The Sun. — London, England, 1849-03-12 00:00:00

Vita 92bition SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) EX PARTE BURTON V. HARVEY. Mr. BACON, on the part of the plaintiff, said this was a petition in bankruptcy, which had been presented by a person named Christie and others. The facts of the case were, that a Mr. Harvey, in whose bankruptcy the petition had been presented, was indebted to a Mr. Ford, a solicitor at Shrewsbury, on a bill of exchange for 5001., upon which some part of the money had been paid, and a balance of 300/. remained due and owing. A Mr. Bond was the solicitor to the fiat. On the 29th of January, 1840, Mr. Ford assigned his interest in the bill of exchange to the petitioners, and upon the same instrument of assignment the debt under Harvey's fiat was proved on their behalf. The bill of exchange was thereupon delivered over to the petitioners. A Mr. Salt, one of the petitioners, called on Mr. Bond, the solicitor to Harvey's fiat, and gave him notice of the assignment of the debt to the petitioners and of their in tention to cause the debt to be proved. Ford himself became a bankrupt on the 11 th of March, 1840, very soon after the assignment. His HONOUR—Then the validity of the assignment is not questioned by Furd's assignees? Mr. SIVANSTON (for the official assignee)—Oh, yes ; it is. His Hotioun said, he should not think of making Har vey's au igeees pay without absolute necessity; absolute necessity alone should induce him to make an order against Harvey's assignees; and therefore the essential question was the validity of the assignment by Ford. All the rest of the affidavits in the case only deposed to mere formal embarrassment. His Honour complained of the irregularity which had taken place in bringing the case before the Court, there being no proof of service of notice of the proceedings on some of the parties to the suit. A solicitor in the cause volunteered to go for the proof of notice of service. His HONOUR—Very well, Mr. Bacon, you may go on wasting the time of the Court until that gentleman re turns.—(Laughter.) Mr. Bacota went on reading a number of voluminous affidavits in'the cause. His He:moult (interrupting)—Have these parties been passing their lives in making affidavits?—(Laughter) Mr. BacoN submitted to his Honour there was suffi cient and satisfactory evidence that notice was given to the assignees and their solicitors of the petitioners' interest in the debt which remained due on Ford's bill of exchange, and that the assignment was executed, not as a voluntary assignment, but under circumstances of pressure stated in Mr. Salt's affidavit, and without any notice whatever having been given to himself or his partners that Ford had committed as act of bankruptcy, or was about to do so. Mr. SWANSTON appeared to oppose the petition. He considered there was but one question, and that was the validity of the assignment, which involved two points, namely, as to the validity of the original transaction between the parties and the notice which was required, in order to give effect to that transaction, supposing it to be valid against the assignees of Harvey. On the first point, it was perfectly clear from the evidence that the bankrupt Ford was, on the 29th of January, 1840, and had been for a long time previously, in a state of great embarrassment, and in a state of insolvency. The petitioners' case required, as he aprehended, that there should be clear evidence of pressure en their part, and a pressure of such a nature as that, Ford yielding to it, would establish the bona fides of the transac tion. la determining between those two parties, he submitted ' the Court was not placed in a show tion of Much difficulty. Mr. Salt, who was the sole deponent in support of his own case, deposed in most general terms as to Vie pressure, and as to what was its nature, and as to what the urgency of it could be on the mind of the bankr‘ pt; but in order to render this trans• action valid he did not at all explain. this HONOUR was of opinion that the execution of the assignment, which he must take to have been executed on the 29th of January, the day of its date, was not fraudulent, was not in contemplation of bankruptcy, and therefore was not an act o; bankruptcy; by which I mean that the allegation that it was fraudulent, and was in contemplation of bankruptcy, or was an act of bank ruptcy, was not established. With regard to the refuted ownership he did not mean to decide that any notice was necessary; but assuming notice to have been necessary, the inference that he drew from the evidence was that notice was given to Messrs. Bond, the solicitors, or one of them, by Mr. Salt, on that day in February to which Mr. Salt spoke. Ile thought therefore that the assig nees of Ford had the petitioners' money, namely, the amount of the dividends, upon proof made in Ford's name, who had been to them, and they must be repaid. There seemed to have been a spell over this case from the out set. He must decide between the claimants, however un willing, but ho should like to confiscate the money. — (Laughter.) If Mr. Bacon would consent, he (the Vice- Chancellor) would confiscate the money at once.—(Re newed laughter.) The Vice-Chancellor Wigram did not sit to-day. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING SIX O'CLOCK. NORTHA MPTONSIIIRE STAKES. 7 to 2 agst The Tartar 8 to 1 agst Loup-garou 8 to 1 Not Ferr,hill 12 to 1 agst Velox 16 to 1 agst Watchdog METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 13 to 2 agst Lugar 10 to 1 agst Can zon 16 to 1 agst Peep 0' Day Boy 18 to 1 agst Executor 20 to 1 agst Do •the• Boys TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 4 to 1 on the field CHESTER CUP. 15 to 1 agst Joe o' Sot 18 to 1 agst Halo 25 to 1 agst Chanticleer 25 to 1 agst Geraldine 40 to I agst Rathmines 50 to 1 agst Ballinarad 66 to 1 agst Taffrail DERBY. 3 to 1 agst Flying Dutchman 7 to 1 agst Tadmor 50 to 1 agst Indus AUSTRIA. HUNGARIAN BANE NOTES.—The public announce ment of Prince Windiscligratz, which appeared at Ofen on the 2d of March, that the Hungarian Bank notes will neither Ee confiscated nor considered illegal in Hungary, in direct contradiction of the decree of the decree of the Ministry, has excited an immense sensation at Vienna, and is looked upon as nothing short of an open letter of defiance to the Ministry. The proclamation of Win• discheratz is as follows :—As there is a report in cir culation among the public, that the Hungarian Bank notes are considered an illegal tender in Austria, awl will be confiscated, notice is hereby given for the satisfaction of the public minds, that the illegality or confiscation of the Hungarian Bank-notes in private transactions is not applicable to Hungary." The Silesian Gazette says :—" The Ministry pro hibited the circulatian of the Hungarian bank-notes in tato. The Prince, however, makes an exception in favour of Hungary in respect to private transactions, which is tantamount to every transaction?' The' German; Reform says, "This unexpected step indicates nothi ng l ess t h an the decided opposition of the Commander-in=Chief to the Ministry, and is equivalent to an interdict of the Ministerial power in Hungary. — Cologne Gazette. BELGIUM. THE BRUSSELS CONGRESS. BAUSSEL9, MARCH 9.—To all appearance there is no progress in the preparations for the Austro- Italian conferences for peace, which are to take place here. Count Colloredo is daily expected from Lon don, but as yet he is not come. It is asserted, that he is waiting fur fresh instructions, but a letter from London, in the Deutsche Reform, says that Cou n t Colloredo has declared openly that, in consequence of the Sardinian speech from the throne, it is quite impossible for the Austrian Cabinet to send a repre sentative to the Brussels Congress. This is also said to be the reason why Sir Henry Ellis, the British Plenipotentiary, bas not yet sent for his family. M. de Lagrene, the representative of France at the Congress, who was at Paris for a few days for the purpose of receiving fresh instructions, has returned. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE!, MaitcH 9.---His Majesty has received his Excellency Baron Doblhoff, Minister Plenipoten tiary and Envoy Extraordinary from his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, to the Court of the Netherlands, at a private audience. The Government is at this moment occupied in drawing up a project for civilising the popoulation of the Netherlands possessions on the coast of Africa. The Government is of opinion that the state of these people being that of almost complete barbarism, it will be impossible to introduce among them the full light of the Gospel, as they would be unable to appreciate principles based purely upon religion. The project of the Government is, therefore, gradually to introduce a degree of civilization, by accustoming the people to stated labour, by introducing among them greater regularity in commercial intercourse, and thus to pave the way for the reception and com prehending the blssings of Christianity. The Go vern in en I', in carrying on it s p l an, reckons upon the powerful a33istance of the two Ashant ee princes, who have beer, some years in the Netherlands, where they are receiving a thorough education. One of the your men especially, g Agnase Boachie, is very i ntelligent, of m ind which l ea d s his and is gifted with energy preceptors to expect that he will one day exercise an immense influence over the population of the western coast of Africa. The National Assembly of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has rejected by as great a majority the project of law relative to the matricular contribution imposed upon the Grand Duchy to cover the expenses resulting from the creation of the German Fleet, and the repression of the disturbances in various parts of the German Empire. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 12, 1840. This rejection has produced a very great sensation. and is looked upon by many as an open rupture with the Confederation. The following are the considerations upon which the Assembly grounded its refusal to grant the pay ment, seeing Art.,l. of the Constitution says : " The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg forms an in dependent, indivisible, and unavailable State ; it, forms part of the German Confederation, according to existing treaties. Changes which are to be intro duced into these treaties must be submitted for the approbation of the Assembly of Luxembourg. "Considering that this regulation of the Constitu tion establishes a supreme right which the Assembly ought to recognise— " Considering that up to this moment no change in the existing treaties has been submitted to the appro bation of the Assembly, it would be unconstitutional to vote sums of money, demanded by virtue of the de cision of a Power, which has not yet been recognised, conformably to the Constitution.—Journal de la Haye, March 9th. nience of the House that he should state no w that it wa not his intention to move the second reading of his mar riage Bill to-morrow. He would therefore move that the order of the day for the second reading be discharged, with the view of fixing the second reading for Thursday, the 19th of April.—The motion was agreed to. SCOTCH LUNATIC BILL. Mr. FORBES wished to ask the Lord-Advocate whether he would so arrange the stages of his Bill for establishing lunatic asylums in Scotland as to give the counties an opportunity of expressing views upon the measure. The LORD ADVOCATE said he did not propose to take the second reading till after Easter, which would afford ample opportunity for the counties to express their opinions upon it.—(Hear, hear.) TURNPIKE TRUSTS, Mr. FOSTER moved for a return of the number and description of the turnpike-trusts in the county of Middlesex north of the Thames, the length of the roads, and amount of debt and interest on each trust respectively, at the date of such return.—Agreed to. THE CONVICT MITCHEL. interests of this body of men was above all others paramount, and that if justice was to be shown to any people it was to be shown to the Shipowners Society. —(Hear, hear.) Now he was notprepared to enter into the question of the Shipowners Society any further than to say that if they were suffering from any unfair imposition, they ought to be relieved from it.—(Hear, hear.) He was not unaware that a great portion of the mercantile marine was engaged in the service of the North American shipowners.—(Hear, hear.) He was not desirous, on the one hand, to uphold any system that should draft from our mercantile marine, perhaps the best men which we had in the ser vice. Neither was he anxious on the other to prevent the shipowners of this country from obtaining all the advantages which they needed.—(Hear, hear.) Therefore, he was bound to say, that it was an incumbent duty on the Legislature and upon the country to relieve them from those duties on timber by which they represented themselves to be so heavily oppressed. — (Hear, hear.) To do so was but in accordance with the system which Mr. Huskisson had promulgated and in accordance also he might say with those principles of free-trade which of late bad been so fully carried into effect.—(Hear, hear.) lie had no sympathy whatever with those who were desirous of preserving the exclusive duties. (Hear, hear.) They could not think of sending up to the House of Lords any bill which was not in accordance with the rule laid down by those who would preserve such du ties. (Hear, hear.) He thought that the only plan would be, so far as that objection was conccrnrd, was to do away with all the duties.—(Hear, hear.) He must say in justice to the Reformers themselves that they were in no way tesirous of exaggerating their case. But there were larger interests than theirs concerned, and the welfare of the country was at any rate a matter of more consideration than the prosperity of any private body whatever.—(Hear, hear.) There was another compensation to which he thought the shipowner was entitled : With re spect to our relation with Norway, it had been argued that the Norweigen vessels, being better calculated for the timber trade, it might be he said that they would injure the shipowner ; it it was that, they would answer equally well for voyages to India. Now he denied that such an argument could stand for a moment. But the shipowner at the present 'moment was not equally managed over the whole surface of the globe ; it was divided into particular fields, and in those fields, although the ship owners of this had their share foreigners had not.—(Hear.) They were proposing to open to foreigners those fields of employment. Now, he thought that such being the case the English ship owner was entitled to ask from Parliament that it should secnre to him entrance into those fields of employment from which he was at pre s ent excluded, and an equiva lent for those fields into which they proposed to let the foreigner.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that they might do much by constitutional legislature. Tne Americans, he considered, had set them a good example on that subject. He was assured that the Bill as it was at present drawn, without alterations, would lead them into entanglements and difficulties with foreign nations ; for he had already seen a disposition to fence on the subject.—(Hear, hear.) lie thought they would avoid such anomalies by means of con stitutional legislation, such as giving her Majesty power by an order in council, or by enacting . at once that the vessels of foreign nations giving , privilege to British vessels in their ports, should enjoy the same privilege in the ports of this c ountry.—(Hear, bear.) If any state, for instance, such as Prussia, which has no colony, were to give up all the privileges of its naviga tion unconditionally to British vessels, then be should say, let that nation receive unconditional concessions from this country.— (Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for the Board of Control con tended, on Friday night, when he made a most lucid and able statement on the subject of reciprocity in that the contra principle was impracticable, and opposed to all precedent. On the other hand, he (Mr. Gladstone) contended that it was according to all precedent and ex perience, and that it was tar more easy to carry out that contra principle than the plan of the Government.— (Cheers.) On the one hand, he con tended that they ought to proceed by conditional legislation; while on the other, the Government contended that they ought to repeal the navigation-law, reserving power to reenact them against all states that would not reeiprocate.—(Hear, hear.) He must be allowed to say with regard to the speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman, that every wor d he said ageinst reciprocity told with equal force against retaliation.— (Hear hear, hear.) It was infinitely more easy to stand upon a system which existed, and which embedded in our laws by relaxing that system. interests to by sweeping it away, and allowing new to grow up under that new state of things,— (Hear.) In fact the country now had a claim to reciprocity, and and it was better to enforce that claim than to say to all foreign nations, " We well retaliate against you if you do not make the concessions."—(Hear. hear.) There had been ono answer made to this objec tion, and it was, that it was intended that the retaliation clauses should be a dead letter, and that they would never be put into force.—(Hear, hear.) Well, if that were the case, get rid of them, and he would join any one in getting rid of them rather than allow the Bill to stand as it does.—(Hear) He thought if they did not proc ee d conditionally, they had better legislate directly without retaliation.—(Hear, hear.) Extraordinary cases might arise where retaliation would be necessary, but they would be so few that whenever they did occur Ministers might easily come to Parliament for some special legislation on the subject.—(llear.) One great objection of these retaliation clauses which werenot to be acted upon was that they placed the Government in scarcely an honest positon in negotiating with foreign powers, because it wculd always be supposed that they had vitality, and might at any time be entorced.—(Hear, hear.) These clauses in tact would prove derogatory t o a countr y. like this; whilst, in the next place. retaliating pro ceedings in almost every case d e f ea t e d th emse l ves , an d the best thing they could therefore do was to get rid of them altogether. Now let them see if it was not fairer to the ship owners that they should rather adopts system of conditi ona l l eg i s l at i on . I t m i g h t , indeed, he objected to him that the system was novel, but those who thought so were mistaken, for at this mo ment we acted upon that principle with every country in the world. True we had, in th e fi rs t i ns t ance , b oun d ourselves with treaties, but with the single unimportant exception of the .South-American States and Russia, the terms of those treaties had e xpi re d ; a nd in respect of the United States, the Baltic States. France and Holland. We now stood precisely on the same footing as if we had legislated conditionally, as he p r rop i We had the power of privilege iv withdrawinge e s e ge which h d.( —H f e .r /t e r el e , r shipping hear. ) the Uni t ed S tates o f A mer i ca th e enjoined, a nd Am e rica, on hould not now a d opt a con di t i ona l the he p e r e iv rt i a lt i g n e ly w e li e i e c l h d she the other hand, could pp w i l e t g h , dr a a e w d system s n t f re s em r a r s e oo d ef owine hy soyhitla. —( --eat) With regard to the coasting trade, he doubted mu c h w h et h er the con di t i ons u pon which it was proposed to a llo w American vessels, would be permitted to participate in it, he doubted much wheth er th e terms wou ld be accepted by America. They had much better instead of giving them a part of the tr a d e t h row the w h o l e open to them, on condition that they did the same for our vessels in respect of their coasting trade.—(Hear, hear.) He understood that a paper was in circulation contain ing an answer from the Americans to the overtures made by the British Government, from which it ap peared that there was a disposition on the part of the American Government to reciprocate all commercial ought to ask them selves, thought that they y omely and old es tablished saying, but on that ground no less sperlivve privileges. ccor ß d u in t g he applicable to the present occasion, whether a bird in the hand was worth two in the bush. He confessed he would rather have a distinct engagement from America than a declaration from a Minister, or from a President, who was about to quit office in three or six weeks.—(Hear, hear.) There was great instability on the part of the American Government with regard to their motives, for in 1842 they passe highly restrictive measures, and in 1846 they relaxed them; he found there were serious apprehensions that the same appliances which carried the presidential election might be used in a way detrimental to the in terests of this country. He believed that America was perfectly content to give equality of of privilege. It was evident, however, that protective principles were very strong in America, and though they were not so strong with reference to shipping as they were to manufactures, he thought it would be most rash on our part to throw away all our advantages, and to gi ve to America all she asked upon the assurance of an evanescent Minister. The time had now arrived for the final Parliamentary settlement of this question, and he for one was prep are d to part altogether with our navigation-laws. He had never heard anything to convince him that a foreigner ought not to be admitted to our coasting trade if he could find his way to our coasts; but the Right Honourable Gentleman,by his measure, still retained a dictinction, with regard to the coasting trade, in favour of British ships. Having allowed Canada perfect fredo this r m not in espect— did env in respect of vessels—be y the Gavernment who, on account of separate in terests, should feel disposed to withdraw this privilege. Was this class of retaliation to stand ? What ever told against that plan, a more limi.ted and graduated plan in regard to the colonies, told with ten-told for ce with respect to the system of retaliation. There were a great vairety of conflicting interests. He thought they were not justified in looking upon Canada as an exception ; but if that was to be case in respect of Canada, he was n ot sure it was so with others. The House of Representatives of New Bruns wick had not seat any memorial upon the subject, but at a meeting of the magistrates, . merchants, and in habitants of St. John's, a memorial to the Throne was agreed to on the 26th of June last , stating that the repeal of these laws would prove prejudicial to the colo nies, inasmuch as there was no reciprocity proposed and no provision made for the conveying of the colonial and inter-colonial trade.—(Hear, hear.) He did not know that the public expressed the sentiments of the whole of the inhabitant s , b u t it a pp e ared that they were in favour of a system of conditional legislation. It appeared, further, that colonial o pi n i o n had a mixed bearing upon the matter. The Hon. Member for Westbury objected to the system of reciprocity, because foreigners had nothing to give, adding that the United States formed an exception. When he said this, h e conceded th e whole point, s i nce t h e s hip s of the United States com peted in the ports and markets of the whole world, and the British merchants would gain more than they lost by the competition of the United States. He believed, however, that our marine, as compared with the American navy, was susceptible of improvement. The effect of those laws might be summed up—to make ships go with half cargos, where they migh . t have full onus, and to make them go out in freight and to come back ;n ballast instead of carrying e cargo. —(Hear, hear.)—Then repeal and dv away with t Mr. LOCKllARicskedthe First Naval Lord of the Admiralty-Ist. Whether, when the Board of the Ad• miralty issued instructions to Commander Wingrove, with respect to the treatment of the convict Mitchel, they were not aware that there was no spare cabin in her Majesty's steam-sloop Scourge. 2d. Whether it was not possible for Commander Wingrove, by fitting up a temporary cabin, by taking one of his officers into his own, or by some other means, to have complied with the Admiralty orders, and to have saved himself from the necessity of associating day after day with a convicted MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships assembled shortly after Five o'clock, PETITIONS. - Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the citizentlof London, complaining that their franchises were suspended, and praying their Lordships to pass the Bill for the emancipation of the Jews; also a petition from James Hamilton, Esq., barrister-at-law, against the punishment of death. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the in habitants of the Cape of Good Hope, against the trans portation of convicts to that colony; also a petition from the corporation of Belfast against the Rate in Aid Bill; and a petition from the House of Assembly of Tobago, complaining of certain statements made by the Colonial Secretary and the Chancellor of the Exchequer with regard to the state of captured slaves in that island. He felt it his duty to present the petition, although he, was doubtful whether their Lordships would receive it. The Noble and Learned Lord then presented the petition. Lord MONTEAGLE presented a petition from the grand jury of King's County against the rate in aid ; also several other petitions with a similar prayer. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from the in habitants of Belfast against the Rate in Aid Bill ; also several petitions with a similar prayer. CASE OF MR. COTTER. Lord BEAUMONT rose to put a question to her Majesty's Government with respect to the arrest and imprisonment, and transportation to Manilla by the Spanish Government of Mr. Cotter, a British subject. Mr. Cotter was arrested in Madrid on September 15, and detained in prison 29 days, when he was removed to the infirmary. He could obtain no information as to the cause of his arrest. lie wrote to the Lieutenant- General of Madrid, and to Narvaez, demanding to know what was his offence, and when he should be brought to trial. He appealed to the British Consul, and was told he would be removed to Cadiz. He thought that he would be sent back to England, but on his arrival at Cadis he was sent on board a ship, and transported to Manilla. The British Consul was appealed to in vain. The Spanish Govern ment declared they cared nothing for the British Go vernment, and they transported him, and since that the Spanish Government has boasted of their triumph over the British Government. If Mr. Cotter was a British subject it was our duty to interfere for his protection; if ho was not a British subject, but a Spanish subject, then, of course, we had no reason to interfere; and it the Spaniards feared to hug the chains which they were afraid to break, it was no business of ours. But he could not but observe on the inconsistency of the Spanish Government, so jealous of foreign interference, in endeavouring to light up a war in Central Italy to restore by bloodihed to a temporal throne the Pope, who, as chief of the Christian Church, held a much more glorious position than could the holder of any earthly crown. Lord EDDISBURY said that on the receipt of felon. Sir FRANCIS BARING said ho wished to have an opportunity of making some further inquiries before he gave an answer to the inquiries of the Hon. Member. SLAVE-TRADE. Mr. MOWATT presented a petition from Penryn, praying the House to take measures to prevent the con tinuance of the slave-trade. NAVIGATION-LAWS. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON presented petitions against the repeal of the navigation-laws from New castle-upon-Tyne, Deal, Swansea, Goole, and other places. NAVIGATION LAWS.--ADJOURNED DEBATE. Upon the order of the day being read for resuming the adjourned debate upon the navigation-laws, Mr. GLADSTONE rose, and said he could have no hesitation as to the vote which he should feel it to be his duty to give upon this question. Being convinced that the time had arrived when Parliament ought definitively to consider the question of the navigation laws, and being prepared to assent to a great change in those laws; he could not refuse or hesitate to vote for the second reading of the Bill. With regard to the justifica tion of the change, he should be content Wrest it either on the statements of the friends of the existing law, or upon the statements of its opponents. If he took the statements of the friends of the existing law they were so much exaggerated, and so . diametrically opposed to facts upon many most important particulars, that out of their own mouths he thought there was no difficulty in showing that a great change ought to take place in that branch of their legislation. For instance, he might refer to the evidence given by Mr. Richmond before the Committee of the House of Lords, a gentleman who, after being de puted, in 1847, to represent the interests of a most im portant board before a Committee of that House, was again deputed in 1847 to represent the same body in 1848 before a Committee of the House of Lords. He said that the statement of Mr. Richmond would lead any impartial man to the conclusion that those laws ought to be changed. What were his representations? That for many years past—he believed for the last 20 or 30 years—one half of the capital embarked in the shipping trade of this country had been lost, and that a large proportion of the other half yielded no remuneration. Therefore, according to his state ments, and his experience was extensive, only a small fraction have been successful, whilst a great number have been only sufficiently fortunate to save themselves from universal ruin. Using a homely expression, he said it was true many entered into the trade, but only to " waddle out of it like a lame dock for the stock exchange?"—(Hear, hear.) Rarely, he said, persons were to be found io take the places of these ruined individuals. But, for the sake of argument, admitting this to be untrue, on what right, he asked the House, were persons embarking in the trade to be exposed to similar evils. But without going into individual opinions and costs and charges, he con sidered that they ought to be governed, in legislating uponthese laws, by the fact that of late years they had in troduced many modifications into their commercial code; and, in making these relaxations, it had always been the practice of those who advocated them to appeal to the standard of living and the cost, and to show that the cost of living was greater here than in competing coun tries abroad, upon which the figures of Mr. Richmond were most conclusive. He (Mr. Gladstone) freely ad mitted that this was not a case in which they were to be guided by the pure and unmixed doctrines of political economy.—(Hear, hear.) He wished to see these laws repealed on many grounds— one important point in which was whether the defences of the nation would or would not be thereby injured. if he believed a change would bring about a diminution, far less an extinction, of our commercial marine, he should not support the repeal of these laws.— (Hear, hear.) lie appealed to past experience in defence of the change be was advocating. They had been engaged for many years in introducing relaxations into the navigation-laws. Thirty years had expired since they commenced that modification, but only twenty four years had elapsed since these changes became numerous and extensive. Let him compare the state of British shipping before those epochs. In urging the ques tion, he was quite content to take his stand upon the official papers upon which Mr. Richmond had relied. The third report of the Committee of the House of Lords showed the increase and decrease, distinguishing the complaint of Mr. Cotter an inquiry was made, and it was found that Mr. Cotter was accused of being implicated in a conspi racy for the overthrow of the Spanish Govern ment, and the assassination of Narvhez. Application was made to the Spanish Goverment, who claimed him as a Spanish subject, inasmuch as, having belonged to the British Legion, be had afterwards served in a Spanish regiment, and had subsequently occupied an office as comptroller of customs in Spain; he therefore was considered to bo a Spanish subject, and the Government thought they had no occasion to interfere. _ _ _ Lord BROUGHAM said that a British subject re siding in a foreign country, if he offended against the municipal law of that country, was amenable to that law, notwithstanding his character of Bridal subject. After a few words from the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, Lord CAMPBELL said that a British subject, although he might become a subject of a foreign state was yvt bound to pay allegiance to the British Crown. CASE OF MITCHEL. In answer to a question from the Earl of WALDEGIIAVE, The Marquis of LANSDOWNE stated that he had no objectio❑ to produce the instructions issued by the Admiralty to the captain of the Scourge, with regard to the: treatment of the convict Mitchel, but be felt bound to state that the Scourge had sailed before these instructions arrived, and that, consequently, the captain was left in some measure to his own discretion. The Earl of WALDEGRAVE moved fur the pro duction of these instructions. The motion was agreed t LLAIICENY ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Lord CAMPBELL moved the third reading of the Larceny Act Amendment Bill. After a few words from the Marquis of SALISBURY, the Bill was read a third time and passed. PETTY SESSIONS BILL. the shipping of the United Kingdom and the colonies, as compared with what had taken place with regard to the shipping of the United States; also what was its progress during the years of restriction as compared with those of relaxaion. The veracity of the figures was beyond dispute, but if they were unfair, they were unfair in favour of the existing laws; because since they began to relax them by treaties of reciprocity, a practice had prevailed of deducting the gross total of shipping tonnage, showing the progress of the increase of tonnage before the period of the relaxa tions to which they had referred. From these returns it was evident that the figures before reciprocity treaties represented a greater tonnage than the figures of what had taken place since represented. For 35 years, from 1791 to 1824, when we formed our first reciprocity treaties with the Baltic powers—in those 35 years we added to our tonnage 1,480,000 tons, or et the rate of 30,800 tons a year. In 24 years, from 1824 to 1847, we added to our tonnage 1,393 000 tons, or at the rate, instead of 30,000 tons a year, of 58,000 tons a 3 ear. But it might be said, and said truly, that a considerable portion of that increase was due to colonial shipping, and that the rapidity with which colonial shipping had increased was not a fair test or criterion of the shipping of the United Kingdom. That was practically true, because a proposal was made a few years ago by the friends of British shipping to lay a differential duty on British shipping, for the purpose of checking it; but speaking of the United Kingdom only, it still remained true that it had been advancing since the relaxation of the navigation laws, and advancing at an accelerated rate. From 1791 to 1824 it increased at the rate of 27,000 tons a year ; from 1824 to 1847, in twenty-four years the increase was 960,000 tons, or 40,000 tons a year against 27,000 tons a year during the period of relaxation. He did not know what lair or sufficient inference could be made from those figures that our shipping bad not increased as rapid:y as the shipping of the United States. He granted. that it had; but if they took the foreign trade of the United States, and the coasting trade into account, that comparison was palpably unfair. If they looked at the territory of the United States, with its immense tracts of virgin soil, the House saw how they had em ployed their great natural highways, offered by their lakes and rivers, under a state of circumstances which Lord CAMPBELL moved the second reading of this Bill. The Earl of MALMESBURY would not oppose the second reading of this Bill, but he hoped the Noble Lord would consider the suggestions contained in a petition which;be bad presented in relation:to this Bill from the justices' clerkF. The Bill was then read a second time. Their Lordships then adjourned. had no parallel to ours. They must also take into account the fact, that before we relaxed our na• vigation laws, the shipping of the United States was increasing more rapidly than ours ; but if the House wi.hed to make a fair compari son with the shipping of the United States, he would appeal to the increase of British colonial shipping. How did that stand ? The figures stood thus—between 1790 and 1847 (he now took the whole period of Dlr. Richmond's statement in the first instance) the shipping of the British colonies increased from 95,000 tons to 634,000 tons, The shipping of the United States increased 565 per cent.; so that vast as bad been the increase of the shipping of America, the shipping of the colonies of this country had grew :with a ;still more astonishing rapidity. He would finally compare the increase of British colonial shipping before 1824, when we were comparatively under a system of restriction, and since 1824, when we had been more under a system of relaxation. In 34 years, from 1790 to 1824, British colonial shipping, ac cording to Mr. Richmond's tables, increased from 96,000 tons to 211,000 tons, or at the rate of 3,300,000 tons per annum. In the 24 years since 1824, down to 1847, which we had been relaxing our law, British colonial shipping had advanced from 211,000 tons to 644,000 tone, or, instead of the rate of 3,300 tons a year at the rate of 18,000 tons a year.—(Hear, hear.) So far therefore, he said, that disregarding all arguments of a purely scientific or abstract character, and dwelling only upon the result of that experience, prove how small a reason we have already had to change the system introduced by . Mr. Huse kisson and his followers; and the results had been such as conclusively to prove that we ought to go forward with increased courage in the path in which our predecessors trod.—(hear, hear, and cheers.) He came the n to the manner in which a change in the navigation-laws ought to be carried into effect. The re were two points to which he wished more espe cially- to refer. The first was with regard to the pecu liar interest of the shipowners' society; and the second was as to how far it alight aff,et our merer-ntile marine. —(Laughter.) Now, with regard to the first, there was one evident call for the protective duties, and he would be one of the last to ever impose upon them any obligatior-s which in duty to the State they were not bound to bear. He would refer again to the authority to which he bad already referred and might observe in Estrin° that he was ono of those on whose knowledge of the subject he fully depended. He said that the shipowners had met with no sympathy fur their interests similar to that which had been show n for the welfare for other portions of the manufacturing community, end that their interests ought, above all others, if the national welfare were to be respected, to be cared for. He must say, Chat if RD) , interests were to ke respected, the evil. Let them equalise as much as possible THE RATE IN AID—DEPUTATION THE COUNTRY MARKETS. the carrying of cargoes, and leave their amount and TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL. Livenrooe, MARCH 10.—The trade generally has con value to be regulated by those interest, din them. He A deputation, appointed at a meeting of ratepayers of tinued inactive during the neck. There was a small attendance thought the rower sought to be conferred on the Ulster, convened at Belfast a few days ago, to oppose of the trade at yesterday's matket, and the business done in colonies of passing laws with respect to the dot e n- the rate in aid, waited upon Lord John Russell, on wheat and flour was quite in retail , at a reduction, in some in• tit n of foreign vessels, end upon other matters, Friday, at his e 'Fidel residence in Downing -street. Th e stances, of Id per bushel and Gd per barrel. Oats were id per should not be removed from the jurisdiction of deputation consisted of Mr. W. G. Johnson, Mayor of bushel cheaper, and oatmeal 3d to 6d per load also. There was scarcely any demand . for barley, beans,or rob a eu s s . tdatK T e,s he ra b t e e s s t , Parliament. Canada, and the navigation of the St. Belfast, Mr. Fenton. Lord John Chichester, M.P., Mr. Lawrence above Montreal, and the navigation of the Tennant, M.P., Mr. Bates, and Mr. Bryden. The Chan- yellow In 2 cl li i s a b ri d eo tt r , n os be f i o r r ig i s a C t arce, and round brought corn, Lakes formed an exception. He anticipated that great cellos. of the Exchequer was present at the interview. dary e eillities of white and mixed were 6d per quarter cheaper inconvenience, and many evils would arise from the The deputation laving been introduced, Mr. Johnson than on Tuesday. Fine yellow Indian meal sells at 14s to 14s . power which would thus be placed in the hands of the presented to Lord John Russell copies of a series of re- Gil per barrel. Nothing of interest in the trade to-day, and Colonial Legislatures in this respect.—(Hear, hear.) solw ions passed at the recent meeting at Belfast. Mr. the sales made are quite in retail, and the prices for ev er y Now he knew the Right Hon. Gentleman did not de- Johnson then proceeded to say that the Town Council article of the trade remain unchanged since yesterday. cidedly depart from that principle, nut he thought if he and inhabitants of Belfast, in common with the rate- MANcileseea,MAiten 10.—During the present seek a life , passed those laws, which were to govern the access payers of Ulster, w re most anxious that the grounds for less feeling has prevailed in the trade generally, and all articles of foreign ships to colonial ports, he would find out of their hostility to the rate in aid might not be under- have met a slow sale at prices in favour of buyers. Coastwise those laws there would necessarily grow questions eclat- stood by her Meji sty's Government. They con- and from Ireland the arrivals at Liverpool and Runcorn are ing to their construction, and that they would sidered that a great hardship would be inflicted upon only to a mo 4 d ri c t rat u e t a e m rs our ; Ile w a h t il o st 4o f o rom abroad the imports have one of two difficulties, either the construction of the occupiers of land in Ulster, if a rate of this kind compr ise rters 3 o P f Indian lar corn , ° ,and 2:4 " ,b2.1 barrels uarrs ofn beans, tlou 4; 0 19 r 2 those colonial laws would be referred to Downing. were imposed upon them after they had made every market qua this morning was of an exceedingly inanimaterc.harauc street, which he thought would not be satisfactory exertion in their power to maintain their OA'D poor, and ter, and on wheat we quote a reduction of Id to 2d per 701 b. to the colonies, or else the House would to employ labour, without coming to the Government For flour the demand was very limited, and in the little busi have a direct diplomatic relationship, or some- for assistance. All class( sin Ul s t e r h a d expressed, in ness effected it was necessary to submit to a decline of fully 6d thing in the ea pure of one, between the colonial govern- the strongest manner, their objection to the proposed per sack on any but the choicest qualities. Oats receded in value -merit, and the Court of foreign powers. Ile that would imposition; but the ratepayers of Belfast more espe- id per 451 b, and oatmeal, the consumption of which appears to lead to very great inconvenience. He did not under- Melly considered that they ought not to ,be celled on to be much interfered with by the low prices of other articles of stand why the House might not deal with contribute, as they had alreialy subscribed, three or four food, moved off tardily on rasher lower terms. our colonial coasting trade exactly as they times; over, a much larger amount towards local L'clestitu- WINCHESTER. MARCH 10 .1 . 1 —Corn—Although the Exchange dealt with this question, and that the House don than the sixpenny-rate would be likely to produce. was crobwodtelditbtlye doing—speculation n , :i ou e i r a s tlo a n nd oo c o o e rn t d b e e alers i . tl ere ap for immediate ; should make any reservation whatever of the They were of opinion that the Government were about Paned r in wheat, just n s g uffic 4 i P ent use. anAt e eirchases British coasting trade, the colonial coasting trade, or if to draw a mark, d distinction between Englaed and Ire- shown were numeroue not only of home grown, but o samplesvery ny one kind of trade between one portion of the Queen set land ,by endeavouring to have the principles affirmed by superior continental ditto. Several merchants from South dominions and the other. They could not be very sau• Parliament, that a national calamity was to be met by arnpton endeavoured to press sa'es, yet they did not succeed to guine with respect to those principles on other states. local taxation. To suc h a p r inciple the people of Ulster any extent. Generally speaking, finest Dantsic, Stettin, He was afraid the time would be long before ihey wou ld never g i ve th e i r sanct i on . Th e y we r e of opinion Od essa , an d St. Pet e r s burgh wh ea t s excee d e d the English received as full and adequate a recognitian as that this emergency being of a general character, ought grown, both as to weight and quality, some weighing 6:albs up they did in that House. He . could not also to be provided for out of the taxation of the United to 641bs per bushel, while much of our own was not more than deny that the withholding reciprocal conduct Kingdom. It was to be presumed that Ireland contri wrbeLsiissnasbolled p a r t ic 6 e l offered. from 591bs to 60ibs ditto. Finest samples cannot be quoted much b bloawveerbetehoanbaordi at t is al day t week; all other descriptions on the part of foreign nations, but only bated its just quota of taxation to the national expendi to those countries but also to other countries of the ture, but if Parliament was of opinion that this was not ...; world. He thought that justice to the shipowners called so, and that she did not contribute enough, the question might o t bserved some indifferent mos red which load; much offered at 8/ to 9/ ditto; top prices from 121 on the House to proceed on this path—(Hear)—but he ought to be brought before the public in a legitimate 131 ditto. Finest English flour sold at 38, per sack to did not know whether the shipowners thought so too. manner. The ratepayers of Ulster were anxious to im- 280Ibs ; for seconds, 34s to 3,5 s 4d ditto; thirds, 32s The Hon. Gentleman then went on to advert to the press upon the Government the difficulties with which to 33s ditto; Sweet American, from 26, to 28s per barrel; circumstance of the Honourable Member for they would have to contend in the collection of a tax Canadian, 25s to 27s ditto; Silesia, 245. to 26s ditto; Indian Hull, the president of the Poor-law Commission, against which all classes of the community entertained corn, white, 30s to 32s per qr; ditto, yellow, 31s to 34s ditto ; having been excused from voting with Ministers on an uncompromising hostility. The people of Ulster ditto, meal, per barrel, of 196 lbs, 17s to 17s 6d. Barley— this question on taking office, and he could were deeply imbued with the feeling that the tax was an suiting for among the maltsters; very The supply was moderate , . particularly of English grown, and not but deprecate the evil precedent of her unjust one; and holding that opinion they were deter- !everal i s b a s mples bo o s f b fi e n i efottoingda buyersand Hamburgh chevalier, weigh • Majesty's Ministers being divided on a great national mined to oppose its infliction. The resolutions agreed to ! I . l g per su; question like this, notwithstanding former Governments at the public meeting at Belfast fully set forth the go- intle s6 of ou samples for grown seed—not mu g ch doin , vr lo t me or few purchased good had acted similarly with respect to Mr. Wynne and Lord neral opinion, not only of the province of Ulster, but of • d . • • g h dinary grinding and poor itto ; top price given, 32s per qr ; second rate, 301 ditto; Lonsdale. When we consider what took place in 1829, the greater part of Ireland. moderate, 28s ditto; foreign, from 24s to 30s ditto. Malt, he thought that the Duke of Wellington had such a po- Lord Jotter RUSSELL, who appeared considerably dis- finest Kingston and Hants, make 60s per qr; common ditto, sition in this House and in the House of Lords, that concerted at the firmness of the language in which the 56s to 58s ditto. Barley meal, from 14s to 14s 6d per sack, he had such strength to spare, both politic a lly and reselutiens were couched, in replying to the deputation of 10 score pounds. Oats—rather an indifferent show, cone commercial) , that he could give way on that particular was mcst guar d e d i n hi s observations. He stated that sequently prices were no lower. pont.—(Hear. hear.) If the Noble Lord at the head her Majesty's Government, after much consideration, READING, MARCH 10.—Wheat, per quarter,34s to 555; bar of the Government teed similar strength to spare, why he had deemed it to be their duty to make some effort to ley, 25s to 35s; t oats, 16s to 0 2: 2s ; beans, 30 s t o 40 s; peas, might very fairly p ro c e t di n th e same course.—(Hear) relieve the extreme destitution in certain onions in the 30s to 40s. Fat hogs, 9s t o Od; porkers, 9s 64 to O s p er Poultry—Fowls, the Noble Marquis who had spok en on F r id a y n i g ht sout h an d west of I re l an d ; an d h e certa i n l y did t hi n k score. 6 d per couple, 3 s d to 4s Od; ducks, er couple, 31 6 to 4s Od ; eese, eacb, O expressed manifold fears respecting th e i n fl ue n ce o f the t h at Ul ster, wh i c h was t h e most prosperous par t o f Ire per lb, Is ld to is 2d; eggs, g 16 to 18 for I s , Od to Os; butt er , horse that was in i nro d uce d i n t o T ro y. H e (Mr. Glnstone) land, might fairly be called on to contribute for this pur- DALKEITH, MARCH 8 —The relative weight per four bushels had duly weighed the metaphor, but the on ly result that pose, considering the great efforts which had already of the three prices of wheat were IBst 121 b, 18st 41b, and 17st he had observed was that from the bowels of the horse been made by England. He begged to remind the de- 41b. Oats, 12st 121 b, 12st 41b, and lOst 41b. Barley, 16st 31b, there had issued only prosperity to the commercial putation that the city of Glasgow paid a property and 15st 101 b, and 14st 01b. Peas and beans, 19st 51b, .18st 51b, marine, and a promotion of the general welfare of the income-tax, and also assessed taxes, to which the city of and 17st 2lbs. country.—(Hear.) For hi s own p ar t a ll th a t he had Belfast was not liable. The city of Glasgow did not com• Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. had percevid from these reprobated effects of political plain of this amount of taxation, and it was scarcely 177 Wheat ... ...... £2 12 0 £2 6 0 XI 18 0 economy were increase in the activity of the commercial necessary to d raw a para ll e l b etween t h a t c i ty an d B e l- _ 97 )0 9 Oats ........" 1 1 4 018 8 012 9 3 marine, and - a general advance in the position and f ast as to t h e i r respect i ve a bili ty to pay t h e same amount aßarley llO 6 15 0 1 0 0 99 Pease and Beans 1 12 0 1 7 0 1 6 0 influence of the country. The Right Hon. Gentleman of taxes. Average of wheat 4ss Oid. concluded amidst loud cheers from all sides of the The deputationists begged to set the Noble Lord Delmer, Marten 10.—We continue to have 1 ar rivals. House. arrivals. House. right upon this part of the question. The people of The demand for Indian corn improves- but sale is merely in Mr. DRUMMOND and Mr. ROBINSON rose at the same Ulster and the citizens of Belfast did not object to small parcels. Flour is again dull, and has receded nearly to time, when there were loud cries for both, but ultimately the tax on the ground of its amount. Their chief the value quoted a month since. Foreign wheat is depressed, Mr. Drummond gave way, and objection was on the ground of principle. It must and buyers supply themselves cautiously. At this morning's Mr. ROBINSON rose and was be surmised that Ireland contributed her fair market we h a d a thin attendance. Foreign wheat gave way Is , (LEFT SPEAKING.) quota of taxation until Parliament had declared it other- to 2s per barrel ; and Irish with difficulty brought Tuesday's wise, and had adopted another system. As the case price. Barley dull and 6d lower; b u t oa t s are stea d y. In stood at present, England, Ireland, and Scotland, hay- ea.rcorn was taken in retail at the rate s o f thi s d ay wee k .. ing contributed what they were required to do to a ge o fFI °o ir dA m e Za p : , Farslsmfled Irish ; oat m s eeeaoln s d l s ovr offered at 14s 6d. B est b ran d s neral fund, it was only just and reasonable that it an CORE, MARCH 10.—The weather during the week has uniooked-for calamity desolated the one, the expendi- been, on the whole, very fine, and favourable 'for out-door Lure necessary for the relief of distress ought to be de- work, in which, consequently, good progress ha's been made. frayed out of the general fund. They wished most par- The trade throughout the kingdom continues dull, being still ticutarly to impress on the Government that they did affected by the arrivals of grain from abroad. If we except not oppose the rate in aid because they considered the one article, that of Indian corn, in which rather an extensive amount excessive, but because the Government_ap- business has been done, our local trade has exhibited the same peered resolved to draw a distinction between the two dull aspect reported last week. The arrivals of foreign grain become weekly less numerous. Those of home grown countries. grain are very triflng. Oats for seed pur oses continue One of the di putation gave the Premier to understand to bring full prices. In other grain we have ) little that, if the Government were determined to collect the In prepared and f • wheat have alteration. foreign we had so little rate in Ulster, the presence of 50,000 soldiers would be business passing as to make prices altogether nominal. Malt necessary to preserve the public peace. ing barley continues scarce, and in demand. The trade in Lord Joule RUSSELL admitted' that the feeling in prepared oats, as in wheat, is very restricted, and we cannot Ulster against the rate was very strong, but the Govern- alter our late quotations. Fl our con ti nues an exceedingly dul l went considered it was their duty to adopt the course sale, bakers still confining themselves to the supply only of they had taken, their immediate wants. Still the consumption of bread is The deputation then retired, with the conviction that large, while the stocks of well-conditioned flour in factors' as their mission had produced some impression on the mind well as bakers' hands are small. We have an i ncrease d de mend for the consumption of Indian corn, in which, in conse of the Prime Minister. quence, a good business has been done at an advance of 5s per ton ; but holders having looked for a still further enhancement in price, the trade has received a slight check. Indian meal also has been more looked after and sells more freely. Flour—Firsts 14s 6d to 15s Od ; extra 16, to Os ; seconds 13s td to 14s Cd ; households lls to 12s ; thirds 8s to les per cwt. Meal—Oatmeal Ils to Its 6d; Indian meal 8s ; wireat meal 11 s per cwt. Indian corn 7. Os to 7. 7s 6d per ton. Bran 41 105 per ton. Hay Farmers 20s to 441 6d; average 355; dealers 40s to 48s; average lets Od per ton. Strew—Farmers 14s Od to 25s Od; average 21s; dealers 27s 04 to 34s Otl; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf bid to 7d; household loaf sid to 6d per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to 10d per lb. Coals—Newport 17s; Lydney 18s ; Landore 171; best Neath Culm 16s per ton. Tallow 43s 6d to 44s per cwt. Whiskey, 25 o. p., 6s Od per imperial gal lon. Meat—Beef 4d to 7d ; Mutton 5d to bid ; veal sid to 7d; pork 4d to Sid ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 6d per lb. Hops 6/ les per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 3l 53 per ton. Bark—Barbary 6/ to 71; Valonia 11/ to 131; French 6/; English 6/ per ton. Fleece Wool 108 to las per stone. Hemp 35/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 18s to oth ; red ditto 25s to 27s per barrel • Newfoundland 10! 10s to 12/ per ton. Timber—New Memel 4/ 101; old scarce; red pine 3/ 15s ; yellow pine 3/ per ton ; deals, first quality, 20 ; • sec ond quality 171 per 120. Hides—M ar k e t Il s t o 16 s; salted Ils to 185 per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 2ad ; market 2d to aid per lb. Potatoes, white led to 12d; Minions 1&1 to 19d; Guano — Peruvian, 10/10s; Ichaboe 9/ per ton; Tar—Archangel, 18s per barrel. Eggs, 4s to 4s 2d per hundred. BzerAse, MARCH 8. - The appearance of the wheat crop for the season is good, and it is admitted that the breadth planted is rather over an average. Field labour is for the pre. sent interrupted by the weather, and yet, with abundance of leisure to prepare stuff for our market, our farmers either speculate on obtaining higher prices, or have not the material to bring out. Wheat—The quantity forwarded this week has been small, but the demand is dull, and prices must be noted 3d or 4d lower on the week. The . transactions, ex store, are small and unimportant. Flour is a dragging sale, at about former prices, and American at 27s to 27s 6d per barrel. Barley sells at former rates. Oats - The supply i s b a rely e qual to the demand for feeding, and yet prices are barely maintained. Oatmeal in moderate demand, at about former rates. Indian corn goes slowly into consumption, at 717 s 6d to 71. 10s per ton for yellow,and 5s less for white. THE LANDED INTEREST OF IRELAND. On Saturday a deputation of Members of Parliament representing the landed interest of Ireland had an inter view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at his official residence in Downing-street, fur the purpose of calling upon the Government to introducA measure empowering the Bank of Ireland to make large advances to the landed proprietors of ►that country, on the security of mortgages, following the example of the directors of the Bank of England in the year 1823, prior to which the utmost in convenience was experienced by the landed interest trom the difficulty, amounting almost to an impossibility, of obtaining loans on mortgage, however ample might be the security. The deputation consisted of Lord Castlemaine, Sir Lucius O'Brien, Mr. F. French, Mr. Grace, Sir Edmond Hayes, Colonel Dunne, Mr. J. 11. Hamilton, Mr. St. George, Mr. G. A. Hamilton, and Mr. Sullivan, and they were most courteously received by the Chancellor of the Each( quer. Mr. FRENCH explained the object of the deputation. As representatives of the landed interest of Ireland, they came to ask the Government to enable, by legislative enactment, the Bank of Ireland to lend large sums of money on the security of mortgages, and thereby to deal With the landed proprietors of Ireland in their present distressed and embarrassed condition as they bad dealt with the commercial and agricultural interests of England when they were oppressed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER asked if it were quite certain that the Bank of Ireland had not the power of lending on the security cf mortgage? Mr. G. A. 11A31ivrox said that it ccrtainly had not. If the Chancellor of the Exchequer referred to the evi dence of the Governor of the Bank, given before Lord Devon's Commission, lie would find that the advantage which produced so favourable a result in England was not enjoyed in Ireland. One of the recommendations of the Devon Commission was, that the Bank should have such power, and that they ought to be called upon to exercise it. REMOVAL OF IRISH PAUPERS FROM ENGLAND AND *GOTLAND. Mr. FRENCH observed that what the deputation simply required was, that the Government should speedily pass a short Act legalising the advance of money by the Bank of Ireland on the security of land, and that they should call on the directors to consider the subject of affording accommodation to the landed proprietors of Ireland on public, and not on purely personal grounds. He wished also to direct the Chancellor of the Ex chequer's attention to the fact that the circulation of bank-notes in Ireland had considerably diminished during the last few months. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER admitted that the subject brought under his consideration was one of very great importance, and certainly the deputation had stated the case on which they relied vt ry forcibly. He was not prepared at that moment to give an answer to the request made by the gentlemen who represented the landed interest of Ireland. He would take time to consider the matter, and consult with those most con versant with topics of the kind, and having made up his mind, he would communicate the course which he should recommend her Majesty's Government to pursue. Sir Lucius O'BniEri advocated the necessity for such a measure as the deputaion asked the Government to introduce, and as an illustration of the great benefit that accrued from the landed proprietors of Ireland having the facility of raising capital, he mentioned that recently 1,000 acres of land had unexpectedly been thrown on his hands, and were it not for the kindness of some re latives, in making him an advance of money, those acres would now have termed an addition to the waste lauds of Ireland. A deputation from the inhabitants of Belfast waited on the Right Honourable Baronet the Secretary for the Home Department, at the Home-office, on Friday last, for the purpose of impressing on her Majesty's Govern ment the necessity of an alteration in the law which re gulates the removal of Irish paupers from England and Scotland. The deputation consisted of Mr. W. G; Johnson, the Mayor of Belfast, Mr. Fenton, Mr. Bates, and Mr. den. Lord J. Chichester and Mr. Tennent, the Members for the borough, wero present during the proceedings, and introduced the deputation to Sir George Mr. ST. GEORGE made a similar representation, and expressed his conviction that if the landlords had the means the y would forthwith set about Wang and stock ing their land. Several other members of the deputation bore similar testimony to the necessity of the required measure, and urged the Chancellor of the Exchequer to bring it for ward at once. The present was a most desirable op portunity for conferring the power on the Bank of Ire land, and they hoped it would not be longer overlooked. Tile CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER could not pledge himself at once to meet the wishes of the deputation, but he would consider the subject with care proportioned to its great importance. The deputation having thanked Sir Charles Wood for the courteous reception he had afforded them, and for the attention he paid to their statements, withdrew under the impression that their interview was most satisfactory, and would be successful. Grey. Dir. Johnson informed the Right lion. Baronet that he had been requested by a numerous body of the rate= payers of Belfast to wait on the principal members of her Majesty's Government, and impress on them the hardships to which they were subjected in consequence of the existieg state of the law affecting the removal of paupers. The port of Belfast, being the nearest port to Scotland, was continually burdened with the importa tion of paupers who had emigrated to England and Scotland, and who, not having any settlement by law in these countries, were removed by the unions on which they became chargeable. The paupers emigrating to England and Scotland were generally from the southern and western parts of Ireland; and is consequence of Belfast being the nearest seaport to Scotland, nearly all the Irish paupers from Scotland were sent to that port; and being also conveniently situated in respect to Liver pool, which was the principal port of embarkation for paupers removed from England to Ireland, the largest proportion of such paupers were also shipped to that place; the number of paupers landed on the quays at Belfast from the 17th ot July, 1847, to the 29th of Jun., 1849, amounted to 12,100, and, according to the provi sions of the Irish poor-law, they became immediately entitled to relief from the Belfast poor- law union, while the guardians of that union had no right to apply the poor-rates for the purpose of removing those persons to the places of their birth or former residence. More over, it they possessed such power, it was submitted that it would not be just that the union of Belfast, with which the pauper had previously been unconnected, and to which he had been sent under a legal process, should bear the expense. The maintenance of such a number of persons, at the low rate of is. e.d. per head, would in one leierfairiduneto the sum of 47,190/. It was obvious, therefore, that unless the English and Scotch law of removal shall be altered, the consequences of this state of things will prove most injurious to Belfast. Sir GEORGE GREY admitted the hardship of the case, and asked what remedy the deputation suggested? The deputation thought that the system adopted in England, with regard to the removal ot English paupers from the parish where they became chargeable to the parish where they had a legal claim for relief, could be carried out with reference to the transmission of Irish paupers, more especially as an inquiry is always made in England and Scotland as to the native place of the Irish pauper before he was transmitted to Ireland. They pro posed, therefore, that the English precedent should be adopted, that was to say, that when the Irish pauper be • came chargeable on the English parish, and had rio set tlement in England, the justice should inquire respecting his place of birth in Ireland, and that he should be sent there in the seme manner as when an English pauper who became chargeable on a distant parish in England was sent to the parish where he had a claim for support. Sir G. GREY said he would give the suggestion atten tive consideration, and communicate his determination to the deputation. RAIL WAY oit'Aitt. AIARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MAR= 10. STocx I EXcimmi. —The share market is better to-day; quotationt improve; and a growing disposition to buy manifests itself.—The sales are—Aberdeen, 19—Birkenhead, Lancaster, and cheater, 221. 6 per cent., 1849, 6% dis.—Caledonian, Preference, 7 per cent., 11% ex in.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 321. Shares (late Extension) , 61. Bs. 9d. dis.—London and North-Western, Fifths, 7 ex dlv. P. -- Ditto, Quarters, New, 5% cx In. p.—Manchester, Sheffield and Lin coln, 10 , 4 Ditto (late Sheffield and Lincoln), 13%—Midland Stock, y 81 ex div.—Ditto, New halves, dis.—North Union (B), , s Scottish Central, 25%—Shrewsbury and Chester (late N. IV.3i.);ltel'i 13 1-3 Shares, ex div. p.—Ditto (late Shrewsbury. - oSwestry, and Chester), 3% dis.— Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 2U (us, — South-Eastern (No. 4), Thirds, 7% York, Newcastle, and BerwlCX (late G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. guaranteed, par c. p. BIRMINGHAM, Ileacu 10. STOCK EXCIIANG&.-1 here was little doing to-day, and that llttle hardly worthy of notice. The transactions which took plaee were at prices previously quoted, and scarcely differing from those of yes' torday. YORK, Marten 9. Spacic EXCHANGE —The business transacted to-day was as fol lows :—Great Northern, 11/. 3s. 9d.— Houth Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, 3% GLASGOW, Menai 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.— The following are to-day's transactions: -- Edinburgh and Glasgow, 85—Edinburgh and Northern, 113(" — Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr 54—Ditto, Halves (No. 2), 6% -- Glasgow and Greenock, 12 1 4—Great Northern, 1154 —Scottish Central, 251 A NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MAxcu 10. Srocx EXCHANGE. The business done in the Stock Exchange to day has been as follows : —Great Northern (B), 6 per cent., Newcastle and Carlisle, Quarters, 25 y¢ —Ditto, Scrip, 103 PosT-orrice NOTICE.--•The contract for the con veyance of her Majesty's mails between the United Kingdom and Sydney, New South Waies, by packet, will terminate on the 29th instant : all letters and newspapers for New South Wales and New Zealand will, therefore, for the present, be forwarded by private ship. The postage will be the usual ship letter rate of eightpeuce the half ounce on letters, and one penny each on newspapers, which postage must be paid in advance. SUICIDE.—On Friday an inquiry took place before Mr. W. Carter, the Coroner, at the Princess Charlotte, Albany-road, Camberwell, as to the death of William Kimble, aged 41, who destroyed ,himself under the fol lowing circumstances :--Mr. Oliver, the landlord of the Duke of Clarence, Penton-place, Walworth, stated that deceased had for many years been in his service as pot man. On Thursday week last he had a private party of friends, and the deceased left his house about half-past twelve, for the purpose of going home. He did not come, as usual, at seven the next morning, but one of his children came about an hour afterwards, to ask it he was there, as he had left home about five o'clock. In the early part of the morning his hat was discovered floating in the Surrey Canal, and drags were then used, as it was suspected his body was in the water, but it was not found until last Tuesday. Mr. Oliver added that he had no doubt it was the deceased's own act, as he had lately complained very much of his head, and ex pressed an opinion he should go mad. He was a most sober and honest servant, but was so absent in his mind of late, that he appeared to neglect his (Mr. Oliver's) interests. He often said he was annoyed at the man of whom he had purchased a house, and the loss of some money. Ile was well off, had property, and a coal shop. After some other evidence, the Coroner summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary In sanity." 'IMPROVEMENTS IN GAS•RURNING.—In speaking of the quality of the gas supplied by the City of London Gas Company, in the Dispatch, a fortnight ago, we stated that it emitted a sulphurous smell and a dense smoke, to the great prejudice of health. Since then several experiments have been made in our office, assisted by Mr. Church, a person of great experience, and con nected with the above-named establishment, and the result has proved highly satisfactory. Instead of the old-fashioned "chimney" glass, Mr. Church has in troduced one of egg dike shape, with a blunt apex. I is about three inches in height, with a diameter of about two inches, by which means a greater stream of oxygen is admitted, and all the illuminating power preserved. The saving is considerable. With a flame of two inches and a half, four feet of gas are consumed in an hour, at the cost of about a farthing. If the flame be thrown up beyond the apex of the glass, there is considerable loss to the consumer, while unnecessary heat and smoke are generated. We think dr. Church's glasses will shortly supersede all others. They are very cheap, a nd b e i ng well annealed, are not liable to crack.—Dispatch. The Sikhs are so called, as the disciples of Nanick Shah, the founder of their sect, in the 15th century ; rpm sana—discere, tv lona, [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Cure of a Liver and Stomach Complaint by Holloway's Pills.—Sergeant Wilton late of the Hon. East India Company's service and for nearly 25 years employed on the Bengal establishment, suffered most intensely from an affection of the liver, indigestion, and sickness of the stomach, which appeared to be ra pidly undermining his constitution, notwithstanding the treatment of some of the most eminent of the medical profession. On his return to this country he was ad vised to take Holloway's Pills, and this superior medi cine has effected such a perfect cure that it has asto nished all that were aware of his former apparent], hopeless case.—Sold by all Vendors of medicine, throughout the civilized world and at Professor Hollo way's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. DEPARTURE OF THE CANADA. — The British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship, Canada, Capt. Judkins, sailed from Liverpool on Saturday afternoon for New York via Halifax. The day was very fine, and as the noble ship steamed down the Mersey she appeared to great advantage. The Canada bas a good number of passengers, besides a largo freight of fine goods, and a heavy mail for British America and the United States. The next steamer due is the Europa, Captain Lott. She was to leave New York on Wednesday last, and from the rapidity of her past voyages we may expect her at Liverpool about this day week. Her news will be of considerable importance, inasmuch as she will bring the inauguration address of General Taylor, wherein will be enunciated the line of policy he intends to adopt as President of the American union. The vacancy in the collectorship of Customs in the port of Dublin (first class) will probably lead to the pro motion of many of the more active and deserving officers throughout the different ranks of the Customs depart ment. All promotions, however, aro to be understood as being accepted subject to the reductions and changes that may be deemed necessary, in accordance with the recommendations of the commissioners of inquiry. CHESTER ♦ND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ended March 4, 1849:—Coaching traffic, 728/. 18s. 2d. ; parcels, 481. Bs. 10d ; goods and cattle, 183/. 4s. 5d.; steam-boats, 951. 148.4 d. Total, 1,056/. ss. 9d. A railway labourer named George Howe, who had been a gentleman's servant, was tried at York on Saturday for the wilful murder of his daughter, Eliza Amelia Howe. '1 he deceased was born on the 30th of October last, and its mother died shortly afterwards. The prisoner, who was desirous of marrying a girl with 300,/., poisoned the infant with oxalic acid, fearing it might stand in the way of his forming the contem plated marriage. He was found guilty, and sentenced to death. At Salisbury, on Saturday, two men, named Green and Lawrence, were sentenced to transportation for ten years, for highway robbery. They knocked down the prosecutor in the neighbourhood of Swindon, and whilst two others held him down, the prisoners rifled his pockets of a considerable sum of money. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. GAS FOR THE CITY OF LONDON. On tho motion of Mr.FRENCH it was ordered That the petitions of inhabitants of the city London, fur the adoption of measures for enabling them to be supplied with better and cheaper gas, presented on the 23d day of February last, and on the 9th day of this instant March, be referred to the Committee on the Group in which the Great Central Gas Consumers Com pary's Bill is included. CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS. The reports on the following Bills were considered and agreed to :—Blackburn Waterworks (Additional Capital and Amendment of Act) Bill and Kingston•upon- Hull Dock Company Bill. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time and or• dared to be committed :—Eastern Counties and Norfolk Railways Amalgamation Bill and Ho*pital for Consump tion Bill. LOUGH CORRIB IMPROVEMENT BILL. Mr. DIVETT moved the second reading of the Lough Corrib Improvement Company, Incorporation and Amendment of Certain Public Acts Bill. Mr. O'FLAIIERTY opposed the second reading of the Bill. The Board of Works in Ireland had already ex pended a large sum in improving the lands in question, and he trusted that the improvements of the Board of Works would be alloWed to go on. . Mr. DIVETT said that all he wished was that the whole subject bad been referred to a Committee up stairs. Mr. J. PARKER would recommend to his Hon. Friend who had the charge of the Bill to postpone its second reading until the proceedings in Chancery were deter mintd. After some observations from Mr. B. DENISON and Mr. AGLIONDY, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said t u b uc ti for seven years thi s com p an y h a d d one not hi ng, the only qu est i on was , w h et h er t h e B oar d of Works in Ireland, should or should not b e a ll owe d to do th a t which this company failed to do. The proprietors were to of the l an d t h roug h which the J vvoowrkes had well satisfied with the c w o s u s rs b e ro t u h g e h ß t o f a o r r d ward to endeavour d adopted. This measure to put this company, that had rested upon its oars, and years, into possession of all that he Board ona nothingfor ten of Works had done. He thought the course pursued in bringing in this Bill was monstrous in the extreme, as it was an attempt to deprive the country of the work that had been done by the Board of Works in Ireland. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared— For the second reading Against it ..• Majority against it The Bill was accordingly lost. PETITIONS. Mr. BROWN presented a petition from Liverpoo_ praying that the navigation-laws might not be repealed until the duties on timber had been abolished. Mr. MOSTYN presented a petition in favour of inter national arbitration. Mr. CAYLEY presented a petition to the same effect. Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from the Dundee Chamber of Commerce against the repeal of the navi gation-laws. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from the Man chester Chamber of Commerce to the same effect. ... 36 ... 55 ... -19 Mr. FORBES presented a petition proposing certain alterations in the Scotch Marriage and Registration Bill. Mr. C. LEWIS presentrd a petition from a number of solicitors praying for the abolition of the attomies cer tificate duty. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY presented a petition from Stafford, in favour of international arbitration. Colonel DUNNE presented a petition against the rate in aid. An Hon. MEMBER presented petitions from the Great Western Railway Company against the present syitem of rating railways. Mr. TLIORNELY presented a petition in farour of the measure for the complete enfranchisement of copy hold tenures. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from Sheffield, praying for a reduction of the public expenditure. • MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. Mr. S. WORILLX 04iii it might be fur the conve- BIRTHS. On the Bth inst., at Marine-place, Dover, the wife of the Rev. W. Lloyd Collett, A.M., of a daughter. On the 9th inst., at Myddleton-square, Mrs. Edward Allcard, of a son. On the 9th inst., at Bradsted Rectory, near Sevenoaks, th e wife of the Rev. Benjamin Webb, of a son. On the 9th inst., at Larkhall-rise, Clapham, Mrs. Robert H. Teicher, of a son. MARRIED. On the 15th January, at the Fort Church, Bengal, Mout' J. J. Dansey, 16th Grenadiers, eldest son of John Dansey' Esq., of Blandford, borsetahire, t o M ary A nne , y o ung.' daughter of the late Captain T. R. Fell, 40th N.L On the 6th inst., Arthur Hill Hull, Esq., of Brighton , A t ° Harriet Anne, daughter o f J osep h L aurence, E sq., of 13eu dington, Surrey. On the Bth inst., at Clapham Church, Mary, elde st daughter of 11. R. C resswe ll , E sq., of Cl ap h am , to gri Creswell Hal!, third son o f Li eutenant J o h n H a ll , R.N. of Blackheath, Kent. On the 6th i n st . , a t Valent DIED ia, Ireland, the Right 1: 1011 ' Maurice Fitzgerald, Knight of Kerry, aged 78. On the Bth Ja nuar y, i n th e 38th y ear o f his age, in t il l. Camp before Moultan, of a wound received on the 27th o t , December, during the siege of that fortress, Captain Bro w ' Bailey, of the H. E. 1. C. Bombay Artillery, third son of the late John Bailey, Esq., M.D., of Brooklands, Great Oakley, in the county of Essex. On the eth inst., at his residence, Portman-square, Robert Rainy Pennington, Esq , aged 81. ' On the Ist inst., at Bowling, near Wingham, Kent- Frederick William lien°, Esq., aged 60. On the 3d inst., in Store-street, Bedford-square, sirs. Elise beth Fialon, formerly of Blatidford, Dorsetshire. On the 4th inst., at Edinburgh, William Henry Do" biggin, Esq. 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