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

pin e ay e mißtit he suffering under the severest calmnity th at the colld he inflicted on the ccuntry. He trusted u ""oity whieh they had acted on !hi , ti sf i ltli 1 r occasion would carry with it a degree of Fa hit re , millet' would tend to alleviate tlna ry, to firiell they had acted. r e ' l lNr ART rose, but was for some time inaudible. , nduct of the commercial Minister of France in of a ;l l sPension of the navigation laws had been worthy 4%4 before ' rai e and yet, although the example had long f e ll ow the eyes of the Government, they did not it until three or four months after the necessity izs occurred. He had been one of those Nlem trade who bad supported the principles of free c ord; „irolo the first in that llouse, und he was tet , hi ' ti r ' e lY L Pl , eased to find that the Hon. Member for Dor zioia,.act voted for a temporary suspension of the,. c o in s tlon laws. As an advocate for a total repeal of t ercial restrictions, he preferred that plan to a lefusseorary suspension. He only regretted that her that total Ministers had not come to a resolution for total repeal ;and he thought the same obser vatio_ Si n " might be applied to the navigation laws. th: e ' 6w ever, the Government would not consent 44 41 repeal, however much he regretted it, he wou ld `scent to the temporary measure. There were no old i lv w iations to j us tif y t h e retent i on c f the navigation vel., !. They only took their rise inhe reign of Hen he nd were confirmed in the time of Charles IL, and, uetteved, simply in consequence of our connection with a tnuteh at th at t i me . Il e repea t e d 'hat he would much N athe r If the Ministry had for temporary suspension ,eb stituted that temporary suspension of those laws , yet he did not wish to disturb the unanimity of the debate. But he could not help observing that labour in this . country could never be sufficiently rewarded until they did Ile away with the restrictions on external commerce. 41 e should vote for the measure before the Howe. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said Hot, howe ver sens ibl e o f t h e f orce of the position of the n • Member who had just sat down, he trusted that the nature of the circumstances which were to be brought under review of the Committee proposed, and which had led to the motion for that Commitn e, would prevent anything like dissension in the debate. ,en October last the belief was, that corn had been raised in price from being kept back for speculative purposes. As soon as the determination of the Government was known not to suspend the corn-laws prices fell, and about the latter end of October large arrivals of grain took place from foreign parts. We were then told, on good a u th or i ty , b y gent l eme n intimately acquainted with the corn trade, that there was every probability of large arrivals in a short time. Even at a more recent date it was stated to us that the number of vessels in America taking in grain as cargoes was very large indeed. lie held in his hand a letter from a entlema nin Liverpool, dated the 1-ttli of January, which stated,that according to the last arrivals from the United States there were at New York, loading with grain 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 had cleared out f rom Liverpool twentyemnetnevreicsase, which would no doubtls of 17,000 ton's, with general cargoes for America, return to this country with corn. These amou nted nearly to 70 vessels, which would at least bring corn ; and at that time there was no reasonable appreh ension that large supplies for . th e consumption of the c ountr y would not be forthcoming before the navigat ion closed. But it would appear that the merchants had been disap- Pointed in the supplies which they had anticipated. It would appear, however, that within the last two or three weeks the imports have con siderably increased, but this was the time when the spring trade fell off, and when there was a greater demand on the part of the s hipowners fit freights. The suspension of the naviga tion laws would enable the ships of all nations to enter into the business of importing ft2 h o e d fornaativi t g on of this coun try as s oon as t h e nav igation opened. T Odessa opened in March; the navigation of America opened about the same time; and it was with a view of ensur ja, g early suppli es as soon as the trade is open ed that the Government proposed to suspend the nav i g ation laws. It must b e remem bered that they had received as yet none of the Indian corn of the crop of 1846, and he believed that .he whole of the crop of 1845 had been brought to this country. The crop of 1846 was not ready for export a ti on till last December, and be be that lie Newvd that in a very short time some ofi W ould be on it s wa y t o this country. From Orleans he expected some ships to arrive in a few weeks, n _ but from the northern states he feared that little could expected till the navigation be open. When this P e riod arrived the measures which were now proposed d greatly accelerate the supplies. He considere that the information which the Government re ceived °P to October last was quite sufficient to warrant them in taking such a course. He was very anxious to take th a t oortunity of stating the course which the Gover nmen t p ursued with regard to sending corn to Ireland-- t h ere p had been so muchmisappre hensionPrevailing in the House, and there had 8° many mis-statements made last night on poen ints with respect to which it was so essential thpuartsuethdere should be no mistake. He hoped the House would excuse him if he briefly detailed the course the in renp l :h t a o t occasion. It would be remembered that at the close of last session an announcement was questions put to the Government, that trr e t l should not undertake to interfere with inva riable in Ireland. This was the answer inva- Ari a Y even to the queries made on that subject. u while he adopted such a course, he did not mean to dis approve of the course which the late Government w h P e t n ed under different circumstances last year. t ierce the question had been put to them from t h e "ants in different parts of the country, this was reply returned, and he continued to believe in the prudence of such a course, as a partial interference by eGovernment would have completely paralysed the shops of individuals. Private enterprise afforded a 'aorger supply than any exertion it was pe,esarible that a Government could make. When eould it was likely that any private enterprise Me et not provide a supply of corn, the Govern forfar as as they were able, established depots and y sale of corn, and they had come into the market, rho only limit they put upon the merchants em ployed was that they should not allow the Government to woultidr as purchasers ; for if they had done so, an injury counts have been i n fli cte d upon t h e poor of the ealesteel,hyer,efotrhathn in they should remember that distress existed Ireland ; for if the Government had of f oo r u nwisely, they would have raised the price The a u P en those who were maintaining themselves. n __ mount of corn imported was sufficient to feed h a lf . . ro s persons period of four months and a .ztl.aherefore, that private enterprise e had not serious].ey to undeurtrrit all that could be which the had t w attendedou would b e the highest Market price, they had always been madeadabteen made by had be ce ' A en at Litneri k Government person of the name of Russell, who employed as the agent of the corn Which h e e , bad always given the highest prices ae been • quantity of given in the English markets. The had been le' exported from Ireland to England °f the th 48 than in any preceding years. The average ee three years preceding the last had been 3,000,000 I:7Zarters. In the last it had only amounted to 1, 30 e °° o quarters, being less than the preceding by into e,OOO quarters. The quantity of foreign corn importe d Inlreland was only 500,000 quarters ; that, however ade la n d c il l et°lY, represented the quantity sent from . Eng- t. fi of English and foreign corn. Great quantities o Coe flour had been kept for home consumption, while the ;erser had been sent to Ireland, the quantity of which as very considerable. In the beginning of September he received a letter from a person at Liverpool, stating th ere were thi rty - t h ree vessels wa i t i ng at Li ve rpool, _t, receive cargoes for Ireland. One great ev il w as the deficiency of mill-power in Ireland. The Govern ment, had loft all the mills in Ireland for private use, and had employed m ill s a t Ply mou th, a t Portsmouth, at • u evonport, and at Rotherhithe; they bad been kept constantly at work, and their produce in Indian corn -meal and barley-meal bad been sent to Ire 'end- Depots had also been established in the western districts of Ireland. There were nine depots established last year. In the present year their number amounted to 26, some of which were situated to the east of the Shannon, the most northern tart of Ireland, and Kinsale, on the south. There were some of them in Sligo, in Mayo, in Galway, in Limerick, and in numerous other places. With regard to other supplies of food, by the estab lishment of depots and other measures, it did, not appear, as some Hon. Gentlemen would have the House to sup pose, that the poorer population of Ireland had been en tirely neglected; he thought it appeared that measures had been taken, at the proper time, sufficient at least to prove that the supply of food had not been inadequate. But it was undoubtedly true that those depots had only recently been opened. When they had a larger mass of people to supply with food considerable reserve was re quired in the furnishing of those supplies. Some of those depots had never been opened, others had been partially opened in the course of the autumn, as, for instance, the depots in Galway, in Westmeath, and in Sligo, and other places. They found, in many cases, in proporibn as the Government gave ex pectations of relief, that the persons in the locality relied no longer on their own resources. He held in his hand an extract from a journal published in Castletown, which stated that distress had greatly increased, because the Government intended to place a depot there, and the people were willing to depend upon the relief afforded by it. The Government cal culated upon a supply of provisions in the country till Christmas, and then they were prepared to afford, with certain restrictions, relief from the depots. A time Was coming when the people of Ireland would have to sustain themselves with food not grown by themselves, but purchased by dealers, and therefore Govern ment had been particularly anxious to facilitate the establishment of small dealers throughout the country. In many places, however, they could not succeed in establishin g these small dealers ; and here th ey had been compelled to open detains to supply the large num uer of - men engaged on the relief works with food. Government had been told that they had taken no steps whatever to relieve the aged infirm out of the workhouse or,, at all even t s , t h at t h e re li e f m ust have been afforded recently, for that within the last few days they were in Ireland, and had heard nothing of it. This complaint, however, was unfounded, and it would be founcl from a report that had just been received from Ireland, and which would shortly be laid before the House, that ample means had been furnished to the relief committees to enable them to supply food to the aged and infirm who could not be a ccommodated in the workhouses. It would !)e seen, too, that • the relief commissariat It instructed each committee to confine their supplies to such mode of relief until the pressure became severe in other quarters. One of these reports was dated eo later than Dec. 3, while another from Skibbereen, dated Dr c. 21, stated that a large measure of relief had been dealt tele that aged and i poor of district. out to. The Right Hon. Gentleman nfirm then went 912 to read ex- tracts from various letters to show that the Government had left nothing urelotie to provide food for the Irish people by the es!abiieline tit of soup-kitchens arid the re-ening or steres. - Ei g hty live tons of wheat had been distributed in Skibbert en in a very short time. He believed that the same statement might be made in reference to other phices ; and when te statement of the G o vernment was laid befor h e the House they would find that the Noble Lord was quite inaccurate in the statements, and that food was given to the poor to a considerable extent in the very district to which allusion had been made.—(Vicar, hear.) He hoped the landlords of Ireland would now exert themselves in their own localities without dep:nding upon the exertions of Government at the present most momentous crisis, for it was impossible for Government to meet efficiently all the distress which unfortunately prevailed in that country. They were ready to give liberal support and assistance towards meeting the present disastrous circumstances of the country; but he must repeat again that the whole onus should not be thrown upon them. That it would be possible to preserve the whole population of Ireland from starvation, lie was sorry to say that he was not very sanguine. But by due exertion :on the part of the landlords they might in a great measure avert future distress, as well as that which existed at press nt in Ireland. Mr. HUME must say that a great deal of time hid been wasted by not having produced these papers at first—he must say that there was great neglect in their not having produced them before. Ile must also say that he had seldom been more disap pointed by what had taken place, but he hoped that they were to have the trade thrown open. The country expected this from the Noble Lord, and that he would not permit the past state el things to continue, and no longer adhere to that absurd system of opening the trade when the ports of Europe were closed against them. He would remind the Noble Lord that, if he refused to maintain those navigation laws, he would immediately deprive the colonies, unless he at the same time gave them free trade, of the only protection which they enjoyed. An American now erjoyed the advantage of one dollar per load, so that it was better for a West Indian colonist to buy for four dollars in New York than three at Mon treal. So that, unless they took off the duty on ships, they could never carry out the principle of free trade, and it would be a high injustice to the colonists, unless they allowed them to trade freely with all the world, unless they gave them free trade. If the Noble Lord was wise he would take off the duty from timber and all the other articles, en the commerce in which restrictions were laid. If the Noble Lord would grant him a Committee he would engage to prove that this was a national benefit. If the Noble Lord would refer to the evidence taken before the Committee in 1840, and would look at Mr. John Young's evidence, ho would find that that gentleman there showed what a disadvantage it was to impose a duty on timber. He proved that at Rite Janeiro there were 150 ships, and that out of those 100 were British vessels overloaded with the expense at which they had been built, and yet struggling to obtain a share of the trade, in order that they might remunerate their owners. He, therefore, came to the conclusion, that if the duty on timber had not existed the whole of the carrying business of that port would have fallen into the hands _of British subjects. If, again, in the evidence taken in 1840, the Noble Lord: refers to Mr. Mitchell's testimony, he would find that that gentleman stated himself to be a shipowner, an importer of timber, and a builder of ships ; but so great were the impediments thrown in his way that he had to pay 40 to 50 per cent. for the timber imported into this country, and for that which he could get elsewhere. He had consequently built a num ber of ships in Sweden. The ships were British ships although they bore Swedish names, and traded to British ports, were owned by British subjects, and commanded by British captains. The fact was, that Mr. Mitchell paid only eight pounds a ton abroad for his timber, whereas in England he had to pay twelve pounds. He trusted, therefore, that the Noble Lord would take this subject into consideration, for if he did, and relieved the trade of the duty which was now imposed upon it, he (Mr. Hume) felt assured that Eng land would become the manufactory of ships for all the world, as it was for other articles, and thus the principles of free trade would be carried out in the comprehensive manner which they deserved, and which would prove a lasting benefit to the country. If they had this, they should have no longer to hear the com plaints of famine, of which, during the present week, so much bad been said in that House. They had only to look at the state of the colonies to see the injurious operation of the navigation laws. He had no hesitation in saying, that had these laws been repealed five months ago, they would have had ver y large supplies of food. These were the grounds on which he considered the Government had not proved themselves equal to the emergency. In order to effect a proper settlement of all these difficulties, they ought to have gone to the root of the evil at once. Lord JOHN RUSSELL—Sir, the Hon. Gentleman expresses himself dissatisfied with the policy of the Government. In the explanation of that policy which I have made I stated my desire that, in the present circumstances of the country and the dearth of provisions, the measures which her Ma. jesty's Government were desirous of undertaking to relieve the evil should be such as would command, if possible, the general support of the House.—(Hear, hear.) But the Hon. Gentleman objects to the course we have taken, because we are not prepared to introduce three separate measures of legislation. The first is, the total and unconditional repeal of the corn-laws. He finds fault with us because we are not prepared to rescind the arrangement of last year—a course which, if undertaken by the Government, would, no doubt, excite the opposition of the Noble Lord oppo site (Lord G. B en tinck), and we should have to fight the battle of last year over again. The Hon. Gentleman, in the second place, complains that we do not propose the entire abrogation of the navigation laws—a course which if taken by us would most likely induce the oppo sition of the Hon. Member for the University of Ox ford (Sir R. H. Inglis). —(Hear, hear.) And then he states that these would be of no use unless they were accompanied by a repeal of the timber duties.—(Hear.) Our ships, he tells us, are at present, compared with foreign vessels, placed at a disadvantage of 50 per cent., and that the timber duties should be repealed in order to enable them to compete freely with other nations in commercial transactions. It may be right policy t o repeal these duties, but to do so the Honourable Gentleman m ust be prepared for a considerable reduction of revenue, and the substitution of another tax in order to meet the deficiency. In undertaking measures of relief to meet the present emergency, therefore, I am not prepared to propose three great measures, every one of which would, no doubt, meet with violent opposition from Honourable Members in this House.—(Loud cheers.) Colonel CONNOLLY was sorry to find the Chancellor of the Exchequer labouring under the impression to which he had given utterance with respect to Ireland. A great portion of the county he represented was in a most awful state of destitution. Language could not describe it. He himself sent 3,0001. to Liverpool, to purchase food for Donegal, and though he did not wish to say anything derogatory to the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, he was bound to say that the information he received was strangely at variance with the facts. He could not describe the destitution which prevailed from the bay of Donegal to Derry, and it was absurd to talk of relaying it by the ordinary operations of trade. There were neither mills nor factories, nor great traders nor small traders, throughout the whole extent of the country, and the other night he adduced that as a' proof of the ignorance of the Commissary-General. The intensity of the destitution was such that the seller could obtain any prices he pleased for pro visions, and, under such circumstances, to talk of the ordinary operations of trade was absurd. Knowing these facts, and seeing with his own eyes the horrible wretchedness which prevailed, he could not con sider himself as acting justly by his constituents if he did not state them to the House. lie hoped the House would do him the honour of be lieving him, for he only stated that to which he was a witness. The principle of providence was carried so far, they t w h e a r t e n p u e r m m b i e t r o tt s d to t' the enjoypeotphlee p w r o e u v l i d s o s n t a s r which e th the Government had stored up.—(Elear, hear.) lie could not help praising the foresight of the Government, but he did consider that this principle might be carried too far. He said these things with very great pain, for he would not by any means desire to embarrass the Government. But these things were facts these were truths ; and it would be cul pable in him to go forth from that House without stating them, particalarly after hearing the statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He gave the Government credit for the best intentions, but their officers had been always in the habit of repre senting that the destitution was not really so extensive as it was represented to be. Why, it had increased to an amazing degree since it first began. The people had now to pay three times the price which they bad before. He would beg leave to refer the House to the statement of Mr. Foster, a Quaker, who resided in Norwich, for the truth of his allegation. He had instituted the most generous system of relief that haul been devised. • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was at a loss to know to what portion of his speech the Hon. and Gallant Member had referred. He had stated in his speech that the Government had established a num ber of depots, and that their exertions had been greater than was generally supposed to have been taken. iColonel CONNOLLY said it was quite true that the depots had been established, but no distribution of food had taken place up to this very date. There was a d bu ep t o n t ot in a Smliogroselu o p f on eo h r o i s h o n e d m f e n s: d e t i e ts awt lay t a o b eg th s e , mh T u h th e s the ople. CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could only repeat what he had said before—that the depot at Sligo had been.open sluice the latter end of the autumn. Colonel CONNOLLY—The depot had been open, it was true, but only for the p ur p ose of sending corn to other not a morsel e o p r o s t e s l . Corn r t h i assd'ashelen consumed from he before mt depothe s ai d h at that Sligo at to Donegal; but he repeated what . nsumed by the poor of Sligo m r . o G r its ß neighbourhood. ATr A N —f the Chancellor of the Exche quer were right in his assertion, then he (Colonel Connolly) would have a right of a l ction against the that s relief dtheto distress, in oansuml i a s consequence s s t ne os d ‘fe f e r k e of Honourable Member, for it was he e r thee smoney being informed that no corn hail been the depOt at Sligo. The Chancellor of the Exchequer seemed to have taken considerable pains in quoting qtl" from a large number of documents, which seemed to him ought to have fallen to the province of the Right Hon* Home Department, the Secretary of State for the or at least notice should have been given to the House that such a course was about to be adopted. They were told that 3,700,000 quarters of wheat had been brought into England up to the 313 t December it:ilei meni TRE SUN, LON'DON, FRIDAY FiV EN IN 6, JANUARY 22, the Right Hon the Chancellor of the Exchequer said November, but he would give him the benefit of the 31 lostdays, int h and hee interval v rsi iisi n v o e s t had im p been of what the Government soeant to do, hut the) did complain that they did not that which they ought to do. They ought to copy the example of an illustrious individual whom they were very fond of copying, he meant the King of the French. Ile had bought corn to distribute throughout the country, but the Ministry ef this bountry had bought it only to place it in their depots. He would just mention the life led by an Irish gentleman at this period In the morning the house was surrounded by a number of persons, perhaps fourteen or fifteen, who presented their tin pans at the dour, and they received the broken meats that could be spared them. Another batch came at dinner time, and soup was served out to them. Such were the miseries which prevailed in the country, and he hoped that means would scon be taken to remedy them. The state of the country demanded their utile, st exer tions iu order to remove every obstacle to the introduc tion of food. The 4s. duty was one obstacle, end he hoped that with regard to that, and all other im pediments, there would be a perfect unanimity and co-operation between them, in order, as quickly as possible, to relieve the wants of a suffering country. Mr. P. SCROPE would readily give h:s support to the proposal, but looking at the strong precautionary measures that had generally been adopted in many ',arts of Ireland, it was somewhat surprning that so much do stitution and so many deaths had occurred in that country.—(Hear, hear.) Skibbereen exhibited a frightful picture of disease and suffering, while in many less ex tei sive places they heard of people dying by fives and tens of thousands, and yet all this had occurred in the face of the large precautionary measures which were said to have been taken by the Government. — (Hear.) With such precautionary measures before theta, he confessed he thought the prediction of, the Hon. Gentleman who had just resumed his seat still more strange.—(Hear.) Ile entertained strong feelings upon the subject. With a country like this, presided over by a Government possessing such enormous power —with such immense resources at its disposal— considering the minuteness of the territory over which they presided, and the facilities they had of communi cating from one place to another, he could not under stand how, after these precautionary measures had been fully brought into operation, it csuld be at all reasonable to expect, or how any person could look forward to a large number of individuals dying of famine in any part of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) He regretted that the agencies established by the Government in Ireland had failed in many instances, o n account of the imperfect organization which the Govern ment had adopted for the purpose of dispensing relief to the people. The Noble Lord (Lord .1. Russell) had stated that the Government had been unable to obtain sufficient information to enable them to dispense relief in the proper districts, and in proper quantities, but he apprehended if they had acted more in unison with the local authorities, that a more equitable and desirable dispensation could have been made, and much of the suffering and death that had taken place ob viated. He called upon the Government to redeem the pledge they had made—that their first duty was to see that the people did not die from starva tion. By fulfilling their pledge, the anticipations of the Right Honourable Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer that they might apprehend more deaths from starvation would not be realised. Mr. PHILIPS—He would make peace with the Hon. Gentlemen at the other side of the House, if they would send 100,0001. worth of corn to the country. Mr. BRIGHT wished to 'mow whether these laws were made to have reference to vessels laden with corn, because he understood that as far as the United States were concerned the insurances would be affected. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER —Corn might be imported in vessels for home use free of duty. Mr. BRIGHT—The Right Hon. Gentleman did not seem to understand him (Mr. Bright). It was not a question of duty. It was whether or not certain vessels would be admitted into the ports. For instance, would a vessel from Holland or the United States be admitted into the Mersey, and be allowed to discharge her cargo there. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER — She would be allowed to discharge. Mr. ROEBUCK.—WouId vessels laden with cotton and corn be admitted into the ports? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. — A ship would be. admitted to discharge her cargo only with respect to corn. Mr. BRIGHT was quite satisfied that unless the sus pension were to be carried out to its full extent, the measure would be of consperatively little service. It is the opinion of those who are connected with the shipping interest, that so far as the United States at least are concerned, that the charge would be next to useless. When he saw them sending large sums every week from the imperial Treasury and that the Archbishop was directed to offer up prayers for the aversion of famine, it did seem unwise to stop short in the matter, and not carry out the measure to the utmost extent. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the measure was founded upen the Bill of 1817, when a set of circumstances existed similar to those which were now experienced ; and be repeated that corn might be imported in any vessel, from any coun try free of duty, and that corn also warehoused in this country might be taken out of bond without paying the duty. Mr. BRIGHT did not know why they should adhere to the old law at all, for when making so great a change it was not worth while, when making this alteration, to be restrained by such usages. Mr. M. PHILLIPS did not recollect the circum stances of 1817, but he felt quite satisfied that unless the suspension of the navigation laws was made to affect all the articles imported, it would be next to use less, and that ships would be beating about for freight just as much as they had been of late He was persuaded that, notwithstanding the strong ex pressions of feeling made in Ireland against this country, they would do all they could for the relief of the country. He knew the difficulties the Govern • ment had to contend with, because they were not foreseen. Even so late as the first of October last, the prices which ruled gave no indication that a scarcity was likely to occur. At that time in the Midland counties wheat was 18s. the bag of three bushels. He thought that if the Government had interfered earlier great mischief would have ensued, and the freights and prices would have risen much higher than they had done. It was not for him to make any suggestions to the Noble Lord in anticipation of the measures which he intended to bring forward for Ireland. One thing, however, he would observe that in whatever mode or shape it was proposed to afford relief it would be desirable that the largest amount of seed should be sowed that may be required by the wants of the people. Lord JOHN RUSSELL wished to observe, in reference to the remarks of the lion. Member for Durham, that the Go vernment, in proposing the suspension of the laws, had the various difficulties he suggested under their consideration. They had acted on the precedent of 1817. It would be diffi cult to adopt the course suggested without an evasion of the Navigation laws ; or to make a measure that would enable them to ascertain whether the conditions referred to were ful filled or not. These difficulties induced him to adhere to the precedent of 1817 ; but if any method of obviating the diffi culty were pointed out he would give it his best consideration. Mr. ROEBUCK considered that the navigation laws should be entirely done away ; their great object was to have vessels for the transport of corn, lower the rate of freightage , and that object would be obtained, and they had no right to limit it to corn alone. Mr. T, BARING said that if he understood the meaning of the Member for Bath it was that the navigation laws should be entirely suspended. Now, if that principle were admitted, the American t , a cargoes would come into competition with the English. The Noble Lord had shown the difficulties of transporting mixed cargoes ; there was perfect truth in what he stated ; but lie believed that these measures would be very inoperative, and he would not consent to them save to show the sympathy which he felt for Ireland ; and he could assure the Right Hon. Gentleman, if he proposed a general repeal of the navigation laws he would have to submit to a strong - monstrance from the commercial bodies in the country, and re to some opposition in that House. Sir. BRIGHT was not quite sur e that the Hon. Member for Huntingdon (Mr. Baring) was quite so good an authority upon great political questions, although he was the representative of the largest mercantile house in the world. His productions upon the question of the repeal of the Corn-laws had been proved by experience to be fallacious. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK thought it would require some assurance on the part of the Hon. Member to charge his Hon. Friend the Member for Huntingdon with ignorance upon the subject of which he was speaking. The Hon. Member might have recollected, that at every meeting of the Anti-Corn. law League, he had assured the people that the effect of the repeal of the corn-laws would be to give a large loaf and cheap bread to the people—( Cheers from the Opposition benches) — and also to increase the exports of the country. When they ng hi_i ignorance heardrhhaonerect h re time,s nt t ht i ae a n tedphtretrehtdcaajoitenuttlni the e y oe exports Lancaster port s o f 5 the Wcomunil t l s r yw hade re wf fallen eko eHhoene . r a l‘ g l e . b evvr With hr reference off five millions in the face of their free-trade and corn-laws ) y ans re w q h ui i r e ed h he g b re a a d t m a a ss d u e r . a — nc ( e ße f a or ew t e h d e rrhenanicet°to c t h h a e r g w e a r h i i g s a t H i o o a n a Friend e with w as prepared to support her Majesty's Government, provided the suspension was restricted to corn alone • but he could not sup port the proposition for their suspension as regarded all other articles. The navigation-laws involved a great political and national question. He had always predicted that free-trade in corn would only be the precursor of a demand for free-trade in everything else.—( Cheers, and counter cheers.) He took occasion to tell the shipping interest, when they joined in the agitation for the repeal of the corn-laws, that such would he the consequence, and that the shipping interest would be the next to come. He would not, however, avenge the cause of the agricultural interest by lending his hand to the repeal of the navigation laws. He had not forgotten that there was a time when the Dutch had the whole carrying trade of the world, and in consequence of their great marine, they were enabled to lead their " Van Tromp " with a broom at the mast shouldhead, to sweep the Thames of British commerce. He resist to the u tt e rmost any attempt to repeal the navi gation laws, and to allow th e cotton of Manchester (for that for Durhm was the object of the o n • the cheaMember pest rate. a ) to be broug h t —(Hear, h om e in any ships at n avigation l Coupled with the aws, he agreed in the ld have been bette r to have sus opinion that it wou inc e. still he could her notg o me time pended them s e upon the conduct of Maj a st ree ey's in any strong censure up believe there was a man in the country Ministers. He did not ie . h. August last, in is heart believed that who, upon the 3d of h as the present emn impending on the there was any calamity such d Ministers for not tatoe famifone.e, r con country. He would nß egar ding the suspension • r having foreseen this g would not refuse content to the of the 4s. duty. though heobe distinctly understood that measure, he begged it to wouldste wou ld enable the he did not belie ve that the con s um e r to get his corn one farthing cheap er. Government because ,u Neither would he censure the h they had delayed the suspension of the duty, th,. g with the clamour and he regretted that they had been led away s He did not to change their inten ion .. the cry from without 1 or rotection question, look at the matter as an agriculture the Chancellor of the but he could not help thinking that dowith out the duty at Exchequer was not so full-handed as to look at what passed o nl y present raised from grain. Let them not trust himself to characterise the ;oil': beggars, Ae who " sated that they were. The greatest blame duct of the Mgt.() the conduct of the Chancellor of the Exche was attribute. - I that meal should be sold at the rate of Id. per quer, who stat, - ession had thrown the people of Ireland off 'was now more t pound. The exp. t han double that price. their guard, and meat of the EXCHEQUER de n i e d h av i ng The CHANCELLOt. o f the kind. made use of any expression -ated his a sser ti on . H e carr i e d Mr. B. OSBORNE reite. ..so eternal memento of the reek the speech about with him, in e'de use of by th e M em b ers of less nature of the expressions the Government. The resolution was then agretd to. The SPEAKER having resume d ,`l3e chair, the resolution was reported, and a Bill ordered to be bro.nght in founded thereon. On the motion of Mr. FRENCH, a 'eturn was ordered of " the extraordinary presentment sessions he'd 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 presentment sessions were held, the amount presented thereat, and the amount ap proved and sanctioned in each case 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 Publie 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 a 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 Bo:rd 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 Ministers, relative to t he famine in Ireland, dated August 6th and CO 7thST O FIB IRISH whieh wereREL agree lEF d to. Mr. HUME wished to ask 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 CHANCELLOR 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 Honourable (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 Dreamt 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 yesterday in the city of London. He held then in his hard a , herself assayed the ascent, anti was told by the good genii at circular issued by one of the most eminent brokers in the the foot of the monntain, that if she meant to achieve the •ountry. It Was published by dir. Osborne end sari, sod summit, she must go straight forward, and nei,her turn In the .list the effeet o f th e j o e i t eights' proceedings was to right hand nor the left. If the Noble Lord followed this ex lepress bailey anti malt, i s , e hi e l s there were sear rely any ample, anti listened to suggestions neither from that side nor vranseeth ns, while bonded corn had risen in pric e to the the other, .be would not have to return to t he old system of extent of the retitle ion in duty. It stated further, that in hanging or impF Ll risonmatent —(Ch commeneern eers.) ent of his address, spoke grain generally consi,lerable business was done , whi le g rain in Mr. DISRA the Isom( had risen from 'Js. to 3s. a q uarter. This was a in so lo w a tone, that man y of his words were inaudible in the prcof that every farthing of the reduction would go gallery, but proceeded to say, that in the difficult circumstances into the pockets of the corn factors. The complaint in which he had been placed he was sure they would not quarrel he had against her Majesty's Government was, that with him for thinking nto that the present combination of events hascould un they hail too strong a feeling for the corn merchants, expectedly put th their position. No one and had therefore proposed the suspension of the deny that that was a position attained by no factious endeavours duty in their favour.—( Hear, hear.) Assuming that four of their own, and that it was s urrounded by so many ri t, obstac woulld es, millions of quarters of wheat would be imported dur in g the that no man of common honour, or of generous spi next twelve months, the effect would be that the revenue endeavour to impede their progress by any needless opposition. would lose 800,000/., while no good would be done to the con- The only thought which his Noble Friend, the Noble Lord, the sumer, he would receive his food at no reduced prices.—( Hear, present leader of the opposition, with those who acted with hear.) It was his opinion, that had the old law been retained him, entertained was, that the measure now proposed should the Government would have been far different to what it is have been taken at an earlier period. The question, there• now, as it would then have, since the Ist of April last, received fore, before the House was, not whether these measures were in in duty 1,300,0001. in s t ea d o f 6011,0001., which might have themselves desirable, hut ehether the Government could have been applied to meet the wants of the people of Ireland, and shown more discretion, prudence, and enterprise, and whether we would now have hail in bond three millions of quarters these measures should not have been sooner proposed to the which could have been purchased for that purpose. The duty House. Ile eesuld recall to the recollection of lion. bensMems before was never less than 10s., eud the sum raised would the conduct of the great Convervative oppositien who d have been to keep crawls prices, end the Government could en those (the Opposition) benches during the long period have so arranged that not one man in Ireland need have died when they had been absent from power. Dring the ten d of searvation • (He ar , h ear .) The presen t Govern- years not a phrase had been expresser, not a yentence ha however, were not to blame fur the change been uttered which had not been duly weiehed long before it the law, hut they were to blame fur net was delivered. He would out say anything of the hypocrisy, Oerferino t o p ssese s sh e expor tations of grain as he might style it, or of the factious contteet whish s ho f a ob- Jrorn Ireland, and in a dh e ri n g so closely to their free ' wined the support of some of the present supporter d the trade d oe t r i nes ,_(ll, ar , hear. ) B y a paler which he held Government, a nd he could not sufficiently a dmire that entire in his }land, it appeared tb a t during the last eleven months. absence of p arty feeling which characterised the speech of the while the imports of grain into Ireland bad been 450,000 Noble Lord who load proposed the measure now under the con quarters, the exports wer e 1,70;e000, being a balance of ex- sideration of the House. That. speech had about it that which ports of nearlyl,3l , o,ooo.—( Heer, hear.) became the conduct of a statesman—( Hear, hear)—and The CHANCELLOR of 'the EXCHEQUER said the do- had it not been for the injudicious observations em eument rsfe-led to took no account, of the English grain inn- bodied in the remarks of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, ported into Ireland, but only that from foreign countries. he firmly believed that no discussion whatever would have Lord G. BENTINCK w as s ure the Chancellor of the Ex- arisen, and that no cavil whatever would have been made upon chequer would find that what had been stated was substantially the accession of the present Government to power, but that correct, and that the balance of grain exported frooin Ireland their proceedings would have been most acceptable to the into this kingdo n was 1,300,000 quarters. If the Government whole public of the United Kingdom. But whatever the ob had prohibited the exportation of this food, it would have sup- sections might be to the polio) , of the Noble Lord, no charge ported two and a half million of persons till the next harvest.— could be brought against the prudence of the designs and time ( Hear, hear.) The Governmeut had likewise committed a disinterestedness of the views of those by whom he was as great mistake in stating that all the countries in the world had s l a ted ; nor would :ny objection be offered upon the part of bee . n ransacked for grain. They se emed to forget that the his lion. Friend, or tfose acting with him in the present exi messaee of the President of the United States, delivered gency. The Honourable Member for Beth had inter on the Bth of December last in which Mr. Polk stated p osed in this debate a tirade on the violent gesticulation and in his message, that in home market it was totally impossible to ,he modulation of voice with which his Hon. Friend had dispose of the immense supplies, even at reduced prices. The stated his opinions, The only desire which his Noble Friend provisions could not be consumed in the country. They were oad expressed was, that these measures had not been proposed able not only to feed the people of their own land, but to sup- at an earlier period, so that they might not have interfered ply floe deficiencies of the whole world. They had also been with the commercial transactions of the country. The Hon. furnished with an official state of the crops in the year 1845 Member for Lancashire had intimated a doubt as to the pro.- issued by the Board of Trade, at Washington, the documents Bence of the course which was now pursued, and had expressed of which were generally as correct as those produced in this a belief that a total abrogation of time navigation laws would country, and it represented the total produce of the United have been better than a temporary suspension of their in- States in that sear to be 776,601),000 bushels of corn and grain Licence. He would merely put it to the House, whether, if of all sorts, being equal to 97,000,00 0 of quarters. An amount this temporary suspension had occurred, the scarcity at as stated by the Government paper at Washington, that ex- Antioch and pressure at Bombay, would not have been obviated. ceeded by many tens of millions of bushels, the consumption of The Hon. and Learned Member for Bath, who seemed so the United States. The yield of the present year had been critical on the modulation of the voice or the acting of others, much greater than 1845, so that there was little danger and who himself exhibited on every occasion training and me of prices rising much higher than they were now, thod both in mind and voice ; the Hon. and Learned Member and it would only be necessary for the Govern- for Batb, so classical in his concepting, so happy in his ex ment to furnish with larger depots for food, so as to pressions, so temperate in all that he conceived, so gentle keep down the prices. A friend, who had just been in Ire- manlike in all that he uttered, whose criticising of a secretary land, informed him, ' that even at the present time, the stacks of state affirmed that he wanted aptitude of expression, who of the farmers were than they usually were at this period of the censured a leader of the Opposition because his voice did not year, anti that they were holding back for higher prices. He meet or agree with his own musical gammut ; the did think that the great mistake of the Government consisted Honourab,e and Learned Member for Bath, who had always in following out the doctrines of political economy, and not ev i nc ad an a n xiousimpatience,particularly in the present session , taking measures to keep d iwn prices in Ireland.—(Hear.) t lose uo opportunity of expressing his opinion as if he felt They had doubtless many of them heard of the proceedings of that there the Eastern monarch, Ali Shah , one of the greatest, wisest,was some impending dissolution near at hand whic h rendered it necossarp that not another moment should be lost as well as one of the most mischievous monarchs that had ever :h n astonishing the empire with the brilliancy of his sarcasm , ruled. His proceedings were more commendable than the e power of his criticisms, or the force of his argumentative policy of the present Government. It was said that a great i ngentnty, who had this session indirectly informed them that pestilence devastated Persia, followed by a famine, in which h ewas the critic, par excellence, of the House, and who never men, women, and children, died in numbers. Complaints los t an for giving them some specimens of his criti were made to the Shah that the rich merchants refused to sell cal ability, had that night replied to the epilogue of his Noble ' their grain, though the people were perishing. The Shah said, Friend "These men have done well in keeping a supply of corn by a quotation from the "Arabian Nights." The golden point of his Noble Friend might not have pleased the Hon. and Nadi: Schah then made a proclamation that 10,000 t o mauns should be the reward of that good man who Learned Member for Bath ; but then the teat he applied to the should point of his . Noble Friend possessed no point at all. It was not produce the largest supply of food. Many claims were sent in , thatithe epilogue of his Noble Friend did not contain any. A but an Armenian gained the prize, fo r h e had grea t e r store e g rTt a ie t authority lat had h told b them that a bad author made a good than any one else. He thought the people cried out, and men a goot l i t a d n ,, d i e t x h cc t i m i e ent s rule as applied to and women and children asked for food—dying in the streets, literature, but might r e it a erhetesto.tpoli he refused to sell—saying, "prices will yet r i se ." Th e Schah tics he was at present at a loss p to decide. ' At all events, ordered his treasurer to go to the treasury and bring 10,000 allowed that a bad prophet made a good political' l cri w ti a e s tomauns, that the Armenian might be paid. He said, when while a little philosopher might ultimately turn into , they were brought , " S it down, m y friend, and count over thy e monarchical politician. Perhaps the one saying was gold." The corn merchant, having counted over his gold a corruption of the other. When the Hon. and Learned tomauns, said, " They are all right." It is told that then Member for Bath again indulged them with an exhibition of Nadir Schah frowned on him, and, turning to his chief execu- his critical powers, it would be well for him to recollect that tioner, said, " Lay hands on him, and take him forth—tie others might be critics as well as those who were the objects the 10,000 tomauns to his feet, and hang him to the highest of his sarcasm, and when the modulation of the voice, the gate of the city of Bocharem—that all Persia may see that exquisite temper of the character, the sweetness of the silvery t Nadir Schah does justic e to such as take advantage of a judg ones, or the softness of manner, were admitted to be legiti ment of God." That was the course, but in a milder form mate subjects of parliamentary discussion, the Hon. and which had he been one of her Majesty's Ministers, he would Learned Gentleman opened up a field of animadversion upon adopt towards the forestallers and regraters, and other political himself which he for one had no wish to pursue, and which he economists in Ireland, who held out to get large prices from rusted, for the decorum of their debates, the Hon. and the starving children of Ireland.—(Loud cheers.) He would Learned Gentleman would not in future prosecute.—(Hear, have recourse to that milder expedient by the enter- hear.) prise of sending large supplies to compete with Mr. B. ESCOT had listened with great pleasure to the the existing prices of corn by the dealers. So that the people second speech of the Noble Lord, because in that speech he of 1 reland should have the opportunity of purchasing corn at did not pretend to say that the measures he now proposed something nearer a proper price, than of purchasing it, as it were the best that could possibly be proposed, nor did he ven was known they were, at 95. per bushel for corn which cost the tare to say that those measures ought not to have been brought importer not 4s. Had her Majesty's Government pursued earlier before the Legislature, but he did say, truly, that the this course, as sure he felt that t he y should not now have had measures he proposed were the only measures which, under ex to lament the distress, and starvation, and death in many isting circumstances, he could possibly carry out.—(Hear.) parts of Ireland, the people of which were starving as much He regretted exceedingly that the measures had not been from want of provisions as from want of mone y to buy them earlier p ro p osed, but still he was bound to admit, that no with. He was not going to offer any opposition to her Ma- others could be brought forward now. He had heard the jetty's Government, but he could not support the measure Noble Lord the Member for Lynn and others protest against without protesting that he for one was not of opinion that there these measures some short time back, because they were public would be any result from it, save that of putting into the Llelusions, but, strange to say, the Noble Lord now supported pockets of the corn merchants, and more especially into the them on the self-same ground, namely, that they were public pockets of foreigners, to whom he grudged it still more than he lelusions. Ile did not miderstard this mode of did to the merchants themselves, the amount of the difference reasoning, nor did he understand what was meant by the speech of duty ; and although he supported it, he was not to be held of the Hon. Member for Huntingdon. That Hon. Member responsible for i'is consequences, anti if he had it in his power, had said that he did not approve of the measures because they he for one would have maintained the high duty, and offered would benefit the consumer. The Hon. 'Member, however, that duty so levied to the maintenance and subsistence of the admitted that the people were in distress, and urged upon the people of Ireland.--( Cheers.) House to do something to alleviate it. What was this but ad- Mr. BROWNE said, in rising for the first time in the vocating measures for the benefit of the consumers. The House of Commons, he felt naturally diffident, and he had not L ei od oble . Lord . (Lord John Russell) had been blamed for * not in intended to speak at all, but that he had heard such arguments r tieing tnoso measures earlier, but as the famine had pro from the Noble Lord who had just sat down, that he could not , ressed towards time close of last session,' he thought the House help noticing them. The Noble Lord had related an Eastern and 4 not the Government were to blame for the delay. 11,3 had heard an Honourable Gentleman (late Chancellor of tale ; he would tell a story to match it. At the time of the Emperor Julian, the city of Antioch was in t e same positiont the Exchequer and Member for Cambridge), make the asser as Ireland was at present, and in order to relieve it and rhell!'inln- non he had done. Was he right in thinking that that Hon. habitants, its ports were thrown open to all vessels. Gentleman had said that the ports ought to have been opened in August last? Why, that lion. Gentleman was one of the peror Julian, among others, contributed largely from the - that those gr eat obstacles to opening the ports. In November , public purse, and the consequence was compelled to v essels which brought in corn were 1845, his Noble Friend the First Lord of the Treasury was ready to open the ports, and he had sell their goods at the reduced prices, corn under any cir-and therefore neither written a letter, for which he could never be they nor the farmers would bring in their too much commended, to that effect.—( Hear, cumstances, ,and the city of Antioch was very nearly starved.. thought that that Noble Lord (J Russell) had underrated What, another case in Bombay? They had the stock of rice to last them for sixteen months at a time that d peopie were it , his powers when he supposed that he would not be able to for day's and the a. carry out the principles which he then propounded, and he a state of starvation. The Council deliberate thought, that if he had attempted to do so, he would have days, and at length took the stepanxious • s ets. After an succeeded.--e fear, hear.) But they were all aware, that home, and opening their ports to all ses of keeping all corn t when it was desired to adopt the policy of the Noble Lord, fidence that all d calculation, ' it was determined that it would be best to permit that when' the Hon. Member for T the corn to go out, as it was wanted, in the worth wanted to an •the same effect,and the Noble Lord am (J. Russell) was carry . ships going to India would look in to see if confidence was sup his ' • by his • Dods there. ready to give him assistance influence and support, plied, and finding a demand, would tell their good the Plon Gentleman, the Chancellorof hiparty, were ready to oppose them on every point. —(Hear, the Exchequer, and When it was known across the country, numerous vessels en tered the port, and having inquired the p hear, from the Ministerial benches.) But now, when the u a si t u w e e s s s su o re n o th n ei t r he han da fair, disposed of their cargoes of corn. PHA had _ r ices, d an o d ot finding bate t e l d ie t m o Hon. G e ntlema t tLf t ou t n h d et t .e ha w t a t s he u r l e or o e •a b s Go have addressed the House on that occasions and could c H on e veniently transact, it was unjust to accuse paid him had but having done agreed with his Hon. Friend the Member so, he thanked them for the attention they Sir C. NAPIER, who was very vernrisent, than th f ey l r that they should forget what was passed. As gallery, said that, in his opinion, to make use oftente veryxl imperfecheea,rrtels.siniottihoet bane of forthe Ti o an t e i h e e a s y t - e . the Noble Lord's, the navigation laws were h if the naviga- the ~ the shipping interests, and he felt satisfied, waiLf m ul i l o y g pr t e o p a a u re o d th t e o r p d a o rt al o l f that the to i uldodutiser dismiss introduced into the discussion, tion laws were totally and entirely abolished,that mucht the present mo- h ie ad w n o ow toldm th s e t m altogether. The Noble Lord (Russell) prise would take place than was going more Parliamententer s n o i • o dul u allow a l u d bs m to s thatay h t i h h m e a . t he thought there haul been merit. They would see that the seam: n ft Government would question, he ~,,, as ut smthilassuibffieerintgos tend d the a b i n se s o h p e l l e ofof corn I Did not . the Honourable Member for Is ern get more protection, better paid, and the ohahis coutry would they were in the etooouultirttl build much better ships than those habit of building at the present rnernen't',bilf I did not exist. • anon aws know country. Did it • it were once known of exactly the sameamount th o e f co P r e n o ? Ple throughout the world that the navig It of was thisthe to Ireland Without depriving d o ff the coast emPloYe ° He wondered whether the Noble Lord was aware that from country 50,000 to 60,000 British seamen were ct operation o f t h ese ereatest blunder ' of America in consequence of the indireiaw 3 were altogether sufa im the world to suppose that the country had people of this laws. In his opinion, if the Navigation er aisle to cope with western y parts of E cient corn. He believed that many of the abolished, they would not find any P"lect to America? It t. egland were dependent upon potatoes for them. What had they done with respith America were far destroyed.support. Now, three-thirds of that species of food had been was found that the ships sent to trade t es t° this country and inferior to the American ships broughhe merchants were set enactthe part of a great forestaller himself, buy corn to 1 ge what was done? All the energies of t ; lendid steam-beats amoun t,their and send it out of the country to Ireland. lac to work, and they constructed those P between England and l endeavours had been to procure more corn, and their which now carried on the entire trade_.oh_t. I Lord, with all his allpo icy recommended by the Noble Lord would their endeavours. render nugatory America. He was surprised that the N t, instead of opposing Under these circnmstances he would boldness, did not think proper to sugees nding by an order imi support the motion. ' free trade in corn, did not suggest s naps Lord GEORGE BENTINCK hoped Council the navigation laws. in some doubt with spirit of vituperation that there was no in any part of the speech he had addressed been Mr. ROEBUCK said that he ha N o ble Lord that after- to the House, for such was far from his intention.— Hear) regard to the meaning of the i`" her for Bath, seemed to He stated that if he had had his way, he would have prevented ( noon, who, in speaking of the M e ern e d of the subject on which the late Government from carrying their measure on the corn throw some doubt upon his knosystl g ekaw the attention of the law, and the consequence would have been that when wheat he had spoken. He would ju f hat the Noble Lord first said. was 455. a quarter, the grain would have remained in bond House to the construction °f he believed that the measure and an opportunity would thus be afforded Government of The Noble Lord had said tha t lie sal,ported it. That was hi: using a large quantity. And he also stated, that if this grain would be mischievous, and Yet lie believed it to be mischievous, had beers purchased and sent to Ireland, it would ' He said he have pre first proposition. price of corn to the people of vented all the calamities that had occurred there. He denied, lower the because it would notwould go into the hands of the fore- as had been stated by an Honourable Gentleman, that Ireland, but the moue} would whom he went on to say he would he had accused her Majesty's Government of murder.' stallers and regraters, to if he were empowered, what Nadir All he had said was that her Majesty's Government a milder forul, do in Shah hanged the Armenian with ten thou had come into office through the instrumentality of his Shah did. Nadir f ee t, on a high gibbet. He sup- (Lord George BentinclOs) party, and float he believed that tomauns at his _., e sand golden . istration of the Noble infliction, the the present state of circumstances was induced by the late posed, in the admin somewhat lower, and r te s ten thousand measure, and that the present Government would not be able gibbet would be Le a t the feet of the met , but ~some- to get rid of their meal and other provisions. He believed tomauns would not e The Noble Lord ventured in his sta. , e. that he had now exonerated himself from the charge that had where else. the measure of last y wa s . been made thatupon him.--(llear, hear.) merit to say it increased the price - ear Mr. ESCOTT ' mischievous, because L dhe did not • of corn, Lord _ _, offered a few words in explanation. oble or , oppose it as a Bill. J. RUSSELL quite agreed it the statement of his and yet, said the N t the Noble Lord did Hon. Friend (Mr. Escott). He agreed also in the opinion of H e was convinced tha not know what he lie had a copy of the return the Noble Lord ; but he confessed that he was rather surprised said after he once sat down duty levied the which had been made of It was headed on corn during several at the position he had assumed, having so many commercial months of the last year. between a return of the aye- men attached to his party. He was rather surprised at his levied on corn the 25th of June of Noble Friend's doctrines, because he thought he was making rage of the duty ho f January, and he - the 14t would just read it progress in commercial knowledge.—(Hear, and laughter). last year, and of the Noble Lord opnos•t a 1 for the edification return, t i • le, --rils some of his and that particularly after the panegyric he had passed on friends. He found by that . _ that under the Act passed certain Hon. Members of this House.—( Continued laughter.) the dut during June was 45. It was quite unnecessary for him (Lord John Russell) to take last session,a quarter, and under the old law It w o uld }save been 18s. In July it would any further notice_ of the speech of the Noble Lord, because have been 51., 65., and while Au under the old law it would his Hon. Friend, the Member for Lancashire, had given have been 18a to 19s. I l w it gust it was 75., Bs., and 10s, it an ample reply, and here he would beg to say while under the old a . would have been '2os. In that he was glad that they had obtained such a n 10s Septemeer, ~ 10 ,, and 9a., while under the old law it would d 20s. In October it valuable accession to their wisdom as they h a d )er was .$5., 75., 55., 45., received through that gentleman.—( Hear. ) He would ven 'have been 20, , 205., an law ' and 45., while under the old . it would have been 20s, sirLi ture to move that, after the discussion, the chairman should 161. In November it was 4 s, 45., and 45., whileunder the report the resolutions to the House, and that the Bill should old law it would have been 15s-, 135., lg s. be read a first time and printed. Ile would move to-morrow , and los. In De cember it was 4 5. , 45., and 4s , while under the old l aw it that the standing orders should be suspended, and that the Bill would have been 125., and 125., and 12s . Now he wondered should be carrie d through all its stages to-morrow. what would have b een the position of the c o untry if the Noble After a few wor ds from Mr. FINCH, Lord who had presu med to come down a nd assume the office of The resolution was then agreed to. The SPEAKEa having resume the chair, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if, after such a_ statement as Mr. GREENE brought up the resolution, and leave was he had made, any Member of the House of Commons had given such an answer to his observati on given to bring ila the Bill. s as that which he g The House then went into Committee on the had just read held in his hand? He NAVIGATION LAWS. trusted they were not coral( g back to the period when any man Lord JOHN RUSSELL propes L ed aw a s similar resolution for who followed an honest trade was liable to be any merchant was to endure hanging, for differingSentto prison,. or i the suspension of the Navigatione from the oe Laws. seeine the temper powers that be. Ile would like to k now, if this , 1 Mr. HUME applauded t . to be adopted, how it would further the Is principle were of the Opposition, in determining to carry what h"e could, and d'f elsuspension of the country like this? Yet it was only cl arosperity of a great was satisfied therefore with the mo iit mg the nail which a Noble Lord had inserted, howev el. ' Navigation Laws. lightly it might Mrs B. OSBORNE. begged most emphatically to deny the tend to induce other countries to follow ourhad been cast upon the con example.justice of any imputations which . . bld. It only reminded hi m ' of chess, and one of them was so long of two players duct of the Irish landlord., . 3 they were invariably re uctng their t of cases, su setting the in making the move that his adversary fell asleep, who, when he establishments, and, in e__i c najori repeated y that , Mini P s l ters should his opponent with so much vehemence, thate i awoke up, urged 1 people in their districts. H comprehensive measures than those which in desperation and lost the game, If the N'oeblmeaLde a the at mo t r e have adoted more i of Ireland by all the Members of that head of the Treasury would t a k e were ceded t tfot sympathy his advice, he would or imitate peap to the Irish people, The Government the conduct of the damsel who sent her three brothers, accord- house afraid of offending the two great classes of the country— ing to the eastern tale, to scale a mountain, where they were were eagariculturists and the ship-owners, or they would have elCmne to sail by supernatural agencies, and shortly after their ascent t iebefore. He denied that the Irish nation were "a nation of began, were turned into marble. The damsel on hearing this so fact. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—Yes • he believed they had yet received no portion of the crop of In ordinary years it was not exported, from 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 day, 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, viz., the Acts relating to police, paving, lighting, and watching? If so, a knowledge of the cir cumstance would probably supersede the necessity of any pri vate individual brin gi ng in a Bill on the subject. Sir GEORGE GREY was happy to inform the Hon. Member that measures of the kind referred to were in a for ward state of preparation, and he thought that in about ten 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 Rouse of Commons. THURSDAY, 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). :.lynvi Valley Extension. Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (No. I—Extension to Tar 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 Hungerford to Westbury, with a Branch to Devizes). Great Western (Branches to Egham, Staines, Brentford, 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, Kil. maruock, and Ayr (No. 4). Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, and Glasgow and Belfast Union (No. 1) . . • COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TIITTRSDAY.—Lord Marcus F. Hill, Cc•mptroller 4' her Majesty's Household, arrived at the Castle to-day from own. The Noble Lord had an audience of the Queen, And presented to her Majesty the Address from the House of Gomutons in answer to the Speech from the Throne. The unfavourable state of the weather prevented her Ma 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 Se}rnour. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening_ will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Rent, Lady Fanny Howard Lady in Waiting to her Royal Highness, the Baroness de Speth, and the Earl Spencer. The band of Ist Life 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 Ittrllnjesty's Inspectors of Schools yeter day in the- Council Chamber, in order to communicate to Ahem the instructions of the Committee of Council on Educa tion as to their ensuing tour of inspection. Mr. Matthew Forger, MP., and Mr. Fowles, had an inter view with the Right lion. T. Milner Gibson yestt"rday, at Cie Mike of the Board of Trade. The l`•larchioness of Lansdowne arrived 'at Lansdowne House, Berkeley-square, yesterday from Bowood Park, Wilts. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—THURSDAY. CHESTER Cur. The appeara:,ce of the Handicap has 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 marker, at least so itisunder s ood thus oloa'n eg a day's f tart. The circumstance was commented o r in rather strong terms, and it certainly is to be regretted that the declarati,ns in town and country were simultaneous. The Handicap is adtnimd to be 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 peated 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, 1,000 to 25 was laid agst Newcourt, 1,000 to 20 agst Punch, 2,000 to 46 agst Jinglepot, 2,000 to 40 agst Bedlam, 1,000 to 25, and 1,000 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 under:— Even on the field agst 30 35 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Camera Obscura 30 co 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 t'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 agst Mr. Wilson's Punch—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Williams's Jinglepot—taken 50 to 1 agat 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 agst Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress—taken 500 to 6 agst Mr. Mangle'sGolden Bee—taken 100 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes—taken METROPOEITAN HANDICAP. The only bet to our knowledge was 33 to 1, to a very small sum, agst the Marquis of Conyngham. DERBY. 11 to 2 agst John Scott's lot 8 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's War Eagle—taken The above were all the bets that came to our knowledge; the backers of Epirote, Allartonian, the Liberator, and War Eagle would have gone on. The Leamington Steeple Chases are postponed until Wed nesday or Thursday next. Fossth REMAINS OF MAN.—It has been 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 Natches, which the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences pronounced to have been the bone of a man. Nat chez is a region which is said to abound with the relics of an antediluvian era. It was found with other organic remains in a stratum of tenacious blue clay that underlies the dilu vial drift east of Natchez, and in this diluvial drift the bones of toe Megalonyx were discovered. In the record of the meeting of the Philadelphia Academy, October 6th ultimo, the United States 'Gazette find the following Dr. Dickeson presented another relic of yet greater interest, viz : the fossil os innominatum of the hu man subject, taken from the above-mentioned stra tum of blue 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 is broken away, and but half the acetabulum remains. That this bone is strictly in the fossil state is manifest from its physical characters, in which it accords in every respect of colour, density, &c. &c., with -those of the Megalonyx and other associated bones. That it could not have drifted into the position in which it was found is manifest frikin several facts. I.* That the plateau of the blue clay is not appreciably acted on by those causes that produce ravines in the superincumbent diluvial. 2. That the human bone was found at least two feet below three associated skeletons of the Megalonyx, all which, judging from the op position of proximity of their several parts, had been quietly deposited in this locality, independently of any active 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 charac:er equally in the higher - part, that furnished the extinct quadrupeds, and in its lower part, that contained the remains of man. Dr. Dickeson has announced hie 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 elucidation of this important question in science."—New York Evining Post. Tun ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEGIIAPH.—III the report of the proceedings in the Vice-Chancellor's Court, in the case of an injunction applied for by the Electric Telegraph Company against Messrs. Nott, who have obtained a patent for what is termed the electro- magnetic telegraph, which ap peared in the papers a few da) s ago, there were some errors, which it may be as well to set right, as they affect the very gist of the claim to originality of invention of the defendants. The telegraphic clock used by Messrs. Nett has a hand, similar in appearance to the bands of common clocks which tell the hour; this hand is longer on one side of the pivot or axle on which it moves than on the other side. The longer aide points to a circle of four alphabets which surrounds the dial plate, and the shorter side to a circle of figures which is at a short distance from the centre of the dial plate. The .hand (or hands) moves with what is termed a dead-beat escape ment, the motive power being the electric fluid acting upon a toothed wheel with pallets and stops, by which the utmost regularity of movement is obtained. When the hand is to be put in motion, a key, something similar to the key of a pianoforte, is pressed, and the pressure removed when the hand points to the letter necessary to spell a word, or to a figure necessary to express a signal, as the ewe may require. Thus words are spelled with unerring accuracy, and signals pointed to without the possibility of a mistake. No magnetic needles move on the dial-plate and by their de flections indicate the letters, or words, or signs, necessary in the magnetic telegraph hitherto in use to form a sentence. There is no alarum used, but a bell is used, the number of strokes struck on which, indicates certain things to be communicated from one station or terminus to another. There is but one wire employed, and the cost of the apparatus, batteries, &c., is not much more than half the cost of the mode now in use. The great advan tages of this invention are, its simplicity, its accuracy, the ease with which it is worked and understood, and the almost impossibility of sustaining injury, unless from great violence; there is no intricate mechanism, no springs or weights, and only one wheel. It has been adopted between Northampton and Bliswortb, where it answers admirably; and it has been favourably reported on by Mr. Faraday and Major Brandred, to the Admiralty; by Mr. Brande, and by Professor Bachhoffner. This latter gentleman has 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-buildings, here the electric fluid traverses a mile of copper wire. It is altogether a most important improvement on the rapidity and accuracy of telegraphic correspondence. and a novelty in the application of the principle of electric communication. MELANCHOLY CASUALTY. About mid-day on Wednesday se'nnight, James Duncan, formerly tenant at Mains of Craichie, lost his life the Southesk. The parti culars, as we have learned, are as follow :—Duncan, with his wife and children, had been residing at Audelyn with his father, Mr. William Duncan, tenant there. He had, in the morning, crossed the Esk to visit a neighbouring farmer The river was in flood from the melting of the snow. The deceased was returning to his father's house, and, to save a circuitous road by a bridge, resolved to cross by a ford near Audelyn. 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 and t mother, with his wife and other relatives, who were in sight, ran to the water aide, and saw the unfortunate man ea _ carried down the stream more than 100 yards (his d couldh render water), crying for help, which none of t no more. His body was found on the fell him. At length he was carried below a sheet left a widow and about a mile down the river. He has lUD HAIR DYErthe a o s urS it , naenvder fades s no o t r several children.—Montrese ReviLewl•Q only . dye that really require re-doing but as the THE ATRATILATOKY, OR Botanic Water and Bear's Grease,—When the acquires that unnatural. red or purple tint common to all other dyes. a s n t s h w e er h s a hair !or all w c s o , hair is becoming thin, and falling off, the only effectual remedy besides shaving the head is the use of the two above named articles, applit d alternately—the botanic water to cleanse the roots from scurf, and as a stimulant, and the teeth New whenTo Tooth-Pick h- usedP ic k u thoroughly cleansing grease cle a an s asinngouribetswheere.n the e e p erus an il d down, and polishing the surface when used cross-ways. The hair warranted never to come out. The Union and Triple nwloinfigce‘aatnudr seen ay, Hair Brushes. The Double Anti'Pressure Nail Brush. The Medium Shaving Brush. The Railway Strop and Powder. The above new and elegant articles, in addition to a very extensive assortment of beautiful perfumes, are the sole manufactures and inventions of Messrs. Ross and Sons, 119, and 120, Bishopsgate-street, London. A JUDGES SUMMING Ul'..—" OFF, OFF, AND AWAY."—Mr. Sergeant Adams, whose singularities and eccentricities occasionally produce much merriment in the court over which lie presides, heard a case yesterday -at the Middlesex Sessions, in which a lad stole a piece of pudding from an eatinghouse-keeper's in Clerkenwell. The evidence having been gone through, the Learned Judge thus summed up—" Gentlemen of the Jury, you have heard this case—off goes the pudding — off go es the b o y —off g oes the woman; s he captures him bolting down a co urt, and here you have the boy, pudding, and woman, before you; gentlemen, con sider your verdict." At the close of this lucid and satisfac tory address, the jury turned to each other in their box, and were soon in deep consultation. The impatient Judge " Thi s hastily exclaimed, " Good God , ge ntlemen, what are you d e lib er ating about? the case is c lear enou g h. is settled the poor jurymen at once, and turning round in alarm they found the prisoner Guilty. His love of pudding got first pros pect of a whipping by the gaolers et the end of the him a month's imprisonment, with the pleasant' tortgiglat. Glasgow, Paisley; Kilniarnock, and Ayr (No. 2). Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Mr (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, Sheffield, 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 Broinley Branches). South-Eastern (Maidstone to Chart). Dundalk and Enniskillen. , Direct London and Portsmouth. CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS. Mr. Speaker has appointedahe following Hon. Gentlemen to be members of the General Committee of Elections for the present session :—The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, the Right Hon. Fox Manic, Thomas Griliston Bucknall Estcourt, , Esq, William Villiers Stuart, Esq., Joseph Brotherton, Esq., . and William Miles, Esq. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, JANUARY 21. STOCK EXCIIANGE. - The sales are—Great Western, 40% Fifths, 29%—.Midland, .123—Ditto, New, 6%—MR° (Bristol and Gloucester), 19M p.—North British Extension, % p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 1 Si p.—Ditto (B), % p.—Shropshire Union, dis.—South Devon, 35. LIVERPOOL, JANUARY 21. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—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% p. —Ditto, New Scrip, 1 p.—East Lincolnshire, 1% p. ex int.— Glasiow and Dumfries, 1% p. —Great Northern (Nos. 1 to 108,000), p. ex int.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 1% p.—London and North Western, 190% —Ditto, Quarters, New, 11% p.—London and York, 1 p.—Manchester and Leeds, Halves, 11% p.—Ditto, Ex tension, 1% p.—Manchester and Southampton, % dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln (late Great Grimsby and Sheffield), 4s. dis.— Midland, Stock, 122—Ditto, New, 3% p..—North Staffordshire, 2% p.—North Western, % p.—Preston and Wyre, Half Shares (B), Is. 3d. p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 11. Is. 3d. p.—Ditto (B). as. 9d. p.--Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, % dis.—South. Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, 14, p.—South Yorkshire, Don. caster, and Goole, % dis.—West Riding Union, 11. 13s. 9d. p.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 4% p.—Dublin and Drogheda, 13 Ws.— Jamaica South Midland, % p. MANCHESTER, JANUARY 21. SToca Excasams.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, Bos ton, &c., % dis.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, % p.— East Lancashire, New (scrip), I% p.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 1-16 c. dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal Thirds, 1% p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 2% dis.—Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, Branches, Halves, 5 p.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junetion,..% c. dis.—Manchester and Leeds Extension, 1% p.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 15-16 dis.—Manchester avid Southampton, % dis.—North Staffordshire, 3 p.—North-Western, % p.—Oldham Alliance, 7-16 p.—Preston and Wyre, Halves (A), p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 1 p.—South Stafford shire (Trent Valley Midland), Ic. p.—West Riding Union, p.— Whitehaven and Furness, 3% tits. LEEDS, JANUARY 21. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, ss. n. dls.—East Lancashire, New, 2% p.—Ditto, New Scrip, p.—East and West Yorkshire, 155. dis.—Leeds, and Dewsbury, Extensions Scrip (green), 15s. p.—Leeds and Thirsk, New, 10s. die. —Ditto, Preference, 1 p.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, Ifs. dis. —Mallon and Drifileld Junction, 17s. p.— Manchester and Leeds, Half Shares (late Hud. and Sheff.), 5 p.—Ditto, Extensions, 245. p.— Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 13s. c. p.—Midland. Preference, 4% p.—North British, Half Shares, 3% p.—Ditto, Thirds, 495. p.—Ditto, Quarter Shares (late Carlisle Branch), 40s. p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 158. p.—North Staffordshire, 3 p. —North-Western, 9s. p.—Shefileld, Rotherham, and Goole, 6s. p.—West Riding Union, 4 —Wharfdale Junction, I Is. 6d.—York and North Midland, Pre ference, 10% c. p. SHEFFIELD, JANUARY 21. STocx Excissoz.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 78. dis.—Exit Lincolnshire, c. IL—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 20/. Shares, 1 4 dis.— Ditto, 121. tos. Shares. 1 ss. 6d. dts.—West Riding Union, 1 i p.— Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 12s. dis.—Seuth Yorkshire, Doncas ter, and Goole, is. p. HULL, JANUARY 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.The sales are—North British, HalveS, 14% — Ditto, Quarters, 658.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 158. p. —Ditto, Thirds, 71s.—York and Newcastle, New, 11% —York and North idland, Preference, 10 p.—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 68 Ms.—Blackburn, Clitheroe, Bcc., 14s. dis.—North Staffordshire, 3 p —Shropshire Union, 13s. dis.—West Riding Union, 3t. 185.6d.L :Derby, Staffordshire, &c., 12a. CA.—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, es. 11d. die. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JANUARY 21. STOCK Exalts/int.—The sales are—Hartlepool Dock and Railway, 180—Ditto, New, 13% p.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, % dis.—Newcastle and Carlisle, 1106—Ditto, New, 14% p.—Newcastle and Berwick (North Shields), 13 1 ,4 p.—North British, Thirds, 48s. 6d.—Ditto, Quarters, 41s. p. EDINBURGII, JANUARY 20 STOes Eitel/Atom-The sales are-Caledonian, New, 495. 6d.- -Direct Northern, 495.-Dundee and Perth, 27-East of Fife, 423. 6d.-East Lothian Central, 453.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarters, 18q -Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, Quarters, 15s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Northern, 14% ex new -Ditto, New, 825.-Ditto, Newport, 5/. las. ex new -Edinburgh and Perth (01c1), 38s -Ditto (New), 525. -Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 6% -Great North of Scotland, 505.-Great Northern (late Direct Northern), 803. 6d.-North Bri tish, Quarters, 665. 6d.-Ditto, New Quarters, scrip, 288.-Ditto, Thirds, 745.-Scottish entral, 22% -Scottish Grand Junction, 20s. 6d.- S c ottish Midland, C 1314- Strathern Junction, 765. GLASGOW, JANuAKT 20. STocK Excruseix.-The sales are-Ayr and Galloway, 405.- Caledonian and DumbartonShire, 452.-Direct Northern ( scrip), 575. 6d.-East of Fife , 475 . 6 d .-East Lothian Central, 453. Edinburgh and Glasgow, 75%-Ditto, Halves, 20 % -Ditto, Quarters, 18%- Edinburgh and Perth, 498. -Glasgow General Terminus, 11 -Glas gow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 661.-Ditto, Halves, No. 2,4/. 10s. 6d. p.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 61. 65.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, a n d Ardrossan, 61. 16 s. - Glasg ow Harbour Mineral, 37 5 . 6d. -Great North of Scotland, 47 5. 6d,-Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 523.- M a nchester and Southampton, 335. 6d. - North British, Thirds, 725. 6d.-Scottish Central, 221.-Scottish Grand Junction, 215. - Stirling and Dunferm li ne, 675. 6d.-Strathern Junction. 738. THE SONGS OF THE liilLh?ak, 7 8 T. V about to give an entertainmentrte on be a pp t ropria g ted for the benefit ia O M f h e l lli iis h o l r a i n d is s, th e proceeds of whi c h ar e and the d Ilflbilanders. The public know well the of the distresse d asumffeorrieng, delightful calls for aid are urgen t. In T a h n e y r There f t hem cannot a b r e e way of contributing a little more, whatever we may have already given, than by listening to the native airs of the mountaineers, as they are given by the master of Scott ish 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 persons have taken a deep nterest in it. ALARMING FIRE, AND NARROW ESCAPE OF THE INMATEs.—Yesterday morning, between the hours of five and six, the oil and colour shop belonging to Mr. James Clarke, situate at 90, Red Cross-street, Southwark, was discovered to be on fire. An instant alarm was raised, and, after some time, the inmates were aroused from their slum bers, but although the fire had not extended beyond the shop, the smoke was so dense, and of such a suffocating nature, that the residents, to effect a retreat, were obliged to escape from one of the back windows. The firemen suc ceeded in getting the flames subdued. but not until the stock in trade and fixtures were considerably damaged by fire, and the furniture by removal. pug' s ' ieved • IdeEd COw ! id not 047. crop• in r the well ; that 1 that was, Joe ; o e%" :bten) ,;: ;,