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Mr. BECKETT presented petitions from Leeds and several other places. in favour of the navigation•laws. CATHOLIC RELIEF. _ _ GOVERNMENT PLAN OF EDUCATION. Mr. BUSFEILD presented a petition from Bradford against the plan, and also one in favour of it. Mr. BECKE FT presented a petition, signed by 336 -Sunday-school teachers, in favour of the plan. The Hon. Member also presented several other petitions in favour of the plan. Mr. HUME presented several petitions against it, from places in Yorkshire, and said that the petitioners complained that it would interfere with the liberty of the subject. . - SMALL TENANTS. Mr. ETWALL presented a petition from a person named Saunders, of Andover, stating that the present law materially interfered with the rights of those tenants who were subject to the payment of rates. BANKING LAWS. Mr. SHEIL presented a petition from the governor and directof a of the Hibernian Bank, praying that the law with respect to stamps which now prevailed in Ire land might be assimilated to that of England. EDUCATION. Lord SANDON presented a petition from the two rectors of Liverpool, praying the House to take steps to improve the education of the middle classes. The petitioners suggested, that as Queen's scholarships had been established for promoting the education of the poorer classes, there ought to be founded Queen's fellowships for promoting the education of the middle classes. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition against the proposed Government scheme of education. Lord JOHN RUSSELL presented several petitions, one of them from Rugby, in favour of the scheme. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition against the scheme. ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL. Captain PECHELL presented a petition in favour of this Bill. LONDON, CHELTENHAM", AND OXFORD RAILWAY. Several petitions were presented against this railway, and referred to the Committee. Mr. HUME moved, that the order made on the 15th day of February last, for referring the London and North-Western Railway (Bescot and Wolverhampton Branch, &c.) Bill to the Committee of Selection, be read and discharged.—Agreed to. Mr. GREGORY moved that the Appendix to the Evidence on the Dublin Improvement Bill be printed, together with the evidence.—Agri ed to. MASTERS IN CHANCERY. Mr. HUME said he understood il;Ui ;;1;eof the Masters in Chancery had resigned on account of ill health. Now he trusted this vacancy would not be filled up until the abuses, disclosed in the evidence taken before the Chan cery Commissions, were reiooved. Lord J. RUSSELL would undertake to say that the vacancy would not be filled up until sufficient time had elapsed to see whether any improvement could be intro duced into the office. Mr. HUME postponed his motion for returns con nected with the boys employed in the navy. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Lord J. RUSSELL, in rising to more that the House, at its rising, do adjourn till Monday, the 12th of April, said that he proposed that on that day the House should go into Committee of Supply, when the notices of mo tion given by the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Liverpool, and the Honourable and Gallant Gen tleman the Member for Westminster, might be taken, and if there was sufficient time, any other motion upon the orders of the day, to which there was no objection, might be disposed of. He did not, how. ever, on that day propose to take any further stage in the Army Service Bill, but postpone it till a subsequent day. On the Friday after the recess ho proposed to take the consideration of the third reading of the Irish Poor-lsw Amendment Bill, and the third reading of the Bill for the Improvement of Property in Ireland. On the question being put for the adjournment, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in reply to a question, stated that Government had a Bill under their consideration for the removal of the religions disabilities of the Jews, but be was afraid that it could not be brought forward in the present session. - Captain PEaIIELL asked the Noble Lord if it was his intention to continue the Poor-law Commissioners at Somerset House for the remainder of the session ? Lord J. RUSSELL said it was his intention to bring in a Bill upon the subject, of which due notice would be given, after Easter. Mr. GLIONBY said several clerks in the metropo litan Courts of Request had been thrown out of employ • xi:tent by the establishment of County Courts, and he wished to know if Government could give them com pensation in the shape of employment in another way? Sir G. GREY said that the appointment of the judges rested with the Lord Chancellor, but a provision for compensation in such eases as were thought necessary wa4 entered in the Bill, and he had no doubt that the cases complained of would come under the class of cases to which compensation would be awarded. PRIVATE BILLS. Mr. HUME wished to know whether a private Bill on the subject of paving, cleansing, and lighting, which had been referred to a private Committee, the evidence upon which the Committee had refused to hear, would be referred to any other Committee? Sir G. GREY had no doubt that under the provisions of the Bill to be introduced by his Noble Friend (Lord Morpeth) all Bills of that nature would be referred to a Select Committee. FOREIGN TARIFFS. Mr. NEWDEGATE wished to know when the re turns he had moved for, on the subj,ct of foreign tariff; is relation to this country, would be Judd upon the table of the House ? Mr. HAWES said that the returns would be laid be fore the House as soon es possible. PUBLIC WOCILCS (IRELAND). Mr. LABOUCHERE wished to cot rect a statement which he had made a few nights since with re spect to the reduction of the number of persons em ployed on the public works in Ireland. He then stated that it was the intention of the Government to make an aggregate reduction in the numbers employed, leaving at the same time a discretionary power with the Lord-Lieutenant as to the numbers to be reduced. The Lord Lieutenant had, however, conceived that no dis cretion was vested in him, and that the officers of the Board of Works were the only authorities by whom any discretion could be exercised upon the subject. He (Mr. Labouchere) believed that the Lord-Lieutenant in 8 0 deciding h a d ac t e d upon a per f ect l y soun d an d correct principle, and he regretted having misled the House upon the subject of the discretionary power to be vested With the Lord-Lieutenant. Mr STAFFORD O'BRIEN quite concurred in the opinion just expressed by the Right Hon. the Secretary for Irel an d, as to t h e propr i ety of leaving the exercise of discretio n in the hands of the officers of the Board of Works. ARMY RETURNS. Sir DE LACY EVANS postponed his motion re !peeting the rations of the army until after Easter. U NIVERSITIES OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE. Mr. CHRISTIE gave notice that after Easter h e vvould move an address to the Crown on the subject of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. SAVINGS' BANKS. Mr. P. SCROPE gave notice that, on Tuesday, the 20th of April, he would move for leave to bring in a Bill for the establishment of a more extensive system of savings' banks throughout the country. HOUSE. ADJOURNMENT The motion for the adjournment of the House, at its rising, until Monday, the 12th of April, was agreed to. NEW PALACE AT WE S TMINST E R. Mr. HUME gave notice that upon an early day after the Easter recess, he would move for a return of the ag gregate amount of money expended upon the new palace at Westminster up to the last day of December 1846, sad also for an estimate of the whole amount required to complete the building. METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS ACT. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that on Tuesday the 20th of April, it was his intention to move for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the Operations of the Metropolitan Buildings Act. E CCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS BILL. Lord JOHN RUSSELL postponed until after Easter, the introduction of a Bill for amending several Acts for (n c appointm en t o f E cc l es i ast i ca l C omm i ss i oners for England. WIDE STREETS (DUBLIN). Mr. GREGORY moved for a return of all sums of money hand e d over b y Sir John Kingston J ames, late asurer to the corporation of the city of Dublin ; also, "I all sums paid by Lord Charlemont and the Wide Street Commissioners to the credit of the corporation of the city " of Dublin ; and if same has been applied to the liquidation of the debenture debt, or to what other pur ?;)se; and, if any part of such debt has been liquidated, b..ssnteredeatte and p ar t :cu l ars ; a l so a return f rom t h e Wi de Commissi oners o f t h e c i ty o f D u bli n of a ll snms of 'me'Y lodged by the said Commissioners in court, a s ilr , e ,h,ase money of certain premises belonging to the thi ,v," 4 Corporatio n , t h e l ega l procee di ngs th e re u p on. s4ch Judgment pronouticet by the Court, and the cast of proceedings• and m int ed of the deed of 1819 ; by . L. O eh trustees were ap for the manazernent of re debenture debt ot the Corporation of Dublin, the proceedings to remove such trustees, the judgment ruaounced by the court, and the cost of such proceed it,'"-illotion agree d to. 4. ".. CASE OF DICKSON v. PAYE.—EXCISE LICENSE. t o l l!. GREGORY also moved for returns (in addition 4,, the _S.essional Paper, No. 662, for 1845) showing, in ot_l_kle,ditional column, and opposite each spirit grocer's 4' e m, the rate or amount of excise license duty which to i; luda. es e, decided, in the case of Dickson v. Pape, paie,that which ought to have been charged and ti 46 ° . 9 each spirit grocer for his license respec- , k 4Q 4: and of the amount received by the / Fipple from each such grocer during the period I 'Y v4 QUI ad mewed such licenser fnal O l e " 11 67 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. LIOCISE v 1 COMMth.VS, March 31. The SPZIKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. SECOND HEADINGS. The following Bills were read a second time, and or. dered to be committed : Caledonian Railway (Branches to Wilsontown, to Pauld house, and to Biggar and Broughton). Caledonian Railway (Edinburgh :itation and Branches to Granton, and to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway). Colchester Navigation and Improvement. Dublin Consumers Gas. London Sewage Chemical •'•anure. Manchester Corporation Waterworks (Power to sell to the Manchester and Salford Waterworks Company). Manchester Corporation Waterworks (Power to purchase the Manchester and Salford Waterworks). NAVIGATION-LAWS. _ _ _ Mr. ROUND presented petitions in favour of Catholic relief. 4 r c ~' `~~t ~ ~,, • 2 g; g :2;4'7 l'ctic; of July, 1838, uni.l the SC, day of July, 1844, similarly stated that there would be no objection to pro arranged. Also copi , :s of all memorials addressed to the duce a list of the grants of public money side Treasury by spirit grocers in Irel,rnl, from the Ist day by side with the local donations. The imperfect of January, 1845, to the lst day of March, 1846, praying nature of the return ought to tell a lesson to that such excess of duty received by the Excise should the Government not to grant returns so easily, and be returned to them; and copies of the answers returned when they could not accurately give the information to each such memorial.—Motion agreed to. required. Now they were about to separate he thought BOYS IN THE NAVY. it right to take that opportunity of thanking the Govern- Mr. HUME moved for a return of the number of meat for the kindness and patience with which they had boys enter( don board her Majesty's ships or vessels of listened .to the suggestions which had been made, war, from the first day of January to the 31st day of and for the way in which they had passed the measures through the HousesL(Hear, - hear.) Their desire for the amelioration of Ireland deserved the gratitude even of those who had opposed the measure, and he himself had proposed some amendments.—(Hear, hear.) In his capacity as a magistrate, he should carry out the measure in the temper with which it had been passed.—(Cheers.) Mr. V. SMITH hoped Hon. Members would not, when they were about to separate, prolong a discus sion of this nature. As far as the return went it was accurate, but it would not enable any one to judge of all that had been done. Even the name of a friend of his, who had greatly befriended the poor, was not mentioued. Much more could be done for the suffering people if landlords and others would personally superintend the distribution of aid, instead of leaving it in the bands of others. He would suggest that the Honourable Gentleman should move, when the return was brought up for presentation, that it should not be priated. He thought the measure ought to pass without obloquy being cast upon those who would be intrusted with the carrying out of the measure. Mr. GOULBURN suggested that the Government, in the absence of the Hon. Baronet the Member for Marylebone (Sir B. Hall), should intimate that a com plete list of the subscriptions would be furnished, as it was necessary that they should be informed what had been raised in addition to the grants made by the Government. The return in its present form was most fallacious, and would lead to the inference that many parties had negleeted their duty who had, in fact, done a vast deal to assuage the sufferings of the people of Ireland. It was not right that they should stand be fore the country as criminals. With respect to the Bill, he might state that he was strongly in favour of a ge neral rate for the support of the poor. Mr. LABOUCHERE regretted that he was unavoid ably absent during the earlier part of the discussion. His Right Hon. Friend had intimated that there would be no objection to furnish ample lists of the Govern ment grant and the local subscriptions—(Hear, hear) —and his Hon. Friend would not lay the return referred to in the course of the discussion on the table until the Honourable Gentleman the Member for Cavan had had an opportunity of bringing forward any statements which he had to make with respect to it. He could not, however, help availing himself of that opportunity to state that nothing could be more unfair than to measure the amount of aid which had been afforded to the people by the amount of the eubscriptions raised in the different localities, as many had expended money on the improvement of their estates, and in the establishment of soup kitchens in their immediate localities.—(Hear.) He hoped it would go forth to the public that subscriptions by persons in Ireland was not the best way of relieving the prevailing distress, as employment in cultivating or reclaiming land, or in some other way, was far more va luable.—(Hear.) Mr. TRELAW.NY said it had been urged that that was not the proper time to frame a poor law for Ireland, as the public mind was un settled on the subject, and consequently that it could not be properly carried out. Now, that appeared to him the coolest and roost extraordinary statement ever made, as a vast number of the people of Ireland were absolutely dying of hunger, and consequently standing in the immediate need of such a measure. Charity, he thought, was a most unequal and indivious mode of taxa tion. A Noble Lord in the other House (Lord Mon teagle) had stated, that out-door relief to the able-bodied would prove most dangerous ; but he had not shown how the introduction of the system would produce evil. The report was then brought up. Sir GEORGE GREY proposed the following amend ments :—Clause 1, after line 16, to insert the following words—" And of such destitute persons as being disabled from labour by reason of severe sickness or serious acci dent are thereby deprived of the means of earning a sub sistence for themselves and their families, whom they are liable by law to maintain ; and of destitute poor widows, having two or more legitimate children depen dent upon them." In Clause 2, line 7, after the word "disabled," to insert "Or destitute poor persons dis abled by sickness or accident as aforesaid, or such.desti tute poor widows us aforesaid." The amendments were ordered to be made to the Bill, and the report was agreed to. CUSTOMS DUTIES BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. ARMY SERVICE BILL. The House went into Committee on this Bill. Sir DE LACY EVANS wished to say a few words in reference to what bad fallen from the Honourable and Gallant Officer the Member for Liverpool (Sir Howard Douglas) last night, and also in regard to some obser vations made by the late Secretary at War (Mr. S. Herbert). He regretted he did not see the latter Right lion. Gentleman in his place, while he (Sir De Lacy Evans) made the few remarks he bad to effer. That Right Hon. Gentleman had stated the fact, that with the exception of the non-commissioned officers in the army, the great bcdy of the soldiers were of 15 years' standing in the service—that was, he said, the natural period of the service in the army. He (Sir De Lacy Evans) must say, after that expression of opinion, and considering the well-merited respect which was due to the Right Hon. Gentleman for kindness to, and great care of, the army, he confessed he was astonished at the deduction which he made in recommending that the period of service should be reduced only one year. He trusted that the Hon. Gentleman would alter his opinion of the question; and to induce him to do so he would rec.' to his recollection the warrants which he issued in 1845, giving the privilege of enlistment for twelve or fourteen years. The proposition of the reduction of one year would be perfectly nugatory as a benefit to the soldiers. With regard to what had fallen from the Hon. and Gallant Member, he would remark that what he had stated about the money of 800,000 dollars must have arisen from an error of the press. He (Sir De Lacy Evans) had looked over the dispatches, and was convinced that such must have been the case. The dispatch of the Duke of Wellington, which the Lion. and Gallant Officer had quoted in reference to the Peninsular soldiers, , so far from going against the present measure, he was persuaded, was rather in its favour, as it showed that, even in the midst of a most important war, a limited enlistment bad not been found prejudicial. The greater proportion of the Hon. and Gallant Member's address, however, bore about as ranch relation to the mea sure before the House, as Tenderden steeple bore to Goodwin Sands. While referring to the Duke of Wellington, he would take this opportunity of thanking him for his recent elevation of so many officers from the m ra i nks. During ssionedoffiee tb rsh e pa adb s e t e ya n e ra r no ised t l o es e s n t s h ig a n n s 4 a 3 noncom ndeornets. —(Heer, hear.) This was but a tardy act of justice, and following out what had been done for many years in France, Russia, and other countries. There were no less than four individuals who, in his humble opinion, were far better qualified to come to a right decision on this motion than any General in the army.—(Hear, hear.) These were, the Noble Lord now at the head of the Foreign Department (Lord Palmerston), who had been for nineteen years Secre tary at War ; and the Secretary for the Colonies, who had also for some time been Secretary at War. The others were two gentlemen who had been also Secretaries at War. The Hon. and Gallant Member opposite had thought it right, because the Noble Lord at the head of the Government had declined giving the correspondence between the Ministry and the Commander-in-Chief, to assert that the Noble Duke at the head of the forces was quite opposed to the prin .ciple which they had adopted ; and a morning paper had thought proper to abuse him for having differed from the Hon. and Gallant Member opposite. But what was the case? Why, if the HOU. Member would read the dispatches of the Noble Duke, who had not been lauded more than his illustrious services and illustrious charac ter had deserved—if they would read these dispatches a little more zealously, they would soon perceive that his opinion was very different to what it had been re presented. In his communications with the Go vernment when in Spain he had frequently told them that, although the troops sent over were at first in a high state of discipline, yet they soon lost that discipline and the efficiency with which they first arrived ; and in all these communications the Noble Duke had repeatedly pressed the necessity for improving the morale of the army, and had urged the wisdom of enlisting a better set of men, and of increasing the pensions of the men who were entitled to their discharge. This opinion, then, came in well to support the decision of civilians, and he was, therefore, justified in asserting that civilians were fully competent to judge of such a measure as this. The Noble Duke had stated that it was of all things most important to raise the character of the men in the army ; and in this opinion he was supported by a man eminent for his success in life—he meant Oliver Cromwell.—(A laugh.) Well, he believed that at the time the opinion he was about to state was delivered that Cromwell was a civilian, for he believed that he was nearly forty years of age before he entered the army. It is well known that in the first two campaigns of the civil war that the Parliamentarian army was unsuccessful, and in one in stance a portion of their troops was driven into Brent ford, and it was recorded in the statement of a conversa tion that had taken place between Cromwell and Hampden, that Cromwell, to whose ingenuity and care the elevation of the character of the men was chiefly owing, had expressed great doubts of the ultimate success of the conflict. To remedy this defect, he said that he would go down into Lincolnshire, where he was well known, and enlist the sons of the yeomen there, whose hearts, us well as their bands, would ba in the cauQe. He had done so, and it was, in his belief, owing to that movement of Cromwell. Mr. GOULBURN believed that, in the discussions on this subject, there had been one thing altogether over looked, and that was the tact that in the great majority of cases the service in the army was under five years' duration. If, therefore, they limited the service to ten years instead of fourteen, they would not be saving any evil, but they would possioly be losing a great benefit ; for it could not be denied that if the term of service were extended to fourteen years, the country would be deprived of the ablest assistance which the soldier could render, and of all the expe rience which he had acquired daring that period. He perfectly agreed with his !night Hon. Friend who ad dressed the House last night, that it would be wise and juttcious to limit the time to fourteen years, dividing the period of service into seven years abroad and seven years at home. He felt, too, that it would be most im ma s o regulate Ole pout pipay or pendoma of priyate Decemb-r, 1846, according to the following form First Class Boys, entered the Navy for first time second time Second Class Boys, entered the Navy for first time .... . second time Total From whence obtained : Greenwich Royal Naval Asylum Marine Society School Other sources Total Could write and read write or read only nether read nor write Good scholars Doubtful .. Total Petty Officers, Seamen, or Boys, invalided discharged deserted deaths Total Motion agreed to. APPRENTICES IN THE NAVY. The How. MEMBER also moved for an abstract from the Register-General of Shipping, showing the number of boys apprenticed from the Ist day of January to the 31st day of December, 1846—for three years, four years, five years, six years, seven years, and total number. Agreed to. CHARITABLE TRUSTS. The HoN. MEMBER also moved for a message to the Lords, that they would be pleased to communicate a copy of the minutes of evidence taken before the Select Committee of the House of Lords, appointed to consider a Bill, intituled, An Act for securing the due adminis tration of Charitable Trusts in England and Wales. Agreed to. NUMBER OF RECRUITS IN THE ARMY. The Hom. MEMBER withdrew the motion of whieh he had given notice respecting the number of recruits in the army who were enlisted from the Ist day of January to the 31st of December, 1846. REGARDERSHIP OF THE NEW FOREST. Mr. TRELAWNY moved for a return of the name of the officer wh,, held the Regardership in the New ' Forest then vacant; the duties and emoluments of the office; when the last election of a Regarderer was con tested, and the number of freeholders of the county of Hampshire who were rolled at such election; the names of the present Regarderers, and the amount cf fees, sa laries, and emoluments received by each during the years 1843, 1844, and 1845, and the perquisites, if any, received by them. In consequence of some suggestion from Lord JOHN RUSSELL, which did not reach the gallery, the motion was withdrawn. SELECT COMMITTEES. Mr. AGLIONBY wished to call the attention of the House to the circumstance of his having been, as chairman of a Select Committee, Group No. 28, ap pointed to meet on the 19th of April, while at the same time he was appointed to serve upon two other Committees—the Standing Orders Committee anti the Committee of Private Business of the House. He hoped, therefore, that the House would relieve him from one or other of his duties. PAUPER LUNATIC ASYLUMS. Mr. NICHOLL wished to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Majesty's Go vernment contemplated any alteration in the law respect ing pauper lunatic asylums, whereby counties or boroughs, haying no asylum fur the pauper lunatics thereof, will be relieved from the duty of erecting or providing such an asylum, in conformity with the pro visions of the Act 8 and 9 Vic. c. 126, and 9 and 10 Vic., e, 84, or wheth e r it i s intended to enforce the perform ance of that duty? Sir G. GREY said that it was not in the contempla tion of the Government to propose any alteration in the law, and the Government would take care that asylums should be erected in the counties and boroughs where there were none at present. THE POOR REMOVAL ACT. Mr. REDHEAD YORKE asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it was the in tention of the Government to repeal the Poor Removal Bill this session, if there should be no general revision of the poor-law system? Sir G. GREY said that the Committee on the subject were pursuing their inquiries into the operation of the law, and till they made a final report he could not say what the Government would do with regard to it. The Prisons (Ireland) Bill and the Troops during Elections Bill were severally read a second time, and the first was ordered to be committed on Monday, the 12th April. PA lawny, to = whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No 47, viz. : Wishaw and Coltness (Branches to Auchinheath and Can deraide), Caledonian (Branches to Wilscntown, to Fauldhouse, and to Biggar and Broughton), Caledonian (Branches from the Clydesdale Junction Rail way to the Douglas and Lesmahago Mineral Fields and to Strathavon), Caledonian (Extension of Motherwell Branch of Clydes dale Junction Railway, &c., with Branches to the Wishaw and Coltness Railway, &c.) Airdrie ar d Batbgate Junction (Amendment and Deviation), Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coltness (Branches to Benhar Coalworks, &c.) Edinburgh and Batbgate (Deviation and Amendment). The Select Committee to meet on Friday, April 16, at one. A Committee consisting of—Mr. Aglionby (Chairman), Earl of March, Hon. E. A. Harris, Sir R. Lopes, and Lord E. Hill, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 28, viz.:— Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham (Peterborough and Thorney Line), Eastern Counties (Peterborough to Folkingliam), Eastern Counties (Spalding to Newark), Great Northern (Deviations between Peterborough, Boston, and Gainsborough), Great Northern (Branches to Sleaford). The Select Committee to meet on Monday, April 19, at 12. A Committee consisting of—Sir J. Y. Buller (Chairman), Lord J. Manners, Hon. G. H. Cavendish, Mr. Newdegate, and Captain Plumridge, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 51, viz.:— Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kil marnock, and Ayr (No. 1), Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kit marnock, and Ayr (No. 2), North British (No. 2), Caledonian (Branches to Canobie, &c.) Caledonian (Lease of part of Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car. lisle Railway), Ayrshire and Galloway. The Select Committee to meet on Monday, April 19, at half-past twelve. A Committee consisting of—Hon. H. Liddell (Chairman), Sir J. Guest, Lord Norreys, Mr. G. R. Philips, and Mr. Hale, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 11, viz. : Braintree and Halstead, Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead (Stour Navigation Purchase), Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead (Extension to Melford, Lavenham, and Clare), Colehester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and llalstead (Extension from Lavenham to Bury St. Edmund's), Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead (Lease to the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's), Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction (Sale to the Eastern Union Railway Company), Eastern Counties (Maldon, Witham, and Braintree Railway Purchase), Eastern Union and Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Rail ways Amalgamation. The Select Committee to meet on Tuesday, April 20, at 12. A Committee consisting of—Right Hon. F. Baring (Chair man), Mr. R. Palmer, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Compton, a n d M r . W. Martin, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 34, viz.:— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Branch from Ashton under-Lyne to Oldham), Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Station App roac h in Manchester), Roehdale Canal (Sale to Manchester and Leeds Railway Company ), Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Ashton Cana. Purchase), Huddersfield and Manchester (Branch from Oldham to Ash ton, and Guide Bridge), London and North-Western (Lease and Purchase of Hud dersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, &c.) Huddenfield and Manchester (Deviation and Alteration, &c.) Oldham Alliance. soldiers, and he hoped that subieet would not be touch, d upon by the other Bills, which it aas under stood Gov, rnment had in contemplation, for improving the efficiency: and general condition of the army. Stilt, however, he thought the present system ought to be amended, it ought t) be based upon more lib-ral princi ples, and he would be quite willing to make legislative provision to that extent if he could see clearly that it would not cripple or interfere with the financial ma chinery of the State. After a few words from Mr. FOX MAULE, Clause 1 was agreed to. Upon clause 2 being proposed, limiting the term of years of enlistment, it was proposed to fill up the blank with the word " ten." Sir H. DOUGLAS moved, as an amendment, that the blank should be filled up with the word " fourteen." Mr. HUME supported the original motion. He thought that, if anything, ten years was too long ; and he would be glad to see the term reduced even to seven years. He believed that the passing of the present measure would prove a glorious era in the history of the British army. Colonel LINDSAY supported the amendment. In his opinion the adoption of the term of fourteen years would tend td give a greater number of old soldiers to the army than the period of seven years. Mr. FOX MAULE could not agree to the amendment for the reasons he stated on the last night the question was before the House, and he still adhered to those opinions. Colonel T. WOOD said a limited service, in con junction with a fourteen years' term, without the old period of seven years being also in the option of the re cruit, was preposterous, and he must vote against the clause. After a few words from Colonel SIBTHORP and Major LAYARD, in explanation, Mr. J. COLLETT rose amid loud cries of " Divide," and said he must support the amendment, as the effect of the clause would be to withdraw all opportunity from the private of rising in his profession. Sir H. DOUGLAS very briefly replied. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment 27 Against it 62 Majority against the amendment —35 The clause was then agreed to. On clause 3 being proposed, Colonel T. WOOD proposed the following amend ment.—lst line, after the word " soldier " to omit the words " after completing," and insert "during the last year of." He said that the object of the amendment was, that a soldier might be required to make up his mind in the last year of his service whether he intended to re-enlist in his own or some other regiment. Mr. F. MAULE considered that the soldier should not be trammelled in the way the Hon. and Gallant Officer recommended; and that he should be allowed, if he thought proper, to leave his regiment, and to regain it in six months after if he thought proper, provided he could do so with the approbation of his commanding officer. On the suggestion of Colonel REID, Mr. F. MAULE consented to alter the clause from "for a further term not exceeding eleven years" to "for a further period of eleven years." Colonel WOOD was unwilling to divide the House. He considered that his suggestion was one which would prove advantageous to the soldier. lie trusted the Hon. Gentle man would adopt it. Ile, however, should not divide upon it. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the clause agreed to. Clause 4, with a few verbal amendments, was then passed. On clause 5 being proposed, Mr. GOULBURN suggested the necessity of retain ing the compulsion in th e serv i ce of pensioners. Mr. F. MAULE replied that he had reason to believe that the prospect of the deferred pension was quite sufficient to secure the attendance of the pensioners. After some conversation between'Mr. Goulburn, Sir De Lacy Evans and other Members, the clause was adopted, as were also the remaining clauses of the Bill. Major LAYARD said, that as the:whole of the clauses had now been adopted by the House, he would take that opportunity of expressing his regret that the advantage of the Bill was not to be extended to those who are now in the service of her Majesty. When he had first taken up this subject he bad taken pains to ascertain the injury of the short period of enlistment, and he was quite assured, not only that the Elll would be beneficial, but that it would be so beneficial, that unless its influence was extended, that a great injustice would be done to the men already inthe army. They had heard not only in this House, but also in the other House of Parliament, apprehensions expressed that the setting men at liberty would be dangerous. But to this supposition he could ' attach but very little value ; and since the introduction of steam navigation, our sea-girt isle has been placed in a very different position to that which it had lately held, and he conceived that ,a great advantage would result from the existence of a set of people who understood the use of arms. As for the danger that was likely to arise from the adherence of old soldiers, to carry out any factious or seditious design,_ he thought that they were too well acquainted with the utter futility of attempting to stand in a mob against re gular troops to do any such thing. For his own part he should as soon think of attempting to fly as to join a mob in the face of regular troops. He hoped, therefore, that the House would not refuse to give a ray of hope to those veterans who require the light of hope to cheer them in their rugged way along the chequered path of life. Sir DE LACY EVANS seeended the clause. Mr. FOX MAULB opposed. the introduction of the clause. The Crown already possessed the power to terminate at any time it thought proper, the en gagements of the soldiers ; and for this reason he considered the insertion of the clause would be wholly unnecessary. The Government proposed to ex tend the benefits of the measure to the present army, but lie did not think it would be politic now to state to what extent the measure would be adopted. In every case the soldier had ample opportunities to make a statement of his grievances to the authorities, and he had no doubt that if it was considered as a grievance that they were com pelled to continue in the army for a longer period than ten years, while fresh soldiers were limited to ten years, he had no doubt that the statements of such grivances would be fully at tended to. Sir DE L. EVANS said that after the statement of the Right Hon. Member the Secretary at War, he felt it his duty to state his opinion that it was desirable for the Hon. arid Gallant Afernber to withdraw his clause. Colonel LINDSAY had the fullest confidence ha the Government with regard to this claus , s and had no ob jection to leave the matter entirely in their hands. Major LAYARD then withdrew his clause. mo T nday hell,otuhlelth2ethn of April. the Chairman reported pro gress, and the report w as or d ere d to b e b roug ht u p on H ARBOURS, DOCKS FEVER (IRELAND) PBERILL. , AND IS CLAUSES BILL. PORTLAND HARBOUR OF REFUGE AND The Select Committee to meet on Thursday, April 22, at half•past twelve. A Committee consisting of—Mr. Bankes (Chairman), Mr Henley, Sir B. Hall, Mr. Hindley, and Mr. P. Carew, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 50, viz.:— Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, and Glasgow and Belfast Union No. 1), Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr (No. 2), Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, and Ayrshire and Bridge of Weir (No. 3), Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan (Deviations and Amendments), Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct, Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock (Amendments and Branches), Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock (Branches at Port Glasgow), Paisley, Barrhead, and 'lariat (Branches), Paisley and Renfrew (Sale and Improvement), Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct. The Select Committee to meet on Thursday,* , ril 22, at 12 The Select Committees on the Groups Nos. 9, 13, 20, 22 23, 27, 33, 48, appointed to meet in the week commencing Monday, 2th April, will be selected from Panel No. 3:—.. Mr. Barclay Mr. Ald. Humphery Mr. Benett Earl Jermyn Mr. Bernal Sir William Jolliffe Lord Brooke Mr. Mackinnon • Sir R. Bulkeley Sir John M'Taggart Mr. Edward Buller Mr. Marjoribanks Mr. Bond Cabbell Mr. John Martin Mr. Cardwell Captain Meynell Viscount Chelsea Mr. Octavius Morgan Sir M. Cholmeley Captain Osborne Mr. Christopher Colonel E. D. Pennant Mr. Chute. Sir R. Philipps Lord Courtenay Colonel Powell Lord Dalmeny Colonel Rawdon . Mr. Dickinson Lord Kendlesham Mr. Dowdeswell Mr. Poulett Scrope Sir James Duke Mr. her Seymer Mr. I'. Egerton Mr. Sheridan Lord C. Fitzroy Mr. Stansfield Sir James Flower Sir G. Staunton Mr. Floyer Mr. Tower Mr. Frewen Mr. Towneley Captain Gladstone Mr. Trotter Right Hon. H. Goulburn Sir John Tyrrell Mr. W. J. llamilton Viscount Villiers Hon. W. A'C. Holmes Mr. J. 11. Vivian Mr. G. W. Hope Mr. T. P. Williams Mr. P. F. Howard . Colonel T. Wood. DEMOLITION OF THE OLD HOUSE OF LORDS. Yesterday morning, at an early hour, a number of workmen, under the direction of Mr. Barry, commenced the demolition of the old HouEe of Lords, ft rmerly well kiown as the Painted Chamber of the Palace, and the room in which Edward the Confessor breatbcd his last. Their Lordships held their last sitting on Tuesday in this place, associated with so many historical recollec tions; and the work of destruction now going forward is for the purpose of making the necessary entrances into the New Houses for the re-assembling of their Lordships after the Easter recess. Their Lordships will resume their legislative and judicial duties in the New Houses on Thursday, the 15th of April. REGISTRY of BIRTHS and DEATHS DURING THE WEEK ENDING DIARCII 27. Deaths registered in th e wee k. Bi rt h s registered in the I Males ... ... ... 484 Males ... ... ... 691 Females ... ... 545 Females ... ... 685 Total . . 1.023 Total ... 1,376 REAKVCATTER - IHEL. -- The reports B on the above Ore Bills were brought up, and they were ordered to be ri-ad a third time on Mon day, the 12th of April. rithlday other o th r e de l r 2 s: h .f the day p d r a i. y l having been disposed or, the House adjourned, at a Quarter-past Five o'clock, LIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Vates and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. TUESDAY, MARCH 30. RAILWAYS. The Committee of Selection have nominated the following Select Committees on Railway Groups : A Committee consisting ef—Mr. Deedes (Chairman), Vis count Castlereagh, Mr. C. G. Round, Colonel Peel, and Col. Ferguson, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 6, viz.: --; Bristol and Exeter (Branch from Bleadon to Wells, Glaston bury, &c.) Bristol and Exeter (Taunton and Castle Cary Branch), Great Western (Extension of the Berks and Hants Rail way, &c.) Yeovil, Bridport, and Exeter, with Branches, Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Amendment (No. 1), Wilts, Somerset, and Weymoath Amendment (No. 2), Chard Canal and Railway Company, Southampton and Dorchester (Blandford Branch), Salisbury and Yeovil, Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester TroUvray and Branches, Exeter and Exmouth Railway Act Amendment, Blandford and Bruton, Great Western (Amendment and Extension). The Select Committee to meet on Thursday, April 15, at 12. A Committee consisting of—. Mr. Kemble (Chairman), Viscount Newry, Mr. Wall, Viscount Eastnor, and Mr. Pulsford, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 16, viz.:— London and North-Western (St. Alban's, Luton, and Dun stable), Eastern Counties (Hertford to Hitchin, & c .) Great Northern (Hertford, Hatfield, and St. Alban') , Enfield and Edmonton Extension. half-past TheSel t e w c e t i Co ve. mmittee to meet on Thursday, April 15, at A Committee consisting of—the Earl of Lincoln (Chair man), Viscount Jocelyn, Mr. M. J. O'Connell, Captain Jonel lis an e doHmovrise Hon. G. in Grou p S. Smythe, to whom they h ave referred the No. 18, viz. London, Oxford, and Cheltenham Railway a n d B ranc h es (Cheltenham to Tring, &c.) Cheltenham and Oxford (Great Western Junction, &c.) Midland (Gloucester and Stonehouse Junction), Midland (Branch from Mangotsfield to Bath, &c.) The Select Committee to meet on Thurdsay, April 15, at one. A Committee consisting of—Lord Harry Vane (Chair. man), Hon. M. Sutton, Viscount Acheson, Mr. Rice, and Sir E. Filincr, to whom they have referred the Bills com prised in Group No. 5, viz.:— Great Western 443 ranches to West London Railway, &c.) Great Western (Branches to Eghana, Staines, &c ) Windsor Railway. London and South-Western, widening thereof, &c., Windsor, Staines, and South Western ( Richmond to Windsor), Windsor, Staines, and South-Western (Staines to Ascot, &c.) The Select Committee to meet on Friday, April 16, at 12. A Committee consisting of—Sir J. Graham (Chairman), Earl of Arundel, Lord C. Hamilton, Mr. M 6 earthy, and Mr. Plurnptre, to whom they haVe referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 21, viz.:— Shropshire Union Railway and Canal (Lease to the London and North-Western), Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (No. 1), London and North-Western (Bescot and Wolv er h ampton ) , London and North-Western (Portobello and Wolverhamp ton, Branch, &c.) Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (No. 2), Birmingham, Wolverhampton. and Dudley A c t (S tour _ bridge an d West Bromwich, Ike.) Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Act Amendment and Branches. Oxtord, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (No. 2), The Select Committee to meet on Friday, Ap r il 16, at half-past twelve. ONE or THE "POOR laisn."—On Friday morn ing an emacated, tattered, and miserable-looking object from the Emerald Isle managed, along with a boy, to secure a pas , age by one of the early trains from A rdros san to Glasgow without a ticket, and seemed to con sider himself ssfe on arriving at the terminus in Bridge street, by dt daring his utt-r inability to pay. An em bargo, however, was laid upon a bundle belonging to the Irishman, and after repeated attempts to persuade the ralway officials to give it up, ho untied his neckcloth, and paid his fair of 2s. 6d, from a store of not less than twenty sovereigns, which he had concealed in that article of clothing, when his bundle was restored to him.—Glas gow Argus. REPRESENTATION OF EAST SUSSEX.---.Lofd Can talupe has announced himself as a candidate for the eastern division of Sussex, in place of Mr. Frewen, who has signified his intention of retiriag from the representation. PLANTATION BURNED DOWN.—On Tuesday, a fox cover, extending to about forty acres, belonging to his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, on Lanton Moor, was burned down. The fire is said to have be en accidental.—,Edinburgh Witness. FIRE•DAMP EXPLOSIONS IN FRANCE.--A dreadful explosion of fire-damp took place in a coal-mine near Mons, on the 22d, at a time when fifty men were in it. Twenty six were killed ; the others were got out more or less injured. An explosion of the same kind also took place on the 23d, iu one of the coal-pits of La Graine, in Alsace, and caused a dreadful loss of life. Out of thirty-six workmen in the pit at the moment. twenty-four perished. and the other twelve are seriously burnt. Seventeen of the bodies have been got ont, but the other seven still remain in the pit, it being im possible to reach the spot where they are lying, In conse quence of a portion of the coal bed being on fire. Nothing has transpired to show how this accident has occurred. ACCIDENTS ADMITED INTO ADDENBROOKE'S HOS. PITAL DURING THE WEEK.—On Friday last, a lad named Richard Essex, aged 12, residing at Milton, whilst saw ing some wood seriously injured the fingers of his left hand; it was found necessary to amputate one of the fingers immediately, and the case is now progressing very favourably. The operation was performed whilst the patient was under the influence of ether.—On Sun day last, a labourer, named Prime, residing at Mel bourne, aged 21, was admitted. It appeared that some days previously, whilst at work in a gravel pit, ha was completely overwhelmed and buried in earth by a slip ping of the bank which he was excavating. He was found to have sustained a fracture of the left collar bone, to have broken one or two ribs on the same side, and to have suffered severely from contusions. It is hoped he will do well.—On Wednesday, William Wells, aged 19, a native of Woburn, Beds, met with a very serious acci dent whilst at work on the line now constructing at Six Mile Bottom. The poor boy was engaged in that most perilous occupation, " tipping," when accidentally stum bling he fell beneath the waggon wheels. He was im mediately conveyed to the hospital, when it was found that the left leg was completely crushed below the knee, and his head too appeared to have suffered from the concussion. Amputation of the injured limb was re solved upon, and the case now promises favourably. It was deemed expedient not to administer the vapour of ether to this patient.—Cambridge Chronicle. AN IDOL CHEATED BY THE HORSEWHIP.--A mile below Serampour, there is a large pagoda, held in ex treme veneration. The principal idol is brought out once a year, on a car like that of Juggernaut, to visit some of his neighbours. An immense concourse is always collected on those occasions, and here, as at Juggernaut, the poor wretches throw themselves under the wheel of the car to be crushed to death.—Mr. Paken ham, Lord Wm. Bentinck's private secretary, happened to be passing through the place on horseback, last year, at the time of the ceremony. He saw a Hindoo throw himself down in the way of the car ; the wheels were near upon him, when Mr. Pakenhatn galloped up and belaboured the martyr with his horsewhip. The poor devil jumped up, and ran as fast as his legs could carry him into his jungle, shouting murder ! He %as quite prepared to endure a horrible death, but a horsewhipping was a thing that had never entered into his calculations. What a capricious principle is courage l—timid and spiritless as these :people are, there are forms under which death seems to them a matter perfectly indiftbrent. *— Voyage dans C Inds par Victor Jacpemont. A Committee consisting of—the HOll4 F . . :Yorke (Chair roan), jr, racket Mr. G. Legh, GA and Mr. Trs- REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE. IRELAND. ) DUBLIN, Marten 29.—There are very unfavourable ......—....,_. accounts of the spread of restilenc • in the county of (From the Mark-lane Express.) i Sligo, where the discharge of labourers from the publ:e works has greatly augmented the general destitution. Several circum s t ances h ave com bi ne d to i mpart great dullness to the grain tr a de. First'y, we l it . va h a d un i nter- Nothing could b e worse t h an the conduct of the land ' lords o f th at county, as describ e d by t h e Stip Charn ruptedly fin e weat h er f or a space o f near l y a f ortnight; pion, w h ose prev i ous atatemerts on the sulttet have and, though it ma y b e quest i one d w h et h er t h e sudden changes which have taken place from great warmth received no contradiction. Wish the exception of Lord Palm erston, Sir R ibert Gore Booth, and a f ew ot h ers , during the d a y- t i me to s h arp f rost at n i g h t can the landed proprietors of that count y, i t i s state d , are be consider e d a l toget h er f avoura bl e to vegetat i on, doing little or n t hi ng for the roller of the destitute, but, so long as we have bright sueshine and an un on the co ntrary, are proceed og to extremiti es f ur t h e recovery of their n'tits. clouded sky a t thi s period of the year, every thing is supposed t o b e go i ng on well. Another cause of . The Sligo Ch ampion says— " The labourer and small depression h as b een t h e sudden cessation of the ' Irish dem an d, an d a material falling off in the in. farmers are now re d uced to a state of beggary and ruin, quiry for w h eat an d fl our for shipment to Fiance; ; and yet h the landl or d s insist on having their rents; and last, th oug h not l east, large arrivals at Liver- i although the peas ant l ost all, they must have all. Hun pool from th e U n i te d S tates, and abundant supplies dreds of processes for rent have been issued in Manor of Indian corn a t C or k f rom various quarters. These , hemilton, inßa!lym o t e , and in Sligo. There is scarcely 1 are some of th e c i rcumstances which have operated to i a landlordn the c ounty who is not applying • the ger& to his unfortun a t e tenantry. Up on all sides there cause a reducti on i n pr i ces ; and we ma) add that ; the appoint men t o f W ednesday for a national fast is a stern enforcement of th e r i g h ts of property going on. I has in some d egree i nterfered with the regular course of We hear of no kindness — no f or b earance on the part business, sev era l o f t h e country markets having in con- of the owners of the land. Lik e Sh ylock, they must sequence been held o ff t h e regu l ar day. We are, how- h ave t h e poun d o f flesh, but, like ,S7 ry / ock, too, in the ever, disposed to a tt r ib ute the downward movement end, perhaps, their own heartlessness will recoil open more to the eff ec t p ro d uced on the minds of both sellers I them. The people of England will no t to l erate the con and buyers by th e fi ne weather than to an thin else • tinuance of such a system of grindi ng oppression. They and as the var i at i ons i n the atmosphere yg will from will see justice d o n e to o ur peas a nt r y. Th e principle this time up t o h arvest h ave a greater influence that the soil should s u ppo r t th e de s t i t u t e p oor in Irelaud on the tone of th e tra d e than shortness of stocks will soon be est a bli s h e d." Very different indeed is the conduct of Lord Palmer..or the extent of supplies, it has become im possible to foresee the probable future range of stun, who has always been a most excellent landlord. The same journal con t a i ns t h e f o ll ow i ng : prices. Th e sow i ng of spring corn has bee n pro " Sir Robert G o r e B oot h h as b een pra i se d f or t h e ceeded with, an d a very large proportion o f t h e wor k has been fini s h e d i n a hi ghly satisfactory manner. manner in which h e i s a ff or di ng re li e f to t h e d est i tute poor in his locality. We have made inquiries upon Notwithstanding th e occupat i ons i n the field, far the subject, and we are happy we can sta t e t h a t th e mers have mana ge d t o k eep the markets in the agricultural districts tolerable well supplied, the praise is deserved. Sir Robert and his lady are using desire to profit by the existing high rates being their best endeavours to alleviate the sufferings of the very general. Th e quant i ty of wheat brought forward famine-stricken creatures in their district. The has fully proved equal to the demand; and since the Evening Mai 4 however, has thought proper to state falling off in the purchases on French account, prices of that Lord Palmerston is doing nothing for his tenantry, the article have receded 2s. per quarter at several of the and that Sir Robert Gore Booth is constrained to leading shipping ports on the east coast. The dull ac. extend his assistance to them. Now, in justice te counts from London o f M on d ay h ave, no doubt, assisted L ord Palmerston, we must say, this statement is not to bring about this result, and, from present appear- correct. In the first place, he had chartered two vessels ance, a further depres s i on seems more likely to occur from one of ou r most respectable merchants, to take out than any immediate rally. A t Li verpool the giving the superabunda n t p opu l at i on upon his estates. The emigrants will get a f ree passage, and a liberal allow way has probably b een greater than at any other market in the kingd om . O n T uesday considerable ance of food, in c l u di ng meat three times a week, coffee difficulty was exp er i ence d i n e ff ect i ng sales of wheat and bread for br ea kf ast , an d a glass of rum punch after at a decline of 3d. t o 4d. per 701 b., and United dinner upon every S un d ay . I n fact, every precaution States' flour was then freely offered at 38s. to 38s. 6d. p er has been'adopted t o secure t h e comfort of the emigrants. barrel; the most i m p or t ant f a ll was, however, in Indian Lord Palmerst on a l so gets a weekly supply of Indian meal, which is r e t a il e d at fi rst cost price to his tenants. corn, sales of whi c h were presse d at rates fully 10s. per quarter below those cur rent ten d ays or a fortnight be- We think it ri g ht t o state t hi s fact, as the article in the fore. Later i n th e wee k a f urther fall of 2s. to 3s. per Mail is calculated t o create an unfounded prejudice barrel on flour, and 2d. to 3d. per 701 b. on wheat took against Lord Palmerston in the public mind." place; and Indian co rn was , on Frittay, offered at 50 s: t o FATAL AFFRAY IN CONN EMARA .—Th e G a l way 111er -525. per quartetcury contains th e f o ll ow i ng: —" A ccounts have reached At the 'ceiling t owns i n Y or k sh ii e very little business town of a fatal aff ra y i n one o f t h e i s l ands off the coast of has been done, s e ll ers h av i ng b een unwilling to accede Connemara, early thi s wee k. W e l earn that a great to the terms off ere d by b uyers. The reports from Hull number of men wen t i n a b oat f or the purpose of taking and Leeds, of Tuesday, a re w i t h out the slightest in- away oysters from th e b e d s b e l ong i ng to Mr. Martin, serest, at both places price s were quote d 2s. per quarter M.P., and bein g warne d o ff t h ey persevered and flung lower. At W a k e fi e ld, on Friday, business was not so stones at the keeper i n c h arge , w h en h e was obliged to fire upon the pa r ty, t h e conseqm nee of which was, that dull, and the sal es ma d e were at rates within Is. per one man was kill e d. and another severely w o und e d. W e quarter of those c urren t on t h at day se ' nnight. The are also infor me d th at M r . M artin ' s men were severely quarters. stock of wheat at th a t p ort was estimated at only 61,000 hurt, and some o f th e i r li m b s fractured. " From the w es t ern an d north-western TILLAGE O F L AND .— Th e T ralee Chronicle says— kingdom t h e a d v i ces are to the full as dull parts of the "The Rom an C 4t h o l ic Bi s h op of this diocese has Intl as from th e places already re f erre d to. At Birmingham, on Thurs- mated to the sev era l c l ergymen under his direction his wish that th e y s h ou ld l ay nefore tto r flecks the neces thanday, with a s ma ll er quantity of farmers' wheat on sale ally of losing no time in the so w i ng of corn and green on that day wee k, i t was necessary to submit to a reduction of 28. to 3 s . per quarter to induce purchasers crops, and exho r t t h e f armers and labourers in their to come forward; and at Bristol, Gloucester, and neigh- several parishes to turn to this employment without bouring places, the decline has been to about the same delay, esp ec i a lly as t h e works on the road are being extent. brought to acl 'se. On Thursday, we understand the By our Scotch advices it appears that the dull ac- subj: ct was taken up p overfully by the Very Rev. J. counts from the south had had considerable effect; and G. .Vl'Ennery, in the Rowan Catholic chapel of this wheat, barley, and oats had all been offered at reduced town." rates, as well at Edinburgh as at Glasgow. The reports from Ireland are of a more cheering character; the receipts of Indian corn, meal, &c., had afforded seasonable relief, and an important decline having taken place in prices, the extreme want previously prevailing had in some measure abated. In the northern and eastern parts of the island, farmers had made fair progress in the sowing of spring corn, but it is to be apprehended that in the south and west a good deal of land will remain uncultivated, owing to the destitute state of the peasantry, and their inability to raise the monoy for the purchase of seed. The arrivals of wheat coastwise into London have been quite moderate, only 3,940 quarters having come to hand up to this (Saturday) evening; neither has the quantity brought forward at Mark-lane by land-carriage samples been by any means large, but the inquiry having been exceedingly slow the supply has proved fully equal to the demand. Wednesday was a close holyday, and on Friday very little business was done. On the latter occasion there was a tolerably good show of samples from Essex and Kent, by far the greater proportion of Monday's arrival having (as we then inti mated) remained undisposed of. The millers acted on the same cautions plan as earlier in the week, refusing to buy more than was absolutely necessary for their immediate use ; factors refrained, however, from press ing sales, and in the absence of important transactions, prices remained nominally as before ; to have sold, it would have been necessary to submit to a decline of 2s. per quarter. Holders of foreign wheat displayed no particular anxiety to realise, and, as pur chasers were unable to pay previous rates, the bargains closed were on quite a retail scale. The arrivals of wheat from abroad have amounted to 8,890 quarters within the last eight days; and the only sale for export a hich we have heard of was that of 1,000 or 1,500 quar ters of red Lincolnshire wheat taken for shipment to France, at prices not more than 2s. per quarter below the highest rates. The sale of English flour has been grea'ly interfered with by the pressing manner in which American has been pushed on the market. Tho nominal top price of town-made has undergone no change, but ship samples have been offered Is. per sack lower. Good brands of United States were in some cases sold, on Friday, at Is. to 2s. per barrel below the currency of Monday. The arrivals of barley have been quite moderate, viz., 2,631 quarters coastwise and 9,521 quarters from abroad. Choice qualities fur sowing have met with some atten• tion, and for the best descriptions late rates have been maintained ; secondary and inferior sorts have, on the other hand, been very difficult of disposal, though offered at rather reduced rates. In malt the operations have been on quite a restricted scale, and the turn has been decidedly in favour of the buyer. THE IRISH CORN MARKETS. LOUGHREA, MAacx 25.—The market thie:'day was truly cheering ; a large supply of corn was -brought . in for sale, and prices were considerably reduced. Oats sold at from 19s. to 225. per barrel, and the demand - was anything but brisk. Potatoes were also plentiful, aid sold from Bd. to 10d. per stone. GALWAY, MARCH 27.—At this day's market there was a very good supply of corn, with a downwsrd ten dency in price. Oats sold from 17d. to 19d. per stone ; wheat from 18s. to 20s. per cwt.; and barley from 11. 12s. to It. 17s. per barrel. There were a few baskets of po tatoes offered for sale. Mr. Herbert, of Muckross, has parted with his fine pack of hounds since his return from Rome, and devotes the weekly expenditure of his sporting establishment, 101., to the relief of the poor in his neighbourhood, where fifty families have been for sonic months, and still continue to be, supplied with excellent soup. Mr. Her bert is also, we understand, enabling humbler classes on his estate to rLdeem their clothing, which, in common with thousands of our peasantry. they hive been obliged to pawn for the purchase of food.—nalee Chronicle. I'm: IRISH PROVISION SQUADRON.. —We are informed on official authority, that there are at present engaged in the transport and storage of provisions on this sta. tio❑ and coast no less than thirty-six of her Majesty's ships.--- Cork Reporter. THE WHEAT CROP„—The change from blighting frost to a mild temperature is remarkably perceptible in ►he appearance of the young wheat, which, some time since had a sickly hue ; but now appears licalthy and vigorous. —Londonderry Sehtinet. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. The weekly meeting of the association was held this day. Mr. John O'Connell, M.P., attended. The chair was taken by Jeremiah Dunne, Esq., J.P. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL having handed in the subscrip tions of his own immediate family. adverted to his father's illness, which he believed had been superinduced by the awful condition to which his country had been reduced, but he trusted that, under the blessing of Divine Providence and the genial atmosphere of a southern cli mate, he would be spared yet awhile to work for the re generation of Ireland. After some business of an unim portant character had been disposed of; the Hon. Gentleman proceeded to address the meeting at considerable length. Ile viewed the recent pro ceedings in Parliament with regard to Ireland, and censured the Government for the inadequacy of their measures to meet the evils which had accu• ululated upon this country. At the same time he was willing to confess that they (the Ministry) were in ad vance of public opinion in England, and be had no hesi tation in believing that, were it not for the opposition they encountered from the free-trade party, their mea sures would have been of a more comprehensive and beneficial character. From the failure which had at tended his efforts to procure justice for the people of this country, he was determined not again to take his place in the House of Commons during the present ses sion, unless, indeed, in the contingency that Sir Robert Peel came forward and xprcssed his determination, if placed at Lie head of the Government, to propose such measures as would rescue the people of Ireland from their dreadful condition, at the same time calling upon all those who were aTiXi.us to at e such 9, (I.•sithble oh ject achieved to supp him in acqu:ring the ponition necessary to en.ble him to do so. In that case ha (Mr. J. O'Connell) would et once pass aver to London and tender him ad the assis:ance in his power. Whilst he was tree to acknowledge the gratitude he entertained for the private contributions of the English people, who, from the Queen on her throne to the humblest artisan, had come faiward in the noblest spirit to relieve the distress of their fellow -countrymen in Ire land, he denied that the publiq advances were gifts, and should be considered only in the light of instalments of the debt due to this country. The refusal of the House of Commons to accede to the proposition of Mr. Smith O'Brien for the taxation of the absentees, and the pertinacity with which it adhered t o th e i n fli ct i on o f an increased number of ex-offi c io poor-l aw guar di ans , im pressed him with the conviction that iu that a ssem bly at tentionthe t o could w n h o i t c hexpect were e t hein entitled.t interests t n o f conclusion, i o the Hon. Gentleman moved that the committee of the Asso ciation be directed to prepare an address to the English people, acknowledging the sense of gratitude that was entertained for their private munificence, but, at the same time, making them acquainted with the short com ings of the English Parliament. Ho also moved that the committee be directed to consider the expediency of establishing some method by which the number of deaths occurring throughout the country from starvation could be ascertained. The market has been very scantily supplied with English and Scotch oats, and from Ireland there have been no further arrivals; the receipt of 26,929 quarters from abroad has, however, pre vented anything like scarcity being felt. The greater part of the foreign oats lately received have been of very inferior quality; and these have, consequently, been extremely difficult to quit even alien abatement of ls. per quarter. Fine corn has been in fair request for seed, and several parcels of Scotch have been taken for Ireland from 365. to 425. per quarter. Beans have become almost unsaleable, and on Friday it was imp ssible to place even handsome parcels except at reduced prices. Peas have also moved off very slowly, with the turn against the seller. Floating cargoes of Indian corn have been freely offered at prices 2s. to 3s. per quarter below those of Monday without tempting purchasers, and but very few bargains have been closed. By the packet ship Montezuma we have advices from the United States nearly a week later than those per Cambria. The value of flour appears to have tended downwards at the leading markets in anticipation of large supplies from the interior. At New York, on the sth of March, very good brands of Gencesee were obtainable at 7 dolls. per barrel, and other sorts at proportionate rates. A good many vessels had arrived from Europe, which had caused a small decline in freights ; still Bs. to Bs. 3d. per barrel for flour had been asked for Liverpool, and 2s. 3d. to 2s. 4d. per bushel for grain in sacks. Indian corn had been sold at lower rates, say 95c. to 990. for the best, and 90c. to 92c. per bushel for inferior. At Albany, Buffalo, &c., the flour trade appears to have become quiet ; from the former place the accounts state that nothing had been done for a day or two, and at Buffalo the prico was, on the sth instant, quoted 4 dolls. 75c. to 5 dolls. per barrel. The advices from the continent of Europe are of a more subdued character than has been the case of late; and the tendency of prices was, about the middle of the month, downwards at the leading pits in the north of Europe. The weather seems to have been fine all over the Continent; and the benefit likely to accrue from a fine spring to winter sown wheat has, no doubt, been the principal cause which has operated to produce the reaction in the grain trade. From Dantzic we learn, under date of 20th March, that holders of wheat had rather given way; still prices were very high there, 68s. to 70s. per.quarter having been paid for high mixed in granary, and 665. to 68s. for parcels deliverable in four or five weeks after date of sale. The weather had for some time been mild, and it was calculated that the ice in the Vistula would break up by about the end of the month. Charters had been closed at the following rates:—For Liverpool, 4s. lid. to ss. per quarter; for Antwerp ,30 florins per last; and for Havre, 38f. per last; with 15 per cent. At Stettin, on the 22d inst., business was very quiet. It was expected that the navigation would in a few days be open; notwithstanding which but few bargains had been closed in wheat and prices had remained nominally unaltered. Red Pomeranian and Silesian, of 591bs. weight had been steadily held at 675., and white Silesian, of the same weight, at 68s. per quarter free on board. From Hamburgh our letters are of Tuesday last. Since the previous post day the value of wheat had un dergone rather au important decline, and good heavy parcels of red, such as had a week before been worth 785., had been freely offered at 755. p er quarter free on board. The reaction had been caused by the fine weather and the falling off in the French demand. From the southern ports the accounts of the wheat trade still continue of rather a lively character. Letters from Leghorn, of the 18th instant, state that purchases of wheat had been made there for the Roman states, which with a good demand for local consump tion, had caused former prices to be well supported. Large arrivals of wheat from Egypt were expected, bur it was nut thought that supplies thence would affect prices. At Trieste, on the 18th of March wheat was also in good request, and rather dearer. The stocks were very much reduct-d, which would, it was calculated, prevent any reduction in quotations. In those parts of France which usually draw a portion of their supplies from 1 Spain, prices have risen considerably, in consequence of the prohibition of the export from the latter country ; but at Paris and the surrounding towns both wheat and flour hvf receded materially. The rent for the week was announced to be 291. 95., after which the meeting adjourned. FORMIDABLE SURGICAL OPERATION.-011 Thurs day last the unusual and difficult operation of removing an enlarged and scirrus submaxillary (gland, from a young lady, was performed by Mr. G. B. Childs, sur geon to the City police force, assisted by Mr. Gay, of the Royal Free Hospital. The tumour was of twelve years' growth, and by its great size, depth in the side of the neck, and intimate connexion with the large vessels, nerves, and muscles of that region, it so impeded the functions of mastication and deglutition, that the patient was resolved to run every risk to rid herself of such an unsightly and fearfully increasing disease. The ether was inhaled, and the patient became perfectly insensi ble during the first and most painful stage of the opera tion. But the time necessarily required to dissect out the tumour from so vital a part, did not justify a con tinuance of so powerful a sedative during the remaining stages. Very little hemorrage occurred during the ope ration,iaysi s otheß. recovering r l i v n c er i a p pa a ir l de l a yh r tale. happy from e r ay s t w toh e eraeed fftdi e, e c d t ths p a r to e ft v h i toehuyes young o y upn t e o g. l t a n d e i s d ration. SHAMEFUL ROBBERY OF CLOTHING SENT FROM ENGLAND FOR THE DESTITUTE IRlSH.—Several boxes and parcels of clothing are missing, and it is feared have been stolen, because some that have arrived have been opened and robbed of the most and best of their contents. It has been noticed that parcels which have been endorsed " For the poor Irish " (with a view, it is supposed, to their being carried free) have been pillaged, while those that have not been so endorsed, and upon which the regular charges have been made and paid, hare come mfr. The packages that have been made up in a finished tradesman-like manlier, whether box or bale, have come safely. Not so things otherwise enclosed. It has beers di , covered, that carriage has been charged and received, where it had been previously paid. None who kno., from personal inspection, the positive nakedness, and indescrible misery of the p.‘or of this land, will think one word too much has here been said, if the caution proves the means of saving for their use even the very humblest reinse of clothing tor day or night.—Saunder's IVews Later. The mortal remains of the late Duchess of Mont rose were interred yesterday at Petersham Church, near Richmond. The Du - ke of Montrose, the Earl of Winchilsea, the Earl of Powis, and Lord William Graham will attend as chief mourners. IRISH LANDLORDS. Mr. HAMILTON rose to make an explanation con cerning certain charges lately made by the Hon. Baronet, the Member for Marylebone, with respect to an Irish landlord, of the name of Longfield. The Hon. lh mber defend,d Mr. Longfield, and concluded by say ing, that that gentleman had subscribed 2501. to tho re lief committees near his property. Sir B. HALL said that he made his statements from a return ordered by that House on the 4th of February, and he had no wish to misrepresent the conduct of any Irish landlords. Mr. LEFROY entered at some length into a defence of the Irisb landlords, and read extracts from several letters he received from them, expressing their indigna tion at the unjustifiable treatment they received in that House. SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THE RELIEF OF THE - 1)60R - IN IRELAND. Mr. YOUNG wished to call the attention of the 1 House to a return which had been moved for in the month of February last, stating the amount of privet* subscriptions made in Ireland for the relief of the poor, and giving a detail of names and amounts. He had re ceived very mAny letters from Ireland of the report which must be made, in answer to that motion. —(hear, hear.) It was a report which would do great injustice to all parties ; it would gratify the ambition of the rich and ostentatious, who wished to have their charity appear before the public ; while those less able to contribute, or more modest, would be passed over entirely. lie did not think it was a return which ought to have been moved for, or if moved for, that ought to have been allowed by the House, considering the great personal injustice it would inflict necessarily on individuals. Lord HARRY VANE agreed with what had fallen from the lion. Gentleman opposite, and thought that before the returns were furnished to the House steps ought to be taken to prevent their ever being published. It the Hon. Gentleman opposite would give notice that immediately after the recess he would move that these returns should not be presented to the House, he (Lard H. Vane) would second him. Sir G. - GREY begged to correct the misimpression that the returns would be made with a view to gratify the ostentatious, but rather to show, by the example of some exceptions in Ireland, how a good landlord ought to discharge • his duties. He might state at the same time that as regarded the whole amount of private charity, that might be found in the papers already be fore the House, and he did nbt think it would be neces sary to give it in a separate form. He believed, however, that it was perfectly legitimate for the House to order a return of the amount of private charity in Ireland; but, of course, if it were intended to specify the sums against the names' of the individuals as owners or occupiers, he could not concede that it would be either proper or prudent. Mr. YOUNG said he objected to the document only so far as it was intended to show the private charity of the Irish landlords. Mr. POULETT SCROPE said if there might be ex ceptions, no one could yet doubt that the Irish landlords, generally, had neglected the poor. He had a mass of letters and documents which could immediately prove the contrary—were it disputed. He could not help referring to a report made by a Com mission of Inquiry, issued in 1834, about the time when the cholera was raging in Skibbereen. That document stated that the subscriptions in aid of the suffering poor had nearly all been from the towns people, and little or nothing had been subscribed by the landlords. One of these proprietors, with a rental of 4,0001. a year, had given nothing ; another, with 1,5001. a year, had withdrawn his subscription from the dispen sary. The subscriptions made amounted to 471. 55., and nearly all had been received from the town. They had written to the non-resident landlords, none of whom had given any answer whatever except four, and these had given 11/. ss. out of a combined rental of 6,000/. a year. These circumstances naturally made an impres sion on the public mind, under which they bad thought necessary to provide for the poor by a compulsory impo sition on the landlords, and he trusted he might see that fully settled before the end of the present session, which would be the only means of ultimately setting these dis • cussions and causes of discontent at rest. _ Mr. S. O'BRIEN thought the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down had lost sight of a necessary distinc tion between his own remarks and those of the Mem ber for the Dublin University. The Hon. Member fur the University rose to vindicate universal character, and, upon his resuming his seat, up got the Hon. Member for Stroud, and made a general charge against the Irish proprietors, stating that he had a mass of documents and correspondence to prove that they had neglected their duties. Yet the Hon. Gentleman ended with a hope that these discussions might be set at rest. Why, there never would be an end of them if Honourable Gentlemen, without any connexion with that country, or local knowledge of it and the people, continually busied themselves in its affairs. It old stories and old charges were to be raked up in this way, the landlords of Ireland would be discouraged, and it would be one way to cause the great experiment they were about to make to fail—the poor would be embittered against the rich, and the poor-laws would work most ineffectually. He sincerely thanked the Noble Lord the Member for Durham (Lord H. Vane) for the observations he had made. He hoped his Hon. Friend would not interfere withs be presen tation of the return, as the atilt Baronet. &tie ,Secretary of blibte,for sho.i sea. ; ; THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 1847. 103 rich 50i. ion 'ar by son t}• the ice ed ed ►s- M f