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, - eeeniente which he laid,before us, and that I was ready to . .',',]eby the issue upon - the case which he then submitted. - , Hear.) But it is my duty, seeing the present state of iie House, to enter into the consideration of this important e aioti—a motion which I must say, introduced, as it was, : .-- a speech of great ability and great moderation—(Hear)—is itself, I conceive, as fraught with injustice and dangerous 3nsequences, if approved by the House, as any motion that in the whole course of my public life I ever recollect.— 'lieer.) The Hon. Gentleman laid down a great many pro positions with regard to the state of the landed interest— pronositions which seemed to many Members of the House, I believe, to be a series of propositions intended for their serious consideration ; but which, I conceive, were merely in tee Jed to disguise the real object of the motion.—( Hear.) The Hen. Gentleman told us, in the first place, that it was a very great hardship that the landed interest was not allowed to grow tobacco. The easy and simple answer to that is, that if you took a just course— if you either remitted the whole of the duty, or if you ideept up the duty and enforced an Excise duty of an equal amount upon the grower of tobacco, and obtained payment of the duty (and these are the only two ways in which equality could be established), no to bacco would be grown in the United Kingdom.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman next instanced the case of beet , root sugar as a similar argument, with respect to which I would make a similar grievance. The Hon. Gentleman then talked of the hardship of the tax on malt ; but, without en tering into that argument, I would only say that the emi nent leader of the party to which the Hon. Gentleman be lengs (Lord Stanley) has declared that so large a portion ( f revenue ought not to be remitted, and - that, if he were a Member of this House he would give his vote against such a preposition.— (Hear.) Another question which the Hon. llember brought before us was the question of tithes. Upon that subject I shall only say—following the Right Hon. Gen tleman the Member for Ripon, that if there is any disad vantage in that bargain, it is a disadvantage which lies upon the titheowner, and not upon the landlord.—(Hear, bear.) It is of no importance to consider at present what was the original tithe; but iu the present state of the law it is a rentcharge payable to the titheowner; and, according to the Hon. Gentleman's own showing, if the present prices were to continue, the titheowner would receive in a few years 751. for the 100/. which he received at the time of the commutation.—(Hear, hear.) I must really protest, there fore, that if any such policy as the Hon. Gentleman suggested were to be adopted—af there should be a re-settlement of the question with the view of diminishing the amount payable to the titheowner—a more flagrant act of injustice I cannot con ceive.—(Hear, hear.) I cannot believe, however, that the Hon. Gentleman really contemplates any such re-settlement. Auother measure, which he threw out at equal length and with equal ingenuity for our consideration, was the change of the present local rates for the poor into a national rate. _ That is a matter which has been frequently discussed in this House; but I believe most men who have considered the subject have come to the conclusion that a scheme more de ' structive of economy, more discouraging to industry on the part of the poor, or more dangerous to the finances of the • country, could not be devised, than the commutation of the local rates for the poor into a national rate.—(Hear, hear.) With respect to that subject, also, I cannot believe that the lion. Gentleman is in earnest in recommending it. His own scheme of last year, for transferring 2,000,0001. from the local rates to the consolidated fund, did not meet with much favour, and the arguments against that proposition had been . so fully entered into that I shall not trouble the House with any remarks upon it. But the Hon. Gentleman, in the whole course of his speech, rather reminds me of a direction which a friend of mine told me he once received when he asked which way he should go. He was told there was a . way to the right, but it soon led to a. swamp, and he had better not go that way; that if he went a little further there was another way to the right, but it was a very intricate path, and he would probably lose his way, and he had better not go that way either. If, however, he would just go straight on, he would arrive at the place he wanted.— (Laughter.) Now, it seems to me that the Hon. Gentle man pointed out to us the goal which he did not mean us to aim at for the purpose of introducing the object which he , really has in view; for I consider that the object of the mo tion is that protection which was concealed during the greater part of his speech.—(Hear, hear.) That seems to be the only thing upon which a practical measure could be based; and it is worth while for the House to consider what is the course which the Hon. Member propOsed that they should adopt upon this subject. The Hon. Gentleman said that the . proposition for a return to protection was not one which he could expect to be adopted by the present Parliament ; that it could only be carried by the opinion of the people in general, and even then that a small majority would not be satisfactory, but that it ought to be a large majority, showing unequivocally the opinion of the country. The Right Hon. Gentleman the, Member for Ripon has explained that allu sion by referring to the statement which was made by the Duke of Richmond last year, to the effect that the object of the Protectionists was, after gaining possession of the Go vernment, to dissolve Parliament, and to get the new Par liament to adopt protection. Let us consider this in con nexion with that which the Hon. Gentleman has said. He told us that unless the country pronounced unequivocally in favour of protection the Government ought not to propose Its restoration. This might be all very well, supposing the Government were a thing of itself, quite independent of • popular representation and popular election; but, supposing the new Ministers to whom the Honourable Gentleman . alluded were to go before their constituents, why the first question that would be asked by the counties would be, " Are you for protection or are you not ?" And they would . not be satisfied with the indirect kind of answer which the Hon. Gentleman has signified he would give, viz., that pro tection would be a good thing if the country in general were in favour of it ; but that if there was not a majority, and a large majority too, in favour of it, the House of Commons ought not to vote for it. No considerable body of electors anxious for protection would-be satisfied with such an answer. —(Hear, bear.) They would oblige the candidate to say whether he was for protection according to the opinion of his, constituents, and whether the new Members or Ministers would return to the House of Commons determined to act in one way or another with respect to the question. And, - again, supposing they arrive here upon the sort of pledge • referred to, who is to say whether there would be a sufft- C'ient majority to content the Honourable Gentleman ? (Veer, hear.) What is the meaning, then, of the proposal, but that, without declaring directly and boldly in favour of protection, they would throw the whole question again upon the country, and say it is doubtful whether protec tion will be restored or not—that it would be a good thing if it could be restored with the consent of the coun try, but that it must be matter of doubt and uncertainty for a year or two whether it will be so restored or not. Now, I ask the House to say whether, if this course were ' adopted, there could be conceived a proposal more mis chievous to the country, or one more likely to lead to a revival of all those angry feelings which the Honourable Gentleman declared it was his wish to terminate by his mo tian or not ? (Hear, hear.) In the first place, if this course were seriously contemplated, the immediate consequence weuld be that the merchants and manufacturers would doubt and hesitate with respect to their orders; and their corre spondents would say, " We cannot say whether to send you corn or not in return for your manufactures, because we don't know what articles you want, or what import duties may be imposed; we do not know the nature of the measures which the Government or Parliament of England are about to adopt v. ith respect to your commercial policy." The consequence would be that orders would cease. that the general employ = nt, which the Hon. Gentleman himself admits is now given to the working classes, would be diminished; that the workshops would be idle; that the factories would be closed; and that the whole country would be waiting far a measure the passing of which, after all, de pended upon the doubful fact of there being a vast majo rity of this House in its favour.—(Hear, hear.) But there is a good deal more in this question, because, as has been truly said, the great mass of the working classes in this country, whether employed in manufactures or in agriculture, now feel themselves interested in this question.—(Hear, hear.) When the question was under debate ten years ago, it was com monly said, by those who were strongly in favour of protec tion, that the working classes could gain no benefit by the relaxation of the corn-laws, because, whatever might be the cheapness of food, their wages would be reduced in propor tion. I believe that that argument was very successful with the working classes for a considerable time, and that, whatever might be the opinion of the merchants and ma nufacturers, and others of the middle classes upon the sub ject, the working classes were disposed to believe that they would not be gainers by the change. But what is 'the case now?—(Hear, hear,) Do they not know that the reduction in the price of food, and of bread more especially, .is greatly more than commensurate with th e re d uct i on i n ' their wages ?—(Hear, hear.) Do not the whole people now feel an interest in the question they, never felt before? and won't you find that the maintenance and continuance of Ilia old protective system is a totally different question from that of the imposition of a new tax upon corn, which they believe, at all events, whatever may be said by the Right Hon. Gettleman, the Member for Stamford, would increase the price of the bread they consume ?—(Hear, hear.) Take the case of a man with twelve loaves of bread per week for his family. If he now pays sd. for each loaf, and if he expected that the new tax would raise it to 6d., here is Is. a week which he can at present lay oat in the purchase of sugar and aoffee, and in paying for schooling for his children, which he would have to pay ac an additional price for his bread.—(Hear, hear.) Do you think they would be indifferent to that question? Do you think they would calmly see you attempt to raise that ques tion again and propose that it should be withdrawn? I think those gentlemen who now propose to do so very mech' deceive themselves if they imagine that there wou ld b e any hope for the country, or that there would be tie least chance of tranquility. during the transaction of these measures. It might be that they are prepared to stand b y th os e measures, and that they would p ropose to d o 50; but that is not the proposal of the Hon. Member (Mr. Insraeli). The proposal of the Hon. Gentleman is to have a continued discussion and agitation of this question —to have nothing settled, but to leave it for a time in abeyance. I differ from him altogether. Hon. Gentlemen should either, I think, come forward and say, however excellent the sys te'44', of protection, it is now past, and cannot be obtained a gain —or they should say, "We are ready to stand by pro tection;: if it can be enforced, we are the persons who ought Oiopygoosveehurniss.the country but if not, it should be for those who : lib i l e estayl herit isn'e,eamnsd start t perilous,at tb Member, having done so, should n as well as . unfair, to I i it. 'W ell, e _ r, e. , take one side or the other with respect It under discus s i on 0 1 during the time in which this question would there l would be, as I have said, the 1 greatest uncertainty in' commercial transactions, and there would be a complete chang e ' of that whi c h we h a v e seen — there would be a doubt hangin g anging over the minds of every one a. 3 to the nature of the proposition to be made. Now, the Honourable Gentleman 1434 f ain l : er y, and I do not object to the remark, that I have neither inclination nor skill in the management of figures; or initers of finance in this House. I own, Sir, lam apt, withi respect to those aaques tions, to consider the political fully much as the commer cial and social interests involved, and that I always thought it was a most dangerous proposition with regarlto the or laws, that those who directed discontent against Parliament on this subject, should have it in their power to say nearly the whole of the House of L ords, and a great portion of th e House of Commons, are composed of men who themselves are landlords, who are interested in this question, and who • are making you pay their incomes out of the exertions of your industry.—(Hear, hear.) I thought this at all times a very dangerous part of this question ; but that danger would be multiplied tenfold if; after protection was re pealed, you should attempt to reimpose it. The most wild of Chartists could wish for no better topic than to be able to say to the people—" Look at your Parl iament, look at y our House of Peers and at your House of Commons! They are making a difference in the price of corn which (as the Noble . Lord, the Marquis of Granby stated to-night) would amount to not less than 60,000,000/., and which another Hon. Mem , her said amounted to 55,000,000/. They are making you pay this immense sum in order to add to their in comes." I i•. ‘ ( 1 .•-)• i ilp ibpieSir, the House will consider that dangerous aspect - , _ _ ...If_ithe'ea* stion before they again set loose for public agita tipe tter of importance so great. Well, but it is said -, ; is dened in a speciaUrnanner , and that the owners ~ 'should eive c ompensation. 'Why, I remember when a t •-• . —..tawf.:o .. in e, who is now Governor-General of the lonian ertnA ; reliii6,4 ar after year attempted to gain a select committee - - • i:for tte.a .pose of considering - - i the F . . that those gentlemenerho are most clamorous for • --Lis; ec • in never could bear to consent, end used to come for- N. TB , opt. to beg that there might be no _in qu i ry , and to stop all. aertempts at investiga tion; and now it appears that, with- .. THE. SITN, LONDON, out any investigation, we are to suppose those great and unfair burdens are placed upon the land. _Now, oily opinion is with respect to this question, as with respect to the general question, that, in conformity with what is stated in her Majesty's speech, the burdens on the land are every day becoming less, owing to the in creasing prosperity of the ether classes of the community. We know very well that a century ago there was a land-tax amounting to 35., 45., or ss. in every '2os., and that when the rent of land was not one-fourth of what it is at present. It has been stated by the Hon. Member that the land now pays 2,000,000/. sterling, but if that is so, I say that sum is payable out of 40,000,000 i. of land, when formerly it was payable out of 10,000,0001. That is a very great diminution. But with respect to the local rates there is also a diminution going on by the great increase which is taking place in the case of other incomes. This increase has taken pla ce i n houses, in mines, in canals, in railways; all th ese c l asses have been coming up and taking a large portion of the burdens which were formerly paid by the land. We heard it stated by my Right Honourable Friend (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) that only a few years ago land paid 64 per cent., and now it is paying not more than 44 per cent, of the whole of these burdens. Why, that alone, if it is true, as I have no doubt it is, is a very great change in favour of the landed interest; and if you will allow these proceedings to go on, if you will permit people to invest money in industrious enterprises and to get the fixed capital which belongs to those enterprises, you are doing a greater favour to the land than ifyou attempt to inter fere with the present state of the law respectingcorn. The Hon. Gentleman states it is a very easy thing for a person in the position of my Right Hon. Friend (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) to say, with respect to any particular burden which has been removed from the class whose interest he ad vocates, let that burden be transferred to the consolidated fund. No doubt it is an easy thing to say; possibly that may be no difficult thing to do; but it is a very unjust thing to do, because this fund is not a treasure that my Right Honourable Friend has the charge of, and out of which any sum can be taken as it is wanted, but it is a fund created by a tax on the necessaries of the people, by a tax on the tea, coffee, sugar, and by various other taxes which affect the working-classes. The policy which has been pursued since 1832 has been to apply the means which were derived from surplus revenue to the diminution of those burdens which pressed on the labour and industry of the country. That was the policy which Sir Robert Peel, by virtue of the sum he obtained from the income-tax, introduced into legislation,—that is the policy which we have pursued since we have been in office, and on the same principle we have adopted measures of the same kind. I stated, I think, last year, that with respect to sugar alone the 200,000 tons which this country formerly consumed can be obtained at 5,000,0001. less than formerly, while, from the introduction of an increased quantity, not as much as 1,000,000/. is lost to the revenue. During the war, when large loans were made every year, while our trade was very much a trade of mono poly, the Chancellor of the Exchequer found himself under the necessity of putting a very heavy duty on articles of gene ral consumption among the people ; but, after so many years of peace, it is possible to diminish these duties, and not only to obtain a large relief to the people, but we do not even injure the revenue. The House has heard it stated by my Right Hon. Friend that, after reducing nearly 10,000,0001. of taxation, and putting on little more than 5,000,0001., the balance of nearly 5,000,0001. had been nearly restored to the Chancellor of the Exchequer by the increased field of labour and by the energy and industry of the people. Well, then, I ask what there is to induce the House to change the present system ? With respect to revenue, as I have shown you, there is no reason to change, because it is found to be sufficient, and there is a surplus in the Exche quer. With respect to the Poor-law and the general em ployment of the poor, you find that the latter has increased in the agricultural counties, and that the cost of poor relief this year has been 10 per cent under the former year. In looking to the question of crime, I find that the number of persons committed in 1848 was 30,249 ; in 1849, 27,862; in 1850, 26,793; showing a diminu tion from 1848 to 1850 of not less than 3,556 persons. (Hear, hear.) Well then, if with respect to the employment of the people, if with respect to finance, and if with respect to the state of crime you have a great advantage, in what respect are you injured by the present sj stem itself, or in the general state of the kingdom and in the political tranquillity which prevails throughout? No one, I think, who has well considered the events of the last two years, will deny that the abrogation of the corn-laws has tended most materially to the tranquillity of the country, or that, when the people might have been induced, by the example of revolutions in almost !very country on the continent, to follow that example, they have been induced to refrain by seeing that the Legislature was not indifferent to their welfare. I beg of you not to reverse that lesson. Those great questions of government—the question of absolute government on one side and of liberty on the other—are not yet settled, and may be determined in favour of one party or of the other. You may see absolute government restored to its former state ; you may see a democratic revolution at least for a time ; but, whatever may be the re su lt, I should be most grieved if I thought the great mass of the people of this country were induced, by the restoration of laws which enhance the price of food, to consider that, by imitating the example of the democracies on the continent, they could gain any advantage which they could not now obtain, or increase the prosperity they are de riving from the ancient institutions of this country.— (Hear, hear.) I hope this House will countenance no such restoration. The Right Hon. Baronet (Sir J. Graham) has alluded, with that feeling which became him, to the loss we have sustained in the death of a great statesman, who began this course of legislation ; and,without ever having been a friend of his, I hope I may be permitted to show his friends that I am not indifferent to his fame.—(Cheers.) Love of fame—" that last infirmity of noble minds"—be longed to him as to others. He did wish that his name _ . should be hallowed in the gratitude of his country, and I, for my part, could wish that, while I am consolidating the present interests of this empire, I may be providing for his fame in future generations.—(Cheers.) That fame can only be sufficiently secured by the permanence of the policy with which his name is identified, and to which he was able to induce you to agree. For this, as well as for other reasons I have stated, I should most deeply lament the reversal of the policy which, for nearly ten years, has been adopted by you. I can assure the Huuse that no consideration respecting the position or the fate of the Government affects me nearly so much as the fear I should have of seeing that policy re versed. lily belief is that the owners and occupiers of land in general would then be induced to turn their attention from those plans fur the improvement of the soil which they are new. to their great credit, pursuing, to a political course, which could only end in disappointment.—(llear.) I be lieve that the mind of the country in general would be irri tated against its institutions, and that it would be long be- tore we saw again that tranquillity and content of which we have now to boast, and which even the mover of the propo sition before the House has not ventured to deny.— (Bear, hear.) In the name, then, of the general interests of the country, and in the name of the whole mass of the people, I ask the House not to consent to the present motion. Mr. DISRAELI rose to reply. He hoped the House would not think him unreasonable if at the close of a debate so im portant and protracted he availed himself of the privilege of reply ; and, if in exercising that privilege, he attempted to recall the attention of the House to the substance of the motion which was now before them. The House, he trusted, would recollect that they were now at the commencement of a new session of Parliament—that the Lords and Commons of England had just heard a most gracious speech delivered from the Throne, in which, though the Queen was advised to congratulate them upon the prosperity of the country, her Majesty nevertheless deplored the continued difficulties under which one class of her subjects confessedly laboured. He was sure that Hon. Gentlemen would not think him unreasonable when he asserted that the House should take such a message into their immediate consideration; that they should inquire into the cause of that distress, and if possible indicate the measures by which it might be remedied. With this view of the subject, and believing that the class which were suffering suffered in consequence of the undue pressure of taxation, and remembering, too, that the agriculturists were the only suffering class, he called upon them deliberately to consider that question. Now, he could not help observing that though really the question did not on the present evening form the subject of debate—(Loud cheers)—he hoped it would be recollected that he endeavoured to secure a fair discussion for that question by stating its merits as fully and as frankly as he could. It was therefore with much regret he had observed that other subjects not connected with his motion had been introduced into the debate.—(Hear, hear.) He had not made any attack upon the new commercial sys tem of this country. If he had thought protection the only specific for the evils under which the farmers were labouring he should not have proposed a renewal of protection with re ference to the interest of a single class; and after the cir cumstances 'which had occurred with regard to the great industrial question, he did not think it would be right to re suscitate in Parliament the discussion of that subject, but rather leave it to be settled out of doors by the great majority of the country. And now he would ask, looking to the terms of his motion, if he had not proved his case? The positions which he laid down were, that the owners and occupiers of land were suffering more than any other class; that our financial system was established in the days of protection, and that it was a system which prot ec ti on alone could justify—a system which could only be tolerated under protection. Parliament had withdrawn that aid, and the consequences were now before them.—(Hear, hear.) Had he come forward and asked them to restore those laws, and to abrogate the laws that they had enacted? No, what he required of them was this, that in the boasted hour of their success, in the full flash of their prosperity, with only one class suffering, he asked them to inquire whether they could not discover the cause of that suffering, and in the spirit of that political justice which the Hon. Member for the West Riding despised—(Hear, hear)—whether they could not relieve that distress by a diminution of their burdens? —(Hear, hear.) He believed he might assert that not one of the positions for which he contended had been overturned. Could any one deny that two-thirds of the taxes which he enumerated were raised from the class on whose behalf he had addressed the House. There was paid by the British farmers a revenue equal to that of the whole Austrian em pire. But it was said that the consumers paid those taxes —that question be would now leave to the House to decide —( Hear, hear)—but no one could forget that at the very moment when that question came before them the Prime Minister was telling the farmers to grow no more wheat; tobacco they could net grow; barley they could not grow with any great prospects of success; and now he would repeat his former question. Had any of his state ments been successfully disputed ? The evidence of the Secretary for the Treasury and a more competent witness there could not be—the Govern ment published in the form of a pamphlet, and then it was asked, had he not settled the question for ever? Bet what the farmers demanded was that their case should be taken into consideration and fairly dealt with by those who boasted of prosperity and appealed to their coffers, but who at the same time admitted that they bad obtained their prosperity and replenished their were accustomed takingcoffersbeynstomed to away enjoy.the advantages which the far mers (Hear, hear.) He hoped, then, that the House would they were were undulytoreallygoing taxed;decide n agr am e e e ly w , it w h h h e i t m he a r s or what o notthe farmers w a n a dif h s it t no a t t questionthe duty of m theu s t Minister iste answered rto b bring the h f e o ny a ffi a r r d m ati some e, measure to remove the injustice which had not been success fully denied, and which no one ever ventured to say was exaggerated. Further, if the Noble Lord had any con fidence in the opinion which he had that evening conveyed across the table, he was not justified in coun selling the Queen to declare from the throne that the land was the only sufferer. Such advice might have pro ceeded from divided counsels, and a distracted Cabinet— (rC ou heers)—but there was no thi ng to j ust i fy i t. H e s h ou ld discussion Chancellor un u psc i sr e eielos t l nohe present last sf House ttyh ea occ asion,e Er x i with h hy ,he o eog n uo e men o r ee : twotrwhisgh roe wt o ta t ean t ds i ee absent nso o etr b ne s tat e hnf r ravtoanamgt he antagonist, dss similard, tt On hhee cause of that absence, and he feared, also, that the small majority of 21 mu s t h ave had the effect f retarding lao t h h . e r ecovery of the Ri g h t H onourable Gentleman.— From that time to the pr esent t h e Ri g h t Hon. Gentleman had been busy in repairing the consequences of his com parative defeat, and in the present year he delivered to the House the speech which, had he been well enough, he would have made last year.--(Laughter.) The Chancellor of the Exchequer had been advised and cautioned not to rely f o r n om poo th r e .lfr io lt . alital; e l g au t rhetoric uiter . could keep him away ) Right Elm Gentleman was an ablebodied labourer receiving good wages —not excessive, but in full work and good wages, yet nothing could keep him from prowling about the workhouse. —(Renewed laughter.) Whenever they came into collision les always found the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the workhouse, and in the workhouse he would leave him.— ( Shouts of laughter.) In the Right Hon. Member for Ripon be also found an old antagonist, who put on his best armour that night, but who, when he embarked on the navigation-laws, did not make a very fortunate voyage. The Right Hon. Gentleman's account of France was somewhat perplexing and almost contradictory. The fundholders having investments in the French funds had increased from 200,000 to 800,000, yet hoarding had also increased, which state ments were not easily reconcileable with each other. Land was going out of cultivation, yet great quantities of corn were arriving by every steamer for the London market. The Right Hon. Gentleman asked how our establishments and the public faith could be maintained, if the assumed policy which he represented Uinta (the Protectionists) as advocating, was adopted. Why there was no class more interested in main taining the national faith than the owners and occupiers of land. All they said was—" Dont't let us contributemore than our quota to that object." The days were past, according to the Right Hon. Gentleman, when justice could be obtained by them. But they begged to inform him, through so humble an organ as himself, that they knew the reason why.—(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Baronet said, " W hat ? Propose a repeal of the malt-tax ! Monstrous !" Now he (Mr. Disraeli) did not propose the repeal of the malt-tax, or the abrogation of the tobacco laws. He referred to them as grievances, and had called upon the House to see if they could rot wisely deal with them.—(A laugh.) The Right Hon. Baronet said that Lord Stanley would not sanction the repeal of the malt-tax. Bnt he (Mr. Disraeli) knew a Right Hon. Gentleman who once would sanction a repeal of the malt-tax.—( Vociferous cheering and much laughter.) His Right Hon. Critic—(A laugh)—was followed by a great authority, who made a laboured eulogium of the new commercial system, and who told the House, for their consolation, that a great social and economical revolution was going to take place. The Hon. Member for Liverpool had also favoured the House with some particulars relative to the manufactures of Massachusetts, which he said he bad obtained in private from an American gentleman. Now this information was not confirmed by the facts which he (Mr. Disraeli) had obtained, not, he admitted, from private authority; and he should have thought the Hon. Gentleman was a person of too much knowledge al ways to believe everything said by an American gentle man in private.—(Laughter.) But then the Hon. Mem ber for Liverpool said, " See how the commercial world were distressed in 1847, yet they did not come to the House of Commons to assist them I" He (Mr. Disraeli) should have been surprised if they had. He was one of the Committee who had to inquire into the general distress of that period, and he found that a great deal of that distress had been produced by unprincipled gambling and over specu lation in the commercial world.—(Cheers.) What analogy was there between the distress occasioned by long bills and undue speculation, and the difficulties and the depression of that important class—the owners and occupiers of land, which Honourable Members opposite had themselves ac knowledged had been occasioned by their own legislation ? (Cheers.) The Honourable Member for Liverpool added that the commercial world had gained 50,000,0001. by the recent acts of legislation. Now that he (Mr. Disraeli) thought a sufficient answer to all financial reformers.—(Cheers.) And he hoped that they should have no motions during the present session for the reduction of any taxation except that which affected the agricultural interest.—(Cheers and laughter.) He now approached the oracle of the West Riding. —(A laugh.) Thelion. Gentleman (Mr. Cobden) said that he and his friends had avowed their intention to obtain com pensation for the repeal of the corn-laws. The Hon. Member was quite mistaken. It was a demand for justice, and, if the Hon. Member liked the word better —for compen sation, not for the repeal of the corn-laws, but for the un just taxation that the agricultural interest were now bur dened with, which was a very different state of the case. The Hon, Gentleman asked how it could be pretended that he and his friends had entered into any compact whereby a certain price should be secured to the farmers. Now, there were gentlemen who were glib with their estimates, and those gentlemen did not sit upon the Protectionist benches. With the recklessness of audacious ignorance they had fa voured the world with calculations of the probable conse quences of the legislation they advocated ; and, notwith standing the grave assertion of the Hon. Member for the West Riding, that he was not one of those persons, he (Mr. Disraeli) fixed him as the prime offender in that respect.— (Cheers and laughter.) What were the words the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Cobden) made use of? He said that, " Without pretending to look into futurity— (A laugh)—he knew no better test of the probable price of corn in this country than the price in the island of Jersey, for a number of years. In Jersey, during the ten years from 1832 to 1841, inclusive, the average price of wheat was 48s 4d. a quarter, the average price in England during those years being 565. He had taken some pains to consult these documents."—(Cheers.) Now the Honourable Gen tleman had accused him (Mr. Disraeli) of assuming that a certain price had been compacted for between the Protec tionists and their opponents, and he said that no one on his side of the House had dreamed of calculating what the price of wheat would be. The Hon. Member for the West Riding went on to say—" He had taken some pains to consult witu those best acquainted with the subject —(a man of research, they saw—(Laughter)—and he had formed the opinion, that a constant demand from England would have raised the level of the prices in Jersey 2s. or 3e. a quarter during the above period," the consequence of which would have been that the average price in England would have exceeded 50s. a quarter.—(Loud cheers.) Then the Hon. Member for the West Riding said, " What proof of distress have you?" His answer to that was her Majesty's speech.—(Uheers.) At this hour of the night, and in this adjourned debate, he would not go into this subject, but would leave the sym pathizing Cabinet to afford the Hon. Gentleman and his friends all the information that had authorized the insertion of that paragraph in the Royal Speech.—(Cheers and laugh ter.) The Hon. Gentleman said the iron trade was suffer ing; the cotton trade was not so well off as it had been; and, in fact, he (Dlr. Disraeli) thought the general prosperity was melting away.—(Laughter.) Yet these interests, be added, did not come to Parliament to complain, or to ask for relief. Well, if the House would not interfere with the agricultural interest, and would not load their pro duce with taxation, they would not come to it either when they suffered. The Hon. Member told them to-night that the malt-tax was not a burden upon the farmer, but that the duty was paid by the consumer. But only a year ago he was of a different opinion. What! did the lion. Gentleman shake his head? Did he not on the 12th of January, 1849, sympathise with the farmer about the burden of the malt tax? He (Mr. Disraeli) had it before him. There it watt,— " Cobden on the Malt-Tax."—(Cheers and laughter.) It began :—" We sympathise with the farmers. We will not tolerate Is. by way of protection. But we will co-operate with them in getting rid of that obnoxious tax, the malt duty."—(Much laughter and cheering.) "We owe to the farmers something, and we will try to pay them in kind"— (Laughter)—and here he might say, that when the Hon. Gentleman recommended leases as a remedy, and some Hon. Gentlemen on that (the Opposition) side of the House treated it with what the Hon. Gentleman considered derision, let him inform the Hon. Gentleman that it was not a senti ment of derision at the abstract idea of leases, but that the Hon. Gentleman should suppose that leases were things not in existence. He dared say there were very few gentlemen on that side of the House who had not granted leases, and who had very much reduced their head of game—(Hear, hear)—and that was why gentlemen dared to receive the recommendation with something like derision, as if the Honourable Member had made a state ment stamped with any character of originality.—(Hear, bear, and laughter.) He had little to say on the speech of the First Minister. He looked upon the First Minister on this question as being in a very unhappy position.— (Laugh ter.) He had for him all the sympathy which the Hon. Member for the West Riding had for the occupiers of land— (Laughter)—and when the First Minister told them that his resolution was the most dangerous proposal that ever was made to the House, he asked the Noble Lord why he gave such frank encouragement by the paragraph in the Queen's Speech to produce it ?—(Loud cheers.) Why, his resolution—the most dangerous proposal ever made to the House—was almost an echo of that speech, and the logi cal consequences of the admissions of the Noble Lord.— (Hear, hear.) His advice to his Hon. Friend was not to be frightened with the latter part of the speech of the Noble Lord. It was one of those stereotyped formulas of rhetoric that upon this subject it was the fashion to adopt, not only on the Treasury benches, but also on the part of some benches on that (the Opposition) side of the House.—(Hear.) But the people of this country—he meant all classes of the community—would never think that a dangerous proposition which courted inquiry, and which only sought for its object a fair adjustment of the public turdens.—(Cheers.) He had too good an opinion of the -sense and public spirit of the manufacturers themselves to suppose that any great number of manufacturers would look upon this proposition as one of the most dangerous that was ever made to that House....-- (Hear, hear.) He gave his prosperous fellow-subjects full credit for this, that if they believed there was undue pres sure, especially on the industry of that virtuous class, the farmers of England, they would be glad to see the unfair pressure upon that industry removed.—(Hear, hear.) All these attempts to invest this purely fiscal question with great political consequences and rich political colouring were mere pleasantries of the Noble Lord.—(A laugh.) The Noble Lord did not believe them himself, and did not believe that any one in that House would believe them.—(Laughter.) They were to go to distant provinces to persuade them that there was a great conspiracy against the rights and liberties of the people. He read that morning an awful, though anony mous manifesto from that quarter which always struck him with terror—(A laugh)—Olympian bolts; but he could not help fancying the rumbling sounds concealed the plaintive treble of the Treasury bench.— ( A laugh.) There they were told in that mighty organ of what was called public opinion, that the owners and occupiers of land were a very insignificant class ; that they had better not stir themselves, or their insignifi cance would be discovered. Now, be was not one of those who ever indulged in those statistical calculations which were too rife, in his opinion, as to the comparative import ance of the different classes of this country; they were not generally very accurate ; they were always, he thought, in judicious, and might do a great deal of mischief. An ac count of the general property of the country, of its wealth, numbers, and intelligence, was always interesting; but no thing was more hateful than to see class arrayed against class by rival calculations of their relative importance.— (Cheers.) But still he might be permitted to say this on behalf of the agricultural interest, on behalf of the classes connected with land, that he did not think that in numbers, in propety, in wealth, in public virtue or in private worth, they were inferior to any other class of the community.— (Hear, hear.) He might say more. because he observed tcq u b oouap country t consideredrtoayhnna, and in entirely inthat occasion,otherhine dependent existenceatdbne those d b sa e v t ee statistical yc uponooo f nf t e n I n erce i tu n lmeea dnt agriculture—seemeddhwei tcourse the et hmis i o l l f that importantde- Nt: ear s a nn e ittg a el ei l di e nt u rc l v a one t mn i calculations.—( theretl I Kh iernehopedgadteho(eneut never United wso,n Kingdom otHmh stillao Honourable o o th u ha r emt a ye b uvw l ce e hro G ug leusdnpatinrlrteoi quarter they b e ti Gentlemen ed w 3,ag, ould not be frightened by mys ticaly references of the First Minister, or the more authorita tive, more decid e d th reats that m i ght reach them from any not believe that tliis he motion —and wa other quarter. H e h oped Hon. Gentlemen, if they believed his duty—would feel in future that their part was more activity in d e f end i ng the interests of the tenantry One of of this country.—(Cheers.) This was mainly a farmer's question. No one had met his argument about rent, which showed the fallacy of that barbaro 1 uses ang that had been too long prevalent. It was a farmer's question. Upon the farmers the pressure for years had been too severe; it was now increasing. From motives he could appreciate, and feelings of delicacy he could comprehend. the owners of the soil had not stood forward to vindicate as they ought to have done the interests of the tenantry.— (Hear, hear.) He hoped that this was the commencement of a new era in that re spect, and that no man, whether owner or occupier, would hereafter be ashamed or afraid of asking from an English Parliament that justice to which every English subject was entitled.—(Cheers.) Mr. BIUNTZ wished in one word to explain the grounds upon which he should vote for the motion of the Honourable Gentleman.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord had made the Queen express her hope for the owners and occupiers of land, The Rios lion. Gentleman the Preaident of the -FRIDAY EVENING Board of Trade had expressed his hope also, and so had the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for Ripon ; but as he (Mr. Muntz) knew that the tenant farmers were in a de pressed state, and could not live on oats, and as lie had no hope for them, he felt it to be his duty to support the motior. Mr. GRE ENALL, amid impatient cries for a division, stated that he should support the motion. The gallery was then cleared for a division. The numbers were— For Mr. Disraeli's motion ... Against it Majority against the motion ...-14 The announcement of the numbers was hailed with loud cheers by the Opposition. Sir W. CLAY obtained leave to bring in a Bill to facili tate the exercise of the franchise by compound householders. ... 2G7 ... 281 RELIGIOUS ORDERS. Mr. GROGAN moved for returns showing the number of Jesuits, and the members of any religious order, com munity, or society of the Church of Rome, bound by mo nastic or religious vows, registered pursuant to the Act 10 George IV., cap. 7, sec. 28, in the United Kingdom, subse • quent to the 23d day of April, 1829 ; of all licences granted pursuant to said statute to all Jesuits or members of any religious order, community or society, as aforesaid, to come into and remain within the United Kingdom, subse quently to the said date; and of all Jesuits, or members of any such religious order, community, or society, as aforesaid, who shall have been prosecuted for any misde meanour or offence under the said statute, and subsequently to the said date. Mr. KEOGH objected to such returns been granted, and hoped the Hon. Member would explain his object in moving for them. Mr. GROGAN stated that he had spoken with the Right Hon Gentleman the Secretary for the Home Department on the subject, and that no objection had been then mentioned to seeking such returns. In point of fact, the returns would be bat in continuation of returns obtained by the Hon. Baronet the Member for the University of Oxford in 1836. Mr. ANSTEY could give a very good reason why the re turns should not be granted. Members of certain religious orders who had not obtained the necessary permission from the Secretary of State to reside in this country, would, on prosecution, be liable to heavy penalties, banishment, or transportation, and there could be no doubt that such returns as these being obtained, they might be prosecuted. That House had had the opportunity of repealing these penal enactments—these damnable laws—and had refused that op portunity; and it was, therefore, a matter of duty with him and his friends to resist eYery motion which might expose Roman Catholic clergymen to persecution. Sir G. GREY corroborated the statement made by the Hon. Member for Dublin, as to the Government not having seen any reason why the present motion should not be agreed to. The returns would not include names, and no private information would be asked for whatever. The re turns would subject no man to a prosecution; for a prosecu tion could only be commenced at the instance of the Attor ney-General. Mr. KEOGH could easily understand why the Hon, Member (Mr. Grogan) and the Right Hon. Gentleman should agree together that the returns were desirable, b ecause b o th those Gentlemen were of opinion that it was necessary to make an attack on the Roman Catholics. If the Hon. Member persisted in his motion, he should oppose any such proposition at that time in the morning. (It was then a quarter to two. ) Sir G. GREY had no hesitation in saying, that the returns would be nil. Mr. ANSTEY said be should vote for the adjournment, And after a short discussion the House divided on the ques tion of adjournment, when there appeared-- Noes .. ... 103-93 Mr. M. O'CONNELL main t a i ne d that it was necessary to go into the question. It could not be gone into at that hour of the morning, and he therefore begged to move that the debate be adjourned. Mr. KEOGH supported the motion for the adjournment of the debate. It was quite unnecessary that the returns moved for by the Hon. Member (Mr. Grogan) should be before the House, and he trusted that the motion which had just been made by the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. M. O'Connell) would be agreed to. Ile (Mr. Keogh) would strive by every means in his power to secure the adjournment of the debate.—(Hear, hear.) Sir G. GREY submitted that the motion ought to be withdrawn. Mr. GROGAN, after a few, words in explanation, with drew his motion. The other orders of the day having been disposed of, the House adjourned at a Quarter past Two o'clock. INDIA AND CHINA. THE OVERLAND MAIL. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH FROM TRIESTE.) The steamer Haddington, which arrived at Suez on the 3d, brings l e tt ers from Bombay of the 17th, Calcutta of the Bth of Janua r y, an d H ong- K ong o f the 30th of December. Sir Charles Napier bad arrived at Bombay. Ha was to leave in the packet of the 3d. He was the guest of the Go vernor-General. The works of the Bengal Railway were suspended, in con sequence of the incompetent powers of the committee. A continued system of canals is to be carried out towards the north-west frontier and the Punjaub. Sickness continues to prevail in Lahore, and cholera exists among the native population of Bombay. Some important failures have taken place among the native merchants. Commerce was still. Money scarce. The Bengal journals give an account of a mutual exchange of visits between the Governor-General and Ghoolab Singh on the 27th and 28th of December, near Wuzeerabad. Sir W. Gomm left Calcutta on the 7th of January for the north. west provinces. The Ilindostan arrived on the 4th of January at Hooghly. Commerce heavy, purchases small, and prices are on the de cline. Exchange, 2i. The Chinese journals announce the suppression of the in• surrection in the province of Kwangsee, and the reported death of Lin_Tsih Su, the Imperial Commissary sent to quell the insurrection. Fever continued at Hong-Kong. Commerce dull in all its branches. Freight of tea to England, from Canton, as low as 30s. Money continued scarce, which lamed commercial trans actions. The Indus and Europa left Alexandria on the 6th, for Southampton. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the Lyceum Theatre with their presence yesterday evening. The royal suite consisted of the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, Hon. Matilda Paget, Lord Dufferin, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Alexander Gordon. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday morning, attended by Lieut.-Colonel lion. Alex ander Gordon, Equerry in Waiting. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Helena took their ac customed walking and pony exercise yesterday, in the garden of Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited his Royal Highness Pri nce Alb ert yesterday at Buckingham Palace. The Countess of Mount Edgecumbe has relieved the Viscountess Jocelyn in her duties, as the Lady in Waiting on her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, and Sir George Couper, arrived in town at half-past one o'clock yesterday afternoon, from her residence, Froginors. Her Royal High ness visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester Howse, Piccadilly, on her way to Clarence House, St. James's. A deputation on the subject of the coffee dutieg, consisting of Mr. Brantley Moore, Chairman of the Brazilian Associa tion, and Mr. E. Johnsto n , accompan i e d b y Si r Thomas Birch,l M.P., Mr. Cardwell, M.P., Mr. NVm. Brown, M.P., and Mr. Thornely, M.P., had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence, Downing -street. Colonel W. L. Freestun, M.P., had an interview with Sir George Grey, at the Home-office, yesterday. Mr. Franks had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, on the coffee duties. A deputation respecting church leases, consisting of Mr. Hutt, M.P., Mr. Hugh Taylor, and Mr. Philipson, had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home ffiee. Sir Alexander Bannerman, Governor of Prince Edward's Island, had au interview with Earl Grey at the Colonial office yesterday. The Rev. Dr. J. Adamson (Cape Town, South Africa) had an interview with Si r G eorge G rey, at the Home-office yes terday. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Re venue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exche quer yesterday. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester day. Present—the Mister of the Rolls, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Judge of the Prerogative Court, and Sir Edward Ryan. " Burns v. Millet" (the Orion), appeal from the Admiralty Court was heard, and judgment given. " Barclay v. Hogge" (the Glenalbyn appeal from the Ad miralty Court, was commenced. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The new grand operatic spectacle entitled Azael the Prodi gal, founded on Auber's- popular opera L'Enfunt Prodigue, now being performed in Paris with great success, is in active preparation at the above theatre. Rumour states, that it is to be produced on a scale of great splendour. Scenery, cos tumes, properties, and appointments are to be entirely new, and of the most gorgeous description. Much of Auber's music is retained, and the cast includes nearly the whole strength of the present company, with the important addi tion of Madlle. Victorine Legram, principal danseuse from the Grand Opera of Paris, who will make her first appearance in England. The band and corps de ballet will be considerably augmented, and a chorus of sixty voices has been engaged for the occasion. Let those who would censure Mr. Anderson for not keeping to the " regular drama ' reflect, that he has for some months perseveringly striven in the good cause, even under the pressure of unusually adverse circumstances ; and that such things as melodramatic spectacles were brought forward and admired at our great national theatres even in the letiitimate days of John Kemble.—llforning Post. Mr. Fox. m.p., AT OLDHAM —The annual visit of Mr. W. J. Fox to his constituents at Oldham, on Wednes• day evening, was seized as a fitting occasion for inviting a deputation from the National Parliamentary Reform Associ ation, and the c onsequence was , a mos t si g n a l d emonstrat i on of the hearty approval in which the movement is held in that great manufactu r i ng commun ity. The meeting was l re ld in the Working M en '; H a ll, an d w a s p re c e ded by a tea-party, at which 750 pe rsons pa id f or admission. The numb er pre sent afterwards, h owever , cou ld not be much l ess t h an 2,500 or 3,000. Mr. F ox, M.P . , Si r Joshua Waltnsley, M.P., an d Mr. Henry Vincent were present, and addressed the assembly. The length to which our Parliamentary report extends alone prevents the insertion of the excellent speeches made on the occasion. [ADVERTISEMENT.] -- Holloway's Ointment and Pills again successful in the Cure of a Bad Leg. —Extract of a letter from Mr. Brotherton of Stangrat, near Bootle, January 15, 1851. To Professor Holloway. Sir,—After my wife's confinement in 1848, she caught a severe cold, which settled in her right leg and foot, causing it to swell to an alarming size, ultimately forming into about twenty wounds; presenting a most fearful appearance. The pain she endured was almost insupportable, and the treatment of her medical attendants did no good what ever. She therefore resolved to give your Pills and Ointment a trial, and I am happy to say they have effected a perfect cure.—Sold by all Druggists and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. ELECTION, PONTEFRAC T E FEB. 13.—At eight o'clock this morning the poll was opened, and continued till four o'clock in the afternoon. The following is the result of the poll :—Lawley, 429 ; Pollingten, 115—Maj o rity f o r Lawley, 314. Mr. Lawley was declared duly elected, and thereupon t h an k e d th e e l ectors for their support. FALKIRK BOROUGIIs ELECTION.—GLASGOW,TLIURS DIY EvENING.—Mr. isaird, Conservative or Peellte candidate, has carried these boroughs against Mr. Loch, the MiniSteriallst, by a majority of si, FEBRUARY 14, 1851. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Y tes and rr,ccedinsis of the Howe of Commons TI I URSDAY, FEB. 13. MAJORITY—NOES, 281. Abdy, Sir Thomas Forster, Matthew O'Connell,7,Maurice Adair, Hugh E. Fertescue. Chichester O'Connell, M. J. Adair, it. Shaft ' Fortescue, J. W. Ogle, S. C. Anderson, Arthur Fox, Richard M. Ord, W. Anson, Colonel Fox, IV. J. Osborne, Ralph Anstey, Thorium; Freestun, Colonel Owen, Sir John Armstrong, Sir A. Gibson, T. M. Paget, Lord A. Bagsha, , John Glyn, G. C. Paget, Lord C. Baines, M. T. Goulburn, Henry Paget, Lord G. Baring, H. B. Graham, Sir J. Palmer, Roundel' Baring, Sir F. Greene, Johx Palmerston, Via. Barnard, E. G. Grenfell, Ch ar l e s W. Parker, John Bass, M. T. Grey, Sir G. Pechell, Sir G. Bell, Jacob Grey, R. W. Peel, Sir Robert Bellew, R. M. Grosvenor, Lord R. Peel, Frederick Berkeley, Henry F. Guest, Sir .J. Pelham, 1). A. Berkeley, Admiral Hall, Sir B. Pentlarves, Edward Berkeley. C. L. G. Hallyburton, Lord Perfect, Robert Bernal, Ralph Hamner, Sir J. Peto, Samuel Birch, Sir T. Ilardcastle ' J. A. Pigott, Francis Blackall, S. W. Harris, Richard Pilkington, James Blake, H. J. Basile, Alexander Pinney, William Blewitt, Reginald Beetle, Archibald Power, Dr. Bowles, Admiral Hatchell, John Price, Sir Robert Boyd, John Hawes, Benjamin Rawdon, Colonel Boyle, Colons. Headlam, T. E. Ricardo, Osman Brand, Thomas Heald, James Rice, E. R. Bright, Jelin Heathcoat, John Rich, Henry Brocklehuret, John Henry, Alexander Robartes, T. J. Brockman, E. D. Herbert, Sydney Romilly, Colonel Brotherton, J. Hervey-, Lord A. Homily, Sir John Brown, W. lleywood, James Rumbold, C. E. Bruce, Lord E. Ileyworth, L. Russell, Lord John Bulkeley,Sir R. B. Higgins, G. G. Russell, F. C. Bunbury, Edward Ilindley, Charles Salwey, Colonel liusfeild, W. llobhousa, Sir J. Sanders, J. Buxton -ir E. liobh ouse , T. B. S c h o l e fl e ld , W. Calvert, ' Frederic ilodges,,T. L. Scrope, G. P. Campbell, NV. F. Hodges, T. Twisden Seymour, H. D. Cardwell, Edward Hogg, Sir J. Seymour, Lord Carter, John B. Ilollond, Robert Slim to, R. 1). Caulleild, J. M. Borman, Edward Shelburne, Earl of Cavendish, C. C. Howard, C. W. Slaney, Robert A. Cavendish, G.II. Howard, J. K. Smith, It. V. Cavendish, W. G Howard, E. G. Smith, J. A. Childers, J. W. Howard, I'. H. Smith, N. T. Clay, James Hume, Joscph Smith, John B. aay, Sir W. liumpliery, Ald. Somers, J. P. Clements, C. S. Hutchins, E. J. Some: Ville, Sir W. Clerk sir G. Hutt, William Spearman, 11. J Cliflord, 11. M. Jackson, William Stanley, W. 0. Cobden, R. Jermyn, Earl Stanstield, W. R. C. Cocabura, Sir A. Kershaw, James Stanton, W. 11. Colebrooke, Sir T. Kildare, Marquis of Staunton, Sir G. CoMns, William Kin g , P. J. Strickland, Sir G. Copeland, Alderman Laouchere, Henry Stuart, Lord D. Cowan, Charles Langston, J. 11. Stuart, Lord J. Cowper, W. F. Lascelles, W. S. Tancred, 11. W. Craig, Sir W. G. Lemon ' Sir C. Tenison, E. K. Crowder, E. B. Lewis, Sir T. Thicknesse, R. A. Currie, Itaikes Lewis, G. C. Thompson, Colonel Curteis, 11. M. Littleton, E. R. Thornely, T. Dalrymple, Captain Locke, Joseph Townley, John Dash wood, wood, Sir G. Lockhart, A. E. Townshend, Capt. Dawson, T. V. Loveden, Pryse Traill, George Denison, Edmund Lushington, C. Trelewny, J. S. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Mackie, John Tufnell, Belay Dlvett, E. Mackinnon, W. A. Vane, Lord 11. Douglas, Sir C. M'Gregor, John Verney, Sir 11. Douro, Marquis of M'Taggart, Sir J. Villiers, Charles Duff, G. S. Mogan, W . H. Wakley, Thomas Duke, Sir James Mahon, O'Gorman Wall, C. B. Duncan, Viscount Mangles, R. I). Walmsley, Slr T. Duncan, George Marshall, J. G. Walter, John 7 Duncult, John Marshall, Williatn Watkins, Colonel Dundas, Admiral Martin, John Wawn, J. T. Dundas, Sir David Martin, C. W. Wellesley, Lord C. Ebrington, Viscount Masterman, John Westhead, J. P. Ellice, Edward Matheson, A. Willcox, Brodie Ellice, E., jun. Matheson, James Williams, John Ellis, John Matheson, Colonel Williams, W. Elliot, J. E. Maule, Fox Williamson, Sir H. Enfield, Lord Melguad. Viscount 'Wilson, James Estcourt, J. B. B. Milner, W. M. Wilson, Matthew Evans, Sir De Lacy Milton, Viscount Wood, Sir Charles Evans, John Mitchell, T. A. Wood, W. P. Evans, William Moffatt, George Wortley, J. S. Ewart, William Molesworth, Sir W. Wrightson, W.B. Fagan, William Morison, Sir W. Wyld, James Fergus, John Morris, David Wyvill, Marmaduke Ferguson, Col. Mostyn, E. Young, Slr John Ferguson, Sir R. Mowatt, Francis Fitzroy, Henry Mulgrave, Earl Fitzwilliam, G. W. Norreys, Lord Foley, John H. Norreys, Sir D. TELLERS. llayter, W. (I. dill, Lord M. JESUITS AND OTHERS. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That an humble Address be presented to her Majesty, that she will be graci ously pleased to give directions that there be laid before this House, Returns showing the number of Jesuits, and of the members of any religious order, community, or society of the Church of Rome, bound by monastic or religious vows, registered pursuant to the Aet 10 Geo. 4, c. 7. s. 28, in the United Kingdom, subsequent to the 23d day of April, 1829 : " Of all licenses granted pursuant to said statute to all Jesuits or members of any religious order, community, or society, as aforesaid, to come into and remain within the United Kingdom -übsequently to the said date: " And of all Jesuits, or members of any such religious order, community, or society, as aforesaid, who shall have been prosecuted for any misdemeanour or offence under the said statute, and subsequently to the said date :" Where upon Al otion made, and Question put, " That this House do now adjourn." The House divided : MINORITY—AYES, 10. Blake, M. J. Brotherton, J. Greene, John Magan, W. 11. Mahon, O'Gorman O'Connell, Maurice Wawn, J. T. Somers, J. P. Sullivan, Michael Trelawny, J. S. TELLERS. Anstey, T C. Keogh, William MAJORITY-NOES. 103. ITALY. The Croce di Savoia contains the following:— " We had already been informed from different points of the frontier that the Austrian troops were being concentrated in the direction of the Ticino. Now our information on that subject is so positive that we feel bound to direct the atten tion of the country and Parliament to that military move ment. The events likely to take place in France, in 1852, and the menace of an intervention . in Switzerland, m a y be the pretext or t h e real motive of that concentration; but might it not also be contemplated to execute the magnificent plan which the promoters of the league of Sante Foi mention having been proposed at Bregentz, modified at Warsaw, con firmed at Olmutz, and ultimately concluded at Dresden? Military hovitals and magazines have not been established at Pavia for the sake of mere marches and evolutions, and it is the duty of the Government to demand categoric explana tions on the subject. The Opinione of Turin stktes that Signor SALUZZO, the Pr, siden , of the Court of Appeals, will be the probable suc cessor of &MARDI in the Ministry of Grace and Justice. ALARA' OF FIRE IN THE GREAT EXHIBITION BUlLDlNG.—Yesterday morning, between five and six o'clock, in formation was forwarded to the various engine stations, that a fire had broken out in the new building tor the Exhibition in Ilyde-park. It was ascertained that a sire had taken place at the west end of the Crystal Palace, and although at one time it assumed a threatening appearance, the damage done, we are happy to say, was Confined to the destruction of a large quantity of shavings, but the building itself received not the slightest injury. Two FIRES IN DEPTFORD.—Yeiterday morning, at an early h' ur, the Ship Defiance tavern, Grove. street, Deptford, the property of 111 r. J. Rutter, licensed victualler, was discovered to be on fire. The inmates having been aroused, they effected a safe retreat, when it was found that the bar was in a blaze, and, front the fact of the spirit pipes having become melted, it Was feared that a terrible conflagration would follow. Messengers were, therefore, dispatched to London for the aid of the engines, and by the time they arrived, another fire happened at 22, High-street, Deptford, belong. ing to Mr. W. Wright, seedsman, &c. The police, West of Engl and, and Brigade firemen, succeeded in getting both fires e x ti nguished, but not until considerable domage was done to the two buildings, and also to the valuable stocks in trade. The origin of both firesi unknown. Mr. Wright was insured in the County, and Mr. Rutter in the Atlas, fire-offices. STATE Or TRADE.-MANCHESTRR, THURSDAY. There is no change in the markets since Tuesday, the features still continuing the same, with the exception that cotton has fallen about 1 4d. per lb. Tho very low prices now current induce some little In , but offers continue at very low prices. DISTRESS OF OWNERS AND OCCUPIERS OF LAND. Order read for resuming adjourned Debate on Question (11th February), " That the severe distress which continues to exist in the United Kingdom, among that important class of her Majesty's subjects the Owners and Occupiers of Land, and which is justly lamented in her Majesty's Speech, introduce, without it the duty of her Majesty's Ministers to without delay, such measures as may - be most effectual for the relief thereof :"—Question again proposed :—Debate re sumed; Question put. The House divided : MINORITY—AYES, 267. Acland, Sir T. Farrer, James Mundy, William Adderley, C. B. Fellowes, E. Muntz, G. F. Alcock, Thomas Floyer, John Mure, Colonel Anson, Viscount Forbes, William Naas, Lord Arbuthnott, Hon. H. Forester, G. C. Napier Joseph Archdall, Captain Fox, S. L. Neeld, John Arkwright, George Frewen, C. IL Neold, Joseph Bagge, W. Fuller, A. E. Newdegate, N. 13agot, William Galway, Viscount Newport, Visct. Bailey, Joseph Gaskell, J. M. Noel, G. J. Ilaillie, H. J. Goddard, A. L. O'Brien, Sir Lucius Baldock, E. H. Gooch, E. S. O'Brien, Sir T. Baldwin, Barry Gould, W 3 ndharn O'Connor,yeargus Bankes, George Gordon, Admiral O'Flaherty, Anthony Baring, Thomas Gore, W. R. O. Ossulton, Lord Barrington, Viscount Grace, 0. D. Oswald, Alexander Bateson, Thomas Granby, Marquis of Packe, C. W. Bennet, Philip Grattan, Henry Palmer, Robert Bentinck, Lord 11. Greenall, Gilbert Peel, Colonel Berkeley G. E. Grogan, E. Pennant, Colonel Bernard, Viscount Guernsey, Lord Pigot, Sir R. Best, John Gwyn, bowel Plowden, W. H. Blackstone, W. Ilale,l,lt. B. Plutnptre, J. P. Illakemore, R. lialford, Sir 11. Portal, Melville illandford, Marquis Hall, Colonel Powell, Colonel 13oldero, H. George Halsey, T. P. Power, icliolas Booker, T. W. Hamilton, Geo. A. I'owlett, Lord W. Booth, Sir IL G. Hamilton, J. IL Prime, Richard Bramston, T. W. Hamilton, Lord C. Pugh, David Breisridge, Richard Harris, Captain Pusey, Philip Briaco, M. Hayes, Sir E. Reid, Colonel Broadley, 11. Heathcote, G. J. Rendiesham, Lord Broadwood, Henry Heneage, G. H. Renton,.J. C. Brooke, Sir A. B. Heneage, E. Repton, G. W. Brown, H. Henley, J. W. Reynolds, John Bruce, C. 1,. C. Berries, J. C. Richards, Richard Gruen, Colonel Hildyard, R. C. Roche, E. B. Buck, L. W. Hildyard, T. B. T. Rufford, Francis Buller, Sir J. Y. Hill, Lord E. Rushout, Captain Bunbury, William Hodgson, W. N. Sadiair, John Burghley, Lord Hood, Sir A. Sandars, George Burrell, Sir C. Hope, Henry T. Scott, Francis 13urroughes, If. Hope, A. Scully,Francis Cabbell, B. B. Hornby John Seaham, Viscount Carew, W. H. P. Hotham, Lord Seynaer, 11. K. Cayley, E. S. Hudson, G. Sibthorp, Colonel Chaplin, W. J. Hughes, W. B. Sidney, Alderman Chichester, Lord J. Inglis, Sir It. Simeon;;John Christopher. R. Jocelyn, Viscount Smyth, Jc hn George Christy, Samuel Johnstone, Sir J. Somerset, Captain Clive, R. H. Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Sotheron, T. Clive, IL B. Jones, Captain Spooner, Richard Cobbold, J. C. Keating, Robert Stafford, Augustus Cochrane, A. D. Keogh, William Stanford, J. F. Cocks, T. S. Kerrison, Sir E. Stanley, Edward Codrington, Sir W. Knight, I'. W. Stanley, E. H. Cole, 11. A. Knightley, Sir C. Stuart, Henry Coles, H. B. • Knox, Colonel Stuart, John Colvile, C. R. Lacy, H. C. Sturt, H. G. Compton, 11. C. Laseelles,tE. Sullivan, Michael Conolly, Thomas Lawless, Cecil Taylor, 'l'. E. Corry, H. Legh, G. C. Thesiger, Sir F. Cotton, W. H. Lennard, T. B. Thompson, Alderman Cubitt, William Lennox, Lord A. Thornhill, George Currie, Henry Lennox, Lord II G. Tollemache, John Darner, Colonel Lindsay, Colonel 1 ownley, R. G. Davies, D. A. Lockhart, W. ~ Trevor, G. R. Deedes, W. Long, W. Trollope, Sir John Devereux, J. T. Lopes, Sir Ralph Turner, G. J. Dick, Quintin Lowther, Colonel Tyrell, Sir J. Disraeli, 8.. , Lowther, Henry, Verner, Sir W. Dod, J. W. Lygon, Gen. - • Villiers, F. W. Dodd, G. M'Naghten, Sir E. Vyse, R. H. Drax, T. S. W. M`Cullugh, W. Wadding,ton,'David Drumlanrig, Viscount Meagher, Thomas Waddington, 11. S. Drummond, Henry Mandeville, Viscount Walpole, Spencer Duckworth, Sir J. Manners, Lord C. IVegg-Prosser, F. Dwicombe, A. Manners, Lord G. Welby, G E. Duncombe, 0. Manners, Lord J. West, - F. R. Dundas, George March, Earl of Wlgram, L. T. Dunne, Colonel Maunsell, T. P. Williams, T. P. Du Pre, C. G. Maxwell, J. P. ' Willoughby, Sir 11. East, Sir J. B. Meux, Sir Henry Wodehouse,Edmund Edwards, Henry Miles, P. W. Worcester, Marquis Egerton, W. T. Miles, William Wynn, 11. IV. Evelyn, Viscount 111 ousel!, William Wynn, Sir W. , Euston, Earl Moody, C.•A. Yorke, E. T. Evelyn, William J. Moore, G. 11. TELLERS. Fagan, James Morgan, 0. Beresford, William Farnham, E. B. 31ullings, J. B. Mackenzie, W.F. THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS Paid. Nominal Prices. -32% - 34 -6% 4 - % 81 .. 15 Is% 12% 6% 2 li% L 2 13% 50 42 2% 34 - 18% -6% - 11% -134 - 44 - IP. - 245 92 —93 dia. 102 104 51 —53 2% 23 —24 50 71 —73 13 4 7 8 p. 17% 29 —3l p 10 58% 59% :5 10% dig, 11% I 7 4f 7 dia. 6 1% —1% dbl. )0 1130 - 123% LIU 6 —5% dim. 50 95% 9934 50 154 15% 9 3% —2% dls. 17 3% 3618. 5 % dia. 9 1 X 1% p 6 al 7 7x 9734 - 98% 0 57 -60 0 157 -60 136 - 139 4 11% - 12 23% - 244 132 k; —133c4 6 6 p. 5 % P. 3 1 / 4 , p. 82% 904 - -43 a die. 4 3 dis. 2% —2% p. :5 .. 7% .. 5U 1 4 3 3 / 4 Ms. 12% It% % P 2% dis. 62% lb 14)4 dig, 29 —3l 128 - 130 rt% 1 .. -.. - - s}, 2 0 f .. 10 124 —26 5 14 —l3 Us. 0 17% —18 k 5 4%-54 dfi 9 956 5 5 734 634 614 dla, .. -.. % -liP i 0 - t 5 - 42k, - ,05i 8 9 p. 21% - 21% 7%- 8 p. I 6 - igii 9 --10 ... 22% 6% 5 3 5% —5% die. 12 3 4% —4% die. 8 10 3 10% !d up 14 --16 dup 7 20 1134 12% 1 1 1 dia. 10 13%, 14 6% 3 25( dis. 15 12 16% —l3 9 54 2 U db. 10 20k 26% •• - •• 26 -27 to I 4 8 dla. 18 .% yj{ 4s % 73( die 17% •• —•• 13 7 6 d. 10 I 436 534 io I 1536 —l6 .• - .. 24 -25 a% I• 8 - 734 •• - - 20 -21 • • •'•• •• •• ..... .. 43 ... 433,4 15 120% -.213( 10 I 4% 4 dis. 9 —2 1 1 6 —l7 dls 4 _434 Business done to-day. m % Ws. 3 54 t % ii % [li 13 12% 11% 13 , , b 12h 6 % bh 214 20% 15% % 6y 7% 1136 X 4% X 3234 32 % 31 6% 18 3L 18 6% 13% % 90% % 90 [6974x,d 51334 59 58%% 4% 15 I,i 44 98 9734 98% 133 132 34 % ' 23 1 4 23 18 17% 4 1 4 4 90 89% 903 y [89)6 % 323 31% 33 [32 It% % 236 % dis. [62U 61N 62 61% i 97 %X 33 21 9% 9 M 4 ON 11% 11 m 18% % % 19 5% % dis. 4% 54 dig. 15% h i 7% 3 6 54 % % 27 04 r21 1 ,‘ 20% 21 1 4 20% 21 16 15 .% 36 7% 67 24% 5 434 93 814 lb% 44 4 10% 11 10% 34 5 16 46 32 X Meilaw 6)4 ;team 69% 70. Railways. Aberdeen.. .. Do. Preference • • • • Atnbergute, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Ayrshire and Galloway • • Belfast and County Down' Beefs and Dents Exten. (Great Western - Per petual 5 per cent ) • • Birmingham and Oxford, Junction, calls duly . paid, or with a guar... Do. without a guar... I Binning., Wolverhamp ton, and Dudley, calls duly paid, or with a, guarantee .. . .. Do. without a guar. - Binning., Woiverhamp., and Stour Valley .. Birkenhead, Lances., and Cheshire Junction • • Bristol and Exeter •• • Buckinghamshire • • • . Caledoidae .. • • Do. 10/. Preference •• i I Do. Clydesdale June.. •1 Chester and Holyhead a Do. Preference .. a ' Clarence .. .. .„ a Do. Ist Class, 6 per ct.' Do. 2d de., 5 per cent. Do. Gov. 1.0an,4 pr. ct. Direct Lond. and Portem. Dublin and Belfast J unct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & IR) .. .. Do, (lee E. & H.) .. Do. (31. 10s.) 6 per, cent. Preference .. Do. (51.) 7 pr. ct. l'ref. Do. (71.175.) 7 p. c.Pref. Eastern Counties .. .. Do. Eaten., 5 per cent. No. 1 Do. No. 2 .. . Do. New Preference, 61 per cent... . .. Do. North. and East. 6 per cent. - .. Do. do. 5 per cent .. Do. do., New • • .• Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares • • Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shares Do. do., scrip, guaran. 6 per cent. .. .. East Lancashire .. ~. Do. New quarters .. Do. 6 per cent. pref. quarter shares.. East Lincolnshire, gua. 6 per cent .. .• - Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport .. .. Exeter and Exmouth .. I Glasgow and South-West, I Do. pref. consolidated . Do. do. G. D. &C. stock g Gloucester & Deaniorest i Great Northern .. • • 2 Do. halves, A, deferred I Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. I Do. 5 per cent. pref. • • 1 Great Southern and Western, Ireland .. 15 Do. eighths .• .. .. Great North of England . 11 Do. new 40/. .. .. Do. new 30/. .. .. Do. new 151. Great Western Do. New, 171. .. Hull and Selby .. Do. half shares • . • Do. quarter shares . Lancaster and Carlisle . Do. thirds • • • • Lancaster and Preston .. 4 Lancashire and Yorkshire 101 Do• quarter shares .. 2, Do. fifths .. • • • 1 Do. F. 20/. .. - .. Do. new, guaranteed 6 per cent. a .• • • 101 Do. laudders. & Sheff. 5, Do. West Riding Union 1 Leeds and Brasiturd .. e• Leeda and Thirsk• •• a Do. pref. 6 p et., • No. 1 Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 2 1' Do. pref. 6 p et., NO. 3 Do. pref. qrs., 1848 .. 1 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. .. 1, Loudon and Blackwall - 11 , London, Brighton, and South Coast .. • • 101 Do. guarteed. 5 per ct., late Croyd:n thirds • • Do. preference, 5 p et. 51 Do. preference, cony. 5 per cent., 1852 .. ef Do. new guaranteed, 6 per cent. - .. • . 101 London and Greenwich . 12 11 Do. preference . - 21 London and N.-Western 101 Do. do. new quarters . 11 Do. fifths a . Do. 101. sh., M.& is (c) 1 London and S.-11 esters . 100 Do. new 50/. .. • • 42 Do. new 40/. .. • • 34 Do. new preference .. 5 Londonderry & Coleraine 25 Do. ha7r. shares .. .• 5 Lowestoft, emir. 4 per ct. 20 Da. do. 6 per cent. • • 20 Londonderry and Ennis killen. .. .. • • • • Do. half shares • • .. Manchester, Buxton, andl Matlock .. .. .. Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire • • • • 11. Do. quarters, No. 1 .. 2: Do. new, tot preference 1( Do., 61. Preference • • 2 Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union • • 4 2 el (Oland • • • . • • • • ICO Du. consolidated pref. 100 Do. 501. shares .. • . 35 Do. Bi. ming & Derby 100 Do. Consul. Bristol & liirizeng., 6 per ceet.l 100 Do. Bristol & Glouces. 46 Do. do. do. • • 29 16 Do. Erewash Val. pref. 50 Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per cent. guar. .. 101 Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) 47 alidelleebro' and Redear, 6 per cent guar. .. 51 Newcastle and Carlisle • • It, De. quarter shares .. 2 N ewmark et .. . .. 2 Do. extension scrip • • 2 1 Newport, Abergaveuny, and Hereford .. • . i Newry, Warrenpoint, & Rostrevor • • .. • • 21 Norfolk •• • • • . • • 100 Do. New 201. shares •• 1, Do. Extension • . • • 2 , Do. guar. 53 per cent. . Do. Waveney Valley.. Northern Counties Cation North British • • • • • • 2, Do. !'reference .. .. North Staffordshire .. l' North-Western .. • • 1' North & Sth .-West. June. • Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. a le Preston and Wyre .. 2 Do. Halves (A) .. • • I Heading, Guildford, and Reigate.. • • • • .. 1 Royston and Hitchin .. Do. Shepreth Extern, Scottish Central .. .. 2 Scottish Midland .. .. 2 Do. new .. .• .. 2 Sarewsbury & Birming. ClaerA.. •• .. .. 13 Do. Class 11- ••• .• 9 1 Do. New Guarantee.. ehrewshury & Hereford Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. kW.) .. .. p a l, Do. Halves .. .. a pal , Do. Gswestry .. a •; Do. New.. .. .. ~ Du. 8 per cent. Pref. . Shropahire Union - .. South Devon .. Do. Preference .• .. eouth Staffordshire • . South-Eastern • • • • Do. do. 4% per cent... South Wales.. .. • • South Ytsrksh, and River Dun • .. a „, Shell., Roth., and Goole, N. Div., guar. 5 p cent. Do. do. South Div. • • Swansea & Loughor, &c. Caw Vale Extension •• themes Haven Dock and Railway .. .. .. Vale of Neath .. • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick Watenor d, Wex., Wick., and Ifablin • • • • Wear Valley, 6 per cent. guaranteed .. Do. do. Do. do. West • lornwall .. • • West London . .. •• I Do. I st Class Pref. (101.)' Do. 2d Class do. (par), Whiteaaven and Furness Windsor, Staines, and S. Western .• • • • • Wilts. Somerset, & Wey mouth • • • • • • • • York, Newcastle, & Ber wick • • • • • • " Ditto and Newcastle Extension • . ~. Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference • . ~ 1)0. Do. Hartlepool • Dock and Railway a .. York and North Midland Do. Preference .. 61• •: • . :1 io l i & -iti ► do. .. do. .. Bouicig-ne and Amiens • • Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) Demerara .. .• • • : Dutch Rhenish .. East Indian .. Do. do. do. .. Great Indian Peninsula.. Ditto ditto .. .• Louvain a la 6ambre Luxembourg .. .• Ditto ' • • • . Madrid and Valentia Maria Antonia .. • . 2 Ditto, New Namur and Liege • • 2 Northern of France .. 1 Orleans sad Bordeaux .. Paris and Orleans 2 , Paris and Ro uen • •• 2' Pr.ris cud Strasbourg Rouen and llavre Sambre and Meuse • • Strasbourg and Basle .. Tours and Nantes •• Tournay, Jurbise, Lan don, and Ilasselt West Flanders JOIN Australasia .... •• • • 2:: North America.. Colonial .. • • • • • • • ... Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .... London and Westminster National Provincial Eng. Do. New • • • • • • • • National of Ireland .. • . Provincial of Ireland ~.. Do. . 7 .‘, ow .. •••• • • • • 1.7a10n of Australia .. • . Do. New Union of London ...... Union of mouirid • '''' Del Rey 13%. re:dupla Steam 70 ; Santiago I Ditto, 5(., SO 8 6 8 13',4 to It dis. dis. % - 1 p. 28% - 29}4 27 -28 8 )4 - 9 P 7- 8 p 13 14 0 10% - 11% 100 17% 84 -86 17 1 4 -.17U lU u - 12 - 21 -22 15% - 1614 78 ti 8 21 —22 dis, 15 ' N 18 2 3% 1% 5 1 2 14 10 67i 4 4 4 par o I iii 10 156 13 1 5 -3% - 2,i, -17 i, -1% -1 -7% 14 P 1 4 P 64 68 7 p 15 I 7 6 -7% -5 . lo lis t 5 IN 6% 2% - 19 - 14 -3' 15 1 0 50 1 24% ._ 25% 10 I FOREIGN. 1% 1 Ws. 20 I 9% 16% -9% - 17% 8 I. 5% 5 2}4 8 1 io 2 -4%dia. _i%p. - 3 P. P. - 13( -2j{, 7% I .. 20 - - 16 15 1 4, - - Z 4 - !O • 2;4 4)4 !O 10h - !0 25(, 8 % 15% 3A, dia. 36 '47% .4 i 4 dis, 11% 3% .. .. 9% dia. AN I 1 14 -- STOUR. 11ANICS 40 29 —32% 50 42% % 10 20 25 25% 10 20 18% —lB x.d 27% 35 .. _.27% 12 % - 18 15 42 -43 15 % - 15 ,5 34,4 -35 _ • - •. 123 i -13 x de Cuba 13. Unit 1 13. itaylvi mat I :5 32 iO 32 MARKET NEWS.-(T1 -11S DAY•) routs; 701 SCOTCH. 1 IV I Sl] eep. 1 Calves. 41 FOREIGN surpix. PIO I Sheep. 1 Calves. I 400 80 NEWYGATE AND LEADENZA- 14 -"'1 „ o tbir Mutton sold freely at an i a d vance o f 2d per 81bs. kinds of Meat very little business was transacted. Beasts. 21 Beast.. 160 At per stone by the Carcase• d • s. d. to s. d. I 2 I Beef,inferior...... 2 0 2 2 1 M u tt on, i n ferior •• 0 middling .... 2 4 2 6 nitdd ltn g . : 3 3 lO - primelarge .. 2 8 3 0, --prime •• 2 6 prime small .• 3 2 3 4 Pork, large•• •• " • 3 Vaal.•'•• •• •• •• •••, 3 2 4 0 small '''''''' . 320 3LOUGH BOP IVIAREE I r' 2 req. est, Selected samples of last year' s hops are in stea dy st at very full prices ; but all o th er ki n d s move of ni 6l 7o d y:' barely late rates. Factor's rices, viz. ready g' s to jl i g: East Kent pockets, 3/ 16s to 61 1 5; ditto, bags , 3 21 t ° i_oe; Mid Kent pockets, 2l 6s to 5115 s ; ditto, bag ' s, 2/to Weald of Kent pockets, 31 68 to 4/ 2s ; ditto, beg s, Sussex pockets, 2 / 1 85 to 31165, per cwt. COO ther Stoait..-The market for British Plantation NlAL. has bee n n ra des nO/4 4 3• animated, and fuller prices ve been paid for a ll reno/4 Barbadoes, 169 hhds 19 t rcs so ld a t f u ll quo t a tions ; and tad to 44s ; and commo n t o goo d , 4 0 s 6d to 43 3 , „ 3ss Gd to 40s 6d for ord and good mid yellow. , este ilieriNED.— The market has been dull ; gioceryluzaP ., • 0 and brown lumps, 48s 6d to 495. brisPJ ' EAST INDIA.— Maur tins, 2,437 bags went off more ,A !13 0 ,4. yellow, 41s to 42s ; good to line brown, 35s ad to 36 0 ."4 9 to . :4 about 4,000 bags, mostly sold, good to fine grainy Yel l° ; sad _l - 1 6d, mid 38s ad to 40s, good white Benares 435 6d to 44f ia pan and gOod mid 41s 6d to 425 6d. Madras, 1,213 bale. to ° 331, IP found buyers at former rates; low mid soft yellow 305 of, good to fine 34s to 38s. r aid Y FOREIGN.—Bahia has bee n so ld a t 3 9 s t o 39s 6d for ood pro and several its were taken in at 35s to 37s 6d for ord to g l ot SP and 38s to 39s for tine ; was h e d reali sedi32ll.6d to 370 ba. • has been done privately. nest, 11 0 OFFEE --Privately Native Ceylon has been in fair 11, ic pie sellers had to make some concession. Good ord 0 1 %,,,, realised 47s to 47s 6d, and superior ha 4 been taken in O r e q ueSt.• pd tation brought full prices privately. Costa Rica was in bliS beep tlal good and flue ord sold at 51s to 52s 6d per cwt. Ther_ e ,„ se t°_,, • decided indisposition to do business pending the uncerta in ty SHOW Chancel er's Budget, but the official retarns for Jae: I ' go od falling off of 3.204,0001bs i n th e h ome consumption. 0 110 t ° Cocoa.—Grenada has been t a k en i n a t 44s to 46s for on d Oe bright red. Trinidad was taken in at 47s for mid 8 10 ' i x &quail at 33s for ord grey, being previous rates. ewate l i Icz.—There has been none offered by auction, 291“ n Warns has been sold at as to as 6d per cwt. 3d . g unlO nilic° Artaownoox.—Bermuda was taken in at to Is 5d fc( " sold at 3d to Gd per ib. an 110 SPlCiss.—Pimento has realised to 4fid, f o r prd' (Or mid. Pod i'epper ha s b een taken in at 455 . DS! realised 355. haferho - PEP CorTe4.—The market droops, an d pr i va t e ly we",.dy all few transactions. At th e auct i on 6,000 bales we re n7 O. . in, buyers not being inclined to giv e th e p re vious re' • r is e' sold at Md decline. And gy11.9. INDIGO. The public sales ecnti nue t o go off In g o 1 0- are iLlly 4d per lb lower than in October last. has been withdrawn. sorts Tza.—The market has been fi rmer , an d i n ratdl.lo . sold 11 business has been done at about f ormer quotations. been - COCHINEAL.—Low ord to mid Honduras silvers ha. n it 10 3s 6d to 3s 8d per lb. This is about the previous 'Olt; sre f olf Noon.—Between 16,000 and 17,000 b a l es o f C010n... vices course of sale publicly, and there is a fair attendance' • bpi about the same as at the last auction. - A ill e" tiP t Taxxow.—There is a quiet market f or forward ASO' prices are firm. P.Y.C. 378 6cl to 37 8 9d on the spot, t in- _ ne e& the last three months. Town is 37s to 375 3d. „ i nsPl' ae let GREEN FRUIT.—The market or Oranges has sligll..'„ e olls'a three cargoes St. Michael, sold by Keeling and Hunt o „,, e ied• went at an advance of I s t o 3 5 per b ox. Messina Leole'" 51 - •ceS Ar out of fi rst hands, and a lurth er i mprovement in Pr t- .,try 'Ar to S and Chesnuts are Os per b ana l d earer. A good 1.14;ie lilt Smyrna Nuts, and, from the scarcity of Black Span tsb ' meet with a ready sale. O. a' 2 10 6 4 S 6 4 ..„.......,_ .7 .3, E p u b s e i tti L . L g : SPORTING INTEL LIGE NC. A. er The Chester ilA --A.-- A. , 11 i n „"- ~ ai B " tretne h , ad the effect of reduen the quotatione a& b i o Rhesus and Tse Italian; that the latter will 11 : 16 , iDta :Peell ground is doubtful, !eeing that 40 and 50 to 1 to co s would d ga l iDat him in the course of the week --25 te d ii Le are been taken about Montague 81 ' A yetie . A Evelyn, and 1,000 to 30 about The Nuight of C o met improvement in Vain Hope for the St,e e P: r nool) an n d a few bets on the 8-• ` (both at J) 1/ ` - ' es. p.ing Cup Wi ne were the only other f eatures of the afternoo n , S al titho7girni..4l: LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP. 5 to 1 agst Mr. .Meeson's Doubt--tak en 5 to 1 agst Mr. Purr's Panope 7to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Idle Boy 00 0 t ° 100 8 to 1 agst Mr. Lawson's Caurire--1, taken once LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE . 7 to 1 agst Vain 11 ,, pe 10 to 1 agst Abd-el-Kader 10 to 1 agst Sir John 12 to 1 agst Pater Simple 20 to 1. agst Rescue 20 of tO 1 agst Half and-half All the above betwere taken in t h a cowl a. afternoon; but at the close were offered. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE NANDIe Ir. 501. 15 to 1 agst Mr. %," inch's Z4doe--laken io ka p 20 to 1 agst Mr. Fuller's The SWirldial'" " METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 26 to 1 agst Mr. Carew's Agis—taken CHESTER CUP. 7 100 to 6 agat Mr. ' !Teen's Rhesus. 5 yrog 5 7 6 - 20 to 1 agat Mr. M et kl am ' s The I ta lian, 4 ,t," s , 22 to 1 agat Lord C a l e d on ' s Th e Flying (1-- 12Ib 30 to 1 abt Lord Clifd en ' s Wallflower.ll Yrtmer''' 30 to 1 a g st Lord li g li nton ' s The ICiligh / 43 rs let 31b , , 7 11 $ 40 to 1 agst M r. H arrison ' s Seaman, 4Alb .40 40 to 1 agst M r. D ownes ' s Strap, ag ed, 69 ," ro , 7 0 ' 50 to 1 a gs t C o l onel Anson ' s Bac kbiter, ° 4111 50 to 1 agat a Mr. Li s t er ' s N ne y 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Laws on'sCsu'3 yrs, rire, Yr *, 6,1 61b 1,000 to. 15 agst Mr. Disney's Sir Richard, 5 Y" e, 4 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. G. Watt's Little Georg 6st 61b—take . 1,000 t o 15 apt Mr. Pedle n Lan e t , 4/m y's Prior of L 6st 101b—tak .-n 1,000 t 0 .500 laid on Rhesus agat Baby DERBY. 6 to 1 offered on the field ,1 10 oopso." 4 - 0 01 THE ALLEGE D M URDER A T T--- „ nm of al g odfr Jury which was impanelled to in uire into t he canto the c oell of Mrs. Cooper, of Todmorden, hf c e i ve in accordance " - na tural o° cal evid,uce, returned a verdiect tha ' t she dicd ha" of IV ISI O, a l' produced by puerperal fever • not the slightest cze_nostie discovered, and her stomach, ' en the poet-morters e a hibited a healthy appearance. u. ti tlii ef LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, FEE. 13.-- t T his " ; °P ll ll DI repair. Sta t States T u in tar, and was - t owed r° a co G ap ß le E e A f T st w earn E - s t T ng t s ß . beti ttri: i t pt. N RAILWAY. g orders were complied with for en -- aja:. B t. theirg ..7.; Yin ir.,-i fi e ai S lj " --"j°1: in clime, lease, or use the Wilts, Somerset, and w eJ• - .,,,, UP - , the Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway, and the 6 0 " — , of way. Parliamentary agents, Messrs. l'ritt and CO. (4 . 01 1, .,,,, t 9 _ . ,‘": 0 3 of REPEAL OF THE WINDOW TAX. --- ph airw - dritiw,,, ° . Common Council held yesterday, Mr. Knott (th e - . 413 ti l 'A '' - i tGhecnpeertialhPohurtpoospeasrChoammmenitttfeher)tbJeourgehpteatip o a f r t e ri p e ort , W do w.te it, 0 Wi e t . the W i l l ett w p r e d t L i e t or i n. e d n d o w tno as s hho u eu n l a pa i r d be m ee o rh u erg s e l ud y e g a t to d e o dt p ht t eo e d ap cheersuaoprlluposiedrtsotfittheseora aons % ft tb ib e r 6 t h e c' w and it was also agreed that the Members of Parliante e• l' of prefer' • 00. 0 DEATH OF THE DOWAG ER V .00vv11359 yjarYdrotio, I- At ~o r i , MAINE.—Died on Sunday last, the - sth of Febraarb aro , 1i to tit , Castle, near Athlone, at the a d va nced age of 88 Y:nd 10 ; 4 (1 03 1 DOwager Viscountess Castlemaine, sister to the late , - t - , f,or. - t le,: present, Earl of Clancarty. By her demise the Pre' elialye estate maine comes into possission of the valuable and eict. , f, Was. his uncle, the late Viscount, situated in the counties 4 and Roscommon. On the Bth inst ~ .. d • p voq ., cs. the OF FB w i i ßA fe r-ti o B f t `Thomas w 0! Bror Iwydd, Cardiganshire, of an .;,a 101 . 7 . 0 , n the 10li 'inst, at 'Priory-house, Tauittor,;—,„ bele* . E J. Charter, Esq., Bth (the King's) Reginient, 0 a- On the 12th inst., at the parlsti church, AIS1). gel J. Woodward, Esq., late Captain Ist Boinbay,A4ls,' ' O l th ° Catherine Droz, daughter of the late Captain 1,9313'' 13engal Army. Drqf f P ell' Hensitif tcliern; to On . the 2d inst., aged 64, Wiliam forris, Escl' , ° 13 0 trenant, Montgomereysbire. ' ._ Cos On the 3d , first., at Ne*ton, near IVliddleo/IcP, Lientenant-Colonel Robert Carlile Pollock.. ~, RIO On the 9th inst., at Cheshunt, Herts, the ge ' Wells, 'ALA , aged 63., llingtoP"-° r adt s t. On , the ..10th inst.; T. Carr, .Esq.; 'of We Johs wood, aged 84. , il a e OW On the I Ith inst., in Howland-street, Fitzroy-scl-- r ' jatnln poode,,EN., aged 80. 01 I roi/146 15 0 London: Printed and Publiabed by MURPO j No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tla Sun 01110 , ~4 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Bliddlugez„ Friday, February 14, 185 h CORN EXCHANGE.-(FRIDA Y.) The quantity of English Wheat received up to our market this week has mat er i a lly i ncrease d ; yet, as some o f the Car; gees were dispos e d o f pr i or to arr i va l, the show of samples of that grain here to-day was by no means good, alth°,4 ll : had a portion of Monday's unsold supply on offer. Aue t i l ; tendance of both town and country millers being sma ll, e demand for all kinds of Wheat of home produce ruled IT ceedingly heavy, at almost nominal currencies. Ne g r i; 12,000 quarters of Wheat have come to hand from abro and been mostly landed in warehouse. Selected samplegi.l both red and white were mostly held prices, but low and damp samples were lower to Pur‘;"ji l The supply of both English and foreign. Barley, "P eci t l a t that of the latter, being very extensive the inquiry t'or article ruled heavy, and prices had a'downward tendell We had a fair show of malt, in which a fair business doing at low rates. Oats came freely to band from all pa b t; particularly from Ireland—the total supply being littl e a 8 ,,, of 30,000 quarters. Next, to nothing was doing i n that g..c--4 at a fall of 6d per quarter. Beans, Peas, Indian Cor n ' Flour, were dull in the extreme. IHRIVALS THIS WEEII.---- ---- lou r ' Wheat. Barley. Malt. Osta. ..... ;: r o. --- -- Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qra• i, 93 English ....•• 3,150 3,410 4,670 40 70 -.- scotch— .... -- Irish .... 13,82 0 ,5 10 Foreign ...... 1,870 8,730 10,510 13,80 f e 10.51 0 I S' 8,730 cirixrractrxmx.n. ne ast4 To-day's market wa s ver y mo d era t e ly supplied wi th bu yers both as to number and quality. As the attendance OJ l o g was small the B ee f trade ruled excessively hea v y at i:r the barely equal to those of Monday, the highest figure i sbo p best Scots being 3s Sd per Ms. The supplY tiott of. being on the decrease, the demand for that descr'P: t he stock was som ew h a t act i ve, an d h i some iestanc; jot e ar primest old Do wns p ro d uce d 4 s 6d per 81bs, being , a t f r oPl improvement i n va l ue . Th e f ew L am b s o n offer soh' a d eiss 5s 6d to 6s per Bib s . l a C a l ves very litt l e busioa' transacted, but we have no d ec li n e to notice in their t ou i rencies. The Pork tr a d e was i n a ver y sluggish st ate quotations. Milch C ows were se lli ng a t from 14 1 to ' including their small calf. Per albs. to sink the offal. d. tot 6 s. d. to s. d. 11 4 slO Ulterior Beasts.— 2 6 2 8 inferior Sheep • • Second quality •.2 10 3 0 Second qual. sheep 3 4 erime large Oxen.. 3 2 3 4 C oarse -woolled data " A 4 Prime Scots ...• 0 3 4 3 6 : , •outhdown Wetber 4 0 Large coarse Calves 3 4 3 6 Ditte eutof the wO el° • 2l° 4 0 Prime small ditto .. 3 8 4 0 L arge Hogs •• e• .• itiekling Calves —lB 0 24 0 Small Porkers • • 31 ° Lambs —. ••• .• 0 0 0 0 Quartar old Pigs •• 1Y TOTAL MUPPLY AT MA_RIKET. pus I Sheep. I Calves. go 2,810 1 160