The Sun. — London, England, 1847-02-09 00:00:00

- Mr. M. MILNRS said, that - if he might credit any part of Member "s . ne statement of the Honourable ,r Cork, that the House and the sruntre s did not generally and fully comps-hen:l el take in view the state of Irish misery, he would find It in the speech of the Right Hon. Bartonet, for valuanie as some remarks had been, and true, and over true, as many of his assertions in regard to the landlords n Ireland had been, he could not think that the Right Hon. Baronet fully comprehended what the state of Ireland was, when he said that after the remarks he had made he should not wish to stint the Irish poor. This was no case of stinting —it was a case of starving. There was no case Whatever to compare chronic English distress with Chronic Irish distress. It was a case in 'which the English Parliament and nation had cause to intervene in one of the most singular calami ties that had ever befallen any country during the last three Centuries, and for which it was in vain to draw arguments sad conclusions from the ordinary course of measures. 1e might presume to speak of the state of the country more readily than others, inasmuch as he had himself, with his own eyes, witnessed it in certain parts of the country. Ile said certain parts, because it should be borne in mind that it was not spread over the whole surface of the Country, bun confined to certain districts. The remedy !hereforn: should not be general in its nature, but partial operation. He should therefore recommend the most careful consideration with regard to the introduc tion of the English poor-law. Oa the right solution of that question, the future prosperity or adversity of the Irish people would depend. lie prayed them, then, to consider that the present state of that coun try was one of a peculiar and pressing nature, and it was required to be met by general as well as local assistance. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman said that it could not be doubted but twenty-five per cent. of the population Were being swept away by famine and pestilnice. Now he did not wish to make a comparison of things that could not be compared, but if a pauper died of starvation in the streets of London, the Public press would take the matter up—leading articles Would be written upon it, and the case would be put forth in the strongest manner to excite public sympathy, and awaken public horror. Why then, he would ask, Was such indifference exhibited, when they were dying by thousands across the Channel ? Was it because Skibbereen was 200 miles to the west of London ? Why should there be one sympathy for Skibbereen and another for London. Such a feeling would not be exhibited by the capitals of Germany or Pran ce to any part of the empire, however ex treme, that might be visited by a similar calamity. 'lO objected to having those exceptional cases brought forward upon such occasions as the present. Hon. Members might speak of workhouses, for the support of which no rates were paid—they were only the excep tion. Let the House look to the number of workhouses which were literally groaning beneath their load of misery and pestilence.—(Hear, hear.) It was not decent that those exceptional cases should be brought forward—great miseries and sufferings were always sacred in the eyes of honourable men.—Hear, hear.) It was not fair to treat the people of Ireland in the manner they had been treated by the Honourable Member fur Bath.—(Hear, hear.) lie thought that every moment of delay in passing these relief Bills, was an injury inflicted on the people of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) He felt assured. that in expressing his sy rnpathy with the people of Ire land he was only giving expression to the feelings which glowed in and warmed the heart of every person in Eng land.--( Hear, hear.) Mr. P. SCROPE perfectly agreed with the opinions eXpressed by the Hon. Member for Marylebone, and he thought that ;he people of England would not be satis fied with ta e measure's about to be proposed for the relief, unless they had ample security that, for !be future, the property of Ireland should ba made to maintain the poverty of Ireland. The rental of Ireland, according to Mr. Griffiths, was stated at 15,000,000/, and it was well known that the assured sum was upwards of 30,000,0001. The exports fro m Ireland were upwards of 7,000,0001. It Was well known that the resources of Ireland were enormous, and at a time when Parliament was making these large's:es to the people of that country it was necessary to devise some means by which the pro perty of Ireland shoal be made responsible for the maintenance of its own poor; and he must say that if the Hon, and Learned Member for Cork during the last ten :Jr fifteen years had been endeavouring to render tie gentlemen of that country sensible of their duties ws landlords, he would have been doing much More good than he had ever effected by laying before them the magnificent results that were to follow the repeal of the union. He remembered hearing that Honourable Gentleman assert, ten years ago, that he was standing in the gap to pre vent a heavy poor-law being imposed on the people of Ireland by the jealousy of England; and he (Mr. P. Scrope) thought that in this session, even in this temporary measure, some means ought to be adopted for compelling the owners of Irish property to maintain their own poor for the future. Lord DUNCAN said that he wished to state that in dividually he had a great admiration for the Irish land lords. Ile believed that many of them were anxious to do their duty—hut he had been requested by the first magistrate of the city which he had the honour to represent to state that many of his con stituents were in the last stages of distress, but that they were willing to do their duty, and that none of their countrymeit should die of starvation at their own doors. 1 - le trusted that some Irish Gentleman would be able to get up and deny the statements in the book which had been quoted, for they were really awful. In the Castlebar union, it is stated by the doctor that the sick iu the hospital did not get the diet prescribed for them on the 27th of December last, neither did they get it on the 28th, 29th, 30th, or 31st. lie trusted they had come forward, as they ought to hove done, in the case of those northern parts of the country to which his attention had been directed; and he trusted the Irish Members would second their efforts. lie was sure, if they did, although the constitu ency which he represented paid many taxes from which the Irish were exempt, they would willingly come for ward, as far as they were able to assist. Major MACNAMARA denied the correctness of the statement made by Captain Wynne in his letters in regard to the non-payment of the rates in the county of Clare. Mr. 13. OSBORNE said he had no wish to protract this debate, but he must say a few words before it closed. He did feel surprised that Hon. Gentlemen connected with land in Ireland had not thought proper on that occasion to say something in reply to the few words dropped by the Hon. Member for Mallow. He had no disposition to interfere with the Hon. Mem ber for Scrope—(Laughter)—he meant the Hon. Member for Stroud. But, without saying whether the poor-law was good or bad, he (Mr. B. Osborne) did not think he was justified in bringing on a discussion on that ques tion on subjects that had little or no connexion with it. But when the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Marylebone, lectured the landlords of Ireland on their duties, and paraded the case of the Castlebar union, which was the stock in trade of orators of his description—(Laughter)—as the Keighley Union was of another gentleman. He was surprised that the land lords of Ireland, who, he regretted to say, were not represented in that House—(Laughter) — did not get up in their place and tell him that his inferences were erroneous, and that they did their duty. He fearlessly said that the case of the Castlebar Union was not the rule in Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) He could tell him, in several of the unions where there were work houses built to contain only 600 individuals, there were at present 2,000 inmates.—(Hear hear.) He did not concur in the aspersions cast upon Lord Lucan, and others. The report of Mr. Otway, the Assistant Poor law Commissioner, had been quoted, but he would ask the Right Hon. Gentleman, did he know that the Noble Lord wrote a letter exonerating himself from any blame. In that letter he said that he was not prepared to contra. diet the statement.—(lronical cheers.) He (Mr. Osborne) was not personally acquainted with the Noble Lord, but he understood that he kept the house open at his own expense for a period of three months.—Cheers.) Nay, more, Lord Sligo had acted in a similar manner with regard to Westport. Well, then, it came to this. Ballina, Bal linrobe, and Castlebar, were exceptions, but he said they were exceptions, and not the rule. Much had been said about the neglect of the landlords of Ireland, but he would ask on whom did the fault rest in the first in /stance. They bad themselves to blame for they had been always in the habit of legislating for Ireland, as if it was a colony of England.—(Hear, and sheers.) He repeated it, the Government were legislating for a colony. If the legislation had been conducted in a different spirit, Ireland would not have been in the state it is at present. Mr. HASTIE hoped that it would never be said of him that he had stated in private what he feared to state in public. What he had stated to the House, he had stated on the authority of the reports presented to Parliament, and delivered to each Member, every Honourable Member could see for himself, by reading those reports, that the Irish landlords had not as a body done their duty. The Irish landlords, the lessees, the middlemen and the farmers should, when they knew of the failure of the potato crop, have formed them selves into committees for the purpose of averting the total amount of the failure, and giving accurate in formation to the Government upon the subject. Everything was to be found by English money. The duty of this supervisor was to ascertain what was the usual quantity of potatoes grown in each parish, and what was the failure of the crop. What was the quantity of oats in each parish, and having ascertained that they ought to have made reports to her Majesty's Government and to this House. If the property of Ireland were to be assessed to the poor-rate in an equal degree with that of Eng land, 1,500,0001. to 1,800,000/. a-year would be required from the Irish landlords. In Ireland, the gross rental from land was known to be upwards of 15,000,0001. a year. The usual assessment on land in England was ten per cent, and it was not until the Irish landlords had borne ta berden equal to that that they could be in a position to come to the people of this country and ask for relief. But when that was done, then he was quite sure that no man would refuse to bear his share in ren dering all the assistance he could. Sir D. NORREYS said that Sir W. Beecher, who had formerly bad a seat in that house, h a d b een ma d e a district surveyor, about six weeks or two months ago, and he thought that such charges as those of the Right Hun. Baronet should have been restrained until his report of the districts was made, The Hon Baronet had not made his charges fairly, for before he made them he ought to have inquired how far his state. .ts were justified by the condition of the whole of the hundred and thirty-six districts in Ireland, and whether nine out of t en o f th e se veral workhouses were not perfectly lull. The country gentlemen, in many instances, had been willing to extend the poor-law, when the Poor law Commissioners rteapee ant lireventeo them. He did not mean to be rli the Iris!? Lonsidiaina they heats than under the circumstances might have been expected. The THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNINGS FEBRUARY 9, Labour-rate Act had also worked well in general. He was was fast approaching, and though it was a Elle late r Mthan h in quite convinced that the Irish landlords would show , if a n y this countr y , it generall y was not deterred beyond arcor measures was proposed, that they were not the s elfish body they April, ano they were now far advanced in the month of haibruary, were represented to be. He was as much opposed to repeal And those eOO,OO w h o w ere nos employed in the Pubhe lic , as any betty could be—but whatever the Irish landlords w e re, works must resume their usual occultations, prepare t it was that House which had meiie them that —(Hear, hear.) ground, procure the seed, and sow the seed—all within the And Ireland would now be in a very different position, had it • next ten weeks. It behaved them, therefore, to take care lest not been for a continued course of had legislation. the present state of Ireland would be only a prelude to a woros Sir H. WINSTON BARRON observed, that despite all hereafter. He sincerely tweed that the measures proposed by that had been said, the landlords and poor-law guardians had Government would be successful in meeting the emergency, I done their duty further than might have been expected. under and that the 580,000 men who 'were now diverted from their the circumstances. The workhouses had been overloaded to usual occupations would resume them again. A great effort we the danger of the inmates, every man, woman and chits , who i now being made ; the cost of it would be great and the horde' had applied fer admission had been admitted, and it was dis- i would be heavy, if not intolerable. He was disposed to adop' graceful for men who knew nothing of the country to bring the view of the Honourable Member for Kerry, and to forward the mendacious charges which had bsen brought support the clause as it now stood, as he did not believe forward in that House against the Irish landlords that the amendment of the Hon. Member for Northampton and the boards of guardians, who had given contrary i shire would be expedient under the circumstances in which Ire to law out-door relief, and had trusted to that House land was placed. If the rates, according to the former lion. to indemnity them for their conduct after, what would the Gentleman, were likely to be so difficult of collection in unions. ; House tell him if he told them that the resolution which had he considered that the difficulty would be considerdiy aug been submitted to them ao a resolution of the board of merited if they wt re levied from electoral divisions He would, guardians was a report from the John Ben newspaper. an ob therefore. support the clause. acure London newspaper, which had no reporter present at the Mr. SHAW hoped that his Hon. Friend would withdraw time. They claimed as a right, so long as they remained a his amendment. He considered that he (Mr. O'Brien) would portion of the British empire, the privilege of coming not be testing the principle fairly by pressing it to a division. there as the joint representatives of a portion of 'fhe proposed measure was a temporary one, and though he the British people, and ask the House to assist would not object to the principle as applied to this measure, he them in this extraordinary emergency. He told the would support the union relief when the Poor-law came under House that it was their duty to respond to the call and discussion. The lion. Gentleman defended the landlords from assist Ireland as if it were in Yorkshire or Scotland. The the charges made against them. British Exchequer ought to come to the relief of the distress; Mr. LABOUC HERE wished to say one word. There and now that it was admitted that Ireland was a portion of the could be no doubt but many districts would be found to be British empire, let him not hear of taunts of English capital under a great pressure if they were compared with the destitu and English liberality. Did nut Ireland pay taxes? Did it lion which they were called upon to relieve. And if that was not pay Excise and Custom's duties more than any other king- the case with unions it was still more so within electoral &nisi dom of the same wealth end extent in the empire? But if skins. He hoped the discussion would continue no they were not to apply to the British Parliament, longer, for it was essential that there should be as little to whom could they apply ? But if application be delay as possible in coming to a decision on this measure. refused would not Ireland have a right to say, " let us try and The House would not be at all precluded, by any vote to which manage for ourselves." Let him hear no more then of these they might come on that occasion, from taking other statements insults upon Ireland. The Irish landlords had done their duty with regard to the more grave and permanent measures which in the most exemplary manner, but there might be exceptions, would shortly come on for discussion. It was vitally important and that assertion he did not for a moment pretend to deny. that no delay should take place in passing the measure into Two names had been mentioned. One was that of the Earl of a law. Lucon, and it was said that nobleman had not paid the poor- Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN said, if his Hon. Friend went to a rates. Now, this rumour arose from the baneful middleman division, that he should support his proposition. system, for, in point of fact, at the present mo • Mr. D. BROWNE opposed the amendment because it ment Lord Lucan was maintaining two workhouses would throw a great additional burden upon small towns, and at his own expense. lie trusted that he should hear no more because the rates ought to be spread over large, instead of of these taunts and insinuations. They were barring the door small, districts, in order more fairly to apportion them. to English charity, and the result would be that the great and Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN said the electoral districts charitable people of this country would hesitate to come for- were frequently inconveniently large. He believed that the ward with their general liberality, if they were told that the reduction of them would make the rates more easy of collection, distress was produced by the neglect of the landlords.—( Hear, and induce the proprietors of the soil to take more care of the hear.) Great mischief had been caused out of doors by these poor in their districts. As, however, Irish Members did not assertions, and he trusted after that night the house would generally object to the clause, he did not feel justified in press hear no more of them. ing the amendment to a division. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said they were now proposing Mr. B. OSBORNE expressed his opinion that the whole to go into Committee, for the purpose of considering Bill would turn out a failure, and that the Government, when measures for relieving the distress of the Irish people, this took place, would come down to the House with the old in a manner which, in the opinion of the Government, was story, and attribute it to a want of co-operation. better calculated to effect that object than the plans now in After some further discussion the amendment was negatived operation.—( Hear, hear.) Now, he did hope the House would without a division, and the clause was adopted, as alto was not entirely forget circumstances, and waste time upon sub- clause 13. jects which could be hereafter more opportunely discussed.— On clause 14 being proposed, ( Loud cheers.) If, in the opinion of the Committee, the Bill Mr. HAMILTON said, he fit one was willing to have Ire was the best calculated to promote the immediate object they land taxed as much as she could conveniently bear, for the had in view, then surely it would be a great advantage to support of her own poor. enable Parliament to pass it without waiting to discuss points Lord CLEMENTS said that it was useless to ask the Irish which must again be re-opened.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) landlords to pay back the money about to be granted, unless the He should be glad not to say one more word House gave them the meat's. —(Laughter. ) Let him not be upon the subject of Irish landlordism, but his Hon. Friend, misunderstood—he did not ask for money—(Hear)—but when who had just sat down, not satisfied with defending Irish land- they came to consider that two millions of acres lands, thought fit to attack gentlemen who were, and certainly in Ireland were held in joint tenantry, they would find out to be, dear to him, namely, his constituents.—( Hear, and that it was an impossibility to repay the money, unless the laughter.) The Hon. Gentleman was pleased to state that it Government, or that House gave them tee control of their was owing to the monied interests, or some tricking system own property. The system of abuse and half defence, to connected with them, that gave rise to certain taunting rosin- which the Irish landlords had been exposed, excited his con nations connected with the Irish landlords ; now he could not tempt equally—for he did say that there was nut a class of pretend to say whether it was or not, but this he could men to be found any where, as a body, more willing to perform tell his Honourable Friend, that about a month ago. their defies than the Irish landlords.—( Hear, hear.) some dozen or so of gentlemen who were principally con- Mr. ROEBUCK said that having arrived at that stage of netted with the monied interest of the city of Loneon, who the debate, he thought it the duty of the Minister to deal had no property in Ireland, and perhaps did not wish to have with the House of Commons as it ought to be dealt with. any -( A laugh) —nor in any way connected with Ireland, met The Minister had laid the Bill upon the table of tha House, it for the purpose of raising a subscription in aid of the Irish had been read twice, and was then in committee. They had people. They subscribed a very large sure indeed—some of been disposing of the measures by which they were to apportion them to the extent of a 1,0001. each, but they were net saris- the relief to be granted, and as they were now about to fled with doing this, but, though occupied as they were from approach that most important of all subjects—money —he morning until four o'clock in the afternoon, they met shortly thought some explicit explanation of what they were about after that hour for the purpose of receiving subscriptihns, do was due to the House. They were told that they wee conducting a correspondence, arid distributing the funds, in a about to do something, but what that something we manner which they considered to be most useful to the Irish they did not know. Now this was not a state of things whic people. —(Cheers.) With regard to the duties of the should, or ought to exist. Bs the 17th clause, certain gran , British public, upon which the Hon. Gentleman had laid of money had been made. He wanted to know if it ass it: so much stress, he begged to call to the recollection of the the recollection of any Member of the House—he did not care Hon. Gentleman, that whether the sum had been rightly how old he might be—even he would ask his Hon. Friend the distributed or not, or whether that Act a hich authorised its Member tor Montrose, if it came within his experience that. distribution was wise or not, or whether it had been properly a Chancellor of the Exchequer should come deem to the House administered or nut, there was this fact before them, that to demand money without explaining how he meant to proeure within the last month not lees than a million of mane/ had it ?—( Hear, hear-) If the Right Hon. Gentleman were to gone out of the Imperial Exchequer for the purpose of elle- say, then, that he was about to raise it by an increase of the viating Irish distress.—(Cheers.) In the course of the income tax, would there not be a dame from one end of the present session of Parliament much d iscussion had kingdom to another ? taken place on the subject of Ireland, and during the Mr. SHAW—No. whole of that discussion he had not heard any one deny Mr. ROEBUCK — It would not with Irish Members, be that the money had been extravag antl y or improperly cause they did not pay that tax.—( Hear, hear.) lint what voted, considering the great calamity which visited was the Chancellor going to do? He considered that it was the sister kingdom.—(Cheers.) That calamity, it was true, really an act of injustice to the people of England, who were was unprecedented, and when it should be shown that for the to pay this money, if they were kept in ignorance of the means purpose of mitigating the distress unpreeedently large sums of by which it was he to wan be o ted btain k ed, orn then was, how much w hat as to was be money had been voted by the British Parliament, no one granted. What to now w could possibly have reason to complain of a want of sympathy the sum to be given ; he did not wish to on the part of the people of England, or the Government.— tie the Right Hon. Gentleman to any particular slim ? He (Cheers.) He admitted that no large amount of blame could would repeat the question—he wanted to know the sum of the be thrown on the Irish landlords, considering the difficulty expense which would be required to meet the present emer they had had to contend with, but still leaving that matter out gency? It was a fair question, and he would expect an explicit of the question, he thought the best example they could answer.—( Hear, hear.) One of the great obligations of the follow was to go immediately into Committee, and leave that office of Chancellor of the Exchequer was to give an explicit matter for discussion when the other questions came before the statement of the expenditure, and to deal fairly with the House. House.—( Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that Mr. STEWART said, that notwithstanding what had fallen upon no occasion whatever had he declined to give the required from the Noble Lord, it would he disgraceful to Ireland if answer. He only begged to say that he never put the question Irish Members were to sit still and hear Irish landlords at- before to him, nor had he acted in any manner to warrant the tacked in the manner they have been. They have done ail mode in which the question had been put. He had not the they could to relieve the distresses of the people, and he hoped slightest difficulty in stating what had been the sum of money England would treat the taunts thrown out with the contempt advanced by the Exchequer from February to September last. they deserved. —(Hear, hear.) It had been two millions. The presentment Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD was sorry to detain the sessions had presented for 6,000,000/., that was the sum which House, but there were some observations which had been made the landlords of Ireland had taken upon themselves to pay. in the course of the debate which rendered it necessary he The amount to be granted by the present Bill was 300,000/., should trouble the House for a few moments. It had been and not more, to be paid out of the consolidated fund. Any said that Ireland could not afford to pay the rates ; future sums the Government might require would be 'voted in be denied it, and while he called upon England to assist Ire- Committee.—(Hear, hear.) land in her present emergencies, the last shilling he possessed Mr. ROEBUCK disclaimed any intention of being offen should be responsible for the loans this country might advance. sive to the Right Hon. Gentleman. He had only asked a H ea r, hear.) The distress of Ireland had been occasioned simple question, and he must have an answer. He asked him by a defective landlord and tenantry law, and he hoped to see the the probable expenditure under the present Bill, and he was day when the rates would be divided between the landlord and answered with reference to another Bill which they would have the tenant, and a jurisdiction given to the Court of Exchequer to discuss, and which had nothing to do with the present in the shape of a power to appoint, and receive, and to enforce question. The Right Hon. Gentleman said that he intended payment from the former. to limit the expenditure to 300,000/. He would call the at- Lord BERNARD wished to pay a just and merited compli- tention of the Right Hon. Gentleman to the 14th clause, w ent to the conduct of Sir W. Beecher , whose conduct had which empowered the Commissioners to cause to be issued, been so grossly impugned by Hon. Members. He had had the from time to time, any sum or sums of money they might mos t serious dificulties to contend with, and had acted through - think fit. No sum was named. He wanted to know from the out with the utmost good judgment, and with the greatest abi- Right Hon. Gentleman if he had made any calculation of the lities. The distress of Ireland was not confined to the rural probable expenditure of this country in maintaining the people districts ; suffering and distress of the most serious nature of Ireland, as long as the Bill was in operation. The Right existed in the county of Cork, the second city of Ireland. Hon. Gentleman had not given that answer, he had merely Mr. RICE thought that the people of England would re- given a technical reply. The House would have to vote in the quire and justly so, a proper security for the re-payment of the dark for large sums to be granted to Ireland ; and after that sums advanced to Ireland. He did not wish to see any they would have gentlemen in Conciliation Hall talking aspersions thrown upon the Irish landlords. What he wished of the advantage of separation. However, from the to see thrown upon them was the duty of supporting the speech of the Honourable Member for Cork, it appeared poverty of the country. The greatest credit was due to the that they would make a despotism of the Government Government for proposing such a measure as the present cal- of this country, if they could take as much culated as it was to afford relief to the people of Ireland. money as they thought fit. 'fhe Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr. JOHN O'BRIEN was quite surprised to hear such was a-king money to relieve the Irish, and it was clear either charges as had been made against Captain Wynne or any that he had not made any calculation as to its amount, or if he other officer of the body. He was present at the meeting re- had made it—he thought that too large an amount to tell at ferred to, and he was sure that nothing had passed there to the present moment. justify such a charge, and he wish ed it was in his p ower to The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that a speak of the conduct of the other officers in the same terms as few days since a Bill had passed that House limiting for the that of Captain Wynne. present the advance from the Consolidated Fund to 300,000/. The House then went into Committee on the Bill. fhe House at present was pledged to nothing more than that After a few words from Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN, and the sum. With reeard to any further liabilities he had already CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the purport of which was said that that cray fortnight it would be his duty to make a inaudible in the gallery. statement to the House. Colonel CON DOLLY said that in his opinion it would be Mr. S. 0' lIIIIEN said that no explanation had been gishot found to be quite impracticable to carry out his provision of as to the mode in which the 58-►,OOO people at present at wo this clause under the control of boards of guardians, especially on the roads were to be taken off them and otherwise more e, when the great extent of some of the electoral districts was vantageously employed. considered. Mr F. FRENC ti fully agreed with the Hon. Member fs: Mr. F. FRENCH thought the most advisable course would Bath in the important question which he had put to the Hoc. be to allow the Government to take their own course, and agree Gentleman. All Nlembe sof that House must feel the nu at once to this clause. portance of the query matte, bat it was impossible for any Mr. ROSS feared that some confusion would hereafter rise aien , ',man in the House to deem the answer given as a eatis between the different unions of the country and the electoral factor} one. In formeig any estimate of the probable exp ii districts, the effect of which would be found to be to throw ifi'ure, it must be coesidered that many auseiewy measures unjustly the whole pauper population of the electoral districts were to be brought into imerat.oe. en.: it scud be rieces , are into one union. • first to determine the amount of the population to be employ d. Mr. WILLIAMS thought that better security would be Rua that amount must necesserily its reguiated bs the effect cut afforded for the repayment of the advances if the whole extere. he stiles measures to be embodied, so, theref ore, it was wo of the unions were to be held liable, and he hoped that the possible, or nearly so, to give to the lion. Member definite Government would adbere to the principle contained in the or satisfactory information on a question so materially affecting clause before the committee. It was but fair to the people et the Exchequer of England. England that the best security should be taken for the repay- After some further conversation, merit of the advances about to be made. He made no objection Mr. E. DENISON said that he wished to ask a question of to assist Ireland. The Government would, however, be held some importance to the Government. With reference to the responsible by the people of England for the measures they had Poor-law Bill as proposed for Ireland, it seems dtobe an un now introduced. derstanding with he Irish oembers that this Bill was to be Mr. M. O'FERR Al rose to order. The question before resisted to the utmost. He had also heard statements, both in the House was, the apportionment of the charges between the and out of the House, as to the intentions of the Government union and the several electoral districts• with reference to this Bill, and he should, therefore, respect- After a few words from Mr. WILL IAMS in re p l y , full y ask the Ri g ht Hon. Gentleman at the head of the Home Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN thought that the whole di- Department to give the House an assurance of the intentions rection should be left altogether in the Board of Guardians, and of the Government as to the course to be pursued by them that the system of rating should be left as it is at present. He with regard to this measure. would therefore move that the clause should be expunged. Sir GEORGE GREY said that his Hon. Friend asked an Mr. MORE O'FERR AL hoped the Hon. Member would extraordinary question. It certainly was the intention of Go not press his amendment to a division. The present mode of vernment to proceed with this Bill, and that was the first time rating was utterly Inefficient, and if new p owers were not given h la e nd h l a o ci rd heard of Ireland.eardeven Theyasurmis were a eastoitsn s us to do ot a b n e a t i n o gproc proceeded theel they Sir enn it would be impossible to relieve the dis tress which so exten cou A i l d r. fo S r i t i h A e W re co lie m f p o l f ai t n h e e d aspersio ns odfisttrheessaround th cast rn • i sively prevailed. He should there fore su pp ort the clause. Sir DEN RANI NORREYS support ed the clause. Sir JAMES GRAHAM would have arisen at an earlier cases they had gone further than in common prudence they stage of the discussion, but for a deep conviction lie enter- ought. li shed desired to know w h a t course t h e H on. M em b er tamed that no time should be lost by introduci n g an y to p ic for Bath the Government to pursue. Were they to which might l ea d t o an y di sc u s sion, and that the measure leave the Irish people to starve, for that was what his remarks should proce e d with as little delay as possible. The principle tended to ? This was a great and awful calamity—a national carried ou t i n th e p resen t m e a sure was one of very great ims calamity—which had overtaken them. and it ought to be met portance ; a n d h e wou ld o bserve, in conformation of what had by the national resources. If the Irish landlords were as bad been said by the Right Honourable Gentleman who had just I as they were represented, were the Irish p eo pl e t o starve f or sat down th a t a great c h ange h a d b een made in their conduct ?—( Hear.) The Chancellor of the Exchequer the Irish poor-l aw i n 1843. He had the honour then to in- could not tell what sum he wanted. He would want a large troduce a measure which met with the support of the Irish sum of money, and he (Mr. Shaw) could see no particular ob awnthelaetentooraplernsiovnis7ohnofsolrioutlhdepossibly could do. Were the Irish people to Members, an d p asse d t h e H ouse , i n w hi c h it was provided, ject in the course taken by the Honourable and Learned Gen not period haveofexcept simply to impede the measure—(Hear, hear)— o t c w e e u l p v e iedaten P em o e r n t o i l no by i;rn an , greater portion of that time, or should have slept for that diein everym m ean ea s n he months, the time—for while they were then talking period, or the greater part of i •t, a n e l ec t ora l divi s ion, should were starving, and must continue to do so, unless the means for receive relies from the electoral division. And on the t their relief were speedily passed. con rary that all who did not occupy tenements forthat 'll ROEBUCK said that the Hon. Member had asked space of time, . r. should be relieved by the union. That something like a him one question and three ethers were asked by inuendos. law of settlement, an d in the l atter ease, twheas cost a He asked , slid he want flue Irish to starve? He (Mr. Roe by the union, and not by the electoral division. wl t s r ed buck) wanted to know if that was a fair way to ask the sues was then of the last importance however to keep those t hat an honest way to ask the measures which tion.—( Hear, hear.) Was were intended for a temporary purpose was the w the Hon separate from those question ; or he supposed that that, . that were intended to be permanent. Reserving, therefore, Member acted as a judge ?—(Cries of " Oh, oh s ) Did he Gentle for further discussion, whether relief to the able-bodied wish Irish 9 ( Hear, hear.) One o ied should the people to starve . be at the exp ense of the union, or the electo ral division he i man said, " Hear, hear," an other said " Yes," and a third cried should say tha t it was most desirable to confine themselves at i that it was the proper way to put trio question. He would tell present to the t em p orar y me are It was not wheth er th e m w h a t he did want the Governmen t to do. He wanted the the discretionary power should be vested in the Poor-law Com- Government of England to rovide an efficient means of pro missioners, or in the Pcor-law Guardians. This was not Ithe Ireland the of preventing them vu mg people of means the object of the Bill, but whether a relief committee sit- I from starving, but, to so d • ledge all the property of Ire oltig top Ling in Dublin, appointed by the Lord Lieutenant, and corres- land—( Hear, hear) —for the repayment of the debt. When pouting with the poor-law guardians, should be vested with i the Hun. Gentleman talked to men of common prudence, these powers. lie feared that by the present system of glee- of the gentlemen of Ireland presenting more than in common Loral divisions, i t welshd he` ouhd th e even in ordinary times prudence they eught, he had always been told, in the course the burden of the peor-rete ith inoilerable ressure uper i ot t eat &lode, th a t s i est anees . were are. He was anxious the peer tenants, and if so, what must they ten e peet at pre- that the fieepie of It , I -u.. shed.' not *ion) hav a'provoirin row, sent ? Very many Of these districts were neatly overwhelmed, bat hereafter. Wh e y meow to provi ie tor the poor, but while and he heard, with all the assistance which might be rendered th e y del we they should take care that not one farthing went to them, they would find it difficult to sustain themselves under int o th e p oc k e t s o f t h e l an dl or d s . H e had a right to look t o the pressure. What was the present state of Ireland. There • the poor of both countries, and he was prepared to give to the were at that moment 580,000 perso ns enip i„y e n upon the pub- poor of Ireland full and generous subsistence, but he would lie works, which were suepof t e a by se e m/I ces from Gievern- give none whatevsr to tee Irish lendloois. ircont, that we rut to be repaid lay t`rites-l e vieri f rom the electoral Au Hose EMU —No one wants-you. d atts. It ,sac of the last tmport,rout that. they shoeld rier„7.- Mr- 1:0E Calea--Tosei, what was all taW sr eiewn full consider this matter. These persons were the tillers of about? The Hon. Member said the distress was a minimal the soil of Ireland. Now, it was well known . tbat seed time calamity s another said something else,. and that they shou.is; tax the whole British empire to meet it. But.wliat he (Mr. Roebuck) said was, that no exertion of theirs would efficiently meet the evil, except a stringent poor-law, and he knew that that was most distasteful of all things to the Irish landlords.— ( Hear, hear.) He had now, he trusted, given a full and ex plicit answer to the flon. and Learned Memblr fur the Uni versity of Dublin. In conclusion, this was wh it he wanted— he wanted to pledge the property of Ireland for the support of the Irish pocr. Mr. BELLEW looked upon the calamity which had over taken Ireland, and the measures to relieve it, 2.5 distinct front measures for the permanent improvement ot the country. They were distinct matters, and should not be mixed up torzether. He maintained the calamity was (Ale that should be et by national exertions, as it could not be met by the exer ,ions of the Irish landlords or the people ot Irelttcd. What ver the Irish landlords might deserve, it would 1a..1 most unjust 'o place all the burden upon them, as had been suggeiteet by ;he lion. and Learned Member for Bath. He candidly told that Hon. Member that a great portion of the money advanced would never be paid hark by the landlords, nor could they be expected under the circumstances to do 50. Mr. HUME said the real question they had to consider was, the amount of money they should require under these Bills. He thought the Cnanceilur of the Exchequer had answered the question fairly, though he (Mr. Hume) cowl dered some fuller information should hare been given as to the eltermr measures of the Government. His only Sear was, that after these measures were carried into effect, the people of Ire land would be as badly off as ever.—( Cries of 't Ni, no.") He maintained such was his opi n i on , as a great deal of the money already expended had been spent in a most injurious manner. lie considered some measure should be agreed to by which facilities euuld be afforded for the transference of property in Ireland. Were that done, he was sure capital would flow into Irelund, and the people be employed in the ordinary man ner. He thought the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath deserved praise instead of blame for the way he had brought the question before the notice of the House. No satisfaction, he was persuaded, would be given to the people of England until a large sad comprehensive measure was introduced to meet the present state of Ireland. Lord JOHN MANNERS was of opinion that were the plan of the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath carried into effect, the condition of the people of Ireland would not be much better. That Hon. and Learned Gentleman, it seemed, had but one plan, which was to mortgage the whole of the property of Ireland for the support of the poor, a measure which. if carried out at once, would be very far from meeting the difficulties of the case. He protested against the senti ments of the lion. and Learned Member as being considered the honest sentiments of the people of England. Mr. ROEBUCK called the attention of the Noble Lord to the fact that similar sentiments to those he had expressed had been enunciated by Hon. Members on his side of the House. Dr. BOWRING said the real question was not the present state of Ireland, but its future welfare. It was the ultimate improvement of that country that the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath looked to, in the objection he had taken to the present measures before the House. They were going on voting one sum of money after another, putting off the evil day, but they presented no comprehensive scheme for the per manent welfare and elevation of the sister country. It would not do to be voting large sums of money away without such grants resulting in an improvement in the general condition of the people. They should look more closely into the state of Ireland, and see whether the money was likely to be pro perly applied or not. Above all, they should give the poor of Ireland a right of relief from the property of that country. Sir CHARLES NAPIER considered that the absentee landlords, who held immense properties in Ireland, were not doing their duty. He thought that in the extraordinary cir cumstances of Ireland, at the present moment, Noble Lords, and Hon. Gentlemen, who held enormous estates in that country, should sacrifice their own pleasures and comforts in London to reside there, ao as to administer to the poor people, who were starving. It was not necessary for him to say that the agent could not supply their place. Let them take the case of a country town in England and the principal resident gentlemen are absentees. The artisans in that town were quite neglected, and the business of the place went to decay. Let them suppose that the Duke of Devonshire, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and the other rich proprietors were going to Ireland—would any one tell him that that was not a proper way to alleviate toe mise ries which at present existed there? He did say that they were called upon to relieve Ireland. He said it was not pos sible for them as men, as Christians, to live in comfort and see and hear of men, and women, and children starving in the ditches of Ireland. 'I hey had been told by an Hon. Member between two millions were dying throughout Ireland, and he thought that some speedy means should be taken to prevent this calamity. Lord CLENIENTS would take the liberty of correcting a ' :,tile misapprehension on the part of the Hen. and (Salient (Lord Clesnents ) did not most anxious to do their duty:.:fiial eusmb, vi thztotetobh:iituat:s.rth(thmitbs'eeehaltari.,Gd,iuesreilhaervssleat,trtesnitidpniTolaokdenrnertdarntsyw. ~w l ,. ,a e nu n t r ait e e e t t haft rwhate:ou effort,hree e s e t im tt i th i l I the country. i e n ip, e a i u s i ns: rt i jy , g l . I hold in my h nd a return, showing that not less than 2' 9,219 persons are charged rates, which are pant by the lessor. Naw, this was it state of things monstrous in itself, aid it was ren dered yet worse by the fact, tha. these lessors were paid no la nts. Mr. BERNAL said that the Hon. and Gallant Member's observations were likely to throw upon a highly respectable and most praise-worthy class—the absentee landlords of Ire land—a degree of public odium which was altogether unde served.— (Hear, hear, and laughter.) He contended that these gentlemen did their duty to their tenantry, and he could in stance the case of one nobleman, whose rents in Ireland were stated to be 30,000/., but he did not receive his rents, and he spent all his moiley on his estates in that country.—(Laugh ter.) He was not at liberty to mention that gentleman's name, but he was sufficiently known by his truly generous and noble character. Sir CHARLES NAPIER explained. He had said, and he would repeat his expressions, that it would be better for the absentee landlords, for the Duke of Devonshire, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and other great proprietors, if they in the present alarming state of Ireland were themselves to visit their estates, and see the necessities of the starving poor at tended to, instead of trusting them to the tender mercies of their agents. After a few words from Mr. ROSS, The clause was agreed to. Clause 16 was then agreed to. On clause 17 being proposed, it was agreed that it be postponed till the subsequent clauses, referring to the same topic, should be proposed. Clause 18 was then agreed to. On clause 19 being proposed, to what terms the Sir G. GREY did not exactly understand str A in l rge nStHasAiNtVnwnwousltdnowdi.sh that the clause sho uld not be so the Hon. Gentleman referred. which re f A e l r r r . ed S Il t 0 A S t V h e s a n i d e n e i t ss w i t a y s f t o h r elatt cr preventingp art an h might have a beneficial interest in the o p eration of the Act, who from being engaged in the provision of food. A 11• d Mr. SHAW left the matter to th e consideration of the the t e r & c el l e a s u m s e a h, t a e n r d a m fe r w H w . ar Gdr s a f t r t o a m n, Colonel Rawdon, Mr . M. J. O'Con nelGovernment ; and the clause was agreed to. Clauses 20 to 23 were passed. The House then returned to the 17th clause. tho M repa ll y U m A e l n E t o i f ng th ui e re m d Sir R. FERGUSON wished to know whether there was any means provided for the difficulty of providing the money' relief of the Pailsri.ee Het Sir G. GREY said that the only difficulty was in Par nn w e h y ler there was any provision for the interest, not in borrowing the money from the Treasury. Mr. HUME wished to know why there should be any alteration in the terms of clause. tak S e ir th G e c.,)GnsßidEeeititohnoounghtthethbartinthgeingbeutpteorfptlhaen 40ourltd. be to Mr. EVELYN DENISON said that the granting ofun- un limited grants from the' Treasury ought always to be avoided, and in the terms of which he had given notice, that some limitation ought to be placed on these grants• th the House had nothing like a full statement laid before it great production of Ireland. If he understood rightly portion of the country was occupied for grazing P,%l a ri r ' clay, anti it appeared from the report of Captain , ' ar, that which was made on the 16th of October last } t e e d from butter, of which a great quantity was "1"r now sell- Ireland, was formerly sold at 60s. or 70s. a cwt., Ireland were ing at 9es. If this were the case, many parts ot idbe only lie thought e well able to support themselves, and they wou I p u a d ss in ed g themselves the iii tl in i t a s nd pre te n e t ivi s n t g ate t . hei H r e c= e to n e tiao y i n f 0 0 ,1 f -t i b y t . : Y e a few words, rid would conclude by moving the d I. : e n -r e in , ' move o( in the hie h a d h o e p t i h o a n d of giventhose u''t' terms, iee - House to support it. The H in. Gentleman " . ' he Gemees " That in no case shall the sum so advance(' ' , A bysum nose. by stoners of her %larsty's Treasury exceed the a or elect oat rate or voluntary. c.oitribotioli within the n"`" divetion. Friend would Mr. LAI:OI.3CHERE trusted that his Ilen• _ .... ., 5e0t w o uld consoler the painful positi,,n in which the Gover""' He' quite a areed 111 b e pl ee ee if his proposition were adopted. '':'h"e-reliet of the t y e hut he should recollect that this was a Bid fur t e h ;o e n s t o r l u id t a h te t d i''' F t l ' i t ld w , 7s s h o a u l rit a b Y : made in'lvi ' ss A i tilti'etuht Vgra"firt'antniot'h' ould not re situation they would be laced in, if :hey c ..), ineaatire, and he destitute pour. This was only a temnrathe Government in destitute poor, and it should be recollected al'' , wha t a was very unwlling to letter the power of e ia . riad e ye these ircu circumstances, e t e h s e , granting this relief. It would is, but it would, under the eireurnstan:hs u restriction. There from any such responsibility if to fetter the Government by any therefore, oplpieovsee the The whole benefit wishedfetter t the to know G o people who were in a state of st . ou l _, were many parts of Ireland which, l so me portion of the poor-rate would ef tb e be A c t would unable ul d b to e lost, s es r ts ; e i h i i s l e t. 1 1: 'Bleir linlh:a sijaedfPai Governm entlaansbi utlet motion. thou ght that no such monies Mr. GRAINGER certainly were imp e whethersimposed. f Government at all to restrict ( a t is it ed wa fo s r th t e he s uch condition as that were these advances, unless some should be granted, unless at least vv Certainly not. It would in every Sir GEORGE Giles "'— wa s unwilling, in the face of such a way be inadvisable. have any dwith his mutton ; but he thought it but vernment to proceed mind the House that the Member for gen M er r. al E o . pp D o E si ll tio i nr t N ° right, nevertheless, to re . Limerick (Mr. S. O'Brien had stated that no one could be e wa sevidently necessary, He would, some restriction therefor t. n. intention however, withdraw this Ino w ave notice, that on the b • • Mr. GAINGER tbe d n rinin half of the amount for the relief of the sure fwmoanlyil sums ue from e t x h t e y ear; Consolidated clause B ove for the adoption of the report of the Comm i ttee was tbe poor-rate. received to-morrow. then agreed to. The remaining clauses w urpFepous, restricting ilf had e:tui hnnegtbi reportel e t ah n te raised a e advancea is s e te d os f hn r oc o u r from ere BREWING FRO SUGAR BILL brought The Houseand resumedordered I to 0 be On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER, the order of the day for going into Committee on this Bill was read. Mr. MILES regretted that the measure was introduced as a permanent measure. The experiments which had been made, ureler the superintendence of the Excise, showed that the use of sugar in brewerie4 would act perniciously towards in e order the agricultural interest. Takin g the p rice of barl yat be tween 325. and 41)s. per quarte r, and a dding to that l rice the sum of 21s. for the duty and the ex p ens e of malting, that b t b e e greatequivalent would give 565., and 6 4 5. fo r the p ri ce of malt. Now, when sugar o should re be, re pr prove rd uld, therefore, was 565., the equiv alent in the price of sugar would be 31s. lid. ; when at 64 5. the price at which with the price of malt, would be 393. 9d. Th e effect of such a measure agri cultural interests of the country. He pressed on t h e Govern ment the propriety of making this a tempo rary measure, f or would, injurious t so to he feared that its operation must prove most injurious. Ile regretted that more inquiry had not been made with regard to its probabes effect both on the coluntes and the agricultural in terest ; arid he trusted that in the other 11-;use it would be subjected to that analysis and investigation, which would show its practical working. He would, however, offer no op 1 position to the progress of the Bill. Me. J 01E'; saw no reeaon why the Leglslattire shout.' etteropt to prohibit the eolertiel sieepieeter from seihrig hi;- Or.- ~,,,, #'t, :lily ';;liiiii)...r ntoAt I)..#lPnei,' ~ 1-6,-, He t ,-1i,,,,i tre. with regard to beer, a very little barley mixed with some sugar would make a better, a more healthy, and a more palatable article than that manufactured from barley alone. He hoped her Majesty's Government would not yield to the interested clamour of the Scotch and Irish distillers, in their outcry in the reduction of the differential duties. The colonies had now to comrete with the slave countries, and he therefore thought that the differential duties should no longer be kept up, but such was the outcry, and such was the influ enoe of the Irish and Scotch distillers, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer still proposed to con tinue a duty of 6d. per gaAon against the colonial proprietor. The measures, however, taken as a whole, were a great boon to the public, and he begged to ter.der his thanks to her Ma jesty's Government foe having brought them forward. Mr. FINCH objected to tilt principle of the Bill, but would not oppose it in its present form. He apprehended, however, that it would not confer any great advantage upoi. the public. For ins.ance, he had been informed that sugar had increased Id. a pound that day; so that if it increased in price as the price of the beer tell, no great advantage would be conferred upon the public. The want of protection to native produce had produced, atid was producing the re sults which had been atiticipivesi, and the colonial interests, should therefore join the agricultural interests to en • deavour to obt :in that protection which they had lost. He thought tgey ought to get ri of the principle of tree trace, so far as foreign sugar was concerned. What the agricultural in terest hal to fear was the low price of sugar which would take place in accordance with the measures of last sear, and ti,e competition which would be thereby induced betweco it and barley. It was the duty also of the Irish members to join them to regain that rat itection which they had lost in con sequence of their dereliction. Mr. M. MILNES wished to know whether the Govern. mcnt would consider it consistent with their duty to recom mend a reduction of the penalties imposed on those using liquorice juice—(Laughter.) It was used very touch in private breweries, and in many instances, he was sorry to say, illicitly. Such a reduction would be of the utmost advantage to the liquorice growers in Yotkshire and Essex. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought it enadvisable to hold out a premium for the introduction of a noxious drug into beer—( Hear, hear, )—one especially which was prohibited as an unfit ingredient in its preparation. Mr. M. MILNES—May I consider then that there are no financial difficulties ?—( Roars of 2auglater.) The subject then dropped. The House then went into committee, and after a short discussion, clauses 1,2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7,8, and 9, were then read and severally agreed to. After a few words from Mr. MOFFAT, the Bill passed through Committee. The CHAIR:KAN reported progress, and the House resumed. The Bill, with the amendments, was then reported to the House. DISTILLING FROM SUGAR BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill. The several clauses of the Bill were then agreed to. CUSTOMS DUTIES BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that, with the sanction of the House, he should propose the second reading of this Bill to night, and take the discussion in Com mittee. _ _ Lord G. BENTINCK gave notice that on the order of the day being proposed fur going into Committee on the Bill, he should move that it be referred to a Select Committee up stairs.—The Bill was then read a second time. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—Mom:ay. The business transacted on the Spring Handicaps was, with few exceptions, in small sums, and at prices according so nearly with those last quoted that we may dispense with any comment. On the Derby and Oaks it was heavier, and with reference to the former, we may state that Epirote de clined to 13 to 1 (1,4(X) to 100 laid' once), resigning the second place in the betting to Planet, who advanced a point on the previous quotation ; Glentilt and Red Hart also im proved, but we are not aware that any business was done on the Goodwood horses except as a " lot," in which shape they were backed fir a hundrei at sto 1. The most remarkable feature in the betting on this event was the elevation of Conyngham—one of the Danebury lot—to 20 to 1, anything above which would have been taken ; of the outsiders, Wa nota, Horn of Chas:, Limestone, and Signet (the Galvanic Ring) were most in request. Latest prices:— LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE. 800 to 20 agst Mr. G. Watt, jun.'s St Leger—taken. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE HANDICAP. Hydrangea is declared not to start. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 16 to 1 agst Mr. Cuthbert's Que-11 of Tyne 25 lo 1 agst Lord Stanley's Meeanee—taken, 30 to 1 agst dr.tpt 's Sir Martin —tal:pn mt-mtopt n.ruts HAN titt:AP. 15 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Jenny Wren—taken 17 to 1 ag.t Mr. P. dl.y's Pink Bonnet—taken 17 to 1 agst Mr. Whitworth's Lady Sarsh—taken 20 to 1 agit. Lord Stanley s Nh , eattee—taken TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 4 to I agst Mr Mostyn's Planet 5 to 1 agst Mr. Motyn's Glentilt—taken 7 to 1 agst it R. Pigut's Conyouhain—takfin 70 to 40 agsl Gletitilt and Plao. , t—t..kea 10.20 to 100 agst Liberator and Bedlam—taken CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Mr. Gully $ Mendicant. 22 to 1 agat Mr. B. Green's The Lamb-- t., and aft. off. 30 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's The Flitch 1000 to 25 agst Mr. Minor's Duke of Richmond—taken or 3 times 1000 to 25agst Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free—taken 45 to I agst Mr. T. Dawson's Crim Con 1000 to 20 agst Mr. Skerratt's Intrepid—taken 1000 to 20 agst Mr. W. Scutt's Sir Tatton Sykes—taken and afterwards Oared 50 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's Bourton 50 to 1 agat Mr. Mangle's Golden Bee 1000 to l 0 agst Mr. B. Green's The Conjurer—taken 1000 to 20 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Moonlight—t., and aft. off. 500 to 1U agst Mr. Hesselton's Fitzallen—t., and aft. off. 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Greville's Jonathan Wild—taken 800 to 10 agst Mr. Smith's Master Downes—taken 1000 tolo agst Mr. F. R. Price ns The Premier (3 yrs)—t. 2000 to 10 agst Mr. Haworth's Robin Burns—taken No others mentioned. DERBY. 500 to 100 agst Kent's Lot—taken 15 to 2 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp--taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet—take 13 to 1 13 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote—take 14 to 1 _ 18 to 1 agst Mr. Mostvn's Glentilt—take 20 to 1 20 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Conyngham 33 to 1 agat Duke of Richmond's Red Hart—take 35 to 1 35 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Sister to Cobweb c—taken and afterwards offered 40 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Horn of Chase—taken freely 40 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Wanota—taken to 1251. 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Lunedale 45 to I agst Mr. S. Conway's Christopher—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Tantivy 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Stephenson's Black Dwarf—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Merry's Limestone—t. and aft. of. 1000 to 15 agst Lord Strathmore's Signet—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Will o' the Wisp—taken And afterwards offered 2300 to 100 agst Liberator and Bedlam—taken 2000 even between Epirote and Planet, the backers of the latter giving 2 sovs. fur choice. OAKS. 8 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's The Farmer's Daughter —t. 8 to I agst Mr. Payne's Clementina 20 to 1 agst Captain Harcourt's Ellerpele—t. to 2001. 20 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Nerissa 1000 to 60 agst Sir J. Hawley's Miami - 1000 to 500 on Clementina agst Nerissa • 2000 to 1000 on Farmer's Daughter agst Nerissa. named Black Preserve ‘‘ L Doe,"acca di andve ," his and Ten his e bro fillysa fib by The following two yrs old have received n ames : —M r. A o styn's f by Touchstone, out of Olive "T amar i n d , " his filly by Touchstone , out of Chapeau d'Espagne " Ma n till a ," both are by Veniso n . his filly by Bay Middleton, out of Miss Hilner, " Nun Ap :3llS eyis out te i of Eyebrows "Gl ance. " Si r J . B. Mill's s to " r SALE OF BLOOD STOCK. j, p .s Re e n n t ge o ials n eo , 'ont'i The entire racing stud belongingto.llr. - NTall was put up for sale yesterday, by Messrs. Tattersall and Son, and dis posed of at the following prices:— Brood mares. Guineas. Zelinda, covered by Loadstone .. 3 Celandine, covered by Coronation l3 Game Fowl, cov e red by Coronatioa ‘i aldotna, covered by Loadstoue .............. ... .... Ise.lissima, covered by Venison ......, 94 lituntlev, co , yered by Venissm....... Sei , alce, covered by Vet!isoti Yearlings, with their engagements. 8 I by Venison,.out of Belis-ime ..... . ii 4 f by The Skater, out of Zelinda ... a) Cli fby Gladiator, out of Cefooline ......„. ......... :, ,5 tit tby Defence, out of Gaine Fowl - .• • 53 U c by The Skater, out of D a uuth•ss „,.., ... 13 I.l.orses- in trainiol, with their engageme IS f, 2 yrR, tly The Skitter, !sit w . INltntle..r • ... .... 12 Clirevenil, 2 yrtchy Venison:- : Seaport, ti yrs, by Liver's. it Bf, 3 yr,, by Sir lie elites, out of Niala.,,i,.. ... ... i 9 Ch c, 2 yrs, by, M .zeppa, out of Celarldni, B ,rraai, 5 yrs ... ...... ••• 15 ':row, Prince, by Giroilatin,n, 4 yrs 4OO Quicksand, 3 yrs • _ __ . ‘Th c, by Slake, out of eiu , lerrila, 4 yr, 3.3 Ch c by Bubastes, out of Zelinda, 4 yrs Marius, by Alazeppa, dby AV halebone Paganiui, 11 Cgs ; The Nigger, 24 gs. RACES TO COME. The following list of the fixtures already Lut..de for the next season, will be useful to those stewards who have ❑ot determined un the time of holding their meetings:— MARCH. Coventry Warwick Spring Kjipin Coates 'RIL. Newmarket C. 5 Burton Constable Bath Catterick Epcom S. ... Newmarket, F. S. Durham Chester [AY. Newmarket, S. S 4 Shrewsbury I Epsom I Newton rNE. Ascot Heath 1 Hampton Sutton Park Bibury Club JtJ Stockbridge Newcastle Carlisle Newmarket Lancaster Liverpool Nottingham Goodwood . . 27 AUG Ripon 2 Bright.m Horwich Wolverhampton *Chelmsford Lewes ll UST. York • Eghatn 24 Derby 24 *Hereford *auntifigdon 26 *Canterbury SEPTEMBER. Warwick Donca..t er OCTOBER. Newmaiket, S. 0 1 t I Newmarket, H .......... 25 NOVEMBER. Worcester .. not fixed Tarporley ......... not fixed [The meetings against which we have placed art as terisk have not been officially announced, but in all as babilify will fake place at the !ime mentione;l.] VALus or Latin /In extraordinary sAle I)ti auctiozi took place is L'ne.dns:liro a few days a, , , , ,..1 by Mr. Med:and, of St. Neat's, when a farm of 420 acres, in the oc cupution of Mr. Nunne:ey (nearly the whole of it being' under the plough), in the parish of Spalding, being- in the l u a u3.—Cambridge am heavyb ridge Fen, aad seven miles front the town a draina4e t.. 4, op , i.. ~ i • .).% ; r,,ed l'trits. i , , - ; ~ -,: , , :•, ~ . _,. , 7 r . , i ~ ‘v e , e,,01..5. ~• . . ; ~ . , ... . . !;;„ , . ", , the money inaritet, th::se facts have surprised Independent Press. LYCEUM THEATRE. __- Miss Dickenson, from the Newcastle Theatre, made her debut here last night in the character of Fanny Curry, in Morton's popular farce of the Eton Boy. Miss Dickenson's debut was most successful. Her figuie is goad ; and as Tom, thl Eton Bo}, she was tull of mis chief, fan, and espieglierie. She is tall, and her form is perfect ; her features are most expressive, and she will be a great acquisition to the Lyceum corps. Keeley's Dabster, is too well known to stand in need of eulogy ; and it would he unjust to pass over the * Captain Popham of Wigan. He is the best Captain Pop ham on the stage, and this we say wiJi toe full recollection of Charles Matthews and of Hudson in the same character. At the conclusion Miss Dickenson was called fur, and was led on by Keeley, and teceivtd with teat applause which she had fairly earned. The Eton Boy kV,1,1 preceded by the Wigwam, in which Keeley as the little. White Buffalo, kept the audience in a rear of laughter, and was fAlow,d by Mrs. White, with Oxhi , rry as the redoubtble Peter. MONOPOLY. 7'O THE ADITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —1 should be guilty of great ingratitude, did I not return you my thanks for inserting my letter in your valuable journal of the 27th of January, comment ing upon the daring, unjust, and monoreli ing bakers of Pimlico and Chelsea, who, instead of following the laudable example of the more honest bakers of other di tracts, of reducing the price of bread on the 22d and 25th days of January, actually advanced the price of their bread one half-penny the 41b. loaf, thus wringing, from the hard-earned wages of the mechanics and poorer classes of this district, one penny per 41b. loaf more than bakers of other metropolitan districts; and when asked by their cm.tumers to account for such daring injustice, replied, with all the effrontery imaginable, "Oh, it is because we have largestocks of flour on hand!" I ask, Sir, could an answer be found to be more ab surd, base, wicked, and monstrous? February I.—The merciful bakers of this district did extend their bowels of compassion, and reduced the price of bread one half-penny tho 41b. loaf, being the half-penny advance exposed in my letter of Jan. 27. The considerate wives and domestics of mechanics have adopted resolutions not to deal with bakers of this district, but twice a week repair to Lambeth for the supply of bread, where a saving of one penny per 41b. loaf is obtained. Many have found branch-houses, con nected with that most praiseworthy establishment, the League Bread Company. May prosperity crown their efforts ! I cannot but admire the charitable feeling that has been exhibited in this district among licensed victuallers, whose honourable and praiseworthy considerations, de spite of their monopolising and victimising brewers, reduced the price of porter one-fifth ; thus proving the day has arrived that the iron hearts and the iron hands of the monopolists, that grasped the fetters of monopoly, shall be beaten into ploughshares, and their spears, that pierced the hearts of the poor, be made into pruning hooks. Monopoly shall be learned no more, and all the nation will shout amen I—l remain, &c. Pimlico, Feb. 5. GULIELMUS. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following gentlemen, having undergone the necessary examination, were admitted members of this college at the last meeting of the Court of Examiners :—Messrs. R ;bed Alexander Wm. Westley, Bombay; Johson Kaye Baines, Burwell, Cam bridgeshire ; William Strong Briggs, Derby ; Edward Govett, London ; John Linton Palmer, Soberton, Hamp shire ; Julius Harward, Wirksworth, Derbyshire; Morris Morris, Barmouth, North Wales ; and Charles Downes, Builth, Breconshire. ALARMING FIRES.—On Sunday morning, between five and six o'clock, a fire broke out in the upper part of the premises in the occupation of Mr. Thomai Go:idman, a baker, 47, Great Bell-alley, ...loorgate-street. It was caused from the soot in a blocked-up flue becoming ignited, which set fire to the flooring in one of the rooms. The engines quickly attended, and the firemen, by cuttieg away the timber, suc ceeded in getting the flames subdued, but not until consi derable damage was done by fire and water. Mr. Goodman was instued in the West of England ffiee. A sevond fire broke nut at NI). I, Bethel-place, Vine-y . od, Tooley street, belonging to Mr. E. Clowrow. A airark fiom x lighted catuiie failing upon the bed set tile sane, iii 't re in mates having been arotiged from !heir slumber,, they-kepi the fire at bay nntil tha firemen arrived, - when, owinlo t he cornbieed exertions of all parties, the fi tines were Or out. Unfortunately the occupier was not insured, , TROTTING EXTRAORDINARY —till .Satur d ay: After noon the snatch made by Mr. Go - :;—who undertook, for a bet of ,O!. a side, to miles viti in one hour—was Opcid,l on seven miles of road at StviLtiry. The terms stipuTted in the article• were. Chet i;. the event of either horses galeping, they should be willed up again and turned, and again go over the ground. The feat was cunmeneed at quick speed, and seven tu . les were covered in twenty-eight minutes, without a break. luring the next seven miles the homes broke, a• d were pulled up three times. but ultimately they won the match by accom plishing the foutteen miles of road, inclusive of breaks, in fifty-eight minutes. In betting, time was the favourite. ALARMING ILLNESS OF SIR JOHN Gr A DSTON E, BART.—We are informed that accounts have been received from Scotland which conveyed intelligence of the serious ill ness of Sir John Gladstone, Bart., at Fasque, the venerable baronet's seat, in Kincardineshire. We learn that a few weeks back Sir John was seized with an attack of paralysis, and was recovering, when on Monday last he was enabled to take carriage exercise. On the following day (Tuesday) he experienced another paralytic stroke more serious than the previous attack, and it is now feared that he will be unable to sustain the severity of the relapse. The - Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone and the other members of the respected Baronet's family have been summoned to Fasque by the dan gerous indisposition of their venerated father. The Right Honourable the Speaker of the House of Commons gave his second full-dress Parliamentary banquet on Saturday last, at his mansion in Eaton-square. The following noblemen and gentlemen constituted the circle :—The Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, Bart., the Earl of Lincoln,. the Right- -Honourable Henry Goulburn, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, the Right Ilan. Lord Granville Somerset, Lord Ernest Bruce, - the Earl Jerinyn, Lord Charles Wellesley, the Right Hon. W. Bingham Baring, Viscount Mahon, the Right Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel Daws , n Darner, the Right Hon. Sir George Clerk, the Right Hon. Henry L. Oorry, Hon. H. Manners Sutton, Hon. Henry Fitzroy, Hon. R. Gordon, Hon. James Stuart Wortley, Sir Charles Douglas, Bart., Sir F. Thesiger, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Rear- Admiral Bowles, Mr. T. Greene, Mr. H. Baring, Mr. Card well, Mr. Young, Ms. Cripps, the Rev. Edward Reptor. ( who officiated in the room of the Rev. G. T. Andrews, chaplain to the Speaker, who was absent from indisposition), and Mr. Lefroy, secretary to the Speaker. LAMBETH PALACE.—During the last few, days a large number of workmen have been busily employed in making extensive improvements in the frontage of dui an cient palace of Lambeth. The whole of the long foot-path called Bishop's-walk, from . Stangate to the upper side of the palace, is undergoing considerable improvement, and, when completed, will afford great convenience to the public. EXTRAORDINARY SPEED.—A train on the Great Western Railway was, a few days ago, urged at the aston ishing speed of seventy-two mil es an hour. This is at the rate of one mile in fifty seconds, or thirty-five yards and one fifth per second. If this speed could be maintained, a train would pass over 1,728 miles in twenty-four hours; and, if there were a railway round the world, the entire distance would be performed in about fourteen days and a half. Tug EPOQUE NEW, , PAPER.—The Tribunal of Correctional Police has been occupied several days in hear ing a complaint, preferred by certain sha.eholders of the Epoque newspaper, against M. Solar, late gerant of that journal, on a charge of swindling, and against Admiral de Rosamel, General Tholose, M. Aleynard, M. Richond des Brits, M. Denys (all Members of the Chamber of Deputies), M. Corm:suit, and M. kiriolet, as civilly responsible. The charge against the geront was base,: on the allegation that he had induced the complainants to advance their money on the pretence that the journal possessed upwards of 20,000 subscribers, when in reality it had not so many ; as also that he had sold vast quantities of the daily I:um bets as waste paper without neammting for the ,;rocks-d , nod generady that he had acted tnif,i lv towards hullers in the discharge of the duties ()Ibis office, A<i ii Rosainel and the other gentle,nen had acted as ti !rive two t n a tandem f •t de surveillance of the Ep 'plc, and iii th.it c3pa.rc3 'tied .-.,;ited a document, which was inserted in the "newsp , lier. tring that the circulation of the journal exceed. d 20,000 a adaily. . The complainants allcgc,i that the genileriirn t. question knew that assertion to he false at the time they matie it, and that as it was in conaequence of it thry parted with their money, they (the shareholder- , )e. ..; them morally responsible for the I,:ss they - t • ed ihrougn the acts of •the gerant. A tit: ; f ‘‘,l wer.± catied to support the case 01 plain! taut att.a. tig. the cuwisel of M. Soli.r, 11. Soler limiseif, I...tti of a ninn 'eta te , l teat the paper mai Lail twe:.ty tuous .liti ~t ib:;Crit.ielS, that its failute as 0 i ! : e . canal's apcculation was the iault of the shareholders thee,- selves in not paying up their deposits Coe, that in every case the condact of 11. Solar had been perfectly honourable, and that, in fact, so far from duping the shareholders, he was a considerable loser from his con nexion with the journal, the tribunal delivered a judgment by which it fully acquitted that gentleman, and declared that, in consequence of that acquittal, it was useless to exa mine the question raised with respect to the other gentlemen. —Galignani. MILITARY MOYEMENTS.—The depot of the 27th Regiment, now at Gosport, is under immediate orders to embark iu London on board the Royal Tar, for Fort George, lnveruess, there to be stationed. Since the above order was issued, the wreck of the" Royal Tar has been reported. The reserve battalion of the 56th Regiment will arrive at Winchester from Chatham, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday next, per the South-Western Railway. They will remain at Winchester until the Belleisle, 72, Captain King come; is ready to embark them for Gibraltar. The 88th Re .giment of Connaught Rangers have embarked at Malta for -the:West Indies, in the Herefordshire transport. DETENTION OF FORGED NOTES OF THE BANS OF InkLaii.-"-Oir Thursday, Thomas Jones Atkins, late of •Grafton-street,.and formerly of Wicklow-street, engraver ; Thomas Janaes, of Mecklenburgh-street,' engraverrt and ugnt Henry Fit zsim on,' of Whitehorse-yard,printer ,7 l!..C.T e before Messrs. Hitchcock and 'Tyndall, at Collegestreet - Police-office, in custody of Brennan, an e d in the being mice-- of the detective police, charged with and some other otficera d. The notes forged forgery of notes of the Bank of Ire thiof December, 1845. A were dated May 11, 1844, witness named Daniel 31•Coarnandi6ck, of Toornevara, la the forge who had d notes in various been engaged in circu examined at much length as to the parts of the country, mode of operations. liA'arisoill‘-er of the Bank of Ireland was a l so examined. The prisoners were eolnmittcd for trial at t h e commission.—Daban p aper' MoRICE TOWN.—In THE GOVERNMEN T IV OR., K, excavating at the north-west side of the engine-house, at the a b ov e works, the men have discovered part of the hull of a .p..—apparently as large as a frigate, embedded in sand and rubble,i about eight or ten feet beneath the surface. Various conjectures have been the consequence, the fact of "digging up" anything out of the ordinary course being alwa3s re garded with wonder, and always exciting speculation. Some people have talked of a ship in the days of yore being; missed" one morning, and the probability of her having Y storythis, sunk at this identical spot! The m ost likel is *? that many years ago there lay two fricates off .this place whinh were perfectly utiserviceable, and. were therefore or dered to ba broken up. The ur the Dock -3 arcl authorities were not so economical then as now, and having taken as many timbers as taey pleased, they made the resi due a pre-ent to Neptune. Rubble from the dock-yard used at that time to be cast there, and this, togeiher with the natal _of i • • . e le a air a Los ere. s gr-ix e.— •. r - ADVICE TO CROFTERS AND COTTARS. We are glad to perceive that the Scottish Patriotic Society established in Edinburgh has published a very usetul and timous audress to crofters and cotters on the emergency occa,iened by the failure of the potato crop, which is as follows " The distressing visitation of Providenee in the gene ral failure of the potato crop of 1846, and the extreme destitution which it has brought upon multitudes who depeedi d chiefly or ervirely upon it for subsistence, is eliding 'orth the benevolent efforts of pro Ors and others to mitigate the exist g distress, and thi - prevent, as fur as possible, the recurtence of it in future. These efferts must be rendered effective by your own exertions lii:d industry. From the ka,l gardens of the labourer to 5, 10, or 15 acre allotment of the crofter or cotter, a neglect of the first and most obvious principles of good husbandry, almost universally prevails. The manure, or fertilising substances from the dwellinis,..whieh would ri oder the grour.d productive, if properly applied, in the vest majority of inetatices, is not only wasted, but is wasted in such a manlier as frequently to occasnai fever and death to those who live near it. Were the ensuing seee„e o b ever so productive, there is every human proepect that, in a vast many cases, on account of no seed being left the (ban f‘ss, so severe and great at present, mll4 be ,111 hearer in 1847. It thus becomes the duty of every, else to tconoweee the means of subsistence. it . you are now able to provide for yourself and those dependent On you, it, will be your duty to see whether you cannot by .conoiny and improved cultiva tion, raise additional produce from your ground during the next season inasmuch as there is every prospect of your less successful neighbours being and i id. i in such destitutiont.o are now e as to require your friendly syin now unable to provide for your funnily, there is a ball greater necessity for your using es ery effort to render your self independent of public charity in future. Whether vou possess merely a garden or a croft bear in mind these truths, that if ou would reap good crops you must tho roughlydrain your land, it must be well trenched with the spade or grape, well dunged, not only with the usual man ure, but with the liquid portion, which contains the most fertilising elements, and is almost universally wasted, must be carefully saved and applied to your crops during their various stages of growth. Your crops must be laid, down at the proper time, and kept clear of weeds. Crops are mentioned, because it is evident that far too much reliance has been placed on the potato as an article of food. Before its introduction into the Highlands, the people lived much upon peasemeal, a substance con taining great nourishment ; instead. therefore, of plant ing the ground you may have, exclusively or chiefly with potatoes, even should they be within your reach, no time should be lost in adopting such a variety of crops as may in all probability save you from the destitution which has resulted from relying chiefly upon the potato. Tho crofter having prepared his land in the manner above described, should lose no time in planting some potatoes, if he can obtain sets for seed, but we recommend him only to plant one•fourth of his usual quantity, as it is probable from successive failures in other countries, that the same disease may here again affect them. Autumn and winter planting has proved the most successful way of escaping failure. The potato sets being put six inches below the surface have invariably escaped injury from frost, and the crop has arrived at ripeness before the disease commenced, so that of those early planted potatoes, in some instances, not more than one potato in ten was effected by disease. A variety and succession of green crops must, however, be your aim, if you wish your cultivation to be success ful and remunerating, and you should be prepared by the middle of February to cut them down. We strongly advise your procuring a numberof early cabbage plants to put out in clean dry land. They will be ready to cut in June, and those who have not been accustomed to grow cabbages little know how valuable an addition such a crop will be found at that time of the year, and what a check it will give to the continual demand for meal. Plant the c.ibh , ges in rows about 20 inches apart, and 13 inch• a beaten net pl.int, arid dibble potatoes between t he re.t s, which will c•yu e on as a second crop, after thee cabowLes hay• n cut an used. The cotter should tw • bj•c.s iu vies—first, making the groM so straieeti as to grow the crop to ; and, secondly, to grow two oi, part of his land. Thus, dibbled between the rows of ie wed before the potato tops this mar tier two crops may to artichokes also, a large a return as grow in any soil, mood and whole dibb!eil between the rows of and useful second crop; th tg; , z 6:•..; fi etion; r,ty vani,l}l, ve. antic v v t" r 11 :1( cabbagi s, ai,ii or t pi between the cabbage row N and will gm , aN d a crop as if no cabbage had grown on tat g •,,,i ,d; "r af,er each day's cutting ~; the ar) eat, age-, d-wahead cabbages may be planted to the same ground, which will probably, it the 141 be rich, gr. troo, ten to ti.ry pounds each be f ire water arrives. it is desirable to have late cabbages prepared for thi, purpoie, by having them transplanted several times in a garden betore finally planting out, as their roots thus get into a fine state, and if, when planted, a little liquid manure be poured over the loose earth, round the stem, so as to settle it about the roots, it will never flag, but will at once com ' mence to grow vigorously, whereas one not previously transplanted will not grow for ten days or a fortnight, which is a great loss. Two crops may also be se cured by sowing rye, oats, or barley early, to be cut in July as foggage, or used for hay, and late cabbages planted by the Ist of August will give a good crop before winter, as we have ourselves experienced this year, al though the cabbages were not planted till the 12th of that month. Next to the cabbage tribe in value to the cottar, especially if he bas cows, comes the parsnip, which should be sown in March. Pease, turnips, beetroot, car rots, and mangle. wurxel, should be all tried this season, in addition to the barley and oats which the crofter may have been in the habit of sowing. The destitution which has arisen through the ne glected cultivation of the crofts and small tenantcies is deeply to be regretted, the longer, however, you defer improving your lots, the greater and more protracted your sufferings must be ; the Scottish Patriotic Society would therefore urge on you the duty of immediate and, diligent improvement. The society will place in your hands monthly directions for garden and field labour, and plain instructions upon draining, on fertilizers, on spade husbandry and its successful results, on stall feeding, on green cropping, on liquid manuring, on the management and value of bees, and on similar subjects of utility, in order to excite, and to facilitate your efforts; The promoters of the S. P. Society to take this op portunity of respectfully inviting proprietors and all who have the present and permanent welfare of the labouring classes at heart, to co-operate and to communicate with them, and as without the adoption of the most provident means, great and augmented destitiition must await vast masses of the community during the ensuing year, the society urgently advises proprietors and influential per sons in parishes and districts where distress may-exist, to lose no time in employing the able : bt.died male and female pepulation, to whom railway or other works are unsuitable, in trenching and cropping land, in order to produce in each district the staple articles. of food at prime cost, which will be urgently needed' for their sus tentation; and as the society is established for'pronioting such improvements, it is prepared to supply such bene volent parties with well meta, ed plans, and every re quisite intorolaiion." S WEDEN. in l'aisoN DucIPLINE.— I Hh SILENT SYSTEM. — An !ett,r, r.eeive.l duri; g the pre s ent week frem ti ,• • . ,LateB t six cellular (solitary eon by •order of the Governmentil inat parts of the kingdom, have just bef.ll termi . Thee p.rianra (14. n c ,.nt a io from 400 t o 800 p d. s. Thy w ds h,. o •e"!e d during the course •of prominent feature; —The vn, guilt are Ot t Even tz 'ak ti: , TterS each other. in an 6rielo- •xe.reis •-• 0 , • - be c.,,ceded to sink pri . ! d '`..- 'odor, and with .t't • • [ll, prison. If a prisoner ‘• •. knot. (•.:o only do so during ._.. • . th sep forward an.: , ic ; ern of the guirdiars he :. .0 s.y The prisoners ale to re ceive the daily visit ,itil-r 01 [he cler,[yairtn. the doctor, Or some special person uppointed for the purpose. These visits are never to exceed twenty minutes. The prisoner in his conversations with the functionaries of the prison, who are the only persons he is allowed to converse with, must always speak in an under tone. Each cell is to be provided with a book on religion, and is furnished wiY 2 - a bell, so as to enable the prisoner to call fo:dkelpdre case of illness. Divine service is to pe corridors. During the service the door enable the be opened two or three inches, c' n a n a without seeing prisoners to see and hear the cl o erty lighted neverthe each other. The cells are asfrfte:aeh celr is to Vence may in exceptional less, prisoners worthy g o n h e t r b s e f w o r h e o h aalrfe trreierivceelfermaisnsisonwefdroensn, cthaeseGs„oavnedroaotrlioetoywo n u. e i (' ? .g i p h i en e t 1 1 7 past nine i n th e mor n it g z . ; scarcely d p a } r - i l s i p b e e rmission expressly to d w e o n r o k t e d on n th t e h ir e during the short daysr,ii not sentenced to hard labour or to complete idleness scpnanteinschear maynta w o - b b t i a c i b n m a tt e s t own account. In this case the prison, authorities will endeavour to procure them work.et are The : . Privation h punishments f w hich the prisoners ar3 subject t t i h o e n i s r o w f a f l o k o i d n , the he e d n o i s n u u r t e. ion 2. not Diin to oe u x t e i e o e n of their done.th a i r rd: 3. Locking up in the black-hole for a period not exceed ing eight day F. The latter punishment is only appli cable to prisoners who have made use of violence. LIVERPOOL,SUNDAY the ship Fairfield, Capt. Loveland, est e yesterday MORNlNG.—The ;afternoon, arrival of from Charleston, put us in possession of papers from that city to the 20th. We do not find that they contain any news bf interest to the English reader later than that brought by the New York packet-ship Yorkshire. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, JAN. 30.—The market is again quiet this week, but prices have stiffened to 725. 6d., cash, Co b , for Nos., and sellers are not disposed to make large contracts at that figure.—Glasgow Saturday Post. CAUTION 'lO MANUFACTURERS.--A rather novel system of fraud was brought to light at the Southern District Police Court, on Monday last. A woman named Jean Pol lock, who, along with others, receive 1* lbs. of am each day from their employers, Messrs. Gourley and Co., was found guilty of fraudulently retaining at least *lb. each day in her possession. Beiifg obliged to return the 'Articular weight received she effected both purposes by boiling the pirns, and they being composed of soft wood, absorbed the water, thus making. the w...i:ht .quit to that received. A woman named t , '. l!,, -hy. acted as the reset, and f -' . .'‘ = . ntence'l to thirty , . • C - • our,. D.. Lashingtoa signed, on Friday, a sentence of ' ' and Eiennog to twenty, days' imprisouluent.—Scotch .14 divorce. formers' Gazette. 1 1 4 r 1` ■