The Sun. — London, England, 1844-03-05 00:00:00

Cbtrll Mbition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. PRICES OF SHARES IN CANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE tND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 5. Amount of Paid. Price. Share. X s. d. ioo 'O 0 41 13 4 100 - 0 0 .... 100 0 0 Ditto Bonds.., Ditto Bonds .. 1. TOL 10 per cent. 10s. per ah. 11. 10/. per sh. ►l. 4a. 11. 15s. (per cent. per cent. 5 per cent. I. Ss. and/ bs. (per cent. :per cent. 4% per cent t per cent. !Names of Com panies. Canals. Ashton and Oldham A shby-cle-la-Zouch_av Basingstoke ........„ Breckneck & Abergay Birmingham, 1-16th sh Do. and Liverp. Juilc Chelmer & Blackwater Coventry ..... ........ Crom ford Dudley Derby Danube and Mayne Ellesmere and Chester Erewash ... ......... Forth and Clyde Grand Junction Grand Union Grand Surrey Grand Western ... Glamorgansh., ay. cost Gloucester & Berkeley Grantham .«... Huddersfield ...... ....av Kennet .-...id Avon ...av Lancaster .3V Leeds and Liverpool... Leicester Leicester & Northamp Loughborough ...av Monmouthshire ...... Montgomeryshire....... Melton Mowbray Mersey and Irwell Macclesfield ........ Neath Oxford Peak Forest av Regent's (or London).. Rochdale av Shropshire Somerset Coal Do. Lock Fund Stock Stafford and Worcester Shrewsbury Stourbridge Stratford.on-Avon...av Swansea Severn & Wye & Rail Trent & Mersey, 14 sh Thames & Medway..av Warwick and Birming. Warwick and Napton Worcester & Binning. Wilts and Berks .av Wtsbeach Wey and Arun Docks. Commercial , East and West India , London Ditto Bonds ......... .......ar Do.Bnds,var.amounts St. Katharine Southampton Bridges Hammersmith ...... Southwark, new Subs. Ditto New of 73 pr c Waterloo Ditto Old Ann. of 84 Ditto New ditto of 71. Ditto Bonds Vauxhall. av Assurances. Albion Alfred Lite" Alliance Brit. and For Ditto Marine Atlas Birmingham Fire British Fire...—. ..... . British Commercial Cler. Med. & Gen. Life County Eagle Economic Life European Life Ditto New Freemasons Globe Guardian....... ........... Hope Life Ditto Fire Imperial Fire Ditto Life Indemnity Marine Law Life Legal and General Life London Fire Ditto Ship ...... National Loan Palladium Life. ..... ...« Protector Life Provident Life Rock Life 11,yal Exchange Sun Fire Ditto Life..........„ University Life Universal Life Union Fire and Life Joint Stk Banks Australasia _Ditto New Brit. North American Commercial of London Colonial London & Westminstr Ditto New........ London Joint Stock Metropolitan Provincial of Ireland Ditto New National of Ireland Nat. Provincial Englnd Ditto New Gloucestershire......., Union of Australia Union of London Gaslight ds. Coke Bath British Ditto PrevinciaL Birmingham... ........ Binning. & Staffordsh. Bristol Brighton Ditto General City of London Ditto New Continental Consolid Ditto New Equitable Imperial Isle of Thanet Independent Phoenix Rateliff. South Metropolitan United General ..... Westmins. Chartered Ditto New ...... Water Works. Birmingham East London.. Grand Junction av Kent ... v Nw Riv Lon. Bridg An Manchester and Salford Vauxhall, late S. Lond. West Middlesex av Yrk Buldg Co. Les. Pr op Iron Railways. Birmingham & Derby Binning. & Gloucester Bristol and Exeter...... Cheltenhm & Gt. West Clarence Eastern Counties- iEdinburgh & Glasgow Ditto New 1 Grand Junction Oreat North of Enghid 0 re, , t Western DiG o Half Shares Ditto Fifths ....... Hull and Selby ....... Leedr and Selby Liverpool & Manchestr Ditto Half-Shares Ditto Quarter-Shares London and Brighton Ditto Loan Notes London and Blackwall London and Greenwich London and Birmingh. Ditto Quarter-Shares Ditto .. Thirds. ... London and S. Thirds London and Croydon Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares Manchstr and Birming Ditto Extension Midland Counties North Midland Do. %-Sh., iss. 10 dis Northern and Eastern Ditto Scrip, iss.s/. dis Paris and Rouen Stockt , n & Darlington South East. and Dover ' ?itto New, his. 2.5 dis. yor,': and N. Midland Day, New Shares 1 B!..ines. Albion .Copper Alten .. . .......... ~.... Anglo Mex., i 155.5...p.M Ditto Subscription Bolanos Ditt , Scrip Brazil. Imp. iss. 51. p.m ( Do. Mocaub. & Coc. U., Do. St. John Del Rey British Iron ... .. Candonga ....... Ditto Registered Cobre Copper Copiapo Columbian, iss. 51 p.m. General Mining ..... Hibernian Imperial Slate Compy Mexican Mining Co. of Ireland Real del Monte, Unreg Ditto Loan Notes Rh ymney Iron Santiago de Cuba United Max., iss.2/. pin Ditto Scrip Ditto New Scrip Literary. Londri,with Sin. Ticket 'Loudon University Russell King's College Miscellaneous Anglo Mexican Mint Australian Agricultur Brit. American Land, Canada Upper Canada Bonds Capper Miners' Comp Gen. Steam Navigation Iberian Mercantile Co. Ditto Property Met. Wood Pay.,iss. I/. Mex. and S. American New Brunswick (Land) New Zealand ...... ..- Penn's. & Orien. Steami Royal Mail Steam Reversionary Int. Soc South Australian Thames Tunnel Van Diemen's Land _LIST op SCOTTISH CON FEB. 28, : per cent. ' Bank of Scotland.-- /per cent. Royal Bank t per cent. British Linen Compny , per cent. Commercial Bank per cent. Glasgow Union Bank r pet cent. Western Bank tper cent. ! Central Bk. of Scotland ever cent . 1 Caledonian Insurance incr cent. Hercules Insurance 9 . per cent. North Brit. Insurance t aillAir v • of Scotl. • .4 44-1. ' 1., _-, • .. e Incur. 1. " 1 ""'" . ' lncur... ..,...%. j; .' - . 4,.. 4,4, .cur.... 01 • 7..."--. •, ,• ~44 .. • ‘44 211/4,A '' ~t a ik s . 'so. eta (. -i wy . ~. -' Y - ~' ; .F ail. ,—: ! • _ , :r - • , 4*, , . ti a S Dividend per __ Annum. Ai per cent. W. per cent. 404 $l. 15s. 11. ss. 31 12s. Bd. 15s. 11 11:18. 34!. DU, 171. :In/. 3% 17s. ti.i. 10/. 6 percent. 28 15/. 20.7. 1/. 10s. 151. :.'21. - 10s. 10/. 91. tog, 11. 4. 3 per cent. 1 4 per cent. 4 per cent. 4 per cent. 3/. 10s. 5 per ceet. 5 per cent. 4X. per cent. , 4 per cent. 4 per cent. IN per cont. I/. Os. Bd. 18s. Id. per cent. I!. 7s. 10s. 4 percent. 6 per cent. 6 per cent. 13.5. eh 51. ss. 4 per cent. 7s. per share 5 percent. 31. 5 percCut./ & 30s. bds. 534 per cent. by. per cent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. b per cent. 4s. 2s. 6d. 12 per :19s. T. sh: & bds. 1/. ss. 10s. 'los. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 11. se. 5 per cent. per cent. IL 46. 5 per cent. 10% per cent 5/. 8 percent. 6 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. ti per cent. 6 per cent. 8 per cent. 8 per cent. 6 per cent. 21s per share 6s. per share 10 per cent. 5 per cent. His. 11. 58. 11. 7s. U. and bs. 4 V. and bs. 10 per cent. 4 per cent. 81 per sh 315 s per sh 6 per cent. 5 per cent.' 8 per cent. 5 per cent; 6 per cent 4% per cent. N. 12s. 21. 10s. V. 108. 2/. 10s. 6pei cent. 4/. 16s. 31. 14s. 10,; per sh 4 per cent. Ss. per sh 21 ss. per sh 7s 10d per sh j' par cent. :.tg, per cent. ss. per sh 2%1. per sh. lie. per sh. 4 per cent. in per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. Ni. per 511 101. per sh. IL 14s. Uper share ...laid per sh AIL Prs. pr sh /1:344 per sh IL 1. U. :Os. I!. s ~ '• 15s. 1/. i►s. 100: 15percent. per cent. In per cent. 10 per cent. 11. 11. 3/. 17s. M. 85 0 0 125 0 0 150 0 0 12 10 0 140 0 0 125 0 0 145 0 0 79 9 8 100 0 0 26 9 3 50 0 0 19 5 8 100 0 0 100 0 0 78 8 0 67 10 8 105 0 0 110 0 0 100 0 0 Steak Stock 147 9 0 Stock N 71 0 50 0 0 63 2 8 50 0 0 108 0 0 70 10 3 500 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 250 0 0 250 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 1000 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 $ Stock 100 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock 100 0 0 100 0 0 201) 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 li 1W) 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 2$ 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 20 0 0 77 10 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 30 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 41 13 4 100 0 0 30 0 0 100 0 0 63 12 9 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 5000 12 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 16 13 4 12 15 4 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 70 0 0 80 0 0 100 0 0 23 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 12 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 , 50 0 0 110 0 0 100 0 0 2 0 0 32 0 0 32 0 0 41 6 10 13 15 9 100 0 0 50 0 0 70 0 0 70 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50, 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 30 0 0 40 0 0 7 00 10000 10000 40 00 45 00 15 00 20 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 2500 50 0 0 120 0 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 100 0 0 31 0 13 10 0 [lOO 0 tft 25 0 ( 150 0 0 150 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 100 ,1 0 20 0 21 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 75 0 0 7 10 0 7 10 0 40 0 0 13 0 0 55 0 0 IV 0 0 10' .10 0 3 0 0 59 0 0 7 0 0 40 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 60 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 40 0 0 150 II 0 50 a 0 10 0* 0 40 0 0 2 10 0 75 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 100 - 0 0 - 100 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 30 0 0 35 10 0 32 10 0 100 0 0 15 0 0 5 4 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 C 3 0 0 14, 0 0 1 10 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 7 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 '2O 0 0 50 0 0 2 0 0 0 PANIES' PRI , 844. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 10 0 1 0 0 2 10 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 J 25 0 01 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENI NG, MARCH 5, 1844. to 47s per cwt. Para taken in at 28s 6d for good fair red ; two lots sold at 29s per cwt. This afternoon Trinidad sold at 46s to 46s 6d for low grey. RICE.—In cleaned Rice a good deal has been done at 14s to 17s for Patna, and 21s to 26s per cwt for Carolina. This afternoon Bengal Rice at 21s for good middling white; sea damaged fetched 9s to Its 6d per cwt. Privately some parcels of East India Rice were sold. SAGO.—This afternoon Sago is in lehs request : good large Pearl at 18s to 18s 6d, middling taken in at 17s, and small brown at 15s to 16s, being the full value. Tapioca only part sold at 5d to 7d per lb. COFFEE.—The business transacted privately in West India Coffee has been at full rates, but the su; ply at market is not sufficient for the increasing wants of the trade. This after noon the demand privately was brisk for Foreign Coffee, and prices are still on the advance, St. Domingo sell ing at 31s to 325, and Brazil .31s to 34s per cwt; some merchants will not sell at these rates, owing to the excited state of the Homburgh market. East India Coffee met with less attention, but former rates were sustained. 3.016 bags were submitted to public competition and nart'y sold. Batavia, fine ordinary mixed pale 42 s to 441 , gr od ordinary mixed pale 32s 6d to 335, ordinary3ls to 31s 6d, area damaged first class 30s 6d to 37e, second class 28s to 295, third class 22s 6d to 265, fourth class 21s ; Singapore Java, good ordinary pale 38s 6d; a small part of the Batavia was 1 taken in at 38s 6d to 495. Of Ceylon, by private contract some parcels were sold at 68s for good ordinary. TEA.—Since this day week the market has presented a lively appearance ; the trade have been eager purchasers of black and green tea: large parcels have been taken by specu lators, and prices have again advanced id, making the rive, as compared with last public sales rates, Id to lid per lb. To-day 28 Pekoe Ouchain, 30 Hyson, 1,204 Young Hyson, 590 Sou chong, 223 Imperial, 380 Gunpowder, and the biddings were brisk at the sales for all descriptions of Tea, and the advanced rates established in the private market were fully sustained for Congou and Twankay ; Gunpowder and Young Hyson went at stiff rates, but Flowery Pekoe must be considered 2d. per lb lower. Rum, RRANDY AND HOLLANDS.—For all descriptions of Rum prices have eurther advanced. Jamaica rum at an ad vance on previous rates of Id to 2d per gallon ; in second hands 700 puns sold at 3s to 5s 6d for 30 to 36 over proof of low to fine quality ;Calcutta, proof with certificate, is 10d to Is 10 1 / 2 d paid For Demerara and Leewards, prices have fur ther improvsd, the former at 2s 10d to 3s 2d for 30 to 38 per cent over, and the latter at 2s 0/ E d to 2a I d proof strength. For Brandy the market has a firm appearance ; we quote Cognac, best brands of the vintag e of 1838, hhds at 5s I Id, puns 5 s 9 d ; ditto , 1839, hhds 5s B d, puns 5s 6d ; ditto, 1840, hhds 5s 6d, puns 5s 5d ; ditto, 1641, hhds 5s 4d, 5s 2d ; ditto, 1842, hhds Ss 3d, puns 5s I, mid marks 3s 8d to 4s 6d, and low 3s to 3s 7d per gallon. Geneva for shipping is wanted at is 10d to Is lld ; fine for duty is 2s 4:1 to 3s per gallon. English Spirits 10s 2d per gallon, cash, and lOs 3d for single puncheons. 'Fo-day 2s ld to 2s 2d paid for proof Leewards. 3s to 3s 3d for fair and fine Demerara, 3s 3d to 3s 9d for ord to mid Jamaico, and is 10d to Is lld for proof Calcutta. SPICES.—A iively demand has existed for Cassia Lignea, and prices have advanced Is per cwt for the lower qualities. This afternoon the market for Pepper was quiet ; Sumatra sound nearly all taken in at 3d for good light ; sea damaged sold at 2d to 3d ; a few lots of sound sold at 3 1 1 d ; white partly sold at 58d to sid for mid rather mixed. Pimento mid at 3d to aid per lb ; four cases of Nutmegs sold at 3s to 3s 7d. ;s bast co.—Madras at 2s 9d to 3s 6d, being an advance ou the last quarterly sale of 2d to 3d per lb. Bengal at a small advance ; the sorts most in request have been those from 3s to 3s 9d. The demand for Spanish Indigo is on the increase, and prices are advancing. 01 r.s. —There has been an increased demand for all descrip tions of common Fish Oils. Cod has advanced to 33/ to 33/ 10s per tun. Pale Seal at 341 lOs to 35/, and Southern at 321 to 351 per tun. Sperm Oil at 681 per tun for British. Linseed. Oil at 27s to 27s 3d per cwt on the spot. In Olive Oil rather higher rates given for better qualities ; Gallipoli 46/ to 471, Spanish 421 to 421 10s, and Barbary 411 to 11l lOs per tun. Cocoa Nut Oil has been in request, Ceylon fetched 30s 6d to 31s per cwt. Rape Oil at 35s Sd to 36. for pale, and 34s lid to 35s per cwt brown. Palm Oil firm ; fine quality is 28s to 28s 6d per cwt. North American Lard Oil bought in at 42/ per tun. TALLow.—In the Russian Tallow market prices have im proved. On the spot 40s 6d to 41s per cwt paid for P.Y. Candle of first quality. For delivery 41s 6d to 42s paid for the last three months of the year. South American fetched 35s 6d to 395, and very low soft 3ls 9d to 32s 6d ; second sort St. Petersburgh Yellow Candle 37s 3d to 39s 9d, and Italian 37s 2d to 39s 9d. Town Tallow 40s 6d to 41s nett cash. had pursued with reference to this measure as Chairman of the Committee. In thatcharacter he had refused to hear the soli citor for some of the ?lilies, on the ground that he was not a Parliamentary agent. Sir GEORGE GItEY thought that the decision that had been come to by the Committee was a correct one, but at the same time, he considered that it would be better that the peti tion should lie on the table, in order that it might be ascertained what the practice was. Lord G. SOMERSET considered that the only party that should be excluded vas a paid barrister, but that any other agent, whether Parliamentary or not, was included in the Standing Order. Mr. STRUTT thought if the Committee had power to ex clude counsel they had power also to exclude solicitors. He was, however, willing that the matter should be adjourned to consider the subject thoroughly. For his own; part he thought that the word " agent' meant " Parliamentary agent." Mr. GREENE considered that Parliamentary agents could only be heard before the Standing Orders' Committee. Mr. AGLIONBY said that when he sat on Committees on private Bills, they always considered that the word " agent" signified " Parliamentary agent." Mr. STRUTT said that he had been referred to as having allowed a solicitor, not a Parliamentary agent, to appear for parties in the Committee on the Lancaster and Carlisle Rail way Bill. He could only say, that if such was the fact, it had occurred without his knowledge. The SPEAKER said he agreed with the opinion expressed by the Hon. Member for Derby. When he (the Speaker) held the office of Chairman of the Standing Orders' Committee, persons not being Parliamentary agents were not allowed to appear before Committees of that House for other parties. He was decidedly of opinion that Parliamentary agents were the only persone ad:nitted by the Standing Orders to appear before Committees of that House. Mr. ESTCOURT. fullylconeurred in the opinion expressed by the Speaker. After a few words from Lord G. SOMERSET, The SPEAKER said that the agents were responsible to the House for the fees ; under those circumstances no person ought to be before the House, except through a Parliamentary agent. It must be apparent to every member that much of the time of the House had been consumed by discussing Bills that never were intended to pass into a law. Since he had had a seat in that House, from four to five months of the session had been wasted moon all manner of ille debates—(Londi cheers from the Ministerial side of the House)—upon questions in which the public took no interest. In the session of 1840, gentlemen on the other side of the House consumed nearly the whole of that session in the most idle, and as regarded the public interest, the most worthless motions—not worthless to them, because their object was to get hold of place, power, and pelf. No doubt the Gentlemen who sat behind the Treasury Bench had, as well as those who sat on that Bench derived consi derable advantage from the change, but that change had produced no advantage to the people of this coun try. How had the time of the House been consumed dur ing the last Session? Parliament had met on the 3d of Fe bruary, and during the months of February, March, April, and May they had passed 26 Bills ; during the month of June they had passed 10 Bills; and during the month of July 20 Bills, while in the three first weeks of the month of August, during which alone the House had sat, forty-four Bills had been sent up to the other House. Was that a proper mode of conducting hudness ? No one could defend that system. The House of Lords would, while the present party was in power, pass any Bills which they might think proper to send up, but under the late Government a certain legal Lord had thrown bundles upon bundles of Bills under the table, upon the plea that they had been sent up at too late a period of the session to have proper consideration given to them. He hoped that the state ment which he had mule would satisfy the majority of the House—( A laugh)—that it would be greatly Coil ducive to the health of the Members, and to the interests .of the country; that they should legislate for the people, during hours when their mental faculties were in a proper state of activity and clearness, and not when they were muddled.— ( A laugh.) The Hon. Member concluded by proposing the motion of which he had given notice. Mr. BROTHERTON seconded the motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could hardly persuade himself that the Honourable Gentleman was in earnest in making such a proposition to the House. He gave the Hon. Gentleman every credit for his anxiety with regard to the health of the Members of the House, but it was not so much the discussing of matters at a late hour of the night which wes prejudicial to their health, but the being obliged to hear long speeches at early and late hours. — (Cheers.) When Hon. Gentlemen got up upon all subjects and treated them with dissertations on the corn-laws and Ire land, it produced a degree of yearning and lassitude which was most injurious. —(Loud cheers and laughter.) When the earlier portion of the night was occupied in discussing useless subjects, it rendered it necessary for them to sit up late to forward the public busi ness. Unless they sat up late for the purpose, they would have no opportunity of doing any business at all. The Hon. Gentleman complained of the inattention and haste with which they discussed public measures, and he said that while they passed twenty-six Bills only in the first part of the session, they passed a considerable number of Bills at the end. But Hon. Gentlemen who took up the time of the House in discussing useless subjects were the cause of this. The dis cussion of many Bills was frequently put off at the request of Hon. Gentlemen themselves, who wished to consult their constituents. It would be found that those debates, which occupied the time of the House after twelve o'clock, were those which were begun before that hour. There might be occasions where great public interests required that public measures should be introduced and discussed at any hour, how ever late, and he thought that the House would act its the manner most conducive to the public interests, by not con senting to a specific resolution of this kind. He had no fear of their health being injured so long as they had the Hon. Gen tleman opposite amongst them (Mr. Brotherton), who watched over the early hours of the House with so much amenity and consideration.—( Cheers.) So long as he might remain a Member of this House he was sure they would not waste their time or their constitutions in the way so dreaded by the Hon. Member for Coventry.—( Hear, hear. ) Mr. BROTHERTON rose, and there was general cheering from all sides of the 110113 P. The Hon. Gentleman said he should trouble the House only with a word or two. The Hon. Member for Coventry had seen the very poor success which had attended his (Mr. Brotherton's) efforts en this subject, and had kindly come forward with his powerful aid, and he trusted that he would have a larger minority to support him than he had hitherto been able to command. He did think that if the proposal of his Honourable Friend were carried it would be found exceedingly useful, and that if they adjourned re gularly at early hours they would materially facili tate the business of the House, and do no injury to the public interests. The remarks which had fallen from the Right Honourable Gentleman the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, brought to his mind an anecdote of Queen Eliza beth. That goed Queen had, on one occasion, sent down a message to her faithful Commons, admonishing them not - to consume se much time in long speeches and useless mo tions.—( Loud cheers and laughter.) If the right good Queen of the present day were to send down a similar message to that liovse—(Loud cheers)—no one would deny its appro priateness, and, for his own part, he should be the first to join in a vote of thanks to her Majesty for her most gracious communication.—( Loud cheers.) He was sure there were many speeches delivered in that House that might be usefully curtailed, and many motions brought forward that they would have lost nothing had they never heara of.—(Cheers. ) For his own part, he seldom troubled the House with motions—( Hear, hear)—and he was not aware that he had ever made any long speeches—(Cheers)—and in supporting the present motion, tie did so because lie thought it ought to be carried, though Hon. Members had the remedy in their own hands if they chose to adopt it. Hon. Members in that House often talked of the wisdom of our ancestors, but they seemed to forget that those ancestors always did their work by day-light. It was well known that House could not adjourn until four o'clock in the day, but then our ancestors assembled at four in the morning, determined not to sit after four in the afternoon, unless there were forty Members. He had a sug gestion to make, which he thought might be usefully acted upon. It was that the House should not sit after twelve o'clock, unless eighty Members were present. Whilst he threw out this sug gestion, he considered it perfectly useless to atttempt to carry it out as the House was then constituted. He would therefore only support the resolution of his Hon. Friend (Mr. Williams), though of course he knew too well from past experience that, excellent as the proposition would be in practice, the House would not sanction it. The House then divided when there appeared— For the motion ... l6 Against it ... Majority against the motion ..... —l3O (LEFT SITTING.) lECOURSE OF EXCIL Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Ditto, at sight l2 4 Rotterdam 9 U l2 61 Antwerp ilamburgh M.B. 13 15 Altona l4 0 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 70 Ditto, 3 months 25 90 Marseilles Ilourdeaux Frankfurt on Maine LNGE.—(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar — Leghorn 3O 75 Genoa 25 95 Milan Venice 47 Naples 384 Palermo, per oz 1176 Lisbon: 536 Oporto 536 Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Bucnos Ayres NewYork,2ldys sight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz. Foreign Gold, bars...E3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons..... 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 Silver in Bars 0 4 11 PQtersburgh, 3 Us... 36A Berlin . 7 Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M 957 Trieste, ditto Madrid 37 Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona 36 Sevilla — IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) H OUSE OF LORDS. ROYAL ASSENT. _ . -. - Their Lordships met to-day at Four o'Cleck, for the purpose of giving; the Royal Assent to several Bills :—Tho Commis sioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Buccleugh, and the Earl. of Shaftesbury. The following are the Bills which received the Royal As sent, the Horse Racing Bill, the Officers at Sea Bill, the Me tropolitan. Improvement Bill, and Sangs Naturalization Bill. Their :Lordships then adjourned during pleasure. Their :Lordships assembled at Five o'clock. SAM GRAY. _ _ The LC/RD CHANCELLOR presented a petition from a person of the name of Samuel Gray, who stated that he had been tried/ four times for the offence of shooting at persons in Ireland, and that on the last occasion he was convicted. An objection had been raised, he said, to the peremptory chal lenge which he had claimed. That question came on for dis cussion before the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland, and the decision was against him. Re wisned very much to appeal to their Lord: ;hips' House against that decision. He was, how ever, destitute of funds necessary for the purpose, and prayed thair Lordships to provide him with funds. He (the Lord Chancellor) feared that their Lordships had no means of doing that. CORN-LAWS. The Earl of YARBOROUGH presented petitions from Lincolnshire. against any alteration in the corn- laws. Lord BROWNLOW presented 52 petitions from places in Yorkshire tc.. the same pifect. The Earl of DEVON presented several petitions to the same effect, 'hut the designations of the petitioners were not heard in the gallery. I'RESBYTERIAN MARRIAGES. The Marquis of NORMANBY wished to put a question to his Noble Fiend on the Woolsack with respect to Presbyterian marriages. He wished to ask his Noble and Learned Friend whether it II as intended to re-appoint the Committee of last session on this subject? Lord LYN DHURST said that the Law Lords in that House were divided. in opinion upon a case which had come before the House. As !ma on as they had come to a decision, he would move for the re-a pi )ointment of the Committee. IRIS H LAND TENURE COMMISSION. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE wished to put some questions to }.is Noble Friend opposite at the head of the Irish Land Tenures Commission, which he did not think would re quire that he should make any motion on the subject. There was already F revalent in Ireland, and to a great extent in Eng land also, tha• t the suffering of the Irish people was owing to the exorbitar t rents exacted by the landlords. The appoint ment of the t commission was calculated to aggravate the error ' • for the Com missioners stated that although they had no power to adjaclit sat e between landlords and tenants yet they would receive a rq information with respect to particular cases which could ill ustrate the whole subject. He believed that most pernicior is notions had been encoueaged by the appointment of the Corn mission, and by the conduct of the Commissioners so far. Es ery man of sense must know that if the land lords were to give up all claim to rent, and th( t tenants in possession were to have the land in fee, there would be no diminution of the general misery, and no increase of the national wealth. The Com mission had no power to alter the law of real property, and it was, the irefore, a mockery and delusion of the people. It bad kept up and propagated the notion that the landlords exacted exorbit cut rents, and gave rise to innumerable newspaper pa 1...- graphs of a most pernicious tendency. For instance, a para graph • went round the papers that a Noble Friend of his had lowere , I his rents ten per cent ; but, a fortnight afterwards the papers said that they were sorry to learn that the statement was us 'true. Why were they sorry ? They ought rather to be glad tl mat there was no occasion to lower the rents.—( Hear.) The c ry about fixity of tenure had been the cause or was suppos ed to be the cause of the appointment of the Commission. The gr tatest objection he had to the Landlord and Tenant Comm ission was that it was pleaded in bar of all other measures for the improvement of Ireland. There never was a better opportu mity than the present for the Imperial Parliament to turn its attention to Ireland with the view of affording employ ment to the great mass of the population. Never was there a momer ttat which the Government could raise money with more advanta, ge than at the present time. The questions he had to put wei e firstly, whether the Commission contempleted an alteratit so of the law which would affect leases, and covenants entered into previous to the issuing of the Commission ; secondly r, whether they had prepared any Report as to the proporti on of rent to the value of land. And thirdly, whether they pr( 'posed to report the whole evidence taken before the Commis won. The I IBA of DEVON said their Lordships would see that it would be ...iirnpossible for him to give an answer to the first two questions of the Noble Marquis. Af ter stating . the course the Comm n ission had taken with respect to their inquiry, the Noble I ;a, 51 said it was their intention to report the whole of ; the evidence taken before the Commission. He could onl y answer that the whole of the cases inquired into would be rep arted. The Marc L uis of CLANRICARDE said that it was some what satisfae tory to know that the cases upon which the Re port would b a forwarded would be reported also. An inquiry into the tenu re of land in Ireland, was really an inquiry into the condition of the peasants; for there were very few labourers who were nc t paid in part by the letting of land on a principle analogous to that of the allotment system in this country. He again asked was it intended to make any alteration in existing covenants b etween landlords and tenants ? The Earl of DEVON-1 must decline to answer so delicate a question. MAGISTRATES IN IRELAND. The Ma rquis of NORMAN BY moved for a return of the number er ,d the names of the Stipendary Magistrates appointed in Ireland since the Ist of January, 1841.—Ordered. Their 1 ~ordships Adjourned at a Quarter-past Six o'Clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Fll6 3ritAx E a:took the Chair:shortly before Four o'Clock. ROYAL ASSENT. . Pulman, the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod, appeared at %No • table, and summoned the House to the House of Lords, to Ix , :ar the Royal assent given by commission to several Bills w l ach had been agreed to by both Houses of Parliament, for wt licit see Lords' report. The Yarmouth and Norwich Railway Bill was read a second tirr e, and ordered to be committed. "he second reading of the Epsom and South Western Rail way Bill was postponed. COLCHESTER AND IPSWICH RAILWAY. Si r WM. HEATHCOTE in presenting a petition from Sir Robe a Harland with respect to the course pursued by tie Comt sit tee on the Standing Orders in regard to this Bill, wished to ha re the opinion of the House as to the course that he BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Mrs. Warner, the landlady of the Grapes Tavern, in Rose' street, Long-acre, was stunmoned before Mr. Tw:yford fo keeping her house open after twelve o'clock at night on Saturday, the 24th of February, for the sale of spirituous liquors. Mr. Johnstone attended on behalf of the defendant. The first witness called was Police-sergeant Dominick Cord, F 15, who stated that, about twenty minutes past twelve o'clock on the morning of Sunday, the 25th of February, he was on duty in Rose-street, Long-acre, when his attention was directed to the house kept by the defendant. A constable had informed him that he had seen two men come out of the house. The witness went up to the house and knocked, upon which a man opened the door and asked who was there? Witness said, " It is the police. You have got persons inside the house." The man imme diately replied, " there is no person here except a few friends up stairs, and they will be down presently." He (witness) then went up stairs and found eleVen men sitting round the room smoking and drinking. He merely said that they ought to be out of the house before that time, and then he left. The Clerk—Did you see the landlady at that time ? Wit ness—l think I saw her in the parlour. Inspector Medlicot was then called, and he said that, in consequence of what the last witness told him, he went to the house kept by the defendant about a quarter to one o'clock on the morning in question. He saw five men sitting up stairs. He spoke to the defendant as to the lateness of the hour, and she said she could not very well turn her customers out. Mr. Johnstone asked what was the general character of the house? Inspector Medlicot—lt is a very well conducted house generally. This was the evidence in support of the complaint. Mr. Johnstone said there was no evidence that liquor had been sold after twelve o'clock on the Saturday night. The evidence merely went to show that parties were in the house partaking of liquor after that hour. Mr. TlvYFortD—lt is not necessary to prove that money was taken. The Act of Parliament does not only apply to selling liquor after a certain hour, but also to a person keep ing his house open for the sale of liquor. Now it appears from the evidence, that at twenty minutes past twelve o'clock on this Sunday morning eleven persons were seen drinking together, and at a quarter to one on the mine morning five persons were seen drinking together. Mr. Johnstone—l can produce several witnesses who will prove that no liquor was supplied after the hour in question. The words of the Act of Parliament. are not " keeping open' but " any person opening." The Clerk—The words are " any licenced victualler open ing his house within the metropolitan police district for the sale of wines, spirits, &c." Mr. TwyFoup—Exactly. Now you may show if you like that no liquor was sold after twelve o'clock. Mr. Johnstone—l will call gentlemen who frequent the de fendant's house. It is a house in which a number of trades men meet in the evening after their business is over. Mr. TwyForm—Yes, but I cannot make any distinction. Mr. Johnstone—l will call my witnesses. Mr. A. M'Allan was then called, and he said that he was in the habit of frequenting this house. The waiter was never allowed to supply anything after twelve o'clock on the Sa turday nights. Ile (witness) had frequented the house for fourteen years and he had never once known this rule broken through. Mr. Johnstone—Can you speak, of your own knowlelge, as to this particular evening? Mr. SlcAllan—l can. The defendant has lived in this neighbourhood for forty years, and I am sure that the whole parish can bear testimony as to the respectability of the House. Mr. TwyFonD—ls it the custom to call for a quantity of liquor sufficient to last the night, immediately before twelve o'clock ? Mr. McAllan—Decidedly not. Mr. TwyFonn—What were you drinking? Mr. McAllan —Whisky. Mr. Johnstone—Do not a great many gentlemen, who frequent that house, drink wine and water? Mr. McAllen— A great many of them do. Mr. TwyFonn—Well, in this case, I do not feel inclined to say that the defendant's house was kept open for the sale of spirituous liquors ; but it was a very proper case to bring before me. The summons was then dismissed. RAIL WAYS. (FROM OUR CITY CORRESPONDENT.) A considerable degree of interest is taken among capitalists at the proceedings in Parliament with respect to the result of the inquiries now progressing upon the subject of rail ways. The immense sums laid out in those undertakings, amounting to nearly 50 millions sterling, subscribed for by thousands of individuals, make the subject almost a national one. Our columns have already teemed with remarks with re spect to the exactions of too many of the Directors of Railways, and the want of proper accommodation and protection from the weather now felt by the poorer classes. These are sub jects well-deserving the attention of the Committee of the House of Commons, and the example set by the French Government in this respect is worthy following. We understand an ordinance has been issued that upon all railways, third class carriages must be covered over, and the passengers in them protected by curtains. The fares, too, are to be settled by a Committee appointed for that purpose, so that passengers, from the highest to the lowest, shall not be left to the caprice or exactions of any body of men. A provincial share-broker, in his letter read yesterday, states— " The great extent of capital already i nves t e d i n railways, theirimproved management, and the care now bestowed on their regulation and safety in all respects by Parliament, makes them a valuable addition to the securities usually resorted to for trust purposes. The great and rapidly increasint wealth of the country having so diminished the income arising from the public funds and other legalized sources, has rendered it important for survivors to have the benefit of railways with a fund of paid-up capi tal amounting to nearly 50,000,0001., in their power for investment. As trustees generally have at the present time no discretion in this matter, all persons making wills should consult and be governed by the opinion of their professional advisers. To make the safest use of railway investments for trust purposes, works should be selected that have been in full operation for every kind of traffic for the preceeding two years, and whose capital ac count is closed ; in order that this point might be well under stood, a register should be kept to ascertain it by some public authority, that could be referred to, as the Board of Trade or otherwise, as Parliament might deem proper." THE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARC!! 5. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Henry Robert Plaw, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Dantzig, to be her Majesty's Consul-Geceral in Prussia, to reside at Dantzig. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Francis Coleman Macgregor, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul in the city and district of Canton, in the province of Kwangtung. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint George Balfour. Esq. to be her Majesty's Consul in the city and district of Shanghai, in the province of Keangsoo. The Queen has — also been graciously pleased to appoint Robert Thom. Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul in the city and district of Ningpo, in the province of Che-keang. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Henry George Cuper, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul in Denmark, and for the Oresound, to reside in Elsinore. Tho Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Bagdad. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. HENRY SOUTHGATE, auctioneer, Fleet-street, City . WILLIAM LAW WOOD, export ironmonger, Bishops gato-street Within, City. BANKRUPTS. NATHAN BLAKE, linen-draper, Edgeware-road, to sur render, March 18, at two, and April 19, at half-past one, at, the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin lane, Cornhill ; Pain and Hatherly, Great Marlborough-street. CHARLES MOORE MOTTRAM, Warehouseman, Fri day-street, Cheapside, March 18, and April 19, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official as signee, Basinghall-street ; Sale and Worthington, Manchester; Reed and Shaw, Friday-street, Cheapside. WILLIAM CHEESMAN, JOHN HODSON, and WIL LIAM OLIVER, CHEESMAN, Brighton, chinamen, March 18, and April 19, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Cattlin, Ely-place, Holborn. WILLIAM ROBERT HAWKES, brewer, Brighton' March 12, at twelve, and April 12, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Rickards and Wal ker, Lincoln's Inn-fields. EDMUND TUCK, silversmith, Haymarket, March 19 and April 18, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry Chambers ; Matsu, New Bridge-street. JOHN HUGGINS, poulterer, Vernon-place, Bagnigge wells-road, March 19 and April 16, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch lane, Lombard-street ; Lovell, South-square, Gray's-inn. JAMES TARVER, ironmonger, Daventry, Northampton shire, March 21, at one, and April 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Addis and Guy, Great Queen-street, Westminster. CHARLES JOSEPH RIDDEY, innkeeper, Little Crea ton, Northamptonshire, March 13, at half-past two, and April 17, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Weller, King's-road, Bedford row ; Fell, Northampton. CHARLES COUCHMAN, builder, Edward-square, Ken sington, March 14, at twelve, and April 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, 13asinghall street ; Atkinson, Carey-street. JAMES JOSSPH, clerk, Peter's-hill, Paul's-wharf, City, March 12, at half-past eleven, and April 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, official assignee, Coleman street-buildings; Lane, Argyll-street, Regent-street. HENRY TAYLOR, victualler, Bilston, Staffordshire, March 12, and April 12, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Biemingham ; Manbo and Hawesford, Wolverhampton. JOHN CRUMP, corn-dealer, Stanwap, Gloucestershire, March 19, and April 16, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Dia, Bristol; Bell, Beoford-row, London. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of March 5 ) Soca R.-The rates previously established are fully sustained for West India Sugar ; grocers and refiners have Leen de sirous to purchase all descriptions, but business has been checked by the very small and indifferent assortment at market. To-day there was little business transacted in the West India Sugar market, and the purchases are not wo r th enumera ti ng , but the supply being still scanty, merchants were enabled to obtain former rates. REFINED.—The home trade have been free purchasers of Refined Sugar, paying stiffer rates. Dutch Crushed Sugar at 23s to 23s 64 per cwt paid. To-day several parcels of Refined floods were taken by the home trade, stardard Lumps at 78s 6 0 to 795, and brown Grocery 77s to 77s 6d per cwt. Pieces an d :lastards are much wanted, but the supply is small. Bonded Crushes 4 Sugar sells readily at 26s 6d per cwt. Loaves much in deman.. l • m anai nys.—Tthis afternoon bright yellow and strong re fining qualitio., sold at 4. decline on former rates of 6d to Is per cwt ; fine yellon" weirt at 675, good 64s to 65 5, middling and good middling 61s to Os 6d, strong grey 60s 6d to 61s, low 58s to 59s 6d, and fine brown 58s to 59s per cwt. EAST INDIA.—Thi,c; afternoon 1,509 bags Bengal were offered at public sale, nearly the whole damaged; good sound white sold at 67s 64 to 68s, middling grey 625, middling yellow 61s to 635, low b9a white damp and washed 65s 6d to 66s 6d, yellow ditto 57s to 62s 6d, good damp brown 56s 6d per cwt, being rather under former rates. FOREIGN.—YeIIow Havannah Sugar, fine at 22s to 22s 6d, other descriptions at 20s to 21s 6d per cwt ; white Havannah, good taken in at 28s to 28s 6d, middling 26s to 27s 6d, and low 24s 6d to 25s 6d ; damaged fetched 21s to 25s 6d per cwt. Brazil has sustained the previous currency. Java Sugar at rather higher rates for brown, but white qualities went rather cheaper. Mor..assEs.—For West India higher rates asked ; good De merara at 26s 6d, and Antigua at 28s per cwt. Bengal Mo lasses at 18s to 19s per cwt. COCOA.—West India at rather higher prices ; Trinidad fine 54s to 565, good 50 s t o 535, raiddllng 48s to 495, and low 45s SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—Lord Worsley last night renewed his no tice of motion " for the appointment of a Select Commit tee to inquire into the mode of appointment, the duties, and the present system of remunerating the clerks to jus tices at petty sessions in England and Wales, and to report the evidence and their opinion thereon to the House." The lateness of the period at which his Lordship brought this subject before the House of Commons last year, induced him to postpone it to a future session. The motion now stands for Tuesday, the 12th of March. The present system which, we have reason to believe, Lord Worsley will attempt to reform, is fraught with evils which, but to state, is to ensure their condemna tion from all who are not personally interested in their preservation from exposure to the public eye, and eradication from the forms of justice. The first of these evils belongs to the mode of remunerating the clerks in petty sessions. This is at present by fees upon summary convictions. A petty assault, or an offence under the Wilful Damage Act, for which on con viction the magistrates deem a fine of sixpence, or a shilling, sufficient punishment, is increased, to the ratio of shillings to pence, by the "costs of conviction." With a special reference to the subject of Lord Worsley's motion , we have, from week to week, looked through the reports of the proceedings in petty sessions, as given by the provincial journals of several counties; and we state, as the result of our investigation, that the general amount of costs, on a summary conviction for a trifling offence, averages twelve shillings ; while the average amount of fine inflicted for such offences does not exceed a shilling— in many instances the penalty was considera bly less.. But, whether the fine were one shilling or twenty, the " costs" were the same ! This system—now sought to be amended, if not al together changed for one more just and equitable—is not less impolitic to the county rate-payers than it is manifestly oppressive to the poorer classes. The poor labourer who, by ignorance or accident, becomes subject to the fine of a shilling, would find the payment of that sum sufficiently onerous—especially when the loss of his day's wages, occasioned by his attendance before the justices for the hearing of his case, is added to the fine. But this he might pay. The privations of a month might permit him to scrape together the amount of the penalty. We scarcely need remark, that he must subject himself and family to severe privations to enable him to do so out of his wages of 7s. or Bs. per week. But when the justice's clerk announces the amount of costs, his poverty frequently prevents him from attempting the arduous undertaking of pay ment. The alternative is " a month," or " six weeks' imprisonment," in the county prison, in default of pay ment—according as the magistrates compute the pay ment of the penalty by a period of incarceration of the person, where the emptiness of the purse precludes the possibility of atoning for the shilling delinquency in any other way. Then come the charges of the constable for conveying the defaulter to gaol—his food and other expenses therein—loss of his place of work, caused by compulsory absence from his labour—the parochial assistance which his wife and family will probably require during his imprisonment ! Add to these the contamination to which the man has been exposed by associating with poachers and thieves in the prison— the stigma which rests upon him, and the suspi cion with which he is regarded, and the consequent dis inclination to engage him as a workman by the farmers, if he be an agricultural labourer, or by the tradesmen, if he be a mechanic—for he has been the tenant of a gaol !—and some of the effects of sending it poor man to prison, to associate with those who are and ought to be subjected to such restraint and punishment, in de fault of payment of costs, will be seen. That the con sequences of doing so are here rather under than over stated, is well known by those who have had an oppor tunity of watching the operations of the system in the country generally, and especially in the agricultural districts. What objection, then, can be brought against paying the clerks to justices in petty sessions out of the county rate? Paying them by costs on summary con victions subjects the ratepayers to a large increase by the items we have enumerated, and by the consequences we have described in the above summary. STANDARD.—In the House of Lords last night, Lord Brougham called the attention of the House and of the public to a late trial and conviction of an indivi dual in the state of Louisiana (United States), for aiding in the escape of a slave. For this offence the law of Louisiana imposes the penalty of death, and the unhappy convict has been ordered for execution on the 26th of next month. The Noble and Learned Lord disclaimed any purpose of interfering with the independent autho rity of the country in which this frightful and most disgusting tragedy is impending, or even of censuring the laws which lead to consequences so hideous ; his only object, he said, was to save the threatened victim, if possible, by presenting to the people of Louisiana the view which would be taken in Europe, of his destruction. Lord Brougham, in the part, he has taken, has acted with judgment and good taste • worthy of his humanity. True, we as Englishm en h av e no right to question the authority of an American Go vernment, or to censure its laws ,whatever may be the pri vate opinion of each of us upon those laws. But as men, lwe have a right to protest against an act of barbarous • nhumanity, wherever threatened, or wherever perpe trated. " Homo sum, et humani nihil a me alienum puto," said the heathen poet ; and as Christians we owe a peremptory duty to exercise all the means that lawfully me can to prevent the commission of an atrocious crime. Now a strong and indignant expression of opinion presents means within our reach, and means which we are bound to use ; and to such an expression Lord Brougham's notice summons the country, at least summons the press, which reflects the public feeling. Public opinion, according to Mr. Locke, possesses an influence upon the actions of men more power ful than the sanctions of religion and of law, and it is certainly more prompt than either in the exercise of its influence ; but there is, if we may so speak, a public opinion of the conduct of nations, as there is a public opinion of the acts of individuals among nations ; and if the United States will maintain a respectable character in the family of civilised nations, they must respect thi opinions which foreigners form of their pro ceedings. We readily imitate Lord Brougham's wise example, in abstaining from all offensive topics, while considering this particular mat ter; but we cannot help congratulating the nations which have expelled the use of slavery upon their escape from temptation to cruelty of the most terrible kind, which they owe to that expulsion—a temptation which has unfortunately most force whrrever the freemen are most free. An indifference to the lives and hap piness of fellow crreatures, is the blackest stain upon the Roman character—a stain from which the brightest names in Roman history are not free ; but this had its origin in the use of slavery—for when men are once made familiar with bloodshed in the murder of slaves, they will soon redden their hands in the blcod of fellow-citizens. We will not ask whether this progress to cruel barbarism has taken place to any extent in the south ern and western States of the American common wealth, because we would avoid every offensive allusion ; but we point with pride to the freest people in the world, and the people who for the longest period have been free in themselves, and free from the contact of slavery—we point with pride to the people of England, distinguished above all other people on the face of the earth, by a horror of bloodshed, that we would think instinctive to the Anglo-Saxon race did we not unhappily see that some of that race, when thrown into the society of slavery, have lost the glorious distinction Let us hope that Lord Brougham's notice will have its desired effect, and that we skall not have to add to the proofs of the degrading influence of slavery one more odious, because proving a cruelty more deliberate and more diffused than any we have yet witnessed. LINES TO SIR ROBERT PEEL. (From the Sunday Times.) [Occasioned by reading his exculpatory speech in defence of Attorney-General Smith, and his announcement that, to deter duellists, he had deprived Lieutenant-Colonel Fawcett's widow of her pension.] What ! defend like a lawyer, a lawyer's transgressions — What ! palliate all 'twas your place to condemn ; With the orphan's appeal mix a counsel's confessions, And, pardoning the latter, hurl vengeance on them Think the dead was the challeng'd one, forced by the fashion Your own acts have sanction'd* to answer the call ; That SMITH was the creature of petulant passion— 'Twas his chance to triumph, 'twas FAWcErr's to fall. Go hence with ye—rest on the beautiful bosom That pillows your head, and be calm if you can ; Be one vision the last on your eyes as you close them — That you've beggared a widow, whilst shielding a man. Qh! cast off the mire of political bias, Your heart was ne'er doubted—go do thyself right ; Remember the deed of the prophet Elias,t Give the orphans their pittance, the widow her mite. Oh ! bring your heart home to its holy affections, Warm and fresh let the current of charity flow ; Is it nobler to add to the widow's afflictions, Or feel the full force of her husband-less woe ? By your love for the beautiful woman you cherish, By the life-blood that once in your mother's veins ran; Oh . drive not the widow, the orphan, to perish, Though you act like a Minister, feel as a Max !—L. R. * Vide Peel's intended duel with O'Connell twenty-seven years since t " And the widow said, as the Lord thy God liveth I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel and a little oil in a cruise • and behold I am gathering two sticks that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die. " And Elijah said unto her, fear not. The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruise of oil fail."—lst Kings, chap. 27.—Elijah and Elias are the same. THE WOOD PAVEMENT IN CHEAPSIDE.—SEWERS' COURT, GUILDIIALL.-The Paving Committee, in their re port, having recommended that the paving of Cheapside should be forthwith commenced, orders have been given to Mr. Stevens to complete the street with wood, according to Per ring's safety system, of which a specimen was laid down last year, westward of Bow Church tower, in Cheapside, the work to commence this day (Monday). The policemen on duty in Cheapside have kept an account of the number of accidents which have occurred to horses during the recent alternation of rainy and frosty weather, upon the stone pave ment, and upon Perring's, Rankin's, and Carey's wood pave ments respectively; and it is expected that the City Com missioner will forwith furnish a correct return to the City authorities. We regret to be obliged to state that the Com missioners of Sewers seemed to have adopted a resolute fancy for the filth and puddle of their streets, which are in several places impassable to any other individuals. CANTERBURY. SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—On Tuesday last a large rat was seen running from the forage store in the Cavalry barrack-yard, Canterbury, which was seized and killed by a one-year lamb of the Southdown breed, the property of Mr. R. Wall, who keeps the Canteen. The lamb is a most docile creature, and has been brought up in the house. The ewe dying at the time it was dropped, it has been the companion of a litter of Newfoundland dogs from that time.—Dover Chronicle. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, March 4. NATIONAL EDUCATION. The Marquis of NORMANBIC (in continuation from our Second Edition last night) said—This in terference had been coeval with the admission to that Board of certain ex officio members—naively, judges who had been appointed by the present Government -gentlemen who had always exhibited themselves as strong political partisans of the Protestant Ascen dancy, who had attended the meeting at the Man sion-house in 1837—he meant Mr Baron Lefroy and Mr. Sergeant Jackson. Mr. Jackson had given utter ance to such strong opinions on this subject that he had been excluded from serving as a judge of assize un der the government:of the Duke of Northumberland and Lord Francis Egerton. Onithe 7th . of April, 1843, Mr. Birmingham received a letter from Mr. Mathews, secretary to the Board of Charitable Bequests, stating that, in the opinion of the Commissioners the school was not properly conducted as a Protestant parochial school; that in consequence the trust had not been properly fulfilled, and that until the school should be made a Protestant school, the trust-money left by the Rev. Mr. Pugh would not be paid. The resolution of the Board, in consequence of which the letter had been written, had been proposed by Mr. Baron Le froy and seconded by Mr. Sergeant Jackson. It had been passed by a small majority, and among the minority who voted against the resolution were the Archbishop of Dublin and Chief Baron Brady The Noble . Marquis then read an extract from the will, to show that it was the intention of the testator to leave the system of education entirely to the dis cretion of the clergyman. He did not think that the Board had any power to withhold the grant. Their powers were limited to the recovery of charitable be quests which had been secreted, neglected, or misap plied. The only expression in their constitution which they could so construe was, that which authorised them, in cases where the bequest could not be lawfully applied according to the will , of the testator, to apply it so as to meet as nearly as possible the intention of the will. The Noble Marquis then read a letter from the Bishop of Kildare to the Rev. Mr. Birmingham, ' in which the Right Rev. Prelate informed that gentleman, that at a meeting of the Board of Chari table Bequests, severe strictures had been passed upon his conduct, and the Bishop warned him that he brought himself within the provisions of the penal Act of King Henry VIII., in his 28th year, "unless he (Mr. Birmingham) should restore his school to " its proper uses." But the fact was, the Act of .Henry VIII.. was the 15th and not the 28th, and its object was not to make the schools Protestant, but to enforce the teaching of English. It was passed at a time when there had been no change in the intent, and it contained a special enactment that the' pupils should "tell their beads in . English."—(Hear, hear.) That was a Protestant enactment.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) The Act contained other regulations relating to teh. dress and manners of the clergy. They were not to wear "satin. shirts," nor to wear hair upon their upper lips.—(A laugh.) He did not wish to read the whole of the Right Rev. Prelate's letter. His Grace was eighty six years of age, and it might be supposed that the letter contained some expressions which his Grace at• another time might wish he had reconsidered. As he did not read the second letter, he would not read the answer, but the Bishop, in the course of his letter, states "he was anxious to rescue the property, and place from the hands of the National Board."— (Hear, hear.) It was not with the Board of Chari table Bequests, but with the minister of the parish that the control of the funds rested, till this most ex traordinary interference of the Board of National Education. He would not read the Bishop's letter, because he was aware that a threat had been conveyed to the Rev. Mr. Birmingham that if he brought the case, before Parliament it was possible a temporary license of non-residence, which he had on account of the illness of his wife, who was the mother of seven children, would be withdrawn from him by his dio cesan.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped there was no foun dation for this. He knew enough of the Bishop of Kildare to make him believe that such a step would not be taken. Having stated thus much with regard to this case, he would, in a few words, call the atten tion of the House to what the state of Ballysack would be if it were not for their interference. This case was an epitome of the state of Ireland. The same thing might be the case with five out of six parishes in Ireland. It illustrated the struggle between the two principles of government for Ireland —that which would govern the people with good will di e and with the concurrence of the great mass ° population, and that which would govern her by had straint and force. The Romen Catholic rosst°l._,.;4l been acting in concert with the rector of the p,,P7, 4 in promoting the education of their respective fl —a happy state of things, which should meet vinbbetal encouragement of their Lordshipsear, Are, He trusted the Government would at once intwrier and apply such a remedy as was n ecessary, ilh e a to prevent the malappropriation of these trusts. ‘sie some Noble Lords spoke about Ireland, they not seemed ignorant of that country, but actually t 04.,, forgotten what they had already learned of her. w c f; this very system of education which had bee° 9 : (1 ) by, nounced, had been most strongly r ecommend the Education Commission itself. T he report 431;0 Commission bore the signature of such names I' s 00 1 Primate of Ireland, the Archbishop of Ca cot the report itself was brought up by on e of the Elie distinguished advocates of Protestanti s m, Alr. er Foster.—(Hear, hear.) He feared the Irish Gov • Of. ci s : ment did not sufficiently discourage sectarian and , religious rancour. The address of the rif i Low testant Operative Association to tue di g .. Lieutenant contained sentiments of 111 , the guished hostility to the grea t bulk 01 . Irish people and should have been replied to 11 ,, e manner which would show them that the Eieel l 'a u i s , discouraged all such indications. The Noble MAN_ then read the answer of the Lord Chancellor of t ici land to the Rev. Mr. Birmingham's letter, in not that Noble and Learned Lord stated that it vial in the province of the Government to review the °,.c.„A of the Board of Charitable Bequests. He (the IJu' - the Chancellor) was a member of that Boa rd, and i,f,41,g application was made to the Board during its sly he would call their particular attent ion to it. the could not, however, give any opinion con cerning, e 0 , merits of the particular application. The Rev.,v‘..fa tleman had applied since then, but was told the had not sat, and so the grievance was left dressed. He would earnestly call the attention u their Lordships to the motion. He feared th at ho eau{ ever anxious the Noble Duke opposite ( the Du n Wellington) might be to act in a straightforw ard impartial manner, that the Irish Government have a more determined will, and use a str° lll l, hand in order to restrain those sectarian mailDtsio tions and govern with impartiality. It was n'ile intention to move for a Committee at present. would confide the matter to the management of 1: 5 Government ; but on a future occasion, if the evil Ti for • not remedied, he would feel it his duty to move ' a Committee, before which he would be able to 911" Y , 4 stantiate all the allegations he had made on evening. 0 100 The Duke of WELLINGTON said he had f„, great pains to inform himself of the particulare.,:io garding the present motion, but had been unsTevirej obtain much information on the subject. I le h ell ,l the statement made by the Noble Marquis was 7die accurate. The Noble Duke then recapitulated oi facts of the case as stated by the Noble Marquis', stated that it appeared to him that the Noble P_..„ the Secretary for Ireland had taken the only Prutre course, in recommending the applicant to apP l 9, O l ? court of equity, which was the proper method Ttis, taining redress, as that court alone could have r oo t diction over the Board of Bequests. The aPIT.A.e. had certainly applied to the Lord Chancellor of land, but as he had not made the application t° the Noble and Learned Lord in his judicial capaelOwer. Noble and Learned Lord gave him the only uns„j.. he could give him, as merely a member of the / 3 °. e As to the Bishop of Kildare, or the other mat mentioned by the Noble Marquis, he had noth. whatever to do with them ' • but he thought i t very badly become their Lordships to appoint ar mittee, when the legitimate course of aPPl ica being to a court of equity had not been re sorted _. , He would, however, call the attention of the Gov ment to the suect. Lord ENHAM was of opinion that court of equity was not the proper place to aPI 4S . in this case. In the first place, the whole atu° l . l 0 trifle of 71., would be consumed in a single the Court of Chancery ; in the second, the case t; „ volved a point of much difficulty and dispunk os e What really was the power given by the Act of J•, r , ite liament to the Board of Charitable ll:equests? „ t ett words of the Act did certainly appear to givels: bt. discretion to that Board, a discretion which 11101. render nugatory all such bequests as the present, 011 which might be sought to be applied to the gl t he' purposes of education. He would earnestly' 0 ° h oc attention of the Government to the state of the on this matter, with a view to its alteration. t i j il The LORD CHANCELLOR did not think to was a case for a court of equity. He though t er Hon. and Learned Friend the Lord Chancellor vir Ireland had given the only answer he could r b e telling the applicant to apply to the Board Iv the was present, and he would call their attention t° th e case. The matter never had been brought before'...a Board since, else he felt quite sure the Hon. Learned Lord would have fully redeemed his pr orn After a few words from the D u ke of WELLT. IO° and the Marquis of NORMANBY in explanatior4, Lord CAMPBELL said he feared much ti would not be gained by bringing the matter be's' ,„ x, the Board, considering the opinions that had been pressed by two Members of it, Judges Jackson, t he Lefroy. The Noble and Learned Lord defende ° conduct of his countryman, the Bishop of 10 t his who, he felt sure, did not do anything harsh in tae , case, nay, very little responsibility was attached W l O The Bishop of EXETER contended that to t rector of the parish was bound to apply the h e q,,, • o • in the manner most calculated to promote the n o t ciples of the Established Church.. He care°,„.;l; whether there were 70 or 700 Papists in the seu,"; the principle remained the same. The Right ) tt Prelate defended the conduct of Judges Jackson e t p e Lefroy, and said he was glad to see that they inu i manliness to act upon their opinions. Did the r O, tional system of education, he would ask Nobler/it e h, carry out the principles of the Established Ch ur ,,, and did it not rather pander to the feelings and p re dices of Roman Catholics and Dissenters ? Y 9• Lord MONTEAGLE reminded the Right , 0 11 , Prelate that the system of national education rou • t to tained the sanction of the Protestant Primat e, ti Archbishop of Cashel, the Bishop of Kilu" ° ` ! "' s iP Provost of Trinity College, and Mr. Leslie Yeo o g The system was working well, and he trusted O t t . s es would occur to embitter those sectarian d:re re " se which the national education system was doir4 ; much to remove. fre ° The Bishop of EXETER wished to hear,' be the Noble and Learned Lord (Lord Camphei" , 0 being the gravest law-authority in the Houk e ' es it Lord Cottenham was not then in his place, whf t 'sly be according to law for a clergyman of • : n y interested, as in this case, in a bequest; to i iFfiecr to the puposes of education according to the • P‘ pies of the Established Church ? the Lord CAMPBELL jocosely observed, a ,at as t he Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsac l vil s .. o fer highest legal authority in the House, he mus t the Right Reverend Prelate to him for ar, a nsweri ate Lord LYNDHURST.--The Right Rev. P re d igh is himself, I should say, th e grav e s t authority On - a.point.—(Much laughter.) The matter then dropped, and the. petition We on the table. 4 „bt Their Lordships adj ourne d at a Q u arter to o'Clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 4. it THE WIDOW OF COLONEL FAWCE T 'n Captain BERNAL gave notice that on br i „ l l up the Report of the Army Estimates, he 1" de. move for a copy of the letter from the e t{ I tary-at-War to the widow of Colonel Fa w idu l which conveyed the information, that a pension lvt, not be accorded to her on account a the which her husband met his death. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN gav e n otice th b l r 34 4 would to-morrow move for a return of the nui 3 2. unions in England and Wales in which chaple 4 ", / been appointed up to th e I s t o f J anua ry last, a n-- number of inmates at that period. 1101 Mr. S. CRAWFORD gave notice that he would t b e evening, on the motion that the Speaker do of lea" Chair, for the House to go i nto C omm ittee Sr i Tt s ; neve a resolution to th e effect that the larg e la ' - force now kept up was dangerous to civil liberty'. to be, Mr. WILLIAMS also gave notice of a m otion , made at the same period. he h i The SPEAKER said that the notices gi ven two Hon. MeMbers w ere not t h ose w hi c h were or( by given. They had the abstract right, beft Age er House went into C omm itt ee , t o make the nu . ,tio ag which they had give n notice, but it was no t ace ord jog the ordinary practice of the House. MILITARY PUNISHMENTS . Mr.'HUME moved for an address, praying her M jesty to lay before the House abstracts of the inue b hB of men belonging to the Royal Marines who, since , t lit day of January, 1839, to the 31st day of Decemb '1843, have suffered corporal punishment or imprin ment; showing the nature of offences, in classes, which such punishment has been awarded, and t cr number in each class; and showing the greatest numb and the smallest number of lashes, also the longest a ! et shortest period of confinement awarded as p u nishtat to each person, and the average period of confin emt for each class of offence. Of the number of soldr belonging to the Royal Artillery in Great Brit ain Ireland who, between the Ist day of January, 1 839, I i rol the 31st day of December, 1843, have suffered c olT' ,of punishment or imprisonment; showing the n ature : o r the offences, in classes, for which such corporal Int,n' Abe me nt or imprisonment has been awarded, a n d number in each class; and showing also the greatest e3t the smallest number of lashes, also the longest a nd she, rtile period of confinement awarded as punishment, a l ; tllc average period for each class of offences ; returns of tg number of soldiers belonging to regiments and. de in Great Britain and Ireland, who, since the Ist df January, 1839, have suffered either corporal pui ) 7 1 91 ment or imprisonment ; and, whenever either con 4 tile punishment or imprisonment has been inflicted 01 .1 3 same person more than once, specifying how oft' 4. et has been so inflicted ; with abstract of the numb' soldier* belonging to regiments in the eolollies and Ail paid 160 11 620 260 3'o 60 0 0 44) 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 55 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 le o 10 0 0 5 0 0 250 0 0 AU paid 2 0 0 3 0 0 36 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 ( 50 0 0 10 0 0 5 13 0 10 0, 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 6 5 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 200 0 0 2.5 0 0 2000 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 • 17 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 6 25 0 0 10 0 0 16 0 0 18 8 0 19 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 31 5 0 '2O 0 0 50 9 0 50 9 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 39 0 0 80 0 0 25 0 0 48 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 SECOND READINGS. The Leeds and Bradford Railway, the Guildford Junction Railway, and the Furness Railway Bills were read a second time. ATHLONE ELECTION. The following Gentlemen were sworn as Members for try ing the petition apinst the rettrn for the Borough of Ath lone :—The Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, Hon. W. 0. Stan ley, Mr. H. Beckett, Mr. Wm. Lockhart, Mr. W. Cripps, Mr. H. G. Ward, and Mr. J. S. Pakington. RAILWAYS. Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition from Birmingham, in favour of a fair competition in the conveyance of goods on railways. Dr. BOWRING presented a petition agreed on at a public meeting in Liverpool, which the Hon. Member stated, but for the desire of having it speedily presented would have been signed by 20,000 persons. It stated the petitioners' satisfac tion at the intention expressed by her Majesty, to redress the grievances of the people, and they hoped the House would respond to her gracious intention. 'they com plained of the imperfect state of the representation of the country, and of the powers assumed by that Heuse in taxing the people, notwithstanding that im perfect condition of the representation. They requested the House not to put military power into the hands of the Go vernment, to maintain a stste of things in Ireland, that would be intolerable in England. They complained of the manner in which money was voted away in that House, and of the in tolerable wrong that such a multitude should be obliged to pay such sums, while they were not concerned, directly or indirectly, with the representation ; and they prayed that no more public money should be granted until their grevances were redressed. _ _ Mr. WILSON PATTEN presented a petition from Preston against the monopoly in the conveyance of goods on railways. Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition from Kettering, signed by 597 of its inhabitants, complaining that taxation took away from the working man a large portion of his weekly earnings. They alleged that taxation without representation was tyranny, and they prayed that before voting away the public money the House would proceed to redress the people's grievances ; also a petition from the wood-sawyers and masons of Aberdeen to the same effect. SUPPLY OF WATER TO THE METROPOLIS. Mr. EWART presented a petition from the inhabitants of Lambeth, complaining of the conduct of the Lambeth Waterworks Company in not supplying pure water, and praying for inquiry. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN SCOTLAND. Mr. W ALLACE presented a petition from ad individual named Black, complaining of the manner in which justice was administered in the Small Debts Court of the county of Stirling. We understood the Hon. Gentleman to say that it was his intention on some future occasion to call the attention of the House to the subject of the petition. CORN-LAW S. The Hox. GENTLE 34 AN then presented a petition praying for an alteration in the corn laws . TOBACCO DUTIES. Mr. T. DUNCOMRE presented eighteen petitions from the borough of Finsbury praying for an alteration in the duties on tobacco. NEW POOR-LAVV. The Horr. MEMBER. then presented petitions from Man. chester and from Gravesend, praying that those places migh be exempted from the operation of the new poor.law. Mr. MILNER GIBSON presented a petition from Mann cheater, in favour of Lord Ashley's motion for a Select Corn. mittee to consider the subject of medical relief for the poor. RAILWAY COMMIT rEE. Mr. GLADSTONE moved the nomination of the Select Committee on Claslification of Railway Bills, in conformity with the fifth resolution on Railways :—Mr. Bingham Baring, Sir Charles Lemon,. Mr. Rice, Mr. Acland, and Sir John Walsh. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. MILNER GIBSON, in the absence of Mr. Ricardo, postponed the motion. of which that Hon. Gentleman had given notice for to-night, on the subject of commercial treaties, till this day fortnight. Mr. HUTT postponed for a fortnight the motion of which he had given notice, on the subject of colonial corn. Mr. ESCOTT gave notice that, on Thursday next, he should call the attention of the House to the subject of the fees which were still demant , ,ed in criminal courts of justice. POOR- LAWS (IRELAND). Sir D. NORREYS postponed his motion respecting the operation of the poor-la ws in Ireland till after Easter. ESTABLISHED CHURCH OF IRELAND. Mr. WARD gave notice that on as early a day as possible after Easter he would move for a Committee of the whole House to inquire into the present state of the temporalities of the Irish Church.—(lllear. ) INTRODUCTION OF ASIATIC LABOURERS TO WEST INDIES. Sir A. L. HAY gave notice that he would, on Thursday, put a question to the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Co lonies to know whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to afford. greater facilities for the introduction of Chinese and other Aqiatic labourers into the West Indies ? DUTIES ON MANUFACTURES. Mr. EWART gave notice that on Thursday week he would move for a repeal of t hie duties which press upon manufactures; and also those which tend to encourage smuggling. BUSINCESS OF THE HOUSE: Mr. WILLIAMS rose to move, " That no motion, if op posed, shall be brouglit on and discussed in this House after midnight." The Hon. Member said it was not his intention to interfere with' those long party discussions which so often occupied the time of the House to a very late and unseasonable hour. He wished to confine his motion simply to the practical business of the House, and he thought it must be evident to every Hon. Member who had been in the habit of paying at tention to that subjecit, that the bringing forward of impor tant questions at a very late hour of the night was not only most inconvenient, but highly detrimental to public in terest.—( Hear, hear-) The g en eral system of trans acting public business was in many respects most objectionable, and important alterations ought to be made —and, in fact, mu , it be .made, before the business could be conducted in ain anner beneficial to the country. On re ferring to the proceedings of last session, he found that the Home had sat 119 nights. During those 119 nights the House sat 1051 1 hours after midnight, being nearly one hour after mid night for each sitting. He bad often seen, for want of some regulation of this kind, business of the greatest possible im portance forced upon the consideration of the House at one or two o'clock in the morning, sometimes even later ; he had seen, in defiance of every r emonstrance, measures brought forward at those hours which affected most materially the rights, the liber ties, the lives, and the property of the people of this country. He had also seen, in defiance of all remonstrance, millions of the public money voted away without any consideration what ever, as to the existence of any necessity for such amounts to the public interest of the country. At these unseasonable hours he had seen gentle men comin g in t o vote on important questions affecting the li ves, p ro p erties and liberties of the parties,pe op and f r from voting their balls, withoutt h e a i r n y theatres, knowledge whatever as to whe ther their operas, and their those measures were good or bad, with regard to the interests of the country. Smch a state of things ought to be corrected, and there was no other means of doing so than limiting the hours of business to something like reasonableness. He had no objection to the debates between the two great parties in that House—one anxious to obtain power, and the other anxious to keep it--being continued, as he had often witnessed, till twilight peeped through the windows of the House, and Members returned home, from what they call their duties, by the light of the rising sun. But he did object to public business being carried on at these hours. Nature intended that Hon. Members, instead of wasting their strength in that House, should refresh themselves by sleep. The Right Hon. Baronet opposite smiled.—( Laughter.) He was quite ready to bear his testimony to the Right Hon. Baronet's attendance in that House, as well as that of the Right Hon. Baronet at the Head :of the Government. They were to be found in their places at the earliest and latest hours, and they certainly displayed an amount of physical strength that often astonished him.—( Hear, and laughter.) But he thought a little more attention to their health and comfort, would be an advantage. They might, at present, be able to attend to their duties, but a time might come when their strength would fail them ; and when these late hours would tell on their strength, and the duration of their lives. If the good of the country are consulted in these late hours, they might be tolerated, but the reverse was the fact. Laws ara passed when Hon. Members are fast asleep, or in .ssuch a state of drowsiness that they hardly knew what they were about. The intention of the Reform Bill was, that instead of Hon. Members coming down at midnight, they should come there in a state of perfect sobriety; Wheh he saw the time of the House consumed in passing Acts to explain and amend other Acts of Parliament, which if Hon. Members had not enacted at those unseasonable hours, such a state of things would never have taken place, he must say that it was discreditable to the House. By keeping those unseasonable hours, when they ought to be asleep, they passed laws which were neither understood by Hon. Members themselves, nor by the judges who were to administer them. There was no country in Europe which adopted such an unreasonable course of proceeding ; and yet, notwithstanding their late hours, many of the grievances of the country were not redressed. Let them look at the state of matters which Ireland presented. Now what were the complaints and what were the grievances of the people of Ireland ? The Hon. Member for Cork, the re presentative of all Ireland, had often stated in that House that one of the great grievances of Ireland was, that'the same law was not applied to that country which was applied to England; he thought the laws for Ireland and England ought to be pre cisely the same.—( Hear, hear.) If they consulted in that House the wants and wishes of the people, one-third of the time of the House would be saved.—( Hear, hear.) Be had no doubt that during the present session, one-fourth of the time of that House would be consumed upon two questions—the grievances of Ireland, and the Corn Laws. It must be apparent to every one that the grievances of Ire land must be redressed, or that country would become a curse instead of a blessing to England.—( Hear, hear.) It was evi dent, also, that the corn-laws must be put an end to. Why, then, he would ask, were not some measures adopted in order to settle those two questions ? The people called upon them loudly to do so ; and if they resisted that appeal, the worst results might be expected. He believed that if these two questions were settled that one-fourth of the time of the House would be saved. He advised Minis ters also to bring forward measures they intended to proceed with at an early period of the session, and he entreated them to discontinue the practice of bringing on Bills which were never intended to be proceeded with se sliht dayite onofnfeesnnotfe; !lent or iml "" in each the lowest "Ie 11 year ; unement a eliod of oi ' the nun January, lE a prisonme, or imprison. more than t eted, and colonies and 1 4 depots in of corporal each of the liamentary 675 141 71 1200 155 100 117 360 105 31 k 65 :384 IfS% 72% 1834 154 5% 400 11.113 i. 137% 48 1 62 184 16 16 2 40s. 20s. 476 170 205 12% 189 43% 40 135 391 25 215 2f36 110 54 24 3.9!.. 2 76 16% 113 FS% 89% 4,1;4 57 T. 1% 265 :15% 5 121 GM 118 30-74 101 39s r 4 4 4 52% 25% 1 104 MS. 1614 162 217 IC4 fili 17M 1 43i 50 f? 34 Igl 1 5 , 4 1, Itt, 'l4.