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et trti Nbition SUN 'OFFICE, Seven o' SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TRE EVEN/NC PAPERS OF THIS DAT. GLOBE.—If parties were to be judged of only by their outward acts, there might perhaps be some ground for surprise, and in some quarters even for dis appointment, at there being no more difference than is shown in debate, bet Ween the measures suggested by Lord John Russell and those which the present Mi nistry seem willing to adopt. But the same measure may have a different meaning and a very different effi cacy in different hands ; and this is specially the case in our dealing with a people alienated from us as the Irish are by a long course of ill-usage, and who, in looking at any measure of redress falling short—as all measures now to be proposed by any party must fall short—of their present demands, will view it in a very different light, accordingly as it comes from those who have ever been more ready to repress than to relieve, or from those who have always done for them as much as they were allowed to do—little, perhaps, as the Irish may think that to be. It is undoubtedly through the hands of the Tories that the injustice of this country towards Ireland, to use the eloquent expression of Mr. Sydney Smith, has hitherto passed, with very little show of reluctance or regret, to mitigate the tenor of its severity; and though we may give to the Tories of the present day, or at any rate to the better part of them, full credit for a wish to repair the wrongs done by their predecessors, yet to employ them in the work of reconciliation of Ireland, which is at present the great business and the first duty of England, is very much as if, in attempting to make up an old quarrel with a neighbour, we sent to him, as a mediator, one between whose family and his there had been, from tither to son, a feud for many g enerations. But the Tories of th e p resent generation ave, as regards Ireland, something more than the sins of their fathers to answer for. Disclaim and disguise it as they will, it is not the less true, that whatever there is in England—and there is much of anti-Catholic and anti- Irish feeling—we might almost say, whatever there is in this country of disaffection towards Ireland, is to be found in their rank a chief element, at the same time, of their strength as a party,' of their weakness and in capacity as R. Government. The better and wiser portion among them may regret the existence of with a spirit, may even lament most bitterly the violence and indiscretion of its occasional outbreaks ; but there it is in the midst of them, thwarting their good intentions and tainting all their coun sels ; and where it cannot mar their purposes in the conception, raising up between their fulfilment and the Irish people, he still cherished the remembrance of past oppression. This it is that in so great a degree unfits the whole party for the task of mediation ; and in this sense it was both fair and pertinent, in Lord J. Russsll, to remind the House, as he did in this debate, of the very " untoward" speech of the present Lord Chan cellor. It is all very well to say that the words have been explained, and that the explanation or apology, such as it was, has been deemed sufficient, and accepted, we suppose, on behalf of the Irish people, by both Houses of Parliament. All this may be true enough, and, as re gards Lord Lyndhurst himself, it might be unfair, after this, to charge him with any peculiar bitterness against any- who may differ from him in religion or in race. But the question still remains, what is the impres sion which the words made, and still make, upon the Irish people? The insulted nation, for it was an in salt, is perhaps entitled to require some better atonement than that sort of apology which passes current in Parlia ment ; and the Irish people, in particular, may be ex tamed for its reluctance to place either its honour or its interest in the hands, at any rate, of the present House of Commons. On the same grounds, even the various sallies of Mr. Bradshaw, uttered as they were to the ears of an applauding constituentcy, were not altogether unworthy of notice; for to the Irish such things appear 'but as a specimen of the manner in which the suffrages of Englishmen may be won, and such things, in truth, blotches as they are upon the otherwise fair and smooth face of Toryism, betray but too surely the existence of the bad humours within. For all this, it is the present pleasure of Englishmen that the Irish as well as them selves should be governed by Tories, and it remains only for us to consider in what way they have dealt, and are likely to deal, with this great difficulty. The present debate contains their defence up to the present time, and a snore suicidal defence than that put forth by their great advocate. Sir J. Graham, we think we never saw. STANDARD.—The trial of the Irish prosecutions in . the House of C ommons bid s f a i r to r i val in tedious ness the process which is the subject of scrutiny. Al ready six nights have been consumed without, appa rently, the slightest progress towards an end ; but with this consolation, that the Whig speeches become steadily snore shallow and more' stupid, and therefore less mischievous as they proceed. We doubt whether (to borrow the Greek phrase) even " the brazen bowels" of a Tipperary fanatic could secrete all the poison diffused through the capita mortua of Mr. Benjamin Hawes and Sir Thomas Wilde's drowsy labours of last night. Mr. Ilawea is very angry with her M a jesty' s Mi n i s t ers for h av i ng done nothing for Ireland, in two years and a half that they have been in office ; but men with more knowledge and better memories than Mr. Hawes, will be of opinion that her Majesty's Ministers have done a great deal for Ireland within their period of office, short as it has been. First, they have obviated the rebellion threatened by Mr. Hawes and his friends, as the inevevitable consequence of the dismissal of the late Government, and which, to say truth, the late Government had done its best to prepare for whatever Administration should follow it. Now this is surely doing something for Ireland ; a rebellion is no jesting matter, and therefore, as far Ireland is conce ned, Ministers have done much. But in this affair they have done a good deal for Eng land and Scotland, as well as Ireland, for they have shown that the fear of an Irish rebellion, by which it was attempted to rivet a mischievous and odious Ad ministration upon the empire, is a vain bugbear. But, cry the philosophers of the Hawes school, some thing ought to have been done for Ireland. Now, the answer to this trash is that—besides, that the state in which the late Government left Ireland, by their own confession, ripe for rebellion, is not that in which measures of any kind can be tried with the best prospect of success—lreland, like England and Scot land, has been doing something for herself, and doing it very effectually, for the social condition of the country is improving with a rapidity perfectly as tonishing. The fewer somethings from without by which that process of improvement shall be inter rupted, the better for the country. The political tinkers, who always make two holes while they badly stop one, have been hitherto the curse of the country, and the highest praise to any Irish government will be, that it abstains from tinkering. Nobody has for centuries said that something must be done for England or for Scotland ; or, if any one has said so, he has been laughed at, and therefore England and Scotland have done very well for themselves ; com pelled to submit to the law, when disposed to be restiff, and therefore in the end reconciled to it, and even fond of it.. So it will be with Ireland, if only the something mongers be put to silence or disregarded, as there is good hope they soon ma y b e . Th e I r i s h G overnmen t has, however, done something more than obviate the present rebellion threatened—it has extinguished the seeds of future agitation and of ultimate rebellion, by extirpating the Repeal Association, for extirpated it is though the name survives. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SFEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. Mr. LOWTHER brought in the Leeds and Selby Railway Bill, which was read a first time. Sir J. EASTIIOPE brought up the Epsom and South Western Branch Railway Bill, which was read a first time. The Hartlepool Dock and Harbour Bill was read a second time. Mr. DUNCOMBE presented several petitions from Yorkshire and Durham in favour of agricultural pro tection. Mr. ORD presented a petition from the Free School Society of Newcastle-on-Tyne, against any increase in the military establishments of the country. NORWICH RAILWAY. Mr.WODEHOUSE brought up the Report of the Committee on the NOrwieh and London Railway. BIRKENHEAD IMPROVEMENT BILL. The Report on the Birkenhead Improvement Bill was brought up. NOTICES OF MOTION.—COUNTY CORO NERS' BILL. Mr.. C. BERKELEY gave notice that, in .Cem rnittee on the County Coroners' Bill, he should move to omit clause 20, granting to county coroners one shilling per mile as travelling expenses. SEPARATION OF MOTHER AND CHIL- DREN. Mr. FERRAND gave notice that in Committee on the Poor-law Bill he should move the insertion of a clause, enacting that it should not be lawful to separate children under seven years of age from their mothers, provided the mothers resided 'in the same workhouse with the children; and that mothers should at all times have free access to their children in workhouses. CASE OF MR. POWELL. Mr. CALEB POWELL moved for the production of the correspondence and all documents issued by the Lord Chancellor of lrelrnd, in which the Lord Chancellor stated his reasons for the removal of Mr. Powell from the commission of the peace for the county of Limerick.—Agreed to. TURNPIKE TRUSTS. Lord EBRINGTON gave notice that, on the in troduction of the Turnpike Trusts Bill, he should call the attention of the House to the hardship s in flicted upon the holders of poll deeds, by the exemption from toll of carriages purporting to carry letters, and that he should introduce a clause for the purpose of remedying that grievance. PENSIONS. Mr. WILLIAMS moved an address to her Ma jesty, that she will be graciously pleased to give di - I' SPAVittitps that an account be laid before this House of ries,pensi all pe ons, profits,. pay, fees, emoluments, or allowance of public money, held and en \ ruins between the sth day of January, ,)41 ritt- ATV THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1844. 1842, and the sth day of January, 1843, the total amount of which shall exceed one thousand pounds ; specifying with each name the total amount received by each individual, and distinguishing th , various sources from whence the same are derived.—Agreed to. COUNTY CORONERS' BILL. On the Order of the Day for the second reading of the County Coroners' Bill being read, After a few words from Mr. Humz and Mr. PACK ING TON, Mr. WILLIAMS protested against the principles of this Bill. It was similar to the one which had been brought forward last year, and so properly altered in the other House. An attempt had been made to raise the mileage from ninepence to eighteen pence, but it was eventually settled at one shilling per mile. He thought the remuneration given to coroners was too great, for he knew one county in which thousands of pounds would be expended in the contest for the coronership. In its present state he should most decidedly vote against the second reading of this Bill. Mr. C. BERKELEY hoped the Hon. Gentleman would not divide the House upon the second reading of this Bill.—(Hear, hear.) He thought the present discussion ought to be confined to the Committee.— (Hear, hear.) There was but one clause in the Bill which related to the increase of mileage to coroners, and he (Mr. Berkeley) had given notice of his inten tion to move the omission of that clause. Captain PECHELL thought it would be much better to postpone the Bill to a future day. Lord J. RUSSELL said that, considering the im portance of the adjourned debate, he thought the better course to pursue would be to postpone this Bill for the present. He could not see why the Hon. Gentleman should object to that course. Mr. PACKINGTON could assure the Noble Lord that he had no wish to throw any impediment in the way of the important debate to which the No ble Lord had alluded ; but he had expected when he moved the second reading of this Bill, that there would be no opposition to this stage of the Bill. Mr. WAKLEY thought the Hon. Gentlemen who had opposed this Bill had not read it.—(Hear, hear.) But he supposed that they were privileged in that respect. The present Bill was merely for the pur- Eon of reducing the expense of electing coroners. raveiybody knew that the present mode of electing coroners was a disgrace to the kingdom. The poll, when once opened, was obliged to be kept open for ten days, and it would be illegal to close it before that time. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Wednesday, the 6th of March. HORSE-RACING PENALTIES SUSPENSION BILL. Mr. HORSMAN asked the Hon. and Learned Member for Bute if the Bill relating to the penalties on horse-racing was of such a pressing nature as to interpose before the Order of the Day for the ad journed debate. This was the second time it had done so. Mr. J. S. WORTLEY said the Bill was of a very pressing nature as some of the actions were being commenced at the assizes. He should, therefore, move that the Speaker do leave the Chair. After a few words from Mr. CHRISTIE, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that if the Hon. Gen tleman was to make the Bill at once what it ought really to be—a private and personal Act to exempt certain Noble Lords and Gentlemen from cer tain penalties to which they had subjected themselves in consequence of their ignorance of the law, he would find no difficulty in getting it passed. His own opinion was, that they were fairly entitled to this indemnity, and there were many instances upon record where indemnity in similar cases was granted. Mr. HORSMAN said if the Bill were really press ing, then he was sure there were many members who would support the Hon. and learned Member; if it were not pressing, surely it was a fit subject for con sideration whether the delay now sought should not be conceded. Mr. CHRISTIE said, it might conduce to the convenience of the House, if he stated that the decla rations in these actions were only delivered two or three days ago, and that they would not come on for trial at the Surrey Assizes ; therefore, there was no necessity for thus pressing on the Bill. If the Hon. and Learned Gentleman would postpone the Bill for this evening, every facility would be given to him hereafter. Mr.WORTLEY said he was sorry he could not ac cede to the wish of the Hon. Gentleman. Proceedings were at present going on in these actions as rapidly as poisible for the purpose of accumulating costs, and he knew that two of them were ready for trial one at the coming Surrey, the other at the York assizes. Under these circumstances, and recollecting the difficulty there might be in hereafter bringing this matter before the House, with the mass of other subjects coming before it, he did trust that no further delay would be insisted on. Mr. CHRISTIE must say then, as no delay would be conceded, that he should proceed to move the in struction of which he had given netice.—(Cries of "Spoke, spoke," " Chair, chair.") The SPEAKER declared that the Hon. Gentle man, having previously addressed the House on this subject, had forfeited his eight to move his in structiOn.—(Hear, and a laugh.) Mr. HUME said the Bill now before the House had been altered according to the propositions made, the other night, froth his side of the House. It was now, in fact, a Bill simply to stay proceedings. The promoters of the Bill having fairly met them, and carried their wishes into effect, he for one could be no party to the present opposition.—(Cheers.) Mr. BRIGHT said, as his Hon. Friend (Mr. Christie) was debarred moving his instruction, he should take upon himself to do so. He begged to move that it be an instruction to the Committee to extend the provisions of the Bill to all proceedings of common informers under the authority of any penal statute. Mr. CHRISTIE would' second the instruction he could not propose. And he did so because he thought the measure as now before the House was to throw a protection round a few individuals, which, if desirable at all, ought to be extended to every class. He could not, nor would not, recognise any distinc tion between small bets made by persons in an humble station of life, and larger ones by the aris tocracy and richer classes, neither could he distinguish the difference between horse-racing and any other species of gaming. lie was so convinced in his opi nions upon this subject, that he should offer the strongest opposition to this bill. The most eminent judges of the land had decided, that under the penal statue of Queen Anne the sport of horse•racing was included, and Baron Rolfe had pronounced a similar decision in the Court of Exchequer no later than the term before last. It had been stated by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman who introduced this Bill that , the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn (Lord George Bentinck) was one of the parties intended to be relieved by the Bill. In making that statement, he said that the Noble Lord was entirely ignorant of the law against which he had offended: No such statement however had been made by the Noble Lord himself. If the No ble Lord were to say so, of course it was needless for him (Mr. Christie) to say that he should place im plicit confidence in the statement; but he must say that, under the circumstances, that which had b een stated by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman (Mr. Wort- ley) ought to be confirmed by the Noble Lord himself. He asked the House to alter the Bill so that the peo ple whom it was desired to benefit should be relieved by the just application of a general Bill ; and his great object in supporting the instruction was in the hope of superseding all other such proceedings as might be instituted by common informers. Such informations for penalties ought, in his opinion, never to be allowed, except originated by the clerk of the peace or some other public officer. He wanted a broad, general, just, and impartial ap plication of a wholesome principle, and that legisla tion in that House sho u ld no t be for individuals but for the whole people. Mr. C. BERKELEY would yield to no man in his desire to extend every protection to the sport s o f the poor, as well a s th e rich.—(Hear, hear.) The Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Christie) said the other evening, that if they passed this Bill, then they would be legislating for a class only. He had offered to support the instruction of the Hon. Gentleman, provided he would consent to engraft on it a pledge to extend the provisions of the Bill to all statutes which relate to the sports of the people. He now, therefore, gave the Hon and Learned Gentle man (Mr. Wortley) notice that, on bringing up of the report of the Bill, he should move a clause to that effect. Mr. HUTT said, that within the last few years, no less than five or six bills of a similar character and principle to the one now before the House had been brought in and passed without a dissentient voice from Hon. Members on either side. If the Hon. Member for Manchester and others had not opposed (as he had not) these measures at the time of their passing, it was rather remarkale they should now set their faces so strongly against an ex post facto law which was quite as just and necessary as any of those entertained by the House on former occasions. He regretted exceedingly that he was compelled to dissent from those for whom he felt personally so much r es p ec t ; b ut st ill h e t h oug h t some of his Ii on. Friends were influenced more by prejudice than cool judgment. After a few words from Mr. MANWAIRING and Captain Colonel VYacIIHAME, LL rose amid much confusion and loud cries of " Divide, divide," an d said, as well as w e could cat c h his words, that h e was sure there were many Hon. Gentlemen near him who would wish to hear the Hon. and Learned Gentleman op 'Ate and the Noble Lord wro h a d b rought in the Bill express their opinion on the matter before the House would proceed to a division. Mr. WAKLEY entirely disagreed from the Hon. and Learned Member for Gateshead, who had com pletely mistaken the nature of the present Bill. Its object was to frustrate the designs of certain parties, who were sueing others for the very acts which they themselves had committed. (LEFT SPEAKING.) COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) FRASER v. BAGLEY.-CRIM. CON. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) After the examination of several other witnesses, the Court adjourned till to-Morrow, when Mr. Thesiger will reply on behalf of the plaintiff. It was near seven o'clock when the Court adjourned. . languid and suffering, remained in a corner alone, and could not be persuaded to mix with the others. Whether this was ill-temper or illness I could not discover. She was the last purchase, and, therefore, the favourite. She had been lately confined, and nursed her child, but refused to show it. Two others were enceinte, and, between the standing and the fasting, were pale as death, and almost fainted. Nothing can be harder than the situation of these unfortunate women, never permitted to stir out; for I discovered they had only been allowed to breathe the open air twice in the year. The Seraskier told me he once took them to the Sweet Waters of Asia, and was amused at my expressive look of horror at such confinement. I could not help pitying their fate, all living together, quar relling and jangling for the Pacha's favour, " a qui it jeterait le mouchoir." I did not count the children, but I think there were not less than twelve. One beautiful little girl, with large, bright blue eyes, like her fair mother, whose robe she held fast, was dressed in a pink and green vest, with a jacket lined with sable. With this exception they had all dark eyes and eyebrows; most of them had bad teeth, and nothing is more disgusting than their bare feet, the nails being, like their fingers, deeply dyed with henna.—Marchio ness of Londonderry's Narrative. STREET^CLEANSING ENGINE.—An engine for sweeping the streets has been tried for some days in Cheap side and Fleet-street, and the result appears to be quite satis factory. An extract from the prospectus, published by the patentee, will explain its properties and its merits; and, as far as this goes, those who saw its performance yesterday Must admit the truth of what is asserted :—" The engine is simply and effectively constructed ; is enclosed in a case open only at the bottom part of it, to enable the brushes to come in contact with the street or road, se that neither dust nor dirt can escape from it. The mud or dirt is discharged into a receiving truck travelling in front of the engine ; the truck when filled is easily detached and drawn away to the laystall proceeds on its w or k w ith ou t th e d e l ay o f or shute ; another empty truck is instantly atta c hed t o th e l i n the street with th e rece i ver w h en i t requ i res to be it fro nn p 'v t i i l ec irc i l : thus the engine remains constantly at its work. This is a distinguished and most important feature of this engine." Letters from St. Petersburgh, of the 30th ult., announce the promulgation of an ukase, declaring that the Roman Catholic clergy, of the western provinces of the em pire, should be paid in future by the State. They are also to be divided into five classes : the pastors included in the first are to receive £lOO per annum, and those of the last:.£37. ""' HYDROPATILY IN FRANCE.--Upon an application being made to the French Government for permission to open an hydropathic establishment in Paris, the Government referred the subject to the French Academy for their opi nion. The 'following are the conclusions to which the Academy arrived after mature consideration-1. That hydro pithy is a dangerous therapeutical method which does not rest on facts ; 2, that its theory is chimerical; 3, that it is in disaccord "with our chemical and pathological doctrines ; 4, that the Academy cannot in any way approve of it ; 5, that the use of cold water has been long in the domain of medicine submitted to rules. EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE.—It will be recol lected that a soldier of the name of Fosey, belonging to the depot of the 48th Regiment, now in garrison in this island, was, on. the 20th of January, tried and convicted before the Royal Court, for having committed a violent assault on the highway, on the evening of the Ist of that month, and was thereupon sentenced to an imprisonment of two months. It appears that his Excellency, the Lieutenant-Governor, disapproving of this sentence, represented the matter to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, and in conse quence of .such representation a free pardon was obtained from the Queen. The pardon, under her Majesty's sign manual, addressed to the Lieutenant-Governor, and the keeper of the gaol, was, it is understood, received in Guernsey this morning, and in consequence his Excellency, in full uniform, accompanied by Major M'Cleverty, commanding the 48th depot, Major Bainbrigge, Fort Major, and Mr. W. Brown, the Government Secretary, presented himself at the gaol, at noon (at a moment, be it observed, when it was well known that all the civil authorities were attending the funeral of a deceased magistrate), with the Queen's pardon in his hand, and demanded the immediate liberation of Fossey. Mr. Barbet, the gaoler, unaccustomed to documents of this nature, said that he could not liberate the man with out the order of the Court by whom jie had been com mitted. The General hereupon told Mr. Barbet at his peril to refuse instant obedience, and desired him to give him the keys of the prison, telling Mr. Barbet that he ought to know that the Queen's order was paramount to any local authority. Mr. Barbet, however, still hesitated, and sent out to find some of the officers of the court for their advice ; upon which his Excellency ordered Major Bainbrigge to go to Fort George and bring down the troops to force the gaol ? Major Bainbrigge im mediately departed upon his mission, when Mr. Barbet, considering that he was not required to make any further difficulties in the face of the threatened exercise of force, delivered Fossey to the Lieutenant-Governor, who handed him over to Major M'Cleverty - , his commanding officer, and the whole party then left the gaol, and the advance of the troops was countermanded. Fossey, before quitting, ad mitted in the hearing of several persons, that he was guilty of the crime for which he had been tried and imprisoned.—. Guernsey Star, Feb. 15. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, FEB. 19, 1844. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. William Stevenson to the charge and office of First Minister of the Church and parish of South Leith, in the presbytery of Edin burgh, vacant in consequence of the resignation of the Rev. Peter APAlorland, late First Minister thereof. The Queen has also been pleased to present the Rev. Dougald Campbell to the church of Portnahaven, in the parish of Kilchoman, in the presbytery of Isla and Jura and shire of Argyll, vacant by the transportation of the Rev. Colin Hunter, late Minister thereof, to the church and parish of Kilninver, in the presbytery of Lora. MEMORANDUM, FEB. 17.—Her Majesty has been graci ously pleased to approve of the Leicestershire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry being designated by the title of " The Prince Albert's Own." Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia—Capt. Nir M. H. H. Beach, Bart , to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice W. B eac h, resigned; R. A. F. Kingscote, Esq., to be Captain, vice Sir M. H. H. Beach, prometed, Feb. 10. BANKRUPTS. RICHARD BECKLEY, grocer, North Audley-street, Hanover-square, to surrender F e b. 27 at two, and March 29, at one, at the C ourt of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Jones, Gray's Inn-square. RICHARD LAWRENCE STURTEVANT, soap manu facturer, Church-street, Bethnal-green, March 4, at eleven, and March 29, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Watson and Sons, Bouverie-street, Fleet -street. WILLIAM GEORGE ROWLEY, High-street, Deptford, at half-past eleven, at the CourtColeman street ; Buchanan , Basinghall-street. MBr o l f , aßatta half-pastneklervuepntc; Bankruptcy. t t id wGe A lry p aeh r , i am l , otpcial ISAAC LUMLEY, victualler, C ornwa l l-road, 2, and April " nesiagteele Lambeth, eleven, at the Court Feb 29, at Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry clambers ' • Parnell and Tanquer a y, N ew Broad-street. THOMAS BRYSON, commission agent, Addle-street, City, March 1, at two, and 29th, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, o ffi ci a l assignee, Al:church !ane ; Turner and Hensman, Basing-lane, Cheapside. JOHN CARR PETRIE, mill er , B edlington, Durham, March 8, at twelve , and April 1 5, at one, at th e Newcastle .t: r Baker, saitiatpe Inn,le B effi rn e s i h al f 0 r a assignee. London;i gpnee Devonshire, hna N s t e ior w n: e at the E xe t er Di str i ct C ourt. : u m ! ' asTootrrnl THOMAS New castle-upon-Tyne e n Aa s p T d s w2 u t 7 e r E i : c t s L a Tt e C° a ß d E u b riNtt eleven, Hertzel, official assignee , Exeter ; Stogd on , E xe t er ; an d Keddell and Co. , Lime - s t reet , London. , carpenter, Bi rm i ng h am , March Court. SS,aIiGLAZ EBROOKteIe eleven, and March 22, at one, at the Birmingham District alpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Heb bert, Birmingham. RICHARD DAVENPORT, jun., plumber, Birmingham, March 2, at twelve, and March 30, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Reece, Birmingham. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. T. and J. Jackson, bobbin turners, Ashton-under-Lyne. T. Gregory, chemist, Macclesfield, Cheshire. E. Edmundson, shoemaker, Blackburn, Lancashire. E. Bird, attorney-at-law , Harstridge, Somerset hire. S. Nicholls, excavator, Kensall-green. C. Hughes, plumber, Seaforth, Lancashire. J. Roberts, farmer, Gisburn, Yorkshire. R. Pettinger, jun., machine maker, Hatfield, Yorkshire. W. Grace, carver and gilder, Wakefield, Yorkshire. H. Jenkins, carrier , Tonbridge-wells. FFT.: C C R :e lbn e °ts y t, dancing-master, Brighto n . Great Burstead, E ssex . C. Johnson, toy importer , Gloucester-terrace, Mile-end. L. Smith, blacksmith , Burwood - mews, Edgeware-road. R. W. Mapowder, Dawlish , Devonshire. Collins, c oachman, Great Scotl an d- yar d . rmer, H. Steer, tallow chandler, Kingsbridge, Devonshire. F. Jarrald, bricklayer, Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk. T. A. Byrne, book-keeper, West Derby, Lancashire. J. Clayton, cooper, White Hart-street, Kennington. T. Martindale, clerk, Bury-street, Bloomsbury. J. Edis, clerk, Crescent-place, Bridge -street, Blackfriars. J. Woods, baker, Cohibrook, Buckinghamshire. T. B. Jepson, grocer, Manchester. H. Williams, shopkeeper, Newborough, Anglesey. R. Wightwick, carpenter, Maidstone, Kent. R. Humble, assistant draper, Glossop, Derbyshire. J. Burge, jun., tailor, -Weston-super-Mare, Somersetshire. F. Randle, grocer, Dudley, Worcestershire. C. Wright, victualler, Shipston on Stour, Worcestershire. E. Sawyer, trader, L ong Crendon, Buckinghamshire. SECOND NOTICES. W. Cock, jun,, bookbinder, Maidstone, Feb. 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. H. P. Knight, hair-dresser, Great Surrey-street, Black friars-road, Feb. 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. H. Webb, carpenter, Melina-place, Westminster-road, Feb. 26, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee. J. Holmes, proprietor of a boarding school, Tottenham, Middlesex, March 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. E. Casement, carpenter, West-street, Bermondsey, Feb. 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. R. J. Reynolds, horse dealer, Wallis-yard, Pimlico, Feb. 26, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, of ficial assignee. J. Turner, whitesmitb, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Feb. 24, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee. J. Senior Thornhill Lees, Yorkshire , Feb. 24, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee. F. Shaw, bum dealer, Rotherham, Yorkshire, Feb. 24, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee. J. Baxter, weaver, Linthwaite, Yorkshire, Feb. 26, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee. M. Brook, grocer, Halifax, Yorkshire, Feb. 26, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee. W. Wills, vessel bawler, Swillington, Yorkshire, Feb. 24, at eleven, at the Leeds District . Court. Hope, official astignee. B. Rhodes, cloth maker, Pudsey Far-town, Yorkshire, Feb. 26, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee. J. Whitaker, beer seller, Halifax, Yorkshire, Feb. 26, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee. C. Twist, railway porter, Leeds, Feb. 26, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee. G. Perry, beer retailer, Bilston, Staffordshire, Feb. 28, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee. A. Akeroyd, coal leader, Ads; alton, Yorkshire, Feb. 26, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee. W. Williams, tinman, Llaerwst, Denbighshire, Feb. 27, at one, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee. J. Charles, master mariner, Perth, Cornwall, March 6, a t one, at the Exet er Di str i ct C ourt. Hernaman, official assignee. G. Salter, licensed victualler, Tipton, Staffordshire, Feb. 23, at half-past one, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee. DIVIDENDS. At the Ccurt of Bankruptcy, Basinglall-strebt. R. C,llier, draler, Hythe, Kent, March 12, at one—R. Noyes, plumber, New Church-street, Lisson-grove, March 14. at eleven—A. Jopp, insurance broker, Cornhill, March 14, at eleven—A. Wales, wood splitter, Spring-street, Shadwell, March 12, at twelve—T. Weldon, tailor, Holles-street, Ca vendish-square, March 13, at half-past two—J. H. Butter worth, victualler, Leadenhall-market, March 13, at two. In the Country. J. Graham, jun., spirit merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne March 19, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—Jh. Foster, in. Foster, and W. Foster, bankers, Car lisle, Cumberland, March 14, at eleven, at the Newcastle- upon- Tyne District Court—R. Bowlby, scrivener, Bishop Wear mouth, Durham, March 12, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon- Tyne District Court—W. Dunnett, commission agent, Man ehester, March 12, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court —J. Buxton, builder, Manchester, March 12, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—l. Mason, miller, Harford, De vonshire, March 19, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—R. T. Abbott and A. T. Tebbitt, tea dealers, Birmin4 , - ham, March 13, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court—J. Clarke, R. Mitchell, J. Philips, and T. Smith, bankers, Leicester, March 13, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court—J. Singleton, wire drawer, Aston, Warwick shire, March 15, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. I CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. A. Scott, auctionneer, Cambridge.-street, Golden-square, March 14—J. Whipple, stay manufacturer, Crown-street, Finsbury, March 12—J. Turner, cabinet maker, Grange place, Hoxton, March 14—A. A. N ewman , saddler, High street, Whitechapel, March 12—J. Abbott, builder, Amwell street, March 12—A. Blazdell, harp maker, Upper Charlotte street, Fitzroy-square, March 14 —W. Pearson, draper, Chelmsford, March 13—J. Wheatley, livery-stable keeper, Kennington-cross, Lambeth, March 14-1-1. H. Fisher, tailor, Bury-street, St. James's, March 21—T. Pottinger, merchant, Austin-friars, City, March 12-11. Port, screw manufacturer, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, March 16 —W. WoOd, screw manufacturer, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, March 17—T. and B. Brown, linen drapers, Wakefield, Yorkshire, March 13—W. Dunnett, commission agent, Manchester, March 16—T. Molineux, silk manufacturer, Manchester, March 13—W. Stone, printer, Birmingham, March I2—T. Gamauf, furrier, Fetter-lane, March 12—J. Sykes, corn miller, Birstall, Yorkshire March 12—J. C. Ord, coal factor, Waterloo-place Pall-mall, March 12—W. Shaw, s a ddl er , Stafford, March 12—W. Atkinson, warehouseman, Wood street, Cheapside, March I2—J. Harman, coehmon brewer, Whitefriars, City, March 12—J. Broadbent, jun., calico printers, Gale, Lancashire, March 12. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Woodward and G. Wiles, iron merchants, Sheffield--M. Fry and S. Sharland, milliners, Bishopsgate-street Within-_H. Peers and W. Baker, stone masons, Birkenhead, Cheshire— G. Osborn and J. Pulman, whip manufacturers, Exeter—J. Duff and E. A. Atkin, milliners, Newcastic-upon-Tyne—T. Raffield and G. Raffield, jun., shipwrights. Liverpool—J. Yates and W. S. Booth, table-knife manufacturers, Sheffield —T. and J. Ellis, linen drapers, Poole—T. Beavan and R. W. Clarke, chemists, Cheltenham—R. and J. James, cheesemon gers, Victoria-road, Pi m li co —T. M'G u i re and W. Nugent, hatters, King William-street, West Strand—J. Fisher, G. Fisher, T. Fisher, M. Fisher, and F. Fisher, scythe manufac turers, Sheffield—T. . Robins, R. J. S. Robins, and A. Pres ton, attorneys, Tavistock, Devonshire (so far far as regards A. Preston)—W. Ingle and S. Gillett, builders, Chapel-street, Grosvenor-square—J. Temple and H. Price, victuallers, Wil stead-street, Somers'-town—F. Walker and J. Card, watch makers, Broad -street, Ratcliffe—R. Gransden and J. Snell, iron founders, Southampton—l. Ramsey, sen., H. Ramsey, and I. Ramsey, jun., auctioneers, Poplar—J. Waller and G. Jordan, linen drapers, Luton, Bedfordshire—C. Butcher, W. H. Worth, and J. Holmes, carpet manufacturers, Kiddermin ster, Worcestershire—R. White ani J. Clark, millers, Ro therhite-wall—R. Coleman and E. R. Hall, ironfounders, Col chester—ll. W. and W. Welch, timber merchants, Lancaster. Cork. But he preached peace, and at the same time levied an army—he preached loyalty, and at the same time attempted to alienate her Majesty's army from her. If the Government had not interfered, the loyal inhabi tants of Ireland would have armed themselves in self defence, and opposed force to force. One side of the House attempted to monopolise all feeling and sympathy for Ireland, as if Hon. Me nbers on this (the Ministerial) side of the House were utterly callous to the grievances and wishes of Ireland, but he could tell Hon. Gentlemen opposite, that there was an earnest desire among Members of the Conservative party to redress the real grievances of that country, and to improve her condition. It was said that the Honourable Gentleman the Member for Cork exercised an all-powerful influence over the people of Ireland ; and the same was said of the Roman Catholic priesthood if so, they were criminabl e for all those disgraceful Offences were the result of agitation and excitement. But the fact was, neither the Honourable Gentleman nor the Catholic priesthood were able to control the feelings of the people. The priests had, in the first instance, raised their voices against Father Mathew, but the principles of tempe rance triumphed, despite the influence of the priesthood. Ireland should not be considered as one uniform coun try, to which the same remedies were applicable, He came from Ulster, and there was not a more peace ful, quiet province in Ireland. They had few soldiers there. Property was safe ; there were no out rages. And yet they had no peculiar advan tages. They had a third Church to support there, and the majority of the inhabitants of the province were Roman Catholics ; but the inhabitants of that province were, generally speakin g , w h a t was d enom i nate d " bloody" Tories, and all those who had influence did everything in their power to improve the condition of the people, to educate them, and instead of endeavour ing to set man against man, they endeavoured to unite all classes of society in harmony.—(Cheers.) Let them compare the state of Ulster with that of Tipperary. The state of Tipperary made every Irish man blush. Had not the' societies established from time to time by the Liberals been changed almost every year on account of their trenching upon the law of the land? They had had societies for every object and of every character, but there had not been one of them that had been of a strictly legal character. Was it then to be wondered at that the unfortunate people of Ireland had to a great , extent forgotten obedience to the law? They talked of British capital being driven away. Of course it was driven away. Capitalists would not go where life was in danger even in broad daylight. Capital never would go there till life was safe, and life would not be safe so long as agitation was permitted. When English Members complained of the suppression of meetings in Ireland, they must remember what were the means used to bring about those assemblages—the natural excitability of the Irish people, and the circumstance of their being attracted by the transcendent eloquence o f teir leader.—(Hear.) At some of the meetings in Ireland there were fifteen bands of music and numerous banners, things which never were to be seen at a meeting in England. There was no similarity between political agitation in England and in Ireland, and as little similarity between-the feel ings mid passions of the two people. Had not the Honourable and Learned Member for Cork called the proclamation of her Majesty a forgery, and stated that it never had emanated from her ? Of all the silly accusations which had been brought against the Government by Hon. Gentlemen opposite, none was more foolish than that the proclamation was delayed for the purpose of bringing the people into collision with the military. He felt no doubt that the object of the Noble Lord's motion was to attach the stigma of a want ofconfidence by the House in her Majesty's Ministers. Judging from appearances—from the manner in which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had been received by Hon. Gentlemen opposite, and from the fact of his hav ing sent over two counsel to advise with the Noble Lord --he should be inclined to believe that the Lichfield House compact had been renewed. He deprecated the attacks which had been made upon the present Govern ment of Ireland, and considered that the animadversions of the Right Hon. Gentleman, last evening, on the com position of the jury, on' the verdict, and on the charge of the judge, were calculated to produce anarchy in Ire land. He was glad to hear that a larger sum was to be devoted to the purposes of national education ; but he trusted that the present system would be modified in such a manner as to secure to those who were educated under it a free access to the Scriptures. He should be glad to see - some measure passed to legalise the pay ment of dues to the Catholic priests, and to fix their amount ; and should the dues not be sufficient for the priest's maintenance, he should not object to a State alloWance. He thought it was a great mistake to grant only 8,0001. ti year to Maynooth; the grant should be in *creased so as to hold out an inducement to liersons of the superior classes to study for the priesthood. He should also wish to see the Roman Catholic College removed front Maynooth to some part of England, in which the Catholic gentry and yeomanry of the neighbourhood would be inclined to treat the students with that courtesy which they did not meet with at present. The O'CONOR DON protested against Hon. Gen tlemen on the other side claiming for themselves a mo nopoly of loyalty.—(Hear, hear.) Whatever might be the result of this debate, the declaration of the Noble Lord with regard to the kind feelings of her Majesty to wards her Irish subjects would be gratefully remembered in that country—(Loud cheers)--mid justly appreciated. —(Cheers.) There was not a more loyal body in exist ence than the Roman Catholic population of Ireland— (Cheers)—and this was no conditional loyalty—it did not depend on considerations of time or circumstance— upon Whig or Tory being in power. It was sincere and genuine attachment to the Sovereign.—(Loud cheers.) He objected to the system which had been pursued to wards Ireland by the present Government. It was true that many circumstances, of which complaints had been made, had been explained during the course of the de bate, but those circumstances had created an impression which no after-explanation could eradicate, and it was the duty of the Government so to act as not to place itself under the necessity for explanation. He did not think the explanations which had been offered to account for the delay in the issuing the proclamation prohibiting the meeting at Clontarf were satisfactory. No attempt had been made to interfere with the Donnybrook_ineeting, which had been held under pre cisely similar circumstances. The people had behaved most peaceably; and when it had been hinted that the going to Clontarf in a certain direction might hurt the feelings of the Protestants, who would meet them on the road to church, they had stated their determination to avoid going to the meeting by that road. There had been no breach of the peace at the other meetings, and there was no pretence for saying that there was any reason to apprehend a breach of the peace at Clontarf. They had had no intimation that the meetings were illegal. The Duke of Wellington had stated, in the House of Lords, that he did not know whether these meetings were legal, and the late Lord Chancellor of England, one of the greatest lawyers of the day, had, in the same debate, stated that although the meetings were large, yet if the parties sought for constitutional objects only by legal and peaceful means, there was no ground for considering them illegal.—(Hear, hear.) Now considering that the Lord Chancellor of Ireland had told the people of Ireland that they were to read the debates in Parlia ment, and be . guided by them in their conduct, he thought that opinion was a sufficient justification of their conduct. It was cruel of the Government, if they thought - those meetings illegal, not to have stated so at once, in stead of entrapping men of peaceful habits into this vortex of agitation.—(Cheers.) He did not think the explanation with respect to the omission of names from the jury panel at all satisfactory. He acquitted the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Shaw) of all knowledge of the omission. He knew it would be foreign to his na ture to do anything so unfair, but he could not but re collect that Mr. Justice Perrin had said that the omis sion was not free from suspicion. Mr. SHAW--The facts had not then been stated. The O'CONOR DON believed that the case had been fully argued by counsel before Judge Perrin had stated, in giving judgment, that there had been gross , neglect somewhere, and that the case was not free from suspicion. With respect to the striking off the names of the Roman Catholics, which had been justified by the Hon. and Gallant Member for Armagh, he would ask that Hon. Member whether, if, in 1829, the Govern ment had thought proper to institute a prosecution against persons connected with the Orange Associa tions, who met in large numbers to petition for the re peal of the Emancipation Act, he would have thought it fair in the Government to strike the name of every Protestant from the jury, and to try them by a jury composed exclusively of Roman Catholics ?—whe ther he would have thought it right for the Solicitor- General to state that he did not believe the Protestants were worthy to be believed on their oaths, and that therefore they must be struck off the panel? The Right Hon. Gentleman said peace had been established by the verdict. If he meant by that there had been no breach of the law, it should he recollected that there was no breach of the law before the prosecutions commenced.— (Cheers.) But the national mind had never been more disturbed than it was at the present moment ; and he much feared that serious consequences might arise from the people being deprived of the opportunity of express pig their opinions. —(Hear hear.) Government might prevent an outbreak, but it could not enforce upon the people the performance of those social duties, the omission of which would produce immense evil. He firmly believed that no man abhorred the commis sion of crime more than Mr. O'Connell. He, in com mon with other Roman Catholics, felt a deep debt of gratitude to him, for to him were they mainly in debted for giving them a share in the Constitution.— (friar, hear.) He thought they should feel indebted to the Hon. and Learned Gentleman for the discussion on the present motion. It was not very long ago that the Noble Lord, the Member for London, spoke of finality; it was only a few months ago that the Right Honourable Gentleman opposite said there was an end of concession; but yet, on the present occasion, they were rivalling one another in professions of anxiety to serve Ireland.— (Hear, hear.) He agreed with the Noble Lord in think ' ing that one of the first objects which it was imperative on the Government to effect was, to render the admi nistration of justice pure in Ireland. Confidence in the laws should be restored ; respect for the laws could only exist in sympathetic confidence between the governors and the governed. Within three months after the ar rival of Lord De Grey in Ireland, the number of memo rials from the three Roman Catholic provinces to the Exe cutive had diminished by half, whilst that of Protestant Ulster was increased three-fourths.--(Hear, hear.) He objected to the appointment of new stipendiary magis trates at present, but he objected to it because he knew that men would be appointed in whom the people had no confidence. Last night, the Solicitor-Ge neral challenged the Opposition to show a single instance in which a Catholic had not been appointed to a Government situation when he was equally eligible as a Protestant. He would instance one. In the county which he (the O'Conor Don) represented, a situation in the gift of the Crown had become vacant by the death of a Mr. Cummins. Himself and his colleague had ex erted tkemselves very much to procure the iittlatioll for Mr. Fitzgibbon, the Crown sessional proseeufof , .. es s was a Roman Catholic, but a gentleman who h ue :1 01 interfered in politics, and who was most successie, ty eminent in his profession. He was a native...l.oo county, and his talents were admitted, but tbe sit 001 had been given to a gentleman from a distant c. and who was not a Roman Catholic.—(Hear; lithe', There was an instance, and he could mention an° of ou but that he did not like to travel out of his own . e e He thought the educational system ought to bee, tended, but before it could be productive of much„ e ( 114 fit, the people must be fed. Education and fain s not travel together. Agricultural societies vv °ll much to improve the condition of the country. „ of this nature had been establi s hed in Ballinaslo e Marquis of Clanricarde, which had been produeldos very great benefit. He thought that pi' ments should be legalised, whether made by C 9 or Protestants. Allusion had been made to the TA° o _,„ i s and Tenant Commission. He hoped that the C sion would shortly conclude its labours, as heed s" very exaggerated opinions would be enterta in e e garding the results it would effect. Now, with r s 13 4 to the elective franchise, he sincerely hoped tha t 4, 4 under the name of extending the Irish franchise ' rie s not in reality diminish it, and thus add to the anees of the country. - Provision should be 1 11 °" ° ,. that Bill so as to enable the Roman Catholic cliegi vote at elections as pastors. It was very git: iooo them to see the Protestant clergy going to eleftide i ° vote against their interest, whilst that which ha" h e them to qualify had been spent in the erection and administering to the temp o r a l wants of 1 00 0 rishioners. Now, regarding the oa th taken bY„ soil Catholics, the Noble Lord who had alluded t 0 Stanley) had done so in a very ungenerous and 0 /0 manner. When that Noble Lord was on this si Cadets House and Captain%Gordon attacked Roman i Members, much in the same strain that the NohS,lloo had done, the Noble Lord reproved the s R u mp officer; but it appeared that the consciences Of , :ba sr Catholic Members were to be measured by th v meter of the Noble Lord's political feelings. Vibsd l e` Gentleman then quoted from a speech of Sir s " re" Wetherell, in which that Hon. and that a F Gentlemau had expressed au opinion tha o or man Catholics were entitled to a vote on i s SI propriation of Church property, as well as othe, , Members, and all the casuists in Oxford, he said' dig dir not prove the contrary. He was sorry to se e ,„ t s selli cussions that had taken place. Ireland was m''derr. battle field, and her real condition was not cons' 4 t• Ireland was thought as little of by the con tendit l f 1 14 e ties, as Waterloo bad been by th e r ival artn ie 0 0 51 ' wished that party spirit c ou ld b e mer ged th ee t he deration of what should be done for Ireland, 3r .:401 Englishmen, Irishmen, and Scotchmen would ct ,t bedi unite as subjects of the same C rown in the br,`,Tier spirit of Christian charity, an d w ith a noble al' e. l fl it ous emulation, endeavour t o p romo t e the goo d istit; ( three parts of the empire. He had no doubt girl" they entered on the state of Ireland in the pr0P . ,1,, the condition of that c ount r y wou ld be sPeT„! / ,'i s e.). proved.—(Loud cheers f rom b o th s id es o f the P ° n oir Sir WALTER JAMES ex p resse d his m ost 0 . 2 0 0 1 fled approbation of the mild and Christian - lik e 70 1/ in which the Hon. G en tl eman w h o h a d just had deliVered his sentiments. It was with mtiebat, rC tance he took a part in this prolonged debate ; he fe presenting as he did an English seaport tow'' , h t tO d bound to express his opinions briefly. He th °l4. o o ! if Catholic Emancipation had been carried a t the K O' the union, they would not have experienced s° „ e t iesie,, culty in the government of Ireland. Hon. G e 'b e ntl i t opposite seemed to try to prove that all th e rg on t h which had been conferred upon Ireland, had i , e ) s from the Whigs. Was it, he would ask, the Nr" — t iecl; ; carried Catholic Emancipation ? No ; but theY a filch that Conservative child f rom it s p a rent, sil. ce ),„, 1 up with their vile democratic p re j u di ce s, and g, l to P:t Radical education.—(Laughter.) With resPe e ` de tlo s , speech of the Noble Lo r d th e M em b er for Sag t # ll , l he felt bound to say that it was not delivere d it r a . sP': the same party spirit as that of the Noble fiLisl opened the debate. He believed the Noble ! Iv o tO whom he first alluded had expressed his Olga b, ee g i convictions with the utmost sincerity. It L e t made a charge against her Majesty's Governi' s pat i s t ) Ireland was at present in a state of military 0 c; festy, But what had this done to that countrYt s l a te ) of harm it had done good, for the army had eirc t "yie vi great deal of money there, and the best and 111 _„ °5 4e. # jo feelings existed between them and the P 7 0.5 thought the great cause of misery to Irelaeu r ,s;ef'; total want of capital for the furtherance of Pubi j s: is „' arid if Government were to expend large stuf se construction of railways, they would be more tr e stl°l pensated by the increased prosperity of the Ir is , Another great cause of the degraded state 0 1: fi aiotl e , was that they were d e s er t e d b y t h e i r a b s entee ' 5 ;4 to whom they ought to look for advice and e .„;410 and Left solely to the guidance of their priests , d quently used their influence for the most biget e t oli s l ,. He was so much attached to the principle of e 500 00 ,0 ments, as necessary to the well-beine. of th e c elie f , that he would rather see the Roman Catholic relic`, established in Ireland than no religion at all• t fd t i j e would ever venture on such an outrage as til t , to .s people of England? Ile could not blind hitus el fact that there was great dislike amongst the t if flit( people to the Protestants ; but he believed thafetioia, two religions in Ireland were to be placed on t;sas of equality, it wo u ld on ly t en d to i ncrea se relig i . c heC, o mosities. Two s t a r s cou ld not ex i st i n the salue;titi nt and two religions could not exist upon an eq; Ireland. He should n o t o pp ose an i ncrease to t h an d annually made to the College of Maynootlt, prOr;{ would be glad to see the Gove rnmen t take uptl"s"(l'ese sition of the Noble Lord the M em b er f or Newn r „. t ir John Manners) with re s pe c t the Mortmain l e t ;eo was willing to support any conciliatory Ine as he Ireland consistent with the maintenance of els blished Church. He would give the people o octe civil equality and civil indulgences. He lissi ;l o se tion to the Roman Catholic bishops granted Tv, tithe have titles, but if such indulgence were g t if t i,l it should be given with the understanding OP; s bo ti bishops engaged in any political agitation, they v mmediately be deprived of their titles. .ere dd Mr. E. BULLER said th a t if any e xcuse be fo s s ing for his then addressing the House, it wou l s ", 4,:r in the charge so often and so unjustly Wa; t he'ds independent Members, of being indifferent as w s p t to " b it pinesss and prosperity of Ireland. With resP„'' d state of Ireland last year, he must say, thg`! ss . et e o f opinion, the Government had been justified in 11 51 7 t ste 0 constitutional means to put a stop to such ° co d f. 11 9 011 things. He had no doubt that the extracts,!' „silo the speeches which were delivered upon the L'l l to., o , side of the House must convince the 110 05e giaisi' w e whole weight of argument was against the " 0 the „,t. The agitation which arose was owing, either I v asT o g gligence of Government in not suppressing :. o seor tti e ins, which were seditious, or their misconduct' ' tta eSc t is them up to a state of sedition,which would mak e es t 0 0 ot for the employment of military force. With resr 0 01 0 , Clontarf meeting, he could only say that h e c oo cc ' e cic blame the Government f or preven ting oral" su plained only of the ma nner i n w hi c h the ts ° t rani t b had chosen to prevent it. The Governlnen id . ' enormous risk of blood and slaughter.--(s masers , d lt e , I respect to the trials, he wo u ld on ly say, not think there was any intentional unfairne ss. het, not think that the unfairness was intendek... e s there was unfairness, was c l ear upon the 7; 1 er r ip whole proceedings.—(H ear , h ear .) But it f t he - o sl the other side of the Hou se , th a t th e result 0 be at' t he had been to restore peace in Ireland.--al es Nethe r laughter.) He wo u ld a pp ea l t o the Housej i d e slY:W i measures suggested, not propos e d, by her s's e r lto• , 5 vernment would do much t o tranquillise Ile o!liste (Hear, hear.) He wished th e y would. coact dot that they would do all in their power t° o , i ,heel o a il the two nations.—(Hear, and cheers.) Il e eeple,st the something should be done to re-unite the P svir is teo establishment, which was by force endowedgod e s s ;hos e , wealth which their forefathers had giyetis s ,: e o o' e • in its power only as an insult to the ehtlui de e%r s , s tr who had endowed it.—(Cheers.) Could it t he . f iqi that the Irish people should be attached to ,o l e , 0 ti e " t``. blished Church under such circumstances? i i t i /e t' that if they were willing to act with impart'3 0 ,0 5 4 Catholic people of Ireland, and to make the ir to al l ' t he truly Christian ministers, apostles of Pe aee s i ael o „ i e ncl e porters of the lawful Government, they uir: h th e r t whole people of Ireland to equal rights so d ae eeP re ,, of England. As an Englishman he vo ul s . oe 0° less—if he were an Irishman, he would ss' for (Hear, hear.) 55 o t )1 Mr. LASCELLES said he would not Vet/ a te t to tl length of time, but he was anxious briefly hi s cotes. the House the ground s on w hi c h h e s hould giv e b i e t 0 0 ' the view he to o k o f th e mo ti on o f the I' l ° tht' Member for L on d on . H e cou ld not vote I , o rd , er i tion. He could n o t f orge t that the Noble ke t he , s ; t be i self, when i n p ower , was not pre pared to ta take I ° oo lo which he now requ i re d hi s succ essors w and he 0 01, government of Ireland—(Hear, hear) , , 0 ` not but think that he suggestea aeseerrted rather because he was in opposition than iss 6u ong d her ra their goodness and propriety. It had ov er by °, u th p a o t ld G p o a y s e s r i n o m ns e , nt maintained itself in P oj o de the er . , , the Protestant art in i a n dni lr i e n l i a s n t d er . in frh ti°she P s t i6 s s n it : ‘ P ' . °vr e ' a tij al' stied. When they found how the Prote ~ e r cif ict i tion of that country had been restrained L un t offo t r il t e is stances of great provocation, he thougU cc of 10 1 exciten ll d en irocrt a b r io l ‘ undeniable evidence, not only of the intentions, -but of the judicious . _ d & lie is' course pursued by the Government. And e 0 did ' t" that it was most unjust to charge, as th e t discreet expressions of indiscreet inedid " re , pe ctZ te e Government itself.—(Hear, hear.) NY f t'u se Gofer' s ' ts lie_ prosecutions, it was his opinion that the, s oh t hol sincerely wished to put down a gitatio.!_tu. va ' s la d no other course than they had done. 1 1 , s e erau itok_ t l e t some of the speakers on behalf of the (Jov p o not io ns not not been more explicit in their statements' nd (Cheers) —but e s i p r e v a i l e ,. w p l ar t t in2l) , ll . ii il se e lt e sl e se ra er by fully to them ; tell them w hatever theirr„e oce t h . be, the Government will not attempt ..t.? was saidandia, a repeal of the union.—(Cheers.) opponents of the Government, e ily r ) t th it ey " . oi g h :tcr u ta ille j; they would, but that such was the susp use so. of them- by the Irish, that they could. not t hat , t hat , t t se; over that country. But he did not Inv oi . es eniell o sed tion, and he was satisfied that, were the ksiv moved to-morrow, the same grievanees i L :the % c o os' up as now. Therefore, he could not join s „ os t a . , the nations thrown upon the Government , bu t hes e tenance and repudiate them by " Set; I°l .ot ° motion of the Noble Lord (Russell). ill the tfo, many occasions in which he could not .t e" th given by the party he usually . acted wi,n e _ bou ght O rde r nicipal Corporations Bill, for instance, h r _i nient ( t ' ie to duty to give his vote with the then Gower creP„ o c. to remove the evils which it was PwavteutheY. .'Take those institutions. But it was not la , . ers ) , jo ss but the spirit in which it was done.—r_l ve se_ the Irish Registration Bill introduce AP back, to Which fit fiat he had giro bi 3 °141" SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JAMES ALEXANDER, manufacturer, Montrose, Feb. 28 and March 20, at twelve, at the chambers of J. Calvert, Montrose. ALAN KER and CO., merchants, Greenock, Feb. 26 and March 22, at one, at the Tontine Hotel, Greenock. ROBERT MARSHALL, tea merchant, Glasgow, Feb. 26 and March 18, at twelve, at the Sir John More Tavern, Glasgow. DAVID GRAHAM, skinner, Kilmarnock, Feb. 26 and March 25, at one, at the George Inn, Kilmarnock. WILLIAM CRAWFORD, eat dealer, Largs, Ayrshire, Feb. 23 and March 15, at one, at W. Crawford's, innkeeper, Large. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—Britimh Sovereign, Corry, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed Oct. 14, Mauritius Nov. 23, Cape Dec. 20, St. Helena Jan. 1 ; Anglesea, Rowland, from Manilla, at Liver pool, sailed Oct. 20, St. Helena Jan. 3 ; Levenside, M'Kech nie, from Angra Pequina, at Liverpool, sailed Dec. 29, St. Helena Jan. 7; Star of the West, Broderick, from Angra Pequina, at Plymouth. Arrivals at St. Helena previous to Jan. 7 Tanjore, Stewart, from Bengal ; Eliza, Nelson, from China ; D uc h ess of Kent, Atkinson, from Calcutta; Niekerie, Hawegh, from Java: Quinton Leitch, Gray, from China; Elephanta, Ross, from Manilla; Belle Creole, Purchase, from Mauritius; Mer lin Thompson, from Bengal. Arrivals in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope—Hindley, Dec. 16, from Algoa Bay ; Albert Edward, Hughes, from China and sailed; Kyte, Dublin; Phcenix steamer, Han ington, 18th, from Algoa Bay; Ellen, Wilson, 19th, from Plymouth to Launceston. Departures from Table Bay—John Cooper, Salmon, Dec. 16, to London ; Flora, Hooge to Batavia; Breton, Clarkson, to St. Helena ; Argonaut, Scholberg, 18th, to Batavia ; Templar, Brown, to London ; Orynthiate, to Simon's Bay-. Arrivals in Algoa Bay—Frekboer, Dec. 7, from Table Bay ; Ullswater, 10th ; Mary Alice, 15th, from London ; Science and Margaret, 14th, from Table Bay. Arrivals at Angra Pequina—Colchester, Rival, Commerce, Ellen, Minerva, and Maid of Mona, from Li ver p oo l ; F rances from London ; Mountaineer "from the Clyde ; Wave from Swansea ; La Bonne Mere ; Britannia, of Liverpool ; Halifax packet, Atlantic ; Prin cess R o y a l and Douglas. VESSELS SPOKEN WlTlL—Alice, of Liverpool, bound to the West Indies, 15th ult., lat. 40, lon. 16, by the Devon, arrived at Oporto. Caroline Amatier, Benson, Hamburgh to Ilavanah, Dec. 14, lat. 44, by the Zodiacus, Hahn, arrived at St. Thomas's. Catherine, Saudon, to Syra, 14th inst., lat. 48, lon. 9, by the Nancy Brown, arrived at Torbay. Marys, Bristol to Nevis, 24th ult., lat. 20, lon. 35, by the Kestrel, arrived at Liverpool. Sir Robert Peel, Manilla to Cork, lat. 20 S., lon, 56 E. ; Pet re l, Cl y d e to Antigua, lat. 23 N., km. 35 W.; Agnes, Valparaiso to London, lat. 26 S., lon. 34 W., by the Anglesea, arrived at Liverpool. Wolfscove, from Liverpool, 13th inst., lat. 49, lon. 19, by the Desdemona, Childs, arrived at Liverpool. Montrose, from Calcutta, Nov. 22, lat. 25 S., lon. 60 E. ; Flora Keir, Dec. 9, lat. 34 S., lon. 2.5 E., by the Albert Edward, arrived 'at the Cape of Good Hope. Edward, Shields to Arabia, out 115 days, lat. 32 S., lon. 52 E., by the Barbara, arrived at Mauritius. Minerva, Liverpool to Bombay, Sept. 23, lat. 35, lon. 12 ; Cove, Madras to Port Louis, Oct. 31, lat. 3 S., lon. 82 E., by the Coringa packet, Chilcott, arrived at Mauritius. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. The greatest little man in the world—General Thomas Thumb, jun., from the United States—made his debfit at this theatre last evening. This bijou of a General is only 25 inches high in his boots, and weighs only 15 pounds. He is 12 years of age, and has not increased in size or in weight since he was seven months old. He is perfectly well formed, is remarkably strong and muscular tbr his size, and is very active. The General is really a very wonderful little fellow, and his performances are very astonish ing. After giving the audience an account of him self and his adventures, the General mounted a cocked hat, and gave a capital imitation of Napoleon. His taking snuff was admirable. Then he appeared in a round tarpauling hat, and danced the sailor's horn pipe in very gallant style. His dancing is very graceful, and when he rushed forward on his heels the applause was rapturous. lle afterwards gave the Ancient Statues, a la Du crow. His Cupid with the tablets, and Cupid shooting, were elegant and graceful in the extreme, his diminutive size adding to the vraisemblance of the representation. His Sampson carrying off the gates of Gaza, was a most extraordinary representation. The attitude was perfect, and the spectator for the moment lost the idea of the diminutive size of the representative of the strong man so perfect, was the representation. His concluding poses were the five positions of Hercules in his combat with the Nemean lion. These poses were gracefully and most accu rately given. He was called for at the conclusion of the performance, and received with loud applause. The theatre was exceedingly well attended. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT'. • HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 20. IRELAND—ADJOURNED' DEBATE. Lord CLAUDE HAMILTON said, that Hon.,Gen . tlemen opposite must be sadly at a loss for arguments against the Government,' when they were obliged to speak as the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down did, of the elevation of two Right Rev. Prelates to the Bench. The Hon. Gentleman also seemed tc say, that being a repealer was sufficient to disqualify a person from serving on a jury ; but, if the Hon. Gen tleman had read the papers, he would see that that excuse was made by persons who wished not to serve on juries, but that the Judges had set the matter right. The object of the prosecutions was not to put down the agitation for repeal, but to repress the manner is which it was agitated. There had been much misre presentation about the omission of twenty-four names from the jury list.—(Hear, hear.) It had been said that upwards of sixty names were omitted, when, in truth, only twenty-four were, by accident, and that acci dent was attributable to a Roman Catholic officer. Great stress had been laid upon this point of the exclu sion of Roman Catholics, but he would give them an ex planation of the principal cause why the Catholics were not more prominent. The more respectable and upper classes of that persuasion were so disgusted at the avita - tors preaching vengeance against the Saxon, instead of peace and good will to all men, that they were glad to re tire into private life. And no one could wonder at this, after the accusations which had been made, even in this House, against the twelve honest men, and the calum nies whi c h h a d b een heaped upon them by the Hon. and Learned Sergeant the Member for Cork, who called them a good Protestant jury, ready to convict, and ready to immolate their foe---, Mr. Sergeant MURPHY—No, no; I never used the word "immolate." Lord CLAUDE HAMILTON—The Honourable and Learned Gentleman at all events stated that there was no justice to be expected from this jury.—(Hear, hear.) During this debate he had heard much of the readiness with which the Irish nation would receive a foreign foe, but he would tell Honourable Gentlemen foreign foes were not so ready to take advantage of this nation. He then alluded to the vituperative abuse which Mr. O'Connell was in the habit of heaping on Louis Phi lippe, and to the talk of raising an Irish brigade ; and then denied that the. Government in Ireland was wholly one of force and not one of opi nion. It would be impossible with such a military force to hold 8,001,0000 of inhabitants in such sub jection. He, therefore, thought it was a most calum nious and unwarrantable insult, to charge the whole nation with being disaffected to the Queen, and desirous of throwing off her authority, and dismembering the empire. It had been said that order and peace had prevailed in Ireland ; there was no doubt that this was owing to the preaching of the Uonourablo and Learned Member for COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of business. Sheriff MUSGROVE reported to the Court that there were atpresent 53 persons in Newgate undergoing sentence of imprisonment, varying from three months to two years, and that there were now in the prison some cases of in sanity. The subject of sentencing convicts to confine ment in Newgate—a system wholly at variance with the discipline so necessary to be observed in a gaol set apart for untried persons alone—had been more than once before introduced to the Court, but as the evil was a growing one, he considered it to be his duty to repeat the fact.—(Hear, hear.) The REMEMBRANCER stated that the subject was in the progress of inquiry by the proper authorities. The Report of the Police Committee upon the petition of W. L. Brake, late one of the inspectors of the City police, praying that the petitioner should be allowed the expenses incurred by him, in an action of trover brought against him, as such inspector, for the recovery of pro perty detained by him, was brought forward. It stated that the Committee were of opinion that the prayer of the petition ought not to be complied with. It appeared from what was stated in the Court, that the late inspector had acted in the whole business under the direction of the Commissioner of the City I'olice, and had by that officer's advice employed an attorney to de fend the action, instead of applying to the Court of Al dermen to authorise the City Solicitor to undertake the matter, and that the result of the action was a verdict against Brake, by which that individual was put to the expense of 1401. or 150/. Alderman BROWN said it was really very hard upon the poor man, that he should be compelled to pay such a penalty for doing what he considered to be an act of duty, under the sanction of the City Commissioner. He wished the Report to be sent back to the Committee, in order that it might be ascertained whether some means of relieving the petitioner from such unjust expense could not be adopted. Alderman WILSON said, the Committee felt the case to be a hard one, but they considered that, upon principle, they could not recommend the Court to pay the expense incurred in an action defended by a strange solicitor. Brake had, it appeared, acted under a rule which had not been made legal, and the City Solicitor, who, if any one ought to have been employed was the person, was not consulted upon the propriety of the course of the proceedings adopted. Alderman FAREDROTHER said there was no excuse for sending back the Report. The petitioner had im properly detained the goods of the plaintiff in the action, and the Commissioner had sent his inspector to his own solicitor to defend the action, and, now that the verdict was against the inspector, off the Commissioner sent his inspector for the money to pay his solicitor's bill.— (Laughter.) The Court could never think of sanction ing such a mode of disposing of the City funds. Sir PETER LAURIE—The subject has been already twice before, in other shapes, before the Committee, and it was quite clear that the petitioner had no claim at all. Alderman WOOD said the Committee could not help the conclusion they had come to. At the same time, Brake had no alternative, except an exceedingly dis agreeable one. The man was obliged to obey the Com missioner, in peril of losing his place, and the conse quenee of his obedience was the action at law. The de fendant was but an half-pay officer, and had a family to support, and it was a great severity upon him that he should be obliged to pay 1401., or 1501., for having acted in strict conformity with the direction of his superior. The amendment, to send back the Report for reconsi deration was then lost, 7 hands having been held up for and 8 against it. THE MAGISTRATES OF THE CITY AND THE CITY POLICE COMMISSIONER. Alderman WiLsoN presented a petition from the inhabitants of the ward of Castle Baynard, complaining that the neighbourhood of St. Paul's Church-yard was greatly disturbed and disgusted by the conduct of women of the town at night, and praying that the Court would take some means of abating so serious a nuisance. He had, upon the representation of the circumstances to him, advised the petitioners to apply to the Commis sioner of the City Police, who, however, had informed them that the magistrates would not assist his efforts to remove the women of the town from the place described as being subject to the nuisance. The Alderman moved that the petition be referred to the Police Committee. Mr. KEATING (of St. Paul's Church-yard), one of the petitioners, said, in answer to quesiions put by members of the Court, that he and others of the petitioners waited upon the Commissioner of the City Police, ac cording to the recommendation of Alderman Wilson, and was informed by Mr. Harvey that there was no use in taking up women of the town, for the magistrates dis missed them without inflicting any punishment. The policemen had told the petitioners the same thing. Alderman CopELAND—A more gratuitous piece of in formation I never heard of, than that upon the part of the Commissioner. Alderman FAREBROTHER said it was most ridicul ous . . in the Commissioner to make such a statement. — Wil; Commissioner or his men could not establish a case against the unfortunate women whom they might think proper to take into custody, why should not the magis trates dismiss them ?—(Hear, hear.) These poor crea tures must be somewhere ; in Regent-street they were infinitely more numerous than they were in St. Paul's church-yard ; and why, if acts of disorder were not proved against them, should they be punished with im prisonment, or with the bad treatment which they often suffered, without being brought before magistrates at all ? He, for one, would not imprison a wretched female merely because she was brought before him by a policeman; and he cared nothing for the opinion of the Commissioner on the question. Alderman HUMPHERY regretted to see that a most unkind feeling existed towards the Commissioner, who had merely said to the petitioners that his men took the women before the magistrates, and that the magistrates discharged them. Now, what did the magistrates do with the wpmen? Did they send them to Bridewell? Alderman COPELA.ND.—Yes, when they have com mitted any offence or disorder. Let the police do their duty. _ _ _ Alderman HUMPHERY said the police did their duty, and so also did the magistrates. The Commissioner had, he would contend, been most unfairly treated by such a course of condemnation. He ought to be heard upon the subject. Alderman BROWN said the petitioners complained of what they considered to be a great nuisance, and upon stating the nature of it to the Commissioner, and asking for his interposition, what did he say ?—That there was no use in it, for the magistrates dismissed the accused. A more gross libel could not be uttered against that Court, and he was astonished to find a member of that Court stand up as the apologist of him who had uttered it. The Commissioner might and ought to have said, Gentlemen, we cannot commit women o f t h e town f or walking the streets. The streets are open to them as they are to us; but I must do the magistrates the justice to say that when any act of disorder is committed by these women they uniformly carry the law into effect, Alderman WOOD said the police not only brought women of the town, but reputed thieves, before the ma gistrates, but evidence was necessary introductory to punishment. Indeed, it was frequently the case that the magistrates were obliged to reprove the police for ap prehending persons without having the slightest ground for taking them into custody. Sir PETER LAURIE declared that he had often dis charged unfortunate women against what appeared to him to be the reasoning of the police, that if a female, after having walked down Fleet-street, dared to walk back again, she must be walked off to a prison.—(Hear.) The RECORDER read the section of the City Police Act, to show that it was not exactly according to the statute to take into custody and imprison unfortunate women who walked the streets without committing any offence. The petition was then rejected. A petition was presented praying for the removal of the ancient cart-stand from Dowgate-hill. Alderman Lucas opposed the removal. He had him self known the stand to be on Dowgate-bill upwards of seventy years, and he thought th a t p eo pl e oug h t to put up with a little inconvenience for a large benefit ; but really some persons wished to have the most public parts of the City like Berkeley-square or Grosvenor-square. Now, he liked to see carts and waggons crowding after each other through the thoroughfares. It showed that money was stirring as it used to be of old. Alderman JOHN JOHNSON moved that the petition be referred to a committee, which was agreed to. The Court then proceeded with closed doors to con sider the subject of the appointment of a Deputy-Gover nor of her Majesty's gaol of Newgate. SYMPATHY Ton IRELAND.—We are glad to learn that the Liberals of Aberdeen have it in contemplation to get up a meeting to express sympathy for the wrongs of Ire land, and to condemn the course which the Government officials have pursued in the prosecution of O'Connell and his friends. To join in this demonstration it is not neces sary that we should either be Repealers or Roman Catho lics; the just claims of a numerous portion of our fellow subjects to good and equal laws, and the necessity of keeping a strict guard over the portals of justice, should induce every right-thinking man to come forward, and ex press his opinion at this important juncture. Nor let it be thought that we have no interest in the matter. .Apart altogether from the ties that connect one part of the kingdom with another, and which render it impossible for one to escape participation to some extent in the suffer ings of the other, there is the immediate risk that, if Ire land be left unsupported on the present occasion, the same wicked policy which has recently been pursued towards her, will be extended to the sister: island. It is the duty, therefore, of all parties who seek the attainment of any public object—political, ecclesiastical, commercial, or financial —to stand up in defence of free discussion, rational progress, and a fair and impartial administration of the law of the land. Aberdeen, a few years ago, when an attempt was to be made, by the Carlton Club, to eject the Irish Liberal Members, from the House of Commons, by mere force of money, was among the first to contribute, and that pretty liberally too, to the Defence Fund : it is to be hoped that our citizens will not be less forward at this time.—Aberdeen Herald. CONDITION OF TURKIEU WnrEs.—The Seraskier has generally chosen and bought Circassians, and his harem is quite eastern and unreformed by European fashions. Four of his wives were very beautiful, and all were good looking ; their toilets were all in the same style, only va ried In colours. Some . had . caftans of wadded silk, with large hetkvy gold leayes. Qne blue• eyed girl, who looked , ti a, t] r.