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LAW INTELLIGENCE, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Feb. 4 (Sittings at Nisi Prius.) BOOTH V. CLIVE. This was an action against Mr. Clive, the judge of the County Court of Southwark, to recover damages for illegal imprisonment. It app eare d t h at the plaintiff had been summoned before Mr. Clive by a Mr. Still, for a debt incurred for some glass, and an order issued for the payment of 20s. per month. Plaintiff subse quently went through the Insolvent Court, and obtained a discharge after a remand of six months. This discharge was pleaded before Mr. Clive as a discharge from the monthly payments, but was overruled by him, where upon the plaintiff procured a writ of prohibition from the Petty Bag-office. Mr. Clive, however, disregarded this, and on the plaintiff's neglecting to pay the monthly instalment, committed him to prison for six days. For the defence it was pleaded that the month's notice of trial had not been given which was provided by the statute in all cases where a judge had acted bona- fide and reasonable. Lard Chief Justice JEavis told the jury that the only question for the jury was to cnnsider whether the judge had acted reasonably and bontl-jide. Verdict for the defendant. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, Feb. 4.) SUGAR.—To day importers of West India Sugar re fused to sell except at prices equal to those of Friday, still all parties operate with reluctance. The purchases amounted to 420 hhds, & including at auction 168 hhds, 17 trs Barbadoes, which went at firm rates, fine yellow realising 43s 6d to 445, and mid to good 41s to 435. REatNED.—To-day Refined goods were dealt in with caution for home-trade purposes, and prices are rather lower, brown Lumps selling at 493 to 49s 6d. In Crushed Sugar there was little passing, but rates are not lower. MAIMITIUs.—This afternoon the biddings were lan guid at the public sales of 5,574 bags Mauritius Sugar; still former rates are supported for both grocery and working sorts. The prices obtained were, for tine yellow 41s to 425, low to good 37s to 40s, brown 34s to 36s 6d, ow and iiif<rior 30s to 335, and grey sorts 37s to 41s, grainy 405 to 433 per Cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon there was no public sale of Bengal Sug ar, and privately f ew purc h ases have been mad e , but lders would not sell at a reduction. Madras is not much wanted, still last week's rates were supported. Of 4.845 bags at auction, not above half sold, soft brown at 29s to 302, yellow 30s 6d to 34s 6d, and ordinary to good grocery 36s 6d to 40s per cwt. FOREIGN. —To-day there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar, and privately the business done was of little mo ment, but holders refused to sell at lower rates. There aro several buyers a a small reduction. 7.doLASSES.—There is still a firm market for West India, and a further increase has taken place in the de mand. About 600 puns have been disposed of, and the rates paid are 15s. to 16s. for St. Kitts, St. Vincents, and Antigua. Operations have been to a fair extent in Bengal; Mauritius at 13s to 14s, the supply is also less than for some time past. In Honey larger sales have been made; and the rates paid aro from 404 to 66s for Jamaica, of low to fine quality. COFFEE.—To-day there was no public sale of any description of Coffee, and the private operations in Native Ceylon were trifling, still good ord cannot be obtained under 47a. There was, however, a good business done iu Plantation Ceylon privately, and at rather higher rates. Mocha was more in request at the terms of last week. Cocoa.—West India continues to be held with firm ness, and is only in moderate supply, but the trade are less disposed to operate. Of 300 bags Trinidad at auc tion, a small part only sold at 52s to 54s for grey, and at 54s to 57s for red. Forcign, at auction 700 bags Bahia and Para were taken in at 30s per cwt. TEA.—In Green operations have been upon a limited scale, although there are sellers rather under previous rates, and the market continues to be well supplied, the parcels on offer consist chiefly of the bet ter qualities. Congou has been operated in with caution, and the tendency of prices is still to decline, low and good ord selling at lld to 1 Itd, mixed blackish leaf la to " I S blackish leaf Is ld, ditto strong is lid to is 3d ; and ekoe Flavour is 41 to Is 9d per lb. Scented and Pekoe Teas are offered upon rather lower terms, but few buyers are to be met with. RlCE.—Although the market continues to be mode rately supplied with East India, yetp revious rates are supported with difficulty, as the, home and export de mand is limited: the value of broken and low white Bengal is 8s 6d to 9s 6d, mid 10s to lOs 3d, better sort lOs 6d to 12s. Madras pinky Ss to 9s, cargo and pearl barley 8s to is 3d. In cleaned Pera a good deal has again been done at from lls to 18s for low to fine, and there is a fair dem and for town dressed Caroline at 20s t o 2 65, and American at 18s to 193 per cwt. Operation s in Sago continue n on a limited scale at 19s to 21s, and Sago Flour at 14s To 15s per cwt. b'picEs.—To day at public sale 738 bgs of Malabar p op p er were sold at 3id for half heavy, and one lot in. forior 3 d per lb. • INLIGO.--The quarterly sale of East India will coin mew() on Tuesday next, and tho quantity declared is 11013 chests. Fur public competition the quantity of GuM(Ensla declared is 500 serons, yet former rates are well supported. Fnurr.—To-day at public sale 454 pkgs Patras Car r Anti in part sold at :38t; ) and damaged 36s to 378 • p er c+v2. afternoon full rates were demand e d for Cochineal, but thr re was not much desire to operate. Of 154 b ags at auction a small part only sold, Honduras Slivers at 3e 6d to 3s 9d, black 4s 3d to 4s 4d, Teneriffe Silvers 3s 7d to 3s Bd, black 33 9d to 4s 4d, and garblings I.s 4d to 24 4d. Of Cape Gum Arabic 102 bags were taken in at 12a to 153 for damaged, and 34 bags Persian Berries at 61 for sound. SALTPETRE.--.To.day s hi ppers or home d ea l ers evinced little desireto operate in rough; and at public sale 287 bbs of Calcutta sold rather cheaper, and went at 275 to 27s ed fur 8+ per cent refraction. tomkrts.—For Demerara Rum there is a good demand the present value, and the sales are 300 puns at 2s 6d OF TUESDAY. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 3d day of Fairnary, 1351: present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased, upon the representation of the Committee of Council on Education, to appoint Dr. James Cum ming, LL.D., Rector of the Academy at Glasgow, to be one of her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools in Scotland, in the room of John Gibson, Esq., resigned. WHITEHALL, JAN. 27, 1851. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Pearce, of Portsea, in the county of Southampton, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. DUCHY OF LANCASTER, FEB. 3. The Queen has been this day pleased to appoint Thomas Percivai Heywood, of Doveleys, Esq., to be Sheriff of the county palatine of Lancaster for the year ensuing. PRINCE OF WALES' COUNCIL CHAMBER, SOMERSET HOUSE, FEB. 4. William Williams, of Tregullow, in the county of Cornwall, Esq., has been appointed Sheriff of the county of Cornwall. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire. Sir Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer Lytton, Bart., to be Deputy-Lieutenant. WHITEHALL, JAN. 22. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Robert Harfield, • of Southampton, in the county of Southampton, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. - BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Edward Armitage, cotton spinner, Clifton-bridge, Halifax. BANKRUPTS. William Hood, commission agent, Lawrence-lane, Cheapside, to surrender Feb. 14, at two, and March 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane; Pain and Hatherly, Gresham street, City. Richard Trediunick, auctioneer, Threadneedle-street, Feb. 15, at twelve, and March 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Sole and Turner, Alderman bury. Andrew Eve, turner, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, Feb. 14, at half-past twelve, and March 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Colombiue. St. Martin's-lane. Charles Watt, baker, Southampton-street, Pentonville, Feb. 12, at half-past twelve, and March 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Tweed, Lincoln's Inn-fie:ds. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. John Colegate, coal merchant, Cambridge-terrace, Cam bridge-road, Mile. end. Thomas Samuel Wallis, doctor of music, Herne-place, Herne-hill, Camberwell. George Russell, miller, Burton-street, Burton -crescent. Roston Hulls, baker, Cumberland-market, Regent's -park, Eliza Dorothea Wylde, widow, Norfolk-street, Strand. Frederick Bayley, journeyman bricklayer, Ramsgate. Charles Nash, Parliamentary agent, Tyler's Newtown, Kent. Benjamin Pcverley, attorney's clerk, Spencer-street, Islington. Robert Harding, Staley Bridge, Lancashire. Thomas Owen Jones, grocer, Bulene, Manchester. George Moorhouse, blanket manufacturer, Earlsheaton, Yorkshire. Noah Moorhouse, blanket manufacturer, Earlshcaton, Yorkshire. Joseph Moorhouse, blanket manufacturer, Earlsheaton Yorkshire. James Robinson, blacksmith, Priest Hutton, near Lan caster. Thomas Rawlins, surgeon, Liverpool. John 'rusting, livery-stable-keeper, Kingston-upon-Hull. John Taylor, grocer's assistant, Ashton-under-Lyne. Edward Buck, attorney, Birkenhead. Henry Merrick Merton, editor, Cranhams, Glouces tershire. Joseph Holt, dyer, Manchester. Laac Welford, farmer, Browson-bank, Yorkshire. Irmry Loekyer, leatherseller, Southampton. George Albert, lieutenant and adjutant in the West Kent Yeomanry Cavalry, Godden-green, Kent. James Peers, hat manufacturer, Stockport, Cheshire. Thomas Garrod, tailor, Iladleigh, Suffolk. Benjamin Hey, worsted weaver, Thornton, Yorkshire. Joseph Jackson, labourer, Wiston, Yorkshire. Jwep'n Laugridge, jun., Western-road, Brighton. Charles Mars!), Yi rkshire. Iss-m Williams, cattle drover, Brecknockshire. Benjamin Wood, jun., spirit merchant, Yorkshire. Alardey Hirchon, Yorkshire. Edina:A And:es, grocer, Middleton, near Manchester. Samuel i3.,ys, commercial traveller, Armley, near Leeds Joseph Hartley, woollen scribbler, Holmfirth. James Castle, traveller, Salford, Lancashire. John Edwards, farmer, Penylan. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. FEBRUA to 3s 2d for 30 to 40 per cent over proof. Jamaica is not cheaper; shippers and home dealers, however, ope rate with caution. The v a l ue o f p l a i n an d mid quality 30 to 33 per cent over proof is 2s Bcl to 3s, good to fine 33 to 38 over 3s 23 to 4s, and choice sorts 4s 2d to 4s 6d. For Leeward Island the rates demanded are 13 8d to Is 9d proof, operations are, however, upon a limited scale. East India has been purchased with reluctance at is 6d to is 7d, but supply remains small. Brandy continues to be operated in with caution ; on the part of merchants there is, however, firmness and the rates demanded for Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1850 are 4s 4d to 4s 6d, 1849 ditto 4s 7d to 4s 9d, 1848 ditto 4s led to ss, 1847 ditto 5s 2d to 5s 4d, and inferior sorts 3s to 4s 3d. Geneva is yet is 7d to Is 9d, and fine is 9d to 2s, but there is not much doing. British-made Spirit in good request at 9s 8d to 9s 9d, and Gin at 8s 3d for 22 per cent. under proof. METALS.—Operations in Pig Iron have been imma terial, and more desire is evinced to sell Scotch at 42s 6d to 43s for mixed numbers; at 43s 6d to 44s 6d for number one; Welch and Staffordshire 503 to 70s per ton. For common Welch Bar rates are however firm at 41 lis 6d to 51, Rails at 51 s to 5/ 10s; there is also no decrease in demand, and no accumulation of stock. On the spot Spelter is to be obtained at 161 2s 6d per ton; few buyers are, however, to be met with; and the contra concluded for delivery are of little moment. Although prices rule high for Tin, yet large transactions have taken place ; British Block and Bar at 88s to 89s; Refined 92s to 945; and East India 87s to 87s 6d. Tin Plates have met with greater attention; one C Coke is not to be obtained under 28s 6d, and Charcoal ditto 34s per box. In the Copper market much firmness exists. Lead is in excellent request, with not free sellers of British Pig at 171 lOs to 181, and Sheet at 181 lOs to 191 per ton. For Swedish Steel the rates paid are 15/ to 161., and several purchases have been made. Tarzow.—A good business has been transacted in Russian on the spot, and prices rule firm—fine new Yel low Candle realized 37s 6d to 37s 9d, old 373 to 37s 3d per cwt. For delivery in March and April several con tracts have been concluded at 37s 9d to 38s, there are not free sellers. Operations, however, are of little moment for delivery in the last three months of the year, and the rates taken are 38s 6d to 395. Rome melted does nut improve in value, and is quoted at 37s nett cash, but large parcels have been disposed of. In other sorts more has been done, but not at an advance. At auction 943 casks of Australian were disposed of at from 36s 6d to 37s 9d for low to fine, and 100 casks South American 35s 6d to 37s 3d per cwt. For public sale 2,200 pkgs are declared. Ores.—A reduction has taken place in prices of Southern Oil, and dealers have operated with caution. At auction 80 tuns were sold at 331 5s to 351. In the market for Seal much dulness prevails, and there is a further reduction. At auction 50 tuns pale went at 34l 15s to 351. Cod is offered at 384 few buyers are however to be met with, and the stock is accumulating. Sperm met with little attention, and must be quoted rather lower. At auction 32 tons were sold—first sort at 851 to 851 55, low 801, and headmatter 921 per ton. Prices are further depressed for Linseed Oil, supply being still on the increase, and shippers or home dealers not much disposed to operate. The value on the spot is 32s 6cl to 335, and for delivery 33s 3d to 33s 6d per cwt, there is, however, an improving consumption, and no further reduction is looked for. Rape Seed is yet operated in with caution, prices also continue to give way, on account of larger supplies, and for brown rule at 355, Refined 36s 6d, Foreign 37s 6d, East India brown 345. Cocoa Nut is not cheaper, but continues to be operated in with caution, and the market is well supplied. Of 500 casks at auction a part only sold; Cochin 31s to 32s 6d, Ceylon 29s to 30s, and Sydney 27s to 28s 6d. Of Ground Nut Oil some parcels have been disposed of at 35s 6d; and Gingelly 34s to 34s 6d. There is yet little doing in Olive, but lower rates are not taken; Gallipoli selling at 431 to 43/ 10s, and other sorts 411 to 42110 s per tun. The value of Palm is 29s per cwt for fine, and a good demand prevails. gent a difference, when the House will naturally desire to respond with unanimity in the adoption of the Ad dress which I have the honour to second.—(Hear, hear.) Her Majesty congratulates her assembled Parli , ment on the continuance of peace; and when we reflect how much the prosperity of the country is stimulated by peace with foreign states—how much misery is averted—we must rejoice in the fact that the con viction is generally and deeply felt that peace should be preserved at the risk of everything but good faith and national honour.—(Hear, hear.) Nor can I resist the pleasure of stating my deep convic tion that human skill and ingenuity are largely contri buting to its permanent continuance. The great mecha- Meal power of the age, that important agent of civiliza tion, steam, by uniting the distant portions of Europe, and consequently binding in ties of friendship and friendly communication distant states, will render them naturally desirous of peace, while the terrible impetus it gives to the destructive power of armaments renders their use more unfrequent end and dreaded. Her Majesty has graciously stetsd her conviction that recent treaties with Brazil render more hopeful the extinction of the slave trade.---(Hear, hear.) Whatever may be the difference of opinion amongst lion. Members as to the mode in which this a ill be ultimately effected, in this I take it we are all agreed, that we earnestly desire:the utter abolition of this accursed traffic, and that we shall all rejoice when it shall be read of only in the history of the past.—(Hear, and cheers.) Her Majesty also congratulates her assembled Parliament that, notwithstandieg the large reductions in taxation, the revenue will be satisfactory, and also on the state or commerce and manufactures, and the consequent general employment afforded t. the working classes.— (Hear, hear.) Results are the sole tests of legislative measures in the long run. Last year duties were re pealed or reduced to the extent of about a million and a half. It is true they did not affect the revenue until part of the year had expired, but still they caused at the least a reduction of a million ; yet, despite of this, the national revenue bas suffered no reduction—(Heer, hear)—it has even exceeded that of the last year, and the Chan cellor of the Exchequer is in the happy position of having a surplus at his command.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Now, the question arises, why has not the revenue proportionably decreased? I apprehend there can be but one answer —the prosperous condition of the people, and consequent increase of consumption, hare swelled the receipts.--(Hear,) I take one item as strongly elucidating this position. The duty on sugar was reduced one shilling per cwt. The consequent loss to the revenue, taking the consumption of the preceding year, should have been 3 11,454/., but it resulted in a loss of 9,1801. only, a good practical reason for reducing other items of large consumption where the duty presses heavily, and one which I doubt not will have its due effect in future fiscal arrangements.—(Hear, hear.) In a few days the returns of the Board of Trade will be issued. The returns of the first 11 months of 1850 will enable us to anticipate the results.—(Hear, hear.) The exports for the first eleven months of 1848 were ••• 44,407,9121. 1849 ••• ... 54,089,8091. 1850 "• ••• ••• ... ln what did this increase consist? Prin 6o cipally s2s/ in British manufactures, cottons, woollens, linens, silks, and hardware.—(Cheers.) This increase has taken place, too, under most unfavourable circumstances. The great staple is cotton —at least the great employing ar ticle is cotton, but, in the cotton-producing states of America, last year, there was a short c ro p, and' arise of price of full 75 per cent. over the price of the early part of the preceding year was the consequence.—Hear, hear.) .. For inetance, Orleans cott on was i n January, 1849 . 1850 ••• ••• 4id. per lb. •.• „. 70. „ It is w e ll k nown that a rise in the price of cotto., rapidly diminishes consumption.—(Hear, hear.) It did so con siderably in this instance, but owing to two circum stances the effect was much mitigated. Ist. When the material is dear the best quality is always run upon by manufacturers, as, for a smaller quantity in weight they get the higher price; our skill in the application of ma chinery, and the high character of the machinery itself, has enabled us in finer fabrics to surpass all competition —(Hear, hear)—and the consequence was, that with all our disadvantages we partially shut up the American mills and gave our people full employment.—(Hear.) 2nd. Full employment secured good wages—(Hear, hear)—and good wages and cheap food enabled the industrial classes to dress well.--(Cheers.) The foreign market and home consumption kept the mills going, and I find 50,000 more hands were em ployed in the factories in 1850 than in 1847—the gross numbers being in 1847, 544,876; 1850, 596,028. (Hear, hoar.) It may be said that the high price of fabrics helped to swell the amount of exports, but, in point of fact, quantity was in excess in reference to cloth; while in yarn there was not only a decrease in quantity but in value, the increased value being prin cipally in labour.--(Hear.) I have the statistics to refer to, but will not weary the House by doing so. Now, if our manufacturers have accomplished a result so grati fying under unfavourable circumstances, what might we not have expected had the cotton crop been a full one, and had the price of the raw material continued low ? Instead of 50,000 hands, we should have employed three times that number.—(Hear, hear.) The low price of cotton brought us through the year 1847—the high price of cotton acted adversely in 1850—and here I must pause for a moment and ask, how important is it that we shoull be energetic in our endeavours to get the railway communications of conti nental India executed ?—(Cheers.) We are depending on one quarter of the world only for the means of em ploying our operatives in the cotton factories, when we should be blessing our fellow-subjects by the activities of commerce, and have a fresh market to de pend upon, and that, too, the home. I desire also to advert to the gratifying fact that the increase of fac tory hands, to which I have referred has not been ob tained at the sacrifice of infantile energy.—(Hear, hear.) There has been a ieerease since 1834 of 20 per cent. iu the children employed, and an increase of 81 per cent. in the adults.--(Hear.) I think it cannot be denied that the poor of every class are better fed and clothed than they have ever been. If I refer to the poor-law record, I find that the number of able-bodied paupers have largely decreased during the year, and the amount of general relief has been largely lessened. True, some of the agricultural districts are exceptions, and on which I shall be called on presently to speak. If I refer to our criminal records, I find the facts to be equally gratify ing. In the city of Manchester the returns of persons apprehended for crimes in the three last years are, in 1848, 6,587; 1849, 6 277; 1850, 4,687. The West Riding of Yorkshire, in its criminal prosecutions, shows a similar result. I now come to another result of the po licy of the present and the last Ministry. Two years since London was crowded with deputations ardent in deprecating any interference with the navigation-laws. Fortunately for themselves and the country, their en treaties did not avail. They returned to their localities to rejoice in the inert me of the shipping trade rather than to mourn its gradual extinction.—(hear.) It is very true the entrance and clearing of foreign shipping has in creased, but it is equally true that British ships have also increased. I will admit all details of numbers of ships and tonnage which I have before me for the first eleven months of 1848, 1849, and 1850. I give you the gross increase of tonnage the first eleven months of 1849 and 1850: 1848 ••• ••• ... 132,150 1849 ••• 161,527 1850 ••• ... 185,255 The increased' consumption has fully kept up prices too in Scotland. I have now before me the prices current of Smithfield, Glasgow, and Liverpool for the last two years, but I need only refer the House to Mr. Porter's admirable work, just published, and there it will be found stated, on unquestionable authority, that beef and mutton are dearer new than they were in 1843, 1844, or 1845, which were years of protection.—(hear.) I have also before me the statistics, with which I will not weary the House, of the meat and stock carried by the principal lines of railway, which proves most unquestionably that our own farmers have in the three last years produced much larger quantities of steck. I have shown the con sumption is larger than ever, and I ask them if there is not solid ground for the belief that though there must be suffering in the transition, yet agricultural interests will be based on a solid, substantive foundation, and that it will depend on legitimate courses of prosperity, and that agriculturists will carry out all their engage ments with the sympathy of every class of the commu nity, with no fear of distrust taking the place of mutual confidence, but with such a union of all the interests of the country as shall be the best guarantee of commercial greatness and domestic strength.—(Cheers.) It I am not trespassing too much on the time of the House, I desire to call its attention for a few moments to the cheering prospects of progression in Ireland, which I doubt not wid eventually be a source of strength, and contribute her quota to the general welfare.—(Loud cheers.) Iler comparative advance in industrial pur suits in the last sixteen years has been much greater than in the sister portions of the kingdom, Scotland and England.—(Cheers.) The number of persons engaged in cotton, silk, and woollen factories, I find has incr . ( ase d 158 per cent., while in Scotland the increase has been 51 per cent., and in England 67 per cent., and I find our cotton and fix manufacturers alone give employment to 350,000 persons at the present time, and that 300,000 females are employed at sewed muslins, the cost of which is almost entirely labour and profit. On turning to agriculture, I find the prospects are even more cheering. Capital is flowing into the country; land is being rapidly consolidated from the old and vicious state of conacre to farms cf from 100 to 200 acres. In proof of this, I need only refer to Captain Lercom's returns; large breadths of land are being sown with cereals, the vela., of stock is increased, and that ' too much neglected bnt most valuable link between the aericulturist and the manufacturer, flax, is being more extensively and profitably cultivated; and I note with hearty pleasure the great easlernees of the people to es tablish packet-stations manufactories., as evidencing the desire which is always the precursor of success. We see also in Ireland the railway making its natural capa bilities available, and rapidly opening up its resources. Soon will its most distant parts be placed in ready communication with England ; and here, Sir, I cannot but regret that the advice of a late illustrious statesman, whose loss we deplored near the end of the last session, has net been more extensively carried out, and especially that the city of London, to whom we look fur the initiative in this matter, has not prosecuted her intention bee and a public meeting. That corporation holds very large estates there by the favour of former Sovereigns : —(Hear, hear.) They possess, therefore, a personal interest in the country, and I had hoped to have seen large tracts of country vested by purchase to them and to other corporate bodies, who could invest capital largely, and who, while blessing their country by the enterprise, would have left a valuable in vestment to their successors, and an enduring monu ment of their patriotism and public spirit.—(Hoar, hear.) I cannot but point with admiration to the con duct of a brother of the Noble Lord the Member for Evesham. He has turned a desert into a garden—a large estate from which no rental was derived into a re munerative property.—(Loud cheers.) He deserves well of his country, and his conduct is worthy of imita tion. There are most false impressions abroad as to the Irish character. I know from personal experience that if you pay the Irish labourer well, show him you care for him, and he is the most faithful and bard-working creature in existence; but if you find him in one part of his native country working for fourpence per day, paid in potatoes or meal, and that where most of the misery exists, can we wonder that the results are as we find them? but give him legitimate occupation, remunerate him for his services, show him you appre ciate those services, and you may be sure you put an end to all agitation. He will be your faithful servant, and the loyal subject of his Sovereign.—(Cheers.) I t rust I have, Sir, been able to show, though ineffectually, that the tone of trade in the whole country is healthy, sound, and rational—(Hear, hear) —the manufacturing inte rest busy and prudent—the people better fed an d clothed than ever; that the agricultural interest must share in the general prosperity—(Hear, hear)—and with an ear nest desire that all the wishes of our most gracious and much-loved Sovereign may be fully realised, I turn briefly to one or two other points in the Address, asking the House before I pass to the next subject to congratulate it, and through it the nation which it represents, on the satisfaction with which we can look forward to the visit of the world to the metro pelis.—(Hear, hear.) We cannot show our visitors that which some other nations could have shown them. The treasuries of art are not ours pre-eminently. In much that would have qualified and refined taste we are deficient, but, Sir, we are by no means deficient in theme things which constitute the well-being of a nation.— (Hoar, hear.) We abound in the evidences of substan tial greatness—of permanent prosperity—of genuine freedom—of the Sovereign's generous sympathy with the people, and of the people's intelligent devo tion to the Throne—(Loud cheers)—and com mercially, while we fear no competitor, we court reciprocity, and I believe this great meeting, while it tends to our well- being as a nation, will conduce to the peace and happiness of the world.—(Cheers.) Her Ma jesty in her ;gracious speech next refers to the assump lion of ce r t a i n ecc l es i ast i ca l t i t l es, an d t o a Bill to be hereafter laid on the table of the House, and on this point I trust that the wording of the Address will com mend itself to all.—(Hear.) No 11 "". M ember, by giv ing his assent to this Address, is bound to any subsequent course of action, nor can I think that Hon. Members profeseieg the Boman Catholic faith are by it committed to any course of proceeding until the Bill to which it refers is laid on the table of this House. Her Majesty refers to a fact patent to all, and while we all feel bound by every tie to protect the civil and religious liberty of the subject to the utmost, we are all equally bound, by our devoted loyalty and love to our Sovereign, to protect her prerogative from aggression of every kind also, and that to the utmost. We are not called on, Sir, to any reactionary course; the antecedents of the First Minister of the Crown are a pledge more than sufficient to the most timid mind, that while he would constitutionally preserve every right of the Crown, and her Majesty's civil supremacy, and while he will oppose determinedly the introduction of a code of laws alike opposed to the rights of the Queen and the civil liberty of the subject, he will not sully his OPENING PARLIAMENT. (YESTERDAY.) riage their enthusiasm knew no bounds. They tried t.) give vent to it through a con tinuous thundering cheer, which was immediately snatched up, and re-echoed along the line of procession as far as ltichmond-terrace, while the windows of the different mansions in Palace-yard itself and the leads of the temporary buildings surrounding the New House of Commons displayed a forest of snow white band- kerchief's which fluttered in the breeze, and told at once the feeling of delight that animated those who waved them. Indeed her Majesty's reception was most cordial and enthusiastic throughout the entire route. The cheering never ceased from one end to the other. Cries of "No Popery !" " Down with the Pope and Cardinal!" were mixed with the acclama tions of the crowd on sill points of the line, and this anti-Papal expression of feeling was not partial, but universal and unanimous. The royal state carriage waa preceded by six of the royal carriages, containing the usual officers of state. As we before observed, her Majesty looked extremely well, and seemed much pleased with the cordial reception which met her. After the proceedings in the House and the reading of the Royal Speech, which occupied some quarter of an hour, her Majesty left the Muse and re-entered the royal carriage. The cortege then reformed, and re turned to Buckingham Palace in the same order in which it had arrived. The same manifestations of loyalty and enthusiasm marked her return. We may say that the only drawback to the thorough enjoyment of the day was the dirty state of the streets, which in some places were anclo deep in filth. HOUSE OF LORDS. The much •looked-to session of 1851 was opened yester day by her Majesty in person. The doors of the House of Lords were opened at twelve o'clock for the admis sion of those who had been fortunate enough to obtain the passport of the Lord Great Chamberlain. Shortly after that hour the Peeresses and ladies of dis tinction continued to arrive in rapid succession, and the body and galleries of the House in a short time pre sented an array of beauty, and a diversity and elegance of dress, which could only be outvied at her Majesty's Drawing-rooms. We were happy to see the inconvenient and annoying feather head-dress almost wholly abandoned, the ladies appa rently being determined to act upon the old adage, that " beauty when unadorned is adorned the most." Among the earliest arrivals of the Foreign Ambas sadors was Mr. Lawrence, the American Minister, and the Peers, Lord Camoys and Lord Poltimore. The Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, dressed in his red robes, and decorated with his collar of golden SS, ar rived shortly before one o'clock. The Bishops of Hereford and Worcester were among the earliest arrivali of the bishops. The Duke of Wellington arrived shortly after one r'clock. His Grace appeared in excellent health, and entered into a sprightly conversation with the Peers and Peeresses around him. Among the Peers present we noticed the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Bandon, the Duke of Argyle, Lord Campbell, Lord Camoys, Lord Monteagle, Lord Vane of Harrowden, Lord Cranworth, the Earl of Devon, the Earl of Cawdor, the Marquis of Clanricarde, Earl Grey, the Duke of Devonshire, Earl Talbot, the Earl of Roden, Viscount Strangford, the Earl of Car lisle, and the Earl of Denbigh. Among the Archbishops and Bishops we noticed the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Bishops of Winchester, Hereford, St. David's, and Rochester. Among the Judges were the Lord Chief Baron, Mr. Justice Parke, Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Justice Wightman, Mr. Justice Erle, Mr. Baron Martin, and the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. That portion of the House wliich is apportioned to the Foreign Ministers was crowded, the repesentatives of almost all the states of Europe being present. Shortly after two o'clock the booming of cannon was throne. shery and before a heard o u t s id e the walls of the House, and the babel of the e Chancellortoards the n. e tongues, which f or t h e l ast hour had been resounding within it,ceased,t all l this eyesw r e Lord turned w tered the House and took his seat on the Woolsack. The Duko of Wellington wore a field-marshal's uni form, over which were his ducal robes. The attendance of Peers was far more numerous than usual, and the greatest merriment and laughter was ee caqoned in consequence of the rush among those Peers who could not find seats to obtain them, when additional benches were brought in. Her Majesty entered the House at twenty minutes past two o'clock, accompanied by the Prince Consort, her Officers of State, heralds, &c., and immediately took her seat upon the throne. Her Majesty looked in excel lent health and spirits, and chatted familiarly to thos® around her. Her Majesty was attended by the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Jocelyn. The Marquis of II Lansdowne bore the crown, the Duke of Wellington the i [The following appeared in a portion only of our impression of yesterday.] For some years past, whenever her Majesty has opened Parliament in person, the atmosphere has been fine and congenial, and it has therefore become a prover bial saying that she hardly ever appears in public without the occasion being favoured with bright, clear, sunshiny weather. Never before, however, has she opened Parliament on so brilliant a day as the present. It seems more like the middle of May than the commencement of " February fillditch," as the month was formerly described, and at the time these lines are penned the air is soft and mild, while the sun shines forth from his meridian height in glorious splendour. No wonder, then, that the Park, and, in deed, the whole line of route from Buckingham Palace to the House of Lords have been, or rather are at this moment, thronged with a joyous looking multitude, decked out in holiday attire, and eager to greet the beloved Sovereign of these mighty realms with a universal cheer of welcome. Long ere the hour arrived for her Majesty leaving the Palace floods of people rushed from all quarters of this great metropolis towards the scene of the pageant, and every available spot from which a bare glimpse of the state carriage could be ob tained was pounced upon at once and retained with ex emplary patience till the procession had not only passed, but repassed too. Not a few either had devoted the early part of the morning to visiting the wonderful building for the great Exhibition, and Oxford-street, Piccadilly, and Regent-street, presented throughout the day as ;crowded and bustling an aspect as the thoroughfares leading directly to Westminster. Naturally enough vast numbers of persons were encountered whose costume and language at once bespoke them to be foreigners, and whose lively clatter and re freshing vivacity added vastly to the interest of the scene, while the display of colours which made up the attire of the fair sex, who never fail to muster in im mense force on these state exhibitions, gave a pleasing variety to the thickly-packed multitude. Every window and balcony down Parliament-street was tenanted, nor was there any want of temporary platforms, which were also speedily bought up, but the police peremptorily forbade their erection in the park, which was kept in excellent order, and everybody appearing desirous to accommodate his neighbour, the procession, as it moved slowly but majestically along, was seen from all points with ease and advantage. Some time, how ever, before it reached the Horse-Guards, Charing-cross and Parliament-street were in a state of indescribable confusion, owing to the great quantity of vehicles, from the emblazoned equipage of the patrician to the donkey truck of the costermonger,that would persist in going in the direction of the New Houses of Parliament, and the con sequence was that carriages, cabs, gigs, dust-carts, and brewers' drays, got jammed up together, to the great injury of coach-pannels, the alarm of perfumed and powdered footmen, and the annoyance of the police, whose inventive faculties and industry were called into active play to get the road clear by the period that the state cortege was expected. Time and patience, however, never fails in these disasters, and by dint of a good deal of shouting, backing, kicking, and swearing. which appeared vastly to amaze our continental visitors, the street was got into something like order at least half an hour before her Majesty's escort began to emerge from the gateway at the Horse Guards. The procession began to move from Buckingham Palace about half-past one o'clock, and passed uninterruptedly through St. James's-park, Whitehall, Parliament -street, Palace-yard, to the royal entrance to the old House of Lords, where her Majesty was received by the great Officers of State amidst a flourish cf trumpets and a salute of ordnance, and conducted to the robing chamber. Her Majesty was accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Duchess of Sutherland (Mistress of the Robes), her two Maids of Honour, and the great Officers of her Household. She looked ex tremely well, and was greeted on all sides with acclama tions of joy, which both her Majesty and the Prince most graciously acknowledged. In Palace-yard, and, indeed, from the very corner of Westminster-bridge road to the Victoria Tower, aye, beyond that even, the crowd was overwhelmingly tre mendous, and as her Majesty descended from the car SHIP NE WS. WEYMOUTH —Ski. Antic, Havannah. TORBAY, FEB. 3.—Wind W.S.W.—SId. Bondicar, Sydney, New South Wales; Wahmr Castle, East Indies; Jane Strong, Valparaiso; Phoenix, Pernambuco; Edith, West Indies; 'Wyvern, Mog,adura. SALCOMBE, FEB. 3.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Unity, Charlestown, for Rouen. SHEERNESS, FEB:3.:-Two loaded brigs are on shore at Shoebury Rock. FrtASERBERG, FEB. 3.—The Portland schooner has put back with three feet of water in her hold, having struck on a reef of rocks. AALESUND, JAN. 20.—The Fama, Christiausand to Hamburgh, put in, 12th inst., leaky, and with damage, having been on shore; must discharge to repair. PARIS, FEB. 2.—The Atalaya, Bane to Newcastle, has put back with damage. FALMOUTH, FEB. 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Burncase, Rouen, very leaky, and with damage to hull, having struck a supposed wreck, about eight miles S.E. of the harbour. WEXFORD, FEB. 13.—The Aginoria schooner, Liver pool to this port, got on the South Shoals near the Bar, is fall of water, and is expected to become a total wreck. HARWICH, FEB. 3.—The Mary Ann Purdy schooner, of Yarmouth, Grangemouth to Whitstable, has been assisted in here to-day leaky, having been on the Gun tl-et. NEW Yons, JAN. 22.—A vessel, dismasted and abandoned, supposed to be foreign, and eastern built, was passed off St. George's Shoal. The British brig One, of St. John's, New Brunswick, was fallen in with in a leaky state, 10th Dec., let. 45, long 23. The Swedish brig Sylphide, New Orleans to Trieste, struck on the Tortugas Reef 31st Dec., and bilged; crew saved. Pim, FEB. 3.—Wind W.S.W.—SId. Liverpool, De merara; Susan, Barbadoes; Lyra, ditto. BRISTOL, FEB. 3.—Wind W.S.W.—Std. Elizabeth Wood, Porto Rico ; Idas, Nevis ; Meria Purvis, Bor deaux and Mauritius. NEWPORT, FEB. 3 —Wind N.W.—Sld. Herman, Cape de Verd; John Christian, Searbry, St. Thomas's; Fa vourite, Now York. MILFORD, FEB. 2 Sld. Gauntlet, Buenos Ayres ; Lavinia, Vera Cruz ; Thomas Bell, St. Jago de Cuba ; Windsor Castle, New Orleans ; Sir Henry Pottinger, Savannah. WATERFORD, FEB. 2.--Wind N.N.E. to N.-31d. Moggie, Hong-Kong; James Moran, Bic Janeiro. QUEENSTOWN, FEB. 2.—Arrd. Agnes, Blackie, Callao SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the mails are sent frone the General Post-office by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] When made up in ' From what when PLACES. General Post-office' port dis- due. London. patched. ---- America (by Brit. pkt.)N February 14.. .. Liverpool .. Feb. 12 America (by U.S. pkt.) N F e b ruary 7 .. .ILiverpool Feb. 17 America (by U.S. pkt.) 31 March 8 .. .. Southampt. Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the month Plymouth March 3 Alexandria. .... •• .. N 19th & 30th of mo.. Dover .. Feb. 18 Belgium .• • . •• N Daily .. .. .. !Dover .. Daily Brazil .. . • .. M 9th of the month Southampt. Feb. 24 Buenos Ayres .. .. m 9th of the month (Southampt. Feb. 24 Caniornia(viaChagres) M 17th of month Southampt. Feb. 5 Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month 'Plymouth.. March 3 Constantinople* .. •• N 7th 17th 27th of mo , Dover .. 0 C entral America .. 31 2d dc 17th of mon. Southa m pt. Feb. Feb.eb. 5 Channel Isles .. .. N Mon., Wed., &Fri. Southampt. Tu. Tie. Sa Chill .. • •• •Si 17th of the month Southampt. Feb. 20 France • .. . N E & *Twice daily .. .. Dover • • Twicedaily Greece* •: • • Nl7th 17th 27th ofmo Dover • • Feb. 10 Hamburgh .. .. ~.1 •T Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat. Rolland .. ~. .. ... wednes. & m.na S . a oo t nu ur thth sll L o o ou i l l yth d h o stuead n Honduras —.. N 17th of the • Southampt. Feb. .20 Inredliana (via s . o . atja • arn • af p. .& ) M N I rth eg o; lai th: . India (viaMarsellles) N 7th&24thofmonth Dover • . Feb. 23 Mediterranean (via Marseilles) .. .... 1+1,2d of 2 t 4 h t : m of o in n o th nth .. SouthaMpton) •• 31,20 th of the month Southampt . Feb. 23 sfediterranean (via Ml Southampt.Dover .. F e Feb.b. 235 .. .. M 9114 of the month Southampt. March 12 Mexico • • • • ..,,.. r 701,17 th,l9tb,27th i Dover Feb. 10 3i M ai ad t e a i . ra .... .. -'• /' & 30th of month p ... , 1 ‘ 'T l e w ll . c e 2 1 :1 5 1 :14 u r Naples* . • .•• ' 341 55th 15th 25th of mo D over .. Feb. 12 Papal States* .. • • N th 15th 25th ef ino Dover . • Feb. 12 Peninsular — 7th 17th 27th of 131 0 Southampt. Jan. 26. •• • • - Pere •• .. Mi 17th of the month Southampt. Feb. 20 Tuscany* :: •. .. N;sth 15th 2.5 th of mo Dover • • F e b. l2 West Indies ... M,l7th of the month Southampt. Feb. 20 Pem Mllith of the month • • Tuscany* Nlsth 15th 25th of mo West M 17th of the month West Indies ( excep t Havanna & Nassau) 3112 d of the month .. ' 0 The mails to those countries thus mark French packet via Marseilles. iSouthampt. Feb. l 5 :cd (*) arc conveyed by THE L ATE E SCAPE FROM CARLISLE GAOL. On Friday a man was apprehended in Kendal on the supposition that he was one of the escaped prisoners, his eppeerance cor responding exactly with that of the description of one of them. Ou communication with the authorities at Carlisle this was found to be a mistake, and the poor fellow was at once set at liberty. No trace of the prisoners has yet been discovered.— Carlisle Patriot. A MELANCHOLY REFLECTION. ---It IS generall sup posed that emi grat i on is a great drain upon the monetary resources of this country ; but it is not generally known that an equivalent is returned by emigrants remitting means to their friends to pay o ff t h eir liabilities and to enable them to follow. We have it from authority that no less a sum than 44,0001. was remitted to the port of Limerick alone in the last year for this purpose. But is it not a melancholy re flection that an Irishman can and will do well in any country but his own ?—Limerick Chronicle. _ LONDON, FEB. 4.—Wind at noon W., light airs, and fine.—The Toronto American ship, New Orleans to New York, has been totally lost on the Maternilla Reef, near the Bahama islands; crew and passengers saved. DEAL, FEB. 3.—Wind N.W. to S.W.—Arrd. Louisa Maria, Batavia for Rotterdam; Falcon, Prince Edward's Island. Arrd. from the River and sld. Blanche, St. Vincent. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 3.—Wind E. to S.W.—Arrd. Quebec, Newcastle for Odessa, leaky, with port bow stove in, 1083 of bowsprit, &c., and other considerable damage, from contact with the Peter Hattrick. Mem., the John Hayes, for Bermuda, and the David, for Rio Janeiro, did not sail as reported yesterday. SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 3.—Wind S.W.—Sid. Clyde steamer, West Indies. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 3.—Wind S.S.E., to N.N.W.— Arrd. John Dalton, Calcutta; Queen, Pernambuco; Cornelia, Newfoundland. Sld. Melody, Havannah; Ex press, Morocco. Off port, Winifred, Calcutta; Under water, New York. A vessel, bottom up, apparently new, of about 100 tons, with bottom painted green, was passed 15th Jan., lat. 36, long. 65, by the John Garrow, arrived here, which passed over a bank about 15 miles from E. to W. in lat. 40.25 N., long. 54.23 W. The sea ran higher than off the bank. The water was very much discoloured, and large quantities of sea-weed were floating about; tried the temperature of the water, and found it 12 degrees below the air, and when the bank was passed found the water 14 degrees above the air. A very heavy gale was blowing at the time, and the John Garrow was pre vented sounding. COWES, FEB. 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Averick Hei nelcer, Callao. POOLE, FEB. 3.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Sarah, New foundland. sword of state, and the Marquis of Winchester the can of maintenance, The Prince-Consort wore a field-marshal's uniform, with the order )f the tarter. His Royal Highness also were crepe on his left am as mourning fur the Queen of the Belgians. On her Aajesty taking her seat on the throne, the Hotse prisented a spectacle of such beauty as almost to dazzle tle beholders, and make them hesi tate whether it was t reality or some work of fairy-land. The whole Eloise rise and remained standing until her Majesty requesed tlat their Lordships would be seated. Immediately uprn her Majesty taking her seat on the tiront, she commanded Mr. Pulman, the Deputy Usbar oftlge Black Rod, to summon the Com mons to the Hotse of Lords, and after an interval of a few minutes, th, Spoaker, dressed in his robes of state, and attended b' a vast number of Members, appeared at the bar, whn her Majesty read in a clear and distinct voice her speech opening the Parliament (for which (e our Lords' report). :Her Ma jesty, who w►: dressed in a superb white satin and gold dress, which was profusely decorated with brilliants, then lit the throne, and returned in the. or der in which aleentered. The House t3n adjourned to Five o'clock. HOBE OF COMMONS Shortly aftertwo o'clock the echo of the cheers of the people outsie, and the striking up of " God save the Queen" by he bind stationed in the vicinity of the House, created coatiderable excitement and bustle among the Members, wb crowded towards the door with the view of folio% ingts near to the Speaker as possible on his proceeding to.hr House of Lords. At twenty minite► past two, Mr. Putman, the Yeoman Usher of tho BLek Rod, appeared at the table, and summoned the Thu to attend at the bar of the House of Lords to hear her Majesty's most gracious Speech from the Throne The SPEAKEFtheI left the House, followed by nearly all the Memberspresent. After an absence of about a quarter of an hour, the SPEAKER. returnd, and the House adjourned till a Quarter to Four. IMPEIIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb 4. The House reamed at a Quarter to Four o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. The following nev Members took the oaths and their seats:—Mr. CAIVEIT, .for Aylesbury; Mr. BELL, fur St. Albans, and eve-al others. NEW WRITS. Mr. HAYTEI moved for new writs for the election of Members forthe Falkirk Burghs, in place of Lord Lincoln; for Dugarvan,iin place of Mr. Sheil; and for Windior, in the )lace of the Right Hon. Mr. Hatchell, who had acceptel the appointment of Attorney• General for Ireland. G ONERNMENT MEASURES. Mr. HAYTIR rose and said—Perhaps it will be convenient to th House if I state the order in which her Majesty's Government propose to submit certain measure for the consideration of the House. Therefore I begto state that on Thursday, Feb. 6, the First Lord of he Treasury will move the following resolution:— " That this Fuse will not proceed on any motion for an Address to tle Crown, to which opposition is offered, but in a Commitee of the whole House, except with re spect to mattersahich have been previously submitted to a:Select Connittee." On Friday, Serember 7—(Laughter)—ho meant Feb ruary 7—the ioble Lord will move for leave to bring in a Bill:o prevent the assumption of certain ecclesiastical tiles in respect of places in the United Kingdom. On Friday, the 14th February, the Chan cellor of the Ecchequer will make his financial state ment.—(Hear, :ear.) iOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. WILLLAIS gave notice that on this day fort night he uhoult move far a return of the sums expended on royal palac3s since her Majesty's accession. Mr. CAYI.3Y gave notice that on this day week he should move or the repeal of the malt-tax. Sir E. N. BUXTON gave notice that on this day fortnight heshould move that the differential duties, which were . o expire on the 6th of June, should con tinue until tie abolition of the slave-trade. Mr. ST [TAR r gave notice that on Tuesday next he should submit to the Houie a resolution relative to the Royal Commission issued to inquire into the High Court of Chancery. Mr. SLANEY gave notice that on this day fortnight ho should cove for a Committee to inquire into the best means of improving the law of partnership. Mr. BRONIERTON gave notice that on the reading of the sessienal orders, he should move that in the pre sent session na business be transacted after midnight, and that at twelve o'clock on each night the Speaker be directed to adjourn without proceeding with any business ou the paper.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. 11. BAILLIE gave notice, that on Tuesday next, he should call tie attention of the House to the proceed ings of the Conmittee which sat last session on the affairs of Ceyloi, and should move that the evidence be printed, together with the report of the commission sent out to that island. Mr. ANSTET gave notice that on Monday he should move for leave ;o bring in a Bill for the repeal of the penal laws affecting Roman Catholics. Mr. DISRAELI gave notice that on the 11th instant he should call the attention of the House to the distress still existing among that important class of her Majesty's subjects the owners and occupiers of land, and move for the adoption of such measures as may be best calculated to remove it. Colonel SIBTHORP gave notice that on an early day he should move for the reduction of the duties on fire assurance. PA?AL AGGRESSION. Mr. WILLIAMS gave notice that he should move for a return of the resats which had occurred since the sth of August, 1849. STATE F IRELAND. Mr. REYNOLDS ga v e notice that he ould on Tuesday next, m ove f or returns of the taxes w sh hich , had been imposed upon Ireland. ROYAL SPEECH—THE ADDRESS. The SPEAKER having read her Majesty's Speech, The Marquis or KILDARE said, in rising to move that a humble Address be presented to her Majesty in reply to her most gracious speech from the Throne, he hoped the House woul', grant him that indulgence which was always shown to one unaccustomed as he was to address the House while he made a few ofsiseriations on the different topics al luded to in the Rcyal Speech.—(Hear.) It was a subject of sincere congratulation that her Majesty should con tinue to receive assurances of friendship frcm all foreign states. It was also most gratifying to find that at the present moment peace had been restored over the whole continent; and it was a source of still greater satisfac tieo, that while there had been wars over a great part of the continent, this country had for years enjoyed uninterrupted peace.--(Loud cheers.) It was also a subject of congratulation that the universal peace which now existed ha( been in great part owing to the exertions of her Majesty's Government.—(Hear, hear.) He was glad to find tkat the measures which had been taken with regard to our relations with Brazil would tend more than sanest anything: else to prevent the continuance of the slave trade.—(Hear, hear.) It was also a source of grist congratulation that, notwith standing the teduction if many taxes, the country was still in a flourishing state.—(Hear.) The next subject mentioned in the Royal Speech, he regretted to say, this country could not congratulate itself upon. He referred to the state of depression, which the landed interest was now lying under.-- (" Hear, hear," from th e O p p os i t i on b enc h es.) But he thought that whilst the other classes of the community were in a prosperous state the condition of the landed interest must before long improve. The next subject vientione din the Speech was! a very painful one, viz., the unjustifiable aggression in this country on the part of a foreign btate. It would be the duty of this House, while it maintained the religious liberty of her Majesty's subjects, to consider the measures which were to be brought before it for the purpose of maintaining her Majesty's supremacy and the established religion of the land.—(Hear.) The next subject alluded to by her Majesty was the in tended refcrms in the highest court of justice in the country, and the alteration of the law with regard to the registration of deeds. Ile considered the latter measure to be of very great importance. There was another subject of congratulation to which be (the Marquis of Kildare) would draw the attention of the House, which was the state of Ireland. It was gratifying to find that after that country had suffered from years of political agitation, men's minds were being drawn from political matters to industrial pursuits, and such occupations, he (the Marquis of Kildare) believed, were calculated, under the blessing of Divine Provi dence, to raise his country to a higher pitch of pros perity than she bad ever before enjoyed. The Noble Marquis concluded by moving the Address, which was an echo of her Majesty's Speech. Mr. PETO rose and said—Mr. Speaker, before I ven ture on the topics which the occasion and the gracious Speech from the Throne naturally suggest, I must throw myself on the kind and never-failing indulgence of the House, and state at once my great anxiety that no word shall escape my lips which shall court debate, or sag- The doors of the House of Commons were opened shortly after onm'clock, and the Members sauntered in one by one untiltwo o'clock, when there was a very large attendance. Among the first arrivals we noticed Mr. Muntz, Mr. Joseph Hume, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Hawes. Mr. Wilon, Lord John Russell, Mr. Hayter, and others. Lord John Et ell, on entering, shook several Mem bers cordially 1) , the hand, and bowed to others. His Lordship looker extremely well, and seemed to be in excellent spirits The SPEAKEZ who was attired in his state robes, entered at half-ast one, preceded by the Sergeant -at- Arms (Lord Chrles Russell), and immediately after wards stranger were ordered to withdraw during prayers. INCREASE OF TONNAGE. 1849 over 1848. 1850 over 1849 British 226 „ 207 ... 162 „ 843 Foreign have taken the returns of vessels cleared outwards, because that is an evidence of work done—the returns of vessels entering may be affected in a variety of ways, apart from the evidence of work done within the period specified. I must also very briefly call the attention of Hon. Members to the fact, that the repeal of the naviga tion-laws has not yet affected either the value of ship ping or the demand. The ship-building of the Clyde, the Tyne, the Mersey, and the Thames, is fully equal in its activity to any preceding period, and within the last few days an eminent shipbuilder informed me the orders for ships and steamers on his books exceeded 400,0001. If I refer to the circulars of firms engaged in the sale of ships I find the same activity of trade indi cated.—(Hear, hear.) One of the largest firms in Eng land so engaged, and whose place of business is Liver pool, thus writes:—" It gives us pleasure to state that the amount of tonnage sold in 1850 in Liverpool exceeds that sold in 1849, being 81,028 tons against 78,212; showing an increase of 1850 over 1849 equal to 36 per cent.—(Cheers.) Now, as to the price of shipping, the same circular states—" New British ships have fully maintained our last quotations. Indeed we have felt the want of a larger supply of good vessels."—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") And as to the ships built in the Mersey port, their circular shows an excess of tonnage in 1850 over 1849 of 4,609 tons. I have made careful inquiries as to prices ruling at New York on all the items affecting the price at which ships can be built there. I have failed to find any reason for alarm. —(Heer, hear.) Their prices cf labour exceed ours by more than 50 per cent., while the average of the cost of materials used is quite equal to their cost with us. A great revolution is now taking place in the shipping trade, and which revolution was in progress when the navigation-laws were repealed. That measure helped to anticipate the result—a result, I believe, which the re tention of protection would have rendered utterly dis astrous to us. The old mode of shipbuilding, it is ad mitted on all hands, will no longer do. Capacity without speed is the reverse of recommendation in a ship. What the American shipbuilders effected, the Scotch have surpassed, and the result of the trial between the Scotch built ships and steamers and the United States, shows us we have nothing to apprehend, but mach to gain, if British skill and enterprise be but relieved from all impediments. The merchants and traders of Liverpool are generally considered to be well and practically acquainted with all the circumstances which regulate commerce. I have several of their annual circulars before me, and I urn struck with the unanimity of their testimony. One of the most eminent says—" The present year opens under circumstances of great encouragement. Money is abun dant—food of every kind cheap—general trade is active and remunerative, finding ample employment for the industry of the country."—(flear, hear.) With all that is so encouraging at home, there are evident symptoms of the gradual prevalence in foreign countries of sounder principles of international commerce : they are learning the lesson that it is better to buy economically, than to manufacture expensively—they are learning that the merchants of England are the best customers in every market—that their manufacturers are surpassed by none in skill and ingenuity.—(Hear, hear.) To illustrate the perfect certainty that such must be, in the course of events, the policy of every state, let us take France and her iron trade. Her protective iron duties are now so high, and are of such a comparative amount, that she pays every five years the full value of purchase of every iron work in the kingdom on her home consumption only. Is it not self evident that it would be far more the policy of her people to receive our iron, and for us in treaty to take her light wines 9U 191Yer duties, Uud yield to our owa Lachoquer 1851. - larger revenue than from our present limited consump tien, resulting from the almost prohibitive duties of the present tariff ?—(llpar, hear.) But her Majesty expresses at the same time the sympathy she feels for the owners and occupiers of land in the difficulties which now affect them, and a hope that the prosperity of the menutac turing and commercial interests will soon be productive of beneficial effect to the agricultural body.—((sheers.) And here, I trust, I may fairly trek the question, if such is the state of the commercial, manufacturine, and shipping interests, can it be supposed that the agricul tural is the only interest not destined to share in the general prosperity ?—(Hear, hear, and cheers) Is land exempt from the great law of progression ? It is impossible for wheat to fall from 7s. to ss. per bushel without causing great anxiety to owners and oc cupiers of land, but no one can doubt that commerce has itsever-growing connexion with the soil by the substantial ties of property— (Hear, hear)—and that the interests of all are identified ; and the fact of distress existing calls for every practical sympathy to be shown—(Cheere) —and that by the removing of every unjust burden which the friends of agriculture can s ho w to p ress un fairly on its int e r es t s , and rejoicing in the pact of the alteration of the law, I cannot hesitate to express my wish that more time had teen allowed to adjust the interests which had, under the old and vicious system, been placed in a false position. It is easy to say that this adjustment is en tirely an affair of landlord and tenant. It is so, but when we rtflect that no good tenant could farm without imparting value to the land which it takes years to ab stract, a re-valuation at present prices is simply giving to the landlord a rental arising from value imparted by the expenditure of capital by the tenant. I believe it to be our duty, Sir, not only to carry out abstract princi ples of right, but where they affect large interests, by extensive alterations in the laws, that time should be given for the adjustment of the interests to the new and altered state of things.---(Hear.) But while I make this admission, I believe that the good wishes to which her Majesty has given utterance in her gracious speech will be speedily realised, though in the transac tion we must be prepared for difficulties and loss, espe cially to parties who are slow in adjusting their course of business to the altered state of things. It has, Sir, always appeared to me that we have looked at the price of wheat too much as a criterion of distress or pros perity. It is calculated that we have about 19 millions of acres arable, and 38,000,000 of pasture and meadow, while of the 19 millions acres less than 4,000,000 are employed in growing wheat. Agriculturists it is, therefore, obvious derive a large portion of their income from stock, and to them therefore the prosperity of trade and manufactures is a positive benefit and source of profit, and we find that although the price of wheat has declined the price of meat has declined very little, and that it was cheaper during many years of protection than it has averaged since. And I need not point out to the House that this has arisen entirely from the larger consumption of meat by the labouring classes—a circumstance at which we may well rejoice.—(Hear, hear.) The working men of this country dine now as working men should dine, on edibles furnished by the butcher. We have, unfortu nately, in this country no means of estimating the annual produce and consumption of food, and we must, therefore, content ourselves witk an approximation to Lets. I collect from the best sources that there were slaugh tered in England,in 1850,60,000 more beasts than in 1849, and we have local returns which give value to these calculations. The largest cattle salesman in Liverpool gives the following return of sales for the past year:—ln 1849 there were 109,287 oxen; in the year 1850, 123,213. They also state in their circular our imports of sheep to have been on a less extensive scale from Ireland, and we are now witnessing, to us, the novel feature, that store beasts have been lately sent into that country.—(Hear, hear.) I find the prices of meat during the last six months and the corresponding six months of a year since have been nearly the same. I find the in crease of consumption in England to be the counterpart of Scotland. The City Chamberlain of Glasgow makes the following return of animals slaughtered in that city:— _t fair rep u t a ti on b y any course w hi c h s h a ll be incoli 3 l- , t ea or with :hat hare of true religieus liberty .:hick he hsois i e sot shown.—(Ch eers. ) And, Sir, I must ask ru e " ho f of the house to read a s h or t extrac t f ro m a ap e Tot that Noble Lerd in introducing the repeal of tee.. 0; Act in 1823—that Noble Lord beteg then in 0pt3t 1 ,%. ---- now come to the great principle involved In the ee ,ignesl a s ii s d merous petitions before the House—pefitin na the whole body of Dissenters, by Roman Catholio'Thol by many members of the Established Ch ur ch, ° foie principle is, th at every man ought to be allowe d , t , is of e his religious o pi n i ons b y the' impressions o n " lib el/ mind, and that wh en so formed, he should be at : C o. to wership God acco r di ng to t h e di c t a tes of b' 3 nr die' science, without being subjected to any penalty ;vie qualification P, hateve . r—that every rest raint or re creed lion imposed on a n y man on account of his relig ious if e nee is in the nature of persecution, and is at once an e . s t he to God and an i n j ury to man.—(Hear .) Tbia 1 ,101 first and nobl e p r i nc i p l e on wh i ch the Dissenfera it th e the repeal of the t est l aws; b ut I w ill f a i r ly adi a sti ees there may be an exception to its n pplicationeee sces si heir)—and I will illustrate it by refereece too gee prieciple o f non -i nter f erence by one state in tbelntated affairs of another.—(Hear, hear.) It ma) u s e inter' that one s t ate wou ld not generally be just ifies] 0 00 fering in the internal concerns of another; bu t of of the internal regulations of political institutil th , one state are of such a nature as to lead directlYi t o e. injury of another, then the interference pr°P h er l. e gtO mences on the part of the state making lose 100 lions, and not on the part of the state which ee! l i g ioo of them. I will say the same of religion; if the t ` op lie of any body of men be found to contain political Pr i al dto rs hostile to the State, or militating against that ab e .: a hick is due from every subject of the Crown,.lo, sod case the question ceases to be a religious questl ° ch you have a right to interfere and impose e a 00 dd strictions as you ma y d eem necessary, becam e i c t been not impose them on re li g i ous op i n i ons, you iesextrecl, only on poli t i ca l d octr i nes ." Having r ead this. e e , s ee I trust we sh a ll a il f ee l we may r ese rve versa / toff perfect confidence till we see the Bill i ntro duced , b e ts; it be doubted as t o th e p ropr i ety o f any Bill et a o f td' breught in, I point to Roman Catholic Peet s ot sI highest standing who h ave pu bli c l y d ec l a red 1 ! , legia.nce to the canon l aw i s i ncompa tible al t w ` c geo legiauce to th e Sovereign.—(Hear.) If all ' e ssel e good reason for the introduction of soneerpos are for our considerati on; not , Si r, t h at those N O ble-a og iO recreant to their reli g i ous p r i nc i p l es i n t h us resen t oee cel Papal rescript ; not t h at through the indirect l e i tee s of Protestanti sm t h ey have adopted views 'if:liar°, c t ee times they have a bh orre d . N othing like tee Papal re s cript wou ld h ave b een resente d 1 . 11 00 ill pahniest day s o f t h e R oman Catholic rel,i,glo9' this country—(Cheers, and cries of " No, n°' • de sti Sir, our earliest na t i ona l hi story i s f u ll o f W I of which the people, the Parliament, and the b ar t ° l England, Catholics a s th e y a ll were, indiga Bl3 o claimed again s t suc h i ntrus i ons on the part of , ' tt iesf° man Pontiff. Th e c a non l aw, f or examp l e , has in the been hateful to Englishmen, and I do trust that wi pe measures to be taken its operation in this count r y so iled rendered null an d void, otherwise we shall be or° (4 00 in interminable intestine disputes utterly incoter ot , o et with the safety, the honour, and the welfar e 00 ,1 Sovereign and her dominions.—(Hear, bear.),„, t ete° all Hon. Memb ers w ill f ee l t h ey can concur in the of the Addres s , an d I h ope we shall postpone ac'safr bate on a subje c t so exc i t i ng unt i l the matte! i t y 4 140 stantively before us .—(Ch eers. ) H er Mades.; sad speaks of certain changes in the courts of W I Z pro' law, and the registration of deeds relating to re rv esti' e party. All H on . M em b ers w h o represent larg r o se tuencies must be alike familiar with the genf t , 13 , s urgent wish that exists for law reform; arid, I " te c eic ll ' they would desire a temperate, well-considered e x ha - t bet of the suffrage, I am sure they will fee ll o olb er s Majesty's Ministers in deferring that tint" - g o o c" session, and taking; up the great clu es i hie; law reform in our courts of equity °Lo& have exercised a sound discretion. The eS t6bLi t go e°' and extension of county courts has, so far o e ti l so d introduced a sweeping change in pleading Pr ac e . Sta tes evidence; but the change of the law in the Unit e ", 00 of America has made the people of this coun t. l„ / eerri alive than ever to the necessity of great Change 1.- ly department of our legal administration. I can °p i ll th e press a hope, which is, that it will be undertake% etre' spirit which the iolllowing short extract from , a , De t os nent author would demonstrate. He says] -- ert feed not be deterred by c l amour aga i nst i nne vat'" abrogating what is useless, simplifying what lsc,°o stave or determining wh a t i s d ou b t f u l ; nor attemptltch° off an im me d ia t e press i ng diff i culty by s nrsioes' work schem e of modifications and enoPetieseife but let us consult for posterity in a cernP re i t a ° : scheme of le ga l phil osop h y. " —(Hear, hear.) ile " se' th " e i necessary that I sh ou ld point oat to the "° li t ieff " great benefits whi c h must accrue from a reels]re efo or deeds of real p ro p erty . All the inconven i e nce, P;bicb ante, and expense, together with the delelq sod arises from th e want of it, is familiar to a t t o rli any Government which will originate an d out a well-di geste d and simple P i hg a "' ren; which the transf er o f real estate can i dered more ea s y an d i nexpens i ve, w ill add of e f value ef property, and d eserve t h e h eart y thans a y ty re; Legislature.—(Hea r an d c h eers. ) I t now , Sir, ° mains for me to thank the House for its indulg eD o 04 A Sir, only earne s tly d es i re t h at Di v i ne Provideptis a n d illuminate our c o mmon p at h, gu id e a ll our c eliac ;be so direct all our e ff orts that our le illation t a e ), beet eminently practi ca l, equa l, an d promotive Of the interests of th e U n i ted Ki ngdom. With tbis e - r o tec sion, Sir, I earnestly commend, by an uaseill US ,lo o4 the adoption o f t h e Ad dress to her Majester---(m° continued cheering.) Mr. ROEBUCK t h en rose and said, t h a t never since be he had the honour to be a Member of that Boa° l l° on risen with so much pain as on the present occssin a ° l, be the consideration of other addresses to her Alsi e eote rs might have felt pain; but the feeling which he now reseit tamed was a clear feeling on his own mind, th e s e P t of a calm and deliberate judgment. The reason gar ' pain was, that now for the first time since he ( fi r ' n rl a D buck) bad been a Member of that House be Or i s tro; Administration calling itself Liberal—an A dWlri ssD d tion the head of which had gained all his 110nap e, r iber at his great position as one of the great "'° wee party—taking the first step backwards, at %cif ° at which onward progress was the dn' h tl at th i s mark of the day. He was cur riled to find t hat backward was taken by that Administratiteffe by that Premier who had been the advocate of d re' measures. The Hoe. Seconder of the Address r o t' h is ferred to Noble Lord's antecedents as a Pr °° idliO e liberal policy. L as t y ear h e ( Mr. Roebuck) sb°"ttehat been willing t o re ly upon t h e N oble Lord ' s antece d e 0°: now he could no t d o so. H e (Mr. Roane,",) th e surprised to find that, with such anteceden ts ' ea t Noble Lord c ou ld come f orward as t h e O. of civil and re li g i ous lib erty. What We',,-isbee' antecedents of the Noble Lord? He was distine rf ere as being th e or gan o f t h e party w hi c h brought t'O Ca r ' the motion for th e re p ea l o f th e T es t an' s ter,., poration Act in 1825, and now h e was for COP prig civil and religious liberty. H e would f the attention cf the Hon oura bl e S e cone e r 0 1 the Address to an observation rnand„e the that period by one who knew well s v , u 'es e lee s t ; mind of man was—by Mr. Canning. He said, ‘,.„-„; T'" of what you are doing —mind what you are ae,", o :bi": so soon as you relieve the Dissenters from their i" oss eet,; ties, you will find in them your bitterest ePPsotee" when you propose to remove the disabilities of the miitie:l Catholics." Well, they had now no l ong er dise h " o a 0" No, now theyfhad one united Protestant cry, in tbe were conjoined. He could not help remarking °P ° f the admirable artifice of the H onoura b le Secon der e f tel Address, in his remarks upon the conduc t w hic h Noble Lord. Now what was the time a C k? the Noble Lord had chosen to step bsc-„th a time when he put into th e I " ° ",se our gracious S overe i gn congratulations two; 1. 0 " creased happi ness of the labouring classes. st be r e ; when, alt er a l ong experience of law by whic h ; strictions on re li gion and on trade and on were swept away, he put into her mouth W" se bic h congratulation for the fact of increased happine ss be e; they now enjoyed. Since 1829 the country noe the going on in one line of legislation. On that oece a . , ;Wel great Protestant hero whose death they now des-bear' ) and whose loss they felt that clay—(Hear'evet°: yielding to the experi ence an d t h e p ressu re of e' iebs" stances in Ireland ; an d th e Duke of Wellingt e° ,', feel had seen, as he said, more years of war than e s ,;`eeig / , of his time, and knowing, he said, the miechie' a n - fth": war, he would to save the country from one month " are give his life , . under that pressure, consented , t° er o l the Emancipation Act. These great CO, u n men taking up the principle acted upon ',eo carried it out frankly. Sir Robert Peel vi c ierlP was suggested to hi m t o pay the Cat h o lic ld . said ho had considered the question, and ° fot! r ; portant on e it was, an d that he would n°t',.eligt. Pere with the i n t erna l po li ty of the Cetho lie no more than he would with the Wesleyan n° ,47,i That was th e p r i nc ipl e upon wh i ch he ere P h t ",,, feig" O f Noble Lord and hi s p ar ty f e lt great pain, and be say great jealousy, th a t these men, the o ri :" 01 04 , liberality and dissent, s h ou ld come in an d et °- away the honour for whi c h they had laboured• th e complained by the p ar t y o f the Noble Lord fil ° ,eoli c honour belonged to th em , f or that they ba d g ot CP reiss emancipation and oth ers had gained the bonostr e °,, ee s " showed that h a d the Duke of Wellitigt°o-ferf" done as ho did, the party would have P er i Oi l. in their demand for complete eme n f t lest and that their wishes were gratified by the fa c re " - sieg e "; Roman Catholics were now upon the same 1 ";" dye"' their Protestant brethren, and that no politice; strs ioe a :, litien was imposed in consequence of religious ° Y ... ...fibit" Now, when such was the state of this count/ dd t b , ° , such was the onward progress of opinion, wh at u ser' Noble Lord propose to do? He told them (t bad Speech being the Noble Lord's speech) that she sub j e ct ; ceived many addr esses f rom l arge b edies o f her ed Of with respect to the ecclesiastical titles conferr,,,, us is foreign power, and the N e t t l e L or d d oes not le hi e s doubt as to his intention s on t h e su bj ec t, for t a rd se will ing notice has been g i ven t h at t h e N o ble ee tos pn° ll brine, in a Bill to prev ent t h e en j oymen t or e s on ferr c : 3 ~, of any ecclesiastical titl e or h onour that m ay [ 'ci t e wee 1 " by any foreign sovereign o r pr i nce i n respect a 'ill V ac tho United Kingdom. Th at i s to say , t hat he c ote, to pieces the religious distinctions that have, beetlg ve , o by the bishop, who i s ca ll e d t h e P ope of to b e * 4 too Noble Lord meant to say that there halere n- vi ne he; weak Sovereign on the banks of the Tiber, es in perso.- 1 voi s - chosen to give certain names and titles to country, if that be what the Noble Lord mea nt ' i oh:l eet fair course for him to pursue, and it would be a° 001 the against which to direct his attacks, but that was °o 0 011 case.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord had always himself to be, and ho believed him to be, a a11,n 6 IsisheP man; and he asked him, w as it n ot against We, WV I, tr.) 00 of Rome his Act etas dirceted?—(Hear , Pr i ce was the Bishop of Rome? lie was 4 SQYere4-