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PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS LiTERiITUItE. 211°-8E VERSE AND PROSE. Vol. I. By l Corn law Rh,. .7 . Appearing dint . FRIDAY - , MA am 1. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House ,f c 0,,,, ~ ,,s., as this voltime has done almost simul taneolld y with the news of the demise of its gil%edl PARLIIIIE \ TAM' I'OTERS iiutho,.(lN TEIE COMMITTEE.) (IRELAND) BILL. lit ~ it partakes of all but a pustbumous character. goon ally rate as the last effusion of the clear, the First Clause (Ocean era of Land rated fo d r t h l a net annual value of !Ri. or upwar s,! a , , and secur es . , u e ect of Ebenezer the manly i t 11 Elliott, it under this Act, shall be entitled to vote at leei' E lig l o ec or t er i g- o ri n as s tteer f e o ad r t attract. for itself•a melancholy and yet agreeable and Cou:ities in I N rel o ar ut d) th i ; A wo m r e d n: , linent proposed, in page 1, occupy," in order to insert U s but e xamination. Not a Free-trader amongst the w must experience a feeling of proud interest in l t i rle e A l v 3 o , rd to s put,the wo.d ' occupy' stand part of the Clause." leave out occupied as tenant i r owner :" Question 0 0the r d titinY °I. Elliott's poetry—for his muse, though The Committee divided : and ,e in a home-spun raiment, is always beautiful, MAJORITY—AYES, 166. ~. n r beauty is a direct emanation from what some Adair, R. Shafto Fox, It. M. Fox, W. J. Ord, W. of .. a most dry and barren science, the science Aglion k by ,ih lL. A ss . Gibson, Thomas M. Osborne, Ralph Political economy. We feel that his sympathies A A l i c isO e n, Colonel Grace,O. D. l'aget, Lord C. t7fentzurs, for we find some of the innermost thoughts Armstrong, Sit: l A l A. G G r ra tt li t a a i i r l i, , S h rr n, J y ames I;a n f i e n t e , r l. t o o r n d , klvge fi r _ n r_ nature articulated in his voluble diction. The A A r r m un s d tr e o l, n f, , ,,A . of . Grenfell, C. Pascoe Parker, John e 2: B f these volumes of " More Verse and Prose" Baines, M. T. Grey, Sir G. Patten, W. moreur tOS Entirely of tho former, and hence to us is Grey, it. W. Pechell, Sir G. Barnard, E. G. Bass, Thomas }fall, Sir B. Peel, Frederick p ortin Peolliiarly attractive. It is divided into six Hallyburton, Lord J. Perfect, It. Bellew, It. M. Pigott, Francis p c ,,, "' - --1, Lyrics fir my Daughters : 9 , Small Berkeley, Admiral Harris, Richard rilS • Epistle'. ,• i ' , The Year of Seeds : 4, Ballads : 5, Berk o uv e e l r e i y e 'E. L i , . G . rtsti e • , -., . 1 1 1 , a is s t t le e: Li e e x h a i Ld l e d r Priiliknien3i.,,t W. v i .. th e f o „ •u, l'Aheline. Among the Lyrics we find Boyle, Colonel Hatcher', John Power, Dr. kind "°Wing noble song, more than national in its Bright, John John Hawes, B. Power, Nicholas Posey, Philip Hayter, W. G. , to be chaunted to the air of Rule Britannia : 1: 0 7 st , , J. Headlain, Thomas Reynolds, John 4 P.rom age to af,e, the bad grew worse, B B Brother ton, W. ~k.liti still retorted curse for clin.e, Banbury, E. H. James s R lt e ic e h b , nc H t e , n .j r . y A. Busfeild, W. s i t tl gh Seas, and skies, and light, and air, Chmpbell, W. F. Russell, Lord J. 111 Henry, w: r : Y o ' o " n ' r°stde Alexanderl il, Lawrence a j . tm ß. S ow ri g , 1 • 141 , in concert, everywhere: Carter, John B. Hodges, T. L. Sadleir, John Salwey, Colonel Howard, C. W. ~I t weeds, and say, ' Here it mers will bloom!' c c s a y ul ie le y ild i( j lw . Edward S. Howard, E. G. Scholefleld, William 41( nne to roost all curses come. "an wilful woes th e sun arose, Clements, Charles Jackson, William Scully,Scroi)e GFr.aPn.eis Clifford, Henry M. Jervis, Sir John , 4 „r l C o bden, Richard Keating, Robert Shafto,ii. D. .0 sun w ent down on wilful woes, Colebrooke, Sir T. Kershaw, James Sheil, R. L. . -u ri t'?ugh ea r th an d heav'n seena'd waxing 3 oung, Collins, William King, P. J. Smith, John B. G o l l a thus, the ' God of Gladness' sung: Cowan, Charles Labouchere, Henry Somerville, Sir W. uth Cowper, W. F. Langston, J. 11. Spearman, 11. .Ifor-Go o d i s P eace—is P eace and Love: Craig, W. G. Lemon, Sir Charles Stansfleld, W. It. • Willing learners best improve. Dawson, T. V. Lerman!, T. 11. Stanton, W. H. Strickland, Sir G. 4 At length , DeveretLx, John T. Lewis, G. C. Stuart, Lord D. Teach Great God, thy seas and skies Douglas, Sir C. Littleton, E. R. Sullivan, Michael It wilful mourners to be wise! Drummond, Henry Loch, James a er "nd, that he who fights may fall! Duncan, George 31`Cullagh, W. T. Tenison, E. K. Meagher, Thomas Tenneut, It. J. Dirndl's, Admiral Codn...tbis shall be the song of all: Dundas, Sir David Mahon, O'Gorman Thicknesse, Ralph ,Good is Love—and Love is Peace: Dunne, F. P. Martin, C. W. Thompson, Colonel Tollemache, F. J. Ebrington, Viscount Mauls, Fox Fro Good, partaken, must increase." Melgund, Viscount Towneley, John Mr n the Ellice, Edward Joined small poems we gladly extract the sub- Ellis, John Mitchell, T. A. 'I ownley, It. G. most 4130, eulogistic and well-deserved Epitaph for Enfield, Lord Moffatt, George Tufnell, Henry Evans, Sir De Lacy Aronson, William Walmsley, Sir J. Evans, John Moore, George H. 'A v ra ` 'Gr Evans, William Morison, Sir W. ln t w itn n i , s Colonel J. . T . ? eate r than Colon, name r enown 'd Fagan, W. Wilson, Matthew All f • - Mostyn, E. 31. L. Wood, W. P. Mowatt, Francis he re ara d Discovery's rolls, Fagan, James lies Charles Dickens, who first found Fergus, John Mulgrave, Earl Wrightson, W. B. ar e Ferguson, Sir R. Norreys, Slr I). Wyvill, M. s 1r Fitzpatrick, J. W. Nugent, Lord i Th at poor folks ma y h ave sou l s. " Elliott's defence of his own homely rhymes : yyley, J. 11. O'Brien, Sir Timothy TELLERS. O'Connell, Maurice Hill, Lord M. O'Connell, M. J. Howard, Lord E. O'Flaherty, Anthony A scribe ,who, STOLEN LYRE. twenty years ago, tu wh printed lies in Salford town, 8 0 .Puff dear waves, made dear by law, attct 'Elliott's lyre grates like a saw :pu L ecause i strings were shaking down Vie w orst s oeues that the world e'er saw). 1 , 41. 1 e i died, and, - th - en, another found 4 t my old lyre An organ was, 1 , 4 which I still the corn-laws ground. p h ? ley old creaking tune.' Alas! 4;:tio worthy brothers might have shown gat Elliott's lyre is not his own. ii.pcertaia T. P. Thompson bought F A I one A. Smith the 'creaking thing.' or ,sent it to me, charging nought Analit, and many a brave new string, A uat gave its chords a trumpet's tone. d guilty Fear's co nv i c ti on b roug h t on, 40 brain s of mud, and hearts of stone." tal l e st tri °re fra gmen t o f f ree - tra d e versification we give in the form of the annexed hymn : The deed is done, the end begun; T i 4 vies, patient long, will yet be men; s IQ battle of Free-trade is won! Atierni'd, conquer'd is the robber's den! prais e to them who won the fight; tiTcropson, Hume, Villiers, Cobden, Bright! L ,ry shouted, as they storm'd the den, I „ 4 0 slave s like us the world bath seen; gkere are no men like Englishmen; T ° l task'd and robb'd, as we have been!' prais'd be they who won the fight; - n I P) Whitmore, Fryer, Cobden, Bright! k A uftY sought th e f e l ons i n t h e i r den, -41 : 41 shout e d over l and and sea, Sp h ere are no mea like Englishme n , , wise and good as we will be!' S he n' Praise to t h em w h o won the f i ght; Or l 'tb, Thompson, Bowring, Cobden, Bright!" Post l the striking effusions of Ebenezer Elliott's the b a - h geoius, to our thinking the most remarkable is 'the - ; .14(1 of " Devil Byron." By it more than by any Per D L' ll dividual poem in his books his name will be t iot1: 11 : 1 1 ,ted ; and under all circumstances his repu.ta tif ""I be respected by posterity as the reputation lishhWalai-hearted, large-minded, free, fearless Eng-. eyj' ati • Peace to his manes.: " after life's fitful Icie sleeps well." Z O , -2 ' SIGNALS. A Dictionary. By Captain \Vi m , A. P. E ar dl e y Wil mo t, R.N. tte n ,'"u the comp a ss of scarcely 300 pages of a L le Y Ntl e • i t Pocket volume, Captain At thur Parry Eard letbLlTh3t) of the Royal Navy, has here condensed il h h i er a complete and univ e r sa l di c ti onar y o f Itk ric s for the boats of her Majesty's Fleet. The 1 4 4 , 1 Which i s b eaut i fully pr i nted and admirably ‘4ily"tged throughout, will prove of large utility, not %ICC ° the members of the great national profession, lo k i° a Multitude of other persons—the signals be tllilitarWell adapted for yachts, the merchant service,. %tri t 2 Posts, signal stations, and railroads, either in l iti l - i' h nication with each other or in conjunction hin l " 'loyal Navy of England." Besides the for.e -,411'„' the volume comprises a large amount of mis 4ta-e°us information, such for example as a correct 4 reill the Royal Navy, the Indian Navy, the dif )144,1. Yacht clubs, and the names of all merchant - reefed registered registered at Lloyd's, with their tonnage, cor . to IMO. The book contains likewise, it 41% 4 '4 be observed, a variety of new and simple Si n a °` signalizing, illustrated with coloured en- N I ; h as the whole being compiled and invented ule re sanction and under the especial patronage of ' ut lis Commissioners of the Admiralty. COURT CIRCULAR. ote et , —Val Hi g h ness P r i nce Alb ert ro d e ou t on 4 °14; 4 . 1 c Yesterday morning, attended by Colonel lit — Val Highness Prince Albert presided yes to afternoon at a meeting of the Commission for v t i d i - 5 and encouraging the Fine Arts in re &htln. the . Palace the Westminster. His Royal d arrived new Palace at three o'clock, - e r Th e by Colo ne l B ouver i e . Vl4 The present were the Marquis of titt Sti b -W ne the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of Aberdeen, Canning, Lord Colborne, the Right Hon. theN IC ri Pealter of the House of Commons, Viscount c' ',. ) 1 1 . 1) the Ri ht Hon. Sir Robert Peel, M.P., D ll ° A l HO ' n. Sir James g Graham, M.P., Sir Robert " 4 `4 1 1 3 :1,.'* 1) ., and Mr. Hallam. 'rhe Secretary, Mr. h k,„, - -e, Was in attendance. theip meeting the Prince and the other Royal Pe tte '' ° ners went to the upper waiting hall and 41 ;ta 4 d the f rescos. Oh, i\raeeting broke up at a quarter-past five o'clock. )111 o :peen h ad a dinner party yesterday evening ;211:7Rhain Palace. The company included the kv:°,4,Wellingt ton, Lord Gough, the Earl of Mul- Z1',.•„,",e lit ° Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Peel, k,; 1 11' 1 4 7 :4 ",,, e -ti . Hon. Sir John Hobhouse, the Right Hon. bright Lascelles, Sir Hamilton and Lady p h . , and Colonel the Honourable C. B. and The k'Pps. .; 14 11 ; of the 9 1 Life Guards attended during gotd er a nd the direction of Mr. Grattan Cooke, Ot r reed the following pieces : Vetil 'enur e MS. on, ..... 10, Lombardi" 04, c Cross K n i g ht " G° h e. ; -u tre.fl y " k a t3 uble, !‘ Dedie a Mahomet" Gurtner. " The: the Que en . '4lt4yd,-"Val Family took their usual exercise yes 'etti Alfr ed Paget (Clerk Marshal) has relieved hileckley in the duties of Equerry in Waiting !:A c 7 41 Highne ss P r i nce Alb ert . 4 1 ei fc 4 t 1) -aet C ounc il was h e ld yesterday, at t h e theZffice. I t was attended by Lord John RU3.. Rt it qe 'irquis of L ans d owne , t h e E ar l o f Mi n t o , u t 4 4 h„ge Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, ot td4b" Robhouse, Lord Campbell, the Right Hon. ' Cl4„°tlehere, the Earl of Carlisle, and the Marquis t*l'he'llearcle. The Council sat one hour. rtrel4ancellor of the Exchequer was sufficiently ti r ,' Yesterday to take a carriage drive for the vla t 'ince his recent illness. t ale e v• Ur. Abrahams had an interview with Earl yesterd tp,... 4 .r ,ay at the Colonial-office. 4 1 : 41 0 e 3 ') M.P , attended at the office of the Com - Vtid l n —s of Railways yesterday, to present a me ti,°l4,,in the subject of the Oxford, Worcester, and 'at parePton R from the Mayor and Coun t,. " 44 ,, al way, viclptttehyrnainster. iipebl onia e l.. B were sent off yesterday evening from ‘' l a C o l office, for the Governors of the West tenies. ~11 t i t4 ) ., 411, ,g or QUARTERS OF THE G ''' P "'le half- 1 I n e of quarters of s Yes uAßDhe.briae 1 4 , ot it q_ . g year cla g . hcillitttaijon'7, took Place, 3'134. .fr ot , v , ', 1 ? 1 ;11 St. George's ,vLz .: Barracks;r e D t a o d I er Guards;Chichester; , (from tt,v. uttngton Barracks to Sr. John's Wood; s. f t fr o , n •ve,indsor to the Tower. Coldstream Guard. leer Chie,°t• John's Wood to Portman-street; Scots Fun etQuar. tifie.stor to St. George's Barracks . -street; 2nd, to Wellington . I.i'll t i ca ( . 1 ~ to from Portmaniv,iti 18th Foot. thr_qe,..znl, from the Tower to _ r o e dsor. Los re General Burrell, C. 8., who formerly commanded NI 4 " , Qut, is named as likely to succeed the late , It I , A ter as colonel. )111.0?ftilspired although no yesterday morning that, , t'!pi t nouee to that effect was given yesterday at the 04.11141i°4 gran d, the directors had come to the d d e a te . r s - , dti riti m of ting loans for the space of fourtetenansler deter- Pe r eAl t11(1 cloe, for the dividends of the r f t Ilti, 14e Reduced stocks, at tho rate of two per cent. mut,. Fordyce, A. I). Forster, Mathew Fortescue, J. W. MINORITY—NOES, 102. Arbuthnott, Hugh Greenall, G. Miles, William Bailey, Joseph, jun. Greene Thomas Mullings, J. R. Bankes, G. Grogan, Edward Mundy, William Barrington, Vis. Hale, R. B. Naas, Lord Bateson, Thomas Hamilton, G. A. Neeld, Joseph Bennet, Philip Hamilton, J. 11. Nesedegate, C. N. licresford, William Hamilton, Lord C. Newport, Viscount Best, John Ilarris, Captain Ossulston, Lord Brainston, T• W. Ileneage, G. 11. Plowden, W. 11. Brisco, M. Herbert, 11. A. Prime, Richard Firoadwood, H. Ilerries, J. C. : Pugh. David Buller, Sir J. Y. Hervey, Lord A. Repton, G. W. J. Sunbury, William Hildyard, R. C. Sandars, George Burghley, Lord Ilililyard, T. B. Sandars, Joseph Cabbell, B. B. Hill, Lord E. Scott, Francis Carew, W. P. Hood, Sir A. Smyth, J. G. Castlereagh, Vis. Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Sotheron, T. 11. S. Chatterton, Colonel Jones, Captain Spooner, Richard Clerk Sir G. Ker,:Richard Stafford, Augustus Cobbold, J. C. Knight, F. W. Stuart, H. Cocks, T. S. Knox, Colonel Taylor, T. E. Cole, Hon. H. A. Law, C. E. Thesiger, Sir F. Corry, H. Lennox, Lora A. Thompson, Alderman Dod, J. W. Lennox, Lord 11. G. Tyrell, Sir J. i Dodd, George Leslie, C. P. Verner, Sir W. Duckworth, Sir J. Lewisham, Viscount Vesey, T. Duncombe, A. Lindsay, Colonel Vyse, Howard Duncombe, 0. Lockhart, W. Waddington, H. S. Forester, G. C. Lowther, Colonel Walpole, Spencer Fox, S. L. Lowther, Henry Walsh, Sir J. B. Fuller, A. E. M'Naghten, Sir E. Wegg-Prosser, F. Gaskell, J. M. Mandeville, Viscount West, F. It. Gladstone, W. E. Manners, Lord G. TELLERS. Gore, W. 0.: Manners, Lord J. Henley, J. W. Goulburn, Henry Marcia, Earl of Mackenzie, W. F. Same Clause:—Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the blank, page 2, line 4, be filled with eight pounds :' "—Question put, " That the blank be filled with eight pounds.' " The Committee divided:— Abdy, Thomas N. Adair, R. St.atto Aglionby, H. A. Alcock, Thomas Anson, Colonel Armstrong, Sir A. Armstrong, R. B. Arundel, Earl of Baines, M. T. Barnard, E. G. Bass, M. T. Bellew, R. M. Berkeley, Admiral Berkeley, Henry F. Birch, Sir T. Bouverle, E. P. Boyle, Colonel Bright, John Brock , ehurst, John B. MAJORITY—AYES, 213. Glyn, G. C. Ogle, S. C. Grace, 0. D. Ord,: William Graham, Sir J. Paget, Lord C. Grattan, Henry Paget, Lord G. Greene, John Palmerston, Vie. Grenfell, C. Pascoe Parker, John Grey, Sir G. Pechell, Sir G. they, R. W. Peel, Frederick Grosvenor, Earl Pelham, D.:A llall, Sir B. Perfect, Robert Hallyburton, Lord Peto, Samuel Hamner, Sir J. Pigott, Francis Harcourt, G. G. Pilkington, James Hardcastle, J. A. Pinney, William Hastie, Alexander Power, Dr. Hastie, Archibald Power, Nicholas Hatchell, John Price,lSir Robert Hawes, Benjamin Pusey, P. llayter, W. G. Reynolds, John Headlam, T. E. Ricardo, Osman Heathcoat, John Rich, Henry Henry, Alexander Roebuck, J. A. Hervey, Lord A. Romilly, Sir John Heywood, James Rumbold, C. E. Heyworth, L. Russell, Lord John Ilobhouse, Sir J. Rutherfurd, A. llobhouse, T. B. Sadleir, John Hodges, T. L. SaiweY, Colonel Holland, Robert Scholelield, W. Howard, Lord E. Scrope, G. P. Howard, C. W. Scully, Francis Howard, E. G. Shalt°, R. D. j„ Howard, Sir R. Shell, R. L. Hume, Joseph Shelburne, Earl of Jackson, William Simeon, John Jervis, Sir John Slaney, R. A; Keating, Robert Smith, J. A. Keppel, G. T. Smith, J. Benjamin Kershaw, James Somerville, Sir W. Kildare, Marquis Spearman, H. J. King, I'. J. Stanstield, W. R. C. Labouchere, Henry Stanton, W. H. Langston, J. H. Staunton, Sir G. Lascelles, W. S. Stuart, Lord D. Lemon, Sir C. Stuart„ Lord J. Lennard, T. B. Sullivan, Michael Lewis, George C: Talbot, J. H. Littleton, E.:R. Tancred, H. W. Locke, Joseph Tenison, E. K. 31`Cullagh, W.IT. Tennent, R. J. 31'Gregor, John Thicknesse, R. A. Meagher, Thomas Thompson, Colonel Mahon, O'Gorman Thornely, T. Martin, John Tollemache, F. J. Martin,lC. W. Towncley, John Martin, Samuel Townley, R. G. Matheson, Colonel Townshend, Captain Mamie, Fox Vane, Lord 11. Melgund, Viscount Villiers, Charles Mitchell, T. A. Wakley, T. Moffatt, George Wahnsley, Sir I. Monsell, William Watkins, Colonel Moore, G. H. Wawn, J. T. Morris, David Willcox, Brodie Mostyn, E. M. Wilson, James Mowatt,Francis Wilson, Matthew Mulgrave, Earl Wood, W. P. Norreys, Sir D. Wrightson, W.B. O'Brien, Sir Timothy Wyvill, Marinaduke O'Connell, Maurice TELLERS. O'Connell, 31. J. Tufnell, Henry O'Flaherty,'Antliony Hill, Lerd Marcus ;rockman, E. D. Brotherton, Joseph Brow.i-Westhead, J. Brown, W. Bunbury, E H. Busfeild,William Buxton, sir E. Carter, J. B. Castlereagh, Vise. Caulfeild, J. M. Cavendish, C. C. Cayley, E. S. Charter!s, Francis Clay, James Clements, Charles Clifford, H. M. Cobden, H. Coke, E. K. Colebrooke, Sir T. Collins, W. Cowan, Charles Cowper, W. F Currie, Itaikes Dawson, T. V. Devereux, J. T. D'Ericourt, C. T. Douglas. Sir C. Douro, Marquis of Du Pre, C. G. Duke, Sir J. Duncan, George Dundas, Admiral Dundas, Sir David Dunne, Francis P. Ebrington, Viscount Ellice, Edward juu. Ellis, John Elliot, John Enfield, Viscount Evans, Sir De Lacy Evans, J. Evans, William E wart, William Fagan, James Fagan, William Fergus, John Fitzpatrick, J. W. Foley, J. 11. Fordyce, A. D. Forster, M. Fox, Richard M. Fox, W. J. Adderley, C. R. Arbuthnott, 11. Archdall, Captain Arkwright, George Bagge, W. Bailey, Joseph Bailey, J., jun. Baillie, H. J. Bankes, G. MINORITY—NOES, 144. Fuller, A. E. Meux, Sir Henry Gaskell J.M. Miles, Philip W. S. Gladstone, W. E. Miles,:W. Gooch, E. S. Moody, C. A. Gordon, Admiral Morgan, 0. Gore, W. 0. Mullings, J. R. Goulburn, Henry Mundy, William Greenall, Gilbert Naas, Lord Grogan, E. Neeld, Joseph Guernsey, Lord Newdogate, C. N. Gwyn, Ilowel Newport, Visct. Hale, R. B. Ossulton, Lord, Hall, Colonel Packe, C. W. Hamilton, J. H. Plowden, W. H. Hamilton, Lord C. Prime, Richard Harris, Captain Repton, G. W. J. Heald, James Sandars, George Heneage, G. 11. W. Sandars, J. Henley, J. W. Scott, Francis llerhert, H. A. Seymer, Henry Ker llerries, John C. Sibthorp, Colonel Hildyard, R. C. S mollett, A. Hildyard, T. B. T. Somerset, Captain Hill, Lord E. Spooner, R. Hood, Sir A. Stafford, Augustus IlornbyNohn Stanford, J. F. Inglis, Sir R. Stanley, Edward Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Stuart, Henry Jones, Captain Stuart, J. Knight, F. W. Sturt, Henry G. Knox, Colonel Taylor, Thomas E. Law, C. E. Thesiger,7Sir F. Lennox, Lord A. Thompson, Ald. Lennox, Lord G. H. Turner, George Leslie, C. P Tyrell, Sir J. Lindsay, Colonel Verner, Sir W. Lockhart, W. , Vesey, Hon. T. Long, W. Vyse, R. H. Ti. H. Lopes, Sir Ralph Waddington, David Lowther, Colonel Waddington, H. S. Lowther, Henry Walpole, S. H. Lygon, General Walsh, Sir J. M`Naghten, Sir E. Wegg-Prosser, F. Mahon, Viscount West, F. R. Mandeville, Viscount Willoughby, Sir H. Manners, Lord G. Worcester, Marquis Manners, Lord J. TELLERS. March, Earl of Hamilton, G. A. Maxwell, Hon. J. P. Mackenzie, W. F. Baring, Francis Barrington, Lord Bateson, T. Bennet, P. Bentinek, Lord H. Beresford, William Best, John Blair, Stephen Boldero, Henry Bowles, Admiral Bremridge, Richard Brisco, M. Broadley, 11. Broadwood, H. Brooke, Lord Buller, Sir Y. Bunbury, William Burghley, Lord Carew, W. 11. Pole Chatterton, Colonel Chichester, Lord J. Christopher, R. Christy, Samuel Cocks, T. S. Codrhigton, Sir W. Cole, H. A. Coles, H. B. Conolly, Thomas Corry, Henry 6otioll, W. E. Dod, J. W. Dodd, G. _ _ . Duckworth, Sir J. Duncombe, A. Duncombe, 0. Du Pre, C. G. Ferguson, Col. Forbes, W. Forester, G. C. Fox, S. L. COLOSSEUM.—An entire change has been made in the scenery of the Swiss Cottage, the view of Mont Blanc has been removed, and an interesting picture of the Tete Noir Pass and Valley of Trient has just been painted by Messrs. Danson and Son, showing the cas cade, villages, &c., of that celebrated spot. A re-engage ment has been entered into with the Collins family, and their musical performances combine with the other fea tures of this exhibition in rendering it a most attractive place of amusement. The Cyclorama, with a moving Panorama of Lisbon and representation of the Earth• quake in 1755, is still exhibited. THE WELSH CHARITY SCHOOL.—Yesterday being the anniversary of St. David's-day, the annual festival, held in support of the funds by which this institution is sustained, took place at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street. The chair was filled by the Earl of Powis, supported by the Bishop of St. Asaph, Sir Thos. Phillips, and upwards of 150 gentlemen connected with the principality. The musical arrangements were en trusted to Mr. Genge, Mr. F. Smith, and a large choir of vocalists. Mr. C. Roberts, harpist to the Prince of Wales, was also present. and Mr. Sims Reeves in the course of the evening delighted the company with his exertions. The company having partaken of an excel lent dinner, provided by Mr. Bacon, the usual patriotic and national toasts were given from the chair, and re sponded to by the company. Tho boys and girls of the school were introduced, and had every appearance of liberality of treatment and the enjoyment of health. A large amount of subscriptions was announced by the secretary, soon atter which the chairman retired. The festivities were kept up till a late hour. COUNTY COURTS r4XTENSICINe-411 the Bill to ex tend the jurisdiction of the County Courts, yesterday printed, there is a clause giving either party a right of appeal to a superior court in actions above 201. There are fourteen provisions in the Bill and a scale of fees in actions above 201. IN STITUTION OF CIVIL ENGIN EEIL.C. On Tuesday, February 26 (William Cubitt, Esq., President, in the chair), the paper read was " On the street paving of the metropolis, with an account of a peculiar system adopted at the London and North-Western Railway Station, Euston-square," by Mr. William Taylor, of Birmingham. The paper commenced by directing attention to the importance of a good system of paving, in conjunc tion with a more perfect plan of sewage for all large towns. The paving of the metropolis had too long been carried on under an antiquated and unscientific sys tem, of using large masses of granite, placed upon an insufficient substratum : the consequences of this were great noise, an imperfect foot. hold for the hordes, danger of the constant fracture of the springs and axles from the jolting over an uneven surface, and great expense of repairs. The " Macadamized" streets were mani fest improvements on such a system, but the surface was not found capable of resisting the heavy traffic of the main thoroughfares of the City. The defects of the wood pavement so greatly exceeded the merits that it had been nearly abandoned. Impressed with the disadvantages of the present system of paving, Mr. Taylor tried an experiment about ten years ago, by covering a surface subject to very heavy traffic, and subsequently, about five years since, entirely paving the departure side of the Euston Station of the London and North-Western Railway in a peculiar manner. The system was upon entirely new principles. The method employed was, after removing the subsoil to the depth of sixtee❑ inches, to lay a thickness of four inches of strong gravel, equally and well rammed, then another layer of gravel mixed with a small quantity of chalk, or hoggin, for the purpose of giving elasticity, the ram ming being continued as before; a third coat, of the same materials, was then laid and rammed, a regular degree of convexity of surface being preserved. The stones used were of Mount Sorrel' granite, dressed and squared into regular masses of four inches deep, three inches thick, and four inches long; these stones were laid in a bed of fine sand, one inch in thickness, equally spread over the surface of the substratum, and they were carefully placed, so that no stone should rock in its bed. The whole surface was then well driven down with wooden rammers, weighing fifty five pounds each. The small size of the stones enabled them to be welled rammed home, so that the surface of the pavement never sunk, and the hardness and toughness of the material, prevented the stones from being worn down by any traffic, however heavy. It was stated that this system was found infinitely preferable to the employment of large stones, and the statement of cost was vastly in its favour ; the price of the ordinary kind of granite paving, in London, being eighteen shillings per superficial yard, and the maximum cost of the new or " Euston" pavement, including the substratum, was not twelve shillings per yard, and deducting the value of the old stones, not (in this latter case) claimed by the contractor, the net cost would only be nine shillings per yard. The system was stated to have been very exten sively employed at Birmingham and many provincial towns, and it appeared admitted, that the beauty of the pavement, when completed, was only equalled by its extreme durability and by the manifest advantages it offered in its noiselessness, good foot-hold for horses, freedom from jolting, and the small repairs it required. It was suggested that the different paving boards should make a trial in streets of small traffic, by lifting the' large stones, and cutting them into small cubes, or rectangular pieces, of three inches in depth, for the future pavement ; so that a good field would be afforded for the practice of the paviours, which would enable them to be better qua lified for the task of extending the system to the more important thoroughfares : by this means, too, a large surplus of stone would be accumulated for paving, and the refuse would be valuable for Macadamizing the roads in the outskirts. The discussion upon this important subject, was announced to take place at the next meeting, day,Tues- March sth, when the following paper would be read :—No. 815—" Description of the Chapple Via duct, upon the Colchester and Stour Valley Exten sion of the Eastern Counties Railway," by Mr. P. Bruff, Assoc. Inst. C. E. AN ELECTION SCENE. At length Lord Valteline signified his intention of addressing them, and a temporary silence was ob tained. He had very little to say, and was anxious, for a variety of reasons, to get over the ground as quickly as he could. Ile told them that the unexpected appear ance of a new candidate—(" Where is he ?" groaned the crowd)—had altered the state of the case; that proud as he would have been to have devoted himself to their service in Parliament, he was advised that a division in the Conservative camp might give a majority to that revolutionary party which, on this occasion was represented, or he should say, not represented by an un known individual, who was afraid to show himself to the electors—(an observation which was succeeded by a tumultuous uproar of " Bravos !" and "Go it, Valteline I")—and that, under the circumstances— under the peculiar circumstances, he repeated, circum stances which—(the rest of the sentence was drowned in shouts and catcalls, to the infinite vexation of Mr. Washington Trumbull, who was particularly anxi ous to know what the circumstances were) ; he, therefore called upon them to follow his example, and to give their undivided support to Mr. Rawlings, rather than let the enemy steal a march on them— (" Hurrah !" " Rawlings for ever ! ")—he had no personal animosity to that gentleman—he only hoped he would stick to his principles—and, for his own part, he could only say that he would take another op portunity—(here he was cut short again by the mis cellaneous and somewhat contradictory cries of the multitude, who by this time were getting rather mys tified) ; " therefore," he added, " immolating personal ambition on the altar of public principle, I retire from the contest, and shall cheerfully give the whole of my influence to that candidate, be be who or what he may, who pledges himself to nail his colours to the mast !" This last sentence was appallingly triumphant: it ran like an electric shock through the mass of up turned faces; and when a show of hands was called for, a forest of brawny fingers sprang into the air for Rawlings--" The Ladder of Gold," in Bentley's Miscellany for March. NATIONAL CEMETERIES. The following is a copy of a petition recently pre sented to the House of Commons by Mr. Mackin non, M.P. : "To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled, The Humble Petition of the President and Members of the National Society for the Abolition of Burial in Towns, " Sheweth, that it was clearly demonstrated before a Committee of your Honourable House in the year 1840, and, more fully before the Special Committee appointed to inquire into The Effect of Interment of Bodies' in 1842, that the burial of the dead in the midst of the living is a practice fraught with the most disastrous consequences. That your petitioners would remind your Honourable House, that during the prevalence of epidemic cholera, in the metropolis, the remains of be tween 2,000 and 3,000 persons who had perished from pestilence, were deposited, weekly, in places long since incapable of giving decent, much less sanitary burial, to a single body. That it has long been a matter of com mon and scandalous notoriety, that the bodies of the dead are disposed of so as to produce incalculable injury to the public health, and the public morals. Tnat during the prevalence of a pestilential disease, which your petitioners believe was, in many instances, clearly traceable to the practice hich they call upon your Honourable House to arrest, the bodies of the dead were deposited in streets and thoroughfares, under and around churches, chapels, and human habitations—in the very midst of two millions of the inhabitants of the metropolis. That, utterly regardless of repeated warnings and predicted consequences, the bodies of the dead have been, and continue to be, placed one upon another and side by side, in deep pits ; whilst thousands of others have been, and continue to be, de posited, in shallow graves, with an utterly un protective covering, of a few inches of soil (chiefly compounds of human remains), over each coffin. That your petitioners beg to remind your Ho nourable House, that the practice of intramural burial, in itself so injurious and demoralising, is rendered incal culably more injurious and destructive by the systema tic employment of means for the purpose of providing space for new comers. That the mischiefs thus inflicted upon the living are incalculably increased by the mutila tion and disturbance of bodies previously interred, and also by the incessant turning up of human remains, in every stage of decomposition. That your petioners have abundant evidence to prove, that in London, Bristol, Waterford, and other places, some of the most virulent and fatal cases of recent cholera, were developed in the immediate neighbourhood of burial places. That your petitioners respectfully suggest that, although the mis takes of centuries, as to the insanitary construction of the habitations of the living, and the sewerage of cities and towns, can be rectified only by necessarily slow de grees, and at an enormous pecuniary outlay—the imme diate arrestation of the practice of intramural burial—a practice which admits of neither palliation nor excuse, is as easy as it is urgent and imperative. " That for the above and other cogent reasons your petitioners respectfully call upon your Honourable House to interpose your authority, —to accord a power, to step in between the living and the dead,—and to pass, forthwith, a general Act tor the formation of national cemeteries, far removed from human dwellings. " And your petitioners will ever pray, &c., " GEo. ALFRED WALKER, Surgeon , President." 17, New Bridge - street, Blackfriars, Feb. 11, 1850. At Preston, a man was killed by a d ose o f cayenne pepper and herb tea, administered by a q uac k. I n Burnley, Itiartha Lord, aged eighteen, was also kill e d by a quack who prescribed a decoction of heterogeneous herbs. The Semaphore (le Marseilles of the 25th ult. an nounces the arrival from Civita Vecchia of six war steamers, carrying 2,700 men of the French army in Italy. Those troops were quartered in the neighbour hood of Marseilles until the Government should have as signed to them another destination. PIMES OF SHARES IN BANKS ASSURANCE, ANTZ OTHER COM- PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. YUBLISHED tvENY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY ETEZINO LQ•IDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 1. ZDINT-STOCK. BANXii. Name of ComVsiy. Dividend per Amount of Share. Ayinum. A.ustralasia •• •• ••• B ritsh North Amodcan Ceylon Commercial of Luidon Cllonial .• •• •• • • .... Gloucestershire • ••• lonian Londn and Westmustr Ditto . ........ London Jotnt-Stow Provincial of Irelaid • • Ditto, Sew... • • ... National of halal .. Nat. Provincial of Ing. Ditto, New. .. • ... South Australia • . Union of Australia... Union of London.... Union of Madrid .... 31. per cent. 5/. per cent. 71. per cent. (il. per cent. 51. per cent. 15/per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. GI. per cent. 81. per cent 81. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. it. per cent. it per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. INSiTZANCE C Namo of Compaly. Albion ...... •• •• . Alliance Brit. and ?. r. Ditto Marine. • • ... Atlas . • • • . • • • • . • • . • • British Cemmercid G enLife Eagle • . • • • • European Life General •••• • • • • Gbbe Guardian Imperial Fire Imperial Life • • • • . • . Indemnity Marine ... Law Fire Law Life— Legal and General Life Licensed Victuallers London Fire ........ London Ship ..... • Med. Invlid 1c Gen. Life National Lean rued.. National Life.... Palladium Life Pelican • • • • •• • • • • •• • • Phceaix .. •• Protector Life.... .. Provident Life Rock Life.. - Royal Exchange . Sun Fire.. Ditto Life ..... ....• United Kingdom, L.... Universal Life...... Victoria Life .... Dividend per An - uum. 31. 10a. 71145 6dPcbs 61. per cant. 138.6 d. pr sh. 75. per share bpr ct.B; be. 31. 14e. 61. 43i per cent. 61. per cent. 51. 121. per ccnt. 12g. 11. sh. & bs. 11. 16s. 10s. 10s. 12s.per share 4►341. per et. 51. per cont. bl.per cent. Si. per cent. 11. p. k b 5.1 5/. per cent. 11. ss. k bs. 61. per ceit. 61. 10s. 11.61. 41. per cent. 10% pr cnt. 51. per cnt. Name of Company. East and West Inil'a... East Country • • . London .. .. . Ditto Bonds •. ...... St. Katharine •• ...... Ditto, 5arip....... . Ditto 80nd5........ Southampton • • .... Name of Company. Charing-cross • • • • .. Southwrk .......• .. Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. Waterloo ............ Ditto Old Ann. °fgt. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall .... ... Av. Name of Company. East London.. • • . • • • • • Grand Junction • • • • • • Lambeth . •• • •• . •• New Rivr Lndu Brdge Vauxhall ........ .... West Middlesex . . . GAS-LIGHT Name of Company. British .. • • • ... •• • • .. Ditto froYineial.... Brighten ...• .. .• • • .. City of London ...... ContinentalConaolidat. Equitable— .. •....... Imperial ...... • . •• .• Indepeadeit ....... •• Ditto .............. Do., Put Preference Phcenix • •• •• •• •• •• •• fluteliff United General Weattniaster Chartered Ditto, New Names of Companies. Ashts SG Oldk Barnsley.... Brknk&Abrg Birmingham Coventry.. • • Derby ••• • • Ellanire&Chs GrandJunctn Grand Surrey Grand Unlea Grantham • • Kennt & Aril Lancaster • Leeds& Livrp Leicester .... Leicstr &Nth Lou ghboregh Nionmouthsh Mutgemrysh SieltnMwbri Z s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 AO 9 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 SO 0 0 100 0 0 90 0 0 25 0 e 50 0 0 40 0 0 LIST OF SCOTTISEE COMP&NIIS' P: Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Pries, Annum. Share. _______----- -----_ --- Z s. d. Z s. cl Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 190 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 9 10 0 0 12% Clydesdale Bank •••• • • 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 13% Commercial Bank .. • • 71. per cent. 500 0 0 ,100 0 0 , 172% Eastern Bank.. ••• • • • 61. per cent. 25 u 0 10 0 0 9 Edinb.& Glaagow Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 51. 168 Exehangeßnk of Scot.. 41. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 11 1434 isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 - National Bank 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15% Northof Scotlandßank 41. percent. 20 0 0 10 0 3% North British Bank : _ - _ _ Royalßank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 135 Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 I 0 50 0 0 91 Western Bank• ••••• • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance Fire and Life 8%1.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 11 0 20 B. Accord. Life and Fire - 20 0 0 010 0 - British Guarantee Ins. 41. per tent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 17J 3d Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 13 Colonial Life ...... ~ _ 50 0 0 1 0 0 11. Is. City of Glasgow Life Gt. p er cent. 25 0 0 6 0 0 21. 121 Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 I 20% East of Scotland Life _ 10 • 0 0 15 0 - Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 Emu. Co. of Scotlnd Si. per cent. 100 11 0 10 0 0 - Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 • 0 11. lOs Mercantile Life .. •• •• 41. per cent. 10 0 0 010 0 bs. Od. National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 208.6 d North British Incur s%l.pr (tent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 24% North & West ef Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 - Scottish Life and Guar; - 20 0 0 011 0 - Scot. Mae. and Gen. Life - • 0 01 5 0 - Sc sta o n tt d i a sh rd Cn L i i o fe n . l . n . s . ru . c o 6 5 1. 1 ; 4 i 0 9% r United Dep. Assurance 51 . per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 181 04 • I) :cent. cent. 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 24s .6 d DZI SCELLAN3IOI7B. Name of Company. Dividend Amountper of Paid. Price. Annum Share. -- __- ---- ---___ ---- Auction Mart ........ 21. Os. g, a. d. £. a. 4. - 26 Australian Agriculturl ij, 100 00 0 0 0 30 0 0 16 Anglo - Mexican Mint.. 11, in. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - Ditto, Half Shar es .. - - 210 0 - Canada ..... ....... Gl. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 1111 5 Uppr Canada B on d s 51. per cent. - - 69 (Ilty Navigation .... - - - 91 Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp.e. & bs, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 94 Equitable Reversielry 51, pr cent. 100 I 0 100 0 0 105 Gen. Steam Navigation 11. Bs. 15 0 0 14 0 0 27% London Institution ... - 78 15 II - - Russell Institution.... - 26 5 0 - - Peninslr& Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 7934 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4341. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 90 Royal Mail Steam •••• 61 18. 4. p. c. 100 0 I 60 0 0 50 South Australian ... .. 1L per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Van Dieman's Land.. - 100 0 0 29 11 0 - SUNDERLAND Dock COMPANY.--The half -yearly meeting of this company was held on Thursday, at the Commission Rooms, Exchange, Sunderland; Mr. Chris topher Bramwell in the chair. The report, which de scribed the works as proceeding most satisfactorily, and the financial statements having been read, the chairman, in moving its adoption, observed that the directors had devoted their time most anxiously in carrying out this great undertaking with as much economy and expedition as possible. Tho gates had been let to a contractor, who was compelled to finish them in September last; and if the contractor had fulfilled his part of the business, the directors would have been able to carry out the plans they had formed. Though they dcplored the water having unexpectedly broken into the dock, one effect at least would be, that it had tested the walls to the utmost. The meeting was made special, for the purpose of confirming an agreement entered into by the directors to borrow 40,0001. from a company in London, at five per cent., for seven years, which Was agreed to. After a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated. - REMOVAL OF THE RAILING BOUND ST. PA/n:6._ A numerous and influential meeting of inhabitants, re siding in the ward of Castle Baynard, was held yester day forenoon at Johnson's City Assembly-rooms, Doc tors' Commons, for the purpose of taking the necessary measures for the removal of the wall and railing now en closing St. Paul's Cathedral, by which means, it is thought. the grandeur and beauty of the structure would be much improved. A. petition was adopted for presen tation to the Commissioners of Sewers, and thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting se parated. Paid, Z 4. d. 40 0 0 SO 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 2500 2000 13 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 ISIPILNIZS. Amount of Share. Z a. d. bOO 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 0000 BO 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 Stock. 100 0 9 500 0 0 100 0 0 qOO • 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 115 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 • 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 S 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 PiUd. 4 a. d. 10 I 0 11 0 0 1 0 0 b 0 11 i 4 0 10 0 0 10 0 • b 0 b • 0 All paid. 36 10 0 50 • 0 10 • 0 5 13 1 2 10 • 10 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 • lb • 0 2 0 • 2 10 • b 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 4 0 0 9 0 0 4 0 • DOCKS. Dividend per Annum. Ameant of Share. 61. pr cent. 20e. per A. M. pr cent. 41. per cent. 4 per cent. 4141. pr ceit. 21. per cent. I BILID G: Dividend per Annum. 355. por cent. 11. 4s. Od. 11. Is. Od. IVATISM,' Dividend par Annum. 41. per cat. 31. 100. 6!. per cnt. 21. 10x. 51. per cnt. 61.0*. pr cit. AND CO: Dividend per Annum. li. Bi. 51. per cent. 101. 925. pr share 50s. pr share , SI. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per mat. 434 1. per et. 7s. -6d. Z s. d. stock. 100 0 0 Stock. ..... stock. 50 0 0 Amount •f Share. A. j. d. 10# 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 70 10 a 'O7LHS. Amount of Slam 4 i. d. 100 0 0 SO • 0 100 0 0 10• • 0 100 0 0 E co: Amenat of Share. Z. s. 41. 40 0 • 20 • • 20 • • 105 • 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 HI 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 • • 5 • 0 50 0 0 100 0 • 5000 20 0 0 50 0 0 A. s. ill. 18 • I 21 0 • no • 0 81 5 • 50 0 0 50 • • 40 • • 50 • • 50 • 0 9 10 0 49 • 0 90 0 • 50 0 0 10 0 0 C.A.Zitti.X.S. IDivideul Price, per 1 Annum. Names et Companies. ktaeclestiold. Neatk •• • • Oxford.. • • • • Peak Forest. Regent's .• • • Rochdale... • Somrset Coal Do.LkFd St Stffrd &Wore Shrewsbury.. Stoarbridgc. Sevens and Wye Rail. j Warwick& / Binning. j Warwick&l Napton.. Worcstr to/ Birming.) Wilts & Brits X s. d. 95 0 0 50 0 0 Z. s. d. GO • • 40 0 0 Tail. Price 4 a. d. 1 ANI: IDividend I per Instils. 21. 10s. 161. 201. 3!. 13s. 11. 28. 71.105. 61. p. c. '2Bl. lbl. 801. 21.05. 41. Os. 11. 10s. 7s. ed. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, March 1.) Sugar..—To-day holders of West India Sugar dis. ph ed firmness, and insisted upon fully former rates lor both grocery and refining sorts, still there was only a small business concluded. The purchases amounted to 290, making tor the week 1,672 hhds and trcs, and prices close the same as on Friday last, but with firmness. REFINED.—To-day Refined goods were in excellent demand for home•trade purposes, and prices ruled firm; good brown Lumps at 4Ss 6d, and fair to fine grocery 49s to 52s per cwt. Only limited sales are made in British Crushed Sugar at 29s to 30s Gd per cwt. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar met with attention, and the public sales of 9,600 bags went at firm rates, whilst the whole found buyers; fine yellow at 39s to 40s, low to good 35s Gd to 38s, brown 32s to 355, very low 28s 6d to 295, and mid to good grainy yellow at 38s to 39s per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar was in excellent demand, and the public sales went off at full rates. The quantity offered amounted to 5,685 bags, and the prices paid were: white Benares 38s to 39s 6,1, good and fine 40s to 41s, low to good yellow, like Mauritius, 34s to 37s 6d, strong white 45s to 47s 6d. Of Penang 5,926 bags, 81 bskts, sold at full rates, low to fine soft white 37s to 40s, yellow 33s 6d to 36s 6d, brown 30s to 335, and very low 27s to tfts per cwt. FOREIGN.—There was no public sale to-day of Foreign Sugar, but by private treaty a fair busit,e,s was concluded, and at fully former rates. MoLAssEs.—For West India the rates asked are from 15s to 17s fur low to fine quality, still little business has been concluded by private treaty, whilst none has been submitted to public competition. The market fur East India is quiet, and 13s 6d to 14s 6d is the value. COFFEE. —This afternoon the private operations in Coffee were trifling for all purposes, and 60s is the nominal value of good ord native Ceylon. At auction the chief part of 59 casks and 226 bags plantation was taken is at about the former value, from 68s 6d to 70s; the small part sold realised 65s to 68s for low mid and mid, and 63s to 64s for fine fine ord. The 17,000 bags La Guayra offered yesterday at Liverpool were taken in at 60s fur fine old grey of old importation. At a late hour this afternoon 2,000 bags good ord Native Ceylon sold at 595. Cocos.—With foreign the market has been well sup plied this week, and there are sellers at a reduction, still few buyers are to be met with. At public sale 266 bags of fine red Bahia were taken in at 325, and 970 bags Guayaquil at 30s to 32s per cwt for grey. For West India the market is quiet, and last week's terms are not to be obtained. At public sale 118 bags of good grey Trinidad were taken in at 42s per cwt. TEAs.—ln common Congou operations have been upon a small scale this week, still on the part of holders firmness is apparent, and there are not sellers under 9id per lb. For medium sorts the market has been in a quiet position, but prices remain at lld to Is 2d. In other kinds sales have been small at from Is 3d to Is 9d, but fine continues least in demand. A fair business has been concluded in ordinary and middling sorts of Souchong at 10d to is 4d, still few buyers are to be met with for other kinds, and sellers are willing to accept Is 6d to 2s 60. Previous terms aro asked for Scented Caper; the market, however, has a dull aspect and Is 2d to is 6d is the value. Pekoe Tea met with little attention, and difficulty is experienced in getting late rates. Fine Green is held with firmness at fully last week's terms, and a good demand exists. _ _ _ SPICES.—To-day at public sale 222 chests of Cassia Lignea were sold, good middling and good at 107 s to 109 s, middling 106 s, mouldy 102 s to 103 s, broken 87s 6d to 90s. Of Bengal Gingt.r 520 bags and 892 brls were disposed of, middling and good mid export sort at 20s to 20s 6d, ord 19s; a small parcel of 30 bags white Pepper went at 6id. RICE.—To-day at public sale 356 pkgs Arrowroot were nearly all taken in; Bermuda at 2s 3d to 2s 4d; St. Vincent's 9d to is Id, and Jamaica Is 3d; 123 brls Tapioca taken in at 3id for low. Saco.—Price are firm for Sago, but only small purchases have been made this week. At public sale 150 chests were taken in, at 23s 6d to 24s for good small grain. Sago flour is offered at 225, but few buyers are to be found. Farina is dull of sale at 16s to 16s 6d, and the stock is getting upon a larger scale. For Tapioca prices have a downward tendency, and at public sale 75 pkgs were taken in, good and fine Rio at 6d to Cid, and Bahia ordinary at 4e. Arrowroot is held for full rates, the stuck being small; still few buyers are to be met with. At auction 21 pkgs St. Kitts, Tousle Mois were in part sold at 4d to 6d for middling and good. OlLS.—This afternoon at public sale 48 tuns Southern Oil sold at 321 103 to 331 10s; 7 tuns Sperm at 841 103 for good; 50 tuns of Seal, fine pale 371 5s to 371105, and straw 351 per tun; 424 pkgs Cocoa Nut, a small part sold at 33s 9d to 355, and low 29s 6d to 30s 3d. TALLOW.—Thin afternoon at public sale 1,100 cks of Sydney were offered, and a part only sold at 32s Gd to 36s 3d; 1,300 pkgs South American 33s to 35s 6d; 22 cks fine P. Y. Candle 36s 6d per cwt. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) AnAccount, pursuant to the Oct 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 23d day of February, 1850. 18501 DEPARTMENT. NoteB issued•• ...... 30,326,155 Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities .. • . 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 16,049,0714 Silver bullion ...... 277,077 130,326,155 I £30,326,155 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 28th day of February, 1850. ➢ANKING DEPAKTMEN T. Proprietor's 'capital • • 14,5 5 3,000 Rest .......... 3,268,146 Public deposits (in eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and Di- Government securi- ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 14,399,368 Other securities •••• 9,687,635 Notes • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 11,437,1;00 Gold and silver coin.. 796,066 vidend accounts).. 7,635,031 Other deposits .• •• • • 9,749,035 Seven day and other b 1113.............. 1,111,G58 £36,320,869 £36,320,,69 31. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1850. Dated the 28th day of February, THE LATE SHOCKING CASE OF AT TEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE. At lslarylebone Police-court, on Thursday, much in terest was excited, in the immediate vicinity of which a considerable number of persons had assembled, their ob ject being that of obtaining a sight of the unfortunate young woman, Elizabeth Higgins, who, on Wednesday, the 21st ult., w as b roug h t b e f ore Mr. Broughton, on the very serious charge of having attempted to drown herself and her three children, one of them an infant only seven months old, in the Regent's Canal. The whole of the particulars connected with the truly distressing affair have already appeared in our paper, and it will be remembered that the prisoner and her family were all saved through the praiseworthy and courageous conduct of a young man, named John Rollins, a painter, living at No. 6, Devonshire-street, Lisson-grove. At two o'clock the prisoner was brought from the outer office and placed at the bar; she seemed in a very weak condition, and was allowed to sit while Mr. Fell, the chief clerk, read over the whole of the evidence which had been given against her. Inspector Wiggins, of the D division, said, in answer to a question from the magistrate, that he had no fresh witnesses to bring forward. The prisoner had nothing to say in addition to what she stated upon the first occasion, when she alleged that :he bad been driven to the commission of the act by the neglect and ill-usage of her husband, who was by trade a wheelwright, and who, although earning 275. per week, allowed bor no more then the odd 7s. wherewith to pay all housekeeping expenses—the 20s. he spent entirely upon himself. - The prisoner was committed to Newgate for trial. A gentleman living, as it was understood, in Homer stre3t, New-road, said that if called upon the next morning at his residence he would present Rollins with a sovereign, and expressed a hope that in addition to what might be given by the Royal Humane Society, many other individuals would reward hint for the intre pidity which he had shown. Mr. Herring, solicitor, Stafford-street, Lisson-grove, gave Rollins 10s., and also observed that he should be happy to conduct gratuitously the prisoner's defence. Mr. BROUGHTON remarked that Rollins most cer tainly deserved to be liberally rewarded, and asked him if he had as yet received any money from the Hu mane Society. lie replied that be had not, but a printed form had been sent to him with instructions as to how it was to be filled ap, and he was to take it to the office next Wednesday. The MAGISTRATE directed Rollins to come down to him at the Court on Monday, and bring the paper al luded to with him. _ LORD GOUGH.—Lord Gough returned to town from Bath on Thursday afternoon, and in the evening was present at the Marchioness of Londonderry's assem bly at Holdernesse-house, were the noble and gallant veteran was very warmly greeted. Major Edwardes was also the guest of the Noble Alarchioness, and came in for a full measure of congratulation on his safe return. Yesterday morning Lord Gough went to Buckingham Palace, and had an interview, by appointment, with his Royal (Highness Prince Albert. At the interview his Lordship received from the Prince the Queen's com mand to dine with her Majesty last evening at Bucking ham Palace. His Grace the Duke of Wellington, who returned to town from Strathfieldsaye on Thursday night, called on Lord Gough early yesterday in Upper Brook - street, and had a long interview with the Noble Lord. Lord Frederick Fitzclarence and Major Edwardes had also interviews with the Noble Lord yesterday. ,During the day Lord Gough paid several visits, and among others called on Sir Robert Peel at the Right Hon. Ba ronet's residence in Whitehall-gardens. His Royal Highness the reigning Duke of Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha (brother of Prince Albert) honoured the Noble Lord with a call on Thursday. The members of the Oriental Club have requested his Lordship to name a day when they may have the honour of entertaining him at a grand banquet at the club-house. The date of the dinner to his Lordship by the members of the United Service Club is not yet .fixed. BOTANICAL SOCIETY or LONDON.—The ordinary meeting was held last evening, at the society's room, 20, Bedford-street, Strand, J. Reynolds, Esq., treasurer, in the chair. Mr. G. E. Dennes, the secretary, announced that several valuable parcels of British plants had been received since the last meeting. Mr. Townsend exhi bited specimens of Glpcena pedicellata, which he consi dered intermediate between G.fieutans and G. plicata. It was announced that the distribution of the large and valuable collection of British plants, received by the so ciety during the past season, would be commenced next week, Steps are being taken to establish an Architectural Institute in Edinburgh, and a number of influential per sons have given their adhesion to the scheme. Pru E. MEM IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, March 1. The LORD CHANCELLOR t )rk his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. UMPIRES APPOINTMENT BILL. Lord FORTMAN moved the second reading of this Bill, the object of which was to give to the Judge of the County Court the power of appointing the umpire in cases of disputes between landlords and tenants occurring in his district, which disputes may chance to be referred to arbitration. The LORD CHANCELLOR hoped his Noble Friend would not press his Bill in its present form. Lord BROUGHAM urged the postponement of the Bill. After a few words from Lord CAMPBELL, the Bill was withdrawn. SCOTCH LAW OF DISTRESS. Lord BROUGHAM withdrew his former Bill on this subject, and gave notice of hia intention to move for a Select Committee to consider the Scotch law of distress. TENANT RIGHT, The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented a peti tion from the tenant-farmers of the counties of Down and Londonderry, in public meeting assembled at Cole raine, praying their Lordships to puss a statute ensuring tenant-right to the occupiers of land. Tenant-right was a boon given by the landlord to the tenant centuries age. He took up this as a publa; question. Great excitement existed in Ulster on the subject of tenant-right, and great bitter ness and jealousy had been in consequence occa sioned, and that excitement had been kept up by the efforts made last year to excite the far mers against the rate in aid, by the unfortunate affair of Dolly's Brae, and by the meetings which had been called during the last autumn and winter by the Protectionist leaders, who had made most exciting speeches; and the most remarkable circumstance was that the very persons who had been then called together by the Protectionist landlords had united to call for a large re duction of rent from the landlords, and for tenant-right, and net only for that, but for a perpetuity of tenancy ; in fact, they claimed the land as their own and threat ened all those farmers who dared to take land from which others had been ejected. In other instances they had actually determined not to pay rent--had, in fact, con fiscated their landlord's property.—(Hear, hear.) In such a case as this something should be done ; he did not call upon the Lord-Lieutenant to proclaim the county, but really something must be done to arrest these gentlemen in their progress, and to prevent the preaching of these doctrines. He had been called upon by a Presbyterian minister to substantiate what he had stated with regard to the non-payment of rent, which he alleged that those ministers had stated. He had received a letter, written by command of the Rev. W. Dobbin, calling on him to retract or sub stantiate those assertions. (The Noble Marquis then read the letter, challenging him to prove his assertions, and charging him with calumniating those who were equally regardless of his smiles and his frowns, and treated him with unmitigated scorn, and dared him to to try the question of privilege with them.) He had also received a letter from a most respectable landlord of the county of Down, who ex pressed his satisfaction that he (the Noble Marquis) had drawn the attention of the House to the calumnies of the Presbyterian ministers, and to the reign of terror which they were seeking to establish, making the county of Down a second Tipperary. He hoped that the Government would discover some mode of expressing their disapprobation of the proceedings of these Presbyterian ministers. Attempts at murder had been made in the county of Down, and ho hoped that the Government would offer large rewards for the discovery of the perpetrators of these outrages. Of one thing he was certain, that the landlords would not be intimidated, but that they would resist with firmness these exciters to murder and incendiarism. Lord BROUGHAM had the other day expressed his strong reprobation of a letter written by a reverend gentleman to his Noble Friend, but that letter was no thing to the letter which had been read. Any compo sition more remarkable for mere vulgar abuse, more unworthy of a gentleman, more unworthy of an educated man, more utterly unworthy of a minister of the Gospel, he had never heard. If those persons thought that threats would make any Noble Lord swerve from the performance of what he considered his duty, they would find them selves bitterly deceived, for whatever faults might be laid to the account of their Lordships, that of yielding to vulgar intimidation was the last thing of which they could be accused. The Earl of DEVON was opposed to legalising what was commonly called tenant-right. The Earl of RODEN agreed with the Noble Earl who had last spoken ; but he maintained, that all good landlords made their outgoing tenants ample compensation. He denied that the county of Down was in the disturbed state represented by the Noble Marquis. He considered the letter read by the Noble Marquis to be a most insolent and most vulgar tirade, and as such to be utterly reprobated. Reference had been made to the violence of the Presbyterian clergy, but among every body of men so large as the Presbyterian clergy violent persons would be found, and it was unfair to make the body answerable for the faults of individuals. As a body there was not a more respectable or worthy body of men to be found than the Presbyterian clergy of the north of Ireland. He regretted that the attention of Parlia ment had been drawn to the subject, as he thought it could not but produce disastrous effects. Lord BROUGHAM explained that he had not meant, in what he had said, to bring any charge against the Presbyterian clergy at large. Never had he seen so little of the insolent spirit exhibited in that letter in any body of men as in the Presbyterian clergy, and he hoped they would repudiate the writer of that letter. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY had never in tended by anything he had said to impugn the conduct of the Presbyterian clergy at large. He defied the Noble Earl to prove that the county of Down was nut now in a state of great excitement, occasioned by the meetings recently held there. The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL was sure that the great majority of the Presbyterian clergy would repu diate the language that had been used by the clerical agitators at tenant-right meet ings, and as to writers of letters, such as those read by the Noble Marquis, they should be brought to the bar of the House, and severely punished. As to tenant.right, the word had been invented by Mr. Shan. man Crawford, and he (the Earl of Mountcashel) did not understand the meaning of it. The landlords in the north of Ira,land had always been most kind to their tenants, but that did not constitute a right on the part of the tenants to the allowance which had been made to them by the kindness of their landlords. He trusted their Lordships would never pass any measure for legalising tenant-right. The petition was then ordered to lie on the table, and their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Mark 1. The SPE/JEER took th© Chair at Four o'clock. The Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Bill was read a second time. SUNDAY LABOUR IN THE POST-OFFICE. Mr. PIGOTT presented a petition from Reading against any future transmission of mails or delivery of letters during the twenty-four hours of the Lord's-day. COUNTY FINANCIAL BOARDS. Mr. ELLIS presented a petition from Leicester pray ing for the establishment of county financial boards. EDUCATION IN IRELAND. Mr. HAMILTON presented petitions from various parts of Ireland against the system of national education. THE LAND SCHEME. Sir B. HALL presented two petitions from certain allottees of the National Land Company, complaining of the conduct of the chief promoter of that company, and praying the House to take their case into considera tion. The lion. Baronet said he had given notice of these petitions to the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Nottingham, and ho should now put them into the hands of the Clerk that they might be read. The petitions, after stating the circumstances of the formation of the Land Society, which are already before the public, proceeded to complain that whereas it had been stated that 1,4001. had been paid for aid-money, and they had inquired from house to house in the different allocations, and could not ascertain that more than 835/. had been paid; that they, the petitioners, were in a very deplorable state, and concluded by praying the House to take the case into their immediate consideration to release the petitioners from the consequences of belonging to an illegal society. Sir B. HALL said he had given notice to the Hon. Member of two questions which be would put to him— whether it was his intention to take any steps to wind up the society, and what share in the profits each allottee would got If the affairs were wound up. Mr. O'CONNOR rose to reply, but was interrupted by Mr. HUME, who rose to order. He wished to ask the Speaker if the House were a competent tribunal to enter into this question? The SPEAKER said that it certainly was customary, if any allegations were brought against a Member of that House, to allow him an opportunity of replying to them, and therefore it was competent for the Honourable Gentleman on this occasion to reply; but he had great doubts if the questions put were regular. Mr. O'CONNOR said that with regard to the state ment of the petition, he could only say, that since the Committee of 1848 had sat he had spent great sums of money in endeavouring to get the society registered. The land was purchased at 501. and 461. an acre, the houses were built of the best materials, and the slate had cost eight pounds a thousand. The auditor, who had examined the accounts of the company, reported that it owed him 3,4001., and the committee of management had stated that it was in debted to him in the additional sum of 1,2004 so that 0 he was 4,04 fact, it of pocket altogether. In act jour ney in vi s iti ng as many as ono hundred it had cost, in some instances, estates in various parts of the country, and a d n iff d er y en et t he had nev e r c h a r ge d a sir gle fraction i for his expenses. He never gave a bill for tt.e company n all his life, nor present f ro m any tradesman, consented to accept a though he had paid 1, to some, on com pany, as much as h o behalf i m o a f the nof the Committee had tried to cook up the report, but the Com mittee had unanimously refused to accept it. His con duct during the five years that ho was con nected with the Land. Company was open to the fullest investigation, and if the truth were known, it would be found that in one way or another he had lost nearly 8,000/. by the company. Ho denied that any man is the world could accuse him of having been guilty of c no mean or insignificant act throughout the whole court .e of his life. But it was not to be wondered at that those who were desirous of keeping down and oppressing the working classes, should look upon him with hatred and disgust, and call him the re viled of all revilers. Gros s charges were made against him in the Committee, ant I every gentleman who went into the Committee went tt .ere with the strongest pi e judices against him ; but, thank God, they left the Committee with those prejudices removed. Strang. NI it might seem, he could assure the House that it was nevertheless a fact, that not a fraction of the 18(1,0004 ever came into his bands, it all passed through the direc tors into the banker's possession, and every voucher and every book relating to it was prcducel before the Com mittee, but still he was prepared to give a more exti , nded explanation of his conduct in the affair did the rules of the House admit of his going into it. He had now made his statement, and given a distinct refutation to the charge preferred against him, and ho had only to add that if the Noble Lord at the head of the Government would bring in Bill to authorise it, the Noble Lord should have the appointment of the future trustees. Thank God, he had not been guilty of any dishonourable act, nor had he wheedled the public out of their money in the manner that two Hon. Members whom he could name had done. —(Order, order.) entd e ho ewmm thatri might na h h, t iuoy j hwt u aoa s dy t w rather r t pt that etht against c a ec t a lthough o ute u hum : fie h : the tc,rey C h ii m, m ti hl i fe t . t e h e laid r e e k p wc o ap r s t il t u But the Hon. Baronet asked whether he intended to repay those who were not located?—(Order, order.) Sir B. lIALL said the question he asked was *he. tier the Hon. Member (Mr. O'Connor) intended to introduce a Bill in the present session of Parliament for the purpose of winding up the company ? Mr. F. O'CONNOR did intend to wind up the con cern, and if the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) would e' (rere him an early day, be (Mr. O'Connor) w ou ld ta k e the first opportunity of bringing in a Bill to wind up the company, and so wash his hands of the matter alto gether.—(Laughter.) Mr. HUME considered the question which had been submitted to the House by the Hon. Baronet a very im proper one to be put to an Hon. Member of that Home. Here the matter dropped. MARRIAGES BILL. Mr. WALPOLE presented a petition from Midherst (as we understood), against legalising marriage with s deceased wife's sister. MERCANTILE MARINE BILL. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the shipowners of Arbroath against the Mercantile Marine Bill. TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE. Mr. MO WATT presented a petition from Truro, praying for a repeal of the taxes on the diffusion of knowledge. SUNDAY LABOUR AT THE POST-OFFICE. Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY, and several other Members presented petitions against the employment of labour in the Post-office on Sundays. THE BORNEO PIRACY. Lord D. STUART gave notice that he should, on Monday, move for a return of the dispatches from 'Sir Francis Collier, dated the 18th September, 1849, and received on the 31st January. Mr. FIUME complained that the returns which bad been granted to him with re.pect to Sarawak, Malts, and the lonian Islands, had not been presented, and said that he should shortly bring the matter under the notice of the House. DUTIES ON PAPER. Colonel THOMPSON presented a petition from Brad ford praying for a repeal of the tax on paper and th• advertisement duty. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a similar petition from Sunderland. TIMBER DUTIES. Lord HARRY VANE presented a petition from Stockton-on-Tees praying fur a repeal of the duties ott timber. In answer to a question from Mr. SCROPE, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that on Monday night he proposed, first to go on with the Navy Estimates, and afterwards to proceed with the Mercantile Navy Bill of his Right Hon. Friend. AUSTRALIAN COLONIES. In answer to a question from Mr. HUME, Lord J. RUSSELL said that he proposed to go on with the Australian Colonies Bill on Friday night. NAVY ESTIMATES. In answer to a question from Mr. COBDEN, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that his Right Hon. Friend the Fir“ Lord of the Admirslty was absent from the House through illness, and he was not able to state whether he could be present on Monday night. MERCANTILE NAVY BILL Mr.CARD WELL said that as there ;;;;1 impression in the country that it was not the bona ,fide intention of the Government to go on with this Bill on Monday, he whiled to know from the Right Hon. Gen• tleman whether it was his intention. Mr. L ABOUCHERE said hcs could not pledge himself. PARLIAMENTARY VOTERS (IRELAND) BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill. On clause 1 being proposed, Mr. HAMILTON observed that if it were necessary to extend the franchise, it ought not to be done at the expense of the franchise that existed already. The franchises that now prevailed in Ireland ought to be preserved, and he should therefore move that after th• word " that " in line 11 the following words be inserted: "in addition to those qualified by law to register and vote at any election of a Knight of the Shire in Ireland in virtue of any qualification not requiring occupation." On the amendment being put, ➢lr. BRIGHT said he should be glad to know what question they wet e now to decide. Would the Attorney- General for Ireland be so good as to explain it. Mr. HATCHELL said, the Bill in point of fact did not affect the franchise that existed already, but, in order that there should be no ambiguity about the matter, Go vernment had no objection to insert these additional words. After a few observations from Mr. ROEBUCK and Sir W. :SOMERVILLE. Sir F. THESIGER wished to know from the Go vernment whether the Bill did not propose to sweep sway all the existing franchises for the purpose of en tirely reconstructing the representative system in Ire land ? because, most unquestionably that was the way in which he read the Bill.—(Hear.) Most undoubtedly some parties already registered would have under some clauses of the Bill a prima facie right to be registered again, but not according to the qualification which they possessed at present, but to a new qualification established under the Bill. It was important to understand at the outset that the Committee would have to decide whether they would adopt the plan put forth by the Government, viz., that the existing franchise should only remain so far as it would constitute a prima facie right to register un der this Bill ; or whether they would adopt the words introduced by his Honourable Friend the Mem ber for the University of Dublin, by which he con tinued all the existing rights, but proposed to supply the deficiency which had arisen in the number of electors, by certain new rights which were established under the Bill. He was ready to admit that in the pre sent decayed state of the representation in Ireland addi tional voters should be created,but it was for the Committee to consider in what way this purpose could be best effected. The Reform Act substituted an occupation, of a 101. franchise, but it left the property qualification, with a very small alteration, precisely upon the distinction which had existed from the earliest times. The first inroad which was made on that distinction arose on the Chandos clause of the Reform Act. That clause intro duced into the county constituencies persons who merely occupied, and were liable, to the payment of rates on the value of 50/. At the time when that clause was pro posed to be introduced the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) objected to it on the ground of the abuse which might be expected to arise from it, but by reason of that alteration of the basis the Reform Act established a county qualification, viz., property and not occupation. Now, the Reform Act was one grand comprehensive scheme, the object of which was to bring the representative system in the three parts of the empire to a perfect similarity; and if Hon. Members would compare the existing repre sentative system as established under the Reform Act with that which was established in Ireland, they would find as much uniformity as was possible under the ex isting circumstances of each particular case. In 1129 40s. freeholders were annihilated in Ireland. The Ra form Act for England established a quali wT. o h u e l ct, Ro be n. f fi o c o a n t i d o nw was upon r a e d out freehold iu r e g r a a r t d e , Members would find, with regard to freehol ders for life in England, an occupation was required o f t h em if h and it . t o w l h r i e c l they occupied only of the value of 101. or under. The Reform Act in England established a new right in favour of the assignees and lessees of terms. Then cave the Chandos clause, by which a lease of sixty years, according to the 20th clause, of only 104 a year, gave a right to vote. Then it was determined that those who paid a rent of 5/. a year, in rural districts, should also have a right to vote, provided they had a certain in terest in the property. Last of all came the right to vote in boroughs, by those who held tenements of only 101. a year rent. When the Reform Bill was passed an entirely new system was adopted, and revising barristers were appointed to see that the registration of voters was just so far as it went, although of course it could not be per fect.—(Bear, hear.) When it seemed desirable to pass another Bill for registering the constitu ency in Ireland, the whole of the bar were parti cularly anxious that the law of representation should be assimilated to that of England. If the system were good, it ought to be universally adopted, arranged fur the whole of the United Kingdom. The Reformot of 1725 corrected by was based upon the Bill of representation was distinctly recognised. In principle day introduced a Bill In 1835 the Government of the of the Act of the 35th George ' in which thte " the franchise, and giving to Ireland a double through Sergeant O'Loughlen for the purpose a ter- Bill, which was met by a rival Bill, appeal. In lti3B Sergeant Wolff introduced a similarbut neither of them came to anything. In 1840 began the memorable struggle which was commenced by the introduction of Lord Stanley's Registration Bill. Of that Bill the Noble Lord at the head of the Government ex pressed an opinion that of all the measures which tended to unsettle the Reform Bill that Bill did. This showed the impression which the Noble Lord had on his mind of the necessity of keeping the Reform Bill in tact. A Bill had also been introduced into the House by Lord Morpeth, which was a Bill for altering and amending the representation as well as the regis tration of the people of Ireland. The Right Honour able Member for Tamworth had said of that Bill, that it was calculated to revolutionize the franchise. In order to provide for the deficiency, the Government of the day proposed to create two new classes of elector.", the first class resembling that proposed to be established by the present Bill. It gave every person who in a county was rated to the extent of 301. a year a vote, making tho class equivalent to one created in England by what was called the Chandos clause. The second class that was proposed to be created was the 51, freeholders. The Noble Lord at the head of the present Government did not object to the 301. class, but with regard to the Si. freeholders, he suggested that the amount should be reduced to 40s. The measure, however, was not persevered in at the time, and he merely mentioned it now to show what were the views and what were the objects of the Government of that day, with which he had the honour to be connected, and in order to. preserve his consistency ho proposed to THE 32% 31N, 63% 4G 510 Paid. Paid. raid. e 6% 10 122 210 e, 5% 210 255 Price. Price Price. 11% 50% 130 CII 2, 1850