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TrtirZ( 72tittion SUN OFFICE, Seven 0' Clock. ATTERSALL'SJTHIS EVENING stx o'CLocs. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STARES. 5 to 1' agst The Tartar 8 to 1 agst Loup-garou 10 to 1 agst Fernhill 12 to 15 agst Velox 12 to 1 agst Phyrrus the First 12 to 1 agat Westow METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 6 to 1 agst Lugar 8 to 1 agst Canezou 15 to 1 agst Clarissa 18 to 1 agst Executor 25 to• 1 agat Peep o' Day Boy CHESTER CUP. 20' to 1 agat Halo 20 to 1 agst Joe o' Sot 25 to 1 agst The Tartar 30 to 1 agst Peep o' Day Boy 30 to 1 agst Chanticleer 35 to 1 agst Rathmines 50 to 1 agst Ballinafad 50 to 1 agst John Cosser 66 to 1 agst Miss Nipper DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Tadmor 15 to 1 agst Honeycomb 20 to 1 agst Osterley HOUSE OF LORDS.--(THIS DAY.) The House sat to-day to hear Scotch appeals. The Peers present, were the Lord Chi icellor, Lord Milford, and the Earl of Enneskillen. DYKE V. STRUTITER. The further arguments in this part heard appeal ftom the decision of the Court of Session occupied their Lordships the whole day, and had not concluded when the hearing of appeals was adjourned. BONNAR V MACDONALD. The • judgment in this ,case wai postponed till to morrow. FRAN CE. The state prisoners at Vincennes were transferred to Bourges yesterday. They were guarded by a strong escort, who had orders to prevent, at any cost, the prisoners from being rescued. Two notes from the Prince de Schwartzenburg, dated Vienna, 25th ultimo, were received on the 2d instant by Baron Thom, the Austrian Minister in Paris, who communicated their contents to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The first of these notes refers to the Roman ques tion. In it the Prince reminds the Minister of the fears of Austria with respect to the conduct of the Pope in the commencement of his reign, and observes that, although the Imperial Government had antici pated that the system of reform inaugurated by Pius IX. would ultimately produce disastrous conse• quences for the repose of the Italian Peninsula and though well aware that the adulators of the Pontiff (who had always been conspirators against society) would in the end turn against him, and treat him with the basest ingratitude, neverthe less Austria considered herself bound to support the temporal power of the Pope, which had been conse crated and ratified by a duration of ten centuries ; and, moreover, guaranteed by the Treaty of Vienna, signed by all the powers of Europe, and by a subse quent convention, dated January 12, 1832, signed by France, Austria, Prussia and Russia. The note goes on to say, that it is an error to suppose that the question is one which merely interests Italy. It is a question which in terests every; power in Europe; as there is none in whose dominions are not found members of the church of which the Pope is the head. It is time, therefore, that the powers who are parties to this last convention should adopt measures to enforce its exe cution, and put an end to the anarchy which is dis turbing the tranquillity of Europe, and in this Austria is ready to co-operate. The second note relates t to Tuscany. Prince Schwartzenburg insists upon the right of Austria to interfere as she thinks proper, the Grand Duchy being governed by a Prince of the house of Austria. The note makes particular reference to a treaty con: eluded in 1735, and confirmed in 1736, between Austria and Louis XV., by which the latter bound himself in his own name and that of his successors to defend the right of the Duke of Lorraine to the possession of Tuscany, which had been transferred to him in exchange for Lorraine, which was then annexed to France. The 100th article of the Treaty of Vienna and subsequent conventions had restored the Duchy to the Arch-Duke Ferdinand of Austria. The .Kings of the Two Sicilies, Sardinia, and Spain, and the Germanic body had concurred in those conventions, and were bound, as well as France, to defend the rights of the reigning house of Tuscany. Such is the substance of the notes communicated by Prince Schwartzenburg to Baron Thom, and ordered to be laid before the French Government. It is probable that copies of the same will have been communicated to the other European Governments alluded to in them. AUSTRIA. The battle of the 11th ult., at Buski, did not end as the Vienna papers stated, in the defeat and death of Bern ; on the contrary, he completely routed Puch ner, compelling him to retreat to Herinanstadt, where he must wait for reinforcements. The whole of the open country is in possession of the Magyars. Serious disturbances have broken out at Cracow. The Kutner Zeitung has a letter from Berlin of the 2d inst., in which it is stated that the English Cabinet has issued a note, in which the interference of the Russians in Transylvania is approved of. It would appear that the Russian Government, previous to its troops entering Transylvania, dispatched a general note to the Cabinets of Europe, declaring that Transylvania must be occupied by Russian troops; that the Hungarian war was intimately connected with a conspiracy in Podolia and the Danubian prin cipalities, and that the Russian Government, however averse to interfere in the affairs of other nations, was merely guarding its own and dearest interests by opposing the successes of the Hungarian insurgents in Transylvania. The same paper gives some particulars of the battle of Deve, which took place on the 9th ult., and in which the Imperial troops were defeated by Gene ral Bern. The fight was bloody in the extreme. It lasted from 8 in the morning till 6 o'clock in the afternoon, and ended with the flight of the Imperi alists' one of whose regiments of foot was almost literally cut to pieces. Another battle was fought in the night of the 12th ult. with the right wing of the Imperial army, which had managed to keep its ground after the battle of Deva, but which was likewise driven back and dispersed in this encounter. The fugitive Imperial troops rallied on the 12th ult. at Hermanstadt, when the Russians protected them from further pursuit. ITALY. Tuscany The Grand Duke of arrived at Gaeta on the 24th ult. The Alba of the 24th ult. publishes the following decree of the Roman Assembly : "In the name of God and the People : The Roman National Assembly declares that the whole Republic is accountable for all the losses the generous Ferrara or any other portion of th e R oman terr i tory may suffer from the invasion of Austrian oppressors. (Signed) " GALLETTI, President of the Assembly. " IlLoPopm, Secretary. " Rome, Feb. 21, 1849." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE 0F LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Wool sack at Five o'clock. The Duke of RICHMOND presented several petitions against the Scotch Registration Bill. The Earl of CAMPERDO WN presented several petitions with a similar prayer. The Earl of EGLINTON presented a petition from some town in the county of Edinburgh against the Scotch Registration Bill. The Earl of ABERDEEN presented several petitions with a similar prayer. SCOTCH MARRIAGES BILL AND SCOTCH REGISTRATION BILL. Lord CAMPBELL moved the third reading of the Scotch Marriages Bill. The Earl of ABERDEEN said that he bad received several letters complaining of the haste with which these Bills were hurried through the House, notwithstanding the numerous peri.ions presented against them. This was not a party question ; it was one which affected the social condition of the whole people of Scotland. and the only justification offered was the wretched object of rendering more perfect a system of registration. In England they had been obliged to authorise persons to contract matrimony before the re gistrar; but the necessity did not exist in Scotland, because those per sons m i ght be married before whom they liked. If a man in Scotland gave a written contract to marry, that was considered a marriage,_ and it was perfectlyjust that it should b e so o e s ßLth ot ls Bill, they were holding o ut an indemnity f Seduction was much mo re frequent in England titioan in the Scotland, in conse quence of the difference the marriage-laws of tho two countries. This alteration would lead to in calculable mise ry in Scotland, and h e r could not but deprecate the levity with which it was proposed to interfere with a law which had existed in Scotland for 300 years. It should have had a Commit tee of Inquiiy, and have ascertained the feelings of the people on the subj,'ct. The Scotch were exceedingly at tached to their own system of jurisprudence, and had supported a proposition of his Noble and Learned Friend to prevent clandestine marriages, but since then his Noble and Learned Friend had become more reckless, and he could not join him in supporting this measure. The laws of marriage in Scotland had been frequently referred to. in both Houses during the debates on Lord Hardwick's Marriage Act, and also during those on the Registration Bill in 1835, but no one had even thought of proposing any alteration in them of the nature now proposed. He Mt bound to protest against the measure. Lord CAMPBLLL said this was the third 'session during which these measures h a d b een b e f ore th e 'House; and the Bill had been already referred to a Select Com• mittee, where it had been considered clause by clause. he thought, therefore, there was was no foundation for the accusation brought against him of hurrying forward the Bill. It was certainly material for the sake of the wife and the offspring that there should be some certain method of ascertaining whether marriage had been contracted or not. There was no means of ascertaining it under the present system Surely if the law required certain solemnities to make valid a contract for the sale of a small portion of land, it ought to take the srme care to make valid a contract for marriage. In no part of Europe was a marriage valid without a written contract. In France the civil contract was entered into before the Mayor, and that was necessary to render a marriage valid, and Scotland was the only country in Europe in which any such un certainty could exist as to whether or not persons were really married, and in a great majority of cases brought before the Scotch courts within the last few years the evi dence was so uncertain that to this day the parties did not know whether they married or not. He hoped the Bill would meet with no further opposition. The Bills were then read a third time and passed. Lord BROUGHAM postponed until to-morrow the presentation of the petition for the contributors to the Dublin Savings' Bank. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from some union in Ireland against a rate in aid. The Noble Lord also gave notice of a question on the subject of certain aims removed from her Majesty's stores for the avowed pur pose of being handed to the Sicilians. The Noble Lord also expressed his surprise that notice should have been given for going icto committee on the Brib ry Bi.l on Friday, more especially at a Noble and Learned Lord who had taken part in the discussion on the second reading was on circuit. The Lord CHANCELLOR was willing to postpone the Bill if the House wished it. Lord BROUGHAM hoped his Noble and Learned Friend would not object to proceeding one stage with the Bill, after which he hoped the further proceedings would be postponed until the Chief-Justice should be present. Lord REDESDALE urged the postponement of the Bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR would postpone tho Bill until to-morrow week. After a few words from Lord STANLEY, the subject dropped. VICE•GUARDIANS OF UNIONS (IRELAND) BILL. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved the second reading of the Vice guardians of Unions (Ireland) Bill. Lord STANLEY would not oppose the measure, be cause he felt that it was necessary that the Poor-law Commissioners should, for the present, possess the power of appointing Vice-Guardians hut it was an evil, and he hoped the system would not to continued one moment longer than was necessary. It was impossible that these vice guardians should possess a sufficient degree of kcal knowledge to perform their duties satisfactorily to the ratepayers. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE explained. The Earl of WICKLOW said that any sugges tions that the Noble Lord might wish to make would be considered in the Committee on the Bill. He considered the whole responsibility should rest either on the guardians or the vice-guardians, but he objected to a divided responsibility. Both systems were liable to great abuse, but the abuse would be aggravated by the mixture of he two. Lord MONTEAGLE considered that nothing more objectionable in principle had even been proposed than the present measure for vesting immense powers in the hands of the vice-guardians who possessed the power of taxing districts with which they had no local connexion. He, however, acknowledged that the necessities of the case required the adoption of anomalous measures. Admit ting, however, the necessity of appointing vice-guardians be was compelled to state that persons had been ap pointed who were quite unqualified for the performance of their duties. He would not oppose the Bill, but he trusted that great judgment would be exercised in appointing the persons to whom were to be confided the exercise of these enrrmous powers. The power of determining that most difficult question as to whether or not there should be a union rating was confided to the Vice-Guardians. This was a power they ought not to possess. Parliament alone should deter mine questions of such vast importance. The Bishop of CASHEL supported the Bill, and bore witness to the admiral way in which the vice-guardians in his district bad performed their duty in a manner which contrasted most favourably with the conduct of the guardians ; and he felt thankful to those who had sent such honest, painstaking men to supersede the guardians, and both the ratepayers and the poor felt exceedingly grateful to them. These paid guardians had, by their efficient management, more than saved their own salary, and he only regretted that the measure was a temporary one, and was not extended to the whole country. He should wish to see paid guar dians in every union in Ireland. The Earl of LUCAN thought that some inquiry should be instituted before an elected Board of Guar dians should be dismissed, and he was not at all prepared to say that an application to the Court of Queen's Bench, should be necessary to remove an elected guardian. He complained of the manner in which the vice-guardians had exercise tteir powers. The Bill was then read a second time. RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved the second reading of the Relief of Distress (Ireland) Bill. Lord BROUGHAM considered it a grievous thing that there should still exist a necessity for proposing another grant for Ireland. Their grants were to small to afford efficient relief and to large to be granted He objected to accustoming the people of Ireland to look for relief from anything except their own exertions. A. national polity was in a most diseased condition, in which the people were taught to rely habitually for their living upon anything, save upon their own exertions. He blamed no one in particular for the present state of things. He hoped this would be the last grant of the kind. After a few words from the Marquis of LASDOWNE, The Bill was read a second time, and their Lordships adjourned, HOUSE OF COMMONS. TheISFEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. TAXATION OF RAILWAYS. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from the sli areholddrs of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire Railway, praying for a supervision of the present sy stem and an equalization of the taxation on all rail way s. THE PEACE MOVEMENT. Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition very numerously signed by the inhabitants of l3irmigham at a public meeting, in which they say that the system of war had ben] declared in a variety of ways to be anti-Christian aad impolitic for all people, and praying that the House would take the subject into consideration, and to in• qe ire how far the system of arbitratiou could be carried out, and praying further, especially, that the house would take the matter under their especial at tel Aiwa. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 5, !849 NAVIGATION-LAWS. Petitions were presented against the repeal of the na vigatiou-laws by Mr. Meagher from Waterford, Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Buck, and the Hon. Mr. Talbot, in favour of the repeal; by Mr. Ellis from the corporation of Leicester, and also from a public meeting for the same object; by Mr. P. Miles from Bristol, and by Mr. Card well from the inhabitants of Liverpool in a public meet ing assembled, presided over by the Mayor, praying that the Bill for the repeal of these laws should not be passed into a law. INLAND FISHERIES (IRELAND). Mr. FAGAN presented petitions from the city of Cork, from the magistrates of the county, and from other re sidents of the county, complaining of the formation of weirs in the river above the fords, the destruction of the salmon in consequence of the formation of these weirs, and praying that some measures may be adopted in the House for the rectifying of an abuse which was greatly calculated to injure the welfare of the country. _ SANITARY LAWS. The Earl of LINCOLN Preselied several petitions praying for an improvement of the sanitary laws of the country. POOR-LAWS. Sir G. STRICKLAND presented a petition from Preston complaining of the administration of the poor law,ed by allowing th at i ts principles were g neutralised expressing a but a convicti on t h at i ts benefits were the system of centralizationcwohigiphoaLbeTeinotpted. :Mr. REYNDOLDSI presented petitions from the Cor phoarratteiornhaanddbeeietnizvettioslaotefd,Daunbdlinth, complaining that their c that the right of electing their own sheriffs had been taken away time offrotn Henryna, al though it had bees enjoyed since the m 11., and praying that their privileges might be restored the Crown, which had unjustly usurped them. by The Marquis of GRANBY presented a petitionfrom Gainsborough against the repeal of the navi gation-laws Mr. ROBINSON presented similar petitions from the borough of Worcester, and also one from the shipowners of London to the same effset. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed: Alf,,rd and Boston Road. East Lancashire Railway Acts Amendment and Devia tion (Connecting Lines in Preston and Walton-le-Dale, &c.) . sontown, Morn ingEsdi d i Edinburgh andurghc oi and tn ess Glasgow ß aiI R Railway ay a A ill in va 4a a n n i d ati V on il General Land Drainage and Improvement Company (In corporation and conferring of Powers). Great Northern Railway (Amendment of Acts, Deviations and Enlargements at and near Boston, Bentley, Lincoln, and King's Cross). Irish South-Eastern Railway (Amendment of Acts). Marylebone and Finchley Turnpike Roads. New North Road (Continuation Act). River Dun Navigation Company (Purchase of Stainforth and Keadby Canal). Sheffield and Tinsley Road (Extension of the Tinsley and Doncaster Turnpike Road to Sheffield). Truro Turnpike Roads, Penryn and Redruth Turnpike Roads (Consolidation of Trusts, Alteration of Tolls, Forma tion of New Roads). KENSINGTON AND lIANIMERSMITH. Mr. MACGREGOR gave notice of his inteEtion to move, on the 15th instant, a resolution of the House to the ctfect that the populous parishes of Kensington and Hammersmith ought to have representatives in Par liament. AGRICULTURAL BURDENS. Mr. 'FUME gave notice of his intention to / move, as an amendment to the motion of the ! Honourable Member for Buckingham, " that if the regular taxation of the country pressed un equally on property, of which there was no proof afforded, that it ought to be immediately removed, but with a view to grant speedy relief, it was the opinion of the House that the Excise duties ought to be immediately removed, especially the duties on malt and.hops." TRANSPORTS. Mr. ROBINSON gave notice that to-morrow he should put a question to Government relative to the treatment of transports on board ship. NAVIGATION-LAWS. Mr. HERRIES presented a petition from the Chamber of Commerce at Waterford against the re peal of the navigation-laws. IRISH COURTS OF RECORD. Mr. REYNOLDS gave notice that on the 13th of March he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to alter and amend the laws relating to the proceedings by attachment in the Courts of Record of the city of Dub lin and other boroughs in Ireland. LIGHT AND DOCK DUES. Mr. `'YAWN wished to ask the Right Hon. the Pre sident of the Board of Trade, whether it was the inten tion of the Government to bring in a Bill to abolish the payment of double dues to corporations, companies, or individuals for foreign vessels which, under treaties of reciprocity, or other wise, are admitted into the ports of the United Kingdom, for light dues, dock dues on ships or merchandise, pilot age, or otherwise. .It appears about 650,0001. have been paid out of the consolidated dues of Customs on ac count of double dues. Mr. LABOUCHERE replied that in cases where foreign ships, by treaties of reciprocity, were allowed to enter the ports of these corporations on equal terms with British ships, payments had been made out of the Con solidated Fund in the way of c )mpensation for the loss of their dues.—(Hear.) With regard to the question itself, as to whether Government intended to introduce a Bill to abolish these dues, he Legged to state that Govern ment had no such intention. UNITED STATES AND THE NAVIGATION LAWS. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON inquired of Viscount Palmerston if any answer had been received from the Government of the United States of America to the letter of Mr. Crampton, of the date of the 16th day of January last, respecting the proposed relaxation of the British navigation-laws. Lord PALMERSTON said that no official communi cation had been received from the Government of the United States, but he had no doubt, when an answer came, that it would' be couched in the same concilia tory spirit as that which was expressed in Mr. Ban croft's last communication, METROPOLITAN POLICE. Mr. LUSHINGTON said it appeared from an account of the expenditure of the Metropolitan Police that there was a balance on the credit side of 63,0001., and he wished to know in whose hands the custody of that money was placed. Sir GEORGE GREY said the receivers of the police rates had the custody of the money, but they were re quired to give ample security, and to deposit the money ' in the Bank of England, from which they could nut withdraw it without a cheque countersigned by other parties. LATE DISASTROUS OCCURRENCES IN INDIA. Mr. HUME said, seeing the Noble Lord at the head of the Government in his place—l wish to ask him a ques tion, but I feel considerable difficulty in shaping it in such a way as to obtain sufficient information. But, Sir, after the statements which we have seen in the Gazette of Saturday last, and in the Gazelle prior to that, rela tive to the affairs of India, the state of that country can no longer be a matter of indifference to every man who looks to the future.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") I should be sorry to prejudge any man, and particularly one who is not present to answer any statements that might be made, but certain facts, which are disclosed in the dispatches which were received four weeks ago, without any relation whatever to the late most melancholy transactions that have taken place, authorise me in inquiring whether her Majesty's Ministers have taken any measures to ensure to the army in India such command as shall obtain the confidence of the men, and also all those ad vantages of art and science which we, as a civilized na tion, possess for the purposes of warfare? It appears from recent dispatches that those advantages had not been used, and Ido hope, therefore, that her Majesty's Government will state what measures they have taken to ensure better success for the future.—(llear, hear.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL rose, amidst profound silence, and said—Mr. Speaker, there can be no doubt that the state of our military operations in India is not only not a matter of indifference, but a matter of the deepest interest to every one in this House.— (Cheers.) I can, however, only state at present that her Majesty's Government, after considering the intelligence which has been received have offered to her Majesty that advice which they think best calculated to meet the present exigencies of that part of our dominions. But we have not as yet received, her Majesty's reply to the advice which we have humbly thought it necessary to give. However, as soon as that reply is received I shall make no delay in communicating it to the House. —(Loud cries of " Hear.") ECCLESIASTICTL FUNDS. In reply to Mr. BOUVERIE, Sir G. GREY said a Bill on this subject was in pre paration, and it would depend on the state of public business when it was introduced. NAPLES AND SICILY. Mr. URQUHART inquired if the Noble Lord the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs would have any objection to lay on the table the correspondence that had taken place relative to the presence of the squadron under the command of Sir William Parker, in the Bay of Naples, in the month of July last? Lord PALMERSTON replied that he had no objec tion to lay on the table an abstract of the correspondence that had taken place previous to the arrival of Sir William Parker at Naples; but he should object to lay on the table the whole of the correspondence that had taken place between Sir W. Parker and the Sicilian Go vernment. he hoped, however, in the course of a few days to be able to lay the greater part of the correspond ence on the table. Mr. URQUHART expressed his satisfaction. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. In reply to Mr. HORSMAN Sir 04.:ORGE GREY stated that a measure was in progress for the alteration of the management of these Courts. It was in an advanced state. He could not then state its exact features. Mr. HUME said the Hon. Baronet would confer a favour on the Houso if he would state whether the Bill proposed the repeal of these Courts? Sir G. GREY replied that the Bill was not certainly one of that character. Mr. J. O'CONNELL said he held a letter in his hand from a Mr. Berwick, who denied that he had any share in the framing of the Bill introduced the other night by the Hon. Baronet the Member for the city of Waterford (Sir H. H. Barron). THE NAVIGATION LAWS—QUEBEC. Mr. HERRIES said some time ago a petition against the navigation-laws was agreed to at Hamilton, Quebec, and presented to Lord Elgin for transmission to the Home Government. He wished to know whether his Excellency had transmitted to this country that address, and if so, why it had not been laid on the table of the House. Mr. HAWES said all papers on the navigation-laws that had been received by the Government had been laid on the table. He would, however, make inquiry, and reply to the question of the lion. Gentleman to-morrow. IRISH POOR-LAW-RATE IN AID. Colonel VERNER presented a petition from the unions of Armagh and Down, against the proposition of the Government, respecting a rate in aid. IRISH OUT-DOOR RELIEF. An Horn. MEMBER presented a petition from the guardians of the union of Ballinasloe, in Ireland, against the system of adminstering out-door relief in Ireland. IRISH POOR-LAW.—RATE IN AID. Mr. J. H. HAMILTON presented a petition signed by the sheriff of Dublin, on behalf of a meeting of the inhabitants of that county against a Rate in Aid. Mr. MONSELL presented a similar petition from the grand jury of the county of Westmeath, assembled at the spring assizes. POOH LAW (IRELAND) BILL—ADJOURNED DEBATE. On the order of the day being read for the House going into Committee on this Bill, Mr. OSBORNE said, whatever differences of opinion might exist in the House as to those resolutions brought forward by the Noble Lord, he (Mr. Osborne) thought there could be no dispute that the case had been very fairly put before the House by the Noble Lord; and that divested of all rhetorical verbiage, the question amounted to this—that the poor-law had entirely broken down in the western districts of Ireland; and the Noble Lord now called on the House to levy con tributions on the north and south of Ireland in support of the poverty of the west. He (Mr. Osborne) for one, protested that if ho saw the Noble Lord and his colleagues entertained any clear conception or any general knowledge of the great difficulties with which they were surrounded— ifr ohthne w h whe d e oaeut t land t i e h l s o u re g of h fr ta thoughttnh t e h a f e tr y obme s th measure ammdau making n a bgb n ee y f cea orneryl m s a dt s ohe e t brse r ed y r vuaanet uo v sn e e ex ceptional amendment; but after the speech of the Noble Lord and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he thought nobody could resist the conviction that they were not able to deal with the tremendous difficul ties with which the subject of Ireland was sur rounded. Ile could see no chance of their laying down any permanent foundation for the establishment of a better state of society in the western districts of Ireland. This Bill could do nothing more than feed the distemper, instead of attempting a cure, and it became the House to pause before it entered upon a course of policy which would nee communicate any per manent benefit to the western parts of Ireland, whilst it would exhaust the southern and northern districts. He protested against the system of levying rates for the purpose of giving eleemosynary relief to the paupers details of of the westthe of resolution Ireland, h but ete beforer ethe house, enteringinto the he wished to state expressly to the House that he for ono could not sympathize in the opposition offered to this measure by the Hon. Members more immediately connected with the north of Ireland. It southseemedsee of t o hc b l e an forgotten who s o l t e l; at l t t .y h , e a r e l t h w e e e r g e h p t r h o c v y i n t c h e e s m i s n e t v h e e s might not be in so thriving a position, and he might say their religiou and virtue were quite on a par with any other portion of Ireland. There were landlords who would not thrown up their commissions, and there :were tenants who would not take up their muskets in the event of the House passing this Bile. Now, what did the Noble Lord do? He simply gave them to understand that the men must yield either their ' money or their lives, and in that way did he perform the promise which he had rendered to the country. The Noble Lord might declare that he had done all that in him lay to fulfil his promise originally; but he (Mr. Osborne) for his own part conceived that the House had a right to consider what amount of discretion had been exercised in the ful filment of the duty which the Noble Lord and his Government owed to the country. The Noble Lord had said that the only plan for the relief was to draw a sum from the Consolidated Fund for the relief of the people, and he had proposed to the House a grant of 50,0001. from that source. But in re spect of this grant the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Ripon had asked a question, and put a position which, as coming from him, was peculiarly significant. It was well known that the Right Hon. Baronet acid the Noble Lord had been in treaty for the former to take a place in the present Cabinet, and the question, therefore, of the Right Honourable Baronet was particularly effective, when be inquired as to whether this was to be the last grant of the same kind.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord knew too well that he could give no such guarantee. And what was the effect of the Right Honourable Baronet's suggestion, that the Noble Lord should come down with some comprehensive measure, and some effectual relief for the people. He came down with the information that the comprehensiveness of his measures would include wide districts in the north, the ruin of the west, without saving any of the community in the distress in which they were involved, and that the grant of 50,000/. would save the people from absolute starvation only for a few weeks. —(Hear.) He would ask the Noble Lord what the Members of this House had continually foretold and he would toll him that the Government were responsible not only for the future, but for the want of foresight and prudence which ought to have been ',exercised. — (Hear, hear.) For himself, he should say that as a Member of Parliament he was not settsfied with such replies, and he could tell him neither would that House be.—(Hear, hear.) It might be all very well to ask the House what more could be done ; but he most respectfully tell them that so long as the present system continued, no improvement could possibly be ex pected.—( Hear, hear.) So long as the members of the Carlton Club were unable to drive out or control those of Brookes', so long would this evil continue and increase. —(Hear, hear.) It was, iu fact, adopting the old adage date obolum be/is aro.—(Cheers.) '1 he Noble Lord was willing to grant a Committee of inquiry, and he ex pected to obtain the repayment of the grant by a rate in aid (Hear, hear) but he could tell the Noble Lord that no man in his senses in the West of Ire land ever expected to realise this amount through erste in aid, and he must warn the House, vvhaetever might be said, that they would never realise more than 2,000/ or 3,000/ from auy such source. In fact the system must be alto gether altered or no benefit could possibly accrue. When the plan for a Committee had been proposed last year the whole of the Irish Members to a man had voted against it, with the exceptions of Lord Portarlington, and the Committee was to all intents and purpose,s a caput mortuum. He knew of no precedent except one in Gil his, for the course pursued by the Noble Lord at the head of the Government. He must now say one word with rate charityin aiel. like Ttle but he was sure they were 0 11: House this subject, pp osed they were doing something doing no such thing. The Noble Lord had referred to twenty-one unions that would be thrown on this rate in aid, but he did not tell them bow many other unions would he throw upon it. The House might depend upon it, if this measure passed, they would have more than three times twenty-one unions thrown upon the rate. Ho did not believe that the Noble Lord bad given this measure a proper consideration, and he trusted therefore, he would recon sider it. It might be asked what other objections he had to the measure? To that question he would an swer in the words of Lord Hall, that the plaster was not so large as the sore.—(Hear, hear.) He called upon the Noole Lord before the resolution passed to state to that House how these unions were to be supported when the rate in aid was worn out, and the landlords of the north and south of Ireland were eaten up by it. The Noble Lord had said that the landlords of Ireland were exempted from income-tax, and therefore they must pay a 6d. rate ; Adam Smith's canon was, that the people must pay to the rates according to their income ; he joined with him in that opinion, but he asserted that it was no argument to say that, because Ireland was exempted from the income-tax, that, therefore, the landlords were to be subjected to a 6d. rate. The proper course to pursue was for the Noble Lord to propose the appointment of a Committee to inquire into the subject. The Hon. Gentleman the Member for Cork called upon the House to tax the landlords, for they had no friends, and were the only parties who could pay this rate in aid. —(Hear, and laughter.) But the Hon. Gentleman, when he talked in that way, did not take into his consideration what these unfortunate landlords, who had no friends, had been going through.—(Hear, hear.) He called upon the House to lay an additional taxation on the rateable property of Ireland which had gone through the privations of their succestive famines, and had suffered by that means a loss amounting to no less than 16,000,0001. ,Was the Honourable Gentleman aware of these things when he talked of taxing the landlords only, or was he aware that these very landlords at the present moment were not receiving a quarter of their rents?—(Hear, hear.) He knewn a gentleman, a Member of the House, who in the course of the last year had paid no less than 5,000/ to the poor-rates of his parish, while many others had paid 8001. and 1,0001., and yet the Honourable Member for Cork came down to the House ready to tax these unfortunate landlords because he said they were accustomed to it and ought to pay. Do not tax any other property, said the Hon. Gentle man, but he (Mr. Osborn) was convinced that if the poor. law was to succeed in Ireland it must be remodelled, and revised, and the rates must be levied upon all pro perty that could be made available for the support of the poor, no matter whether it was composed of land, mort gages on land, or money in the funds.—(Hear, hear.) The fundholder must bo compelled to pay in the same proportion as the landholder, but the House ought to take some guarantee that the rates to be so levied should not be spent in eleniosynary grants, bnt that they should be directed to the pur poses of home colonization and assisting the people to emigrate to some flourishing colonies. —(Hear.) In fact care must be taken that the money was not thrown into a bottomless pit, as hitherto it had been, leaving the people still wretched, and the country still in a state of pauperism.—(Hear, hear.) With regard to this rate in aid itself; he wished the English Members to bear in mind that the principle of a national rate was very much fancied in this country. Apply that principle to Ireland, and some good might be accomplished, but, at all events, if they persisted in throwing th© whole burden of the poor upon the land the time soon come when Ireland would he entirely de pendent upon England.—(Hear, hear.) lle agreed with the Noble Lord at the head of the Government that Ireland was not over-populated, but there could be no doubt that there were certain districts labouring from what the Noble Lord properly called " local con gestion," which resulted from the circumstances of the people of those districts having hitherto sub sisted almost entirely upon the potato, and the failure of the land in producing that root, had rendered it incapable of supporting the masses that were congregated upon it.—(Hear, heir.) Mr. Otway, one of the witnesses examined before the Poor-law Committee bore out this view of :the case, that gentleman was asked how he accounted for the destitution of these districts, and his answer was that the land was insufficieent to support the poor upon. An HON. MEMBER—And a foolish answer it was. Mr. B. OSBORNE proceeded—Some Hoe. Gentle man remarked, "And a foolish answer it was;" but if that Honourable Gentleman would take the trouble to reflect that the land had become too impoverished to grow anything e l se b u t p o t atoes , h e would see at once that it was quite reasonable to sup pose that it could not produce food enough to support the people upon it.—(Hear, hear.) If the Noble Lord's Government deserved the name of one, it ought not to throw itself on the charity of the House, but ought to come forward with some definite plan which would do away with elemoeinary relief, and place the people of Irelaud in a situation to maintain themselves, and by which those enormous sums of money which had been wasted by the House might be saved to this country The poor laws did not add to the resources or the capital of the country, but tended rather to diminish them. He had himself been obliged to discharge a number of labourers in consequence of having been obliged to pay last year 1,000/. for poor-rates, and yet they were told the property of Ireland must support the poor population. That was a most dangerous doctrine to promulgate, and they might talk of Louis Blancism; and speaking of th a t gentleman, he would do him th e justice to say that he did dot support th e ateliers nationaux ; and they might talk of Paulet Scropersin—(Laughter)—but he would say that the doctrine that property was responsible for poverty was nothing but a system of legalized communism. —(Loud cries of Hear, hear.) There must be other measures besides a poor-law, and he would ask the Government what were they to be ? The Noble Lord was bound to introduce a Bill to enforce the sale of those lands which did not pay their portion of the poor -rates.—(Hear.) There seemed to be on idea iu the House that the poor-law would promote the sale of estates in Ireland, but that was one of the greatest fallacies in the world. (LEFT SPEAKING.) The Right Honourable the Speaker gave his fourth Parliamentary entertainment, this session, on Satur day last, at his official residence in Eaton-square, on which occasion the following Members of the House of Commons honoured the Right Honourable Gentleman by their com pany to dinner :—Viscount Mandeville, Lord Brooke, the Right Hon. J. C. llerries Sir Lucius O'Brien, Bart., Sir Henry Meux, B ar t ., Sir Henry Halford, Bart., Sir W. Jollitle, Bart., Sir Arthur B. Brooke, Bart., Sir Alexander Hood, Bart., Sir John Tyrell, Bart., Major Beresford, Captain Henry G. Bolder°, Air. Benjamin Disraeli, Mr. Geor ge Bankes, Mr. Thos. E. Taylor, Mr. Joseph Napier,. Mr. John Stuart, Mr. Au gustus Stafford Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, Mr. P. Miles, Mr. Ri c h ard S. Bourke, Mr. D. Waddington, Mr. R. C. Hildyard, Mr. Thomas R. T. Hildvard, Mr. Thomas Baring, &c. The Marquis of Chandos, the Earl of March, the Alarquis of Granby, and the Right Hon. C. E. Law, were, from vari ous causes, prevented dining with the Right Hon. Gentleman. RESPITE OP 11TyrcuELE.—We are glad to learn that the execution of Mitchell, who was last week sentenced to death for the murder of his illegitimate child, iu Sand gate, is stayed by a respite from her Alajesty.—Newcasete Guardian NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MALTA, FEB. 25.—A private of the 44th, named James Alexander, will be shortly brought to trial for an offence which, under one of our laws of the lath of November, 1785, renders him liable to the penalty of death. Prisoner, being on guard, and armed with his musket and bayonet (which brings bim under the law above), accosted a Greek, from whom he begged money. This being refused, he seized on him, and by main force took his handkerchief, valued at 10d. only, and which was afterwards found on him. He has been committed for trial, and the full rigour of the law has been invoked by the Crown Advocate. The United States steam-frigate Princeton has left port for Messina. Her Majesty's ship Hibernia, which at present carries the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, is reported to be ordered home, and is daily expected in Malta. His flag is to be shifted to the ,Queen, and the Admiral is re-confirmed to the appointment of Commander-in-Chief for a further period of three years. Since Friday last we have not had one arrival of steamers. The mail from the Levant is due to-day, and will proceed to Marseilles a few hours after her- arrival. Her Majesty's steamer Antelope, long expected in Malta, has left Naples under sealed orders, supposed to be ordered to Civita Vecchia. The French steamer,Rhamses, due here on th e 15th or 16th inst., only arrived this morning. She was delayed by bad weather, and obliged to put into a port near Tripoli, where she remained four dee s. She had on board eighty-two lladjis, on return home after a pil grimage to Mecca, where is the tomb of their prophet. Her Majesty's steamer Locust, from the lonian Islands and Greece, arrived this morning. Her Majesty's steamer Medina, with the India mails, is in sight. The French steamers from Marseilles, and from Mar seilles and ports of Italy, arrived this morning. The arrivals to-day have been the ono- ones since the 15th inst., and their entry was anxiously watched. On Friday last a private of artillery committed a des perate act. Ile placed a loaded carbine under his chin, and blew it off. The ball passed through the upper jaw, coming out on the left of the upper part of the nose, but without injuring the eye or forehead. The poor fellow is not dead, but it is thought impossible he can survive. The cause of the desperate act seems to have been a fear of thing reported by creditors, of whom he bought goods for re-sale to his messmates, and being disappointed of the receipt of the amounts due by them to him, he could not pay, and this affected his brain. Lie was a man of excellent character. Last night, at a quarter-past nine o'clock, a private of her Majesty's 69th Foot, named Hussey, whilst on guard on the landing of the Palace, eaded his gun, and, placing it to his lett breast, shot himself. The ball passed in a slanting direction, and issued at his shoulder. The poor fellow is not dead, but his wound is mortal. PORTSMoUTIL SUNDAY.—The Electra, 14, Comman der Buuvei ie, is dismantling prior to being paid off. We stated on Saturday that the violeace of the gale which this vessel rode out on Wednesday and Thursday tore out the " bits," but still she hell fast, and whilst very many vessels came in with loss of anchors, hers held the ground and saved the ship. We find she was supplied with Porter's aechor at the special application of her commander, who, it is but fair to presume, did not like to risk his ship with no better hold-feet than the treache rous " mud-hook" usually suppled to ships. We are in formed that the Electra did not bring the Forth's mails ; and further, that the ,Severn left Bermuda three days after her, and then the Forth had nut been.heard of. The following gentlemen recently passed their exami nations in gunnery on board the Excellent ;—Messrs. Hallowes and Wright, Acting-Lieutenants, first class ; Mr. Russell, Mate ; and Messrs. Nichol!, Trevennen, Hoskins, Simpson, Rawlins, Parrott, Scovell, and Cam pion, Acting-Mates. The Dauntless new steam-frigate is to be docked and immediately fitted for service. Admiralty orders have :been received here this morn ing to dock the naval transport Adventurer, Master- Commander Wellington, which vessel received so much damage in the late gales as to render that operation ne cessary, she having sprung a serious leak, causing her while at sea to make 10 inches of water an hour. She will be docked to-morrow. The Driver steam-sloop, Commander C. R. Johnson, sailed yesterday morning for Devonport, with a dredging machine vessel in tow. She is ,to complete fuel at De vonport, and then proceed for the Pacific. The Fearless steamer, Second Master-Commander Wills, sailed yesterday with supernumeraries for Plymouth. The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander Lord A. W. Beauclerk, s is ordered immediately on her arrival at this port (where she is momentarily expected) to be dis patched to Sheerness to be paid off. The Janus steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Powell, arrived this morning from Woolwich to complete coals, &c., and be paid a d vance . The Superb, 80, Captain E. Purcell, and Sappho, 12, Commander R. C. Michell, are to leave the harbour for Spithead to-morrow. The Rodney, 92, Captain E. Collier, C. 8., and the Electra, 14, Commander F. W. P. Bouverie, are ordered to be paid off next Thursday. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 2.—Her Majesty's steam-frigate Gladiator sailed on the 28th ult. for Portsmouth and Woolwich. Her Majesty's ship Caledonia, 120, Captain Sir T. W. Carter, will go to Malta in about a fortuight, to relieve her Majesty's ship Queen, 110, Captain H. W. Bruce. Orders were received yesterday morning t. get her ready as soon as possible. She shipped 70 hands in about 2i hours; 450 hands were wanted to complete her comple ment .of 950, including 200 marines. It is said that if necessary 700 hands might be had at once, in conse quence of so many men having collected here in the ex pectation of being required for small vessels of war. Letters dated at Wouhoo have been received from the Plover discovery ship, Commander Thomas E. L. Moore, gone in search of Sir John Franklin. The officers and crew of the Plover are all well. Orders have been sent by the Admiralty to the De vonport Dockyard for a return of the ages and servitude of all the officers and men employed in that arsenal. Niue shipwrights and one ropetnaker were yesterday examined by the surgeon preparatory for superan nuation. THE YACHT BRIG ARlENlS.—Yesterday morning, about 9 A.M., the Sir Francis Drake steam-packet was brought near this vessel with an intention to get her off toe rocks under the citadel, but in consequence of the northerly wind having cut the tido no effort was then made. In the course of the day her topmasts were taken down, a large portion of the iron ballast thrown over board, and a number of casks placed in and around her. About ten o'clock last night her Majesty's steamer Con fiance was attached to the brig, and every effort again used, but in consequence of the continuance of the northerly wind, and the unexpected shortening of the tide, this attempt was also unsuccessful. She has a great quantity of ballast yet on board, some of which is ce mented in between the timbers and floors, and there are also several iron tanks containing ballaSt. The tides continue to decrease for a day or two, and all expec tation of floating her must therefore be deferred for the present. It in the mean time a gale come on from the southward, she will be most probably beaten to pieces.. _ _ Wind, northerly; fine. WooLwicn, MARCH 4.—Captain Lord John Hay, C. 8., one of the Lords of the Admiralty, and Captain Ellice, Comptroller of Steam Machinery, visited Wool wich Dockyard yesterday afternoon, and accompanied by Commodore Henry Eden, Mr. Lang, master ship. Wright, and Mr. Humphries, chief engineer, went on board the Sampson steam-vessel, at present fitting in the inner basin. The Sampson has been ordered to be got ready with the greatest dispatch, and relays of workmen are to be engaged upon the vessel night and day during the next fortnight. A small steam machine has been constructed for this vard for the purpose of boring the cylinders, without taking them out of the vessel. The plan has been found to answer well in private establishments, and was yesterday tried on board the Sampson. It is of importance when cylinders are bored that no stopp age takes place, as the expansion and contraction of the metal by the different degrees of heat would prevent that great degree of nicety required in the boring of cylinders to prevent the escape of steam when working. The Gladiator steam-vessel,Commander Robb, arrived here on Friday evening, and has brought home the crew of the Volcano steam-vessel, and they are to be paid off on Tuesday next. The day for paying off the Gladiator has not been fixed. Captain Smith, of the Rattler steam-vessel, and a deputation from the Harwich Company, who have pur chased the four wooden steam-vessels, Adder, Dotterel, Otter, and Zephyr, and the Torch and Myrmidon steam vessels, visited Woolwich Dockyard on Friday for the purpose of inspecting them. It is said they have been sold to the company for 24,0001. Six men have been dismissed from the factory depart ment during the last week for idling at the time they should have been working, and one boy for having a tobacco pipe in his pocket, the strictest injunctions having been previously issued against taking tobacco pipes into the yard on any pretence whatever. BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.--The ordinary meeting was held on Friday at the Society's Rooms, 20, Bedford-street, Strand, J. Reynolds, Esq., treasurer, in the chair. After the secretary had announced various donations, Mr. A. llenfrey, F.L.S., communicated a paper "On the Discrimination of Species." The author pro. posed that specific characters of flowering plants could be drawn exclusively from specimens presenting the most perfect condition of the reproductive organs, whed this has manifestly not been attained at the expense of the leaves and other vegetative parts ; and that in very critical genera the species should be cultivated under conditions as varied as the plant will suffer, in order to ascertain what parts are most constant in their character, on which alone the distinction should be f, , unded. FIRE NEAR THE SURREY THEATRE.—Last evening, between seven and eight o'clock, as Police sergeants Goff and Romaine were passing along the Surrey Circus, they disco vered smoke issuing from the upper part of the premises be longing to Mrs. Plaits, the Surrey oyster-rooms. An instant alarm of fire was given, and one of the officers remained on the spot, and pr even t e d th e crow d f rom f orcing in the doors, whilst the other started off to call the engines. In the course of a few minutes the brigade and West of England engines arrived, as well as the Royal Society's escape. An abundant supply of water was immediately furnished by the Lambeth Company, and three engines were forthwith set to work; but the moment the door was opened to allow the hose of the engines to be inserted, the flames rolled out in such a huge body as to threaten the adjoining houses, and also the theatre, with destructitn. The firemen, however, worked most vigorously, and by following the flames up the stair case they succeeded in g e tti ng th em eventually extinguished, but not until they had extended from the basement to the roof, and had done sonic considerable damage. PLymoUTN, MARCH 4.—Wind S.S.W.—SId. Dorothea, Adelaide; her Majesty's ship Ratler, Africa. The Eliza beth, Gurrcll, from Sunderland to iNew York, and which at rived here fat inst., has been laid on the mud to stop a leak. The Arienis i which was on shore under the citadel, has been floated off and taken to Frank's Quarry. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. T. Williams and J. Waring, F,uchurch-street, tner• chant, March 23, at eleven—J. Hunt, Horseferry-road Westminster, builder, March 26, at half-past one—J Haddock, Bury St. Edmund's, pawnbroker, March 23 at twelve. In the Country. T. Ives, Wakefield, dyer, March 27, at twelve, at the Court, Leeds—G. Shardlow and J. Bradshaw, Stone, Staffordshire, shoe manufacturers, March 29, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Bremner, W. Yates, and A. Smith, Manchester, merchants, March 23, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—C. Mason, Manchester and Longsigbt, paper manufacturer, March 23, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—J. Taylor, Hollinwood, .Lanca shire, rope manufacturer, March 23, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—T. Ashworth and M. S. Keywortb, Manchester, common brewers, March 27, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—A. Walker, sen., Birmingham, March 27, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham T. Cooper, York, stock and share broker, March 23, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—W. Linley, Conisbrough, Yorkshire, scythe and sickle.naanutacturer, March 24, at ten, at the Council-hall, Sheffield—F. Kirkby, Leeds, grocer, March 23, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—R. Macoun, Bolton, Lancashire, cotton spinner, March 13, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. Clarke, R. Mitchell, J. Philip, and T. Smith, Lei cester, Lutterworth, and Melton Mowbray, Leicester shire, and Uppingham and Oukhaw, Itutlandshire, bankers, Is. 61, to creditors whose names commence A to C, on Monday, March 5; D to H, on Tuesday, March 6; I to 0, on Wednesday, March 7; P to 5, on Thurs day, March 8; T to Z, on Friday, March 9, at the Three Crow❑s Inn, Leicester, or at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham, on any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and three. W. Rolfe, Manchester, music seller, sid., on Tuesday, March 13, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. J. Collins, Salford, Lancashire, common brewer, 4d., on Tuesday, March 13, or any subsequent Tuesday, be- tween eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Pott, Man chester. T. Bowser, Morpeth, linendraper, 16s. 6d., on new proofs, on Saturday, March 3, or any subsequent Satur day, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. J. J. Ferens and R. Ferens, Durham, drapers, 4s. 6d., on new proofs, on Saturday, March 3, or any subsequent Saturday, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle upon-Tyne. W. Richardson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, glass manu facture;•, 6d. (in addition to 2s. 10d.), on Saturday, March 3, or any subsequent Saturday, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle upon- T) ne. E. Pearson, Norwich, modeller and plasterer. 35., on Saturday, March 3, or three subsequent Saturdays, be tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. Mary Elizabeth Bell and J. Bell, Finch-lane, Cornhill, newsvenders, 16s. on neW proofs, on Saturday, March 3, or three subsequent Saturdays between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. H. C. Brown, Winchester, builder, 2s. 9d, on Satur day, March 3, or three sub,equent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Fre derick's place, Old Jewry. E. Smith, chide, Isle of Wight, brick and tile maker, ls. 9d., on Saturday, March 3, or three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. R. Dawson, Thornley, Cambridge, grocer, March 26, at two—J. Slaney, Wellington-place, Hackney, cabinet maker, March 26, at half-past twelve—J. J. Curtis, Erith, hotel keeper, March 26, at halt-past eleven—F. Batcheldor, Queenslsorough, Kent, straw dealer, March 23, at half-past eleven-I'. Hutchinson, Dover-road, Surrey, lineudraper, March 24, at half-past one. In the Country. W. Shaw, jun., Salford, printer, March 26, at one, at the Court, Manchester—W. B. Walters, Embsay Yorkshire, cotton spinner, March 23, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds J. Jackson, Clifford, Herefordshire, farmer, April 4, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham —T. B. Jenks, Birmingham, jeweller, March 27, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham—H. R. Benbow, March 27, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Scott, Devonport, jeweller, March 27, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter. At the Court of Review, March 23. W. Price, Strand, merchant—J. Roles, Maiden, Dor setshire, linen draper—J. Hall, jun., Shrewsbury, timber merchant-11. lloldaway, Petersfield, Southampton, brewer—J. Baines, Wbitchapel-road, baker—W. Stiles, Lisle-street, Leicester-square, coppersmith—J. Walker, Upper Seymour-street, Edgeware-road, hotel keeper— J. Stevens, jun., Coalbournbrook, Staffordshire, glass manufacturer—T. Coleby, Salford, Lancashire, cotton spinner—J. M. Wathew, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, brick maker—W. Bower, Wilmslow Chester, cotton spinner—J . P. Durant, Plymouth, chemist. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Ellerman and IC J. CortiajCiniston- Upon-Hull, general commission agent.— G. Mason and H. Beards- ivortb, Sheffield ate cutters—W. Dale and J. Swan Kingewu-upon- Hull, mastmakers—E. Withy and T. P. Collins, Bristol, woollen drapers—W. Salter and W. H. Ray bould, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, coal masters —W. Spensley and M. E. Elliott, Little Winchester street, silk merchants—P. Arkwright and C. Arkwright, Wirksworth, Derbyshire, bankers—H. S. Powis and R. J. Spitta, Clapham, surgeons—R. Cox and J. J ones , High Holborn, law stationers—J. Webber and G. Taylor, Horsham, Sussex, carpenters—E. Ryalt and W. Ryall, Louth, Lincolnshire, saddlers--E. Kidd, R. Kidd, and G. Dell, Bristol, sawyers—J. Neale and W. Mart., old Ja maica Wharf, Upper Ground-street, coal merchants— M. O'Connell and E. M. Gould, Liverpool, merchants— J. Johnson and T. Bowers, Derby, silk throwsters—H. E. F. Williams and J. F. Williams, Thayer-street, Mary lebone, mattress makers—H. Edmonds and G. Ed mon d s , Bush-lane, Cannon-street, export druggists—T. Masters and C. Black, Regent -street, and Mansion-house-street —J. Ansell and T. Edmondson, Little Knight Rider street, Doctors' Commons, wine merchants—J. Hughes, H. Robinson, and H. Hall, West Stockwitb, Notting • hamshire, bone crushers—Samuel Daggett and George Nelson, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, paper merchants and rag merchants—J. Southward and G. Gornall, Marylebone-street, Golden-square, Westminster, tailors —T. W. Boulton and J. Catlin, Covent-garden-market, salesmen— S. Gamble and G. Gamble, Lutterwortb, Leicestershire, curriers—J. Fishwick and R. Sudlow, Middleborough, Yorkshire, masons—R. Billing and J. Billing, Reading, Berkshire, builders—Mary Ann Phill potts, and Sarah Beeston, North Audley-street, Gros venor-square, dress makers.—G. Thomas, W. Th omas, and G. Gill, Manchester, mule spindle makers—W. Webster and J. Webster, Coleman-street, bakers—T. Nevell and A Scott, Eccleston-street, Pimlico, grocers— H. Lewis and B. Lewis Brighton,jewellers—S. Gurnhill, M. Parker, and T. Harpham, Gainsborough, Lincoln shire, mercers (as far as regards the said M. Parker) — J. Crookes, J. Crookes, jun., and A. Crookes, Regent street, tailors—R. Hall and J. Chambers, Elton, Lan cashire, bobbin turners—G. B. Brewer, and R. C. Green, Manchester, oil merchants—T. T. Wostenholm and W. C. Hardy, Sheffield, pawnbrokers. INSULVENT PETITIONERS. William Humphrey Head, Flant, Sussex. Thomas Rosser, Llannelly and hlauavon, Monmouth shire, house and sign painter. Samuel Shepherd, Little Horton, Yorkshire, woolsorter, harry Fry, Newport, Monmouthshire, surgeon. Daniel Barlow, Busk, Lancashire, joiner and wheel wright. John Birt, Rowde, Wiltshire, Custom-house clerk. Benjamin Borrows, Warrington, Lancashire, tallow eh an dler. John Jones, Mold, Flintshire, joiner and builder. Thomas Tibbitts, Beausale, Warwickshire, labourer. William Best, Heckmondwike, Yorkshire. Richard Roskelly, Wonwood, Devonshire, farmer. William Denner, Harpford, Devonshire, yeoman. James White, Wakefield, Yorkshire. James Jones, Blaennant, Brecknockshire. Thomas libel Garlick, Romsey Infra, Southampton, grocer. Francis Holland, Lakenh am, Norfolk, grocer. George Owen, Adwyrclawdd, Denbighshire, joiner. John Roberta, Cefn Mawr, Denbighshire, collier. John Corless, Birkenhead, Cheshire, greengrocer. William Moss, Birkenhead, Cheshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Whitelaw and M. Whitelaw, Airdrie, tailors and clothiers, to meet March 7 and 29, at twelve, within Drummond's Royal Hotel, Airdrie. 1). Macdonald, Skeabost, merchant, to meet March 12 and April 6, at one, within Ross's Inn, Portree. A. Fairbairn, Portobello, grocer, to meet March 7 and 28, at ten, within Paxton's Rooms, Royal Exchange, Edinburgh. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. LxvxarooL, 111Aucn 3.--At our Corn-exchange yesterday wheat was in moderate request for consumption, and fully Tuesday's prices were obtained. Several purchases were made for removal into the interior. There was a better demand for flour, and sacks and barrels were not so easy to buy as on Tues day. There was a limited demand for oats and oatmeal, but prices stand unchanged. The sales of barley, beans, and peas, were at Tuesday's rates. Indian corn was in good demand for Ireland, and 6d per quarter dearer ; 30s 6d per 4801 b. was made of northern flat yellow corn. The business passing to day is principally in Indian corn, which brings yesterday's prices. No change in the value of any other article of the trade, and scarcely anything doing in them. a. d. S. d. a. d. a. d. ' Wheat, per 7016 : Barley, Feeding.. 3 6 to 3 9 English, white • • 7 3 to 7 6 Eye, per 48016 .. 0 0— H 0 Do. rod.. .. 6 9 7 0 Beans, English, pr Irish, new .. •• 6 0 6 4 imperial quartr 34 0 36 0 De., old • • • • 6 4 6 6 Irish and Scotch, Dantsic . • .. • • 7 3 - 7 6 per 4801 b.. • . 0 31 0 Do., good mixed 7 0 7 4 Foreign, duty pd. 25 6 26 0 Lowerßaltic,whit, 7 0 7 3 European, per im- Do. red.. 6 10 7 0 perialquarter— 32 0 33 II American • 6 6 7 4 Peas, English, per Canadian • • .. 6 6 6 11 imperial quartr 32 0 34 0 Spanish, red and Foreign .. 32 0 34 0 white.. .. • • 7 0 7 4 Malt, English, per Tuscan and Bar- imperial quartr 58 0 61 0 letta, red .. • • 6 6 6 11 Do., Irish .. 55 0 0 Marlanopoli .. 6 0 6 3 Do., brown • • 54 0 b 7 0 Odessa, Polish 6 3 -- 6 6 Flour, English, pr Do., hard.. • • 5 6 6 0 2801 b .. • • 35 0 36 e Egyptian .. 4 0 4 6 Irish, extra fine • • 37 G 38 0 Oats, per 451 b United States, per English and Scotch 2 8 2 10 barrel .. 25 0 27 0 Welsh • • •• .. 2 6 2 7 Canadian .. .. 25 6 26 6 Irish, new •• 2 6 2 740atineal, English, 1)0., old • • 2 7 2 91 & Scotch,pr24olb '4 0 25 0 Barley, Enslisli,pr Irish, new • • 23 0 24 0 imperial quarter 32 0 34 0 Do., old • 22 0 23 0 Irish, Scotch, and Indian corn, per INT anx,perf,olb.. 3 6 3 9 4401 b 28 0 30 f , 111.xNCHESTER, MARCH 3.—A moderate consumptive de mand for flour has been experienced during the week, without any rna:erita vzrnition from tae prices cu i rent on the preceding market day ; whilst oatmeal, on the contrary, has continued in very languid request, and to effect sales it was necessary to submit to somewhat lower terms. • WAIIIIINGION ) FES. 2t3,—The prices quoted were—En lish wheat, 6s 7d to Is ; Irish, 6s 4d to 6s 7d ; English oats, 2s 7d to 2s 10d; Irish, 2s 6d to 2s ; malting barley, 335 to 3356 d ; feeding, 4s to 4s 3d per bushel ; beans, 29s to 345; Egyptian, 25s 6d ; peas, 36s ; flour, 29s to 38s per load; oat meal, 22, 6d to 255. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, MARCH 2.—The indifferent show of samples offering has caused the past to be a dull week in our market ; the sales since our last report scarcely reaching 250 hogsheads West India, for which extreme prices have been obtained, and with the exception o f a few hundred bags o Mauritius to the grocers, no transactions whatever in other de scriptions are reported. The refined market is rather firmer... — Bristol Mercury. ABERDEEN, MAncir 2.—Grain—Oats 14s to 15s 0d,401b per bushel ; barley, 23s to 245, 521bs per bushel; bear, 23s to 245, 52 lbs per bushel ; wheat, 508 to 53s ; oatmeal, 13s to 14s per boll ; flour, 38s to Os per sack. Provisions—Beef, 4d to 7d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 4d to 7d ; veal, ditto, lid to 8d ; pork, per stone, 4s 9d:to 5s ; lamb, per qtt., lOs 6d to 135; tallow, per stone, 4s 6d to ss; potatoes, per peck, lOd to 1s; hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each Od to Os ; hares, each, Os to Os ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 10d to lld ; eggs, per dos, 8d to 9d ; cheese, per stone, Os to Os ; hens, pet pair, 3s 6cl to 4s ; chickens, ditto, 2s 6d to 33 Od ; ducks, ditto, 3s to 3s 6d ; ducklings, ditto, 2s to 2s 6d ; turkeys, each, 4s Od to 5s Ud ; geese, ditto, Os to Os ; butter for exportation (present cure), per cat, 60s to 64s • eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, 5d to Od ; 41b loaf, 8d ; 21h foal, 4d ; pork, per stone of 14 lbs Os Od to 3s 6d ; pork fine, small, Os Od to 53 6d ; pork large, 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs, Os to 100 s. Meal—Oatmeal, Is 3d to Os Od ; bearmeal, is 3d to Os Od peasemeal, 2s to Os Od; sids, 6d to 7d ; barley flour, is 33 to Is 4d ; barley dust, 7d to 8d ; flour, 2s to Os Od ; barley, per lb, lid to 2d. -- - . DA LICEITH, MARCH I.—Therelative weight per four bushels of the three prices of wheat were IB s t 91b, 18 s t 31b, an dj 18st 11b. Oats, 12st 41b, 12st 41b,:and Ilst 11b. Barley, 16st 131b s lbst 121 b, and lost 01b. Peas and beans, 19st 41b, 17st 0114 and 17st 121bs. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 168 Wheat .........£2 12 0 £2 8 6 £2 2 0 1683 Oats 339 Barley 1 12 0 1 6 9 1 2 0 104_Pease and Beans 1 11 0 1 7 0 1 5 6 Average of wheat 46s lid. DUNBAR, FEB. 27.—Wheat, weighing 621bs, brought 475, ar.d prices to 425. Barley, weighing 57i1bs, brought 30s, and prices to 225. Oats, weighing 441bs, brought 23s Od, and prices to 16s. Beans and Peas, weighing 67ilbs, brought 34ss and prices to 295. CORK, MARCH 2.—Some heavy rain has fallen since our last, but the weather generally has been dry and cold, as well as favourable for out-door work. The appearance of the country is on the whole promising, though in some few locali ties the young wheat plant does not look as healthy as usual. This, however, is not surprising, considering the wet and un favourable weather we have gone through. The general as pect of the trade throughout these countries is still that of life lessness and inactivity. When, however, we take into coml.. deration the great revival of and improvement in trade in the manufacturing towns of England—Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, &c.—which are now in a state of great and increasing prosperity ; and, when we take into account, also, the cheer ness of all the necessaries of life at present, we are sanguine in the belief that we must shortly have more life infused into the trade, and a larger and healthier business doing. The arrivals of foreign gram have not been so extensive as of late. The receipts of home grabs are very limited, and we have little change in the value of any article except oats, which are in demand for seed purposes and have advanced in consequence. In prepared wheat we have nothing doing, and the business passing in foreign is very limited. We quote the asking prices of Polish Odessa, 25s 6d to 265, of Marianople 27s per bl. A few transactions have taken place in grinding barley. Malting samples, which would fetch high prices, are scarce. In oats we have no sales to report. We quote their current value 9s 6d to 9s 9d for blacks. The trade in flour is dull, and bakers confine their purchases altogether to the supply of their immediate wants. We have had a larger business passing in Indian corn, with a firmer feeling manifested in the trade, but without any alteration in prices. Indian meal continues to meet but & moderate inquiry. Flour—Firsts 14s 6d to 155 . ; extra 16s; seconds 13s od to 14s Od ; households Ils to 12s ; thirds 85 to 100 per cwt. Meal—Oatmeal lls to lls 64; Indian meal 8a; wts•O meal Ils per cwt. Indian corn 7,2 s 6d to 7, lOs pe;- ton. Bran 5/ per ton. Hay - Farmers 253 Od to 44s 6d; average 40s; dealers 42s to 48s; average.nOs Od per ton. Str ~w—Farruers 145 Od to 22s Od; average 20s; dealers 00s Od to 00s Od; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6id to 7d; household loaf bid to 6d per 41b. Fresh butter, 10d to Is per lb. Coals—Newport 17s; Lydney 18s; Landore 17s;; best Neath Culm 16s per ton. Tallow 43s 6d to 4 40 per cwt. Whiskey, 25 o. p., 6s Od per imperial g al lon. Meat—Beef 4d to 7d; Mutton 5d to 6d; veJ sid to 7d ; pork 4d to siel ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 6d per lb. Hops 61 IN per cwt. Bangor slates 312 s 6d to 3/ bs per ton. Bark—Barbary 61 to 71; Valonia 111 to 131; French 61; English 61 per ton. Fleece Wool 105 to 12s per stone* Hemp 35/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 18s to 00s ; red ditto 25s to 27s per barrel ; Newfoundland 101 10: to 121 per ton. Timber—New Memel 4/ lOs ; old scarce ; red pine 31 15s ; yellow pine 31 per ton ; deals, first quality, 20'; second quality 171 per 120. Hide s —M ar k e t 11 s t o 16 s; sa l te d 115 to 18s per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 21d; market 2d to 24c1 per le Potatoes, white 10d to 124; Minions 18d to Od. BELFAST, MARCH I.—The past month has not realized the expectations, which were pretty general, of an advance in markets after the release of bonded grain on the Ist ; for, el' though prices did rally during the first half of the month, 7 ,4 there was a weakness in the tone of all the markets, which 111 dicated a speedy reaction, and already we have had a depressio: in prices even lower than before the opening os 11.1" 1 '• general business of the country, however, improves, and t hew it h consumption of breadstuffs rather Oa" keeps pace WI the supplies, which gives - strength (wanted before) to t he opinion that we a*- the eve of a steady improvement, both in denten a arid i arce. We have had unusually fine weather for cue season throughout the month, with the exception of the past few days of this week, which were severe; and the various labours of the spring are more forward than they have been, at the same season, for many years. Wheat, heavily and oats, have been sown to a large extent, and we have more early potatoes planted than in any former year. Wheat —The supply at market is small, and prices barely maintained. Some store lots of home-grown sell at 101 to 10/ 7s 6d ; French, at la' 15s to Ill; and American, 11/ to 11/ 15s pe_r ton. Flour, a slow sale, at somewhat lower prices. Barley is in moderate demand, at full prices. Oats sell at about former prices, and the supply is scarcely equal to the demand. Oat meal, of prime quality, is 2d to 3d, and other sorts 4d to 64 lower on the week. Indian Corn—Yellow sells at 7110, to 7/ 12s 6d, and white, at 715 s to 71 7 s 6d per ton, being a re' duction of 2s 6d on the former, and 2s 6d to 5s on the latter. RAILWAY SHAKE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, 31anca 3. STocir EXCRANGE.—The transactions to-day were very limited. The market has been dull, and prices have an advanced tendencl. The sales are—Aberdeen, Preferenee, 6 per cent. in perpet., % Birkenhead, Lancaster, and chester (late C. and B.), 271. 10s, 6 Per cent., 1849, 15 c.—Eastern Counties. 103( c.—East Lancashire, 6 3i Preference, 6 per cent., 7%—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late A. and B.), Fifths, 123( c. —Ditto, 10/. Preference, 6 per cent. 1% London and North-Western, 1373 ex div. c.—Manchester, Shelll Bl l and Lincoln, 41—Ditto, Quarters, 6% dis.—Ditto (late Sheffield en" Lineolu), 13% dis.—Midland Stock, New Halves, 6% dis.—Sn .. tish Central, 253(—Shrewsbury and Chester, 101- Preference, guaren' teed 1 per cent., 15 %—Yors, Newcastle, and Berwick ((1. N. 1 " . Purchase), 6 per cent., guaranteed, t 4 c. BIRMINGHAM, Miami 3. STOCK EXCHANGIL—The market was somewhat depressed although prices varied little from previous quotations. The recto': disclosures in connexion with the name of Mr. Hudson and one 4. the Northern railways, and the retirement of that gentleman fron l _, the chairmanship of the Eastern Counties, have had an injurious effeg' upon Midland, Northern, and Eastern Stock, but not to an alarming extent. The sales are—Birmingham and Stour Valley, 11% dish': North British, Thirds, 4% —North Staffordshire, 2%dis.—Shren 4- bury and Birmingham (A), 44 dis.—Ditto, (B), 3%. NE WCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Marten 3. STOCK Excnanez. The business done in the Stock Exchange tfr . day has been as follows :—Great Northern (B), 6 per cent % North British, Thirds, 4%—Yerk, Newcastle, and Berwick (ori" ginal N. and B.), 253. GLASGOW, 11fAacn 2. STOCK EXCHANGL—The following are to-day's transaction! , Aberdeen, Preference, 525. 9d. —Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 55 1 —Ditto, Halve‘, No. 1,7% —G rea t N or th o f S cotland, 4e.— G r ea t Northern, 111.6 a. THE NAVY CLUB.—The members of the Navy Club had their usual dinner at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's- street, on Thursday evening. Cap' tain Sir Richard Grant, R.N., was in the chair, supported by Admiral the Marquis of Thomond, G.C.H., Vice- Admiral sir C. Malcolm, Kt, Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel Pym, K.C.8., Rear-Admiral James Deans, Dun das, M.P., Sir Watkin Owen Pell, Kt., Vice-Admiral Sir Edward D. King, K.C.H., Captain Lord Ed w ard Russell, Captain the Hon. P. Cary, Captain Collier, Cap tain H. Forbes, Captain Knox, Captain Rodney Mundy, Captain Alex. Milne, Captain W. Johnstone, Captain Dalyell, Captain Townsend, &c. THE IRON TRADE.—BIRMINGHAM, SATURDAY.- -- The trade of this town during the past week has been brisk", although the demand for iron throughout the district is re ported to be on the increase. Foreign manufactured goods continue to arrive in abundance, and at prices which preclude the possibility of competition. An individual intends opening an hotel at San Francisco. We don't know what the sign will be, but we suggest the " Golden Fleece."—Puppet show. [ADVEBTISEMENT.]—PainfuI Wounds in the Legs and Body Cured after Seventeen Years' duration by Hol loway's Ointment and Pills.—Extract of a letter from Mr. W. Staples, dated Belgrave-gate, Leicester, November 9, 1848. To Professor Holloway, Sir,—" I was an invalid for seventeen years, suffering dreadfully with painful ulcers in my legs, and different parts of my body; during this period I was attended by several moat eminent sur geons, but their remedies failed to do me the least good. I then commenced using your Ointment and Pills, and by these invaluable Medicines alone, I am pleased to state that in a short time all the wounds were soundly healed, and lam restored to excellent health." Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. On the 25th ult., at Cadogan-place, the Hon. Mrs. Au gustus Liddell, of a son. On the 26th ult., at Eanby-hall, Notts, the lady of C. C. Blayds, Esq., of a son. On the 2tith ult., in Cornwall-crescent, Camden-villa-road Airs. W. Dalton, of a daughter. On the Ist inst., at Oporto-house, Camden-town Mrs- A- W. Hurley, of a daughter. , On the Ist inst., the wife of A. H. Kindermann, Esq., of Abercromby-square, Liverpool, of a daughter. On the Ist inst., at Newman-street, the wife of J. Carter, Esq., 111. D., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the Ist inst., at Tor Mohun Church, Devon, Henry w Woodhouse, Esq., of Lincoln' s I nn, to Caroline Maria, on t (laughter of the late W. N. Richards, Esq., formerly of th sth t. ragoon Guards. On the Ist inst., at St. James's Church, Paddington, th e Rev. Charles Cator, rector of Stoltesley, Yorkshire, to bliss Longford, of Hyde-pai k-gardens. WED. On the 19th ult., at 8, Woodside-terrace, Glasgow, Mi ss Anne Ainsworth, second daughter of the late Jesse Ains worth, Esq., of Wicken-ball, near Rochdale, Lancashire. On the 28th ult., at Ravenaden, Bedford, Colonel John • Mackay. On the let inst., Henry Robinson, Esq., of East Dulwich , Surrey, aged 75. On the Ist inst., Elizabeth Ann, eldest daughter of the late W. Bar r y, E sq., of Regent's-park, aged 23. On the 2d inst., at Clapham, aged 22, Henry Chaplin, Eon of Mr. V. Chaplain, of Bucklersbury, London. On the 2d inst., at Upper Tulsa-hill, Brixton, Mr. William White, of Cheapside, aged 64. On the 27th ult., at Wadhuist-castle, aged 49, Benjamin Harding, Esq., one or her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the county of Sussex. On the 27th ult., at Hackney-terrace, Mrs. Elizabeth Ire land, aged 70. On the 28th ult., John Lambert West, eldest son of Dr. West, of Speenhamland, Newbury, Berks, abed 46. 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