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arguments which he laid before us, and that I was ready to abide bythelesne" Upon the Ease which he then submitted. _(Hear) But it is my duty, seeing: the present state of • the House, to enter into the consideration of this important motion—a motion which I must say, introduced, as it was, by a speech of great ability and great moderation—(Hear)—is in itself, I conceive, as fraught with injustice and dangerous consequences, if approved by the House, as any motion that in the whole course of my public life I ever recollect.— ' (Hear.) The Hon. Gentleinan laid down a great many pro positions with regard to. the state of the landed interest— propositions which seemed to many Members of the House, believe, to be a series of propositions intended for their • serious consideration ; but which, I conceive, were merely in . tended to disguise the real object of the motion.—(Hear.) The Hon. Gentleman told us, in the first place, that it was a very great hardship that the landed interest was not allowed to grow tobacco. The easy and simple answer to that is, that if you took a just course— if you either remitted the whole of the duty, or if you 'kept up the duty and enforced an • Excise duty of an equal amount upon the grower of tobacco, and obtained payment of the duty (and these are the only two ways in which equality could be established), no to bacco would be grown in the United Kingdom.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman next instanced the case of beet root sugar as a similar argument, with respect to which I would make a similar grievance. The Hon. Gentleman then talked of the hardship of the tax on malt ; but, without en tering into that argument, I would only say that the emi nent leader of the party to which the Hon. Gentleman be longs (Lord Stanley) has declared that so large a portion cf revenue ought not to be remitted, and that, if he were a Member of this House he would give his vote against such a proposition.— (Hear. ) Another question which the Hon. Member brought before us was the question of tithes. Upon that subject I shall only say—following the Right Hon. Gen tleman the Member for Ripon, that if there is any disad vantage in that bargain, it is a disadvantage which lies upon the titheowner, and not upon the landlord.—(Hear, hear.) It is of no importance to consider at present what was the original tithe ; but in the present state of the law it is a rentcharge payable to the titheowner; and, according to the Hon. Gentleman's own showing, if the present prices were to continue, the titheowner would receive in a few years 751. for the 1001. which he received at the time of the commutation.—(Hear, hear.) I must really protest, there fore, that if any such policy as the Hon. Gentleman suggested were to be adopted—if there should be a re-settlement of the question with the view of diminishing the amount payable to the titheowner—a more flagrant act of injustice I cannot con ceive,—(Hear, hear.) I cannot believe, however, that the Hon. Gentleman really contemplates any such re-settlement. Another measure, which he threw out at equal length and with equal ingenuity for our consideration, was the change of the present local rates for the poor into a national rate. That is a matter which has been frequently discussed in this House; but I believe most men who have considered the - subject have come to the conclusion that a scheme more de structive of economy, more discouraging to industry on the part of the poor, or more dangerous to the finances of the country, could not be devised, than the commutation of the • local rates for the poor into a national rate.—( Hear, hear.) With respect to that subject, also, I cannot believe that the Hon. Gentleman is in earnest in recommending it. His own scheme of last year, for transferring 2,000,0001. from the local rates to the consolidated fund, did not meet with much • favour, and the arguments against that proposition had been so fully entered into that I shall not trouble the House with any remarks upon it. But the Hon. Gentleman, in the • whole course of his speech, rather reminds me of a direction which a friend of mine told me he once received when he asked which way he should go. He was told there was a way to the right, but it soon led to a swamp, and he had better not go that way; that if he went a little further there • was another way to the right, but it was a very intricate path, and he would probably lose his way, and he had better • not go that way either. If, however, he would just go straight on, he would arrive at the pla ce h e wante d .— . (Laughter) Now, it seems to me that the Hon. Gentle • man pointed out to us the goal which he did not mean us to aim at for the purpose of introducing the object which he really has in view ; for I consider that the object of the mo tion is that protection which was concealed during the greater part of his speech.—(Hear, hear.) That seems to be the only thing upon which a practical measure could be based; and it is worth while for the House to consider what is the course which the Hon. Member proposed that they should adopt upon this subject. The Hon. Gentleman said that the proposition for a return to protection was not one which he . could expect to be adopted by the present Parliament; that it could only be carried by the opinion of the people in general, and even then that a small majority would not be satisfactory, but that it ought to be a large majority, showing unequivocally the opinion of the country. The Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for Ripon has explained th a t allu sion by referring to the statement which was made by the Duke of Richmond last year, to the effect that the object of the Protectionists was, after gaining possession of the Go vernment, to dissolve Parliament, and to get the new Par liament to adopt protection. Let us consider this in con nexion with that which the Hon. Gentleman has said. He told us that unless the country pronounced unequivocally in , favour of protection the Government ought not to propose its restoration. This might be all very well, supposing the Government were a thing of itself, quite independent of popular representation and popular election; but, supposing the new Ministers to whom the Honourable Gentleman alluded were to go before their constituents, why the first question that would be asked by the counties would be, a Are you for protection or are you not?" And they would not be satisfied with the indirect kind of answer which the Hon. Gentleman has signified he would give, viz., that pro . tection would be a good thing if the country in general were in favour of it; but that if there was not a majority, and a large majority too, is favour of it, the House of Commons . ought not to vote for it. No considerable body of electors anxious for protection would be satisfied with such an answer. —(Hear, bear.) They would oblige the candidate to say whether he was for protection according to the opinion of his constituents, and whether the new Members or Ministers would return to the House of Commons determined to act in one way or another with respect to the question. And, again, supposing they arrive here upon the sort of pledge referred to, who is to say whether there would be a suffi cient majority to content the Honourable Gentleman ? . (Hear, hear.) What is the meaning, then, of the proposal, but that, without declaring directly and boldly in favour of protection, they would throw the whole question again upon the country, and say it is doubtful whether protec tion will be restored or not—that it would be a good thing if it could be restored with the consent of the coun try, but that it must be matter of doubt and uncertainty for a year or two whether it will be so restored or not. Now, I ask the House to say whether, if this course were adopted, there could be conceived a proposal more mis chievous to the country, or one more likely to lead to a revival of all those angry feelings which the Honourable Gentleman declared it was his wish to terminate by his mo tian or not? a (Hear, hear.) In the first place, if this course were seriously contemplated, the immediate consequence would be that the merchants and manufacturers would doubt and hesitate with respect to their orders; and their corre spondents would say, " We cannot say whether to send you corn or not in return for your manufactures, because we don't know what articles you want, or what import duties may be imposed ; we do not know the nature of the measures which the Government or Parliament of England are about to adopt with respect to your commercial policy." The consequence would be that orders would cease, that the general employ ment, which the Hon. Gentleman himself admits is now given to the working classes, would be diminished ; that the workshops would be idle; that the factories would be closed; and that the whole country would be waiting far a measure the passing of which, after all, de .pended upon the doubful fact of there being a vast majo rity of this House in its favour.—( Hear, hear.) But there is . a good deal more in this question, because, as has been truly said, the great mess of the working classes in this country, whether employed in manufactures or in agriculture, now feel themselves interested in this question.—(Hear, hear.) When the question was under debate ten years ago, it was com .monly said, by those who were strongly in favour of protec tion, that the working classes could gain no benefit by the relaxation of the corn-laws, because, whatever might be the .cheapness of food, their wages would be reduced in propor tion. I believe that that argument was very successful with the working classes for a considerable time, and that, whatever might be the opinion of the merchants and ma nufacturers, and others of the middle classes upon the sub ject, the working classes were disposed to believe that , they would not be gainers by the change. But wh a t i s the case now?—(g ear, hear,) Do they not know that the reduction in the price of food, and of bread more especially is greatly more th an commensurate with the reduction ie ' their wages ?—(Hear, hear.) Do not the whole people now feel an interest in the ques ti on they never felt before? and won't you rind that the maintenance and continuance of .the old protective system is a totally different question from that of the imposition of a new tax upon corn, which they believe. at all events, whatever may be said by the Right Hon. Gettleman, the Member for Stamford, would increase the price of the bread they consume ?—(Hear, hear.) Take the case of a man with twelve loaves of bread per .week for his family. If he now pays sd. for each l oa f, and if he expe c t e d that the new tax would raise it to .6d., here is ls. a week which he can at present lay out in the purchase of sugar and coffee, and in paying .for schoolin g f or hi s childrn, which he would have to pay as an additional price for his bread.—(Hear, hear.) Do you think they would be indifferent to that question? Do you think they would calmly see you attempt to raise that ques tion again and p ropose thatit should be withdrawn? I think those gentl emen who now propose to do so very mech deceive th emee l ves if tbey imagine that there would be any hope for the country, i or that there would be the least chance of tranquility th a e re transaction of these measures. It might be tha ar t stand by those measures, and that they e y vould propose i!re are t d o do so; but that is not the proposal of the Hors. Member (Mr. Disraeli). The proposal of the Hon. G ent l eman is to have a . continued discussion and agitation of this question—to have nothin.• settled, but to leave it for a time in abeyance. I differ from him altogether. Hon. Gentlemen should either, I think, come forward ami say, however excellent the sys tem of protection, it is now past, and cannot be obtained again —or they should say, "We are ready to stand by pro tection; if it can be enforced, we are the persons who ought to govern the country, but if not, it should be for those who oppose us." I say it seems perilous, as well as unfair, to wart this su bj ect again, and that the Hon, Member, having done so, et i t - 0 t. , vve c i i i tild neither take one aide or the other with respect be under , Sir, during the time in which this question would greatest uncertainty there would be, as I have said, the would be aco litY in all commercial transactions, and there tuplete change of that which we have seen— astherewould be a doir hanging over the minds of every one to the nature of proposition to be made. Now, the Honourable Gentlemane taaysevery fairly, and I do not object to the remark, that I the management of figueevs, neither inclination nor skill in House: I own, Sir, ern a " in matters of finance in this with respect to those ques tions, to consider the politicak7 much as the commer- Intswthat I always thought dial and social interests involved, it was a most dangerous proposition regard to the corn laws, that those who directed dise ento against Parliament a llo gr w ea er to say nearly on this subject, ehould have it in their the whole of the 'Luse of Lords, and Inca t w Portion of the questliteoi,themselves Homo of Commons, are composed of az , e a r n t d who are landlords, who are interested in this are making you pay their incomes out of th e sour industry.—(Hear, bear.) I thought this at all times (4. times 4.very dangerous part of this question; but that danger would be multiplied tenfold if, after protection was pealed, you should attempt to reimpose it. The most wild. of Chartlats could wish for no better topic than to be able to say to the people—" Look at your Parliament, look at your House of Peers and at your House of Commons ! They ate making a difference in the price of corn which (as the Noble 7 4° 1 *( 1 , the Marquis of Granby stated to-night) would amount tp not less than C 0,000,000/., and which another Hon. Mem ber said amounted to 55,000,0001. They are making you thise i mmense sum in o r d er t o a dd t o their in conies." ,e?on, Sir, the House will consider that dangerous aspect of toe question before they again set loose for public agita tiou a matter of -nlearta land . is buidenedeieninap e nFe s e grea t. W e ll, b u t it i s sa id should receive specialsa manner, and that the owners friend of mite, who is novrti°n. Why, I remember when a Islands, year after ernor-General of the lonian year attempted to gain a select committee for the purpose of considering what were the bu r d ens u p o n the land, that those gentlemen who are m os t c l amorous f or protection never could bea r to consent, lo . and used t o come for ward to beg that the re mi g h t be z Attain $t hayeatiption; and posy and to atop i all it APPean that, wth ._ 4% - 54 % -lip THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY _EIVENING, FEBRUARY 14. 1851. out any investigation, we are to suppose those great and Unfair 'burdens are placed upon the land. Now, my opinion is with respect to this question, as with respect to the general question, that, in conformity with what is stated in her Majesty's speech, the burdens on the land are every day becoming less, owing to tee in creasing prosperity of the other classes of the community. We know very well that a century ago there was a land-tax amounting to 35., 45., or ss. in evsry 205., and that when the rent of land was not one-fourth of what it is at present. It has been stated by the Hon. Member that the land now pays 2,000,0001. sterling, but if that is so, I say that sum is payable out of 40,000,000 e of land, when formerly it was payable out of 10,000,0001. That is a very great diminution. But with respect to the local rates there is also a diminution going on by the great increase which is taking place in the case of other incomes. This increase has taken place in houses, in mines, in canals, in railways; all these classes have been coming up and taking a large portion of the burdens which were formerly paid by the land. We heard it stated by my Right Honourable Friend (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) that only a few years ago land paid 64 per cent., and now it is paying not more than 44 per cent. of the whole of these burdens. Why, that alone, if it is true, as I have no doubt it is, is a very great change in favour of the landed interest; and if you will allow these proceedings to go on, if you will permit people to invest money in industrious enterprises and to get the fixed capital which belongs to those enterprises, you are doing a greater favour to the land than if you attempt to inter fere with the present state of the law respecting corn. The Hon. Gentleman states it is a very easy thing for a person in the position of my Right Hon. Friend (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) to say, with respect to any particular burden which has been removed from the class whose interest he ad vocates' let that burden b e t rans f erre d to t h e consolidated fund. No doubt it is an easy thing to say; possibly that may be no difficult thing to do; but it is a very unjust thing to do, because this fund is not a treasure that my Right Honourable Friend has the charge of, and out of which any sum can be taken as it is wanted, but it is a fund created by a tax on the necessaries of the people, by a tax on the tea, coffee, sugar, and by various other taxes which affect the working-classes. The policy which has been pursued since 1832 has been to apply the means which were derived from surplus revenue to the diminution of those burdens which pressed on the labour and industry of the country. That was the policy which Sir Robert Peel, by virtue of the sum he obtained from the income-tax, introduced into legislation,—that is the policy which we have pursued since we have been in office, and on the same principle we have adopted measures of the same kind. I stated, I think, last year, th'at with respect to sugar alone the 200,000 tons which this country formerly consumed can be obtained at 5,000,000/. less than formerly, while, from the introduction of an increased quantity, not as much as 1,000,0001. is lost to the revenue. During the war, when large loans were made every year, while our trade was v er y muc h a trade of mono poly, the hancellor of the Exchequer found himself under the necessity of putting a very heavy duty on articles of gene ral consumption among the people; but, after so many years of peace, it is possible to diminish these duties, and not only to obtain a large relief to the people, but we do not even injure the revenue. The House has heard it stated by my Right Hon. Friend that, after reducing nearly 10,000,0001. of taxation, and putting on little more than 5,000,0001., the balance of nearly 5,000,000/. had been nearly restored to the Chancellor of the Exchequer by the increased field of labour and by the energy and industry of the people. Well, then, I ask what there is to induce the House to change the present system ? With respect to revenue, as I have shown you, there is no reason to change, because it is found to be sufficient, and there is a surplus in the Exche quer. With respect to the Poor-law and the general em ployment of the poor, you find that the latter has increased in the agricultural counties, and that the cost of poor relief this year has been 10 per cent under the former year. In looking to the question of crime, I find that the number of persons committed in 1848 was 30,349; in 1849, 27,862; in 1850, 26,793; showing a diminu tion from 1848 to 1850 of not less than 3,556 persons. (Hear, hear.) Well then, if with respect to the employment of the people, if with respect to finance, and if with respect to the state of crime you have a great advantage, in what respect are you injured bYthe present system itself, or in the general state of the kingdom and in the political tranquillity which prevails throughout? No one, I think, who has well considered the events of the last two years, will deny that the abrogation of the corn-laws has tended most materially to the tranquillity of the country, or that, when the people might have been induced, by the example of revolutions in almost every country on the continent, to follow that example, they have been induced to refrain by seeing that the Legislature was not indifferent to their welfare. I beg of you not to reverse that lesson. Those great questions of government—the question of absolute government on one side and of liberty on the other—are not yet settled, and may be determined in favour of one party or of the other. You may see absolute government restored to its former state; you may see a democratic revolution, at least for a time ; but, whatever may be the result, I should be most grieved if I thought the great mass of the people of this country were induced, by the restoration of laws which enhance the price of food, to consider that, by imitating the example of the democracies on the continent, they could gain any advantage which they could not now obtain, or increase the prosperity they are de riving from the ancient institutions of this country.-- (Hear, hear.) I hope this House will countenance no such restoration. The Right Hon. Baronet (Sir J. Graham) has alluded, with that feeling which became him, to the loss we have sustained in the death of a great statesman, who began this course of legislation ; and,without ever having been a friend of his, I hope I may be permitted to show his friends that I am not indifferent to his fame.—(Cheers.) Love of fame—" that last infirmity of noble minds"—be longed to him as to others. He did wish that his name should be hallowed in the gratitude of his country, and I, for my part, could wish that, while I am consolidating the present interests of this empire, I may be providing for his fame in future generations.—(Cheers.) That fame can only be sufficiently secured by the permanence of the policy with which his name is identified, and to which he was able to induce you to agree. For this, as well as for other reasons I have stated, I should most deeply lament the reversal of the policy which, for nearly ten years, has been adopted by you. I can assure the House that no consideration respecting the position or the fate of the Government affects me nearly so much as the fear I should have of seeing that policy re , versed. My belief is that the owners and occupiers of land ' in general would then be induced to turn their attention front those plans for the improvement of the soil which they are new, to their great credit, pursuing, to a political course, which could only end in disappointment.—(llear.) I be lieve that the mind of the country in general would be irri tated against its institutions, and that it would be long be fore we saw again that tranquillity and content of which we have now to boast, and which even the mover of the propo sition before the House has not ventured to deny.— (Hear, hear.) In the name, then, of the general interests of the country, and in the name of the whole mass of the people, I ask the House not to consent to the present motion. Mr. DISRAELI rose to reply. He hoped the House would not think him unreasonable if at the close of a debate so im portant and protracted he availed himself of the privilege of reply ; and, if in exercising that privilege, he attempted to recall the attention of the House to the substance of the motion which was now before them. The House, he trusted, would recollect that they were now at the commencement of a new session of Parliament—that the Lords and Commons of England had just heard a most gracious speech delivered from the Throne, in which, though the Queen was advised to congratulate them upon the prosperity of the country, her Majesty nevertheless deplored the continued difficulties under which one class of her subjects confessedly laboured. He was sure that Hon. Gentlemen would not think him unreasonable when he asserted that the House should take such a message into their immediate consideration; that they should inquire int o th e cause of that distress, and if possible indicate the measures by which it might be remedied. With this view of the subject, and believing that the class which were suffering suffered in consequence of the undue pressure of taxation, and remembering, too, that the agriculturists were the only suffering class, he called upon them deliberately to consider that question. Now, he could not help observing that though really the question did not on the present evening form the subject of debate--(Loud cheers)—he hoped it would be recollected that he endeavoured to secure a fair discussion for that question by stating its merits as fully and as frankly as he could. It was therefore with much regret he had observed that other subjects not connected with his motion had been introduced into the debate.—(Hear, hear.) He had not made any attack upon the new commercial sys tem of this country. If he had thought protection the only specific for the evils under which the farmers were labouring he should not have proposed a renewal of protection with re ference to the interest of a single class; and after the cir cumstances ewhich had occurred with regard to the great industrial question, he did not think it would be right to re suscitate in Parliament the discussion of that subject, but •rather leave it to be settled out of doors by the great majority of the country. And now he would ask, looking to the terms of his motion, if he had not proved his case? The positions which he laid down were, that the owners and occupiers of land were suffering more than any other class; that our financial system was established in the days of protection, and that it was a system which protection . alone could justify —a system which could only be tolerated under protection. Parliament had withdrawn that aid, and the consequences were now before them.—(Hear, hear.) Had he come forward and asked them to restore those laws, and to abrogate the laws that they had enacted ? No, what he required of them was this, that in the boasted hour of their success, in the full flush of their prosperity, with only one class suffering, he asked them to inquire whether they could not discover the cause of that suffering, and in the spirit of that political justice which the Hon. Member for the West Riding despised—(Hear, hear)—whether they could not relieve that distress by a diminution of their burdens? —(Hear, hear.) He believed he might assert that not one of the positions for which he contended had been overturned. Could any one deny that two-thirds of the taxes which he enumerated were raised from the class on whose behalf he had addressed the House. There was paid by the British farmers a revenue equal to that of the whole Austrian em pire. But it was said that the consumers paid those taxes —that question he would now leave to the House to decide —(Hear, hear)—but no one could forget that at the very r yht ivahs greatea tellingyseformero prospectsu ld n t ge h ut e egs ftroaioorfwmns question. rc barley e o s a; ( g ta o ahn w nedyy n cn o ooonf m v d o i i r hin e seo w t w h g o e ru a ol t wd ; moment when th at question came before them the Prune tobacco Mniste r w e i p t e h a t a state ments been successfully disputed ? The evidence of the Secretary for the Treasury and a more competent witness there could not be—the Govern ment published in the form of a pamphlet, and then it was asked, had he not settled the question for ever? Bat what the farmers demanded was that their case should be taken into consideration and fairly dealt with by those who boasted of prosperity and appealed to their coffers but who at the same time admitted that they h a d obtained their prosperity and replenished their coffers by taking away the advantages which the farmers were accustomed to enjoy. (Hear, hear.) He hoped, then, that the House would agree with him as to what they were really going to decide, namely, whether or not the farmers were unduly taxed; and if that question must be answered in the affirmative, was it not the duty of the Minister to bring forward some measure to remove the injustice which had not been success fully denied, and which no one ever ventured to say was exaggerated. Further, if the Noble Lord had any con fidence in the opinion which he had that evening conveyed across the table, he was not justified in coun selling the Queen to declare from the throne that the land was the only sufferer. Such advice might have pro ceeded from divided counsels, and a distracted Cabinet— (Cheers)—but there was nothing to justify it. He should trouble the House with one or two other observations. On the present occasion, he m e t hi s ancient antagonist, the Chancellor of the Exch N e o qu o e n r, who w as a b sent from a similar discussion last y ear , cause of th a t absence, and elik-eegfreeatrteedd,maolsroe,ththaanthtehediadmtahlel majority of 21 must have had the effect of retarding the gt the et Honourablepresent the e t m } m-- of his .1s Gentlemanueocom p F re r c o o m ve t r h y a o t f ti t m he e t ß o i had been busy in repairing the consequences: parative defeat, and ia the present year he deliv ere d to the House the speech which, b ad he been well enough, he would have made last year.—(L aughter.) The Chancellor of the Exchequer had been advised and cautioned not to ref on, e poor .law statistics, but no rh e t oric could keep him away from th wai9a , """(CbCer 4 4140 Welter.) The Rigilt 119 a, Gentleman was an ablebodied labourer receiving good wages —not excessive, but in full work and good wages, yet nothing could keep him from prowling about the workhouse. —(Renewed laughter.) Whenever they came into collision he always found the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the workhouse, and in the workhouse he would leave him.— (Shouts of laughter.) In the Right Hon. Member for Ripon he also found an old antagonist, who put on his best armour that night, but who, when he embarked on the navigation-laws, did not make a very fortunate voyage. The Right Hon. Gentleman's account of France was somewhat perplexing and almost contradictory. The fundholders having investments in the French funds had increased from 200,000 to 800,000, yet hoarding had also increased, which state ments were not easily reconcileable with each other. Land was going out of cultivation, yet great quantities of corn were arriving by every steam er f or th e L on d on market. '1 he Right Hon. Gentleman asked how our establishments and the public faith could be maintained, if the assumed policy which he represented them (the Protectionists) as advocating, was adopted. Why there was no class more interested in main taining the national faith than the owners and occupiers of land. All they said was—" Dont't let us contribute more than our quota to that object." The days were past, according to the Right Hon. Gentleman, when justice could be obtained by them. But they begged to inform him, through so humble an organ as himself, that they knew the reason why.- (Cheers.) The Right Hon. Baronet said, "What ? Propose a repeal of the malt-tax ! Monstrous !" Now he ( Mr. Disraeli) slid not propose the repeal of the malt-tax, or the abrogation of the tobacco laws. He referred to them as grievances, and had called upon the House to see if they could cot wisely deal with them.—(A laugh.) The Right Hon. Baronet said that Lord Stanley would not sanction the repeal of the malt-tax. But he (Mr. Disraeli) knew a Right Hon. Gentleman who once would sanction a repeal of the malt-tax.---( Vociferous cheering and much laughter.) His Right Hon. Critic—(A laugh)—was followed by a great authority, who made a laboured eulogium of the new commercial system, and who told the House, for their consolation, that a great social and economical revolution was going to take place. The Hon. Member for Liverpool had also favoured the House with some particulars relative to the manufactures of Massachusetts, which he said he had obtained in private from an American gentleman. Now this information was not confirmed by the facts which he (Mr. Disraeli) had obtained, not, he admitted, from private authority; and he should have thought the Hon. Gentleman was a person of too much knowledge al ways to believe everything said by an American gentle man in private.—(Laughter.) But then the Hon. Mem ber for Liverpool said, " See how the commercial world were distressed in 1847, yet they did not come to the House of Commons to assist them !" He (Mr. Disraeli) should have been surprised if they had. He was one of the Committee who had to inquire into the general distress of that period, and he found that a great deal of that distress had been produced by unprincipled gambling and over specu lation in the commercial world.—(Cheers.) What analogy was there between the distress occasioned by long bills and undue speculation, and the difficulties and the depression of that important class—the owners and occupiers of land, which Honourable Members opposite had themselves ac knowledged had been occasioned by their own legislation ? (Cheers.) The Honourable Member for Liverpool added that the commercial world had gained 50,000,000/. by the recent acts of legislation. Now that he (Mr. Disraeli) thought a sufficient answer to all financial reformers.—(Cheers.) And he hoped that they should have no motions during the present session for the reduction of any taxation except that which affected the agricultural interest.—(Cheers and laughter.) He now approached the oracle of the West Riding. —(A laugh.) The Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Cobden) said that he and his friends had avowed their intention to obtain com pensation for the repeal of the corn-laws. The lion. Member was quite mistaken. It was a demand for justice, and, if the Hon. Member liked the word better —for compen sation, not for the repeal of the corn-laws, but for the un just taxation that the agricultural interest were now bur dened with, which was a very different state of the case. The Hon, Gentleman asked how it could be pretended that he and his friends had entered into any compact whereby a certain price should be secured to the farmers. Now, there were gentlemen who were glib with their estimates, and those gentlemen did not sit upon the Protectionist benches. With the recklessness of audacious ignorance they had fa voured the world with calculations of the probable conse quences of the legislation they advocated; and, notwith standing the grave assertion of the Hon. Member for the West Riding, that he was not one of those persons, he (Mr. Disraeli) fixed him as the prime offender in that respect.— (Cheers and laughter.) What were the words the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Cobden) made use of? He said that, " Without pretending to look into futurity— (A laugh)—he knew no better test of the probable price of corn in this country than the price in the island of Jersey, for a number of years. In Jersey, during the ten years from 1882 to 1841, inclusive, the average price of wheat was 48s 4d. a quarter, the average price in England during those years being 563. He had taken some pains to consult these documents."—(Cheers.) Now the Honourable Gen , tleman had accused him (Mr. Disraeli) of assuming that a certain price had been compacted for between the Protec tionists and their opponents, and he said that no one on his side of the House had dreamed of calculating what the price of wheat would be. The Hon. Member for the. West Riding went on to say—" He had taken some pains to consult wilts those best acquainted with the subject—(a man of research, they saw—(Laughter) —and he had formed the opinion, that a constant demand from England would have raised the level of the prices in Jersey 2s. or 3s. a quarter during the above period," the consequence of which would have been that the average price in England would have exceeded 50s. a quarter.—(Loud cheers.) Then the Hon. Member for the West Riding said, " What proof of distress have you?" His answer to that was her Majesty's speech.—(Cheers.) At this hour of the night, and in this adjourned debate, he would not go into this subject, but would leave the sym pathizing Cabinet to afford the Hon. Gentleman and his friends all the information that had authorized the insertion of that paragraph in the Royal Speech.—(Cheers and laugh ter.) The Hon. Gentleman said the iron trade was suffer ing ; the cotton trade was not so well off as it had been ; and, in fact, he (Mr. Disraeli) thought the general prosperity was melting away.—(Laughter.) Yet these interests, he added, did not come to Parliament to complain, or to ask for relief. Well, if the House would not interfere with the agricultural interest, and would net load their pro duce with taxation, they - would not come to it either when they suffered. The Hon. Member told them to-night that the malt-tax was not a burden upon the farmer, but that the duty was paid by the consumer. But only a year ago he was of a different opinion. What! did the Hon. Gentleman shake his head? Did he not on the 12th of January, ;849, sympathise with the farmer about the burden of the malt tax? He ( Mr. Disraeli) had it before him. There it was,— " Cobden on the Malt-Tax."—(Cheers and laughter.) It began :—" We sympathise with the farmers. We will not tolerate Is. by way of protection. But we will cc-operate with them in getting rid of that obnoxious tax, the malt duty."—(Much laughter and cheering.) "We owe to the farmers something; and we will try to pay them in kind"— (Laughter) —and here he might say, that when the Hon. Gentleman recommended leases as a remedy, and some Hon. Gentlemen on that (the Opposition) side of the House treated it with what the Hon. Gentleman considered derision, let him inform the Hon. Gentleman that it was not a senti ment of derision at the abstract idea of leases, but that the Hon. Gentleman should suppose that leases were things not in existence. He dared say there were very few gentlemen on that side of the House who had not granted leases, and who had very much reduced their head of game—( Hear, hear)—and that was why gentlemen dared to receive the recommendation with something like derision, as if the Honourable Member had made a state ment stamped with any character of originality.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He had little to say on the speech of the First Minister. Ile looked upon the First Minister on this question as being in a very unhappy position.— (Laugh ter.) He had for him all the sympathy which the Hon. Member for the West Riding had for the occupiers of land— (Laughter) —and when the First Minister told them that his resolution was the most dangerous proposal that ever was made to the House, he asked the Noble Lord why he gave such frank encouragement by the paragraph in the Queen's Speech to produce it?—(Loud cheers.) Why, his resolution—the most dangerous proposal ever made to the House —was almost an echo of that speech, and the logi cal consequences of the admissions of the Noble Lord.— ( Hear, hear.) His advice to his Hon. Friend was not to be frightened with the latter part of the speech of the Noble Lord. It was one of those stereotyped formulse of rhetoric that upon this subject it was the fashion to adopt, not only on the Treasury benches, but also on the part of some benches on that (the Opposition) side of the House.—(Hear.) But the people of this country—he meant all classes of the community—would never think that a dangerous proposition which courted inquiry, and which only sought for its object a fair adjustment of the public hurdens.—(Cheers.) He had too good an opinion of the sense and public spirit of the manufacturers themselves to suppose that any great number of manufacturers would look upon this proposition as one of the most dangerous that was ever made to that House.— (Hear, hear.) He gave his prosperous fellow-subjects fell credit tor this, that if they believed there was undue pres sure, especially on the industry of that virtuous class, the farmers of England, they would be glad to see the unfair ' pressure upon that industry removed.—(Hear, hear.) All these attempts to invest this purely fiscal question with great political consequences and rich political colouring were mere pleasantries of the Noble Lord.—(A laugh.) The Noble Lord did not believe them himself, and did not believe that any one in that House would believe them.—( Laughter.) They were to go to distant provinces to persuade them that ' there was a great conspiracy against the rights and liberties of the people. He read that morning an awful, though anony mous manifesto from that quarter which always struck him with terror—(A laugh)—Olympian bolts; but he could not help fancying the rumbling sounds concealed the plaintive treble of the Treasury bench.— ( A laugh.) There they were told in that mighty organ of what was called public opinion, that the owners and occupiers of land were a very insignificant class ; that th had better not stir themselves, or their insignifi- ey cance would be discovered. Now, he was not one of those who ever indulged in those statistical calculations which were too rife, in his opinion, as to the comparative import ance of the different classes of this country; they were not generally very accurate; they were always, he thought, in judicious, and might do a great deal of mischief. An ac count of the general property of the country, of its wealth, numbers, and intelligence, was always interesting; but no thing was more hateful than to see class arrayed against class by rival calculations of their relative importance.— (Cheers.) But still he might be permitted to say this on behalf of the agricultural interest, on behalf of the classes connected with land, th a t h e did not think that in numbers, in propety, i n wea l t h , i n public virtue or in private worth, of Mr. W. J. Fox t o hi s const i tuen t s a t Mr. Fox, M.P., AT OLDHAM.—TO Oldham, m a , n o n n u w a e d v n i e s s i t they were inferior to any other class o f th e community.— day evening, was se i ze d as a fi t ti n g occasion for inviting a (Hear, hear.) He might say mor e , b ecause he observed upon that occa s i on , and very often in the course of that de- anon , deputation and from the Nationaltheeenseciuencew P as, a a rlam m i os e t n si a g ry Reform to nai4emenssasticoin bate, and in other debates connected with this important of the hearty approval in wh an ic d h w th as e m pr o e : n ement ob l y s held l%a, atesah-i held n lad t r h t ,question, that the existence of Ireland-- the millions of a great manufacturing community. The m d e e e d ti g i n considered H to e b h a oped H en Honourable r i a n b lteh Gentlemeno se would calculations.not—h4nHeedart;v) country entirely dependent upon agriculture—seemed never the Working Men's Hall, threats, from whatever quarter they might come. B He hone'd at which 750 persons paid for admission. Thiene extends ndst number a al pr e _ that they would not be daunted even by the mvs there was still so much spirit in gentlemen of the United o s sent afterwards,n3t,ooo. air. F h o oze m ve .p r,. , co s u i l r d J n o o e t h b u e a mwuseihnileeisesy,thma.np.2, ,asnodo Mr. Henry Vincent were resent, and addressed the assembly. tical references of the First Minister, or the more authorlia tive, more decided threats that might reach them from any prevents e l n en ts gt t h he to ins w e hriteihonouorftheHollows Parliamentaryoexcellentllow a ys report ,rseecOh es made on the occasion. other quarter. Ile hoped Hon. Gentlemen, if they believed [ADvEurzsEMENT.] they were doing their duty by supporting this motion —and Pills again successf u l i n the Cure of a Bad Leg. Extract let no man support it who did not believe that he was doing of a letter from Mr. Brotherton of Stan rat near his duty—would feel in future that their part was ono of January 15, 1851,_ .T o Professor Hollowa Sir Bootle,Afte more activity in defending the interests of the tenantry of my wife's confinement 1848, she caught y i it ,— severe this country.—(Cheers.) This was mainly a farmer's cold, whichsettled in her right le g and foot, question. No one had met his argument about rent, which causing it to showed the fallacy of that barbarous slang that had been too forming into about twenty wounds ; presenting a most fearful lo ng prevalent. It was a farmer's question. Upon the appearance. nee. The pain she endured was almost insupportable, farmers the pressure for years had been too sever e it w a s and the treatment of her medical attendants did no good what new increasing. From motives he could appreciate, and ever. She therefore resolved to give your Pills and Ointment feelings of delicacy he could comprehend, the owners f the a trial, and lamha p to say they h ave e ff ecte d a per f ec t soil had not stood forward to vindicate as t h ey ought to have cure.—Sold by all V fists and at Professor Holloway's done the interests of the tenantry.— (H ear , hear.) He hoped Establishme n t, 244, St:a li t - id:London. that this was the commencement of a new era in that re ngton, 115. PONTEFRACT ELECTION, FEB. 13.—At eight o'clock spect, and that no man, whether owner or occupier, would • s m or ning the hereafter be ashamed or afraid of asking from an English t t h h e i aftemoon. o tits four o'clock in Parliament that justice to which every English subject was 429 ; Polll Is the result 3 f l4 th ajority for Lawtey, • Mr. Lawley was entitled.—(Cheers.) declared duly elected, and thereupon thanked the electors for their orin pe g ned, and continued • Mr. MUNTZ wished in one word to explain the grounds support. upon which he should vote for the motion of the -Honourable FALKIRK BoRouGgsELEcTroN.—GLASGOW,THURS- Gentleman._(H ear, h ear. ) Th e Noble Lord had made the DAT EVENING.—Mr. Baird, Conservative or Peelite candidate, has Queen express her hope for the owners and 'occupiers of Wilt) Righ; Gelagman tlae rniiikat of rho majority "55' carried these boroughs against Mr. Loeb, the 11inieterialiet, by a ... 26 ... 28 Board of Trade had expressed his hope also, and so had the Right Hon. Gentleman the MeMber for Ripon; but as he (Mr. Muntz) knew that the tenant farmers were in a de pressed state, and could not li:•e on oats, and as he had no hope for them, he felt it to be his duty is support the motion. Mr. GREENALT„ amid impatient cries for a division, stated that he should support the motion. The gallery was then cleared for a division. The numbers were— For Mr. Disraeli's motion Against it . PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS: (From the Y tes and Preceelings (f the Bowe of Commons THURSDAY, FEB. 13. DISTRESS OF OWNERS AND OCCUPIERS OF LAND. Order read for resuming adjourned Debate on Question (11th February), " That the severe distress which continues to exist in the United Kingdom, among that important class of her Majesty's subjects the Owners and Occupiers of Land, and which is justly lamented in her Majesty's Speech, renders it the duty of her Majesty's Ministers to introduce, without delay, such measures as may be most effectual for the relief thereof :"—Question again proposed :--Debate re sumed ; Question put. The House divided : MINORITY—AYES, 267. Acland, Sir T. Ferrer, James Mundy, William Adderley, O. B. Fellowes, E. lluntz, G. F. Alcock, shomag Floyer, John 10 lire, Colonel Anson, Viscount Forbes, William Naas, Lord Arbuthnott, lion. 11. Forester, G. C. Napier Joseph Archdall, Captain Fox, S. L. Neeld, John Arkwright, George Frewen, C. 11. Neeld, Joseph Bagge, W. Fuller, A. E. Rewdegate, N. Bagot, William Galway, Viscount Newport, Visct. Bailey, Joseph Gaskell, J. M. Noel, G. J. Baillle, 11. J. Goddard, A. L. O'Brien, Sir Lucius Baldock, E. 11. Gooch, E. S. O'Brien, Sir T. Baldwin, Barry Goold, Wyndham O'Connor,;Feargus Bankes, George Gordon, Adniiral O'Flaherty, Anthony Baring, Thomas Gore, W. It. 0. Ossulton, Lord Barrington, Viscount Grace, 0. D. Oswald, Alexander Bateson, Thomas Granby, Marquis of Parke, C. W. Bennet, Philip Grattan, Henry Painter, Robert Bentinck, Lord H. Greenall, Gilbert Peel, Colonel Berkeley' G. F. Grogan, E. Pennant, Colonel Bernard, Viscount Guernsey, Lord I'igot, Sir R. Best, John Gwyn, ri owe! Plowden, W. 11. Blackstone, W. Ilale,tlt. B. Plumptre, J. P. Blakernore, R. Halford, Sir 11. Portal, INi elville mandtord, Marquis Hall, Colonel Powell, Colonel Bolder°, 11. George halsey, T. P. Power, icholas Booker, T. W. Hamilton, Geo. A. • l'owlett, Lord W. Booth, Sir It. G. Hamilton, J. If. Prime, Richard Bramston, T. W. Hamilton, Lord C. Pugh, David Breisridge, Richard Harris, Captain Pusey, Philip Brisco, M. Hayes, Sir E. Reid, Colonel Broadley, H. Ileatlicote, G. J. Rendlesham, Lord Broadwood, Henry Heiieage, G. H. Renton, J. C. Brooke, Sir A.B. Heneage, E. Repton, G. W. Brown, H. Henley, J. W. Reynolds, John Bruce, C. L. C. Berries, J. C. Richards, Richard Bruen, Colonel Hildyard, R. C. Roche, E. B. Buck, L. W. Hildyard, T. B. T. Raiford, Francis Buller, Sir J. Y. Hill, Lord E. Rushout, Captain Bunbary, William Hodgson, W. N. Sadleir, John Burghley, Lord Hood, Sir A. Sandars, George Burrell, Sir ,C. Hope, Henry T. Scott, Francis Burroughes, H. Hope, A. S cu lly,F ranc i s Cabbell, B. B. Hornby John Seaham, Viscount Carew, W. H. P. Hotham, Lord Seynier, H. K. Cayley, E. S. Hudson, G. Sibthorp, Colonel Chaplin, W. J. Hughes, W. B. Sidney, Alderman Chichester, Lord J. Inglis, Sir lt. Simeon, John Christopher. R. Jocelyn, Viscount Smyth, J, hn George Christy, Samuel Johnstone, Sir J. Somerset, Captain Clive, R. H. Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Sotheron, T. Clive, 11. B. Jones, Captain Spooner, Richard Cobbold, J. C. Keating, Robert Stafford, Augustus Cochrane, A. D. Keogh, William Stanford, J. F. Cocks, T. S. Kerrison, Sir E. Stanley, Edward Codrington, Sir W. Knight, F. W. Stanley, E. H. Cole, H. A. Knightley, Sir C. Stuart, henry Coles, H. B. Knox, Colonel Stuart, John Colvile, C. It. Lacy, H. C. Stun, H. G. Compton, IL C. Lascelles,f E. Sullivan, Michael Conolly, Thomas Lawless, Cecil Taylor, T. E. Corry, H. Legh, G. C. Thesiger, Sir F. Cotton, W. H. Lennard, T. B. Thompson, Alderman Cubitt, William Lennox, Lord A. Thornhill, George Currie, Henry Lennox, Lord 11. G. Tollemache, John Damer,.Colonel Lindsay, Colonel Townley, R. G. Davies, D. A. Lockhart, W. . Trevor, G. R. Deedes, W. Long, W. Trollope, Sir John Devereux, J. T.. Lopes, Sir Ralph Turner, G. J. Dick, Quintin Lowther, Colonel Tyrell, Sir J. Disraeli, B. Lowther, Henry, Verner, Sir W. Dod, J. W. Lygon, Gen. Villiers, F. W. Dodd, G. 3 1.`Naghten, Sir E. Vyse, R. H. Drax, J. S. W. • M l Callag,h, W. Waddington,7David Drumlanyig, Viscount Meagher, Thomas Waddington, H. S. Drummond, Henry Mandeville, Viscount Walpole, Spencer Duckworth, Sir J. Manners, Lord C . Wegg-Prosser, F. buncombe, A. Manners, Lord G. Welby, GE. Duncombe, 0. Manners, Lord J. West, F. R. Dundas, George March, Earl of Wigram, L. T. Dunne, Colonel Maunsell, T. P. Williams, T. P. Du Pre, C. G. Maxwell, J. P. Willoughby, Sir H. East, Sir J. B. Meux, Sir Henry Wodehouse, Edmund Edwards,,Henry Miles, P. W. Worcester, Marquis Egerton, W. T. Miles, William Wynn, H. W. Evelyn, Viscount Monsell, William Wynn, Sir W. Euston, Earl Moody, C.A. Yorke, E. T. Evelyn, William J. Moore, 0.11. TELLERS. Fagan, James Morgan, .0. Beresford, William Farnham, E. B. Mullings, J. R. Mackenzie, W.F. Majority against the motion The announcement of the numbers was hailed with loud cheers by the Opposition. Sir W. CLAY obtained leave to bring in a Bill to facili tate the exercise of the franchise by compound householders. RELIGIOUS ORDERS. Mr. GROGAN moved for returns showing the number of Jesuits, and the members of any religious order, com munity, or society of the Church of Rome, bound by mo nastic'or religious vows, registered pursuant to the Act 10 George IV., cap. 7, sec. 28, in the United Kingdom, subse• quent to the 23d day of April, 1829; of all licences granted pursuant to said statute to all Jesuits or members of any religious order, community or society, as aforesaid, to come into and remain within the United Kingdom, subse quently to the said date; and of all Jesuits, or members of any such religious order, community, or society, as aforesaid, Irian shall have been prosecuted for any misde meanour or offence under the said statute, and subsequently to the said date. Mr. KEOGH objected to such returns been granted, and hoped the Eon. Member }would explain his object in moving for them. Mr. GROGAN stated that he had spoken with the Right Hon Gentleman the Secretary for the Home Department, on the subject, and that no objection had been then mentioned to seeking such returns. In point of fact, the returns would be but in continuation of returns obtained by the Hon. Baronet the Nlember for the University or Oxford in 1836. Mr. ANSTEY could give a very good reason why the re turns should not be granted. Members of certain religious orders who bad not obtained the necessary permission from the Secretary of State to reside in this country, would, on prosecution, be liable to heavy penalties, banishment, or transportation, and there could be no doubt that such returns as these being obtained, they might be prosecuted. That House had lad the opportunity of repealing these penal enactments—these damnable laws—and had refused that op portunity; aid it was, therefore, a matter of duty with him and his friends to resist every motion which might expose Roman Catholic clergymen to persecution. Sir G. GREY corroborated the statement made by the Hon. Member for Dublin, as to the Government not having seen any reason why the present motion should not be agreed to. The returns would not include names, and no private information would be asked for whatever. The re turns would subject no man to a prosecution; for a prosecu tion could only be commenced at the instance of the Attor ney-General. Mr. KEOGH could easily understand why the Hon, Member (Mr. Grogan) and the Right Hon. Gentleman should agree together that the returns were desirable, because both those Gentlemen were of opinion that, it was necessary to make an attack on the Roman Catholics. If the Hon. Member persisted in his motion, he should oppose any such proposition at that time in the morning. (It was then a quarter to two. ) Sir G. GREY had no hesitation in saying, that the returns would be nil. Mr. ANSTEY said he should vote for the adjournment, And after a short discussion the House divided on the ques tion of adjournment, when there appeared— Ayes —.. ... 10 Noes .. ..• .• ... 103-93 Mr. M. O'CONNELL maint a i ne d that it was necessary to go into the question. It could not be gone into at that hour of the morning, and he therefore begged to move that the debate be adjourned. Mr. KEOGH sapported the motion for the adjournment of the debate. It was quite unnecessary that the returns moved for by the Hon. Member (Mr. Grogan) should be before the House, and he trusted that the motion which had just been made by the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. M. O'Connell) would be agreed to. He (Mr. Keogh) would strive by every means in his power to secure the adjournment of the debate.—( Hear, hear.) Sir G. GREY submitted that the motion ought to be withdrawn. Mr. GROGAN, after a few words in explanation, with drew his motion. MAJORITY —NOES, 281. Abdy, Sir Thomas Forster, Matthew O'Connell,;Maurice Adair, Hugh E. Fertescue, Chichester O'Connell, M. J. Adair, R. Shafto Fortescue, J. W. . Ogle, S. C. Anderson, Arthur Fox, Richard M. Ord, W. Anson, Colonel Fox, W. J. Osbonie, Ralph Ansley, Thomas Freesturi, Colonel Owen, Sir John Armstrong, Sir A. Gibson, T. M. Paget, Lord A. Bagsha +,l, , John Glyn, G. C. Paget, Lord C. Raines, M. T. Goulburn, Henry Paget, Lord G. Baring, H. B. Graham, Sir J. Palmer, Roundell BarinJ, Sir,l. Greene, Joint Palmerbton, Via. Barnard, E. G. Grenfell, Charles W. Parker, John Bass, M. T. Grey, Sir G. Pechell, Sir G. Bell, Jacob Grey, R. W. Peel, Sir Robert Bellew, It. M. Grosvenor, Lord R. Peel, Frederick Berkeley, Henry F. Guest, Sir,J. Pelham, D. A. Berkeley, Admiral Hall, Sir B. Pendarves, Edward Berkeley, C. L. G. Hallyburton, Lord Perfect, Robert Bernal, Ralph Hanmer, Sir J. Peto, Samuel Birch, Sir T. Hardcastle, J. A. Pigott, Francis. Blackall, S. W. Harris, Richard Pilkington, Jamey Blake, M. J. Hastie, Alexander Pinney, William Blewitt, Reginald Hustle, Archibald Power, Dr. Bowles, Admiral Hatchell, John Price, Sir Robert Boyd, John Hawes, Benjamin Rawdon, Colonel Boyle, Volone. Headlam, T. E. Ricardo, Osman Brand, Thomas Heald, James Rice, E R. Bright, John Heathcoat, John Rich, Henry Brocklehurst, John Henry, Alexander Robartes, T. J. Brockman, E. 1). Herbert, Sydney Romilly, Colonel Brotherton, J. Hervey, Lord A. Romilly, Sir John Brown, W. Heywood, James, Rumbold, C. E. Bruce, Lord E. Heyworth, L. , Russell, Lord John Bulkeley,Sir It. B. Higgins, G. G. Russell, F. C. Bunbury, Edward }Hadley, Charles SalWey, Colonel Busfeild, W. Hobhouse, Sir J. Sanders, J. Buxton ,sir E. H o bh o u se , T. B. Scholefield, W. Calvert, Frederic • - liodges,,,T. L. Scrope, G. P. Campbell, W. F, Hodges,. T: Twisden Seynicur, H. D. Cardwell, Edward nogg, Sir J., Seymour, Lord Carter, John B. Hollond, Robert Sha to, R. D. Cauheild, J. M. Horsman, Edward Shelburne, Earl of Cavendish, C; C. Howard, C. W. Slaney, Robert A. Cavendish, G.H. Howard, J. K. Smith, R. V. Cavendish, W. G • . Howard, E. G. Smith, J. A. Childers, J. W. Howard, P. H. Smith, M. T. Clay, James Hume, Joscph'' Smith, John B. o:ay, Sir W. Il num lieu, Aid. Somers, J. P. Clements, C. S. Hutchins, E. J. Somerville, Sir W. Clerk, Sir G. Hutt, William Spearman, It. J Clifford, 11. U. Jackson, William Stanley, W. o.' Cobden, R. Jermyn, Earl Stanefleld, IV. R. C Cocabura, Sir A. Kershaw, James Stanton, W. H. Colebrooke, Sir T. Kildare, Marquis of Staunton, Sir G. Collins, William King, P. J. Strickland, Sir G. Copeland, Alderman Labouchere, Henry Stuart, Lord l). Cowan, Charles Langston, J. H. Stuart, Lord J. Cowper,,.W. F. Lascelles, W. S. Tancred, H. W. Craig, Sir W. G. Lemon, Sir C. Tenison, E. K. Crowder, It. B. Lewis, Sir T. Thicknesse, R. A. Currie, Itaikes Lewis, G. C. Thompson, Colonel Curteis,• H. A.I. Littleton, E. It. Thornely, T. DaTymple, Captain Locke, Joseph Towneley, Join) Dashwood, Sir G. Lockhart, A. E. Townshend, Capt. Dawson, T. V. Loveden, Pryse Trail, George Denison, Edmund Lushington, C. Trelawny, J. S. D'Eyncourt, C. T. 'Mackie, John Millen, Henry Divett, E. Mackinnon, W. A. Vane, Lord H. Douglas, Sir C. M'Gregor, John Verney, Sir H. Douro, Marquis of M'Taggart, Sir X. Villiers, Charles Duff, G. S. Magan, IV. H. Wakley, Thomas Duke, Sir James Mahon, O'Gorman Wall, C. B. Duncan, Viscount Mangles, R. D. Wahnsley, Sir J. Duncan, George Marshall, J. 0. Walter, John - Duncuft, John Marshall, William Watkins, Colonel Dundas, Admiral Martin, John Wawn, J. T. Dundas, Sir David Martin, C. W. • Wellesley, Lord C. Ebrington, Viscount Masterman, John Westhead, J. P. Ellice, Edward Matheson, A. 'Willcox, Brodie Ellice, E., jun. Matheson, James 'Williams, John Ellis, John Matheson, Colonel Williams, W. Elliot, J. E. Maule, Fox Williamson, Sir H. Enfield, Lord Melgund, Viscount Wilson, James Estcourt, J. B. E. Milner, W. M. Wilson, Matthew Evans, Sir De Lacy Milton, Viscount Wood, Sir Charles Evans, John Mitchell, T. A. Wood, W. P. Evans, William Moffatt, George Wortley, J. S. Ewart, William Moldsworth, Sir W. Wrightson, W.B. Fagan, William Morison, Sir IV. Wyld, James Fergus, John Morris, David Wyvill, Marmaduke Ferguson, Col. Mostyn, E. Young, Sir John Ferguson, Sir R. Mowatt, Francis FitzrAy, Henry Mulgrave, Earl Fitzwllliam, G. W. Norreys, Lord Foley, John H. Norreys, Sir D. TELLERS. Hayter, W. G. Bill, Lord M. JESUITS AND OTHERS. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That an humble Address be presented to her Majesty, that she will be graci ously pleased to give directions that there be laid before this House, Returns showing the number of Jesuits, and of the members of any religious order, community, or society of the Church of Rome, bound by monastic or religious vows, registered pursuant to the Act 10 Gen. 4, c. 7. s. 28, in the United Kingdom, subsequent to the 23d day of April, 1829: " Of all licenses granted pursuant to said statute to all Jesuits or members of any religious order, community, or society, as aforesaid, to come into and remain within the United Kingdom subsequently to the said date : " And of all Jesuits, or members of any s::ch religious order, community, or society, as aforesaid, who shall have been prosecuted for any misdemeanour or offence under the said statute, and subsequently to the said date:"_ Where upon Motion made, and Question put, " That this House do now adjourn." The House divided: MINORITY—AYES, 10. O'Connell, Maurice {'yawn, J. T. Somers, J. P. Sullivan, Michael Trelawny, J. S. Blake, M. J. Brotherton, J. Greene, John Megan, W. 11. Mahon, O'Gorman TELLZIII. Anstey, T. C. Keogh, William MAJORITY-NOES, 103. ITALY. The Croce di Savoia contains the following:— " We had already been informed from different points of the frontier that the Austrian troops were being concentrated in the direction of the Ticino. Now our information on that subject is so positive that we feel bound to direct the atten tion of the country and Parliament to that military move ment. The events likely to take place in France, in 1852, and the menace of an intervention in Switzerland, may be the pretext or the real motive of that concentration; but might it not also be contemplated to execute the magnificent plan which the promoters of the league of Sante Foi mention having been proposed at Bregentz, modified at Warsaw, con firmed at Olmutz, and ultimately concluded at Dresden? Military hospitals and magazines have not been established at Pavia for the sake of mere marches and evolutions, and it is the duty of the Government to demand categoric explana tions on the subject. suc cessor of SiccArma in the Ministry of G race an d Justice. President The Opinions o i n f Appeals,states that wil S l ignor n the S r probable A r.nzz o , e h the e! C ot o uTrurt ALARM OF FIRE IN THE GREAT EXHIBITION Bumnisto,—Yesterday morning, between five and six o'clock , in formation was forwarded to the various engine stations, that a fire had broken out in the new building for the Exhibition in Hyde-park. It was ascertained that a fire had taken place at the west end of the Crystal Palace, and although at one time it assumed a threatening appearance, the d.:mage done, we are happy to say, was confined to the destruction of a large quantity of shavings, but the building itself received not the slightest injury. TWO FIRES IN DEPTFORD.—Yesterday morning, at an early 11 , or, the Ship Defiance tavern, Grove street, Deptford, the property of Mr. J. Rutter, licensed victualler, was discovered to be on fire. The inmates having. been a i l ir l o ie us p iel li , c t e l" . : ,c e s tlec f t E ed ng a la s n a d t e, retreat, when it was found that the bar was in a blaze, and, from the fact of the spirit pipes having become melted, it was feared that i st og te t r o ri 2 b i le r. c l o w n . fl iv ag r r i a g t h io t n . s l e v e o d u m /d an fo , llow. Messengers were, therefore, dispatched to London for the aid ofthe engines, and by the time they arriveet, another fire happened at 22, High-street, Deptford, belong. and Brigade firemen, succeeded in getting both fires extinguished, but not until considerable domage was done to the t wo b uildings, and also to the valuable stocks ix trade. The origin of both fires is unknown. Mr. Wright was insured in the County, and mi.. Rutter in the Atlas, fire-offices. STATE of TRADE.—MANCRESTER, THIIRSDAy.-- There is no change in the markets since Tuesday, the features still continuing the same, with the exception that cotton has fallen about per lb. The very low prices-now current indUC O 130/310 little 113- gula, 011011 COIIII.IIU. At Ye 7 19w prim. - - THE. SHARE MARKETS R RITIS li RA/ LWAYS- Paid. Nominal Prices. W 4 .t,O L dis. 8 3 5% —5% Ells. .7% 6 I 34 - 1 p. 28% - 29% 27 - 28 15 1 8%- 9%p 5 1 - 8 p 10,4 - 11% 100 184 —B6 17% i.I7U —17% 50 I 11% —l2 10 I 5% —b% 50 50 - 22 1% dia. 104 8 p. 31 p 69% 10 7 dis.' 1 Ni 128% 5 4 die. —9934 15 3 / 4 die. 3 die. —% Alis• 136 p .244 1334 64 p• 6' p. 31 4 P. 3 dis, 2 % p• 3% dia. 1% 13% 12% s:ti 214 20% 15% 6%7% "34 % 4% ' 32% 32 18 4 6% 13 % 43% .3% 90% 4 90 It 12% 11% % P 2% die. 62% 58% 59 58% 98 97% 98 }i 133 132% 23% 23 18 17% 4% 4 90 89% 90% 3234 31% 113 % 2% % dis. 613 i 62 61U 19 N fa % 93 9 DO% 11% 11 % 18 % A 36 is 5% 4 dl3. 4% ti dig. 18)i h 26% % % 27 6% 21 % 20% 16 15% 7% 6% 24% 5 93 1334 15% W 4 10% ot % 3 4 11 H 3% 323( zisaltv !X : The other orders of the day having been disposed of, the House adjourned at a Qnarter past Two o'clock. INDIA AND CHINA. THE OVERLAND MAIL. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH FROM TRIESTE.) The steamer Haddington, which arrived at Suez on the 3d, bring s l e tt ers from Bombay of the 17th, Calcutta of the Bth of January, and Hong-Kong of the 30th of December. Sir Charles Napier had arrived at Bombay. He was to leave in the packet of the 3d. He was the guest of the Go vernor-General. The works of the Bengal Railway were suspended, in con sequence of the incompetent powers of the committee. A continued system of canals is to he carried out towards the north-west frontier and the Punjaub. Sickness continues to prevail in Lahore, and cholera exists among the native population of Bombay. Some important failures have taken place among the native merchants. Commerce was still. Money scarce. The Bengal journals give an account of a mutual exchange of visits between the Governor-General' and Ghoolab Singh on the 27th and 28th of December, near Wuzeerabad. Sir W. Gomm left Calcutta on the 7th of January for the north. west provinces. The Hindostan arrived on the 4th of January at Hooghly. Commerce heavy, purchases small, and prices are on the de cline. Exchange, 2.1,. The Chinese journals announce the suppression of the in. surrection in the province of Kwangsee, and the reported death of Lin,Tsih Su, the Imperial Commissary sent to quell the insurrection. Fever continued at Hong-Kong. Commerce dull in all its branches. Freight of tea to Eitgrand, from Canton, as low as 30s. Money continued scarce, which lamed commercial trans actions. The Indus and Europa left Alexandria on the 6th, for Southampton. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the Lyceum Theatre with their presence yesterday evening. The royal suite consisted of the Countess of Mount Edgecum be, Hon. Matilda Paget, Lord Dufferin, Lord Charles Fitzroy, *rill Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Alexander Gordon. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday morning, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Alex ander Gordon, Equerry in Waiting. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Helena took their ac customed walking and pony exercise yesterday, in the garden of Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited his Royal Highness Prince Albert yesterday at Buckingham Palace. The Countess of Mount Edgecumbe has relieved the Viscountess Jocelyn in her duties, as the Lady in ►Yaiting on her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, Barone-8 de Speth, and Sir George Couper, arrived in town at half-past one o'clock yesterday afternoon, from her residence, Frogmore. Her Royal High ness visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House, Piccadilly, on her way to Clarence House, St. James's. A deputation on the subject of the coffee duties, consisting of Mr. Bramley Moore, Chairman of the Brazilian Associa tion, and Mr. E. Joh ns t on , accompan i ed b y Sir Thomas Birch,l M.P., Mr. Cardwell, M.P., Mr. Win Brown, M.P., and Mr. Thornely, M.P., had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence, Downing -street. Colonel W. L. Freestun, M P., lad an interview with Sir George Grey, at the Home-offiW - yesterday. Mr. Franks had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, on the coffee duties. A deputation respecting church leases, consisting of Mr. Hutt, M.P., Mr, Hugh Taylor, and Mr. Philipson, had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home nice. Sir Alexander Bannerman, Governor of Prince Edward's Island, had an interview with Earl Grey at the Colonial office yesterday. The Rev. Dr. J. Adamson (Cape Town, South Africa) had an interview whh Sir George Grey, at the Home-office yes • terday._ Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Re venue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exche quer yesterday. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester day. Present—the Master of the Rolls. the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Judge of the Prerogative Court, and Sir Edward Ryan. " Burns v. Millet" (the Orion), appeal from the Admiralty Court was heard, and judgment given. " Barclay v. Hogge ' (the Glenalbyn ), appeal from the Ad miralty Court, was commenced. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The new grand operatic spectacle entitled Azad the Prodi gal, founded on Auber's popular opera L'Enfant Prodigue, now being performed in Paris Kith great success, is in active preparation at the above theatre. Rumour states, that it is to be produced on a scale of great splendour. Scenery, cos tumes, properties, and appointments are to be entirely new, and of the most gorgeous, description. Much of Auber's music is retained, and the cast includes nearly the whole strength of the present company, with the important addi tion of Madlle. Victorine Legrain, principal danseuse from the Grand Opera of Paris, who will make her first appearance in England. The band and corps de ballet will be considerably augmented, and a chorus of sixty voices has been engaged for the occasion. L e t t h ose who would censure Mr. Anderson far not keeping to the "regular drama' reflect, that he has for some months perseveringly striven in the good cams, even under the pressure of unusually adverse circumstances; and that such things as melodramatic spectacles were brought forwa r d and admired at our great national theatres even in the legitimate days of Jdhn Kemble.--llforning Post. t~culwaye. Aberdeen • • .. • • Do. Preference • • • • Aniberf;ate, Nottingham,; Boston, & E. Juncion. Ayrshire and Galloway., Belfast and County Down; a Bents and Hants Eaten.] (Great Western Per-' petual 5 per cent ) Birmingham and Oxford Junction, calls duly paid, or with a guar.., Do. without a guar...l Binning., Wolverhemp-j ton, and Dudley, calls! duly paid, or with ai guarantee .. . Do. without a guar. • • Worverhamp.,l and Stour Valley • 13 14 0 Birkenhead, Lances., and Cheshire Junction • . Bristol and Exeter•• - Buckinghamshire • • • • Caledonian .. • • • • DJ. 101. Preference Do. Clydesdale June... Chester and Holyhead .. Do. Preference .• Clarence .. Do. Ist Class, 6 per ct.. Do. 2d do., 5 per cent.; Do. Gov. Loan, 4 pr. et. ; Direct Lond. and Purism. ; Dublin and Behest Juliet.' 4, Dublin and Kiogst own Dundalk and Enniskillen 31 East Anglian (25e. L. 261 E. and L. & D.) Do (181. E. & H.) .. Do. (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. Preference Do. (51.) 7 pr. et. Pref. Do. (71.175.) 7 p. c.Pref. Eastern Counties .. Do. Eaten., 5 per . cent. No. 1 • • • • 6 I Do. No. 2 ..... . 5i Do .New Preference, • 6 per cent... • • 1 , Do. North. and East. 6 per cent. .. 51 Do. do. 5 per cent .. 5 Do. do., New • • • • 4 Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. allures • • 2 Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B& C shares 2 Do. do., scrip, guaran. 6 per cent. • • • • 21 East Lancashire •. • • 2, Do. New quarters • De. 6 per cent. prof. quarter shares.. .• East Lincolnshire, gua. 6 per cent • • • • • • 2 Edinburgh and Glasgow 5, Edin., Perth, and Dundee 2, Do. Newport .. • . Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South- West, 51 Do. pref. consolidated Do. do. G. D. &C. stock g Gloucester &Dean Forest Great Northern • • • • 2, Do. halves, A, deferred I Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. p Do. 5 par cent. pref. .. 1 ; Great Southern and Western, Ireland • • 5, Do. eighths .. • • ; Great North of England . to, Do. new 40/. Do. new 30/. .. Do. new 151. • • • 11 Great Western Do. New, 171. •• Bull and Selby .. .. 51 Do. half shares • • •• 2 Do. quarter shares .. B Lancaster and Carlisle .. 51 Do. thirds .• • • •• 11 1! Lancaster and Preston .. 4' Lancashire and Yorkshire 101 Do. quarter shares .. 2! Do. fifths .. . • • l' Do. F. 201. .. ; Do. new, guaranteed 6 per cent. .. .• • • 101 Do. Rudders. & Sheff. 51 Do. West Riding Union 1 Leeds and Bradford • • 51 Leeds and Thirsk • • 51 Do. pref. 6 pet., No. 1 I Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 2 1! Do. pref. 6 pct., No. 3 Do. pref. qrs., 1840 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. 11 London and Blackwell 11 I London, Brighton, and South Coast .. • • 101 Do. guarteed. 5 per ct., late Croyd.n thirds• • ! Do. preference, 5 p ct. 51 Do. preference, cony. 5 D per o. n e c w e n g t . u , a r lB a s n 2 t ee d . 6 . 51 per cent. .. .• • • 10; London and Greenwich . 12 1, Do. preference . • • 2; London and N.-Western 101 Do. do. new quarters . Do. fifths .. .. • • 1; Do. 101. sh., M. & (c) London and 8.-Western • 101 Do. new 501. .. • • 4' Do. new 40/. .. • • 3 Do. new preference • • , Londonderry & Coleraine 2, Do. halt shares .. . • ! Lowestoft, guar. 4 per ct. 21 Do. do. 6 per cent, Londonderry and Ennis killen. .. • • • • Do. half shares • • • • Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • Manchester, Sheffield, & Llncolnshire Do. quarters, No. 1 . • Do. new, 101 preference Do., 6/, Preference • • Do. Manchester and. Lincoln Union hf hilaitd • • • • • • Do. eonsondated pref. Do. 50/. shares • • • • Do. Bi:miug & Derby I Do. Consel. Bristol & Binning., 6 per cent. I Do. Bristol & Glouces. Do, do. do. •• 29 Do. Erewash Val. pref. Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per cent. guar. .. Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. .. Newcastle and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares .. s ewmarket • • Do. extension scrip • • ; Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry, Warrenpolnt, & Rostrevor • • .. Norfolk • • • Do. New 201. shares • it , . Extension • • • . Ito. guar. 5% per cent, Do. Waveney Valley.. Northern Counties Union North British...... Do. i 'reference • • • . North Staffordshire .. North-Western .. • • North & StIL-West.June. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. Preston and Wyre Do. Halves (A) .. .• Reading, Guildford, and I; eieate.. • • • • _ Royston and llitchin Do. Shepreth Eaten. Scottish Central Scottish Midland .. .• Do. new . • • • . Shrewsbury & Birmlng. Class A.. •• .. 13 Do. Glass 11.. • • • • 9 1 Do. New Guarantee.. Shrewsbury & Hereford Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) .. pail Do. lialses pail Do. Oswestry „ Do. New.. .. „ „ Do. 8 per cent. Pref. . Shropshire Union South Devon .. „ Do. Preference .. South Staffordshire .. South- F.astern Do. do. 4% per cent... South Wales.. .. South Yerksh. and River Dun Shed., Roth., and Goole, N. Div., guar.s p cent. Do. do. South Div. Swansea & Loughor, &c. raw Vale Extension Maims Haven Dock and Railway •• • Vale of heath .. • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick Waterford, Wex., Wick.,, and Dublin Wear Valley, 6 per cent. guaranteed .. Do. do. Do. do. West riornwall .. • • West London . .. • • Do. Ist Class Pref. (10/.); Do. 2d Class do. (par) White , ,aven and Furness Windsor, Staines, and S. Western .. • • • • Wilts, Somerset, & Wey• mouth . • • .. • • York, Newcastle, & Bar wick .. • • • • • • Ditto and Newcastle Extension .• Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference • • .. Do. Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway • • • • 1, York and North Midland 51 Do. Preference .. 8 6 8 su I t 5 32 0 32 ;5 6 6 - 81 .. 16 .. i 0 157 )0 136 lb 4 11% 10 23% )0 13254 L 7 6 12 '5 1 '3 lo I 8934 12% 1 6% . 4 ? 2% 5 .. W 15 W.. 7% 1 .. 5 1i 4 15 11% LOII • • 1 4 2 al 3i 0 62 )0 1128 100 4734 do. .. do. .. Boulogne and Amiens .. Central of France (Or. G DD r Eastea D E . l e met ai o ca l t r i n o a u ßd ir : ha i ac a d ndn 5o Vlerzon); Peninsula.. o Louvain ala Sambre .. Luxembourg Ditto .. Madrid and Valentil Maria Antonia .. „ Ditto, New .. Namur and Liege .. Northern of Fran ce Orleans and Bordeaux .. Paris and Orleans .. Paris and Rouen .. Paris and Strasbourg .. Rouen and Havro .. • Sambre and Meuse Strasbourg and Basle .• Tours and Nantes Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hassell West Flanders V V 1 Australasia . British North America.. Colonial Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock London and Westminster National Provincial Eng. Do. New .... • • • • National of Ireland Provincial of Ireland.... Do. Now .• • •••• • • • • Union of Australia •• Do. Yew .. • • Union of London Union of Madrid pt, Joni Ad Roy . Rh 2 tortlas9 . '7B 6 8' 10 1.. 53( .. 15 21 !.5 3% iS 2 3) I 5 1 2 3( 13 41 4 1 4 par to 111 14 22 dis. P P i 0 63 10 66 13 5 64 58 7 p -7% .. 43i -5. 16 13% 64 2% - 19 - 14 -34 15 18 12% 6% [2% 1i [2% 13% V/ 1% 50 102 15 51 12% 23 )0 71 [3 4 7 )7% 29 )0 5834 [5 10% .1% 71i 6 1% 1130 - 18% 6% 11% 13k 1U 6 ;0 9p4 ;0 15U 9 3% 17 34 9 1 9 10% 50 57 - 60 -16 •• 15 - 29 - - 130 5 2 0 1 .. )0 24 —26 15 14 —l3 die. 10 17% 18 % 5 5% • 15 9 5 5 [7 1 ,4 ti% 936 5% 6% dls. SO l B% - I 9 U /5 42% - 43 1 ,4 10% 8 - 9 p, 10 2% 21% 614 73( - 8 5 16% - 16% p % !254 636 - 734 5 3 5% —5% dia. 12 3 4 45( die. 8 10% —lO% up 14 16 up 7 8 11% 12% 1% 1 difi. ' 13% 14 % 3 —2X dis. 16% 17% 12 —l3 % 3% —2% db.! •• ---- •• 26 -27 15 I 4 3 [0 934 8 ~ 73 dia. 17% •• — l . 13 7 6 d. !O 4% 534 10 15% 16 $0 15 i 24 -23 .75 .• -•• 734 - a 734 •• , •• 20 -21 •• .. •• [4 1.. -.. 43 ---. 4334 I 25 20% —21% 20 .4%-- 4 dis. 9 2 1 ,4 —2 clls 17 16 — l 7 5 4 -4% 00 •• o f 24% 254 0 I 1 dis. 'OREIGN, 9% -9% 16% - 17% 1 7 % 4% di& 1 —l4 p. 5 3( - 3 4 P. % P. 73i . - /I 1 - l 0 - S 5 83; 154 1.5% 46-37yd1D. 34 —36 iZU 27% , “6 dia, 10% 11% 3 % -3 % • ' 'iyi 1 . - die. 8% 1% —1% STOCK BANKS 10 29 —32 10 42U —42% 15 9% 10% 10 25 25% 0 18% —lB x.d :0 27% 27% •• •. to 12 % 1 7% —is 15 42 —43 10 157 i 13 15 34% 24 121( lax •• ,Cyt Cuba 6; Qi - 15 1 7 6 X- •• •••• 97% - 98% - 11 - 60 15 6 3 7 MARKET NEMTS.-(THIS DAY•) Busines,* done to-day. 133,i (tit Beats. 21 DERBY. 6 to 1 offered on the field aDlll4.! oe stil THE AI LFG FD MURDER AT To1)-- - .sn jury which was impanelled to inquire into the ea u leat a1,5 a 7 , 00 of Mrs. Cooper, of Todnaorden, have, in accord ance nstdr, 4 ';, : We cal evid:nce, ret urne d a verd i ec t ' that s h e di• d. trams tloD' d p i r sc ot o lu , c e e r d ed, by puerperal h uer e p r er s a t i om fe a ver .h: nut the th w iae i li t g .m ht o e r s tea t • Whited a healthy appearance. T e LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, FEB.- States mail-steamer Atlantic arrived in the Mersey tWS: repair. on- She left Queenst own on Tuesday, and was ter j. a coue of steam-tngs. G pI REAT WESTERN RAILwAY.-'• A v the S tir ing orders were complied- with for enabling this coulritso : chase, lease, or. use the Wilts, Somerset,. and. W ei' pr the Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway 4 and s h e • or rO f way. Parliamentary agents, Messrs. rritt and Co. 0 0 _ n rillt REPEAL OF THE WINDOW TAX. — "X it ant'' Common Council held. yesterday, , Air. libott. (tee c r t p, the General Purposes Committee) brought up a.rePerts the petition to Parlianient for the repeal o Y ft eletiii iih ' t petition was unanimously adopted amidst the cheers ibe c o/ ertie ed to be pre enied to the House of Corareen s t fetw' • and it was also agreed•that the 31e.ru bers of Pasiia nl. "' „, 1 :4 of London should be requested to suppoxt its pray ' Csß ~t. DEATH OF THE DOWAGER ViscourTZss HAINE.—Died on Sunday last, the 9th of " ---. llle Castle, near Athlone, at the ' a dvanced 'age or as y•Afft,i i iit 1 "/_,w Dowager Viscountess Castlemaine, sister to the late, VlO4.- ani:O,CP.4 present, Earl of Clancarty. By her demise the. Presei°i.o al malne comes Into p ossess i on o f th e. v aluable and eX tens his uncle, the late Viscount, situated in the counties ' 9f and Reseemnion. ' • ~-- • , 811tr114 Of "or A sox. 0 , ,PP On the Bth inst., the wife of-Ttromisks M IL ' 1 ' '4 _ ~............ the a t pi.____...:, to. ,Br9in iwydd, Cardiganshire, of an heir. - , , '4,4uj 9 f E.J Charter, Esq., Bth (the King's) Rehnent, Or i`r , cIIARRIED , " • . • o n, gellv On the '2th in. , ...t., at the parish church , Kensingt. ierg , to J. Woodward. Lsq., late Captain— Ist BombaY f u st b, of the Catherine Druz, daughteref the late Cap,t4ii4 Lli°l . _....---- BengalArtm On the 2d inst., aged 64, William Morris, •rA"'' crenant, Montgontereyshire. , • II On the 3d inst. at Newton, near Middlewiab, Lieutenant- Colonel.'llobert Cartile'Pbllocli. Jobs Rev . On the 9th inst., at Chesbunt, fiertS, tie Wells, , aged 63. ' On the 10th inst. , T. Carr, Eiq., of Wellingtorl'77;, John's wood, aged . t , 4; " • On the 11th inst., in Howland-street FitztoS7-5t1." ' jamin Goode, Esq., aged 80. 1 4 1 - • .91 L on don: Printed le and Published MURDO' I{o ._ No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 7a Sun 0111 h cP o giacy Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in 1 "" j!diddlenzi Friday, February 14, 1851! Alit(N FACT-lANGE.—TRIPA Y ' ) t The quantity at En h lish Wheat received up to our taar k !,: this week has materially increased; yet, as some of the,P o ' f gi es were disposed of prior to arrival, the show of same that that grain here to-day was by no means good, alib mi ir had a portion of Monday's unsold supply 00 tendance of both town and country millers being ;%. demand for all kinds of Wheat of home produce rtilecte offer. Th e i s m Sa a ri ceedingly heavy, at almost nominal currencies. 12,000 quarters of Wheat have come to hand from abr t) 00 and been mostly land e d i n ware h ouse. S e l e cted sart es f a ll both red and w hi te were most ly held prices, but low and d amp samp l es were lower to P u , r 7,illy The supply of both E ng li s h an d f ore i gn B a rley, eS ,P., s e r — ibit that of the latter, being very extensive, the inquiry ..: "00 , article ruled he a vy, an d pr i ces had a d own ward te11. 0 5 We had a fair sh o w o f malt, in which a fair bilsin n e ralls' doing at I t .w ra t e s O ats came freely to handfrotd . i y Port particularly from Ireland—th e total supply being of 30,000 quart ers . N ext to noth i ng was doing i 4 at a fall of 6tl per quarter. Beans, Peas, Indian - C O P! Flour, were dull in the extreme. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Vot ir ' Wheat. Barley. malt. Oats. WO' Qrs. Qrs. Q rs. 1,930 3,150 3,410 4,670 4,670 . 4-- 13.82 0 010 11,870 8,730 10,510 scotch ........ Irish ........ Foreign ...... 11,870 1 8,730 VITEMMEIZD. Both To-day's market was very moderately supplied wit h buyett both as to number and quaiity. As the attendsnce v ' t prices was small the Beef t.acle ruled excessively heavy 1 ' 1 ; r the barely equal to those of Monday, the highest figu re / sbesll best Scots bei ng 3s 8d per Blbs. The supplY figure/ i being on the decrease, the demand for that de scri r c e the stock was somewhat active, and in some in stall . Aight primest old Downs p ro d uce d 4s 6d per t,lbs, being a t improvement in value. The few Lambs on offersck A eo lV 5s Gd to 6s per 81bs. In Calves very little busin... ca r transacted, but we have no decline to notice in the l ` st oat rencies. The Pork trade was in a very sluggish state•6l ead / quotations. Mulch Cows were selling at from 14/ to 1 0 ' including their small calf. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. 3. d . - to /d 0 s. d. to a. d. 4 1 Inferior Beasts..... 2 6 2 8 I nfer i or Sh ee r "• 3 S • 1S e Second quality .•• 2 10 3 0 S econ d g oal. Sheep - • a Prime large Oxen 3 2 3 4 C)arse-weolledditto4 4 0 Prime Scots ...• 3 4 3 6 Aouthdown Wetber 4 6 arge coarse Calves 3 4 3 6 Dltte entof the Wool° I° 0 ' 0 rime small ditto .• 3 8 4 0 Large Hogs •• •• 3 2,1 ° •ucklirii, Calves •• 18 0 24 0 S ma ll P or kers " is P ,ambe •• •••• •• •- 0 0 0 0 Quart.3r old Pigs TOTAL RUPPLY AT MARKET. pfxs Roasts. Sheep. Calves. I sfo 704 1 2,810 ! 160 SCOTCH. Sheep. I Calves. I 44 FOREIGN SUPPLY. heads. j Sheep. I Calves. I ' •••• • 1 0 400 60 NENVGATE AND IMADNDrigi g Ogl e .Mutton sold freely at aniadv ance o f 2d per 8110- kinds of Meat very little business was transacted . At per stone oy the carcase. 1. 41 . 6l° s. d. to s. d. 1$ .:eet,inferlor....... 2 0 2 2 Mutton, inferior •• 3 0 4 0 middling •• •• 2 4 2 6 —Daid olll4.• 310 ' • primelarge .. 2 8 3 . 0 prime •• •• 6 -• 0 prime small .. 3 2 3 4 Pork, large.• •• •• ••• Vsal ••••••• • • • • • . 3 2 4 0 '5 m a11........ . • BOROUGH NOP DIARKEIF'adi rrgn Selected samples of last year's hops are in sa, - ilioly. at very lull prices; but all other kinds move 0 11 W s Olt . ; barely late rates. Factor's prices, vit. ready to Dt,„,""i East Kent pockets, 31 165 to 61 15 ; ditto, bags, oVr to Mid Kent pockets, 216 s to 51 15s ; ditto, bags, ' 01 1 Weald of Kent pockets, 316 s t o 412 5; ditt o , bags ? '" Sussex pockets, 2 / 1 8s to 31165, per cwt. re COLONIAL. Swan.: -The market for British Plantation has oe, - ii e seriP. - 4 30 animated, arid fuller prices h -ye been paid for au lolff i ;,/ Barbadoes, 169 hhds 19 trcs sold at full quotations ; „ t fi S i tts r esg # 3, 6d to 44s ; and common to good, 40s 6d to 435, .-• • 3t4 6d to 40s 6d r ord and god mid yelow. &to. REFINED.- The market has o been dull ; l giocery IuMP S ' and brown lumps, 48s 6d to 495. EAST INDIA.- 'AAo ur tius, 2,437 bags went'off more , d ;'l3. 411 yellow, 41s to 42s ; good t o fi ne b rown, 35s 6d to 365; g o fo od about 4,000 bags, mostlysold, good to fine grainy sad; 3 ol, 6d, mid 38s 6d to 40s, goo d w hi te Benares 435 . 6d tO 7- oor o 'ol and good mid 41s 6cl to 42s 6d. Madras 1213 bar' • , go tO found buyers at former rates ; low mid soft yellow .good to fine 34s to 38s. s 2ld FOREIGN.-Bahia has bee n so ld a t 39 s to 39 s 6d o wd a'utlt and several lids were taken in at 35s to 37s 6d for ord wOl l O and 38s to 39s for fin e ; washed realisedl32B,6d to 3 . , 7 sd• •st has been done privately. fah' OITEE -Privately Nati ve C ey l on has b een in •a -r .. sellers had to _make some concession. Good ord Li Pu b s„; rl _rod realised 47s to 47s 6d, aid superior ha, been taken in . 0 In r" tation brought full prices privately. Costa Rica was sas „ape good and fine ord sold at 51s to 52s 6d per cwt. Tiler* t y o_4, decided indisposition to do business pending-the uneer t ' n , „r sa s ' Chancel er's Budget, but the official returns for last i r jigt falling off of 3.204,0001bs in the home consumption. t1d.1.0. „(y. COCOA -Grenada has be en t a k en i n at 4 4 s t o 461 for 4 ; e , ($ 1.7 bright red. Trinidad w as t a k en i n at 4 7 s for mid gra' 10 1 squall at 33s for ord grey, being previous rates. prill t6l • Zict.-There has bee n none of f ered - by auction, - _4O 3draras has been sold at 8 s t o 8 s 6d per cwt. 0.4 •T hw Amtowitocrr.-Bermuda was tak en i n a t is to IS "' 'tor sold' at 3d to 6cl per ill. a ydscpy SPICES.-Pimento has realised 4 1 ,4 d to 4Ncl,' for 'ord, Give. mid. Pod I'epper has been taken in a: 455. Mad ras realised 355. COTTON.-The market droops, and privately there h a h rso, W r T ip a few transactions. At the au c ti on 6 , 00 0 b ales were na' ir ' A Po. in, buyers not being incli ne d t o g i ve the prev i ou s rate& sold at y, d decline. a nd r f ' ti tis Immo: --The public sales ecntinue t o go o ff hert i. .„ pr. ~•• are fully 4d per lb lower than in October last. ""'" • has been withdrawn. TEA.-The mark.-t has been firmer, and in Me- - Aw business has been done at about former q :otations. .. b oeu COCIIINEAL.-Low ord to mid H on d uras s il ve rs bar' 35 6d to Is ltd per lb. This is about the previous watt . _,e• novi o to WooL.- metween 16,000 and 17,000 bal e s o f Cololliai l rices course of sale publicly, and there is a fair attendance. tot about the same as at the last auction. dell! !!!;0 0 ALLow.—There is a quiet market for forward 4 30 pikes are firm. P.Y.C. 37s 6d to 37s 9d on the spot, $1 yed• the last three months. Town is 37s to 37s 3d. , tP 10113'01e, GREEN FRUIL— The market for O ranges has align.' 00001 three cargoes St. Michael, so ld b y Keehn', and .Hunt n ars went a, an advance of I s t o 3 s per box. l‘lessina Lemo n esnO n if out or first h an ds, a n d a further improvement Pl,7;ifyftral° S. and Chesnuts are 5s per barrel dearer. - A. good Jo IA — Smyrna Nuts, and, fr om th e scarcity Ot Black Spa' ', meet with a ready sale. SPORTING INTEL , TA TTEttSALL'S—yEsTrno A t i' i n the eP; The Chester Cup betting,, although dt" ` L i" agail l j; treme, bad the . t ffect of reduci o the q11°1,9',",„-futain been and Ittlian; that the latter wil l Tb - oe be e ," la gr i y a n g d ai i n s s d t o h u i m b t t i u n l would have been taken about Montogg,e4. of 40 11 !.:. Eve!q e e t i c b o g ur t ..... h eo t t4'tlietat(si,eseCilt...---I°2lsaDt°d 14,4.11; , 3n, and 1,000 to 30 about The Noir' leche r ' °1 An improvem ent i n V a i n Hope fur t he eSI ePerrl) , and a few bi , t3 un the Sprit, Cup (bot. .t were the only othe r features g of the afternoon LIVERPOOL SPRING VIP. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Meeson's Doubt ---45ke1l 5 to 1 agst Mr. Purr's Psnope 7 to I agat Mr. Pedl e y' s Idl e Boy Bto 1 east Mr. Law son ' s Caurire ---I,oo° it* taken once LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE . 7 t,, 1 agst Vain H..pe 10 to 1 agst Abri-el-Bader • 10 to 1 agst Sir John 12 to 1 apt Pt ttr Simple , 20 to 1 agst Rescue el I)3° above 20 t 1 t and• alf . All the bit were Hll h taken in the cou r s e afternoon; but at the close were offered. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE HANDICAP. 50L 15 to 1 agst Mr. A iuch's Z.doc- taken 4° k e n 20 to 1 agst Mr. Fuller' s Th e Swindler ---0- METROPOLITAN HANDICAP . • • . 26 to 1 agst Mr. Carew's Agis-taken CHESTER CUP. 100 to 6 agst Mr. Tieen's, litoisus. 5 yr s, 78 ;.• 70 51 b 20 to 1 agst Mr . Meiklana's The Italia n4 , l ll s Ir.' 22 to 1 ag a t Lord e a l e d on ' a Th e Flying L4ll Sat 121 b „ 0 4 30 to 1 aga Lord Clifden's Waft waver, ° f 30 to I apt Lord Eglintun's The Knig ht 4 yrs 7st 3lb it ' 40 to 1 agst Mr . Harrison' Seaman, 4 rli ; 40 to 1 agst Mr . Downes's Strop; 6 st ; r 1 50 to 1 agst C o l one l Anson'4 Backbiter, 50 to 1 egst Mr. Lister's Na ncy, 3 ,Y" , 6/ : 1,000 to 15 a g at Litwson 'SCaurite, 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Disney's Sir Richard." .4 1,000 to 15 a g st M r. G. Watt's Little Ge °ll° ' 6st 61b—taken 0 4 I°' 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. P edley's Prior of La ne-- ecOSI 6st 10lb—taken 1,000 to 500 laid on Rhesus aget Baby 'I 1