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Vtirb 72Vitto SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEB 21, 1850. _ Netice is hereby given that his Royal Highess Prince Albert will, by the desire cf her Majesty, hold Levees at Sr. James'a Palacf, on behalf of her Majesty, on the foi lowing da)s, at two o'clock : Wednesday, 6th March next. Wednesday, 20th March next. It is her Majesty's pleasure that:pre ,entations to his _ Royal Highness at these Levees shall be considered equivalent to presentations to the Queen. a . Addresses to the Queen may either be forwardel to her Majesty through the Secretary of State for the Home Department, or may be reserved until her Majesty shall hold a levee. . . REGULATIONS TO BE OBSERVED AT THE LEVEES AT ST. JAMES'S PALACE. The noblemen and gentlemen who purpose to attend the levees at St. James's Palace, are requested to bring with them two large cards, with their names clearly . written thereon, one to be left with the Queen's page in attendance in the Presence Chamber, and the other to be delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, who will announce the name. Those Gentlemen, who are to be presented, are . . hereby informed, it is ahsolutely necessary that their names, with the names of the Nobleman or Gentleman , wha is to present them, should be sent to the Lord Chamberlain's Office, before twelve o'clock on the Mon day previous to each Levee, in order that they may be submitted for approbation ; it being her Majesty's corn _ , mand„that no presentation shall be made at the Levees, but in conformity with the above regulations. It is particularly r( quested, that in every case the names be very distinctly written upon the cards to be de livered to the Lord Chamberlain, in order that there may be no difficulty in announcing them. The state apartments will not be open for the re ception of company coming to Court, until half-past ere o'clock. FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 20. The Qaeen has been pleased' to approve of Mr. Alfred Fox as Vice-Consul, at Falmouth, for the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Sohwerin. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 20. The Queen has been pleased to uppoint George John Crawford, Ebq., to be Second Judge of the Supreme Court of the colony of South Australia. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 22. MEMBER RETCRNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIA MENT. Stewartry of Kirkcudbright—John Mackie, of Bar galy, .Esq., in the room of Thomas Maitland, Esq., who has accepted the office of one of the Judges of the Court of Session in Scotland. WAR-OFFICE, FED. 22. let Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant Henry Dor rien Streatfeild_to be Captain; by purchase, vice Cotton, promoted ; Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant Sir William Augustus Fraser, Bart., to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Streatfeild Feb. 22. sth Dragoon Guards—Cornet William Inglis to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Thomas, who retires, Feb. 22. Bth Light Dragoons—Cornet Daniel Hugh Clutter buck t.) be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wood, promoted in the Cape Mounted Riflemen, Feb. 22. 9th Light Dragoons—Cornet Hentiy Scott to to Lieu tenant, by purchase s , vice Clifton, appointed t..) the 12th Light Dragoons, Feb. 22. 12th Light Dragoons—Captain William Heathcote Tottenham to be Meier, by purchase, vice Morrant, who retires; Lieutenant Thomas George Alexander Oakes, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Tottenham; Lieutenant Chaudoa Frederick Clifton, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Oakes, Feb. 22. 14th Light Dragoons—Cornet John Dudgecn to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ibbetson, who retire:, Feb. 22. Scots' Fusilier Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant Au gu:tus William Henry- 2viefrick to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice the Hononrable Hew H. H. Duncan, who retires; Rowland Francis Walbanke Chil ders, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, by purchase, Feb. 22. Ist Regiment of Foot—Ensign John Cadwalader Pugh to be Lieutenant, by purchase. vice Lloyd, pro moted in West India Regimen*, Feb. 22. 7th Foot—Ensign George Sinclair Tritton, from the 48th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Longden, who retires, Feb. 22. 26th Foot—Captain Walter Brisbane Park, from half pay unattached, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major George M.ylius, who exchanges, Feb. 22. 32nd Foot—Ensign Samuel Hill Lawrence to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Richardson, who retires, Feb. 22. 41st Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Clough Taylor to be Captain, by purchase, vice, Hicks, who retires, Feb. 22; Ensign and Adjutant William Johnston to have thet rank of Lieutenant, Feb. 31 ; Ensign Charles Pelgae Bertram to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Taylor, Feb. 22. 56th Foot—Captain Abraham Parkinson Kenyon, from the 2d West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice Fraser, who exchanger, Feb. 22. 69th Toot—Major James William Llewellyn Paxton to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Dillon, who retires; Captain David Elliot Maekirdy to be Major, by pnrchase,vioo Paxton; Lieutenant Frederick Wentworth Bennett to be Captain, by purchase, vice Mackirdy ; Ensign Henry Charles Strickland to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Benne►.t, Feb. 22. 80th Foot—Major Charles Lewis to be Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Bunbury, who retires; Cap tain Robert George Hughes to be Major, by purchase, vice Lewis ; Lieut. Edward Alan Holdich to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hughes ; Ensign James Loftus Win niett Nunn to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Holdich, Feb. 22. 87th Foot—Lieutenant James Bailie to be Captain, by purchase, vice Taylor, who retires; Second Lieu tenant Robert Gibson to be First Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Bailie; Lieutenant Edward Bea`uchanap Ilannsell to be Adjutant, vice Bailie, promoted, Feb. 22. 91st Foot—Ensign John Alexander Saunders to be superseded, Feb. 22. 99th Foot—:Lieutenant Charles Blamire to be Cap tain,-by purchase, vice Rambottom, who retires; Ensign Robert William Benison to be Lieutenpt, by purchase, vice Blamore, Feb. 22. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Lieutenant Price Built Manners Wood, from the Bth Light Dragoons, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Johnston, who retires, Feb. 22. Ist West India Regiment—Liou!enant Jesse Lloyd, from the Ist Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Aggro, who retires, Feb. 22. 2d West India Regiment—Captain Thomas Wallace Fraser, from the 56th Foot, to be Captain, vice Kenyon, who exchanges, Feb. 22. UNAT % rACIIED—Captain the Hoc. Wellington Henry Stapleton Cotton, from the Ist Regiment of Life Guards, to be Major, by purchase, Feb. 22. ISEIifORANDLIM.—Major John Thorne Weyland, Faif •pay .Unattached, hal been permitted to retiro from the Service by the sale of his Commission, he being about to become a settler in Canada, - Feb. 22. Ccilmis6ions by the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk. The Hon. Jacob Henry Delaval Astloy to be Deputy- Lieutenant; Sir Henry Robinson, Knt., to be Deputy- Lieutcaant,iFeb. 9. WHITEHALL, FEZ. 14. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Davies, jun., of Southampton, Gent., to no a Muter Extraordi nary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, Fan. 16. _ _ The Lord Chancellor has appointed Robert Angiim, of the city of Limerick, Gent., to he P. Master Extraordi nary in the High Court of Chancery in that put of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ire Laid. BANKRUPTS. John Belpin, coach maker, Beaumont-street, Marylt - bone, to surrender March 5 and April 5. at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. St insteld, official assignee; Bicknell, Connaught-terrace, Edgware-road. Goorge Jam, son, mercer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, March 7, at eleven, and April 11, at one, at the Nev t - castl -upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official as signee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; C ritlitn and Crighton, Nevre%stlt-upon-Tyne ; Lawrence, Crowdy, and Buwl'oy; Old Fish-Street, Dcctors'-commons. Frareis Kemp, builder, Colchester, March 4, and April 8, at half -past one, at the Court of Binkruptcy. Graham, ollieial assignee; Abell, Colchester; Bull, Ely plan?. Nicholas Mould, innkeeper, Woolwich, March 1 9 , at eleven, 'anti April 11, at twelv, at the Court, of Bank ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman, street-buildings; Butler, Took.l-Street. Charles Joseph Carltar, solicitor, Greenwich, m arc h 12, nt tweive, and 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bank rupLiy. stinsfield, official assignee ; Nias, Copthall- . court, Throgmorton-street. William Lucan, iniiceper, Preston, Lancashire, March 5 and 26, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Putt, official assignee, Manchester ; Atkinson, Saunders, and Atkinson, Manchester. Thomas Skelton Sleightholm, painter, Scarborough, Yorkshire, March 5 and 26, at one, at the Lords District Court. hope, official assignee, Leed3. Rebiason and Grt ene, Hamley, victualler, Crockernwell, Devon shire, March 6 and April 3, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Ilirtzel, official assigner, Exeter. Hawk Rs, Okehampton; Stogion, Exeter. Nicholas Marquand, dr a?er, Treforest, Glamorgan shire, March 6, at twelve, and April 3, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, cfficial assignee, Bristol; Lovibond and Carslake, Bridgwat•-. Benjamin Axford, victualler, Devonport, March 14, and April 16, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court Ilernaniar, othcial assign( e, Ex, ter; Beer and Randle, Devonport; Sr.ogdon, Exeter. Hastings, Mardi 5, at Lei . - Thomas Dunn, builder, pact onr, and April 4, at one, at t h e Court of ainkintcy. Johnson, official assignee, BAsinghall-street; Robinion and [Jaynes, Orchard street, Portman -square. Thomas Yolland, limehurner, Ashburton, March 6, and April 3, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Ilirtzi4l, official assi2ne. l , Exeter ; Francis . , Newton Bushell; Stogdon, Exeter. Zoehtriah Richard Catchpole, cheeseraonger. UppPr Liston- stre, t, Lisson-grove, March 1, at twelve, and April 5, at haTpast twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ilsrt efficial assignees, Birchin-lane, Corrihill; Pain and Ilatharly. Gresham-street. Frederick Peake, linen and woollen draper, lionitur, Devonshire, March 6 and April 3, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Cornish and Parnell, Bristol; Wreford, Exeter. PRICE OF SUGAR. The :.verage price of Brown or Muscovado Srtgar, corn puted from the returns made in the week ending February 19, 1850, is 255. 11 3 4 d. per cwt. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) In Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 16tH day of February, 1850. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes i55ued........ 30,310,035 Government debt • • 11,0 5,100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 16,062,954 Silver bullion ...... 277,077 £30,310,035 Dated the 21st day of February, THE SUN, .£ 30,340,035 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1850. lEPALITMIN T. Government scour'. ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 14,399,368 Other securities .... 9,657,067 LN - otes .............. 11,153,535 Gold and silver coin • . 749,864 £35,959,836 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1850. BANXING D Proprietors 'capital 14,553,000 Rest ••• • • • • • 3,317,661 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of / 4 4ttional Debt, Sav- ings-banlzs, and Di vidend accounts) • . 7,087,1)30 Other deposits .... • • 9,848,781 Seven day and other b 1115•.:....... .... 1,153,364 235,9 . 39,836 Dated the 21st day of February: MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, Feb. 22.) SIIGAR.—To-day %Vest India was purchased with caution for all purposes, and prices have still a downward tendency. The sales amounted to only 450, making for the week 1850 hhds, &c, whilst the reduction has been fully 6d per cwt during that time, and the market closes heavily. REFINEDI—Tc-day prices further declined for Refined Sugar, and home dealers operated with caution; brown Lumps were sold at 47s 6il to 48s, and fair to good grocery 48a 6d to 51s. The market for Crushed Sugar is flat at former terms. MAunrrius.—This afternoon the public sales of Mauritius Sugar proceeded flatly, and at rather lower rates. Of 7,190 bags offered. a part ,only sold ; fine yellow at from 38; to 41;, other sorts 35s 6d to 38; 6d, grey 35s to 38; 6d, and brown 34s to 353 5d per cwt. EAST INDIA—This aftornoon the market for Bengal Sugar presented a quiet aspect. At public sale 4,000 hags only in part sold; white Benares at from 38; to to 41; 63, soft yellow at from 34; 6d to 37s 6d, middling, like Mauritius, 353 to 384 6d, and fine brown at 383 per cwt. FORElGN—Operations by private treaty have been small for all purposes, and ot 2,438 chests Havannah at aution, a very small part only found buyers at about the former currency. Yellow went at from 38; to 42e, and brown at 35s to 37s 6d. There is a fair quantity on offer by private treaty. Holders of bonded parcels are reluctant to make any further concession in the valor, yet only limited orders have been executed by private treaty. At public sale 2,697 chests Havannah were taken in at the full value. Of White Havamah in bond 180 chests realised 253 to 26; 6d per cwt. In Refined a large business has been concluded at Am sterdam. MOLASSES.—East India is held for 14. s to 14s 6d per cwt, and few purchases have been made. In West India the private operations have been small during the week. At public sale yesterday 200 puns were offered, and all taken in at about the former value; Trinidad at 15s 6d, aad Demerar a at las per cwt. COFFEE.—To-day the market fur Coffee presented a dull aspect; there was no public sale, and the purchases made by private treaty are trifling by shippers and home dealers; prices are uncertain, and the nearest value of good ord Native Ceylon is 69s per cwt. On 'Change, a parcel of Native Ceylon Coffee was sold for cash at 59s 6d per cwt. CocoA.—ln fsreign only trifling sales have been mace by private !testy this week, and former terms are not to be obtained. A public sale of 2,000 bags Guaya quil is declared for Wednesday next. For West India the demand has been brisker. At public sale 124 tags Trinidad went at from 41s to 49s 6d per owt. TEA.—Operations in ord and good Congou have been upon a limited scale this week, whilst holders are more disposed to realise, and accept 9,1c1 to 10d per lb; there is also a larger quantity on offer. Fine and Pekoe kind met with little attention, and sellers are willing to accept from is 5d to is 10d, but in medium and good many purchases have been made at from lld to Is 4d. and holders ex hibit firmness. Thera has been a decrease in operations in Green, large parcels have been offered fur sale, and prices exhibit a reduction of ld to 2d per lb for Ilyson and mid Yuting 'Tyson, but other sorts cf Tea generally sup ported the former value. For scented and Pence; Tea the market has assumed a dull tone, and last ve eek's rates are with difficulty kept up. • At the public sales ot 18,010 pkgs bu3ers evinced little desire to operate, tied the small proportion of 'only 5,900 pkgs were sold, and Congou with all faults went at 9d to 94d per lb. SPICES—To-day Nutmegs fetched full tales, and 68 pkgs brown at public sale all sold at from 2; 9d to to 3s 3d for mid end good mid, and good bold 3s 6d to 3; 83, and small 23 5d to 2s Bd. Of Mace 17 pkgs realized 2; 4d to 2; 7d ; 59 cs preserved Nutmegs . 10d to Is Id. Pepper is cheaper, and 160 bells of Malabar sold at 31s1 to :id for mid grey, and are sad to 31d for damaged; 48 bags of white went at 7d to 71c1 rer lb. Of Malabar Ginger 297 bags went at 18s 61 to 19s fur ord export ; sorts, and at 14s to 18s for damaged. 198 bags Bourbon Cloves 81c1 to 84cl, and 91 cases Cassis Liguea, pile one 107 s, mouldy 94s to 104 s, broken and broken ends 953 to 103; per cwt. RICE.—At public sale to-day 848 cases 80 bags Pearl Sago only in part sold at 21s 6d to 25s per cwt. 170 bags Sago Flour taken in at 225, and damaged 20s. SAGO.—There has been au improved demand, and prices rose is per cwt; at auction 300 cases found buyers, good white bold grain realised 24s 63, sma 238 to 23s Gd, but 60 chests low dark brown were taken in at 17s, and 319 boxes Borneo at 16s for ordinary large dusty. Sago Flour is held for 223 to 22s 6d. Farina is little wanted, and a part only of 105 bags at auction sold at 15s 6d to 16s for good. Of Rio Tapioca small parcels at public sales were taken in at bid. Arrowroot realised full terms. At public sale 7 pkgs Bermuda were taken in at 2s 6d; 20 tins Jamaica is 2d, but 7 pkgs St. Vincent sold at 11 id to ls, and 20 tins better sort taken in at Is 2d per lb. SPIRITS.—There is little variation in Jamaica Rum this week, but shippers and home dealers have made purchases with caution. The rates current for 20 to 29 per cent over proof are from 2s 4d to 2s ad, 30 to 36 over 2s Dd to 3s sd, Eno and choice marks 3s 6d to 43 3d. Leeward Island is held for is 5d to Is sid proof, and few buyers are to be found. East India is not offered under is 4d proof, still the demand has been limited. Demerara has been purchased with caution, and 28 2d to 2s Gd is the value of 30 to 40 per cent over proof. Brandy met with little attention—Cognac best brandy of the vintage of 1843 4s 6 to 4s Bd, 1847 5s 2d to 5s 4d, and inferior sorts 2s 9d to 4s 2d. INDlGo.—Holc'ers of East India have exhibited more firmness this week, and at the quarterly sales large parcels have been withdrawn at high terms. There has been a good demand, and prices as compared 1% ith . ... the October sales exhibit a rise of 4d to 7d for Bengal; 2d to 4d for Madras; 3d to 4d f.,r Kurpal% To-day during the progress of the sale 585 chests have been withdrawn. 1,805 chests, including 1,060 chests with- drawn have passed the sale this day. Tar-Low.—This afternoon the public sales of Tallow %vent at lover rates, and a small part sold, 950 pkgs South American went at 31s to 36s 6d, 1240 casks of Sydney 33s to 36s 6d, 70 casks Petersburg Soap Tallow tt,k-n in at 33s 6d; 50 casks Taganrong Sheep 35s 6d. OlLS.—This acernoon at public sale 50 tuns of Sea Elephant Ott sold at 321 5s to 331 10s, and 30 tuns of Whale 621 5s to 34/. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. ROYAL COMMISSION. Their Lordships assembled ut a quarter after Four, and the Roysl Assent was given by Commission to the County Ce:, (Ireland) Bill. The Royal Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl (f Minto, and Lord Campbell. Their Lordships - Lea adjourned during pleasure. Their Lordships rt.-assembled at Five o'clock. ACTS OF PARLIAMENT ABBREVIATION BILL. On the motion of Lord BROUGHAM this Bill was read a third time and passed. CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION BILL. Lord BROUGHAM moved the second reading of this Bill; and in so doing drew the attention cf their Lord ships to the report of the Commissioners on the propriety of a reform in criminal procedure. A good criminal criminal code was rendered most iaulty by a bad code of criminal procedure. The French criminal code was, perhaps, the best in the world, but its benefits were greatly lessened by the bad' method of ctiminal procedure in that country. The Bill was then road a second time. BANKRUPTCY LAWS CONSOLIDATION BILL. Lord ItROUG HAM moved the second reading of this Bill, and gave notice of the Committee for this day fort night.—Agreed to. • IRELAND. The Marquis o f LO ND ONDERRY, in explaining a statement alleged t o have teen made on the subject of the; agitation of certain Presbyterian ministers in the north of Ireland for a reduction of rents, took occasion to state that, in his opinion, the Earl cf Clarendon was the beat Lord-Lieutenant that had ever exercised authority in Ireland. Recently several outrages had been committed in the north of Ireland which had been excited by the Presbyterian ministers, arid he wishei to know whether the Government could not intimate to tho Synod of Ulster, that if this course c f con duct were continued tt e Roy a l bounty would be withheld from these agitating Presbj Luisa ministers. He had recessed a letter from a Presbyterian minister, calling him to ac count for what to had stated in the House, which was a high breach of privilege. The Mullis of LANSDOWNE thought that it would not be politically expedient to dram Ito attention of the law otlicers of the Crown to the conduct cf these ministers, and he knew 01 no method of punishing such conduct as that complained of by the Noble Marquis, excepting by a criminal prosecution. The Earl of MOUNTCASHF:L knew ses eral of the Presbyterian clergy of the north of Ireland, and from what he knew of them he believed that the great ma jority of them were averse to agitation. A more loyal or more well-disposed body of men did riot exist then the Presbyterian clergy of the'north of Ireland. Lord BROUGHAM considered that the letter written to the Noble Marquis was a get at encroachment upon the privileges of that House. Theietter called upon the Noble M arqu i s, i n the name of the Tenants' Right Association, to prove or to retract his assertions. No GREECE. Lord EDDISBURY laid on the table the documer.ts relating to our differences with Greece. RIVER PLATE. I The Earl of HARROWBY asked what was the state of our relatiops with Buenos Ayres? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that a treaty had been signed with General Rosa, the Pesident of the Argentine Republic, but he could not at present lay it on the table, as it had not yet arrived in this country. The Earl of ABERDEEN considered that we should have done nothing by signing a treaty with General Rosas, unless by that treaty we secured the independence of the Oriental Republic He thought it was a mistake on the part of the Go vernment to have seperated this country from France in conducting these negotiations, because by so doing they had restored to France her freedom of action. The consequence had been that France had sent out a force of 1,500 men to Monte Video, quite sufficient to garrison the town, and if they could not conclude a satisfactory treaty with Rosa', they would follow up that fuzee by a more formidable expedition.— (Hear, hear.) He thought that our treaty with Rosas should have been drawn up in conjunction with the French Government. lie had, however, no hesitation in saying that he would in finitely prefer seeing the French in pos session cf Monte Video than General Rosas. He considered it was impolitic for us to have en tered into any arrangement with General ROW, without making General Oribe a party to that arrange ment—no arrangement with Rosas would secure the safety c f foreigners in the Oriental territory without the consent of General Oribe. He understood that Lour Minister had not been admitted to the presence of General Rosas. Now he contended that in threcting with semi-barberous powers of this nature it was absurd to stand upon diplomatic etiquette. They ought not to submit to insults of this sort for a second-rate power. He hoped the treaty would prove satisfactory, but he had grave doubts on the subject, Lord HOWDEN rose, and was (LEFT SPEARING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time, and or• dered to be committed : Bolton Improvement. Bridge across the River :Clyde opposite to South Port land-street, Lauriston, Glasgow. • BRITISH ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BILL. Mr. FARRER moved the second reading of this Bill. Mr. RICARDO then rose, but Mr. Pullman entered to summon the House to hear the Royal Assent given to a certain Bill, by Commission in the House of Peers. Mr. RICARDO then said that he felt more than ever the necessity cf requiring that notices of dpposition to a Bill should be given within a certain date. He should opposo the Bill, because be was as sured that the Bill was neither more nor less than an at tempt to extort money from the shareholders of rival companies. Yet, feeling that the nctices to which he had alluded ought to be given, he would amend his motion, and move that the Bill be read that day week instead of that day six months.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. FARRER protested against the imputation of Mr. Ricardo. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading ... ... 75 Against it Majority for the second reading —63 CAMBRIDGE AND SHEPEETH JUNCTION RAILWAY, Scc., BILL. Lord C. MANNERS moved the second reading of this Bill. Mr. TOWNLEY would readily support the second reading of this Bill, for he believed that its enactment would be productive of great public advantage. Mr. GIBSON said that this Bill had teen nlready rejected in Committee, and he thought that that fur nished a very fair ground for opposing the second reading. Mr. GREENE thought that the Bill ought to be allowed to go into Committee, if it were only as a mat ter of principle. Lord HARRY VANE thought that the most expe dient course to follow would be to withdraw the Bill for the present, and upon its re-introduction to state the merits of it to the House. After a few words from Lord J. MANNERS, Mr. SPOONER said this was an instance of the evils resulting from timely notice not being given. The Bill had been rejected only i❑ its details, the prin ciple had been approved no less than three times. After a few observations from some other Hon. Members, Mr. TOWNLEY withdrew his amendment, and it aas agreed that the Bill should be real a second time ou Monday next. PRIVATE BIILS. The following Bills were then read a second time, and ordered to be committed:— Chester and Hol3 head Railway. Colonization Assurance Company. Cork Docks and Harbour Improvement. Exeter and Crediton Railway. Gorbals Gravitation Water Company. Hartlepool West Harbour and Docks. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway (Sale or Lease to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, &c.) North Staffordshire Railway (Ashbourne Branch, Power to Lease, Amendment of Acts). North Staffordshire Railway (Extension of Time for Purchase of Lands, &c.) Reading Union Waterworks. Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway. Snaith and Cowick, Union of the Townships, &c. South Staffordshire Railway. South Wales Railway (No. 2.) PETITIONS AGAINST PRIVATE BILLS. Mr. W. PATTEN gave notice that on Monday next he should move that three days' notice should be given at the Private Bill-office of an intention to oppose the second reading of a private Bill. AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. Mr. BELL presented a petition from Northumber land, signed by 15,000 inhabitants of that country, com plaining of agricultural distress. POST-OFFICE LABOUR. Petitions were presented by Mr. Duncan and the Hon. Mr. Clive, and several other Members, against the employment of labour on Sundays in the Post•office. POLITICAL INFORMATION. Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition from the Political Association of Birmingham, praying that greater infor mation might be diffused among the people respecting political subjects, as otherwise greater mistakes would be made in legislation than had already been made, which was needless.--(" Hear, hear," end laughter.) WINDOW DUTY. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY presented a petition from Stafford:praying for the abolition of the window duty. AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION. _ _ Mr. BANKES presented a petition from a meeting praying for the return to protective duties. SUNDAY LABOURi IN THE POST-OFFICE. Admiral;Gordon, Mr.,Hddyard,:Lord J. Manners, and Mr. Napier presented petitions from various places against Sunday labour in the Post-office. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition fern the inhabi tants if Glesgow, complaining that a policeman of the name of Cameron baying killed a man with a blow cf his truncheon, had by the mismanagement cf the autho rities been allowed to escape trial and punishment, and praying the House to institute inquiries. COUNTY FINANCIAL BOARDS. Sir E. BUXTON presented a petition in favour of the establishment of county financial boards. Sir R. PEEL presented a petition from Staffordshire, praying that ratepayers might have a concurrent con trol over county expenditure with the magistrates. Sir W. MOLESWORTH presented a petiton from the Strand Union:in favour of the establishment of county financial boards. TIMBER DUTIES. Lord JOCELYN presented a petition from King's Lynn, praying for a repeal of the duties on timber. SUNDAY LABOUR IN THE POS'f• OFFICE. Mr. COWAN presented a petition from Leith against Sunday labour in the Post-effiee. ARMY AND NAVY ESTIMATES. Mr HUME wished to know when the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) intended to take the first vote for the army and navy, as it a at his intention to make emotion calling upon the Government to bring the financial state of the country before the House before any vote was proposed. Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to say that he would take the first vote on Monday se'nnight. PRICES OF CORN. Mr. EVELYN DENISON wished to know whether the returns, alluded to by the Hon. Member for West bury (Mr. Wilson) last night, of the prices of corn in Belgium and France, were of an official character, and could be laid on the table for the information of the house? Mr. WILSON said the information was not received through the Foreign-office, but it came directly to him from official sources in Paris, Berlin, and Brussels, And, so far as he was concerned, he should be glad to facili tate the object the Hou. Gentleman had in view of laying them on the table. Perhaps the proper course would be to ask his Right Hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade to lay the papers on the table through his department. Mr. DISRAELI apprehended that the question put to the Honourable Member for Westbury was whether he received the information in his official capacity or in any other capacity. Mr. WILSON stated last eight that he received it on his private application. AUSTRALIAN COLONIES. Lord JOHN RUSSELL sald the Australian Colonies Bill stood for committal on Monday nex', but as the question of whether there should be one house or two for the government of the colony aas likely to be raised, he wished to postpone it until the house should be iu poseession of all the information bearing upon the point. —(llear, hear.) A dispatch bad been received this morning, which it was highly important the House should be in pessession of before it deLated the question (Ilear.) The lion. and Learned Gentleman had given notice of his intention to move in Committee that there should be two houses, instead of the proposal of the Ge vernmelt ceeteined in this Bili ; but the notice did not state huiv the houses were to be elected—by the Crown or by any other body—and Ic, thtreforp, hoped the Honourable and Learned Gentleman would sreeify the, details of his plan.—(Hear, hear.) He should thererore, move that the order of the day be now read for the purpose of being postponed till this day fortnight, when he should be in a positron to state the reason the Bill had been prepared in its present shape. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEB-RUARY 22, 1850 cuoubt this body was a most respectable and a most loyal bo 13 —more loyal now than it had been in Mi. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY explainO, and ti.e subjrct dropped. Mr. DIVETT asked the Noble Lord to state posi tively that the Bill would come on then. Lord J. RUSSELL saw no reason why it should not. The order of the day was then read and postponed. EMIGRANT SHIPS. In answer to a question from Mr. GRATTAN, Mr. HAWES said, with regard to the ill-treatment ( f certain female emigrants on board the ship Sobraou, certain of the officers belonging to that vessel who had been guilty of the misconduct in question had been degraded. Lord ASHLEY wished to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Government had instituted any inquiry into the alleged flogging of cer tain 'emales en board the emigrant ship Romulus? Mr. HAWES said the ship arrived in March last, and the passengers made no complaint whatever of any ill treatment. It eventually turned cut, however, that four females bad been brutally treated, though cot actually flote ' ee-1, in the pre ence o f th e ma t ron , by the surgeon. PARTY PROCESSIONS (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of Sir W. SOMERVILLE, this Bill was read a third time and passed. PARLIAMENTARY VOTERS (IRELAND) BILL. Sir W. SOMERVILLE mcved that this Bill be read a second time. Mr. NAPIER said he felt it his duty to ask the attention c f the House while he made a few remarks upon some important clauses of this Bill. The objections which he had against the Bill were not objections of detail. He thought the principle of the Bill was one which would be entirely destructive of the principle of the const tution of the country. The ground put forward in thissßill was, that,owing to certain fatal events which had taken place in Ireland, the consti tuency had di ibbled away, and that unless some additions were made, in some parts of Ireland there would be no constituency at all. It was under circumstances of greet depression that this Bill sought to decrease the qualification and increase the number of voters. This has been based entirely upon an erroneous suppo sition respecting the franchise, respecting the county and the borough franchise. In the county the franchise was simply based upon the property which he occupied. In the borough franchise it was different. The occu pant of a house in a borough did nct depend upon the property which he held, but upon his occupation. In a borough a man was a substantial man because he de pended upon his business rather than upon the property which he held. 'ln the county districts this si as totally different. There the votes depended entirely upon the interest of the tenant in the property which he held of his landlord. This made a material difference in the positions of the two parties, much to the disadvantage of the county constituent. The Hon. Gentleman then said that ho would advert to the several clauses of the Bill, and show how injuriously this would act.— (Hear, hear.) In the first place, the carly clauses would reduce the power of the constituency far below the usual average. But ho would go through the clauses. The Honourable Gentleman then read the first clause, which simply explained the nature of the Bill. The second clause of the Bill, which gave votes fir each holding under a joint occupancy, would give rise to the evils which Lad arisen from subdivision in Ireland. Their object ought to -have been to promote the good of the country by encouraging a substantial yeomanry with good leaser, who would endeavour to improve the land and in crease its value. But this clause would bring into ex istence a horde of voters who would be agents in the hands cf political parties, and perhaps the means of put ting the country into such a state as to render all hope cf its permanent improvement useless. The third clause would increase the evil, for it gave a vote to every 51. holding With regard to the borough franchise, he did not intend to offer any opposition to that, but with respect to the basis of this franchise, it appeared to be founded upon a principle that requires great caution and great circum spection. It was of deep importance to sever the work. ing of the poor-law in Ireland from anythin g r e li g i ous or political, and yet the basis of this anchise was to depend upon the poor law, and not the real valuation of property. -- (Hear, Lear.) If they wanted to base in Ireland a substantial class of occupiers holding under genuine leases, and bout upon the improvement of the country, why at this time intr,- duce such a Bill, when, to use the language of the Lord- Lieutenant of Irelae.d, that country had been too long trained to a system of agitation to be suddenly weaned from its pursuit, and that what Ireland stood most in need of was internal tranquillity. In place of having 501. and 201. frcelrolckrs, they would have Si. freehollerf. It was nothing better than a system of 40s. freeholders which was got rid of at the time of the Emancipation Bill. They would sublet and subdivide the land, and raise up a horde of persons who, whatever other qualities they might possess, would be exceedingly useful to design ing men in carrying out their purposes.—(Hear, Hear.) The Learned Gentleman then asked a return, showing the number of qualifications of persons rated in Ireland. If the Home wishei to see a substantial class of voters in the country, he would ask whether this Bill was likely to effect that object. He hoped tho Bill would be well and thoroughly considered. Mr. HUME began by saying that the question of representations had excited so much attention throughout Europe, that her Majesty's Government had tardily come forward to extend the suffrage to the colonies. His principal object in getting up was, to say that this Bill would not satisfy Ireland. Erery man at the Cape of Good Hope who paid to the vote-tax would have a right to vote, and were Irishmen of less value than Cape of Good Hope colonists ? They ought to make trexation and representation coincident, which was done in the Cape of Good Hope Bill.—(Hear, hear.) Irishmen required moral elevation, and nothing, in his opinion, would tend more to that moral elevation than the giving to every man a :take in the country, and a voice in the direction of public affairs, —Wear, hear.) So far from thinking that this Bill went too far, he was quite of a different opinion. Hitherto they had treated Irishmen as if they were cattle. They had treated Irishmen worse than Hottentots, and he trusted. therefore, that the Government, which had seemingly taken a step in the right direction, would perse vere in that effort and ultimately accomplish that enlarge. ment of the franchise, which would give to every man a stake in the country, for that was the only means, in his opinion, for rectifying the evil state of public feeling in that country. Mx. BEY . NOLDS was glad in the extreme that his ex ceftcnt and Hon, Friend, the Member for Montrose had broached this subject, for on the contemplated evil of the Lord Lieutenant from Ireland fully believed that there was no other means of providing for a remedy for the further observations, Y would suffer. After some evils which the country Sir J. WALSH rose, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) ANALYSIS OF LAST NIGHT'S DIVISION. English Scotch ... Irish . . FOR. 208 30 35 AGAINST. 206 9 37 273 252 21 Scotch. -- OXFORD, WORCESTEN, and WOL VERHAMPTON RA ILWAY. —(THIS DAY.) A half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held this afternoon at the London Tavern; Francis Rufford, Efq,, in the chair. On the motion that the seal of the company be affixed to the register of shareholders, 11r. Sergeant GASELER wished to know if the Chair tram had any objection to read the list of defaulters who h sd neglected to pay up their calls. The CHAIRMAN said he was not in a condition to gi roi the names of the parties.—(Cries of " Why not?" and loud marks of disapprobation.) Dlr. Sergeant GASELEE—Then I shall move, as an tune ndment, that as the Chairm an h as neglected orre fuse d t , .) give us a list of the def au l ters, t h e seal be not afra:ed to tbo register.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN said he certainly would not put the antendment.—(Oh, oh.) The sealing was simply a mat ter of form, upon which no amendment could be put, and therefore he should direct the sealing to proceed. Mr. Sergeant GASELEE--If you do so, you will act ill egally—(Cheers)—snd as you refute to take the vote of tt.o meeting I will take upon myself to put the amend mi tat. 'rho amendment was then put and nearly every hand in tie room was held up in favour of it. !The SECRETARY then proceeded to seal the register amidst considerable noise and uproar. bl r. Sergeant GASELEE—The secretary is the servant of die company, and is paid by the proprietors ; and I cat/ion him at his peril to seal the document.—(Cheers.) A. SHAREHOLDER—It is an insult' to the common sense) cf the meeting to allow the secretary to proceed after the unanimous expression of the proprietors. 'Jae CHAIRMAN, afier a brief consultation with his col:tcagues, said he wished it t. be understood that the seat isg K as simply a matter of form, and he never knew an instance in which any objection bad been made to it; but as it was the opinion of the majority that a list of the defaulter; should be read, the direct )rs saw no real on why they should withhold the list.—(Cheers.) The discussion having thus happily terminated, the cog .ster was sealed, and the list of defaulters read by the secretary. The total number of defaulters was 111, held 2,884 shares, and the amount of arrears due fret a them was 85,357/. 10s. 3.11 reply to Mr. Sergeant GASELEE, e SOLICITOR to the Company said that every excl . - ties.. had been made to obtain payment of the arrears, and all defaulters whom they found to be solvent had bee: a proceeded against, and in many cases the directors hid succeeded in recovering the calls, but they did not thir kit advisable to go to law with persons who did not app ear to be in solvent circumstances. 2. SHAREHOLDEICwisi;ed - to know whether Mr. Pe/- ban t Villiers, the M.P. for Wolverhampton, whose Lau e was included in the list, bad been sued for arrears of c ills on ten shares. '.I he SOLICITOR replied that no proceedings had been take .n against him.--(Cheers.) A tr. COHEN said he was a bolder of 100 share', and his orother of 175, which they had purchased at 90/. per but they had no t paid up cent ~ the last calls, owing to the conditions by which they were to receive a guaran teed interest of 4/. ler cent. not having been fulfilled; and .also becaus e a great number of proprietors who had not, said up any calls whatever bad not been proceeded wait :st by the company. PLACKET said that, as a number of solvent and infhss ntial men appeared to have not paid their culls, he should move that a list be printed and circulated among the To - roprietors, stating the number of shares held by each, the calls due, &c. the motion was 1. econeletl by Mr. Sergemt GASELEE, anc I unanimously carried. ' Che CHAIRMAN then briefly stated what had been do 3e during the last half-301r, as detailed in the report wh Mt is given below, and said, with reference to the Le ads' deputation, that the directors had no wish what— ever to continue in office, and were ri ady to retire if the proprietors could get better parties to fill their place. This deputation, with which they had had an interview this morning, had agreed that four of the directors should retire, and it was his intention to propose at tee conclusion of the proceedings, that the meting should adjourn for a few days, in order that parties might be selected to fill up the vacancies. After a desultory discussion, deprecatory of the di rectors, it was agreed that the following report, which was circulated in the route, should be taken as read.— " Since the last general meeting. some of the directors, who thought it was still possible to make an arrange ment with the Great Western Company, hurl been in communication with the directors of if at board, to whom they submitted several proposals, in the hope of arriving et an understanding by which they should be enabled to complete and open for traffic some por tion of the line. No advance wbaeever could be ma-"e towards the attainment of that object, and the negctittions had for some time entirely ceased. Thu Commissioners cf Railways had, under the powers vested iu them by a clause in this company 's Act of incorporation, formally required the Great Western Company to.proceed with the works, and to complete the line. This step has been taken at the instance of influential landowners, and of the public, in terea ted in its formation, without any inter ference on the [art of the directors, who had advisedly abstained from either prcmoting or opposing the measures cf the Commissioners. A requisition from some of the shareholders, promoted by a committee formed at Leeds, had lately been submitted to the beard, calling upon them to summon a special general 'meeting for the purpose of considering and discussing a motion of want of confidence in the present directors; but the re quisition not being authorised by proprietors representing the number of shares in the company required by the provisions of the Companies' Clauses' Act, the directors were not justified in convening the special meeting. They had since met a deputation from the Leeds com mittee, and had fully discussd with them certain propo sals made by them to complete and open that portion of the line situated between Wolverhampton and the Junc tion with the Birmingham and Bristol Railway at Abbot's Wood. The objects of the Leeds commit tee were those which the directors had in view. The difficulty was, and had been, how to obtain the means of accomplishing those objects and those the committee had f a iled t o p o i n t out. The directors had endeavoured to procure the requisite assistance from the Shrewsbury and Chester, the Shrewsbury and Birming ham, and the South Staffordshire Railway Companies; and they had introduced a Bill into Parliament to confer the necessary powers, but no definite arrange ment bad 3et been concluded with those companies. A Bill had also been introduced to authorise the trans fer to the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company of the purchase of the Stratford Canal and works, according to agreement, under the terms c f which it was necessary to prosecute the Bill in the pre sent session. Mr. Brunel, in his report of the state c f the works generally, said that since August last no pro gress had been attempted to be made with any of the permanent works on any part of the line, except in the completion of some unfinished roads mar More ton, and respecting which legal proceedings bad been commenced against the company. The temporary works required for the proper repairs and preservation of the property of the company had been confined to the smallest amount consistent with the actual exist ence of the several parts, and had been limited mostly to the Mickelton tunnel, and the indispensable repair of water-courses under or iu immediate connexion with, the line: and the want of repairs of which, if neglected, might lend to immediate and serious injuries. During this period the works had unavoidably sustained some little injury, such as a few slight slips in the earthwork, some damage from frost to brickwork and masonry, and the decay and damage to the temporary fencing of the line, where the permanent fences are not yet erected ; but none of these are of an im portant character at present, and a small outlay', promptly applied from time to time, might preserve the works from serious deterioration; tut, without some such provision the consequences could not fail to become serious to the works themselves, and might involve the company in liabilities, by their enacts on adjoining properties, roads, Sseil Considerable progress had been made in measuring up and adjusting the accounts of the different works so fur as they had been executed, and there was every pros pect of effecting settlements wita the several contractors on equitable terms. An arrangement had been made fur the Soeta Staffordshire line to run into their station at Dutiley,which would diminish theexpenses ofconstruction to that company and to them, and be mutually beneficial by the facilities it would afford fur the exchange or conti nuation of traffic. The attention of the directors had been given to the reduction of the general expenditure during the present depressed state of the company's affairs." From the statement of receipts for the last half-year ending 31st December, it appeared that the receipts from various sources amounted to 1,582,995/. 3s. id., and the expenditure to 1,551,a29/., leaving a balance in the hands of the bankers of 31,465/. 17s. 4d. The re ceipts upon the Stourbridge Extension Canal from 30th June to 31st December, 1849, amounted to 1,813/. ss. 3d., and the expenditure to 1,038!. 6s. aid., leaving a balance, being profits for the half-year, of 7741. ]Bs. Bad. Upon the Stratford and Moreton Railway, the income was 1,751/. 18e. 4d., and the expenditure 1,742!. 10s. 3d., leaving a balance, being profits, of 9!. Bs, Id. The report was received. Mr. METCALFE proposed a resolution to the effect than the line should be given up to the Great Western Corn. pany for completion, but withdrowat after a short discus• lion until a later period of the proceedings. Mr. Sergeant GASELEE next moved a resolution re quiring the immediate resignation of all the directors, which gave rise to considerable discussion, but no dee sion was arrived at when our report left. NEWRY, WARRENPOINT, and ROS TREVOII RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) The eighth ordinary general meeting of this company was held this day at the company's offices, in Moorgate street; Lord Newry in the chair. The Noble CHAIRMAN, moved the adoption of the report, which gave a balance of 4771.35. 11d., commented with some severity on the conduct of those of the share holders who had repudiated the arrangement which had been entered into with Mr. Dargan for the conveyance of goods between Newry and W arren p o i nt , an d alluded to the terms of this repudiation, in which the directors' conduct was described as "low cunning, trickery, and fraud." After such terms, his Lordship said, the di rectors could not consent to retain their places at the board, end in the name of himself and the other directors he begged leave to tender his resignation. Mr. CoCHRANE, while he avowed himself as the author of the terms which had been applied to the directors, justified himself on the ground that not only were the terms cf the agreement injurious to the company, but that all information on the subject had bean sedulously kept from the shareholders. After some explanation from Mr. LEACH, who paid a high compliment to Lord Newry's exertions in getting the agreement signed by Mr. Dargan, Mr. LEA deplored the misunderstanding which had arieen, and proposed that the directors should be re quested t) retain their seats, as possessing the confidence of the company. Mr. SHAND proposed that the meeting should adjourn for a week, in order that the shareholders at Liverpool might have time to deliberate on the best course to be taken, which after some discussion was adopted. the pressure of unexampled calamity. The Noble Marquis opposite on that occasion said, that since the period of all authenticated history he did not remember any calamity so great having fallen on any civilised country as that which had fallen on lrelatl. Under such Oval circumstances le would be the last to blame any measures which might be calculated to afford Fie would, therefore, not allude to either the public works or other measures of temporary relief, but would at once proceed to what he considered the most fatal, one under which every interest was still groaning and suffering, the extension cf the poor-laws. If that law had Leen passed for a country supposed to be in a sound social condition, or comparatively so, it might in itself have done no harm, and caused no abuse, and besides, it was passed without any view or contemplation of out-doer relief, and, indeed, stringent provisions were introduced against such a system being acted on. All parties agreed that a sys tem of outdoor relief would be unmanageable and dan gerous, and that its evils would be aggravated a hundred fold if applied to Ireland. Under that view the !atv was passed, with the general concurrence of all 7arties. But then, in the summer of 1847, when the country was still smarting under the effects of that great calamity, which had shaken, and almost annihilated its inter e,tt, so that it could not be relieved by the extension of any poor law whatever, but called fur more comprehensive mea sures and more active and energetic legislation, they in flicted on it an extension of that law and the dangers of outdoor relief.—(Hear. hear.) Did they calculate when passing that measure, for what end they were bringing on the country an increase of the permanent difficulties and dangers under which it was already labouring with out any adequate relief being afforded 'from the tem porary distress of the moment?" With a people idle and demoralised by the public works—with a tenantry desti tute of capital and deprived of sustenance, and with land lords whose tenants were unable to pay their rents, how did they expect the one to sustain themselves, or the other to pay rates for the support of the rest, as proposed by that measure?—(Hear.) The consequence of that experiment on a country much less fitted to bear it than England, was , that it had been an u tt er an d t ota l failure, as well i n hose districts which were still strug gling against distress, as in the completely crushed and ruined districts of the far West. The only ground for the most sanguine to hope that the ruin was not yet ir remediable lay in the fact as given in the returns laid before Parliament two days ago, that there had been a small decrease in the number of persons receiving out door relief. In those returns he found that in this year there were 98,000 persons less receiving out-door re lief than in the preceding year. That might be so; but then there were 30,700 more on the in-door relief list. The strineent application of the in-door relief test, tw doubt, diminished the out-door list to a very great ex tent, but still not to the whole,extent. He found that the debts due to contractors and other private persons, alone amounted in 1848, to 288,000/., and in 1849, this debt had increased to 513 0001. In 1848 the unions in debt were EG, and in 1849 they rose to 105. This was the state of the unions that were said to be well off. Now, he would refer to the state of other unions that were said to be well off. The expenses of Ballena, for instance, amounted to 52,700/. The rate collected was 10,000/., and the Treasury advances were 36,000/. (Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord then referred to the state of various unions in Ireland, which he showed were in a most impoverished state. How, then, he asked were they to go on ? Could they expect that im provement would go on in a land where such things occurred? Certainly not. He admitted that districts were bound to support their own poor, but parishes ought not to be called upon to support the poor of ether districts by a rate-in-aid, or by other means. The state of parishes in Ireland was this, solvent, struggling, and insolvent. Were they, by carrying on the present sys tem, to lower the two former classes of parishes to the level of the latter? Ono way of meeting this difficulty was by raising a new loan of money by the authority r f Parliament. Ile also suggested that they should pro vide labour for those wiliu.g to work, to promote emigra tion in respect to these who could not or were unwilling to work. By the recent Acts of Parliament, which took away protection from corn, the great means of existence to the labouring classes in Ireland had been destroyed. Cheapness and plenty had been the cry for this altera tion in the law, but when he saw the result of this alte ration in Ireland, he looked upon the cry to be most fal lacious. The Noble Lord concluded by expressing a hope that they would, by large and comprehensive mea sures, meet the distress which prevailed in Ireland, and which, if allowed to continue, would reduce it to the lowest depths of misery. The Noble Lord then moved the adoption of his resolutions. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE would state shortly the grounds upon which he would oppose the modon of the Noble Lord. In the outset he would aduait that out door relief was only justified on the ground of in evitable necessity. The Noble Lord suggested that they ought to adopt comprehensive measures to meet the existing distress in Ireland ; but as the Noble Lord had nut stated what those measures were, he could hardly be expected to observe upon them. The Noble Earl had referred to a speech of his, delivered some time since, but the Noble Earl would do him the favour to recollect that he only admitted that two of the measures alluded to would be beneficial to Ireland, namely, advances to promote improvements in Ireland, and the other, to sell encumbered estates. Measures on these subjects had been adopted, end they had operated advantageously in Ireland. Although he admitted that out-door relief had led to abuse, still he would rather have had this abuse than that the lives of thousands of the poor should have been sacrificed by the adoption of a different system. It was impossible in such a scattered population that an abuse of out-door relief should not have occurred; but the establishment of local inspectors had done much to pre vent the recurrence of this abuse. But if this abuse did exist, as he was free to admit it did—it was to be attributed to the want of care on the part of the guar dians as to the mode in which relief was administered. He was happy to be able to say, that not only had out door, but even in -door, relief diminished materially of late. In proof cf this, he would mention that in the week ending the 7th of February, 1850, the number of persons relieved in Ireland was 124,000, whereas in the week ending the 7th of February, 1849, the number of persons relieved was 546,407.—(E1ear, hear.) So that the reduction was equal to three-fourths. The same fact applied in respect to the expenses for maintaining the poor. In the week ending the 7th of February, 1849, the expenses of the poor all over Ireland was 14,080.; in the corresponding week in this year the expenses bad fallen to 2,673/., a reduction of the expense amounting to full four-fifths.—(Bear.) And ho was happy to say, that this reduction in the expenses for the maintenance of the poor had been going on progressively since October last. Even in the province of Connaught, which had been in such a state as apparently to defy all legislative means to remedy it, ameliorating symptoms a ere manifesting themselves. He held in his hand a re turn from eighteen unions in that province, from which it appeared that the monthly expenditure of these unions had been reduced from 33,000/ to 17,0004; that out door relief had decreased from 91,0001. to 11,000/.; that the numbers in the workhouses had also greatly de creased; and that the total amount of pauperism in all Connaught had decreased from 136,000 persons 046,000. —(Elear, hear.) Adverting to the opposition whi t e s ex isted in Ireland to the erection of buildings for this pur pose, he was glad to say that the necessity fir a whole some administration of the poor-law, which was now perceived by all classes, had in a great measure annihi lated the general antipathy which prevailed with regard to it. Notwithstanding their desire to promote, the gradual extinction of out-door relict', the Commissioners would, in very many instances, have to give relief on th e sudden. For th a t purpose they would have to give a sealed order, but he trusted that they would only be induced to do so under the most rigorous circumstances, and with the exercise of a sound discretion.—(Hear.) He did not wish to concur in any resolution binding the conduct of these parties in that respect, and he had no desire to offer any direct opposition to this resolution. But, if he did so, it must not bo understood that Parliament considered that the system of permanent out-door relief in Ireland was desirable. Ile hoped that no efforts would be spared to carry into e fleet the original spirit of the poor-law, which, he felt convinced, would operate to the advantage of all classes. As to other measures for the relief of Irish distress which it might be in the contem plation of the Government to introduce, their Lordships would not expect him on that occasion to enter into any explanation with regard to them, as in due time they would be laid before them. The Noble Lord concluded by moving the previous question. Lord MONTEAGLE said he thought the House had great reason to complain that information and public documents had been withheld, or, at least, bad not been furnished on this subject, which wore essential to the proper understanding of the question. The halite), of drawing conclusions from their present state of know ledge, was singularly seen in the • instances of the unions of Kilrush and 'tariff. It would appear from the returns relating to these unfortunate unions, that they were more prosperous now than they had ever Learn because no out door relief had been given from the House. The fact was well known, however, that the funds of those unions were so exhausted, that having not one single farthing to support even a moderate system of out-door relief, and her Majesty's Government being unable or unwilling to make an advance, in one week 11,000 persona were struck off the out-door relief list. In many districts of Ireland, whilst the valuation had de creased, the rate had increased. Thus, in the Newcastle union, whilst the valuation bad decreased 25 per cent., the rate had increased in the enormous proportion of 1,100 per cent. This exhaustion of lands in L eland was continually going on, and the facts he had adverted to had a direct connexion with the question under consider ation; for the House would find that this increase in the rates was connected immediately with the question of out-door relief. To provide a remedy fur this state of things, he did not concur in the opinion of some Noble Lords, who thought it advisable, and that it would be sufficient to meet the exigency of the times, to abandon the out-door relief systtm as soon as expediency and humanity would permit. Ne ither did he thiele it would be advisable to proceed by Bill, because the Bill would require much discussion, and if passed into law, would require much time to bring into full working order. Under these circumstances, he was decidedly of opinion that the subject should to considered in the mean time in the shape cf a resolution, and that the Poor-law Commissioners should be allow ed to give power to the boards of guardians, under sealed orders, for one or two years, to give relief, In the neighbourhood of Cattletown there were 30,000 acres thrown out of cultivetion. Oee of the arguments in favour of the poor-law was, that it would prevent the influx of paupers into this country. Wel], what had Leen donee since ? The Commissioners issued a sealed order, that relief might be given to the wives avd chil dren of men who had quitted tl.e country in search of work. Tele was an injustice to both countries. It sti mulated the immigration of Irish labourers upon the overcharged labou r mar k et of this country, and impose ( ah!'additienal charge upon the country they left. He thought the system would never work well until they COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY. 'Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Guildhall, latfore the Lord Chief Justice WILDE and a Special Jury.) THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY V. BRETT. This case, which commenced yesterday morning, was prcceeded with this morning. The relative scientific de tails cf both patents were gone into with considerable minuteness, and at great length on the part of the plain tiff, with the view of proving that the principal points of Messrs. Brett's patQnt were identical with those of the Electric Telegraph Company, and that Messrs. Brett bai infringed on the specifications of the Electric T'elc graph Company. (The case was proceeding when our repot t left.) COURSE OF EXCIL Amsterdam ......•••• 12 2N kNGE.—erms DAY.) Leghorn .............. SO CO (lenoa • • • • .• • . • • • • • • • • 25 90 Allan .. • • • • • • • • • • Naples •• ...• •• 41 34 raienn 0, peroz .. 122 v i Messina 121% Lisbon—. • • .......... 53;i 0p0rt0.... • • .... • • .. • • LS% Rio Janeiro .........• Buenos Ayres .. .• .. New York, 21 days'sight Philtuielphia .. • • .. Ditto, at sight ...... 12 1 - Rotterdam • 12 3 Antwerp ..... ......... 25 75 Llamburgh 13 1334 Paris, 3 days'sight r. 2b 50 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 70 lEarsoil las • . 25 10 Bonnie:tux.— . 25 70 Frankfort ou Main 0 . ... 122 Petersburgh, Sll. Rble.. 37% Baiill.• .. • . • . .. • • • • Vienna, effec. flo•• • • • • 11 39 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 11 39 Madrid .... •• 493 Bilbao.. •• •• ...... - Barcelona •• • • • • • •• .. -- PRIORS OP BULLION, PER OZ, Foreign Geld in bare.. 43 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 _ 'Now Dollars ...... 0 4 10 kg Silver Da bars ........ 0 4 11% Seville.. •••••••• •• ••. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 21. TI a Bishop of OXFORD moved for the appointment of a Select Committee to consider the best method to be adopted for the extinction of the slave trade. IRISH POOR-LAW. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from the owners of land in the Balinaslee Union against the Irish Poor-law, and praying far protection to agri culture. The • Earl of DESALT considered that the peti tion which had just been presented by his Noble Friend wculd form a proper introduction to the motion of which he had himself given notice. He rose to move the following resolutions : 1. That under the pro visions of the existing Pooz-7aw the resources of many di: tricts have been found utterly inadequate for the sup port of the population; and that while the Act has thus filed to accomplish its purpose, it has produced bank ruptcy and ruin in some districts, has driven capital out of the country, and has enfeebled and paralysed tie ef forts of both farmers and landlords. 2. That it is the opinion of this Howe that these mischiefs have resulted from the extension of the Poor-law of 1838, and the adop tion of a system of out-door relief nt that time not con templated; and it is further their opinion that no per manent system for the relief of the poor can be carried out in Ireland safely , and beneficially to receivers ur payers without a return to the principle of the original law, by a strict applicationof in-door relief to all classes of yaupers." Before addressing himself to the subject a his motion, he begged to remind the House of the vital importance of the question to Ireland; that it was a question on which hung not the well-being or pros perity of any ono class, or of any one in , erest, but en which hung the existence and prosperity of every in terest and even the very life of the people of Ireland. Whtn that House mat in 1847, that portion of the kingdom was labouring under --- ----- discontinued altogether out-door relief. It was 5 thativing out-door relief p res erved human life, but didnot think it had an such effect. H e would in 5 port of his opinion, adduce the evidence of a Ref Catholic priest, who stated that the people died by vi d sands, and added, that he thought nearly as nl an Y he as if there h a d b een n o out-door relief, and that h less misery would have arisen if none had been gi_ Now, this gentleman was, oriinally door relief. With regard to the debts of the aho s e they left the causes which led to the accumulahtelerns those debts remain, it would be useless to Fal t e e the first instance. On these grounds he suphsrhh e views of his Noble Friend, and if he chose_te divide would vote with him. p ith The Earl of WICKLOW said he concurred ter in favour oto resolution of the Committee, but there wa s )3: t iti difference between that resolution and the presetioarn resolution proposed to allow a discretion to the . th a se l e simers to give the out-door relief, but this resolair'n'a eluded ont-door relief altogether. Besidesathee: Lion of the Committee was prospective, whereas thi s solution condemned what had been hitherio'deartdos was convinced if the poor-law had never beenintrseuffer into Ireland the evils which that country had wh e would have been aggravated and increased. „se gard to the testimony of the Itomaia Catkoll s e t r ot against out-door relief, it amounted to this, ° leo tb ' had been a gr ea t l oss o f h u man life' hut it wa g ! ea ts the loss of life mu s t have been checked t, u , e t , the t of the relief aff o rd e d. Il e c ould not agree Sstth solution, o hs Lord ABINGEE s aid he *as sure that the, o f tl Ireland had been aggravated by the intrccluOtouhy th poor-law into that Country. fact, he thoorge poor-laws were injurious to any couotrY _7_ ll ;: e es, at were adopted. It had the effect of lowering :700g discouraging the employment of ca pital• hu e but the rohr-law might be alleviated by . palliaPv e ' ir eati ( would not ever work well, because - in itsaOPO they had abandoned a groat principle. t The Earl of GLENGALL s aid he could 'Owe] with the Noble Marquis that there was a PrOgO i s :tioll ; provement in 'reload. On good lands the t,haels the south of Ireland was 27 e . an acre. The c t n.- la a of this was that the good land was lying war. sta te' west of Ireland the case was hopeless. Thh s hh h et the law as regarded taxation produced etilig t , h 7 2 ts ' rla e s , l the worst of the thing was, that the te 124 " . ; were leaving the land and emigrating 0 Asaerlessh., st recent laws had exhausted the stock of the fa h r Es h t alti this was the cause of the einigration 00e...11,006s place. The labourers in Ireland were' satua"Y h oui l £,r their diet. Th e case of t h e merc entile 0 - f o r lb was almost as bah as t h at o f t h e a erictiltar is a t t e ' r ebsa t former depended v er y muc h upon the latat h n d a ue stores that used to b e fill e d with four. butter , Ideal° like produce, were n ow l et out f or auxiliaryand the Circulation o f money had deces4,l,aal woroehal to tabs'The Noble Earl reed e x t r a c t s from deettal lt s taiag rh ,l that the occupiers of land iu the province %/ash v" who had to pay poor-rates, had not. milk , hellsajc.7 to drift their meals, and that the price of stock hal • f the than one-half. ' ti ° hl The Earl of DEVON said, that the arginnley Noble Lord went the length of saying, th, 1 , 7 0 1 - ; anu s e s to alter the law by which the poor in Irtoae for op certain restrictions, should receive relief. , il e h n ieess t s c i could not consent to do this. He had the baP i .r 00%; state, that in the Newcastle Union a great iillaPht)e fie had taken place. Did the_resent distress- ire O ° . the permission to grant out-doorlief and s ke c es re, tar circumstances ? He denied that it 11- t he to tended that more mischief had arisen to i l: e s - be stn j management of the local authorities than fr°'" • 10' of the law.—(Hear.) ; wile b e The Earl of CLARE said the Noble I : : , aFh - bee Ph s addressed the House, ens not in hi s P A '''..rste s ft . presented a petition, which sated that Oa pe,c' t hee te Newcastle were 15s. in the pound. If Ite. hi`‘ „bleb be would hardly have made the btueuleat .ssi.uh;:hbat tb had fav o ur e d th e H ouse . Th ere was no dou l poor-law had prod uce d greet distres , in tbo h : i t The Marquis of CLANRICARDE adiol t n - asa, parts of Ireland great di2tress t resent elh ;haft ) the question now was, was Ireland P in a ttite of - ? fie equal to that which it hat been in two Yea rs 11 „Vio f r o r admitted that the local taxation was very he .3 ,"•h rio ns s a t land, but would it be wise to adopt thieo resole tech the trifling advantage that would be gained course of proceedin g ? Il e warne d tehas ncitih'll-t ie the provision f o r th e p oor i n I re l an d, as it Ill. ' ila t/11 to a seriou s con s id era ti on o f t h e su bj ec t this P' e° oo3 ote d which could no t b e a d van t ageous to t h o se la° ery this discussion in that Iloaie. term t a Lord STANLEY said that in his opinion. I t ha t tetS hiember who had spoken in the debate had, al Noble the principle of out-door relief, the Speech ° EI " 43 .04 eh Marquis himself was the most conclusive ena ct) s of any he had heard in favour ot these resolat i(nl-‘ O Bl why did they refuse to adopt those reso)utioDs? asked if it was consistent with humanity that'„' shoals,, sanctioned the principle of out-door relief, thai, t desist from extending it to th ose w h o require tl e ae'est i ° e Noble Friend did n o t p ro p ose to act on the s'ioPss, .1". implied by that question, but simply on t he P Lion which the C omm i ttee l ast year reettahlti al tb, upon which five Cabinet Ministers , s ; no system of out-door relief could wenh h to r? ( one of permanent continuance. lie did unt,,, w :p or i ti anything against the control vested in susah e ° t Der Commissioners; but he had heard stateraeoesta sh ish c at' which, he thought would d o ddly ill ror When they heard of the exceptions g°tin tak er s b Y re' lhvy Commissioners to the operations ofhth °° s .d t 9 o °l / rbe i they could safely leave in their hands lief system, they ought to feel strew' modifying it. They t h e discre7 on ers wore told that the Coultuissor_re. were anxious to reduce the expense of t he outsttber' lief system, so as ultimately to do away with it e lt h e joitel If that was the feeling of the Poor-law Coar i a ys 5 could there be a greater affirmation of the prl u , a rt it was desirable and absolutely necessary tot .:, c 0 0,: sound system of out-door-relief as soon as vi s 'e sain ' doubts a _ ,OO 0 tent with humanity, than the adoptio n of the fibs tions by their Lordships' House? li e was glat'h oe t that her Majesty's Ministers did n o t m ea n to 7 0 1 P t . * proposition with a decided negative— he w ris t s Bu they had only met it by the previous h quc a s i t i l o 7of t t s thinking no harm could arise b principle agreed to in Committe y e, t an e d aili th r i m nk.i e h g o t t bs ahi l l advantage, would he gained by a re-affirmatiote hoe' his Noble Friend divided Earl GREY said he confuepssoend divide with him.—(llear.) e h OW t h h o e iqloudeshtiooitor,dPvr_ol,o, o p s rise . the speech of the Noble Earl who had , Nob l e a st sP P ti claimed d lly that portion of it in which the , rc h . del , the speech of the Noble Marquis, always being h a e s ardi'tsa i i i d i of the Council . 1 the nos He had out-door relief Was dangerous that in England, as well a •the sY s 131 favour ainudthhee o e f xdt t ir h de e in s n e eo, r t e a s c il oe h taid t io l oo ! s in Ireland, oag to be administered with great caution. But, which induced he contended that there was notiingsitian. h induced him to give his support to the Pr ° P„. e ath t/t before their Lordships. He tot II denied the " 1 .14 those resolutions. They charted that the P °e- s;hi; ssere the real cause of all the calansit iei h co/ afflicted that country. That was au aasertlic teary at once to fact and common s ense. es hlia ti, on the other hand, that the poor• 101: a Or tended much to miti dden te /aolA s gate them ; an he , he phatically the sweeping censure which te- h t ote d Lord had passed upon them. If they, vrer- seasi it ie placed in the same situation of affairs which P'hboa'7, in Ireland at the time that law was passed , b e i hee t f h again give his support in favour of a Pr°,l )° , s o piiii ° ( 4 • ' enact the same nier.sure. Li vindication of Or o f leg o f hehneintained it to be a wise and just principtchhhee lation; for it in fact declared that a severe visit_ a ce: Providence should not be confined to the an'tvici ee which its weight most heavily fell, bat s hould b e h ofor e ; equally between all classes It was untrue , t h estii s , that the poor-law had been the cause of the. n be lt* sshich now prevailed in Ireland; and the re 3611/ e tl e ° ll o , ll e li t: Irelandrup tcy , also untrue in stating that it b a d b e en the csosh a t oot s andwas unable b e l n e t atiolirbgeaar,burden upon =se l l, ope o f it. a sting resolution, moreover, ff, so great a modiication of the proleilit c h as io poor-law, that of refusing out-door relief, esse e .P ae , .h e h whsre no other species cf relief could bee livs-e, he ss trotll o il ', L i b ' cepa r!,toaieoriscalotbee, 113;01 Site poor-law authorities twe, governed by Parliament had made, and if that law regal o ho t r Lion, which he maintained it did not, theY e we t o te's 1-ift al bound by resolutions, which amounted battle",, o r liamentary censure on an Act, the utility 3 ° iht e. ; it o of which their Lordships could not but ePPr cc h t gly s those reasons he hoped the House eh° assent to these resolutions.—(llear, b e ar-) , vale, h a s Lord LUCAN observed, that if the Isle u h, e t the J ,„, ri bo had just sat down was still prepared to suPet i oter poor-law, he was nearly the only C the a was disposed to do so. t been been Lord ' BEAUMONT raid that had it Rased hay s eO, speech of the Noble Earl below him he sh9htis quest Would is content d to give a silent vote for the Pr es to in o,..tirtz o hs an f though he still intended to give his ; r olain t '% id that alternative, he now wished tO e lt es e o r by d on grounds totally different frees thh rhaP s not with e otethe Noble Earl; that the Irish poor-law' d h t itself alone, but at any rate when associ llte he th°egr causes, had produced ruin and buukruPteT w ith as had was il notorious, and he heard the Noble . VI I. t hat vinb is . ment deny not only that fact, but this ata ° l. l , oo3 bah t° driven capital out of the country. WhYt „„ onk f b "„ - the management of c lonial affairs, no ,IP"- T ,T - „ble ?" -f t know it better than he. o The s hof tne -"" titstoo peec h e we quis who preceded him was the enunciation wile alb of sound wisdom and the most obvious truth. : be evil% id Marquis exhibited iu the strongest lang o t g e e go °d swat the system of out-door relief; and if no result from this debate, he trusted that it Iv o° h a d P r '• serve to direct attention to the which e t it abuses thoog - Tailed in the administration of the law. - ees , res ( h t h would, however, be injudicious to a dopt. l t:, sees , We i r ,,, tiona, as it might excite au expsctation .th i t s - vice hl about immediately to make a c hange whic il snore ,h e advisable a ofD t r o s m A a e T a r t eapTliaetde.r pkr e i o s a a. - oidt,ost:t_ h ti e o r j rl o : concurrent opinion against the I draw the , lief, with but one exception, he go in u e ld iP ts h' it 3 solutions. The resolutions were accordingly withdrawn' their Lordships adjourned at t ea o'clock ' i HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 2j 1 • N if'D A GRICULTURAL DISTRESS.—ADJOU-4' DEBATF. , ~r t h Mr. A. STAFFORD (iu continuation from 00 1 2 - 4 t Edition) said—The lion. Member for Altin cue- e a (Mr. Gibson) said he could not understO rider t° how they could 11161C0 out a casa of OPP o e the Marie, and t,bserved that 11 ° I ' d ' -0 dout.t about their character, but lici coupled this wit,l,!:,,j repression that du,:_, the there v. , ; , re two tissas in store nor r i r- o ,r,inialirgit, prvsent session. viz., the garoc-:3,16,3131ater Compensation Bili With regard to the „ s ea Bill ho would remind Hon . Member; that i' P"' a through the House la-it .sesdou With scarcely 00, division, and when it had been re-introduced tili4,'l3