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the Noble Lord, the Member for Lynn , for havin g , at an early period of the session, propounded a measure to e xtend over four years of legislation, calculated to pro mote the interests of the people of Ireland. The las t sentence of the speech of the Noble Lord , wa s the one that gave him the - greatest pain, viz. that this measure Was only part of a comprehensive scheme of that nature, !tad he would, if possible, endeavour to convince the people of this country what course the Go vernment p roposed to adopt for raising the condition of Ireland. The Noble Lord had alluded to the state of Ireland, as resulting from centuries of English oppression, the real oppression and the real injustice Was the Irish Church ; the legislation upon that subject had tended to make serfs of the Catholics, and to turn the Protestants into oppressors.—(Hear, hear.) The sum proposed to be expended was not for the pu r p ose of alleviating the distress of that country, for the Noble Lord had ob jected to the measure of the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn, on the ground that railways were not calcu lated to relieve the distress of the people of Ireland. The distress of the people of England ou g ht then to be ;nuked at in a case where an advance was proposed to se made which was admitted not to be required for the purpose of immediate relief. He stated it advisedly, that in this country the potato crop would prove a liaise- Table failure, the spring crops would be considerably below the average, and the crops of America were not Calculated to be at all of an abundant nature. Was it, then, for the Government, with such a prospect before them, with empty granaries staring in their faces, to squander what little money they had in hand? Was it hot their duty to keep the money by them, to, provide for the necessity w h ich would un eoubtedly come upon them? Then the railways pro- Posed to be assisted were said to be of a most valuable nature, and likely to yield ample returns; if so, why then did not the speculators, who had already it ap peared half-finished them, complete them? The Bill Proposed to take a large sum out of the savings of the People of England to assist speculators in Ireland with a view of regenerating the people of that country. It Was a wild and absurd chimera, one of the wildest that ever entered into the head of the leader of any Govern- Meat Let the Noble Lard attend to the legitimate Concerns of the people of Ireland, and not yield to the rapacity of people on the other side of the channel. There was something very peculiar about railroads in /reland, if they were so good why were they not finished? But really now were these railroads such as the Yoble Lord, or any other Hon. Member would Wish to invest his money in? During the mania Patriotism in railroads rose to a great height, the panic came, and shares which pointed to a fortune fell down to the lowest depths of disappointment. What Was the last resort of these speculating individuals? The unfortunate Chancellor of the Exchequer. He really did not see why the House should be called upon to pay ~..1 1P the calls, or make good the losses which any of her Majesty's faithful subjects might have sustained through excessive speculation. He thought that it was now the time for the House to step in and prevent this first step being taken in a course so ruinous as that proposed by the present measure. It was a rule which nothing could Controvert, that the Governor of a country could not ex- Pend the public money in any commercial speculation With half the advantage that the people could do for themselves. The moment the state became a money lender, it became a money loser. Unfortunately there vas a very large Exchequer to draw upon, but de- Pend upon it the time would come when the Chancellor of the Exchequer would be called upon to render a very strict account of his doings, and one of the severest ordeals through which that Chan cellor would have to pass, would be to account to the mercantile interest of this country how it was that he dared to lay his hands upon the hard-earned savings of the people of this country, in order to make amends for Past centuries of misrule.—(Bear, hear.) Lord G. BENTINCK thought that the proposed measure was a step in the ri:;lit direction. The loan to be advanced by this Bill differed in its terms from those proposed in the measure which he had the honour to bring forward. In his Bill, he proposed to lend the money at 31. 6s. Bd. per cent. interest, whereas, by the present measure, the loan would be made upon 5 per Cent ; and the Government having borrowed the money at ei per cent., would, by lending it out again at 5 per cent., clear 10,0001., in the shape of in terest, by the transaction. The proposal which be intended to submit to the House for allowing other railway companies to share in the loan, he was dissuaded from pressing so strongly as he would have done in consequence of the statement made by the Noble Lord at the bead of the Government that the pro posed Bill was only a portion of a more general and comprehensive scheme for affording assistance to other railways in Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord then proceeded to set forth the securities which could be offered, the advantages to be derived from, and the claims of the Midland Great Western Railway, the Waterford and Limerick Railway, and other lines, to the same assistance as was proposed to be given to the railways named in the present Bill. He was quite pre pared to defend the policy of the Government in this circumstance ; and he was ready to go before the people of England and show that this Bill was not one intended to feed the rapacity of Irish landowners, but one calcu lated to improve the condition of the people of :Ireland 'Without the imposition of any burden or tax upon the People of England. He most sincerely . hoped that the Government would be prepared to bring in a measure to assist the railways, to which be had called the atten tion of the House, and he hoped the Hon. and Learned Member for Galway would support the claims of the Midland Great Western Railway to the assistance of the Government.—(Hear, bear.) The Hon. and Learned Member for Bath had spoken of the fear which there was that the potato crop would prove a miserable failure. He believed that in that statement the Hon. and Learned Member would find himself mistaken; for from every account which he had received from Ireland the crops were in a most healthy and promising state, and be had no doubt, trusting to the statement, " that while earth lasted seed time and harvest should con tinue," that the potato and other crops of the country would prove to be exactly the reverse of the predictions of the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath. It had been said that the proposed measure would tend to lock up the money and derange the financial condition of the country. It could be proved , h owever, that the effect of expending money in railroads was the reverse of lock ing up money. The money already expended in railways • in the United Kingdom, was 96,000,0001., and the gross revenue from them was, from passengers, 5,000,0001.; from goods, 3,000,0001.; but taking into account the charges previously mae, these sums represented a con siderably larger amount of revenue than at first sight ap peared. The actual saving to the country by the railway system in the item of " travelling expenses of the Poor law Commissioners, was upwards of 5,0001. since their accession to office; and the time saved in the travelling of the Commissioners was three years and eight weeks, out of the twelve years they had been in office. In the one town of Leicester alone, the completion of the Leamington Railway, saved to the town 60,000/. a year. It was nonsense to tell him that capital invested in railways was money thrown away—money locked up, and could never be used again. The sum of 160,000/. had been spent in aid the of Soyer's soup scheme, and he hoped country would next year contrast the advantages derived from that service with the advantage to be de rived from the advancement of the present 160,0001. to be advanced in support of Irish railways. Another re commendation in favour of the proposal was, that it in volved no expense for the support of a staff of officers. At the present moment the country was paying nearly 100,0001. a year as the salaries of the clerks and officers engaged in su p erintending the execution of public works in Ireland. That expenditure was justified on the ground that it afforded employment to the people. Now, was not that a strong argument in favour of the present Bill ? Here were they advancing money to be employed in the execution of public works wanted ; involving in the ex p ense of maintaining a the country staff of officers to see that the works were properly executed. They were told that railways could not dind crease the supply o f food to Ireland. He, for one, for e, not think so. At p resent the counties penetrat ed the Great Southern and Western, they depended mainly their fuel upon bur nt cow dung. The construc tion of the railway would so reduce the price of coal, that the cow dung would be applied to the improving the land in stead of used for the purposes of fuel. He urged the House, therefore, to pass this Bill. It would lead to the introduction of British capital into Ireland, and in doing that, they were taking a decided step towards putting an end to the existing unfortunate and lamentable state of the sister kingdom. Mr. Labouchere did not intend to follow the Noble Lord, or enter into details ; but there were one or two points in the Noble Lord's speech which he could not pass over without notice. No one in that House, he believed, denied the advantages of railways ; and no doubt they would be productive of great good in Ireland. But if they were to be encou raged in the extravagant manner proposed by the Noble Lord, they would involve this country in ruin without attaining the great o bject they must all have in view. What was that object ? Why the allevia.ting the dis tresses of the people while suffering, from the eff an unforeseen calamity, and it could be no re mea ns morse u that n at the Government that they had taken the they thought were best calculated to mitigate the suffer ings of the people. At all events, whatever the the N oble oble Lord might say to the contrary, he belid of this country did not begrudge the money that had been expended in the execution of public works for the purpose of affording the people employment He . held in his hand the last report s of the Relief Commit tee to be presented to-morrow, n from that report he saw that, at the present moment, no less than 2,600,000 people in Ireland were receiving daily rating. He felt, therefore, that had the Government not taken the steps they have done, not only It eland, but the whole of England and Scotland, would have been TheNolanLord had accused the Government with promoting useless public works in Ireland, for the purpose of exercising its patronage ; b u t he, as a Memb er of the Govern ment, felt calld upon to den y a p hat statement ld not in the most positive terms.—( l lea c , e.) Ile wou de tain the House further than to express a hope that the House would pass this measure. Ile would not pre tend to say that it would he the means of relieving all the distress under which Ire land was suffering; but he would say that it was calculated to go far towards re ducing the distress, and it was that conviction which in duced him to entreat the House to pass this measure without further delay. He did not egree with the Hon. and Learned Member, that this country derived no ad vantage from its connexion with Ireland; but, even sup posing that were the case, was it right that rich and affluent England should forsake her fellow brethren in Ireland when they were suffering from extreme distress and suffering.—((fear, hear.) Mr. LEFROY said he should give his most decid ed support to the measure of the Government, and he only regretted that the sum to be advanced for Irish railways was not larger. Still he must thank th 3 Government for having introduced the measure, and for the hope they held out, that should any railways be found worthy of assistance, the Government would not be indisposed to render that assistance upon its being shown that they were likely to turn out profitable and useful works. Some thing had been said upon the state of the potato crop this year. He cared not for what had been said upon that score. Some of the letters he had received from Ireland held out hopes, while others were no less desponding, but he must say that at this early period it was useless to speculate upon the condition of the crop.—(Hear, hear.) He trusted, most sincerely, that the great distress Ireland had latterly been suffering under, would afford a useful lesson to her people and teach them to depend upon a more certain food than the potato.—(Hear, hear.) The state of Ireland had been cruelly exaggerated in that House, but he saw with satisfaction that it had arrived at the period when it was determined to take a step in the right direction. Upon these grounds he gave his support to the measure with very great pleasure. Mr. SHEIL—I am not unconcerned, I acknowledge, in the Great Southern and Western Railway,which runs in close contiguity with the property with which I am connected in the county of Tipperary; but I am con fident that I shall be believed when I say that I am far less influenced by any personal consideration than by the persuasion that great benefit will arise from the adoption of the measure in which the Government have, in my mind, wisely and rightfully persevered.—(Hear, hear.) It is hardly necessary that I should insist on the advantages which will arise from bringing Water ford, and Kilkenny, and Cork, and Dublin, and Belfast, into contact. My lion. Friend the Member for Bath said that the advantage of a railroad was indisputable; that a railroad would be useful in New Zealand, and that they were dealers in truisms who expatiated on the utility of railroads. But, he added, that you should be just to England before you were liberal to Ireland, and use a phrase so strong as " rapacity," in speaking of those who were to profit by the loan proposed to be ad vanced. Now, Sir, I think that it can be proved that justice to one country is perfectly compatible with liberality to the other. In this instance no money is to be given to Ireland; money is to be lent on the most in disputable security—upon lines which are already in the process of construction, and which have some more substantial existence than the lucrative enthusiasm of an imaginative engineer. —(Hear, hear.) But surely this everlasting distinction between the interests of England and of Ireland, which are brought into competition by Englishmen when it meets their purpose, ought to be deprecated.—(Loud cheers.) As long as we continue united our interests ought not to be made the subjects of contrast. Those interests, in this instance at least, are the same. Let those who tell us that the industry and the commerce of England ought not to be sacrificed to the acquisition of a spurious Irish popularity bear in mind that to the products of English manufacture Ire land affords the best, because it is the largest, and near est, and safest market; for Porter, in his valuable work, in chapter 7, headed " Trade between Great Britain and Ireland," states that the value of exports from England to Ireland, in 1801, was 3,270,3501.; in 1821, it was 5,338,8981.; and in 1825, it was 7,048,9361. He adds, that there is no return of exports to Ireland from Eng land since 1825. But that there is a return of the num ber of ships which cleared outwards from England to Ireland; and that " if we compare the amount of the tonnage employed in 1801 with that of 1844, we shall find that it bears the proportion of 100 to 305, showing an increase of 205 per cent." It is, I think, no exag geration to say that England now annually exports to Ireland 10,000,000/ of her manufactures. Most as suredly, then, England is a great gainer in her transac tions with Ireland; and it is manifest that every measure which contributes to the development of the re sources of Ireland—to the fertilization of her soil—to the reclamation of the morass and of the mountain—to the social amelioration of the people—to the establish ment of a higher standard of comfort—in one word, to the increased consumption of British produce—must be essentially ancillary to the prosperity of England.— (Loud cheers.) I admit t hat y ou have eiven b great l arg esses to Ireland; but you were bound to do so. The calamity which has befallen us is not a provincial one.— (Hear, hear.) After all, ft war of six months would cost you far more than a famine of two years, and yet to morrow, if there were need, you would rush into en counter with your proudest and most formidable anta gonist. But if to the cost of glory you would be recon ciled by your sense of English honour, in the cost of mercy you should be taught, by the noblest of your na tional characteristics, to acquiesce.—(Loud cheers.) But although there are gentlemen in this House whose na tural benevolence has been overcome by their austere political economy, who speak as if it was our fault—as if Irishmen were to blame because the destroying angel has descended, and blighted a great island in a night, yet I firmly believe that the great mass of the people of this country deeply sympathise with the uf fe rin gs which we have endured ; the minds of men of all parties in this House have met in a pure con fluence in which the sentiment of the people of England is faithfully reflected; and although in Ireland some of the measures adopted by the Government have been the subject of stricture, yet no doubt is entertained that the great body of Englishmen is actuated by a feeling of munificent commiseration in our regard. I am confi dent that Irish thankfulness will be commensurate with English generosity, and if it shall be so, if the events which have befallen shall be conducive to the creation of a kind international sentiment, without reference to political considerations, I for one shall think that from a great calamity, good, great and lasting, may, with the blessing of Providence, be at last deduced. Sir, this is not only to be considered merely in a fiscal view ; I shall rejoice if the Parliament, which is about to termi nate its existence, shall make a testamentary manifes tation of good-will to the Irish people, indicative of the policy which ought to be pursued, and by which the Noble Lord who has had the courage to undertake the government of Ireland may be assisted and sus tained. That able and sagacious statesman will have great difficulties to contend with, which will be en hanced by the loss which Ireland has sustained by the death of that celebrated man, to whom the Noble Lord opposite (Lord George Bentinck) has alluded, who has conferred upon his country incalculable obligations, and to whom, when the prejudices and the passions, the antipathies and predilections of the hour, shall have passed away, in the impartial adjudication of those by whom he shall be succeeded, the attributes of greatness, political and intellectual, will be hereafter be yond doubt assigned.—(Hear, hear.) Whatever opinion may be entertained of his title to the veneration of his country, in an assembly composed like that which I am now addressing, it must be admitted, by those who were in the sternest antagonism to him while he lived, that that renowned Irishman effected his achievements by a great mental instrumentality; and I trust that the time will never arrive when English statesmen will have cause to lament that the voice is heard no more by which millions were at once excited and controlled, and that the accents on which a nation hung in rapture and a senate with admiration are hushed in the grave for ever. I would that he had been spared to us; I would that he had lived to behold the seat of that ancient and perpetual faith in which he was an humble believer, and of which he was the proud and chivalrous champion—that he had lived to behold the eternal city, that he had knelt at the altars of that temple, the noblest that was ever raised by the hands of man, and worthy of the pur poses, the high and holy ones, to which it is devoted—and that through the marble halls of the Vatican the venera ble man, though with a feeble and tottering step, bad found his way, amidst the array of sacerdotal pomps, and received the sanctifying salutation of the great pon tifical reformer who has ascended the chair of St. Peter amidst the acclamations of the world ; and I would that after he had performed that pilgrimage he had returned to the country of his birth, and which he set free, in order that principles hemight upon renew th h the whichinjunctionacted whose never to in fringe the vi o o u l r a a t t n i toghna the t he never was legitimately accused. lam conscious have departed from the more immediate question before the House, but I who now have so seldom a justification for interfering in your discussions, shall be pardoned if I have availed myself of this the first occasion which has presented itself to me, to offer a mournful but unavailing tribute of commemoration to the memory of the man with whom I was for so many years politically associated, and whose departure from the great scene in which he performed a part which attracted the attention of man kind, I regard as a disaster, which it will require great wisdom and fortitude, and the spirit of conciliation by which the policy on which this measure is founded, to c ountervail.—(Cheers.) Mr. W. R. COLLETT supported the Bill. He said that the Government would clear 50,000/ by the loan. At first the Government threw cold water on the lend ing of money to Irish railways, but now they found that the Irish railways would afford permanent employment to the poor, they came forward with this Bill. He thanked them for it. He repeated what he said some time ago—that the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath (Mr. Roebuck) had shown much ignorance on the sub ject of Ireland. Why he should wish to become trus tee of his Irish estate he was at a loss to know. — (Hear, hear.) He had taunted Irish Members with wishing to promote this Bill for the sole purposecollCollett) h of e advancing dnvo shares'ng their in a n o y w r i i n s t h e r ests railways; bu but s h a e v e ( N t l h r e . an South Western, but he held only a sufficient number of shares in that company to q ualify him to act as one of its directors. He sho uld continue to promote the wel fare of his suffering fellow-creatures, notwithstanding the invectives and sarcasms of the lion. Member. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL also supported the Bill. He said the political-economical arguments o W f the H eswor thon. Ba) - ronet th e m e mber for Southwark (Sir . Mol sounded very well as mere abstract pieces of reasoning, but they came a day too late; they should have been de livered at the commencement of the session. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Member for Bath through out his speech had said nothing which could wound the most sensitive; and this was rather remarkable from one so prone to sarcasm as the Hon. and Learned Member. But there was this novelty in his speech—he be came a prophet, as he said that not only crops would be bli g hted. It would the pot a to c rop fail, but that the corn was impossible, how ever, to tell what would happen. He dra gg ed the Irish Church into the debate, but it appeared to him (Mr. M. J. O'Connell) that the Hon. and Learned Member would be found wanting when any proposition was before the House for altering the constitution of those churches. But these matters were not strictly before the House.—(Hear, hear.) The great object which all the friends of Ireland should unite to obtain was employ ment for the people irrespective of the land, which from its being the sole means of employment hitherto afforded to the people, had led to much of the misery under which that unhappy country laboured, and as a great step in that direction, he should support this Bill. Mr. M. GORE said as he had supported the measure brought forward by the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn, he should support this Bill; but if it had extended to other lines, it would have been still more deserving of his support,--(Rehr, hear.) In support of this view he read a statement from a work by Sir R. Kane, showing how the internal resources of Ireland had been neglected, and what great national benefits would accrue from their being opened up by means of railway communication; he also referred to the last report of the Irish Railway Com missioners, which was to the same effect. All other statements and reports he had seen, strongly urged the extension of railways in Ireland as a great means of im proving the whole country. He said there was nothing in the Irish character to lead one to believe that if facilities were afforded them, they would not become as industri ous and as enterprising as their fellow-subj ects in England. The port of Galway was one of the most important ports in Ireland, and presented an eligible situation for a harbour of refuge and a packet station—(Cries of "Divide.") The Hon. Gentleman cited, amidst loud calls for a division, the opinions of the Duke of Welling ton, Sir John Burgoyne, and Professor Ford, in favour of the construction of a harbour of refuge on the western coast of Ireland. The railway communication between Dublin and Galway would, he said, render that port one of the most eligible for this purpose on the western coast of Ireland. Mr. TRELAWNY considered that the Bill would create a dangerous precedent, as in any season of pres sure they would be called upon to take a similar course, and this country would be impoverished for the purpose of feeding the famishing poor of Ireland. Ireland should support her own poor, and this she might be enabled to do by removing the disabilities under which landed pro perty laboured. They should emancipate promising land, and support the strong arm of the law, in order that capital might circulate and labour find a market. At present, in many places in Ireland, a " reign of Terror" existed, as mobs of desperate men and women had, by force and menace, regulated the price of bread, and rendered, in consequence, life and property pre carious. Sir JAMES GRAHAM had observed the impatience of the House, and should not, therefore, read any docu ments.—(Hear, hear.) He had not the pleasure of hearing the whole of the speech of the Hon. Member for Dungarvon (Mr. Sheil) ; but it appeared that he made two statements, one of which he considered apposite, and the other inapposite. He (Sir James Graham) had had the misfortune to differ with the late Mr. O'Connell; but it appeared to him that it would not have been altogether just in a Roman Catholic Member of that House, who had for so many years taken an active part in the struggle for the liberties of his fellow citizens of the same religion in common with Mr. O'Connell, if he had allowed this, the natural opportunity of paying a passing tribute of gratitude to that distinguished person, to pass unheeded; and, though they might differ as to certain portions of his public conduct, every Member of that House who had had an opportunity of sitting with him in that or in any former Parliament could not fail to admit that it was not unseemly that some passing tri bute should be paid to the talents of Mr. O'Connell by some one, but no one more appropriately or eloquently than by the Hon. Member.(Cheers.) The inapposite portion of the Hon. Gentleman's address was this—that he hoped before the session terminated, that this coun try would do something to relieve the distress of Ireland. Already they had voted 8,000,0001. for that purpose, and this, he believed, was the first measure that had met with any share of opposition. He was at a loss to know the principle on which this Bill was supported, as the Hon. Gentleman, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, had opposed a similar, nearly similar one, brought for ward by the Hon. Member for Lynn. He supposed, however, it was brought forward for the purpose of meeting the present condition of Ireland. 260,0001. derived from the Exchequer fund was, it appeared, ap plicable for the extension of public works, and out of that sum he supposed the grants would be made. If he was right in saying that every shilling should be ad vanced for the purpose of increasing the amount of food in the country, then he would just say in passing that the Government in withdrawing the Bill for the cultiva tion of waste land, appeared to have themselves been of a different opinion. He agreed with the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath, that all the arguments which were directed against the proposition of the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn, were equally applicable to this Bill, and the Noble Lord, in his speech of that evening, had clearly shown that the Bill should not be confined to three railways in Ireland, because, if the principle holds good in one case, it ought to do so in all, and it was proved in this House that the case of these three lines was peculiar to the whole of Ireland. He should, before he sat down; wish to notice one or two other points brought under the notice of the House by this Bill. There were inconsistencies on this subject. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had lately told the House that green crops were flourishing, that the disease in the potato had not re-appeared, that the deep sea fishing was in a state of improvement, and that, generally speaking, the country was in a better state than it had been before; then why, he would ask, did they urge on this measure, when their financial affairs were in:such a state of embarrassment, and when, in the opinion of all right-thinking men, the resources of the country ought to be husbanded? This measure was, he thought, fraught with all the dangers which the Govern meat had themselves pointed out on former occasions, and thinking, therefore, that this measure was opposed to all sound principles of Government, he should feel it his bounden duty to vote against the second reading of the Bill. Tho CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not anticipate that the Bill at present before the House would have met with the opposition which Hon. Mem bers gave it, nor did he imagine that the objection would have been raised that this was not the best time for the introduction of the Bill. Many objections, it was true, had been urged against the measures that had been adopted by the Government ; bet these measures, he conceived, were the very best which could be adopted under the circumstances. He would not retrace the weary course of the discussions in the House on this question, but he thought at least that no objection should he urged against a measure like the present, which proposed only to lend money on undoubted secu rity, and which would be altogether expended in remunerative labour. However much they might differ as to the measures best fitted to relieve the distresses of that country, in this at least they were all agreed that it was essentially necessary that the population should have profitable labour provided for them. Did the Ministry content itself with railway Bills only? Were there no fishery Bills introduced ? no Bills for t he cultivation of agricultural produce ? no Bills for the encouragement of manufactures and the extension of trade ? The Noble Lord and the Right Hon. Baronet charged the Govern ment with having exhibited a favouritism in the advances of these moneys, and they i ns tanced the Waterford and Limerick as one of the railway s which should feel ag grieved by this state of things. But the reason why the Governmentand Western was,adv h ce ee t a h u e s s e e sumsthey to th o t u he ;h? r t e h a e t Eastern effect of the completion of the line would be to increase the national wealth and afford employment to the starving population. Mr. DISRAELI said that this question had occupied the attention of the House at the beginning of the ses sion, and it appeared to be likely to occupy the attention of the Legislature to its close. But he could not un derstand how Hon. Members, who were so eloquent against the proposition of his Noble Friend in the month of February, who had represented in such brilliant colours the injurious tendency of the principle of the Govern ment relief, should now come forward and vote for this measure. The Right Hon. Baronet had placed this ques tion in its proper light, and had maintained his consis tency even to that hour upon the subject. Hon. Members for Ireland said, " Why do you not legislate for Ireland as you do for England," and the Noble Lord at the head of the Government for the first time that evening, admitted that the fact was so. He (Mr. Disraeli) denied it. He maintained that the English people did that for Ireland, which the Irish people did not for themselves. Here was a statesmanlike measure brought forward by his Hon. Friend in February last, a measure which was a practical one, and opposed to mere abstract notions of political economy—here was a measure, which was de• feated by a majority brought to the vote by her Ma jesty's Government—here was a measure which, at the beginning of the session, was defeated by the Ministry, who now brought forward at the fag end of it at the ter mination of the session, and when they were about to appear before their constituents, as the panacea for the miseries of Ireland. He and the party with which he was connected were contented with the result at which they had arrived, and they were prepared to vote with the Government, but how were the Hon. Gentleman oppo site the Member for Southwark, and the Gentlemen who agreed with him in opinion to answer to their consti tuents for their votes on this occasion ? These consti tuents would not be satisfied with dry and musty apothegms of political economy; they would tell them that Ireland was now a portion of the common country, united ininterests and friendship, and they would also tell theoi that the time was gone by for mere politi ca l enun mations taking the place of action. Mr. HUME acknowledged that the Hon. Member who had just sat down had made out a triumphant case against the Ministry and those who with them had voted against the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn's motion in Fe bruary, but who were prepared to vote for it on that occa sion. He was anxious. however, to state to the House and the country the reason why he opposed this measure. He considered it to be a violation of principle. The Right Hon. Gentleman opposite had challenged the House to go to the country upon the question. Well, he for one, was prepared to do so. His p r i nc ipl e s were based upon equity andjustice, and he could see no reason why money should be granted to one railway in preference to another. The granting of thi s mone y was opposed to every principle to which the public purse ought to be applied. It was against all principle and reason, and if this Bill were carried, Go vernment could not, refuse to grant money to English and Scotch railways. Government were getting into a maze, out of which they would find a difficulty to ex tricate themselves, and he considered this a most unprin cipled and unconstitutional vote; he should give it his decided opposition.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. CARDWELL said, before they went to a division on the question, the House ought to know whether this vote was an exceptional case, arising out of the evils and miseries of Ireland, or the commencement of a new policy under which the country was in future to be governed. It would seem, from one part of the Noble Lord's speech (the First Lord of the Treasury) that it was, but after the address of the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Shrews bury, it became the more necessary that they should have the question more definitely explai ne d t o them. With regard to the vote itself, why could not the Dublin and Cashel Company make their own line. The lines which were intended to connect the metropolis with the towns of Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Holyhead were a t as gre at a discount as the Dublin and Cashel Railway, but they did not ask the assistance of Government, and why should the Dublin and Cashel Railway Company have it? When the London and Leeds line was being made there was great and pressing distress in this country—there was great difficulty in finding employment for labour—the money market was in a most depressed state, and yet the proprietors of the London and Leeds line did not come to the Go* vernment asking for assistance. They exerted them selves to the utmost degree, and by dint of great energy and with the aid of their own money, they succeeded in constructing the line ; and if the lines in question were left unaided and unassisted by Government, the ener gies and exertions of private enterprise would in the course of time construct them. He contended, then, that independently of its being opposed to all sound principles, there was no necessity for the vote. — (Hear, hoar.) They were told the rails and lo comotive powers had already been purchased for the railway, and the money to be voted would be expended in the continuation of earthworks. Now that was directly opposed to all past experience, and if it were true, it was certainly the first case where the rails and locomotives had been purchased before the perma nent way was constructed. It was proposed to take this grant from a balance in the Exchequer; but how had that balance been obtained? Why, through the medium of a loan.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that was another strong objection against this measure, and he could not help thinking, that if they carried it, they would find in October next that there would be a good deal more coin to be paid than they now anticipated. It was, therefore, highly, desirable that Government should give them some further expla nation upon the subject. Was this rate intended to be the commencement of a new system for improving the condition of the people of Ireland, without the aid of any exertions on the part of the people themselves? Was Ireland to be told that, although the people of England and the people of Scotland had got rid of their difficulties solely by their own energy and industry, she need not exert herself in the least, for the Government were pre pared to come boldly forward to her rescue at the ex pense of the other two members of the kingdom? It was a dangerous policy, and though he was not disposed to become the slave of any pedantic political principles of economy, as the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury had de scribed it, he should, nevertheless, vote in opposition to the Bill.—(Hear, hear.) The House then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading .................. 175 Against it ................................. 62 Majority MASTERS IN CHANCERY BILL. The House then resolved itself into . Committee on the Masters in Chancery Bill. The Chairman reported progress, and the House resumed. SUPPLY. In answer to questions from Colonel Sibthorp, Mr. Osborne, and Lord G. Bentinck, Lord J. RUSSELL said that if the House would get through the Bills before it, they would go into supply on the same day. Wednesday, after some discussion, was fixed upon. DRAINAGE OF LANDS (SCOTLAND) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. POLLING AT ELECTIONS (IRELAND) BILL. Lord J. RUSSELL moved that this Bill be read a second time. Mr. FREWEN suggested that the provision should extend to counties as well as boroughs. After a few words from Mr. LABOUCHERE, the Bill was read a second time. TURNPIKE ROADS (SOUTH WALES) BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill, and passed its several clauses. The House again resumed. BANKRUPTCY BILL. This Bill was read a second time after a short discus sion, in which Sir James Graham, Sir George Grey, and the Attorney-General took part. NAVAL MUTINY BILL. This Bill passed through Committee. HERRING FISHERY BILL. The Committee on this Bill was deferred till Thursday CANADA CONSOLIDATED FUND. This Bill passed through Committee. HOLYHEAD HARBOUR. The Committee on this Bill having been proposed, Colonel SIBTIIORP moved that the House be counted, and there not being forty Members present the House immediately adjourned at One o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. MONDAY, JUNE 28. RAILWAYS (IRELAND —No. 2) BILL. Order for Second Reading read : Motion made, and Ques tion proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second time:" —Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day threemonths :"—Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the Question." The House divided:— MAJORITY—AYES, 175. Aldam, William Fuller, A. E. O'Brien, C. Anson, Colonel Gibson, Thomas M. O'Brien, J. Archdall, Captain Gore, Montague O'Connell, M. J. Austen, Colonel Gore, W. 0. O'Conor, Don Bailey, Joseph Gore, Robert Ogle, S. C. Baffle, Walter Greene Thomas Ord, William Baldwin, Barry Gregory W. H. Osborne, Ralph Baring, F. T. Grey, Sir G. Paget, Colonel Baring, Thomas Grogan, E. Paget, Lord A. Barnard, E. G. Grosvenor, Lord R. Palmerston, Viscount Bateson, Thomas Grosvenor, Earl Parker, John Beckett, William Hallyburton, Lord Perfect, Robert Bellew, It. M. Halsey, T. P. Philippa, Sir It. Bennet, P. Hamilton, J. H. Pinney, William Bentinck, Lord G. Hamilton, G. A. Polhill, F. Sentinek, Lord H. Hamilton, Lord C. Ponsonby, C. F. Berkeley, Craven Hanmer, Sir J. Pusey, I'. Berkeley, Captain Hatton, Captain Itashleigh, William Berkeley, Grantley Hawes, Benjamin Repton, G. W. Bernal, Ralph Hayes, Sir E. Rich, Henry illackburne, J. I. Hobhouse, Sir John Ross, David R. Blake, Martin J. Hodgson, R. Round, John Bodkin, J. J. Howard, C. W. Russell, Lord J. Boldero, 11, G. Howard,'E. G. Russell, Lord C. Borthwick, P. Howard, Sir R. Rutherford, A. Bowles, Admiral Hudson, G. Scrope , G. P. Brisco, M. Hurst, R. H. Shell, R. L. Brotherton, Joseph Hutt, William Shelburne, Earlof Browne, W. Jervis, Sir John Somers, J. P. Buller, Charles Jocelyn, Viscount Somerville, Sir W. Burke, T. J. Jolliffe, Sir W G. H. Stanley, W. 0. Burrell, Sir C. Jones, Captain Staunton, Sir:G. Busfeild, William Kemble, H. Stuart, Lord J. Byng, G. S. Labouchere, Henry Stuart, J. Callaghan, D. Langston, J. H. ritrutt, Edward oarew, It. S. Lawless, Cecil Talbot, C. R. Castlereagh, Vise. Lawson, Andrew Taylor, E. Cavendish, C. C. Layard, Major Thornely, Thomas Chapman, B. Lefroy, A, Towneley, John Chichester, Lord J. Le Marehant;Sir D. Trollope, Sir J. Christie, W. D. Liddell, Hon. H. T. Turner, Edmund Clay, Sir W. Lowther Colonel Vane, Lord H. , Clifton, J.T. Macaulay, T. B. Vesey, T. Cole, H. A. Nl‘Carthy, Alexander Villiers, Charles Colebrooke, Sir T. M`Donnell, J. M. Vivian, J. H. Collett, W. R. M`Taggart, si r J. Vyae, H. Courtenay, Lord Mangles, R.:D. Walker, Richard Cowper, W. F. Manners, Lord J. Wall, C. B. Craig, W. G. Maule, Fox Ward, H. G. Dalrymple, Captain Maxwell, Hon. J. P. Watson, Henry Darner, Colonel Monahan, J. H. Wilshere, T. W. Dawson,,T. V. Morpeth, Viscount Wodehouse, Edmund Denison, J. E. i j i, o, Ge ep ti h eral Wood, Sir Charles, Disraeli, B. Mostyn, E. Wynn, C. W. Dundas, Admiral Napier, Sir Ckarles Wyse, Thomas Dundas, Sir David N M e o e7d o , Ebrington, Lord Newdegate, N. TELLERS. Esmonde, Sir T. Newport, Viscount Tanta H. Ferguson, Sir IL Norreys, Sir D. Hill, Lard Marcus Frewen, C. H. O'Brien, A. S. MINORITY—NOES, 62. Antrobus, Edmund Entwisle, W. Pectic% Captain Arkwright, George Goulburn, Henry Peel, Colonel Barclay, David Graham, Sir James Ricardo, J. L. Barrington, Viscount Hall, Sir Benjamin Sheppard, T. 3odkin, William H. Hastie, Archibald Sibthorp, Colonel Bouverie, E. P. Hervey, Lord A. Smyth, Sir H. Broadwood, H. Hogg, Sir J. Spry, Sir S. - Brown, W. Hope, G. W. Stuart, Henry Cardwell, Edward Hughes, W. B. Sutton, H. M. Carew, W. P. Hume, Joseph Tollemache, John Clerk Sir G. Humphery, AM. Trelawny, J. S. Clive, Viscount Lincoln, Earl of Trotter, John Cripps, William Lindsay, Colonel Vivian, J. E. Deedes, W. Lygon, General Wakley, T. Dennistoun, J. Marshall, William Williams, W. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Masterman, J. Wood, Colonel T. Douglas, Sir C. Mitchell, T. A. Wortley, J. S. Douglas, J. D. S. Moffatt, George Yorke, R. H. Duke, Sir J. Morris, David Duncan, Viscount Mure, Colonel TELLERS. Duncan, George Neville, Ralph - Molesworth, Sir W. Duncombe, T. Patten, J. WI Roebuck, J. A. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and their Majesties the King and the Queen of the Belgians walked yesterday in the garden of Buckingham Palace. His R o y a l Hi g h ness Prince Albert left Buc kin gh am Palace for Oxford a t nine o'clock yesterday m ornin g , attended by C o l one l th e H o n. C. B. Phipps, Colo nel Bouverie, and the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay. His Royal Highness went to the terminus of the Great Western Railway at Paddington, where he was joined by his Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar, attended by Count de Beust. Their Royal Highnesses left by a special train at twenty-tive minutes past nine o'clock. Prince Albert and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar left Oxford at half-past four o'clock ;in the afternoon he returned to Paddington by a special train at six o'clock, Prince Albert proceeding to Buck ingham Palace, and the Hereditary Grand Duke to Marlborough House, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager. Her Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar visited the Queen yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians Yes terday at Buckinghatn Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal took a carriage drive yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, took their usual airings yesterday in the Royal pleasure-grounds. The Roynl dinner party yesterday at Buckingham Palace included the King and Queen of the Belgians, his Excellency M. Van de Weyer, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis and Marchioress of Douglas, the Countess Vanderstraten, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Viscount Melbourne, Lady Beauvale, L or d a nd Lady John Russell, the Right Hon. Sir Rob ert Ad a ir, Major de Moerkerke, and Dr. Carswell. The band of the Royal Horse Guard s a tt en d e d during dinner. The following had the honour of receiving invitations for the evening :—Madame Van de Weyer, the Marquis of Douro, 'Viscount and Viscountess Jocelyn, Lady Byron, Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel the Hon. Sir Edward Cast, and Mrs. Buuverie. The Queen had a musical performance for tho gratifi. cation of the august party. Mrs. Anderson presided at the pianoforte. Her Majesty's private band was in attendance, under the direction of Mr. Anderson. Lord Kingston had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home Office. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colo nial-office, for the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday. Judgment was given on an appeal from Jamaica, " Gordon v. Horsfall. An appeal from the Court of Arches, " Phillips v. Phillips, was part heard. The Master of the Rolls, Lords Brougham and Campbell, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judges of the Admiralty Court were present. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 29, 1847. OVER LAND MAIL TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES. The French Government received on Sunday the following telegraphic dispatches : " MALTA, JUNE 22. " The India mail brings accounts of the 12th and 9th of May. " Tranquillity prevailed in the Punjaub. Lord Hardinge and the Commander-in-Chief were at Simla. " The disturbances continued in the dominions of the Niz am. A mutiny having taken place among the troops, in consequence of an attempt made by the Minister to deprive them of fifteen months' ar rears, the contingent was ordered to march, and for the first time a body of English troops entered the city of Hyderabad to protect the Minister. " The Indian journals state, on the authority of letters from Teheran, that the Shah of Persia had renounced the intention of commanding in person the expedition against Khorassan." _ _ " MALTA, Juin 22. " 'We have received at Malta no Canton journal. The Hong-Kong Register publishes an account of the expedition against the city, together with several official documents. " General d'Aguilar had left Captain Graves at Canton in command of the troops and volunteers, who were daily drilled. _ _ " All business was interrupted at Canton, and the merchants were removing all their property, being apprehensive either of a rising of the people, who would plunder them as well as the foreigners, or of a new attack on the part of the English, who, they supposed, were expecting reinforcements from India. " Menacing placards against the English and Go vernor Keying had been posted up through the city. " The journals contain no news from Cixhin- China." INDIA AND CHINA. purposes making the grand tour of our principal military stations. The Irish and Scotch Relief Fund in Bombay has reached the sum of 9,5001. ; the total subscriptions throughout India amounting to nearly 26,0001. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, June 28 - - - - (Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Justice ERLE and a Special Jury.) WYLD V. HUGHES. Sir F. Thesiger, Mr. Sergeant Shee, and Mr. Ball, appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Crowder, Q.C., Mr. Butt, Q.C., and Mr. Baldwin, for the defendant. Sir F. THESIGER said, the plaintiff was the well-known map-engraver, and the defendant was an engineer, and the registered promoter of the " London, Staiues, and Ascot Railway Company." The action was brought to t b a y i . n o c e op p p l e a r i - n p t l i a ff te f s o e r n t g h r e a d ve e d fen a d n a d n m ta p T ; recover the sum of 5131. ss. 6d., being the price of cer hanedorPdl e a r n swprintedcon tained in a letter dated the 17th of October, 1845, and addressed to the plaintiff by Mr. Burbury, the defend ant's assistant, in these words:—" I hereby engage you to engrave for Mr. Samuel Hughes 130 plates for plans, and some for sections, each plate to be two feet three inches in length, and one foot nine inches in breadth. Trusting you will be able to arrange to Mr. Hughes's satisfaction, I am, Sce." That letter was admitted by the defendant, and it was also admitted that Mr. Bur bury was the agent of the defendant in :regard to the business for which the action was brought. In conse quence of that order, as many as 129 plates had been en graved for the defendant for the various railways to which he was engineer, but only 17 of that number were connected with the London, Staines, and Ascot line. At that time there was a great demand for labour in that line of business, as it was necessary for the plans, &c.,to be deposited with the Railway Department of the Board of Trade by the 30th of November; and, consequently, the plaintiff was obliged to pay his workmen unusually high wages, amounting in some instanc e s to one guinea a day. Several engravers were then called as witnesses, who proved that, according to the cost of executing such work in the last week of November, 1845, the sum of 3634 ss. was a fair price for the plaintiff to recover. Mr. CROWDER, Q.C., for the defendant, denied alto gether the defendant's liability, and even if he were liable, he would show that the plaintiff's charges were most exorbitant. The defendant was the engineer to the company, and his making the alterations upon the proofs was the ordinary work of an engineer to a railway company. It was admitted that Burbury was the agent of the defendant in regard to the business for which the action was brought. Burbury was the agent and assist ant of Hughes, and the work done was work for a rail way to which the defendant was engineer; so that when Burbury went to make alterations, it was the same as if Mr. Hughes himself had gone. The fact was, that the defendant was concerned in several railways, both in Ireland and England, and he had instructed his assistant to make inquiries of Mr. Wyld respecting the plates, instead of which he had written the letter. But Mr. Wyld never could have supposed that to be an order, for the letter itself said, that the writer hoped that he (plaintiff) would be able to arrange to the defendant's satisfaction. The letter was merely an inquiry as to whether the plaintiff would receive orders for plates. In fact, the London, Staines, and Ascot Railway was not even in contemplation when the letter was written. The plaintiff produced no order for those seven teen plates, though he must have had one in his office; but he came upon the engineer, when he ought to have come upon the company. His coming upon the defendant was a mere afterthought, for on the 24th of February, 1846, the defendant had settled his private account with the plaintiff, when no claim was made in res p ect of this present demand. Mr. Burbury was then called to show that the letter had no reference to the subject of the present action. Sir F. TRESIGER objected to the admission of the evi dence, on the ground that the defendant must be bound by his admission. The evidence was admitted, and other witnesses were called to speak as to the reasonableness of the prices charged. The Learned JUDGE having summed up the evidence, The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 350/. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, June 28. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Sir F. POLLOCK, Chief Baron, and a Special Jury.) POTEZ V. GLOSSOP. Sir F. Thesiger, Mr. M. Chambers, M'r. Miller, and Mr. G. Pollock appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Cockburn, Mr. Ilumfrey, and Sir John Bayley were counsel for the defendant. This was an action in which the plaintiff, who is a single lady, residing in Craven-street. Strand, sought to recover 5001., the amount of two bills of exchange for 2501. each, of which the defendant was the acceptor. To this the defendant placed on the record no less than 43 pleas, resting substantially his defence on the asser tion that he had been swindled out of the bills in ques tion by one Gardiner, and that the plaintiff had notice of all the circumstances of fraud connected therewith. The evidence on the part of the plaintiff having been confined, in the first instance, to the proof of the handwriting, the defendant proc eeded to establish his various pleas, and from the witnesses adduced in support of them, it appeared that the defendant, who is a bene ficed clergyman in Wiltshire, being somewhat pressed for money, and seeing a tempting advertisement to the effect that money to almost any amount might be ob tained on personal security on application to A. 8., at 300, Oxford-street, addressed a letter to the quarter in dicated, and ultimately accepted two bills for 2501. each, which he handed over to one Gardiner, who carried on business in Fludyer-street, Westminster, as a bill discounter. under the style of " Rutter and C 0 . ," fo r the purpose of being discounted, it being suggested that they might be " done " for 10 per cent. The defendant, however, never afterwards saw either money or bills. Various reasons were interposed by Gardiner by way of explanation of the delay, and at last the de fendant got tired, and suspecting that he was being made a dupe of, inserted an advertisement in the papers, cha racterising the transaction as a " swindle," and caution ing the world against dealing with the bills. So matters stood, with the exception of certain proceedings in Chancery, till the present action was brought by the plaintiff, who alleged that she was the bond fide holder of the defendant's bills for certain b o na fide consideration given by her on discounting the same. In the ceurse of his case the counsel for the defendant was obliged to put Gardiner into the box, and he stated that having re ceived the bills from the defendant with the bona fide intention of discounting them, he took them in that spirit to his highly respectable bankers', Messrs, Cock burn, where they lay for three days. Being disap pointed there, he applied to one Coyne, a friend, who undertook the charge, and on the 12th of September, 1846, brought to him a 100/. bank note, which he said was all he could then get, but added that he would pro duce the rest when he had raised the necessary funds on some securities. This 100/. note Gardiner swore was all he ever received as part of the discount on the bills for the defendant, and he excused the non-payment of it to the defendant on the plea that when the obnoxious ad vertisement of the defendant appeared, Coyne told him that in consequence of that he had been unable to get the rest of the money. Besides this, it was shown by the defendant that the bills were endorsed to and by one Gadderer, who was a lodger in the house of the plaintiff, and it was insisted that the inevitable result of all these facts was, that all the parties had conspired together to defraud the defendant, by cheating him out of his bills first, and then suing him thereon afterwards. This being an outline of the case set up by the de fendant, the plaintiff next undertook to prove that she had given actual bond fide consideration for the bills ; and with this view it was shown that on the 11th of September she had sold out of the funds 3001. 10s. worth of stock standing in her nome ; that the 1001. note, ad mitted to have been received by Gardiner on the 12th from Coyne, was a part of that sum, and had been paid over to Coyne by the plaintiff. It was also attempted to be shown that another 1001. note, also realised by that sale, had found its way to Gardiner's hands on the 17th, but in that respect the evidence broke down. Mr. COCKBURN having replied on this evidence, re marking on the fact that the plaintiff had omitted to put Gadderer into the box, Mr. M. CHAMBERS replied on the whole case, contend ing that the plaintiff was entitled to recover the whole amount, as it abundantly appeared that she bad actually parted with her money to the extent of 300/. for the pur pose of discounting the defendant's bills, that no con nexion was shown between her and Gardiner, and that at all events she was entitled to a verdict for 200/.., which he contended had been shown to have reached the hands of the defendant's agent for the purposes of the bills. Sir F. POLLOCK, Chief Baron, intimated that in his opinion the plaintiff could nut recover more than 1001. at all events. That sum, and no more, had been proved to have come to Gardiner's hands as discount of the bills, and the point for the jury was whether the plain tiff was entitled to that. That would depend on the question whether the jury thought that the fraudulent dealing with the bills was brought home to the plaintiff. In his opinion, there was no evidence to bring that con nexion home to the plaintiff. Tho jury having deliberated, asked whether they were bound to find a verdict for the plaintiff for 1001.? The CHIEF BARON—The verdict, gentlemen, ought to be yours, not mine, and to carry that respect to which the tribunal is entitled, it ought not to be a hasty and ill considered cne. I think that no one of the pleas is proved, for Gardiner is not shown to be connected with or known to the plaintiff, or even Gadderer, before the 12th of September. The Foreman—Then, my Lord, we must find for the plaintiff for 1001. The CHIEF BARON—NO, you need not do so unless you please, but I am bound to tell you that I think there is no evidence to sustain the pleas. Foreman—My Lord, we are of opinion that the 1001. was not paid for the bills, and that they never were in the hands of Miss Potez. (This announce men t was rece i v ed by a burst of appro bation.) conspiracy . between all three so C m i e tl o E f F ttae'maoNc—haGrgeentalenien th . e pleas are not proved. parties, for which they might . be indicted. Would you On such evidence as this convict them of conspiracy Foreman —My Lord, there appears to have been a great deal of fraud in the transaction. We think that the bills were obtained from the defendant by fraud. CHIEF BARON—That has been plain long ago, but the question is whether there is evidence to disprove the right of a person to sue on them to the extent of 1001. at least, who has been clearly proved to have sold out 3001. from the funds on the 11th of September, that 100/. being paid to the agent of the defendant on the following day. You had better consider your verdict, gentlemen. The jury then laid their heads together, and remained in close and earnest discussion for more than half an hour, when they returned a verdict for the plaintiff for 1001. Mr. Cardwell, M.P., was in Liverpool during the whole of Wednesday and Thursday on business con nected with his nomination as one of the candidates for the representation of Liverpool,—LiverpostAlbion. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. We have received papers from Bombay of the 20th May, arid Calcutta of the Bth May. No further in telligence from China. This mail has followed so closely that of the 12th, that little news could be expected, and therefore we are not disappointed at the few matters of interest which the present arrival supplies. We have great pleasure, however, in stat ing that tranquillity continues to prevail nearly throughout India, and that the improved condition of all classes connected with that empire, is daily and hourly manifesting itself. Instead of war, bloodshed, and death, we read of balls, gaieties, and festivities. We must, however, mention that the Nizam's domi nions are an exception ; for we learn that the King's regular troops having been defrauded of fifteen months' pay by one of his ministers, mutinied ; and in order to suppress the serious consequences likely to arise out of such a state of things, a British force was called in, which marched through the town of Hyderabad, to secure the safety of the obnoxious officer of the Government. Commercial matters both at Bombay and at Calcutta present no feature of particular importance. In fact, little or no change had taken place since the previous mails were dispatched from those Presiden cies. The exchange at Bombay on London was 25. to 2s. 00. per rupee, six months' sight; that at Cal cutta, 2s. od. to 2s. Of i ld. for ten months' bills. We subjoin extracts : (From the Bombay Times of May 20.) The clustering of the mails together just before the setting in of the rainy season—to allow for the delay expected to be experienced by the steamers, from the strong and adverse winds betwixt this and Aden— reduces the time over which our observations extend to a week ; and unusually short as the period is, it is still more unusually newsless. No mail from Eng land has reached us since last dispatch. The present packet is that which but for the season would have been sent off on the Ist of next month; those of 19th of June, 19th of July, and 27th of August, respec tively belonging to the Ist of July, August, and September. The 15th of October will bring all right again; till then we shall have only one dispatch a month. Our dates from Sinde, formerly extending to the Bth, now come down to the 16th. The general good health of the troops is the only item which is de serving of notice. The Governor continuos a.t Kur rachee, in the enjoyment apparently of excellent health and spirits. The only news we have from the Punjaub assures us of the continued tranquillity of the country, and the improving prospects of the policy of Lord Hardinge being carried out successfully. Lieutenant Nicholson had returned to the capital. The Dewan Hakeem Rae had had the Governorship of Peshawur con ferred on him. The Maharaja Ghoolab Singh continued in Cashmere. He had issued a proclama tion intimating that throughout that province the coins of Jamoo were from henceforth exclusively to pass current. There had been some disturbances on the Rawul Pindee borders, which required the inter position of force for their suppression. The rumours of the dangers likely to arise from the insubordina tion of the disbanded Seikh troops, the duplicity and dishonesty of Ghoolab Singh, and the advance of Dost Mahomed on Peshawur, like all the other tales of terror consequent on the recent arrange ments that have been circulated, have proved with out the shadow of foundation. The prospect of difficulties darkening the horizon now becomes so dim and distant that it is hoped it may have alto gether vanished long before Lord Hardinge takes his departure, still supposed to be in the month of January next. Details of balls, gaieties, and festivi ties of all sorts take the place of news from the British section of the Seikh dominions. In Rajpootana the pursuit of the notorious bandit chief Doongjee and his followers had been abandoned, fun consequence of the advanced state of the season ; nothing of a very satisfactory nature having as yet been effected. Colonel Sutherland, the Resident, with a• large cortege of followers, had arrived at Mount A boo, where they were to reside for the season, for th e benefit of change of air. The Nizam's dominions present a worse view at present than they have for along time past. The whole of the regular troops of the King have mutinied, consequent on an attempt made by the Minister to d araud them of, it is said 15 months' arrears of wages, tho troops of the contingent were c alled on, on the night of the 3d instant, to prevent the disturbances fc tired to be about breaking out, and for the first time a _British force marched through the town of Ryder al xid to the protection of the Minister. Preparations for resistance had been made at one gate of the town by which the mutineers thought our troops would ha..ve entered, but luckily they had gone in at another, and thus prevented the bloodshed which w o uld inevitably have been occasioned had they come in contact with the irritated irregulars. A portion or the troops have continued in the town ever since ; arsd measures are being taken to rid the state of the m tatineers—it is said much against the will of the 111'.izam. Singular disclosures have just been made in refer vice to the Mysore country, where we are, it seems, niAtintaining a commission, in the hand of which are avosed the whole functions of government, after we a.ta3 bound by the terms' of our treaties with the 'Raja to' restore it to his possession. The new system resorted to in the Goomsoor coun try is said not to work satisfactorily at all ; and the rtr actice of human sacrifices, for a time put down, is tau iderstood to be once more returning. Much excitement has been occasioned by the deci sion of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Madras i n the case of a Hindoo girl, of twelve years of age, w ho had become a convert to Christianity, and desired t.ct reside with the family of one of our missionaries. .E.er parents having appealed to the Supreme Court for the recovery of the child, the Court decided that she was competent to select her own place of resi tlence, and she accordingly remains at the house of t Rev. Mr. Anderson. The judgment of the Ma d:.eas Bench is in direct opposition to that of the Si upreme Court of Bombay, in a case precisely simi lar, which came before them in 1843; and in the i i !port of the judgments first given in the Atlas, Sir V. Burton seemed to have reflected in very unbe ca oming terms on Sir H. Roper and Sir E. Perry. It taarned out that the address of the Learned Judge had b een altogether misapprehended by the reporter, and to nat he in reality cast no imputation whatever on his b rethren. The last detachment of her Majesty's 51st Foot in ad reached Madras by the steamer Precursor on the 9th May, having lost a number of men, women, :and children, by cholera, while quartered in Fort 'William. The Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief (3ontinue at Simla. The Hill Chiefs were coming in in numbers to pay their respects to Lord Hardinge. `The Honourable Mr. Thomason, Lieutenant-Go vernor of the North-west Provinces, had arrived at , the station on the Ist of May. General Tapp was, it was said, to take his tour on the Divisional Staff on the expiration of General Cartwright's command in January. The Bombay Governor and Commander-in-Chief take their departure for the Deccan about the 3d of June, accompanied by their personal and general staff. Sir W. Cotton afterwards visits the hills, And Casualties by death in the armies of India reported since the departure of the mail of 20th May:— B O MBAY.—Lieutenant•General 11. N. Robertson, sth Regiment, at Deesa, on the 10th May. Al A nitAs.—Lieutenant-General T. Marriott, in Eng land, on the 18th March. INDIAN NAVY. —Acting Master H. Barron, steamer Berenice, at Kurrachee, on the Gth May. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. BOMBAY MARKET, MAY 20. IMPORTS. Our readers will have been prepared, by the nature of our last two or three reports, to look for very little, if any, novelty from us on the present occasion, a week only having elapsed since the departure of the last overland mail to Europe; and as the season for sales of imports is now completely closed, they must expect that very little of interest can occur for the next two or three months, during which transactions will be confined to the c s o u T p r p o l of l A l oc il u a r l A w c a T n u t it s, E w hich h a e r e i n b q u u t r y t r i fi fromi n g. ' dealers has been confined to Grey and Bleached Jacconets of low to middling qualities, but the sales in them have been very trifling, and the demand has now dropped. Some sales have been effected in a few other descrip tions of goods, but at very low prices, for the purpose of clearing off remnants of shipments before the rains set in, and their cheapness has been an inducement to the dealers to purchase on speculation. The following are the sales that have been reported to us:— Pieces. R. A. R. A. 1,000 Grey shirtings,4o inch, 38 yds, at 4 0 to 4 4 4,500 Grey jacconets, 40 inch, 20 yds 1 12i... 2 2 3,100 Grey madapollams,33 in., 24yds 2 1 ... 2 12 100 Grey sheetings, 36 inch, 60 yds 0 0 ...10 8 250 Ditto, ditto, 32 inch, 48 yds 0 0 ... 8 4 300 Grey drills, 30 inch, 30 yds 0 0 .. 6 0 4,200 Bleached shirtings, 36 in., 40 yds 4 6 ... 6 10 100 Ditto, ditto 1,100 Bleached jacconets, 40 in., 20 yds 2 4 2 6 4,700 Bld. madapollams, 31 in., 24 yds 2 1 ... 2 3 300 Bleached mulls, 40 inch, 20 yds 0 0 ... 4 8 700 Ditto, ditto (Swiss) 800 Turkey red plain cloth, 24 inch, 28 yards 3,000 Prints (neutral sets), 21 in. 28 yds 0 0 3 4 Cotton Yarn—Nothing appears to have been done in " grey," and prices are quite nominal. In "dyed" there has been a sale of 1,200 lbs. of Turkey red average 50s. in 191 b. bundles, at rs. 1 : 11 as. per lb. Woollens—remain quite neglected. Metals—lron : Since the sales published in our report of the 12th inst. the following have been communicated to us, but the inquiry that we mentioned as having re vived for British bar has again died away. Sheet has slightly advanced in price. 450 candies British bar at Es. 32 8 per candy. 700 ... ditto ... " " 32 2 64 460 ... ditto ... " " 32 6 i 4 300 ... round nail rod " 43 0 90 ... square ditto " 42 0 1,000 bundles sheet " 614 per cwt. 75 Swedish bar (very ordinary) rs. 32 per candy. Copper has continued in fair request, but the value of sheathing has slightly declined. The sales of the week are-600 cwt. brazier's, at Ors.; 575 sheathing, 571 58; 200 tile (in small lots), 52; 190 ditto, 501. Lead—A sale of 300 cwt. pig has been effected at 101 rs. per cwt., which was our last quotation. In sheet nothing has been done. No transactions have trans pired in spelter, Swidish steel, or tin plates. Cochineal—There has been no arrivals of this article since the date of our last report, and the market being quite bare of it nothing has been done; the price is nominally 51rs. per lb. Saffron—A sale of 100 lb. first quality has been made at 1 qrs. per lb., and as there is a little inquiry for it, a similar parcel might, at the moment, fetch lirs. per lb. Beer—" Allsopp" continues to be disposed of at 75rs. per hhd., but we have not been informed of any trans actions in other brands. Spirits—A slight demand for brandy has improved its price 4 annas per gallon; about 50 hogsheads of brown have obtained this advance, having been sold at 3irs. per gallon. Marine Stores—We have no change to notice under this head, either as regards demand or price. EXPORTS. Cotton Wool—The excitement that prevailed during the early part of this month amongst purchasers for China appears to have subsided, as we hear but of very few purchases having been made during the week, and the prices of the staple are exhibiting a downward tendency. Present quotations are:— Broach and Surat Dhollera „ 82 to 86 do. Oomrawuttee „ 85 to 86 do. Compta The new crop has continued to arrive freely. Sheep's Wool—We have not heard of any transac. tions in this article since the last reports, and prices re , main as then quoted, say Khorassan... Rs. 105 to 110 per candy of 588 lb. Marwar „ 90 to 100 ditto Mekran „ 80 to 90 ditto Cutch „ 100 to 110 ditto Persian Opium—A re transactions are going forwara as be fore, at 1,075 rs to I,loors. per chest, the latter figure being the price of the best to be had on the spot, but of which there is very little indeed offering. FREIGHTS. There is much less doing in shipments to Great Bri tain and to China than there was earlier in the month, and the vessels on the berth for the former country load but slowly, and cannot obtain at present above 61. to 61.55. per ton of fifty cubic feet; while to China the rate has receded to 21rs. per candy, though for small parcels of cargo going ships obtain 22rs. to 23rs. EXCHANGE. The operations for this mail on London have been effected at 2s. to 2s. 00. per rupee, six months' sight. The rate on Calcutta is re. 981 per cent. for 60 d. s. bills, and the same on Madras. On China, rs. 208 per 100 dollars, 60 d. s. Bombay Times Office, Wednesday, Five o'Clock, May 19. Freights—To London, per ton 61. 55.; to Liverpool, 1 Cl.; to Clyde, no quotation ; to China, per candy, rs. 21 to 23. Exchanges—London, at six months' sight per rupee, 2s. to 2s. 0-id. ; London, at three months' sight, per rupee, Is. 11V.; China, at sixty day s' sight, per 100 Spanish dollars, 208 rupees ; Calcutta, at sixty days' sight, per 100 rupees, 284 rupees ; Calcutta, at thirty days' sight, per 100 rupc,es, 98;1 rupees ; Madras, at thirty days' sight, per 100 rupees, 984 rupees. Price of Bullion —Sovereigns, each, rs. 11, 3 annas ; sovereigns, dragons, each, rs. 11, 4 annas ; Bank of E ng land notes, per £, rs. 10 , 12 anna s ; Spanish dollars, per 100, 224 annas ; German Crowns, per 100, rs. 220; Sycee silver per 100 tolas, rs. 104* to 1041 ; gold leaf, per Lola (range of quality), rs. 16 to 17. Bank Shares—Bombay Bank, rs. 36 a 37 per ct . pm.; Oriental Bank, rs. 1,000 each (500 paid up), 14 do. ; Commercial Bank, rs. 3 do.; Agra Bank (rs. 500), rs. 50 per et. pm. nominal ; Bank of Madras (rs. 1,000), rs. 16 per et. pm. nominal. Government Securities—Fiveper Cent. Transfer Loan, 110 rs. per 100 Sicca, Ill.; Five per Cent. Loan 1825.26, 103 rs. at 103 per per 100 Sicca ; Five per Cent. Loan 18 9 9.30, 103 rs. per roo Biecti ; Four per Cent. Loan 1882-33, 91 rs. per 100 Sicca ; Four per Cent. 1835-36. 89 rs. per 100 Co.'s ; Five per Cent. Loan 1841-42, 98i rs. pe 100 C r o.'s ; Four per Cent. L o an 1842 43, 89 rs. per 100 Co.'s. CITY OF LONDON ELECTION. Lord John Russell has issued the following address to the electors of the city of London:— " Chesham-place, June 28, 1847. " Gentlemen, —Having twice received from you the important trust of representing this great city in the House of Commons, I think it due to you to state my intentions in the event of a dissolution of Parliament. " I aspire to the honour of being again your Member. " Engaged as I am in the daily discussions of the Nouse of Commons, I have no need of making declara tions of my political opinions. " With respect to questions which may come before the next Parliament, while I claim to be at liberty to consider and to decide for the welfare of the community without the fetter of pledges, I shall be ready on the day of nomination to explain and defend the principles on which I have acted, and shall continue to act. " Should I then be thought worthy of again repre seating you, I shall feel price in the confidence of so large, so powerful, and so intelligent a body of electors. " I have the honour to be " Your obedient and faithful servant, " J. RUSSELL." SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO THE MARQUIS OF LONDON DERni.—We regret to state that an accident of a serious nature, and which might have been attended with the most lamentable consequences, occurred to this noble and gallant officer while riding on Sunday evening. It appears that the Noble Marquis returned to Holderness House in the early part of the Sunday last, after a drive, during which he was accompanied bY Lady Alex andrina Vane, and that shortly before five o'clock he rode our on horseback, followed by a groom, taking from Park-lane the direction of Bele,rave square. His Lord ship had ridden as far as the residence of Lord John Russell, in Chesham-place, which adjoins that of his eldest son, Viscount Castlereagh, when the animal which he rode stumbled and fell, rolling for an instant over the noble rider, who came on his left side. The acci dent was witnessed by the policeman in attendance at the Premier's mansion, as well as by the groom and some passers by, who rendered every possible assistance and immediately conveyed him to the residence of Lord Castlereagh. Before many minutes elapsed several medical gentlemen were in attendance, and it was ascer tained that although his Lordship had received some severe bruises no fracture had taken place. After some time he had so far rallied as to be in a condition for re moval to Holderness House, where he was attended by In answer to inquiries made yesterday, it Mr. Liston, the eminent surgeon, and other gentlem n ' that his LoNiship had passed a quiet night, and was not worse. few days since LAMBS NURSED BY A DOG. —A About and seven was stated some sheep died on a farm near Coven , whelps,d breed, had a litter of time a large bitch, of th© shepherd lambs were left without their parents. About the . same The ' bitch immediately were placed under her care. and now suckles and nurses which were immediatehlye:dro‘s ned, and the lambs adopted her new charge, them with t4le greatest fondness. i