The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-19 00:00:00

t4 tn - Z L'.. "'" * e"""'P.••*o•...---"''a'"'''"' k t 110 a) u ~, ''''''' 2 1, :, 3 ! ,, i• tIY and $o ........... ...... .. .. . . 4% .Na% " 4th ern of NI . .. i s r . N orti t l tr kw Lt.,. a. ras ~,,.: l/ IA kiZ ll( ;f Prit ie :, .• • ' .. t,,,,,' - , . 3 l, 4 P itis "nd Boni ...... 8 " —1?... 11% ... , 11% Itl ld Lyon Bordeaux... • 6 •••••• , d el 8 Al MINES. Monte Unregd. 3 I A . utri) DTA ti ti SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock lAPPLICATIONS OF TOWNS, &c. 11; TO PARLIAMENT FOR LOCAL BILLS. NOTICE. !ILLIAm BAXTER, of Lincoln's Inn, Ilarris r ter-at . -Law , Lllgin eer I , IJ . BITT, of Great George-street, 11 estminster, la4. 4 tY w,,,l u avulg been appointed by the Commissioners.of. her k eyin7.Bl Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings. tinder an Act passed in the tenth year of tile reign ha 4 'NestY, intituled "An Act for utakitan preliminary 41 . ' 4 Actcertain cases of applications for Local Acts," in so far a s for 3.... relates to an intended application to Pailir.rrient tor an ''crt‘f er Porating the WESTERN GAS-Mill-IT COMPANY, hi2ore effectually Lighting with Gas certain parishes and ball estern parts of the metropolis, and the palish ok Saint 1 4 ;‘,„ at h, in the county of Surrey, do hereby give nonce that rid 011 WEDNESDAY, the third day of February next, at hour-asaor Ten Tavern, Great Queen-street; Lincoln's lini.tields, at len o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of making h let vlenllnatt orm ff an and survey of the district which such pro- Onßat th act, and of making such inquiries relative to the e said proposed Act, and of investigating such other di rect : d ung thereto as the said Commissioners have by their lito o k knOters us to make and investigate. And we do hereby require L . and the said intended work to appear before us at the aforesaid, and to produce all such surveys, plans, sec- Cer)t .7,,m.e5, documents, and evidences, as will be necessary . to c h r i l i ntended application; and we do hereby . further give itrOtion t o any Person or persons be desirous of being heard in -4 0 "_ such intended application, we shall be ready to hear Stso:!_efn. and to examine any witnesses, or any plans, sections, i fty 4 ; 11 . or other documents relevant to our said inquiries, which latial d ? think Ilt to produce before us at the time and place all-- "" 4 our hands this 31st day of December, 1346. RICHARD BAXTER,I Surveying WILLIAM CUBITT, Officers. 1 141111 0VEMENT OF TOWNS, &c. AP PLICATIONS TO PARLIAMENT FOR LOCAL BILLS. ~, NOTICE. ,41W T ;VIARD BAXTER, of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister - at - Law , CUBITT, of Great George-street, Westminster, Civil t'lirst s ,,' ha_ vi_og been appointed by the Commissioners of her 31a ,,77, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings, Sur °et f . rs under an Act passed in the tenth year of the reign of qllirt„ 47 3 Majesty, intituled, " An Act for making preliminary in ase mid certain ca.es of applications for Local Acts," in so as Act rel a t es t o an i nten ded application to Parliament for K a E n CfiliPa inc erPorating the COMMERCIAL GAS-LIC4II the 9 ' 1 " 111- , do hereby give notice that we shall attend °a TUES kte 9th °f February next, at the ' City of London Tavern, Blsh n o A p T s: b,,_•street, at the hour of Ten o'clock in the forenoon, for the pur • 577 „, ° f making such local examination and survey of t h he i Distriet such proposed Act will affect, and of makin nquiries n_ 4 're to the provisions of the said proposed Act, a g in; ' . uc f i ugh other matters relating thereto as the said Coommnlssesitingart qby their order directed us to make and investigate. And ice sreby require the promoteri of the said intended work, to ap a before us at the time and place aforesaid, and to produce all w ilkirveys, plans, sections, estimates, documents, and ev and iden we do ces as o he ft b b e essary to support such intended application ; mug further give notice, that if a n y p erson or p ersons be desirous ~...""ng heard in opposition to such intended application, we shall 3' to hear him or them, and to examine any witnesses, or any Sections, maps, books, et other documents relevant to our ti k _'° ( luirles, which they may think fit to i roduce before us at the nd plae aforesaid. 4 - 8 Witne s c our hands this 31st day of December, 1846. MC HARD BAITER,'] Surveying WILLIAM CUBITT, S Officers. --.... _ S kLE OF RAILWAY SHARES BY AUCTION.—(THIS DAY.) kkthough the number offered at the sa le of Railway ates by Messrs. Lamond and Co. was les s than usual, Yet business was li m ited ; and there were few buyers, save ~t l o , i tonsiderable reduction upon last week's prices. • The fol ng are a few of tbe principal sales : G (l t r ra e es a att \l n, n ctli d ixa ian Peninsular £o 4 6 0 8 6 Luxembourg south Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 1 19 0 b 7pslure Union and Canal (scri 'rbY, Stafford, and W orcestershire, p) New 0 11 6 Louvain hla Sambre, ex int 1 12 6 dreading, Guildford, and Reigate 3 14 0 'rat Western of Bengal 0 7 6 I tvee , c a s t st N er or t h ß er e i t i lford . , Exchange Certificate 0 11 6 2 12 6 t. r thern Counties Union 1 10 0 tv erP• blanch. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2 2 0 C0 u ......................, 4 ti t „nSE 01' EXCH ' - bino, : ••• • .. C.F. 12 4 %it, Malt "glit •.....' 121 evorp. •••• •• 2U. 12 gh 447 . 1 bUrgh •• "•• •• .... 251}:5 1,4 . u11a.....•• •• • •11.1.1. 13 101 , , li b a t o a . - n l; • ;1g *1 * ..::: 2555 httmtB3 .ntlis... ••• 25 85 ht,7Zwil t • ••• ***** •• 25 90 I " . ur ort ,:;, I f ail l e • • • • 25 90 4,- 44 gh , aus . • .. 121 ` trl 4 a . 41'e . .. ... "•• km ditt o •"°•• •• •• 10 5 044 4 .....**•••• .. 10 5 ....364 "14 .N GE.-(THIS DAY) Gibraltar . • •• •• •...••.. Lethom ••..•• 30 55 Genoa . ..•.. 25 90 It Ilan ..... • • • • • • • • • Nap • • ...... 40U Palermo, per 0z.... •... 120% . ....... 53 Oporto . • Rio Jitileiro .. • . 26 Bahia .........• • ..... Buenos Ayres .. ••• • • • New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia . n 10.5 OF BULLION, ?LB OZ. Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0 New Dollars • • 0 4 10% Spanish Doubloons OO 0 Aliver in bars ... • 0 5 ONI "111 441 a • • . . 4 TII III4 EN'S BE NC H .—(l' HIS D A r Y. r ) t. h lo .r e e rband jury were sworn in at the sitt f in l g low oti n th a e c „, as o e u s :..... It7ll ,-. 1.41. eN gave judgment in the k " tr i . l _ ° tl er gliby, m . "cl red that some Willoughbv—(the Court COM ,ieZgealent M 6 W—( rule for a new trialomade ibsolute) ; kit for 81vin e g ul u h r t th to or b e e:m pe a n d s e e. bets L y n e l n es t s h t e h p is a e r w ti a es s Gr ub s a new trial must be made absolute) ; the Queen v. t ht dj"-(indgment for the Crown on the demurrer wa :a i tnnhed thet f h o e r • x enaant on th general traverse). ° e4e3 Of conseg e uence occurred during the morning. ()flu.- 4 „ -11110 N IPLEAS—(THIS DAY.) Air u," ST4 PSON—ALLEGED PIRACY OF A PANTOMIME. ttrdi it 7 • D. HILL moved for a rule to show cause n w d hy the a new ii• ltial Wu the present case should not be set aside , , a 141 401 f alli ed; on the ground that no material evidence in !Tli el e'c in su po t t* the declaration had been adduced. It! ae h tin o was P tried oil ,Satin day . and Monday last, before 4 % " Coltman and a verdict given for the plaintiff, it -- e'Ost 46/ . / ', tli el t was orought by Mr. .Austin Lee, brother of ) esi la s ue Lee, the pantomimist, against Mr. Simpson, the tou l iget of the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, for playing . a pan tieenlie called The Princess liuttledore or Ilarlequut shut toeTvorithout leave, on and alter Christmas, 1845. T he ''l,:its stated to have been written in 184'2, but had_n o o w t tlit t ilut !It out at any of the metropolitan th!atres. H nt got possession of the manuscript did not appear The L earned of having dwelt at some length on the . hhi,, ,teriality of the evidence adduced to prove the author TO tile mode set forth in the declaration, ellovr.7?.ohi!T considered that sufficient cause had not been 1 or disturbing the verdict, and refused the rule. The Court then adjourned. ' BAIL COURT. --(THIS DAY.) The Court-sat irt Banco in the early part of the kld afterwards at Nisi Prius, but no case of interest occurred E XCHE(4IIri T-- 1R ------------ DAY.) •-(THIS morning,. The Court was occupied during the greater part of the day in hearing cause shown against several rules obtained during sglthe sitting of last term, not one of which presented the iwst feature of importance to any but the parties inlm qtately coneerned. In the case of t tle rid ORMER.OI) v, TliomPsoN fres h e was discharged by consent of both parties, and a reference agreed upon. ._ . JAIttEsRO'—STREET—(THIS DAY) 1:le It Farrell, an able-bodied man, was charged by Mr barrister, Temple, with begging. aMr lie ue .arsley said he was met in Regent-street, yesterday, Or, ;Sa prisoner, who told a tale so pitiful and apparently so S, that he gave him a shilliitg. He continued walking 11:11egtuhrts.itowt erneetyeily,edardsbeond and returned, when he was again the prisoner, who repeated his tale, and added he anything that morning. Mr. Dearsley keLtloned him oftener than once, and the prisoner as often . th: Lr E e d to God he bad not got a farthing, and Mr. Dearsle y lea lgut it only justice to the public, and to those who are Th Yll *edY, to give him into custody. "e Prisoner who repeated that he was in distress, was t o for a month to imprisonment and hard labour. AET ITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS. (6„ 1101 .1SE OF COMMONS.—(THIS DAY.) ‘"-In 22, betore Mr. Examiner SMITH, and Mr. As sistant-Examiner FRERE.) GLA'uIDW' DUMFRIES AD N CARLISLE, AND -SGOW, PAISLEY, KILMARNOCK AND AYR. It 4" hearing of the allegations in this case was resumed. ti :pied nearly the whole of the day. An allegation to i tlh ' effect that the mode in which it was proposed to form a e i ," e tion with the Clydesdale Junction Railway was not ac ,rately delineated in the plans and sections was sustained, - *were also one or two other allegations of minor importance. I . The next point raised was, whether the Clydesdale June -141 Company, through a portion of whose property the Il:rtie under consideration was proposed to pass, should have referenced in the plans submitted. 1,,,t t 1e promoters of the Bill contended that such a course iit7 tit ia ted. otnecessary, as the Clydesdale line was not yet con - 1.4 6 Examiners decided that, considering the contingent or ir t able interest the Clydesdale Company had in the pro ttf referred to, the name ought to have been inserted. k t e r some further evidence was taken on the alleged in• tap ul t k eY of some of the levels, the Court adjourned till to rte!, Mo on , . 23 , before Mr. Examiner MAY and Mr. Assistant- Examiner Gu wa•xu..) )4 4 41 Examiner intimated this morning that if his colleague, befo), ll l,h, did not get through the Scotch case which was Bet e . 1 111 to-day, he would to-morrow enter upon both th_ 4 ."'"lng each petition in the order in which it stood on eept Wal 40, SOMERSET, AND WEYMOUTH RAILWAY Thi a AMENDMENT (No. 2). ; case was then resumed. to m all egation was sustained, to the effect that a certain U P% ti ; e4 , was intended to be diverted, was not shown 441 ._ tai ll : A P L ans. Other allegations of less moment were also Kit not, however, till after they had been severly con- The std ease closed with the memorials of William George ki lled :Li am Russell, „11 e in which several allegations were sus att. Court then adjourned till to- morrow, at ten o'clock, 114, 0 "'llY rep eating the order of business he had nam ed at Peniug of to-day. rtkARKET INTELLIGENCE. Sthe London New Price Current of January 19.) lk-uh4.--To-day there was much desire manifested, ever• PU re rpL ule all descriptions of West India Muscovado foy e ri e c , s In tl i s i , , and advanced rates were offered; but the ul high against p be a i la `" upon by merchants operated considerably lir a e ss. and the quantity sold in the privat market ain t " . . oe th e "u to only 30 htids, and tierces, for which an advance given. Ther quotations of Friday of 2s to 3s per cwt. was g k n 4 kni e w as no public sale of Barbadoes. If holders had ta e , 1,,,_ a le advance on Friday's prices the market would hare -e..11 ared -ktcr 1- . tew_ NotA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar was in ex-_ 4 an request ; and at public sale 3.624 bags were all sold r:dvance on the rates of Friday of Is per cwt. btu 11410) . —To day the incluiries3were numerous after all 44._ of To goods for home consumption, and further ' 4111 4 rates were offered, but the supply scanty. Bonded e• as 60, oxes bleb the golf t. from VS. o l 9 riell ° gee s nom' ot ° • how' there e foref time esen t I in.f bet.,t egg •e bo , hoe • for ss. t° bane 206 1 . 'as Pa l3l Sens``" mid -sr Ore ;1( . " - 20 6 e 927. 0 3 A 4 1 1 ii 7 • 1 ', 51. • , ill agtfi • r 4 ge i • .3 4 4 2 4 24 5 71 vas ll4 • 128'4 14, • 14 5 4 3 ; 74 12,5,_ • ' 31,e%0. ;at 2 0 _ SA l ,_ /4 1 fri 4 4 - .5* • 56 TlFig SUN, l4 14t0011! EVENING-,_SAWITARY io, 1A47. his seat on the Woolsack. The Duke of Cambridge arrived nearly at the same time. The Duke of Wel linKton arrived at two o'cloc k, and was received by the Duke of Cambridge' w ith, Why; Duke, you look quite young." The Duke truly appeared in excellent health. At a quarter past two o'clock the firing of cannon and the heralds' trumpets announced the arrival of the royal cortege at the Houses of Parliament. After a short sojourn in the Robing-room, the Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the officers of State and of the Homehold, entered in the usual form. Both her Majesty and her Royal Consort appeared in excellent health and spirits. She wore a magnificent tiara and stomacher of diamonds. As the foggy nature of the weather bad by this time departed the coup d'ced was magnificent in the extreme. Having taken her seat on the throne, and commanded the assembly to be seated, and the commons having been summoned, the Lord Chancellor presented her Majesty with the Speech. Her Majesty then, in a clear, silvery voice read the Royal Speech, which will be found in another column. Alter the delivery of the Speech, the cortege left the House almost in the manner in which it had entered. The whole ceremony did not occupy twenty minutes. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, on leaving the House, were warmly cheered. Acts of Parliattent had greatly improved. the social and moral condition of the people He would illustrate the relativa positions of the land lords and tenants of-Ireland, by some: analogies, which would bring the thing home to the imaginations of the Noble Lords whom he was addressing.— Supposing it possible that by s ome atmospherical influence an insect were fo un d to i n f ec t all the bags of cotton which came into M anc h ester, so as t o ruin the trade which sustained the p o p u l at i on o f t h e coun ty of Lan cashire. Had their Lordships then addressed the great mill-owners of that country, in language like that which had been addressed to the landlords of Ireland, they would then have found congregated those parties who, although they would have cheerfully borne the burden for those who had been born and bred in their service. Still their Lordships might expect that they would be addressed in language similar to this:—" We are now thrown:on our resources, and are made responsible, in order to meet this great emergency, Yet we ex pect that some partial relief ought to be ex tended towards us by the Imperial Parliament. To bring this analogy more home to their Lordships, just let them suppose that last autumn there had been a failure in the wheat and oat crops of this country, would it have been right, or would it even have been expected, that the landed interest alone should be called upon to meet the calathity alone?—(Hear, hear.) He made those remarks spontaneously ; they . had not been suggested by any party; but in performing the task he had undertaken, he th oug h t h e h a d r i g h t to ex p res s his views and feelings upon these various topics. Whatever might be the issue of this fearful calamity, it was, in the meantime, the duty of all parties, from the highest Minister of the Crown, down to the lowest member of society to use every exertion, and make every personal sacrifice if necessary, to arrest its further progress.—(Hear, hear.) What would have been the condition of England had there been iso channel between this country and Ireland ? (LEFT SPEAKING ) . _ with which the Speech of her Majesty would be received, and that they would imitate the example lately set them in Ireland, and for a time fOrbear from all party disputes—(Hear, hear)—in order the better to devote themselves to the considertion of Irish measures, and devise means for the permanent improve ment of the country. (Hear, hear.) The first paragraph of her Majesty's Speech expressed the deep anxiety and concern for the dearth which at pre • sent existed in Scotland and Ireland. He felt sure that the House would join in that expression of feeeling. He confessed that the circumstances of the latter country appeared to him to be of so appalling a character, and so beset with difficulties that he almost feared to address himself to the subject. But :ho felt confident that the mere allusion to them would be sufficient to excite sympathy, and wonld call forth the warmest efforts to relieve them. — (Hear, hear.) Unfortunately the calamity of fever and famine was no new occurrence in Ireland. Last year it prevailed to a considerable ex tent, but it did not take place at such an early period of the season, nor was it attended with such fatal effects. This year disease had set in early in August, and so complete had been the destruction of the potato crop, that, with the exception of a few set in the early part of the year, they had been almost all destroyed. He felt how unable he was adequately to express in figures the state of things as regarded that failure, but he believed that the eleventh part of the arable part of the country, or about 1,200,000 acres, were occupied with potato cultivation. This immense crop had entirely failed ; and when it was taken into consi deration how many were dependent on it as their only subsisteece, souse idea might be formed of the distress which was the consequence of that failure. There were so many dependent upon it that it was nearly impossible to fill its place. He would not attempt to describe the measure which the Government intended to bring forward to meet this emergency. It would be for them to state the extent of the employment they had given, the facilities they had held out for the em ployment of the poor, and the contributions they had given to resist local contributions. But, notwith standing all they had done, he was afraid that their efforts had not been sufficient to prevent disease, or save the country from being reduced to a most desperate state. He was glad to understand that Government intended to do all they could; that they were about to take off all duties which restricted the im portation of foreign grain —(Hear)-- and that they intended to allow molasses and sugar to be used in distilleries to save the grain hitherto used for that purpose.—(Hear.) He was quite aware of the benefit which this measure would produce to the country, but yet he could not disguise from himself the fact that after all it would only be of temporary utility, and that it would in no way affect the permanent condition of the people of Ireland. He would take the whole condition of tbatcountry into consideration, and would hope that the Government would devise such measures as would not only relieve the present distress, but would also prevent it from becoming a permanent evil. Having noticed the distress of that country, he thought he should be doing an injustice—a great injus tice—to the people, if he did not at the same time notice the singular patience with which the people of Ireland had endured the extreme suffering to which they had been subjected during the existence of this terrible calamity. He thought it but right to make this remark because he desired, as he trusted it would be shown, that the sympathy of that House went entirely with the people of Ireland, and that it would be a recommendation to the Irish people still further to bear up their fortitude against the distress that had fallen upon them. There was another subject on which he wished to say a few words. He alluded to the destruction of the independence of Cracow, and ha could not help expressing his extreme surprise that such a violation of the sanctity of treaties should have taken place, and he could not help looking upon it as a manifest violation of the treaty of Vienna . —(Hear, hear.) There was one topic in her 'Majesty's Speech which he thought of peculiar importance to this country —that was, the notice of the Health of Towns ' ' Reports which had been made by her Ma jesty's Commissioners, and he trusted that those reports would awaken the people of this country to the importance of that subject, and that they would lead to such measures as would mainly contribute to that important object. In saying thus much, he ought to express his gratitude to Mr. Chadwick and Dr. Southwood Smith for their exertions and consideration of this subject, and for the valuable reports they had made. He would not trouble the House with any fur ther remarks ; but at once thank them for the indulgence he had received. The Honoura- Member concluded by moving " that an humble Address be presented to her Majesty in return for her Majesty's most gracious Speech from the throne. The Address was then read, which was, as usual, an echo of the Speech. Mr. RICARDO rose to second the Address. He said he did not anticipate that any opposition would be offered to the Address, for the purpose of seconding which he now had the honour to rise. He believed that even if there were anything either of commission or omission in the opinion of any party, in this case they would be slow to offer any obstruction to her Majesty's Government at a moment when so large a portion of her Majesty's sub jects require the adoption of measures which would lead to their immediate relief. He should not follow his Hon. Friend through the details of Irish distress, because he considered, after what he had said, if he alluded to it at all, he should pay but a poor compliment to his sincerity : He was sure that he expressed the sentiments of every Member in the House when he stated his firm conviction that when the measures to be proposed by her Majesty's Government for the alleviation of the existing distress came under consideration, that they would approach the discussion of them with minds unbiassed by party hostility or by party con siderations, and that they would be actuated by the same motives, in order to obtain the same end— devising a remedy for the present national calamity, and taking mea .urea to prevent the recurrence of a similar state of things in future.—(Cheers.) What those measures might be, he had no means of knowing ; indeed, if he did, it would be pre mature to discuss them then. But there was one part of the Speech to which he wished to allude, namely, the admission of foreign corn, and for giving facilities for its admission.—(Hear, hear.) This he believed was understood to be done by removing the duties upon foreign corn, and by the relaxation of the navigation laws as far as regarded that importation. This subject had received universal discussion. He had heard but two objections raised against it, one of which was a most extraordinary reason, that no larger quan thy of corn could be admitted under a free importation than under the present duty. Certainly, if they could not get any in, they could not let any out. The next reason was, that the compact which was entered into between Parliament and the agricultural interests would be materially interfered with. Now, lie confessed he thought there was no party in that House who would deem it wise to take upon itself the responsibility of adding one farthing to the price of food at the present moment, in order to sustain such a punctilio as this. He did not apprehend that the agri culturists of 1847 would think less disinterestedly of their country than the agriculturists and Parliament of 1800, when it would be borne in mind, not only was corn admitted for the relief of the suffer ing people, but a bounty paid on its introduction. Now, he did not consider that the state of the country would be so bad as it was in 1800, for the measures which would be taken by her Majesty's Government would prevent their arriving at such a point of destitution. But there was one point to which he would call particu lar attention—they were not alone in their misfortune. The scarcity extended through the greater part of the continent of Europe. France, Holland, and Belgium had opened their ports and remitted their corn duties. They were, therefore, put upon their defence, and it would be utter madness in them if they should impose upon themselves any restrictions which would prevent them from obtaining a fair share of the produce necessary to their support.—(Hea r , h ear .) L et them, for argument's sake, take the average price of corn to be 70s. a quarter. Upon that they had at present to pay a four-shilling duty, while, under the old corn-law, they would have but one shilling. It was obvious to every one that the seller would sooner take his corn to a free and unrestricted market than ;to one where he would have to pay a toll of four shillings, even supposing that the toll were repaid by the price of corn. They form their more intimate relations with corn growing countries, and from their means of trafficing with them, from their insular position and supe rior means of internal transit, had certainly an advantage in keeping the . price of corn lower than other countries. But, in order effectually to do so, two things were necessary, the first of which was to remit their corn duties, and the second was to relax their navigation laws. They had been in the habit of receiving two millions of quarters of wheat from Ireland; they would not receive any this year, but the probability was, that they would have to export the same quantity, which would make a deficit of four millions.—(Hear, hear.) When they considered the success that had attended the efforts which had been made to carry out a liberal system of commerce, they had the strongest presumption for believing that the best effects would follow from an abrogation of the navigation laws, which had hitherto operated so injuriously to - the interests of not only the mother country, but their colonial dependencies. When they considered the extent of the British commerce—that it extended through every quarter of the globe that their merchants and sailors were toiling . everywhere in the cause of humanity that their empire was washed by every sea—that their commercial traders were the best customers of the ,country, and their manufacturers surpassed by none in energy and enter prise,—when they considered all . these things, and the capital and resources , themlnelraandl and , and when o other wise, which existedtok into consideration i n they all also the great advantages that had alrea d y attended the old law, which ha d failed in the remission of its operation in this North American th e m the country, and had lo st colonies, besides creating irrita tion in the present de • p en dencies of the country, they had every encouragement rect to come forward in the These & was ion one the o y ther had recently matter in taken.—(Cheers.) the Speech to w hi c h be would refer. It w a s that regarding the admission of sug ar for and distillers. H e did th e use of brewers the attention of the House at any not intend to occupy at length on the subject present , as many opportunit ies wou ld be afforded for _ its full discussion in future , but he m ust be permitt ed to say that the proposition wou ld have the best effects in liberating a forthe ma i n t enan ce of of grain large amount the people — ( Rea r + bear)—while at the same siderable reduction could be made time he believed a con . articles of luxury to the people. — in the cost of some He H considered that the measure (Hear, hear.) act of bare justice to the would be interest, which complained of the agricultural MPERIAL PA RI lAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The Lards re-assembled at Five o'clock. We observed in the House, Lords Stanley, Brougham, Lansdowne, Montford, Ilatherton (mover of the Address), Carew, the Earl of Eglintoun, Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl St. Germains, the Earl of Clarendon, the Dukes of Buckingham, Richmond, and Rutland, and several other Peers. SELECT VESTRIES. The Marquis of LANDSDOWNE gave notice that it was his intention, on an early day, to bring in a Bill for the better regulation of Select Vestries. THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. The LORD CHANCELLOR then, in due form, pro ceeded to read her Majesty's Speech, which will be found in another column. At the close of the reading of the Speech, Lord HATHERTON rose and said—My Lords, it is now my duty to invite your Lordships'consideratioa to the Address which I have the honour of proposing in reply to the speech of her Most Gracious Majesty, which you have just heard read. The condition of Ireland justly forms a prominent topic in that speech, and I am sure the important circumstances connected with it will fully entitle me attempting any justification of it.— (Hear, hear.) For the first time for a long period of years Ireland appears no longer to be the arena of political agitation. The question, therefore, which we have now to consider is no longer a question of party interest, or of party opposition, or of party policy, for it has pleased the Almighty in his wisdom to inflict upon that country a wide-spread famine, unequalled, I believe, in past history, certainly not to be paralleled in the history of modern times. It is truly an overwhelming infliction, falling, unhappily, upon many millions of the population of this kingdom. The population of Ireland since the year 1792 — that is during the last 75 years —has exactly doubled. The potato, during that period, has been an article of food in common throughout the whale country; and it is well known, that in every year that - has elapsed since that period, donn to the present time, that the potato has become more and more an article of exclusive subsistence of a large portion of the Irish people; not only, however, was it the principal article of subsistence of the cottar and the peasant, but it has been the chief article of subsistence of the small farmer; and not only even was it the principal article of subsistence of the small farmer, but I believe it has also formed the prin cipal article of subsistence of a large portion of the population residing in the suburbs of large towns. His Lordship then proceeded to say that potatoes formed not only the sustenance of the people themselves, but the sustenance also of the animals which they reared. The value of the potato crop, it was estimated, amounted annually to sixteen millions ; and when their Lordships considered the immense amount of sustenance which it afforded, some idea might be formed of the awful misery consequent on its failure. The failure of that crop had brought on a famine that not only proved destructive to the poorer classes, but threatened the existence of every man of every grade in the community. The union workhouses were filled to o‘erflowing, and so crowded had they become that they were obliged to close the doors against further admissions. He had also to state, in reference to this, that many of these houses were bordering on the brink of bankruptcy. By the Labour-rate Act, passed at the close of last session, presentment sessions were held in 293 baronies out of the 326 baronies of Ireland. In some of these the sessions were held once, in others twice, and in a considerable number of them three times. It was thought, when that Act was passed, that it would meet the extent of distress then anticipated, and it then received the approbation of all parties. He was not aware that any person in authority at that time foresaw the extent of the calamity, or denounced the measure as inadequate. In this state of things it became absolutely necessary for the Lord-Lieu tenant, in communication with the Government of this couutry, to consider what was to be done for the purpose of continuing to employ the people, and to do it on a principle satisfactory to the landed proprietors, and not ruinous to the country at large. There were two - paths to be taken, and one was, to assemble Parliament to devise other measures ; and the other was, for the Lord-Lieutenant to take on himself the direction and management of the public money as he best could under the circumstances. It was impossible for any GovernMent to have taken a wiser course than the one which the present Govern ment did in not adopting the former alterna tive. There would have been the long delay before Parliament assembled, and a long discussion when it did. The Government had sufficient experience in guarding against the greatest evil of all—which would have been suspense—which would have been pending during the proceedings of assembling Parliament, and during the discussion little or nothing could be done by the landed proprietors, and the landlords of course, in that state of suspense, would only wait -to ascertain the result of their deliberations. If the Lord Lieutenant took on himself the exercise of a just discretion, and determined, as far as possible, to accommodate the di rection of the existing Act of Parliament, by adopting such an extension of its powers as would permit it to be applied to the occupation of the people in private and useful works, and to do so, under such regulations as to insure to the public the benefit of any money expended. Bat to do this it was by no means operative, so as to admit of the employment of the public money exclusively in drainage or the reclamation of waste lands, for many of the landowners had no land which required draining, and some of them had already accomplished these works, and very little ad vancement was made under Mr. Labouchere'a Act. A c v o e u ry ld n n at o u t ra g l u o a n rd e ivte rwas usual i n d e ecdo,mpl thataintthewalsrismhaldandlaonrddsa against the injustice o f the double tax. A man who had releused his lands from any c har g e, was not released from his contribution to the baronial expenses. In this state of things it was natural that they should cry out for the area in which the present levies were made to be extended to the electoral districts. He congratulated the Noble Duke for his suggestions which he had made some years ago when the Irish poor-law was brought under consideration, and his objection to the very serious mischief which would arise to every area in the district being compelled to support its own poor. He always regretted that his valuable suggestions were not carried out.—(Hear. There was also another Act under which authority was given to grant 50,0001. for employment in public works, such as fisheries, and other works of that description. But it was so clogged with inconvenient provisions that it could not be turned to present material advantage. Ireland was consequently in this condition, that there was at present a stop put to drainage in that country, which was to be deplored, because it afforded the means of giving beneficial employment to the labouring classes, particularly in the summer months. To show that this would occur he need only mention that draining at certain periods could not be carried on foroatshad to be sown in the land,as in next month for instance, and drainage must then necessarily be suspended The Labour-rate Act must then cease, because in many n d we i h s ci t ee r sh i s c a ts rtyo i , t ex w thp o ee u nre ld dfo b rte e h: im pf p ou o rb s l ii i i c b t l h e mei t or o ne fi yL nd . erld o ts b h j w e ip c os t upon u s Idwihthe the repeat what he t o devise hea s r o: as e to other what modes e other to of employing the people of I re l an d. I t was not hi s in tentionmodes should be, nor would he wish to provoke just then a discussion on that subject. He admitted its paramount importance and th e r i g h t o f the public, cdmeoueply nt interested as th e y were i n t h e question to be made acquainted with all that related to it as soon as possible ; but it would be h du ty of e of the Minister of the Crown, and he would, it could conveni e ntly b e d one, bring this as soon as s important , question under the consid erat i on of the Parliament. other House of Such wa s the statement which he felt it his imperative duty to make to their Lordships, and if he had omitted anythi ng w hi c h he should have , stated, there were so many of their Lordships so inti mately acquainted with all the affairs of Ireland, that these omissions would be ample supplied. Besides, his Hon. Friend the Noble Baron w h o was to second the address, and who was so beneficially connected with the barony of Wsxford, would be able to atone for any inaccuracy of his. Well, it wa s highly desirable that for this purpose one should compare and examine the condition of society an d property in England and Ireland. Nothing could be more disproportioned, nothing could be more dispiriting. In England they had a large proprietary ; they had residing among them a vast monied interest—a monied interest not con fined to this metropolis, the most extraordinary place of resort in the world—but an interest extending to every port in the kingdom, and generally spread over the whole surface. They had, besides, on the estates of these landlords a thriving and substantial yeomanry ; they had a long-established and desirable or ganization with the law under which they had so long lived. There was scarcely a parish in England in which th ere were not means found admirably adapted to ren der assistance to the most humble classes in any crisis of the country. But how different was the condition ofthe people in Ireland. '1 here were , n o doubt, several wealthy proprietors there, and with resp ect to the organisation fact that of that country , undoubtedly it was the there was an aptitude for organisation for po litical purposes ; yet it was unfortunately the case, that for any prac tical or useful purpi e there was a remarkable want of that virtue. t was true, indeed, that for some years past several abrogation. io a f the prlection that it had hitherto enjoyed. The success that had attended the new course of policy pursued—the experience of an increase in the Customs duties, at the same time that a large consump tion of necessary and useful articles, such as timber, sugar, and brandy had taken place—encouraged them to go steadily forward in the same track.—(Cheers). He was convinced that other nations would not be slow in following our example, but that they would prefer, as it was so evidently to their interests, to buy economically: rather than manufacture expensively; that capital would quickly flow into the country, and that we should have such a return in answer to our proffers, that the world would speedily feel the benefit of those measures, and that their result would be an in crease of plenty, prosperity, and peace. With those ob servations it only remained for him to second the Address which the Speaker had in his hands. The address having been read from the Chair, Mr. S. O'BRIEN said that, however disinclined he was to disturb the unanimity of the House on .the present occasion, or in any respect to inter fere with that unanimity with which addresses in reply to the speech of her Majesty should have, - he felt that he should be wanting in duty to his countrymen if he'• remained silent, and refrained from an appeal to the House, in behalf of those whose suffer ings could neither be exaggerated nor described. It was surely not necessary for him to remind the House of the circumstances that had taken place during the last three months in Ireland. If Hon. Gentlemen would only look at the reports which were daily circu lated through the newspapers of that country for the last three months, they would know that those suffer ings were extreme, and that there was reason to appr,:- -bend, that unless immediate measures be taken they will not only continue, but be . very largely incr.( as A. The latest newspaper which he had received from that country contained an account of no less than eight in quests in the county of Mayo, in which verdicts had been returned of death from absolute starvation ; and also an account of a family who were found living upon horse-flesh and carrion, the refuse of wild ducks and other birds. He was not prepared to say that her Majesty's Government were to be held en tirely guiltless of having produced such a fearful state of things. He believed that it was in their power to have prevented a single death taking place through starvation. He did not accuse them of a wilful inten . . , - corn and grain at high prices. If then the failure . !_. ,- -.- employed could not subsist on their present weg• 'I4H v 7 7\ .. was to become of those destitute persons who eror; a :' -- ?1, -- . able to work? He supposed that the Govern .. 41 '..'" 0::;1: - _, , c, - .!,- sidered that the various relief committees wou M ' , . o + 6 the proper relief ; they were, however; interdic • ~\ . N , -, -- giving relief in money, and were only allowed, tp - -?tiV7,--f provisions at cost price to such persons ~ 1. .4 . 1 might be considered proper objects of their attentioh:T, ._ „ The Committee should have done irore than sold / " • food at the prime cost, because lie believed - they were not prevented from assisting them -by grants of food and money. Thy*, with respect to - the . workhouse system experience, during the past ought to have taught them that they could not rely with any certainty, nor upon the voluntary relief . of the . gentry. When their attention was called to the - nature of the emergency last August, which they might have anticipated, they might have well known that they could not calculate . with any certainty upon receiving the ample means which were necessary for the resident gentry of Ireland. 130 workhouses had been established in Ireland under , the law recently passed but they were not calculated to cont4in one hundreth part of the indigent part of the population. The work - houses in England here not calculated to maintain more than ten per cent. of the population during the worst seasons; but what was to beceme of the poor of Ireland during sitnilas seasons with such crippled work house accommodrtion ? In many instances the work houses hal become so crowbed thot their doors had to be shut to all new coolers, and so crowded were ebey that fever had toroken out, and instead therefore, if affording- relief . to the poor, they had been the means of - effiictinm them with fevers, %A hick too r.ften carried their. off. He asked them why they had not interfered be fore now, and dispens-d more liberal relief. This might have been done by making the local authorities resopnsible for the maintenance of the poor, more especially the infirm and destitute. The local authorities would then have been able, through their own means, to have provided ample supplies of food, and they would not then have heard of the dread ful occurrences in Skibbereen, in which, as it ap peared to him, the poor were left to starve or be sweft off the face of the earth.—(Hear, hear). He lamented that he felt it his duty to make these observations, and he considered that the facts re- • quired some explanation at the hands of the Minister. He, with others, felt that measures were not taken . which might have prevented the scarcity which was now so bitterly felt. Mr. LABOUCHERE said, that although for many years he had been in the habit of addressing the House, yet, he confessed, that at no time had he risen more impressed with the responsibility of his position, or under a stronger impression how much he should stand in need of the accustomed kindness of the House. tion of doing so, but he thought that by the measures they had introduced, or rather the neglect of those measures, they had tended considerably to bring about that state of things. He would recal to the recollection of the House the plege given by the Noble Lord at the head of the Government, at the close of the last session, that no inter ference on the part of the Government with food should be allowed. To that fatal pledge he attributed many of the disasters which had befallen that unhappy country. The present Government should have followed the example of their predecessors, and made a pledge that, so far as the exertions of the Government were concerned, they would do the utmost to present any human being dying of starvation, The Noble Lord had, no doubt, by this time discovered that the capital of this country was not of such a nature as could be immediately employed in obtaining resources for a population of five millions of persons, the greater portion of which were to be found in places where no trade or commerce had as yet any existence. The Government ought, therefore, to have been prepared to augment the supply of corn, by ransacking every port in the civilized world, and also to have in troduced every description of produce, and by the ap plication of that produce to the most remote parts of the country, have mitigated the evils and prevented those fearful disasters with which the public were unhappily too well acquainted.—(Hear, hear.) Then he wished to ask why should not the duty upon the importation of corn have been abrogated months ago, when the horrible state of the Irish people became I known ? The Noble Lord had been bold enough in dealing with other duties, or rather the chief Secretary for Ireland had found no difficulty in legislat ing without Parliament. But why should not Parlia ment have been called together months ago, for the pur pose of carrying out the plan only now suggested, viz., of removing the corn duties, and:suspending the navigation la ws, in order to alleviate the existing distress, and conse quently of permitting such an importation of grain, and preventing the use of sugar in breweries and distilleries, and of employing the navy, as they had only recently been employed, in carrying supplies of food to the extreme portions of the country, access to which was difficult ? Then, with respect to the em ployment:of the people—and he regretted that he was addressing an audience five-sixths of whom knew no thing about the subject the resident gentry and the farmers, who bad received diminished rents and profits, from the failure of the potato crops, and who were consequently unable to give all the 'employ ment that was required, stepped nobly forward and did their best to alleviate the distress, yet the Government refused to tax the absentee landlords.—(Hear, hear.) In such a state of things it was the duty of the Government to provide a temporary remedy. They passed at the end of last session a Bill which was called the Labour-Rate Act, under which power was given to the executive to undertake works recommended by the Quarter Sessions, in order to give employment to the people, and under this act they were employed in de stroying the roads, and in consigning the land to perpe tual barrenness—nothing was done for its proper culti vation. He did not blame the Government for passing this Act, because they, no doubt, did so precipitately, and without knowing the full extent of the sufferings of the people ; but he could find no apology for the neglect of the Government in not calling Parliament together for the purposes to which he had referred, and of whose conduct he could not speak in terms of praise. general remonstrance reached the Government against the expenditure of such large sums of money an object injurious or worthless which they were for the most part. The Hon. Gentleman instead of doing that, which was his duty, took upon himself the functions of the Legislature, and that withont consulting the Irish representatives who were the proper organ for legislative enactments. But the Hon. Gentleman had taken the sole responsibility of establishing regulations affecting the property of the country and its taxa tion in a most material manner, and that through a letter couched in language very obscure and exceedingly difficult to understand. It appeared to him that the Minister who set such a precedent—for, let them remember, it was a precedent—was deserving of im peachment. He might stand alone in that opinion, but he felt himself bound, notwithsianding, to express it. He was bound to state, in addition, that the instru ment had remained a dead letter, and had thrown the country into confusion; for, up to that moment, it was his belief that a very small portion of the works had been undertaken in accordance with that letter. What they demanded was, that the employment of the people should no longer be directed 'to works of an entirely unproductive character ; at the present moment hundreds and thousands of men were employed in destroying roads when the lands were left untilled (Hear, hear) the consequence of which would be that the famine of the next year would double that of the present He complained that the provisions of the Act had not bean carried into efficient effect, and that the Board of Works did not carry out the powers which had been reposed in them for the employment of the people. In the county of Mayo, he knew that the proprietors of land had taxed themsellves to a great extent for the employment of the people, that due effect to the funds so raised had not been given, through the inefficiency of tho Board of Trade arrange ments, while the people were dying by thoushnds. There was another consideration why Ireland should know the measures to be proposed at the earliest moment. Was the measure to be local or na tional ? On that question would depend the reception which it would meet with in Ireland. If it were to be a national measure, then should all be called on to con tribute to it equitably, without regard to class or party, landowner, mortgagee, fundholder, and annuitant, Whatever he, as a humble Member of the House, might think of the measure or the character given to it, would depend its efficacy as a means of relief for the sufferings of the Irish people. It would show to the millions of that country whether the union was to be productive of benefit to Ireland, or throw all the advantages in favour of England.—(Laugh ter.) By the encouragement of absentees to spend the rents levied in Ireland out of the country. There could be real union between the two countries, unless the interests of Ire land were fully recognised and consulted, and he trusted the measures of the Government would be an instalment in that direction.—(Hear, hear). If that were the case, then it it followed that the manu facturers of Ireland could flourish, and he would put a case to their imagination in which the principle that had been advocated could not hold. Suppose, in the case of an invasion of any other national disaster, that should deprive the people of employment, whose food would be as scarce as employment, could they dare to adopt such measures as those which were now re commended, and which would be equivalent to swamp ing the whole of the landed interest of Ireland. He did not wish to offer to the present Government, for he looked upon their attainment of office with the greatest satisfaction, and had certainly greater sympathy with them tha t with any other sect in the House. But he had at pre sent no faith in the plans which they had devised, and he thought that they would not by any means, be likely to satisfy his countrymen. There had been a committee sitting in Dublin, whose business it was to investigate the state of the country. He would not that night enter into the details of that committee, but he did not hesitate to say, that, for himself, if their recommendation were adopted, he would hesitate to give in his adhesion to the extension of the poor-law to Ireland. But if the cry for help that was now making from Ireland was to be met, not by relief, but by such n pamphlets as that which he held in his band ( 5 1 , , , Extract from Adam Smith's " Wealth of Nation _) nothing could allay the exasperaftinn of the people, impending famine. or avoid the dreadful calamity _o u The opinions which be entertainhede Ju political economy, the duty o f ovnarnthineeestu,bjaeendtsthoef duty of the Legislature, wetrheisnodtutayt, ahllowaceeveeprt,abtloe to that House; be felt it state then, and so long as the Government of this country administered the _resources of Ireland and h er revenues, so long wouldhe continue to hold the Government responsible for every death which might occur through starvation—(Cries of " Oh, oh") —if they did not adopt every measure which might be probably and fairly expected of them. Mr. P. SCROPE said that the Hon. Member who had just sat down had alluded to the employment of the able-bodied of the people of Ireland on public works in that country, but had said nothing of the relief of that large class of the population of that country, the destitute, who were unable to work upon public works. The wages which were given to those persons employed on public works might have been sufficient for their support when they bad potatoes as a means of sustenance ; but now that the crop of that article was destroyed it was not sufficient, seeing they bad to purcborse —(Hear.) The ,Hon. Gentleman the Member for Li merick had in very strong language depicted the distress at present existing in Ireland. He (Mr. Labouchere) wished that it was in his power to say that he con sidered that the Hon. Gentleman had overcharged the picture. There had been, no doubt, in. some particular instances, great exaggeration, Before Hon. Members could charge her Majesty's Ministers as had been done by the Honourable Member for Limerick (Mr. Smith O'Brien), they ought to consider the ordinary condition of Ire land before this great calamity took place. What was the usual state of that country? It was no exaggeration to say, that the people were the worst housed, the worst clothed, and the worst fed of any people in lurope.—(Hear, hear.) He had in his possession some facts which would throw considerable light upon this question, which had been certified as correct by one of the best authorities on the subject, (LEFT SITTING.) ,ace risen see.a _ crushed Sugar is much in request, avTapritea 34s Gd a 35s fe - first quality. FonEms.—To-day every ki nd of Foreign Sugar was much sought after by exporters, the home trade, and specu= lators, and higher rates were offered, but business of moment was prevented by merchants insisting upon a considerable advance—indeed some refuse to make a price, and several parcels have been withdrawn from the market. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon the demand was animated for Mauritius Sugar of all kinds, and 7,437 bags at auction were all disposed of, at no advance on those of Friday of 2s to 2s 6d per cwt for all descriptions. COFFEE.—This afternoon most kinds of Foreign Coffee were in excellent request ; at public sale 2,4.21 bags Costa Rica were nearly all sold at full rates for the better sorts, but inferior went a little cheaper. Tsa.—Duty has been paid on 406,4901bs at this The during the past week, an d 6,000 packages arrived. market has been in an inactive state for green Tea, and the low and middling qualities are offered rather under previous rates, the supply being large; but for good and tine late quotations are insisted upon. The better sorts of Congou are little wanted, and can be obtained at a shade under last Tuesday's rates. Pouchong is not much wanted, and 4d to 9(1 is the value of low to tine quality. FRUlT.—There has only been some partial business doing Tnirately ; a parcel of damaged Patras Currants sold at 525, - Eleines, in cases, from 43s to 45e, and some drums Turkey Pulled Figs from 44s to 465, and one parcel fine at 565. SPlCES.—Pimento is in small supply, and being much in request, a further advance in prices has taken place. In Black Pepper a good deal has been doing privately in all sorts, but no improvement in value can be noted. For White the demand is on the increase, and prices on the ri e. For East India African Ginger a good demand existed, and stiffer rates arc paid. Cassia Ligt ea has been sparingly dealt ' in, and prices are going down. SPiiirrs.—To-day there was little desire evinced to operate in Rum, and which is to be attributed to the probability of the unrestricted use of sugar and molasses being allowed in the distilleries and breweries ; still holders were not inclined to take lower rates. INDIGO.—Ean India is held with firmness at an advance on the rates of last quarterly sale of 2d to 4d per lb. There has been a fair business transacted, the home trade being the chief operators. COCHINEAL.—The demand has fallen off, and the market having been well supplied, a decline in the value of Id per lb took place, and 158 bags of Honduras Silvers, at auction, were only in part sold, at 5s 7d to 6s for mid to fine quality. NITRATE OF SODA.—There has been more activity in the market, and prices have advanced to 16s 6d to 17s per cwt, at which good business has been done. TURPENTINE.—Spirits have been sparingly dealt in, and there are willing sellers at 46s to 475, the stock being large. In Rough the operations are upon a more extended scale, but not at better prices, lOs being taken. Tar is in fair request, and the stock is still small. OILS.—For Linseed Oil rather lower rates having been submitted to occasioned the demand on the spot to be good at 25s to 25a 3d per cwt, and the export orders executed have been upon rather a larger scale. For forward delivery there are few purchasers, although there are sellers at the moderate rates of 25s 6d to26sper cwt. Rape Seed Oil hasbeen in excellent request, and prices are still on the advance. Olive has been disposed of to some extent, at further advanced rates. Palm cannot be quoted dearer, but the demand has been active. For Cocoa Nut higher rates have been obtained. The ar rivals of all kind s o f Fi s h Oil h a ve been again to a small extent only, whereas the deliveries are still large, and likely so to continue. TALLOW.—The market has a very firm appearance for all descriptions of Tallow ; th e s t oc k is on the deerease, and the deliveries are going on largely—although prices are much above those of this time last season. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 18th day of January, 1847, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased, upon the representation of the Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education, to appoint the Reverend Alexander Thurtell, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Caius College, Cambridge; the Reverend J. J. Blandford ; the Reverend Edward Douglas Tinling, M.A., ; and the Reverend Muirhead Mitchell, M.A. to be four of her Majeay's Inspectors of Schools. WHITEHALL, JAN. 18, 1847. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John Russell, M.A., to the rectory of Llandrmio, in the county of Montgomery, cum Melverley, in the county of Salop, and diocese of St. Asaph, void by the death of Dr. William Carey, late Bishop of that see. The Queen has also been pleased to present the Rev. Mungo Campbell to the church and parish of Salen, in the presbytery and isle of Mull, vacant Ly the transportation of the Rev. James Dewar, late minister thereof, to the parish of Kilchotnan OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JAN. 19. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Lieutenant Cadwal lader William Elgee to be First Lieutenant, vice Hughes, deceased, Jan. 1. MEMORANDUM—The dates of promotion of the under mentioned officers are to be altered as follows, viz :—First Lieutenant O'B. B. Woolsey, Nov. 26 ; First Lieutenant A. W. Drayson, Nov. 28. BANKRUPTS. George Sharp and Samuel Sharp, stone masons, Com mercial-road, Lambeth, to surrender Jan. 27, and March 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Lawrance and Plews, Old Jewty-chambers, City. William Wiles, pawnbroker, Dulwich, Jan. 26, at two, and Match 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Lawrence and Plews, Old Jewry-chambers, City. Joseph Dorey and John Hiskens, brewers, Woolwich Jan. 26, at two, and March 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Miller and Carr, Eastcheap. John Edwards, ironmonger, Nag's Head-court, Grace church-street, Jan. 28, at half-past eleven, and March 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers ; Phillips and Co., Size-lane. Henry Andrews, plumber, Angel-place, Islington, Jan. 28, at half-past twelve, and March 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Pilcher, New Broad-street. John Dell', linen-draper, Drury-lane, Jan. 28, at twelve, and March 1, at half-past eleven, at the Court of bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Pullen, Basinghall street. John Goulty, mast and oar-maker, Stangate, Lambeth, Feb. 5 and 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Lewis and Lewis, Ely-place, Holborn. John Dixon Parry, sharebroker, Manchester, Feb. 1 and 24, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Potter, Manchester; Johnson, Son, and Wetherall, Temple , L ondon. Thomas Lightfoot, grocer, Nottingham, Feb. 5, and March 5, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham; Coope, Nottingham. Michael Sloane, licensed horse dealer, Lower James-street, Bath Feb. 4, at twelve, and March 2, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Millar, official assignee, Bristol ; Gray, Bristol. Robert Strong, dealer in stone, Box, Wiltshire, Feb. 4, at half-past twelve, and March 2, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Gray, Bristol. THE OPENING OF PARraAMENT (THIS DAY.) THE QUEEN'S PROGRESS. At a quarter before two o'clock, the royal cortege pro ceeded from Buckingham Palace in the usual order, and by the accustomed route, along the Mali, through Horse Guards, Whitehall, and Parliament-street, to the Lords' entrance in Old Palace-yard. The whole line of the procession was much more crowded, notwithstanding the gloomy and uninviting aspect of the day, than we ever remamber to have seen it on any similar occasion. The terraces on the Mall, the magnificent flight of Carlton steps, and the windows and balconies along the route were thronged; and in the Park itself t ere has scarcely been so great a multitude collected, since the fetes in celebration of the great peace of 1815, It was a matter of general observation amongst the people themselves, and we heart it attempted to be accounted for by several on the ground, that there were so many people out of work. But the cheerful,countenances, the respectable attire, and the happy and contented bearing of the general mass, gave a practical and emphatic contradic tion to that supposition. Indeed, her Majesty could have observed nothing, in the appearance of these con gregated thousands of her subjects, which must not add to her conviction that, despite of the somewhat cheerless character of the time, she continues to reign over the happiest and most loyal, as well as the freest andncwrwihvhkiei acknowledged w o fg.s s rl hre t oeedn a p eg o t weei w dtda e sml r w, aul u bttc l hhoh , upl consolation e ou o antd p nos oiaefluneai undergo, tidoh t en h erga e t roowwy satisfaction,o ao r crhd d ecs. cheering, tr S hli h neen g e vgp; wasdatweihnnhe painful uele atten tion e t sadrhyse task of her Parliament to the sufferings of a large por tion of the empire. The conduct of the vast multitude in every direction was remarkable for good order and good humour, and it is as just as it may be expedient to observe, that the con duct of the police along the route was exceedingly courteous and forbearing, even when the unintenticnal pressure of the crowd might give excuse for some slight ebullition on the part of the younger amongst those en trusted with the preservation cl order. On her Majesty's return from the House of Lords she was saluted with greetings even more enthusiastic than .hose which had gratified her on her progress down. Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen opened Par liament this day in person. The interior of the House of Lords commenced wear ing a brilliant aspect, notwithstanding the heavy atmos phere, at an early hour. Before one o'clock most of the seats in the-body of the House, and the galleries usually devoted to distinguished visitors and to strangers, and the press, were filled with elegantly-dressed. and beautiful ladies. There was a numerous attendance of Peereses. The many-coloured garments and elegant head-dresses had a beautiful effect. The corps diplomatique arrived at an early hour. They occupied seats to the left of the throne. There was a seat at the right and left of the throne, that on the right neing the seat of the Prince of Wales, whose arms it bore. Amongst the Peers who arrived at an early hour we noticed the Earl of Charleville, the Bishop of Ely, Earl of Wicklow, Earl of Gl,nga,ll, Earl of Hatherton, Lord Carew, the Bishop of London, the Earl of Zetland, the Bishop of Exeter, the Marquis of Clanricarde, Earl Dalhousie, and nearly all the distinguished Peers. The whole of the Ministers who are Peers were pre cent. The following judges were present:—Mr. Justice Pat teson, Mr. .lustiek., Coleridge, Mr. Justice Erie, Mr. Justice Wightman, Mr. Baron Platt, Mr. Justice Colt man, Mr. Justice Williams. the Chief Baron, the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Mr. Baron Alderson, and Mr. Baron Parke. At half-past on. - o'clock the House became so dark that the throne could scarcely be seen from the reporters' gallery. The chandeliers were consequently lit—an occurrence either at tie opening prorogation of Parliatllent. We cannot call a similar occurrence to mind : the general effect was in consequence materially heightened. Shortly before two o'clock the Lord Chancellor took HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a quarter to two o'clock, and Lord John Russell entered at two precisely. There were present on the Ministerial benches, the Premier, the Right Hon. Fox Maule, the Lord Advocate, Mr. Gibson Craig, and Mr. B. Hawes. We observed on the Opposition side, Sir James Graham, Mr. Henry Goulbourn, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Sir F. Thesiger, Lord Lincoln, and Mr. Cardwell. Colonel Sibthorp was also present on the same side. Ir. E. Bankes - was seated by Sir James Graham. At twenty• five minutes after two, Mr, Pulman, Deputy Usher of the Black Rod, appeared at the bar of the House of Commons, and summoned the Commons to attend at the bar of the House of Lords, to hear her Majesty's Speech delivered. The Speaker, in his robes, attended by about 50 out of the 150 Members present, proceeded to the House of Lords. On their return, at twenty-five minutes to three, the Speaker announced the reading of the Speech, and the House adjourned till a quarter to four o'clock. We omitted to state in its proper place that the leader of " Young Ireland " was ranged on the Opposition side, while Sir R. H. Inglis, and several Members of the Pro tection party, were seated beneath the gangway. The SPEAKER again took the Chair at Four o'clock, and informed the House that he had, during the vaca tions, issued his writ for the election of a new Member for North Lincolnshire, in room of Lord Worsley, who had lately been raised to the House of Peers, as Earl of Yarborough. NEW MEMBERS. The Right Ron. E. Smurr took the oaths and his seat, on being re-elected for Derby, he having resigned in consequence of being appointed Chief Commissioner of the new Railway Board. Colonel MURE took the oaths and his seat for Ren frewshire, vacant by the death of the late P. M. Stewart. Sir MONTAGU JOHN CHOLMLEY took the oaths and his seat for North Lincolnshire, in the room of Lord Worsley. Captain RUSIIOUT took the oaths and his seat for East ‘Vorcestershire, in the room of John Barneby, Esq., deceased. MINISTERIAL MEASURES. Mr. TUFNELL rose to give notice, on the part of .he First Lord of the Treasury, that he should on Tues day next move for a Committee of the whole House to consider the question of the laws relating to the importation of corn into this country. He would also, on the same day, move that the House do re solve itself into Committee on the navigation laws. He would also move on Friday next that a Select Com mittee be appointed to consider the law of settle ment. On Monday the Noble Lord would bring the state of Ireland before the House, and on Friday week he would announce the order in which the busi ness of the House would be taken. Mr. PARKER, on the part of his Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, gave notice that on Tues day next he would move for a Committee of the House on the Customs and Excise laws, and on an early day he would move the Sessional Orders of the House and the Committee on Standing Orders. Mr. FOX MAULE said that on an early day he would bring under the consideration of the House a law relative to limited enlistment in the army. Mr. HUME gave notice that on an early day he would put a question to the First Lord of the Treasury re lative to the intentions of Government as respected the Poor-law Commissioners, consequent on the proceedings of last session. TREATY OF VIENNA. The HON. MEMBER also gave notice, that on that day week he would call the attention of the House to the violation of the treaty of Vienna by the seizure of Cracow, and be would move the suspension of the pay ment of 100,0001. per annum which this country at pre sent pays to Russia, in order to preserve that treaty in violate. Mr. EWART gave notice that he would put a ques tion to the Government as to whether any report had been made respecting the Channel Islands. STATE OF IRELAND. Mr. POULETT SCROPE said, that at the earliest opportunity he intended to bring forward a resolution that Ireland should have the benefit of similar laws with England, more particularly as respected making pro vision for her suffering people. ENFRANCHISEMENT OF COPYHOLDERS. Mr. AGLIONBY gave notice that he should at the earliest possible opportunity ask a question of the Noble Lord at the head of the Treasury, as to whether any re port had been made by the Committee appo inted to inves tigate the claims of copyholders to enfranchisement; and also whether any proceedings had been taken upon such report, if such should have been made , a s if such were not the case, he himself should move for leave` o bring in a Bill fur that purpose. He also begged to gie notice that at the earliest possible opportunity he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the law for the in closure of commons. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. Mr. JOHN PARKER brought up a return o f the imports and exports of the United Kingdom during last year. IRISH PRODUCE. Mr. WILLIAMS moved for a return of the quantity into this country from Ireland during of corn, wheat, butter, and other agricultural produce, also the number of cattle, sheep, and swine im p orted each mon the year ending Dec. 31, 1846.—Motion agreed to. NEW WRIT. The SPEAKER said, that during the reces s he had issued a writ for the return of a Mem ber for the West th of ern Division of Sussex. MURDER OF SEIKII PRISONERS. Mr. WARBURTON wished to ask the Right Hon. the Secretary-at-War whether any inquiry had been S result eikhs if made as to the truth of the rumour of the murder of the a s f u te e r h t tnq h . eb e a ir t y tl?s of the Sutlej , and, what was the Mr. FOX MAULE said, that immediately after the attention of the Government had been drawn to that sub ject, be directed a letter to be written to the Commander in Chief in India, communicating to him the report in question, and requesting him to make minute inquiries into the subject. A letter had since been received from Lerd Gough, stating that a court of inqury had been in. stituted, before which the person who was reported to have written the letter whichlwas the foundation of the give glad that the lion. Mem. rumour was called, and he acknowledged that he had _a a t i m icd attacking , k aspersioni a n b g o u F t e of ohz on e en . prisonerwr itt e written the h a d , n d shot stated for r i n_ that,springing toletliphel daaertot mn o d n esi e nt it Sieni minehhis shah.(Hear, bear.) The rumour in question while the army were en was he B a r it foul ish a c r a m l u y r n y n - — d ( h l e l e w a r as , if he Homee h I r et e o I Departm ent ber had brought the subject forward, so that the public gaged hea i r n ) the e m a i l g u b m t n3 b .. e informed of the unfounded nature o f Mr. P. SCROPE said that, seeing. the Right Hon. to the Barone t place, cHeortut he net union n e wri Secretary ioestnhuerdnws otwor kithehfos o kur r es hef t e h t n tr e e inat on of a mention had recently been made ; i f he should move for such a return to not, drawn up. At the same time he should ask a . be question of i Government as to tbe truth of the statement which the was reported to have b een delivered by on the E arl of Mountcashel at a mee ting held at F ermoy, Thurs day last, and a res olution drawn up to the effect that it was attempted to cram more paupers into a workhouse already containing 15.000 patients • , that in ward there were from three to eight fever the sick one bed; and that the week before last thirty- four patients in took place at that workhouse, and within deaths 47. He should ask, if any orders or t he last week been granted by the Poor -law Commissioners had the poor of that district, without com pellingners to relieve enter the pestilential workhouse. them to Sir G. GREY said, that with referen c e corre spondence that had tak en p lace on the to any subject, th a t a s far as it would throw an y light u p on the subj ec t, h e should be happy to lay it before the Hou HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH.—TRZ. The SPEAKER state d that th e Ho use, ADDRESS. part of the day, had bee n summoned in the early to the p resence o f the Queen in the House of Peers, and that her Majesty had delivered a most gracious Speech fro m He then read the Speech. the Throne. Mr. - C. HOWARD rose to move that dress be presented to her Majesty , • an humble ad gracious Speech. But before i i in return for her to de so, he besought the H e w ould proceed that indulgence which it usually "se to accord him occasions, and which he would granted upon such I stood very greatly in need of. H e hop e d the' House he I no observations of his would 2 hoped sincerely that disturb the unanguity SUMMARY. Mr. POULETT SCROPE would not have troubled the House had it not been for the speech of the Hon. Member, who had said nothing of any measures to be adopted for the relief of the impotent poor in Ireland. The plans of the Government wore calculated to afford relief to the able-bodied poor ; but how, he would ask, were the impotent poor to be maintained ? The Government looked either to voluntary contribution or workhouses for the relief of the impotent poor. Both these, it was manifest, were inadequate to meet the circumstances of the case, and he desired to know how it happened that the duty of preventing starvation in their respective neighbourhoods had not been imposed on th• local autho rities appointed under the Poor-law of 1837. _ _ _ Mr.LABOUCHERE rose under a deep sense of the reron sibility which devolved upon him. He wished he co - ald say that the statements of the extent of the distress in Ire land, as described by the Hon. Member for Limerick, was overcharged. In considering this question, it should be remembered that this calamity had befallen a people who under ordinary circumstances were worse fed, worse clothed, and worse housed than any people in Europe, and upon this people a calamity had fallen unparalleled. in modern times. By a mysterious dispensation of Providence, the crop upon which the people almost wholly depended for food had been swept away. It was calculated that the total value of the potato crop in Ireland was 15,000,0001, of this three-fourths had been lost, and amounted in value to 10,250,0001. The oat crop had also failed— one hind had been lost, and this added to the loss in potatoes inflicted a loss on the people of Ireland, in money value amounting to 15,911,0001. The loss of po- tatatoes was 8,437,000 tons, and of oats 5,227,000 qrs. But the amount of pecuniary lois conveyed a very ina dequate idea of the consequences of the destruction os the potato crop. Its effects upon all ranks were such of to totally break up the structure of society in Ireland. The Hon. Gentleman had charged the Government with being responsible for the deaths in Mayo. Was it fair to charge the Government with not being able to avert these terrible evils, notwithstanding they had used their utmost exertions to do so ? The pledge given by the Noble Lord at the head of the Government, to which the Hon. Member had alluded, was that he would not interfere with the import trade of provisions into Ireland, and most fortunate was it that the Noble Lord had adhered to that pledge. If the Government had exported food into Ireland, it would have put a stop to the import of trading, and the Government having undertaken to do that which no Government can per form would have failed, and the distress would have been greatly aggravated as the corn trade would have been paralyzed. He rejoiced that the announcement had been made and had been adhered to. With regard. to the retail trade his Noble Friend had said there were parts of the country in which it might be necessary, in consequence of the absence of retail traders, for the Government to interfere, but when there were retail traders then the interference of the Government would do more harm than good. The circumstances of last year and those of the present were different. Last year we were living under a prohibitive system, and Indian meal was unknown. The Right Hon. Gentleman therefore did right to im port Indian meal. But he did it in secresy, and it was an experiment which could not be repeated. Traders would not be twice caught in the same way. When the Government came into office, they found that the House had :ap proved of the principle adopted by the late Go vernment of employing the people in public works, and on that principle they proposed the Poor Employ ment Bill, but that measure was never intended to provide for the whole labouring population. of Ireland. They had anticipated that it would act as a stimulus to the landowners to give the people em ployment. In that anticipation they had been disappointed. In accordance with the wishes of the gen try of Ireland, he (Mr. LABOUCHERE) had written the let ter of which the Hon. Gentlemen had threatened him with mpeachment, but he thought that when the Hon. Gentleman proposed the impeachment, he would not find another Irish landlord to back him. At present, not less than 450,000 persons were em ployed in Ireland, under the superintendence of the Board of Works, and when the Hon. Gentleman brought these accusations of neglect against the Government, he must have forgotten the gigantic operations which had been undertaken by the Board of Works and the enormous array of officers employed by that beard. PLACES OF MEMBERS IN THE Housz.—Tha seat usually appropriated to the leader of the Opposition was occupied by Lord Lincoln ; about three seats below Lord Lincoln, on the front Opposition bench, were Lord George Bentinck, Mr. Disraeli, and Mr. Bankes; and on the bench immediately behind sat Mr. Ferrand. MM TEMPTATION AND ATONEMENT • . Gore's clever novel " Men of Capital," is to be succeeded by " iTffeermenpttastitoynle and and i ni ch ent e , x "— hih a it t s ale th7 i e t x tetnraioclin n r n very y versat ility of the author' s g enius. to w n h e The heart stirring different earnestness of Godwin is said to be rivalled in the pages. of this story, which is one of the most thril ling interest, ur in n t a e t ree e t : and appeals to al l the better sympathies o f Its appearance will, doubtless, be hailed with satisfaction as affording proof that one of our most popular of the writers, has not been slow to profit by the h and is turning her unqu es ti on ed ta l ents to sterling uses. 6. ACCIDENTS IN THE PARK.—Yesterday the weather continued its severity , the thermometer at the highest being at 30 degrees, but more genera ll y le as low 24,orsix c tegre :di degrees; below freezin g p o i nt. rather in the aftern oon i n t h e eastern suburbs fa ll urbs of snow o of the metropolis; very little, however, fell at the same time in any other dis trict. About ten o'clock last night the wind shifted, and tha thermometer rose to 32 degrees. The ornamental waters in St. James's-park were frequented, as usual, by numerous skaters. Towards evening an accident occurred to a gentle man named Scadding, residing at Pimlico, who,_ while skat ing, came in violent contact wit h an o th e r gentleman, when both were thrown down, and Mr. Scadding's arm was broken and his skull severely fractured. Several other accidents occurred, owing to the breaking of the ice, &c., but the prompt assistace rendered by the officers of the Royal Humane Society prevented any loss of life. BREACII OF TRUST BY A BANE Ronald Gordon, late secretary and accountant to the Ex change Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, was found guilty, at the High Court of Justiciary, on Wednesday, of embezzling: the funds of the bank to the extent of from 2,000/. to 3,000 t lie was sentenced to fifteen years' transportation. - %1::1 0 ir - Idi e in• 29 911 ~%` i'