The Sun. — London, England, 1827-03-31 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMNT. _ _SOUS IC OF _l,OR,DS,4li,ods-jgO t , A person from the Treasury presented at the bar an ac -i Count of the exports and imports of wails . ' Mr. FoUNTAY:q.e, WiLsON and Others' , from the Coin_ . mons, brought up several private bills, which were read a. first time. The Earl of COURTOWN presented four petitions from as many parishes in the county of Wexford, against Roman Catholic Emancipation. The Bishop. of EXETEP. presented a petition to the same effeet.from a parisl:, in Devonshire. The .Earl of ATALMESBURY moved for a return (to which he upderstood there would be no objection and, which .wx,rn. convected with the great question that was about - to come under the consideration of the House) of the qu4ntity of butter, cheese, hides, and tallow imported from foreign countries from the year 1815 to 1826. The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND presented peti- Cons from th e enunty ,. an d f ro m parishes in th e county oi Northumberland, against any alteration in the Corn Laws; also one from the shipowners and other persons resident in North Shields, in the' county of Northumberland, praying for a revision of _ the Corn Laws. Earl STANHOPE presented petitions from Wootton, Wickham, and other places in the eastern division of the County of Kent,. against any alterations in the Corn Laws. The Earl of HARDWICKE presented a petition, which was signed by himself and the Bedford Level Corporation, praying the House to form a Committee to inquire into the subject of Parliamentary fees on passing bills. The petitioners did not complain so much of the amount of those fees, as of the viKueners and uncertainty of their extent— erimetimes, 6, 12, 14, and 20 sets of fees being paid on the passing of one bill. Fourteen sets of fees had been paid on the South Level Drainage Bill. There ought to be some ride by which a judgment might be formed of the expense of applying to Parliament to pass bills. He would men tion a curious circumstance to their Lordships. An im provement was about to be made in the church-yard of Exeter cathedral, by pulling doWn three houses, but on applying to Parliament to pass a bill for that purpose, the fees of the Hawse amounted to more than the value of the three houses. A Committee to inquire into the subject of Parliamen -:-ary fees was then moved for, and afterwards nominated by the Noble Earl. The Earl of ABERDEEN presented petitions from owners and occupiers of land in the county of Aberdeen, pitying for protection; also one to the same effect from a parish in the same county. GAUZE LAWS. Lord WHARNCLIFFE moved the Order of the Day for the Committee on tha Game Laws' Amendment Bill. On a former day he had stated that it was his intention of going into a Committee to-day only pro forma. He pro posed that the Bill should he reprinted, in order to chow the alteratinns which he had Made in it, and should be re committed on a future day. ConsideMble alterations hail been made, with the assistance of a most valuable person (Mr. G. Gregson), who had likewise assisted the Secre ?ary of State in his improvement of the criminal code. The other Bill, which was a Bill to repeal a Bill, he should defer committing ti.: after the recess, inasmuch as a point of law had beerr laid down at the Northern Circuit which affected that Bill. He must take the liberty of saying, that it seemed that there was law laid down there which had given him some astonishment, and he was anxious, before be proceeded further with that Bill, to examine those points of law which affected it. The Game Laws' Amendment Bill was then committed, and will be re-committed on Friday next. The Marquis of LANSDOWN, in pursuance of a notice he had given, legged leave to call their Lordships' attention to the state of appeals from India Court' to this country, merely for the purpose of proving to the House that a great practical grievance affected a very large portion of the sub jects of his. Majesty in the empire of India. Without saying where tile defect lay, it was a fact which he could prove to their 'Lordship, that since the year 1783, the period from which the Judicature upon appeals was first cast upon the Privy Council, a very large number of appeals had not only oc been decided, but in many instances no proceed ings at all had taken place upon them. Appeals to the number of 40 or 50 from two Courts of India remained still undecided, and upon four no proceeding; whatever had taketsplace. In one instance the whole territory of Ramnad Eadbeen left in a state of confusion in consequence of an appeal to this country, 'upon which no proceedings had taken-pTaee. It was far front his intention to impute blame to any person. No one who was acquainted with the Noble Lord who was President of the Privy Council, or knew his talent and industry in discharging his duties when president of committees of that House, could hare the least doubt that blame attached to him _fpr,,,this,,,dolay.; but the necessary result of thisgresf grievance oldelny, in deciding the most important cases, which defeated every intention of the legislature, was to hold out encouragement to. every litigious person to send an appeal to England, upon which no proceedings would take place, and which delay would keep him in possession of property from which he , ierived a fraudulent benefit. He had a high authority for stating that this description of appeals had been going on increasing, and was continually producing the most detrimental effects to the interests of this country. It might be said, that in a great many instances, appeals had not been proceeded upon in consequence of agents not being properly appointed to conduct them in this country. tut how difficult it was for the natives, who had no com munication with the Supreme Government, to appoint proper persons ? They thought that to bring their cases under the consideration of tisis country, it was only ne cestvuy to forward them to the Government in India, to be transmitted to England, and that they had only to wait in patience and silence for their determination. Wherever the defect lay, it was due to the credit of this country to apply a remedy to that defect. It might he said, that to decide these causes, it was necessary to procure the assistance of counsel acquainted with the subject. But an opportunity offered itself of procuring men, highly respectable, who had filled judicial situations in India, and enjoyed pensions for their services, and who would, be was sure, willingly give up those pensions, if they should be called upon to give their active assistance and counsel in the determination of th ese c a use s. If the delay depended on the manner of pre paring appeals, parties in India might be put in possession of the proper mode by communication with India through the Board of Control. The Noble Lord then moved for the number of appeals from the Courts in Madras, Bombay, St. Helena, Prince of Wales's Island, &c., and also various other returns on the same subject, from the year 1800. The Earl of HARROWBY had not the slightest ob jection to the production of the papers moved for. The sub ject was one of importance, and well worthy of their Lord ships' attention. He would make one observation in reply to what the Noble Marquis had stated with respect to the number and extent of the cases undecided. Their Lord ships were aware that, with respect to all Courts of jita tiee—and the Privy Council was a Court of Justice,—the Court could know nothing of the cases which were before it until they were brought in a shape in which the Court could take cognizance of -them; and it might be possible that appeals to any extent might be before the Court, of the existence of which the Court - could know nothing. With respect to the number of appeals, the Noble Marquis had been misinformed. The appeals since 1800 did not exceed nine. He did not know bow many were undecided, but this he knew, that no step had been or could he taken by the Privy Council, until the agents, appointed to carry the cause on, had put the Court in possession of the means of proceeding. The Noble Marquis had also been misinformed of the number of appeals upon which no proceedings had taken place. The Court, however, could have no know ledge of them if they did not come properly before it. The Marquis of LANSDOWN, in explanation, said that by the observations addressed to the House, he did not in- tend to suggest any alteration in that important tribunal the Privy Council. It was impossible to say what might be beneficial for the suitor,' in a remote Court, in a remote country. It might be an act of justice to alter the present mode of appeal ; but, before they took upon themselves to effect any alteration, they must ascertain what difficulties were to he overcome. It was their duty to study the com fort and happiness of a population of eighty millions of their fellow-creatures, as far as their distant situation would ad mit. The question of legislation in that vast country was one deserving their utmost care and attention—it was one which they must prepare themselves for—it was one of the most difficult questions which could come before any House of Parliament : he meant the future principle of Govern ment in India. Adjourned till Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCIT 30. MARLBOROUGH ELECTION. General GASCOYNE reported from the Committee appointed to try the merits of the petition, complaining of an undue Beturn for the Borough of Marlborough, that Lord Bruce and Lord Brudenell had bean duly returned ; and that the'petition was not frivolous or vexatious. MARYLEBONE CHURCH IMPROVEMENT BILL. Mr. BYNG moved that the Committee on the Maryle hone Church Improvement Bill have leave to make a special Report, in consequenc e of its appearing that . one of the Standing Orders had not be en com pli e d with. Af ter a -.port ( r acuss, I leave was granted. LEITH POLICE BILL . On t he Tvktion of mi. ABERcßotiaiy, the Lit!! Po lice dill WA2 read a meotal timt, and ordered to be corn• mated. CORN LAWS. Petitions from the following places were presented, pray ing for protection to the Agricultural Interests:—By General Duff, from a town in Banffshire ; Sir W. Ingleby, from Sleaford, Lincolnshire ; Sir E. Knatchhull, from Ilythe and Dartford, and from a person resident at Bat tersea ; Mr. Fergusson, from Banffshire ; and from Mr. Wells, front Dartford. POLICIES OF INSURANCE Sir E. KINAT6HI3ILL presented a petition from Can. againet the high Duties upon Policies of In• surance. DEFAUL TER S. The names of the Defaulters upon the Ballots of yester day were called over. Some were excused, °tilers were or dered to attend in their places on Tuesday, and others on Thursday next. One or two were abroad. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. Sir R. GROSVENOR requested leave of absence, which being put to the Ayes or Noes, the SPEAKER declared to be decided in the negative. FREE TRADE. Mr. HUME said, he had to present a Petition, nume ' rously signed by the Seamen of North and South Shields. The petitioners attributed their distress to the measures which tended to establish a freedom of trade. He could not agree with them iu this opinion, but he fully concur red in their sentiments, that if a free trade were established at all, it ought also to extend to corn, or otherwise, whilst one party was benefittol, the interests of others were ex posed to injury. LEATHER TAX-CORPORATION ABUSES (IRE L A ND. ) Mr. A. DAWSON presented two petitions from the Inhabitants of Dundalk—the one praying a repeal of the Leather Tax ; the other praying a Reform of the Abuses existing in Corporate Bodies in Ireland.—The petitions were read, and ordered to be printed. BANK OF ENGLAND. Sir H. PARNELL gave notice for the 22d of May, of a motion relative to the Renewal of the Charter of the Bank of England. ARREST CF A MEMBER. It was ordered, on the motion of Mr. S. RICE, that Mr. W. Maxwell (who had been taken into custody in de fault of attendance upon an Election Ballot) be discharg ed upon payment of his fees. COSTS ON DISTRESSES BILL. On the motion of Sir R. WILSON, the Costs on Dis xesses Bill was read a third time and passed. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. It was ordered, that the House, on its rising, should ad. ioum to Monday. EAST-INDIA. HALF-PAY BILL. The East India Half-pay Bill went through a Commit tee ; and the House haying resumed, the Report was brought up, and ordered to be received on Monday neit. INNKEEPERS' BILL. Upon the motion of Lord PALMERSTON, the House resolved itself into a Committee upon the Innkeepers' Bill. The Speaker having left the Chair, the .Noble Lord pro ceeded to state that this Bill went to fix the allowance to be given to publicans for hay and straw furnished for horses biiletted upon them. Several Gentlemen had inquired whether the rate was to be altered, but it was found best to continue it, leaving to the Treasury to increase the al lowance if necessary, for a limited time. The House'having resumed, the Report was brought up, and ordered to be received ou Monday next. S UPPL Y.-REPOh T. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the Order of the Day for receiving the Report of the Com mittee of Supply be read. Upon the question being put from the Chair, Mr. TIERNEY rose for the purpose of suggesting. to the House the grounds upon which he thought it right to :oppose receiving the Report before the last day of April.— . .He proposed that this course should be pur s u e d u p on t wo I ground s --fi rs t, the nature of the grant itself; and secondly 'the peculiar situation of public affairs. Perhaps many 'Gentlemen were not aware of the nature of the vote to 'which the Chancellor of the Exchequer called upon them 'to agree to ; but those Members who were of ancient stand- ing, must remember that, some twenty-five years ago there had been much agitation in the House and the Country, respecting the arrears of the Civil List , and the questions for the consideration of Parliament were, how to remedy the inconvenience, and how to prevent its recurrence.— For this purpose an Act had been passed in 1815, 'which was at this moment in operation, and by its provisions the Civil List was relieved from a great number of what were called occasional payments, to which it had been previously subject. In the present Session the House was required to advance the sum 0f296.(1004744-Aialihkr.grA `300,0001. This sum was ieman(fed to meet the payments of the current year, and it was to be taken as a grant of confidence. If ever th e re w as a p er i o d when confidence was required, it was the present; and when Hon. Gentlemen talked of confidence, it surely was not unreasonable in him to ask " Confidence in whom ?" -(Louis cheers.)--He meant no disrespect to the Right Honourable Gentlemen opposite in calling them the Remnant of the late Administration ; but he must say, that before he granted this additional sum of 296,000 L, be must know who were to be the persons responsible for its proper application.—(Hear, hear.)—lt was stated upon the paper in the hands of Members, that this vote formed a part of what were called Civil Contingencies. On this term " Civil Contingency" much might be said; but it would he a useless waste of time to enter into that wide subject, unless he could prevail upon the House to post pone the receiving of the Report. Look at the expenditure of the Foreign Departments in the present year—they amounted, he believed, to 370,000/. Now he had taken the average of three of the most prosperous years in this ' country-1791, 1792, and 1793 ; and he found that the total amount of expenditure under this bead was only 150,000/. annually; so that this head of expenditure had since that (late been more than doubled. In making this statement he meant to find no fault with the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, who, he presumed, had followed iu the steps of his predecessors, and he felt quite sure that there was no item of account in the Right Honourable Gentleman's department which would not bear the strictest inquiry. Still he maintained that the severe and pressing ne cessities of the country demanded that such an investigation should be instituted. The Right Hon. Gentleman might court inquiry; but he (Mr. Tierney) thought he could prove to his conviction, that the appointment of a Committee to investigate the expenses of that and of other public departments connected with it, was absolutely neces sary. He would take, for instance, one single item—the charge of 23,000/. a year in the exchange of snuff-boxes. It was very probable that these matters were no more satisfactory to the Right Honourable Gentleman than to the House ; but there were many things which, whatever objections he might feel to them, the ordinary course of matters of this kind would not allow him to reject. The Right Hon. Gent. would not wish to mulct foreigners of their usual presents. Again, there was the ease of Special Missions, and it is well known that on two recent occasions the Noble Dukes who had been selected—the first the Duke of Northumberland, who attended the Coronation of the King of France, and the second a Noble Duke, his friend (the Duke of Devonshire), who was present at the Corona tion of the Emperor Nicholas—had occasioned a heavy ex pence to the public, an enormous charge to themselves, in their endeavours to support the honour and credit of the country, if its honour and credit could be so supported; but he doubted the propriety of an expenditure of the kind, anti, indeed, of any such saissions at all. If a Committee were once appointed, and pronounced its opinion against these methods of disposing of the public money, the Right Hon. Gentleman would feel warranted in not incurring them for the purpose of congratulating a younger brother on having succeeded to a throne over an elder, or on any other occasion, when a crown happened to fall upon the head of the member of a Royal Family.—(Hear, hear.) — It appeared to him most extraordinary, that under this class of expenditure alone, there should exist such an enor mous difference between the period when he was speaking, and the year 1791. In making this observation, he found no fault with the Right Honourable Gentlemen opposite; if they felt it necessary from precedent so to support the dignity of the country, they were not to blame. If, for instance, a Nobleman were sent to Paris, to represent the King of England, and to maintain the character of the Empire, he no doubt, must be called upon to spend pro digious sums, not merely from the necessary charges of his mission, but because he was eaten up by five or six thousand Englishmen, who, in the present fashion for travelling on the Continent, and from the facility of communication, visited the capital of France. But for this circumstance, the whole duty might be discharged with equal advantage to the nation at one third of the present expense. Hence, also, the Nobleman himself was obliged to make great sa crifices from his own private purse ; and it was attended with this additional disadvantage—that none but men of large fortune could be appointed to such embassies, and the country was thereby deprived of the services of those able and useful diplomatists who formerly contributed their ta lents to the improvement of the national interests.—(Hear, hear.)—lt was not Iris intention to go further into this part of the question, but he felt called upon to enter his protest against granting such a sum for such purposes, because he felt that it was a claim that might, as it had done, go on increasing from year to year. In discussing this point, he did not mean to treat it as party queistion. On the eon trary, he and those Who acted with him had observed the greatest forbearance—they had avoided doing any which could have even the appearance of embarrassing the Administration. But they had now arrived at a certain point. The greatest possible anxiety was felt out of doors on the subject, and the people were looking up to that House for in quiry and information. Hitherto no opposition had been made to anv grant demanded by Ministers—no check bad been put to their progress regarding any vote submitted to the House, more than ifthe motion haul been made by an entire Adminis tration. The time was at length come when this House must chew some signs of life. The head'of the Administration was gone, and it was a mockery to talk longer of delicacy. There was not in the House any man who would treat Lord Liverpool with more tenderness and delicacy than himself ; and if lie felt that there was the slightest possi bility of that Noble Lord's return to office, he should still have been silent. But these was no such hope. The Noble Lord might be restored to his family and his friends (as he sincerely trusted he would), but there was no pos•- sible chance of his again being able to discharge the duties of the situation he had occupied ; therefore there was no indelicacy on his part in asserting that the Noble Lord was politically extinct._(Cheers.)—And he was quite sure, that if the question could be put to the Noble Lord, and he were in a situatio n t o answe r, he w ou ld say , " t h e ti me i s come when I ought to retire, and I hope you will use no delicacy with respect to me." . He could easily conceive a time when it would be impertinent hastily to put a question relative to the formation of a new Administration. A certain degree of delay might, on ordinary occasions be necessary; but he would put it to the House, looking as they must do to the present state of the country, whether a moment's delay ought to take place in giving to the esun try a real and efficient Administration.—(Hear hear.)__ Let Hon. Gentlemen look at the general state of affairs. Even the Chancellor of the Exchequer would not pretend to deny that our finances were in a most appalling situation: he would do the Right Hon. Gentleman the justice to be lieve that he was fully sensible of the difficulties he had in this respect to encounter. The fact was undeniable, that our revenue was diminishing; and although the Right Honourable Gentleman was not so much in the habit of desponding as others, he, hi mse lf, was o bli ge d t o admit it. The Sinking Fund, upon which the country had been taught to rely, had proved a fallacy. Again, let the House look at the trade of the cc untry ; it was paralysed from one end of the kingdom to the other. Ask any com mercial man or banker in the city what was the condition of trade, and the answer would be, that every thing was at a stand, and that the stagnation was beyond all precedent. hear.)—Look at the manufacturers. Those who were called operatives were ground to the dust. In the Home Market, the only one now open to them, they could scarcely obtain for their labour as much as would keep life and soul together.—(Hear, hear.)—Look at the Agricul tural Interests : they had all heard the complaints of Land ed Proprietors in that House, and they were bound to be lieve their statements. Distress was great and universal : one party of petitioners claimed one thing, and another party another, being united only in their demand for assist ance and relief. (Hear, hear.) Look at Foreign Affairs : he did not wish to enter minutely into this part of the subject, but it was evident that there must be something peculiarly interesting in those affairs, when they found that a largearmy had been sent from this country to Portugal. The House had approved of this step, and he also had fully concurred in it, because he had• confidence in the Ri g ht Hon. Gentle man who presided over that department. But who could assure the House that the Right Hon. Gentleman would retain his present situation ?—(Cheers from both sidcs.)— If the Right Hon. Gentleman were not to remain at the head of the Foreign Affairs, what security had the country that Continental Powers who, at present, placed confidence in England, would continue that confidence when they found that the Right Hon. Gentleman was displaced.— (Much cheering from all parts of the House. )—lt was true that the prerogative of selecting a Ministry was vested solely in the Crown ; but how was the House to knoW whether the Right Hon. Gentleman was to be continued in his station, or whether Isis master mind was to direct and con- :mu) the general system of the Administration of the coon- try ? As matters now stood, no confidence could be placed either by that House or the country ; no .man could ven ture to say what might happen either to-day or to-mor row. Again ; let the House look at the state of Ireland. Was it meant that Ireland should be governed at all.-- (Cheers.)—He did not wish . to provoke any discussion upon this or the other points on which he had touched ; but he felt that something intelligible ought to be laid before the House; that they ought to know the general grottnds on which they were to act. He was aware, aii'he tad already said, that the appointment of a Cabinet rested only - with the King (and here he begged to state that he meant to cast no imputation on the high quarter upon which that st‘str- sisotolmed)ssaesti“. sr.. ~ ..sesster.ed el4fsee4iaL.i,...,t, t ok : King's mind how to form an Administration; it Was quite natural that the House of Commons should be anxious to see that Administration when it was formed ; it was natural that they should wish to see who were the persons ap pointed to fill those high situations. It was the preroga tive of the King to form an Administration ; bat it was the prerogative of the House of Commons to stand still and refuse supplies until the prerogative of the King had been answereiL—(Hear, hear.)—No obstruction had been offered to the different votes proposed during this suspension of the powers of Administration ; and all that he now asked was, that his Majesty would be graciously pleased to give the House some Administration or other, as a security for the expenditure of the grant now prop..sed (Hear hear.) For himself, he ^. - ould not consent to part with a shilling of the public money until he saw reasonable ground to expect that it would he properly expended under the care of a responsible Minister. " Measures not men," was a phrase that sounded well, hut in his mind it amounted to little short of nonsense—(Hear, and • laughter.) Gentlemen might come down to that House and say, " The Navy requires so much, the Army requires so much," and that the other branches of the public service required specific sums ; but it was the duty of the House to take care that no sum for any branch of the public ex penditure was voted, excepting under proper controul. His Majesty might appoint an Administration, and it would he for the House of Commons to approve or disap prove of it. It was the duty of the House to keep in their own hands the means of determining who ought or who ought not to he appointed to conduct the affairs of the country. (Loud cheers.) If ever there was a moment which, beyond all others, required thi2 choice of an efficient Ad ministration; it was the present. The greatest anxiety per vaded all minds upon the subject, both as regarded our inter nal and external policy. ' He was most desirous to avoid all topics of controversy; but if ever there was an anxious mo ment—if ever there existed distrust in the minds of sober men--if ever there was a wish that there should be estab lished a public trust and confidence somewhere, this was the moment.—(Cheers.)—Whafwas wanted, and what he hoped and trusted in God the country would have in the course of a few weeks, was a strong, a united, and an effi cient Administration.—(Repeated cheers.)—Until this ob ject was accomplished, nothing could be done with satisfac tion in that House. What he meant by a united and effi cient Administration was, an Administration capable of in suring the respect of Foreign Powers, the confidence of the House, and the affection of the People.—(Loud cheers.) — The present difficulties might be got over ; but without such an Administration as that which he had described, things would go on to a most alarming crisis—a crisis that he could not contemplate without dread, and that would create more dismay than any that had occurred within his recollection.—(Hear, hear, hear.)—He should not trespass any further on the House at present. He trusted that he had already said enough to convince them of the propriety of exerting their peculiar privilege ; and he should, there fore, now take the liberty of moving, " That the further Consideration of this Report be deferred until the Ist of May." On the question being put, _ Mr. Secretary CANNING roue, and, in a low tone of voice, spoke to the following effect:—However I may feel disposed to differ from the motion of the Right Hon. Gen tleman, and however I tray desire and hope to convince the House of the inaccuracy of his view of the case, and of the inexpediency, (not to say impropriety) of concurring in the vote which he has proposed for its adoption ; yet, Sir, I am, at the same time, perfectly ready to admit, on the part of his Majesty's Government, that neither my Right Hon. colleagues nor myself, have any reason to complain of any want of courtesy or forbearance exhibited by the Right Honourable Gentleman, who has just addressed the House, or by those who sit around him, since the sudden and la mented illness of my Noble Friend the Earl of Liverpool, and, in relation to that melancholy event, which has de prived the Administration of this country of its ostensible head. On the contrary, Sir, I willingly concede to the Right Hon. Member and his friends, the praise of having evinced the greatest moderation—the most exemplary forbearance--on this melancholy occasion, and the crisis which has grown out of it; and Irepeat, that neither Parliament nor his Majesty's Ministers can object to the course, which, up to the pre sent - moment, they have thought proper to pursue. Un doubtedly, Sir, there is an extent and a limit beyond which Hon. Gentlemen are not called upon to remain silent; and I do not differ from the Right Hon. Mover of this Resolu tion in the remark, that the force of circum s t ances , an d the lapse of time, may justify the House in an abandon ment of the principle upon which it has hitherto acted ; and authorise individuals to interfere who have as yet ab stained from interference in regard to this subject; the pa- , ravannt importance of which I am not the man to deny •--(Hear.)-13ut I do differ from the Right Hon. Coatle man on the subject of the proposition with which he has followed up his remarks. I should hope the Right Pen. Gentleman will, upon this occasion, admit, that those who, like my Right Hon. Friends and myself, have acted with the Noble Earl, and have enjoyed a nearer view of those great virtues, undoubted talents, and extensive acquirements, which my Noble Friend so eminently possessed ; qualities, the existence of which the Right Hon. Gentleman ad mits, and to which he has paid a tribute of admiration and respect; I trust it will be thought natural, that we, who were, of necessity, acquainted v :t'a the personal merits of my Noble Friend, more intimately than the Right Hon. Gentleman can have been—and who were, further, bound to him by the ties of time and long continued. friend , ship--I trust, Sir, it will not be considered matter of surprise, that - we should have felt great unwillingn ess to persuade ourselves--great difficulty in believing, dur ing the earlier period of that calamity which has be fallen my Noble Friend (and I will add the country), that all hopes of his recovery had expired. Sir, whatever the inconvenience which may have been experienced, in conse quence of this event, and the course we have adopted— whatever the impatience, which I agree with the Right Hon. Gentleman, in describing as growing out of the exist ing state of things --sure I am, that, if we have erred, it has been pardonably—if we have sinned, it was on the right side—for I can imagine nothing more painful to my Noble Friend—more disgraceful to us—than Lord Liver pool's awakening from his trance, and finding that his place had been made the object of precipitate haste, and intem perate ambition.—(Hear, hear, hear.)—l admit it is as difficult to assign the precise limits, within which delay should be circumscribed, as it is to specify the exact period to which it should extend ; but one thing is evident, that there are certain bounds, beyond which it ought not to he permitted to go. Of this, I can assure the House, that we have not suffered the time which has elapsed, to pass, without maturely weighing and deeply considering the subject. But in the first place, before proceeding further, I beg leave, here to assure the Right Honourable Gen tleman, and the House, that for this delay, we do take upon ourselves as complete and undivided a degree of responsibility, as for any other act of our administra tion—(Loud cheering)—and that, when I make use of his Majesty's name, for the purpose of alluding to the kind consideration and forbearance which he has manifest ed upon this occasion, I do not make use of it, in order to shelter myself under its protection, or through any desire to shift the responsibility from myself, or cast the slightest part of that weight, under which the whole Administration labours, upon any individual whatever, he he in the Cabinet or out of it. Sir, I can now tell the Right Hon. Gentleman that the delay which his taken place, and the reluctance which has been felt to nominate a successor to the Earl of Liverpool, is now at an end.— (Hear, hear, hear.)—His Majesty has been graciously pleased to direct a communication to be made to the imme diate connections of the Earl of Liverpool, stating that the period was expired, within which delay must he circum scribed ; and that the time had now arrived, when, with whatever pain to his Majesty, it became necessary to fill up the vacancy occasioned in the Cabinet, hy the calamity which had befallen my Noble Friend. Such is the com munication which the King ordered to be transmitted to the family of the Noble Earl ; and, sure I am, that it will afford great satisfaction -to the House—that it affords great satisfaction to us, who advised the Act--and that it afforded heartfelt satisfaction to his Majesty, who au thorized it—to know that the Noble Lord possessed suffi cient consciousness, on the arrival of the communication, to understand its nature, and appreciate its contents.! It is cer tainly matter ofself congratulation to my Right Hon Collea gues and myself to know that our Noble Friend is capable of understanding that his feelings have been respected, and that he enjoys the comfort, consolation, and happiness, to know it. Sir, under thele circumstances, I really think that the. House will not feel itself called on 'to affix to the Administration of the country that last stigma; which it is poisible for the last power of the House to inflict—l mean the stoppage of the supplies—(Cheers)—u'''oe it c'esuld be of opinion, that, in the course which We rave taken, it can trace other motives than those which I shall endeavour shortly to state, and which appear evidently enough on the very face of our conduct. Sir, when that dreadful cala mity, to which so much allusion has been made, befel the Administration and the country, there was ous great mea sure already prepared, and about to he brought under the consideration' of Parliament. It was a measure which had been looked for, and awaited, with an extraordinary degree of expectation: and impatience---I mean the measure onsthe subject of the Corn Laws. Would it have been wise, if it had been delicate, to postpone the consideration of that question, till a new Government should have been formed; having (as we fortunately had) not only the iuleantage of my Noble Friend's concurrence and advice on the inbject, but his high atithority;sisid the application othis' great talents, in the formation of the measure—a measure which would have been introduced in the other House of Parliament, had not the illness of my Noble Friend pre vented it, and which has now been only used in that House, in which the Earl of Liverpool, though he were in the en joyment of his full health and strength, could have taken no part in its discussion. From this, it is clear that the measure in question has gone through the House of Com mons without experiencing any inconvenience from the want of my Noble Friend's support or superintendence. And I put it to the House, whether, when we had only the choice of putting off the question till a new Admini stration should have been formed, (giving the Earl of Liver pool that reasonable time for recovery which all mankind must hare wished to be given), or the choice of proceeding precipitantly and indecently in the matter—whether, I say, we did not do better in rejecting these galling alternatives, 'and adopting a different, and, as I am ready to contend, wiser course, by proceeding so far as we have already dune, without reference to my Noble Friend's unhappy situation ?...S.( Hear, hear, hear.)—From the very begin. ning, we were determined, as soon as the measure, to which I have alluded, should have reached its last stage, in this House, to propose a postponement, for the express purpose to which the Right Honourable Gentleman has more particularly adverted—l mean the formation of an Administration. We contemplated the practicability and likelihood of getting the Bill through in the early part of the present week, but circumstances occurred to prevent it. However, that was the limit of time to which we had attempted to confine the duration of this in terval ; and, undoubtedly, the further continuance of it has led to the existing state of things, which makes it necessary to ask, not for all the supplies, but for such a sum, on ac count, as will enable us to carry on the public service until after the recess. Sir, it is not my intention to blame the Rieht Hon. Gentleman, because, in opposing the grants, he has thought proper to advert, more particularly, to, and criticise sornesof, the articles and items contained in them. When the time for such a discussion arrives, I shall evince no unwillingness to meet it. At the same time, I feel bound to say, that, in an expenditure, part of which is dis cretionary, and part of it fixed and definite, I have no power to compel the conscience of any man. Over many of the estimates I possess no controul ; but 1 do not hesitate to declare, that, to every part of our foreign expenditure, this year, the greatest attention has been paid ; and that in every article and item of discretionary expenditure, I have succeeded in making a diminution, which, upon the whole of the estimates will amount to about 10 per cent. This will be found when we go into the estimates, and I shall solicit the Right Honourable Gentleman's attention to the circumstance, when the opportunity arrives. Sir, I do not think this a fit opportunity to enter further into the discussion, towards which the Right Honour able Gentleman has pointed the way.—(Hear.)— And, I am quite sure, from the proximate cause of the delay which has been made the subject of complaint, and considering the difficulties in which we find ourselves unavoidably placed, and the feelings Which have been Uni versally generated on this subject, that it would be alike grat ing, ungracious, and unfeeling, to enter further into the details connected with the present question.—(Hear.)—Sir, I base my opposition to the Right Hon. Gentleman's view' of the case, on this ground ; because, although we have been placed in a most painful and difficult position, yet, between the two opposite alternatives of precipitate pro ceeding on the one hand, and the danger of piloducing greater delay on the other hand, we have selected that course which has for its foundation due delicacy and for bearance towards our Noble Friend, and a proper degree of respect for ourselves. lam satisfied that th e course we have taken is the right one.--(H em , hear.)—And thought I do not mean to deny that it has been atte n d e d with some inconvenience, y e t I am prepa re d t o m a i n t a i n , that it ought not to be met by a vote of a ki n d the m os t se vere which it is in the power of this House to come to--avote which strikes at the very basis of the Administration, inasmuch as it amounts to a withdrawing from it of the confidence of the House—(Cries of No, no, no. )—On the other side, by enabling Government to go on, and l e aving its operations un cramped, while it is necessary to ma ke the necessary arrange ments for filling up th e vacancy w hi c h has occurred in th e Cabinet, a more moderate and fairer course will be-pursued, (hear)se_by the adoption of which, I cannot believe th a t t h e House.will be precluded from e sercieing a sound judgment, and due discretion, in relation to the votes for the supplies, when they shall have come before it in a legitimate form. Hon..Membere cap then:take advantage of the opportunity which will be afforded for invemgating the nature of these .votes ; and,, when the proper period shall arrive, r'Pied,gs InYlelf.to be ready to meet such o bj ec ti ons aretraY'b 4 mc r " , eds and defend the votes connected with my depv.rtinent of the Government, and I may say the same on the part of my Right Hon. Colleagues. That the period for arranging these matters shall be as little protracted as possible, I wil lingly pledge myself; and, under these circumstances, the House being now assured - that the delay—(to which Ido not complain that the Right Hon. Gentleman had adverted, but, on the contrary, rather thank him for directing the attention of the House to its existence, beuause it has af forded me this opportunity of explaining my sentiments in relation to it. )—I say, Sir, the House being assured that the delay is at an end, one main object of the Right lion. Gentleman's address is answered, and I trust that he will not feel disposed to press his motion for deferring the consi deration of the Report. [The Right Hon. Gentleman sat down amid the loud and long continued cheering of the House.] Mr. TIERNEY observed, that the Right Hon. Gen tleman must have misunderstood his (Mr. T.'s) object,when he appeared to suppose that it was to obtain a rote of cen. sure on the conduct of Ministers. This was not his mo tive—but he thou!,ht, that as the supply was required to he granted on confidence, it was only reasonable that the House should know in whom that confidence was to be placed—otherwise it would be justified in refusing the grant. He could not see the difficulty of acceding to his motion, but if any proceeding of a more amicable kind were suggested, he should feel no objection to it. He was glad to hear that an Administration was in the high road to be formed. Mr. Secretary CANNlNG—Although I have only now made the declaration, which, I am happy to observe, ap pears to afford so much satisfaction to the Right Hon. Gentleman, yet, I can assure him, that I came clown to the House, on a former day, expecting the question, which he has this evening proposed, to he asked, and fully pre pared to answer it in the same manner as I have now done; however, as no opportunity occurred, the expla nation was nut then :given; but it was only because the question was not asked that it was not previously an swered. The question upon the amendment having been put, Mr. TIERNEY , in order to prove that he entertained no feelings of hostility towards Ministers, would abstain from dividing the House, on the express understanding that steps were in progress for the formation of an Admi nistration, and that the necessary arrangements should be made previous to the holidays. Mr. Secretary CANNING—I camot pledge myself to the accomplishment of what the Right Hon. Gentleman requires before the Easter recess. Mr. TIERNEY was placed in an awkward predica ment, and found that, although the Right Hon. Gentle man's communication relative to the formation of a Mini stry could have been made several days ago, yet that no time for its formation, was, as yet, fixed, and that we were still to be kept in abeyance on the subject of a Go vernment. His object was to make it felt, that, until the matter was settled, no further grant /should be given. To this course he was driven by the conduct of the Right Hon. Gentleman, and he (Mr. Tierney) could not help it. He had been only told that the matter was in course of proceeding, but had not been informed whether the pro cess was to he quick or slow. He repeated, that until an Administration was formed, in which confidence could be placed, they ought not to part with the public money, and persisted in his original intention, to take the sense of the House on the subject. ➢lr. W. WHITMORE looked with the greatest possi ble alarm upon the existing state of things, and deprecated the delay in the formation of a Ministry, and supported the motion of the Right Hon. Gentleman. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER admitted that the time had arrived when it was the duty of his Majesty's advisers to state to his Majesty their opinion that the public exigency required an arrangement to be made with respect to the individual to be placed at the head of the Government. It was necessary to call the attention of Hon. Gentlemen to the fact, that when, on Monday last, he had moved the Resolution, for a grant on account, be distinctly stated, that it was simply a vote, to enable whoeVer - Might - be Chancellor of the Exchequer, to carry on the Goveminent up to a certain period, and that there was no intention to call on the House to vote one shilling beyond this, which he felt to be necessary for conducting the pliblic service. He was prepared to admit, that if an attempt were made to vote more money, it would be the duty of Hon. Members to oppose it. The Right lion. Member having sat down, amid loud cries of " Question," strangers were ordered to withdraw, and a division took place, when there appeared— For the original motion • For the amendment BO Majority 73 The Report was brought up and agreed to, The House then resolved itself into a Committee on the WRIT OF RIGHT BILL. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL made some observations with respect to the present mode of trying a Writ of Right, and thought it should be altered. - Mr. Secretary PEEL agreed with the Learned Gentle man, and said that he had been called on by Knights, with their swords and spears, complaining of being summoned under his Jury Bill, which had nothing to du with the subject. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said, that the Bill now before the House proposed fixing the period of thirty years, and as there was no provision to protect infants and mar ried women, he proposed a clause, making that peried ope rative only after they became capable in law of maintaining an action. _ _ _ Th• ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, that the Bill wanted much to be licked into form, for it had none at present, and that he was greatly averse to that spirit of in novation, which of late had got the name of reform. Mr. FERGUSSON agreed with the Learned Gentleman (the Attorney-General) and thought that 40 years would be a proper limitation. He also opposed the clause re lating to conveyances. No reason had been, in his opinion, yet assigned, why 60 years was too long a period, Mr. BERNAL wished that some general system of re form in the monstrous system of our Property Law were adopted. He saw no reason why the term of sixty years shoeld not be reduced, and he thought that a period of twenty years would be, with common diligence, quite suf ficient for any man to assert his right to property. • Mr. BARING was favourable to a reform in the general system of property law, and particularly to a reduction of the time for pleading claim* to property. The expense of making out remote titles was a most ruinous one. He had himself bought a piece of ground from a poor woman, who had paid 150/. to establish her title to it. He thought that the term of 30 years, allowing for disabilities, would be quite sufficient. Mr. SHADWELL said, that by the Statute of Henry VIII., an allowance on account of disabilities was gi ven for the future, but that it was prospectively a nd no t retro spectively. The situation in which the country now stood was very different from its s t a t e in those days , for now the greatest facility was given for passing from one part of th e country to another, and th e communication with all pa r t s timew a was sore from t eaisxyt.y toO One irreasonthirty years, w hy was, that th e H ouse of he wished to c h ange the Lords, as a Court of E qu ity, had recently decided, in the Case of Lord Chuiuleigb, that relief should not he given after a lapse of twenty years. A Court of Law, therefore, ought not to. give relief after the expiration of 30 years ; and it was (It-Arable that the Courts of Law and of Equity should assimilate as nearly as possible? because, half the property of the country was in that state, that titles to it could hardly be procured, except in a Court of Equity. Mr. H. TWISS wished that some such measure as that proposed by his friend, the Solicitor-General, for the pro tection of Wants, and those Ivho ►ere not able to protect themselves might he introduced into the Bill• DAWSON thought it of the utmost importance to the country, that disputes about property should be settled. He wished that thirty years might be the period agreed upon. Mr. SHADWELL wished to have the Bill reprinted pro forma. The House then resumed, and the Report was ordered to be received on Monday next. SPRING GUNS BILL. It was then moved that the Spring Guns Bill be read a third time. Lord BELFAST (we believe) said it was not his inten tion to enter into this suhjeet. He would merely content himself with moving that the Bill be read a third time this (lay six months. Mr. AIONCK defended the Bill, which, he hoped, would be followed up by others of a similar character. The House then divided, when the numbers appeared— For the Amendment, 18 I Against it, 84 I Majority, 46. The Bill was then read a third time, and passed. TREATIES WITH FOREIGN STATES. om i a For pjr:o..: t o vyer,COrand 0, itbe r a s s i . t a . e • , 1 Mr. HUME said, it was his intention to bring before the H ouse the motion of whi c h he had given n o ti ce , v i e . of all tre a ti es at presen t i n f orce b etween hi s the King o f P or t u gal, and every f ore i gn state volving offensive and defensi ve a lli ance, peen nia on either side ;" but at the time h e gave such notice, he was not aware that there would have been any opposition to it. As, however, be n ow found that it wee intended to oppose it, he Would not press it forward. The Hon. Iklember was then about to enter into the merits of the motion, but was interrupted by Mr. Secretary CANNING, who observed, that if the Hon. Gentleman did not intend to press his It 1060”, it WO surely unnecessary for him to discuss its merit. Mr. HUME said, he certainly did not intend to press it , and would not, therefore, enter into the subject. The House adjourned at Half-past Eight o'Clock. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Constitutionnel of Tuesday.) Pa!us, iNiAucit 26.—M. Camacho, Minister Plenipo tentiary of the United States of Mexico has arrived at , Paris. He w as yester d ay rece i ve d b y t h e Mi n i ster o f F o -' reign Affairs. It is supposed that he intends to ask of M. de Villele why his Excellency has excluded from the official bulletin of the Exchange of Paris the Mexican Bond's, whilst the price of the Public Funds of Spain are inserted, though it dces not pay the interest of the loan which its Go vernment made five years ago. (From the Qztotidienne of Tuesday.) • Doubts have been raised to-day on 'Change respecting the disarming of the Portuguese Royalists. In consequence, the Etoile hastens this evening to announce, that according to letters from Madrid of the 19th, three of the Portu guese Chiefs had been committed to an escort of gens d'arines, to be conducted to the frontiers of France. The Etoile is not lucky in its falsehoods; every one knows that there are no gens-d'armes in Spain. (From the Quotidicnue of Wednesday.) Nets, MARCH 27.—We were informed some days ago of the approaching recall of the Duke de Villa Hermosa, the Spanish Ambassador at Paris. We did not wish to publish this news, on account of the grave consequencei which could not fail to ensue from it. Bat, since the Etoile has received orders to announce the departure of ' that Ambassador, and has endeavoured to turn away the attention of th e pu bli c f rom t h e true cause o f i t, our si , lence would henceforth be useless. 'We shall not say, as tile Etoile does, that this measure has been adopted, on account of a convention between Spain and England, rela tive to the debts due e to English subjects; but we shall says that the French Government having recalled its Anbas sedor from Madrid, without replacing him, the Spa nish Government has seen fit to follow the example. And we shall add, that a principal officiary of the Foreign Office of Spain is to replace M. de Villa Hermosa as Charge d'Affaires; in this way things will be arranged on an equal footing at Madrid and at Paris. To-morrour we shall discuss this subject at greater length, its impor tance is already perceived by all. (From the Etoile of Thursday.) PARIS, Matteis 28.—The Augsburgh Gazette gives, under the head of Odessa, news from Constantinople to the 2d March, which agree with those we extracted yesterday. When M. de Ribeaupierre went, on the 20th February, to visit the Ileis Effendi, he resolved not to subject himself to any troublesome etiquette.—[The Austrian Observer, in deed, says, that,he was accompanied only by an interpre ter.]—The correspondent of the Augsburgh Gazette adds, that M. de Ribeaupierre declared in that interview, not only that he approved of the proposals made by M. Min ziacky, on the nth February, simultaneously with Mr. S. Canning, but that these proposals must be previously ac cepted to become the basis of farther negociations. It is said, that the Russian Minister, after representing the dangers to which the Porte 'exposed itself, ended with pleading the cause of humanity. The Reie Effendi, who will not hear of any foreign intervention in the affairs of the Greeks, whom he calls rebellious subjects, probably cares little about humanity. But even allowing that the Greeks are rebels, how is a stop to be put to the sanguinary war fare carried on by the pirates, who have done such injury to the European Commerce in the Mediterranean? Six years' experience has proved that the Porte has not sufficient power to stop the insurrection, ,either by gentle means or by arms. It has closed the way against the first, by all kinds of violations of faith towards the Greeks ; and as for the second, setting aside its ac knowledged weakness, it would be too late, now that Russia, France, and England have made arrangements with the Greeks. T'fie conference is said to have lasted three hours. After M. de Ribeaupierre had exhausted all imaginable arguments, the Reis Effendi answered verbally, - by repeating what he had already said to M. de Minziaeky on the sth February, that the Porte could not admit of any foreign intervention in this affair, bat that the proposals of Russia and England should be laid before a great Divan. In consequence of this, an answer is expected, which had not been received on the 2d of March, either by M. de Ribeaupierre or Mr. Canning. Count de Guilleminot, the French Ambassador, declared in , writing, some days after the conference, the accession of France to the proposals of Russia and England, sad re ceived a similar answer. PARIS, Manem 28.—Count Ofatia has passed through Bayonne, on his way to Paris. The Lausanne Gazette states, from its private lettira from Ancona, that M. Constovallo had arrived in that city from Corfu. He announces, that private information had been received there that Karaiskaki, after having gained a new victory at Distonio, had marched against the camp of the Seraskier, who was still besieging Athena, and tkat he routed him so completely, that he was scarcely able to escape with a few horse----This news requires confirma tion. (From the Moniteur of Wednesday.) PARIS, RCH 27. —The Duke de la Rochefoucattlt, Peer of France, closed to-day, at five o'clock in the afternoon, his long career, at the age of 81 years. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BATH SPRING RACES. THOS. CA MACY, Esq. and Sir L. GLYNN, Bart. Stewards. ofAo;:e arshorsesol Sweepstakes n6evste.r o h f taivi l ri e O neg, x o sv v so s it. Sir. MARGERUM, Clerk of the Course. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8 AND 4. T s ed ‘ w - , The aean L,h Plate y s i t n h o o w ra p rc stakur SiA .a a dd r Sib. ; four, fist. 131 b. ; five, 9st. 51b. ; six and a ged, 9st. 91b. Mares and geldings allowed sib. Heat s one mile. Jockey riders. Mr. Sweatman's h. c. by L'Orient, 2 years old ,Jr. Isaac Day's Young Zuleika, 4 years old Mr. Upton's b. m . Sl ut, by Waxy Pope, 5 years old Mr. Brice's b. g. Gaslight, 4 years old Mr. Jones's b. c. Grecian, by Euston, 2 years old The BATII STAKES.-A Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, with a Purse added, for horses not thorough bled, never having won. Two years old, 6st. bOlb. : three, 9st. 71b. ; four, 10st. 71b. ; five, 11st. Sib. ; six and aged. I Ist. 101. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. Heats about a mile and a quarter. Gentlemen riders. Mr. Codrington's br. g. Salt Fish, by President, aged Mr. White's c. f. by Milesius, 4 years old Mr. Hicke's b. in. by Claymore, 6 years old Mr. John Bayly's e. g. H a rper, 5 years old Mr. John Thorne's b. nr. Sidbury LEVIS, 4 years old Mr. Gough's b. In. Duchess, aged Mr. Wrexworthy's b. g. Robin Hood, 4 years old. A PIECE or PLATE, given by *be Members of the Graf ton Club, to be run for by horses not thorough -bred. Three years old, 9st. 31b. ; four, 10st. 31b. ; five, 1 Ost. 101 b. six, 1 Ist. 31b. ; and aged, list. bib. Heats, about a mile and a quarter. Entrance 2 guineas each, and to be given to the second horse ; gentlemen riders. The YEOBLANRY PLATE of 50 Pounds, given by the Officers of the Bath Troop ; entrance, one Sovereign each, for horses bona fide the property of and ridden by any Member of the Troop. Three years old, l Ost ; four, lOst. 51b. ; five, list. Alb. ; six and aged, 12st. The entrance money • to _ b e given to the second horse. Heats, one mile and a half. The winner to be sold for '7O guineas, if de manded in the usual way, The CLARET STASES, of 10 Sovereigns each, for horses not thorough-bred ;to carry llst. 716. each. Half-mile heats ; gentlemen riders. The LADIES' SILVER Cur, added to a Sweepstakes of 2 Sovereigns each, for horses not thorough-bred. Three years old, 9st. 31b. ; four, 10st. 31b. ; five, 10st. 101 h. ; six, 1 Ist. 31b. ; and aged, list. 51b. ; mares and geld.. . ings allowed 31b. Any horse having woo before the day of naming, to carry 101 b. extra. Heats. about one mile and a quarter ; gentlemen riders. The HUNTERS' SWEEPSTAKES,, of 10 Sovereigns each, for horses not thorough bred, never having won before the day of naming ; that have been regularly hunted with any established pack of fox-hounds. Four years old, I Ost. 71b.; five, 11st. 71b. ; six, 11 st. 121 b. ; and aged, 12st. Heats. one mile and a half; gentlemen riders. A HACKNEY SweersTaxes of 3 Sovereigns each, with a Purse added; to carry 1 Ist. each. Any horse having previously won to carry 141 b. extra. O ne m il e h ea t s ; gentlemen riders- l The winner t o b e sold for 40 sovereigns, if demanded in t he usual tray, A SWREYSTAKIES I,OR Pounts of 2 Sovereigns each, with a 'l ime a dded ; not exceeding 13 hands one inch high, catch weights. One mile heats. IILFEE. 10.. —C O TTON. —The busin ess d a ri n g the l‘, v ° e ll ek '' has been quite extensive. In the early part of the week the middling and lower qualities were purchwed up very freely. For the last two days the better aorta . were in more request, and the sales have been principally, ' at about 9 cents. The market not qUite so brisk as yes-. ,- terday, prices may be quoted 9i- to 9 1 1- cents. Choieelits commanded more : we have heard of no sales under F; cents. Arrived this week 5161 bales ; previously