.—( Cheers.) He was speaking now of the proposal that was made by the Noble Lord on the other side of the House, and he affirmed that when the Noble Lord proposed that Bill the people of Ireland were in a state of tranquillity; they were making progress in peace and prosperity ; their prosperity was increasing, and the whole cause which had created the agitation was the 'introduction of that Bill.--(Loud cheers.). If, therefore, that was a Bill to take away the franchise, and to destroy it, he must consider the whole question. The Government had en deavoured last year to see if some Bill could not be introduced to regulate the franchise, and for doing that they were told they were defending fraud and perjury, and because they did not choose to enter upon the subject in. the way the Noble Lord proposed, they were told that they were promoting per jury. Last night they were told they . were defending fraud and eesjury. With regard to all questions of this kind upon which the present Government held different opinions from the other side of the House, it was expected, and it was found in many instances impossible to carry , their views into effect, and that being the case it was thouglat better to wait sometime and proceed with other measures upon which party violence would net be excited. There were questions of great interest regarding the administration of the laws, with respect to the poor, the administration of justice, and the commercial interests of the country—all these questions might be discussed .without party feeling, and the more exciting party question it was determined should be left to time. 'lhe present Govern ment had been continually reproached with not bringing for ward measures which they thought right for the extension of popular rights, and it was said that they were losing ground by such conduct.. His answer to that was that it was thought better to proceed practically with mea sures that were of some service, and leave others to time. In a party point of view, that was an inexpedient course, but, with a view to the interests of the country, lie thought it was a prudent course. But could they pursue it longer? Were they to be accused, day after day, and night alter night, of attempting to screen perjury and fraud, and not to declare what their opinions were, by introducing measures on the subject? They were then obliged to look into the franchise, and to endeavour to legislate upon it. He had been convinced by the statements made last year by the Hon. Member for Mallow, that they never could obtain a satisfactory criterion of the franchise, unless they sought for it out of the averment and assertions of the parties themselves. It was evident if they took the more liberal and extended view, he did not of course mean to give any opinion as to the legal view of this question, but if they took the more liberal and ex tended view, it was obvious that the man who could loose nothing by gaining a franchise, who was subject to no burthen, and who had a very small amount of property, might }et have witnessses who might assist him in putting his claim upon the register, and no other consequeace follow from it than that if he succeeded he would be entitled to vote, and if he did not succeed he would not be entitled.—( Hear, hear.) The criterion which they proposed to take, and which, upon the whole, seemed to him the best, was some criterion to be taken from the Poor-rate. Last year he had consulted a high authority upon this subject. That gentleman, Mr. Nicholls, had told him at once that he thought it very desirable that the Poor-rate should be taken as a criterion, and he re ceived a letter from him dated 24th Aug , in which he said that upon reflection he had been still more confirmed in that opinion. He was very strongly in favour of adopting the Poor-law valuation as a criterion of the elective franchise. Well, then, taking that criterion, they proposed to take with it a certain tenure by lease—a tenure greater than that of the old 40s. freeholds, because those freeholds had often depended upon the lives of very old people. They proposed to take a term of fourteen years, and they proposed to take a rating of the value of 51. They took that rating of the value of Si. because they found from all the authorities that the general custom was to undervalue. They found by the Reports submitted to the Moose that many of the present freeholders who had then the right of voting would be disfranchised by . the measure of his Noble Friend. There were several unions mentioned in which persons who at present had the right of voting with the present 101. franchise would be deprived of that right under the proposed system. He thought it essential to have a tenure, arid also to have a rate; because when they had the tenure they kept the principle of the county franchise, and when they had the rating, notwithstanding all that had been stated on that subject, they had a property liable' to a burthen. The Noble Lord in the course of his speech at the commencement of that discussion, had shown a great many things, and he had certainly shown a great many contradictory things.— (Cries of " Hear, hear. ) At one time he showed that there would be a class of persons in the most miserable state of wretchedness ; but at another :time he showed that they would be possessed of four or five acres of land, very good clothes, and also very good food.—(Hear, hear.) ,Of course with respect to the amount of Si,, and with respect to the duration of fourteen years, those were matters to be dis cussed and decided upon in Committee.—( Hear, hear.) The question, then, to be considered was, whether in settling this matter of the future registration of Ireland, the franchise should be based upon the present definition, or upon some new critericer.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) With regard to the present criterion, he certainly , was a good deal surprised when he heard the arguments - of the Hon. and Learned Member,for Exeter. The proposition of that Hon. Member was that they should keep a criterion which was in itself doubtful, and upon which contrary opinions had been held by persons of very great eminence, some giving so lax an interpretation, that persons who, he must say, appeared to him to be not at all entitled to the franchise had obtained it ; others giving so strict an interlire• tation, that in one union, out of one hundred and thirty claimants four only were allowed to vote.—(Hear, hear.) Why, this was an immense political question—(Hear, hear) —and how did the Noble Lord the Member for North Lan cashire propose to solve it ? He did not propose to solve it at all, but he left it to the decision of the Judges Why, that would be to leave the matter in doubt. "No," said-the Hon. Mem ber for Exeter, " you don't leave the matter in doubt, because you are -aware there is a majority of Judges on one side, an d a minority on the other, and the minority ought to submit to the opinions of the majority." Whoever heard of such a way to establish the franchise ?—( Hear, hear.) In the first place,' it was a very great evil that the Judges should have to decide upon matters which were stridtly connected with politics • but it would be a - much greater evil for the Judges to control the authority of that House.—( Hear, hear.) It would also give rise to imputations upon the Judges that they used their influence to obtain a majority for their own party.—( Hear, hear.) He could not conceive any thing more mischievous than that Judges should be forced to swerve from the course of ditty their consciences dictated, because of reflections thrown out against them in that House.—( Hear.) The Hon. and Learned Gentleman, as was to be expected from him, spoke in very measured language, but what were t g h , e ll: hs ajtocommentsufdtghineesen,,_m party a : de upon hitopposite. d o f some t the p t u h b a l t i c day, wherein the Judgeser Judicial raised i t e h i e a l minority mtion or ti s ht v y e e r were against nn called csht t t h hi e ne " °llar'weC°l'at—nnd for no other distinction than &e that Ne for years e they had been Popish political partisans," which they were to leav die. law Was this t t h h i i s s the the way wa in m which such men as Chief Baron and Baron Richards—men of high reputation and of great learning, were to be spoken of ? were they to have their good name taken away, and Justice degraded in th e i r p ersons , i n order that they (the Opposition) great might get a decision i n t h e i r f avour on the polio cal cal question of the f ranc hi se ?—(L ou d cheers.) If they chose to take away the franchise, ldt them take it if ' they would or could, but do not let them use the balance of justice for that purpose.—(Loud cheers.) These were the reasons why he - thought it necessary in the present state or those affairs, the Noble Lord opposite having p ersua d e d a ma jority of the House to read his Bill a second time in the last session—these were the reasons why he thought it necessary that the whole question should be considered, and why lie thought the Bill of his Noble Friend was founded in policy and Justice.—(Loud cheers.) It would free them from the difficulties of the franchise—amendthepresent state of th e lair, and let it be administered without disparaging the bench. was t t o old be hy th t e he fa ß ct ig t h h t at li th o e n. co ß n ar st o i- - Bshuotultdhebne foundhe m uch diminished—that if the landlords net, (Cheers.) that if i t u tu se e d nt th b e o i d r y such a manner as to deprive their tenants hear.) But how long H plovwaserveinry had been had to the re of their votes, then a time wo ( uld_ ear cor , ne when it would be pro per to consider the quest ion. were they to wait ? Much reference h _ had not been laid on returns yet, b ecaus e they h would be found turns for 1840. He held in his ands, certainly not official the. table ; but he believed 1 ey the numb( of gave .2._ ) correct; and if so, already a very lar g e diminution had taken place. The returns for Tipperary for 1840 (Cbeers. the constituency at 4,143. It was now 2,46 Cork, in 1840, 5,738 ; now 3,78 5 . Waterford, 1, 675 ; now 783. Wicklow, 2,340 ; now 1,580. Lonaord, 1,97 1 ; now 949. Making a lt oge th er in these five counties a d iminution from 15,876 to 9,426. These results were got from statements made in the H ouse w hi c h would soon be laid upon the table, but besides that was the fact that there was a growing unwillingness among the landlords of Ireland to grant such leases to their tenants, as would enable them to obtain the franchise ; that was a sufficient cause for a great diminution. Yet h i the face of all'these fact s they were told that they might w indeed the a d i e t e u d nt u il n the til m ev e i n l hid become still grea . ter, and then would time to consider the question. They might wait were disgusted with the proper exercise of political power shocked Hen. Ge n tl emen on th e o th er side had been at hundredsof above 71., yet obtaining persons not having a qualification side. What he wa e nt s e h d e t eked as was tested he was not so the 10/. franchise. Now, he con es a privilege and a right. If the ea l e a poll, and look to the legitimate pretended on the other to see was, the people come to the landlords might prevent their tenant s from ofrfotmheirregpoisltietircialngpo, 1 of the Noble Lordpassed, power r t would they give up politics ? No, It would drive them into combinati.Fns—it would teach them to expect that by means of terror and alarm they might obtainthat enfranchisementwhich had been taken away when nothing but sound justice and good policy demanded its extension. At that late hour of the night he should not go into other matters with respect to the Irish' franchise, on which they had heard so much in the course of the debate, but that the Right Hon. Gentleman as well as others had made appeals to him as to his opinions upon two most important questions —in respect to the Repeal of the Union, and relation to the general permanency of the Reform Bill. With respect to the Repeal of the Union he had nothing to add or retract niam the opinions he had already stated. (Hear, hear.) These opinions were read by the Right Ho nourable Gentleman the Member fur Pembroke last night, and were exactly in comformity with the:opinions stated by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in the name of himself, and Go vernment in November last. The opinions thus given out by authority in which his Noble Friend the Lord-Lieutenant declared that the Repeal of the Union would be fraught with calamity, and must lead to the separation of the two countries. These were his opinions; but while they were so, the more he considered it a calamity, the more he dreaded such a calamity coming on the country the more he considered the just complaints of the people of Ireland.—(Loud cheers.) If he were indifferent to the Union—if he thought that that Union might be dissolved without much harm or inconvenience—if it were merely a seccndary question—he should hardly feel so great an interest in opposing the Noble Lord's Bill.— ( Hear. ) But it was because he liked—because he is as attached to, and because he wished to maintain the Union, that he felt himself bound as an English Member of Parliament as well as a Mi ni ter of the Crown, to see that the people were not wronged by such a measure..—( Cheers.) Again, with regard to the hefurm Bill; his opinions were the same as he had declared in his letter to the electors of Stroud, in which he had placed them on record. With regard to its being a permanent measure, his opinions were unchanged, as they were also with regard to the inexpediency and danger of reconstructing the representa tion of the country. But with such a case as was then made out .to the House —with such a case, with regard to the fran chise in Ireland, as had been stated to then,—when it was shown, on the one side, that the measure would lead to the establishment of almost any kind of vote, while, on the other hand, it was contended that it would extinguish the franchise, he thought such case justified him in interfering with the Irish Reform Bill. lie did not shut his eyes to the danger of encroaching on that measure, and for that reason he should ; have been reluctant and unwilling to interfere at all with the Irish Reform Act, until it was made absolutely necessary ; it was now made necessary, not only by the introduction of the Bill if the Noble Lord, but by the votes of the House during the past Session. With respect to the franchise they propose to give, he considered that there would be no ground or precedent for claiming such a franchise for England. He had given the number of free holders in five counties in Ireland, and he should read the num ber in two counties in England, one of which the Noble Lord •opposite represented, and the other being represented by his Noble Friend the Chief Secretary for Ireland. In Lan cashire the total number of fi ceholders was 16,875; and the total number in the registry was 27,796 ; in York the number was 26,022, and the total on the, registry was 49,529. Thus in these two English countries alone there was a total of 07,325, and when such was the franchise in England, when it extended to so many, and when the franchise in Ireland was so restricted, was there not a danger that the extreme disparity , might make the Irish discontented ?—(Loud -cheers.) With respect to the whole of the question, he was not a believer in the notion that the Irish people would be so exasperated by the proceedings of that house as that they would transfer their allegiance to any foreign power ; he had no apprehension of that. But the matter was nevertheless of grave importance. With regard to foreign nations, was it nothing when they had a treaty with any great Foreign Powers, or with America— was it nothing that those communications should come from the Minister of a Queen who reigned over a kingdom united in hearts and affections ? All that could be said was that there was discontent in a third part of the empire—that a portion of it was subjected to tumult and convulsion. He woula put it no further than that. As far as that they all felt the value of main taining the people of this country fully united. With respect to the people of Ireland he begged to say he hoped they Would not be led away by those representations, which he had no doubt the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin himself sincerelybe lieved, but he thought that that Hon. and Learned Gentleman was under a misapprehension with regard to the people of England—he hoped that the people of Ireland would not be led away by the representation that the people of England, or any great portion of the people of England, entertained any hatred towards the Irish people. There had been many re ligious prejudices in existence of old, no doubt—there had been many instances of cruelty exercised, but he did not think that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman derived any benefit from those old recollections:— " 0 passi grariora ! dabit Deus his fluorine finem." —(Great cheering.) He entreated him to disbelieve there was any such disinclination to do justice to the people of Ire land. He believed that the course pursued had constantly been to lay before that House all the grounds for and against any measure, either for lessening or in creasing the franchise of the people of Ireland.—( Hear. ) The measure for increasing might be met with indifference on the part of many, but his belief was, if it were urged in a spirit of good sense and reason, he would say not without vehemence, because he thought that vehemence might be properly used in a just cause; but without any undue intemperance or unjust reflections on the people of England, that people would be ready, and anxious, and gratified to do any act that they would think for the benefit of Ireland. The people of Ireland had suffered many disqualifications, their corporations were exclu sive monopolies. These evils were felt by the great body of the people, but in the end they had been get rid of ; and he believed this, that the inestimable benefits of the Consti tution would confer un the people of Ireland the ample advantages it was calculated to give. Justice might be thwarted, but in the end it would prevail.—( Tremendous cheering.) And in the security of that conviction he fear lessly relied on the result of a division. The House then divided, when the numbers were— For the second reading For the amendment Majority for Ministers -5 The announcement of the majority was received. with loud cheers from the Ministerial benches. Lord J. RUSSELL then announced that the Bill would be committed pro forma on Monday night, when his Noble Friend (Lord Morpeth) would give notice of the evening when it should be proceeded with. The other Orders of the Day were thendisposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter before Three •'Clock. , Dugdale, W. S. 'Donbar, George buncombe, W. 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Palmer, C. F. Wo rs l e y, L or d Fenton, John Palmerston Visct. Wrightson, W. B. Ferguson, Sir Robert P arker J. ' Wyse, Thomas Ferguson, Colonel Parnell ' , Sir . H. Fielder', J. Pattison J. Yates, J. A. Fitzalan, ; , ..ord Pease, Joseph Fitzpatrick, J. W. Pechell, Captain ritzroy, Lind Charles Pendarves, E. W TELLERS. Stanley. E. J. Manic, Hon. Fox AIINORITY—NOES, Acland, Sir T. D. • Blackstone, W. S. 4-eland, T. D. Blair, James 'Court. Capp t. k., - Blakemore, It. Mare, Lord iiicinierhassett ' A. Ain sworth, Peter Boldfro, H. G. Alford, Viscount - Bolling, W. Antrobus, Edward Bottlelo, iieriah Arbuthnot. Hun. H Bradthaw, James . Archdall, General Bramston, 'V. w. Ashley, Lord Broadley, H. Ashley, Hon. H. Broadwood, Henry A ttv;ood, W. Brooke, Sir A B. Attwood, M. Brownrigg, J. S. Bagge, W. Bruce, Lord E Bagot, Hon. W. BBrruugeesn,,Sovio.n H. L. L. Bruce, C. L. C. Buck, L. W. Buller Sir J. Y. Bailey, Bß ß aa l jl e ii y ee ~, Joseph JH Colonel . ejp J. Buller, , n j u . n . Baker, Edward Burr, ' Higford Baldwin, C. B. Burrell, Sir C. M. Baring, W. B. Calcraft, J. H. Barneby, J. C a mpbell, Sir H. P. Barrington. Viscount! Canning, Sir S. . B B e a l t i e . so l‘ n ia , t S th ir ew C ar twright, 1 Cantilupe, `RdL L 13enett, John Castlereagh, Viscount Bentinck, Lord G. Chapman. A. Bethell, it. Cholm ondeley, H. Blackburne, I. 1 Christopher, K. A.. 294. Chute, W. L. W. Clements, 11. J. Clerk, Sir George Clive, Robert Cochrane, Sir T. Codringtoo, C. W. Cole, lion. A. Colquhoun, J. C. Compton, H. C. Conolly, E. Cooper, E. J. Coote, Sir C Copeland, W. Corry, Right Hon. H. Courtenay, Philip Cresswell, Creswell Cripps, J. Dalrymple, Sir A. Darner, Hon. G. Darby, George Darlington, Earl of De Horsey, S. H. Disk, Q. D'lsraeli, Benjamin Dottin, Abel Roos Douglas, Sir C. t)ouro, Marquis of Dowtleswell. W. Drummond, H. H. Duffield, T. D. FOR. • Andover, Viscount Blackett, Butler, Colonel Cave, Otway Colquhoun, Sir James .Davies, Colonel Pandas, David " • Edwards, Sir J. Eric, William Ferguson, Sir R. C. Gteig, D. • Hall ybu ton, Lord D, Heneage, E. Lambton, H. Maher, John Martin, Thomas B. Noel. C. G. O'Brien; Cornelius • Spencer, Hon. F. Shelburne, Earl of 'falba, J. H. Walker, C. A. White, Luke ANALYSIS C For Second Rea tingaellers it Against 23 Pairs Absent Spedker Vacant . (King's County) F DIVISION. 'eluded . 961 296 4 , 13 ABSENT. Burrotighesi H. Kerr, D. Powell, Colonel Campbell, W. F. Lowther, Viscount Pryse, P. (ill) Dundas, Hon. T. Moreton, A. 11. Tomlin; George Fitzgibbon, Hon R. Jervis, Swytifen Vernon, Gran, ille Howard, Sir It. . PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. THURSDAY, FEB. 25, 1841. 1. Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway,—Committee on Petition, March 11. 2. Newcastle upon-Tyr; Improvement,—Com. on Pet., March 11. 3. Cambuslang and Muitkirk Roads and Bridges,—Committee on Petition, postponed from March 4 till March 5. 4. Scrabster Harbour,--Committee on Petition, postponed from March 2 till March 4. 5. Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway,—Second Reading, March 1. 6. Exmouth Market,—Second Re: ding, March 11 7. Wigan Small Debts.— , Second Reading, March 1. S. Durham and Sunderland Railway,—Second Reading, March 1. 9. Marsh Gibbon Inclosure,—Committee on Petition, March 9. 10. Atherstone Small Debts,— Committee on Petition, March 9. 11. Birkenhead Gas and Waterworks,—Second Reading, March 1. 12. Birkenhead Church,—Second Reading, March 1. 13. Barnstaple Road,—Second Reading, March 1. 14. Wells (Somerset) Road,—Second Reading, March 1. 15. Chelsea Poor,—Second Reading, March 1. MEHEMET ALI AND THE FOUR POWERS. The Augsburg Gazette publishes a memorandum of the London Conference, addressed to Chekib Effendi, and dated London, 30th January, 1841 : " The undersigned Plenipotentiaries of Austria ; Great Bri tain, Prussia, and Russia, have maturely considered the des patch of Reschid Pacha, dated December the 6th, from Con. stantinople, and communicated by Chekib Pacha to Lord Palmerston and to the representatives of the other Powers, having signed the Treaty of the 15th of July. This com munication states that his Highness the Sultan hesitates to grant to Mehemet Ali the hereditary government of the pachalick of Egypt. The undersigned, after devoting their utmost attention to the circumstandes of the case, have unanimously - determined to beg of Chekib Effendi to communicate the following considerations to the Su blime Porte. They first deem it their duty to remark, that at • the date of the above despatch of Reschid Pacha the representatives of the Four Powers had not taken in com mon that step which was resolved on in London on the 15th of October, and that at the latest news from Constantinople of December 27, the envoys in that city had not felt obliged to lay before-his Highness the Sultan the resolutions of the Powers. But the views of the Allied Courts have not varied. Sepa rated by considerable distance, and not deeming it necessary to come to a new understanding, they had forwarded commu nications to their envoys in Constantinople, which bore all the character of being their unanimous opinion. The Govern ment of her Britannic Majesty addressed, under date of De cember 17, instructions to their representative in Constantino ple, confirming the resolution of the 15th of October. The Court of Vienna wrote in the same spirit to its internuncio on the 29th of December. The Court of Berlin adhered -to the same, and the Russian Cabinet wrote in the same spirit on the 23d of December. The undersigned, therefore, permit themselves to hope, that the counsels that must have been given by the four representatives in this sense may have had amarked influence on the views, and removed the uncertainty, which Reschid Pacha describes as prevailing in the sentiments of the Sublime Porte, In order, however, to remove this uncertainty 'altogether, the Four Powers deem it best to lose no tima, and not await any further communications from Constantinople, and to express fully the views of their respective Courts, as had been already communicated by word of mouth. Their view is to invite the Sultan to employ mildness and magnanimity, and not only to recall the act of Mehemet's deposition, but promise him that his descendants in direct line shall be named to the post of Pacha of Egypt, as often , as the de a th o f t h e Pacha leaves a vacancy. In asking the Porte to show this favour to Mehe met, the Four Powers do not put forth any new idea, but merely repeat the views—entertained by the Sultan himself at 'the commencement of the Eastern crisis —views which served as the basis for the Convention of the 15th of July. In giving this counsel, the Four PoWers are persuaded that they recom mend nothing contrary to the sovereignty or lawful authority of the Sultan, or what. would impede the duties which the Pacha ought to fulfil as a subject cf the Sultan, called by him to govern a province of the Ottoman empire. This is not only estab lished by the 3d, sth, and 6th articles of the Act separately attach ed to the Convention of July 15, but also by the instruction address ed by the Four Powers to their envoys. By paragraph sth of the above Act, it was established that all conventions or laws then in force, or to be in force throughout the empire, should be in force in the pachalic of Egypt, as well as in other provinces. This condition, which the Four Courts consider indispensably necessary, creates, in their eyes, the fastest bond to tie Egypt to Turkey and the Ottoman empire. Paragraph 6,establishes, that the sea and land force of Egypt must be fully available for the service of the empire. Lastly, it was established in the conclusions of the 15th of October, in London, and the instruc tions of the 14th of November, flowing from them, that if Me ' hemet Ali or his successor should break through the condition on which the hereditary Government of Egypt was confided to him, his title m;ght be revoked. " The undersigned believe that the full accomplishment of these conditions must meet the wishes of the Sultan, as well as of the Four Courts, and attain the great aim of pacification meditated by- the Convention of July 15. The Sultan was henceforth certain of the ;obedience of his Pacha ; the population of the province was secured against the mis government of the last years, and Mehemet Ali and his family had their future position guaranteed without breaking through his dependence on the Porte. " ESTERHAZY. " BULOW. " PALMERSTON. " BRUNOW. " London, Jan. 30 , 1841." ----- COVENT-GA RDEN T HEATRE .—A new farce was brought for war d last night, at this house , under the, name of Th e C apta i n of ceau of action ; a compact adVenture o f cross -p ur p oses; a chapter fro m t h e autsbiography c f a ga ll ant o f t h e Gil Bias or Bachelorkef Salam anca s c hool . The scene is in the Watch. It is a lively !tor- Brussels, somewhere, it may be said, in the sieelc de Louis Quatorze. Th e i nc i dents are well dev i se d f or the en d s a farce, a n d are put together in the piece w i t h cons id era bl e dramatic skill. T he parts were all we ll susta i ne d, b u t Mr. C. M a th ews was particularly happy in personating the accompshed and mendacious Captain. The house, which was exceedingly we!l attended, appeared to relish the novelty very highly, and (although there were some dissentients) it was announced fcr rape ition with consi derable applause. POPULAR MOVEMENT—IRISH MEETINGS. —The high counties are in malor. Roi•common met to day. The county of Waterford assembles on the 28th instant. Wexford and several c aer .couniies are prepar iPg. All through Ireland—in ( very part of the four pro vinces, and especially in the North, the towns and parishes either have met, or are about to assemble, to petition in support of the Reform Bill of Lord Morpcth and agsiiist the disfranchisement scheme of Lord Stanley.—Dublin Evening Post. THE TWEED,—Tho salmon. fishing in Tweed commenced on Monday we, k. Some of the more exte rienced fi s h ermen cons i der that there arc symptoms of a good sea son ; b ut the fishirg in the ot h er Scottish rivers, which com mence d a f ortnight s i nce , has as yet been very barren. —Ayr Ob server. The lat e fi re at Wynyard, the seat of the Mar quis of Londo n d erry, was distinctly visible from the tur rets of Hylton Castle, near Monkwearmouth, a distance of nearly twenty miles. The Ma rqu i s o f N ort h ampton arrived in town, yesterday afternoon, from a visit to Mr. C. and Lady Eli zabeth Dickens, at Stoke P.irk, Lear Chichester. The Earl of Charleville left .Clinrleville Forest, Tullsmole, on Friday last, ti,i• Dubiin, where the Noble Earl inteuds to stay a few days, and thou come to town. LONtON: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1841. After the debate, which lasted till nearly three o'clock this morning, but which both space and time command us now to leave unnoticed, the House of Commons, decided by 299 to 294, a majority of 5, that Lord MORPETH'S Bill should be read a second time. We congratulate the Irish' and the • inhabitants of the whole em pire on the result. To exhibit the Legisla ture in determined hostility to one-third of the people—to find it bent on exasperating and provoking them by an unnecessary exercise of tyranny—must have been fatal to the public peace and the public prosperity. The Majority, though small, has happily averted So great a calamity, and time will be given to the public and Ministers to profit by the imminent jeo pardy in which the national fortunes have been placed. We have much pleasure in directing attention to the meeting of the Great Western Railway Company, which took place yesterday. For the first time the Directors had the satisfaction of announcing a dividend. The Engineer's Report stated that the works, which have been expedited in an extraordinary degree, would be finished early in June next, so that the public will enjoy the advantage of travelling into Wales, three months hence, in six hours after leaving London ! Welch mutton will then be as common as apple dumplings, and almost as cheap. Success, then, to the Great Western Railway, going a-head at the ordinary pace of forty miles an hour ! The Tories complain of the menaces of their opponents ; they are therefore affected by them. Insensible to justice, alien from honesty, they are still susceptible of fear, and those who struck that chord are well acquainted with the base nature of the Tories. They will not allow the people an equal voice; they monopolize the re presentation; they idolize, property; they essay to fix more :firmly the .iron hoof of oppression on the necks of the multitude; and when they are warned of the terrible danger, they shrink back alarmed, and cry out like blubbering, well licked boys, that they have not fair play. These are the boasting, proud gentlemen of England. Let them do justice, abstain from oppression, and no man will threaten them, and they will have nothing to fear.. When they and their public helps in the press talk of menaces, we must remind them of their total want of generosity. Never have they granted anythingbut to fear. As Mr. SHIEL proved to them, in 1782, and in 1829 they gave up to threats what they had pertinaCiously denied to •justice. No pqople in Europe have been so mercilessly treat(A. in. all their domestic relations as the Catholic Irish. No other people of Europe would, we be lieve, have , so long submitted to the treat ment they have received..' At least, we are sure that .no Protestant population, from the Gulph of Finland to the Mediterranean, would have evinced one tithe of their patience under their unmerited. oppresSion. In fact, they have been so patient that they have taught their op preSsors to despise as, well as despoil them, and they can only regain their place amongSt civilised nations, by demonstrating to the cowardly Tories and fierce' Orangemen, that they will no longer be insulted and oppressed by them. If menaces in tine make the Tories aware of what they are likely ultimately to en counter, and make them stand. back, they will be most beneficial. We have no' love for the Romish priesthood, and it does not add to our respect, however much it may recommend them to the Tories, that they and their creed have been instrumental in mak ing the Irish such passive slaves. But what is the remedy which enlightened statesmen should apply ? Political oppression ? No ; that will only make the Irish more and more subser vient to the artful system of Rome; political privileges, giving them the ength and intelli genc,e of freedom, and so enabling them to throw off the thraldom of priestcraft—such noble freedom, however, cannot be given by the Tories. The stream cannot . rise higher than its source, and the poor slaves of Puseyism and Church-of- Englandism• can never extinguish priestcraft or liberate the Irish from the, chains of Roman ism All these isms belong to one family ; they are all a crop' of the same weed: and flourish together, stifling useful plants. Roman ism will soon die out in Ireland, when the kin dred isms of England arc ploughed up, and al lowed to wither and rot. Madrid Journals of the 18th instant have cotne to hand : By a decree of the Bth, the Regency had appointed M. An tonio Gonzales, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo tentiary of Spain. in London. The Five per Cents. were done on the 18th at 28 1-32 for cash, and at .2n at 60 days. M. Antonio Gonzales arrived in Paris on Tuesday, and was to leave for London on Wednesday evening. The French journals of Wednesday have all reached us. The Constitutionnel, the , Courrier Francais, and the Commerce have all articles on the financial embarrassments of the French Go vernment. On the first of March there will not be more than sixty millions of francs (30,0001.) in, the Treasury—a sum inadequate to 'defray the ordinary expenses of the Administration. " The Minister of Finance," says the Courrier Fran cais, " has not been able to issue Treasury bills except for the small sum of • thirty-nine millions of francs, and that at an interest of three-and-a- half percent. for,-six months, and four per cent. at a year. Two years ago -the Treasury could ;;et plenty of money at two per cent., and now indi vidualS can borrow as much as they want at the same rate. The credit of the . State' is infinitely worse than that of individualS." ,What a com ment this upon the war policy ! Here isanother of M. TIIIERS' bitter legacies to France ! A Correspondent of the Constitutionnel states, that the Kin; of PRUSSIA sent Baron.BnocK IIAUSEN to Paris, to make a list effm:t to induce the King of the FRENCH to discontinue the ar maments. - The Baron-was well received at the Tuileries by M. GUIZOT. • - . Count B - RESSODE has returned . to Paris from Berlin, to be present at the debate in the Peers on the Fortifications Bill. The Chamber of Peers on Monday granted a further respite of ten days to the Editor of the National, whose appearance was prevented by extreme ill health. TRIESTE, FEES 1(.-Lette rs from Athens say that the counts respecting the finanCi's cf the kamdom continue to be favourable. It is said that there are above three millions of drachmas in the'Treasury, and a short time ago a million francs was remitted to France in iryrnent of the interest of the loan. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Entire Change.—Greater attration than ever.lEngagemenl of Mr. Collins. Sec.thd time these Four Years of " Paul Cl►fford, with the splendid Romance of " The Tower of London ;" the most powerful attraction that can be offered. THIS EVENING, FEB. 26, Will be acted the Operatic Drama of PAUL CLIFFORD. Paul Clifford (with all the Original SongS), Mr. Collins. -After which the Domestic Drama of MARTHA WILLIS, THE MAID SERVANT. To conclude with the Grand Historical Romance, founded on and entitled THE TOWER OF LONDON. BOURSE —PArtts, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 24. Zlrst Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pric. Price , Frei,ch 5 rer Cents ll'l ... 113 ... IL! 75 ... 112 4 15 4% per Cents .. 102 .0 ... 1 . 2 41 ... J;r 40 ... 102 40 4 per Cents lOO ... 10) ... 100 .. lon 3 per Cents 76 40 . :6 40 ... iii 30 ... 70 30 't n.', of France L tlitte Bank 1.0001. Sh._.. 1045 —.1045 „MIS ...1045 5000 f. SPares • 5152 50 ...5152 50 ~.5152 50 —5152 50 telgian Bank 5 per Centt lOO .'.. 10C ... 100 ... 100 3 per Cents (9 sfl ... 69 50 ... 'l9 50 ... 69 50. New Loan...„, lOO ... I i. 14 ... 100 ... WIN, ~I nniEh Av,ive T4ti ... ‘2.4% ... !,:4'U ... .24N Passive '-leaenlitan Roman, lOl 101 ... 11l ... 1(11 RAILWAY SHARES. --- St Germain Vc-sa:lics.R. B 422 50 ... 4:2 50 ... 417 50 ... 417 50 L.R.` . .ni ...325 ...320 ~.321 Orleans S:rasburg to Balc 242 50 ... 242 50 ... 242 50 ... 241 LO We understand Lord Stanley intends to! notice to-night that he will pbstpone; the secoLd reading of his Bill for a ;month. He had bettor put it off for six. THE WEATHER. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE STREET. NOON FEB. 26 Blrometer 29 9 In. Thermometer Highest 4 6 .5 Lowest Wind N. N. W.--Freczing Point 32 Deg. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. There was a good supply of Corn at Market, and more ves sels at hand. The trade for Wheat was dull, though less prices were not - taken. Beans and Peas as last quoted. Oats maintained their value, with a slow sale. The fresh ar rival of Flour was good, and the trade has slackened. ISA :SMITHFIELD. The supply generally was short and trade brisk, the best quality making 4s. Bd. readily. Mutton was much in demand, particularly the best or Devons, but few of which were at mar ket ; Veal was a brisk trade, and the best sort went off readly ; Pork sold briskly. Beaks, 406 ; Sheep, 2,020 ; Pigs, 312 ; Calves, 111. Beef, 3s. 6d. to 4s. Bd. ; Mutton, 4s. to ss. ; Veal, 4s. 4d. to ss. 1()d. ; Pork, 4s. to ss. COLONIAL MARKET. _ The market was in a dull state, the private sales were limited bo.h for home use and export, and the goods_put up at auction sold heavily at lower rates. TEA MARKET. The demand was to a fair extent, and prices were firm for Free Trade. Company's Congou met with a good demand at Is. 64d. cash. TALLOW MARKET. The market for Russian was quiet, but prices were firm at .16s. 6d. on:the spot, and 465. to 4tis. 3d. for delivery in the last three months. Town Tallow,, however, sells freely at Ms. 6d. per cwt. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.j LONDON, FEB. 26.—Wind N. W. DEAL, FEB. 25.—Arrived the. Thompson, Thompson, frem Hartlepool, for Constantinople. Sailed the Earl Grey, Mole son, for Sydney; Medora, Bunting, Jamaica; Eliza 'Russell, Foote, Grenada ; Charlotte, Andrews, Savannah ; Syren, Grills, Newfoundland ; Arabella, Jackson, Marseilles; Cle mentine, Symonds, Gibraltar. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 25. —Wind N.N.E.to N.W.—Arrived the Ellen, Potter, from St. Michael's ; Anna Maria, Surinam, with loss of bowsprit, fore-topmast, boats, &c., haying been struck by a sea, bound to Amsterdam. SOUTHAMPTON FEB. 25.—Arrived the A u l a b y , D rug , f rom Oporto ; Ann and Maria, Dummens, Youghal. DOVER, FEB. 25.—Arrived Anne, Philpotts, Rotterdam. Cowes, FEB. 25.—Sailed the Adonis, Morrell, Antwerr. POOLE, FEB. 24.—Sailed the Love and Unity, Williams, for Cadiz ; Fame, Thurner, Gibraltar ; Active, Walker, Cadiz. • WEYMOUTM, FEB. 25.—Sailcd the Mary Ann, Carter, fur St. Michael's. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 25.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived the Wal lace, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; Jane, Pringle, Ter ceira • Augusta, Baddeley, St. Michael's ; Egidius, Stein, Ostend. Sailed the lanthe, Potter, for Maranhain ; Martha, Astrope, Cape of Good Hope ; Lydrie, Petrie, Bahia ; Smith, Demerara ; Roscoe, M'Williams, New York ; Pren tice, Hopkins, Boston ; David Banks, Jolly, Ancona. YARMOUTH, FEB. 25.—The Apollo, Sadler, from Rotter dam to Hull, got upon the Haisbro Sand this , morning, and was abandoned by the crew. HARWICH, FEB. 25.—Two brigs, supposed to be colliers, are reported to be on shore cn the Gunfleet Sand. 7 r.m.—A brig, in tow of a smack, has been brought up in the Rolling Grounds. 8 P.M.—The vessel brought up is the Ardwell, of Newcastle. She was fallen in with, abandoned, by the Badger, Revenue cruizer ; the crew had got on board a French fishing smack. SWANSEA, FEB. 23.—Ringdove, Cuba; Magnet, ditto; Alexander, ditto. LYNN, FEB.—Arrived the lona, Olsen, from Stettin. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, THURSDAY, FEB. 25.—The Sales to-day are 4,000 bags, chiefly American, at previous rates. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 25.—Lancaster and Preston 32k; London and South Western, Tenths, 18 prem. ; Manchester and Leeds, 75k; Ditto Halves, 32i 33; London and Birmingham, 1691 ; South Eastern and Dover, 17e 17i ; Great Western, 88i 89} ; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, 101 101; Union Bank of Manchester,%. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yesterday's date. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, FEC. 23 —The notice that the Government will not make use of the extraordinary resoure, s during the first six months, has had a good influence on the prices of our national fundS, which in general were sought after; the Integrals got up to 50i ; the Actions of the Society of Commerce were done at 1601 Ardoin's Spanish was not animated, but continued firm after the closing, they were 22 3-16 k; Coupons, 21 7-16. The Society of Commerce of the Pays Ras have announced their public sale for the spring, which' will t a k e p l ace on t h e 11th, 18th, 22d, and 31st March, comprehending 40,258 sacks of Sugar, 397,130 bales, and 572 futailles of Coffee, and 1,588 of•Muscade. THE FUNDS This being pay 'day for the settlement of the Account in the British Market yesterday, the brokers and jobbers are chiefly employed in giving their checks for the various balances, in consequence of which little is doing to the present time in either of the Markets. . Consols opened this morning at the leaving-off quotations of yesterday, 883 4- for Money, and 694 for the Account, 15th April ; Exchequer Bills 5 7 prem. ; India Stock 247 248. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active a shade lower, left off 231 1 24h, at present 23/ 24 ; Deferred 124 1 / 2 "; Passive .4 6 ; Portuguese 314 4 ; Three per Cents 1%; Brazilian 714 724 ; Buenos Ayres 24 26 ; Colombian 224 23 ; Mexican 274 28 ; DutchTwo-and-a-Half per Cents. 504 %; Five per Cents. improved, 994 4. shares.—Great Western 24 25 prem. ; New 10i 114 prem.; London and .Brighton, dis. ; Blackwall, 514 5 dis: ; Bir mingham, 79 81 prem. ; Southampton, 57 53 per share ; Croydon, 114 124 per share • Greenwich, 84 p er s h are ; Man chester and Birmingham, 1615 dist PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto Fifths London and South Western 3Bi 56 ... .. to HALF--PAST ONE. This being the settling day in the Foreign Market, and the Account not being to any great extent, it is generally expectml that it will go off well. Up •to the• present hour no mischief has occurred. Money is rather ti: ht in some instances. Yes ter.lay 8 per cent. was given for a loan for a'•few days. We hear that the respectable house of Mentefiore Brothers have failed for 100,0001.—Cousins to Sir Moses Montefiore, late Sheriff of London. Mauritius papers received to the 28th of December, but they are void of intelligence. Consols are not quite so good as in the morning, 89k, have been 89i for the Account, 15th April ; for Money, 881 ; Exchequer Bills 5 6 prem. ; Bank' Stock, - 167 166 ; India Bonds, 15 discount. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, 24 ; Deferred, 121 ; Portuguese, 316 ; Three per Cents., 19i ; Brazilian, 72 ; Columb:an, 22} ; Mexican, 27S ' • Dutch Two-a n d- a - Half per Cents. 50 / 1 1 ; Five per Cents., 99-i. In Shares little doing.—Great Western, 88 ex div. ; Fifths, 9ox div.; South Western, 56 ex div. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—On Saturday last, at Hollywood Church. Downsbirr. the Hon. Thomas Clotworthy Skeifington, fourth son . of Viscount Ferrard and Harriet late Viscountess Masserecnc, to the Hon. Hen rietta Catherine Blackwood, d . ...ughtcr of the late Lord Dufferin and the Dowager Lady Dufferin. The Hon. and Rev. W. J. Blth.kwot,d otri,:ia at the cLrembny. The •Dowager Lady Dufferin gate an elegant dcjeuue on the occasion to a select party of relatives and friends. sI B, —TIOn your TH E r e p E o r D t COMMISSIONERS OF SEWER S ' —o— }wink, sioners of Sewers on Tuesday last., my name appears . 1 taken a part in the business of that day. I beg to state that ~ and I hau was not present during the sitting o f the Cow' , therefore feel obliged by your correcting the error. l o rth n epr O oc F eedi T nls .SOlS—thUefi-doininiv- Your's, very obedi . entlP N ,,T W re I .' • EVEN ING COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court and Privy Counsel at half -past twe o'clock yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. At the Court, Count Ponon, Envoy Extraordinary and Mi nister Plenipotentiary from the King of `.;ardinia, and from his Royal Highness the Duke of Lucca, and Monsieur de Montezuma, the Brazilian Minister, had audiences of her Majesty to deliver letters from their respective Sovereigns. Their Excellencies were introduced .by Viscount Palmerstont G.C.8., her Majesty's Pr , ncipal Secretary of State for FO-,, reign Affairs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Master ot the Ceremonies. The Privy Council was attended by his Royal Highness the Pr:rice Albert, the Lord President, the Lord Piivy Sod, First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of Slate for t 1 Home and Foreign Departments, the First Lord of the AM Y m ralt y, the Chief secretary for Ireland, the S ecretary at O' the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and the plaster plaster the Horse. At the Council her Majesty appointed Sheriffs for Counties of Cornwall, Racitoir, of S h i t r r J i‘ o i s a el e d s i t y Li s t o d s a , l e n w o a n s o , o b r y a b e l o o m p m r i a v n y d f o o t ii h cei and e d e n t , oo s i k o n. r i t: 'lace at the Loard. . her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right 11 0 °1. the Earl of Thanet to be Lord Lieutenant of the coluiy, ets Kcnt, his Lordship took the oaths appoin ted to be las thereupon. Mr. C. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Coun cil in liraitin: Her Majesty gave audiences to the hlarquis of La.zisdo t 7 Lord Hill, Earl of Albemarle, Hail of Uxbridg e, and Vise" Melbourne. The Court was attended by Lord Poltimore, Lord in WI , ing, Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Waiting, Sir k r ederick S_r t Y in l g, Groom in Waiting, Colonel Wemyss, Equerry, in W a s e • Colonel Wylde, Equerry to Prince Albert , a nd Capta'n mour, Groom to Prince Al bert. '1 he Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty and his 11° Y 81 rflighness Prince Albert )esterday. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palac Kentseveningg ron included her Royal Highness the Duchess of ch Below, the Prus , ian Minister; Baron Biome , the L i agl- f nister ; the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, f_t r vl i s ant Lrx bridge, • Earl of Morley, Lady Fanny Howard, ant' Melbourne.. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended Divine sV•vic,e;b: Wednesday morning in the Chapel Royal, St. Jai - 1 105 ;i a nd Countess of Mayo, Hon. Miss Eden, Holt. Miss Nit s he' Eatl Plows were in her Majesty's suite. es ter" Ihe Duchess of Kent visited the Queen Dowag er,) day, at Marlborough House. • , ao the The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Il i gn r . l— of Kent yesterday, at Ing gestre House. ia - lnies s Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and his Roy al tha the Duke of Cambridge, dined with her Ronal Highlouse• Duchess of Gloucester last evening •at Gloucester fol Her Majesty was attended by the Countess of Mayo Old Howe. A select party was present to meet her Majesty, of Not.: Captain Child had an interview with the Ma r q uis ma They nb yesterday, at e ome-offie. Judicial Commi th ttee H of the Pr e ivy Council, sa t yest el le, The Lords present were Lord Brougham, Mr.. Baron P,alo. Mr. Justice Bosanquet, and the Judge of the Admiralty Sir E. East sat as a Privy Councillor with the.Committe,ea.tioo, An appeal from the Commissioners of ConiPe ih n.C. , "Dalzell v. Borrodaile," was heard ; Mr, Pemb erton, appearing for the appellant, and Mr. Burge, aC. for respondent. Judgment was deferred. flit Q•C'' An appeal from Bombay was opened by Mr. r, "Jugjeewundas Keeka Suah v. Hann:Ass Brij Ookinag• Af.er Mr. Miller's address the Court rose. . LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT, FEB. 25. WORMALD V. MACKINTOSH oft The MASTER of the ROLLS gave judgment to s ter ei:cum:tar.ces of which would not be interesn I,e ne.vspaper reader, decreeing payment of what she" gr• found due by the Master, and ordering the defen dsat ' Mackintosh, to pay the costs of the suit. , th o'er BIRLEY V. THE EON STABLE S AND BURGESS ES OF CHO— UPON-MEDLOCK. t/N afti The arguments of Counsel in this case were • 00 _ p O asis morning. It was a motion to dissolve an e s- r —/ the junction which bad teen granted on the applicatit o " plaintiff, to res•rain the defendants, who are Com m: m iog , under an act of Parliament for paving, lighting, imPri,rio% &c., the town of Chorlton-upon-Medlock, from ietr„,'otiff with a certain piece of gr o und belonging to the 1 31 1 Or which the defendants contended they bad a right to the purposes of the Act. The MASTER of the ROLLS gave judgment , 01 ,1 0 iolk that he had not heard anything which, in his r i . - igisS could preclude the defendants .from exercising th e ' r i o riv of continuing the sewer, if they thought fit, fro' her° street down to the river Medlock; but he thoulth i t a t the; should be a legal a'certainment of the .right, an d 1 " - c tio" purpose, if the plaintiff would undertake to bring se fi ction purpose, against the Commissioners for the trespass be allege° re' had committed, the injunc'ion should be con tinued its strain them from removing the soil, interfering s",„,l' d or, levels, or doing any other act for the purpose of P e A ct 0 1 flagging the alleged street under the powers of the " Do r Parliament for paving, &c , the town of c bp i -U(o 34 i Medlock. ol'P IRISH WASTE LANDS IMP-W /'TENT SOCIETY. ro; Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of the Direct°, l , - ir d-rt prietors of this Society was held at their u" -- 0 ' r a t' Broad -street. The Right Honourable the Earl of D e : p i : i t /ly e " , sident, in the chair. Amongst the Shareholders pre - )1.,,;,;" Lord Ormond, Mr. Cooper, M.P., Mr, Handl e ,-1,.% P" ' Colonel Robinson, Mr. John Reynolds (National P°"- land) Mr. Rauson, Mr. Staples, t,zc. &c. t th' The SECRETARY read the - report, which stated Of t he veral purchases were likely to prove beneficia l ' bs. Glancarty estate, out of 5,700 acres, 700 were 1e,. 11 • - , boto - , t being 2s. 3d. an acre more than the head-rent ; o ral:, ware erected on the estate ; 71 head of c attle fe - the st a ,o c h brought 40s. a head beyond their cost price ; Sh eep , l 'i e s consisted of 220 head of horned cattle and 238 5 ", e j ... tatn Ithrble Hill estate, Ballinakill, consisting of 4 " - 1 octet - , was equally prosperous. The society had late 6 0 , a purchase of 9,000 acres on the co as t o f Galway . first call lately made upon the Shareholders, 01 41 on b ia stalments of 1/. each was p a id up on 4,042 shares, an a' - of second call 3,1371. were paid. The e c ipts ain n- nu tlaY , 8 enditure i re 6,154/. 9s. 2d., and the ex including an) in a 1,9271. 9s. 4d. upon the estates, and ' of 371/. 19s• 11 Th purchase of live stock, left a balance of 2,823/. 1 65 ' assets of the estates amounted to 7,971/. Is. 4d., an betic e. „ • bilities to 280/. 10s. The Report alluded to a tre at y the society and Mr. Fethersto n to let or sell differe nt ' LOO l . ° of the reclaimed land as soon as the rental reache d 1,000/. a year. sa a The Report was adopted. leY' Ihe Earl of D evon , M essrs . C oo p er , Smith, “ and ,,, w hi ch other proprietors testified to th e f avoura ble prosV e c; t i l e g e ' the purchases made by th e S oc i e t y p rom i s ed. and/ t wo 6 ; neral quiet and peaceable demeanour of the Irish 3 j r , ' ploycd. Colo ne l R o bi nson , M r . Handley- M• P P • r eet' f O'Connell, M.P., and Mr. Fetherston were re -electe d fi Thanks were then voted to the Noble Chairman, an d tile ing separated. eferEtemEmse2m. 6C °P4 • KINGS COUNTY ELECTION.—On the s ji b day's poll, th's majority of Mr. Armstrong, I—h. ~eont' candidate, was raised from 75 to 22b over his op— es tir The disruption of the colony of Sociall_ sts „f )1 ( ' blished in Marea-Fen, under the su p erintende nc e s till Hodson. will not occasion so much surprise es ?"„ tr od", tiun. We rejoice that the attempt baslailed te Th it - doctrines so perriei)us and demoralizing, for „ eftbr, of those who have been led astray by the sedtleti a ' — osti b'" miserable delusion. But we apprehend Mr. H o dson j ere be associates found few new converts in the district " sought to establish his comm un it While the e che° 01 &shed, we did not att em pt to y. force it from its °l ife fo i e by frequent allusion or an exposure o f i ts e rror?. 6 , 0 sr ° convinced it could not stand the test of time, l'a;!, completely of opinion that the better course in ea - 0 4 eole; m t e onnisto score . l eavoTthheeam to tn th t e to op p e u r t ation of reason __ t een ' to much less to crush them by violence, would ten" _o r 0 increase t • heir strength. The result has confirmed u co y pectations. Socialism is banished from the &O' . bridge Advertiser. h 114.6t' Coy the m aside by _sf,g o u n ly RT OF COMMON COUNCIL.--4- t . t 1 ,06 1). 1 mg of the Court yesterday, Mr. Wire moved 41 . 0 . - $ O . thanks to Sir . Robert Stopford, Sir Charles NsP i r , 'SW Charles Smith. and to the several Captains, Ot6Pe-f-r'y diof men, and Royal Marines, for the zeal and W il co " s rt played by them during the late operations on tht3.-ord to Syria, and also that the Court should present a " moli a " each of the three gallant Commanders. A counter- vote of was proposed by Mr. Peacock, to the effect that 'hikers' thanks ghoul"' be given to these distinguished „ vs° and be communicat e d to them is boxes m ade .° f tu - ivo ro of cak, as more congenial to the characters of ti l e d 11 as well as the receivers The amendment was cat be P re ' a great majority ; and the thanks will, therefnr a ' sent( d in splendid boxes made of oak. DESSERT FRUIT KNIVES AND Y' n silver* Plated on Steel. 1 6 6 12 Knives and F or k s , p l a i n £8 „ 0 ivory handles ..£3 3 0 ......... 0 0 12 do., carved ivory handles... 316 0 .... . . ..• 11 1 ., 0 12 do., finest plai n pe ar l h an dl es 417 0 . • ...... 4 l '' 12 do., carved pearl handles ... 5 8 0 •••• ..... 14 0 12 do., King's patte rn , s il ver . 14 04 handles .. . They may be had at the above6prli6 6 ce,irt s . e . t ; .. ° : 1 ; 2 ' 15' , : r r; pairs, with or without a nea tl y fitt e d mahogany No. 14, 11° A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Goldsmiths , hill, London; opposite the Bank of England. . GOLD WATCHES, £B. Bs. ----"---lij e ach ' holcs.gwilibt;: finished Horizontal Gold Watches, ewctled in four owea. enamel dial, hand to mark the seconds, &c. , E i g h t i t e sr° ll°9c each. These elegant little Watches will be fau fixed foots time-keepers, and a ptinted warranty is given with 11%,. an which they will alway? receive any attention requir a T. COX SAVORY , . 11 fScrea Watchmaker, Jeweller, and Silversmith. 47, Cortibi k for durabi ll lit oors from Graeechurch-street ), Lon d". n -• N. B.—Second-band Watches purchaird in e ach' g' inches high, si l v er -- TABLE CANDLESTICKS, su perior es , 4 , peepair ; 9 inches high, 9s• ; 10 i c h b ig %, Os , per pair , ditto, with rich shell mountings, 9 inches chased cen. ad . „(1 a 3 7 ; . equal in appearance. Table c and o l . lic , 11 g . per pair; snuffer trays, with shell mountings a tre, 4s. each. The particular metal of which b t e hr o i e d'oul great variety of other articles are made, can fortls-str.et. anlY ti . surer by reference to the stamp. C a talog es gra RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Ox • DIED. On the 12th inst., at Lisbon, B. W. Klingelb°4,, er ' r lsgis' t On the 14th inst., at London, Alexander Green , Jr-sq" ant Deputy Paymaster-General, aged 8.5. , t hsriset On the 18th inst., at Colebrook-row Islington, a wife of J. Dillon, Esq., of 11lineing-lane', aged 4.5. 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