The Sun. — London, England, 1847-03-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY _MORNING, MARCH. 23, 1847. which he wished to call attention before he concluded. What a benefit would it be to allow those, who retired from the service,. to go back well satisfied with the treat ment they bad received. If they could send them back with good moral habits acquired—with ideas of habit and obedience strongly impressed en them, their example would do more in bringing recruits to the army than any other measures they could adopt. He was quite sure of this that the House would give him credit that he would not propose any measure for its adoption if he or any of her Ma jesty's Government believed that there existed a single sou r ce ' of daeger, or that it would injure in any wayth e a service, success of which he had sincerely at heart. With this feeling he trusted that the House would mark with its approbation the principle of a limited enlistment, and in order that the H ou se might embody that principle in a legislative enactment, he would place his Bill before ill, m, with an earnest hope that the House would ace the necessity of giving its support to it. Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS said that he had, on a former occasion, voted strongly against this measure, and he bad found no reason to change his opinion. After a service of consider able duration, after having had much experience in the prac tical Working of the present system in every quarter of the world to which the British arms were carried, it was his delibe rate and confirmed opinion that this measure was unnecessary and ill-timed, and he should, therefore, be reluctantly com pelled to wi,bhoid his consent to it. But it was not his intention to meet this measure with a direct nega tive, or to propose any amendment. Her Majesty's Government had determined to try this experiment, and the illustrious Duke at the head of the army had also acceded to it. He (Sir H. Douglas) would, therefore, confine him self at present to the mere expression of his dissent, with the reasons which induced Wei to come to that decision. He la mented the changes that were taring place; he g•ieved to see the spirit of change that was abroad; he lamented the change that was daily occurring in those commercial regulations—re gulations which had raised England to the highest state of great ness. He could not concur in the preamble of this Bill, that it was expedient to make an alteration in the period of enlistment. He ( Sir Howard Doug eta i thought it u as inexpedient to make this alteration. lie did not think this change necessary by any practical, political, constitutional. or statistical consi deration. He thought that it could not be justified by ex perience or by any rule which might be adopted with safety. They found no diXteulty in recruiting then. the supply was greater than the demand.—(Hear, hear.) The army was complete in all its arrangements; it was in a pertsct state of ea:Loamy, its disciplime was most admirable, and he was happy to say that the moral and social condition of the soldiery was greatly improved. This measure would be inconvenient in its working, expensive in its organisation, and ill-timed in its introductiman. The Hon. arid Gallant Member then referred to certain statistical details, to show that desertiOns in the army had been less frequent in a state of extended, than under a limited, enlistment. The measure was not intended to obviate a scarcity for the stock of the army, for he had taken care to inform himself upon this point, and he had ascertained that in the year ending 31st Aprit, 1346, tnere offered themselves for enlistment not less than 0 0.00, some of these were rejected ere they came before the medical jority who joined the service were disgusted with it. Now, he thou g ht this a most improp er ob servat i on f or o . e in the position of that Right lion. Gentleman. He considered that it re quired three years at least to make a man who came from the tail of the plough—and they were the best recruits—to make him a good and perfect dragoon ; but when men were sent out as detachmetos, they required extra ; and looking at the expense which was incurred, he thought the country would be ill -served if a man was entitled to leave the army at so early a period as that proposed. ialej LAYARD said that he felt a deep interest in the measure now offerert to the House, for from the moment he entered the senesce he felt that the bargain made by the country with the private soldier wee an unjust one. He re gretted that the lion. and Gallant Officer the Member for Li verpool was not there, for there were some points us his speech which he (Major Layard) should be able satisfactory to answer. He had authorities higher than that of the Gallant Officer foe stating that many points in his speech were incorrect. When he brought forward this subject in 1b42, Sir H. Her (bilge gave it as his opinion that a measure for limited enli,t ment deserved the attention of the Government. Two Go vernments had taken it into consideration, and the Military Commission had had upon it officers old and experienced as his Gallant Friend, who had also given it in favour of the measure. His Gallant Friend had alithled to the difficulty of maintaining an army during a protracted war with a limited enlistment, and had in the same breath alluded to the amount of money which could be paid to these men up in re-enlistment. It appeared, therefore, from his own arguments that the men would enlist again, and it was his belief that no man would leave his c7lours in the British army while there was an enemy before them. The Honourable and Gallant Officer stated that it would be unwise to alter the existing state of things in the ai my, for that the army was happy enough as it was. lit three years out of 110,000 men 26 0 .00 men had been put in gaol, B,eoo had des:: ted and 4,0.,0 had undergone corporal punishment. That was the happy army alluded to by the gallant officer any change which had been hitherto mate had always produced a beneficial effect. '1 he Hon. and Gallant Officer had said that this was not a time for a change. Was not any time the proper time for doing justice ? What reason could be urged fur its being delayed? The soldier had no power to complain, ar ti no power to petition—and why should he be compelled from delays to suffer in plate. When the late Secretary at War brought forward this subject was there not a feeling in the House that the measure was not to rest as he had placed it. was it nut felt that it was but the beginning of the change, and why did the Hon. anti Gallant Gentleman now oppose what he had before suffered to pass away in silence? Why had he not opposed the propesition of the Secretary at War? Sir H. DOUGLAS--t opposed it when you brought it out. Major LA YARD —Yes, the Gallaut Officer ()posed it when he brought it forwaro ; but why slid he not oppose it when the secretary at War brought it forward ? Sir H. DOUGLAS—I was not in the Home. Major LA YA HD The subject was not then of sufficient importance to induce the Gallant Gentleman to oppose it, and why did he de so now ? The Honourable :slid Gallant Officer who had last spoken had opposed the measure, and had stated that there would not be e proper opportunity in many iListances of punishing disobe dience. It did not require twenty-one years to do that. Men, as the lion. and Gialint Officer said, grew wise by experience; he hoped they did. if any Gentlen.au hart asked him (Major Layard) before 1e42 it he should enlist, he should tell him not, and fir the following reason—That the bounty which was promised was no bounty at alt. That it did Pot pay for their necessaries, that they joined their regiment in debt— that the arms which they gave were inefficient, as he had seen 100 out oh 1300 miss fire. If rh-y tv,re sent out to India, they remained for 24 years, and the charices were fifty to one ageinst their coming back. That in the West India islands tac [nor- tality was enormous, being 21,421 s!nce lbl7. That no medals were given for hard and long service That they got salt provisions five days in the week, and that a deduction of five per cent. was made from their pensions when they had earned them. As the law was, he could describe the reverse of these things, and under the present system he should advise a man to enlist.. He would get more bounty, better arms, better treatment and food, and more consideration paid for long servitude. He owned that, so far as the 11:11 now before the House went, he did not feel quite satisfied with it ; and, in saying so, he might, perhaps, appear to take an ungrateful course, seeming to oppose a Bill which had been brought for ward by a Government that had his support ; but he felt it ne eessary to state an objection when it arose. It was with that , view that he had given notice of a clause which he would move to be introduced between the third and fourth clauses of the measure, as it stood at present. There were difficulties in dealing with all the details of the objects which such a measure was meant to provide for—difficulties that were exceedingly increased to him (Major Layard), who did not have the information which the books at the Horse Guards ' could so minutely give him. But the effect of the clause of which he had given notice would be, that atter three years these men now in the service should be allowed to take advantage of the provisions of this measure, always provided that they gave three months notice of such intention to the officer in command. But he had a considera tion to submit to the Government. It had been said by many Hon. Members of that House, and it was the feeling out of doors, that promotion at the Horse Guards was a one-sided opinion only, and no other ; he would have sat still and said nothing. but as it was the feeling of many, very many, of his fellow officers, as well as of many whose interest did not lead them sodirectly to the subject, and he felt bound now to say, that it was his own opinion also, that promotion at the Horse Guards was not impartial. Why, the Noble Lord now at the head of the Government, in a speech widen he made in 1842, when the Right Hon. Baronet opposite was in office, took the very paint which he (Major Layard) felt now so anxious to impress upon her eiajesty's Government. The Honourable and Gallant Gentleman hart quoted fr,,m the Noble Lord's speech in Hansard, in the course of which that Noble Lord referred to the opinion expressed by the Duke of Wellington, that the commander-in-chief might not to be a memb r of the Cabinet, its order that no bias might exist in his mind in reference to promotions. But (the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman continued) the Right Hon. Baronet oppo site said, in answer to the Noble Lord, that that would not make any difference. Now, un the contrary, he believed it die make a difference, and for this reason. He knew that many of his feilow-officers had a wish in the case of an electron to stand upon principles which, till very lately, had not pre vailed in the army ; but these gentlemen were not prepared to eve up their profession. Why, he believes he was the only officer or, that aide of the House, except the Nob e Lord the Member for Lichfield, on full ray. Now what he meant to say was, that any Government I ilmured under a great evil when the promo ion., (1 which there occurred seven hundred a year, were all in the power of a partizan. It was nnpesoble in that ease 'hat those on his (Major L ;yard's) side of the House could have the same chance with those on the other side; and that was unfair— very unfair That was a circumstance which be believed operated strongly against the; present Government. which had been called into power in a time of difficultii s, enough of which there were to contend with, barring any such additional ins pediment as that to which he had adverted. He wished that promotions shook be impartially conferred on gentlemen, whether they voted fur or - ' officer, but 16,563 were examined, - out of this number 5,143 were rejected, arid 11,420 enlisted. Within the present year no fewer than 21,000 offered themselves for enlist ment. The stock of the army, which was com posed principally of the children of the soil, was admirable. At least six-tenths of their soldiery had been agricultural labourers, and as they got up in the scale of education, they proved inferior soldiers. It had been alleged that the army was composed of the riff-raff of the country, that the members were ignorant, illiterate, and vicious. They had it to boast that they improved and educated these persons, and returned them to their country better men than they found them. He found that the great proportion of the cavalry and line was composed of agricuiturs.l labourers; that at least 643 out of every 1,000 belonged to this class, and they made the best soldiers. Advancing in the scale, he found me chanics and artizens, and they were inferior men to the others. Then they had ruined tradesmen, shopmen, and shop clerks, and they were still worse, and the highest class of all, profes sional men, persons educated for the Church, medical students, and law licentiates, made the worst of soldiers, and in this category he would particularly place the licentiates of law. It was said that it was derogatory to the character of freemen. to permit them to enlist for an unlimited period, but he found that bath history and the best authorities disproved that state ment. If the Bill were strictly carried out, he did not doubt that there would be a cry got up that they were going to con vert England into a military country, but he would lease theory and come to what he thought wcuid be the practical ope ration of this Bill in the time of a protracted war. Now had the system of limited enlistment prevaded during the late war he would venture to say that England never could have suc ceeded in the manner she did. lee dispatches of the Dukes of York and Wellington showed that the succe.ses of that period were effected by said soldiers, who had long b_en engaged in the service, and he, tt erefore, heti a right to assume that, had the stale beers lines cd enlistment, this country never could have maintained the war.--( Hear, hear.) Previous to the year ISI3, during the Peeinsular war, there were very few enlist ments in the British army, and the consequence was, this country had to seend a large sum of money to avert the eves of a temporary system of enlistment, and to secure the re-enlist- ' ment of risen whose time of retirement had arrived. The latter readily consented in the emergency to remain in the army to defend the rights of their native laud, and had it not been tor their previous experience in arms, they never could have attained the glorious contests they did. He warned Govern ment, then, of the mischiefs this bill would inlet upon the country. Iu the event of another war, they would experience the sad operations of this Bill upon the marines, while a very shirt time wuule show, if its provisions were to be applied te the Sappers and elinere, that it would entirely destroy the effi ciency of that ody of men. Fur his own part, therefore, he was decidedly averse to any chaege in the present system. It would prove dangerous to the Constitution, and might place the Colonies in jeopardy. He was an advocate for early en listment and tramog in the ar.ny, and had always regretted that military colonization had been neglected by the various Governments tit' this country. Rather than take the steps they were now doing, her Majesty's present advisers eteserit to haat, turns i their attention to that subject, and endeavoured to astertaen if the country and the army, could not be benefited by iatroducing improve ments into the prevailing system of military colonization. Let them raise the soldier in the scale of society, and there would be no want of a better class of men. Let them secure them rewards and encouragement, and they would invest that calling with attractions, tvli!ch would hove the effect of enticing good men into the service of their country. With regard to panishrnents, he thought that a soldier should not be sent to prison unless for some crime of a disgraceful nature. Every ;light breach of military discipline should not be seeded in that manner, the consequence of which invariably was to degrade those who were subjected to it. With respect to the measure before the House, he thought its effect would be to cause a great diminu tion in the number, and the amount of the pensions to be granted at the termination of the period of service. At this time, when the army was brought to such a state of efficiency, he thought that this experiment should have been avoided, as it would be found unsatisfactory. expensive, and prejudicial to the interests of the army in its operation. Colonel REID thought the measure under consideration would not accomplish its object ; secondly, that it was wholly unnecessary; and thirdly, that it would impair the physical efficiency of the army, and create jealousy and dissatis faction. Of what avail would the army of this country have been, even under the guidance of Wellington, if, when opposed to the great usurper, it had not been composed of strong men, who, in addition to moral courage, possessed physical efficiency. He believed, that by adopting a period of limited enlistment, one eighth at least of tee force of the cavalry would be lost to the country. The consequence would be e that there would be an army of boys instead of an army of really efficient men. He had a perfect horror of an army of such a nature. He had seen an exhibition of the conduct of such an army at the siege of Antwerp, where, two sallies Laving been made by the besieged, they destroyed all the works and entrenchments in a few hours, which would have taken at least a fortnight to have done had the besiegers not been panic-stricken and useless as they were on that occasion.—( Cries of " Hear, hear.") He thought, that if Mr. Wyndham's plans of limited enlistment were to be carried out, the Government ought at least to carry out the other plans of that gentleman, for provid ing more liberal pay, and more liberal pensions to the soldiers. The pension to a private for serving his full time, was at pre sent only 6d. a day, and that of a non-commissioned officer Sd. lie thought that at least the minimum pension to the private soldier should be raised to 9d., and to the non-commissioned officer Is. He trusted that the subject of more liberal pay and pensions would receive the fullest consideration of her Majesty's Government. He thought that by far the better mode of im proving the army, would be by the introduction of systems cal culated to improve the social and moral condition of the soldiers themselves. Let them be treated in such a manner that they might consider that they were respected by the country. The country owed much to their valour and to the hardships which they had undergone :n all climates for long seasons for the sake of preserving untarnished, the honour and the interests of the country. With respect to the officers, he believed that they had it always nearest to their hearts to in- Crease as much as possible the comforts of the soldier, and he thought that the present Bill would tend to looser, the ties which existed between the officers and men. He would not, although he disagreed with the principle of the Bill, oppose its further progress. Sir DE LACY EV ANS did net see in the present measure any ground for such fears as had been expressed by the speakers who had preceded him. With respect to the fear that it would not be safe to go to war with men who had only been in the service for ten years, he would remind any Hod. Member who entertained that opinion, that all the other nations of Europe were of opinion that it was safe to go to war even at a less period then that. He did not see any reason to doubt the efficieticy of yuun4 troops. As to the case reftvred to by the Hon. and Geilant Member who last ad dressedpie House, of the young men being driven from the trenches at Antwerp, he had seen many veteran soldiers who had often done the same thing. At St. Sebastian they did so, but they rallied again, and he had often seen many young troops if not outstrip at least equal the valour of more veteran troops. As to the perfection of , the army in the field, it did not de end they were not sure of getting oven this small stipend; and for the purpose of founding the Dublin library, about which when men had asked him if they were soon to get it, - he had the Learned Recorder knew nothing.—(Laughter.) But, in told them that they must not look forward with any certainty fine, believing that the British soldier would derive great be to it. It was often held out by those engaged in recruiting, nefit from that measure he would give it his cordial support. that a man might obtain his discharge free of expense at The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be any time. Now, proper information should be promulgated on committed that night week. this subject, so that the ignorant might not bs deceived, and t POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL. led into so serious a contract, without knowing its exact na- I On the order of the day for going into Committee on this ture. The Right Honourable Gentleman spoke of endeavour- Bill being read, lug to obtain a higher class of men ; but he (Colonel Lind- I Lord G. BENTINCK rose and said he wished to call the say) considered that the army could do without gentlemen clerks or half gentleme n , as t h e army cou l d not be b etter re- ' attention of the House to the statement made by the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for Ireland, as to the pcssibi cruited than at present. A more rigiddiscipline must be main. . lily of an incorrect return et the deaths that had taken place in twined in the Briti s h army t h an i n t h at of other nations Ireland. It would be recollected that the Right Hon. Gentle- Here we could not afford to have any waste, but when the y man said there was no possibility of obtaining a correct register considered the hi g h pay an d t h e hi gh pens i ons of the police, of the deaths in Ireland, inasmuch as no return was made of and the great numbers who now obtained employment as rail- the deaths that took place there. Now, the Right Hon. Gen way officers, he apprehended they would find that a bett er class tleman in making that statement was entirely mistaken. In of men could not be obtained. They had done well by sel.ct- proof of this, he (Lord G. Bentinck) had had letters from ac ing men from the working classes, and by continuing to adopt vera l cl erg ymen in Ireland, who stated that by the canon law the same plan, he had no doubt the same result would take ever y Protestant elerg, man was bound on the 25th of place. Greater inducements ought to Its held out to cause March of every year to make a return of all the deaths men who had served for fifteen years to rejoin the army ; bet • and marriages that had taken place in the parish. when a man had served his country faithfully twenty-one years, Th at th is matter might be perfectly understood, he would read he t.ught to be allowed a pension which would prevent him a l e tt er which he had received on Saturday from the Rev. Mr. from seeking the aid of a workhouse, from being iesufficient to Archer, incumbent of Newton Barry, county of Wexford. The support him in his old age ; he ou g h t to h ave su c h an allow- Noble Lord then read extracts from the communication of the ance as would keep him in comparative adluence.—( Hear.) R.v . Gan t le t ean, expressive of his surprise that the Right Colonel SIBILIORP lamented that nothing now was , Hon. Geutlernau the Secretary for Ireland should have re right, and that a subversive system was going on. They turned the answer he did to the question put by him had attacked the Church, they had attacked the (Lord George Bentinck). The clergymen of the law, and they bad attacked physic— (Laughter ) all Church of Ireland were bound on ilie 25th day of professions were undergoing a change—nothing was right— al arch in every year to furnish a correct copy of the parish (Renewed laughter)—but he st i ll reverenced the wisdom of registry of births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths, to the regis • their ancestors. which he thought was t o t a lly departed from trar of the diocese, by whom they were inserted its the registry , within the walls of that reformed—that pure House of Corn- of t he Diocesan Court. He (LordSG. Bentinck) thought, there mons, wriich did nothing wrong.—(Laughter.) But were the fore, that it must be clear to the House that the Right Hon. people mere happy or u n ited now th an i n the day s of their Gentleman was entirely misieformcd, and that no difficulty ancestors ? Let them look I , r a reply to Ireland, to Scotland, m ad s t an d i n the way of the Government in furnish and then let them glance at England. A melanch o ly lesson ing those returns. He had also received a committal teid them that the people were neither happy nor united, cation f rom one of the med.cal offieers connected Now they meddled with the army.--(Laughter.) Now, he with the dispansary in Galway, who stated that there thought the past services of the army were sufficient to tell the could be no cif eufty in ascertaining the amount of mor peopie of this country that no charge wa s required in that cle- tality among the Roman Catholic po s tulation. He had had oartment of the public service. It w as th e envy of surround- several other communications, among others, one from Mr. ing nations. He had great respe c t for th e late and present Hewson, anatomical lecturer in liallarney Hospital. stating Secretary-at-War ; bu: it was sufficient fir him to say they th a t the mortality in that establishmeut was three in the month were civilians, and that they cull not, therefore, have a very of N o v em b e r, six in December, nineteen in January, arid intimate knowledge of the feelings of the army. But when he twenty -nine in February. The Noble Lord then proceeded, said that the men w are un h a p py h e apprehsnded • but in a tone of voice aimo.t inaudible in the gallery, to tax that he committed a lapsas legume. Ie (Colonel Sibthorp) the Government with having, by their ill-judged measures, had been sixteen year s in he Maje s ty' s dragoons before rte precipitated the present distress in Ireland. ne blamed them, came into that refined society— R oars o f l a u g h ter ) - and he tries, list, ad of alma% ands endeavouring to alleviate the desti met, whilst in that service, as good men, and seen of as high nation they had in part created, they had left the wants of the honour, as he had mist w i th in th a t soelety,=( Laughter. ) country to be supplied by the energy of private speculators, Certainly whilst in the army his time was not consumed in and from the resources of private cline'. hearing long speeches, such as theses ften delivered in that 1 Mr. LABOUCIIERE trusted that Hon. Members would House, and which Ise often wish , dbe had net sat to hear.— not think it necessary that he should follow the Noble Lord (Langhter.) If he came i n un l earne d, h o went out , after into a subject which bad been so frequently discu- sett in that hearing their speeches ' ten times mare unlearned.— House—he meant the policy of her Majesty's Gevernment (Laughter.) The Right Hen. Gentlem:n stated that, the ma- --a • • - - " - with respect to the supplying . of food to Ireland. and the effee, which that policy had on the comforts, and perhaps lives, of the people of that country. He could only regret that the Noble Lord should have felt it necessary to adopt the course he had done on th it occasion, and that he should again have provoked discussion by affirming that her Majesty's Government had pursued an impolitic course, inasmuch as they had not themselves provided a supply of food for the Irish people. He ( Mr. Labouchere), on the contrary, felt satisfied that every day's experience cotfitmed the wisdom and necessity of the policy by which the Government was actuated nototo interfere with private energy, or the ordinary career of trade. Most enormous supplies of f rod were pouring into Ireland, and ha confessed that in his own opinion, if Govern ment had interfered to fetter the course of private enterprise, the result might have been very different. He had seen a letter that day which stated that in the pert of Cork there were one hundred vessels with full cargoes of provisions.— ( Hear, hear.) There were similar imports in the ports of Galway, Limerick, and in tact in all the large ports of Ire land. The result had been that great quantities of provisions were stored on the premises of the several merchants, and private inverts had exceeded what might have been expected from the u• most efforts of the Government. With regard to the returns of mortality, if he had objected to the returns which were moved fur by the Noble Lord, it was from no desire to keep them from the House, in order to conceal what the Noble Lord would call the impolitic measures of the Government. He would at once concede that the mortality in the last year greatly exceeded that of former years. It was not on that account that he had refused these returns, but because he believed that no correct retains could be rendered. Where he thought that correct inforgration could be afforded he did not refuse to the House to lay such before it. Tney had ordered a return of the Lumber of coroner.' inquests, and also returns from the constabulary force ; but when the Noble Lord asked for the returns of mortality in the last year as compa.ed with previous years, he ( Mr. Labouehere) did nut feel himself juitified in granting them. The Noble Lord said that the Protestant clergymen of Ireland kept. a registry of the births and deaths within their own parishes, and that the: were com pelled t r de so by the canon law ; he believed they were obliged to do an, but he was mind* deceived if that law was enforced in Ireland. His Learned Friend beside him had put the canon law into his hand, and he found that the penalty for the evasion of the Act was, that the parties infringing it could be proceeded against actor dingly. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL said that the chief reason for his rising was to express a hope that the Government would place a check on the landlords using these depots. The des-i -tution in Ireland was daily growirg more arid more fearful, and he conjured them to do s , as the markets were not likely to fail, and there was every probability that they would have ample opportunities of using their resources. . Mr. SHAW thought that the representations of the Right Hon. Gentleman had been much overcharged. The fact was, that the Protestant clergy had inquired into the deaths only of the people wider their own care. It was impossible therefore to draw any comparative estimate of the state of destitution in Ireland from these returns, nor ought they to be relied upon for r-h rd O t J Pur tVl e k Lo tUSSELL conceived that the Noble Lord had taken an entirely ruihtalten view of the matter, at,i, indeed, his views were altogether beside the case. They hid come to the opinion, that the best course they could pursue,was not to check the importation of food into Ireland through private en terprise by any measures of the Government. With regard to the proceedings of last year, he might observe, that a certain amount of m-niey was voted for the purchase of Indian corn for the supply of the destitute people of Ireland. They had thought that it was a very proper article of food for that country, and bad accordingly bought it up largely ; but they did not say, on that account, that other per'ons were not also to introduce Indian corn ; and on a reference to the public markets in Anier;ca, they found that the object had been fully attained, for it had led to a large importation of food, and the Govern ment bad done all they could to promote that importation. But the Government never intended, and neverengaged, to feed the people of Ireland, although he could not say that they had never undertaken to secure a supply of food for that country. By a letter received this very day, addressed to the Secretary to the Treasure, by the special agent of the Government, it appeared that at the moment he wrote, there were teenty thousand tons of Indian corn in the neighbourhood of Cork waiting for sale, and that the markets were overstocked, and that the corn was at the present moment being sold in such small parcels as fifteen pounds each, and the probability was that the stock now on hand from the late importations would be sold at a consider able loss. In feet, the arrivals had been much g: eater than he had supposed, and he believed that more than twenty-four ships had come to port more than were required, and that a much greater amount of Indian corn had arrived than was required, and it was likely to be sold at a much lower price than that at which the Government had undertaken to supply the whole of the country with food. Lord J. MANNERS wished to ask the Secretary for Ire land whether there was any objection to grant the returns for which his Noble Friend had asked ? If that return was pro. perly made, and it was in accordance with what the Right Hon. Gentleman had stated, it would be a complete answer to what had been stated by his Noble Friend.' Mr. LABOUCHERE said that the returns made by the Protestant clergy has! been returns of the deaths only, but if the Noble Lord attached any importance to the returns as heshowingH A)wouldni.r .Gve t :nh, Gentleman et. comparative eotphpeoSTUAßT s t i l opposite ege d how e tn a eeer t se h eti svogeabudnii objection techt t ai h ot e nt hteogo inopportune observations destitution aenrtvthem. oei i in .hlreland,pre sent debate, for if the returns bad been Lull enough for some purposes, they were quite incomplete with regard to others, and therefore unfit to be relied upon for drawing any conclu sions on which to found an opinion. Mr. COLLETT said that as the distress of Ireland was now before the House, he wished to make an inquiry with re spect to the expense that was said to have been incurred in the distributiou of scup. It was stated that a hundred men were employed at a pound each to superintend the distribution of this soup, making an expense of IVO/. a-week. The ques. tion then which he wished to put was, as to whether this state ment was true? Secondly, as to whether these men were now engaged? And in the third place, as to whether the Rehr Hen. Gentleman had reason to believe that, considering the great expense incurred, the experiment was likely to prove suc cessful ? Mr. LABOUCHERE said he should have been prepared to have answered the question of the Hen. Gentleman had he previously giver. notice of it, but this he could state, that at first the experiment was made by private parties. Perhaps, while he was on his legs, he might be allowed to say. in re ference to what had fallen from an Hon. Gentleman opposite, that Government were fully alive to the difficulties which might present themselves in a sudden transition from the puteic works, and the fri-h Government had accordingly been fully in-trusted upi'n that point. Mr. DILLON BROWNE would never ask this country to come forward to assist Ireland while the people of that coun try had ao opportunity of providing for themselves ; but he really did think Government ought to take steps fur supplying tenants with seed where the landlords w uld not, or could nor, do so He fully admitted th.t Guyer= •nt was pursuing a rope- course in allotting the present demands for food in Ireland to be supplied by private enterprise, I Iv to 0 - -astir e -- C. Mr. D. Browne, and Mr. Cripps, in opposition to the amend ment, Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN said that those Hon. Mem bers did not appear to be perfectly consistent in their conduct in opposing the amendment of his Hon. Friend the Member for the University of Dublin, seeing the course which they had adopted upon other clauses of the Bill, recommending authority to be given to the board of guardians and not to the Commis sioners. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER supported the clause as it originally stood. Mr. SHAW thought that it would be not only safer, but much better for the efficient working of the Bill, that the ap pointment of the relieving of f icer should be vested in the Com missioners. Mr. GROGAN supported the amendment. Mr. LABOUCHERE was in favour of the clause ; it had been prepared with considerable care, and was the result of con siderable attention on the part of the Government. Sir W. CLAY opposed the amendment. Mr. J. O'CONNELL thought the better course would be to consider first the clause relating to ex-offi c i o guar di ans , as upon the result of that clause would depend the whom value of the other details of the Bill. Mr. HAMILTON withdrew his amendment, and the clause, as originally proposrd was agreed to. On clause 5 beirg proposed, Mr. HAMILTON suggested that in cases wh , re there was no medical otiic-r fur an electoral division, while there was one for the union that :hen the burden of the medical attendent appointed shou:d fall only on the distract to whic:t he was elected. Mr. D. BROWNE suggested that there should be some qualification test for tie election of a medical eater. It was very necessary that such should be the case, there were so mcns unqualified persons pree , ism.: in Ire and. Sir G. G EY said that such should its the case; with respect to the suggestion of the Member for the UMVeI si y of Dublin, much should be left to the discretion of the guardians. Mr. MORGAN J. O'CONNELL said that it would be the must valuable clause. if it totally abolished the sysitern of dispensary practice in leeland altogether. The aepointment was in the power of the subscribers, and they always elected some one they favoured, even should he reside fifty miles out of the district. The clause was then agreed to. On clause 6 being proposed. G HAM IL lON moved the substitution of the follow. ing —" That in every electoral division of each union there shall be a relief committee; which relief committee shall consist of the guardians of such union, resident or having rate able property within such electoral division, together with the (two) highest ratepayers therein, nut being guardians of such union ; and every such committee shall meet weekly, on some day, other than that of the meeting of the board of guardian; and every such relief committee shall annually elect a chair man; and every relieving officer who shall be appointed as hereinbefore directed, shall at. such weekly meeting report to such relief committee any case of sudden er urgent. necessity, and shall hare power, under an order signed by the ehalt man, or such person as shall be, pi o tempore, acting as chairman of such relief committee, to give provisional rebef in such case of sudden and urgent necessity, either by an order of admis sion to the workhouse or fever hospital ot tne union, pro. vided there be room therein respectively, and by con veying any destitute poor person thereto if necessary, or by affording such poor person immediate anti temporary relief in food, lodging, or medical attendance, until the next ordinary meeting of the board of guardians, at which meeting he shall report the case, and the Batu e and cost of the relief so afforded, in such form and m inner a, the Poor-law Com rnissioaer shall prescribe, and after such report shall give no further relief otherwise than by direction of the board of slum diams in the case so reported ; and the guardians of the union shall furnish the chairman of such relief committee with the necessary funds for affording relief in manner aforesaid, arid for the relief of those destitute poor persons to whom relief shall be granted by the board of guardians, at such times and in such manner as 'he Poor-law Commissioners shall determine and direct. And be it enacted, that in any case of sudden and urgent necessoy at any period between the meetings of such relief committee, and of the board of guardians, it shall be lawful for such relieving officers to give such provisional relies as aforesaid, under the written order of the chairman, or of any two members of the said relief committee, until the next ordinary meeting of the board trf guardians or of the relief committee, whichever shall first happen ; at which he shall report the relief so afforded in the manner, and subject to the conditions hereinbefore required tidth respect to relief admi nistered under the orders of the said relief committee. M . S HAR al AN CR IWFORD thought it was indispen sable that a poor person should have a surgeon to look to who would afford them temporary relief, in eases of pressing emer gency, until their case could come, in the ordinary course, under the attention of the board of guardians. lie hoped the Go'.'errah"ot would adhere to the clause as it stood. Sir GEORGE GREY thought that the amendment would interfere with the poor detaitong that immediate relief for giving which the clause was specially famed. It was indis tten,able that the power which the clause proposed to give should be in the hands of medical officers. Some discussion ensued. J. O'CONNELL wished to have a provision introduced into the Bill to hive the clergy of every denornination upon the boards of guardians. They were better at:gnawed with the epople themselves, and the objects must worthy of receiving relief. Sir WALTER JADES thought that some provision should he made giving to the relieverg officers a power anatagous to the powers possessed by some charities in England; namely, that of givin immediate relic in eases of urgent distress. Mr. SHAW thought that the relieving offieer wituiti, under such circumstances, be pieced in a diffieul posstien, and it would nut be easy to foresee the extent to which such a prin ciple as the one proposed might be carried. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that in the present position of Ireland there might arise many cases of distress of an urgent nature, which it would be the duty ot the relieving officer to attend to without applying for authority to two or three different per sons, The person seeking relief might under such circum stances die be ore assistance could be afforded. lie thought therefore that such a poser was absoluzely indispensable. Mr. P. SCROPE thought that i. was the duty of the Go vernment to introduce into the clause some words which should render it compulsory upon the relieving officer to administer relief, RAILWAY COMMITTEES, (YESTERDAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP I. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills comprised in this group re-assembled at the usual hour this morning, in Room SO; Lord Granville Somerset in the chair. After a few words from Sir GEORGE GREY, the clause was agreed to, On clause seve❑ being proposed. Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN wished to know if this clause em powered the guardians to give out-door assistance to the family of a man unable to VI 01 k from accident. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the first clause did that. Mr. VESEi r moving that the following words be added at the end of the clause—" Provided always that no wife or child shall be admitted into the workhouse without the husband or parent for more than one week, unless with the sanction of the Poor-law Commissioners. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that if they admitted these provisos, they, by implication, Lgalised what was illegal now. After a few words from Mr. Vesey, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Hamil ton, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. VESEY inquired whether the guardians had the po wer to stop this practice? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could n ot I thesa y thatwaynt r ; e all pres h e ee ed, they could Usay was, that if the gu ar di ans acte d i n acted The amendment was then neeatived without a division. The clause was then passed without a division, as was also clause 8. On the motion that clause 9 be agreed to, Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL sale that his Hon. Friend the Member for Waterford had an amendment to propose, and he wished to know whether he intended to press it ? Lord J. RUSSELL said, that as several Members had mo tions to make, he thought it would be better to postpone the consideration of the remaining clauses till to-morrow. The House then resumed. CUSTODY OF OFFENDERS BILL. On the motion that the House should go into Committee on the Custody of Offenders Bill, Mr. E. DENISON wished to know what course the Go. vernment intended to pursue with respect to this 13111, as it appeared to him that it would open the whole question of transportation ? Lord J. RUSSELL thought that it would be better to take the consideration on the debate on the clauses of the Bill. The question of al,ering the present system of transportation, it would seem, was to be discussed upon the report of one of these Bills, and unless he heard from Government that it was to be brought forward in another form, he should come down on Thursday prepared to go fully into the matter. Sir GEORGE GREY said it was highly important that these Bills should be disposed of as soon as possible, but still he should be quite relit) , to go into the question of transportation on Thursday, when it was proposed to bring up the report on the 8.11. Sir JAMES GRAHAM was understood to say that the Crown prepos, d to alter the present mode of traesportation without the authority of an Act of Parliament. He thought, therreore, that. the question ought to be brought forward in a specific form, and'he should be glad to know if Government would bring the matter forward for find &ben-silo after Easter? Sir G. GREY said he should be extremely happy to enter upon such discussion, but it could only be done by some Hon %aerober giving a notice of motion upon the subject. The House then went into Co,,,mittee on the Bill. PRISONS BILL. This Bill also went through Committee, and the report or dered to be received this day GENERAL REGISTER• HOUSE (EDINBURGH) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. The other ciders 01 the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter-past One o'clock. THE STORY OF LILLY D A WsON. BY MRS. CROWE, AUTHOR OF "SII.AN HOPLEY."—We have read this work with deep interest ; an interest derived from the LAW .INTELLIGENCE. HOUSL OF LOADS, ilfurch 22. The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers p e - ent were, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, and Lord-Camp bell. THORNETCROFT V. CROCKITT AND OTHERS. The arguments in this part-heard care were resumed and concluded to- day. The case came before their Lordships upon an appeal against a decree of the Vice-Chancellor cf England, in which the question involved related entirely to the accounts taken between mortgagers I.nd mortgagees. The details were wholly uninteresting except to the parties. Their Loar)smirs, at the conclusion of the arguments postponed their judgment. VICE CrIA NCERY COURT, March 22. (Berne the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) JOY C. The arrumenrs in this pArt-n. ar.l ca .se were , csunte., coneltiriecrto-(by. anti Hi Hosoux yiri•gmen:. THE SOUTH-EASTZ:3227 SCHEMES. The cross-examination of Mr. Bidder by Tal.n•lT was continued The tenor of the cross-examination Wh:s (0 show that bad gradikn7s, such as 1 in 1 , 16, were now-a-l.ays IRY objecteo to by engii,eti.rs, but Mn. Bidder drenned aomit as much. Where a 'oetter gradient could nut be obtained, a gradient of 1 to 13thaight to be adopted, and no tio.tbi., under such circumstances. it might easily be worked. But he mane a point of never taking a gcadi,nt so ~ev,,re as 1 in 136 ,:hen be could find a be; ter. Tty:re acre nii.e junctions between London and Ashford, but he din not cat,sioer that objecti.quble. IVith the view to shed, these juaci-t.s would ba no disparagement of the line as beiog productive of delay. Mr. - Bidder was also cross-examined by Mr. HOPE, on loehalf ~f Sir Pe,reiN,al Hard Dyke. Mr. Bidder adudit,d that the lint would co considerable damage to th,:t a;.d p:iyerry, but the e•Animny wee pre pared to him e,er . ) ueconmlo(l,-Aio,;. GROUP XII. TiP Co:mnittee, conist nig the 11.. n. Mr. Ltseelle, , , Si: Won mn Aounrai Si!. J. , ;:t liUta., and Mr. Stinley. re-usse , nblett 11.0... No. 43. Nil 47 11. TA: 514 %ea z, jeg 4 , • iilr. 1 iII.IIYARII. :11011 Lu C.li wiLut,s,6 ul Su pot otthe proj rt. Mr. Beetou, io.ch ly,oprietor. Bur% ; .'lr. Alz.in'yre, g- ,ver no • or the gaol; Mr. Jeretwirli Gluier, it inlio..ge •. I),•reh.r i m ; 11r. isSerry, ; C..1..ne, Aos.to, a d lie 314•qui.s ot w:rs alt Ltecal.ll;y in f • vour id . ' toe ,clientes prom ,ted uy the enestet turd and N,wmarliet Cum. pa ty. The teehl; of the, country g , nt-ratty was in their fa vour, and the traffic was amply sufficient to warrant their construction. Mr. Peter Clark had great experience in the management of railwa.s. He did not cansider mat the nescent o: I in 60 oa the proposed Bury and !pa Alen line iuto the line at New m trket was a favourable feature. and sooner or later ne con sidered that dangers might arise. Cross-examined by Mr. AUSTIN—Fie was now engaged on the Brighton Railway, and they had an hicline at 6tuaeharn Witart of t in 20. The.) , did net kill a certain number of persans per day there, as on that portion they did not convey passengers, and the carriages write not ai5 ,, 1 ,1 by focotnutive power. Pernaps there would be no hanger on the incline of lin6o it proper ca-e were taken. lie should not hesitate to trust his own life upon it. Mr. Borthtvick, C.E., had laid out the Newmarket and (7h eqerforil linti i, iii conjunction with Mr. R. Stephenson, and with the sanction of the Jockey Club. Ou leaving Newmar ket they had a tunnel of about 1,500 yards, but it was easy of construction, as the excavations were through a chalk formatioa. The grauien:s were very fair, certainly not dilit cult. The estimated cost of construction from lieuttord to Thetford was 425,0001., but from this was to be deducted 165,000/., the proportion to be furnisheit by the other lines. The branch to Ely was estimated at 160,425/. Cross-iixantimd by Mr. !kali.ll—tie had nearly 700,000 yards of earth to remove before reaching the Wilde), 180,000 of which wculd be required for embankment', and the remainder would•be used in screening the racing ground and in spoil. He would require for the spoil front titer to to twenty acres of The expense therefore would be, be fore commencing the tunnel, 2: , ,590/., whiten, wnn for the construction of the tunnel. %void," oe near 90,0„01. Mr. R. Stephenson, C.E., coesidered that this %Naas tirtit liteo line, in order to sup ly the wants of the district. Ile considered tbat the descending gradient of one in sixty, at the Newmarket station, was most objectionable, and he would no:, in any werks of his wish to introduce it. The London and Birmingham Railway, at Euston-square, was not a parallel case. for there they hart a flat of a full half- mile, and as a further ch,ck, there was an ascending gradient of 1 in 132, Ile thought that the expense which would be incurred on the line would be fully justified for the purpose of getting rid of the lin 60 gradient. There would he no difficulty in working the Kentford station for three lines. The tiling was done every day at Derby. The Committee z:,..jouriled till to-morrow. CALEDONIAN ASYLUM. A gener:4l Court of the Corporaioo of this institu tiou was IMO yesterday in ttie of the 6coLtisla - :;rane-court, .Fieet-street ; Lord ilionz.-. to Lie uhuir. 6ECIIETARY real the minutes of the preceling ,u•-Feting wilier), after some Cllticuz.swil, wt.re coliticined The 4ecrvt,iry e so read a letter from t',,e Duke of Bee e4such, which stated that her A.laiesty and l'rince Albert tied coose..:ted to boCoult, patrons id the institution. Ater so.ue disca.siou the followiNg w a 'greed to:—" That ail votes record, d by Lthsuecesstu: owni/dates ut that or any future eiecti..ll shuulti ta ea,,-riett I , l.w:int tor their b , n, tit at turtner tleetion,, lon4 as :.trey were eligib;e to remno ou the list of c.anitcla.ee.." we:e Vott!A tit th, aim, after which the niez,ting separated. THE MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL, ..... tney vies_ _ corn-law—that political " _n reply to a question from Captain HARRIS, nature o f the ittcidente, the character of the principal per• epei against the corn-law—th upon one or two years service: Let them lo ,k into the die. differences ,hould disappear at the Horse-guards. But it had The CHANCELLOR of she EXGteesQuER state d th a t eonages, the forcible seyle of the writer, and her occasional patches of the Duke of Welliegton during the Peni nsu l ar war , b een sai d th a t a Whig Gove rnment h a d earned no debt of gi a- all tier - eons would be discharged from 'he publi c wor k s w h en- re fl ece i"ns upon mot i ves of human con d uc t. I n all th ese ever employment r, old be foetal for them in anoth er way . requ i s i tes of a good novelist Mre. Crone excels. Her cite. y done t or i t ? W h y, mend were fit to beat any a rm y i n th e world, but that their much ; they lied done much. They had abolished cor p ora l Mr. B. Di sit 4 ELI said, it weuld appear that the d epots f ar racters are deli,ested with striking fidelity, and a thorough and they would find that he s a id t h at t h e men under his corn- titude irom the army ; what had the conduct was extremely bad; so much so, that he could not punishment in the army, they had done away with the the supply of rood in Ireland had been reduced fr om ninety trust a detachment away from hi m , as t h ey wou l d rob, murder, enormous charge of f i ve per cent. on 'he pen-ions. three to swetity_tour, en d yet the N o ble Lord at t h e h ead o f its dew; •n.Y. Among the most successful are Abel White, and plunder in every directio n . H e ca ll e d t h em a band of and now they had introduced a measure for limited enlistments, the Government told ?hem chat the ports of 'relate' were filled May Eliot, Luke Littentietie, and the heroine herself. Lilly robbers. So m —. much for the morality cf an e ff ic i ent army eo that now the soldie r i ns tead of being unhappy might look to 3 " l " ain t"nce with human nature and the passions that shape with v esse l s l a d en e el, f o od, and a navy, to the exte n t of Dawson. The last of these, Lille- Dawson, is a creation not to arrive in Ireland laden with semi- unworthy ( Hear, hear.) The Duke o f W e lli ngton h a d acquiesced in the time when his duties would actually become a pleasure.— ItY).00;) to n s, was s h or n,. worthy of Sc o tt. Th e gredual unfolding of a good and hr carg oes . Now t h e q ,„ t i„„ t h ey h a d t o consider w as thi s , gentle - heart as she passes through situations calculated to the measure, and he was con fid ent t h at he would net have (The Hon. Gentleman was here interrupted by cries of done so had he one tithe of the fears that thellen. and Gallant "Divide.") He hoped they would not divide yet; he trusted were they no t taking care o f t h e s t a ble when the steed was work the change is pourtrayed with consummate skill, Member had. If they wanted to make the army popular they would allow him to express his opinion fully on a measure was doing very muc h resembled that f a bl e , for havi n g reduced blew:Ate, powers of no common order. The story of " Lilly stolen? It appeared to him that what the Government de nmong the people they should do so not only among the youths, which he had so early befriended before the Gevernmerit had„ii.cacy, and truth. Every portion of the work, indeed, the numb e r o f t h e starv i ng population, they were introducing Dawson" will place Mrs. Crowe high among the living but among fathers and mothers and sisters. They should see taken it into hand. The Hon. and Gallant Alember then read Cat ime Bank that their friends came back to them after ten or eleven years. a long letter speaking of the hardship of a private soldier in the food into Ireland sufficient to supply the demands of the oriel- writers of fiction.—john Bull. nal number of ersons in --(Hear, hear.l That would be the way to make the service British Army, and expressing an earnest hope that the benefits P want. DRAINING WITH ENGINE ASHES.—On the farm sought after. He was sorry that the advantages of a Bill of the measure might be extended to those at present in the of Deldo h re , the property of Archibald Buchanan., Esq., of which Promised Hon. Member's conclusions were baeed upon fallacious ar u- s - The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the operation. so much should be delayed from coming into service. ( The letter was signed " A British Soldier of eight g If ten or twelve th ous and men • mews. Many of the depots to which he alluded were came back to the years standing, who dares not sign his name," which elicited depots eight yeers ago, and filled with engine ashes, which are country every ?ea the - coast- s • •-•r ii , ,„, Copal .guard In t', h people would soon desire to have a na- ironical cheers from the opposite side of the House, and among of reserve, and not d e p ots o f su pply. For instance, the sell in suit anu eincient operation. The depth of drain is , Scotland there are (inane made twenty disposition Was te atation for the Reform Bill, a strong the rctt from Mr. Disraeli.) The Hon. Gentleman said the guard stations had been •all converted into depots of reseTrvee. twenty six inches, and the width between each twelve feet. tries possessed it.manifestedand d for such a body. Most other coun- Member for Shrewsbury might treat ouch a signature with anThe bettom of the drein is cut three inches wide, and the The soil a firm clay, foreign Governments desired would find that, in proportion as ironical cheer, but he must tell what he knew to he too d b e u i t }( i n t s wutass supply, y n , e i c i e u s w sa e r v y e r t , h i a i a t d t h n e u y t been should reduced,rema in s b o ut now. rem remained depth of is ashes used in filling then is about ten incites. down the national guard , wed to put down liberty, they also put tri t e, that many a soldier dared not sign his name to such as they were last year. Mr. PHILLIP HOWARD suggested that biscuits should dent half a century hence as they are at the present time.-- Colonel T. WOOD said, that a letter as he had read to the House. lie knew well that no Gentleman had fairly desceibed he dill not think that the Hon. soldier dared sign his name to anything opposed to the views of form a considerable portion of the food sent to Ireland by the C am b r i an . honourably and gallantly served. _t_ . army where he had so his officers, and the person whose letter he had read durst not Government, in consequence of the great scarcity of firing in SOUTHAMPTON, ay. These drains promise to be as et& SUNDAY.—The Ripon, steam-ship, of other armies with those of our own If . he compared the accounts reveal himself as the writer, but he had trusted to his (Major that c nintry. Captain Moresby, on leaven= fur Alexandria the docks yester day afternoon the latter were Superior. He s vae m h o e ' re would find how far La aid's honour. Another point deserving the attention of • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that . a Wyndham's plan than any he had ever heai4n_rfavour of Mr. the Government, and requiring mitigation, bore upon the considerable quantity of biscuits had been sent to Irela lace nd in . the machinery, and was necessitated to put back again to have Mr. P. SCROPE presented a petition from a p 9 Unfortunately deranged some part of her that plan the soldier who served seven y eari P: a rsed; under wives of the soldiers. He was sure that any Hon. Member of. it repaired. It was some important part which had broken, and at the end of fourteen entitled to a that House who had seen the neart-rending scenes of separa- and information was immediately forwarded to the head penny a day, years he to his discharge, with a pension of fivepence a :ii: entitled tic* when a regiment was about to embark for foreign service, borough of Limerick against that clause in fire Bill for egoist- I isine the number of ~.rn?lli. ie and the elective guardians. _ offices in London by the electric telegraph. In the course of Tahe would agree with him that such a power was greater than the Au Hort. Meetuea presented a petition from the Town between the night a special train arrived from Nine Elms, conveying present measure was not of a permanent character, i t y i d had been atm: I 44 act Government had any right to arroga e. But the Right Hon. i a duplicate to the broken part, and the ship was to Id out the indueernent that it should; and from tted that Mr. Wyndbam's plan Gentleman the former Secretaty at War ( 4 111 r. Sidney lier- missioners of Galway for an equalisation of the rate the town and rural distric.... quently enabled to pursue her voyage this morniess. The reasons he regretted Bert) doned. As there was no opposition to the Bill he would not shoa had proposed that the subject of education for the soldier :ontrose, Captain Burney, wag get in readinees in the give it any, as it was a step in the right direction.d ha taken into consideration. That was but a tartly re- Mr. Al ACARTHY presented a petition to the same effect Sias the two last, from the city of Cork. course of a very short space of thee, in case the Ripon turn s for a • The House then went into Committee on the Bill. Colonel LINDSAY objected to tee Bill, as it did not pro- to 84, _ service long since done by the soldier. He begged could not have been repaired. The Ripon took out about and Gallant Gentleman the Recorder ' the Han sixty passengers, The Montrose has ample accommodation vide for the old solaiers who were the depositaries of the Oise for Dub he laugh t, r)--he meant the Right Hon. Clause 3 was agreed to. founded the Dublin library (G t eipline of the army, Some allusion had been made to de- the Learned Member to; tee liublin University--did he On clause 4 being proposed, fur that number. Mr. HAMILTON moved that the words "direct the s , e T. a AMES'S THEATRE.--ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS. union; he would say with reference to that crime, that it was know who mine there- 1 No, the guardians of each union in Ireland to'' should be left out; and occasioned by the soldiers incurring debt and beet , e s ._ Hon. and L earned M b • realaughter,) . —The Ethiopian in line 36 , that after the word "appoint ," the words "in and for • for dissatisfied with the service. Wh, ogrey held out no in- ; (Laughter.) ug aeo c_i_i i d n no th t e se y e e m ar t o i 61t0n:37t.:. ininserted; • . e mated, becae sent In ‘,..4,,,.eulpnr d ed uri tu ng ar t b b l a e d o a r y s en o After the battle Member dttcement to a min to enlist after servi weitty.one years ; 1 insale • l eave the I British army, after destroying in sT, • good Queen Elizabeth—( La t • each union .Ireland" should „ he and in the sjiniSmeriteanta)ldee_rss—riltiheeonotri,Tuienatul,eitrhpe.mmteol„s..nt,a!uieeei-s 11 " q'. at the t. ames's Theatre, on the off nights of the r rensh that the words from "Ireland, to the end of the clause, shoe's! . 1 . , they did all they could to make him pines. am with undiminished attraction. We visited the sument in comin m ration e, subscribed army with disgust. By the warrant of 1833 it was I.n D/. to r ese rt ra e es-anish for e theatre on 8 tuml.,v • venin , 1 w..r. (1 ,, 1iv - h'.' , l ''''' Mr. S. O'BRIEN hoped the Governmert would not , ~ , ~.,... . t It was spent ' - of their galtent stated that a man might have, after completing his service, g sehieventia . de to the propositien te the Hun. Cieutieumn. 1 permanent peneiou of not more than 6,4 a day. Therefore graven brass; but they the I 1113 to the celebrated Usher • i mice After a few words front' Sir G. Grey, Mr. J. O'Connell, • 4 • t will" a smile or a tear" Irvin their audators. as it ways is, crowded. The house wall, i under it —.. f , peciai geoerwi Court the g‘.veruor.l et this was held en Saturday zit the hospital, Ci,arle,- .qreet, Berner, -street, to receive a report of the com mittee appointed to inquire into the government and management of the hospi , al. Sr Robi-rt H. Inglis took the chair. A dispute arose as to whether the a tithe car) , and houe-surgeon were entitkti to be present at the Court. The CHAIRMAN read one of the rules of the hospi•al, (see. 12, oh 1), which prohibits their attendance. snit which he (the chairman) said was absolute. The apoittecary accordingly withdrew, and Mr. Ruder:, %no temporarily filled the office of house surgeon, a* a rolunte. , r, tendered his resignation of that office, arLi remained in the room. Mr. HAWES read the report, which stated that the comtnitte,, having collected ample evidence, had come to the decision, that the order, discipline, and cleanliness of the hospital by no means equalled those of other metropolitan hospitals ; that the nurses were not engaecd with sufficient care ; that these facts proved the constitution of the weekly board to be defective ; that the respective offices of matron, se cretary, and house steward (the last two offices being held by one person), had not been properly filled; and that there. was a want of cordial co-operation among the officers. The committee begged, with reference to these objections in the management, to suggest the following alterations:—i. As regards the weekly board, that in lieu thereof there be a new general board elected, to consist of a president, vice president, and eighteen govetnora; that a hook be kept, wherein to enter remarks aii:i sug gestioni, of improvement; that a.sub committee be ap pointed fur visiting; that six lay governor:; go out o! office annually, by rotation, but that they be t lig i bie for re-election. 2. That the offices of house stew,.rd and secretary be no longer vested in one person, but that an active and comp.teht house steward be imicediat-ly ap pointed. 3. That the secretary no longer reside in the house. 4. The committee suggested that the duties of the matron require revision. 5. That the number of nurses are at present too few, the ni:,ht nurses being allowed only six hours out of the twenty four for rest. 6. That in futurc there be a weekly report as to the management of the hospital. And lastly, 7. After mature considerati:m, the committee think it ess , iitiai to the welfare of the hospital in general that dr. Tuson, one of the surgeons, should resign his appointment. On the CHAIRMAN putting the question of the achy thm of and printing the report to the meeting, great. objection was off,-reel, on the plea of it being very unde sit able to adopt so important a report without the must careful consideration. An amendment was also proposed, to the effect, that. if the rep Art were pi-Hitt d, it should be with the omission ,:f the seventh s uggestion respecting Mr. Tosou ; it being contended that it would be highly unjust to 01,4 gentle.- man to cast any imputation upon him, to attach anti stigma to his character, when they did not even know of what he was accused. Str WALTER STIRLING did not see that in requesting Mr. Tusou to resign in constquence of there being n fisagreement between him and toe other medical offieec., tin. 3 cast any stigm a on his character, either personal or official. W ith ref.Tence to printing the report without •hat part r. luting to Mr. Tthion, Mr. MALTON lid not think it competent in any nic ,, ting to tidopi a repin, and then to print it only i❑ port. Afit , r much discussi.m, an amendment was carried, resolving that tour copies or the report and two copie. the evidence should lie on the table for the inspection of Governors until that day five, weeks, until which time the meeting was adjourned. We beg to call the arention of the patrons of the fine arts to a collection of water colour paintings (formerly the property of a gentleman well known in the artistical wort], James Stewart, Esq.), which we are sorry to say are to be submitted for sale by auction on Thursday next, by Messrs. Christie and Manson. Works collected with so much judgment and taste ought not to be separated, and it is greatly to be desired they should pass altogether into the hands of some spirited collector. The drawings are of an important size (most of them) and include the names of De whir, Cattermole, Hunt, Rayner, Wright, Austin, and other distinguished artists:]-we have never seen finer specimens of these great ntasters of water colour painting. We cannot help recomme4ditig those of our readers who sincerely love the works of this extraordinary- school to visit this exhibi tion on or before the day of sale. THE SMITHFIEL D NUISANCE.--A very distressing circumstance, arising from the driving of cattle to and from Smithfield market, through the crowded streets of the me tropolis, adds another fatal case to the numbers which have occurred from this long existing nuisance. A young mar ried woman, named Lott, residing in Tudor-street. Black friars, and who was about seven months advanced in preg nancy, on Monday last went out in good health and spirits to Fleet-street on an errand. She there became so alarmed by an px from a drove, approaching the pavement, that it was with difficulty she retraced her steps home, when she was prematurely delivered, and, notwithstanding the utmost exertion of medical skill, she could not rally from the shock, but expired yesterday. The infant is likely to do well. DEATH OF SIR ALEXANDER WOOD, K.C. M.G.— This gentleman, wh e f or so many years was connected with our colonial Government, died late in the past weak at his residence at Holles-street, Cavendish-square, at an advanced age. He proceeded to Ceylon on the civil establishment in 1801, and after filling the offices of Member of the Council and sole Commissioner of Revenue returned to England in 1811. He was subsequently Chief Secretary to the Govern ment of Malta and the lonian Islands, and up to the period of his demise was Resident Agent in England for the latter. The deceased was the son Of the late Alexander Wood, Esq., and an eminent member of the medical profession in Edinburgh, and in rried, in 1807, the eldest daughter of Sir William Ferber, Bart. c,, xpoNIAN jahtk ont)huirstwogrdeaoft undertaking are proceeding rapidly iu the this city. A number of houses in Kitson s-lane and Caldew llainsitie, most of which were occupied by the poore,t de scription of tenants, have been removed for the Obstruction of the line in that tart of the town. A temporary wooden bridge has been erected across the Caldew, immediately above , the present structure, for the convenience of the public V 4 intitycv Ca riisk Fairiot. Sir ititEY SESSIONS. Th hi . s)l. ins fir Surrey .et ) , ;. , 5- terelay. bii , ore J. W. Fr - suli Id, a bcnil of v 1 tgi,trat s, al 11r. FHESTIFI ELI) pry. sate:vino 4ttite iit she ,r, but ;het A , ihi•re :e) par7ieutir 0,0 ttat ri-quited iibse , .v.,-10 1 ,, h will d !t• in 'nun cultios, and he wa,dii- 5,.4 P•,l !-e it) SI; P1,.. - .tiailU , ll . ^l% the , •o,llry W 41r , e mid it was tiiir,g to p r cif d wok A triv• +Ad round, Tucker. :36, was indter-d for rect-tiving on Ft.:- I, ptsts, the prop,uty Of E Watts - in—it Tosinies, well know in;; b. , int , Mr. WALLINGER, elt • up ; eared b.r the pro .ecution, slid that doutit but the ettarpt tritsted brought home to the prisons r, alshoug,ri he ival no street evidetic- to pu! h isgiviist him ; but h, property. Was found in his poss s. it, owl as it, e. , a1 , 1 Live no proper account of his rt.cessing it, on the usual ruletif law be must he presson tl to Is- god y. 11. then called Gtorge Williams. a labour. r, who :,ad charge of she poultry on the property of the 1 1 it; Elks-mere nt tVoodlands, near Walton, who swell that atitut the 4,h of February he left tso hens and tivs, ducks, together with a sack contairittg "Bisck-eyed 6usans,” in the fawl-house. When visiting the place the next morning, he tint proper:y eosin erat ,- --d in the in dictment, as yin-11 as tbe docks ant the two hen,. Tt e peas had been soaked, ready for feeding tho foe. Is, a:A the sack which contiined them had a few holes and other peculiaritit-s about it, by which he was eitatiled to identify the one produced in court as the same. His Lort!ship's name was paimed on the sack. Mr. CHAnNocK cross-examined tho witness on bobalf of the prisoner, but was unable to s'take his testimony. Henry Robinson, constable at Walton, stated that in consequence of an intimation from Eye, the constable at Guildford, Le went to the White Swan, the 'liaise of the prisoner', at Walton, and that in a closet in a bed- room he found the sack prodaced, the peas which it had eon rained, and a dead fowl. Oa cross-examination, the witness stated that free ac cess was given to the house, and no impecionent what ,ver was thrown in the way of searehit:g die house. To Mr. W A ILINGER, the witness stated thu t .st toner was :Absent at the time the search was made. LTG film] nothing eht.e, but a duck was pn.tked up out of the Thames about. twenty yards Irom the prisoner's home, salt of the crop of which he had taken peas like those in the sack. To this evithnce Mr. CfisurrocK oblected. Henry Hollingtop, superintendent of the police, GuiP ford, stated while the prisoner vtas in eusteq on another charge a person came to the outside of the station house, and the prisoner out to him, twid supposed tttat he knew fr. m worn he had the fowls, ttod r• qnested that he would go over to .Sutton, which is about four miles from Guildord.. and tell his wife to put the ducks and other thiogs out of the way, and furth-t• -to tell his brother Tom to come over and swear that he had seht the fowls to hi ii at three shillings a eouple. In consecrlnce of hearing tht. conv,rsation, he sent ever to searith the prisoner', house, the sack, t.:e netts, trA the owl projw!ed were , :rote2,lo. to him. 11.- then -earchvd the pr!son,f's person, anj Uoou him,' besides five sovereigns an , 1 so:he silver, found a quant4y B , ,ek-eyed :iusan pe , ,, in his p-clte!. The peas appeared to it,ve been s,:ak.•cf: John polieem,n who had ace 'avant! d fionington in the search, pr (L.ced a bag of PP: I4 ‘ l4- 'eh he sound in the garr,t of the prt-w,er's house. The 3 wer,? th,- same kind a, those! prev,ouslv produced. Mr. on of L !d Ellestn- re's batiiti,, spoke to the etarkint• on the sack, and 'said the fowl. were the moue kind those bral at Wooelan B. orde-ed the peas to he put ttio a tuft, to be soak, d.. It the bu look-house, a day or two betbre they wee, Mr. Gemmeot certified to the present name of th, Earl of Edesmere. a d.mht havirg bran raised as to th. correctness of the form of the indietmPnt. Mr. CHARNOCK, in reply, contenthd that it was no rule of law at all that, whete property is found in posm.ssion of a person shortly after it had been stolen, if that person aas unable to give a cle account of how he came by it, t Ivit that person wus presutntd to be ths, thliff. it was nut a rule of law, but simply fur the guidance of juries. if they conceived the collateral cir cumstances should seem to juJtify such a supposition; but he verily believed that like the celebrated law fur the regulation of wills, it had been the cause of injuring the innocent rather than correcting the guilty. After giing through the evidence, and stating that it ought t , ) be of the clearest kind to induce a conviction. The Learned Council called witnesses to character. The CHAIRMAN surum, d up, and the jury returned a verdict of Guilty.—Sent(nce deferred There is anotler indictment against st:e prisoner. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. William Saunders and William Ogle, two rough-looking young fellows, were charged with committing a robbery at the Queen's Head public-house, Little Pulteney-street. Police-constable 81 C, said he was on duty near the Queen's Head, on Sunday morning about three o 'clock, and had his attention excited by a creaking noise in the direc tion of the public-house door. He saw the two pri soners come out and place themselves under the shadow- of the nearest lamp. His suspicions being excited, the constable said he went up to examine the state of the house, and found it in darkness, no one up, and the door open ; he therefore made for the prisoners, who, on seeing they were observed, immediately ran off. An alarm was given, and the two prisoners were taken into custody by two other constables of the C division, and upon them were found a quantity of broken cigars, screws of tobacco, money to the amount of 6s. 6(1., including 24 tarthings and a quantity of other coppers, and a bottle of whiskey. The landlord of the Queen's-h ea d.' Mr. Udal. said he left the doors securely fastened up when he went to bed, but one of the prisoners had, doubtless, concealed himself within, arid had admitted his accomplice at the dead hour of the night, when all seemed to be quiet. The prisoners, who asserted their entire ignorance as to the circumstances of the charge, were committed to take their trial at the Old Bailey sessions. WOkSHIP-STREET. Henry Scale, a journeyman. n2eefanic, was charged with riding in a second-class carriage of the Eastern Counties Railway, having paid for the third class only, and refusing to p-ly the difference, whereby he had ren dared himself liable to a penalty of 40, Thomas Ashton, collector of tickets at Shoreditch, deposed that on the arrival of the train. a' about eigta o'clotk Sunday night, the prisoner wal folio(' in e second class train, but produced a ticket far the thiri class only lie had come from Cm-loastord, the tare -ot v.hich was 4s. 6 t., a demand of an additional 2-, Was the rehire made of him, and on his refusing to comply he was given into the custody of the acting inspec' or of the company's police. RobPrt M'Quin, acting inspector, de p ,, secl to his hav ing taken the prisoner into custody. The latter said he had la- en put into the second-class train, elihoui:h he had paid 2s. only. He was nut aware of the ditPrence. Ha had paid once, and should pty nu more lie then became very abusive. Robert Cotebre, a guard in the company's services, said he accompanied the train Sunday ev ning row Bury On arriving at Coelmsr rd, every p , ec utio , was used to prevent paitengers from getting into the aTong car. riages. There was plenty of room hi the third class carriages. Mr. BROUGHTON, on being handed a copy of the bye laws on railways, said he was bound to entorce the law. The prisoner had rendered hiniselt penalty of 40s. He should, however, convict him in h- penalty ~ f 10s. tithe Queen, or be imprisoned in the Thus , 0 correction one week. A BOY SHOT AT PENRITIL—Thomas Bell, a youth aged sixteen years, son of Robert Bell, of Eaniont bridge. stonemason, was accidentally shot in Sandgare, P..n rith, on the morning of Monday last. It appears that a boy of the name of John Little (son of a labourer uf that name who lives in Friar-street, Peoria:), had ben entrusted with a gun to frighten the cows from a field of wheat, tie pro perty of Mr. Foster, of the t rown hotel, Penrith.T ie h 6 is ,r, b ,c o t y , t in charging the gun so fixed the ramrod in ;he barrel that ant'teentlipniginßgaitlo hi the o this th e a h s e k c c o d u i l i d i : l o t t o g p e u t l i l t i o t n o t u a t. gai ‘ n v , gun went off, and the ramrod passed through Bell's body. The boy still lives, but is in a most dangerous state.—.Nete castle Journal. The result of extensive inquiriests la asst packc is uponto the am oun t of orders from the United States by the the whole satisfactory. The purchases considerably exceed those of the corresponding period of last year, and a promise is held Out in the general advices of a further increase, as it is expected a large number of buyers will le,ive New York and Boston for this country by the packet which will sail at the beginning of next month. DEATH OF COMMODORE HARRISON.—The public in general, and more particularly the p a t rons o f aquat i c sports, will regret to hear announced the unexpected demise 4,1 Williain Horatio Harrison . , Esq.. lat e C ommo d ore o f t h e Royal Thames Yacht Club; he expired on the 17th inst., at his residence at. Brornpton, in the 49th rear of his age, after a lengthened illness. He was a true English gentleman, re markable alike for benevolence of disposition, goodness of heart, gentlemanly demeanour, and integrity of conduct. Bs was an ardept admirer of aquatic sports, and was Commodore of the Royal Thames Yacht Club up to a few months since, when he resigned, owing to ill health. THE OVERLAND &1.A.11...—P05r-Orrtcg NOTICE.-- In consequence of Wednesday next being the day alp ; iitited for the the egeueirollalott'av ihg fast, the authorities at t t,e Poe' • 0f11,..e ti:, c,• is not!, e:—"General Post--ffi,e, 20, 1847.—The Overland Mail for Indio, &c., via :Ntar,eill,t,, appointed to be dispatched on the 24th inst., has beets de tainefl. Letters will he in i won the ev ening ofl'hu:sday, the 25th instant.— By command of the P.tst-inas er G W. Moberly." We ar , glad to Le able to mention that Mr. Stike mqn, the secret •ry to the E t f ar;rl Chi wt ~.r~.,t..r. 'AV Me,' zr 0 •• übAil 14 14VI. IN LW U141,4,1t0.1,./ ,111 ‘144 1%./1/vFY Fast-day. MARKET NEWS.-(YESTERDAY.) C ORN-EXCIf.A.NO E. • Lest week's arriva;s or tengitsti Wheat, Barley, Oats, and Flour up to our market were on a very tuce!erate scale -e those of Malt, Beans, and Peas trifling. From Scotland 014 60 quarters of seeds reached us ; but, from Ireland, upwards, of 7.1100 quarters of O a t s came to h an d . Th e i m ports or foreign Wheat were comparatively small, but those of Barley were large—of Oats and Flour tolerably gool The receipts of Wheat of home produce, fresh up to-day from Essex and • Kent, were considerably less than those reported on this day ee'nnight ; while, by land carriage and sample, they were on a very limited scale, consequently the bulk of the supplY of that article on offer was the remains of Friday's unsold qualities. Notwithstanding this circumstance' we. have to rep.,rt a very dull sale for all descriptions, as"' to died sales, a decline on last week's quotations of from Is to 2 , , in some instances 3s per quarter, was eutenitted to, aid at which itemunt of depression a clear' aura. was not eifeered. This - was certainly the heaviest mar; ket for W ' , eat experienced daring the last two month's, as, s ; Hirst parti 7 s liere aro of vpinien that lower rater may " loelzed forwar ito for mat ardicles. For export we did .not of a higletreneacrian—scarcely a for-elk:en buyer being% at , endance. We had ve• - v little Foreign Wheat on th e s ands ; yet jhe supply . was more than adequate to meet the wants ti the millers. All kiwis both red antiwhite met an unusually dull inquiry, at an abatement on last week' s va l ue o f from Is to 2s per quarter. At that decline sane of the holders we re rather ensieus sellers. With English Barley we Yr_el! scantily supplied ; but the show of f ore i gn wes extenslVP and of sir event e quelity. Owing to file large imports,:, tines, !!,e Barley trade wa s e x cee di ng l y d u ll, an d the pricy"' re-..e , k:.ri !; 21 per quarter—Leaving a large quantity os: sold .t tee eeirerusion of basiness. Netwithstanding tu_,7 quareruled of Malt on offer was sm a ll, th a t a rticle ru` dull. en• I, i,• some cases the prices hel a downward tendencY• The total a tpply Oats, iticaiding the foreign receipts, w ss good; yet. is most of tire dealers are short of stock, a mou e rate besiness was doing, at late rates. All kinds of Bori s err dill:, but w.- can notke no material decline in value' Peae, for seeds, were hdd at high rates ; but the actual bus t esm daieg eas small, at barely stationary prices. In sac; Flour. so little was doing, that p r ic es were a l mos t nominal:, AMerican parcels were Is pe r b arre l lower. Irdian Corn ws' a mere drug, and might be pu rc h ase d at I s t o 3 s per quarte r less money. There wi lbe no market held on Wednesday CURRENCY PER I3IPEItIAL MEASURE ar heat —EsseN tit Kent, Red, New.... 73s to 8I s Oats--351 Ditto,White, New 77s .85s Lincolnsh Feed. 2.. ; A , Norfolk and Lin.• •• I'otatoe • 3 10 C y h o e r v k r r e . . and.. . 795 to .445 coin, Red... •.7 Is 77s Youghal and Cork, A 341 Ditto, White...... 74s 73s Black .••• • • • .3. Irish, ~" 315 fted.• --s —s Cork, White •• • • aus Ditto, White.... • • —s —s Scotch, Feed. •• • • 33' Sly IN ••• • • s s Beans—Tick • 420 New. .... .. ••• • .. 50r 5Ss Pigeons • •• sOs 5" 3 , ; rley—tlrinding .. • • 414 44s Pease—Grey, 505 Malting . ...• • . .52s 5 , ,s Maple • , 4 , Chevalier .... 56s 57s White 553 • alt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers 650 6ss folk .. Brown ......... fists 70s Suffolk 629 / 0 Kingston and Ware 77s 793 Stocktn & Norfolk 525 • The following imports of live stock took place into Londoll last week : From whence. Oxen. Cows. Sheep. Cakes Rotterdam Nieudiep 5 GO 40 ...... 2 Harlingen ......... 8 ...... 90 FiushiLig - Total Nearly 'iBo Oxen and Cows, together with 150 Shop, b rie been landed at Hull, and our of her outp o rts, from Hollan d. A marked impro vement has taken place in the condition 7 the stock imported this year, compared wish most 10 111 90 seasons. We had on sale this morning about 180 Beasts+ Sheep, and 20 Calves from abroad, the demand for which A, excessively heavy, on easier terms. The sunly of 11 0 1 fed Beasts on off e r was, the tim e o f y ear consic.ered, . 1 , 1 0 the mist extensive as to number ever recollected hY,.".1 1 oldest frequenter of the mar k et , w hil e th e qua lity has seleom or never equalled during the month of March. circumstance, together with the prevailing fine weather, a"'d the largo arrivals of country-killed bleat up to Newgete Leadeohall, produced extreme heaviness in the Beef tro, at Friday's decline in the quotations of quite 2d per 8 1 V and a largP number of really prime Beasts left the tnar to ureal. 'l'o show the state of the demand, we may intialso that many good Oxen were with difficulty disposed - of 0 1° 4 as 3s 6J per 8 ibs., and, further, that nearly one thens ll . - e head of Bpaais more e ere on show than at the corresponcnhi: period in 1846: The prices of Beef now range fully 4d, 0 1 / 4 ton 4d to 611, Lamb 6d to is, Veal 81 to 10d, and Pork 2d to per 8119 s. lower than at the same time last season. Frolnitjo folk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received ne's!„;, 1,800 Scows, bime-oreds, and short-horns; from the north districts :100 short-honk.; from the western and na 1 ,,,. 1111 t 0 counties Bbo lleretords, runts, Dev o ns, &c.;. from other P' o of Englanit, 500 of various breeds; acid from Scotland, 7 1; hornet and poll e d S cots . Alth oug h th e supp l y o f Sheep W.be trot to say extensive, it was more than adequate to meet .0 wants of the b,.ichei s, who purchased very cautiously , 5 t , ,. , abatement in val ue o f V per 8 lbs. The very highest Pr' e , fo- the best old Downs was only 4s lOd per 8 lbs., and a awe was not effected. Shorn Sheep were plentiful, and, t o relative cliff lence in the currencies b e tween those in and (), of the wool wa s 8 : 1 per 81b s . Th at i s to sa y, old Dowlvith ,tort, were not worth more than 4s 2d per 8 lbs. From I of ‘V ight 35 .L=l4e came fresh to hand per rail e= ; while the receipts ( rem other quarters are by no mean s ' et te.sive. Th e L am b t ra d e was h eav y, a t f rom 55 to 8s of 8 lba. ; incbed, i n many i ns t ances th e curr e ncies were nit li tt o nominal. With Calves we were scantily supplied, Ye t of Veal trade was dull, at an abatement in the quotatione,,,, from 2ml to 4d per 8 ibs. The Pork trade was exceediuSv inactive, and the rates suffered a decline of 2d per sibs. Per tilbs. to sink the offal. s. d. to I. d tnierior Beasta..... 2 6 2 8 iscond quality ... 210 3 2 Prime large Oxen.. 3 4 3 6 s'rime Scots ...• . 3 8 4 0 Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 .'rime small ditto „ 4 8 5 0 t,c'iling Calves .18 0 23 0 Interior Sheep . 3 4 3 8 d. to 0 . 4 ; Second qualltyditto a 10 Coarse-woo ll e dditto 4 2 ,; Southdown Wether 4 6 '" Ditto out of the wool -- " 4 4 4 Large . Hogs ....... 3 ••• Small Porkers • • 4 6 Quarter old rigs 16 • 18 ! Lambs 0 • - SUPPLY AT MARKET. k , easits. I Sheep. I Calves. I V r g g : 1 3,789 19,870 10..) unvvGATE Jibrn X.M.PiIIENBALL. Since Monday last the arrivals of Meat from Scotland bil l consisted of about 100 carcases of Beef, 800 ditto of Matta,' and 600 ditto of Pork; while those from various parts of England have comprised nearly 350 carcases of Beef, 2,81 ditto of Mutton, 30 ditto of Lamb, 1-20 ditto of Veal, an 3,100 ditto of Pork. The supplies of Meat on sale, killed in the metropolis, have been tt , lerably good; but the general demand has ruled heavy, at drooping currencies. About 10 0 0 carcases of foreign Beet; 120 ditto of Mutton, and 10 ditto 1 Veal have appeared on sale. - - At per et.nne by the Carcase. 4, d. to s• s. d. to d. d. A 3 . Beef, inferior. 2 4 26 1 Mutton, inferior •• 3 ;3 10 - middling .... 252 10 1 middling.. 3 ' 4 - prime large .. 3 0 a 2 prime ••• • 4 ° 4 4 3 4 - prime small .. 3 4 3 6 i Pork, large.... ••• • , 6 410 Vtul. ••••••• . • •• •• 4 0 6 0, - sinill..” •• •• ' Lamb 5s Od to 5,5 10d --- BOROUGH AND spiTax.riErisk the There is very little business doing here in Potai - wee kl last supplies of which are extremely moderate, and I prices are with difficulty supported. _ ?BOROUGH 110 P Mitnig.ET. of We have to report a v er y i nac ti ve in qu i r y f o r all """„„ no especially tor the i n te r ior q ua liti es , but in pric7 b if alteration cau be noticed. The supply on offer is aeas° °- good. LOW. There is rather less d T o A ing L in this market than for et° time past, and prices are with difficulty supported. F• Z'• on the spot, is selling at 51s per cwt. For forward deliYe a fair business is doing at 46s 3d to 46s 6d per cwt. " I Tallow is in fair supply, at 50s to 50s 6d net cash. Woo The imports of Wool, during the week, have beeneo very limited, viz., about 600 bales. Fine combing (English) are in good requ es t, an d a t r ifl e d ea rer. in to tither qualities exceedingly little is doing at barely late 11 ! The future prospect of this market is by no means cbeeralp Saturday tIW ARTISTS' BENEVOLENT FUND.— On Sattlr.....T, , 37th annual meeting of the su b scr ib ers t o th e a bove Itd founded in the s ear .1810, fox the relief of the widows orphans of deceased artists, was held at the Freern as° ,bs Tavern, B. B. Cabbell, Eeq., 31. P., in the chair. Frolti . ,*o • report read by Mr. Tliiselton, the secretary, it appeared 5 1 •11 her . Majesty and other members of the Royal Family 7„ - t,e continue th• it p tronage to the institution. The reee'r o during the past year amounted to 1,248/. 7d..; of which ita 71101. was expended in gratuities of 20/. to 38 widows, so 115/. in gratuities of 51, each to 23 3rplian children of deceas e , artists. The report cone uded by stating that, in coneet1 11 : 1 1,0 of the ordinary income of the past year having fallen 0 te d the extent of 244/. 15s. 7d., the committee deeply reg ret .hit they would be compelled to reduce the gratuities to r., w , (1.-ws for the present year from 20. 1 . to 14/., in order to .te e crease the permanent security of the twat. The follo w s , noblemen and gentlemen having been e:eced Vice-Pre,side P s. fur tke year—the Duke of Sutherland, Earl of Ripon, Srr Peel, M.P., B. B. C Eeq., M.P., R. 11. Solly, •i 7; F.R.S., &c., and Peter Legh, Esq.—the usual comPli ni was paid 11].= chairman, and the meeting separated. icheop I 'SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Thursday last the Ruthschau's bounds met at Rowsham. The deer took la 11, towards Bierton, and when near Mr. Eustace's house, in Vyse, in taking a fence near the road, fell from his horseibr, consequence of the saddle slipping round. Hi s foot tunately hung in the stirrup, by which he was dragged up d wards of 160 yards, the horse galloping at full spec" ( l. beating the unfortunate gentleman's head against thegre" At length his foot became disengaged from the stirrup , s e* he was carried to the house of Mr.Johu Eustace, from when,o, at er a short period, it was thought advisable to remove" c o to London by r a il wa y. W e u n d e r s t an d h e i s at hi s reside'.: in town in a +ery alarmieg state —Backs Herald. [Ai VERTISEMENT.I—FEARFUL WOUNDS FRO M A. EIPELAS CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.- - r• Colic, formerly in the employ o f Mr. Oli ver , coachmaker, Twlfef ham, for five years, had been o ff an d on f or ourteen years , an sp r. the last even ; ears he was coutinualb under the care of on e geon or the other, besid es b e i ng a p at i ent f or a cons id era ble L .... _ Air one Or the hospitals, for settled erysipel a in both legs, which the charged quantities of water, besides humours issuing Man se` ! large wounds. His age being se, euty -two, it was expected ths ctly complaint would kill him, ,aid yet this poor limn has been Peri'', ,01 cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pills In six weeks.—Sold medicine venders, and at Professor Holloway's Establishmen t ' Strand, London. . On the 14th Inst., at Clayton, nest:tire, the lady of John I :° °° ‘ Black, Lsq ,of a son. r of On the 15th inst., at Stratford-green, the wife of Dr. Ellio t , da Onughter. the Ilith inst , at St. Martlit's•lane. Mrs. W. LUXMOIC, of a : l i g; On the 17th :nst., at Woolwich, the wile of Captain G. A. b f 4 Roy al Artlikry, f a son. On the lath inst., at Victoria-road, Kensington, Mrs. Th °131416 Richards, of a son. Oa the 19th inst., In Pombester-terrace, Mrs. J. Ilitdd,*of a so21.:0„. ,VAI:RUSD. On the 17th inst.. at Hampetea I, Mr. William Lewis, of E dvrtird oi street, Portman-square. to Sarah, (laughter of M. Maas , E sq '' Mtaryon House, liam, stead. Ili Oi . IY. h.in in On the Stu lust., at Pisa. William Sturges. Esq., late CaPko— her Majesty's ttuyal ,tots Gieys. .11 Wif e On the 15th inst., at the i)eatiery, Wolverhampton, Jane, —4l of the they. W. A. Newman, M.A. Ou th 17th inst., Ann, the wire of Edward James Hunter, EQ., °f Lordship-Inm, Inslyric'', aged 22. Oa the 17th inAt , Lady Jane Tumour, eldest daughter otEdvil ird se,f4,;nl Earl of IV interton .)ged 5. oa the 2010 hiFt., at Tinihridgk , -wells, the Lady Letitia Browne. _ 1 On tho 20th Itist., Lowirlr s-square, Emma, the wile of Ge rlo Sir Ilenry F. Cani;.hell. K.C.15. and G.C.11. On cite I tith in= t., at llt.lles-street.Caveudish-square.airatia lander SVot'd, K C. M .11. On the 16th tntt., at St. Winnow, Cornwall, Mary ;as, a /6 yo 02k l une%t daughter of' tin , Rev. Percival Frye, aged 11. e ke 18th .r. E-q. Mile-eni, age ~ 01 the ISth Inst., at. Woolwith, Major-General James Pat.l9..- Cockburn, of rho Royal Artf!lery, aged 68. ..,_ ...,.. ............... _.--_- -. v , NT , Nr.:, of No. lI I ,' , ; , • : i, ~ th, Decioc ~„,,,„ +ll i.,, , , %.,,,licy of 141,14141vatx, Tuesday. °arca 23, 1347. co' THE coi IND,A c —.of the unde 13, IS 40 TICx TO ii 1 .1 AS: NITEI No. M. 14 attention 1 1PanY of Loi wed of " 4- .. ‘ , c1 at the t aff, i tqaaent o ai f rs on ti. es• In the eve ~un of the °the! ittlaration oft h due will r thereon ; ;47 h wit eal trt,t the * t to Was fount td , ‘ " , Equitabli I;,,"P,ted, and n ` 40 bonne QK table : mint Assure, 43,000 • 5,000 • 5,000 . 6,000 6,000 • 6,000 . 4-- 4 o sPectuses I t he... Resident A TII POULT TROMAS Edwan George WiUlan George Wlllian James Giles ii Peter ethei ec prompt. ' e l :;"1 N ATIC Thi3 lima; With respect t WI all occ leitiare of the ! Il k ) the optic . "! 4 ta to nice Agsl;:uices Itts. The remarl 43 enmbled tt 8 fourth bo nu eaela Pohe: Prern 4 Xs. 1 1°°0 3 The di be r of THE Edinburgh, T EisSEVE r their Mor 411 constituti I 'Ytteins of A el praParlso urers, toQAIE tent IN rot. prospE "t Agents t pRO3 9 , Chath: h l-111 S Socit '°gt advan , rroapectu De Obtained THE i llPovrerei2 62 , King W George not Thomas Ch o aeob Geor .10 bn Dlxol J oseph Fle Richard Hi Charles MI The LA] be had on , OCRs Agen —.- In the L butanC,.9 rc nients, upt and public Loans al Inturests, c To all allowance! CLE Persons Society or extr to, residln lug to vial Policies a detar. statement t ht se tiol obtai ne d , dressing 11R1 (I ° ,l , and The A, 411 Perso; 1• Ins sanction Veb., 184 2. s ar Fria Loa Ben Gov Cert Poo• • 3 . All Ban lasi Rail And St against per c. :Vat, ,__ t it A air Pass contact he, afire] whi c , of breal hoarser tLs ni or eonsu rn the raw Seld anger Obse 011 tut 183 s 1838 1839 18%9 1840 1841