The Sun. — London, England, 1849-07-17 00:00:00

T • HE LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) Capital, 2,000,006:- in 80,000 Shares, of 251. each. Preliminary Dapagit, 2s. 6d. per Share Prelyectvaes and PAL information may he obtained at the Tempo rary Off ces of the Company, 12.4. Cannon-row, Westminster, on rp plieation G. P. HOVE, Hon. Sec., pro tem. TIIE. NEW N VEL. Just ready, in three vol 4. post Bvo., THE FORTUNES OF WOMAN A NOVEL. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlb•rough-street. LIEUTE 'ANT THE II )Y. FREDERICK WALPOLE, R.N. Immediately, in Two Volumes, Bvo., with numerous En g ravings, F IVE YEARS IN THE PACI FIC, In H. 31.5. the Collingwood. By Lieut. the Hon. FRED. WALPOLE, R.N. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty, lil TROPOL IT A N PARLIAMENTARY AND FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION. President, Sir JOSHUA WALMSLEY, M.P. Offices. 11, Poultry. Subscriptions received Rua Members enrolled daily from Nine till Nine. The next Public Meeting will be held at the Standard Theatre, Shore , itch, on WZDNESDAY, July 18, for the Borough of the TOWER Ii aM LETS. The Chair to be taken at ~even o'clock, precisely. Ticke's may be he.d at 11, Poultry ; and at numerous places throughout the Borough. ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. MADAME SONTAG. Tim Nobility, Patrons of the Opera, and the Public are respectfully Informed that a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT will take place On TIIUItSDAY-,EVENING, When will be perTorued LA SONNAMBULA. - To conclude with LES PLANERS DE L'EIIVER. Application for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickc s to be made at the li)x-office of the Theatre, where pit Tickets may be obtained, as usual, price 10s, ed. each. r JAMES'S TtIE AT RE. FRENCH PLAYS. Last Night but One of the Season. Monsieur ARNAL and Mdme. DOCHE in Two Vaudevilles. Madame DOCILE'S I,ENt. FIT. TO-MORROW EVENING If., Performances will ES co X mmence DIVORCES. at Halt-past Seven o'clock with L DEU After which, MONSIEUR ET MADAME GALOCUARD. To be followed by UN BAL DE GRAND MONDE. To conclude with LA MANSARDE DU CRIME. LIER MAJESTY'S TiIEATRE. ALBOSI. '..1•11 is EVFitiLNG, Will be presented, LA GAZZA. LADRA. To conclude with a new grand Ballet, entitled LES PLAISIRS BE L'HIVER. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-ottice of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained as usual, price lOs. 6d. each. r THE ROYiL, - 11.1,,YMARKET. Mr. B. Tribster, :iota Lease° and Marager, Old Brompton. ','Tits E.VE.NINu, Will be performed MONEY. After which au entirely new Fara, called an &LIR:Ur-KG SA CRIFICE. Bob Ticket, Mr. Buckstoue ; Susan Sweetapple, Mrs, To conclude with MAKE YOUR WILLS. TIIEA ERR ROYAL. ADEIXIII. Uncle - tb.- 4it,ctlon of Niatt , r , Mr. WORRELL'S BENEFIT. T 111 S EVENINU, Will be rresented a new piece, entitled WEBSTER'S ROYAL RED BOOK. After which a new grand Extravaganza, entitled TILE DEVIL'S VIOLIN AND THE REVOLT OF THE FLOWERS. To be followed by a novelty In the shape of A MOST UN WAR ItANTABLE INTRUSION, which will be committed by Mr. Wright to the annoyance of Mr. Paul Bedford. To conclude with JOHN JONES. e.;./YAL 1,112k.UM THEATK6. Under the Management 01 Madam:: Vestris, Sole Lessee, Mr. Charle, ala'he' - e. THIS EVENING Will b.') performed A D.kl" AFTER THE WEDDING. After which, A MODEL OF A WIFE. To be followed by A WONDERFUL WOMAN. To conclude with RAISING THE WIND. bro. u.tes, n.,., Lipper 1303 s, 43. ; tht, 23. ; Gallery, Is. NO talf-priee to any part of the house. The tiew Rox-othce, No,- 2, Welling street, , 3 °pee to the ,'Yet Y flay, from Ten till Sfx.... A.74TLE Y's ROYAL .4.MPIIitIigATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronswe of her Mejesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince tibert, &c. M. Jean blare in his extraordinary persormances on Le Globe Roulant. The following eminent artistes form the greatest amount of female equestrian talent ever engaged in this or any other establishment at one time : Mdiles. Adelaide (Hanle, Valentine, Louise Touirnaire, La Jeane Josephine ; Miss Woolford, Barrand, Davidson, Avery, and La Petite Jeanette. In addition to the above Mr. Batty has great pleasure in announc ing that he has etigaqe.l that peerless equestrian Marie Macarte, whose brilliant triumphs on the Continent an .l in America have ac quired for her the appellation of the Equedrian Enchantress. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Spectacle, entitled MOOLTAN and GOOJERAT ; or, the Conquest of the Seikhs. To be tollowed by an :nimitable display of SCENE', IN THE CIRCLE. in which Marie Macarte will appear, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the , lay. To conclude with a favourite Melodrama, entitled THE SOLI TARY OF LAMBETH; or, The Murneri n St. George's-fields. :ux-othce open from Eleven nil Four -trice Metia:er, M'. W. West . ROYAL sURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS_ Last Week of M. JULLIEN'S Engagement. IMMENSE AND UNPARALLELED SUCCESS. Under the patron ego of her Mos. Gracious Majesty, her Majesty the Queen Dowager, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. The Public Press has unanimousirpronounced the Storming of Badajoz to be the most perfect and life-like exhibition. The Nobility, Gentry, and the Public are respectfully informed that this favourite place of fashionable resort is open every MONDAY, TUF.sDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. Danson's gigantic modelled Panorama of the TOWN AND FORT OF BADAJOZ, pronounced by the voice of public Opinion to be the most perfect And life-like exhibition ever presented—Splendid Menagerie—Jullett's unrivalled Band—Vo cal and Instrumental Concert—Several FaVourite Songs and Ballads by Miss Ellen Rowland and Mr. George Tedder — Solos by Koenig. Richardson (Flute)—Violin and Violoncello by Vlotti and George Collins, varied alternately—and other at tractions, concluding with a vivid representation of the Storming of Badajoz, pourtraying the advance of the British army—bombard ment and attack—gallant defence—rush to the breach oy real troops —and final ta',leaux in honour of tha " Hero of a hundred fights." P.EFRESIIMENTS.-11 he frequenters of these Gardens have long complained that Refreshments from the Conteztionary-rooms only could b , procured. Arrangements have been effected, and a distinet portion of the Gardens set apart, where Refreshments may be had of the first quality, and at the usual Prices. Doors open at Nine o'Clock, a.m. ; feeding of the animals at Five ; Pelicans and White Bears half-past Five ; Concert at Six ; Storming of Badaioz, at Duslt.—Adinission One Shilling. On Friday, July 20, M. Julllen's Grand Concert Monstre and Con gres Musicale will take place at these Gardens. Tickets before the day, 2s. 6d.; admission on the day of the Concert, as. rHE WEATHER.- SON OFFICE, JULY 17. TEl§-AILTOBIETEa. Lowest, 67; Highest, 76; Noon, 72. BAROMETER, 29.95—a fall of 26 points since last night. WIND S.W.—slight rain, with hazy weather. utUli wATER AT LONDON ilitil)GE. Tina 12 rain. afte , 11 Evening, 44 min. after 11 To •'4 omtev—Aforning, 0 min. after 0 I Evenin , 19 ni , n. arte' 11 „e)‘!l:vim LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 17. 1849. So soon after the recent election of Baron LIONEL ROTHSCHILD in the Guildhall of the city of London it could scarcely be anticipated that the electors of the metropolis would be called upon to choose another representative. Death has decreed otherwise. The unexpected decease of Mr. PATTISON, on Saturday, has rendered another appeal to the suffrages of those citizens possessed of the elective franchise necessary; and it is manifest that the more immediately that appeal is made the bet.er, seeing that at the present moment the capital of England ie virtually restricted to merely two representatives. There appears, however, to be very little prospect of any injurious delay. For once party prejudices and animosities are lulled into oblivion by the character and claims of the only candidate as yet mentioned within the bounds ries of the metropolis. Sir JAINIES DIIKE has so fully propitiated the favour of all classes by his impartial and munificent conduct during the period of his mayoralty, that no one indicates the smallest intention of opposing those who appear to be resolved upon his nomination. Apart from the prestige of his high muni cipal dignity, the Right Honourable the LORD MAYOR possesses individually those pecu liar qualifications which more than any other are essential to the proper re presentation of a g rea t mercantile metropolis. As a trader he has evinced an enterprize tempered by an accuracy of judgment, regulated by an amount of industry, and charac terized by an invariable candour, such as must ever be found requisite in whonisoeveY -may undertake to represent a community of merchants. As a Member of . the Imperial Legislature, he has evinced an assi duity, and has derived an experience, such as in a partic u l ar manner qua lif y hi m to appear in the House of Commons as the Parliamentary organ as well as the principal magi strate of London. llis familiarity with business, his intimate acquaintance with th e d ut i es incumbent upon a popular representative, his civic rank and his political predilections, all alike afford testimony that the citizens could not, everything taken into con• sideratiOn, make any selection mote singularly judicious. Already a large proportion of the electors of the metropolis have taken occasion to express their entire coincidence of opinions with tho3e who have originated the requisition to the LORD MAYOR, to allow his name to be put in nomination as a candidate. Whether in appending their signa tures to the document published by ourselves yester• dm", •or irt,atttpding the meeting held last night at .. i - - 14,194}112 rxtret ) Iby the inhabitants of the ward of FarringdOn ut, the citizens have hailed the prospect of Sir MRS Duxm's appearance on the hustings with'aq husittsru that augurs well for his .7, ~ =~~ ti T • m 0 .4 - 0 - 11 0 . 4 . 4. % 1 . Di Jr: THE SUN, LONDOI% TUESDAY E'i r EINING, JULY 17. 1819. success. What his reception will be in the Guildhall it is idle to conjecture; for without taking into account the unwonted circumstance of a Lord Mayor of London making his appeal from the hustings for the suffrages of the electors of the capital, the present Chief Magistrate has secured to himself personally the respect and the high estimation of his fellow citizens, without any dis , inction whatever of party or class, of politics or religion. Considering the ignominious defeat of the Protec tionists scarcely a fortnight since—and that, moreover, in the person of one of their most amiable and accom plished advocates—there is but little probability that the Country Faction will have the hardihood to enter upon another such Quixotic adventure. The good cits have not yet forgotten that most telling quota tion from the school-bred verses of the Young Eng land aristocrat— " Let wealth and commerce, laws and learning die, But save us still our old nobility." And but few have borne in remembrance the extenu ating response of Lord JOHN MANNERS, that he would rather have been the silly stripling who had penned those lines than the grey-headed old man who had so ungenerously quoted them against him on that occa sion. Altogether the recent struggle between the opposing candidates of ultra Conservatism and of Civil and Religious Liberality tended so glaringly to the discomfiture of the former, that we cannot for a moment anticipate their making themselves still more ridiculous by bringing forward any candidate in opposition to the Chief Magistrate. Unless some men are more desperate or more fool hardy than we can conjecture, Sir JAMES DUKE will not encounter the smallest obstacle in becoming the representative of that great capital in which he is al ready the highest municipal functionary. To employ the common but expressive slang of electioneering, he will have nothing more difficult to accomplish, as far as we can yet anticipate, than to walk over the course. When the returning officer shall have declared Sir JAMES DUKE to have been duly elected in the room of the late respected Mr. PAT TISON, Boston will have had the satisfaction of seeing her Member not only chosen to preside over the capital of England as Lord Mayor, but to repre sent the electors of London in the Commons House of Parliament. We may, without rashly hazarding an opinion, even now congratulate his present consti tuency, by anticipation, on the simultaneous triumphs of their representative on the two great national arenas of commerce and legislation. Such a confirmation of the justice of their selection is seldom reserved for the electors in any borough of the United Kingdom. In the present instance that good fortune appears to have befallen the inhabitants of Boston ; and upon that circumstance they may with very good rea son felicitate themselves. Satisfied as to the ulti mate decision of the great metropolitan constitu ency, we are convinced that we shall have an opportunity before many days have elapsed of offer ing our congratulations alike to the Right Honourable the LORD MAYOR, to the electors of Boston, and to the citizens of London. It is difficult to understand the motives by which the House of Lords were last night induced to muti late the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill. Its most im portant provisions have been rejected. Everything of real importance calculated to produce beneficial results, and to lay the foundation of a better state of things in Ireland, has been omitted. It will clearly be impossible for the House of Com mons to accept the measure thus neutralized, and every effort for the regeneration of the sister kicgdom must be postponed for another year, and its miserable inhabitants must sustain twelve months of additional suffering, unless their Lordships should repent even at the eleventh hour, and consent to the re-admission of the rejected clauses. For some time it has been notorious that their Lordships would repudiate any Liberal measure, on behalf of which there was not a decided pressure from without, where the nation had not exhibited an un€quivocal determination to obtain its enactment. Notwithstanding the boasting of the Protectionist press and the vauntings of Protectionist orators, the Peers did not dare to disappoint the general feel ing in favour of the further extension of free trade principles. They did not venture to maintain the Navigation Code in all its stringency ; and, there fore, despite the reckldss and headstrong conduct of some of their body, they yielded a reluctant assent to the great and comprehensive measure that recently became the law of the land. Deep was the indignation felt by these parties at what they were pleased to term the timid and va2illating caurse pursued by the more prudent Lords, who bowed to the will of the nation, clearly and unequivocally expressed, and who sanctioned by their votes, or at least abstained from opposing, the great measure of reform brought for ward during the present session. They appeared, however, determined to oppose with all their energies every other Ministerial undertaking, and, unhappily for their own credit and character, and for the stabi lity and power of the hereditary branch of the Legis lature, an opportunity was but too speedily afforded of venting their ire. ' A measure was sent to their House by a large and decisive majority of the representatives of the people, having for its object the removal of the last vestige of religious intolerange, and the admission of an honourable and influential class to the constitu tional privileges of free-born citizens. In coming to this just and liberal decision, the House of Commons but endorsed the ,resolution of the greatest constitu ency not only in the empire, but in the world, whom selecting Baron LIONEL DE ROTHSCHILD as their representative declared, in the most impressive terms, that the period had ar rived when civil and religious disabilities should no longer be maintained, that every man should be at liberty to worship his CREATOR in the manner which in his soul and conscience he deemed most acceptable to the DEITY. In rejecting the Jews Bill, the Lords not only expressed their adhesion to the obsolete doctrines of religious intolerance, but , they wantonly entered into a serious collision, no' only with the House of Commons, but with the electors of the British metropolis. Nobly have those electors discharged the duty imposed on them by this unwise and impolitic conduct, and the triumphant re election of Baron ROTHSCHILD has convinced the nation of the calm aLd unflinching determination of those who have been placed in the vanguard of the Army of Freedom, and of the impossibility of their Lordships long maintaining the unequal contest. It is but reasonable to suppose, that the return of Baron RozusculLD bitterly aggravated the exaspera tion of those who had previously negatived the Bill, by convincing them of the alight estimation in which they were held by the commu, nity in general, and of the painful necessity of patiently swallowing their leek, however repugnant 1 or disagreeable. In the present instance, unfortunately, the conse quences of delay will be of a much more formidable character than in the Jewish Bill. There, ultimate success being certain, the parties could afford to smile at the paltry impediments thrown in their way by the Dame Partington effort to keep back the tide of public opinion, with aristocratic brooms. But here a people, suffering under the continued ' horrors of pestilence and famine, are told that they must endure their miseries for another year, in order that the hereditary Legislators may exhibit their paltry spite against the Ministry, to whom they have been forced to succumb on so many previous occasions. Although the condition of the Irish people was, indeed, desperate it was by no means hopeless, and that hope consisted chiefly, if not altogether, in attracting British enter prise and British capital to assist in the regeneration of the country, to provide remunerative employment for the myriads of starving labourers who were both able and willing to work, if the opportunity were afforded, and to restore, by pr o p e r cu lti va ti on , the natural fertility and productiveness of the soil. But in order to induce Englishmen to embark their capital in the attempt, and to enter on the arduous undertaking,xtwpole, and things were neces sary : first, that clear, sin unimpeach able titles should be given of the properties they might be induced to purchase, so that they might have a certainty that they would be permitted to enjoy that for which they contracted ; and, secondly, that some maximum should be fixed, bt-ycnd which hey could not be called on to contribute for the relief of the poor, for otherwise the entire proceeds of their industry might be taken away, to compensate for the neglect and apathy of their neighbours. The incumbered estates would have supplied the first desideratum, the maximum clause in the Poor Relief Bill the second. Although the Lords' amendment of the Incum bered Estates Act would limit the operation of that most important measure, still it would not impair its efficiency whenever it came into effect. Although, therefore, the extent of capital that would flow into the country through that Act would be re stricted, it was not altogether excluded. But by the amendment of last night, which was car ried by a majority of nine, the responsibility for poor-rates is to remain wholly without limitation. The effect of this decision, unless speedily rescinded, will be to scare away English capital, and, as a ne ces-zary result, to complete the ruin of unhappy Ire land ; for, as Lord CLARENDON truly remarked in his admirable letter to the LORD MAYOR of London, the condition of things cannot remain stationary. They must either speedily advance or rapidly retrograde. The Peers of England hive for bidden the advance. They will be justly re sponsible for the fearful consequences that must ensue. Perhaps, when acquainted with the wide spread desolation produced by their division, they may regret that they did not enter on the duty of legislation in a calmer and more statesmanlike spirit ; that they did not calculate the too probable results of their conduct. These regrets may, however, be too late, the repentance too tardy. The next question to be asked may possibly be not merely " What is the use of a House of Lords ?" but why should any body of persons be permitted to control and retard the beneficent legis lation of the chosen representatives of the people ? There is, however, yet time to change their determi nation, and to re-introduce the clauses which were last night omitted from the Bill. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was again very active, and business to the extent of 12,000 bales was effected, including 9,000 Americaa at 4d. to 611., 250 Pernam and Maranham at 53. to 5d., 500 Bahia at sid, 1,000 Egyptian at 51d. to ?id., 800 Surat at 3ici to 4d., and 108 6:11, Island at 103. to 10d. per lb. The market closed firmly with au upward tendency in prices. Speculators took 5,000, and exporters 1,000 bales.—ln Railway Shares a large business was transacted at ad vanced prices. The reports received to day from the different M..mey Markets of the Continent are satisfactory, although there is in some cases ra!ht r leas activity. The fullowirr4 are official documents:— " His Excellency the President has communicated to me the followin4 decree :—The President of the Republic of Mexico to the inhabitants thereof. Know ye that the Getieral Congress has issued the annex, d decree:— " Art. 1. The ports of Huatte.co and Al tate will be made ports of entry, and foreign veisels can touch at either, and engage in the coaiting trade. " Art. 2. The Custom-house of the former port will be in the town of Santa Cruz; that of the second in Aliata. The decree of July 13, 1840, will be that by which they will be governed. Let the same be published, distil buted, and complied with. Palace of the National Government, Mexico, May 15, 1849. " JOSE JOAQUIN DE HERRERA. " To 1)on Francisco Arangoiz." Treasury Department. " His Excellency the President has communicated to me the following decree:— " The President of the Republic of Mexico to the in hnbitants thereof. Know 3e that the General Congress has issued the annexed decree:— " Art. 1. The export duty on precious metals n ill be es follows : " Gold coined or wrought two per cent. " Silver coined or wrought three per cent. " Alloyed or pure silver wrought into images, with certificate that the stamp duties have been paid, four- And• ashalf per cent." " Art. 2. Two per cent. will be collected at the seaports on all coin arriving from the interior. Let the same be published, distributed, and complied with. " Palace of the National Government, Mexico, May 22, 1849. ''JOSE JOAQUIN DE HERRERA. " To Don Francisco Arangoiz." The Committee of Spanish American Bondholders received yesterday a letter from their agent in Mexico, Mr. W. P. Robertson, in which that gentleman states, that upon the meeting of the Congress, in extra ses eion, on the first instant, the plan for arranging the debt will be submitted, and that a remittance of 20,000 dollars is coming to hand, and that a further sum has fxert colic cted. The fSt. Katharine Dock proprietors have had their half-yearly meting to•day, and a dividend at the rate of four rer cent. per annum has been ch dared. The Funds have been firm again, but the settlement of the account has had some influence. Consols have born 93, then 93! and are now 93k a for Transfer, and 93,14-- for Account. Exchequer-bills are 475. to 50s. prem. Bank Stock is 199 to 200. In the Foreign Market very little is doing. Mexican Bonds are 27i to ; Spanish Three per Cents. 34i ; and Portuguese Four per Cents. 30k. Russian Bonds are 107. Dutch Four per Cents have been 80i to 2. The Share Market is rather duller, and the advanced rates of yesterday are not quite supported. ONE YO;,,L( K. _LO , .I.NG PRICES.: .ank Stock 2OO 199 - 199 3er Cent. Reduced Ar.ns ...... 93A, 93 93 , 4 9314 per Cent. Cons( is Annuities 93N 93 93 ,4 93 1 4 v.•W 3 , 4 per Cent. Anne....... 9 4 14 933 8 94 1 % 5:4 1 4 .onaAnns. to expire. , Jan.lBBo 8 13-16 8 15-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 8 3 ,8 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 B% 8 1 h [ndia Stick rdia. Bondc, I,OOW. Ditto under 1,0001.. ..... 80 83 p ;outh Sea Stock Consols tor Account, August 14 93% 1 4 .xchequer Bills. I Ld. & 2d. 1,0001. June 500/. June Small. June 47 50 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS 83 p 103 M 937 50 p 50 p 50 p OXE f ;LOSIN O'C LOCK. TIM S Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent... 67 67 Equador Bonds Mexican, per Cent. 1846, with Coupons Ditto, Ex Coupons Portuguese 5 per Cents. — -- Ditto, 4 per Cent fiGyA 30 1 4 Russian Bonds ... 107 107 SpaniAF: per per Cent. 1840. ... Ditto, 3 per Cent Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 4 i per Cent C — Ditto Deferred — thviclends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild — Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 80% N 31 23t - EO% PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSIN€ AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICK=. PRICES OF A I LWAY SHARES. shercieen. Do. Preference ...... 4 1 / 4 47( 4 . •• Caledonian Do. New 101. Pref..... 10 11 1 / 8 12 L'hester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference alt Anglian, 251., L. & E. and L. and 25 Do., Prater., 6 per Ct. V A l 3/s ...... , :astern Cowl tics... ..... 20 9, IA l4 Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent.......... . 10 ...... ....... _ 4X 25L Y 12 11% Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Do., Class B (I. & B.) 25 East Lancashire East Lincolnshire ...... 25 tireat Northern Do., IA B 6 per Cent... PA...... 53i, „ „ 57i, Great Western ...... ......100 ...... 83 Ditto, 1 / 2 Shares Ditto, 14 Shares Bull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... 95 . . 95 Lancashire & Yorkshire 96 Ditto, ditto London & Black wall l2l. London, Brighton, and South Coast.— .. 50 Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.. 9 ...... 9% 9% London and N. Western 100 ......132 . 133 ..... ...... 133 Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 ...... 16 .15% ......... 15 1 / 2 Ditto,Filths ... . Lons.l. &S. Western ..... 50 ..... Mincheter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...loo Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Midland ...... ..100 Do., do., 501. Shares 30 ..... 17% 'ex.i. Do. Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 125 x.div 125 x.d. Norfolk ......... ........ ...100 N3rth British ... .... ... 25 Ditto, Quarters Ditto Preference 2% 2 s' ig... North Staffordshire 17% 12% Xi . ... Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Scottish Central ... Shrewsbury and Bina... 11 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 S'a.ropshire Union South r9.-4.-r . ........ 33% 2 1 .-1i..... ......... 2134 Do., Scrip No 4 ...... 10 South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole lO Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .. ...... 50 Do. do. do. ... 25 York, Newcastle, and B p e o r . N wic e ic w . ca — s . t . le — E — Jon . 2 2 0 .5 •••••• 21 4 041 .! 1 ••••• ...... 3 1 A 2% 12% 30A 20 1 4 14,/ Dr. G.N.E.Pralerence S ... .. -- --- —3% x.i York and North Midland 50 ...... 31 30 t A f:-., i .. ... 3tP ; i Ditto, Preference FOREIGN RAIL W A Y.S Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierz0n)... 20 East Indian Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... Northern of France...—. 18 - 13 97 Paris and Rouen ... Saini;re and Mewe 22 22 JOINT STOCK BAN KS. London:Joint Stock L rndon & NV estrninstQr. 20 .16 244 LLOYD'S SHIPPIAG—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JULY 19.—Wind this day at 130 On S.S.W„, light breeze and fine. OFF CAPE CLEAR, JULY 16.—Arrd. 'Forest Ki sg, n e s a . rd of a yes. :el Ne D w E O AL rl , e j at u is L ; Y J i t_es A Co h n e r a , e d r o , r N g e u w a O rte ri r ea b marked " Sophia," the letters painted yellow, and c ut into . the wood, on a black ground, has been picked u p near the Northbrake buoy. DONEGAL, JULY 13.—The Charlotte, Carr, reported! as having sailed yesterday, has been prevented by gist emigration surveyors, on account of her planking being worm-eaten, and must undergo thorough repair. LONDONDERRY, JULY 14.—The Peace, of Dartmouth, from Liverpool to Sligo, struck upon a rock on some sunken materials, on the I 1 th inst., about fifteen miles west of Tory Island, and went down in about half an hour afterwards; crew saved. Sld Creole, Philadelphia. NEWPORT —sld. Ilenriette Sophia, Quebec. BBISTOL, JULY 15 —Wind E.—Shi. Elizabeth, St. John's, Nt.w Brunswick ; 16.11 Crusader, Cardiff, &c. FALM.,UTH, JULY 16. —Wind E.—Arrd. Creole, Footer, New Orleans, for Havre. Off port, 12th, Rob Roy, New Yolk, for St. Petersburgh. PiAmouTu, JULY 16.—Wicd S.W. Arrd. 14th, Princess, Webber, Prince Edward's Island. OFF DART3IOUTH, JULY 13.—Sophie Cascar, Rio Janeiro. OFF THE WIGHT, JULY 14.—Florence, Porto Rico. ARDROSSAN, JULY 12.—Sld. Atlantic, Ross (of Liver. pool), Montreal. DUBLIN, JULY 14.—Arrd. Susan, New York. OFF CAPE CLEAR, JULY 12.—Forest King, Lianlett, New Orleans, for Liverpool. MARKET NEWS.---(THIS DAY rizaatzETs. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 3/ 133; Clover „lino, 0i to 4/ 173 ; and Straw, 11 8s to 11 12s per load. Trade dull, at barely last week's prices. CUMBEULAND. Meadow Hay, 21 126 to 31 16i , Clover ditto, 3/ Us to 4/ 14s ; and Straw, 11 9s to 1/ 14s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. _ _ lIITECHAPEL.—MeaIow Hay, 2/ lOs to 31 153 Clover ditto, 3/ 33 to 5/ Os; and Straw, 1! 8s to 1/ 13 per load. Supply moderate, sod trade dull. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market for British Plirritation continuos steady, and the sales are 665 hhds at full prices for re fining sorts, but grocery descriptions must be cinsidered rather lower. 7,850 bags Mauritius went off with spirit at former rotes, viz., 4 Is to 46: 6i for mid to fine cyrstal ized,37c6l to4ls foryellow of similar description,37s to39s for grey, ar,d 32s to 36s 6.1 for brown. 7,500 bap Bengal were mostly realised at rather easier rates; tine white crys aliz-d brougly, 47s 6d to 48s, mid to fine white Be rare; 59s 61 to 435, mid to good soft yellow date kind 36s to 385 6d, and good to fine yellow Mauritius kind 39s 61 to 41s 6d. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 3,935 hhds, 428 tierces, 1,681 barrels; thsre were taken for home consumption 2.037 hhds, 225 tierces, 949 barrels. The stock in the same places is 16,751 hhds, 2,446 tierces, 6,337 barrels. _ _ COFFEK.-50 casks Plantation Ceylon sold steadily a 41s to 533 for good to fine fine ord. _ _ Cocoa.- 500 bags Guayaquil were taken in at 28; 6d for good ord. li - um —The quantity landed last work at the East and West India Docks was 1,298 puns 76 hhds; there were taken for home consumption 190 puns 24 hhds, and ex ported 260 puns 376 hhds. 'The stock in the same places was 20,492 puns 1,513 hhds. Saco.-173 boxes good brown Borneo realised 14s to 15s, being full prices. SALTPETRE.—Ot 3,200 bags Bengal offered in public sale, only 400, refraction 8i to 34 per cent., were dis posed of at 255 6 , 1 to 265 6d, being rather easier prices. TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is 393 to 393 6d per cwt on the spot, and town 39s 6d. TEA.—The market is steady, with fair deliveries. TESTIMONIAL TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES " THE HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS ON THE SYMPATHY OF EVERY NATION WHICH LOVES EIGHT AND Ll- BERTY."—Kossuth's Protest against Russian Interven tion. Subscriptions may be sent to the following bankers:— Messrs. Cuutts and Co. Messrs. Drummond. Messrs. Smith,- Payne, and Smith ; or to The Sun Office, under cover to " The Editor;" or to any one of the members of the committee recently formed to carry out the Testimonial:— The Right Hon. Lord Nugent,M.P., Chairman Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, M.P. Charles Lushington, Esq., M.P. Francis Mowatt, Esq., M.P. William Scholefield, Esq., M.P. William Ewart, Esq., M.P. Colonel Henry Salwey, M.P. Matthew Wilson, Esq., jun., M.P. Jam-'s Heywood, Eq., M.P. Frederick Pigou, Esq. The R‘ght Hon. Thomas M Gibson, M.P. Brodie M. Willcox, EA., M.P. W. Mackinnon, Esq., M.P. • 'ft rrens M•Cullagh, Esq., M.P. R. Monckton Milnes, EA., M.P. The Hon Charl, , s P. Villiers, M.P. The Hon. F. Henry Berkeley, M.P. I'. S. Duncombe, Esq., M.P. James Clay, Esq., M.P. George 3,1 , ,11'att, Esq., M.P. M. Bass, E-q., M.P. William Esq. Subscriptions already received ... ...226 16 5 Captain Scott A Few Friends of Freedom, Dudley 1 12 6 E. L. Sandars, Esq. 0 10 0 C Jones, Esq., M.D. Mr. W. Smith Mr. John Powell ... 0 10 0 Four Men of Ross .. 013 6 IV. ... .. ... ••• • • ... 5 0 0 A Few Chartists, 2d subscription 0 5 0 Charles F. Ford ... 0 2 f ? A Fr iend from Bradford ... 1 0 0 A Few Workmen, by T. E., Westminster-road ... 0 3 0 A Few Workmen, Aldgate ... 0 4 0 George' 'ering, Esq., per Lord D. C. Stuart, M.P. 0 10 0 L. Citizen ... ... 0 2 6 Workmen of C. Botten, Crawford. passage, Clerk- .. ... 0 7 111 i ..• 0 7 ... fil• 1 3 enwell Retallick Workmen at Messrs. Collard John Cassell ... .. A Shop of Republican Tailors J. Livemore, Exeter Change Coffee-house Three Compositors ... From a few Drapers ••• ... ... A few Workingmen, at the British Queen, Sussex- ... ... 1 1 ... ... 0 9 ... 0 2 ... 0 1 ... 1 1 street A Conservative, Taunton ... ... 0 1 A few Friends in Dumfries, per J. Goodall, Esq.... 1 19 George Moffat, Esq. ... 5 5 William Williams, Esq. ... 5 5 M. Bass, Esq ,Di P. ... ... 5 0 Friends of Hungary, per Mr. Leighton ... A Female Patriot and a Few Friends ... Two Friend:, Richmond ... Martin W. Franks, Cheapside (second contribution) 3 0 Mark- ane Express Compositors .. 012 A Few Workmen, enemies to oppression ... 0 8 Workmen of Messrs. Felix and Co., Hatters 1 1 Five Gentlemen, York and Albany ... 0 12 Charles C. B. Williams 0 10 Julius B. Halle ... 0 10 ... 0 5 ... 0 3 ... 0 2 a e ) t , i , ng at o f t h t h e e n g s i t e u r t n i o u n r of y o t r h k i GENERAL LYING I N H OSPITAL , L AMBETH .— A quarterly held s este m rd € ro c a n d ar ; ity T. w S. Cocks, jun., Esq., M.P., in the chair. The secretary, Mr. W. W. Hastings, read the minutes of the weekly meetings of the committee during the last quarter, aed a statement of the pt asent condition of the funds of the hospital. On the 30th of June there remained a balance of 7361. in the hands of Messrs. Drummond, and o' 1691. 18s. Bd. with Messrs. Cocks. In the year 1848 the number of patients relieved was—in-door 335, out door 489. Up to the present period of the current year, 162 it: door and 240 out-door patients have received assistance. The average cost of each patient is esti mated at 21. 9s. 6d , and the average length of time an in door patient remains in the hospital is 21 days. The Rev. Mr. Lewis having resigned his office of chaplain to the institution, the Rev. Mr. Abraham Peet was appointed his successor. A vote of thanks to Mr. Lewis for his past services was proposed by Dr. Rigby, and second. d by Mr. S. George, and carried unanimously. In conse quence of the increased number of applicants who have received relief, and the diminution of annual subscribers, the funds of the charity have been so much impaired as to render it necessary to effect some retrenchment in the expenses: and with this view a committee, consisting of Messrs. Bernard, Langton, Forrest, end Grissell, had been appointed to report on the propriety of diminishine the number of recomnendaiions for relief ut present al'ovved to governors and subscribers, as well as on the general expenses of the hospital. The committee not having concluded their investigation a resolution was passed granting them prolonged time. It was stated that the governors are with d in all to 530 recommeu dati.ns for in-dour relief, while the funds last year were sufficient to afford reli- f to but 335 npplicants. A vote of thank; to the chairman was then passed, and the meeting terminated. THURSO, JULY W.—HERRING FISHING.—We are happy to state that those pursuing the fishing on this coast, both in large and small bouts, had good success last week. It is several years past, we believe, since they were so fortunate here. The cons , queuco has been, that scarce a boat is now to be secs on the river of ter sunset— all are engaged in the pursuit of herrings.—floss shire A dvertiser. The Right Hon. Henry Libouchere has returned to town frow Osborne, Isle of Wight. LITERATURE. BLACKS PICTUI?ESQUE GUIDE BOOKS. At the present very opportune moment, when the July sun is rendering London intolerable and the country all-attractive, a new edition of Black's po pular " Picturesque Guide Books" has very judici ously b€en issued. The " Picturesque Tourist of Scotland," of which the sixth edition is before us, scarcely requires commendation. However, for the benefit of persons about to make a tour to the "north countree," and whose party would otherwise be in complete, we will state the characteristics of this agreeable compagnon de voyage. Some of these cha racteristics will be best given in the words of the Preface, which tell us that— " In the compilation of Guide-Books, it appears to the publishers that much eloquence is often needlessly ex. pended in ambitious eulogiums on the beauty or gnu deur of natural scenery, of which no adequate idea can be conveyed to the mind by any written description, however graphic and minute. In the present work such attempts have been studiously avoided. A plain and in telligible account has been given of the scenery most worthy of the attention of strangers, without dictating the amount of admiration with which any given scene is to be contemplated. By aolopting this course, space has been found ler the incorporation of a large amount of traditionary, historical, and literary illustration, by which it is conceived a recollection of the scenery will be more permanently fixed in the memory of the tourist, than by any original description of its features which the author could himself have given. " Neither labour nor expense has been spared to give the work the greatest possible degree of accuracy. To secure this object, the several sheets, in their progress through the press, have been transmitted to individuals conversant with the topography of the respective dis tricts ; while the descriptions of Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Aberdeen, have been wholly contributed by natives of these cities." The number of illustrations scattered throughout this volume is surprising; there are no less than twenty four maps, plans, and railway charts, and fifty-two views of scenery, &c. Some of the latter are very beautiful engravings; among others are Melrose Abbey, Loch Lomond, Abbotsford, and the various public buildings of Auld Reekie, &c. The number and the beauty of the engravings are such as to render this volume equally attractive in the drawing-room as it is useful on the tour. Of a similar character is "Black's Picturesque Guide to the English Lakes," which, to quote the quaint motto on the title page, is ane that wad bear ye pleasant company on the road, and tell ye the names of the gen tlemen's and noblemen's seats, and count their kin to ye." In addition to its agreeable and picturesque guidance through the lake district, this volume gives an " Essay on the Geology of the District," by J. Phillips, late Professor of Geology and Mineralogy in the University of Dublin. Some beautiful views of the various lakes, and nume rous charts, maps, and outline views of mountain groups are to be found in the volume. A POPULAR HISTORY of BRITISH SEA WEEDS. By the Rev. D. Landsborough. "Not lost the time iu sea side ramble spirit. Braced is the frame; and mental health is gained; Knowledge is gained of Him who made the deep, And blissful love acquired of nature's works, Of which each questioned minim' soothly says: The plastic power that formed us is divine!' Launch then the skiff; ply well the scraping dredge! Or, if it like thee better, search the shore: Each rock-pool has its treasure, every tide Strews on the yellow sand, from Ocean's lap, Weeds, than our flowers more fair, and fitted more, By Lady's gentle fingering displayed, To beautify the album's tasteful ttage, Than aught that deftest pencil e'er devised Of graceful symmetry, or lovely hue: Fur who can paint like Nature?' quoth the Bird." D. L. These beautiful lines, which we find on one of its first pages, form an appropriate introduction to the book of " British Sea. weeds." The family of the A/sTe have been happy in finding such an historian as Mr. Landsborough ; he treats the subject con amore, and displays in that treatment much erudition and research. This volume is got_ up in that handsome and elaborate style which characterises the publica tions of Messrs. Reeve and Benham. It is profusely illustrated with specimens of the various sea-weeds, beautifully drawn and exquisitely coloured. " The time is not very far gone past," says Mr. Lands borough in his introduction, "When a book on the study of Sea-weeds, would have been the very reverse of popular in any case. About fifty years ago, in some academic chairs, they were treated with disdain. We have heard of a student about that period who, having collected some beautiful Algae on the shore, showed the contents of his vasculum to the Professor of Botany whose lectures he attended, expressing a wish to get some information respecting them. The Professor looked at them, and putting on his spectacles, again looked at them, when pushing them from him, he exclaimed: Pooh! a parcel of sea-weeds, sir; a parcel of sea- weeds!' The Newhaven fishermen seem to have caught the spirit of this learned Professor, for to this day do they denominate all the finer sea-weeds, —chat': They are weeds: and what are weeds? Dr. Joht,son, the famous lexicographer, tells us that they are plants that are noxious and useless. Oh, but th.!y are sea-weeds, we say in mitigation. And doss that mend the matter? Horace and Virgil knew that right well, and as with all their poetic genius they knew not a word of English, they give them the outlandish name of Alga :—nay more, Horace speaks or them as inutilis Alyu,' useless sea weeds! And tasteful Virgil goes even beyond his friend 11 ,race, for when speaking of smelling which he regards as worthle.s and filthy, he says that it is the 'Alga projectu vilior,' viler than the sea-we. d cast out on the shore. Its very calamities are turned against it : 'Refunditur Alga,' says ano!her poet, 'he sea loathes it and flings it out on the lama!—Alas! for the poor sea-weeds, when the Princes of Poetry in the Augustan age are against there! But as there were no sea-weeds in the streets of Rome, or in the yellow fiber, they may have spoken thoughtlessly, and without any malice prepense, and we would therefore appeal from the ancient court of the Muses, and consider what cha racter they gustain in the present day." That the effect of this appeal will be the setting aside of the verdict of the venerable court of antiquity n• cannot doubt, when such arguments as the following can be adduced in favour of the study of nature : " The naturalist knows nothing of that tcedium vita, .—that vampire, ennui, which renders life a burden to thousands. To him every hour is precious. He may have little leisure for his favourite pursuits; but even those scraps of time which occur in the busiest life, and which many allow to be lost, he gathers up as precious fragments. Habits of observation, of patient research, af accurate discrimination, and orderly arrangement are gradually acquired. Wherever he is—on the wild moor or on the shore of the sea, be learns to see thousands of beautiful, wonderful things which the untrained, unini tiated eye never observes. Is he healthy? His rural rambles are conducive to the continuance of health. Is ne in search of health? Health flees from the man who sets out in direct pursuit of it. But let him have an in .erest in the wonders of nature—in the works of God's hand,—meditating on them, ho forgets his ail ments, and health, which he ceases to pursue, by the blessing of God often comes as it were of its own ac cord. His mind is soothed and refreshed, sad the salu tary influence is felt by the enfeebled body. There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar.' " 0 LANCASTER AND NEWCASTLll.—Yesterday the o winding up of this company's affairs came on beture the 0 Master in Chancery Tinuey, for the appointment of an 6 official assignee, to fix the contributories from among 0 the original allotttees liable to pay off outstanding ene 0 gagements. The petitioners praying that the company might be wound up were Messrs. Waring and Upt on , 1 and Messrs. Wilkiu,on and Cockburn, the original pro- maters, secretary and solicitor. The line, it appeared from the petitions, was projected with a proposed capital of 2,000,0001., in 100,000 shares of 201. each, and 21. 2s. deposit. Upton, the second promoter, was an in solvent, and Mr. Waring, clerk to the magistrates at Sedbergh, the treasurer, had had actions brought against him by the creditors. The shares on their allotment rose to a premium; 2e. 6d. a share was paid; but the scheme was subsequently abandoned. Mr. Shum, for the petitioners, urged the appointment of Mr. Waring as official manager. This was opposed by Mr. Walcot on behalf of other contributors, who proposed Mr. Bit k. beck, banker, West Riding, on the ground that Mr. Waring was an interested party. Mr. Rogerson pro- posed Mr. Soulby, accountant. The Master decided against the appointment of Mr. Waring, and said at the next meeting he would determine whether Mr. Birk beck, in the event of no other person being proposed, should be appointed in conjunction with Mr. Soulby. THE CHOLERA IN MILLBANY PRlSON.—Yesterday Mr. Larighain, the Deputy-Coroner for Westm i nster, held six more inquests in the Mitlbank Prison, on the bodies of an equal number of . convicts who died therein, Four of the deaths were occasioned from . Asiatic cholera, but as the evidence in each cas e differed in not the least degree from what has already appeared in this journal respecting the deaths of other prisoners from the same disorder, it is unnecessary to repeat it. The Coroner, in making inquiries as to the state of the prison, was in formed by Dr. Baly that he had repot ted Cie state of the prison to the Home-office, and had recommended that one-half of the prisoners should be removed to a mare but a great difficulty arose on tha t h ea d . healthy place, on account of the cholera raging at Woolwich, Pores: mouth, and other places. The Government hare, h ,w. ever, found a barrack in an isolated part of the country, to which place, in a day or two, 500 of the cowr, e t s w ill be removed, The Coroner and jury said they wet e pled w hear the provision which the Government had made to arrest the progress or the disease.. THE SALE OF BREAD. -1 he master bakers of Marylebone and its vicinity have p, totta,edth,eagaCitismi; mons House, through Lord Dailey Stuart Isi.p. Mr. Spooner's Bill for preventing frauds in the sale of bread, on the ground that the law already affords ample security to the public that lull weight is give n b y t h e bakers; that it is utterly impossible to mar k t h e b read in the way required by the said Bill, becau se t h e marks if made, are liable to be obliterate,' by th e h eat or , co ld nes s Uf the oven, or by the softness of the dough • and that the operation of the law will give gr ea t er facili ties to evil-disposed persons to institute vexatious pro secutions against bakers. The bak ers o f Greenwich have also protested against the Bill, through their Mem ber, Rear-Admiral Milldam, M.P. - - IMPERIAL PNRLIAMEN T. HOUNR OF )11 Ds, ./u/r/ 16. TYNE RIVER CONSERVANCY BILL. (Cotr muert Lonna (air Third Edition of yes erday.); The `Alniquls or CLANRICARDE suppoittu 'he second rear - hog of the Bill. From the manner in which thu U I came rPoommonded to the House he did not think their Lordships would be jtht:fild in re jecting it. Lori BEAUMONT having replied, the House di vided, when there appeared : For the second reading ... ... 42 Against it ... ... 30 Majority ... ••• —l2 The Bill was then read a second time, and referrul to a Select Committee. The Sites for Schools 8.1 l was read a third time and passed, and the Commons' amendments to the Turnpike Trusts Bill were agreed to. The Marquis of LANDSDOWNE laid on the Is th'e the correspondence between the Poor-hew Com:nis missioners and the Board of Guardi,ns in Ireland for the last six month.. POOR RELIEF ;IRELAND) BILL. On the motion that the House go into Committee on this Bill, Lord STANLEYsaid that he did not mean to enter into any discussion on this Bill, but at the same time he felt it to be his duty to make a few observations on seme omis• sions in the Bill, which should have been introducel to the notice of their Lordships by the Government, and which omissions tended very much to neutralise the good that was included in some of its clauses. He thought it was the duty of the Government, to give all the in formation requisite retpecting this measure, and regret ted that he felt bound to say that that information was not given to the Committee. He should also express his astonishment that the rate in aid that had been so strongly disapproved of by their Lordships' Committee should have been introduced in this Bill, and, therefore, hoped that the opinions that then prevailed would be sustained, and that no such clause would be acceded to, as they had already decided that it would be impracti cable and injudicious, particularly as every one of their Lordships, with the exception of two or three belonging to the Government, were opposed to such a clause. It might be said that the Committeecould not wait for the re - port, but to that he should say, why should they go on with a measure of which most of their Lordships were ignorant; and why not confine themselves to legislate only on what they knew ? He should next refer to the quarter acre clause, and say that nothing could be more unjust than that persons holding ten acres or more should be allowed out-door relief while they neglected the cultiva tion of those ten acres. This was a question which he considered the Government were called upon to settle, and should therefore oppose the Bill, until he got more satisfactory explanations than had as yet been given; for he felt fully convinced that such a clause would tend to spread pauperism throughout the whole of Ireland. He therefore hoped that the Government would consider the question, and not cause the people of that country to emigrate in thousands, as they were doing at present. This rate in aid was most unjust, because it brought on the industrious farmer the onus of supporting others who were negligent of their duty in society, because they resided in a different electoral division. He looked upon such a plan as a premium for idleness and apathy, and as a source of resistance to the just payment of their rates. Such a line of proceeding would involve many of the landlords in Ireland, and he, for his own part, felt its unjust influence already. He hoped that those omissions to which he had alluded would be considered by their Lordships, and that the present Bill would be rejected. This was an obligation, too, which might endure for ever, and ho was perfectly confident that Ireland could not bear up against the load of taxa tion which- they were enacting. They must diminish this oppressive taxation, or otherwise expect to find the number of inselvent unions greatly increase. He con fessed that in this Bill he felt great disappointment, for let them amend it as they might, and amend it he hoped they would, or let them reject such of its obnoxious pro visions as they chose, and some of them he hoped they would reject, he could not look forward with any degree of hope that it would ever prove a remedy for that great canker of Ireland, the poor-law, which was eating into the very substance of the people. After a short speech from Lord KINGSTOWN, which was altogether inaudible in the gallery, The Marquis of LANSDOWNE rose to answer some of the observations of the Noble Lord opposite (Lord Stanley). He wished to remind the Noble Lord, th at whatever his opinion might be, there was only one opi nion in Parliament at the commencement of the session, that a Committee of Inquiry was the proper mode of pro ceeding, as a first step towards legislation on this subject. If the Government had not taken that- step the Noble Lord and his political friends would have been the first to blame them for not having taken the opinion of a Com mittee, and of Irish Members acquainted with the work ing of the Irish poor-law. The Government, however, had not incurred this blame, and lost no time in procur ing a Committee to investigate and report upon the sub ject. The Government then took upon itself the respon sibility of adopting some of the recommendations of the Committee, and of rejecting others, and he believed that, in the opinion of a majority of the Reuse, it would be considered that they had acted in the manner which the circumstances of the time suggested, as being the most conducive to the accomplishment of the end in view. With regard to the quarter-acre clause, upon which the Noble Lord had laid so much stress, he felt convinced that the distinction which it made was necessary to be obServed, though every one, of course, must regret that its operation in some cases should be attended with hardship to the poor cultivator. The B:11, he appre hended, would not be found upon a fair examination to be open to the charge which the Noble Lord had brought against it, that it contained no provision of a permanently beneficial character, because there were two clauses addressed expressly to the erection of tem porary workhouses until permanent ones could be built. lie hoped their Lordships would give these, and all the other provisions of the Bill, a fair consideration, recolt cting always that its object was not at once to remove the complication of distress which Ireland no e• laboured and-r, but to me-t, as well as legislation could, the recommendations of the Committee taken in con• nexion with the evidence before them. In conclusion, he would submit to their Lordships the expediency of proceeding at once to a Committee on the Bill, when he would most willingly entertain any proposition which might appear to hire calculated to improve the present form of the measure.—(Hear.) The Earl of RUSSE said there was a general belief that the Poor-law Commissioners were favourable to a system of out-door relief. lie rose to state as much to the House, as the Noble Marquis opposite had inti mated, that at a certain period the out-door relief system would be suspended. Lord REDESDALE considered that the principle now proposed was more and more a departure from the principle and spirit of the English poor law. This Bili proposed the very worst principle, a principle which, with regard to Ireland, but rendered the case more hope less, and involved the country more and more in difficul ties.—(Hear.) He felt that if the Bill were carried as proposed, it would greatly increase the difficulty in relation to the purchase of land, and that with such a Bill it would be utterly impossible to redeem the country from its oppressed condition. Lord MONTEAGLE, in pursuance of the notice which he had given, rose to propose an amendment. With respect to a maximum rate, it must depend upon the uniformity of the valuation. His Noble Friend (Lord Fortescue) had proposed a resolution on that sub - ject, and the witnesses whom he had called :n to his aid had failed to make out his case; yet he now sought to press the principle on their Lordships' House. Ile (Lord Monteagie) felt that the law as now propos -d was at va riance with the English poor-law. The maximum which was now proposed was no maximum at all—it was 55., for instance, in one place, 10s. in anotheT, and 2a. 61. in another. How, then, could that be said to be a maxi mum which operated so unequally? On the ground that the maximum, as proposed, was contrary to the English law—that it was delusive, fallacious, and unjust; he called upon their Lordships to reject the proposition, and to do the same justice to Ireland that they would to England. The Noble Lord concluded by moving, as his amendment, the omission of the first clause, establishing a maximum. Earl FORTESCUE admitted, with respect to the re solution referred to by the Noble Lord, that there were many in Committee opposed to it, and he withdrew it on that ground; but he certainly did not think with the Noble Lord that every member of the Committee was opposed to the clause. The Earl of WICKLOW said that his great objection to the resolution in Committee was, that it appeared to him to be utterly absurd to agree to a resolution where there was no fund to meet its object. He felt, however, that the objection in Committee was to a great extent obviated by the matter having come in the shape of a Bill from the House of Commons. It was said, in sup port of the Bill, that it would greatly facilit ate t h e pur chase of land; but in his opinion, instead of acting as an inducement to purchasers, it would have quite a con trary effect. He, for one, would no t b ecome a purchaser of landed property, which he found su bj ect to, and bur dened with rates of almost every description—and on which he found it was now proposed to levy an ad,titional rate of 7s. 6d. in the pound. They had latterly heard much about the city o f L ondon coming forward as purchasers of property in the went of Ireland. Now he happened to know something of the property purchased by .‘ ab sentee" companies i n th e north of Ireland, and he must say,. in reference t o t h e b enefits alleged to have been conferred on the country by those absentee companies, that he thought that they were greatly exaggerated.— (Hear, hear.) What was the state of the question with regard to the purchaser of land in Ireland? Why, in addition to Crown and quit rents, he would find that land in that country was subject to tithe charge, that it aas subject to a rate of 2s. 6d. in the pouedivor building new workhouses for th e po or , th a t it was su bj ect to a liability for past debts, that it was subject to a rate for emigration, and that it was now proposed to make it subject to the additional tax of 7s. 6t1., comprising ss. and 21. as a maximum rate, and a sixpenny rate as the ' rate in aid. Why, with such an accumulation of rates, he did not hesitate to say that landed property in Ireland would not be worth five years' purchase—( Hear, hear) — and it was on those grounds hat he felt he ought to give his vote against the clause, considering the principle a most vicious one, a circumstance which he regretted, as he was desirous to see the me , sure rendered a useful one, Lord STHADBROOKE et nsidered the principle pro posed to be unjust, and so 1 ng as that principle was maintained on a large area of taxation, so long would Ireland continue to be oppressed. Ile wished they would endeavour to assimilate the law to that of England, for the more they did that the better he felt it would be for Ireland. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE agreed in the opi nion of the Committee, that a.maximuin rate would be likely t.> raise the mark, table value of landrd prop , rty in Irelind, and that it would at the same time, as im posed for a poor-law, be a vicious principle. But, upon the priuciple on which the maximum was proposed in t be Dill now before the house, he felt that be was called up .n to support it. He hoped that the objections wilt b had been teged n2l,in,t, the chose were not of sufficieet roe to induce their Lordships to epees,. it. He had never seen a paaun connected with Ireland who did not admit that a maximum clause would he of the greatest advantage to those ho had laid to dispose of, and that it would greatly facilitate the trans'er of property. He , therefore, considered that portion of the Bill would be of the greatest advantage to Ireland; at all events its intr.( ductson could rot make matters worse, and he bad every reason to believe it would make them better. Earl FITZ WILLIA M said he could conceive certain cases where a maximum rate rni,eht be established, but this was not o ne o f t h em. His Noble Friend who ha", last addressed the House. spoke es if the present "AS measure simply relating to the land of Ireland— (Hear) —a measure for facilitating the transfer of property 1 ° that country. But it was no such thing. It was * measure to make provision for the poor of Ireland ; and while they might have a maximum as regarded some rates, he did not believe that it was possible, i° the circumstances of Ireland, to have a maximum poor rive. He would ask those who contended for suc s, were the people of Ireland to starve should this 5.3. or 7e. maximum rate not prove sufficent for their relief? -e (Hear, hear.) Should the House of Commons declare that they were prepared to make up such a deficienci from the Exchequer, should such deficiency occur, the° he would be prepared to support a maximum rate; but, until he had that declaration, he must give his 8%0) 0 ° to the amendment which had been proposed. Earl ST. GERMANS agreed that the enactment of this maximum rate would have the effect of facilitating the transfer of land in Ireland, and it would operate that respect most beneficially, by transferring the len° from persons who had no capital to those who had. (Hear, hear.) He did not think it fair to say that the maximum would not suffice for the necessities of the unions in Ireland, for in 1848, when the distress was very severe, they would find that not more than 24 of the unions in Ireland exceeded a es. rate. While, therefore. it was not with any great satisfaction he voted for the olause, he wo u ld d o so rather than hazard the passing o' e the measure. Lord REDESDALE objected to the clause. It wee true that after the ex pi r y o f twelve months, the two shil ling clause for the raising a rate in aid could be brought into operation, but during the year, should the five sbil ling maximum rate be insufficient for the maintenance of the poor, the affairs of the unions must be at a stand-still. At the same time. on referring to the clause itself, it turned out an absurdity, for it authorised the levying of a sa. rate in aid within the year, therefore contradicting the inter - tions of those who supported it. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said, from all the informs' tion he had gathered, he had cc-me to the conclusion t°, oppose the imp os iti on o f a maximum rate. He collie not conceive how a maximum rate in the circumstance s of Ireland could have a real existence. He could under" stand establishing a maximum, and expending the over plus funds creates': by it in claming out the objects for which such maximum was established, but in the pre' sent case, while there was no evidence that such max , ' mum would suffice, he would not support it unless guarantee was given that the deficiency would be made up from the common treasury. They were told that by fixing a maximum of ss. beyond which no rates could b° levied, they would give facility to the sale of land; but while that might be true, they at the same time greed! diminished the value of such property.—(Hear.) He did not think any such step as this would put a e we to the unfortunate stare -of things which prevailed i° Ireland. A taxation, such as that proposed, would 1 1 1 operate; and, therefore, G overnment oug h t to have h a d recourse to some other system. The great objection to the system he had was, that it was not a temporal arrangement; fur if they by such means induced parties to invest their money in land in Ireland, they could now with a good gra ce , a ft er wa r d s turn round an d sa y that they found it necessary to alter the law, and that tu e , tenure on which they entered u p on th e possess ion 0 ` their properties would be altered also. He would be etc ; tisfied to allow this cl a u s e to b e i nserte d i n t h e Bill, if 1 , were of a temporary nature, b u t w h en i t was introduced e 0 as a permanent measure, he cons id ere d t h at i t was 11 ' 5 ' duty of Parliament to oppose it by ever y p oss ibl e mes a as nothine could be more injuri ous t o t h e i nter ests 0 the Irish farmer and the Irish landlord than such 11 clause. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, that befoT their Lordships came to a vote on this clause, he wish% to remind their Lord s hip s t h a t h e h a d. i n connell''d with the Govern men t, f u lly an d mature l y con sidere d the necessity of thi s c l ause , an d t h at a ll w e ' s perfectly satisfied that there was an urg e : necessity of amendi ng t h e poor -l aw, an d O f :. be grafting on it a maximum rate, beyond which " poor-law cauld nut extend. He was the more desire% that their Lord s hip s s h ou ld agree to this clause, b eca use it had already met the approbation of the House o f Commons, and that because they saw the necessity lb such a clause for the present state of Ireland, se b° the landlord and the tenant would benefit much by sues a clause. He also wished to remind their Lordsh'Po that, of the 1,923 electoral divisions in Ireland, t ber d were only 328 where thi s quest i on was ag i tat ed ; sad that of the 131 union s th ere were on l y 61 i n arr ears, 7 9. that more than one-half of those were liable to only st in the pound ; and th a t th e hi g h est ra t e , i n the 111° L ; distressed unions, did not am o u n t t o more than 6 9 ' the pound, which wa s l ess th an one . t hi r d o f the i‘P,,c°,o re .. of the property. He h o p e d t h at they would at'f„re collect that the majority o f th e ev i dence given before the Committee concurred i n d ec idi ng that this M al'• mum rate would tend to improve the interest of Ire' land, by causing more capital to be expended in aft country. lie therefore considered both these clause* essentially requisite for the improvement of that cool: try, and hoped that their Lordships would agree sib' Their Lordships divided upou the question that th e chose do stand part of the 8111, when there appe.ired- - Contents ..• ••• ••• ••• 26 Nun-contents ~, 35 Majority against the clause —9 f During the absence of re p or t. rs, the Marqui s° g LANSDO WNE, as we were i n f orme d, announ ced 4' ,.4 he would not tro u bl e th e i r L or d s hi ps to di v ide up° o clause 2 (:'or a 2s. rate in aid). Clauses 1 and 2 were accordingly omitted from t he Bill. Clauses from 3 to 15 were then agreed to. On clause 16, Lord MONTEAGLE said that this and the 17 ,, t1 . :; 18th, and 19th, which hinged upon it, were them i c important clauses of t h e Bil l, relating as they did te x t d 0 mode of rating is: Ireland, an d ex hibi t i ng as t h e y , did 0 mode of rating ir. Ireland, and exhibiting as they, the totally opposite principle to that in operation in e . English poor law, while their principle was at Wit ten . The summary p ower which the Bill gave to obtai n 7 debt due by process before the assistant barrisT ) ; and the course w hi c h i t proposed of carry i n g decision of that functionary before the Judges of the perior Courts in Dublin, in order to give to it, by regi tration, the same effect as a judgment debt obtained 0 1 " t t i h o o n s a e b s e u . p e r ß i o u r t courts, w a e peculiarlys o debt for which this course was proposed as a remedy p considered pressi ve mos t o wh en s t the e , was-not that of the actual tenant in possession, but of 0 defaulting and absconded tenant. He considered a coo of that sort one of great hardship, g r ea t i n j us ti ce , and great oppression; and he should therefore propose th e orris ion of the clauses altogether. Lord CAMPBELL explained that the Noble Lor d „ was mistaken in supposing th a t one man was to b e Wu` liable under this Bill for the debt of another. ble Lord STANLEY was at a lo s s t o k now h ow the No T h • and Learn( d Lord could defend th ose c l auses , whL e exposed a party not owing a debt to h ave hi s l au d tatie n from him and confiscated for a debt due by another. Earl ST. GERMANS thought there must be sore: misapprehension about the clauses, which, if they fe,s to have the effect describ e d b y hi s Noble Friend (bni'n, Monteagle) ought cer t a i n l y not to be allowed to rent; The Marqui s of CLANRICARDE said the quo ! '" before the Committee was, as to the best mode of rr covering thos e d e b ts for which the landlord was real liable, and he thought the mode proposed by the In t e h e ; sure before the House better than that proposed by Noble Lord, Ro d The Earl of LUCAN su pp or t e d t h e amen d me nt, went further even than it did, for he was of opinion -- 0 no personal liability should attach to the landlord 1 1 $ for arrears clue by the tenant. Lord BEAUMONT also supported the amendroer; as he conceived it unjust to snake a landlord pay for which he was not primarily liable; and as the it , made him so liable, as it a t p resent stoo d , h e t h o ught • should be altered, but in th e meant i me that the sie" .l mode of recovery should be adopted. The Marquis of SALISBURY considered the law' e t present most stringent and unjust, and that an alt sr • ation should be male. He would support the anl eDik. went. After a few words from the Marquis of LA 74 .- 5 ' DOWNE, the House divided, when there appeared -- " Contents ... „, „, Nun contents Majority ... The clause was consequently lost. On cause 20 being proposed, Lord STANLEY inti ma t e d t h a t h e h a d an ato'e d. i 4Lvi Mina to propose in r e f erence t o t h e g i v i ng the pourpr, gum - divas power to as s oci a t e w ith t h em a paid 0"c ins,ead of the vice guwidian. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, as was un d e rst° 1? stated that G o v ernment wou ld cons id er the propr i e ty introducutg such a clause. Lord STANLEY sail that he would leave this 1 03 ; sure, but he would suggest that there shOuld be °l : v , paid guardian, inst ea d o f h av i ng the vice•guard i an wage the business. The At , rquis of LANSDOWNE perfectly c oncurr ed with the Noble Lord (L or d S tan l ey ) t h at every Pre,c.,11,11, lion should be taken aga i nst t h e possi b ility of 6 " 1 " , and for that reason he wou ld use every exert i on to range that n atter. .. 32 ... -13 rile el :use was then agreed to. L MONTEAGLE said that the next clause Wi t. , to enable the tenant, even if reduced to a state of pauP e be ism, to claim compensation fur any improvemen t might m ike on his farm. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that he wy llici stpone the. report tilt Monday text. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF CO t 1 /lONS, A 1.21 16. (Continued from ow Third Edition of last 400 aIEDALS. to Mr. HUME rose to make an inquiry with respect the Indi an in, dals. 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