The Sun. — London, England, 1849-02-13 00:00:00

FRANCE. M. Elia e de Girardin has never been one of the ardent ade firers of the National Assembly, which has perhaps t )een more' bitterly attacked in the Presse than in tt uy other journal. The following testimony 'to the rr ..4:ritr3 of the Assembly, which appears in the Presse, avd evidently from the pen of the editor, may be f';'.lerefore considered as not going beyond the bounds of truth, at all events:— "Th t, National Assembly has done much for the re establi .shment of order, for the repression of revolu tions, agitation, and the security of lif e and p ro pe r ty. It h' ss, perhaps, been more Republican than Liberal. It has given all to what it believed to be the Conservative interest; it has given the state of the dictatorship, deportations, the arbitrary •awspension of the public press. History will p o i n t lo these things as its fault , and so will democracy. But of this fault has an excu se, it will be fo u nd, no doubt, in .the indifference with which the country witnessed the sa trifice of some of these rights, the conquest of which his cost so much blood, and the profanation of which should never be permitted, especially by the hypocritical and perjured head of a Government of liberty. In a word, the National Assembly is about to retire after having led France through the defiles of anarchy, in the midst of enormous difficulties, of terrible crises, and without having caused the erection of a political soaUld, witho:it a single interest of those which ...-i'ranee represents in the world being clinprornissA, leaving her tibef ty in her futi4r:: career; the sovereignty of hrr rights, the inviolability of the principles she has always maintained, and which become mingled with moral life in the development of civilization. The task was difficult, but it has been performed. History will not forget it, and if the Assembly cannot be admired for its grandeur, it will be honou: ed for its wisdom." AUSTRIA. VIENNA.—The measures recently adopted by the Governor have produced an unfavourable impression m the communal council, which, as we have before stated, is made responsible for the concealment of arms. The council was on the point of meeting in private to discuss the subject, when the President pro duced a letter from Baron WELDEN, stating that the council had no right to deliberate on the question, but must carry out the views of the military Governor. The council, it, is said, hesitated between two resolu tions, either to send a deputation to the Emperor, and make a protest against the ordinance of the Governor, or give in its resignation. This difference, to gether with another, which at this moment sub sists between the Minister Stadion and the Governor, places the latter in danger of lowing Ms post. The 15,000 soldiers who constitute 'the garrison of the capital are promenaded every day for the purpose of overawing the inhabitants and inspiring respect for the poweeof the Governor. A great number of patrols are constantly in the streets. A soldier who was sentenced to death has had his sentence commuted to 3,000 blows. This will be a lingering instead of a speedy death. PESTH, FEB. 2.—The following notification has been received from Field-Marshal Windischgratz : " His Excellency Field-Marshal Prince Windischgratz has been informed that, on the 26th and 27th of this month, while Pesth and Ofan were occupied by a very snsall garrison, a warlike spirit was in consequence evinced by a portion of the inhabitants, and that some of them, wearing the cap and other articles of the uniform of the National Guard, with red feathers in their caps, paraded the streets and squares of the city. in order to give opportunity for the exercise of this spirit his Excel - 'Miley hereby notifies, that all inhabitants, without respect of age or station, who are found wearing these insignia, are to be arrested, and sent here by the next military transport, in order to be en rolled in an army corps. In order that none may find cause for excuse, this proclamation is to be delivered at every house, and the landlords, or their representatives, shall make the same known to every inmate. This proclamation is also to be put up in all public-houses and inns, that travellers who may arrive may also be acquainted with it. On the 3d of February, by which time all the inhabitants shall have the said, information, this order shall come into force and operation. (Signed) " Count WILMA, " Lieut. Field-Marshal and Commander of the Second Army Corps. " Ofen, Jan. 31." —Prussian Staats Anzeiger. VIENNA, FEB. 4.—The Civil Hospital has been surrounded by troops since the morning. A consi- Jerable depot of concealed arms has been discovered, and a most vigorous search has been instituted; even the beds of the sick are not exempted; 2,500 arms have been voluntarily delivered up by the inhabitants of the suburb of Thury. The negotiations respecting a new loan are protracting. We are assured that the house of Rothschild has resolved not to have anything to do with it. The Journal du Commerce of February 10th says, the report has been confirmed, that the Hungarians made a sally from the fortress of Comorn and have made exaction upon the people in the neighbourhood. They have taken to Comorn the merchants and pea sants who furnished the Imperial troops with pro visions. SERVIA. The Austrian papers do not confirm the report that Stratomirovich has been taken prisoner, and has been transferred to a council ofyvar. The Patriarch has merely given orders to retain him prisoner at Mitrovie. The General Committee at Carlowith has declared Stratomirovich innocent, and the order of the Patriarch illegal. RUSSIA. Letters from St. Petersburgh, of Jan. 30, say that the normal sample of brown sugar, which enjoys the reduction of 20 copecs per pound, is equal to the standard No. 13 of Java sugar, or, if anything, a trifle superior.—Hamburgh Borsenhalle, Feb. 7. PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE, PRIVATE BUSINESS. At the Examiners' Court yesterday the piomoters of the following Bills were declared to have complied with the Standing orders :—London and North-Western, Lancaster and Carlisle, Caledonian and Edinburgh and Glasgow Railways (Lease of the Scottish Central Railway). THE WEATHER : THE BAROMETER—The wind throughout the past week ranged from west to north north west, with clear weather and a rising barometer. Yesterday the atmosphere was particularly bright, with the wind at north-west. The barometer indicated an aerial density very unusual, and, so far as our ex perience reaches, unparalleled. The mercury of the instrument in the Exchange News-room stood, during the afternoon, at an elevation of nearly thirty-one inches, The height of the barometer was a gene ral subject of observation amongst those who have liven in the habit of observing thereby the atmosphe ric changes. Wo spoke to ono venerable gentle luau, wro we verily believe to ho no less a per than that eebrated individual " the oldest inlia,itant," and lee dec:arcd that within his memory he had reser seen the glass at such au alti ude Leat night. the air was htautifully clear, and the firma ment, of a d.ep incl go tint, spangled with stars, exhi bited an aspect of great splendour, the celestial bodies aprearin4 much brighter than usual. Orion, Ursa Major, and the beautiful star Sirius shone resplendently, and the planets Venus and Jupiter beamed with extra ordinary brilliancy, the former, about seven o'clock, oc casamailv shooting rays that were almost ddzzling.— Liverpool Albion of yesterday. [lt was the same in Loadon =sod caused equal woaclernient.—ED. Sun.] LARGE CAPTURE OF WHALES.---Oh Saturday last rho potpie (-f Eday had a whal e h unt, and captured a b iur , .T)) hattle-noses! It was so lat e i n th e even i ng b,>f.ro g-'tting clone with their murderous onslaught that , t haul up the monsters above hi h- a ti n m d n some 60 or 70 . were carried off to g They mig ht 8" hi g h next morning. have' which rote very saved them had thyb_seeninidaac)t,i,ve, but thought it wrong, even in saving property, I suppose, to work on 6 which this surely was. As fiat each, and it is, they have 222 whales, ave raging worth to them about 500 /. l— a 14 very goad day's work. Ofiers have been received in ton for. them, the highest being 4851., but which was refused_. It is supposed they may now be s old b y rou e . 'There was one small whale, about 12 feet, of a different species, in the lot, but I have not gat a deseript!on, of ! k so as to be a bl e to say Journal. what whale it is.—John o Groat DP A.TH OF PARISH ALTARS.—Letters from Vienna contain intormation of the decease af Mr. Parish Alvan, one of the most eminent of English musicians, and the greatest performer on and composer for the harp ever known. The intelligence • will be received with the deepest regret by his numerous friends and admirers in London. Mr. Parish Alvars's death is a great loss to the art,and to society. Ile was a most amiable and in telligent man as well as a musician of varied acquire ments and decided genius. —Musical World. -- YEOMANRY CAVALRY.—The Home Secretary has sent a letter to the Lord Lieutenants of the different counties, saying that it was not intended to place any of the corps of Yeomanry Cavalry on permanent duty, or cause them to be inspected during the present year; but such corps as may wish to be trained and exercised according to the provisions of the Volunteer Act, will be allowed to assemble, subject to curtain regulations as to heir remuneration. LIVERPOOL M.P.'s.—Liverpool ras the honour of having ten of her sous, either by birth or by adoption, in the present Parliament, and all of them men of liberal views and of great talent for business. Their names are, William Brown, W. E. Gladstone, T. Thorne y, William Ewart, William Jackson, Sir Joshua Walmsley, Edward Cardwell, Sir T. B. Birch, Lawrence Hayworth, and Joseph Sanders, jun.—Liverpool Albion. DETECTION OF COINERS AT BIRMINGIIABL—On Saturday last Mr. Glossop, inspector of police at Bir mingham„ and sub -inspector Tandy, apprehended two men and a woman, named George and Hannah Cottrell, husband and wife, and Richard Clomer, in the act of casting half-crown pieces. They were casting them at the fire in an iron spoon at a house in Farm-s t ree t. In a was closet a complete electro battery at full work, with four half-crown pieces on the wires, undergoing the process of silvering. This is the first case of the appre hension of the electro-silvering gentry-- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 13, 1849. HULL ELECTION. (From the Aru./1 Advertiser.) We are proud and happy to say that the President of the Poor-Law 13oard,Mr.T. Baines, Esq., has been re-elected by the numerous and influential consti tuency of Hull without opposition. This is such a compliment to individual wor th as h as rare l y b een paid to any publi c man, by a constituency so large, so heterogeneous, and so completely removed from all in fluence of a personal or an official character, as that of the electors o f th e b oroug h o f H u ll . M r. B a i nes ' s position is an exceedingly distinguished one. In a town where party spirit runs as high as in most other towns in the Kingdom, the best men of all parties have agreed to su pp or t M r . Bathes, not as a mere politician, hut as a person eminently qualified to serve his Sovereign and his country in an official station. And, yet, the re-election of Mr. Baines has not been conducted in a way altogether agreeable to us. Contrary to, and in defiance of, an implied un derstanding that Mr. Baines should be returned without interrogatory as to his principles, a number of merchants have exacted from that Hon. and Learned Gentleman a kind of declaration that he will oppose the total repeal of the navigation laws. Now, it was never supposed that the question of the repeal of the navigation-laws would have been brought under the notice of Mr. Baines, other wise, gendetnen far inure conversant with the ten dency of those laws than the very respectable per sons who waited upon him, would have raised their voices in condemnation of them. We trust that the members of her Majesty's Government will not pay the least attention to the supposed manifestation of opinion in favour of the navigation-laws in Hull. Of the eight Mayors of this town who have passed the chair„ since the passing of the Municipal Reform Bill, five at least are favourable to the repeal of the navi gation-laws. Of the other three, all are in favour of a modification of the measure; so that, in point of fact, the navigation-laws are not supported by any party in the town of Hull. We would not ourselves give the value of a rush for what some gentlemen of easily-excited nerves would say in the course of an election-fever in support of the navigation laws. Neither, we are sure, would Mr. Alderman Thompson, whose repeated condemnation of those laws in detail must be familiar to every member of the Hull Chamber of Commerce. We wish Ministers to believe that there is really no party in Hull so stupid as to cry out for the maintenance of the pre sent navigation-laws. We are aware that, in an Address to the Queen, the present House of Com mons has said—" We humbly assure your Majesty that the restrictions imposed upon commerce by the navigation-laws will engage our most earnest atten tion ; and that it will be our duty to consider whether it be right to repeal or to modify their provisions if we shall find that these laws are in whole or in part unnecessary for the maintenace of our maritime power, while they fetter trade and industry." There is, therefore, an end of the navigation-laws as regards protection to the shipping interest. A shipowner has now, in the recorded opinion of the House of Com mons, no more claim to the retention of the naviga tion-laws, as a system of maritime protection, than the farmer or the manufacturer. Mr. Baines has himself told the shipowners this, inasmuch as he has told them that his' views with respect to the naviga tion-laws are unchanged. Now, what were .the views of Mr. Baines at his last election ? Did he then contend that the shipowner required protection ? Nothing of the kind. He then advocated the main tenance of the navigation-laws as an important branch of our military defensive system. From the repbrt of a speech delivered by him at a meeting of the electors in the Mechanics' Institute, and published at the Hull Packet office, we quote the following abstract of the opinions of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman : " And as to this principle of free-trade, allow me to say that there is no man who entertains a greater regard for the principle of free-trade than I do. For this reason, I will tell you why. Because the principle of free-trade is no more than this. It is the principle of establishing among the different nations of the earth that kind of in tercourse which makes them, as it were, members of one family, contributing to the common good of all.—(Loud applause.) But there is a view, Gentlemen, with respect to these navigation-laws which I respectfully submit to your judgment. It is not the question of free-trade, it is the question, in a great measure, of the defences of the country. Now, I pray you remember it has been said long, long ago, and never said without truth that the national defences of this country, in case of any war, must necessarily consist in the seamen of the country -in your ships—your wooden walls as they have been called by a figure of speech, very expressive, but very true. They are the wooden walls of Old England.— (Loud cheers.) They are your natural defences in case of war; and suppose such a state of things, suppose now that should happen again (and who can say it will not) that which happened in the experience of the French revolutionary war, that you had a combination of all the nations of Europe against England—that you had the armies of France, of Spain, of Holland, of Denmark, and of Russia, all banded together against civilised England. I should like to know what situation we should be in if we destroyed our national defences ? And, there fore, that consideration, gentlemen, I must confess, presses on my mind, with very great force, when I con sider the question of the navigation laws. Here, again, I think it necessary to give a caution, which I thought it necessary to give this morning, which was kindly re ceived by those whom I addressed ; namely, that no gentleman, from what I say upon this subject, I hope will ever, for one single moment, imagine that I should, under any circumstances whatever, be found to advocate war.—(Cheers.) But I am now looking at the case of necessary and defensive war, which, in my judgment, alone is justifiable.—(Bear.) There is no man living who has a stronger feeling of the infinite crime and misery which necessarily follow from war than I have. No man living will do more as far as in him lies to drive from this country that reproach which it has unfortu nately merited for two or three times past in engaging in unnecessary war, for the mere purpose of national ag grandisement. I repudiate all such causes for warfare.— (Cheers.) I say it is the interest—l will say more, the bounden duty of all the nations of the earth, as far as they can, to remember that great truth for which we have divine sanction, that God has made of one blood all nations of the earth,' and I, for one, will not be the man ever to go counter to that precept, or to encourage at any time, or under; any circumstances, a war which cannot be justified upon the principle of strict defence." Not a word here about dear or cheap wages, or cheap tea and sugar, or any of the endless objections one hears from the wavering advocates of the navi gation-laws in Hull. All real statesmen know that the question of the mere profitableness of repealing the navigation-laws has been decided in the affirma tive long ago. It is, therefore, no longer a question with which shipowners have more to do than any other people. In the event of a successful invasion, the families of shipowners would fare no worse than those of their neighbours. Bearing this exposition of Mr. Baikes's views fully in mind, Mr. Baines cannot be classed with the knot of old women who issue missives to the shipowners of the United Kingdom, from a roam in a building in London, well known to the general postman as "VO, Cornhill." He has not a word to say in favour of what is called the protection of the shipping interest regarded merely as a mercantile interest. It would be absurd, there fore, to class him with such specimens of a past age as Mr. George Frederick Young and his Corn hill colleagues. He never pledged himself to uphold the navigation-laws as a measure of mere protection to the shipowner. But, fortunately, for the best in terests of the country, the repeal of theflnavigation laws will not depend upon the single vote of Air. Baines. These laws are doomed. And, in justice to the agriculturists, it is requisite that they should be abolished in conjunction with the corn-laws. Let not the Government be prevented from pushing for ward the measure by anything that may have taken place in Hull. We are for the repeal of the navi gation laws, and yet Mr. Baines had not a more de voted supporter than we were, and would be again, were he a third time a candidate. commanded by two distinguished engineers, Mr. Duncan Shaw and Captain Michell. Since then, all things have smiled o❑ this important undertaking. The vessel has made a quick and pros perous passage, landed its crew and machinery on the quay of Seville, and both the men and the apparatus have passed over; without inconvenience, the fifty-four miles which separate that city from the place of their destination. The preparatory work accomplished, the dwelling and mining habitations in a condition to receive their new inmates and the draining implements, it only re mained to put the latter in order and prepare all things necessary for commencing operations. Te❑ weeks sufficed for the engineer and his assistants to bring this task to a satisfactory conclusion, and all was ready on the 23d of December. The gigantic pump might consequently have entered on its subterranean labours from that day. But, like a thorough Englishman, the engineer determined to give the inauguration of the enterprise a solerni date— that of Christmas day. He went further; he assembled some of the nobilities of the country, and, like a true son of Albion, collected on the spot a qtantity of solids and liquids sufficient to have satisfied the cravings of a thousand famished Irishmen. The re sults of this step were advantageous, for instead of some fifty persons, the entire population of the neigh bouring country flocked to the scene of the enter prise. Alcade, lawyers, priests, shopkeepers, men, women, and children, deserted the little town of Guadalcanal, and braved, some on foot, others on mules, the most abominable of all things—a Spanish road. The undertaking excited in a high degree the curiosity of these people, and interested them in other respects. But however persuaded they might be of the superiority of British skill and perse verence, they were generally doubtful of success; the oldest among them shrugging their shoulders whilst they related to surrounding groups the traditions be queathed to the country of the many unfortunate attempts made and abandoned. At length the signal is given, the stream growls in its ,ron-bound cage, and the huge machine begins to move Is formidable valves. After two centuries of darkess the water beholds the light, and flows, stream-like, making large furrows in the earth, after the manner of the torrents of Atlas. The entire population run from the pump to the well, regarding with feverish anxiety the play of the former, and its effects on the latter. After four hours' labour, which no obstacle could overcome or even diminish, the order to desist is given by the engineer. The water-mark had been lowered five feet, and this result, which surpassed the most sanguine expectations of the workmen themselves, was received with uproarious acclamations by the assembled multitude. It then only remained for those present to do justice to the repast; their incredulity was vanquished, and Spanish gravity put to the test. Then might be seen the Senor of Guadalcanal—forgetting the traditions of the Ulla Podrida—making resolute onslaughts on the " roast beef of old England." The Andalusians present were not forgotten; from fifty to sixty pounds of bonbons, and cakes without number, wero offered with civility, and demolished with satisfaction. On the morrow, the dawn had no sooner lightened the Sierra-Morena than cries of joy and shouts of merriment were yet to be distinguished, together with English and Spanish songs commingled and confused. The noise thereby created did not, however, prevent the occasional impression of British lips on Andalusian cheeks being heard. Nor did the Alcade himself cling to formalities, such was the effect of the general enthusiasm.—Ex tracted from Clamor Publico (Madrid Paper). DEADLY FEVER AT BARBADOES. Extract of letter from Barbadoes, Jan. 7, by a private correspondent:— "In my last I mentioned the plague-like mortality lathe family of my friend Ross, who, with his wife, son, and daughter, I may say, were all buried in the same grave. Since then the fever has continued, 14 officers have fallen victims. Since its commencement, a great many men have also been carried off, as well as women and children, and it is feared the disease will not cease until it has gone through the whole of us. The last packet brought out a publication upon yellow fever by Sir William Pym (Inspector-General), which seems to have attracted the attention of Government, and has created no inconsiderable sensation, more particularly amongst the medical officers here, in consequence of instructions having been given for the formation of aboard or commission, to report upon the real nature of the dis ease, and upon certain pecularities said by the author to belong to yellow fever (the disease that has prevailed amongst us during the last six months), the most re markable of which is, its attacking the human frame but once ; and this seems already established by the escape of many of the old stagers amongst the and a few military, amongst the last miry gene ral. The book has been in such demand I have not been able to get it. I have just left a possy of persons standing in a circle, to hear portions of it read aloud. The peculiarities stated are new to us, and, if founded on fact, the fever here must have been mis taken from the first. Our late principal medical of ficer was certainly a little bewildered upon the subject, but took no precautions; his successor, however, as soon as he took charge, recommended the encampment of the troops, after whic hl some check seemed to be put to the fever; it still, however, progresses, but in rather a milder form. The 88th Regt. was the first attacked, and it has been whispered, in consequence of the communica tion of some of the soldiers belonging to it with the crew of a steamer which had arrived in ayery sickly state from Africa. After the 88th, the other corps and the artillery were attacked in succession, and all shared the mortality in nearly the same proportion. It is to be hoped we shall have some satisfactory explanation upon the subject, as the director-general has sent out nume rous queries to be answered by all the medical officers upon the station." CALIFORNIAN GOLD: A LARGE LUMP OFFERED FOR SALE.—It is related, we know not with what truth, that, a few days back, a certain goldsmith, of this town, one of the same tribe as the rich Sidonia, was favoured by a visit from a rough son of Neptune, to whom, on the principle, probably, that " gold levels all distinctions," he extended sumptuous hospitality. The matter, as we have heard it, happeced thus:—The goldsmith's salesman was standing at his counter, surrounded with heaps of riches, in gold, silver, and jewellery, when a man, attired as a sailor, entered the shop, and, accosting the assistant, said, " What would be the value of a lump o' gold as big as that?" indicating the size of the ponderous treasure by measuring off with his left hand a junk from his brawny arm, including a fist nearly as big as a boy's head. The assistant stared. He had dwelt amongst the precious metals many years, but such a lump of gold as the enormous fist and forearm of the sailor was sup posed to represent had never come within the scope of his calculations. After a pause, the shopman declared him self unable to answer the question. "I want to know," said the sailor, "as you deals in gold and silver, what you would be inclined to give for a piece o' gold as big as that," and again an ingot of for midable dimensions was indicated on the sleeve of the rough jacket. " Really," said the assist ant, " I can't take upon myself to say ; Mr. Z. is at dinner; but stay, I'll speak to him, he can probably give you an answer." Th e s h o p man commu ni c at e d with his principal, who, nothing doubting that the man was some Jack tar fresh from " the diggings" with a mass of aurite roes gleanings, ordered that he should be shown up. The goldsmith was enjoying himself after dinner with his wine and wallnuts, a magnificent spread, worthy to follow the banquet of a potentate. The sailor was ushered into the room, requested to take a seat, and as a prelimi nary to business, asked if he would take a glass of wine. lie was duly grateful for the oiler, but preferred a glass of grog. A decanter of the best liquor that the distilleries of France ever produced was set before him, and he was not slow in improving his acquaintance with:the fragrant fluid, which, with the fruit and rich sweetmeats pressed upon him, appeared to be equally objects of his affection. Glass after glass of the generous liquor disappeared, till at length the goldsmith, believing his guest to be sufficiently primed for business, said, " Now, touch ing the gold of which you speak, what is the size of it?" " Oh," replied the tar, "I want to know the value of a piece of gold as big as that ?" "It would," re plied the goldsmith, "be very difficult to estimate the value without seeing it; much would depend on the fine ness and other matters. Where is the gold of which you speak?" " Why," replied the sailor, " I'm going to California, to dig for it, when I come back I'll let you see it; but I wanted to know something of what lumps of gold were worth, like, before:l started." The gold smith was seized with a sudden desire to be alone, while the sailor, thinking his entertainer a capital fellow, bade him " good day " with a smiling face, and promised to give him a call on his return from the mines.—Liverpool Albion. We stated in our last that the late Mr. Richards had left 5001. to the Cheltenham Hospital, 1001. to the Female Orphan Asylum, and 100/. to the Literary and Philosophical Institution; but we find that these were by no means the whole of the deceased gentleman's bequests to our local charities. In addition to the above, legacies were left of 2001. to the Cheltenham national schools, 1001. to the infant schools, 100/. to the parish schools, 200/. to the Provident and Clothing Institution, and 2001. to the Female Refuge, making a total of 1,500/. (free of duty) divinable among the Cheltenham charities. The following legacies were also left by the deceased; Gloucester Infirmary, 5001.; Cardiff Infirmary, 1,0001.; Cardiff School fdr the Education of the Poor, 2001.; Clo.gy Charity, in the county of Glamorgan, 1001.; Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge ' 500/. ; Society f or t h e P ropagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, 500/.; Church Missionary Society, 500/.; National Society for the Education -of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church, 500/.; National Society for the Education of the Welsh Poor in the Principles of the Established Church, 500/ ; Church Pastoral Aid Society, 5001.; British and Foreign Bible Society, 2501.; London Hibernian Society, 250/.; Commissioners for Building Additional Churches in Populous Parishes, 1,0001.; So ciety for Enlarging, Building, and Repairing Churches and Chapels, 500/4 London Welsh Charity Schools, 2001. ; British and Foreign School Society, 2001.; Religious Tract Society, 100/. ; London Female Penitentiary, 200/. ; Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1001.; Society for Promoting Employment of Additional Curates in Populous Parishes, 250/4 London Society for Promoting Chris ,tianity amongst the Jews, 250/. ; Grand total, 9,6001. 'Also an annuity of 50/. per annum to King's College, Cambridge. for the benefit of scholars there; and an an nuity of 501. per annum to Eton College, for the benefit f j ) :I s t i u n p e a r n a d n nEunagt English c ol s hE s l e s ge r a ys s . a c n h d of e ltenh 2 a l. per n / , Eza, a ni n n n e u for Examiner. Tut WRECK. Of TIME Tiorus —The vessel Royal George, from Dover, has brought to London 17 tanks of savedcocoa f o r u o t m hoitl,ek of he v consigned wrec t toor B d h e i t - , the same having been Tigris, from Ceylon. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 12. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. NORTa WALES RAILWAY. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from a meet ing of the shareholders in the North Wales Railway Company, deprecating the conduct of Lord Monteagle, in respect to the company, in summoning the chairman to the bar of the House, expressing their entire ap• proval of the conduct of Mr. Chadwick, their chair man, in regard to the affairs of the company, and praying their Lordships not to insist upon the publica tion of the accounts of the company, and not to proceed further in this matter. Lord MONTEAGLE complained that he should be held up to public observation by these petitioners. The order alluded to was an order of the House, and not of any individual Peer. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from some union in Ireland complaining of the operation of the poor-law. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Man chester, praying for the introduction of a measure to put down prize-fighting. Lord LYTTELTON presented a petition from Ard ley, praying for the restoration of the great tithes to the parish from the lay impropriator. CONFERENCE. A Message from the Commons requested a conference with their Lordships on the subject of engros.ing Bills. The Noble Lords appointed to manage the conference then withdrew, and on their return reported certain suggestions from the Commons which, on the motion of Lord MONTEAGLE, were agreed to. TRANSPORTATION. Lord CAMPBELL gave notice that on Thursday next he would move the second reading of the Bill for abolishing the punishment of transportation for petty larceny. POOR-LAW (IRELAND). The Marquis of LANSDOWNE then proposed the names of the Peers who were to compose the Committee on the Irish Poor-laws. It was impossible, in consequence of the inaudible tone in which the Noble Marquis spoke, to catch all the, names. Among them, however, we distinguished the following :—Darl Fortescue, Earl Fitswilliam, Lord Ashburton, the Earl of Lacan, the Earl of Errol, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Carlisle, Lord Beaumont, the Earl of Mountcashel, Lord Stanley, and the Earl of Lovelace. The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL complained that Lord Farnham had not been appointed on the Committee. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was understood to say that he had applied to Lord Farnham, and that the Noble Lord had replied that he could not possibly at tend the Committee. NORTH WALES RAILWAY. Lord MONTEAGLE then moved that Mr. Chadwick, Mr. Marriner, the chairman, and secretary of the North Wales Railway, should be called to the bar. He thought it right to explain the part which he had taken in this transaction. A petition had been given to him for presentation, which he trans mitted to those gentlemen for their reply; their answer was, that legal prodeedings were pending, and that they would be prejudiced by the pre sentation of this petition. He postponed the presentation, and did not present it until he had ascer tained that the suitors in the pending suit would not be prejudiced by its presentation. The circumstances of the last year had induced great and honourable companies to come forward and publish their accounts, but still they were only in the nature of a declaration of the parties, and did not carry so much weight as if they had been regu larly audited. Had the Bill he had had the honour to pass through. their Lordships' House become law, the parties interested in the North Wales Company never could have , pursued the line of conduct they have adopted. In their case he proposed to move for the appointment of a Com. mittee to consider how far it was expedient to provide by law for a better audit of railway accounts. To that Comdlittee he should propose to refer the accounts relating to the North Wales line, which were on the table of the House, upon which he should desire the Committee to report, and he should suspend all proceedings against the parties until that re port was before the House. He had made out a case which showed there had been great abuses in railway companies under the present state of the law. He charged the parties connected with the North Wales Railway with a fradulent concealment of the facts connected with the company, and a contempt of their Lordships' House. He trusted their Lordships would agree to appoint the Committee (for which he moved) in order that such conduct might be investigated and the state of the law relating to the case considered. Lord BROUGHAM entirely approved of the course proposed to be taken by his Noble Friend, and while ex pressing that opinion, he trusted their Lordships would allow him to mention a case which had come before him that day while presiding over the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, inasmuch as it was somewhat con nected with railways. They had had under their consi deration the case of a patent axle for carriages on rail ways, which had proved to their satisfaction to be a great improvement over the old axle now in use, and if it were generally adopted on all railways would greatly tend to the prevention of accidents, and the consequent safety of human life. Mr. Stephenson had deposed before them that the axle had been tested to the weight of 150 tons, which it had stood without breaking—it came out of the trial a perfect mass, whereas out of 50 common axles, 48 were broken to pieces—only 2 stood the test to which the patented article was sub jected. They had been informed that the railway com panies were very dilatory in adopting the patented article, although it was furnished them 30 per cent. cheaper than that now in use. He understood that they only substituted them after those now in use had been worn out. Now, if a death should ensue, after it was made known that such an article was to be had, and , from the want of it, he knew what the verdict in the case would be, because it would clearly appear that rail way companies would not spend a few pounds in order to protect the lives of their passengers. The tMarquis of LANSDOWNE supported the ap pointment of the Committee. The Earl of MINTO had no desire to oppose the course proposed to be taken by the Noble Lord, but the impression on his mind was, that as the contempt of the House had been clearly made out, their Lordships should in the first instance deal with the parties. He thought it was incumbent upon the ',House to vindicate their undoubted privileges. The motion was then agreed to, and the House ad journed. sols in consequence of the anticipated arrival of gold from California, were getting down to par, that one pound notes should be issued on the security of Consols. PAUPER-FAR MING. Mr. BAINES gave notice that he should to•morrow week move for leave to introduce a Bill to provide for the maintenance and management of poor persons, being the inmates of poor-houses not situated in the parishes to which they belong. Mr. C. LEWIS presented a petition against the pre sent system of pauper-firming. THE PUNJAUB. Mr. G. THOMPSON gave notice, we understood, that he should to-morrow ask the President of the Board of Control a question with respect to the Punjaub. IRELAND. Mr. REYNOLDS gave notice that he intended to move for returns from the Queen's Bench of Ireland. REDUCTION OF THE EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC OFFICES. Mr. HUME gave notice that he should move to morrow for a copy of a recent Treasury minute, under which a reduction of offices was intended to take place. CEYLON. Sir WM. MOLESWORTH gave notice that he should, on the earliest possible day, call the attention of the House to the excessive expenditure and financial embarrassments of Ceylon, and to the rash conduct of the Governor with respect to the execution of 18 men, sentenced to death by court martial for disturbances which might easily have been suppressed without loss of life, and also as to the con duct of the Colonial-office with respect to the colony. IRISH DISTRESS. Mr. STAFFORD gave notice that in the Committee on Irish Distress he would move that any application to Parliament for any sum of money for such distress should be accompanied by a statement of the probable amount required for that purpose. Mr. POULETT SCROPE asked what the Hon. Member meant by that?—(Cries of " Order.") If it was the Hon. Member's intention to move a resolution which would have the effect of refusing the grant, he (Mr. P. Scrope) should regulate his conduct accordingly. Mr. STAFFORD said it would be obviously incon venient, at that moment, to give any answer to the question. HABEAS CORPUS SUSPENSION ACT (IRELAND). Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL gave notice that, in Com mittee on the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland, he would move an amendment to the second clause. RAILWAY TRAVELLING ON SUNDAYS. Mr. LOCH said he rose to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether it was the intention of the Go vernment during the present session to introduce any measure providing for the limited use of railways on Sundays in ScotlAnd? Mr. LABOUCHERE replied that her Majesty's Government had no present intention to intro duce any measure to compel the railway companies in Scotland to permit travelling on Sundays. The Railway Commissioners had expressed their opinion on the subject by refusing to sanction the bye-laws passed by the several railway companies. He (Mr. Labouchere) would state as his own individual opinion, that it was perfectly possible to open the rail ways on Sundays in such a manner as to avoid any un necessary desecration of that day, and which should be compatible with the convenience of the public, and with a proper respect for that day.—(Hear.) He found about one-halt of the railways in Scotland had already trains running on them on Sundays; but he confessed he was moat reluctant, on a point of conscientious scruple among a large body of Christians, to propose.any such measure to the House. save intact the right of the subject to hold meeting:, to pe.ition for the enactment, repeal, or alteration of Acts of Parli.tmeut, or for redress of grievances, or other , !( )li. stitutional object, without other ur further restriction of that right that existed under the operation of the Com mon and Statute Law of the land, precious to toe passing of the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act of last July. He said the House was yes unacquainted with the real meaning and scope of the powers to be given by this Bill ; and he said so, because there was a diffe rence of opinion among the authorities to which they looked for an explanation. In the first place, it wits distinctly stated in the Queen's Speech that insurrection still existed in Ireland, and he supposed that statement was inserted for the purpose of affording some pretext for the introduction of the Bill. The proposer and seconder of the Address, which was an echo of the Royal Speech, on the contrary, distinctly stated that no such thing as disaffection existed in Ireland. The Lord- Lieutenant, on the other hand, let out the real objects of the Bill, and according to him it was for the purpose of putting down political discussion end constitutional agitation. That was the discrepancy which existed be tween the Illustrious Occupier of the throne and her Ministers. The Hon. Member was interrupted by Sir G. GREY, who announced that he had been to the House of Lords, and that their Lorships had re quested a conference with the House of Commons on the subject of resolutions. Several Members left the House for that purpose. Sir G. GREY reported on their return from the con ference that their Lordships had agreed to the resolu ' Lions relating to the engrossing of Bills. Mr. J. O'CONNELL resumed—lf any gentleman would turn over the Bill he would see that the Bill con veyed no information. The Bill, after reciting merely that it was a continuation of the Act which would expire on the Ist of March, went on to empower the Lord-Lieutenant to take into custody any man whom he should suspect of treason ; and, there fore, it became necessary that it should be known whether or not the right to hold meet ings, and to petition was to remain intact or to be struck down. It had beet, said that the Lord-Lieutenant would not presume to take any man into custody without good and sufficient reason. It had been said of another Noble Lord that he would not hesitate to take the com mand of the Channel fleet on two minutes' notice, and lie (Mr. J. O'Connell) would not be at all surprised what the Lord-Lieutenant's audacity would prompt him to do. If the Lord-Lieutenant would give the Irish people the right of public meeting, he (Mr. John O'Connell) would pro mise him that he should not have any cause of complaint against the Irish people, provided he left them that right untouched. The Repeal Association had been spoken of as treasonable by the Lord-Lieutenant. Was not this the fact, that, under the absolute powers of the Lord-Lieutenant, no one single member of that asso ciation had been for one hour in custody. ENGROSSING 01? BILLS. The House was again summoned 'to a further con ference ou the subject of the amendments proposed by the Mouse of Commons to the resolutions on the en grossing of public Bills. Sir G. GREY, on the return of the Members from the conference, reported that the House of Lords htd agreed to the Commons' amendments of the reso lutions. Mr. J. O'CONNELL, in resuming his observations, said that not a single member of the Repeal Association had so much as for a single hour or a single minute been in prison. They had had a Government reporter down among them who had discharged his duty, as he was bound to say reporters generally did, with ability, im partiality, and honour, but not one single note (lid his report contain that would criminate any member of the as sociation. The fact was that the Government had watched them as a cat watches a mouse, but they had caught no member in any default, for no default was made ; and thus it was that they were obliged to come down to the House, and ask for an unconstitu tional measure, in order to serve their own purposes. What tcok place last July in Ireland was a most wretched attempt, and ought not to have been made so much of as it was. The parties connected with that attempt were Repealers, to be sure, but they:were some thing more. Much had been said about the patronage that had been given to his father for the service he rendered to the Whigs in their contentions with' the Tories. He denied that any patronage had been ever given, and the appointment of two members of his family to Government situations was entirely without his knowledge. Mr. O'Connell had had plenty of calumniators, but he defied any one of them to say that that gentleman's actions were guided by motives of patronage. He was always guided by his conscience, and never did he sup port a Minister if he did not think him in the right. But it was said Mr. O'Connell long ago gave up the Church question. He denied it in tote. True, for a time Mr. O'Connell allowed the question to re main in abeyance, and had his life been spared him, it was his intention to have introduced a measure for the settlement of the Irish Church question.. —(Hear.) That measure might not have met with much support in that House, but in Ireland it would have been hailed with delight. It would have met with the warm response of the majority of the people, and the Noble Lord at the head of the Government would have been forced to return to his old principles. But sooner or later such a measure as that must be introduced, and whoever took it in hand first would ever be acknowledged by' the Irish people as their best friends. But to return to the question under discussion, he must again protest against this suspension of the constitution in Ireland. There was no necessity for it, and it was an act of base cruelty to put the people of Ireland at the mercy of a despotic Lord-Lieutenant. Se veral English Members had stood by the opponents of this Bill, and warmly espoused the cause, of the Irish people. He thanked them for it, and he was quite convinced the whole nation of Ire land would second him in offering them thanks for their patriotic conduct. Why then did Government not listen to the advice of these Honourable English Representatives, and before they passed this Bill wait and see if something else besides coercion could not be done to pacify Ireland. Let the Noble Lord consider the policy of conciliation, which had never yet been tried, and which could not produce worse results than the policy of coercion and party in difference which had hitherto prevailed. Let the Noble Lord try conciliation, if merely for the novelty of the thing. Let him be advised in time. Ireland was power• less—she was struck down to the earth, and this was a useless insult, accompanied by wanton aggravation. He asked the House—he asked her Majesty's Ministers, even at the eleventh hour to reconsider the matter— he asked the statesman who sat opposite, the chief of whom in 1846 spoke words that were engraven on Irish hearts, and made them hope for something from him— he asked him to look round and see whether in the storm with which the political atmosphere was surcharged, it would be well for England, strong and powerful as she seemed to be, to have a grateful friend attached to her, instead of a wretched, chained, and cursing slave? The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving his amendment. Mr. MEAGHER seconded the amendment. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said, a very few words would be sufficient to show that the motion now sug gested by the Hon. Member for Limerick was incon sistent with the scope of the Bill ; and even it it were not, it would fail to answer the object the Hon. Member had in view. The object of the Bill was to empower the Lord-Lieutenant or chief governor of Ireland to appre• bend and detain persons whom he may suspect of con spiring against the government or person of the Queen. Now there might be many acts, apparently extremely innocent in themselves, yet which, coupled with other acts and other information which might come to the knowledge of the chief governor, might be proofs that the persons committing these acts, apparently innocent in themselves, were, in fact, conspiring against the government, or the person of her Majesty. What pos sible advantage could be gained by introducing a provi sion to guard the right of the subject to hold public meetings for the purpose of petitioning ? If it was considered desirable to hold public meetings for any legitimate or proper object, it would be as lawful to do it under the Act now before the House as at present. In point of fact, they might just as well be called upon to enumerate all the acts which were perfectly legal and innocent acts, which were not to be interfered with by the proposed Act, as to enumerate public meetings of per sons for the purpose of petitioning. It might be true — but respecting that he would express no opinion at all— it might be true, and it might be the opinion of :gentlemen in Ireland who had been in the habit of frequenting public meetings, that it is im possible to hold a public meeting for political purposes in Ireland without giving the opportunity, under exist ing circumstances, to some ill-disposed persons to carry the proceedings further than may have been intended, and may therefore lead to certain practices which would make them obnoxious to the provisions of the Bill. On that he gave no opinion. But it the fact were so, it was clear that it was a meeting which ought not to be held, though the fact of whether it was to be held or not was not at all affected by the provisions of the Bill. There was, in point of fact, nothing that could prevent any gentlemen from holding a public meeting, if they thought it could be conducted in such a manner as would be really legal and directed to proper objects. With a measure of this kind considerable discretion must, of course, be left in the hands of the Lord-Lieusenant. In the present state of society, in which an intimate knowledge was easily obtained by the public of what took place, there was a reasonable security that no improper exercise of the powers conferred by the Bill need be apprehended. No complaint had hitherto been made of the mode in which these powers bad been exercised. Indeed the lion. Member for Limerick (Mr. J. O'Connell) had pointed out that not a single member of the Repeal Association had been arrested under this Bill. That was a strong proof that the pro visions of the Bill were not open to re •sonable objection. It was also a proof that the Lord Lieutenant had not considered the part which the Hon. and Learned Member had taken as amounting to an intention of conspiring against her Majesty, The mode in which the Bill would in future be carried into effect might safely, therefore, be left to the discretion of the Lord-Lieutenant. In fact, a measure of this sort had, in his opinion, an advantage over any other Coercion Bill. Ate ordinary Coercion Bill was necessarily attended with considerable inconve nience to persons entirely innocent, while a Bill of this sort affected only persons who were either guilty or cul pably indiscreet. He believed that the mode in which Parliament passed this Bill last year had done more than anything else to prevent the spreading of insurrection in Ireland; and he confidently trusted that the House would not attempt to cripple the measure by introducing provi sions which would make it impossible for the Government to carry it into effect. Mr. E. B. ROCHE thought the speech of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman who had just sat down proved that it would be most improper to pass the Act for Ireland. Tne Right Hon. G , ntleman the Secretary for Irelar d said, the other night, that the Act was ino nded to prevent agitation, and the Hon. and Learned Gentle man who had just at down gave expression to the same CHRISTMAS IN THE SIERRA MORENA. [The following article copied from a Spanish news paper contains some account of the proceedings of an English company, who have leased the celebrated silver mines of Gua , talcanal, in Seville, in Spain, which have been under water for a period of one hundred and fifty years!! Before that time they produced to the Spanish Government 100,0001. per annum in duties alone, and from the proceeds of these, the Palace of the " Escurial" was built. They were the property of the " Fuchars" rich contractors, who not satisfied with the enormous wealth they derived from them, secretly took away the ores from a new lode they discovered, without giving no tice to the Government, and to prevent imprisonmenthainchd and confiscation they let remained d in the e ni w n a e terintot s h t e nte m i i n n ew , for 150 years they have they were the thus mines as wereleftbythem. purchasedA b h o y u t a s n i xm Englisho n t hs c a o g m o . , however, most rai s e advantageous terms,few Englishan d a capital o p f an l y m oonathe was Mr. Nicholas adven turers,Har- vey, in order to work h drained thane dLaaakeeoafgiHneaaorlfemgr,eiant Holland,!power of being Hay le, who one o, them, !power having been obtained, and transpor i t n ed th u e nd l2 er o the ;direction to ction Michello th f e Ca m pt i . ne,bids and fair th ao e o e n n t g a in d ee ra r, Mr. Dane advises 9 t hom s , and received discover since its thepublication hidden wealth of the following account oncemore. From the 31 f fathoms a enginema specimens h en to s of silver ore have lev eh b la e been a n n dta some ke v drained n the fromery mineva the lui na lodes, boione espmeoeni and are now on their way to England.] In the month of September last, wo furnished our readers with the history of the silver mines of Guadal canal; we related the manner in which those rich veins were discovered by two Spanish peasants, the enormous quantities of ore which they yielded during 140 years; then how,in order to free themselves from the proceedings instituted by the Court of Madrid, the proprietors fled, having first taken the precaution of flooding the mines. We recounted the oft repeated, but invariably unsuc cessful attempts of the Spanish Government and private companies to drain the water from the mines, and render them fit for working. After having given this history, supported by official documents, we announced the de parture from England of a vessel laden with powerful apparatus, manned by fifteen stout Cornish miners, and HOUSE OF CoIiIMONS, Feb. 12. The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes before Four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Sir JOSHUA. WA.LiitsLEytookthe Oaths and his seat for the borough of Bolton, in the room of Dr. Bowring, who has been appointed her Majesty's Consul at Canton. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following Bills were read a second time and ordered to be committed : Blackburn Waterworks (Additional Capital and Amend- Bu in ry en S t a o in f t A Ed et m ). und's Gas Company. Epsom Rates. Grimsby Corporation and Freemen's Arrangement. Hartlepool Gas and Waterworks. Kingston upon Hull Dock Company. Longton, otherwise Lane End, Market. New North Road (Continuation Act). New Ross Port and Harbour (Amendment). Nottingham Gas. Roxburghshire and Berwickshire Roads Amendment. Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Society (Incorpo• rating and conferring Powers). Sheffield and Tinsley Road (Extension of the Tinsley and Doncaster Turnpike Road to Sheffield). Sunderland Dock Act and River Wear Commissioners' Act (Amendment, &c.) Sunderland Waterworks. Tay Navigation and Perth Harbour Acts Amendment. Torquay Market. Tyne River Conservancy. Wareham Docks (Construction of Docks near Wareham, and Entrance thereto from Wareham Channel). Warrington Waterworks (Amendment of Act, and Power to raise additional Capital). The second reading of the Birmingham Borough (Ex rmption from County Rates) Bill was postponed WIC Monday next. TURNPIKE ACTS, Upon the motion for the second reading of the Lanarkshire (East and West Line) and Glasgow, and Shotts Turnpike Roads (Amendment of Acts, &c.) Bill, Mr. BERNAL said, in order to facilitate the progress of private business he had been in communication with the Home Office on the subject .of Turnpike and High way Bills, and was informed that a public Bill for con solidating the management of turnpike roads and high ways would immediately be brought in. It was, there fore, for Hon. Members to decide what course ought to be pursued with respect to, the second reading of those Bills until the general Bill was introduced. Mr. HUME thought that the House ought to be in formed of the object of the Bill, in order that parties might not be put to any trou ble. If a Bill on this sub ject was brought in he thought it ought to be as gener a l as possible. Mr. C. LEWIS said, the notice for the Bill in question stood for to-morrow. It referred exclusively to Eng land, and would considerably interfere with all local Acts relating to highways and turnpik es. Mr. W. F. MACKENZIE said, as it did not apply to Scotland, he saw no reason why this Bill should be postponed. Mr. HUME hoped that Scotland would be brought under the same category as England. The Bill, after some further discussion, was read a second time and ordered to be committed. MARYLEBONE AND FINCHLEY TURNPIKE TRUST BILL. Upon the motion of Mr. OSBORNE, the second reading of this Bill was postponed until the 6th of March. TRURO TURNPIKE, &c. The second reading of the Truro Turnpike and Roads, and Penryn and Redruth Turnpike and Roads (consoli dation of trusts, alteration of tolls and formation of new roads) Bill was postponed to the 22d February. ARBITRATION. An Hort. MEMBER presented a petition from Winces. ter in favour of referring national disputes to arbitration. Lord SEYMOUR presented a petition to the same effect. THE CURRENCY.-7C ALIFORNIA. Mr. TYIORiiELY presented a petition from an indi vidual named James Harvey, of Liverpool, stating that tho funds, in consequence of the anticipated accession of; gold from ' California;---(Laughtor) — were likely to be materially reduced in value ; that in October last year, such was its fluctuating quality, that a pound would purchase commodities to the value of 275., and that according to present appearances it was not likely to be of greater value than 15s. or even less ; and proposing as a remedy, that as Con- THE NAVIGATION-LAWS. In answer to a question put by Mr. FOSTER, Mr. LABOUCHERE said, on the part of her Majesty's Government, he would take an early opportu nity of stating the course which he proposed to take on the question of the navigation-laws. - - Mr. HERRIES said, with respect to the Committee on the navigation-laws, it stood on the order of the day for this night, but it seemed impossible that it could come on in time convenient for any discussion on the subject; and he ventured to propose to the Hon. Gentleman the President of the Board of Trade, that he would rather take it on another day. He wished also to ask the Hon. Gentleman whether or not the resolutions were the same, or in agreement, with those proposed in the last session of Parliament? There was an understanding then given that no discussion should Ise allowed, after what took place, at so much length, on the second reading of the Bill, and that the Bill should be read a first time with a view to its being circulated, so that the House might resume the discussion on it in the present session, with a general knowledge of the views of the Government as expressed in the Bill. It would be important to know whether or no the reso lutions were the same, or so nearly the same, as that the understanding could be carried into effect. Mr. LABOUCHERE could only repeat the difficulty which he had always felt as to laying on the table copies of any resolutions before they were debated in the House. He was happy to say that he had made such arrangements with respect to the navigation:llaws as would save much difficulty. He proposed to bring the ques tion of the navigation-laws formally before the House on Wednesday next, and then to postpone its consideration till a future day. He could only express the opinion which he had stated in the course of last session, that it was inexpedient to enter into any discussion of the measure until the second reading was regularly brought before them, for all before-discussion conversation was in his experience always injurious to the main question at issue. After a few words from Mr. HERRIES, who hoped that the resolutions about to be submitted to the House would contain all the principles of the measure, Mr. HUME expressed a hope that the, resolutions about to be introduced should comprise some measure for regulating the payment of light dues, to which Mr. Labouehere nodded a❑ assent. TREATMENT 011' PAUPER CHILDREN AT TOOTING, &c. Lord DRUMLANRIG said, that seeing the Hon. Member, who was President of the Poor-law Board, in his place, he wished to ask whether any measures had been taken for regulating the disposition of the pauper children of the metropolis, and what was the number of those children who had been sent to Tooting. Mr. BAINES said that the number of children at the Drouet establishment on the 13th of January last was 1,372; sent from thirteen different unions. The Poor-law Board had certainly seen the necessity of altering the system of farming pauper children, and doing away with the present regulations, and provision bad been made for the reception of the children of twelve out of the thirteen unions. The thirteenth union was that of Chelsea, which had been unable to provide for their children as yet, owing to the indisposition of the proprietors of private establishments to receive the inmates of any institution where cholera had prevailed. The number of children who had been altogether attacked by cholera in the Drouet establish- meni, or after their removal from it, was 223, of whom a great many had been declared convalescent. He was happy to say that no new case of cholera had occurred at Tooting since Saturday, the 13th of January. GRANTS TO THE IRISH POOR. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY wished to ask the Chan eellor of the Exchequer if any expenditure of public money in aid of the poor-law administration in Ireland, and if any, to what amount and to what unions, had been authorised under the Minute of the Lords Com missioners of the Treasury, dated the 16th day of January, 1849. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that an aid had been granted to the extent of 3,0001., of which the sum of 2,620/. had been expended in the unions of Scariff. Ballina, Westport, and Kenmare. RAILWAY COMMISSION. Mr. BREMRIDGE wished :o ask the President of the Board of Trade whether (after the notice of a Bill for consolidating the Boards of Excise and Taxes) it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to continue the present Railway Board as an independent board, or whether her Majesty's Government contemplate, in the present session of Parliament, bringing forward any measure to place the railway business of the country under the management of the Board of Trade? Mr. LABOUCHERE said it was not the intention of the Government to bring in a Bill to abolish the present Railway Board. Several most important reductions had been made in that Board, but he did not think it would be for the interest of the public that the Railway Commission should be set aside, or that it should form part of the Board of Trade. EXPENDITURE. Mr. T. B. SMITH wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he had any objection to lay on the table of the House the particulars of that portion of the expenditure which he intended should be placed under the control of Parliament, which had not hitherto been so. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he had stated the other night that portion of the expenditure that would be placed under the control of Parliament. BURIALS IN THE METROPOLIS. Mr. URQUHART was understood to ask the Noble Lord the First Minister of the Crown when the measure respecting burials in the metropolis and large cities, promised last session, would be presented to the House. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that the subject was under the consideration of the Government, 'but it was not yet in a fit state to be brought forward for the con sideration of the House. CALIFORNIA. Sir F. T. BARING, in answer to a question from Sir De Lacy Evans, said he could not hold out any expec tation to him that a ship of war would be permanently stationed at California. NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. GREENE, in answer to a question from Mr. B. Osborne, observed that he could not say when the new House of Commons would be in a fit state for the re ception of Members. ENGROSSED BILLS. On the motion for considering the resolutions relating to Engrossed Bills, Sir R. H. INGLIS expressed a hope that those parties whose duty it was to draw up the drafts of Bills, not being Members of the House, would in future take more care in adapting the language and phrase ology of the Bills to the purposes for which each Bill was intended: Very often the defective phraseology of the Bill entirely defeated the object for which the B►ll itself was intended. He, therefore, trusted that, for the future, more attention would be paid to the matter.—(Hear.) The resolutions were then considered and agreed to. HABEAS CORPUS SUSPENSION (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion for going intoConlnfitteQ on this Bill, Mr. J. O'CONNELL ruse to move the following reso lution :—That it be an instruction to the Committee to introduce such provisions into the ]3ill as shall guard and sentiment; .but what (;id le',;:er of the Llrd-Lieu teeatr, :Ay? w, re net the ilee eatdens it contained ,total at veri MCC hub vatif 'Ds rievie in that irrim'e , when he stated .t eeitation was the bane of Ireland? Colonel RAWDON gave every credit to his Hon. Friend for the Leanly manner in which he always ex pressed his sentiments, but he ought to recollect that it was not a letter of the Lord-Lieutenant they v‘tirc now di3eussing, but an Act of Parliament. The Bill was one cxpresly int. nded to put down treasonablo practices, and not constitutional agis Cation, tor had it been against the right of meeting or petitioning, no man in Ireland would offer it greater or positiin than himself. Ho believed it was an Act which would be looked on by the great majority of the Irish people as a protection to then- lives and properties-- (Hear, hear, from O'Gorman Mahon)—for there had been instances during the late commotion, where even father came forward and delivered up his son to the authorities for his future safety from the wiles of mis guided men. On these grounds he should support the measure, believing that at a period when the right of free discussion existed, and when the power of the press was paramount, there was no fear that any undue exercise of the powers about to be entrusted to the Lord-Lieutenant would even be attempted, because if such were made it would be met with the unanimous indignation of the country. Mr. REYNOLDS said as there appeared to be a mice conception of the object of the Bill he would refer Hon. Members to the first clause of it, where they would find it stated that its object was to empower the Lord-Lieu tenant of Ireland to apprehend and detain, from the Ist of March next, such persons as he might suspect guilty of conspiring against her Majesty's person or govern ment. Now, notwithstanding the explanation of the Bill by the Learned Selicitor-General, it appeared to him that the Lord-Lieutenant would bo the sole judge as to the party who ought to be arrested—that he would have the sole power of interpreting the law, and of causing to he apprehended any one he might consider troublesome. It had been said that the Lord Lieutenant would ineS ebuse the powers granted him by the Bill. He had no hesitation in admitting that he had not hitherto abused those powers, and that he had administered the law with great temper, judgment, and mercy, But still ho objected to extending those powers, because he was not prepared to place the liberty of the subject on so slender a footing as the opinion of any Lord or Commoner. To say that the Lord-Lieutenant had not abused those powers was merely to beg the question. if the Bill passed in its present shape it would be impos sible to hold a meeting in Ireland for the purpose of petitioning Parliament for the redress of any grievance, because the fear of arrest would prevent people attend , ing. It was said that political agitation was the curse of Ireland. It was an evil when carried to an unconsti tutional extent in any country. It had, however, con ferred great benefits not only on Ireland but on Eng land. If the free-trade+ s had been threatened wit the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act when they were agitating the country against the corn-laws, would those laws have been repealed ? He differed from the majority in that House, and believed that the quese Lion of the repeal of the union was one worth agitat ing, and that the repeal would confer great bene fits on Ireland without doing any injury to England. Suppose they were to take it into their heads to agitate against the temporalities of the Protestant Church in Ireland—he, for one, was much disposed to do so—were they to be threatened in that case with a suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act? Formerly a person who re fused to pay tithes in. Ireland was regarded almost as a traitor. Tithe had been abolished in name, though not in fact; and the agitation against it had ended 13 9 making the rich church richer, and a poor people poorer. An Hon. Gentleman, talking the other night of the AP' propriation clause, said it was dead: He doubted It was entombed, but the inscription on the tablet was Resurgam."—(Hear, hear.) He believed that its re' surrection would shortly take place, and that all Ireland would declare against the temporalities of the Pros testant Establishment as a grievance too great to be longer endured. They would declare the 1,000,0 00 / . a year should be applied to national purpostt and not to the support of the clergy of a smell section of the population.--(Hear, hear.) What was the object of England in forcing this Protestant Church on Catholic Ireland? That was a question which the/ were asking among themselves. Why should not same principle be applied to Ireland as had been applied to Scotland ? Scotland, to be sure had fought for " happy hearths and altars free." I n Ireland the altars were not free. The Protestant Church had been este' blished in England because the majority of the people were Episcopalians. Presbyterianism had been esW blished in Scotland because the majority of the peopl° were Presbyterians; but in Ireland the Protestant Church had been established because the Episcopalians were the minority.—(Hear, hear.) The people of Ireland were heartily sick of it. They felt that they were degrade' slaves, that the Emancipation Act was a nullity so long as the Protestant Church was established in Ireland. The people of Ireland were not apathetic' on this subject. Their idea was, that by repealing th e . union they would be able to abolish the Church. 1 3116 now they were told that repeal agitation would not be permitted. He begged the Government to do something for the people of Ireland, so as to rid them of the tense poralities of the Established Church. With regard to the amendment before the House, he hoped his Hon. and Learned Friend would not divide. If he should, he would vote with him; but he hoped he would not di vide, for it would l oo k like a compromise of a great principle, inasmuch as it would appear that they were willing to accept the Bill if the Government agreed t° the amendment.—(Hear.) He was opposed to the Bill° the broad grounds that it was unnecessary, uncalled f°!' and an unprecedented invasion of the rights of the sou' ject. It was admitted Ireland was tranquil. The pear ° were tired of agitation, and were looking for some thing substantial.—(Hear.) He understood the cheer of the Hon. Member for Ennis, but did not accept it i n the sense in which he had uttered it. Ireland was trai l ' quil, and the most troublesome of the opponents of Go' vernment had been tried and found guilty under th e ferocious Act of Edward 111. There was no disturban ce now in Ireland. The balance of the agitators had eXP Ie triated themselves, and 40 or 50 of them only still re . mained in prison untried. The tranquillity which pre' veiled in the country was perfect. But, independent l y f of all this, they had a better guarantee for the peace ° 0 Ireland ; for they had between 40,000 and 50,000 of th e Queen's troops quartered in the kingdom; and, beside s those, there were 11,000 police, 30 or 40 of wh°. °3 , had gained the great battle of Waterloo at Balhei Barry. In the tnidA of the presence of aff that poweri n g force they were asked to suspend the Habeas Corpc' Act. For his own part, he had no hesitation in ass or : ing the House that there was no da ng er w h a ts o ever i" the public peace under any circumstances. The peop le were looking to Parliament for relief from the pressor! which was on them, and had discarded from their min° all intention of fighting.—(Hear, hear.) Even the rel material of agitation was dispersing. That source 0 agrarian disturbance, the competition for land, was e r a tirely removed. The people were quitting the soil, e n , men who would perhaps have shot a landlord 12 molt s % ago for being dispossessed from land, would not take a l ; same course now. He regretted much to see the prese o ; Bill introduced by the Government on these bros . ' grounds, th.,t the Right lion. Gentlemen now occup)i n g the Treasury benches were al ways the friends of civil tei religious hoerty. He regretted, therefore, that Od e should be the parties to move the resolution then befe r a the House, but concluded by suggesting to his Hon. 91 1 0 Learned Friend the Member for Limerick not to dived the House upon such a narrow point as that embraced m his amendment. ad,Mr. ANSTEY also rose to appeal to the Hon. es e Learned Member for Limerick not to pr ess hi s a nseeo , went to a division, as it seemed t o hi m i t wou ld be i ii r e possible for the House to come t o a satisfactory rc:s upon it. He thought the amendment took more shape of a question to b e move d i n C omm i t t ee t han e's other. In the Committee the Act might be age Ciao so as not to press upon persons engaged in the agitatlo7, for the repeal of the union. Now if that was a treas °o .. able agitation the matter was ended; if it was not, th e ' the proposed measure did not bring it within its scae —(Hear.) Under all tee circumstances it appeared 'he sossible for himto hesitate as to the vote which hould be obliged to give. In one point of view i" amendment was unnecessary, in another pernicious. d Mr. J. O'CONNELL rose to explain. He we e p to know whether, from the speech of the Right o° o and Learned Gentleman the Solicitor-General, it w o f understood that the letter of the Lord-Lieutenant e e, Ireland, or the comment upon it by the Chief Secret e it i , implied it was proposed to prevent, by the present In e sure, anything like constitutional agitation. rd' Sir G. GREY said neither the letter of the Vol Lieutenant nor the speech of the Chief Secretary suite be supposed to have the force of law. He was cl e d willing to concur in the opinion expressed by his Lest' Friend the Solicitor-General and the Hon. and Leear-os. Member opposite (Mr. Anstey). He thought the s' ep g and Learned Member who proposed the amend ° 3 .0 would act wisely in attending to the suggestions o bi had been thrown out. Mr. J. O'CONNELL then withdrew his motion' i s timating that its substance might be embodied in o°' au in C he omittee. Tquestion was then put that Cee House s hook.' " into Committee. th e Mr. J. O'CONNELL mcved a negative,ttri- House divided on the question. The numbers were:— Ayes Noes l4 Majority 11 in The House then went into Committee—Mr. Be rne the chair, On clause I being proposed, the Mr. ANSTEY rose to propose, pursuant to n otice , 0, following ame n d men t s : —A t page 1 , li ne 3 f r om b et T o p9 to omit "is are or." At page 2, lines 3 and 4 fre° 3 6 to tn omit, "or treasonable practices ;" lines 5 a nu t , t iin emit, " without bail or rnainprise until," and to i° s p — r ifY their place, " for any time by order of the ssia,`„", Council to be limited, such time not to exceed ;",:. 0 - 00 to inert " whereby any order of the said Privy u ° 7oc l shall he so directed ;" line 10, to omit " witnoet: se tt substitute " until ;" line 11. after council" t° " to the contrary or ;" and to omit the whole of 58- 0 to 2. And at page 3, line 5 from top, after "than in . insert " true ;" and at line 6, before " warrants" ti t. he sert "orders and." In moving these amen of avowed himself opposed totally to the principle ° ip le9 present Bill; but as the I louse had affirmed that p ril l he conceived th ,t the Bill would be modifi ed 90" ile proved considerably by carrying out his suggestieiTcoly would propose the very reverse of what the „fele ternplated, and would only givo the extruordinarY root which it invested in the hands of al, Lord-Lied to to a committee of the Privy Council. It aPP e k arc s*Je ° him strange that so many Members on bet" Meet of the I - raise should feel so :Tatitetio about a Ilv o hies‘ which went so much to infringe upon one of the lie and most important yrinciples of the const i tu tion' not concluded, however, by announcing his in tention tg. dividing the House on the first of his Mondale°