The Sun. — London, England, 1849-02-05 00:00:00

Vtirll Zbittion SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—A young man named Thomas Ivory, described as a cab driver, was indicted for rob bing Thomas Peters, who represented himself to be a seafaring man, of a silver watch. The prisoner and prosecutor were drinking on boxing night with a number of women, at the Three Colts, public-house, Commercial road, and the priso ner, who had previously been an utter stranger to the !prosecutor, volunteered to see the prosecutor home, as he was a little far gone in drink. The prosecutor accepted the good offices of his new acquaintance, and they left the public-house together, ac companied by one of the women, and walked arm and arm towards Bethnal-green. Before they reached the green, however, the woman left them, and the prisoner having suddenly turned up a secluded lane, sail, Namesake, I want your watch," to which the prosecutor replied that be was quite sure his kind convivial friend did not in tend to rob him. The prisoner remarked that it would be a misnomer to call it robbery, but he must have the watch, as he bad set his mind upon it, and the prosecutor had better go home and fancy he had lent it to some one. The prosecutor was not so drunk as to blind him to the design of the pri soner, who had all through the night made himself as agreeable as possible, by singing songs and relating anecdotes, and he made an effort to shuffle away from the prisoner, whereupon the prisoner snatched the watch from the prosecutor's pocket, and then knocked him down; but not before the prosecutor had had time to say "I shall know you again, Thomas, take care what you are about." The blow and fall rendered the prosecutor insen sible for some time, but when he recovered he hastened to a neighbouring police-station, and gave the alarm. The prisoner was arrested on the following day, but when taken into custody, and rip to the present moment, he denied all knowledge of either the prosecutor or his watch. Mr. BALLANTINE, who defended the prisoner, cross examined the prosecutor at some length, and elicited from him a confession that he had seduced the wife of one of his friends, who had once charged him with stealing 501., and that at one period of his life he went by the name of Norton. He admitted further that he had only been at sea once, while on the night of the rob bery he was so drunk that he could not remember all that occurred, or that at the station-house he repre sented himself to be the landlord of the Star and Garter public-house, Commercial-road, and stated that, besides the watch, which he said was a good one, he had been robbed of 15 or 16 sovereigns. The Learned GENTLEMAN then addressed the jury, insisting that the prosecutor was unworthy of belief, and, calling upon the Court not to convict the accused of so serious a charge as highway robbery upon such slender evidence. Witnesses were called to prove an alibi. Mr. PARRY, who prosecuted, having replied, The RECORDER summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of Guilty. A previous conviction of having obtained money under false pretences was exhibited against the prisoner, and The RECORDER sentenced him to 18 months' imprison ment with hard labour. The case occupied the attention of tho Court nearly the whole day, and terminated the proceedings of the present session. EHAN CE. The National again attacks the Government, on the ground of the extraordinary powers vested in the hands of General Changarnier. It says— " The journals of the reactio❑ pretend to be asto nished at our protest against the unconstitutional posi tion made for General Changarnier by the Ministry. It appears to them strange that the National, who considered it quite natural that General Cavaignac should be placed in ;line last at the head of all the force, civil and military, destined to put down the insurrection, should be so severe and distrustful at preeent. These journals must have a very weak memory of events. General Cavaignac was, it is true, invested with a sort of dictatorship ; but by whom ? By the National Assembly, head at the same time of the legislative and executive power, a head full of confi dence in its delegate, but not renouncing its right of surveillance over its delegate. From whom, on the other hand, does General Changarnier hold his mis sion ? From the Ministry alone. Once that the danger was over, the extraordinary powers of General Cavaig nac ceased. Why has the Ministry, without the order of the Assembly, without the advice even of that su preme power, reconstituted them for the profit of General Changarnier? There lies all the question. The journals of the reaction may do what they please, but they will not be able to change the terms. The Consti tution has been violated—violated by the ministry, without a motive that can be avowed; it must be called to order, blamed severely, as we shall not cease to call to mind until satisfaction be given to the too legitimate apprehensions of the country." In answer to these charges, the Constitutional writes in the following strain : "Can it be doubtful on what side is the &auger? Is it on the right, is it on the left? Let any one affirm now that we, Moderates who previously supported the Monarchy, desired the triumph of such a Pretender! In presence of the frightful perils which menace the whole edifice of society, we have fine leisure, truly, to think of geting up a coronation to suit our taste! Will it be said that society, in presence of the barbarous enemy who is constantly watching it, is thinking of soma dynasty ! It is too selfish for that; and it has a right to be so. It thinks of itself. That selfishness is legitimate; it is that which God has placed in the heart of all organised beings—the instinct of self-preserva tion." OPENING OF THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT. (From the Bu f falo Express.) We are indebted to Mr. Kissick, the gentlemanly operator here, of this line, for the following speech of the Governor-General of Canada . MONTREAL, JAN. 18, 1849.—This day, at 3 o'clock, P.m., his Excellency, the Governor-General, proceeded in state to the chamber of the Legislative Council, in the Par liament building. The members of the Legislative Council being assembled, his Excellency was pleased to command the attendance of the Legislative Assembly, and that House being present, his Excellency opened the second session of the third Parliament of the province of Canada, with the following speech from the throne • Hon. Gntlemen of the Legislative Council, and Gen tlemen of the Legislative Assembly,— I have much satis faction in informing 3 ou that uninterrupted tranquillity has prevailed in the province during the recess. The proofs which the people of Canada have furnished during this period of general excitement and disquietude of their love of order, and of the attachment they bear to their institutions, will tend, I trust, to establish the credit of the province on a firmer basis, and promote its prosperity. I am authorised to state, for your information, that it is her Majesty's purpose to exercise the prerogative of mercy in favour of all persons who are still liable to penal conseqdences for political offences arising out of the unfortunate occurrences of 1837 and '3B, and I have the Queen's commands to invite you to concur with me in passing an Act to give full effect to her Majesty's most gracious intentions. It affords me much pleasure to s t a t e th a t i n compli ance with the desire of the local Legislature, expressed in a joint address of the two Houses of the Provincial Parliament, the Imperial Parliament has passed an Act repealing the clause in the Union Act, which imposed restrictions on th e use o f the French language. I have been in communication, during the recess, with her Maj esty ' s Provisional Secretary of State for the Colonies, an d with the Lieut enant Gov ernor of r Nova Scotia an d N ew Brunswickoa the subject of the provincial post office, and I am ena b led to inform you that on the meeting of the Imperial Parliament, steps will be taken fo r conferring on the provincial au thorities the entire c ontrol and management of this de partment. I trust that w h en the necessary arrangements for effecting this object shall have been completed, it may be found practicable to establish a l ow and uniform' rat; of postage for the British North American provinces. I am disposed to believe that an increase in the repre sentation would be attended with considerable advantage to the public interest. And I recommend this subject, which is one of no ordinary importance, to your best consideration. It g i ves me much gratifica ion to . state that th e op position manifested at on e time certain parts of Lower Canada to the School Act has in a great me asure subsided. I am of opinion, nevertheless , ess,thatthis Act may with advantage be amended in som r eo d f il l y ootsdoe: de tails; and I feel confident that you will ea sent to make such a;terations as shall rend . e t r ho i u t t, as little as possible on e ro u s t o the rate payers, w i thout, how ever, compromising the important principle it has con; seemed in securing f or a ll the youth of this section of the province the blessing of education. Among the subjects which will probably engage your attention, are th e system o f j u di cature i n b ot h sec tions of the province, the laws for the regulation of municipalities and the constitution of the University of King's College. The officers employed in exploring the country be tween Quebec and Halifax, with the view of discovering the best line for a :railway to connect these two points, have prevented a report which contains much valuable information, and sets forth in a strong light the advantages of the proposed undertaking. I shall lay it before you, together with a dispatch from the Secretary of Slate for the Colonies, expressive of the interest taken by her Majesty's Government in the ex ecution of this great work. Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly:— I shall direct the public accounts for the estimates for the year to be laid before you. I rely on your readiness to grant the supplies which are necessary for the public service. Gentlemen of the Council and Assembly:-- I have observed with much concern that Canada has participated :largely in the commercial depression, by which the last year has been su unfavourably charac terised. I have nor failed to impress on her Majesty's Minis ters toe urgent necessity which exists for the re moval of suc h provisions from the Imperial Statute book, as they may tend to restrict the commerce of the Province, by checking thrergehsto,ratns of have fr e muchgn ship pingto its porststalttlusgeatrhor,hto t ntprese n t at i on on this ' freight, toction l' • h 4 t 4dih as been coruittity responded to by the Queen's -- --- ;TOoyernment. - Among the measur' s which . seem to merit the attto --• U AL, .ertl e Pariament, at this time, being 4 - esictsted to rail th•orocht of t he Province, to extend . al tide awl to contribute to the developraentef its .27t THE SUN, LONDON,,, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1849. resources, I recommend to your consideration the fol lowing, as specially important. The provision of such funds as may be required for the completion of the St. Lawrence canals at the earliest period. _ _ , These great works may, it is believed, be so far per fected, at a small additional expense, as to permit vessels drawing nine feet on the outward and eight feet on the inward voyage, to pass from Lake Erie to the Ocean. Soon after the opening of navigation, when this object shall be accomplished, Canada will possess an inland na vigation unparallelled in capacity and length, and con necting the marts of the commerce, to the growth of which it is impossible to assign limits. The enactment of a law authorizing the alienation of work of a purely local character, which has been executed at the cost of the Province, and giving the Govrnment snch powers as may be necessary for the organization of the provincial debt and creation of an efficient sinking fund ; this debt has been contracted, not in the prosecution of costly wars, whether of defence or aggression, but in the construction of works of utility , the more important of which can hardly fail, when completed, to prove remunerate. The existence of a large revenue, derived from customs, places the creditor of the Canadian public in a very ad vantageous position, which will be improved when the principal of a sinking fund is brought into active operation. The amendment of the existing Emigratien Act, with a view to the removal of such provinces as tend to pre vent emigrants, who propose to settle in Canada, or the western States of the Union, from proceeding to their destination by the route of the St. Lawrence. The passenger trade is an important branch of the trade in wards, which cannot be discouraged without prejudice to the trade outward. I shall not fail to make every exertion which the interests of the public health will permit, to reduce the expenditure of the emigration department to the scale of the years preceding 1847, when a passenger tax considerably less onerous than that now levied, with the occasional addition of a small grant from the public treasury, sufficed to cover it. I would rather recommend for your consideration, the expediency of setting apart a portion of the public domain in order that the revenue derived from the sales thereof may form a fund, the interest of which shall be applied to the support of common schools. It may probably be deemed advisable to authorise the Government to invest the capital arising from this source, either in the stocks of the Province, or in those of some of the principal railways, the construction of which has been sanctioned by Parliament. In matu ring these and all kindred measures which have the promotion of the moral and economical well being of the people of this important province for their object, you will find me ever willing and desirous to co-operate with you in the possession of a revenue derived from so many independent sources, and exempt from numerous charges that weigh heavily on the resources of other communities. Canada enjoys great and singular advantages. May we hope that, under God's blessins, our legislation may be so directed as to enable her to 'reap the full benefit. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) H OUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. Lord CAMPBELL presented several petitions against the sale of intoxicating liquors. TIIE ADDRESS. Earl FORTEECUE, as Lord Steward of the Household, appeared at the table, and reported her Ma jesty's reply to the Address. It was in the following terms:—" I thank your Lordships for the assurance of your loyalty to my person and attachment to the insti tutions of the country. It will always be my desire to promote the happiness of my people." On the motion of Lord SHAFTESBURY, the reply was ordered to be printed with the votes. The Bishop of LONDON laid upon the table a Bill for regulating proceedings against clerks in holy orders. Lord STANLEY presented a petition praying that grants for education should be regulated by Acts of Par liament. BUSINESS OF TIIE HOUSE. Lord STANLEY said it would, no doubt, be in the reconectioi of their Lordships that last seseion he di rected their Lordships attention to the mothe:of transact ing business in this and the other House of Parliament, and the great inconvenience which resulted from the delay which generally took place in bringing up Bills to their Lordships'House. It was his intention to have again adverted to this subject, but he understood some amend ment was to be proposed in the other House in the mode of managing the business of the two Houses, and he thought it better to wait till their Lordships had had an opportunity of seeing those amendments before he revived the question. In the mean time, however, he trusted the Noble Marquis the Lord President of the Council, would have no objection to lay upon the table a return showing the progress of the Bills introduced into both Houses during the last session. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was understood to say that he had no objection to the return being made. It was ordered accordingly. IRISH POOR-LAWS. The Marquis ;iIA.NSbOWNE gave notice that on Friday he should move the appointment of a Select Committee, to take into consideration the suspension of the poor-law in Ireland, with the ♦iew of altering and amending its provisions. ENTAILED ESTATES. O❑ the motion of the Duke of RICHMOND, the Se lect Committee on the subject of Entailed Estates was re-appointed. THE NORTII WALES RAILWAY. Mr. Pulman, the Deputy. Usher of the Black Rod, appeared at the bar of the House, and stated that Messrs. Chadwick, the chairman, and Mr. Mariner, the secretary of the North Wales Railway, were in attendance, in obedience to their Lordships' order made at the close of last session. On the motion of Lord MONTEAGLE the parties were ordered to be called in. The parties having appeared at the bar, The LORD CHANCELLOR asked Mr. Chadwick what he had got there. Mr. Chadwick replied, that their Lordships had ordered him to produce the accounts and papers con nected with the North Wales Railway. Personally he had no objection to the producticn of the papers, but he begged to inform their Lordships that the affairs of the Company had become the subject of a suit in Chancery, and the papers required had been handed over to the officer of that Court. The parties having been ordered to withdraw, Lord MONTEAGLE said, immediately after their Lordships' order was made last session, he received a let ter stating that there would be no objection to produce the papers referred to in their Lordships' order, and he could not understand why they should not be produced now. Railway companies had been invested with large powers, and it was important that their Lordships should take care that these powers were not abused. In this case, he insisted that they had, and he submitted that, in vinjeation of their Lordships' authority, they ought to commit the parties in defaul of their producing the papers demanded by the order of the House. The Lord CHANCELLOR said that parties disobey ing the order of the House were liable to be committed for contempt, but he doubted much whether in this instance the parties had been guilty of any such con tempt. Lord MONTEAGLE insisted that they had been guilty of contempt. Why were not the papers produced last session? Lord BROUGHAM protested that there had been no contempt. The parties did not refuse to produce the papers, but simply informed their Lordships that one of the superior courts of law had taken cognisance of their accounts. After some further discussion, Lord BEAUMONT moved that the parties be again called in. The parties being again at the bar, Lord MONTEAGLE asked Mr. Chadwick if he had come prepared with the papers referred to in the order of the House? Mr. Chadwick replied that he had. The papers were then produced and handed in. Lord MONTEAGLE, handing a letter dated August, 1848, to Mr. Mariner, asked if the letter was in his handwriting? Mr. Mariner admitted that it was, and by the desire of Lord Monteagle, proceeded to read it. It simply stated that there would be no objection to produce the papers. The Duke of RICHMOND inquired if the accounts delivered in were open to the shareholders of the com pany ? - - Mr. . Mari ner sa id they were, Mr. Cha t r h d e wi ck papers explained Marquis of LANSDOWNE w i s h e d t o k now , then, why were not h p a t r ?tdhuecreed l was ast sessiond i?ffi. malty in the way of producing them. In reply to a question from Lord BROUGHAM, Mr. Mariner admitted the Board of Trade, that h e rece i ve d an or d er f rom in the early part o f Au directing a return to th e i r L or d s hip s the Board of Dir ec t or !bits t Wi b' L at without th e au th or ity o f He however communicated itstontt his promise to obey. Lord BROUHGAM t o ld Mr. Mar?n hairml6. er that it was his duty to obey the order of either House of Parliament without consulting any one. In reply to farther questions from Lord BROUG HAM, Mr. Chadwick said he heard of the receipt of the order from the Secretary soon after it was made, and alter he had summoned a board of directors to consder the question, and obtained their authority for the step, he directed the Secretary to prepare the account and make a return to the order. The parties having again retired, Lord MONTE AGLE proposed, that atter the service of the order by the officer of the House, to leave the matter in their Lordships bands to deal with it as they should think fit. In the meantime he should move that the parties should be called in and ordered to attend again this day week. Lord BROUGHAM, who had walked round the House, and taken up his seat on the Bishops bench, suggested that before they proceeded to commit the parties they could not be teo particular in ascertaining whether the order was received in time to make the re turn last session. The Duke of RICHMOND—My Lords, I entirety concur with the observation which has just fallen from the Right Rev. Prelate.—(Laughter.) The parties were then called in and ordered to attend again on Monday next. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE Or COMMONS. Thf :4PEAKER t , Ok tha Cliair shortly bef,,ro Four u'ckck, NEW MEMBER. Mr. LAWRENCE 'HEYWORTH took the oaths and his seat for the borough of Derby. SUPPLY OF GAS IN THE METROPOLIS. The Sheriffs of London appeared at the bar, and pre sented a petition from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Com mon Council of the city of London, relative to the supply of gas in the metropolis. IRISH POOR-LAW. Mr. FAGAN presented a petition from the board of guardians of the Cork Union, praying that a Committee might be appointed to inquire into the whole system of the Irish Poor-law, with a view to its amendment. FINANCIAL REFORM. Mr. ELLIS presented a petition from Reading, pray ing for a reduction of the duty upon tea, sugar, and coffee; and that the duty upon timber, bricks, paper, soap, and other articles, might be altogether rep ea l e d. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Mr. F. O'CONNOR presented a petition, stating in substance that the producing classes were unrepre sented, and praying for annual Parliaments, vote by ballot, electoral districts, and payment of Members of Parliament. aw no objction to the adoption of it. The following are the resolutions proposed by the Noble Lord :- 1. That in the present Session of Parliament all Orders of the Day, set down in the Order-book for Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays, shall be disposed of before the House will proceed upon any Motions of which Notices shall have been given. 2. That at the time fixed for the commencement of Public Business, on days on which Orders have precedence of No tices of Motions, and after the Notices of Motions have been disposed of on all days, Mr. Speaker do direct the clerk at the table to read the Orders of the Day without any question being put. 3. That the Orders of the Day be disposed of in the order in which they stand upon the paper • the right being re• served to her Majesty's Ministers of placing Government Orders at the head of the list, in the rotation in which they are to be taken on the days on which Government Bills have precedence. 4. That no Notice shall hereafter be given beyond the period which shall include the four days next following on which Notices are entitled to precedence ; due allowance being made for any intervening adjournment of the House, and the period being in that case so far extended as to in clude four Notice days falling during the sitting of the House. 5. That the House do meet every Wednesday, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, for Private Bu s i ne s s , P e titi ons , a nd Orders of the Day, and do continue to sit until Six o'clock, unless previously adjourned. 6. That when such business has been disposed of, or at Six o'clock precisely, notwithstanding there may be business under discussion, Mr. Speaker do adjourn the "House without putting any Question. 7. That whenever the House shall be in Committee at Six o'clock, the Chairman do immediately report progress, and Mr. Speaker do resume the Chair, and adjourn the House without putting any Question. 8. That the business under discussion, and any business not disposed of at the time of such adjournment, do stand as Orders of the Day for the next day on which the House shall sit. 9. That when any Bill shall be presented by a Member of this House, or shall be brought from the Lords, the Questions " That this Bill be now read a first time," and " That this Bill be printed," shall be decided without Amendment or Debate. _ _ 10. That the Committees of Supply, and Ways and Means, may be appointed to sit on any day on which Orders of the Day may have precedence of Notices of Motions. 11. That when a Bill or other matter (except Supply or Ways and Means) has been partly considered in Committee, and the Chairman has been directed to report progress and ask leave to sit again, and the House shall have ordered that the Committee shall sit again on a particular day, the Speaker shall, when the Order for the Committee has been read, . . forthwith leave the Chair withoit putting any Question, and the House shall thereupon resolve itself into such Com mittee, unless a Member shall have given Notice of au In struction to such Committee. 12. That at the close of the proceedings of a Committee of the whale House on a Bill, the Chairman shall report the Bill forthwith to the House, and when Amendments shall have been made thereto, the same shall be agreed to condi tionally without Debate, and a time appointed for taking the same into consideration. 13, That with respect to any Bill brought to this House front the House of Lords, or returned by the House of Lords to this House, with Amendments, whereby any pecuniary penalty, forfeiture, or fee shall be authorised, imposed, ap propriated, regulated, varied, or extinguished, this House will not insist on its ancient and undoubted privileges in the fullowing cases:- 1. When the object of such pecuniary penalty or forfeiture is to secure the execution of the Act, or the punishment or prevention of offences. 2. Where such fees are imposed in respect of benefit taken or service rendered under the Act, and in order to the exe cution of the Act, and are not made payable into the Trea sury or Exchequer, or in aid of the public revenue, and do not form the ground of public accounting by the parties re ceiving the same. either in respect of deficit or surplus. 3. When such Bill shall be a Private Bill for a Local or Personal Act. 14. That after Tuesday, the Ist day of May next, Orders of the Day shall have precedence of Notices of Motions on Ihursdays, the right being reserved to her Majesty's Minis ters of placing Government Orders at the head of the list, on Mondays and Fridays. Those alterations which now proposed would tend more • . to the easy transaction of the public business, and at the same time would not limit the power of the House. The first resolution was then put from the chair. Mr. GOLI3URN in seconding it suggested certain alterations which he said would meet the views of ail, and facilitate the public businest. Sir R. H INGLIS considered that there could be no objection to the orders from Ito No. 4 inclusive. With respect to No. 5, he would only observe that it was a great inconvenience for that House to sit late as on Thursday last. The Hun. Baronet suggested several verbal alterations in the clauses. He should hope, therefore that his Noble Fiend would consider this subject, either then or on the report of the resolutions, and would consent to the intro duction of those words which the Speaker himself suggested to the committee, and which the com mittee, on his suggestion, unanimously adopted. The first resolution was then put, and carried. On the 2d resolution being read, viz.—" That at the time fixed for the commencement of public business on days on which orders have precedence of notices of motion, and after the notices of motions have been dis posed of on all other days, Mr. Speaker do direct the clerk at the table to read the orders of the day with out any question being put." Mr. HUME said an amendment similar to that resolu tion was submitted by him to the House as an experiment. He at the time was strongly of opinion that a great deal of time had been lost on that step which at tis the r sameesolution time setasidthe.at a large He must candidly state proportion of the Members rather regretted that they had not I had more notice of that motion. His proposition to the House would be to limit the duration of speeches.— (" hear, hear," and laughter.) Hon. Members said, Hear," but they would be very much surprised to be told that in a committee of seventeen he could not get anybody to second his motion.—(Renewed laugh ter.) On reflection, he was still of opinion that that course would be the very best to adopt. He was unwilling to limit Members speaking in the House, so much as to prevent their taking notice of matters which they might think it their duty to notice; but he thought that a limit might be set to the length to which Honourable Members might press their reasons to the House. The Committee were told, that in the United States they were adopting that rule with the greatest possible benefit ; and even in the courts of Jaw there it was :proposed to act upon it. He should be very glad to know what was the feeeling of the House with regard to this limita tion. If the House would agree to limit the speeches of Members to one hour, save and except those of Members propounding any specific measure to the House, ho thought they might abridge several of the steps followed in the progress of Bills through the House. It was stated before the Committee which sat on this matter, that there were seventeen stages through which measures passed in the House on which Members might make observations. He should consider half the number would be enough. He did not wish to interfere with this resolution ; but at a subsequent period, on giving duo notice, he would try what the House might be upon the limitation to which he adverted. He limited his ob servations simply to the resolutions now before the House. _ The resolution was then put and carried. Sir EDWARD WILLOUGHBY really thought there should be some limit t o th e t i me occup i e d i n t h e dis cussion of questions by individual Members, especially when he recollected how much time was occupied in fruitless observations, and that a great portion of the business of the House was transacted between the hours of twelve and two. He well remembered the case of a Bill with a hundred clauses, which passed through Committee in what appeared not to be more than ten minutes. Mr. EWART thought that the Government ought to have power to order the taking of their own motions, with a certain restriction as to the interest of the other Members. Mr. GOULBURN thought that the order ought to be altogether left out. Sir G. GREY said that this resolution was simply similar to that of last year, from which no inconvenience whatever had been found to arise. Mr. HUME conceived that some regulation should be made by the Government for the greater expediting of the public business. He thought, for instance, that the Government ought to be prepared with their Bills, and a day ought to be fixed after which they should have no right to introduce a Government measure. He believed that much of the defective legislation by which the statute books were disfigured and which had caused much dissatisfation, was owing to the late period of the session at which these Bills were introduced. The House was in fact taken by surprise, and he thought that the Government ought to take into consideration all the measures which they intended at all events to push through, and to lay them on the table at an early pe riod of the session. He felt quite assured that such a mode of proceeding would tend materially to expedite public business. Sir R. PEEL conceived a great disadvantage by the institution of any such rule. There was, in the first place, the great probability, that from unfore— seen contingencies the rule would have to be set aside Say that the Ist March should be the d aye Who could say what might arise before th time of the dissolution. He thought, too, that a grear disadvantage would arise from laying a great numbers of Bills on the table at once. Such a mass of legislatior would prove a great inconvenience, and tend to a greatc. deficiency than that which ensued from the present plat, Mr. HUME did not care whether it was the Ist of March or the Ist of July, all he contended for was that a certain time should be appointed, beyond which Go vernment Bills should not be introduced. The 4th resolution was passed after a few observa tions. On the sth resolution being proposed, which was to the eff ec t that the House should meet on Wednesday, at t we lve o'clock, for the purpose of private business and Orders of the Pay. Mr. LAW moved, as an amendment, to except such Bills being considered on that day as involved the repeal of public statutes. Colonel SIBTHORP seconded the amendment. He thought Wednesday's were generally selected by the Government to smuggle in Bills and vote away impro perly the public money in a House consibting often of not more than twelve or thirteen Members.—(A laugh.) Mr. EWAItT could not see how the Recorder's pro position could be adopted without going further. Lord JOHN RUSSELL proposed an amendment to the resolution, to insert notices of motion after orders of the day. The Noble Lord's amendment was agreed to, and the Recorder's l,he 6 t h re ol negativedsutio nw as also agreed to without any with a division. coirmont. sere carried rdthout arty The 7th and Bth resolutiong dibetubion. _ _ Upon the 9th resolution being proposed—that When a Bill shall be presented by any Member, or shall be brought down from the Lords, tho question, " that this Bill he read a first time," and "that this Bill be printed, shall be decided without amendment or debate. Mr. VERNON SMITH said that these resolutions proposed to alter many old forms and stages of proceeding, but (lid not deal with the protracted discussions which were the subject of so much complaint. He wished that they should diminish the number :of discussions and re-dis -eustdons upon Bills, but not to alter the stages of the Bill. LEFT SITTING. TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING, Six O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE. 25 to 1 agst Edward the First 25 to 1 agst Napoleon METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 10 to 1 agst Canezou 12 to 1 agst Lugar 16 to 1 agst Backbiter 17 to 1 agst Clarissa 20 to 1 agst Executor CHESTER CUP. 22 to 1 agst Joc o' Sot 25 to 1 agst Blucher 20 to 1 agst The Tartar 27 to 1 agst Geraldine 27 to 1 agst Inheritress 50 to 1 agst Executor 50 to 1 agst Clermont 50 to 1 agst Lugar 50 to 1 agst Lady Wildair DERBY. 4 to 1 agst Flying Dutchman 7 to 1 agst Tadmor 20 to 1 agst Strongbow 25 to 1 agst Nunnykirk —taken 25 to 1 agst Uriel 50 to 1 agst Indus CHELTENHAM STEEPLE CHASE. 4 to 1 agst Vengeance 4 to 1 agst Justice to England 5 to 1 agst Equinox Mr. 11. A. Ilcrbtrt, M.P., hau an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. THIRD COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK.) James Burrows and James Perkins were indicted for conspiring to defraud a gentleman named Thompson, by selling him an unsound horse. Mr. Clarkson appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Parry for the defence. By the evidence for the prosecution it appeared that the prosecutor having seen an advertisement for the sale of the horse in question, went to Dawson's livery stables, King-street, Westminster, where he saw the horse, end was referred by the prisoner Perkins, who was at the stables, to the prisoner Burrows, who gave such a de sirable account of the horse, that he was induced to purchase it for 35 guineas, Burrows at the same time giving him a warranry that the animal was perfectly sound, and agreeing to take him back at the end of a week if Mr. Thompson did not approve of him, and re turn the money less one guinea. The horse turned cut to be a roarer, and consequently Mr. Thompson sent him back, but had been unable to obtain the repayment of the money. Inspector Lurd said he had known Burrows for nine years, during which time he had lived in a very re spectable house. lie had known him as a " horse cooper." _ _ _ Mr. PARRY, for the prisoners, contended that there was nothing in the transaction between the parties to justify a criminal prosecution; the prosecutor's remedy was by a civil action on the warranty. Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK said the simple question for the jury was, did the defendants intend to sell Mr. Thompson a bad and unsound horse at the price of a good one. The jury found the prisoners Guilty. Burrows was sentenced to eighteen month?, and Per kins to six months' hard labour. Two young men, named Bryer and Smith, were in dicted for having stolen 20 zinc checks, the value of which was ♦ariously stated, the property of Mr. C. J. James, the lessee of the Queen's Theatre. It appeared that the prisoners were employed at the Queen's Theatre, Smith as the money-taker, and Bryer as the check taker, at the pit entrance. Mr. James, suspecting something wrong, caused a policeman to station him self behind a canvass partion, where he could thrcugli a hole observe all that took place in the pas sage leading to the pit door. At half-past ten o'clock the same night the prisoner Smith, left his box and went up to Bryer, who asked how many would do. Smith answered, " twenty," and Bryer then .took a key out of his pocket, opened the cheek-bok, and gave twenty checks to Smith. The officer then discovered himself and took them both into custody. On Bryer were found keys which unlocked other check-boxes, but he had no right whatever to have them about him. The case for the prosecution was, that the intention of the prisoners was to rob Mr. James of the amount of entrance money represented by the checks abstracted from the box. Mr. BULLOCK said, that in case the money had been kept by Smith that would have been an embezzlement. The taking of the checks was but the first step towards the completion of an embezzlement, and was not itself an act of larceny. Mr. PARRY asked if the Court would grant him a case upon the points to take into the Criminal Appeal Court? Mr. BULLOCK declined to do so. The Court at its rising adjourned till Monday. POLICE IN' ELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. William James Lodge, Chapel street, Milton• street, was placed at the bar before Alderman Gibbs on the charge of obtaining from a female the sum of 11/. under a promise of marriage. Mary Davies, a young woman in tho service of Mr. Walmsley, King-street, Cheapside, worsted and fringe manufacturer, stated that some time back the prisoner accosted her in the street, and afterwards used to wait and meet her. The courtship was continued, and at various times she gave sums of money to the amount of 11/. On one occasion see gave him as much as 81., on the representation that it was necessary to place it in his solicitor's hand, as he had a small property coming to him at Woodstock, Oxfordshire, to the amount of 500 L, and that he intended settling the odd 1001. on her at their marriage. She gave him 10s. also on Wednes day last, and in consequence of his repeated promises that he would marry as soon as she left her situation; she gave warning and was to leave on Tuesday next. Alderman Gut:is—Were the banns put up? Prosecutrix.—They were not, as he said the ceremony was to be performed at Bow Church, and he intended, that it should take place by licence. Alderman GIBBS asked it the prisoner was known. Police-constable 469 said, that perhaps he could throw a little light on the subject. The fact was, that on Monday, early in the morning, he observed the prisoner loitering about, and afterwards enter Mr. Walmsley's house, where he remained for about fifteen mitkates. On coming out he took him into custody, suspecting some thing was wrong, and conveyed him to the station-house, but on the representation of Davies that she was about to be married to him, and that he intended behaving honourably towards her, Mr. Walmsley declined press ing any charge against him. However, since then it had been discovered that the prisoner was a married man with a family. In defence the prisoner said he never obtained any money by false pretences. The young woman wrote him a letter, and he saw her. He was short of money, and she said, do not want, and sent him a sovereign the next day by the errand boy, and at other times had given the money without him asking for one penny of it. The officer said that on searching the house he found a waistcoatpiece, which Mr. Watson believed to be his property. Mr. Watson hero said that the prisoner left his ser vice about a month back. Tho waistcoatpiece, he be. lieved, to be his property, and stolen from his warehouse. Alderman GIBB 3 said he should remand the prisoner until Monday, for further evidence respecting the waist coat piece, and also for the attendance of Mr. Walmsley, the master of the young woman. A young man, named Robert Nicholls, was charged with attempting to pass a bad sixpence, under the fel• lowing circumstances. Thomos Goulding, of the Grapes public-house. Jewin-street, said that early the previous day the pri soner entered and called for half a pint of beer, at the same time laying down a bad sixpence in payment. Having been victimised several times before, he accord. ingly sent for the police and gave him into custody. Alderman GIBBS—Then you are old acquaintances. Prosecuter—He has made several calls on me and passed bad money. Alderman GIBBS—How many times? Prosecutor—On the first occasion he came as a gen tleman's servant out of place. The next time ho paid me a visit he was dressed as a bricklayer's labourer, with a flannel jacket. On the third occasion he appeared with large bag or canvass trowsers, such as painters sometimes wear to save their clothes; and yesterday he appeared in the character of a butcher, and being de termined to be done no longer, he said to himself, " Now then, old fellow, I'll nail you"—(Great laughter)—and accordingly detained him. George Trew, a police officer, said he knew the pri soner, and had often seen him dressed as a wire-drawer. Rowe, the officer who had the prisoner in custody, intimated that if the prisoner's butcher's frock and apron were taken off, he would appear in another character. The Alderman ordered them to be taken off, when, amidst great laughter, there stood at the bar an engineer. The prisoner said that what had been stated was false; he had not been so long in London, for he only left Bristol a week since. _ _ Alderman GIBBS remanded him for one week, for the purpose of introducing him to Mr. Powell, solicitor to the Mint. WORSHIP-STREET. Mr. John Plummer, an extensive cotton manufacturer in Golden-lane, St. Luke's, was summoned before Mr. Hammill, to show cause why he had unlawfully ne glected to return to the proper officer, appointed under the provisions of the amended Act relating to labour in factories, the particulars of an accident which occurred upon his premises some weeks since, and by which one of bis workmen had sustained serious injuries. The proceedings were laid under the 22d section of the Act 7th Victoria, cap. 15, which requires that "if any accident shall occur in a factory, by which any per son employed therein shall sustain such bodily injury as to prevent him from returning to his work before nine o'clock on the following morning, the occupier of the factoly or Ilia prineip agent shell, within twenty-four hours of such absence, send a notice thereof in writing to the surgeon appointed for granting certificates 01 j age for the district, in which notice the place to which the injured person has been removed shall be distinctly stated. Mr. James Bury, sub-inspector of factories, attended' to support the complaint, and stated that on the preced-` ing day he received private information that one of the defendant's workmen, named Hobert Dyer, while en gaged in removing a piece of cotton from one of the engines, on the 13th ult., got his hand entangled in the machinery, which drew in the lower portion of his arm, and instantly severed it over the wrist joint. The defen • dant had omitted to report the circumstance to the dis trict surgeon, and having also failed to communicate it to the witness on making his last official visit to the pre mises, he considered it necessary to adopt the present mode of enforcing the salutary provisions of the Act under which the proceedings were instituted. The defendant's son, who appeared ou behalf of his father, admitted that the facts had been correctly repre sented by the sub-inspector, but stated in extenuation that the accident had arisen through the most reckless want of caution on the part of his workmen, who had acted in defiance of a written caution against any inter ference with the works while the machinery was in mo tion, and that on being apprised of the terrible nature of the accident, it was deemed most advisable to convey the injured man rot thwith to the hospital rather than to await the tardy arrival of the district surgeon who re sided nearly three miles distant from the premises. Mr. HAIM/I'LL said that he felt it his duty to convict the defendant, who bad clearly acted in contravention to the terms of the statute, but as he had evidently been influenced by a humane motive in the course he bad pursued, he should impose upon him the mitigated penalty of 40s. and costs. - Mrs - . Emma Yarnold, the well-know❑ ac'ress and lessee of the Pavilion Theatre, presented herself before the magistrate to solicit advice and assistance under the following peculiar circumstances:— Froin — tlie statement of the applicant and that of a pro fessional gentleman, who accompanied her to the Court, it appeared that the lady had for some time past been subjected to an intolerable specks of annoyance at the hands of a gentleman who professed himself to be pas sionately devoted to her, and was not only in the habit of pestering her incessantly with letters of an amatory tendency, but of frequently obtruding himself upon her for the purpose of pressi ng i n p erson hi s unwe l come im portunities. On a recent occasion, he contrived to gain 'admittance at a late hour of the night into the house of her father, where she was at present residing, and find ing that he was denied access to her, he had the audacity to Invade the privacy of her chamber, before his expul sion could be effected. A few days afterwards her tormentor waylaid her at tho private entrance to the theatre; and grasping her by - the arm,` declared with an air of startling wildness, that she.should never have a moment's rest till s h e lent:a favourable ear to his suit. Every attempt to convince him of the' hope lessness of such a course of proceeding, had been wholly unavailing, and as each fresh rebuff appeared only to inspire him with renewed ardour and perseverance, she trusted the magistrate had the poWer to interpose his authority, and afford her protection againsttirther per secution. Several epistler, couched in an impassioned strain of romantic sentiment, were handed up to the Bench, but after glancing over their contents, the magistrate ob served that although they all bore ample evidence of a distempered imagination, the writer bad carefully ab stained from committing himself in such a manner as would bring him within the scope of the law. It did not appear either that in his personal communications with the lady he had used any threats to induce her to apprehend danger from his violence, and, under such circumstances, no case whatever had been made out to justify the interference of a magistrate. The applicant thanked the magistrate for his atten tion, and left the court with her friends, apparently much chagrined at the fruitless result of her appeal. WHITE CONDUIT-HOUSE. On Tuesday night a farewell dinner was given to Mr. R. Rouse, on the occasion of his leaving this establish ment. In the progress of improvement, and with the growth of population in this vast metropolis, it appears that this famous resort of holiday and pleasure-seeking cockneys is doomed to follow in the wake of Ranelagh gardens and Baguigge-wells, whereunto, in the olden times, our ancestors were wont to repair, and " take their pleasure of an afternoon." The grounds have fallen into the hands of " an enterprising builder," and the tea-gardens, gravelled walks, snug boxes, trees, flowers, and statues, are to be superseded by " trim built" rows of houses. Under these circumstances it was resolved to give Mr. R. Rouse, the proprietor, a parting-dinner, and a testimonial of the esteem in which he Ras held in the neighbourhooJ. The testimonial consisted of a very handsome silver tea and coffee ser-• vice complete, with a large and elegant salver, in the centre of which was the following inscription:— Presented to Mr. R. ROUSE by his Neighbours and Friends, Residing at Islington, On his retirement from White Conduit-House, as a slight Testimonial of the esteem in which he was held during his Proprietorship. The dinner was given in the large room of the estab • lishment, which was very tastefully decorated for the occasion. Upwards of one hundred gentlemen sat down to a board at which every delicacy of the season was provided, and the wines were both choice and abundant. Mr. Thomas Walters presided; and among the gentle men present we noticed Mr. Charles Ireland, Chairman of the Licensed Victuallers' Protection Society, and Past Governor of the Incorporated Society; Mr. James Raven, Past Chairman of the Asylum; Mr. George Bennett, Past Chairmen of the Protection Society; Mr. Clifford and Mr. John Titchiner, Past Trustees of the Asylum; Mr. T. H. Bromley, member of the Committee of the Incorporated Society; Mr. Mathews, Past Trustee of the same. Among the distinguished members of the trade there were Mr. Bathe, of the London Tavern; Mr. Ellis, of Cremone House; Mr. Hinton, of Highbury Barn Tavern; Mr. M'Diarmid, of the Belvidere, &c. The friends of Mr. Dennis, the builder, who has taken the ground, also mustered strong at the cross table, including Messrs. Shallis, King, Leonard, J. Wagstaff, G. Wagstaff, Hooker, Naylor, &c. _ After the removal of the cloth, the CHAIRMAN gave the usual loyal and patriotic toasts, which were re sponded to with great enthusiasm. The CHAIRMAN then said, the toast he had the honour to propose gave him great satisfaction and pleasure, and he was sure they would drink it with equal satisfac tion and pleasure. It was the health of a very worthy and industrious man, the host of that house. —(Cheers.) He had known that gentleman for many years, and the arduous situation he had to fill. There were few men who could havo done it with equal satisfaction and respectability. They were aware that in former days that house and the grounds around it were frequented in masses by the highest and most resFectable circles. They crowded on each other's heels. That, however, passed, and a different class followed them, and it required no ordinary degree of moral strength and power to deal with such parties. Their friend, the host, had had the fag end, as he might call it, of the lease. Its day was going by, but the man ner in which Mr. Rouse had performed his duties was of no ordinary character. It might appear that the ma nagement of such a house was a mere 'natter of course, but that was a mistake. However, arduous as the task was, Mr. Rouse bad discharged it with the highest sa tisfaction to the magistrates, and to all the neighbour hood.—(Loud cheers.) His friends and neighbours had, in testimony of their esteem and respect, presented him with a testimonial, which was now before them, and which, though, no doubt ; highly gratifying to his feel ings, was given with equal gratification by them, as well deserved on Mr. Rouse's part —(Cheers.) He would not detain them longer, but simply give Mr. Rouse's health, with a cordial wish, in which he knew they would all heartily participate, that health, happiness, and prosperity, might attend him for many years to. come. The toast was drunk with loud and long-continued cheering, and having been followed by a song composed for the occasion by Mr. Turner, which was unanimously encored, Mr. It. ROUSE rose to return thanks, evidently labour ing under feelings of deep emotion. Ile said he felt his position deeply, and was, iu fact, completely overwhelmed by it. There had assembled such a body of gentlemen, personal friends, around him on that occasion, as had completely taken away his utterance. The Chairman, who had proposed his health, had knoWn him from boy hood as a servant and a master, and when, with all his fireside-loving qualities, he had come forward to speak of his character in the manner he had done, it was a matter of the highest gratification. It might have been possible for other gentlemen to occupy that chair, but, so far as he was concerned, the praise of one who had known him in every relation of life for the last 25 years was the highest gratification ho could possibly enjoy. With respect to the testimonial that had been presented to him, he could only say that it was altogether unex• petted by him, and originated with a number of gentle men quite independent of him. He therefore felt the more deeply the honour conferred upon him. Wiih respect to Mr. Dennis, the gentleman who has now taken a 99 years' lease of the ground for building pur poses, he had only to say that he had ever found him a true man. Upwards of two yea rs ago , h e soug h t M r. Dennis's opinion, as a friend and practical man, having in view building upon the ground himself, and he could only say that Mr. Dennis had then given him advice and instruction at a time when he could not have the most remote idea of becoming lessee, which, to his honour be it said, he had acted up to when he came to make ar rangements for taking the property himself. After a few other observations Mr. Rouse concluded by heartily thanking the meeting for the honours they had done him, and sat down amidst loud appiause. Mr. JAMES BOULTON, after paying a high compliment to the Chairman for the many virtues which charac terised him, both in public and private, proposed his health, which that gentlems.n.briefly acknowledged.. Though for the last fifty years he had spent his life among the licensed victuallers and hotel keepers of the metropolis, yet he had not more than once or twice cc- cupied that position before, and if be had discharged h is duties to their satisfaction, it was a sufficient reward to him. He regretted that the occasion of !heir meeting should be to pull down that magnificent building; but in these days time was making sad changes, and in no way more remarkably than with houses of that description. He remembered, when he was a young man, gcing to Bag nigge Wells at the time when it was the height of the fashion. For what reitson he knew not, perhap s it was that timeswere not so good with him as they were now, the officers refused him admittance. Ho turned round re solved never to enter there again, and he never did till he was cllled upon, about thirty years ago, to diaciose of the whole property. Yet that place, within his recol lection, was the aristocratic place of re. Fort, to which there was scaicely any chance of tninlision irons the im mense crowds who went there. In the course of time the fate of Bagnigge Wells had overtaken White Coil- &lit House. It was perhaps inevitable, but navy . ith. standing, an old man might regret the moving of the old landmarks. - Perhaps steam might have a great effect in depreciating the old value of such property; but, at any rate, the change was undeniable, and all they could do was to accommodate themselves to it. —(Cheers.) With these remarks he would return thanks for the manner in which they had honoured the toast of his health, and give them the health of Mr. Dennfo, who became lessee of the property, and who, besides th e im provements he contemplated upon it, was alreadj ' well known to them by many others in the neighbourhce )d. Mr. DENNIS, in returning thanks, said it certainly did seem at first sight rather vexatious that a splendid _room like that, and such a convivial board as that; aro and which they were then met, should give place to the TOWS of houses which were to be built upon the grounds, so long appropriated to recreation; but it appeared that certain changes were going on in society over which none of them had personally any control, and as for some years it seemed, that in its present state the White" Conduit House had not thriven, he could only hope, the new shape it was about to assume, that it would_ more successful. As far as he was concerned, nu,thiu should be left undone to secure that result. The CnantmAN then said, that as a body of tract esmes there were none more successful, more industric,us, more charitable than the licensed victuallers. Look at tt. number of them who, by theirindustry, retired with 3 I com. fortable independence. But it was not in that light alone he proposed them. Their Asylum in the Ken t-road provided for the aged members of the trade, and their ad mirable school, in the Kennington-road, provided I or the children who were so unfortunate as to need prot4 ,ction, for a period of seven years, and sent them out in , such a manner as had enabled them to secure excellent pa sitious in business, and not a few of them had become orna ments of society. The gentlepen of a trade whae thus knew how to unite a due attention to business ' with a watchful care over the interests and wants of the untor tnnate, both old and young, connected with their par ticular trade, deserved every honour. He, tha.-efore, had great pleasure in proposing " The Licensed Vic tuallers and their charitable institutions." Mr. C. IRELAND, in acknowledging the toast, said he ass deeply sensible of the kindness and aiiurtesy of the Chairman in proposing in proposing iit, and also of the company in drinking it. He hold for many years been connected with the trade, sta id bad also had the honour of passing through the chair of the Incorporated Society, and he could fully et =oho rate the statement of the Chairman as to the bene fits of the school. The children were maintaint and educated from the age of seven years to fourte4 n in e superior manner. Many of them, as had bee n said, obt.ined excellent positions. Ho might mender] a that one of the first scholars was now in the same prc ifession as their worthy Chairman, and he believed th ut Mr. Cottrell would be admitted by the Chairman .to be a most.'respectuble member of the profession. Tho pre sent Secre ary of the Society had also been educe ated in their'school. At the Asylum the elder member s were provided with the means of making the decline of life easy; and, in conjunction with the Protection S ociety, he believed that the licensed victuallers did provide in the day of prosperity for the highest interests which belonged to them as men as citizens. He had great pleasure in responding to the toast. Sever al other toasts were proposed and duly res)ponded to, and the company separated at a late hour higAdy de lighted with the entertainment of the evening, which, it is but justice to say, was much enhanced by the admir able exertions of Messrs. Edney, Turner, and Jones, the vocalists, and Mr. Higgs, the toastmaster. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEE. 3.—The following are the official quart' tities which were released from bond, at this port, by the lan' for free trade in corn, which came into operation on the Ist instant : —Wheat, 181,126 quarters; flour, 460,532 barrels; oats, 291 quarters ; barley, 1,974 quarters ; beans, 10;625 qrs ; and peas, 6,154 quarters. The stock of free grain, &c., here prior to the Ist instant was comparatively small. These was !. large attendance of town and country millers at yesterday market, but the show of samples of grain and flour was only moderate. Wheat and flour met a good, but not an extensive; sale, at the full pric es o f T ues d ay. I n a few instances a small advance on each was obtained; but the trade closed with lag briskness. Oats were in fair request, at fully late rates. Oat' meal improved 6d per load. Beans and peas made quite 0 good prices as on Tuesday. In barley not much doing. Th ere was a good d eman d f or I nd i an corn at the top quotation ; 31s per 4801 b was paid for American flat yellow corn. Th e trade to•day is buoyant, and extreme prices are paid for 1,208 r articles. s. d. s. d s. d. 0 * d 2 9 Wheat, per 701 b IBarley,Feeding.. 3 6 to - 0 English, white .. 7 3 to 7 9 nye, per 4801 b .. 0 0 0 Do. r‘d .. 70—7 •3 Beans, English, pr 0 Irish, new .. •• 6 0— 6 6 imperial quartr 32 0— 34 Do., old .. 66 6 9 Irish and Scotch, 0 Dantsic.. .. • • 7 3 - 7 9 per 4801 b, .. 3(1 0 Do., good mixed 7 0— 7 4 F ore i gn, duty pd. 26 6 2 7 0 Lowerlialtic,whita 73 7 6 European, per Un- • 'Do. red.. 70— 7 6 perial quarter.. 30 0 --a, 0 American • • • 7 0— 7 6 Peas, English, per 0 Canadian .. 70— 7 4 i mper i al quartr 33 0 —34 0 Spanish, red and Foreign .. ..32 0— 33 white.. .. • • 0 0— 0 0 Malt, English, per 6 GI Tuscan and Bar- i mperial quartr 54 0 letta, red .. • • 6 9 7 3 Do., Irish .. 50 0— 54 0 0 3larianopoli ••66 6 10 Do., brown .. 45 0 --by Odessa, Polish • • 6 6 7 0 Flour, English, pr Do., hard.. • • 5 6 6 0 2801 b 35 0 .-37 Egyptian .. 4 6 5 0 I r i s h, extra fine.. 37 0 38 0 Oats, per 451 b United States, per English and Scotch 2 B—2 10 barrel .. .27 0— 29 0 Welsh .. 2 6 2 7 Canadian .. „ 27 0— 28 v Irish, new .. .. 2 6 2 5 Oatmeal, English, Do., old .. .. 2 8— 2 9 & Scotch,pr24olb 25 0— 26 ° Barley, English, pr Erish, new .. .• 23 6 24 imperial quarter 32 0- 34 0 Do., old . 22 0— 23 Irish, Scotch, and Indian corn p Aiarx,per6olb.. 36 4 3 4801 b , .. er 29 0 —3l MAlcciiEsTxa, FEB. 3.—Throughout the week increasing confidence has been observable in the trade, and a Olerabli active demand has be en experienced for flour at higher rate than were previously obtainable. Oatmeal likewise excited more attention than for some weeks past, and sales Wert readily effected at f u ll an d i mprov i ng prices. At our mar k ?: this morning wheat advanced 2d per 701 b. Flour continued is steady request, and the supply being limited, the quotations ° this day se'nnight were excee d ed fully Is per sack in the busy ness passing. Oats firmly supported the previous currend - and oatmeal met a f a i r sa l e at an advancement of 6d per load' LAUNCESTON, JAN. 3l.—Wheat, 216 s sd; barley, I/700 ' oats 15s 2d. Beef, 6d ; mutton, s i d ; pork, si-d; veal, 0 " and butter, lld per lb. Potatoes Is per stone. ABERDEEN.—Grain —Oats 15s 6d t o 16 6 d , 40110 p et . bushel ; Barley, 24 s t o 25 5, 5 2 Ib s per bushel; bear, 24s to V. 52 lbs per bushel ; w h ea t, 50 5 to 545; oatmeal, 13s to 10 __•7; boll ; flour, 43s to 49s per sad,. Provisions—An ordinsg. supply of dairy and v ege t a bl e pro d uce at market to-day, which there was a brisk demand. A good display of meld Beef, 4d to 7d per lb ; Mutton, ditto, 4d to. 7d ; veal, ditto, to 7d ; pork, per stone, 4s to ss; lamb, per quarter, Os to 05 : tallow, per stone, 4s 6d to ss; potatoes, per peck, 10d to 16 0 ; hay, per cwt, Os t o O s ; ra bbi ts, each O d to Os ; hares, eaehl, to Os ; grouse, per b race , O s to Os ; butter, per lb, 8d to rf, eggs, per doz, 8d to 10d ; c h eese, per stone, Os to Os ; hens, 171‘ pair, 3s to 3s 6d ; chickens, ditto, 2s 6d to 3s ; ducks, ditto, 6 1 9d to 3s ; ducklin gs , di tto, 2s to 3s 6d ; turkeys, each, 454 to 6s ; geese, ditt o , O s to Os; butter fur exportation (Pres',a cure), per cwt, 58 s t o 59 5; eggs, wholesale price, p er dozen', to 6d ; 41b loaf, 8d ; 21b l oaf, 4d ; pork, per stone of 151 ' 4 Os Od to 3s 6d ; pork fine, small, Os Od to 5s 6d ; pork tar 3s 6d to 4s 3d ; s hip por k per b arrel of 204 lbs, Os to I°u°3 Meal—To.night there was a fair supply of meal, the denl ; ruled dull. Oatme a l, i s 4d to Os Od; bearmeal, Is 4d to Os peasemeal, 2s to 2s 2d ; Sid s , 6d to 7d ; barley flour, 11 . t, ? Is 6d ; barley dust, 7d t o 8d ; fl our, 2s to 2s-3d ; barley, Per 16, ld to 2d. STONER AVEN FEB. I.—Oats, 401b s, 14s ; bear and bar " 53 ditto, 245. Oatmeal, 10 stones, 12s per boll. hell DALKEITII, FEB. I.—The relative weight per four 101- i r a t of the three prices of wheat were 18st Sibs, 18st Ilbs and '14. -- 71bs. Oats, 13st, 12st 41bs, and list 11b. Barle 165 t OL,'" - Ibst 9 1 bs, and 14,t Ilb. Peas and beans, 18st 91bs, 18st 6 '"" and 18st 61bs. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior; 274 Wheat ~.,£2 12 0 £ 2 7 0 £ 1 18 " 1561 Oats ......... 41 1 4 018 0 013 0 701 8ar1ey............ 19 6 16 0 1 0 35 Pease and B eans 112 0 111 0 1 10 6) Average of wheat......... ...E2 3 ~.; el• BELFAST, FEB. I.—Wh eat sells slowly at former r•-c Store lots are in better demand, whether of h ome -grown 14 foreign. Irish v ar i es i n parcels from 9/15s to 10110 per t° , . and foreign 101 lOs to 11l 15s. Flour a dull sale at the ej. minal prices of la s t wee k . B arrels sel l from 27s 6d to 2135,70 Barley unchanged in value, and sells rather more freely. Y ot o sell rather freely, at prices rather in favour of the seller. t o not much inquired for. O a t mea l goes i nto consumption Pr°7l freely as it appears, and the stocks are light. Indian corn, 6 j which our stocka are unusually light, sells slowly at 71 125 to 8/ for yellow, and at 71 7s 6sl to 71 10s for white. CORK, FEB. 3.—Flou r —Fi rsts 1 4s 6 d to 15s 6d; eata 16 4 seconds 13s 6d to 14s 6d ; h ouse h o ld s 11 s to 13 s ; th i rds 8s Iv o per cwt. Meal- Oatm ea l ll s t o 1 l s 6d ; I n di an meal 8s; lv,„,beo meal lls per cwt. India n corn 7 c t o 7 / 1 03 per ton. 5/ per ton. Hay - Farmers 25s Od to 95s Od ; average .7. 1 dealers 42s to 48s; average 46s Od per ton. Straw—Fail l ' o d; 18s Od to 29s Od; ave rage 24 5; dea l ers 30s Od to 0 E A; average —s Od per ton. B rea d—Wh eaten flour 7d to 10;; household loaf 6d to bid per 41b. Coals—Newport tom , Lydney 18s • Landore 17s; best N ea th C u l m ]6s p er . Tallow 46s del per cwt. Whiskey, 25 o. p., 6s Od per ir ° sl rial gallon. Meat—B ee f 4d t o 7d ; M utton 5d to til t d; / sf i d to 7d; pork 4d to sid ; b acon 7d to 8d • sausages 68 ,P - , lb. Hops 61 lO s p er cwt . B angor slates 3/2s 6d to 31 5 ° re ton. Bark—Barbary 61 to 71; Valonia 11/ to 13/ ; . Fr e t e , 61; English 61 per ton. Fleece Wool 105 to 12s per 5, 11 4 1 Hemp 351 per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 18s to - - " 5 ; ditto 25s to 27s per barrel ; Newfoundland 11/ to 121 1 0 ° r ton. Timber—New Memel 4110 s; old scarce; red Pir ic oo d Iss • yellow pine 31 per ton ; d ea l s , fi rst qual i ty, 20/; 6° o to quality 171 per 120. Hid es —M ar k et Il s to 16s; salte d I' 0,, 16s per cwt ; calf skins 2id to 22d; market 2id to 20 per Guano—Peruvian 101 10s ; Ichaboo 91 per ton. Patat White 10d to 12d; Minions 18d to —d. Tar—Archa Pl6 18s per brl. HS. On the Ist in s t., a t Chester, Blß 111 s. Lloyd, the wife of r ' et Ae tenant-Colonel Lloyd, C. 8., of the Bengal Artillery, ° daughter. On the Ist inst., at Clapham -park, Surrey, the lady 0f Laurence, Esq., of a daughter. • On the Ist inst., at B a l green, near Edinburgh, the wife 0 f W. 11. Lowe, Esq., M.D., of a son. On the 30th u lt., at MARRIED St. Stephen's Church, Dubliti, of the Earl of Devon, to Miss Elizabeth Ruth Scott, niece Earl of Meath, and of James Scott, Es., Q.C. 1 , soli On the Ist inst., at Marylebone Chur q ch, George. onv to of George Vesey, Esq., Glocester-crescent, Regent's-Petill. Anne Janaway, on l y daughter of T. Very, E,q„ iNlaida- f j. On the Ist inst., at St. Pancras New Church, George Williams. Esq., M . D . , o f O swestry, to Ellen, daughter of Cooper, Een., of Wrexham. DIE. On the Ist i ns t., th e Right lio D n. George Robert Hampden, Earl On of Buckinghamshire. the loth ult., at Bath, aged 81, the Hon. John San der' son, late Chief Justice of the island of Granada. On the 13th ult., at Malaga, William Mark, Esq., her Majesty', Consul at that place. ird On the 26th ult., at Frankf or t, M a d ame de Buttler, t daughter of the late Colonel B eaumon t, of Bretton-haYorkshire. bard On the_ 30th ult., at Lime. grove, Putnay, the Rev. Ric John St. Aubyn, aged 42. T 5c On the Ist ins ~ at Trafalgar square, Bromptor , Mueller, Esq., aged 6' formerly _______,— - • - —"• ....----- ~.. ---- - of 1.011.10 n: Printed and - Publi s h e d by MURDO Y0.i.,,,, G. tr h 2, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, ~.," of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the col n 'w bliddlesex, Dlenday, February 5, ASO, ROMAN CATHOLICS. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a petition from the Church of England Association at Bath, praying that the Roman Catholic clergy might not be endowed in Ireland, or in any part of her Majesty's dominions. CHURCH REFORM. Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND presented a petition from a large meeting held at Preston, signed by the Rev. S. Slade, complaining of the recent decision of the Queen's Bench, and the other Courts at Westminster, by which a clergyman dissenting from the Established Church was prevented ministering to other congrega tions, and praying forecc'esiastical reform. POOR LAW. Colonel DUNNE presented a petition praying for certain alterations in the Irish Poor law. ROMAN CATHOLICS. Sir W. SOMERVILLE presented a petition praying For the repeal of Roman Catholic disabilities. THE FUNDED AND UNFUNDED DEBT. On the motion of an HON. MEMBER, a return of the amount of the funded and unfunded debt of the United Kingdom, up to theist of January, 1849, was ordered. CIRCULAR LETTER o EARL GREY. Sir R. H. INGLIS postponed his motion with respect to the circular letter of Earl Grey until Thursday. THE SUSPENSION OF THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT (IRELAND). Mr. J. O'CONNELL gave notice that he should move the following amendment to the motion of the Noble Lord at the head of tho Government, that the suspension of the Habeas Corpus' Act be continued in Ireland: That a Committee of 31 Members should be formed, to examine the documents in which the Noble Lord rested ihe ne cessity for continuing the suspension of the Act, and to report whether the suspension of the Habras Corpus Act was, or was not, necessary ±or Ireland at the present time. BREACH OF PRIVILEGE.—THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT. The Ho.r. MEMBER then Proceeded to complain of what he believed the House would agree with him, was a breach of the privileges of the House. The document which he held in bis hand had been left at his residence that morning; and the statements in it were such that he hoped its publication would be deemed a violation of the privileges to which he had referred. It was stated to have been " Presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of her Majesty," and purported to be a letter from the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the Secretary of State for the Home Department. Believing it to be a breach of the privileges of the House, he should not unlikely feel it his duty to move that " William Clowes, the printer of the docnment, be called to the bar of the House, to answer for himself or for his instigators." It would then be for the House to determine what should be done. The SPEAKER said he was not aware of the nature of the paper of which the Hon. Gentleman complained. He, however, understood him to say that the piper had been presented by command of her Majesty. The publication of such a paper could not be a breach of the privilege of the House.—(Hear, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL—I beg to say that that document is an authentic one, and that it has been presented to the House by command of her Majesty.—(Hear bear.) Mr. J. O'CONNELL—WeII, then, I beg to move that the House do now adjourn.—(Laughter.) I believe I am in order. The representations in that document to which he had referred could not be passed over lightly or in silence. At the risk of his unpopularity he had no hesitation in saying that the document was unconstitu tional, yet they were assured by the First Minister of the Crown that it was authentic. Mr. DRUMMOND rose to order. He wished to know from the Hon. Gentlemani in the chair if the ob servations of the Hon. Gentleman had anything to du with the question of adjournment? The SPEAKER said the observations he had heard did not relate to the question of adjournment. Mr. J. O'CONNELL said he should proceed to state his reasons for submitting that motion. The questions dealt with in that document were of so grave and im portant a nature, that ho believed the dignity of the House would be best supported, and the liberty of the subject in Ireland respected, by the adjournment of the House, in order to afford time for the consideration of the representations in that docu ment, and as to the motion for the continuance of the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, which would be brought forward by the Noble Lord to-morrow. Indeed, by adopting such a course, they would but follow in the footsteps of their predecessors, who were as equally jealous of the liberty of the subject and the main tenance of the integrity of the constitution as they were. Nay, he would go further, and say, that it might not unlikely become the duty of the House to consider whether the document in question did not form sufficient grounds for the impeachment of the Noble Lord at the head of the Government, and of the Lord-Lieutenant, who had appended his name to it.— (Hear, hear, and laughter.) He assured the House that the matter was by no means a light one, nor did the matter on which he was seeking the opinion of the House, partake of a trivial character. He was not going into any discussion of the personal merits or the personal capacity of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. These were undoubted ; but what did the document to which he had referred contain? Here they had the head of the Executive of Ireland taking on himself to declare that a constitutional object Iwas unattainable, and therefore the subjects of her Majesty in Ireland should be prevented from seek ing that constitutional object. In the sixth paragraph the mask was thrown off, and it was, that he would recommend the destruction of the constitu tion of Ireland. Be recommended the doing away with the high privilege of personal security, and be recommended it in order to put an end to political movements of all kinds. He used the words "political excitement." Who had authorized the Lord-Lieutenant to tell the subjects of Ireland that a perfectly legal object was not to be attain able ? Was it not monstrous that any member of the Executive should propose to Parliament an inter ference with the Constitution, with a view to prevent the people seeking for the attainment of a con stitutional object ? Would the House do what that nobleman called upon them to do, to say that the people should not agitate for the repeal of an Act of Parliament? Would the British House of Commons. jealous of the liberties of the subject, the guardians of the Bri tish Constitution, asserting themselves to be the legislators not only for England, but also for Scotland and Ireland, on the mere personal recornmendadon of that nobleman, consent to trample upon that constitution, and to make a distinction between Englishmen and Irishmen ? The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland was seeking to put down an agitation which was already out of itself—which was ut terly extinct. Not a spark of the ancient fire was yet to be seen; the agitation as yet had no vitality in it; and the Lord-Lieutenant called upon the House to inflict that gross outrage on the whole of the Irish inhabit ants, without even a pretence that the agitation existed at that moment. He (Mr. J. O'Connell) asked for the adjournment of the House, in order that Members might have time to consider the document in question. It Members thought that this matter did not come home to them at this moment, it would ere long if this precedent were established. They them selves thought that there could not have been a worse indication exhibited of the regard of England for Ireland, or of the Constitution which should hereafter be concocted for England. He had but one consideration to press upon the Legislature, and he asked them whether they had yet taken into consideration - that Eng land and Ireland were bound together with indisseluble ties? He asked them whether they had not some claim to resist this most iniquitous this most tyrannous measure?—(Hear, hear.) That document told of disaffection ; and he trusted that he might be permitted to tell them that no paper could possibly have issued from any quarter that would be more likely to be productive of so mischievous a result as disaffection. He did think that they might take it into consideration that there were means of even legally raising disaffection. Ho would not threaten them, but he warned them of the conse quences that might arise from the adoption of the prin ciples of that now acknowledgedly authentic, but most tyranneous document—(Hear, bear)—a document which was alike a disgrace to the Crown and to the ccuntry—a document which was calculated to disse minate deceit and engender mischief. The hour of Ireland had come, and she was under their feet, but the day might shortly arrive when the hour of England might also come. He did believe that the destiny of this country had arrived, that its hour had now come, and that if this iniquitous measure were persevered in, that it would end in the destruction of the welfare of those by whom it had been so unfortunately and so shamefully promulgated. Mr. GRATTAN rose to say a few words, but was met on all sides of' the House with cries of " Seconder, seconder." After several, attempts to speak, the Hon. Gentleman concluded by saying, " I second the motion." The SPEAKER.—There is no motion before the House.—(Laughter). The matter then dropped ; and The SPEAKER readl the names of those Members who had refused to serve on Committees. thenSESSIONAL ORDER.RUSSELL rose to move the sessional orders, as there was some alteration pro posed in them, especially by the Committee that sat last year, he would make a few observa tions upon them. The first resolution he had to propose was one that had been universally adopted, the 2d and 3d were adopted at the suggestion of the Hon. Member for Montrose, and he saw no ob jection to their continuance. The 4th, sth, 6th, 7th, and Bth resolutions were likewise the same as last year. The 9th was a resolution which was agreed to by the Com mittee of last Sear, as to the manner of conducting the 1,,, F i e ,,, et . 1 1 . , • .:Ti purpose of N ble L. (' at . a alluding to the le t h, it. i no t• A and 12th Orders said that the 13th respected the privi leges of the House and thet subject had been carefully . considered by that Committee in the resolution, glad he ~:;~ ~. ~' 1 Tin That , Will be he 7th Febrt of Nina P Letter, vi "To ii Ilfled by It nience, a taking int on Will 131 " That and his la September to lila hel treaty of S brother Ap kis heirs, o 1819. " That tl and alarm by the Eas' the rights c seizure, cot of the said be a disgr rio❑sly we. People of It PanY and o "That t imperative and danger express the of Control Y GE NI Pe] strontily n Money-ordi Coin in Let Money 0 the tollowit Mote pe notes or Dr tinned to R 4 pChar others are p f ondants, ti Place ; Lowe commission Their Solicit their claims of the m u buildi ngs, :starch next default thei benefit of tt CALE The I4th Fe Lists o ft ] the R°Qami, GRAI Por e c, ;dale°, Fore 1% oth( meek Da, —ll7zdays, - Fit( meek Day olinday, urnTe,ho TI , AI P4 ssages r ki tted to sto Oetnibuses every quartoII;CIAT --roe Montt r r ek ets ; Mr unwarick V PASSenge r , ;fay, at tke orterage al i4rge parcels 2,roveraber THE Al - View i n oerien Z e dee, and I a varict, -uwo o'clock Thursday, with brilliar Childa's Pha and Saturda' —Diver and Susie is dirt Open daily Saturday) ft., Admissim lard silverys . 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