The Sun. — London, England, 1851-02-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUAR IMPERI HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb 12. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday, PETITIONS. Colonel PENNANT presented petitions from the inhabi. tants of the parishes of Eitionydd and Bodfern, in the county of Carnarvon, against Papal aggression. Mr. FARNHAM presented two petitions from the county of Leicester against Papal aggression. Mr. PLUMPTRE presented a petition from the congre gations of Dissenters at Portsea, I.andport, and Gosport, against Papal aggression. Sir ALEXI.NDER HOOD presented petitions against Papal aggression from several parishes in the county of &Dm erset. Mr. MOODY presented petitions from a Dissenting con gregation at Yeovil, from Norton and Pendomer, against the Papal aggression, and from Pendomer against the admission of Jews into Parliament. Sir JOHN TRULLOPE presented a petition from tenant farmers of Holbeach, Lincolnshire, praying to be relieved from Schedule B of the income-tax, by its total abolition; from Welbourn, Colsterworth, Carrington, and Frithoville again.* Papal aggression; and from solicit ors a t Holbeacl: against the certificate duty. Mr. SMYTHE presented thirty-two petitions from pa rishes in York in favour of the repeal of the window duty, and one from York against Papal aggression. Lord CLAUD HAMILTON presented petitions from Favonagal, Billy Faddy, and from the parishes of Newton Saville and Donagheady, in the county of Tyrone, praying that Ireland may be included in any mesure pa sse d to repel Papal aggression. SUPPLY. The House then went through Committee of Supply. PAPAL AGGRESSION—ADJOURNED DEBATE. The order of the day for resuming the adjourned debate having been read, Mr. P. HOWARD observed that if a retrograde step were takes in this country, such as was proposed by the measure of the Government with regard to the recent measures of the Pope, he knew not where it could be stopped. Although the Right Honourable Gentleman the Member for .Nortletn berland had stated there was an unanimous feeling through out the country against those measures, no mseting on the subject had been called in the great county cif Lancaster, but that great mart of manufacturing industry had looked on with philosophic calmness and repose, and waited with patience until the time when truth should prevail.—(Hear, hear.) In many other of the large towns in the kingdom there had been an exhibition of feeling directly against memoralising the Queen. In Leeds the town council considered that any interference by the Government would be a violation of that religious freedom which prevailed in this country, and in several other places the same feeling was exhibited. As there had been no violation of the law, how could it be said there was any aggression? The law officers of the Crown had not been enabled to find oat any statute which made these proceedings of the Roman Catho lics illegal, and were they to retrograde in their policy in order to pass pains and penalties on certain religious forms of worship of a large body of her Majesty's subjects? It had been said that the Synod of Thurles had interfered with reli- gious liberty by making certain suggestions relative to the education of the people; but the House w ou ld reco ll ec t t h at wleen the Right Hon. Getleman, the late Home Secretary (Sir James Graham), introduced a general measure of edu cation, it was opposed by the Wesleyan body, who, together with other religious bodies, was mainly inst rumenta l i n throwing out the measu re . He alluded to that circumstance to prove that other religious sects had expressed as decided opinions on the question of national education as the Synod of Thurles. It was the opinion of Lord Castlereagh that the institution of bishops was a beneficial substitution for the immediate superintendence of the See of Rome. In his letter the Supreme Pope had addressed himself to the Catholics alone of this country, and in his relation as their spiritual father. It was his anxiety for the spiritual welfare of the Catholics that he had written this letter, and not from any desire for territorial ag gression. This country had obtained Canada by a treaty stipulating to maintain the Catholic religion, and it was as much the established religion there as the Protestant reli gion was here. England was not the only country where bishops of a foreign nation were established—Constantinople had a patriarch for the Greek, Latin, and Syriac rite. The ad dress of the Cardinal-Archbishop was directed only to the Catholic archbishops, and it was, an axiom that a document only applied to those to whom it was addressed ; and, if he might without impiety quote it, the highest of all authorities had laid down a rule by which the application of it might be interpreted—" Whose image and superscription is this ?" With regard to the measure, and that particular part of it which interfered with charitable bequests, with the rela tions between man and his pastor, he could only say that the law officers of the Crown would find not only their intellectual ingenuity, but their physi cal endurance, tried to maintain this enactment.—(Hear.) He would ask them as Englishmen to say whether they would be content to pay for rights without receiving the in dulgence to which they were entitled?—(Hear, hear.) Humble as he was, he had to the best of his ability replied to, and he thought answered, the speech of the First Minis ter of the Crown. He had not violated the sanctity of re ligion, he had in no respect, so far as he was aware, in any way interfered with or offended the feelings of any sect or party—(Hear, hear )—but he would have violated his own conscience if he had not, while injuring no other creed, to the best of his ability defended his own.—(Loud cheers.) Colonel TROMP OR rose, but was anticipated by Mr..NAPIER, who said that it was a singular circumstance that this was the third time that they had been called upon to consider whether they should legislate respecting the as sumptions cf the Roman Catholic bodies of this country.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that a good an swer bad been given by the address of the Prime Minister of the Crown to any doubt that might be entertained on the subject.-- (Hear, hear.) They were called upon by the very terms of the motion to assert that they were bound not to interfere with the religious liberty of any portion of her Majesty's subjects —(Hear, hear.) He had heard this ag gressive Act of the Pope excused, palliated, and in some cases indirectly denied, but from no quarter had he heard it de fended.—(Hear, hear.) It was, in fact, without any right for defence, for it was, if considered with reference either to the common or statute law of the realm, totally oosed to the British Constitution.—(Cries of "Hear, hear.") The Government were eerfectly justified in the introduction of this measure, for the aggression of the Pope was equally in jurious to the feelings and interests of the people and to the Church in England, to the welfare of the nation at large.— ( Heir, hear.) From all the reading which he had enjoyed, from all the interests which had expressed their opinions, and still more from an authority higher than all—from one who had left the privacy of his retirement and the enjoyment of hie leisure to state his opinion in public, for the common benefit—he had learned that this fact of the interference of a foreign sovereign was altogether unjustifiable. —( Hear, hear.) The authority to which he had alluded was Sir Edward Sug den, than whom a more erudite lawyer or able judge did not exist.—(Hear, hear.) Now, if that was the case, were the Government not right in bringing in a measure to repress that aggression? (The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then cited the words used by Sir E. Sugden in his condemnation of the act of the Pope, and was loudly cheered at the end of the quotation which he made from Sir Edward's speech.) Some Hon. Members had said that the law bad not been violated, ethers that a law could not be made, and others again, bolder still, had asserted that if a law was made it would never be obeyed. He (Mr. Napier) said that the law should be obeyed.—(Hear, hear.) If the present act of the Pope was contrary to British law and the British Constitution, which he believed it was, but yet the means necessary to repress the aggression were insuf ficient, then was it requisite to pass another law which would confer the powers ample enough to obviate the evils to which they were likely to be subjected.—(Hear, hear.) The conferring of such powers was necessary, not only for the safety of the churches in England and Ireland; but he might fearlessly assert for the welfare of the whole world.—(Loud cheers.) It was necessary for the Church, it was necessary for the State, it was necessary for the people, but above all it would be a measure most merciful to the Roman Catholic laity themselves.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) He believed that for the sake of religious liberty they were bound to abide by the law of l''29.—(Hear, hear.) However much he had been opposed to the pa:sing of that Act, he still felt that it was requisite for all parties that they should abide by its provisions. The Hon. Members for Sheffield and Man chester had loudly declaimed against the proposition of the Minister. What did they mean by religious liberty? If they meant the exercise of the most bigotted intolerance he would be able to understand them, but it their words were to be taken in the literal sense of the terms in which they were uttered, he must confess that he was totally unable to recon cile their assertions with acknowledged facts.—(Hear, hear.) He firmly believed that no class was more opposed to the ag greesive act than the Roman Catholic laity themselves.— ( Hear, hear.) He had the other day met two cf his own. constituents, who had stated that from their own knowledge they could say that the attempt to coerce their minds and consciences was to a groat portion of the people of Ireland utterly abhorrent, and that any laws which were calculated to regulate the power of the Romish priesthood would be a blessing to the count r y. —(hear, hear.) An H on. Member who spoke the other night, had stated what he believed to be the sums of money vested in the bishops as trustees; and when twitted upon the correctness of his assertions, had said that he got his returns from the Stamp-office. He (Mr. Napier) had inquired at the Stamp-office, and found that no such returns could be made there—they Caine from the Prerogative office, and they contained only the returns of five bishops; and the House would, perhaps, be a little surprised to learn that the Hon. Member had only been mistaken in the amount of those returns by the trifling sum of 768,3801.—(Laughter.) This was a specimen of the manner in which an attempt was often made to mislead the House by a statement of figures. Tit ' lion. and Learned Gentleman then went on to assert that ever since the passing of the Act of 1839, the Government patronage had been conferred more on the Roman Catholic than on the Protestant community, and cited his own profession as elte instance of the way in which the former had in numerous instances been preferred to the loss of the latter.—(Cries of e Oh, oh," and cheers.) Few had been the promotions, he said, of the Prot estant barristers, while he defied any one to show a single instance inwhich a Roman Catholic of any standing had been overlooked. Hear.) Equally so was it the case -with the Itornish Protestant ecclesiastics. •e bile we believed the Roman Catholict .:elision to be wholly ~ I . ;,.:eed to k , rett, and at the same ti pl • th:}74 evalpthi_e._lrt,e_ad .of peers of the - real ace rn t , l purser, .ither that e war.. not limiest, not ' l ' our poo-itioncto 4lootfines, or that we were politically° OtoLd their and we induced the suspicion, t them, Court of Rome, that wo were not in a P p a es s rti t t i n ar t l deal the - and thus encouraged that Court to set up an this aggression, ecclesiastical domination over private liberty and social re_ lations, and everything else which Englishmen ought to hold dear. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then referred to a letter written by Lord Clarendon in to Arcfibishon Murray, requesting him to be the medium of a commu n i to the Pope. for the purpose of obtaining his consent to the carrying out a system of education for the R ee , man Catholics in Ireland, and condemned the imp e _ lice- of a proceeding which had the effect of placing Eng_ land in such a humiliating position before a foreign state. It was now said that we had encouraged the Pope to his act of aggression, that we had put Roman Catholic bishops over peers of the realm, destroyed ten Protestant dioceses in Ireland, and given a grant of 30,0C0/. of the public money for the establishment and maintenance of Mayfiooth College ; and it was argued from these premises that we either had no objection to a re ligion with which eve so courted and coquetted, or else were so afraid of it as to be compelled to succumb to the Human Catholics. It we were to assume the attitude of an independent Government, and defend this aggression on the integrity and honesty of the Constitution, let them, in God's name, have oome fit irini s t er " their lean. . the Sect of the Pope, and aek him ' s and noe ' ceonch at whether the Govern - Lunt of this country should ' administer a evst a em of education to the people.—(Hear, hear.) Then cam e crit of the P o p e to the different Ar c hbi s h ops of Ire laud re s s i h n ou P le c t o ber, 1848, directing that sacerdotal meetings be held - throughout th e country is d henceforth accordance with the rites of the Roman Catholic Church. Dr. Wise men stated that among other reasons which led him and others to believe that no reasonable objection could exist to the restitution of the Roman Catholic hierarchy, not only in Ireland had Roman Catholic bishops been recognised, and even duly honoured, but the same form of govern ment had been gradually extended to the greater part of the colonies. The same view was taken by the highest prelate of the Established Church, by the Bishop of Oxford, and the Dean of Bristol ; but if the rational, calm minded, and religious people of England, and their opinion was not to be mistaken, he believed that the policy adopted in Ireland had encou raged the Roman Catholics to do otherwise than what fair policy ought to have permitted them to have done, we should take a straightforward course, and tell them that we think fit to come back to the Liturgy and the Bible, to the right government and to the constitution of the country ; and, also, that we shall pursue a right mode of proceeding for the future.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. and Learned Gentleman concluded by stating that he should give his cordial support to the measure. 111 r. KEOGH said, if he believed this Bill was inconsistent with the principles of religious toleration, he thought such an impression must at once be removed, when he saw his Hon. and Learned Friend, the Member for the Univer sity of Dublin, whose career had been one independent course of advocacy of religious liberty, give it his cordial support.—(Laughter.) That Christian forbearance which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman in and out of the House had always shown to his Roman Catholic fellow-countrymen, that peaceful attitude which he at all times presented, not alone to the people of Ireland but to this House and the country at large, when he was desirous of granting religious liberty to the Roman Catholic people, must have assured the mind of the greatest sceptic. The course which he took years gone by, he (Mr. Keogh) sup posed was no justification at all of a man who thought it his duty to pronounce strong opinions against the acts of the Legislature. He had somewhere in the course of his reading seen the name of Joseph Napier, who was once the secretary of the Brunswick Club in Ireland—. (Laughter) —the avowed object of which, the merest tyro in the political history of the age would recollect, was to set the acts of the Legislature at defiance, provided they affected the supposed rights of the Roman Catholic people.—(Hear.) Yet he came down to the House—a wonderful concession on his part, and a great exhibition of Christian resignation—and stated that he had not altered his opinions. He had not even condescended to say that he had changed one tittle of his opinions with regard to the Roman Ca tholic Emancipation Act. Having done that and other things which be should presently allude to, he thought the Hon and Learned Gentleman should not have come there to lecture Irish Members who felt it their duty to op pose the introduction of the Bill, and to read them a lesson on independence.—(Hear, hear.) He had stated that that protestation was an exclusion to preferment in Ireland, but he found that a Roman Catholic could not be a fellow or scholar at the University of Dublin ; and also that, out of twelve judges in Ireland, three only were Ro man Catholics. Out of five Masters in Chancery, four were Protestants; out of thirty-three assistant-barristers, twenty five were Protestants; and, lastly, that the two judges of the Bankruptcy Court were Protestants. If the list of stipen diary magistrates in Ireland were examined, it would also be found, he believed, that the proportion against Roman Catholics was three to one. (Hear, hear.) All the law officere of the Crown were Protestants.-- (Hear, hear.) Was that equality? The fact was, that Protestanism was a high qualification for office.—(Hear, hear.) It had been said that the Catholics were under their priests; he'denied such a statement, and no one, he could assure the House, would treat more curtly any attempt to interfere with his private con cerns by Catholic priests than he would.— (Cheers) He would be the last man to interfers with the prerogative of the Queen, and the first to assert her undoubted right to the crown of England. The country might thank God they had such a Queen on the throne—(Hear) — one who was determined to support the Church of England. There was no intention on the part of the Roman Catholics to insult the country, and the Protestants were bound to believe in their sincerity.—(Hear, hear.) The Pope had every reason to believe that his conduct would not be unacceptable , to the Government of this country, and therefore he could not be accused of intentionally offering an insult to this country. So far from the Roman Catholics being ready to submit to the decisions which had been come to at the Synod of Thnrles, he could assure the Noble Lord at the head of the Government that at the very time when this synod was sitting, there was a movement going on among the influential Catholics of Dublin against this synod, which was stopped by the celebrated letter of the Noble Lord. Had the Noble Lord considered the effect which this measure would have upon the Roman Catholic Church of Ireland. It would have the effect of superseding all episcopal functions. Had the Noble Lord considered this? Was be ready to frame an indictment against any prelate who might, per chance, break this law? They had sufficient laws on the statute book which were not intended to be acted upon, but if it was intended to put this law in execu tion, was the Noble Lord prepared to consign the Roman Catholic prelates to the lowest den of felons ? (Cheers.) Mr. ANSTEY, referring to the feelings of the Roman Catholics of Ireland, cited the contempt with which they hat treated a recent bull sent there by the Pope. The titles which the Roman Catholics bore, and would con tinue to bear, whether this Bill passed or not, were not de rived from the Pope, but by an unbroken succession from St. Patrick. He thought the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down had made out a case for excepting Ireland from this Bill in a manner which it was impossible to controvert; the Papal bull with which they had to deal was ad dressed to England alone, and referred to English titles only. There was one point which had been observed neither by one side of the House nor the other. The powers of the vicars-apostolic were continued throughout the whole of these changes, so that in this respect the Bill was defective But it was defective in another respect. The Bill provides that all moneys vested in the Roman Catholic bishops for charitable purposes should be vested in the Crown. Now it was perfectly impossible for any court of law or equity to enforce any writ for the estreating of such trusts, and even if they could, there would still be another obstacle. No provision was made fee the direction of moneys arising from trusts already in existence. Then, with respect to the power of the svnod to regulate these funds he might cite the case of the Church of Scotland, a foreign church to all intents and purposes so far as his argument was concerned. That church always recognised the power of the temporal authorities to deal with these funds exclusively of the eccle siastical officers, and when the separation took place be tween the established Church of Scotland and the seceders the trusts were all regulated by the usual courts of law. In three different instances appeals had been made to the Eng lish Court of Chancery, and in all of them the authorities had been compelled to eject every one of the trustees who had acted in conformity with the trusts which they fulfilled. —(Hear, hear.) Then, again, with regard to the opinion which had been expressed, that this edict of the Pope was in accordance with the feeling of the Roman Catholic clergy, he would say that such opinion was quite erroneous. Al though the clergy were anxious for the elevation of their faith, they were still opposed to the establishment of any new authority from a foreign power. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman read extracts from petitions from portions of that body to the Pope and Cardinal Wiseman, deprecat ing any foreign interference, and stating that they desired a power to make a canon law for themselves, founded upon the ancient canon law of England, and said that it there fore depended upon their present legislation how far such power should be granted, and how injurious or beneficial it might become. That power had not been granted, so that the Romish hierarchy was, after all, only a contemplated fact ; and th e Bill w h ich the Noble r Lord proposed to introduce was not only feeble and ineffectual for the object which it was intended to effect, but absolutely mischievoue in its character. He would now proceed to anticipate the objections which might be made to his remarks. Until 1844 the Indo-Roman Catholic Church was subject to the Romish Pontiff without any restraint.— (Hear, hear.) In that year a rescript had been issued to the Archbishop and clergy of Goa, requesting them to do certain things which it was now unnecessary to specify. They felt that without the authority of the temporal power they could not obey the provision of that rescript, and ap pealed to the late Pope Gregory XVI., who on their appli cation issued a precept, stating that he should abide by the rules established by his predecessors, and they all stated that the coincidence of the temporal power was absolutely necessary for carrying out any charitable trusts with which the clergy might be invested. He should have proposed in the enactment that all bequests to the Roman Catholic Church in England, both past and in prospective, should be vested in certain trustees. The ques tion before the House was one which made it necessary that Hon. Members should fall into the same mistake as the Government, and confound the case of Ireland with that of lEnglana..—(gear hear.) The English Roman Catholics were anxious for legislation on the subject, though not in the spirit of this Bill, while the Irish Roman Catholics repudiated all legislation whatever which should interfere with their present status in Ireland, and he thought both bodies were equally in the right. He should take the earliest opportunity when the Bill came before the House to move the omission of every word which related to Ireland, and propose such amendments as he deemed necessary for the protection of the liberties, property, and rights of Eng lish Roman Catholics. Great laughter was occasioned by nearly ten Members rising at the conclusion of the Hon. Gentleman's speech, each endeavouring to catch the Speaker's eye, but thee - gave way to Mr. SPOONER, who supported the measure, but depre cated any discussion until it bad been laid before the House. He thanked the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) for his able and determined letter, and his bold, manly, honest, and con stitutional speech, in which he introduced the measure to the consideration of the House; and he trusted he would ex cuse him if he said that the explanation he gave of the Bill, and the second explanation given by the Attorney-General, had fallen7coneiderably short of what was generally expected. He trusted, however, that when the Bill came before the House it would exceed such explanations, as far as it fell short of the Noble Lord's letter and his speech.—(Hear.) If the Noble Lord found himself placed in a position of insur mountable difficulty with regard to the passing of a mea sure, he should advise him to throw himself on the country, and if he did so he might rely on the support and confidence of the people.—(gear, hear.) whichs ub jlr. A. ec t theha' T. B. had Member not for changed.to bservedh e city i iy He of thatOeOxford ro rp h di his opinions hnaedd em f a thele on n speech th this e question. of That speech would have we ll b ecome the repre sen thetprinvatie the University of Oxford, b u t i t ill b ecame Learned Gentleman who de lima" it.-- (Hear, hear.) This measure had no other ten-. dencv but to compel trie priesthood of Rome to act in t h e ',-1, 11 .1 ; it ?night prevent the publishing of pastoral letters and such like docomcnts under the signature of Nicholas, Archbishop of Westminster, in newspaper s , b u t it would not prevent their being lithographed or printed, and sent through the Post office.—(Hear.) Of what use was this Bill then ? It had been dictated by mistaken bigotry, and he doubted very much whether it really conveyed the views of the Noble Lord who proposed it.—(Hear.) The Roman Catholic hierarchy had done nothing which the law otad touch theme for, and as-they had only sought for and obtained a position, he contended that it was unfhir to pass an ex post facto law to meet the case.— (Hear, hear.) There was one view of the subject which he was rather authority a k I surprised had not been more generally dwelt upon. Bills had already been before Parliament in which the Pope was recd nisell if and his g as _a Sovereign Pon i t g i c now ecied • and it was therefore b to say new that the Pope h ad exceeded his legitimate power in establishing this If said after this that the Government Nor could it be Pontiff; unjust was ignoront of the fact that the P ope claimed spiritual authority o ver th e R oma Catholics o f t h is county aggression, th at author t. ludeed, until this alleged Papal sooth, because there was a wag l never denied, but now, for- Noble Lord and his Govern little noise out of doors, the tire?) , shut out the past fro: t e i r l i e t i found it convenient to en- Col. THOMPSON had no wricsohnsideration.—(Hear.) brethren who professed the Roman Catholic with his did really think that an aggression had bee re igion, but he this instance by the Pope.— __ ear n committed in (Hear hear.) hear.) Som lionottrablo Members had asked wh ere ' was . the ssion - but, if instead of a a ki n - aggre , a such questions they would look for 'in in the right place, they would find plenty of aggression:—(Cheers.) A French General brought the rope back to Rome over the dead bodies of his, . , ' subjects, and, with Waterloo in his memory, he no doubt advised his Holiness to send a message to England, or why should there have been in this message an allusion to the family of James the Second, a representative of whom, or rather one claiming to be a representative, was living at this moment in America. —(Hear.) France knew all this, and so did her Majesty's Government, for last session he handed them one of the ma nifestos of this representative.—(Laughter.) Besides that, he understocd this representative had, during the three days of July attempted to pick a quarrel with a member of this House, while, if he was not mistaken, the representative had been making kind inquiries after him, because he had made use of thewords, " obsolete dynasty of the Stuarts."—( Laugh ter.) It might have been consolatory or complimentary to this country had the see of Rome, created one of the members of the English aristocracy a cardinal ; but no, that would not do for the French G enera l ; h e wished to engage Spain in the war he had in view, and therefore a Spaniard was selected for the honour.— (Hear, hear, and Oh, oh.) Now such things were neither politic nor wise, and the only construction that he could put upon it was that the Pope desired to pursue an aggressive course.—(Hear, hear.) Nor was the part France had taken in the dispute to be ad mired, for he had read a statement in L'Univers which re presented that the time had come when Protestantism must be put down by the force of arms.—(Hear, hear.) He belonged to the society of Methodists, and he happened to know that branch societies of that body had been estab lished, which was perhaps well known. Now just fancy if these branches, remembering the days of Agincourt, had set up a claim for the Crown of England to the kingdom of France, did the House suppose for one moment that their existence would have been allowed ar, hear.) Would not the French Government have had a right to view them with jealousy had they even entertained such a notion?— (Hear, hear.) Well, then, that was precisely the case here, arid he for one only regretted that the provisions and penal. ties of the sth and 13th Elizabeth were not modified and once more brought into force again.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME expressed his surprise that a man like the Gallant Colonel, who had always been the friend of civil and religious liberty, whose every thought and every vote had, up to this moment, been in favour of Liberalism, should talk of going back to pains and penalties, and all because France had been guilty of some insignificant arrogance.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. and Gallant Member was advocating nothing less than persecution, and be there fore could not help fancying that he had linen into some mistake.— (Hear, hear.) He must have been misled by what he had heard about America, and he begged and prayed of the Hon. and Gallant Member to reconsider the determination he seemed to have come to. - (Hear, hear.) He had no doubt but that the Pope had been misled by those men in the English Church who were engaged in betraying instead of instructing their congregations.— (Hear, hear.) He thought it was not fair to bring in a measure of this nature while the laws affecting Ca tholics in England, Ireland, and Scotland, were different, The Noble Lord had called upon them to put down aggres sion, but he had not stated what aggression was. He should have liked to see the Bill which the Noble Lord had intended originally to have laid on the table; but it was evident from the speech of the Attorney-General that the measure about to be brought in was very different from the measure which the Noble Lord would have brought in had he laid his Bill on the table on Friday night. He deprecated the introduction of any such measure as a measure of per secution. He had hoped that the last rag of this persecution would have been swept away. How could they hope to reduce taxation by reducing the establish ments, whilst they introduced measures that were irritating to a large portion of the population of Ireland and the Canaclas ? He agreed with the Hon. Member for Maidstone, that this was a retrograde measure. They had 45,000 troops in Ireland; how could they hope to reduce this number if they by such unjust measures as this irritated the Irish? Why was it that Ireland was a disgrace to us ? Why, because we maintained the remnant of these persecuting laws. The Irish Church was to be maintained, and the maintainance of the Church was the foundation of the evils of Ireland, and he found fault with those who were hounding on the Government to measures of persecution. Mr. SPOONER denied that he was hounding the Govern ment to adopt measures of persecution. Mr. HLTME asked what then was the meaning of the speech of the Bon. Gentleman? He wished to express his deep regret at the encouragement which the Noble Lord at the head of the Government, the leader of the party which had suffered so much from the "No-Popery" cry, now seemed ready to hold out to that very spirit of persecution. The first measure which the Noble Lord ought to have brought in was one to set his own churchmen in order what use was it to guard against the wolf without when there was a wolf within devouring those placed in his charge? He believed that the temporalities of the Church had much to do with the present movement. If the Church had been set in order long ago they never would have heard any more of Papal aggression. It appeared to him that the Noble Lord was afraid to trust his own principles, he was afraid to expose his own faith to the activity of Roman Catholic priests. But he (Mr. Hume) believed that there was no moral danger of this sort, except from the comparison which might be instituted be tween the priests of the Roman Catholic and Established Church. It had astonished him that the Noble Lord should have taken the step which he had. For his part he would have tree trade in religion, and let Wm who had the best defend it. The only way to keep the Church of Eng land was to abolish all sinecures and pluralities. It gave him the greatest pain to see the commencement of a system opposed to the procceedings of the last twenty-five years, and more especially commenced by the Noble Lord. He rose principally to express his opinion that if the Noble Lord wished to keep the wolves out of the Church, he should first extirpate those who were already within it. If he did that he should receive his cordial support; but he would find himself in greater difficulties than he imagined if he expected to pass the measure in the shape he proposed.—(Hear.) Mr. A. OSWALD said in the county of Ayr, which he represented, not a single meeting had been convened, nor had a single encouragement been held out to the Noble Lord to enter upon his present course of proceeding. He trusted the Noble Lord would meet with no support in Scot land. He believed the act of the Pope was purely a spiritual one, unaccompanied by any temporal provision, and he was at a loss to see how it could be looked at in any other light. The Hon. Gentleman alluded to the Free Church of Scotland, and observed that though the old dioceses of the Established Church were selected, and a general assembly periodically held for its more perfect go vernment, no interference was made by the Gaverumeut. Now was there any difference between this act and that which had been attempted by the Church of Rome ? ( Hear, hear.) The Free Church of Scotland had done nothing more than that which had been attempted by the Pope.— (Hear, hear.) Whatever argument applies to the act of the one authority applies equally to the other, and he was therefore profoundly surprised to find that the Noble Lord ( Lord John Russell) had abandoned all the principles of his whole life. The precept by which Cardinal Wiseman assumed to himself the title of Archbishop of Westminster had not been signed by any regularly constituted authority in this country. The Noble Lord might draw distinctions between the two cases, but he confessed himself quite incapable of seeing any ditlerence between them, and he should like to see how the Right Honourable Gentleman the Secretary at War (Mr. Fox Maule) could reconcile his conduct in' the one case with his conduct in the other.—(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary for the Home Department said that all England had raised its voice in favour of some Bill, if nct of this Bill, for the repression of this aggression; but until he saw that opinion acceded to by his Hon. Friend the Member for the University of Oxford (Sir R. Inglis), and endorsed by the Hon. Member for Warwickshire (ifar. Spooner), he could not by any means join in that opinion. The Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) had complained that the act of the Pope was an invasion of the supremacy of the Crown. If the supremacy of the Crown was to be interpreted as the Noble Lord had interpreted it, then he must say that it was as gross an act of tyranny as any that he had ever heard of.—(Cheers.) He could assure the Noble Lord that there were those on that side of the House who were quite ready to go over to the other, and who were quite as able to manage the public affairs as the Noble Lord himself; and if he persevered in giving this interpretation to the su premacy of the Crown he might rest assured that the in tolerance which had caused civil broils to be engendered for nearly 200 years would excite against him an opposition with which he would never be able to contend,—( Hear, and cheers). The Noble Lord would not have dared to introduce that mea sure unless he had thought that those with whom he (Mr. Oswald) acted had been irretrievably distressed.—(Hear. hear.) He assured him that such was not the case, but that they were prepared to act together.— (Cheers.) By perse verance he would arouse the feelings of all those who as members of the Church of Scotland had themselves and by their ancestors lost both houses and lands for the sake of religious liberty.—(Cheers.) As the proposed Bill now stood it was neither more nor less than an act of the vilest persecution.—(Loud cheers.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL—Sir, I so far agree with the observations of the Honourable Member for Montrose (Mr. Hume) that if the House will give its consent to the introduction of the measure, I will address now a few words in reply to what has passed during the debate. The act against which this Bill is direeted is contrary to the public law of every country in Europe. It was not permitted by that law for any potentate to consti tute directions for the subjects of any country over which he does not exercise sovereign authority. Secondly, it is con trary to that public authority for any power to be exercised or any title to be assumed, particularly where it interferes with royal authority, without the consent of the Sovereign of such country— (Hear. hear) — and then I say that what has been done by the Pope in this respect is contrary to the public law of Europe, and that it would not have been done with regard to any other country. With respect to the arguments which have been used against the introduction of any measure on this subject, after what has been said by my Honourable and Learned Friend the Attorney-General, and after the many other able arguments we have heard in support of the adoption of some course for re pelling this aggression, I will not at present enter fur ther upon the discussion of that question. But, Sir, we have heard arguments from the Hon. Member for Bucks, wh ic h arguments have b een enforced by the lion. and Learned Member for Athlone, for the purpose of showing that we are not justified in noticing this aggression. These argu inents resolve themselves into two points. The first is a general excuse for the conduct of the Court of Rome, on the ground that we had by our conduct misled that Court, and that it was justified in believing that the Government of this country was no t oppose d to t h e establishment of this hierarchy ; and the other argument resolves itself into an attack upon the consistency of the different members of her Majesty's Government, and more particularly upon that of myself. Now, Sir, with regard to the first point, I will not recall to the recollection of the House what passed in 1843 and in 1845, but I will merely remand the House that anything that might have passed at Rome during Lord Minto's mis sion to that city could not have induced the Court of Rome to imagine that her Majesty's Ministers i tonotm t g y ui w e declared Catholic sthol iconsente in episcopal would con sent to the appointment of any hierarchy in this t h to i s an3,sees measure House, i that nth the ifso coup try ; f or a f ter Lord Minto had left Rome, I myself dis tinct; .nabmisiesnohtmoweanottunlod of r countrythe Gv o eesrt nusap prehension whatever could have existed on that point is cleer, for that declaration of mine was well known to all the Rom: en Catholics in this country immediately that it was mad" 01:1 4 was no doubt at once communicated to Rome, co that it impossible any misapprehension could have existed at the Cot trt of Rome on this subject. It is evident, there fore, that this measure was adopted by the Court of Rome in opposith in to the Government of this country; it was done i n o pp ee ie ion to the Crown o f t hi s country, and the effect was to erect sees and to give to the holders of those sees power to govern not i n Edinburgh or Ayrshire, but in Westminster and Middlesex, and when such was the case the people of Westminster and Middlesex natth 'ally thought that none ought to have power to ee e . overn thembut those who were auth or i sed to do so by the: law of the land. The Member for Thar:) says, that not only .ilase Pope erected th ese new .areltbiehdpncs and bishoprics, but that he has 6ugoi put an end to the Archbishopric o f at' er bitri an Q the Bishopric of Loudon. Now if th a t munaptiou b' e 'arrest, I am at a loss to understand how it can be contended that there is nothing in this to interfere with the rights and di g nity of the Crown. I come now to ano th er po i nt which has been urged by the Hon. Member for Athlone, namely, that this measure is totally inconsistent with my tamer decla rations.—(Hear, hear.) Now, Sir, I am not about to say that it is not so, or that my former declaration did not amount to this, that I thought it was puerile and childish to fear anything from the pretension of the Pope to create English bishops or archbishops—(Hear)—or that that opinion is consistent with those opinions which I now entertain and have just pronounced. (Hear, hear.) But, Sir, I think I am justified in saying this, that what ever may have been my confidence in respect to the Roman Catholic ecclesiastics —whatever may have been my confidence with respect to the conduct of the Pope—l have found since that time that that confidence was misplaced—(Cheers)—and I therefore thought it better clearly and plainly to avow that I was mistaken in the opinion which I entertained for merly on this subject—that I had trusted too much to the forbearance and respect for the sovereign power of this country evinced by the Roman Catholics, and there fore, seeing that my confidence was misplaced, I brought in this measure as more according with the altered views that I now entertain. Then the Hon. Member for Athlone says that when I made these statements, and renewed these opinions. I was bidding for office, and I wished to conciliate the public feelings of Ireland. Now, so far from that being the case, after I came into offi ce i n 1846, on mov i ng t h e Reli gious Opinions Bill, I stated then the views which I am not prepared to avow now. I stated then that I thought that the admission of any bulls might be allowed, that I did not think any bulls that would be introduced would make any difference in the rights of the Crown; but, Sir, I must say I think I am entitled to expect from a Gentleman who sits in this House as a Roman Catholic, and who takes the Rom ,n Catholic oath, a little credit for the motives with which I have been actuated with respect to the privileges of Roman Catholics.-- (Hear, hear.) For it does so happen that, for fourten years previous to the passing of the Emancipation Act, that I held a seat in this House, whenever I could give a vote for the purpose, I gave my vote for the admis sion of Roman Catholics to a seat in this House.— (Cheers.) And, Sir, moreover, at the time I did so I felt that I was acting at the expense of the confidence of friends— against the opinion of the Prince then on the —throne against the opinion I then believed of the great ma jority of the people of this country.—(Loud cheers.) I did so, feeling with the man of immortal honour—Henry Grattan—at the time when the name of Henry Grattan was one of great renown—at a time when Henry Grattan was renowned for his great eloquence and great public service. —(Cheers and laughter.) I pur sued that conduct until 1829, when Sir Robert Peel introduced the Bill for the admission of Roman Catholics into this House, and on the second read ing of that Bill Sir Robert Peel said with great candour and great manliness, which did him the highest honour, that the measure was due to the exertions of Mr. Fox—to the exertions of Mr. Grattan—to the exer tions of Mr. Plunkett —the exertions of those who then sat opposite to him, by whom he said the measure was originated, and through whom ho hoped to be in a position to carry it.—(Loud cheers.) I was one of those who sat in opposition to him, and voted constantly in favour of the Roman Catholics ; but at a sub sequent period, when Sir Robert Peel introduced an Act for the endowment of Maynooth College, Hon. Gentlemen will recollect that there was great popular feeling in this country, and that there were hardly any of us who then sat in opposition who did not receive many letters from cur con stituent, saying that our seats would be perilled, and we should never be elected again by our constituents if we voted in favour of the measure. Sir, with very few excep tions, we supported that Bill, and it gave us very great pleasure to be the means of carrying it. (Hear.) I will not at this time enter into other subjects, but I think the conduct of my public life has been such that it is not be coming for a Roman Catholic to rise in this House to say that what I did in 1844 and 1845 was merely done to conci liate popular opinion. Sir, I wish as much as possible that Roman Catholics should have the full enjoyment of re ligious, political, and civil liberty. I do not think I should ever be induced to introduce a measure by which they would be prevented having their own mode of worship according to their own belief, or by which they would be prevented in consequence of that belief from obtaining the privileges and honours of the State; but when this is done I will not be frightened by the word of persecution from asserting the due authority of the Crown and the independence of the Sovereign.—(Loud cheers.) I do not think we ought to submit to this, which I must again repeat is an insult to this country.—(Hear, hear.) I think, at all events, we should have a Parliamentary declaration which should free us from the stigma and shame of having sub mitted to have our country so parcelled out, as if it were a conquered and submissive country. —(Cheers. ) I believe we may do so without infringing in the least degree on the religious liberty of the Roman Catholics.—(Cheers.) I am sure that if it can be shown in any way that by this Bill religious liberty will be infringed, I shall be ready to discuss those objections, and to re move any words by which the worship of the Roman Catholics may be interfered with. It has been said by my Noble Friend that if the Holy See, as I am de sired to call it, had been pleased in proposing ex officio to make bishops over the Catholics in communion with the Church of Rome—if it had confined its spiritual authority to the Roman Catholics, as the Free Church of Scotland has confined its authority to its members—if sueh had been the case, I do not think we should have had reason to complain, but I do complain when, according to the letter of the document, and when, according to the known laws of Rome, all baptized persons are required to submit to the foreign dominion of Rome.—(Hear.) I do trust that we shall be allowed to introdnce this Bill, and ie the first stages of it I shall be ready to defend its provisions; and if I cannot pretend that my course is entirely consistent with the declarations I made in 1844 and 1845, I have this strong ground, that new and unexpected circumstances have arisen; and that in order to meet new aggression new means of defence are called for.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. MOORE appealed to the justice of the House. He had never entertained the slightest idea of asserting that the Pope had the power of abolishing Protestant dio ceses; he left such fancies as that to the Noble Lord. What he had said was that the Pope had the power of alter ing and regulating all Roman Catholic dioceses. Sir. FAGAN rose amid loud cries of Divide," to move the adjournment of the debate. Mr. LAWLESS seconded the motion amid continued up roar and cries of " Divide, divide ;" but it being now Six o'clock, the SPEAKER, declared the House to be adjourned. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER, TUESDAY. —Oar market has suffered a further depression. Both the home consumers of yarns and the shippers to India and to the Europeae continent still hold aloof from the market; and the con tinned absence of demand occasions a more marked weak ness in the rates than was observable last week. Pricesmay be considered as merely nominal, seeing that there are not offers sugicient from buyers to test them ; but they are certainly lower throughout than they were at the date of our lest report. In goods, also, there is a general tendency in the same direction. The decline in 40-inch shirtiogs from the late highest quotations is now practically 713. to 9d. per piece; for, tuough some pro ducers may not be prepared to yield so much, others are. We hear of some sales having bees effected through such a concession as bere named. The want of confidence in cotton is that which most presses, in a direct manner, on our market. This want of confidence is just now in creased more by the evidence there is of a like feeling in the States, than by the augmented receipts at the ports. But another cause of our dulness is the fact that orders are rapidly running out; and, as usual. business of any weight is in abeyance, until the rise which ensued upon, the last active demand has subsided sufficiently to induce renewed operations. ROCHDALE, MONDA7:—TherO has been a very flit market to-day in flannels, and the merchants have pur chawd very sparingly, at low prices. There has been considerable inactivity in the wool market; the dealers have been very eager to sell, and prices may be quoted rather easier. MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—We have no improve ment whatever to notice in the demand for manufactured goods; makers being more inclined to hold than do business at present offering rates. Some houses have commenced working short time in anticipation of the present general flatness continuing. The throwing mills are working full time, although the demand for thrown silks continues inactive. Prices, however, re main very firm; and we hear of no disposition to do business except at full rates. No alteration in raw silks, quotations remaining the same as for some time past. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—There has been a fair business transacted to-day in the Cloth Hall amongst the lighter goods of a low make, for the American market. Most of the warehouses have been flat during the week. There is not much doing in the wool market, the menu facturers only buying for immediate demand, although there is not any likelihood of a reduction in price, as the lots that will be put up at the approaching London sales are not very large. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.--The trade in our Piece Hall is pretty much as it has been for the last few weeks. Damasks are in good request ; and low lastings are not made in sufficient quantities to meet the demand. In the state of the yarn and wool markets there is no change, except that the unwillingness to operate seems to in crease; and prices are stationary. LEEDS, TUESDAY. --We have had a dull market at the Cloth Halls to-day, and there is little change to notice in the woollen trade since our last report. In the warehouses a little more has been done, but business is not brink. A. STRANGE BIRTH. A somewhat delicate, though abundantly ludicrous, case, was brought under the notice of the magistrate at the Anderston Police-court, a feways ago. A strapping young woman, who called herself Murray, and stated that she belonged to Ayr, was charged with having at tempted to steal from the premises of Mr. Witherspoon, spirit-dealer, Main-street, Anderston. The defendant, accompanied by a f ema l e name d C r ook s , an d who, by the way, chances to be known as a pilferer wherever she can find the opportunity, went into the premises of the aforesaid Witherspoon, and being shown into an apartment, called for some liquor. They were not long seated when Murray took suddenly unwell, and maintained all the symptoms of having been seised in labour. Her case appeared so be urgent, and the poor woman could not be removed. In an agony of apprehension, at the dread of an unlooked-for addition to his household, the landlord ran out of the house for medical assistance; but, as the fates would have it, though he called on no fewer than five doctors, they were all out of the way. In this extremity he summoned to his aid the services of an ancient female belonging to the almost extinct class of " howdies," and, as fast as circumstances would permit, hurried her to the shop, where the poor sufferer had by this time been accommodated with one of the private apartments o the family, and everything done for her comfort. The bustle and confusion consequent upon the above }waving reached the ears of one of the constables, he went into the shop, where, seeing the woman Crooks bustling about from place to place with extraor dinary alacrity, he took occasion to warn the landlord of her character. A few minutes after .049. Crooks scddonly disappeared, and, following, close npofi Ober-Absence, the sick woman gave intimation that she was likely soon to recover from her indisposi tion. The quickness of her recovery excited some un- pleasant surmises that the whole affair had been a " do," and with this impression the young woman was re quested to submit to an examination, which, however, she resolutely resisted. Female aid was, however, ob tained, and to the infinite astonishment and amuse ment of all, the expected " piccaninny " proved to be nothing more alarming than a bun dle of children's clothes, the bulk of which had at first deceived the experienced eyes of those by whom she was surrounded. Her, recovery was so rapid that she was able to walk to the Anderston Police. office in charge of a constable. The object of this curious and novel dodge was, no doubt, to afford an opportunity to her companion Crooks to appro priate anything she could lay her hands on during the bustle. In this, however, no progress appeared to have been made, as nothing whatever was missed. The young woman was detained in the office till Monday, to ascertain from Ayr what sort of a cha racter she bore in that quarter, as nothing was known against her iu Glasgow. The report being favourable, the magistra'e, Bailie Watson, in consideration of the time she bad been incarcerated, slismisked her with an admonition, and a caution never again to attempt any such tricks on the public.—North British Mail. PRICES OF SIiAI{ES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11. CB: MBlit3Lls. IXTELTEA.AITORIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price, _. Annum. Share. Z n. d a. d. East Londou •• • 81. per cent. 100 0 0 . A 156 grand Junction •••• •• 4/. per cm. 50 0 0 70 :Zent.........• •• •• .. 41. per tnt. 100 0 0 80 Lambeth .. .. .. .•• • • • 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 97 New Blur Lndn Bulge , 41. Os. 57% Vauxhall ... .... ••• • • 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 97 West Middlesex •. • 61. Os. pr cnt. 109% DOCltil. Dividend Amount Name sf Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. •---..,—.., —O-- -- /..--___ £ E. d. A s. d. Commercial ...... •... 41. pr cent. Stock. 84 &a:a and West Ind.a ... 61. pr cent. Stock. 142 east Country London ... . Ditto Bonds •• •• •••• 41. per cent. ataiatharine .... •• —3% per cent. Stook. 74% Ditto 80nd5........ 14141. pr cent. iouthampton .. ESZLIDGMES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. —.— _ - —. IX. 11. d. Z. I. d. :haring•cross• • ...... —.— --15 ioutlavvrk .. .••• • .. 1 100 0 0 —3% Ditto Kw of 7% p. c. 355. per cent.' 50 0 0 1E; 'Waterloo ............ /100 P 0 31 DIU) Old Ann. of 81. 11.45. Od. , 60 0 0 25 Ditto Nw ditto of 71 11. is. Od. — 140 0 0 lauxhall .... •• • Av. 11. 70 10 8 I 18 CANALS. I I 4 !Dividend Names of ~,. ,Dividend ~,„,,,. Names of Companies. Al 1 per I '''"' Ceixpanlee. .1 i A n T Price, , _ sx Annum./ in 1 --- £ o£ Ishtn& Oldh 97 71. 113 Macclesfield. 100 21. 10s. 50 Barnsley. •• • 1601 121. 180 Neath ••• • • • 100 ! 161. 340 '.,:rknk&A.brg 150 5/. 85 Oxford.... • • 100 ' 20g. 166 ,31rmingham 4OI 41. I 86 Peak Forest. 78 , 31. 18s. 70 iloventry... • 1100, 251. 2CO Regent's •• • • S3 ' It. 3s. 185 Derby ••• • • I 100, 61. 63 Rochdale.. •• 83 41. 42 Ellsmre&Chs '133; 355. 26% Somrset Coal 150171.105. - lrand.runctn I 100 '4l. pr. ct. 63 Do.LkFd St 12 ! 61. p. c, - Do., 6 pr. Ct. '7L - 81 Stlird &Wore la! 281. 405 - Grand Surrey 100 2/. Os. 33% Shrewsbury.. 125 - ;rand Union , 100 11. 10s. 24 Stoarbridge- 145 201. 290 Kennt & Avn 139 4 s . 0,1. 4 Severs and Lancaster . 100 41. 32 Wye Rail. ( 261 21 . Os. 24 Leeds& Linp ! 100 24/. 400 Virarwick& Leicester .. • • ! 100 5/. 66 Birming. 5 100 41. 46 Leicstr &Nth 183 41. 48% Warwick& 1 100 31. 30 Loughboroghll42 701. 510 Napton. 5 Ifonmouthsh I 100 81. - Warcstr 81 Ifntgomrysh f 100 - - iiirming• 78 31. 40% IleltnAiwbryi 100 - - Wilts I:. Brks, - 115. 646 ire OAS-LIGHT AND CONE COMPANIES. riy Dividend 1 Amount O. Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. ce - Annum. i Share. ---- - ' S. a. d. A. a . d . it 3rltish •.••••.. - •• - 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 13 r- Ditto Provincial.. • • 11. 83. 20 0 0 20 0 0 181 30 Brighton -• -..-• • .. 5/. 20 0 0 - - dCity of London .. - 6 l. 6l. 100 0 0 150 0 0 lon t i nentalConsolidat. 925. 75 0 0 31 5 0 - q :quitable..• .. •.. • ... 50s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - imperial ............ 31. 50 0 0 so 0 0 70M 9- independent ......... 6/. 40 0 0 ,o 1 40 0 0 46 condon- .. .. .. .. .. .. ._ 5O 0 0 50 0 0 Ditto.. •••••• • • • • • • - 50 0050 0 0 - 1u Do., Parl. P reference .61. 25 0 0 2 10 o re Phoenix . ............ 4%1. 50 0 0 49 A 0 28% e Bateliff ..... .., .. .. 61. 100 0 0 90 0 0 - l United Genera .. •. • • 11. 50 90ao0 0 i 15 g Westminster Chartered 31. 50 0 0 , 46 )1' Ditto, New 2 : 12s. 50 0 0 10 00 . - I • l &IST Op SCOTTIES/I COMPANIES' PRICES 0 - s, Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. r _____-_- - e ~. Bank of Scotland ' British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank 91. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11 34 Clydesdale Bank ••- •• 634 per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 13% l' Commercial Bank ~. • 71. per c en t. 600 0 0 100 0 0 1 7 2 Eastern Bank .....• • • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 N. 2s. I Edinb.kGlasgow Rank 61. percent. I 5 0 0 50 0 4% Exehangeßnk of Scot 4l. per cent. , 100 0 0 50 0 0 15 1 National Bank 634 per cent. '5O 0 0 10 0 0 15 North of Scotlandßank 51. percent. 20 0 0 210 0 21.125. • Royal Bank ofScetland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 130 t Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 89 , Western Bank - ••• •• • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70 Alliance Fire and Life 3%1.pr cent 10 0 0 10 0 0 20% 13ritish Guarantee • Caledonian Fire Insur lol.per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23 City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 31. 3.• Colonial Life .. ••• • • • - ISO 0 0 1 0 0 11.155. Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 • I 203 Eng. & Scot. Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 234 Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 ' 21. 2s National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1248.6 d North British Incur 6l. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 , 26 Scottish Unionlnsruce 6%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 231 3d Randard Life •• •• .. • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 . 10 United Dep•Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 17s 6d MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---...-.-... - - .E. a. d. S. a. a. i Assam Tea ••..•. .. .. - 20 0 0 20 0 0 5 luctien Mart- ...... 21. ss. 50 0 0 - 28 d tiu.straian Agriculturl 1/. 100 0 0 30 0 0 15 E Australian Trust •• .. 61. per cent. - 35 0 0 21 1 A.nglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 109. 10 0 0 10 0 0 2014 , Ditto, Half Shares.. 5% British American Land - -- 38 10 0 - 2 Canada ............. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 46 1 ,E Uppr Canada Bonds 51. percent. - - - Ditto ditto .... C. per cent. - - 108 City Navigation Bonds 3; per cent. - 96 h Gen. Revers. & Invest. 5 p.c.& hs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 913{ 1 Equitable Reversienry 5 p.c.& bs. 5/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 109 ‘ Ditto New ........ - 50 0 0 - 5034 fc Gen.SteamNavigation 11. Bs, 15 0 0 id 0 0 28 Hudson's 8ay.... .. .. _ Stock. - 204 Hungerford .......... 21. ss. - 100 0 0 47 cc London Institution ... _ - 78 15 0 7 , New Zealand Company - 25 0 0 22 0 0 - F .. ; Ditto. New ........ _ 25 0 0 26 12 10 0 - Russell Institution.... - a P Peninslr& Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70 Lc Reversionary Int. Soc. 43(1. pr cent. 100 0 0 , 100 0 0 9934 co Royal Mail Steam.. •• 41. p. share. 100 0 0160 0 0 70 mi South Australian ... •• 11. per share. 25 0 0i 25 0 0 24 Van DieMiln'S Land.. - 100 00129 0 0 - r.a POOR RELlEF.—According to a return to Par ment, obtained at the instance of Mr. Baines, the President of the Poor -law Board (yesterday issued), the amount of the decrease in the expenditure for in-maintenance and out-door relief in the halt-year ending Michaelmas last, compa re d with that of 18 49 , was 197,1461. The amount expended to Michaelmas, 1849, was 1,846,8581., and last Michaelmas 1 ,649,7121. On the Ist of January, 1850, there were 931,328 paupers, in the receipt of relief, and on the Ist of January last 862,328, showing a decrease of 68,579. Of adults cud able-bodied paupers in the same period the decrease was 26,634. There w ere more than 54,000 widows on the Ist of January, 1850, receiving out-door relief, and last January they were reduced tv about 50,000. a Dividend Amount , d same of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - Lt X s. d. £ S. ti , lastralasia ••••• • - •• 41. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 324 d BritshNorth American Si. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - - Ceylon .............. - 25 0 0 25 0 0 - ) Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - 8 Colonial.. 21. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Gloucestershire •••• • • 151 per cent. - - - - lonian ----• • •• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 e London and County .. 81. per rant. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - - Audit and Wescminstr 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 274 ) London Joint-Stock ..• ' tic. per cent. Au 0 0 10 0 0 18 1 Provincial of Ireland.. 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 424 Ditto, New.- •• • 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 15 National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - sat. Provncial of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New. ••••• • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - • South Australia -- •• 6/ per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - i Union et Australia.... 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - ' , Ditto •• ---•• .• •• 6/. per cent. - 210 0 - .7niou of London... • • 61. per cent. 5() 0 0 10 0 0 - Union of Madrid ..... - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. ---- -- - A s. d. A s. d. Llbion ----• • • • •• 3/. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 86 cillianca Brit. and For. 7114 s 100 0 0 11 0 0 - Ditto Marine,- •• 61. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 6% Itlirt . Argus Life .... •• •• 41. per cent. 100 I 0 16 0 0 - eiritisli Commercial - 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 50 0 7% , jlericl,Med.&Gen.Life bpr ct& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 20 Jaunty .... •• •• ...... 44 100 0 0 10 0 0 86 Jrawn --••• • - - - 14 s. AO 0 0 5 0 0 15 Eagle • ss. 50 0 0 50 0 6% uropetut Life ••- •. 10s. 20 0 0 All paid. 11 General ............ - 5 O 5O 0 1534 Globe - 135% Gaardian ............ 51. 100 0 0 45 0 0 56 Imperial Fire •• -- •• 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 135 Imperial Litt ........ 12s. 100 0010 0 0 184 Indemnity Marine- •• 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 1 20 0 0 474 Law Fire .....• •••••• - 100 0 0 210 0 2% Law Life- --•••• .. 11. 16s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 46 rAgal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 44 Licensed Victuallers .. - 5 0 0 1 0 0 - London Fire ........ 10s. 25 0012 10 0 17% London Ship • ..• • .... 10s. 25 0012 10 0 17% tarine.. •..•••• • • .. 15s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 - lifed.lnvlid &Gen. Life 441. per ct. 50 0 0 20 0 2% Nrational Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 27 ' !rational Life......,.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Palladium Life ........ 51 . per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 2% ( 4 Phcenix •• 31. p.sh. & be. - 155 Professional Life.. •• .• 51. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 208.0 d ' Provident Life.....• •• 14 ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 30 I bock Life ...... -., .. ss. 50 0 010 0 6% t 'loyal Exchange 6l. p.ct. & bs. Stock. - 215 iun Fire.. - 61. 10s. - - 209 t DlMLife ........•• 11. 6s. - - 4 B 4B 8 United Kingdom .... 41. p. ct. &bs.l 20 0 0 40 0 3% Juiversal Life........ 10% ct. &b s. 100 0 0110 0 0 Victoria Life..... 5l. per cnt. - 1412 6 5 ,lAMENT 13, 1851. .REN . CII RAILWAY TRAFFIC. The following are the last returns of the gross re csipts of the principal French Railways : NoRTHERN.—From Jan. 29 to Feb 4: Passengers, 156,8811.; goods, 227 : 858E; total, 384.7391. ROUEN.—From Jan. 26 to Feb. 1 : Passengers, 50,8071.; goods, 76,3861.; total, 127,1935. HAVRE.—From Jan. 26 to Feb. 1 : Passengers, 16,417 f.; goods, 34,830 f. ; total 51,047 E ORLEANS.—From Jan. 27 to Feb. 2 : Passengers, 56,2011. ; goods, 116,8671.; total, 173,0681. BORDEAUX.—From Jan. 27 to Feb. 2 : Passengers. ~ 26,329'.; goods, 44,3121. ; t ota l, 7 0,641 1 . I N VIERZON —From Jan. 27 to Feb. 2 : Passengers, 'q 25,368 f.; goods, 45,910 E; total, 71.278 f. BOULOGNE.—Froat Jan. 27 to Feb. 2: Passengers 11,243 f.; goods, 13,2591.; total, 24 502 t. DIEPPE.—From Jan. 26 to F,,b. 1: Passengers 2 8081.; goods, 6,6445.; total, 9,4525. NANTES,—FroaI Jan. 25 to Jan. 31 : Passengers, 13,338'.; goods, 13,8481.; total, 27,186 E bTaASBURG —From Jan. 29 to Feb. 4 : Passengers. 58,1135.; goods, 64,2845.; total, 122,397 f. BALE.—From Jan. 20 to Jan. 26 : Passengers. 16,5215. ; goods, 17,287 f.; total, 33,8081. MONTEREAU.—From Jan. 22 to Jan. 28: Passengers. 7,595 f.; goods, 14,7365.; tc,ta1,22,331t. CHARTRES.—From Jan. 20 to Jan. 26: Passengers, 22,4685.; goods, 12,615 E; total, 35,0831. LYONS. —From Jan. 19 to Jan. 25 : Passengers, 90,022 f.; goods, 32,1701.; total, 122,1921. BANK 014' FRAINCE. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France on Feb. 6:— ASSETS. Cash in hand ... Ix Ditto in branch banks Bills past due ••• __ Bills discounted, but not yet due, of which 17,552,794 f. were re ceived from the BraLch Banks ... ~, i ce . Bills in the branch banks ~. ~, Advances on coins and ingots... „, Ditto by the branch banks ... ... Ditto on French public securities Ditto by branch banks... „, ... Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... Ditto on the loan of 75 millions ••• Rentes of the reserve fund "'. , 1,4 Rentes, disposable funds ... ... Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... ... Hotel and furniture of the Bank ::: Ye Real property of th e b ranc h banks ... Interest in National Discount Bank ... Ditto branch banks ••• ••• ••• Expenses of administration of the Bank Ditto at the branches ... Miscellaneous ... ..- ... "' f. 359,841 001 10 131,514,228 0 712,868 65 59,481,917 99 87,148,525 0 2.211000 0 1,740,760 0 8,569,b96 10 2,528,722 0 50,000,000 0 50,000,000 0 10,000,000 0 42,675,496 28 12,952,725 74 4,000,000 0 3,480,873 0 200,000 0 230,000 0 106.638 5 141,031 0 1,828,959 64 f. 829,394,792 55 LIABILITIES. Capital ... . ~. •. ... f. 67,900,000 0 Ditto of the Branch Banks ... ... 23,350,000 0 Reserve fund ... ... ... ... 10,000,000 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... ... 2,980,7.30 14 Reserve•immobiliere ... ... ... 4,000,000 0 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 421,347,100 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... .., 91,871,875 0 Ditto to order (post-bills) ... ... 5,608 493 20 Account-current with Treasury creditor 89,455,048 73 Various accounts current ... ... 80,743,411 15 Ditto in branches ... ••• ... 21,779,619 0 Bills payable at sight ... ••• ... 4,765,500 0 Ditto at branches ... ... ... 2 2 44,796 0 Dividends payable ... • • ••• 742,991 25 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 8,245 0 Expenses anticipated ... ... ... 141,052 98 Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 414,609 63 Ditto of branch banks .•• •'• ••• .579 813 0 Re-discounts of the last six months ... 169,730 ' 65 Ditto in branch banks ~. ... ... 287673 0 ...... ... 137,530 52 Interest on protested bills . 866,423 30 Miscellaneous •••... .. f. 829.394,792 55 Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France, it appears by the pre ce di n D'ARGOUT. g account that the cash in band has Increased by 10,000,0001 The commercial bills discounted have decreased by 8,250,000 f. The Bank notes in circulation have decreased by 1,500,000 f. The balance to the credit of the Treasury Las in creased by 250,000 E Sundry credits have decreased by 200,000,000 f. The Reformers of Colchester have had a meeting and have resolved to give a public dinner to Mr. Ilardcastle, ' their Liberal Member, and to Mr. Wingrova Cooke, who fought Lord John Manners at the last election. The works at Windsor Castle have been recently considerably expedited in order that they may be fully com pleted before the opening of the Great Exhibition in Hyde park. The state apartments, to which the public have been again admitted, are now rendered in every respect perfect, both with reference to ornamental embellishment and the comfort of the Royal inmates. The warming apparatus by means of pipes is so constructed that the temperature can be raised in a few minutes to 60 degrees. The greatest precau tions have been taken to prevent danger from fire, there being a large reservoir at Cranbourne charged with a million gal lons of water, and another containing one-third that quantity which can be readily replenished by means of a powerful steam-en eine erected on the banks of the Thames in Datchet lane. Notwithstanding the extensive nature of the works, the expense will not, it is said, exceed 10,0001. NEWSPAPERS IN CALIFORNIA.—In the newspaper line we are not wanting in numbers. Three in Sacramento, and one Whig organ additional expected. In Stockton two; in Sonora one; in Marysville one; in San Francisco cis day lies, one semi-monthly, and another daily advertised to Fp pear on the sth inst. In Monterey one; in San Jo:6 cne Whi g p a per, and two more threatened in San Diego, 20 in 411.---41ta California. THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. (Frcm the Derbyshire Courier.) Performance is bettor than promise. Let us hope frt. the best. The Speech which her Maks!) 'a Ministers have prepared for the occasion of the opening of Parlia ment, certrenly promises little enough—let u$ not, how ever, despair of something being dote. The Speech refers to several subj-ets of undoubted congratulation to the nation. Tho pacification of the un happy contest between Denmark and the Duchies, the im provement in the relations existing between the several states of Germany, the hopes entertained that Brazil will at last cordially co-operate with us in taking measures for the "suppression of the odious traffic in Mayes;"—these ant•ouncements, in which the interests of peace and of justice are involved, will, doubtless, be received by the English people with siecere gratification- The sutject of Papal Aggression has evideui ly oh:alt.-en and will obtain, that attentive conaideration from Minis ters which the strut g feeling manifested by ell orders and degrees of her Ataje sty's eubjt cis imperatively de [needs. On the religieus bearitig of the question the people have spoken out in a manner which cannot be misunderstood, and it remains for the great council o the nation t o a dd ress i tse lf to the legal cad secular part y of the subject, and to devise rne ans by which the unwar rantable usurpation of Rome may be checked. To those who have time and inclination, ler an examination of the legal and constitutional part ee the argument, we br g leave to recommend the !mate comps then:eve and interesting treatise of Dr. Twiss on " The Letter Apos tolic of Pope Pius 9th," in which learning and research are brought to bear powerfully on this important question. Wet consider, &leo, that the pro mised improverneets in the administration of the de partments of law and equity, and the intention of Go vernment to propose measures tending to give security er titles, and to direireah the expense of the transfer of property, will be generally appreved. It has bean stated that an Ericuinbered Eaustes for Scotland will b introduced this re asien, which, at no distant period, *kill probably he followed by a similar enactimeot tor England. Should no eff ctise measures he introduced to alleviate the pressure on the landed interest, an English Encumbered Estates Bill, with a reformed Gant of Chancery, and the removal of all uneeeeesary delay and expense in the transfer of land and property, will be absolutely required by necessity, as well as by justice. And here we cannot but join in what, we feel certain, will be the universal feeling of bitter disappOintruent in the agricultural body, at the emisaion from her Ma jesty's Speech of the hope ef any measures being adopted to afford relief to that eufferieg and depressed class of the communityne The," difficulties " of the owners and occupiers cf land are lamented, but they are directed to look only to the action of the prosperous condition and manufactures on their own state for a diminution of those diffieulties. Now we cali the serious attention of the agriculturists to this admission of Mi nisters that they cannot tell what to do for the relief of the landed interest. Let the landowners and tarmers of England look their diffi ulnas in the Lee. At recent agricultural meetings it has been demonstrated to them by their own friauds that neither a reduction of taxation, were it practicable, to the largest extent proposed by the most determined financial reformer, nor any lessening of the burden of rents, titres, and rates, will meet the exigencies of their state. Ministers tell them plainly that they can do nothing for them. They have no measure to propose. Protection! ex claims a still powerful and numerous party. Protection cannot be brought forward by Ministers. They must cease to be Ministers, before they can retrace their steps —before they can in any degree sanction protective duties. They have not the power to go back, it they bad the will. Will the commercial and manufacturing interests, will the labouring classes who have luxuriated during the past year in " general employment" and cheap food—will these parties ever again consent to a corn-law? Could a Government formed upon the prin ciple of protection stand a day? We, therefore, call upon the agricultural body, first, to exert themselves to the utmost to press, by all legitimate and consti tutional means, their condition on Government. Let them unite and aca firmly and manfully. Let them seek the remedy which has, again and again, in seasons of depression proved itself efficacious. A "fettered currency" has invariably been their enemy ; with free trade they will feel its ill effects to the uttermost. If they are subjected to the competion of the world, they have surely a right to demand for themselves, and for all the industrious and producing classes, free trade in money—a cheap and adequate cir culating medium—as well as free trade in the com modities which they exchange for money. Ihis subject is forcing itself on the notice of all parties. It must obtain a hearing. We, however, leave it for the present; only inviting the attention of our readers to an article which we have extracted from our talented contemporary—the Journal of Industry. The article, which bears the signature of a gentleman (Mr. Twells) whose exertions in the cause of Currency Reform we have so often had occasion to bring before our readers, deserves the attentive perusal of the agri cultural body. F- TI-IF COUNTRY MARKET S NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, FEB. 11.--At to-day - market we h a d an i ncrease i n the num b er o f fat cattle, a s CO pared with l ast wee k , of 250 hea d . Q ua lity good ; tr ade sluggish at drooping rates; a large quantity remainsunscidd Numbet of sheep about the same as last Tuesday ; . m tr s s'eadv at form er p r i ces, and all c l eare d o ff. Beasts' --a sheep, 3,400. Beef, 45 to 53 6d per stone ; mutton,* to 61 per lb. NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, FEB. 11.—Market with only moderate supplies of wheat, both from the country and frogs the coast. The trade ruled exceedingly dull, and to transact business, lower prices mus t h ave been taken. Barley of On° quality was no cheaper, but inferior denript ions were a u P thing the turn i n f avour o f the buyer. Oats also rat her lower. In flour the sale s w ere very slow, without alteration in Pric e ' In other articles no change. 033 11, LIVERPO,L, FEB. 11.-- The m ar k e t to-day was very 4 s , o f and trace ge n er a lly wore a h eavy aspect . Wheat and do s • prime quality sold in moderate quantities at last weeks retell; but all inferior sorts w ere t h e turn lower. Oats, oatmea l' beans, and p eas , were eac h s l ow of sale, at b are ly the prier. Priddy. 13,,, l ey an d ma l t unchanged i n va l ue . Indian c orn in small supply, and the full rates of last week paid. LEEDS, FEB. 11.—Our arrivals of grain to-day were trade, howev er , wag extremely dull, and, on the limit: d ness transacted, r at h er lower prices were submitted to. 8...ar le as before, and we not i ce d very l i ttle alterat i on i n oats, bea us ' other articles. 'a EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET. FEB. 11.—Ther e the meal market to-day 14 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 7 1 JO imperial, w hi c h so ld thus :-4 at 11 7 9 Ed, ri".2ibs. at L 75 Od; average price of the whole 11 79 Id 3 sacks flour, which sold at 28s. 14 sacks pot-baFleY,' "pd, sc,lti thus :-1 a t 26 s Gel, 2at 25s 6d, lat 2 Od, 2at and 8 at 21s I'd. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, FEB. Oat straw, f, om 7s Od to 9s Od per kemple of 16 wheat ditto, 6d to 7s 6d ; barley ditto, 511 6d 10 es Hay, frcm 10d to Is per e LKEITH MEAL MARKET, FEB . 11 . __There W et . th i, bags_ oa. meal, 11 of barle)meal, and 2 of pot-barley , a ' bag day's market; sales ready. Oatmeal up on the top Od per lit second price* 3d per bag dearer; barle ' the sam e )tnea week. Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal Flour ... stones trety. First Second 2.s Oa 25s 3d 17, 0i 16, Od --8 Od --s Ud —s Od Od „ 21, Od Od Third 24; 6 vu, 56 4 • ... 545 ••• Males Females 848 756 Pot barley COAL MAI - Mk:T. --YitsTaRDAY. 10 84 Bate's West Hartley 13s 0,1! Belmont ......... .. ....... j 4 9d Huddle's W. Hartley 13s 6d' Braddyll .......... .... ; 5 , scl 1 Chester Main Pelton MAin 1 12 2 : ?(di Haswell .......................... .. ....... i 5:9 oa6 d Hol well North Percy Hartley l3s o,li Russell's Hatton .... . 119 ai New Tan field Ord's Maio ...... South Peareth antield Moor .... I T 6odd, NeaghDeri ise n il .. a.. 11.......................: 1 1. 1 4 4 :: 0 61 1 ranfield Moor Butes l2s t;d:Kelloe ......... ....... .. 145 O. Wylam i 2 ,3 3d Wall's End, &c. Whitworth ............ ; 4s 3il Bewicke and Co. Brown . 12s OBrown's Leanery ..... 1 3 5 0_, ,, Gibson Hedley Lawson Wharnclifie 6 3 d d IT B e a e c t kh . o . u .. s . e . . ..................... ..... j:: g i l 12s 9d 'Cowpan Hartley .. .;• 1 4 , od I Walker .. ......... 13s OdDerwentwaterHarti e Y Ss od B e l l Ships a' mark t_ 177. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING rvEOl" THE "- (From the Registrar-General's nettlrOe ted A gradual increase in the mortality is reprea 1 1. i s si the following numbers of deaths returned in tu L e elto three weeks-956, 1,041, and 1,109. In the VT .. ; l a st of 1841-50, corres[onding to that whicwhheiriirteeeoni; Saturday, the average number was 1,063, rented for comparison with the mortality of the, P oe st time, by assuming the annual increase of Pr"' 00PS 1.55 per cent., becomes 1,160. This estimated al 1 09 differs in no very considerable degree from t he , ta '6B, deaths registered last week. The increase, cr i „ r diag in the pre.ient return over the preceding weex 00 Feb. 1) arose a l most ent i rely amongst they aff,:fiag numb.a• of re rsons wh o di e d above fifteen year s the been about 590, an d rema i n i ng i n both weeks nel!Viiati same. It is f ur th er t o b e observed, however, tus withstanding an excess in the general result, the In lity from epidemics is perceptibly diminished el li f t hat the middle aged and the old, whilst complain" ° , ; ,iog. class, to which the young are subject, if not dee" s ief do not appear to be gaining ground. The eV e t to last week over the previous is due, in great Il e r w 'iee the aggravated fatality of pneumonia, and i i ' ate of bronchitis, amongst young persons. The sgg" C aar deaths caused by diseases of the respiratory orgair' io as prising a ll ages , was l ast week 253, which exb'bi„dipg increase on the av erage. Th e tu b ercular c l ass , lac I t ote, cousumptioe, numbered 172, w hi c h i s less t"..„ieg average, the dest ruct i ve ma l ady now mentioned pt 0$ r 113 out of th e s e , b e i ng l eas than its usual con do this time. 0 Oa' In the epidemic class, small-pox destroyed 2-c a t ten, and 5 per sons above 15 years; and in 0a1Y, 3 vtir 26 cases there i s p ro b a bl e ground for inferring tu ti c ieat cinatioil had been perf orme d with effect and insn f l l e t time previous to the eruption of the disease. s ian examples of i his rat h er prevalent complaint, in Co m :, so with remarks of th e R- g i strars, are selected We' records of the week:— lin g re Ott the 31 s t f January and s t h o f F e b ruar y, ley-court, sub district of Charing-cross, the daug ut : o o l a carman, ag d 1 117 , d 3 year s . d ie d o f " var i o la % i o n (7 days)." According to M r . Leonard's si'lit,ears' these fatal c ases o f sma ll- pox are the result el, "lies lessness and u p 4t h y on the pirt of parents, *°°Tba within forty yards of a free vaccination station; but first ease in rho, court occurred in a house oppost o ed sufficient time for vaccination of these children e Z a i tedo before they were seiz-d. Several have been vafT ale and up to this tlrse have escaped smallpox; " u " pa; cuts,-'hose, children have received protectio°,o? na.ch sdfi..tiness refuse the vaccine lymph to °al t er Ag ar On the 6th February, at Cambrnige•cres een b' r over's Town (Citwien town sub-district), the son ()'" man servant, aged three years, died of " e di '" °- ( 111 eV Mr. pox (10 days), not vaccinated." The boute 3 ' s a - r e de' Hull, are crowdo4i, cupid by two familles, though they consist of 0 ° bo o damp. and wretched; ma n y two rooms each. Vaccination was not - ttlyairted in the wiped. in consequence of prejudice against case, it enter by 5 . oil ath.building 4th of February, the son of a printer, aged pox Ci ( ty fiv •r e oa d d a , lo a . t „ 15 2 , ,,r 13 . three ow es Hamlin meth the died of " small that " three other children in the family are wt og; same disease. Th e i n f ormant believes that 3 this en gravated by smell ar i s i ng from nuisances in let adjoining houses, which belong to one landlord, " for cl ea n years. lodgings, an d h ave not been prop e rly C.e fag yearii. The drai nage i s very detective. ' h Feb' In Huggerst ene W est, at Mary street, 0 -- „ , 4t died ruary, the s on o f a carpenter, aged six moan' s ' Din Vuriola (2 weeks), vaccinated 3 weeks DP,: boos ° Bowring st a te s th at " t h e d i sease has been 11:1ffieetif tor the last six weeks, and it was with much verell° the medical a t ten d ant cou l d preva il on tow to allow the deceased to be vaccinated!' 0 05. IVIORTALITY i n th e METROP 011 %UMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES R EG 1 8 150..a7 THE WEEK ENDING SATURDA Y, FEB. N "..; Epidemic, Endemic, and Cont ag i ous Di sease s "‘) : Diseases of Uncertain S eat ... 1 7 : Tubercular Diseases ... 1 11 iseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... 50 Diseases of the Hea r t and BlOod-vessels ••• Lt . Diseases of th e L ungs, and other Organ' 2a" f 4 Respiration ,•• . • ••• "* . nratall Diseases of th e S tomac h , Liver, and other •-"' of Digestion... ,„' Diseases of the Kid ne y s , & c. ..• ••• •• Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus. &c. ••• 1 ! Diseases of the J o i nts, Bongs, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &e. M al form ations... io ••• "• ••• ••• Premature Birtb Atrophy ••• ••• •• ••• ••• ••• Old Age •••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Sudden ... ... ••• ••• ••• —, Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance Causes not specified ... ••• ••• ... ". R 5 *" 56 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ••• Population Deaths in cotter Enumerated. spondinz week 1841. . West Districts... 301,189 .. of 1850 1 37 • North Districts.. 376,568 .. 175 Central Districts 374,199 175 .• East Districts ... 393,067 ... 188 •• South Districts .. 503,346 ... 282 .• Totals... ..... 1,948,369 Males ... ... Females ... ... BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. i 604 Total... ' *ln this nu m b er are i nc l u d e d 1 5 b y S e aW by Typhus Fever, and 16 by Diarrhea. ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway of Liver Complaints, Indigestion, and Disorders of nd 0 mach.—Mr. Richard Haynes, of her Majesty's D°c' l ri„„ of i s Plymouth, for several years had ' not had the enjor'i l an* day's good health, constantly suffering from indigestion liver complaints. He had the best medical advice !f ° o tiler! army and navy surgeons, but the disease yielded not treatment, and various other remedies were tried w t t iii , fi o t s Pills for th. 61140.. result. At last he began to We Holloway's Pills. spa ` Lo d WI medicine has so strengthened the tone of his stoma 0° stomach , vigorated his constitu tion, that he is now perfectly c l _, at pro enjoys the best of health ' .—Sold by all Druggists In° lessor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, Lorid°l BIRTIM OF A SN. On the Bth i ns t., a t J ames 's-t O errace, enniMerciavos Peckham, Mr s . W. A. Winklev., A 'DA UGHTER. On the Bth inst tb villas, DilY" awitar, OF at Wes ourne par k- Mrs. J. W. Bla c k e tt. , ALIARIED. EE4s°l On the Bth inst., at St. Pancras, Alfred Eyre, ker i n eh Seymour-house, Leo road, Blackheath, to Emily Cat° only daughter of the liev. J. A. • DIED pear Are . ' On the 20th nit., at the Chateau de Belle Vue, Abet:. seilles, aged 80, the Right Hon. Lady Lucy Foley , ' °I. m arl a is- park, Ca rrn arthensh ire wid..w of the late Adralaike ? Thomas Foley, G.C.8., and daughter of - James , O rt of Leinster. T. On the s th inst., at Writtle Vicarage, aged 8 1 , th R 7.0.1; - Penrose, D C. L., of Shaw-house, !Jerks, and vicar of. cuni-itoxwell, EMT:. °1 London: Printed and Published b BIURDO VIC , s N t o r . an i d l , 2 l n S t t .h ra e ndi rec P in ri e n t te o r i t a h t e 71 s3 e ve S; h1 Otli th c e s , 00 1.1 ;4:01 1 Middlaseic,:rhuraday, February 13, 1851. (:, etr, A ~._..! .e,