The Sun. — London, England, 1849-03-06 00:00:00

DESPERATE BURGLARY. ONE OF THE BURGLARS SHOT DEAD. Our readers have of late been almost surfeited with accounts of burglaries and highway robberies. We do not think that we have had for years to record so many successful deeds of villany us within the last few months. But an occurrence has just taken place which will pro bably tend to put a stop to the proceedings of the lawless gangs who have infest. d this district so lung, and so greatly disturbed its peaceable inhabitants. Last Thursday morning the inhabitants of Littlebury, Chesterford, Saffron Walien, and the neighbourhood, were excite d to a reportable degree by a report that a desperate attempt arburgisry had been made at a lone farmhouse, about two mite:, from the Chesterford station, and that one of the burglara bad teen shot dead by the owners of the premises. The report turned out to be strictly correct. The premises (Streathall 1141) upon which the bur glary was committed constitute the residence and farm-house of Mr. Nehemiah Perry, an opulent and highly respectable landowner and occupier. They ore situated in the parish of Streathall, about two miles from Chesterford, the whole of which parish is occupied by Mr. Perry, part of it belonging to himself, and part to the arebdeaconry of Durham. The house is an old-fashioned building, placed in a lonely position upon a hill near the church, and at some distance from any other houses or cottages. Indeed the whole population of the village does not exceed twenty persons, so that Mr. Perry's pre. miser may well have been thought to favour the wicked designs of midnight desperadoes, and other vile charac ters, who abound in the neighbourhood, especially as it was known that the only individuals in the house were Mr. Nehemiah Perry himself (an old man above sixty years old), his brother, Mr. Thomas Perry, and one fe male domestic. On Wednesday night these three parties retired to rest between ten and eleven o'clock, leaving the doors and windows perfectly secure. A little before one in the morning they were roused by a noise below stairs ; and the servant, fancying the cat had upset something, was about to go and see what mischief had been done, when she was met by Mr. Perry on the landing, who told her there was some one in the house, and by whose direction she returned into her bed-room. We should here state that Mr. Perry is a man of a great - deal of coolness and courage. He has been in the habit, in consequence of the loneliness of his residence and the frequency of robberies of late, of keeping three double- barrelled guns ready loaded in his bed-room, and has frequently ex pressed his determination to give any thieves a warm reception, if they should hare the audacity to attack him. Upon this occasion he took his stand at the top of the stairs, armed with a loaded gun, and scarcely had he done so when a man appeared at the bottom of the staircase, with a lantern in one hand, and a bludgeon or pistol in the other, and a piece of coarse cloth over his head and face, with two apertures cut for the eyes. We need not dilate upon the ghastly appearance presented by such an apparition at such an hour of the night. But Mr. Perry was nothing daunted, either by the appearance of the robber, or the instigation of two companions behind, who urged him with some such words as these—" Go on, you are all right." But not so, for upon the scoundrel attempting to ascend the broad, old-fashioned staircase, Mr. Perry levelled his gun at him and fired; the man fell, and, as it afterwards appeared, was shot through the heart. One of the robbers, seeing his companion*, cried cr t it t " Where, are my pistols r- kt 4 -0111fiy94.,,w 1 , 1 2 ipyr gisCols, * responded' ' Pary ""I idie•ftly y 66:" 'And pahlhg to his brother, who was now on the scene of action, he added, "I have snuffed his candle for him. You keep ready while I load again." Disregarding a renewed request to "come on," the ,robbers, cowed by the vigorous measures taken against them, removed their dead companion to the kitchen, and finding that no breath of life remained, they decamped, leaving the corpse there. The Messrs. Perry, not knowing what might await them down stairs, kept their post till the horsekeeper came, about four o'clock in the morning, when the alarm was given, and the premises were searched. Upon the kitchen floor, quite dead, was found the body of the luckless wretch who was for leading the way up stairs. He had on, as already stated, a course bag drawn over his face, and tied with his hand • kerchief, with two eye holes in it ; a blue shirt, such as railway labourers wear, was drawn over his dress ; and over his shoes were a pair of worsted stockings, so that he might go more noiselessly about. By his side lay a small ash-stick. It was now seen that an entrance had been effected by the removal of part of a scullery window, immediately under which stood a moveable plate-rack, which the rob bers appear to have knocked over, and the fall of which awoke the inmates, and led to the fatal occurrence which we hive described. It seems probable that the robbers assembled first in a barn about two fields distant from the house, and that their number was five or six, for the footsteps of at least four were distinctly traceable from the barn to the house. Various officers and others have seen the body of the dead man ; indeed, on Thursday and yesterday, hundreds of persons visited the place ; but no one has been able to identify him, although some assert that he has been in the neighbourhood during the past year with a nut- stall and target. He appears to be about thirty years of age ; five feet four inches in height ; sallow complexion ; dark hair ; the whiskers appear to have been worn large, but have re• cently beeni;ery closely trimmed, and left very narrow. He appears to have been quite clean shaved within a short time of his death. His right eye-tooth is out. He had on a white shirt, black and white neckerchief, one white cotton stocking, blucher boots tied in three holes, cord trousers, drab cloth double. breasted waistcoat, stout blue cloth coat with pockets inside, black Paris hat, appa rently bought at Peterborough; a large pair of worsted stockings, as we have stated, were drawn over his shoes, and this plan seems to have been adopted by the whole of the gang. The courage and firmness of Mr. Perry are the theme of universal comment. Doubtless if others of the gang, had hid the hardihood to advance, they would have shared a like fate w ith their deceased companion.— Cambridge Chronicle. An inquest was held upon the remains of the de ceased man on Saturday, when, after receiving all the evidence that was attainable, the jury returned tv verdict of " Justifiable Homicide," which they accompanied with —an expression of the high est admiration of Ole intrepidity displayed by the Messrs. Perry ; and, this sentiment was warmly re sponded t. 44 by the coroner and by the asembled Leigh boors, wbo cheered loudly when the result of the in quiry was made known to them. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. The following reply to the memorial presented to the directors of the London and North-Western Railway, showing the innumerable inconveniences of the through traffic on the line being diverted from this town and carried by the Trent Valley, ,has been received from Captain Iluish : "A memorial, numerously signed by the inhabitants of the districts conti g uous to the original or main lines of the .London and Birmingham and Grand Junction Railways between Stafford and Rugby, has been laid before the board of directors. The importance of the request contained in the memorial, and the respectability of the signatures attached to it, call upon the directors to assign their reasons for their being unable to accede to the wishes of the mem or i a li sts . Th e T rent V al l ey Railway was neither originated nor promoted by the London and Birmingham or Grand Junction Companies. On the contrary, they resisted it (successfully for a time) tss an unnecessary outlay of capital for objects not at all commensurate with the expenditure it would entail. The demands of the public, however, and the determina tion of Parliament to shorten the route between London and the north overweighed these and other considera- tions, and the line was granted. It became necessary, of course, to incorporate it as part of the Amalgamated London and North 'Western scheme. The directors are not aware that the reasons which induced Parliament to pass the Bill, viz.—the reduction of the distance between London end the whole of the North of England, Scot land, and Ireland, have lost all their force; and they feel satisfied that, were an attempt to be made, as the memo rialiets suggest, to close the Trent Valley Ine for through traffic, it would be resisted by memor i a l s from a population very much larger in the aggregate than that represented 'by the memorialists; while as regards the rail way companies to the North, it would be objected to as injurious to their traffic between London and Scotland by the West coast. The memorialists admit that fifteen, minutes would be lost on each Lt taking through this calculi. journey--prac tically the lo s s would be more — but Lion, it will be seen that every traveller between London and Liverpool, and Manchester, Ireland, and Scotland, would sacrifice that time for the benefit of a corrpara tivelY small section of the public. With regard to the a ccommo d at i on now g iven to the dis tricts between Stafford and Rugby via Birming ham, the directors are not prepared to admit that it is diminished. On the contrary, it has in many re spects been improved and enlarged. A passenger leaving London by the 5 P.M. express train can now a li g ht a t any one of the second class stations between Birmingham and Stafford; a convenience which could not have been enjoyed under the old system. 0 her reasons might be assigned to show the impracticability of reverting with all the through trains to the old route, but it may be sufficient to regrind the memorialists that the principal through trains (with the exception of the express) are the mails, and that before any change could be effected it would be necessary to obtain the sanction of the Go- V erntn(att. Entailing as it would an average delay of n_(;_turyr half-an-hour upon a very large proportion of th e 7F' t ee corresp on d ence o f t h e ki ng d om , i t i s quest i onable t mawur:ehtaer the P ostmaster- General would, under any cir nces, consent to the change. In conclusion, lam desireclto add th at the directors are fully sensible of the importance of the__ districts represented by the memori alists, and it will always be their desire to study the it convenience as far as it can be don e cons i s t en tly w ith the obligations they owe to the other interests claiming i their consideration as connected with the enti re Lo n d oi mtngham G aze tt e . Kid North-Western Railway."_ on We are informed that the works the Birken head, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway, b twr,en Chester and Moore , are to be resumed immQdi'ate, le y Wad prosecuted with all possible vigour. CORONERS' INQUESTS COSTS. —It appears from offi cial returns made to the Financial and General Purposes Ccmtnittee of the Middlesex Bench, that from the Ist of January to the 6th of February, in the present year, Mr. Wakley (the coroner) held 123 inquisitions upon dead ......- bQdie - , the charges for fees, mileage, and disbursements on am.r,l4rs3c, irrhich amounted to 3901. 11x. 10d. From the Ist of January r...._ to.the 10th of February Mr. Baker held 148 inquisitions, the %,-..,'M I- like charges on which ;ere 4891. 3s. 4d. In the month of te • ~, •••• *- January, Mr. St. Clare Bedford, the coroner for Westminster, ~...,,, .\ r,,,,,,,_,,,._4_,7,.. ', held 23 inquisitio . ns, the charges on which were 75104 10d. '---",:-2 , p1./..--. T .. , e;, ..,,,,,, 0104—Ixtiuests, 299; coats, 9544 164. - .1 1 :; : . ".-..,, ~. i4fq< ~v 411 a THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 1840. ‘t?tr'V Ettttion SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. THAMES TUNNEL COMPANY. (THIS DAY.) The annual meeting of the Thames Tunnel Company was held this' .fternoun, at Ridley's Hotel, Bridge-street; Mr. Haw( s, jun., in the chair. The statement of accounts represented that the re ceipts of the past year amounted to 5,493/., and the ex penditure to 4,9511. Is,, leaving 541/. 19s. in hand. The amount paid to Government for the same period was 8491 2f. Bd., being 5331. 7s. 4d. more than was paid last year. The accounts were agreed to, and the meeting termi nated with the customary vote of thanks to the Chairman. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1848. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*3lO Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ... ... ... 42 Turbercular Diseases... ... ... ... ... 174 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 134 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels .. ... 46 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... ... ... ... ... ... 204 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ... ... "• ... ... 55 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. ... ... ... 10 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, It c 3. ... ... 5 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... 8 Diseases of the Skin, &c. ... ... ... ... 0 Malformations... ... ... 5 Premature Birth ... ... Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Old Age ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Sudden ... ... ••• ... ••• Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance Causes not specified ... ••• ••• ••• ... 35 ... 2 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ... 1,138 Population Average weekly Deaths Enumerated, Deaths 1844-8 in the ___ . 1841 Five Winters. Week. West Districts... 300,711 . . 170 ... 181 North D.,tricts.. 375,971 .. 218 ... 179 Central Distrlzts 373,653 ... 211 ... 195 East Districts ... 392,444 ... 252 ... 298 South Districts.. 501,190 ... 319 ... 285 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 1,169 ... 1,138 Malea ... ... ... ... ... 562 Females ... ... ... ... ... 576 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females ... 788 ... 759 Total ... ... 1,547 *ln this number are included 35 cases of death by Cholera, 57 by Scarlatina, and 44 by Typhus Fever. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) ADMIRALTY, MARCH 3, 1849. promotions have this day taken' place,; eclisequAt upon the death- of Vice -Adreirat.Oharles'at 11.tlioss, C.B.:— Vice-Admiral of the Blue the lion. George Elliol C. 8., to be Vice-Admiral of the White. Rear-Admiral of the Red Archibald Duff, to be Vice• Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White Sir William Augustus Montagu, C. 8., K.C.H., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue Charles John Austin, C. 8., to be Rear• Admiral of the White. Captain Sir Andrew Pullet Green, Ii.C.H., to be Rear , Admiral of the Blue. „Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Kent. Sir Edmund Filmer, Bart., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Feb. 21. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cheshire. The Earl of Chester's Regiment of Yeomany Ca valry—John Coutts Antrobus, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Pearson, resigned, Feb. 5. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ayrshire. Ayrshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Lord Nigel Kennedy to be Cornet, vice Archibald Cuning hame, promoted, Feb. 27. WHITEHALL, MARCH 6. The Queen has been pleased to grant unto Hugh Henry Rose, Esq., a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, and Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, her Majesty's Consul-General in Syria, her royal license and permission, that he may accept and wear the Cross of the Prussian Order of St. John of Jerusalem, which his Majesty the King of Prussia bath been pleased to confer upon him, in approbation of the services rendered by that officer in the course of the campaign in Syria, in the year 1841, and par ticularly for his distinguished conduct in the en gagement which took place near Mejdel on the 15th day of January in that year : provided, nevertheless, that this license and permission doth not authorize the assumption of any style, appellation. rank, precedence, or privilege, appertaining unto a Knight Bachelor of these realms; and also to command, that this her Majesty's concession and especial mark of her Royal favour be registered, together with the relative documents, in the College of Arms. WILITELIALL, FEB. 22. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Hunt Thursfield, of Wednesbury, in the county of Stafford, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, MARCH 1. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Edward Colvill Husband, of Rhyl, in the county of Flint, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. John Henry Stulpner and Deidrich Carsten Herman Lower, merchants, Mark-lane, City, to sun-render, March 14, at half-past eleven, and April 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; R. and W. G. Roy, Lothbury. John Higbman White, grocer, Shaftesbury, March 14, at half-past twelve, and April 17, at half• past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Tilson, and Co., Col e ma n - s t ree t ; Will s and Co., Shatesbury. George Henry Beadle, builder, Sydenham, March 12, at two, and April 23, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall chambers; Trail, Hare-court, Temple. Jetties Lawrie, milliner, Newington Causeway, March 14, at eleven, and April 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Moorgate-street; Sheard, Old Jewry. George Henry Lovegrove, auctioneer, West Ham, Essex, March 17, at half-past one, and April 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street; Wilde, Union-court, Old Broad-street. Mary Garrad and Ebenezer King, milliners, Colches ter, Essex, March 15, at half-past one, and April 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street, Cneapside ; Philbrick and Co., Colchester. Thomas Tipson, factor, Birmingham, March 20 and April 17, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Bartlett, Bir mingham. • Elizabeth Rutter, grocer, Tunstall, Wolstanton, Staf fordshire, March 17 and April 12, at twelve, at the Bir miirtam District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Bir mingham; Cooper, Tunstall; Smith, Birmingham. Joseph Periam, porter merchant, Exeter, March 15, and April 12, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Terrell, Exeter; Ter rell, Gray's Inn. Samuel William Graves, sharebroker, Manchester, March 22, and April 13, a t e l even , at the Manchester District Court. Hob3on, official assignee, Manchester; Vincent, Inner Temple; Simpson, Manchester. Edward Emans, merchant, Liverpool, March 16, and April 10, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Cotterill, Throg morton-street; Fletcher and Hull, Liverpool. Henry Newton, butcher, Northfield, Worcestershire, March 17, and April 21, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Chesshire, Birmingham. Lachlan McLauchlan, merchant, Liverpool, March 15 and April 16, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. M organ, o ffi cial assignee, Liverpool; Monrilyan, Gray's. in n ; N eal, Liverpool. William Ward and Sohn Ward, grocers, Leadgate, Durham, March 20, at eleven, and April 16, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle upon -Tyne ; Bolding and Pope, Scott's-yard, Cannon -street ;T. and W. Chater, Newcastle. upon-Tyne ; Bramwell, Suoderland. Christopher Appleby Jordison, corn dealer, Maunby, Yorkshire, March 19 and April 24, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Monrilyan and Co., Gray's Inn; Holt, Middlesbrough ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Benjamin Moss, tailor, Hartlepool, March 15, at half past eleven, and April 26, at twelve, attheNew astle upon-T)ne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Marshall, Durham; Harle, Chancery - lane, London, and Newcastle- upon -Tyne. d New Price Current, March G.) INTELLIGENCE. (F M rom A t ß he K L E ou T on SUGAR.—To-day a further advance was apparent in the value of Sugar, although an increased quantity was submitted to public competition of East India. Chem was much desire evinced to operate in West India both for grocery and refining purposes, and the rates offered were 6d per cwt above those of Friday f o r all sorts, but business was checked by a decreased sup ply. The purchases amounted to 440 hhds, &c, includ ing a public sale of 150 hhds Barbadoes, at which the biddings were brisk, and an advance in the value of 6d per cwt took place; good and fine yellow realized 40s to 41s Gd, middling and good middling 38s Gd to 39s 6d per cwt. For public sale on Thursday 3,000 bags white Siam, 3,400 pkgs Santa Martha, and for Friday 1,000 bags of Bengal Sugar are declared. REFINED.—Today there was a ready sale for Refined goods for home trade purposes, and prices ruled firm— standard Lumps realized 50s, and brown grocery 49s to 493 6d p er cwt . Th ere i s much demand from exporters for lionded Crushed Sugar at 30s t o 31 s per cwt , at which the market i s firm. Mauaimus.--This afternoon the quan ti ty of Mauri tius Sugar on offer was not upon an enlarged scale, and on the part o f grocers and refiners mu desire was evinced to operate. At public sale 4,056 bags went briskly at further advance of 6d per cwt; low to good yellow and grey real zed 37s to 395, fine 39a 6d to 40s, and washed 36s 6d to 39s per cwt. There was no brown in the sale. EAST INDIA.-Tbis afternoon the market was abund antly supplied with white Benares, and of other kinds of Bengal supplies were likewise upon a more enlarged scale. At public sale the total amount offered was 11,603 bags 146 chests; about 5,000 bags were taken in and withdrawn above the value, the remainder sold at 6(1 advance ; fine white Benares went at 42s to 435, middling and good 40s 6d to 41s 6d, middling and fine strong yellow 41s to 435, mid dling soft yellow 365, low 34s to 34s 6d, ordinary to good brown 29s to 33s 6(1 ; 52 bags in bond were taken in at 25s to 26s for yellow. Madras is wanted, and 2,730 bags went 6d higher ; good white fetched 39s 6d, low yellow 335, ordinary and middling brown 29s 6d to 31s 6d. Of Penang 2,811 bags and 146 baskets sold at a similar advance ; good soft greyish went at 37s 6d; low and middling 32s to 35s 6d per cwt. FOREIGN.-To-day there was much inquiry after Foreign Sugar, and stiffer rates are offered; but business was interfered with, owing to a reluctance on the part of holders to sell, and none has been offered at public sale. By private treaty two cargoes of brown Pernambuco were sold at 20s, and a large parcel of brown Havannah 21s 9d per cwt. MOLASSES.-There is much firmness in the market for West India, and sales to a fair extent have been made. The value of low to fine is from 16s 6d to 20s per cwt. East India Treacle is held for 15s to 16s per cwt; orders at present are, however, small. COFFEE.-This afternoon there was a better de mend for Coffee for home trade purposes, still the market was not more plentifully supplied. At public sale 130 bags 128 casks Ceylon were only in part sold; Plantation, middling at 525, low middling 45s to 46s 6d, fine fine ordi nary 43s 6d to 445, good ordinary 35s to 38s 6d, ordinary 30s to 335; Native, good ordinary 335, real good ordinary 345, very superior 36a 6d. 91 bags Madras, good ordinary 32s to 345, and damaged 30s per cwt. For auction on Thursday 250 bales washed Rio, and for Tues day 2,240 bales of Mocha Coffee are declared. CocoA.-This afternoon Trinidad Cocoa met with attention, and 60 bags at auction sold at stiffer rates; good middling red fetched 45s 6d, middling and good grey 41s 6d to 43s 6d. TEA.-Black is with difficulty to be obtained at lower rates ; the operations are of little moment, and to dis pose of large parcels reduced prices must be accepted. Green has been dealt in with caution, and prices are still on the decline, except for low and midling sorts of which the supply is plentiful. Black leaf Pekoe is not much wanted, and can be obtained at lower rates; fine scented Orange Pekoe is in excellent request, and former rates are well supported ; there is not much demand for the lower kinds. Deliveries for home-trade purposes still far exceed those of the former, and there is yet a small stook. Prices rule moderate compared with the former years, and the market less supplied. A further in crease in consumption is also expected to take place, and several export orders for the lower kinds of Green are expected. None has been exported since this day week, whereas duty was paid at this port on 504,900 lbs. No public sale is at present declared, but by private treaty the market is well supplied. RICE.- To-day an increased quantity of East India Rice was pressed upon the attention of the trade. The public sales comprised 4,863 pockets, and 5,100 bags, prices declined 6d per cwt, but the chief part sold; fine white Bengal went at Ila to lls 6d, mid and good 9ete 104fit1; , lgetlras,pioky white ,8!I Barley "6(1 to 8s per Saco is not much wanted, and at auction 77 boxes sold at barely former rates. SPICES -To-day a public sale of 1,000 bags Pimento went at firm rates; mid and good mid sold at 3fd to 30, and inferior 3*d to aid; 14 bags of Cloves were taken in at 4d for old Bourbon. SPIRITS.-East India Rum has been sold to some ex tent, but not at better rates. Madras and Calcutta only realised Is 3d to Is 3fd proof, and Penang Is 2fd per gallon proof. Prices do not advance for Leeward Island ; the demand is, however, good at Is 5d to 151(1 proof, and at Is 5d for fine brown ; the supply is not so large, and holders are firm. Demerara from 2s to 2s 6d for 28 to 30 per cent 1 over proof. For Jamaica former ratesare well kept up, and trade is getting more active for ord and mid sorts; there is also a good sale for superior kinds. Ord and mid from 2s 8d to 3s for 28 to 33 per cent over proof; 3s 2d to 3s 6d for better sort 34 to 36 over, and 3s 8d to 4s 9d for fine and choice marks. Brandy is not cheaper. The value of Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1847 is 3s 1 Id to 4s Id, 1848 ditto 3s 4d to 3s 6d, and inferior sorts 2s 2d to 3s 3d per gallon. Geneva la fici to is 10d for export sort, and 2s 6d to 3s 6d for home trade kind: the market is quiet. British made Gin realize full rates. To-day there was little passing in Rum, still on the part of holders no desire was evinced to accept lower rates. SALTPETRE.-For Rough the demand is active, and a further advance in the value of 6d per cwt has taken place, as the supply continues moderate. At public sale 1,000 bags of Calcutta were sold. A further advance is looked for. British Refined sells with readiness at 29s to 30s per cwt ; there is also a firm market. Nitrate of Soda at 1 Is 6d to 12s p(r cwt. Cochineal met with little attention, and prices have fallen Id per lb, as the market is well supplied. At auction 150 bags Honduras were only in part sold; ord to good Silvers at 3s 8d to 4s 4d, black 4s 6d to 5s sd; 34 bags Mexican, black 4s 2d, silvers 3s 10d to 3s I Id, and 10 bags of Teneriffe, black 4s to 4s 4d per lb. TALLow.-The market for Russian is firm, and on the spot there is a good demand; fine P. Y. Candle realize 40s 01 to 40s 6d per cwt. For delivery in the last three months of the year sales to a fair extent have been made at 41s to 41s 6d, at which there are not willing sellers. Rome made is wanted, and realize 40s to 40s 6d nett cash, the supply is yet plentiful. For other sorts of Tallow, the market has a Grin aspect, and demand does not fall off ; supplies are stilt plentiful. At auction 237 cks of New South Wales were sold at 846 to 40s 6d for low to fine ; 758 pkgs South American 33s 6d to 39s 9d ; 100 cks Odessa sheep 38s to 39s ; 17 cks beef 40 ; 100 skins of Persian 36s 6d to 37s ; 12 cks of Italian 355, and 8 cks of Cape • 41s 9d to 42s per cwt. For public sale 800 cks of Tallow are declared. The value of Rough Fat is, however, 2s 3d to 2s 3id per stone, and a fair qurntitp is on offer. Ores.-Palm has been in excellent request, and the tendency of prices is to advance, the supply also continues small, and the consumtion is very great. At auction 46 cks went at 28s. for very inferior, and at 32s for mid quality. The value of fine is 335. to 345. For Cocoa Nut the market has a firm aspect, and demand continues to get brisker. At public sale 109 casks of Cochin mostly sold at 34s 6d to 36s 6d, and 50 casks of Ceylon at 34s per cwt. Cod 261 to 261 lOs per tun. Seal: pale at 311 to 311 10s, tinged 301 to 301 10s, and other sorts 271 to 291. Southern 301 to 32/ for good to fine, and 28/ to 29110 s for low to mid. Sperm ; fine Colonial and British realise 811 to 821, and Headmatter 821 to 83/. Linseed Oil at 26s to 26s 6d, at which the market is firm. For delivery se veral sales have been made at 26s 6d to 275. Rape Oil is wanted, and the tendency of prices is to advance ; pale selling at 37s Gd to 38s, and brown 36a 6d to 375. Arrivals of Foreign are small, and the rates paid are 39s to 40s for pale. Lard Oil 42s to 47s for English, and 42s to 44s for American. Olive is cheaper. Gallipoli 431 to 43/ 10s, Spanish and Sicily 41/ 103 to 421105, and e tcew o xo t ea h oTpss e :oh r l rteshto s s Adw o sdn acsreaactosrwnsocrdi. were 0 / to 411 per tun. ; et a: : ticeueeotf effected, t ev , ma h ci transactionsddodralsareelnpyoodanfipsnahi:srahtt asienonconsisting beingthe osaf l mec m shi d o it eo n afi t nty l d ec t h ooen e l dxfimtageaenurdtaklotei to closedm onth witht e smarketal sales o f pre sentedal sorts of 2,131 Ws. Fine Kentucky strips are extremely firm, and Virginia of good and Sae spinning qualities is held for higher rates than buyers are inclined to submit to. Imports 125 hhds, deliveries 1,822 hhds, against 705 hhds at this time last year. Stock 25,253 hhds against 30,488 in 1848. In Virginia sales have been 470 hhds, fine leat at 3d to sfd, mid at 44d to*, and ord at 2d to lid. There has been a good inquiry for low descriptions for exportation, and sates have been made to some extent at a slight advance. For Kentucky Leaf and Strips the market has continued comparatively steady, and a frac tional advance asked in some instances on fine par cels of the latter has not been responded to by buyers. Sales have been of leaf 1,074 hogsheads, nearly all for exportation, and 370 hogsheads of Strips, the latter principally of good and fine sorts at sid to 6d: Colory Leaf' has been in much request, and may be considered a shade higher in price. Mary land-Sales have not exceeded 20 hhds, at sfd to bid. In Havannah Leaf, stock being almost exhausted of desirable qualities, sales have been limited and diffi cult to effect. For exportation there has been no de mand. Havannah Cigars have been in good demand, stock of fine qualities, and of eligible sizes, being comparatively small, improved prices have in some instances been obtained. Mid and ord sorts have also been taken more freely for exportation, and the market has assumed a better character than for some months past. Cuba and Yara have been in fair demand at previous rates. In Brazil few sales have been effected, and those of a retail character. In Porto Rico and Manilla Leaf sales have been limited to a few bales for home use. Manilla Cheroots have been in steady demand, and previous rates fully supported. Columbian Leaf- Ambulema of coloury and leafy descriptions, have been in fair request. Havannah Seed Leaf of fine quality has fw b e oeo e l rnl hands t -at quality, asosohe well-assorted, fseeadwtm, importers.f euial cases and adre pricesfatrdaeyke taken Germanaftlrheoeft from a e rLt none es i oa snrfudofsnuff improved dgp aou r reor dark, and purposes. descriptions, . remaining ANm i in xg t e h err do e Head and Cavendish of good and fine quality have been is steady demand at previous rates. Stalks were in good request. COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam ••.• 12 2 Ditto, at sight •• .... 12 0 Rotterdam •• 12 2U Antwerp • • „... „, 25 65 Ilamburgh 13 12N Paris, 3 days'sight •••• 25 25 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 50 Marseilles •• •• •• •• 25 50 . 25 50 Frankfort OR Mains.... 12134 Petersbargh, Sit. ltble.. 363 Berlin...••• • • •• •• •• •• Vienna, effec. fio• ••• 11 29 Trieste, ditto.... •• 11 30 Madrid •• •• • • •• •• 49 Cadiz................ 49 Ji Bilbao.. • . • • Barcelona • • •• .......• Seville.. •• • ..... •• •• ••• &NGE.-(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar.• • • •• •• •• •. •• Leghorn ........ •. .• 32 60 Genoa .. • • • ..... 26 110 If ilan • • .• Venice ...• ...... • • .... Naples .....• • • ...... 39 1 ,4 ['alarm°, pares 117% Messina .• • ....... Ila Li5b0n.......• • • • . .• .• Oporto ...... • .• 52% itio Janeiro ........ • • Buenos Ayres .. New York, 21 daya'aigbt Philadelphia PRIM OF BIILLIoN, ?El Of Foreign Gold In bare.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 8 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 N , w D o ll ars • • 0 4 10% Silver In bare ...... •• 0 8 0 SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING.—The Ata lanta, arrived here this morning from Havre, reports that the cotton market on Monday, with all other articles has been extremely dull; prices, however, firmly main tained. The packet Duchess of Orleans, arrived from New York with dates to the 14th February, just as the Atalanta was leaving. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. COMMONS INCLOSURE BILL. This Bill passed through Committee. DUBLIN SAVINGS' BANK. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the depositors in the St. Peter's Dublin Savings' Bank, com plaining of the losses to which they had been subjected in consequence of the conduct of the directors and the negligence of the Government. The Noble and Learned Lord urged the necessity of making some compensation to these unfortunate sufferers. The Earl of ST. GERMANS said that the whole sub jt ct of savings' banks' management would ere long he brought under the notice or the House. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE defended the officers of the Gov. rnment from the charge of negligence; ho admitted the hardship of the present case, but was not prepared to say that the Treasury could recommend any compensation should be granted. The subject then dropped. PETITIONS. The Bishop of LLANDAFF presented a petition in favour of some measure fur the prevention of the seduc tion of females. The Duke of RICHMOND presented petitions in favour of the navigation-laws, of the equalization of duties, and of the repeal of taxes pressing on agriculture. The Earl of LUCAN presented a petition from a board of guardians in Ireland against either a union or a national poor-rate. Earl FORTESCLIE presented a petition from Sid mouth in favour of an alteration of the law of settle ment, and of the substitution of a national for a local poor-rate. The Earl of RODEN presented a petition from the grand jury of the county of Louth against the imposi tion of a rate in aid in Ireland. The proposal of this rate in aid was most unjust, and its imposition would tend to alienate the affections of her Mejt sty's loyal subjects in Ireland. He would not have objected to the imposition of a property-tax, but he did object to this rate in aid. The Earl of WICKLOW viewed with horror the measure against which the petitioners had protested, and implored th Ministers to reconsider the matter before they went too fa.t. He did not object to the imposition of an additional burden on Ireland, although he did not admit that Ire• land was not taxed in proportion to her means, but he thought that burden might be smposed in a manner less obnoxious than that proposed by the Govern ment. He desired originally that the property- tax should be extended to Ireland, because ho knew that Ireland would be the sufferer ultimately by the exemption. There could not be a doubt but that when the income-tax should be renewed for England, it would be extended to Ireland; and why should it not be extended now, and appropriated for the next two years to the relief of the poor. He would propose that the sums lent from the unions should, if repaid within two years, be devoted to the purpose for which it was proposed to raise this rate in aid. He had no doubt but that the money would be raised at once, and he hoped the Government would adopt one or other of them. He objected to the rate on principle, and if it ivere l but a penny he should object to it equally/ The petition was ordered to lie on the table.- SICILY. _ _ Lord STANLEY, inputting the question, of which he had give notice, would abstain from any obser vations on the events which had taken place, and Sicily during the last twelve months. He would assume that through the intervention of the British Admirals an armistice bad been enforced between the King of the Two Sicilies, our a:ly on the one side, and the Pro visional Government of the Insurgents in Sicily, on the other. This armistice was of great advantage to the Sicilians, inasmuch as it gave them an opportu nity of purchashing arms and paying for them, by forced contributions levied on the wealthierinhabitants who ad hered with unflinching loyalty to the King. He had been informed that a contractor who had contracted to supply arms to the Sicilians, had also entered into a con tract to supply arms to the British Government, and he had been informed that, being unable to per form his contract with Sicily, he had applied to oorta t i he Ordnance narmst.orth o the Government fr e prmis s s to io r n es t t withdraw oo which hthoy had been supplied by the contractor in order to enable him to complete his contract with the Sicilian Govern ment. The Ordnance demurred until the sanction of the Executive Government should be obtained, and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs authorised such withdrawal. This be consi• dered a proceeding . of very questionable contract he had entered into with the Sicilian Govern meat. The permission had been granted, but when it became known to the members of the Government, they were unanimous in expressing their regret that such an occurrence should have taken place, and Mr. Temple was immediately authorised to give the fullest explanations to the King of Naples. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH would not enter into the discussion of the general question, although he bad a strong feeling as to the obligations incurred by Eng land with regard to Sicily in 1813. They had a consti tution before 1813, in respect of which they stood much in the same position as England stood to its constitution before William 111. The consti tution of 1813 was presented by Great Britain. In 1816 the constitution was reconstituted and Sicily was united to Naples, and their constitution was destroyed. They were now in arms for that constitu tion. They were insurgents, as the Barons of England were insurgents against King John—as the people of England were insurgents against James 11. They were in arms to recover their constitution, and when that matter came to be debated, he trusted that the decision would be such as to maintain the honour of the country. The Earl of ABERDEEN thought we had nothing to do with the cause for which the Sicilians were in arms. If we had given guarantees to them, we should support them, but if we had not it was disgraceful not to obsert e a strict neutrality. With regard to the transaction which had given rise to this discussion, he should not, after the explanation of the Noble Marquis, pursue the subject further. The Duke of WELLINGTON said the King of the Two Sicilies assumed the title in virtue of the treaty of Vienna, and that the union of the two kingdoms took place in virtue of that treaty. By virtue of that treaty the Government of this country was bound. The Government was not bound to enforce the execution of the treaty upon others, but it was bound itself not to depart from the letter of the treaty, and he hoped no step had been taken by this country which would be construed ir4o a breach of the articles of that treaty. SPEAKING.] iiieEarl of MIN E LO rT rose, and wag HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at ten minutes before Four o'clock. PRIVATE BILLS. On the motion of Mr. WILSON PATTEN it was ordered, that in the case of petitions against private Bills deposited pursuant to Standing Order No. 107, the tioner may withdraw his petition on a requisition to that effect being deposited at the P r i va t e Bill-offi ce, signed by him, or by the agent w h o d epos i te d suc h peti tion; and that where any such petition is signed by his opposition by a s imilar r e quisition, more than one person, any person si gn i ng suc h p e ti t i on owed as aforesaid, signeday w i a t h n d d r d a erip SECOND READING. The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and Wilson town, Morningside, and Coltness Railway Amalgamation Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from Churchdown, i❑ Lancashire, praying that arbitration instead of war should be substituted in all international disputes. Mr. LOCKHART presented a petition from Glasgow against any alteration of the navigation-laws. Sir J. TROLLOPE presented a petition from Wis beach against any alteration of the navigation-laws. THE PEACE MOVEMENT. Colonel JOLLIFFE presented several petitions, nu merously signed, praying that all disputes likely to lead to warlike operations, may be settled by arbitration. Mr. COBDEN also presented a petition for the same purpose, signed by nearly 10,000 persons. Mr. HOWARD presented a similar petition from Car lisle. Sir JOHN HANMER presented a petitition to the same effect from Mold. NAVIGATION LAWS. W Sir A. BROOKE presented petitions from several places in Scotland, praying for the repeal of the navigation laws. MARRIAGE REGIS ritAnoN (SCOTLAND) BILL The HoN. MEelJEtt al.° presented petitions against the Scottish Marriage Registration Bill. BIRMINGHAM EXEMPTION OF COUNTY RATES BILL. Mr. MUNTZ moved that there be given an instruc tion to the Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills to sit and proceed on the petition for leave to deposit a petition for the Birmingham Borough (Exemption from County Rates—No. 2) Bill forthwith, which, After a few words from Mr. Wilson Patten, and Mr. Greene, inquiring as to the compliance with the standing orders, to which Mr. Muutz replied in explanation, the motion was agreed to. NOTICES 01? MOTION.— ECCLESIASTICAL FUNDS. Mr. lIORSMAN gave notice of his intention this day fortnight to bring forward the motion of which he had previously given notice 'with respect to ecclesiastical funds. RAILWAYS. Mr. LOCKE postponed the motion of which he had eiven notice with respect to railways to this day fort night. WAR IN THE PUNJAUB. Mr.IG. THOMPSON gave notice of his intention, on this day fortnight, to draw the attention of the House to the affairs of the Punjaub, and to move for the ap • pointment of a Committee to inquire into the justice and propriety of the war that was going on there. FINANCIAL REFORM. Mr. lIUME presented several petitions in favour of financial reform. THE CONVICT MITCH:EL. Mr. ROBINSON, seeing the Right lion. Baronet the First Lord of the Admiralty in his place, felt anxious to put the question to him of which he had given notice, with respect to the convict Mitchel. H e wished to know if any report had been made to the Admiralty by Commander Wingr eve, of her Ma jesty's sloop Scourge, respecting the treatment of the convict Mitchel o❑ his passage to Ber muda. Sir F. BARING s aid that a report had been made to the Admiralty on the subject. It was correct that Mitchel had dined with the commander of the ves sel, but no o•her officers were present, and the course that had been pursued by Commander Wingrove had been only adopted for the better security and safe custody of Mitchel. Mr. ROBINSON said that from the Right Hon. Gentleman's own explanation it was clear that the orders thst had been sent out with respect to Mitchel had boen deviated from ; he wished, therefore, to know whether the Admiralty h a d t a k en any not i ce of that deviation? Admiral DUNDAS said that Commander Wingrove bad most properly considered that the safest place for the convict was is his own cabin, where he was conti nually under his own eye. WRECKS ON THE EAST COAST OF SCOTLAND. Mr. G. S. DUFF wished to ask the Secretary of the Admiralty whether any report or reports had been received at the Admiralty on the subject of tie disasters which occurred on the east coast of Scotland in the month of August last ; and if so, whether he would have any objection to lay such reports upon the table of the House ? Sir F. T. BARING replied that a report had been received on the subject which he had no objection to lay before the House. 'Mr. RICARDO asked if the report had been made by Captuin Waddington? Sir T. F. BARING was understood to reply that it had. WAR IN INDIA - APPOINTMENT OF SIR CHARLES NAPIER AS COMMANDER-IN- CHIEF. Lord JOHN RUSSELL adverting to the subject of the War in India said—Sir, I stated in reply to the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Montrose, when he asked mo a question yesterday with respect to India, that her Majesty's Government had thought it right to tender advice to her Majesty, but that they had received no reply from her Majesty, and I was, therefore, unable to answer the question of the Honourable Gentleman.—(Hear, hear.) I am now, however, in a position to state that her Majesty has been -pleased to return a reply to the advice of the Government to nominate Sir Charles Napier to the appointment of Commander-in-Chief of the British army in India—(Tremendous cheers)—and that, her Majesty has been pleased most graciously and fully to approve that appointment.—(Renewed cheer ing.) Both the Duke of Wellington, the Com mander-in-Chief, and I, have to-day seen Sir Charles Napier, and I have the satisfaction to state that he is ready to obey her Majesty's commands, and pro used at once to India in the capacity which her Majesty bas been pleased to assign to him.—(Cheers.) The Court of Directors h lye not yet had an opportunity of meeting, but I fully expect they will do so to morrow, and approve of this appointment with joy and satisfac tion.—(Loud cheers.) THE CONVICT SYSTEM. Sir GEORGE GREY observed that the Noble Lord the Member for Hertford had a notice on the paper relative to this subject for Thursday. Perhaps the Noble Lord would be good enough to state now the terms of the motion he intended to submit to the House. -- Lord -MAHON said-hia motion- would embrace the whole subject of the convict system; but his chief object in bringing it forward was to elicit the intentions of the Government on the matter. Mr. HUME trusted the Right Hon. Baronet would bo prepared on an early occasion to state what his in tentions were upon the subject. CRIMINAL OFFENCES (IRELAND) BILL. Sir H. W. BARRON wished to trouble the House for a few minutes with a short explanation as to the part he had taken in reference to this measure.— (Hear, hear.) He stated that Mr. Berwick, the barrister whose name had been referred to in the discussion upon the Bill last Wednesday, had written a letter to a Dublin paper, in which he said that the statement with respect to his having suggested and drawn up the Bill was wholly erroueous, and that he had never had any personal communication with him (Sir Henry W. Barron) on the subject of the Bill. Now he (Sir H. W. Barron) begged to say that that statement was in effect literally true—(Laughter)—and Hon. Members would no doubt recollect that it. was perfectly consistent with what he stated in the House on Wednesday. The whole com munications between him and Mr. 13erwick had passed through the hands of a professional gentleman of twenty five years' standing, and of considerable reputation, so that he, in fact, bad no personal interviews with him. Mr. Berwick further said, that the measure as it stood was very objectionable, and in some respects ridi culous —(Laugliter)—that he had struck his pen through some portions of it, amended others, and inserted an ad ditional clause, but that he never dreamt of being made responsible for the Bill, of which he, on the whole, dis approved, and that he never expected that it would be introduced into Parliament without having, in the first instance, been entirely :remodelled. He submitted the measure to the Secretary for Ireland, who was so kind as to read it. In order to show that the Bill was not altogether original, he might say that out of 57 clauses, 37 bad been printed verbatim from the Dublin Police Bill, which had been introduced by Lord Eliot and the Solicitor-General for Ireland. Mr. J. O'CONNELL stated, in the absence of the Ron. and Learned Member for the University of Dublin, that Mr. Berwick entirely disclaimed auy share in the preparation of the measure in question. Sir GEORGE GREY said, in justice to the framers of the Dublin Police Bill, he felt it due to them to state that they found the greatest discrepancies between it and the Bill introduced by the Hon, Baronet.— (Loud laughter.) He wished, at the same time, to state that the Lord-Lieutenant had conveyed to him that in his estimation Mr. Berwick was one of the best stipendiary magistrates of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) Lord BERNARD bore similar testimony to the merits of that gentleman. Sir li. W. BARRON said he had the highest respect for the pubic character and personal honour of Mr. Berwick. No one in or out of the House could enter tain greater respect for him. lie had sat with him on the bench—(Laughter)—and he never saw a judge ad minister justice more even-handed.—(Hear.) Sir W. SOMERVILLE said he was sure no one sup posed that the Hon. Baronet had any personal object in the introduction of the Bill.—(Hear.) It was perfectly true that he had read the Bill of the Hon. Baronet at his request. He (Sir W. Somerville) wished also to bear his testimony to the high character of Mr. Berwick. NOTICES OF MOTION.—ADJOURNED DEBATE. Lord J. RUSSELL hoped that Hon. Gentleman who had notices on the paper would postpone them, and allow the adjourned debate to proceed. THE ARMY IN BARBADOES. Viscount DRUMLANRIG postponed the following notice :—Returns of the strength in rank and file of the service companies of the 72d and 66th Regiments when they arrived in Barbadoes: of the names of all officers who accompanied the service companies to Bar badoes, their period of service at this date; and, of the number of rank and file, together with the number of officers attacked by illness since their arrival; and num ber of deaths and recoveries, specifying the names of the officers, up to this date. THE CONDITION OF IRELAND. Major BLACKALL postponed the following motion for a week:—That the peculiar circumstances of Ire. land, consequent upon four successive years of distress, require the immediate adoption of such measures as may assist and encourage the individual exertion of the owners and occupiers of Irish property, and pro mote industry, by giving remunerative employment; and that all grants or loans of money to particular districts should be applied, as far as possible, to such purposes as may conduce to the eventual improvement of those districts, and enable them to support themselves from their ordinary resources. Mr. MACGREGOR also postponed his motion. INDIA AND AUSTRALIA MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY. Mr. SCOTT moved for copies of any proposals re ceived by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, in he course of the year 1848, in reply to the advertise ments issued by them, inviting tenners for the establish ment of a communication by steam navigation with the Australian colonies ; and of any charter of incorporation or letters patent granted to any person or persons for the purpose of forming a company, to be called " The India and Australian Mail Steam-packet Company," toge►her with any certificates or indorsements of the Board of Trade, showing the fulfilment of the conditions of the said charter in respect to any deed of association to be entered into by such company. The Hon. Member was proceeding to make a statement to the House of the grounds on which he asked for the papers referred to, when Mr. HUME rose to order, and would beg to ask, whether the Hon. Member should be permitted to make a statement whieh was beyond the terms of his motion. The SPEAKER submitted to the Hon. Member that he should postpone his motion, in order to allow the ad journed debate to proceed, seeing that many other Mem bers who had motions on the paper had already given way. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said there was to objection on the part of the Government to the llon. Member's motion, if he would confine himself to it, and refrain from going into any statement. Mr. SCOTT would rather go on with his statement. —(Laughter, and cries of " Order," in the midst of which the Hon. Member resumed his seat.) The motion was then agreed to. STEAM NAVY. Mr. ANDERSON postponed his motion until Friday next fur nominating the Select Committee on a Steam Navy. TURNPIKE ROADS IN MIDDLESEX. On the motion of Lord DUDLEY STUAel.,an ad dress was agreed to for return of the aggregate length of turnpike roads in the county of Middlesex, and the aggregate amount of debt and unpaid interest on all the trusts in that county. TEMPLENOE PETTY SESSIONS. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL postponed until to-morrow the motion for which he had given notice to-day, for a return of the number of sum menses issued during the last seven years at Templenoe or Cloverfield Petty Sessions, in tae county of Kerry, stating the matter in which each was issued, and at whoso suit. The copies of the correspondpnce relative to the breaking up of the police station at Coss Castle: and, of the correspondence relative to the informations sworn by the sailors of Lord Rodney's yacht; with a statement of the reasons why these in formations, sworn on the 25th day of July, 1848, were not returned to the Crown (Alice until the 30th day of January, 1849. DUBLIN MUSICAL FUND. Mr. REYNOLDS begged to ask — the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Home Department whether there would be any objection to grant the returus for which he had given notice, as the R:ght Hon. Baronet the Secretary of Ireland was not in his Heel ? Sir G. GREY inquired whether the Hon. Member had made any couimunication to the Right Hon. Baronet respecting his motion. Mr. REYNOLDS said that he had asked the Right Honourable Baronet it hether there would be any objection to make the returns, and he under stood the Right Hon. Baronet to say, that there would be no technical objection on the part of the Government. Sir G. GREY said certainly there would be no ti,ch nical objection, but as this society was a private society, it was evident the Government had nu power whatever to compel the returns. The motion was then withdrawn. IRISH POOR. Lord DUDLEY STUAR C moved for returns of the number of Irish poor who, bete een the 31st day of De cember, 1847, and the 31st day of December, 1848, have received relief out of poor •rates in the several parishes comprised within the City of London, the borough of Mary• lebone, the city of Westminster, the borough of Lambeth, the borough of Southwark, the borough of the Tower [hamlets, and the borough of Finsbury, respectively, and of the money value of the relief so afforded: and, of the number of the Irish poor relieved during the same period out of the poor rates in the parishes com prised in the borough of Liverpool, city of Glasgow, city of Bristol, borough of Cardiff, borough of Newport (Monmouthshire), borough of Merthyr Tydvil, borough of Manchester, borough of Salford, borough of Preston, borough of Bury (Lancashire), borough of Leeds, borough of Paisley, and the city of Edinburgh, re spectively, and of the money value of relief so afforded. Mr. MANSON wished to know, before the House proceeded further, what was the reason that the papers ordered last Friday had not been issued? Lord JOHN RUSSELL was aware that the papers had been ordered, and he conceived that the only cause of the delay could be something which had proved un avoidable. The papers, however, would be laid on the table at the earliest possible moment. THE CONVICT SYSTEM. Mr. F. O'CONNOR wished to a,k whether the Noble Lord who had given a notice of motion on this subject intended to persevere in his motion, as several Members, if he did, were very desirous of taking part in the debate. Lord MAHONE said in reply that he certainly would persevere in his motion. _ RATE IN AID (IRELAND) BILL. The House then resolved itself into Committee on the Rate in Aid Bill, and • Mr. GROGAN rose and said that in alluding to his motion for the adjournment of the House, he hoped he should be excused by Hon. Gentlemen for the trouble he had given them, in consideration of the immense im portance of this measure, at least to Ireland. and the effect which it was likely to create on all the estates in Ireland. He could not help saying that, and he hoped the feeling with which be uttered it would be appreciated by a society of English gentlemen. He could not help saying that her Majesty's Mini sters had entirely failed in making out any plea for their case but that of necessity.(—Hear, hear.) If there was no other hopes for Ireland than those con tained in the speeches that had been hitherto delivered on the subject; especial:y that of the Right Honourable Baronet, the late Prime Minister, he should be almost inclined to despair for the fate of Ireland ; but he thought there were greater hopes for Ireland than had Were bold ,eut by, any of those Hon. Me tubers. He did not think that any Hon. .Mernber that had spoken in favour of the, measure had advanced arguments to justify the Government in infl cting this rate upon the people of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) lie called upon the Government to put Ireland in a position to bear an. English poor-law, before they forced such measures as these from them.— (Hear, hear.) Why did they not remodel the system of electoral division, and adapt the law to the means of the people. Assimilate the law of Ireland with the law of England, and then there might be a chance of a poor-law succeeding. Give them the English poor-law in its entirety, and he for one was quite prepared to adopt its responsibilities.—(Hear.) Ile could not see the justice of the statement, that be came Ireland paid no duty upon bricks and soap, nor, indeed, the income-tax, that she should, there fore, pay this rate in aid. Though it was stated that this rate necessary to be imposed for two years he feared, like the income-tax in England, that it would be imposed in perpetuity. But after all, he doubted much whether the rate could bo obtained, looking at the present way in which pro perty was rated in Ireland ; if. therefore, immediate relief was intended, the funds would have to come out of the Imperial Treaeury. Ile reminded the Government that an Act was passed in the 23d reign of George 111., for the collection of a rate in aid of the poor in certain districts of Scotland which provided that the money should be collected in the districts to which the relief was to extend, and not in other parts. That was exactly his opinion. He regretted that the extravagance and mis management of the Government in the west of Ire land rendered it necessary that her representatives should oppose the introduction of the measures. In the Nenagh Union the result of expenditure was equally remarkable. In the four weeks ending January, 1.848, the total number of in-door paupers was 5,442. (LEFT SPEAKING.) WOODEN BARN FLOORS AND RATS.—Barn floors may be made impervious to rats by the following cheap method.—Dig around the building that has its founda tion in the ground (in contradistincli..n to those sup ported on stone or brick piers) a dry area, say 14 inches wide by 9 inches deep, pave th., bottom with brick fists, the side furthest from the building to have 4- inch work. whilst :he other has a course of plain tiles or slates nailed to the outside surface of the building. As this is finished, fill in the area with the Garth dug out. The rats will endeavour to make their entrance by burrow ing, but they will invariably work themselves out at the surface, as they cannot effect their otject, try how or where they will, and, cunning as they are, they never commence burrowing away from the building, but close around it. This plan has never failed. Rid your self of the insi le members, and no outsiders can enter. The doorways may be similarly secured by carrying up a dwarf wall along the opening.—Huilder. RATS.—These loathsome and destructive vermin swarm to so great an extent in and around the wharfs and stables of the Adelphi, that from five to ten of them in the course of the morning are discovered dead, amid the straw which is thrown down for the horses' litter, being literally crushed by the latter while in the act of turning and moving their bodies during the night. During the last high tide, which reached the above premises, the rats were flooded out of their fastnesses, and hundreds were to be witnessed at one time immersed in the Thames, with their heads only above water endeavouring to escape from the ruthless element, which hurried them along with the tide, in which they gra. dually perished. A deputation consisting of the Lord Mayor, Mr. Pat tison, M.P., Mr. Masterman, M.P., Mr. Prior, Mr. De puty Harrison, Mr. Williams, and the City Retnembran cer, had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday. Lady John Russell's soiree to-morrow (Wednesday) evening and her Ladyship's evening parties on the two following Wednesdays (the 14th and 21st instants) will be given at the official residence of Lord John Russell, in Downing -street. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Down ing -street. NAVAL IN TELLiGENCE. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 3 —THE DOCILYARD.—Mr. Hop per, clerk of works at Haulbowline, is appointed to this yard, vice Churchward. The superannuation allowance for smiths having undergone revision, the following is the scale adopted:—Forgemen at 6d. 6d. per day; Ist class firemen, at ss. 3d; leading men at testing-house, and all leading men made previous to 1846, 241. to 341. per annum; smiths, at 3s. 6d. per day, or from 20/. to 241. per annum; hammer. men, at 3s. per day, or from 15/. to 201. per annum. All general service labourers, entered since 1833, will not be allowed superannuation under any circumstancE a. Atter the contemplated reductions in this yard are fully completed, we learn the following bill form the complement of men who will be employed;—SiDg.e station men, 13 ; leaning men, 36; apprentices, 125; shipwrights, 576; trenail makers, 5 ; oar maker, 1; caulkers, 70; pitch heater, 1; oakum boys, 15; joiners, 120; turners, 2; wheelwrights, 2; cooper, 1; smiths, 166; millwrights (metal men), 43; brazier tinrceu, 3; locksmiths, 3; plumbers, 6; engine keepers, 5; stokers, 4; workmen at saw mills. 21; briekLyer, 1; masons, painters, glaziers, and grinders, 25; sawyers, 90; estab lished labourers, 190; day labourers, 175; riggers' boats' inspectors, 7; sail makers, 48; tailor, 1; spinners. 115; key bearer, 1; house boys, 17; wiimen, 13, storehouse men, 17; messengers, 8; police, 73; teams, 9. . - - The Belleisle, 72, fitted as a troop ship (and a most comfortable ship, too), is to be immediately ct mm s sioned at I)evonporr, to carry a regiment to India. DOCKYARD REDUCTION —After the contemplated re ductions in Devunport Dockyard are completed, thy working staff of the establishment will consist of 2,236 men, women, and boys. The guns of the following calibre have been ordered to be discontinued in the naval service :—The 68-pounder of 112 cwt.; the 56- poundcr of 85 cwt.; and the 42- pounders of 85, 75, and 66 cwt. each, respectively. . The Magicienne, steam-frigate, building at Pembroke, is to be launched to-morrow and navigated to Woolwich to be completed and fitted for sea service. WOOLWICH, MARCH s.—Admiral Sir Edward Cod rington, G.C.8., visited Woolwich Dockyard for the purpose of witnessing Mr. Cochran's machine for saw ing futtock timbers into the r, quired shape for the frames of ships or steam vessels at one operation. The men were at work on the arrival of the Gallant Admiral in converting timbers for the Brisk steam-vessel, which is progressing rapidly in building, owing to the quan tity of work which can now be executed in a short time by machinery; and he appeared much interested and pleased with the correct work performed by the machinery. The saw mills in Woolwich Dockyard are now of the most complete description, and capable of producing a great quantity of the very best work in a limited time for building new vessels or for repairs. The Atholl troopship, Master-Commander Pear; was taken into dock to-day to have her bottom ex amined. Although entirely built of fir grown in the forests of Atholl, and subjected to considerable service, she is reported to be very dry, and a comfortable troop-ship. The Jtisper steam vessel was taken out of the dock to day, and will be taken into the basin to-morrow. The Myrmidon steam-vessel is to be take❑ out of the basin to-morrow, preparatory to being tried down the river, and the Adder, Otter, and Zephyr are to be taken into the basin to-morrow,the Government having under taken to deliver the six vessels sold to the Harwich Company for 24,0001. in working order, and the neat fittings of the vessels formerly employed on the Holy head station are to be left on board. The Janus, steam-ressel, Lieutenant-Commander Powell, loft Greenhithe on Saturday for Portsmouth and Gibraltar. It is expected several additional regiments will shortly be sent to the East Indies, and it has bet n suggested that the guns should be taken out of the Blenheim and Ajax ships, fitted with screw propellers, each of these vessels being capable of conveying 1.000 troops with case to In dia, with the probability that they would accomplish the v , yage in much less time than sailing vessels without the aid of steam. IMPERIAL P A RLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 5. POOR LAW (IRELAND) BILL—ADJOURNED DEBATE. (Continued from our Third Edition of last night.) Mr. B. OSBORNE proceeded—Some Hon. Gentle• man remarked, " And a foolish answer it was;" hut if that Honourable Gentleman would take the trouble to Is fleet that the land bad become too impoverished to grow anything else but potatoes, he would sae 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 deservs d the name of one it ought nut to throw itself on the charity ot the House, but ought to come forward with some definite plats which would do away with eleemosynary relief, and place the people of Ireland in a situation to maintain themselves, alai 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 cuuutry, 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, anti they might talk of Louis Blancism; and, speaking of that gentleman, he would do him the justice to say that he did dot support the ateliers nationaux ; and they might talk of Youlett Scropisie— (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 be 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 an idea in 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. The produce was liable, but not so the fee of the land. The Noble Lord ought to have shown some of the legislative boldness which we. said to be his characteristic, and proposed such a measure as that now suggested. One reason as signed for the non. coil( c:ion of rates was that the pro perties were under the management of the Court of Chancery. The rental of property under such manage ment was upwards of 1,000,000/., and not more than 2,000/., or es. per cent. per annum, was laid out on the improvement of those properties. As regarded a portion of rent amounting to 100,0001, not one single sixpence was laid out on improvements. The Hon. Member for Limerick, who was a Repealer, and therefore more likely to be asked his opinion than an independent Member, recommended an indiscriminate rate between pasture and arable land. He (Mr. Osborne). would .ti,c , e . ..tsftPt eansantediluvian system as =should compel sa s estan to put a piece of land in grass. Ireland had been described as a country with aristocratic institutions, but without an aristocracy. In the printed papers a case eas mentioned of a large landed proprietor in the west of Ireland who had been reduced to support his family on the milk of two cows. They were Seized for debt, but, having been redeemed by a friend and restored to him, they were seized again for poor rates. If matters were come to such a pass, the Govern' ment ought to afford facilities for making land an article ot sale, should simplify the process, and reduce the ex pense of transferring it from one holder to another. The cons( quence would be, that the land would fall into the hands of those - who-would turn it to the best advantage, not only for themselves, but for the country. These measures might be too bold for the Noble Lord, who might rather be disposed to content himself with coming to Parliament for an occasional dole; but it was for the House to adopt measures which would be adequate to meet the circumstances of the case. He knew not what effect the Noble Lord's dream of the future might have on the minds of Hon. Gentlemen. The Noble Lord had said he had no doubt that Ireland was in a state of tran sition; and that at no distant period she would be pros' perous. The Noble Lord told the House that, when the starving people should crawl like famished rats on the barren soil, new modes of cultivation would be intro' duced, and spontaneous harvests would follow. Lord J. RUSSELL—I said nothing like it. Mr. OSBORNE continued—He had come to the cheerless conviction that, as long as the destinies of this empire were swayed by the present combination of p? l '' ties, so long would Ireland have no hope but in looking to the root which had caused her pr e sent d es titution, and England would have no protection from the painful effects of that union which infused the in'ection of pall purism into her more healthy and less corrupted frame. lie should vote against the proposition on the present occasion, though if the Noble Lord had come forward with some plan suited to the urgency of the occasion, no man would have been more ready to give it his support. Sir It' )BERT PEEL—Sir, without one word Of preiace, I shall address myself immediately to the two main questions submitted to our consideration— . in the present state of Ireland shall we leave the people to be supported exclusively by the resources of the union or electoral division within which they live? and, secondly, it we are of opinion that some exe trinsic aid is necessary, from what source shall that aid be derived? Sir, I cannot reconcile myself to give e, vote which shall throw the s us t enance o f t h e peo ple o' Ireland, in the present condition of that country, epos the individual unions. I have read these papers—l have seen the exertions that have been made in many of those unions to contribute to the support of the poor. I think great injustice has been done in this country to the landed proprietors in many parts of Ireland.—(Rear , hear.) I find conclusive evidence that, at least in marl pins of Ireland, the most strenuous local exertions have been made; speaking of many unions there has been a willing submission to the law; and if the whole amount of rate has not been levied it h as b een f rom a p h ys ic al impossibility.—(Hear, hear.) Therefore I think the attempt to create a prejudice against Irish proprietor s on the part of this country is most unjust. Not that am prepared to deny that in many cases there has heel great impropriety, and that individuals have tried escape from a burden they ought to have borne. I sal s nut a word in respect to th e s y s t em o f ev i ct i on, which is utterly impossible in many cases to prevent. But must say anything like indiscriminate censure of th e landlords of Ireland and th e s t renuous exert i ons w hich have been made in many parts would be most unjust- - " (Hear, hear.) lam satisfied by this evidence that if yeo do refuse any extrinsic aid the consequence must be th e loss of life by famine, and by the spread o f di sease nriPi piing the energies f those who escap e f rom eau* tarvation.—(Hear, hear.) I cannot believe, whatevet I may think of our past poli c y, th a t a British House of Commons will consent to adopt that painful alternative . —(Cheers.) I may be quite willing to admit that the system of indiscriminate relief has the lamentable effect of destroying the habits of self-reliance, of preventing the exertion of industry, of teaching men able to work, and particularly Irishmen able to work, that it is much better to rely on charity than on strenuous and continuous ex-rtions for their own maintenance' Bat, granted that our policy in this respect has been wrong, what answer have we to make to the individua l sufferers ?—what answer have we to make to tilt whom we have t aug h t to re l y on charity and not on the ir own exertions ? If the policy be wrong we are respon sible. Those who are now suffering from actual famine are not parties on whom we can with any justice Ala the penalty which belongs to our own policy. At th e same time when we speak of th e i mpo li cy o f our pos. contributions for the maint enance o f t h e poor, we m u never forget that the country has been placed in a eell . dition during the last three or four years to which ther e is no parallel in the history of Europe.—(Hear, heart) The subsistence on which millions of people relied 1 0 for three or four successive years, contrary to hope s ' perhaps unwise hopes, contrary to rational expectation s ' been swept away. You have had millions thrown y our hands, not from idleness, not from unwillingne s ; to work, but in co nsequence o f the failure of that speci,s of food upon which they had exclusive l y relied ; and therefore we have been compelled S., ° adopt a course w hi c h , h a d there been the opportue lt ! of exercising a deliberate judgment, we should stud" ousiy have avoided. But then the people are t a ught bi e our past example and our past conduct to rely for ,h et sur , sisielice upon our benev o l ence an d c h ar i ty; an d I f ar one never can consent, from whatever source aid 0391 be derived, and whatever the ultimate cansequence t o teaching ccaltinuid reliance upon it, instead of on tb! resources of industry—l fur one never can consent iv adopt the horrible alternative of exposing those peeP le „ to death by famine.--(Cheers.) I th ere f ore vote d le' the 50,0001., and if there were no other means of pr° . viding aid, whatever other measures I might advise to he,, adopted for the purpose of m iti gat i ng t h e future cell' and preventing such demands on the national resource * I don't hesitate to say I should give another vote rathe r than leave those people to disease and starveti °ll. Upon that ground, under the present extraordi; nary circumstances in which Ireland is placed, shall give my vote for continuing some asiistamco for,. other sources than th e property of the union those who administer relief to the poor in that country —(Hear.) The second question is, from what soul shall that aid be derived? Now, I must say franklh think other parts of the empire have a fair right to es on Ireland for a strenuous effort to rescue us from th e present difficulty.—(Loud Cheers.) I don't rest my cl e ; wand upon I re l an d for th i s strenuous effort on acco unt of the poor u p on t h e ground that taxation in Ireland is unequal as compared with this country.—(iieer, hearq If you rely upon the argument that Ireland as compare d with England is unequally taxed, the conclusion wbich logically you must adopt is—apply equal taxation t,u, both.—(Hear, he ar .) I t i s ' i m possible to d en y that!: the fair result. If lam satisfied that Ireland ought tO bear the assessed taxes, and the duty on bricks and soap' or ought to be subject to the property-tax, I will nt consent to let Ireland off from her obligation to contrite bate equally with England to the public necessities by tti rate of 6d. in the pound charged on a certain descript l °. of property. I think that Ireland ought to in die a go!: effort to meet the tremendous evils arising out of tc,e! present distressed condition of that country. In t his rt c ou ntry when a union is ma n if est l y una bl e t o support the poor within it we adopt the p r i nc ipl e of subjeet?s the vicinage to the burden of contr ibutin t f , to that object. We d o not, in suc h a case , say 4 Ireland " Distress pr evai l s i n some o f t h e u nions Devonshire and Cornwall, they cannot support tbt poor, Alad therefore we cAll upon you, the people of Ire inioi fi x rifer utioi 'Jana Peru and tou t l OUr and bu m 11041