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FROISI THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 12, 1849. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain Wil liam Henderson to be Captain, vice Fyers, retired upon half-pay ; First Lieutenant Augustus Frederick Francis Lennox to be Second Captain, vice Henderson; Second Lieutenant George Malcolm Pasley to be First Lieute nant, vice Lennox. May 7. WHITEHALL, Mar 3. The Right Honourable Sir Thomas Wilde, Kilt., Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at Westminster, has appointed Frederick Wil liam Pouget Cleverton, of Saltash, in the county of Cornwall, Gent., to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledg ments of deeds, to be executed by married women, under the Act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the substitution of more simple modes of assu rance, in and for the county of Cornwall. WHITEHALL, MAY 3. The Right Hon. Sir Thom as Wilde, Knt., Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at Westminster, has appointed James Nathaniel Cartwright, of Dunstable, in the county of Bedford, Gent., to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledg ments of deeds, to be executed by married women, under the Act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the substitution of more simple modes of assur ance, in and for the county of Bedford, also in and for the counties of Hertford and Buckingham. WHITEHALL, MAY 5. The Aord Chancellor has appointed John Thompson, of Wooler, in the county of Northumberland, Geat., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court Chancery. WHITEHALL, MAY 8. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Hepworth, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chan cery. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Thomas Tebbit, victualler, Soham, Cambridgeshire. BANKRUPTS. John Napthali Hart, watch manufacturer, Finsbury square, to surrender May 30. at one, and June 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Spyer, Broad-street-buildings, City. Thomas Frederick Jackson, auctioneer, Southampton, May 24, at one, and June 7. at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Guildhall-cham bers; Tucker and Steavenson, Threadneedle-street. A li ; Joseph Slater, warehouseman, Friday-street, Cheap side, May 26, at two, and July 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Guild hall-chambers; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday. street, Cheapside. Charles Cheel, victualler, Paddington, May 23 and June 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street -buildings; Goddard and Co., Wood-street, Cheapside. Charles Richardson, coachmaker, Birmingham, May 29 and June 26, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Powell, Birmingham. Decimus Field, linendraper, Frame, Somersetshire, May 29 and June 26, at one, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Masterman, Wine•office-court, Fleet-street. Thomas Robinson, ironfounder, Ripon, May 31, and June 21, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Bell and Co., Bow Church-yard; Sidebottom, Bryan Ramaden, bone merchant, Dewsbury, York shire, May 31 and June 15. at eleven, at the Leeds Dis trict Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Scott and Co., Lincoln's Inn-Fields; Taylor and Westmorland, Wakefield. Samuel North, innkeeper, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, May 30 and June 20, at half-past ten, at the Leeds District Court. Carrick, official assignee, Hull ; Walmsley, New Inn ; Walker and Sons, Spilsby ; Blackburn, Leeds. John Turnbull, linendraper. Scarborough, June 1 and 22, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Jacques and Co., Ely-place; Greaves, Leeds. John Hughes, draper, Holyhead, May 24, and June 22, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Jones, St. Mildred-court ; Griffith, Holyhead. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. R. P. Gower, jun., R. E. Allison, and W. L. Cumber lege, New Broad -street, City, merchants, June 5, at eleven—J. Reay, jun. and H. Reay, Mark-lane, City, wine merchants, June 7, at half-past eleven—W. E. H. Guillaume, Botley, Hampshire, timber and coal merchant, June 7, at half-past one—H. Peet, Ludgate-hill and Newgate-street, City, printer and stationer, June 7, at eleven—T. Withers, St. Dunstan's-hill, Ciry, wine mer chant, June 7. at half-past twelve—T. Lyon and E. Lyon, Birchin lane, City, stock and bill brokers, June 7, at two—S. S. Woollatt Holborn hill, draper, June 6, at one—J, Robinson, Slough, Buckinghamshire, grocer and cheesemonger, June 6, at twelve—R. Neal, Wands. worth-common, Surrey, nurseryman, June 6, at twelve, In the Country. H. Lay field, Burnley, Lancashire, boiler maker, June 6, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—G. Schofield, Rastrick, Yorkshire, manufacturer, June 12, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—R. Glover, and F. Glover, Leeds, dyers, June 5, at twelve, at the Court, Leeds. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. B. Cook, sen., Birmingham, brassfounder, is 7d. and 'id., first and second dividend on proofs subsequent to April 16, on Wednesday, May 23, and every alternate Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Bittleston, Birmingham. A. Blumenthal, Birmingham, wine merchant, 6:1. on new proof, and 11 on former proofs, on Wednesday, May 23, and every alternate Wednesday till the end of May, 1850, at the office of Mr. Bittleston, Birmingham. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES, At the Court Basinghall-street. 11. Hughes, Dover, linendraper, June 7, at half-past one—T. Manders, High-row, Knightsbridge, victualler, June 6, at tw Ave—J. R. 11. Withers, Bristol, linendra par, June 7, at twelve. In the Country. C. Pope, jun., and R. Pope. Newport, Monmouthshire, ship brokers, June 7, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol — H. Ridsdale, Liverpool, sharebroker, June 6, at eleven, at t;le Court, Liverpool—H. C. S. Chauncy, Liverpool, sharebroker, June 6, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool— R. Budock, Kidderminster, corn factor, June 9, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham. Court of Review, June 5. J. Kyrke, Glascoed, Denbi:hshire, limeburner—John Rhodes and James Rhodes, Rochdale, Lancashire, cotton spinners—J. Ilitchen, Beeston, Cheshire, joiner and builder—C. Reeves, Bath, marblemason and statuary — W. Parkinson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant—J. Taft, Warwick-road, Paddington, carpeater—J. Davison, Fairford, Gloucestershire, maltster—H. Emanuel, Han over-square, Middlesex, goldsmith. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Baron and M. Fryer, Whitelee, Northumberland, coal and lime merchants—J. Marsland and J. Rosser, Albion Works, near Rawtenstall, Lancashire, engineers and gas tube manufacturers—.J. B. Allan, J. Allan, and J. Cumming, St. Paw's Churchyard (so far as regards J. Cumming)—J. B. Massey, IL E. Massey, 0. H. Mas sey, and J. Massey, Corringham, Stanford-le•Hope, and Langdon Hills, Essex, farmers—J. Trotter and E. Kirby, Liverpool, auc'icneers—J. Chatterley and J. Sankey, Salford, Lancashire, wheelwrights—R. Sims and J. Offer, Aldersgate-street, plate glass silverers—F. B. Philbrick and H. J. Philbrick, Colchester, attorneys and solicitors—J. G. Johnson and W. E. Johnson, Little Abingdon. street, Westminster, coal merchants—J. Jen nings, J. Rushworth, and J. Brooksbank, Bradford, Yorkshire, coal owners (so far as regards J. Brooks- Sissons, sen., T. Sissons, jun., and J. D. Sissons, Kingston upon-Hull, paint and colour manufac turers (so far as regards J. D. Sissons)—J. Tennant, C. J. Tennant, G. Brown, C. T. Dunlop, W. Stevenson, and A. Morrison, London (so far as regards A. Morrison) — F. C. Chancellor and J. E. Draper, Margate, coal mer chants—T. F. Johnson and J. Crowther, Manchester, merchants—G. Bailey, R. Harvey, and J. Randall, Daw ley and Madeley, Shropshire, grocers and ironmongers R. C. Moore and R. Haynes, Brighton, booksellers and librarians. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. John Upton, Liverpool, cabinetmaker. John Kinder, Birkenhead, Cheshire. Edmund Bryant, Woolvercott, Oxfordshire, vendor of patent medicines. Edwin Henry Whittington, Bristol, brass-founder. Thomas Alfred Fearey, Birmingham, wood-turner. Thomas Heyes, Mold, Flintshire, traveller. James Ashwin, Aston Manor, near Birmingham, sur- veyor. James Jones, Newton-in-Mackerfield, Lancashire, la- bourer. Thomas Ovendon, Bristol, carpenter. George Ware, Liverpool, stationer. John Pearson, Liverpool, surgeon. Robert Southgate, Hull, labourer. John Ward, Hull, bricklayer. John Dodsworth, Toll Gravel, Yorkshire, musician. Thomas Dodsworth, Toll Gravel, Yorkshire, music seller. Benjamin Russell. Hull, grocer. William Acklam Kirby, Hull, merchant's clerk. John Wilkinson, Willerby, Yorkshire, farmer. 'Thomas Knott, Bourne, Lincolnshire, licensed victualler. Palmer Parkinson, Ryland, Rutlandshire, farmer's as• sistant. Samuel Bettison Holmes, Hull, attorney's clerk. Samuel Storer, Tannington, Suffolk, shoemaker. Samuel John Aston, Birmingham, medical capsule manufacturer. George Salter, Birmingham, canal carrier. John Arrowsmith, Birmingham, painter and glazier. George Wright, Thetford, Norfolk, journeyman plumber. William Warren, Bath. John Short, Liskeard, Cornwall, builder. John Jasper, Kidderminster. William Linfoot, York, bricklayer. Jonathan Blenkhorn, Strensal, Yorkshire, lab)uror. George Fox, Desborough, Northamptonshire, shoemaker. Henry Todd, Hull, plumber and glazier. SCOCTII SEQUESTRATIONS. A. Ni•Kinlay, Glasgow, morehant and hosier, to meet within the Tontine Hotel, Glasgow, May 21 and June 8, at two. D. Reid, Burntisland, tea merchant, to meet within Dl‘Glashan's Inn, Kirkaldy, May 21 and June 18, at one. T. Dick, Dundee, cattle dealer, to meet within the Royal hotel, Dundee, May 18 and June 8, at one. D. M. M. M'Dougall, Glasgow, iron merchant, to meet within the North British Hotel, Glasgow, May 18 and June 8, at one. J. M'Donald, Aberfeldy, corn dealer and distiller , to meet within th e George Inn, Perth, May 19 and June 9, at two. G. M'lntyre, Auchtermuchty, innkeeper, to meet within Stevenson's Boo,na, Edinburgh, May 19 and Jane 16, at eliven. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, May 15.) SUGAR.-To-day proceedings in the Raw Sugar market were of a satisfactory nature, and in some cases better rates were obtained for Colonial, notwithstanding the large amount of bag Sugar submitted to public competition. West India was in excellent demand for home-trade purposes, and former rates were well kept up for all sorts. A public sale of 150 hhds Barbadoes Sugar went at 39s 6d to 41s 6d for mid to good yellow, and fin* at 42s to 42s 6d. REFINED.-To -day there was no variation in the value of Refined Sugar and on the part of home dealers much desire was shown to do business. The supply is still small, especially of the lower sorts. For good brown lumps prices rule at 52s 6d, and for standard lump; 53s 6d. Bonded Crushed Sugar has been dealt in with caution for former rates. FOREIGN.-There is firmness on the part of holders of all sorts of Foreign Sugar. For export the demand continues to get brisker, and the rates paid are rather above those current on this day week. Bonded refiners made purchases with greater freedom, and for home trade purposes there is a brisker sale. The private operations have been a cargo of brown Bahia at 20s, one at 23s for white, and 19s 6d for brown; also 12,000 bags Manilla at 21s to 21s 6,1; a cargo of yellow Havannah at 223 6d, and one of white Paraiba at 24s 6d per cwt. Macnrrans.-This afternoon the quantity of Mau ritius Sugar submitted to public sale amounted to 8,631 bags ; the whole sold, and at fully former rates; indeed, in some cases sorts under 39s per cart realised a small advance ; good and flue yellow went at 393 61 to 41s, low to middling 38s to 395, good and fine brown 36e 6d to 37s 6d, middling to fine grey 38s to 40s, and grainy 39s 6d to 41s per cwt. EAST INDIA.-This afternoon there were several public sales of Bengal Sugar, comprising 5,710 bags ; they went off at full rates, good and fine white Ben:l . es at 41s 63 to 435, low to good middling 393 63 to 415 , strong ditto 45s 6d to 48s 6d, yellow 41s to 455, low and middling soft 33s to 35s 6d. Madras, the quantity offered at auction amounted to 3,676 bags, and the chief part sold at firm rates :- brown went at from 33s to 34s 6d, yellow 35s to 395, and better sorts 40; to 42s per cwt. COFFEE-This afternoon the quantity of Ceylon Coffee submitted to public sale amounted to 35 casks 1,516 bags. There was a good demand, and full rates were obtained: Native, good ordinary went at 33s to 33s 6J, damaged 26s to 31s 6d ; Plantation, fine 655, good 583, middling 50s to 545, low middling 45s to 495, and fine to fine fine ordinary 40s 6d to 44s 6d. 20 casks 148 bar rels and bags Jamaica went at rather lower rates; good quality at 61s, low midling 43s to 455, good to fine fine ordinary 30s to 425, and triage 25s to 30s. 40 bags Mysore were taken in at 33s for ordinary mixed green. TEA.-There is no inclination on the part of holders to accept lower rates for Congou, but the demand is less active, and only a limited business has been concluded. The value of urd and good common sound is from 71d to Bid, better sort 93 to is 3d, fine aed Pekoe flavour is 4d to is 9d. Other sorts of black have been dealt in with caution, and rather lower rates are ac cepted. The market for Green has assumed a quiet as pect, and the supply is more plentiful; there are also sellers upon rather lower terms. For other sorts of Tea the market has a dull aspec t, and prices are on the decline. MOLASSES.-There is a fair demand for West India, and full rates are paid; the supply is also small of all sorts, and 18s to 22s per cwt is the value of low to fine. RICE.-To-day the market was more freely supplied with East India Rice. The public sales comprised 6,772 bags and 3,250 packets; there was a good demand, and full rates were obtained-Bengal, fine white went at Ils to 12s, middling and good 9s to lOs 6d, low 8s to 8s 63, damaged 5s 6d to I Is; Bombay, ord and mid yellowish white 8s to 8s 9d, damaged 7s 64 to 8a per cwt. SPICES.-The public sales to-day of 800 bags Pimento went at firm rates, and realised from 3id to aid for mid to good, and damaged 31d to 31d; 241 bags Cloves went at 9d for African; 11 cases Mace, good 2s 43 to 2s sd; 72 cases Calicut Ginger 68s to 70s, and 44 pkgs Jamaica Ginger 41 to 815 s per cwt. SPIRITS.-The demand fcr Brandy has been active, and prices are on the advance. Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1845 at 5s 6d to 5s Bd, 1846 ditto 5s 2d to 53 4d, 1847 ditto 4s 4d to 4s 6d, 1848 ditto 3s 6d to 3s Szl, and inferior Brandy 2s 4d to 3s 4d. Geneva had has been operated in with caution, and a desire is shown to sell common at is 9d to is 10d and fine at 23 3d to 3s 3d; the supply also continues to get larger, and lower rates are expected to prevail. For British made Spirit the value is 9s Bd. Gin 8s 3d for 22 per cent under proof, and 10 under at 8s 9d per gallon. To-day a fair business was concluded in all sot is of Rum; still no advance in the value took place; there is less desire on the part of holders to press sales. COCHINEAL -This afternoon the quantity of Cochi neal offered at public sale amounted to 79 bags, a part only of which sold-Honduras silvers at 3s 9d to 4s sd, and black 3s 9d to 4s sd. SALTPETRE.-There are sellers of rough at a further reduction, yet on the part of shippers or home deal -rs little desire has been shown to do business, and a fair amount is on offer. The value of low to fine quality is from 27s to 29s per cwt. The market for British refined is quiet, and 32s to 32s 6d is the value. For Nitrate of Soda the demand is dull at 12s per cwt, and holders are willing sellers. TALLow.-Prices have not declined for Itussion on the spot, still on the part of dealers little desire has been evinced to operate, and 38s 6d to 39s per cwt is the value of fine P.Y. Candle. Purchases to a fair extent have been made fur delivery in the last three months of the year at 39s to 39s 6d. The mode • rate rates current for home melted occasions a good demand at 38e to 38s 6d net cash, hut the supply does not get smaller. Ot Seuth American 680 pkgs at auction were for the most part sold at 33s 6d to 40s for low to good; 200 casks Sydney 34s 61 to 37s 3d; 52 casks Odessa 363 6d to 38s; 151 casks wrecked P.Y. Candle 34s to 36s 93, and 50 casks Soap Tallow 34e 6d per cwt. For auction the quantity declared is 800 casks. Was.-Prices continue to recede for Linseed Oil, and on the part of home dealers little desire is evinced to operate; there are also few export buyers. Rapeseed Oil can be obtained at rather lower rates. Pale 385 and brown 375. Although Palm has been in good demand, still a further fall in the value is visible. At auction 130 tuns were sold at 26s 3d to 30i 6d, and very low at 23s to 23s 3d. At auction 324 cks Cocoa Nut were taken in at 35s to 383. Olive has been dealt in with caution ; there are ready sellers of Gallipoli at 411 to 421 and other sorts 381 to 401 per tun. Cod Oil is to be obtained at 251 lOs to 26/. Seal, pale is offered at 291 lOs to 301. At auction 30 tuns were sold at 26/ 10e to 2715 s for straw and tinged, and at 231 to 25l for yellow and brown. Southern, at auction, 50 tuns realised 27 1 to 301 5s for low to fine. There is much dulness in the market for Sperm, and 761 is the value of fine. At public sale 60 tuns withdrawn. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1549. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*206 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ••• .„ 43 Tubercular Diseases ... ••• ... 177 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 9S Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 57 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... ... • ..• 137 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ... 54 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.• Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, ... 9 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... 9 Diseases of the Skin, &c. 0 Malformations... ..• ... 3 Premature Birth ... ••• Atrophy ••• .•• ••• ••• ••• ••• 17 Old Age Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance Causes not specified ... ..• ..• ••• DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ••• ... 13 905 Population Average weekly Deaths Enumerated, Deaths, 1844-8. in the 1841 Five Springs. Week. West Districts... 300,711 .. 145 ... 149 North Di. ricfs.. 375,971 .. 185 ... 181 Central Distr:s;ts 373,653 ... 168 ... 134 East Districts ... 392,444 ... 207 ... 200 South Districts.. 501,190 ... 258 ••• 241 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 963 ... Males . Females ... ... 474 ... ••• ••• ... ... ... 431 THE StrN,_ LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 16, .18419. LUPE} UAL PARLIAMENT. HOE 7SE OF LORDS, May 15. The LORD CB ANCELLOR took his seat upon the Wool sack at Five o'clock. RATE IN AID (IRELAND) BILL. The Teport upoo this Bill was brought up and ordered to be received. PETITIONS. The Earl of STR A DBROKE presented several peti tions complaining of agricultural distress. The Bishop of CASSEL presented several petitions against the Rate in Aid Bill. Lord STANLEY p.esented several petitions com plaining of agricultural t iistress. CA NADA. _ The NOBLE LORD aslce, i if the Government had re ceived any further informat ion with regard to events in Canada than had been received by the usual sources of public information, and whet*.her the Government had received any information as to tile outbreak in that colony. He also wished to ask whether they had given any in structions to the Governor as tz. the conduct he was to pursue with regard to the Indemnity Bill, or whether he had been left to act without instt uctions from the Colo nial Secretary? He would also remind the Noble Earl that whether the Governor had acted with instructions or without instructions, the Government was responsible for what had occurred. Earl GREY had received a dispatch from Lord Elgin, which, whea the House next met, he would lay on the table of the House. It showed that Lord Elgin had acted throughout with his accustomed judgment, prudence, and good sense. That dispatch was written on the 30th of April. It appeared that a serious riot had taken place in Montreal, and the Parliament-house had been burnt. He had no reason to apprehend that there was any war of races, on the contrary, he believed tranquillity had been re stored. He was prepared to take all the responsibility that belonged to his office, hut he believed that the re sponsibility rested as much with the Noble Lord as with any other person, for the proceeding's in the House had contributed in no alight degree to exacerbate the ill-feelings in that colony, and he trusted the Noble Lord would remember that there was a responsibility attaching to the opposition. Lord STANLEY said that no Government had evet profited more by the responsibility resting on an oppo sition than the Government opposite; but no taunts or in vectives would induce him to cease to exercise that liberty of speech which was the privilege of every member of their Lordships' House; and he would repeat, was Lord Elgin left to act on his own judgment, or had he instructions from the Government? Earl GREY thought it would be inexpedient to enter into explanations until the dispatch was laid on the table. With respect to the Indemnity Bill, he had ad visedly left Lord Elgin to the exercise of his own judg ment. His rule was in such cases always to leave the Governors of colonies to act in this manner, and to transmit the Bids to the Government, with any reports they may think proper thereon, for the consideration of the Government. Lord RED ESDALE said it should be recollected this Bill was a Government Bill, renewed by a Legislative Council, to which a number of persons had been ap pointed who had before been in favour of such a measure. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE rose to order. He considered that the discussion should be postponed until the dispatch was laid on the table. Earl GREY said that the alteration in the Legislative Council had taken place in September last, and entirely irrespective of this measure. Lord BROUGHAM asked the Noble Earl if the rule was the same in Canada as in this country, that no money Bill could be introduced without the assent of the Crown. Earl GREY said the consent of the Crown was neces sary before the Bill could become law. PETITIONS. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition complain ing of agricultural distress. Several NoAe Lords also presented petitions to the same effect. NAVIGATION-LAWS AND AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. The Duke of RICHMOND presented several petitions against the repeal of the navigation-laws, and complain ing of agricultural distress. He considered that the farmers of Sussex had a right to petition against the re peal of the navigation-laws, because they were interested in the defence of our coasts, and because their children were serving in the commercial marine. If they peti tioned for protection for themselves they were told they were selfish, and if they petitioned for protection to others they were told that they had nothing to do with the matter. The farmers would not stand it much longer, and the Noble Earl the other evening had only had recourse to that argument to get up a cheer. Earl GREY explained. RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA. Lord BROUGHAM wished to draw attention to the extraordinary step taken by Russia of marching a large force into Hungary. Russia had no interest whatever in Hungary, yet there was no doubt that a Russian army had marched in Hungary and Gallicia. He asked if any communication had been made to this Government as to the intentions of Russia in thus inter fering in the affairs of Austria? He had no d oubt that 'Austria had consented, but we had a right to complain, and to protest against it. At the same time no one entertained a stronger desire than he did to see our faithful ally Austria in full enjoyment of all her rights, and he thought no Go vernment acted wrongly wnieh sought to maintain the ex isting distribution of power in Europe, and of putting down those reckless agitators, with their fully and their crimes. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, who was very in audible, was understood to say that there had been con siderable movements of Russian troops towards the Austrian frontier, but he did not think that the fact of the interference of foreign troops in another country, with the consent of the Government of that country, formed a case for interference. Lord BROUGHANI did not object to Russian inter ference to pres •rve to Austria her dominions. AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. The is-htsse D hheoirn u unto l oni s twt i h e tbhonrri RICHMOND then rose, for the purpose o indab.e f nieolsidt c ltno a rw:we lling the attention of the House to the existence of be an uoemtasurhn a aeten g nnoda r upf i smeaoaeourrobr employment glss r asotr a wuo, ciff bm d Aueu i eira s mttin t ugnw r terrg i ntii c hhscd t etufsamsnr. agricultural aelumarnar f etrta l gsal e lAeeon , voylebeakt ob:piforedonwe labourers gpehi o rri n t edonro e s ss , sf uon d arucr i e d eer, hun dredsthe passing and Par liament for relief under their heavy pressure, which if not given they will be compelled to discharge many of their labourers, because, from low prices, their produce does not pay their expenses; at such a time their case required imperative consideration.—(Hear.) Those farmers had not been in the habit of combining, they were loyal to their Sovereign, and had done their utmost to carry out the law at all times, and they now say, and he said it in that House, that they ought not to suffer because a knot of free-trade Manchester cotton-spinners chose to excite and agitate and raise large sums of money. He was not sure whether they got large sums from many Members of that House, though, if he re membered well, they did from some, and he believed a Noble Friend opposite, now one of the Ministers of the Crown, did send the munifi ce nt donation of 5,0001. (Hear, and laughter.) He even recollected that a Noble Lord shad given a munificent donation to those free traders at Manchester, at the time they were agitating every town in this country for that purpose, while on the other hand the agricultural interest of the British empire was allowed to droop and sink beneath the influence of those Manchester alarmists.—(Hear, hear.) And he also recollected that they admitted no persons to their meet ings who did not exhibit his ticket of admission. They deluded the people of the country by promising that the result of their free trade mission would be an abundance of bread and clothes, that their wages would not bo re duced, and that it would not be compulsory for them to work more than ten hours each day; but when the corn-laws ,were repealed by the desertion of some and the treachery of others, they turned about on those people whom they had beguiled, and opposed the Ten Hours' Bill—(Hear, hear) —but he (the Duke of Rich mond) felt glad that it was passed, despite the opposi tion of those men. In that Bill there are said to be some clauses of a doubtful character, through which, as a pretext, those men wish to get rid of the Bill ; but he hoped that Parliament would resolutely and vigorously oppose them, by standing up for the rights of the people. He asked was there such a loss of all truth at Downing street, that a Member of her Majesty's Government could say that he did not think that agricultural dis• tress was not more prevalent now than at the time of the passing of the corn laws. He would only call their Lordships' attention to the state of Manchester, and the House would be able to see the condition of the agricul tural districts. One of the firms of that town specify in a circular that there has been a considerable draw back in their establishment arising from a want of trade with the rural districts, which trade before the passing of the corn-laws formed a very important items in their business. This went to show that this decline in the country trade ari-es from the low price of agricultural produce and bad harvests ; but he evidently knew that it was owing to the repeal of the corn laws. He firmly believed that the present agricul tural distress being so great, served as a cause that there were many of the landlords in this country who had their farms on their own bands, as the farmers dreaded to risk the responsibility of taking them, through the low price given fur their produce. And he asked was it wise, just, or expedient for their Lordships to turn a deaf ear to the requests of those loyal people—the farmers of England? He had been authentically informed that the general opinion of the farmers was, that if Parliament would not relieve them by some measure of protection, that they would be before a few years totally swept away from their holdings ; and he, in common with many of their Lordships, would have to regret, arid regret deeply, too, that this moral, loyal, and praiseworthy class itiQU ICI be forced to em grate to a foreign land ; but, taista ! many have e m idasly done so, and such should serve as st lesson to the Go vernment, as they at - e men that this cousstry could not spare. He had heard it said that manufacturers, would occupy their places as farmers, but ishy, he would ask, should we drive those men who have conferred so ;nisch benefit on the cuuntey from it to give their places to men who are not well known to beequally good orintelli gent as agriculturists?—(Hear.) Ile should next in form their Lordships t hat,man y of tho;sepe4tions were for a repeai of the malt tax, which he considered to fee ,;p -just and unfair, particularly as free trade is enjoyed by one portion of the eomeaunity. He hoped that the malt tax would be swept away .i.i.toEether, as nothing was more just than that the labourer shodid ;;aza his own home-brewed 4e, and the farmer a fair portion produce of his taro:, o r that be should be obliged, through the machinery of had laws, to go to a foreign country for the food necessary to fetieia his cattle. When it would be considered by their fsords4ips that the farmer was heavily oppressed by UV operation of the corn-laws, which were passed subse- Ito surrender his farm because he believed that quently to his taking his farm, and that he would not the time was not distant when there would he a re after the passing of those laws, be allowed to give up his action, and when agricultural produce would have its lease,_ he strongly hoped for the sake of justice an d d u ty, just protection. He believed a reac ti on was goin g on, that Parliament would adopt some means to ameliorate although the Houses of Lords and Commons were, per their wretched condition, for if something was not done haps, the last places where reaction would he likely to they would resist tithes and every other taxation, and manifest itself. He did not say thee. the Legislature in this opposition to tithes they would have with them ought again to return to a sliding scale, but he would say Mr. Bright and such men as hate the Established that the time was fast approaching when a protective Church, and then was the danger of the Church to be duty should be levied for the purposes of revenue, and apprehended by the union of those different parties. on this point he rejoiced to tell their Lordship that the When he saw that the mill-contractors and the maltsters Protectionists had now in their favour a large body of of this country were going to foreign markets, and leav- the mercantile and shipping interests, and they had, in jug their own farmers neglected at home, he did not think addition, in the manufacturing districts, large masses of that much good could be foreboded for the agr i cu lt ura l the operatives in favour of a return to a protective duty— interest. When he knew what influence had been ex- men who had experienced the sad effects of free trade, ercised about London to induce persons not to vote against and some of whom declared that under the operation of the Government lestthey should be thrown out, he should that measure they often got but half a day's work, and say that measures were not generally by detail, but that for that but a quarter of a day's pay.—(Laughter.) The man y went to vote irrespective of the measures to be Noble Lord concluded by presenting a number of pea and that thus the farmers of England were in tions from places in the counties of Kent, Sussex, Suf i dcu thisepslisgehd, plight that they now were, and for that reason he folk, Stafford, Wilts, Rutland, Devon, Leicester, Glou , wished that the present Government were out of office— rester, &c ,in favour of a return to a protective duty. (Hear, hear) —as he was assured that there would he Th e House, on the motion of the Marquis of LANS easily found 16 or 18 persons who would direct the helm DOWNE, adjourned to Friday. of the State better than the present Ministry. Yet he shou ld sa y that, for his own part, he would take no psrt in an y Administration whatever, and it was because of that resolve that he freely and frankly expressed his wish. With regard to Ireland, he should say that free trade had taken away her produce without making her any return, and that it is under the name of that mea sure that she is prevented from growing tobacco. He strongly recommended the Government not to persecute the farmer class too far, for nature and necessity would force him, when he saw nothing for himself; his wife, and children, but the workhouse, to have recourse to means which their Lordships would deplore. He there fore implored them not to make such a rash experiment for tenants and labourers are already suffering too much idling about their respective villages, and herding in twenties and thirties at an age when vice anal danger are to be apprehended. He insisted that no English agri cultural labourer should be without employment and a livelihood, while foreigners were drawing it from the vitals of this country.--(Hear, hear.) The Earl of WINCHILSEA said that he deeply de plored the condition of the tenant farmers and yeomanry in the county in which he was born and had spent his life, for if misery and destitution were to be sought after in comparison to their former independence and happi ness, it was there to be found in consequence of the corn laws and other equally oppressive laws on the farmers and labourers of England. He was astonished that the Government did not arouse from their apathy and look around, and examine into the condition of those people remarkable for theirmorality and their loyalty—men who were ever found to be the staff and stay of this empire in the time of danger.—(Hear.) When he knew the im mense quantity of corn that was being imported into this country, and other parts of Europe, from America, he had no hope for the British farmer but in some pro tective duties, and therefore he hoped that their Lord ships would duly consider fur the farmers' future fortune. He would implore their Lordships, if they had done wrong, either advisedly or by mistake—if the step they had taken, by the destruction of all protection, to retrace their steps immediately, and to give to the agricultural population of the country, now fast increasing, the fair treatment which they deserved in common with other classes of the community. The Duke of RICHMOND said he would now put the question he intended to ask the Government, viz., whether they had recently considered the subject of agri cultural distress, and intended to introduce a measure to relieve it? Earl GREY said he certainly thought that this was not a time at which they could conveniently discuss so large a question as that of free trade, more especially as there was no motion before the House upon which it might arise. But he could rot allow the speech of the Noble Duke opposite, and that of the Noble Earl who year, earl the yeare followed him, to pass by without assuring them that her Majesty's Government were very sensible of the distress now prevailing in agricultural districts, especially in the south of England, and that they deeply deplored it, but at the same time they had to add that they were riot pre. pared with any measure of relief. This was not the first time they had had complaints on this subject; and if his Noble Friend opposite contended that the mere fact of agricultural distress was to be taken as conclusive evi dence of the failure of the free-trade system, he must re mind them that the very same complaints were made when the system of protective duties prevailed.—(Hear, hear.) He had had the curiosity to ascertain from the journals of both Houses of Parliament the number of made, and e d u the t. sub- Th oi y e •e c a t rs fe i l n l whichunder considerationcomplaintstoheese 1 - and in the next year corn-laws passed in the year 18 h nt o t e had valence were various complaints to I ar a but Those few' t p e amts p t n h n a s d , 1817, 1819, v be s e le n nc r e ep o e f at a e g d ric e a v l e t r u y ra y l e d a i down to the present time, vae o weref 1830, 1831, 1833, 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1834, 1835, down to 1846, so that o during which protection preva iled as t _ elm He found, complaints were made in fourteen of h also, that the subject was menti oned on three occasions in King's speeches, and that in six different years Com mittees of one or other House sat upon the question. \ a ir o h n e e n f r t o h m ey th w ,, e r o e p t „ o r l a d t . i o th n e o r f e fo f r r e e e , - t t h r a a t d e t h principles, rn ci distress pks, a that h o s a e t was the answer he had to give to the assertion.—(Hear , hear.) There was nothing 'at present that could at all encourage his Noble Friend opposite to look to a return to she system of protective duties. The cause of distress seemed to him rather to arise out of the bad harvests which bad of late years occurred, and when the Noble Duke said that maltsters would not buy English barley in preference to foreign, he thought it was directly contrary to the fact. On the other hand, he thought they were much indebted to the operation of the Act of 1846 for obtaining a large supply of food, by the help of which they were able to avert a calamity, the consequences of which must have been serious.— (Hear ' hear.) It was now, he thought, far too late to repeal that measure, when it had occasioned such ex tensive preparations on the continent for the production of food. Tho Noble Duke had adverted also to the rent charge as a burden on farms. Upon that point, he could say he believed that most proprietors let their farms tithe free. He for one did so, and it was ob viously the most expedient plan to adopt, because if a tenant left his rent charge in arrear, and became insol vent, the landlord was immediately liable to make it good. With regard to the repeal of the malt tax, he thought that farmers, of all classes of the community, had the least interest in it; for it had been ascertained by experiments upon it, which well ertablished the inference, that it was not a species of food which, wore the duty taken off tomorrow, any one would buy. A tax in itself was certainly not a desirable thing, but he believed that in the whole circle of their taxation, there was none which was attended with so small an amount of inconvenience as the malt tax. So with respect to tobacco. Tobacco was a plant of a very exhausting nature, by no means likely to be Jeat? chance tni 00 of ,gis f ruteogonwatarie adopt, og i o n pt t allowinginto itnh reme sgnto a eh iudtin c hns o west cultivated profitably in England ; but if there was any selling nt respect grow oys o l erprd s , oae wnlcstwehnt. that etht t it with naohnrteget foreigntcominghl hathe_tehixs eai tredifficultyoo fnu c af o nrr auato slightestrupmsy--: otp coun tries experiencedsubject a broad t o Tthh by yf s camtr farmers amount was, he believed, utterly without foundation. Of this he had had several instances within his own experience. In one of these, a farmer went to a Noble Friend of his, holding large estates in Bedfordshire, and him an opportunity of returning the farm, but ex pressed his wish to give up the farm he held of him. His Noble Friend, surprised the gentleman by the givi latter te r asked time to consider, and ultimately declined ne wspapers contained a great number of in stancesto press his application.—(Hear and laughter.) Tho which leases of farms had been renewed at equal and higher rents.—(Several Noble Lords on the opposition side of' the House here took occasion to in formhe Noble Earl that that was not the case on their t produced much laughter.) The panic, Scotch in estates—Whic h however, did not prevail in many parts of the country; and in general he thought that the progress of agricul miieeionteltpfihsietwtdnoat tural improvement was highly satisfactory. In travel ling by railway recently, from Northumberland to Lon don, he had been much pleased to find a great number of draining-tiles placed along both sides of the line, in greater numbers than had been remarked before, which he considered an evident sign of improvement, and of enterprising activity. He had only now to repeat, that together with his colleagues, he was aware of the dis tress now prevailing in agricultural counties; that he deeply deplored it, but that at the same time, looking at the result of the proceedings in Parliament in former years, his firm conviction was that any one of those measures which might be attempted, in the vain hope of relieving this distress, since it arose from causes placed beyond the reach of the Legislature, would certainly fail.—(Hear.) The Earl of AIALMESBURY said it gave him plea sure to hear the Noble Earl admit the distress of the agricultural community, but he owned it was only a poor one, when he afterwards confessed that the Government did not intend to remedy it. The Government had the power to remedy it materially, and he and many others could not but regret their disinclination to exercise it. Notwithstanding all that the Noble Earl had said, he still would lay at the door of free-trade-policy the origin of all those evils to which his Noble Friend near him had ad verted, and he was convinced that they could only look forward to a continuance of free trade principles for a continuance of poverty and distress in the agricultural population, and of stagnation in agricultural operations. But he did not attribute all this mischief to free trade alone, nor to free trade and bad harvests acting together. He was persuaded, that the gradual increase of local taxation had rested with its whole weight on those por tions of the population in rural districts, who were ex pected by free-traders to rise superior to the difficulties which surrounded them. The Government might have removed some of those local burdens, and, by so doing, have alleviated, at least, the hardships of the free-trade system. From a calculation which he had made, En giiels farmers paid at least fifty per cent. more money into the ketches- j eer than the American grower, upon the sale of the same quantity nt wheat realising the same price. It was, in fact, a differential duty in favour of the 4.l l leriPag as against the English producer. But the greatest sufferera from free trade were the clergy, whom nothing less th a n twenty per cent. of Plain average protection would compensate. The question was one in which he f e lt d ee ply interested, and one which every year, nay, ever y month, strengthened his convictions that there pis danger to this country. The Duke cf . li.fOlimplip reqvie4eci thcir Lordshipe attention while he presented several petitions on this respect to surrehlier subject, fro m var ious counties and places in England. He could cite s eve ral instances r to o, t a h r e i i s r iu L g o f r r d o s na hi t p h s a o t f m t e h a e Pieseutifc' s al operation of the measure of free-trade. With sure, he might mention one instance of an indepen dent and unquestionably honest farmer —a gent l e . Wag 91 his ancluaintuune—who refused? however, HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 15. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. TYNE RIVER CONSERVANCY BILL. Mr. HUTT moved, that in consequence of a petition of the mayor and corporation of Gateshead, against clauses in the Tyne River Conservancy Bill, not having been deposited in the Private Bill Office within sevt n clear days after the second reading of the said Bill (by reason of the illness of the Member for Gateshead), it be an instruction to the Committee on the Bill to enter tain the said petition notwithstanding. After a tew words from Mr. WILSON PATTEN, the motion was agreed to. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were considered and agreed to _ Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Additional Capital and Amendment of Act,). North Western Railway (Extension of Lancaster Branch, Abandonment of William Lands Bran , h, New Road to Settle Station, Extension of Time for Purchase of Lands and Construction of Works). THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed:— Shrewibury and Chester Railway (for Branches to the River Dee; Agreement for Joiut Station at Shrewsbury; Power to Subscribe towards the Shrewsbury and Here ford Railway). York and North Midland Railway (Deviation and Abandonment of part of the authorised lines of railway between Market Weighton and Beverley and Copman thorpe and Tadcaster). CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS. The reports upon the following Bills were considered and agreed to:— Black Sluice Drainage Acts Amendment (Amendment of Acts, Extension of Time for Completion of Works, Powers to levy and raise further Rates and Monies, to alter existing Rates and Tolls, and for other Purposes). Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and Wilsontown, Morningsidp, and Cultness Railway Amalgamation. York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway (Barnmoorand Alnmouth New Branches, &c.). PETITIONS. _ Mr. C. BRUCE presented two petitions from Elgin, one against the Scotch Marriage Bill, and the other against the Scotch Registration Bill. Sir THOMAS BIRCH presented a petition in favour of international arbitration. Mr. FREWEN presented a petition from Sussex, complaining of the agricultural distress which had been occasioned by free-trade measures, and praying for a repeal of the duty upon malt and hops. Mr. HEAI)LAM presented a potion from Newcastle in favour of international arbitration. Mr. S. CI AWFORD presented a petition from Roch dale praying for an extension of the suffrage to all male adults; also 29 petitions to the same effect from different parts of the kingdom. Mr. A. HAS - fIE presented a petition from Glasgow, praying that public libraries might be established in every town in the kingdom. Mir. GLADSTONE presented a petition against the Scotch Marriage Bill. Mr. G. TII6IIPSON presented a petition from Shef field against the extension of beer-shops; a petition from Reading, praying that in certain cases an affirmation might be substituted for an oath; and several petitions in favour of universal suffrage, and for the liberation of Mr. Shore. Sir J. DUCKWORTH presented a petition from the Doan and Chapter of Exeter praying that no reduction might be made in the salaries of deans upon old foun dations. Sir HENRY HALFORD presented 47 petitions from, the county of Leicester, complaining of agricultural dis tress, and praying for the re-impositio❑ of protective duties. Mr. KERSHAW presented a petition from Stockport, signed by 1,800 persons, in favour of general reform. NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY asked Mr. Greene what was the gross amount of the estimates sent in by Mr. Barry, the architect, for the completion of the Houses of Par liament and all works relating thereto ; and whether the Commission ( o f whi c h M r . Greene was a member) had any legal authority to sanction or to alter the amount of such estimates? The Hon. Member said it appeared from the papers which had been last laid on the table of the House that the sum already expended amounted to something over a million. Mr. GREENS said he hoped it would not be considered any want of courtesy, or any desire to withhold information from the House, if he declined to answer the question in the form in which it had been put to him. In a very few days, however, there would be laid on the table of the House a detailed statement not only of all the expenses incurred, but of all the expenses which must be incurred in order to complete the New Houses of Parliament for the general transaction of business. After stating the nature and form of the return which would be made, the lion. Gentleman referred to an ex tract from the appointment of the Commission to show that the Commissioners had power in certain cases to alter the amount of the estimates. Mr. MO WATT wished to know whether any satisfactory arrangement had been come to w;th respect to the ventila tion of the New Houses of Parliament. Every Member was aware of the disagreeable state of the atmosphere which they were obliged to submit to in the House. Mr. GREENE said the Commissioners were not at liberty to interfere with any matter which had been settled prior to their appointment. An arrangement was made previous to their appointment that Dr. Reid should have the ventilation of the House and its adjoin ing lobbies placed under his care. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. SirJOS RUA WALMSLEY said that, in consequence of the indisposition of the Hon. Member for Moutrose, he begged, on the part of that Hon. Member, to post pone his motion, which stood ou the paper for to-night, until the sth of June. BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. hales Females •.• ... 756 •.• ..• ••• ••• 0.0 723 Total ... ... ... ... ...1,479 *ln this number are included 3 cases of death by Cholera, 40 by Scarlatina, and 33 by Typhus Fever. SMITHFIELD CRUELTIES.—A drover was charged before the magistrates at Guildhs.ll, on Saturday last, with cruelly -ill-treating an ox, by driving it through the streets of London with one of its hoofs off. Frederick White, police-constable, deposed that on Monday morn ing last he saw the 'defendant in Smithfield goading an ox to get it along the str eet ; the p oor animal was suf fering such torture it could hardly move along, its feet were in a diseased state and eare bleeding; o let toot he had it had lost a hoof. Its tortures appeared so grea killed on the spot to relie ve it from its miseries. The defendant said, he had brought the beast from Mile-end; its feet were in a very bad state when he took charge of it, its claw fell off at Whitechapel Church; he had had great difficulty in getting it along, and had done no more than was necessary. The prisoner's master said that great numbers of the cattle were afflicted with the disease in their feet, and were being sent to market on that account. An officer said, he had seen them driven with both hoofs off. Fined 10s. and costs, which was immediately paid. THE IRON TRADE.—BIRMINGHAM, MONDAY. — The price of iron, with little inclination to drop, remains the samo as last quarter's quotations. The stocks of dealers, owing to the time they have waited in exp=utation of a reduction of price, are becoming small. It is stated that the ironmasters are now manufacturing to excess, but there ap pears to be little doubt that from necessity a demand must shortly occur which will relieve them from any wagesapparent overmake. The fact that the of work men - in all departments have been advanced is a strong proof of the confidence entertained of the stability of present rates. BAHIA.—LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.—The latest ad vices from Bahia note that freights had slightly im proved, though few engagements had been made. The last quotations were 40s. to 455. to the Channel, 30s, to Liverpool for sugar, and id. for cotton. . - THE IRISH CHURCH. Mr. OSBORNE gave notice that on Tuesday, the sth of June, he would,: move for a Committee of the whole House to inquire into the temporalities of the Irish Church. THE CHARTER. Mr. F. O'CONNOR gave notice that on Tuesday, the sth of June, he would move a resolution that the House recognised the great principles that labour was the source of wealth, that the people were the source of all legitimate power, that the labourer should first reap the fruits of his own industry, and that taxation without representation was mischievous. PROTECTION OF YOUNG FEMALES. Mr. HUMPHERY presented a petition from St. John's, Southwark, in favour of the Bill for the pro tection of young females. COLONIAL LEGISLATION OF CANADA. Mr. HERRIES said he took that opportunity of asking the Noble Lord at the head of her Majesty's Government, whether he had received any authentic information respecting certain grave matters which were reported in the public papers in regard to Canada, and whether he was prepared to lay that information en the table of the House? He would also take the liberty of asking, with reference to a question which he had put to the Noble Lord on a former occasion, whether her Majesty's Go vernment were now in possession of extracts from the votes and proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of Canada relating to the Bill of Indemnity for losses sustained by the rebellion in Canada? He asked the question, because the Noble Lord informed the House that the Government was not in the habit of laying the votes and proceedings of the Colonial Legislature of Canada on the table of the House. He (Mr. Herries) knew many instances, and especially a recent one—viz., when the question of the navigation•laws was before the House—where the Government had laid on the table of the House extracts from the votes and proceedings of the Colonial Leg islature of Canada. Mr. ROEBUCK said, before the Noble Lord answered the question, he wished to put another which he thought would save the time. Inasmuch as the Indemnity Bill was a money one, he wished to know if Lord Elgin had received instructions as to how he should act with respect to it from the Home Government. A message must have been sent by the Government of Canada to the Parliament, asking them to pass the Bill. The consent, he believed, of both was necessary before the Parliament of Canada could be brought into ope ration. Lord JOAN RUSSELL—Mr. Speaker:—Sir, with respect to the very serious events which have occurred in Canada, I have to state, in answer to the first question of the Right Honourable Gentleman, that a dispatch has been received from the Governor-General of Canada, directed to the Secretary of State for the Colonial De partment. That dispatch was only received at four o'clock this afternoon. I have not myself seen it: it is a document containing an accoult of the disturb ances at Montreal ; and there will be no objection to lay it on the table of the House.—( Hear, hear.) With respect to the next question of the Right Hon. Gentle man, and with regard, likewise, to that of the Hon. Gentleman who has spoken last, I will only say that Lord Elgin has stated that it is his inten tion to write by the next mail a dispatch stating all the occurrences that have relation to the Bill for the indemnification of losses in the late rebellion; and that dispatch way be expected by the next arrival in this country. I do not think—l will not, however, be positive— that he has sent home extracts of the proceedings and votes of the Assembly; but I conclude that all the documents which he has received upon the whole matter will he seat, and in that case there would be no objection to lay the dispatch and the account of the whole pro ceedings before the House. Under these circumstances, and the willingness of the Government to lay before the House all these documents, as to the reasons under which Lord Elgin felt he was justified in the course he adopted, in assuming the respon sibility which he has in the exercise of the functions entrusted to him, it would not be well to enter further at present into the matter, until the Earl of Elgin has had an opportunity of stating the whole of the facts of the case, and the Government has had an op portunity of laying before the House an account of this very serious affdir. Mr. ROEBUCK said the Noble Lord had not answered 'his question—Was the course Lord Elgin adopted, iu sending the Bill to the Parliament, sanctioned by the Home Government and the Government of Canada? Lord J. RUSSELL repeated that it would be far bet ter to postpone any further discussion of the matter until the House was fully in possession of the whole of the facts. Mr. DISRAELI drew attention to the fact that on the 22d of March the Under-Secretary for the Colonies stated in reply to a question from his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Herries), that no instructions had been given to Lord Elgin with respect to the introduction of the Bill, or in contemplation of such a measure. The Governor-General had the complete confidence of the Government. That was a distinct answer. Though no one wished to press the matter unnecessarily, yet it would be satisfactory to know whether the reply of the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Hawes) was authentic or not. Mr. ROEBUCK then repeated his question to Mr. Hawes, who had just entered the House, and whose conference with Lord J. Russell whilst the Hon. Gen tleman was putting the question, caused some laughter. He wished distinctly to know whether instructions had been sent out from the Colonial-office at home convey ing her Majesty's commands that her Ministers in Canada should go down to the Houses of Parliament there and propose this Bill. He asked this question, because it was right that the responsibility of this measure should rest on the proper shoulder. At the proper time he should be enabled to explain the circumstances which had given rise to the Bill.—(Order, order.) Lord J. RUSSELL declined going furtherin to the mat ter; but in reply to the Honourable Member for Buckinghamshire, he must add that all that had been already stated on the subject was perfectly correct. Mr. HAWES admitted that he received the note from the Honourable Member for Sheffield, and he sent it up to his Noble Friend at the head of the Colonial Depart ment, to enable his Noble Friend the First Minister to be prepared to meet the question. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, in connexion with this subject, wished to know if a petition, emanating from a large and respectable assembly at 111 , mtreul had not been received at the Colonial-office, pra)ing, for the recal of Lord Elgin, and that her Majesty would be pleased to withhold her Royal assent from the Bill; and whether any petitions to the same effect had been received from other parts of the province? Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied that, as the dis patch had been received so recently as four o'clock, he was not prepared to answer the question, except in so far that the newspapers stated such petition had been sent. Mr. BRIGHT asked the Noble Lord if he was willing to inform the House whether Government had received any information to lead them to hope that the disturbance had been put down. Lord J. RUSSELL said the dispatch stated that the province generally was tranquil, and at the time it left Canada only public meetings were being held in various parts of the province. - Mr. P. HOWARD asked whether it was the inten tion of Government to increase the forces in Canada— (Oh! oh !)—to send out some of the Guards—(A laugh) —or some of the other troops.—(Cheers.) Was it the intention of the Government to strengthen the power of the Executive in the province, and to secure the Vice roy from anything like personal insult? Lord JOHN RUSSELL was understood to reply in the negative. There were but two constables in the civil force of Montreal, and hitherto they had been suf ficient (as w© understood the Noble Lord) to preserve order.—(A laugh.) The sunject then dropped. EMIGRATION FROM IRELAND. Mr. MONSELL then rose, pursuant to notice, to call the attention of the House to the importance of encou raging and promoting emigration from Ireland. It was difficult to introduce such a question, as matters con nected with Ireland had become quite irksome to the House. He perfectly agreed, however, with the sentiments expressed by the Hun. and Learned Solicitor-General, that what was wanted for Ireland was a series of beneficial measures, and he did not in the least imagine that emigration alone would be serviceable in all parts of Ireland, or that in any part of Ireland it could produce alone the results that they all desired. The last time this question was brought forward was in February, 1847, by the Honourable Member for Gates• head, and in June of the same year by the Noble Lord the Member for Falkirk, and it must have struck all who listened to the remarkable speeches made on those two occasions, that all the'prophecies then made had been since literally fulfilled. •Every statement made with regard to the results that were to be apprehended if the sug gestions then thrown out were not attended to had been more then verified, and he thought that was a very good reason why Government should take the subject into their early consideration.—(Cries of " Hear, hear;') He was anxious to occupy the time of the House as briefly as possible, and therefore he should touch but little on the existing social state of Ireland, with which unfortunately they had been made too well acquainted by the repeated debates which had taken place in the House on the subject, and the statements which were to be found in the newspapers and the blue books. By this time every gentleman in the House must be well acquainted with the fact that no country in the world had ever been in a worse con dition than Ireland was at the present moment. The ex isting state of things in Ireland was unparalleled in the history of nations. Never had a country suffered so much as Ireland had done during the last few years. Any gentleman who referred to the Poor-law Returns would find that while in England the sustenance of a pauper for the year cost something like 41., the suste nance of one in Ireland did not cost so much as 11.; and notwithstanding the difference, the rates were so high in Ireland that persons could not pay them, and there was every prospect o the state of the country be coming gradually worse. A most remarkable statement had been made with regard to the west and south of Ire land, by a distinguished foreigner who was well known to Members of that House, and whose knowledge was only exceeded by his philanthropy. He said, he had seen in his perambulations round the world humanity in most of the latitudes and longitudes, including the aborigines in North America, the South Sea Islands, New Zealand, and Australasia, but nowhere bad be seen misery of such an aggravated character as in the western unions of Ireland. He (Mr. Monsell) freely admitted that emigration would do no good at all in some districts of Ireland, for the people were reduced to such a state of misery that they would not make good emigrants, and therefore it would be idle to attempt emigration in their case. But, on the other hand, he believed that in as many as thirty unions, in which distress was not so acute as in the eight or nine unions of which they had heard so much, emigration might be beneficially re sorted to, and he moreover believed that it would rescue them from becoming as bad as other parts of Ireland. He was perfectly certain if they did not comply with the petition of the Limerick board of guardians, which he had alluded to, that in the county of Limerick the same scenes of distress would be witnessed that had occurred elsewhere. In the union of Ballina such was the misery that some of the population had scarcely a human appearance, and many time before the As sistant Barrister to pray that he would transport them, saying, that they would rather work in chains abroad than be at liberty at home without enough to keep them alive. Even the landed proprietors were ruined, their goods were distrained upon, and they were left in fact without any resources for their support. How was it that the potato failure of 1847 found Ire land in the position it was? The population had been for years excluded from all the privileges of subjects, they had been reduced to the lowest possible state of degradation, they were satisfied with the lowest possible amount of human food ; there was no other country in the world where the people were contented with such a low amount of the means of sub sistence. The potato failure of 1847 found them in the position of passengers on board a ship who had been living on short allowance. He thought it must strike the House at once that their condition could be only relieved either by some means for in creasing largely the amount of the food in the country, or else by removing the people to some other country where they could procure it. Compare their condition with that of the people in other coun tries. In the ten years from 1821 to 1831 the popula tion of Munster, for example, increased 15 per cent. In England there were 53 persons to each arable acre; in Ireland there were 60; but in Ireland three-fourths of the population were wholly dependent on agriculture, whereas in England only a fourth or a fifth were de pendent on agriculture.—(Hear, hear.) In France there were only 39 persons to 100 arable acres ; whilst in Ireland there were 60 persons to each arable acre ; and it should be recollected that there was in France a con siderable amount of manufactures, whilst in Ireland there was hardly any. Under those circumstances, was it won derful that the unemployed people were eating ofthe very vitals of the country, and hanging like a millstone round the neck of every person who endeavoured to exert him self ? So long as that social state remained it was utterly impossible to introduce capital into Ireland, and he believed every remedy which they could introduce would be utterly ineffectual until they removed that great and most tremendous evil. The only chance of getting any portion of capital into Ireland was to make the so cial condition of Ireland such as would attract capital. He did not believe that the grants they had made had conferred all the good that was claimed for them.—(Hear, hear.) Why, all the money ex pended under the Land Improvement Bill, which was an exceedingly good measure, did not employ 20,000 people, who would not be permanently benefited by what was done in this respect for them. Had the money been employed in emigration the country mould have been relieved, and the poor emigrants would them selves have been materially benefited. The result was not so bad as was stated, since successful emigrants al most invariably sent over money to their friends at home, thus forming as it were the funds for future emi gration. It was said that the emigration was excessive. What was its nature?—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Those who had read recently the accounts of the class of persons going to New York must perceive that they consisted of the middle class, the very persons who employed the labouring class; therefore an irreparable injury was inflicted upon upon the country. The Hon. Gentleman read statements from Inspectors in various parts of Ireland in support of the accuracy of this statement, and to show that many corn merchants had become bankrupt because the farmers to whom they had lent money had sold off their stock and made for the new world.—(Hear.) He denied that assisting emi gration would prevent, as heretofore, voluntary emi gration.—(Hear, hear) The class he sought to benefit were just those who could not help themselves. It w as said that the natural resources of Ireland were so great th a t th e y m i g h t support tre ble ~ present pop u lation.—(Hear, hear.) He did n ° : think that question bore upon the profitable employ/Dem of those who could not obtain it at home. Undoubtedly the resources of Ireland were great, but what was their value if the means of developing them were wanting 1 The other day the Under-Secretary of State seemed to intimate that the Irish were bad emigrants. Now th e evidence adduced before the Emigration Commissio n tended to show that the I r i s h were a d apte d f or works f great strength, that they were excellent work ers when hen they had it t o d o , an d t h at t h ey did no t s eep assistance when th e y cou ld o b ta i n l a b our . thought it,- therefore, most injudicious and unjust t: cast aspersions upon pe o pl e w h o were w illi ng to " give a fair day 'a labour for a fair day's wage" wh ey ever or wherever they couid get it.—(Hea r) There was not the least doubt that the United States were ready to receive an d ava il th emse l ves o f an/ amount of labour which could be sent out from Ir e ' land. Mr. Mackay, in his able work upon the We e tern World, said that if half a million of Bored peen emigrants were to go to America, 85 were well distributed, th a t th e y wou ld fi n d a read! ,1 demand fur their labour i n th e S tates . I n f ac t lu s country was in a position to ab sor b a l mos t any a mount tn of labour. He presued,Trom the i n f ormat i on wh t, i e had just been received fro m C ana d a , t h at t h ere was little chance of the colony bein g i n a pos i t i on t hi s Year to give employment to any large numbers of emigrant!' but there could be no doubt that many great pub l i le d works might. be u n d er t a k en i n C ana d a, wh i c h will give employment to thousands, and willow upon their completion, w ou ld pay an ample P er tentage. There wa s th e Q ue b ec an d H a lifo Railway, and also the extension of the Erie Canal, both which he thought ought to be undertaken by the G e ,' vernment. It' Canada wer e a n nexe d to t h e U n i te d Stat such a great national work as the Erie Canal would u ti commenced in less than five years, because it Woe' s afford a channel of transit for the production of that vast and enormous tract of country' To turn to another colony—that o f S ou th ern Af r i ca . . 1 , was divided into two parts, and one p ar t conta i ne d s much fertile land as Scotl an d, p ro d uc i ng i n great abundance Indian corn and excellent cotton' 1,700,000 bales of cotton had been grown " Southern Africa in one y ear , an d i n w h a t condition would this country be by the failure of that al" tide in any one year ? One-half of our exports 10 cotton goods came from Southern Africa ; and e yed Hon. Member, especially the Hon. Members for th e West Riding of Yorkshire and Lancashire, would see the importance of cultivating that article in Southern Africa' And now he came to consider the means which, it on' curred to him, might be adopted to promote emigratio n from Ireland. He should take the liberty of suggestiog, two means. In the first place, he would sugge ! ' that greater powers and facilities should be con' ferred upon the guardians for raising mopes to promote emigration. Power oug ht t o b e con f e rred upon the boards of guardians to raise the money uP ° , ll the security of the rates, the money to be repaid l e , periods of five, six, and se ven y ears .—(H ear, h e ar./ That was one measure. The other was to eol l i far a similar power o n t h e l an d owners L ° Ireland, who would be glad t o b orrow money upo n tu e security of their lands to enable their unproduoti,r 3 tenants to emigrate.—(He a r, h ear .) Th e money to 1 1 advanced in this way might be raised by Governraend on Irish Consols. The loan would be for the benefit Ireland, and, of cour s e, I re l an d oug h t to be responsible for its repayment.—(Hear, hear.) Without some such measure as that, there was no hope for capital beipf attracted ; and he should leave it in the bands 0 Government and the Hou se , trust i ng t h at the' would lose no time in adopting his sugge stiont • and put an end to th e pl ague th at at preSe" paralysed the energies of the Irish people.—(Elea L' hear.) Repeated had be en th e proposa l s f or pro' moving emigration from Ireland, and it was to be re gretted that some of them had not been adopted befor e this.—(Hear.) He hoped no one dreamt of the conditi °l3 . of Ireland ultimately being reformed by fain and death, since such a feeli ng an d suc h a pohear was far more cruel than the practice of the Chinese./ who sacrificed their children to keep down the poP ir s lation.—(Hear, hear.) Witho u t t rou bli ng the bic)ttst, any further, he would conclude with moving e address to the Crown for the production of an' papers in the possession of h er M ajesty ' s Governnlea relative to Irish emigration t o th e N ort h A m erican colonies.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. J. W. FITZPATRICK seconded the motion. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL moved as an amendment to substitute for that m o ti on t h e following :--" Th at emigration is, at best, a p art i a l, tar d y, an d most expert' sive remedy fur the evils of I re l an d ; an d that i t is 10'1g immediately necessary at p resent to en d eavour to the e. the disastrous emigration o f th e f armers an d sma ll ca p s ' talists of that country, by giving them security agates wanton ejectment, and loss of the fruits of their industrs and enterprize, rather than to stimulate their depal" tore, or that of the labourers who would be employed bi t them if such security wer e g i ven , But th a t the 10 ! immediate and pressing object for this House to coast; der is the frightful progress of st arva ti on , disease, an ; death in Ireland ; the total insufficiency of local mean . ' as well as of any assistance now afforded by the State If arrest that progress, and the urgent necessity that eXi" < for additional contributions from the State to save hurt' dreda of thousands from perishing, and whole counties from being depopulated. That therefore this House do forthwith resolve itself into a Committee to cone sider of further advances for the relief of distress ill Ireland." He did not agree with the Hon. Member as to the benefits of emigration, if it could be accomplished' But the practical question to come to was, where W 0 the money to come from? Would the cost of em igrant. / end with the charges attendant upon their removal to • new soil? The Hun. Member had not stated the numb er of the Irish people that is w ou ld b e necessary to renlq n to effect this benefit. What number did he mean of take? Then the next question wo u ld b e , t h e c ost removing each individual, and then the cost of renlo ld ing and locating the whole. And, having once aster tamed that, the next inquiry would be whether th e money could not be better spent at home. He t o it down as a maxim that the more you did for 50",,, individuals the less they would rely upon therusel";„ Witness the public works in Ireland. Remittances w e t , now sent home by Irish emigrants to assist their rely dons to follow them. Let the State once take up vi tt matter, and those remittances would instantly stop. -11-' sides, the poor peasantry were not 'in a condition to Bb e j removed from their own country. Their physical streng th was completely gone, and in their preent condition they would be unequal to the exertions that emigration w° ll . o require. The exertions of the Society of Friends Ireland were known to everybody, and he paid to the"' ~. his unfeigned tribut e o f a d m i rat i on. N othing cou ld 1, said too high in praise of their charity, their hurnalll and their wisdom too, in aiding the poor Irishman , put him in the way of earning a subsistence. lie h e ir now stated some objections i n d e t a il, b ut hi s genera l . 0 jection was that the cost of w h o l esa l e em i grat i on wool be enormous. The first thing they ought to do w ad to to try to save the resources of th e country . Th ey wast e 4 the assistance of that capit a l w hi c h t h e s malls farmers would take a wa y w i t h t h em if th e, f' emigrated. The small capit a li s t must b e encourage to spend his means on th e so il, an d t h ere pr opene came in the first part of his amendment. He now ea,c_ e to the second part, and th e more i mportant part, u.ee cause it related to the immediate salvation of hurt?; lite. Even the Opposition newspapers were now admittle ea that life was wasting awa y. Th e H on . G ent l eman her o read a portion of th e c h arge o f M r . S ergeant H ow ley the Tipperary Grand J ur y, d escr i pt i ve o f the wret ch condition, the calamities, and the misery of the int bitants of that locality. The Hon. Gentleman then r n y i ferred to d ocuments s h ow i ng the state of the wes t Ireland ; 860 d eat h s had taken place in one wee k 1 ,1 Bellinasloe workhouse. P ersons were foun d d ea d 0 ,, - 3 the roads and in t h e fi e ld s, famishing people were f o und lying by the wayside with wasted forms, clad in rag a ; and dying with hunger, and the churchyards in y 0 d• were overfill e d w i t h t h e carcasses of the dead The selections he h a d ma d e were of the slightest a;l3 most trivial kind fr om t h e mass of materials at his air, posal, and he asked th e H ouse what it intended to rin in such a case? It was ev id ent that Ireland had mad a great effort, but it w as b rea ki ng d own un d e r tP, pressure ; the tenants wer e flyi ng f rom t h e co unta: notwithstanding the expendit ure o f G overnmen t ; tractors for unions were giving up their contract s ; rates could not now be co ll ec t e d i n suffieie;', amounts to preserve life, and ho w was it p oss ibl e then raise an additional rate for emigration? Notwithstan ing all that they had done, h e did no t un d erva l u e the House had done, yet having taken upon itself t burden of the Irish people, and deprived them o f • the do natural protector, a domestic Parliament, they trust 0 , something more. He would not propose the last Pa r ma graph of his amendment, which called upon them to repeat; into a Committee forthwith. But this he would ren s that unless they were prepared to agree in those li es cursed doctrines of political economy which Per a f e s calling themselves Chartists advanced there and e' 9 oo where—they must immediately take into considera t e , other and more efficient measures than doles of 01, 3 h / e by small instalments. They must act promptly q v % tide of pauperism was risin g hi g h er an d engulf). rs all classes—it was sweeping away those who a few Y e t,. since were living in comfort. Remedial measa,r" which it was hoped would be effective in the c0',. 0 , of a few years, would, he feared, be found to be failur es' In In the mean time, society would be destroyed, and t Noble Lord would only find that he had made a des and called it peace. Something must be done to all. e le the downward tendency of all classes, more extenslhe than any thing yet proposed—and he called upon t " 0 , House to go into a Committee for the purpose of diately arresting death and starvation. He did not ea rn whether the measure h e m i ght propose were loo k e d upo n as a revolut'onary ; they were not a w hi t more rev olutloea r e o than those propo se d b y that great anti-revolutionist ~, Right Honourable M em b er for Tamworth. He said o ne absentees from I re l an d were d eserters f rom their co un t try. n d try. They o ug ht t o b e i n I re l and—they oug ht to home, in order to take counsel with the people' It spend among them w h a t ever rents t h e y did ge l • y l. t , was said that p roperty s h ou ld support 1 3 , °er _ ela nd Well, then, l e t th em h ave a ll t h e pro p er ty oc i l t l oo to support its p overt y, not a part . In ada curiti this measure, let them pass a measure giving se e one to tenant farmers; and also carry out land drainage one • that improvements as auxiliary and secondary mesdureisn waste wo uld be step which would save much time now House, and promote more efficient legislation, to send a Committee of the most eminent alto ‘r Aa r chat d t h e M y e mi b g e h r t s s o e f e t f h e a r t t H h e o m u s s e e l soevse what r i e ts l an e c d; n i ..s e l he snore dition was, and a practical judgment on the ,e__ l d e dge House would then be able to legislate with a . 103 0 as he of the nature of the case. He ended by sip i rt i n Do began, that he brought forward his amend_ but casi neu ...,a is simplyspirit a fear t o that motionu the e of ni co lt 1 Hon. w se .n •