The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-22 00:00:00

ow" oug b ieved deed crOP• in f the well A pi _ Which u° rnight be suffering under the severest calamity . that tike coul be inflicted on the country. He truste . d. par . be with which they had acted on this ocula r , - •1 it dance of -a retisfie„ gcamon wonld carry wad :-, - m__'''un canon would tend to alleviate that misery, to i r ve which they had acted. Th e ' EWARr rose, but was for some time inaudible. oho eDliduct of the commercial Minister of France in irpension of the navigation laws had been worthy be es s P r asisee and yet, altheugh the example had long f,„„-. fore the eyes of the Government, they did not h ad u T w it until three or four months after the necessity be Occurred. He had been one of those Mem i " Who had supportedthe principles of free N. . s from the first in that House, and he was e le o t rda t il y pleased to find that the Hon. Member fur Dohre ta shire had voted for a temperary suspension of t , navigation laws. As an advocate for a total repeal of ..,,,olniataprtioerracriyal restrictions, he preferred that plan to a Muni He only regretted that her J e st Y's Ministers had not come to a resolution se fo r r . th at . . total repeal ; and he thought the . same ob aws. li l n ti ,; 34 , might be ap-lied to the navigation 1 5., t he total oowever, the Government would not consent t ° 4l repeal, however much he regretted it,ewould associations to the temporary measure. There were . in n r w o at sa n d ss°ei ations to j us tif y t h e retent i on c f th e nava l l aws. They only took their rise . in te c r i eign of I enry se, and were confirmed in the time of iarles IL, and,.. rhaetlibeerlievaettlh' s e im x p . ly . in consequence of our conneettorr\N ith the D utel at that time. lie repeated that he would much substituted that tnistry had for temporary suspension H u did debate. temporary suspension of those laws, yet not wish to disturb the unanimity of the . this (~:` he could not help observing that labour in t - s - ' llll rY could never be sufficiently rewarded until ,e 'aeY did away with the restrictions ~n external commera . Ile should vote for the measure before the Houe. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he that, however sensible of the force of the position of e H ee. Member who had just sat down, he trusted that th e L nature of the circumstances which were to he bro ught under review of the Committee proposed, a nd which had led to the motion for that Cemtnite e, wo 1 u•el prevent anything like dissension in the debate. In October last the belief was, that corn had been raised price in - ce from being kept back tor speculative purposes. As soon as the determination of the Government . wee k nown not to suseetal the corn-laws prices fell, aid about the latter end of October large arrivals of grain lo ok place from foreign parts. We were then told, on O rd authority, by gentlemen intimately acquainted with the corn tr a d e , th a t th e re was every probability of large arrivals in a short time. Even at a more recent dat e • it was stated to us that the number of vessels in America taking in grain as cargoes wa s very large indeed. He . held in his hand a letter from 11 , g en tleman in Liverpool, which stated, that according to the last arrivals from the United States there were at New York, loading with Vain for Great Britain and Ireland, thirty-seven vessels of 25,000 tons burden. There was loading at the same time at New Orleans 33 vessels of 19,000 tons; and in addition to this, there ha of d I cleared out from h Liverpool twenty-nine vessels general cargoes for Ameries, which would no doubt d ula return to this country with corn. These amount nearly to 70 vessels, whi a c a h n w n ou r l e d as t na le h a le st ap b p ri r n e g he c n o b r i n et : and at that time there w that l arge su pplies for the ceoinnaruemtphte navigation oviftthieon closed.countr Would not be forthcoming h But it would appear that themercha h n a t d s h an ad tie b i e p e a n te d d i . sapf t Pointed in the supplies which they . . would appear, however, that within the last two or three . weeks the imports have considerably increased, but this vie' the time when the spring trade fell the off', r a t nd ef wl t ie h t e i t here was a greater demand sh ipowners for freights. The suspoth•nisi,onefef all i e n u e: 6 i g on a' s !ion laws would enable the 8 I s ° enter into the business of importing p T s fo h o e d f n o a r vi t g h a is ti c e o n un o i "1 as soon as the navigation opened.. 9s cle 'saopened in . March ; the navigation o a fs v i i m e :ri:l . o e p n e a n u e r el . about the same time; and it was with bi g early supplies as soon as the trade is opened that tha Go It vernment proposed to suspend the navigation laws. i s t must be remembered that the • had received as yet the crop of 1846, and he rne of the Indian corn o b e r haved that he whole of t f h t e crop of 1845 had been t ought and he be to this country. The crop of 1846 was i i 'dY for exportation till List Decem er, time some of it eyed that in a very short *Mild From New ode be on its way to this country. s ails he expected come ships to fewarriveina little w e e o e n k l s d . out from the northern states he feared that When this h e expected till the navigation be open. Period arrived the measures which were now proposed that greatly accelerate the supplies. He conslderad at the information which the Government re ceived quite sufficient to up to October last was warrant them in takin such a course. He was very ari s l i° 4 ll to take that opportunity of' stating the course . which the Government pursued with regard . to . sending pension to Ireland —there had been so much misappre e naloo prevailing in the House, and there had %len so many mis-statements made last night Points w i t h respect to which it was so essential i 1 that th ere should be no mistake. He hoped the 11 ° 11 se would excuse hits if he briefly detailed the course I.)lrsued on that occasion. It would be rememberedwas Lnat at the close of last session an announcement ri i k s cl e in reply to questions put to the Government, with trad e should not undertake to interfere . :t a n . in Ireland. This was the answer in r at t ily a" given to the queries made on that subject. i in •-. while he adopted such a course, he did not mean to aii isa ,,,,P r ,°ve of the course which the late Government \V ( hr i e 'l under different circumstances last year. Mer c k n t he question had been put to them from :tieants in different parts of the country, this was tnacirePlY returned, and he continued to believe in the G ( '', e nee of such a course, as a partial interference by tv‘ vern in , nt would hav ' o completely paralysed the l ar 'r e tions of individuals. Private . enterprise afforded a P 441 supply than any exertion it , was ev er ' ' that a Government could s n ake. Vi he"' could A was likely that any private We nt not provid e a supply of corn, the en G te e r v p e r r . ie t s i : k r as far as th ey were able, established d e pots a nd sale of corn, and they had come into the market, pigl i e only li m i t they put upon the merchants em appear Was that th ey s h ould not allow the Government to would as purchasers ; for if they had done so, an injury eNtstrn ha been inflict e d u p on t h e p oo r of the el s ,,,Y , for they sh oul d remember that distress existed_ tietoere than in I re l and; for it' the Government had of foor unwisely, they would have raised the price Th - uPon those who were maintaining themselves. B,6 o e ,s e s t UoUn . t of corn imported was sufficient to feed a htif. oo2l . o of persons for a period of four months and t dolt, fOtr°tatYc'ntahnetrrefore that private enterprise had no In all Seriously to underraY a the: , efforts attended ll . that could be expecqed, would be te the success which had r, Nee. ~. pe r p sao u i nr of f a . s e a which had betehneuahaidgebebts): r ' .ern:nen't 11 7 . 0 v - Market ; • A w aYs been made at lit4s beenh a eih be p e l: e s!, which iraerick, hiid alwo's the name of Russell, who , as the agent of the Government had n .titY of corn given the eigliest g i inv any n in preceding i e Englis h Spurs. Thee s a . , p u r r T i oa c g t e l e e s exported front Ireland to England thre eso: i f :(v ,be a e r a te l rs. than ), t he years precedin the last had bean 3,000, 00 In the last g it had only amounted to s 1,300'2°0 quarters, being less than the preceding b; Leatod ,egiCsanqduazatesreanifyhesoronotoityquoafrfoterresig;ntchoartn. g er i nh,:ladi:olo,nu,artely, represented the quantity sent fr i o hn: ; Pw . °Eerr fin e ' English and foreign corn. Great quantities of had been kept for home consumption, ;"orser had been sent to Ireland, the quantity of wh ich te !Q 17 consid,•rable. In the beginning whila. e e ftved a letter re were thirty-threfrom a person at Li o v f er S p c o p o t l e , m s b t ' a r ti i ng e vessels waiting at Liverpool. Iti4tereceiee cargoes for Ireland. One great evil was trie ci t eft ei elley of mill-power in Ireland. The Govern aecill'. "ad left all the mills in Ireland for private use, 1,)„, h ad employed mills at Plymouth, at Portsmouth, at - n ve nPort, and at Rotherhithe; they had been kept e et3-stan tlY at work, and their produce in Indian I.,.•lasseal and barley-meal had been sent to 1re e7,.,.' Depots had also been established in the st -4 rh districts of Ireland. There were nine ii:Pets eetablished last year. In the which presnt were ell ' nUmber amounted to 26, some of er hern -hosted to the east of the Shannon, the most h n t There. Fart of Ireland, and Kinsale, on the so i'ere soma of them in Sligo, in Mayo, south, Galway, places. ]wn Limerick, and in numerous ith h regard to other supplies o t foo d , other b y the °stab d other measures, it did not appear, su cli ns e r n.. of o ft depots s t a le n men would have the House to sup 0, that the poorer population. of Irelan d d t h h a n d t m ie e ss a iLe t in es 'tir e !, es , e neglected; he thought it appeare sufficient at least tPbeen taken, at the r 0 '4t am, e 4 . a , as uate , s Prove that the supply of food had eat been thaue'l ' ju t tt was undoubteal true that those dePt44 I- 144 uni ? . : recently been opened. When they had a larger mese e! People to supply with food consideFahise reserve was re quired in the furni.hing of those suppilea, Oit)Mf.? of those depots had never been opened, others had been partial's opened in the course of the autumn, a=, for instance, the depots in Galway, in Weatuseath, and in Sligo, +Hid other places. They found, in many eases, in pronoralion as the G overnment gave ex- Peciatiene of relief, that the persons in the loaality reli e d no longer on their owe resources. Ile 1 ' ' band an extract from a journal published held • n iies in re - Castletown, • which stated that distress had greatly - a • te a siovernment intended to place a I,llo'eaaed, because .. the people were willing to depend %ad there, and ,I e • it. 'rho Government cal uPoii the relief atforl44 LiY D visions in the ountry e alated upon * *upPIY c', sro repared to afford, WI Clue d then Uwe' )6'are p with cerstatalin'irgZictions, relief f . r , 9 o3 , _r ..na dep4s i . jd h A 4i t ,e lue te e was ceasing when the people o r,. ,i4t,„:„7"n by 41,41;101;1.g, sustain themselves with (9 0(1 n l ' het purchased by dealers, ei to facilitate tit:" end g :. therefoes aeeere ellt had been particularly aunts the country, eittqablishment of small dealers throuehou: tot Many pl aces , hc,wever, they could n . e e t re sil t t; (l l)4l l ° ablishing these small dealers ; nnd h bet compelled to open deputy to supply with food Q r of teen engaged on the relief works 0 ___,__ the large nue, - s uv ernaseet heel been told that they had taLen e t y l kh g o e 4 l s : Steve r 4 to relieve the aged infirm out of tie w afforded ( ~1 1.1 at all events that the relief must have been . lereeeLlitli, for that within the last few days they were. in N I" had heard nothing of it. Thie Codinip l o a in i t a , u'ever, was unfounded, and it would be found r and a e l 4 . lrt that had just been received from Ireland, that 4"`blch would shortly tie laid before the house, e t a n at" l e 1 31%144 had been fists:Miles' to the relief t ..veittees to enable them Ivo supply " be it , ° the aged and joartil who °aid not e:erarnoclated in the avorkhouses. It le at ' u 'eta too, that the relief su ch racted each committee to confine a'aeir supplies to „ it's _ Mode 04 relief until the coml.:s:lldt pressuee became s aesere in tt.'" quartere. One of these reports was dated no less=; . 4t aa . be e . 3. while &nether from Skibbereen, pee pe out Aimed that a large was:ass/re of relief h a d b eet , d ea l t T he b. . to th e aged and intenseisaos* of that distri c t. ° Vat boil. Gentleman alai Yee,l4 .911 lo PO Ms T.FIE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY _EVENING, JANUARY _22 5 180. ....0— ------.. , .......+4 0 .- --. ' " " 1". " , vAlt; O.) v . errt_ ,bir 7 the Right IT — on ---- theChanTellOr of the Exchequer slid tracts from various letters to show 62 . . . Ow. the ells?, i November, but he would give him the benefit of the 3 1 , had left nothing undone to provide foots I Jost i days, and he would ask, how 11.121 -, : y lives hail bee,. people by the establi.!lttuent of soup-kitchens ;2.' 4 t!!.,,,° n the interval ? They did not complain opening of stores. Wight), -five toes et wheat had beia : 1 didet what the Government meant to do, but tine distributed in Skibthe ee ii in a very short time complain that they did not that which they ought to He believed that sa me statement might be . ber They ought to copy the example of an illustrious . .eidual whom they were very fond of copying, he made in reference to other pieces ; and when the do:* statement of the Goverelaent was laid before inch. the King of the French. He had bought corn to the House they would find that the Noble Lord ' meant throughout the country, but the Ministry of was quite inaccurate in the statements, and that food distribute' was given to the poor to a considerable extent its the this bountiy had bought it only to place it in very district to which allusion had been made.—(Hear, their depots.- He would just mention the life hear.) He hoped the landlords of Ireland would led by an Ir.i.sh gentleman at this period In the now exert themselves in their own localities without morning the .'house was surrounded by a number of depending upon the exertions of Government persons, perhaps fourteen or fifteen, who presented at the present most momentous crisis, for it i their tin pane at the dour, and they received the was impossible for Government to meet efficiently broken meats that could be spared them. Another all the distress which unfortunately prevailed in batch came at dinner time, and soup was served that country. They were ready to give liberal out to them. Such were the miseries which support and assistance towards meeting the present prevailed in the country, and he hoped that disastrous circumstances of the country; but he must means would soon be taken to remedy them. repeat again that the whole onus should not be thrown The state of the country demanded their utmost exer upon them. That it would be possible to preserve dons in order to remove every obstacle to the introdue• the whole population of Ireland from starvation, he tion of food. The 4s. duty was one obstacle, and he was sorry to say that he was not very sanguine. hoped that with regard to that, and all other im- But by due exertion on the part of the landlords pediments, there would be a perfect unanimity and they might in a great measure avert future distress, as co-operation between them, in order, as quickly us well as that which existed at present in Ireland. possible, to relieve the wants of a suffering country. Mr. HU ME must say that a great deal of time Mr. P. SCROPE would readily give lifs support to hid been wasted by not having produced these the proposal, but looking at the strong precautionary papers at first—he must say that there was measures that had generally been adopted in many parts great neglect in their not having produced them before. of Ireland, it was somewhat surprising that so much Ile must also say that he had seldom been more disiap- destitution and so many deaths had occurred in that pointed by what had taken place, but he hoped that ceuntry.—(Hear, hear.) Skibbereen exhibited a frightful they were to have the trade thrown open. The country picture of disease and suffering, while in many less ex - expected this from the Noble Lord, and that he would tensive places they heard of people dying by fives and not permit the past state of things to continue, and no tens of thousands, and yet all this had occurred longer adhere to that absurd system of opening the trade in the face of the large precautionary measures which when the ports of Europe were closed against therm were said to have been taken by the Government.— lie would remind the Noble Lord that, if he refused to (Hear.) With such precautionary measures before them, maintain tho-e navigation laws, he would immediately he confessed tie thought the prediction of the Hon. deprive the col nies, unless he at the same time gave Gentleman who had just resumed his seat still more them free trade, or the only protection which they enjoyed. strange.—(Hear.) lie entertained strong feelings upon An American now erjoyed th•• advantage of one dollar the subject. With a country like this, presided over per load, so that it was better for a West Indian colonist by a Government possessing such enormous power to buy for four dollars in New York than three at Mon- —with such immense resources at its disposal— treal. So that, unless they took off the duty on ships, considering the minuteness of the territory over which they could never carry out the principle of fr ee trade, the y p resided, and the f aci l ities they had of communi and it would be a high injustice to the colonists , eatin g from one place to another, he could not under unless they allowed them to trade freely with all the stand h ow , after these precautionary measures world, unless they gave them free trade. If the Noble had been fully brought into operation, it could Lord was wise he would take off the duty from timber be at all reasonable to en ect,or how any person could and all the other articles, on the commerce in which look forward to a large numb er of individuals dying restrictions were laid. If the Noble Lord would grant of famine in any part of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) him a Committee he would engage to prove that He regretted that the agencies established by the this was a notional benefit. If the Noble Lord Government in Ireland had failed in many instances, on would refer to the evidence taken before the account of the imperfect organization which the Govern- Committee in 1840, and would look at Mr. John Young's went had adopted for the purpose of dispensing relief evidence, he would find that that gentleman there to the people. The Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) had showed what a disadvantage it was to impose a duty on stated that the Government had been unable to obtain timber. Ile proved that at Rio Janeiro there were 150 sufficient information to enable them to dispense relief ships, and that out of those 100 were British vessels in the proper districts, and in proper quantities, but he overloaded with the expense at which theyhad been built, apprehended if they had *acted more in unison and yet struggling to obtain a share of the trade, with the local authorities, t have been that a more equitable and had taken and p la ee mu e c h h . in order that they might remunerate their owners , desirable dispensation could He, therefore, came to the conclusion , that if the of the suffering and death thathd t duty on timber had not existed the whole of viated. Ile called upon the theirernment to fi r r e s d t eero du th v e the carrying business of that port would ha v e f all en p led g e they had made—that into the hands of British subjects. It; again, in the was to see that the people dienot di, from st a ar io v Chancellor I a evidence taken in 18 40 , the Noble Lor d refers to Mr. tion. B y fulfillin g ti•eir pledge, the ti Mitchell's testimony, he would find that t hat g entleman of the Ri g ht Honourable Gentleman th e stated himself to be a shipowner, an importer of the Exchequer that they might apprehend more of timber, and a builder of ships ; but so great deaths from starvation would not be realised. were the impediments thrown in his way that Mr. PHILIPS—He would make peace with the he had to pay 40 to 50 per cent. fur the timber imported Hon. Gentlemen at the other side of the House, if they into this country, and for that whic h he could would send 100,000/. worth of corn to the country. - get elsewhere. He had consequently built a num- Mr. BRIGHT wished to know whether these laws her of ships in Sweden. The ships were British were made to have reference to vessels laden with corn, ships although they bore Swedish names, and because he understood that as far as the United States traded to British ports, were owned by British were concerned the insurances would be affected. subjects, and commanded by British captains. The fact The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—Corn was, that Mr. Mitchell paid only eight pounds a ton might be imported in vessels for home use free of duty. abroad for his timber, whereas in England he had to Mr. BRIGHT—The Right Hon. Gentleman did nut pay twelve pounds. He trusted, therefore, that the Noble seem to understand him (Mr. Bright). It was not a Lord would take this subject into consideration, for if he question of duty. It was whether or not certain did, and relieved the trade of the duty which was now vessels would be admitted into the ports. For imposed upon it, he (Mr. Hume) felt assured that Eng- instance, would a vessel from Holland or the United land vosuld become the manufactory of ships for all the States be admitted into the Mersey, and be allowed to world, as it was for other articles, and thus the principles discharge her cargo there. of free trade would be carried out in the comprehensive The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—She manner which they deserved, and which would prove a would be allowed to discharge. lasting benefit to the country. If they had this, Mr. ROEBUCK.—WouId vessels laden with cotton they should have no longer to hear the corn- and corn be admitted into the ports? plaints of famine, of which, during the present The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. — week, so much had been said in that House. A ship would be admitted to discharge her cargo only They had only to look at the state of the colonies to see with respect to corn. the injurious operation of the navigation laws. He had Mr. BRIGHT was quite satisfied that unless the sw im hesitation in saying, that had these laws been repealed pension were to be carried out to its full extent, the five months ago, they would have had very large measure would be of comparatively little service. It is supplies of food. These were the grounds on the opinion of those who are connected with the which he considered the Government had not proved shipping interest, that so far as the United themselves equal to the emergency. In order to effect a States at least are concerned, that the charge would proper settlement of all these difficulties, they ought to be next to useless. When he saw them sending have gone to the root of the evil at once. large sums every week from the imperial Treasury Lord JOHN RUSSELL—Sir, the Hon. Gentleman and that the Archbishop was directed to offer up I rayers expresses himself dissatisfied with the policy of for the aversion of famine, it did seem unwise to stop the Government. In the explanation of that policy short in the matter, and not carry out the measure to the which I have made I stated my desire that, utmost extent. in the present circumstances of the country and the The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said dearth of provisions, the measures which her Ma that the measure was founded upen the Bill of 1817, jesty's Government were desirous of undertaking to when a set of circumstances existed similar to relieve the evil should be such as would command, if those which were now experienced ; and he repeated possible, the general support of the House.—(Hear, that corn might be imported in any vessel, from any coun hear.) But the Hon. Gentleman objects to the course try free of duty, and that corn also warehoused in this we have taken, because we are not prepared country might be taken out of bond without paying to introduce three separate measures of legisletion, the duty. The first is, the total and unconditional repeal of the Mr. BRIGHT did not know why they should adhere corn-laws. He finds fault with us because we are not to the old law at all, for when making so great a change prepared to rescind the arrangement of last year—a it was not worth while, when making this alteration, to course which, if undertaken by the Government, would, be restrained by such usages. no doubt, excite the opposition of the Noble Lord oppo- Mr. M. PHILLIPS did not recollect the circum site (Lord G. Bentinck), and we should have to fight the stances of 1817, but he felt quite satisfied that unless battle of last year over again. The lion. Gentleman, the suspension of the navigation laws was made to in the second place, complains that we do not propose affect all the articles imported, it would be next to use the entire abrocation of the navigation laws—a course less, and that ships would be beating airout for which if taken by us would most likely induce the oppo- freight just as much as they had been of late sition of the Hon. Member for the University of Ox- He was persuaded that, notwithstaneing the strong ex ford (Sir R. H. Inglis). —(lieer, hear.) And then he pressions of feeling made in Ireland against this states that these would be of no use unless they were country, they would do all they c o uld f or the relief accompanied by a repeal of the timber duties.—(Hear.) of the c o untry. H e knew the difficulties the Govern • Our ships, he tells us, are at present, compared with went had to contend with, because they were not foreign vessels , place d at a disadvantage of 50 per cent., foreseen. Even so late as the (trst of October last, the and that the timber duties should be repealed in order prices which ruled gave n® indication that a to enable them to compete freely with other nations in scarcity was likely to occur. At that time commercial transactions. It may be right policy in the Midland counties wheat was 18s. the to repeal these duties, but to do so the bag of three bushels. Ho thought that if the Honourable Gentleman must be prepared for Government had interfered earlier great mischief would a considerable reduction of revenue, and have ensued, and the freights and prices would the substitution of another tax in order to meet the have risen much higher than they had done. deficiency. In undertaking measures of relief to meet It was not for him to make any suggestions to the Noble the present emergency, therefore, lam not prepared to Lord in anticipation of the measures which he intended propose three great measures, every one of which to bring forward for Ireland. One thing, however, would, no doubt, meet with violent opposition Irons he would observe that in whatever mode or shape Honourable Members in this House.—(Loud cheers.) it was proposed to afford relief it would be desirable Colonel CONNOLLY was sorry to find the Chancellor that the largest amount of seed should be sowed of the Exchequer labouring under the impression to that may be required by the wants of the people. .vhich he had given utterance with respect to Ireland. Lord JOHN RUSSELL wished to observe, in reference to the remarks . of the Hon. Member foy Durham, that the Go- A great portion of the county he represented was in a most awful state of destitution. Language could not vernmsentnioposing the suspension of the laws, had the difficulties he suggested under their consideration. describe it. He himself sent 3,0001. to Liverpool, to ! They 7rnn had acted on the precedent of 1817. It would be diffi purchase food for Donegal, and though he did not wish to (ult to adopt the course suggested without an evasion of the say anything derogatory to the Chancellor of the Ex- Navigation laws; or to make a measure that would enable chequer, lac was bound to say that the information he them to ascertain whether the conditions referred to were ful received was strangely at variance with the facts. Her filled or not. These difficulties induced him to adhere to the could not describe the destitution which prevailed from precedent of 1817; but if any method of obviating the diffi the bay of Donegal to Derry, and it was absurd cult) , were pointed out he would give it his best consideration. to talk of reliving it by the ordinary operations of Mr. ROEBUCK considered that the navigation laws There ware neither mills nor factories nor great should be entirely done away; their great object was to have trade, traders ear small trader s, throu g hout the whole, extent vessels for the transport of corn, lower the rate of freightage, objectridthat oral would be obtained, and they had no right to n of the country , and t he other ni g ht he adduced that as limit it to c Mr. I', BARD' n G e' said that if he understood the meaningnv s should of 3 proof of the i g norance of the Commissary-General. l'he intensity of the dest i t ution was such that the seller the Memb er for Bath it was t hat the navigation I could obtain anNow, thaty prices he pleased for pro be entirely suspended. if principle were admitted, the American tta cargoes would come into competition wag visions, and, under su ch circumstances, to talk of , he eeelipery operation s of trade was absurd. Knowing the English. The Noble Lord had shown the difficulties of these facts, 'end seeing with his own e yes the horrible transporting mixed cargoes,. there was perfect truth in what wretchedness which . prevailed, he could not con- he stated ; but he believed that these measures would be very rider Ititeself as acting jeetly by his constituents inoperative, and he would not consent to them save to show if he did not state them to the House. the sympathy which he felt for Ireland ; and he could assure Ile It sped the Homes would do him the honour of be- the Right Hon. Gentleman, if he proposed a general rep eal of the navigation laws he would have to submit to a strong re lieving Wm, fur he only stated that to which he was a monstrance from the commercial bodies in the country, and to .vitness. MP principle of providence was carried so some opposition in that House. far, that numbers of the people would starve before they were permitted to enjoy the provisions which tle,e. Mr. BRIGHT was not quite sure that the Hon. M ember for Huntingdon (Mr. Baring) was quite so good an authority H Government had stored up.— (Hear, hear.) representative greatiis ir ion aupon of the t largest political questions, although he was the d uethe aercantile question could not help praising the fort sight of the Government, but he did consider that this principle night b.- carried too far. lie acid these thit , gs with of the Cor n ) i aws had been proved b he y ofus e teh e e pe in r r i e e p n teh ie l very great pain, f o r he w-uld not by any means desire to be fallacious. - to embarrass the Governtuent. But these things were Lord GEORGE BENTINCK thought it would require require facts these were truths ; and it would be cul- sHoonine. Friend assurance i h e on m t e h m e b p e a r rt fo o r f H th un e t H in o g n d . on At i n t l h be i r g w n t ora • n a c r e g u e po his liable in him to go forth from that House the people that the effect of the without stating them, particularly after hearing s s u o r o e l i L i t themight subject of which he was speaking. The Hon. Member n the statement to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He repeal J the corn-laws a hoi.e h a av n e e re h c e oll h e a c d ted, that at every meeting of the Ant i• Corn_ the Government credit for the best intentions, but their °niece; had ben always in tle• habit of retire- bread to the people—(Cheers b lr e to givethe a large loaf and cheap gei;litife that the destitution was not really I and also to increase the exports e o ni f th Opposition benches) — so to et e esive as it seise represented to be. Why, had heard that in the county of Lancasteercosu oo ntr in y jils When e they k it had itaifee=ed to an etseeing degree since long five time, and that the exports of the countrywhared work ed people had now a; ay three times If it first began. The ( Che —(Cheers )— it ) millions it inthe face of their free-trade and corn-laws the price which they had itethre, He would Foster leave Hon. Member certainlyrequired forpttrharnt ofMr. oster, .a s to charge his Hon. Friend with to refer the House to the atetereettt ignorance in the predictions Quaker, who rasid , d in Norwich, foe Itie vuth of In cheering.) With reference which toth he had made.—( Renewed allegation. He bad instituted the most generous eyetens prepared to support her Majesty'senavition laws, he was Government, provided the of relief that had been devised. suspension was restricted to corn alone ; but he could not sup- The CHANCELLOR of the E xcIiE(XER w as at port the proposition for their suspension as regarded all other a lose to know to what portion of his speech the Hon, articles. The navigation-laws involved a great political and and Gallant Member had referred. jig had stated in national question. be He had alway s p re di cte d that free-trade in his *pie eh that the Government had estanlislied a m wou _ un • corn Id only _tha e p e recursor of a d eman d f or f ree-tra d e i n eve rything else , (I:_h r, and counte r c h eers .) H e took s bey of depots, and that their exertions had been greater occas ion to tell the shipping interest, when they joined in the than was generally supposed to have been tuken. agitation for the repeal of the corn-lavrs that .such would be Colonel CONNOLLY said it was quite true that the and that the shipping• the consequence, not, interest would be the depots had been established, but no distribution of foodHe would next to come._ _however,. avenge the cause of had token place up to this very date. There was a the agricultural interestby lending his hand to the repeal of depot b. in Wire, upon his own estate at Killabegs, the navigation laws. lie had not forgotten that there was a l et not a morsel er eern had found its way into the time when the Dutch had the whole carrying trade of the eie9 , 1e,4 4 ; ‘'.! • the people. world, and in conse q uence of their great marine, they were /be I - 14k:.4!.,L01t of the EXCHEQUER could enabled to lead their " Van Tromp" with a broom at the only repeat ieli,?4 ke 44 G -41 b 'l' —tt ' 4 le , c ore . lit I tt depot at mast head, to sweep the Thames of British commerce. He Sligo had been open in:-._e t " hitttes' op d Of the . glourgin should resist to the uttermost any attempt to repeal the nevi- Colonel CONNOLLY '•' • tie ' 4 ' j 'l a- and to allow the cotton of Manchester (for that I 11' P' (4 .. 4 twoi; open, it lotion a o f the Hon. Member for Durharn) to be brought was true, but only for the sheobject o purpose 0; sending coFil to was ... vi . the cheapest rate.—(Hear, hear.) other depots. Corn was sent from any s to at the dopo' et II,On4a lh,-, ""th'enavigation laws, he agreed in the to Donegal; but he repeated what he before ' Sligo esoopled 14 4, i0 l' - been better to have Sas. d said, OW not a morsel of it had been • , an;nion thet it woold lttve „ I he could not agree consumed by the poor of r ".. • ' tame once' StII Sligo 01' its neighbourhcod. Peptise' thgln so me 9 u , e dr coadliet trf ‘ll,=r Majesty's Mr. GRATTAN—If the Chancellor of the in 4 4"tr4nug f ',l 4 ;7 4.C n r t. el'e u i e iee 1 - tert 3 1q,1 4 ' ll4 ; I P ° Y u " Exche quer wore right in his assertion, then h Niinliterl: lip -t- nN - , 7• - "i ' l 4 t pi, 440 believe. thit Connolly) would have a right of action c (Colonel who, upon the 3ti tif AnPl s ",4, nF escnt itpperlding qii the against the there was any calamity stieli as r e . ~...._ eii „ i „ er4 coF not Honourable Member, for it was only lastweekwou ld not, therefore, thontewli "e" ' • ..,asfen lie was induced to subscribe a that country, He sum of money having foreseen this great famine , s. " r ape ;wept 4? tbe for the relief of the distress, in consequence of his of the 4s. duty, though be would pot d stp4 tho, issinz informed that no corn had been issued from 't to he fliltii l4 tlY P 4 er . ' ' 4 the measure, he begged t stip Wetait efikillP t e depot et Xligo. The Chancellor of the Exchequer he did not believe that the , rt ee ne eaetiper! seemed to have taken considerable pains in quoting consumer to get his cora ewe, ' 4 '''` ''' nmeat because from a large number of documents, which seemed to him Neither would he censure the v" t e ‘e me t , t h„ n gli ought te have fallen to the province of the Right Lion. they had delayed the s uspension of w..,e.t.shel pr and the Setl4l4ry of State for the Home Department, theeregretted that they had been ltd awee .teo ll t 7 o 7: 1 1 ; 1 4 1 4 ' rot cry from without to ',WAN& their / 4 f ue l neesiiect. et least hotiho Should have been given to the OF Le , look at the matter 46 an stgricelterel pr ptroteo . 1 . the kiloyes cp4t such a eoati4 was about to be adopted. bat has coed act help thialsiog that tiee glsaleelloe of P t They Fer,4o4 t. et 3,700,000 quartera of wheat had Exchequer was snot so tull-haoded as to do witklorlt OP 4 , 14 . been brpu t , : l 1,9 Aufl , Pd up to the Uit DefeMbpr , present raised from trait/. Let the IA §t viLat ? awed onl y ' --...... i 1 f yesterday in the city of Lends;:,. He held then in his hand a circular issued by one of the most eminent brokers in the country. It was published by Mr. Osborne and Son, and stated that the effect of the joint nights' proceedings was to depress barley and malt, in which there were scarcely any transactions, while bonded corn had risen in price to the 1 extent of the reduc ion in duty. It stated further, that in grain generally considerable business was done, while grain in proof that ev er y bond had risen from mss. to 3s. a quarter. This was a had h a too therefore s treng farthing of the reduction would go Into the pock e t s o f the corn factors. The complaint he had again s t her Majesty's Go v ernment was, that theynd ,i i d twelve lose :I m m o o n o t months, , the while effect no good o would p a r npes e feeling d for the the s ti g p c e o n r s n i 0 n merchants, e f the a duty in their f avour. —( Hear, hear.) Assuming that four w wledu be that the revenue n millions of quarte rs o f wheat would be imported dur i ng t h e next d would be done to the n. suer, he would rece i ve hi s f at no reduced prices.—(Hear, e w m food hear.) It was his opinion, that had the old law been retained the Government would have been far different to what it is now, as it would then have, since the Ist of April last, received in duty 1,300,000/. instead of 600,000/., which might have been applied to meet the wants of the people of Ireland, and we would now have had in bond three millions of quarters which could have been purchased for The duty that purpose. before - was never less than 10s., Lnd the sum raised would have been to keep down priced, and the Government could have so arranged that not one man in Ireland need have died of starvation. ( Hear, hear.) The present Govern ment, however, were not to blame for the change in the law, but they were to blame for not interfering to preventthe exportations of • grain from Ireland, and in adhering so closely to their free trade doctrines.—(Hear, hear.) By a paler which he held in his hand, it appeared that (luring the last eleven months, while the imports of grain into Ireland had been 450,000 quarters, the exports were 1,700,000, being a balance of ex ports of nearly 1,300,000._( Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the do cument refe-red to took no account of the English grain im ported into Ireland, but only that from foreign countries. Lord G. BENTINCK was sure the Chancellor of the Ex chequer would find that what had been stated was substantially correct, and that the balance of grain exported froom Ireland into this kingdom was 1,300,01,0 quarters. It the Government had prohibited the exportation of this food, it would have sup ported two and a half million of persons till the next harvest.— (Hear, hear.) The Governmeut had likewise committed a great mistake in stating that all the countries in the world had been ransacked for grain. They seemed to forget that the message of the President of the United States, delivered on the Bth of December last, in which Mr. Polk stated in his message, that in home market it was totally impossible to dispose of the immense supplies, even at reduced prices. The provisions could not be consumed in the country. They were able not only to feed the people of their own land, but to sup ply the deficiencies of the whole world. They had also been furnished with an official state of the crops in the year 1845. issued by the Board of Trade, at Washington, the documents of which were generally as correct as those produced in this• country, and it represented the total produce of the United States in that year to be 776,600,000 bushels of corn and grain. of all sorts, being equal to 97,000,000 of quarters. An amount as stated by the Government paper at Washington, that ex ceeded by many tens of millions of bushels, the consumption of the United States. The yield of the present year had been much greater than 1845, so that there was little danger of prices rising ranch higher than they were now, and it would only be necessary for the Govern ment to furnish with larger depsts for food, so as to keep down the prices. A friend, who had just been in Ire land, informed him, that even at the present time, the stacks of the farmers were than they usually were at this period of the year, and that they were holding back for higher prices He did think that the great mistake of the Government consisted in following out the doctrines of political economy, and not taking measures to keep d .vrn prices in Ireland.--(Hear.) They had doubtless many of them heard of the proceedings of the Eastern monarch, Ali Shah, one of the greatest, wisest, as well as one of the most mischievous monarchs that had ever ruled. His proceedings were more commendable than the policy of the present Government. It was said that a great pestilence devastated Persia, followed by a famine, in which men, women, and children, died in numbers. Complaints were made to the Shah that the rich merchants refused to sell their grain, though the people were perishing. The Shah said, "These men have done well in keeping a supply of corn. Nadi. - Schah then made a proclamation that 10,000 golden tomauns should be the reward of that good man who should produce the largest supply of food. Many , claims were sent in, but an Armenian gained the prize, for he had greater store than any one else. He thought the people cried out, and men and women and children asked for food—dying in the streets, he refused to sell—saying, "prices will yet rise." The Schah ordered his treasurer to go to the treasury and bring 10,000 tomauns, that the Armenian might be paid. He said, when they were brought, "Sit down, my friend, and count over thy gold." The corn merchant, having counted over his gold tornauns, said, " They are all right." It is told that then Nadir Sehah frowned on him, and, turning to his chief execu tioner, said, " Lay hands on him, and take him forth—tie the 10,060 tomauns to his feet, and hang him to the highest gate of the city of Rocharem —that all Persia may see that Nadir Schah does justice to such as take advantage of ajudg ment of God." That was the course, but in a milder form which had he been one of her Majesty's Ministers, he would adopt towards the forestallers and regraters, and other political economists in Ireland, who held out to get large prices from the starving children of Ireland.—(Loud cheers.) He would have recourse to that m'lder expedient by the enters prise of sending large supplies to compete with the existing prices of corn by of Ireland should have the opportunity of purchasing corn at something nearer a proper price, than of purchasing it, as it was known they were, at 9s. per bushel for corn which cost the importer not 4s. Had her Majesty's Government pursued this course, as sure he felt that they should not now have had to lament the distress, and starvation, and death in many parts of Ireland, the people of which were starving as much from want of provisions as from want of money to buy them with. He was not going to offer any opposition to her Ma jesty's Government, but he could not support the measure without protesting that he for one was not of opinion that there, would be any result from it, save that of putting into the pockets 4 the corn merchants, and more especially into the pockets of foreigners, to whom he grudged it still more than he did to the merchants themselves, the atnotint of the difference of duty : and although he su .ported it, he was not to be held responsible fur its consequences, and if he had it in his power, he for one would have maintained the high duty, and offered that duty so levied to the maintenance and subsistance of the people of Ireland.—( Cheers.) . • Mr. 1311OWNE said, in rising for the first time in the C o mmons, House of he felt naturally di ffi dent, and he h a d not intended to speak at all, but that he had heard such arguments from the Noble Lord who had just sat down, that he could not help noticing them. ;;The Noble Lord had related an Eastern tale; he would tell a story to match it. At the time of the Emperor Julian, the city of Antioch was i n the same position as Ireland was at present, and in order to relieve it and its in ,_ he E in habitants, its its ports were thrown open to a ll l vessels• f fr 1 om thr peror Julian, among others, contributed arge Y h t those public purse, and the cons e q uence was t a compelled to vessels which brought in corn wered therefore neithe r sell their goods at the reduced prices , a n under any cir they nor the farmers would bring in their cot ta nearly starved:cumstances, cums t a nces, and the city of Antioch was very What, another case in Bombay? They had a stock of ric e to last them for sixteen months at a time that the people were in fordays and a state of starvation. The Council deliberated days, and at length took the step of keeping a ll the corn at Atter an anxious home, and opening their ports to all vessels. best to permit calculation, it was determined that it would be the corn to go out, as it was wanted, in the confidence that all ships going to India would look in to see if Bo n ? ba O w as sup- plied, and finding a demand, would sell the ir gods there. v essels en- When it was known across the country, numero u s tered the port, and having inquired the prices, and finding done them ded to fair, disposed of their cargoes of corn. He had not menu n have addressed the House on that occasion, but bg so, he thanked them for the attention they had I Paid ' Tin the Sir C. NAPIER, who was very imperfectly heart,ssiun of gallery, said that in his opinion, to make use of an exPrebane of the Noble Lord's, the navigation laws were the . ve r y ..e noriga. the shipping interests, and he felt satisfied, that if m o r e h more enter - . tion laws were totally and entirely abolished, mue resent =- prise would take place than was going on a the P ntry would ment. They would see that the seamen of this co n u men would get more protection, better paid, and the Gover t were in the build much better ships than those which they habit of building at the present moment, if it were once kn own did not exist.' throughout the world that the navigation lawsware that from.: He wondered whether the Noble Lord wasi aware . d off' the coast 50,000 to 60,000 British seamen were ewe o_ rat . nn 1 of these, of America in consequence of the indirect Pe °,- we re altogether laws. In his opinion, if the Navigation lawable to cope with abolished, they would not find any power s o erica ? It them. What had they done with resp ect AmerA m i ca were far was found that the ships sent to trade with this country and inferior to the American ships brought to rehants were set what was done? All the energies of them e di . d steam-boats to work, and they constructed those splen E land and England which now carried on the entire trade betwefor , d with all his America. He was surprised that the Nobl In s t ead of opposing boldness, did not think proper to suggestn,g hy a n order in free trade in corn , did not sugg est suspending Council the navigation laws. • r , so me doubt with Mr. ItOr.BUCK said that he bad been i Lord that after regard to the meaning of the Noble , seemedto noon, who, in speaking of the Member for Bath f the subject on which throw some doubt upon his knowledge w °the a ttention of the he had spoken. He would ju . st ha d t r t a he Noble Lord first said, he construction of . that the measure House to t said that he believed The Noble Lord had d ye t he supported it. That war his would be mischievous, an. believed it to be mischievous, He said he the people of first proposition. the price of corn to not lower . the hands of the fore because it would wonld go Int.. Ireland, but the money whom he went on to say he would raters, to Towered, what Nadir. stallers and I eg if he were en do in a milder form , hanged the Armenian with ten thou Shah did. Nadir Shah. feet, on a high gibbet. He su p_ at his ' bl Lord's • fl" in iction, the sand golden tomauns of the No e in the a dministration l we e and the ten thousand posed, mewhat o , ibbet could be so t the feet of the men, but some tomauns could not be Noble I Lord ventured in his stre where else. The N m easure of last meat to say that year was e tim m i sc hi evous , because it increase d the price of corn, and yet, said the Nob le Lord, he did not o pp ose i t as a Bill. He was convinced th at t he Noble Lord did not know what h e Ile had a copy of th e return which had been made of the it s aid after he once sat down.duty levied on corn d ur i ng several w as headed a retu rn o f t h e aye months of the last yearo• corn between the 25th o f J une of rage of the duty levied n f J a nuar( and he wo u ld j ust read it last year, and the 14 t h o . „ ale Lord opposite, and some of his for the edification of the er that under by that return, the Act passed friends. He found June was 4s. duty durirg , a quarter, and last sender), the have be en ' B '• In it under the old law it woul d . July would l der th 1 w e i e un e o d law it would have been 55., 65., and 75., o A ust it was is In have been 183 to 19s. g would leave " Bs t , and 10s, while under the old law it while been 203. In under the old law and 93., it w ould September, 10s.. 10s., In October it w . have been 20s. , 205., and 205. as Its., (5.,5s , 4s old law it would have been oo s . " and 45., while under the ,s. and . ... , an d 16s. In November it was 43., 4 .1 c ._ 43 ., while under th e old law it would have been 155., 13 , l '.l and 12s. In De cember it was 45., 45., and 4s , while under the old law it would have been 125., and ie s ,, and 12s. N ow h f the he wondered what would have been the po sition 0 country if the N o bl e Lord who had presumed to come d o wn and assume the office of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , if, after. such a statement as he had made, any Member of t h e House of C ommons bad given snot: an answer to his observat ions as that which he lied just read from the returns wh ich he held in his h an d? H e trusted they were not vomit g Wit to the period when any man who fol;p7, otl an honest trails was liab l e to be sent to E'l'i is, , " Any inerPh4nt ifti to ondnfe leap in ter dit/erii,- . N l) friisri t the ,o t tie t s that he. He would like to know, if this principle were ig be iplqiitej, LOW i 1 would WO ) " the Prosperity a a eat multi' Y likP this? Vet It was wily clin4ing the nail Whr a r i, a liolila ' herd had igaerteili iloWe%Of lig.htiy it reloht ixpri tg ititlqep gtlll4 FRillltfill to i 0,.... ” qadiplc: 4 Pill 7 reglill44 hiM qf t w ' p im "„ i . s i)tir ore neei ill 4 On@ pf thFril IV,_S sq liln& in p A i i i pg t i,',", - L4'',;: that his 44gFttarl tell asieol' , , W 4°l OPP he ?.Wcike w , r,7, ° 0 his opponent with ;g much puelgegce, ti A t h o ; . ii4cie t4u vp ii ov . { : in dpsperoiop and lot the guise. ir the , Nellie Lur ri at the h ea d of thp Treasgry would tglie his armee, il Wou ld i m it a t e the nanduPt• of 01P 01114 1 140 nnt her thrie b ult w r; ~.c oi, v i. ittg 41 tiff ) cistern w e ? 1° t el e .4 f ßo t tltflin! OM ttleY WO t „ $ 4l iiy s4pgrpilliire Rffer'ReFrs a 44 gtti4CtlY iitcc tligir WP3It alist4j, ferP ttlFlls4 il' l g iiiiiio: T h e 0 i 1 .114 1 Pll ilaifili tilii , herself assayed the ascent, and vras told by the good genii at the foot of the monntain, that if she meant to achieve the summit, she must go .traight forward, and neither turn , e the right hand nor the left. If the Noble Lord followed this ex- ample, and listened to suggestions neither from that side nor the other, he would not have to return to the old system of hanging or impri.ionment•—(Chelrs. ) Mr. DISRAFLI at the commencement of his address, spoke in so low a tone, that many of his words were inaudible in the gallery, but proceeded to say, that in the difficult circumstances in which he had been placed he was sure they would not quarrel with him for thinking that the combination of events has un expectedly put them into their present position. No one could deny that that was a position attained by no factious endeavours of their own, and that it was surrounded by so many obstacles, that no man of common honour, or of generous spirit, would endeavour to impede their progress by any needless opposition. The only thought which his Noble Friend, the Noble Lord, the present leader of the opposition, with those who acted with him, entertained was, that the measure now proposed should have been taken at an earlier period. The question, there fore, before the House was, not whether these measures were in themselves desirable, but whether the Government could have shown more discretion, prudence, and enterprise, and whether these measures should not have been sooner proposed to the House. He ~ vould recall to the recollection of Hon. Members the conduct of the great Convervative opposition who had sat on those (the Opposition) benches during the long period when they had been absent from power. During the ten years not a phrase had been expressed, not a sentence had been uttered which had not been duly weighed long before it was delivered. He would not say anything of the hypocrisy, as he might style it, or of the factious conduct which had ob tained the support of some of the present supporters of the Government, and he could not sufficiently admire that entire absence of party feeling which characterised the speech of the Noble Lord who had proposed the measure now under the con sideration of the House. That speech had about it that which became the conduct of a statesman—( Hear, hear)—and had it not been for the injudicious observations em bodied in the remarks of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he firmly believed that no discussion whatever would have arisen, and that no cavil whatever would have been made upon the accession of the present Government to power, but that their proceedings would have been most acceptable to the whole public of the United Kingdom. But whatever the ob jections might be to the policy of th 3 IST,ble Lord, no charge could be brought against the prudence of the designs and the disinterestedness of the views of those by whom he was as listed; nor would any objection be offered upon the part of his Hon. Friend, or those acting with him in the present exi gency. The Honourable Member for Bath had inter posed in this debate a tirade on the violent gesticulation and modulationpinionthe o:Thevoice o with desire which thwhichhis Hon. Noble on.Fr Friend iend had stated his opinions, 'lad expressed was, that these measures had not been proposed at an earlier period, so that they might not have interfered with the commercial transactions of the country. The Hon. Member for Lancashire had intimated a doubt as to the pru dence of the course which was now pursued, and had expressed a belief that a total abrogation of the navigation laws would have been better than a temporary suspension of their in fluence. lie would merely put it to the House, whether, if this temporary suspension had occurred, the scarcity at Antioch and pressure at Bombay, would not have been obviated. The Hon. and Learned Member for Bath, who seemed so critical on the modulation of the voice or the acting of others, and who himself exhibited on every occasion training and me thod both in mind and voice ; the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath, so classical in his concepting, so happy in his ex pressions, so temperate in all that he conceived, so gentle manlike in all that he uttered, whose criticising of a secretary of state affirmed that he wanted aptitude of expression, who censured a leader of the Opposition because his voice did not meet or agree with his own musical gammut ; the Honourab.e and Learned Member for Bath, who had always evincad an anxious impatience, part icularly in the present session, to lose uo opportunity of expressing his opinion as if he felt that there was some impending dissolution near at hand which rendered it necessarp that not another moment should be lost in astonishing the empire with the brilliancy of his sarcasm, th e power of his criticisms, or the force of his argumentative ingenuity, who had this session indirectly informed them that he was the critic, par ercellehce, of the House, and who never lest an occasion for giving them some specimens of his criti cal ability, had that night replied to the epilogue of his Noble Friend by a quotation from the " Arabian Nights." The , point of his Noble Friend might not have pleased the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath ; but then the test he applied to the point of his Noble Friend possessed no point at all. It was not that/the epilogue of his Noble Friend did not contain any. A great authority had told them that a bad author made a good critic. That might be a good and excellent rule as applied to literature. but whether it applied with the same force to poli tics he was at present at a loss to decide. At all events, it was allowed that a bad prophet made a good political critic, while a little philosopher might ultimately turn into a monarchical politician. Perhaps the one saying was a corruption of the other. When the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath again indulged them with an exhibition of his critical powers, it would be well for him to recollect that ... others might be critics as well as those who were the objects of his sarcasm, and when the modulation of the voice, the exquisite temper of the character, the sweetness of the silvery ones, or the softness of manner, were admitted to be legiti mate subjects of parliamentary discussion, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman opened up a field of animadversion upon himself which he for one had no wish to pursue, and which he 'rusted, for the decorum of their debates, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman would not in future prosecute.—(Hear, hear.) cornople p e tthainewf Mr: B. ESCOT had listened with great pleasure to the corn orn, second speech of the Noble Lord, because in that speech be did not pretend to say that the measures he now proposed were the best that could possibly be proposed, nor did he ven ture to say that those measures ought not to have been brought earlier before the Legislature, but he did say, truly, that the measures he proposed were the only measures which, under ex isting circumstances, he could possibly carry out.—(Hear.) He regretted exceedingly that the measures had not been earlier proposed, but still he was bound to admit, that no ' others could be brought forward now. He had heard the ' Noble Lord the Member for Lynn and others protest against these measures some short time back, because they were public delusions, but, strange to say. the Noble Lord now supported them on the self-same ground, namely, that they were public delusions. He did not understand this mode of reasoning, nor did he understand what was meant by the speech of the Hon. Member for Huntingdon. That Hon. Member had said that he did not approve of the measures because they would benefit the consumer. The Hon. Member, however, admitted that the people were in distress, arid urged upon the v f o lo c u at s i e n t g o m do ea so su m r e e t s hi f n o g , t t o he all b e e v n ia e t fi e t it o . f What was o w n a s s urn th e i r s s. but i: a n d e - Noble Lord (Lord John Russell) had been blame d . for not in troducing those measures earlier, but as the famine had pro gressed towards the close of last session, he thought the House and not the Government were to blame for the delay. He had heard an Honourable Gentleman (late Chancellor of the Exchequer and Member for Cambridge), make the asser tion he had done. Was he right in thinking that that Hon. Gentleman had said that the ports ought to have been opened in August last? Why, that Hon. Gentleman was one of die transact, as t more was u n o j es n esuoohrsppr t tepdal esate(, part eiortoidffoua. hands asec enutoAl hdsrl thisenses great obstacles to opening the ports. In ievember, l 1845, his Noble Friend the First Lord of the Treasury was ready to open the ports, and ho had written a letter, for which he could never be too much commended, to that effect.--( Hear, hear.) Ile thought that that Noble Lord (J. Russell) had underrated his powers when he supposed that he would not be able to out the principles which he then propounded, and he carry thought, that Hear, had attempted to do so, he would have sueceeded.—( hear.) But they were all aware, that when it was desired to adopt the policy of the Noble Lord, and that when the Hon. Member for Tamworth wanted to carry the same into effect, and the Noble Lord (J. Russell) was ready to give him his assistance by his influence and support, the Hon. Gentleman, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and his party, were ready to oppose them on every point.—( Hear, e e n d tiwy with his Hon. Friend the Member hear, from the Ministerial benches .) But now, when the t s ooi h snig o s ei. u bt l hl shouldo forgetsufferings. tmo iTns gehonefsend Noble what toaah bnel o w e: Hon. Gentleman found that there was a pressure on the Go. e ttkti for ohrnearearornnwmilit little the other ede c h dyt o h n e a , d t cel tt a h s a i o s n w e ytu mi ed r i . do l trdiutsthalmwschdaotaaatnhestt allow y e t tat t e e m hhg i r e m e. s r t i y ah ere l introduced into the discussion, had now told them that he was fully prepared to do all that in the sa d m ep e ri a v m in o g unt th o e f question, he . must say that he thought there had been country. Did not the Honourable Member for Lynn greatest blunder the world to suppose that the people of this country had sufficient corn. He believed that many of the : 3 oun l t r r e y la o n i d exa w e i t estern parts of Ergland were dependent upon potatoes for support. Now, three-thirds of that species of food had been atenacthlh endeavours the part e p a a v r otuor endeavours.ah a g d r .e been Under e f nn o d r e e t r s: atplhlreeorsceuh procure himself, elf circumstances, destroyed. And notwithstanding this, the Noble Lord would l amount, and send it out of the country to Ireland. All policy recommended by the Noble Lord would render nugatory more b u ye sup:oft the motion. daaws their large truhhgli edes - Lord GEORGE BENTINCK hoped that there was no 4pirit of vituperation in any part of the speech he had addressed to the llouse, for such was far from his intention: —(Hear. ) He stated that if he had had his way, he would have prevented the late Government from carrying their measure on the corn law, and the consequence would have been that when wheat was 455. a quarter, the grain would have remai'ted in bond And an opportunity would thus be afforded Government of using a large quantity. And he also stated, that if this grain had been purchased and sent to Ireland, it would have pre vented all the calamities that had occurred there. He denied, as had been stated by an Honourable Gentleman, that he had accused her 11Iajesty's Government of murder. All he had said was that her Majesty's Government had come into office through the instrumentality of his (Lord Gorge l3entinck's) party, and that he believed that. the present state of circumstances was induced by the late measure, and that the present Government would not be able to get rid of their meal and other provisions. He believed that he had now exonerated himself from the charge that had been made upon him ...4 Hear, hear.) Mr. ESCOTT offered a few words in explanation. Lord J. RUSSELL quite agreed in the statement of his Hon. Friend (Mr. Escott). He agreed also in the opinion of the Noble Lord ; but he confessed that he was rather surprised at the position he had assumed, having so many commercial men attached to his party. He was rather surprised at his Noble Friend's doctrines, because ho thought he was making progress in commercial knowledge.—( Hear, and laughter). and that particularly after the panegyric he had passed on certain Hon. Members of this House.—(Continued laughter.) It was quite unnecessary for him (Lord John Russell) to take any further notice of the speech of the Noble Lord, because v re a c lu c a iv b e l d e his Hun. Friend, the Member for Lancashire, had given ll it an ample reply, and here he would g s o uch sa a ' that he was glad that they had obt aine d as they would v n a th a ro ce n ; t he chairman should titre to move that, after the discuss.on n , d that the Bill should report the resolutions to the House, a and that the Bill that the standing orders should be suspended, should be carried through all its sta ges t o-m orrow. e g s li sio t n hat t g o entl t e h m ei a r n.— w -( i f s l d e o ar m . ) He After a few words from Mr. FINCH, The resolution was then agreed d to th . a chair, be read a first time and printed. lie wouldmove to-morrow and leave was Mr. GIIEENE brought up the resolution, given to bring is the Bill. Committee on the The House then went into ___ _ NAVIGATION LAWS. similar resolution for RUSSELL proposed a I,ord JOHN Laws. the suspension of the N avi gation _ The SYRAKER having resume Mr. trustv, to carr what he could, and of the Opposition, in determining modified suspension of the was satisfied therefore with Navigation Laws. E begged most emphatically to deny the i ni l ‘L r. i i i° l l a lN which had been cast upon the con spyladtrds they were invariably reducing their applauded t h e Noble Lord, seeing the temper i t ttc t of the An- 9 r a ' ala j ar i ty cues , bepperting the n"tApilli""" and, He repeated that Ministers should I I "' le 14 theifcomprehensive measures than those which av o adopted m ore , 6 of Ireland b y a ll the Members of that were nodal P e ta to t h e I r i s h people, Tau Go - vellum; ' of 1 0 .1 1 4 ( iimi the two rot classes at tho PiWritft.. .• • kk A t totkvik tii4 4 ? tg WWI qIVA - • ti-ti We " im" "1 tibiP•nwlietAt. they Ila,Ve.ooP4e - - _ beggars," and would not trust himself to characterise the con duct of those who stated that they were. The greatest blame was attributable to the conduct of the Chancellor of the Exche quer, who stated that meal should be sold at the rate of Id, per pound. The etpresgion had thrown the people of Ireland off their guard, and meal was now more than double that price. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER denied having made use of any expression of th., kind. Mr. B. OSBORNE reiterated his assertion. He carried the speech about with him, as an eternal memento of the-reck less nature of the expressions made use of by the Members of the Government. • The resolution was then agreed to. The SPEAKER having resumed the chair, the resolution was reported, and a Bill ordered to be brought in founded thereon. On the motion of Mr. FRENCH, a return was ordered of " the extraordinary presentment sessions held in each barony, half-barony, county of a city, or county of a town in Ireland, under the provisions of the Act of 9 and 10 Victoria, cap. 107, specifying the date on which each such p resentment sea-ions were held, the amount presented thereat, and the amount ap proved and sanctioned in each ease respectively ; also the date on which public works, in pursuance of such Act, were com menced in each district. Also, a return of the expense in curred under the said Act in respect of the officers, surveyors, and assistants employed by the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland in each such barony, half barony, county of a city, or county of a town respectively. Also a list of the different ' works undertaken in each such barony, half-barony, county of city, or county of a town, left unfinished by reason of the amount presented for such works having been expended." Mr. OSBORNE moved for a return of the valuation of each electoral division in Ireland, with population in 1841, as also a return of all correspondence between the Board of Works in Dublin, and the Treasury with Mr. Smith, of Deanston, rela tive to his taking charge of a system of " Thorough Drainage" in Ireland; and, also a return of all correspondence between Colonel Knox Gore, lieutenant of county Sligo, and her Majesty's Mini4ters, relative to the famine in Ireland, dated August 6th and 7th, 1646, which were agreed to. COST OF IRISH RELIEF. Mr. HUNIE wished to a , k the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he was prepared to lay on the table an account of the amount of money expended in the relief of distress in Ireland, and what establishments for the management of the relief had been formed? The 4 HANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he was anxious to get the account made out up to the last mo ment, and he could not then tell when he should be able to lay it on the table. Mr. B. ESCOTT wished to ask the Right Honnuriole (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) if he understood him cor rectly, when he stated in his speech this evening that all the Indian corn received up to the Dreaent time in this country was the crop of 1845, and that they had as yet received no ortion of the crop of 1846. If so, it was a most consolatory fact. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—Yes ; he believed they had yet received no portion of the crop of 1846. In ordinary years it was not exported, front America, before the month of December, and he had every reason to believe that they had yet received no portion of the crop of 1846. The Corn Importation Bill, and the Navigation Act Sus pension Bill, were severally brought in, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time this ay, it being understood that both Bills would also this day be passed through their other stages. LIGHTING AND PAVING OF TOWNS. _ _ Mr. AGLIONBY wished to know if it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to introduce any Bills this session for amending and consolidating the Acts relating to the sana tory condition of towns, ♦ie., the Acts relating to police, paving, lighting, and watching? if Po, a knowledge of the cir cumstance would probably supersede the necessity of any pri vate individual bringing in a Bill on the subject. Sir GEORGE GREY was happy to inform the Him. Member that measures of the kind referred to were in a for ward state of preparation, and he thought that in about tin days they would be ready to be laid upon the table of the House. The House then adjourned at a Quarter•past Ten. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) THU RSDAY, JAN. 21. The following petitions for Railways were presented, and the Bills ordered to be brought in : Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Supply of Surplus Water to Manchester, Salford, and Stockport). London, Brighton, and South Coast (Kent Railway to Maid stone, Canterbury, and Tunbridge). Llynvi Valley Extension. Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (No. I—Extension to Yar mouth). North Staffordshire (Churnet Valley Line and Trent Valley Railway Junction). North Staffordshire (Alterations and Branches). Yeovil, Bridport, and Exeter, with Branches. Great Western (Extension of the Berks and Hants Railway from Hungertbrd to Westbury, with a Branch to Devizes). Great Western (Branches to Egham, Staines, Brantford, and Twickenham). Great Western (Branch to join the West London Railway, Widening and Enlargement of West London Railway, and Branches to Hammersmith, and to join the London and South-Western near Lambeth). Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, and Glasgow, Paisley, KR - marnock, and Ayr (No. 4). Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, and Glasgow and Belfast Union (No. 1). Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr (No. 2). Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr (No. 4). Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway Acts Amendment ( Diversions of Line in the parishes of Blackburn and Bolton-in-the-Moors). Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, and Chester and Birkenhead Railway Purchase or Amalgamation. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction (Deviation of Main Line and Chester Branch, &c.). Manchester, She ffi eld, and Lincolnshire (Station at Sheffield and Branch to the Sheffield Canal). South-Eastern (North Kent and Bricklayers' Arms Junction). South-Eastern (North Kent Line). South-Eastern (Strood to Maidstone). South-Eastern (Croydon and Bromley Branches). South-Eastern (Maidstone to Chart). Dutidalk and Enniskillen. Direct London and Portsmouth. CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS. - Mr. Speaker has appointed the following Hon. Gentlemen to be members of the General Committee of Elections for the present session :—The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, the Right lion. Fox Mettle, Thomas Grimston Bucknall Estcourt, and Esq , Will Wam M iles, F.sq.illiers Stuart, Esq., Joseph Brotherton, Esq., RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, JANTIAIT 21. STocz ExcisAmis.—Tile sales are—Great Western, 40% p.—Ditto, Fifths, 29%—Midland, 123—Ditto, New, 6% —Ditto (Bristol and Gloucester), 19U p.—North British, Extension, % p.--Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 134 p.—Dltto (B), 44 p.—Shropshire Union, % dis.—South Devon, 35. LIVERPOOL, JANUARY 21, STOCK Excluxoz.—The sales are —Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, I is. 3d. p. ex int.— Birmingham and Dudley, 4% p.—Bir mingham and Oxford, 9% p.—Caledonian (Clydesdale Junction), 15s. p.—East Lancashire (late B. and P.), 3 p.—Ditto, New, 2 34 P. —Ditto, New Scrip, 1 34 p.—East Lincolnshire, 1 34 p. ex int.— Glasgow and Dumfries, 1 34 p. —Great Northern (Nos. 1 to 108,000), 34 p. ex int.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, I % p.—London and North Western, 19034 —Ditto, Quarters, New, 11% p.—London and York, 1% p.—Manchester and Leeds, Halves, 11% p.—Ditto, Ex tension, 136 p.—Mauchester and Southampton, % dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln (late Great Grimsby and Sheffield), 4e. die. — Midland, Stock, 122—Ditto, New, 3% p.--North Staffordshire, 2% p.--North Western, % p.—Preston and Wyre, Half Shares (B), Is. Ad. p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), IT. Is. 3d. p.—Ditto (II), 3s. 9d. p.--Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, % Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, 34 p.—South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole, 34 dis.—West Hiding Union, I/. 13s. 9d. p.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 4% p.—Dubliu and Drogheda, 13 dis.— Jamaica South Midland, 34 p. MANCHESTER, JANUARY 21. STOCK Excntwoz.—The sales are — Ambergate, Nottingham, Bos ton, &c., % dis.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 34 p.— East Lancashire, New (scrip), I % p.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 1-16 c. dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, Thirds, I % p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 234 dis.—Lzeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, Branches, Halves, 5 p.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction; % c. dis.—Manchester and Leeds Extension, 14 p.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 15-16 dis.-31anehester and Southampton, % dis.—North Staffordshire, 3 p.—North-Western, % p.—Oldham Alliance, 7-16 p.—Preston and Wyre, Halves (A), 2% p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 1 p.—South Stafford shire (Trent Valley Midland), I c. p.—West Riding Union, 1% p.— Whitehaven and Furness, 334 dis. LEEDS, JAM...TAUT 21. STocK Excasams.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, ss. n. dis.—East Lancashire, New, 2% p.—Ditto, New Scrip, 1% p.—East and West Yorkshire, 15s. dis.—Leeds, and Dewsbury, Extensions Scrip (green), 15s. p.—Leeds and Thirsk. New, 10s. dia. —Ditto, Preference, 14 p.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, I Is. dis. —Melton and Dritlield Junction, 17s. p.—Manchester and Leeds, Half Shares (late Hud. and Sheff.), 5 p.—Ditto, Extensions, 245. p.— Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 13s. e. p.—Midland. Preference, 434 p.—North British, Half Shares, 3% p.—Ditto, Thirds, 495. p.—Ditto, Quarter Shares (late Carlisle Branch), 40s. p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), Ms. p.—North Staffordshire, 3 p.—North-Western, 9s. p.—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 6s. p.—West Biding Union, 4 —Wharfdale Junction, I is. 61.—York and North Midland, Pre ference, 1036 c. p. SHEFFIELD, JANUAZT 21. Sroci EICIANOZ.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 7s. dis. --East Lincolnshire. c. p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincohishlre (Grimsby and Sheffield), 201. Shares, 1% die.— Ditto, 121. 10s. Shares, 143. 6d. dis.—West Riding Union, IN p. Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 12s. dis.—South Yorkshire, DOllOllB - and Goole, Is. p. HULL, JANUMLY 21. STOCK EXCBANOZ..—The sales are—North British, lialves, 14% — Ditto, Quarters, 65s.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 151. p.—Ditto, Thirds, 7 la.—York and Newcastle, New, Ilk—York and North :blidland, Preference, 10 p.—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 6s. dis.—Blackburn, Clitheroe, t4e., 14s. dis.—North Staffordshire, 3 p. —Shropshire Union, 13s. dis.—West Riding Union, 31. ►Sa, 6d.— Derby, Staffordshire, &c., 12s. 6 d.—Blackburn, Darwen, end Bolton, Se. tl4. dis. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JANUARY 2t. STOCK Excnatiox.—The sales are—Hartlepool Dock and Railway, 180—Ditto, New, 13% p. —Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 4 dis.—Newcastle and Carlisle, 1 1534—Ditto, New, I!, s p.—Newcastle and Berwick (North Shields), 13% p.—Nortll British. Thirds, 48s. 6d.—Ditto, Quarters, 41e. p. EDIRBURGIi, JaN lAzy 20. &roc' Excusatax.—The sales -are—Caledonian,, I;tew, 495. 6d.- -Direct Northern, 49s.—Dundee and Perth, 27- -East of Fife, 425. 6d.—East Lothian Central, 45s.—Edi n b urg h and Glasgow, Quarters, 183f-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton t coarters, 15s. 6d.—Edinburgh and Northern, 14% ez new—Ditto, New, 82s.—Ditto, Newport, Si. 18s. ex new—Edinburgh and Perth (Old), 385.—Ditto (New), 52*. —Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 6%—Great North of Scotland, 50s.—Great Northern (late Direct Northern), 80s. 6d.—North Bri tish, Quarters, 665. 6d.—Ditto, New Quarters, scrip, 28s.—Ditto, Thirds, 741.—Scottish Central, 22%—Scottish Grand Junction, 208. 6d.— Scottish Midland, 13N —Strathern Junction, 765. GLASGOW, JANUARY 20. STOCIE EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Ayr and Galloway, 40a.— Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, Os.—Direct Northern (scrip), 57a. 6d. —East of Fife, 475. 6d.—East Lothiau Central, 45s.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 75% —Ditto, Halves, 20 % —Ditto, Quarters, 18% — Edinburgh and Perth, 49s.—Glasgow General Terminus, 11 % —Glas gow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 661.—Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 41.105. 6d. p.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 61. 65.--Glasgow, Kilmarnock. and Ardrossan, 61. 16s.—Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 375. 6d.—Great North of Scotland, 475. 6d,—Kllmarnock and Ayr Direct, 52s. — Manchester and Southampton, 335. 6d.—North British, Thirds, 725. 6d.—Scottish Central, 221.—Scottish Grand Junction, 21s. and Dunfermline, 675. 6d.—Strathorn Junction, 735. THE SONGS OF THE HiGHLANDS.—Mr. Wilson is about to give an entertainment on the Songs of the Highlands, the proceeds of which are to be appropriated for the benefit blunders. The public knew we ll th e of the distressed Hig of them are sof' ' ...tering, and the privations under which many - calls for aid are urgent. There cannot tie a more deli g htf ul way of contr ib ut i ng a littl e more , w h atever we may have ilready given, than by listening fib the native airs of the mountaineers, as they are given by the master of Scottish song, Wilson. We are glad to hear that there will be a great gathering, many of the reserved seats having been already secured, and several Influential person s h ave taken a deep utereat in it. ALARMING FIRE, AND NARROW ESCAPE OF THE Inuarn&—Yesterday morning, between the hours of five and six, the oil and colour shop_ belonging t o M r. James Clarke, scovered to be on 0, Red C situate at 9 ross-street. S outhwark, was di fire. An instant alarm was raised, (120 1 - after some time, the inmates were aroused from their 0 bars, but although th e f i re had not extended ' " um. shop, the smoke was so dense, and of bur' o eyond the nature, that the resid ents, to effect a -•....1 a suffocating elope from one of the bat) , - • Letreat, were obliged to tooled in getting the 11.- .. windows, The firemen sue in trade an Mo.. —.nee gvkbduett, but not until the stock %ibil" .aree x • WiTit Sonsiderab4 damaged by lire, and 6 ~.1,1141. kV MIMI. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—Lord Marcus F. Hill, Comptroller of her Majesty's Household, arrived at the Castle to-day from town. The Noble Lord had an audience of the Queen, and presented to her Majesty the Address from the House of Commons in answer to the Speech from the Throne. The unfavourable state of the weather prevented her Afa jesty or the. Royal Family taking their usual walking exercise _ _ . _ His Royal Highness Prince Albert enjoyed the sport of Shooting this morning. His Royal Highness was attended by the Earl Spencer, Lord Alfred Paget, Major-General Bowles, Mr. G. E. Anson, and Colonel Seymour. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Reyal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard Lady in Waiting V) her Royal Highness, the Baroness de Spetli, and the Earl Spencer. The band of Ist Lite GUards, will attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band attend afterwards in the Castle. The Lord President of the Council, attended by Mr. Kay Shuttleworth, met her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools yester day in the Council Chamber, in order to communicate to them the instructions of the Committee of Council on Educa tion as to their ensuing tour of inspection. Mr. Matthew Forster, M.P., and Mr. Fowles, had an inter view with the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson yesterday - , at the office of the Board of Trade. The •Marchioness of LArtsdowne arrived at Lansdowne House, Berkeley. square, yesterday from Bowood Park, Wilt SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTE RSA LL'S—THURSDAY. CHESTER CUP. The appearance of the Handicap baa not as yet liven much impulse to speculation ; indeed in the early part of the afternoon the conversation turned solely on the fact of the weights not having been declared in town until Tuesday. The Manchester market, at least so it is under. stood thus obtaining a day's wtart. The circumstance way commented oo in rather strong terms, and it certainly is to be regretted that the declarations in town and country were simultaneous. The Handicap is admitted to ba a good one, and it is supposed that there will be at least one hundred acceptances; in the face of this, three horses have already become great " pots;" i. e., Camera Ob scura, Antler, and Erin-go-bragh, the advance of the first two, we should add, having been the result of re, peateA offers to back them, and not of actual outlay. One bet of 1,000 to 20 agst Erin-go-bragh was followed by three or four at 1,000 to 30, LOW to 25 was laid agst Neweourt, 1,000 to 20 agst Punch, 2,000 to 40 aget Jinglepot, 2,000 to 40 agst Bedlam, 1,000 to 25, and 1,1100 to 20 agst Pal, 1,000 to 15 two or three times agst Emigrant,•and a few .other bets in small amounts ; the prices at the close of a dull afternoon were as tinder:— Even on the field agst 30 35 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Camera Obscure 30 to 1 agst Mr. Herbert's Antler-1000 to 30 taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Erin-go-bragh 40 to 1 agst Capt. Pellet's Newcourt 40 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Newcourt 40 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's The Flitch 50 to 1 agst Mr. Dawson's Crim. Con.—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Collett's Pal—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's Bourton—taken 50 to 1 aget Mr. Wilson's Punch—taken 50 to 1 ag,t Mr. Williams's Jinglepot—taken 50 to 1 agit Mr. O'Brian's Bedlam—taken and aft. oft. 50 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Eryx—t. and aft. offered 66 to 1 agst Mr. Hutchinson's Emigrant—taken 66 to 1 aget Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress—taken 500 to 6 agst Mr. Mangle'sGolden Bee—taken 100 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Sic Tatton Sykel.....tk en METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. , The only bet to our knowledge was 33 tO 1 to a very small sum, agst the Marquis of Collyllgitlim. , DERBY. 1 I to 2 agst John Scott's lot S to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp —offered 1000 to 100 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote—taken 1000 to 30 agst Mr. Gully's Allertonian—taken 1000 to :25 agst Mr. Mostyn's Projectile—taken 1000 to 20 agst Mr. O'Brien's Liberator —taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Bouverie'a War Eagle--taken The above were all the bets that came to our knowledge; the backers of Epirete, Allertonian, the Liberator, and W ar Eagle would have gone on. The Leamington Steeple Chases are postponed until Wed nesday or Thursday next. Fossrr, REMAINS OF Mew.—lt—haabeen generally alleged by geologists that no fossils of the human species have ever been found among the remains of other animals so frequently turned up in their researches. But a Dr. Dicke son, of Philadelphia, has discovered a bone in the vicinity of Natohes, which the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences pronounced to have been the bone of a man. NfAt chez is a region which is said to abound with the relics of aft antediluvian era. It was found with other organic rsdmaina in a stratum of tenacious blue clay that underlies dilu vial dri ft east of N a t c h ez, and i n this diluvial dries the bone* of toe Megalonyx were discovered. In the record of the meeting of the Philadelphia. Academy, Octeber 6th ultimo, the United States Gazette find the fe,ilowing :—" Dr. Dickeson presented an o th er rel i c of yet • • greater interest, viz : the fo ss il os innoininatum of tl2e hu man subject, taken from the above -mentioned stras tam of bltie clay, and about two feet below the skeletons of the Megalonyx and other extinct genera of quadrupeds. This ancient relic of our species is that of a young man about 16 years of age, as determined by its size and form, and by the fact that the epihyses have separated from the tuberosity of the ischium, and from the crista of ilium. Nearly all the os pubis is wanting; the upper posterior part of the ilium ir‘ brokerntway, and but half the acetabulum remains. Ths , :t this bone is strictly in th e f ossil state is manifest from ita physical characters, in which it accords in Gym Itspece of colour, density, &c. &c., with those of the M:egalonyx and other associated bones. That it could not have drifted into the position in which it was found is taanifest from several facts. 1. That the plateau of the 'sane clay is not appreciably acted on by those causes that produce ravines in the superincumbent diluvials 2. That the human bone was found at least two feet, below three associated skeletons of the Megalonyx, all wisich, judging from the op position of proximity of their e - sveral parts, had been quietly deposited in this locality, independently of any ;wave cur rent or other displacing power; and lastly, because there was no admixture of diluvial drift with the blue clay, which latter retains its homogeneous character equally in the higher part, that furnished the extinct quadrupeds, and in its lower part, that contained the re ma i ns o f man . Dr. Dickersbn has announced his intention of returning, at an early period of the present autumn, to resume his explorations in this pro lific and most interesting locality; and it is earnestly hoped that his researches may lead to a further chicidation of thin important question in science." —New Yo r k E ven i ng P ost. EKE ELECTRO•MAGNETIC TELEGRArae-IR the retort of the proceedings in the Vice-Chancellor's Court, in, the case of an injunction asp_pliedfor by the Blictric Telegreph Company against Messrs. Nott, who have obtained a: patent for what is termed the electro•magnetie telegraph, which ay.. peered in the papers a few days ago, these were some' er rors„ which it may be as well to set right, as they !Ifielt the very, gist of the claim to originality of invention of the defend:o:m. The telegraphic clock used by Messrs. Nett has a hand, ;Aa n in appearance to the hands of common clocks which. tell to n hour; this hand is longer on one side of the pivot. eY. axle on which it moves than on the other sae. The longer aide points to a circle of four alphabets Which sutroueds the dial plate, and the shorter side to a circle of fis . , ,a ses which i s at a short distance from the centre of the o,:tei plate. Tbe hand (or hands) moves with what is term `al a dead-beat escapee went, the motive power being the electric fl uid acting upon $ toothed wheel with pallets ano. stops, hy which the utmost regularity of movement is obtained. ivhen the hand is to be put in motion, a ke,4-, something similar to the key of is pianoforte, is presses% and the pressure removed when the hand ;points to t'ne letter necessary to spell a word, or to a figure necessa.sy to express a signal, as the case may require. Thus words are spelled with unerring accuracy, and signal,►. pointed to without the possibility of a mistake. 1•', 0 magnetic needles move on the dial-plate and by their de- Sections indicate the letters, or words, or signs, is Q s, in the magnetic telegraph hitherto in use t s , form a sentence. There is no alarum used, but a bell ia used, the number of strokes struck on which, i A: a -useca.ea csestain things to be communicated from one station or terminus to another. There is but one wire employed and the cost of the apparatus, batteries, Eco., is not much snore than half the cost of the mode now in use. The great advan tages of this invention are, its simr, l acity, its accuracy. the ease with which it is worked ana uuderstood, and the almost impossibility of .sue'saining injury, unless from great violence; there is no Intricate mechanism, no springs or Ile wheel. It has been adopted between weights, and only o Narthampton Ana Blisworth, where it answers admirably; and it has be favourably reported on by Mr. Faraday and Major Brlndred, to the Admiralty; by Mr. Braude, and by Professor Bachhoffner. Thi s l atter gentleman h as intro. duced it in a course of lectures at the Polytechnic Institution, where the public can satisfy themselves of its merits by actual inspection. It is also to be seen in operation at the office of the patentees, No. 2, Boyal, Exchange-building% where the electric fluid traverses a mile of copper wire. It is altogether a most important improvement on the rapidity and accuracy of tel egrap hi c correspondence , and a novel;cw in the application of the principle of electrio COMORMiCV . : 4O I. MELANCHOLY CASUALTY. -- Abolit Illid-drAy. on Wednesday se'nnight, James Demea n , formerly Mains of Craichie, lost h 4 lip elin the Southesk. The parti ..inant at ciders, as we have learn ..e are as follow :--PrAcan, with his wife aria children , lad been residing at rAtidelyn with -his father, Mr. /1 .5.1 liam Duncan, tenant tiler:, H e h a d, i n th e ir.ornie-a, crossed the Esk to visit a. ngbouring farmer T_tie river was in fl ood from the m';lting o f t he snow. The deceased was returning to his fallier's house, and, to save a circuitous road by a bridge, resolved to cross by a ford near Aadelyn. A person present warned him against trying the ford, but he went into the water, and in a little lost his foot ing. The man present cried out, and deceased's father mother, with his wife and other relatives, who were ti in ca s r ight ran to the water side, and saw the unfortunate man above down the stream more than 100 yards Li could render water), cring for help, which none of . an d .. found on the follo w i ng no more. His body was He has left a widow and him. At length he was carried below a sheet th of ice ila iT ur dle a ep . about a mile down the river. . . several children.—ifoatrose Re THN ATNAPILATONY, LIQUID HAIR DYE—c ~,,,, onlyanswers for all colours, and doe it f A not ..eu -A eti or •re -doing but really as the red hair d or purplegrown, ' that unnatural acquires e that other dyes. Botanic Water and Bear's Grease. , Ml. to all requir d e y hair is becoming thin, and falling off, the , — When the remedy besides shaving the h ea d ;, th e use only effectual named articles, applit d alter. - ,E t tely—t} (lithe two above.. cleanse the roots from ace r i; a stimulant, and the 46 botanic water to ... and as ,t bear's grease as a noue, dier. T he thoroughly eleansinr. between u • New Tooth-Pick Brush, hI-a never the to— c : r in e t o ' 4: t. teeth Th The II neon u s eanddu, as p The g SU a h d . o ei v r il w , arrant ad P etel!, when used crosa-ways. The Bair Brie' The itt ~Ines. The Double Anti-Pressure Nail Brush. 1' r. Shaving Brush. The Benny Strop and rhe above new and elven sitibkver ill liaditi ' m '' tti a ver extensive assortment of bleetifhl * * m u * lir * the ever y manufactures and inventions of Messrs. Roes suit Sons, 119, and 120, Biahopsgate-street, London. A JUDGE'S SUMMING UP......." oyr, Orr, 4: 24D Away."—Mr, Sergeant Adams, whose eingulari';iip, an d eccentricities occasionally produce much merrun' A t i n th e court over which he presides, hear d a calm yes' d e t e tsa , a t the Middlesex Sessions, in which e. lad stole a De . r oCe o f padding from an eatinghouse-keeKi's in Clerkenwe/ . .4. The evidence having been gone thre: dg h, the Learned ;),..111... ~,,. yawl thus sum med UP.." Gentlemen :of the Jury, y - ou ha ' ‘iteard this case—off goes the puri'' ... : lng _ e ir goes the bnY ..- , my goes the woman she care Lau him bolting down s • court, and here you have 0' . s''-- •and woman, leeforeyou;g entlemen, 4 boy, pudding, con sidersatisfac- your verdict." At the close " of this lucid an d , tory address, the jury turned t o each other in their box, and , were soon in deep co nsultation. The impatient Judge hastily exclaimed, `‘ (=Asa' God, gentlemen, whet Ik4. are zei.. deliberating about IS the case i s c l ear enoug h. " ' settled the poor jurym en a t once , an d turning round is' A alarm they fowl the prisoner Guilty. His love of pia' , got him a mooth's Imprisonment, with the pleasant • 0:4 ,.. eactJA a whipping by the gaoler* 4 lii, %it Q ii. A first ht. eMAS ~St , nl I .. , r iA: