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the Noble Lord, the Member for Lynn, for having, at a: early period of the session, propounded a mea sure to tend over four years of legislation, calculated to pro mote the interests of the people of Ireland. The last sentence of the speech of the Noble Lord, was the one t hat gave him the greatest pain, viz. that this measure 1 %1 only part of a comprehensive scheme of that nature, and hewould, if possible, endeavour to convince the people of_ this country what course the Govern ment p ro p osed 1.? adopt for raising the condition of I reland. The Noble Lord had alluded to the state of Ireland, 1 . 1 ;! resulting from centuries of Engli sh o pp ression, the real oppression and the real injustice "as the Irish Church ; the legislation upon that subject had tended to make serfs of the Catholics, and to turn the Protestants into oppressors.—(Hear, hear.) The sum proposed to be e,apended was not for the purpose of alleviatin g the %tress of that country, for the Noble Lord had ob jected to the measure of the Noble L ord the Member ,or Ly nn , o n the ground that railways were not calcu lated to relieve the distress of the people of Ireland. fhe distress of the people of E n g land ou g ht then to be l ooked at in a case where an advance was propose.l to ue made which was admitted not to be required for the purpose of immediate relief. He s tated it advisedl y , at in this country the potato crop would prove a mise rable failure, the spring crops would be considerably below the average, and the crops of America were not calculated to be at all of an abundant nature. Was it, _then, f or the Government, with such a prospec t before them, with empty granaries staring in their faces, to I luander what little money they had in hane ? Was it tot their duty to keep the money b y them, t 2 provide for the necessity which would un doubtedly come upon them? Then the railways pro- Posed to be assisted were said to be of a most valuable nature, and likely to yield ample returns; if so, why then did not the speculators, who had already it ap peared half-finished them, complete them? The Bill Proposed to take a large sum out o f the savings of the People of England to assist speculators in Ireland with rl view of regenerating the people of that country. It was a wild and absurd chimera, one of the wildest that aver entered into the head of the leader of any Govern bleat. Let the Noble Lord attend to the legitimate concerns of the people of Ireland, and not yield to the rapacity of people on the oth er side of the channel. There was something very peculiar about railroads in Leland, if they were so good why were they not geished? But really now were these railroads such as the Noble Lord, or any other lion. ,Member would wish to invest his money in? During the mania Patriotism in railroads rose to a great height, the panic came, and shares which pointed to a fortune fell down to the lowest depths of disappointment. What was the last resort of these speculating individuals? The a crifortunate Chancellor of the Excheq uer. He reall y did not see why the House should be called upon to pay LIP the calls, or make good the losses which any of her Majesty's faithful subjects might have sustained through *teessive speculation. He thought that it was now the t tone for the House to step in a nd p revent this first step ccing taken in a course. so ruinous as that proposed by the present measure. It was a rule which nothing could controvert, that the Governor of a country could not ex- Pend th e public money in any commercial speculation with half the advantage that the people could do for themselves. The moment the stat e became a mone y ender, it became a money loser. Unfortunately there 'as a very large Exchequer to draw upon, but de- Pend upon it the time would come when the Chancellor of the Exchequer would be called bpon to render a very strict account of his doings, and One of the severest ordeals through which that Chan cellor would have to pass, would be to account to the mercantile interest of this country how it was that he tiered to lay his hands upon the hard-earued savings of the people of this country, in order to make amends for Past centuries of misrule.—(Hear, hear.) Lord G. BESTINCK, thought that the proposed measure was a step in the right direction. The loan to Le advanced by this Bill differed in its terms from those troPesed in the measure which he had the honour to ring forward. In his Bill, he proposed to lend the money at 31. Gs. fal. per cent. interest, whereas, by the Present measure, the loan would be made upon 5 per tent. ; and the Government having borrowed the money I n 3i per cent., would, by lending it out again at 5 Per cent., clear 10,0001, in the shape of in terest, by the transaction. The proposal which -be intended to submit to the House for allowing other railway companies to share in the loan, he was dissuaded from pressing so strongly a s he would done in consequence of the statement made by the Noble Lord at the head of the Government that the pro- Posed Bill was only a portion of a more general and comprehensive scheme for affording assistance to other railways in Ireland.—(Bear, hear.) The Noble Lord leen proceeded to set forth the securities which could I °e offered, the advantages to be derived from, and the claims of the Midland Great Western Railway, the Waterford and Limerick Railway, and other lines, to the same assistance as was proposed to be given to the railways named in the present Bill. He was quite pre- Pared to defend the policy of the Government in this Circumstance ; and he was ready to go before the people Of England and show that this Bill was not one intended to feed the rapacity of Irish la ndowners, but one ealcu ,Med to improve the condition of the people of :Ireland without the imposition of any burden or tax upon the ,People of England. lie most sincerely hoped th at the Government would be prepared to bring in a measure to to assist the railways, which he had called the attand Learned of the House, and he hoped the H a.earned Member for Galway would support the claims of the Midland Great Western Railway to the assistance V the Government.—(hear, hear.) The Hon. and -Learned Member for Bath had spoken of the fear which there was that the potato crop would prove a miserable failure. He believed that in that statement the Hon. tied Learned Member would find himself mistaken; for from every account which he had received from Ireland the crops were in a most healthy and promising state, aid he had no doubt, trusting to the statement, " that 'While earth lasted seed time and harvest should con ti nue,' that the potato and other crops of the country 'would prove to be exactly the reverse of the predictions of the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath. It had been laid that the proposed measure would tend to lock up the money and derange the financial condition of the country. It could be proved, however, that the effect : ) f expending money in railroads was the reverse of lock ing up money. The money already expended in railways 44 the United Kingdom, was 96,000,0001., and the gross r evenue from them was, from p assen g ers, 5,000,0001. ; f ront goods, 3,000, 0001 .; but t akin g into account the c harges previously made, these sums represented a con siderably larger amount el' revenue than at first sight ap- Peered. The actual saving to the country by the railway Zstem in the item of " travelling expenses " of the Poor ly Commissioners, was upwards of 5,000/. since their a_c_cession to office; and the time saved in the travelling °I the Commissioners was three years and eight weeks, out of the twelve years they had been in office. In the .1 ) . 0 e town of Leicester alone, the completion of the It Railway, saved to the town 60,000 /. a year. was nonsense to tell him that capital invested 1 n railways was money thrown away — mo ne y locked up, and could never be used again. The Vol of 160,000/. had been spe nt in aid of l• Soyer's soup scheme, and he hoped the country would next year contrast the advantages derived from that service with the advantage to be de lived from the advancement of the present 160,000/. to °e advanced in support of Irish railways. Another re commendation in favour of the proposal was, that it in volved no expense for the support of a staff of officers. At the present moment the country was paying nearly 100,0001. a year as the salaries of the clerks and officers engaged in superintending the execution of public works in Ireland. That expenditure was justified on the ground that it afforded em p lo y ment to the people. Now, not that a str on g ar g ument in favour of the 'presentwas Bill ? Here were they advancing money to be employed in the execution of public works wanted ; involving the country in the expense of maintaining a staff of officers to see that the works were properly e&seated. They were told that railways could not in crease the supply of food to Ireland. He, for one, did not think so. At present the counties penetrated by the Great Southern and Western, they depended main structio ly n of for their fuel upon burnt co w dung. The con the railway w ould so reduce th e p rice of coal, that the "NI , dung would be applied to the improving the land in stead of used for the p ur p oses of fuel. He urged the louse, therefore, to pass th is Bill. It would lead to the I ntroduction of British capital into Ireland, and in doing th at, they were taking a decide d ste p towards putting an end to the existing unfortuna te and lamentable state of 'co sister kingdom. Mr. Labouchere did not intend to follow the Noble Lord, or enter into details ; but there were one or two points in the Noble Lord's speech a _which he could not pas s over without n otice. No one in that House, he believed, denied the advantages of tailway s ; and no doubt they would be productive of treat good in Ireland. But if the y were to be encou raged;, in the extravagant man ner p ro p osed by the Nubia Lord, they m would involve thi s countr y in ruin without attaining the great object they must all have in view. what was that object ? Why the alleviating the dis tresses o f the people while suffering from the effects of 4 , 11 unforeseen calamity, and i t could be no remorse upon th e Government that they h ad taken the means that t hey thought were best calculat ed to mitigate the suffer ings of the people. At a ll events, whatever the Noble '",j)rd might say to the contrary , he believed the people this country did not begrudge the money that had been expended in the execution of public works for laue purpose of affording the people employment. He eld in p his hand the last report of the Relief Commit tee to be presented to-morrow, an d from that report he /l aw that, at the present moment, no less then 2,600,000 ople in Ireland were receiving daily rating. lie felt, t herefore that had the Governm ent not taken the steps t hey have done, not only I reland, but the whole of °gland and Scotland, would have been involved in the had accused frightful distress and suffe rin g . The Noble Lord accused the Government with promoting useless public works in Ireland, for the purpose of exercising its patronage ; but he, as a Member of the Govern ment, felt called upon to de n y that statement in the te lro,st positive terms.--(Rear, hea r.) lie would not de in the House further than to e x p ress a hope that he House would pass this measure. lie would not pre tend to sa that it would be the m eans of relieving all the distre s s under which Ireland was suffering; but he would say that it was calculate.' to go far t o wards re ducing the distress, and it was that conviction which in duced him to entreat the House to pass this measure „without further delay. He did not agree w ith the Hon. and Learned Member, that this country derived no ad vantage from its connexion with Ireland; b ut, even sup- Posing that were the case, was it right that rich and afil tient England should forsake her fellow br ethren in Ireland when they were suffering from extreme distress and suffering.—(tlear, hear.) Mr. LEFROY sa id h e s h o uld give his most decided _support , to th e measure o f th e G o vernment, and he only rgretted th a t th e sum to b ! advanced for Irish rai lwa y s wasez_r .not larger. Still he must thank the Govern ment " h aving introduced the measure, and for the hope they THE SUN, LONDON TUESDAY EVEN IN" 'Ti JUNE 29, 1847. vernment asking for assistance. They exerted them selvs to the utmost degree, and by dint of great energy -titd with the did of their own money, they succeeded in constructing the line ; and if the lines in question were I. , tt unaided and una•sitted by Government, the ener gies and exertions of private enterprise would in the course of time construct them. He contended, then, that independently of its being opposed to all sound principles, there wan no necessity for the vote. — (Hear, hear.) They were told the rails and 10. comotive powers had already been purchased for the railway, and the money to be voted would be expended in the continuation of earthworks. Now that was directly opposed to all past experience, and if it were true, it was certainly the first case where the rails and locomotives had been purchased before the perma nent way was constructed. It was proposed to take this grant from a balance in the Exchequer; but how had that balance been obtained? • Why, through the medium of a loan.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that was another strong objection against this measure, and he could not help thinking, that if they carried it, they would find in October next that there would be a good deal more coin to be paid than they now anticipated. It was, therefore, highly desirable that Government should give them some further expla nation upon the subject. Was this rate intended to be the commencement of a new system for improving the condition of the people of Ireland, without the aid of any exertions on the part of the people themselves? Was Ireland to be told that, although the people of England and the people of Scotland had got rid of their difficulties solely by their own energy and industry, she need not exert herself in the least, for the Government were pre pared to come boldly forward to her rescue at the ex pense of the other two members of the kingdom? It was a dangerous policy, and though he was not disposed to become the slave of any pedantic political principles of economy, as the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury had de scribed it, he should, nevertheless, vote in opposition to the Bill.—(Hear, hear.) The House then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading 175 Against it Majority MASTERS IN CHANCERY BILL. The House then resolved itself into Committee on the Masters in Chancery Bill. The Chairman reported progress, and the House resumed. SUPPLY. In answer to questions from Colonel Sibthorp, Mr. Osborne, and Lord G. Bentinck, Lord J. RUSSELL said that if the House would get through the Bills before it, they would go into supply on the same day. Wednesday, after some discussion, was fixed upon. DRAINAGE OF LANDS (SCOTLAND). BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. POLLING AT ELECTIONS (IRELAND) BILL. Lord J. RUSSELL moved that this Bill be read a second time. Mr. FREWEN suggested that the provision should extend to counties as well as boroughs. After a few words from Mr. LABOUCHERE, the Bill was read a second time. TURNPIKE ROADS (SOUTH WALES) BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill, and passed its several clauses. The House again resumed. BANKRUPTCY BILL. This Bill was read a second time after a short discus sion, in which Sir James Graham, Sir George Grey, and the Attorney-General took part. NAVAL MUTINY BILL. This Bill passed through Committee. HERRING FISHERY BILL. The Committee on this Bill was deferred till Thursday. CANADA CONSOLIDATED FUND. This Bill passed through Committee. HOLYHEAD HARBOUR. The Committee on this Bill having been proposed, Colonel SIBTHORP moved that the House be counted, and there not being forty Members present the House immediately adjourned at One o'clock. held out, that should any railways be found worthy of assistance, the Government would not be ind;sposed to render that assistance upon its bein g , shown that td were likely to turn out profitable and useful works. Some thing had ben up ,n th- state of the potato crop this year. He cared not for what had been said upon that score. Some of the letters he had received from Ireland held out hopes, while others were no less desponding, but he must say that at this early period it was useless to speculate upon the condition of the crop.—(Hear, hear.) He trusted, most sincerely, that the great distress Ireland had latterly been suffering under, would aftbrd a useful lesson to her people and teach them to depend upon a more certain food than the potato.--(Hear, hear.) The state of Ireland had been cruelly exaggerated in that House, but he saw with satisfaction that it had arrived at the period when it was determined to take gage hi p in the right direction. Upon these grounds he gave his support to the measure with very great pleasure. Mr. SHEIL—I am not unconcerned, I acknowledge, in the Great Southern and Western Railway,which runs in close contiguity with the property with which I am connected in the county of Tipperary; but I am con fident that I shall be believed when I say that I am far less influenced by any personal consideration than by the persuasion that great benefit will arise from the adoption of the measure in which the Government have, in my mind, wisely and rightfully persevered.—(Hear, hear.) It is hardly necessary that I should insist on the advent ges which will arise from bringing Water ford, and Kilkenny, and Cork, and Dublin, and Belfast, into contact. My Hon. Friend the Member for Bath said that the advantage of a railroad was indisputable; that a railroad would be useful in New Zealand, and that they were dealers in truisms who expatiated on the utility of railroads. But, he added, that you should be just to England before you were liberal to Ireland, and use a phrase so strong as " rapacity," in speaking of those who were to profit by the loan proposed to be ad vanced. Now, Sir, I think that it can be proved that justice to one country is perfectly compatible with liberality to the other. In this instance no money is to be given to Ireland; money is to be lent on the most in disputable security—upon lines which are already in the process of construction, and which have some more substantial existence than the lucrative enthusiasm of an imaginative engineer.—(Hear, hear.) But surely this everlasting distinction between the interests of England and of Ireland, which are brought into competition by Englishmen when it meets their purpose, ought to be deprecated.—(Loud cheers.) As long as we continue united our interests ought not to be made the subjects of contrast. Those interests, in this instance at least, are the same. Let those who tell us that the industry and the commerce of England ought not to be sacrificed to the acquisition of a spurious Irish popularity bear in mind that to the products of English manufacture Ire- land affords the best, because it is the largest, and near est, and safest market; for Porter, in his valuable work, in chapter 7, headed " Trade between Great Britain and Ireland," states that the value of exports from England to Ireland, in 1801, was 3,270,3501.; in 1821, it was 5,338,898/ ; and in 1825, it was 7,048,9361. He adds, that there is no return of exports to Ireland from Eng land since 1825. But that there is a return of the num ber of ships which cleared outwards from England to Ireland; and that " if we compare the amount of the tonnage emplOyed in 1801 with that of 1844, we shall find that it bears the proportion of 100 to 305, showing an increase of 205 per cent." It is, I think, no exag geration to say that England now annually exports to Ireland 10,000,000/ of her manufactures. Most as suredly, then, England is a great gainer in her transac tions with Ireland; and it is manifest that every measure which contributes to the development of the re sources of Ireland—to the fertilization of her soil—to the reclamation of the morass and of the mountain—to the social amelioration of the people—to the establish ment of a higher standard of comfort—in one word, to the increased consumption of British produce—must be essentially ancillary to the prosperity of England.— (Loud cheers.) I admit that y ou have elven b great largesses to Ireland; but you were bound to do so. The calamity which has befallen us is not a provincial one.— (flear, hear.) After all, a war of six months would cost you far more than a famine of two years, and yet to morrow, if there were need, you would rush into en counter with your proudest and most formidable anta gonist. But if to the cost of glory you would be recon ciled by your sense of English honour, in the c2_st of mercy you should be taught, by the noblest of you na tional characteristics, to acquiesce.(Loud cheers.) But although there are gentlemen in this House whose na tural benevolence has been overcome by their austere political economy, who speak as if it was our fault—as if Irishmen were to blame because the destroying angel has descended, and blighted a great island in a night, yet I firmly believe that the great mass of the people of this country deeply sympathise with the suf ferings which we have endured ; the minds of men of all parties in this House have met in a pure con fluence in which the sentiment of the people of England is fao thfully reflected; and although in Ireland some of the measures adopted by the Government have been the subject of stricture, yet no doubt is entertained that the great body of Englishmen is actuated by a feeling of munificent commiseration in our regard. I am confi dent that Irish thankfulness will be commensurate with English generosity, and if it shall be so, if the events which have befallen shall be conducive to the creation of a kind international sentiment, without reference to political considerations, I for one shall think that from a great calamity, good, great and lasting, may with the blessing of Providence, be at last deduced. Sir, this is not only to be considered merely in a fiscal view ; I shall rejoice if the Parliament, which is about to termi nate its existence, shall make a testamentary manifes tation of good-will to the Irish people, indicative of the policy which ought to be pursued, and by which the Noble Lord who has had the courage to undertake the government of Ireland may . be assisted and sus tained. That able and sagacious statesman will have great difficulties to contend with, which will be en hanced by the loss which Ireland has sustained by the death of that celebrated man, to whom the Noble Lord opposite (Lord George . Bentinck) has alluded, who has conferred upon his country incalculable obligations, and to whom, when the prejudices and the passions, the antipathies and predilections of the hour, shall have passed away, in the impartial adjudication of those by whom he shall be succeeded, the attributes of greatness, political and intellectual, will be hereafter be yond doubt assigned.—(Hear, hear.) Whatever opinion may be entertained of his title to the veneration of his country, in an assembly composed like that which I am now addressing, it must be admitted, by those who were in the sternest antagonism to him while he lived, that that renowned Irishman effected his achievements by a great mental instrumentality; and I trust that the time will never arrive when English statesmen will have cause to lament that the voice is heard no more by which millions were at once excited and controlled, and that the accents on which a nation hung in rapture and a senate with admiration are hushed in the gra wouldfr ever. I would that he had been sp ared to us; Il that he had lived to behold the seat of that ancient and perpetual faith in which he was an humble believer, and of which he was the proud and chivalrous champion—that he had lived to behold the eternal city, that he had knelt at the altars of that temple, the noblest that was ever raised by the hands of man, and worthy of the pur poses, the high and holy ones, to which it is devoted—and that through the marble halls of the Vatican the venera ble man, though with a feeble and tottering step, had found his way, amidst the array of sacerdotal pornps, and received the sanctifying salutation of the great pon tifical reformer who has ascended the chair of St. Peter amidst the acclamations of the world ; and I would that after he had performed that pilgrimage he bad returned to the country of his birth, and which he set free, in order that he might renew the injunction never to in fringeentire of f h e Ie gim principlesi llustriousat ely u; upon life, which lohf am e w ha conscious violationcdi o u u r s i n t g h. t t h h e le never was h fthavehore House, d e p interferinga departed e b d u t from o your oh utohr now oimswcouhrseas discussions, smissdheta 11l e g u s es tic 9 before g i t . il o t n ifi e c d ai f on have availed myself of this the first occasion 3 which i f presented itself to me, to offer a mournful but unavailing tribute of eommemoration to the memory of the man with whom I was for so many years politically associated, and whose departure from the great scene in which he performed a part which attracted the attention of man kind, I regard as a disaster, which it will require great wisdom and fortitude, and the spirit of conciliation by which the policy on which this measure is founded, to coun tervail.—(Cheers.) Mr. W. R. COLLETT supported the Bill. He said that the Government would clear 50,000 L by the loan. At first the Government threw cold water on the lend ing of money to Irish railways, but now they found that the Irish railways would afford permanent employment to the poor, they came forward with this Bill. He thanked them for it. He repeated what he said some time ago—that the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath (Mr. Roebuck) had shown much ignorance on the sub ject of Ireland. Why he should wish to become trus tee of his Irish estate he was at a loss to know.— (Hear, hear.) He had taunted Irish Members with wishing to promote this Bill for the sole purpose of advancing their own interests ; but he (Mr. Collett) held no shares in any Irish railways save the South Western, but he held only a sufficient number of shares in that company to qualify him to act as one of its directors. He should continue to promote the wel fare of his suffering fellow-creatures, notwithstanding the invectives and sarcasms of the Hun. Member. AlrtheM.poJi.ita. political-economical gu O ic 'C i ( e ) e N o NEL i Lal a s r osu m p e p said n o t r s te o d f t t h b e e H Bi o l n l.. u H a e . ronet the Member for Southwark (Sir W. Molesworth) sounded very well as mere abstract pieces of reasoning, but they came a day too late; they should have been de livered at the commencement of the session. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Member for Bath through out his speech had said nothing which could wound the most sensitive; and this was rather remarkable from one so prone to sarcasm as the Hon. and Learned Member. But there was this novelty in his seech—he be came a pr o ph e t, a s he said that not only would the potato crop fail, but that the corn crops would be blighted. It was impossible, how ever, to tell what would happen. He dragged the Irish Church into the debate, but it appeared to him (Mr. M. J. O'Connell) that the Hon. and Learned Member would be found wanting when any proposition was before the House for altering the constitution of those churches. But these matters were not strictly before the House.—(Hear, hear.) The great object which all the friends of Ireland should unite to obtain was employ ment for the people irrespective of the land, which from its being the sole means of employment hitherto afforded to the people, had led to much of the misery under which that unhappy country laboured, and as a groat step in that direction, he should support this Bill. Mr. M. GORE said as be had supported the measure brought forward by the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn, he should support this Bill; but if it had extended to other lines, it would have been still more deserving of his support.—(Hear, hear.) In support of this view he read a statement from a work by Sir R. Kane, showing how the internal resources of Ireland had been neglected, and what great national benefits would accrue from their being opened up by means of railway communication; he also referred to the last reprc, of the Irish Railway C - mlssioners, which was to the same effect. All 0t11 , .r statements and reports he had seen, strongly urged the extension of railways in Ireland as a great means of im proving the whole country. He said there was nothing in the Irish character to lead one to believe that if facilities were afforded them, they would not become as industri ous and as enterprising as their fellow-subjects in &Tian& The port of Galway was one of the most important ports in Ireland, and presented an eligible situation for a harbour of refuge and a packet station—(Cries of " Divide.") The Hon. Gentleman cited, amidst loud calls for a division, the opinions of the Duke of Welling ton, Sir John Burgoyne, and Professor Ford, in favour of the construction of a harbour of refuge on the western coast of Ireland. The railway communication between Dublin and Galway would, he said, render that port one of the most eligible for this purpose on the western coast of Ireland. Mr. TRELAWNY considered that the Bill would create a dangerous precedent, as in any season of pres- sure they would be called upon to take a similar course, and this country would be impoverished for the purpose of feeding the famishing poor of Ireland. Ireland should support her own poor, and this she might be enabled to do by removing the disabilities under which landed pro perty laboured. They should emancipate promising land, and support the strong arm of the law, in order that capital might circulate and labour find a market. At present, in many places in Ireland, a "reign of Terror" existed, as mobs of desperate men and women had, by force and menace, regulated the price of bread, and rendered, in consequence, life and property pre carious. Sir JAMES GRAHAM had observed the impatience of the House, and should not, therefore, read any docu ments.—(Hear, hear.) He had not the pleasure of hearing the whole of the speech of the Hon. Member for Dungarvon (Mr. Sheil) ; but it appeared that he made two statements, one of which he considered apposite, and the other inapposite. He (Sir James Graham) had had the misfortune to differ with the late Mr. O'Connell; but it appeared to him that it would not have been altogether just in a Roman Catholic Member of that House, who had for so many years taken an active part in the struggle for the liberties of his fellow citizens of the same religion in common with Mr. O'Connell, if he had allowed this, the natural opportunity of paying a passing tribute of gratitude to that distinguished person, to pass unheeded; and, though they might differ as to certain portions of his public conduct, every Member of that House who had had an opportunity of sitting with him in that or in any former Parliament could not fail to admit that it was not unseemly that some passing tri bute should be paid to the talents of Mr. O'Connell by some one, but no one more appropriately or eloquently than by the Hon. Member.—(Cheers.) The inapposite portion of the Hon. Gentleman's address was this—that he hoped before the session terminated, that this coun try would do something to relieve the distress of Ireland. Already they had voted 8,000,0001. for that purpose, and this, he believed, was the first measure that had met with any share of opposition. He was at a loss to know the principle on which this Bill was supported, as the Hon. Gentleman, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, had opposed a similar, nearly similar one, brought for ward by the Hon. Member for Lynn. He supposed, however, it was brought forward for the purpose of meeting the present condition of Ireland. 260,0001. derived from the Exchequer fund was, it appeared, ap plicable for the extension of public works, and out of that sum he supposed the grants would be made. If he was right in saying that every shilling should be ad vanced for the purpose of increasing the amount of food in the country, then he would just say in passing that the Government in withdrawing the Bill for the cultiva tion of waste land, appeared to have themselves been of a different opinion. Ile agreed with the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath, that all the arguments which were directed against the proposition of the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn, were equally applicable to this Bill, and the Noble Lord, in his speech of that evening, had clearly shown that the Bill should not be confined to three railways in Ireland, because, if the principle holds good in one case, it ought to do so in all, and it was proved in this House that the case of these three lines was peculiar to the whole of Ireland. He should, before he sat down, wish to notice one or two other points brought under the notice of the House by this Bill. There were inconsistencies on this subject. The Chancellor of the Exchequer bad lately told the House that green crops were flourishing, that the disease in the potato had not re-appeared , that the deep sea fishing was in a state of improvement, and nbe ask, tter statetha that, speakin g, thgaenneirtahllaydbeenbefore; the then country why, was h ia e woulddid they urge on this measure , when their financial affairs were in:such a state of embarrassment, and when, in the opinion of all right-thinking men, the resources of the country ought to be husbanded? This measure was, he thought, fraught with all the dangers which the Govern ment had themselves pointed out on former occasions, and thinking, therefore, that this measure was opposed to all sound principles of Government, he should feel it his bounden duty to rote against the second reading of the Bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not anticipate that the Bill at present before the House would have met with the opposition which Hon. Mem bers gave it, nor did he imagine that the objection would have been raised that this was not the best time for the introduction of the Bill. Many objections, it was true, had been urged against the measures that had been adopted by the Government ; but these measures, he conceived, were the very best which could be adopted under the circumstances. He would not retrace the weary course of the discussions in the House on this question, but he thought at least that no objection should he urged against a measure like the present, which proposed only to lend money on undoubted secu rity, and which would be altogether expended in remunerative labour. However much they might differ as to the measures best fitted to relieve the distresses of that country, in this at least they were all agreed that it was essentially necessary that the population should . have contentprofitab l i e ts l e a l b f o w ur ith pr r o a v i i l d w e a d y B for Lls th o e u m ly . ? Dviridetrhee therei nostry fishery Bills introduced ? no Bills for the cultivation of agricultural produce ? no Bills for the encouragemento f Noble Lord and the extension of trade ? T he Lord and the Right Hon. Baronet charged the Govern ment with having e xhibited a favouritism in the advances of these moneys , and they instanced the Waterford and Li mer ick as one of the railways which should feel ag grievedG o re r Government m b e y t dt h chosest a Westernt state o o f advancethi was,n g h s . e toh ß ues u se t e the stuhme y r s e attsoho thought uh gewhyhGt Great e t E as t er n an effect of the completion of the line would be to increase the national wealth and afford employment to the starving population. Mr. DISRAELI said that this question had occupied the attention of the House at the beginning of the ses sion, and it appeared to be likely to occupy the attention of the Legislature to its close. But he could not un derstand how Hon. Members, who were so eloquent against the proposition of his Noble Friend in the month of February, who had represented in such brilliant colours the injurious tendency of the principle of the Govern ment relief, should now come forward and vote for this measure. The Right Hon. Baronet had placed this ques tion in its proper light, and had maintained his consis tency even to that hour upon the subject. Hon. Members for Ireland said, " Why do you not legislate for Ireland as you do for England," and the Noble Lord at the head of the Government for the first time that evening, admitted that the fact was so. He (Mr. Disraeli) denied it. He maintained that the English people did that for Ireland, which the Irish people did not for themselves. Here was a statesmanlike measure brought forward by his Hon. Friend in February last, a measure which was a practical one, and opposed to mere abstract notions of political economy—here was a measure, which was de feated by a majority b roug ht t o th e vo t e by h er Ma jesty's Government—here was a measure which, at the beginning of the session, was defeated by the Ministry, who . now brought forward at the fag end of it at the ter mination of the session, and when they were about to appear before their constituents, as the panacea for the misei ies of Ireland. He and the party with which he was connected were contented with the result at which they had arrived, and they were prepared to vote with the Government, but bow were the Hon. Gentleman oppo site the Member for Southwark, and the Gentlemen who agreed with him in opinion to answer to their consti tuents for their votes on this occasion ? These consti tuents would not be satisfied with dry and musty apothegms of political economy; they would tell them that Ireland was now a portion of the common country, united in interests and friendship, and they would also tell them that the time was gone by for mere political enun ciations taking the place of action. Mr. HUME acknowledged that the Hon. Member who had just sat down had made out a triumphant case against the Ministry and those who with them had voted against the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn's motion in Fe bruary, but who were prepared to vote for it on that occa sion. He was anxious. however, to state to the House and the country the reason why he opposed this measure. He considered it to be a violation of principle. The Right Hon. Gentleman opposite had challenged the House to go to the country upon the question. Well, he for one, was prepared to do so. His p r i nc i p l es were b ase d u p on equity and justice, and he could see no reason why money should be granted to one ra il wa y i n p re fer e nce to another. The granting of this mone y was opposed to every principle to which the public purse ought to be applied. It was aga i ns t a ll principle and reason, and if this Bill were carried, Go vernment could not refuse to grant money to English and Scotch railways. Government were getting into a maze, out of which they would find a difficulty to ex tricate themselves, and he considered this a most unprin cipled and unconstitutional vote; he should give it his decided opposition.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. CARDWELL said, before they went to a division on the question, the House ought to know whether this vote was an exceptional case, arising out of the evils and miseries of Ireland, or the commencement of a new policy under which the country was in future to be governed. It would seem, from one part of the Noble Lord's speech (the First Lord of the Treasury) that it was, but after the address of the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Shrews bury, it became the more necessary that they should have the question more definitely explained to them. With regard to the vote itself, why could not the Dublin and Cashel Company make their own line. • The lines whi , l were intended to connect the metropolis with the towns of Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Holyhead were at as great a discount as the Dublin and Cashel Railway, but they did not ask the assistance of Government, and why should the Dublin and Cashel Railway Company have it? When the London and Leeds line was being made there was great and pressing distress in this country—there was great difficulty in finding employment for labour—the money market was in a most depressed state, and yet the proprietors of the London awl Leeds li ne did not come to the CO- PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, JUNE 28. RAILWAYS (IRELAND —No. 2) BILL. Order for Second Reading read; Motion made, and Qees tion proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second time:" —Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day three months :"—Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the Question." The House divided:— MAJORITY-AYES, 175. Aldam, William Fuller, A. E. O'Brien, C. Anson, Colonel Gibson, Thomas M. O'Brien, J. Archdall, Captain Gore, Montague O'Connell, M. J. Austen, Colonel Gore, W. 0. O'Conor, Don Bailey, Joseph Gore, Robert Ogle, S. C. Baine, Walter Greene Thomas Ord, William Baldwin, Barry Gregory W. IL Osborne, Ralph Baring, F. T. Grey, Sir G. Paget, Colonel Baring, Thomas Grogan, E. Paget, Lord A. Barnard, E. G. Grosvenor, Lord R. Palmerston, Viscount Bateson, Thomas Grosvenor, Earl Parker, John Beckett, William Hallyburton, Lord Perfect, Robert Bellew, R. M. rlalsey, T. P. Philipps, Sir R. Bennet, P. Hamilton, J. H. Pinney, William Bentinck, Lord G. Hamilton, G. A. Polhill, F. Bentinek, Lord H. Hamilton, Lord C. Ponsonby, C. F. Berkeley, Craven Hanmer, Sir J. Pusey, I'. Berkeley, Captain Hatton, Captain Rashleigh, William Berkeley, Grantley Hawes, Benjamin Repton, G. W. Bernal, Ralph Hayes, Sir E. Rich, Henry Blackburne, .1. I. Hobhouse, Sir John Ross, David R. Blake, Martin J. Hodgson, R. Round, John Bodkin, J. J. Howard, C. W. Russell, Lord J. Bolder°, H. G. Howard,'E. G. Russell, Lord C. Borthwick, I'. Howard, Sir R. Rutherford, A. Bowles, Admiral liudson, G. Scrope, G. P. Brisco, 31. Hurst, R. H. Shell, R. L.: Brotherton, Joseph Hutt, William Shelburne, Earl'Of Browne, W. Jervis, Sir John Somers, J. P. Buller, Charles Jocelyn, Viscount Somerville, Sir W. Burke, T. J. Jolliffe, Sir W G. H. Stanley, W. 0. Burrell, Sir C. Jones, Captain Staunton, Sir:G. Busfeild, William Ramble, H. Stuart, Lord J. Byng, G. S. Labouchere, Henry Stuart, J. Callaghan, D. Langston, J. H. fltrutt, Edward Carew, R. S. Lawless, Cecil Talbot, C. R. Castlereagh, Visc. Lawson, Andrew Taylor, E. Cavendish, C. C. Layard, Major Thornely, Thomas Chapman, B. Lefroy, A, Towneley, John Chichester, Lord J. Lo Marchant,"Sir D. Trollope, Sir J. Christie, W. D. Liddell, Hon. H. T. Turner, Edmund Clay, Sir W. Lowther Colonel Vane, Lord H. Clifton, J. 7. Macaulay, T. B. Vesey, T. Cole, H. A. 31`Carthy, Alexander Villiers, Charles Colebrooke, Sir T. M‘Donnell, J. M. Vivian, J. H. Collett, W.R. M'Taggart, Sir J. VYse, B. Courtenay, Lord Mangles, R.:D. Walker, Richard Cowper, W. F. Manners, Lord J. Wall. C. B. Craig, W. G. Maule, Fox Ward, H. G. Dalrymple, Captain Maxwell, Hon. J. P. Watson, Henry Darner, Colonel Monahan, J. H. Wilshere, T. W. Dawson,4T. V. 31orpeth, Viscount Wodehouse, Edmund Denison, J. E. Morison, G enera l Wood, Sir Charles, Disraeli, B. Mostyn, E. Wynn, C. W. Dundas, Admiral Napier, Sir Charles Wyse, Thomas Dundas, Sir David Neold, Joseph Ebrington, Lord Newdegate, N. TELLERS. Eimonde, Sir T. Newport, Viscount Tnfnell, H. Ferguson, Sir R. Norreys, Sir D. Hill, Lord Marcus Frewen, C. H. O'Brien, A. S. MINORITY-NOES, 62. Antrobus, Edmund Entwisle, W. Pechell, Captain 4irkwright, George Goulburn, Henry Peel, Colonel Barclay, David Graham, Sir James Ricardo, J. L. Barrington, Viscount Hall, Sir Benjamin Sheppard, T. iodkin, William H. Hastie, Archibald Sibthori), Colonel Bouverie, E. P. Hervey, Lord A. Smyth, Sir H. Broadwood, H. Hogg, Sir J. Spry, Sir S. Brown, W. Hope, G. W. Stuart, Henry Cardwell, Edward Hughes, W. B. Sutton, 11. M. Carew, W. P. Hume, Joseph Tollemache, John Clerk Sir G. Ilumphery, Ald. Trelawny, J. S. Clive, Viscount Lincoln, Earl of Trotter, John Cripps, William Lindsay, Colonel Vivian, J. E. Deedes, W. Lygon, General Wakley, T. Hermiston% J. Marshall, William Williams, W. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Masterman, J. Wood, Colonel T. Douglas, Sir C. Mitchell, T. A. Wortley, J. S. Douglas, J. D. S. Moffatt, George Yorke, B. H. Duke, Sir J. Morris, David Duncan,:Viscount ➢lure, Colonel TELLERS. 1 Duncan, George .Neville, Ralph Molesworth, Sir W. 1 Duncombe, T. Patten, J. WI Roebuck, J. A. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and their Majesties the King and the Queen of the Belgians walked yesterday in the garden of Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert left Buckingham Palace for Oxford at else o'clock yesterday morning, attended by Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps , Colonel Bouverie, and the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Court ena y . His Royal Hi g h ness went to t h e term i n us of the Great Western R a ilw a y a t P a ddi ngton , w h ere he was joined by his Royal Hi g h ness t h e H ere dit ary Grand D u ke of Saxe Weimar, attended by Count de Beust. Their Royal Highnesses left by a special train at twenty-five minutes past nine o'clock. Prince Albert and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar left Oxford at half-past four o'clock ; in the afternoon he returned to Paddington by a special train at six o'clock, Prince Albert proceeding to Buck ingham Palace, and the Hereditary Grand Duke to Marlborough House, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager. Her Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar visited the Queen yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians yes terday at Buckingham Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal took a carriage drive yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, took their usual airings yesterday in the Royal pleasure grounds. The Royal dinner party yesterday at Buckingham Palace included the King and Queen of the Belgians, his Excellency M. Van de Weyer, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis and Marchiocess of Douglas, the Countess ' Vanderstraten, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Viscount Melbourne, Lady Beauvale, Lord and Lady John Russell, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Adair, Major de Moerkerke, and Dr. Carswell. The band of the Royal Horse Guards attended during dinner. The following had the honour of receiving invitations for the evening :—Madame Van de Weyer, the Marquis of Douro, Viscount and Viscountess Jocelyn, Lady Byron, Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, and Mrs. B.Juverie. The Queen had a musical performance for the gratifi. cation of the august party. Mrs. Anderson presided ai the pianoforte. Her Majesty's private band was in attendance, under the direction of Mr. Anderson. Lord Kingston had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home Office. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Dispatches were sent off last evenin7, frcra the Colo nial-office, for the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday. Judgment was given on an appeal from Jamaica, " Gordon v. Horsfall." An appeal from the Court of Arches, " Phillips v. Phillips," was part heard. The Master of the Rolls, Lords Brougham and Campbell, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judges of the Admiralty Court were present. OVERLAND MAIL TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES. The French Government received on Sunday the following telegraphic dispatches : " MALTA, JUNE 22. " The India mail brings accounts of the 12th and 19th of May. " Tranquillity prevailed in the Punjaub. Lord Hardinge and the Commander-in-Chief were at Simla. " The disturbances continued in the dominions of the Niz am. A mutiny having taken place among the troops, in consequence of an attempt made by the Minister to deprive them of fifteen months' ar rears, the contingent was ordered to march, and for the first time a body of English troops entered the city of Hyderabad to protect the Minister. " The Indian journals state, on the authority of letters from Teheran, that the Shah of Persia had renounced the intention of commanding in person the expedition against Khorassan." " MALTA, JUNE 22. " We have received at Malta no Canton journal. The Hong-Kong Register publishes an account of the expedition against the city, together with several official documents. " General d'Aguilar had left Captain Graves at Canton in command of the troops and volunteers, who were daily drilled. " All business was interrupted at Canton, and the merchants were removing all their property, being apprehensive either of a rising of the people, who would plunder them as well as the foreigners, or of a new attack on the part of the English, who, they supposed, were expecting reinforcements from India. " Menacing placards against the English and Go vernor Keying had been posted up through the city. " The journals contain no news from Cochin- China." INDIA AND CHINA. May,W e h an a d v e c r a e l c c eiv utt ed aof papers the from Bth May. Bombay No further rthe r 0 th in telligence from China. This mail has followed so closely that of the 12th, that little news could be expected, and therefore we are not disappointed at the few matters of interest which the present arrival supplies. We have great pleasure, however, in stat ing that tranquillity continues to prevail nearly throughout India, and that the improved condition of all classes connected with that empire, is daily and hourly manifesting itself. Instead of war, bloodshed, and death, we read of balls, gaieties, and festivities. We must, however, mention that the Nizam's domi nions are an exception ; for we learn that the King's regular troops having been defrauded of fifteen months' pay by one of his ministers, mutinied ; and in order to suppress the serious consequences likely to arise out of such a state of things, a British force was called in, which marched through the town of Hyderabad, to secure the safety of the obnoxious officer of the Government. Commercial matters both at Bombay and at Calcutta present no feature of particular importance. In fact, little or no change had taken place since the previous mails were dispatched from those Presiden cies. The exchange at Bombay on London was 2s. to 2s. Old. per rupee, six months' sight; that at Cal cutta, 2s. old. to 2s. Old. for ten months' bills. We subjoin extracts : (From the Bombay Times of May 20.) The clustering of the mails together just before the setting in of the rainy season—to allow for the delay expected to be experienced by the steamers, from the strong and adverse winds betwixt this and Aden— reduces the time over which our observations extend to a week; and unusually short as the period is, it is still more unusually newsless. No mail from Eng land has reached us since last dispatch. The present packet is that which but for the season would have been sent off on the Ist of next month; those of 19th of June, 19th of July, and 27th of August, respec tively belonging to the Ist of July, August, and September. The 15th of October will bring all right again; till then we shall have only one dispatch a month. Our dates from Sinde, formerly extending to the Bth, now come down to the 16th. The general good health of the troops is the only item which is de serving of notice. The Governor continues at Kur rachee, in the enjoyment apparently of excellent health and spirits. The only news we have from the Punjaub assures us of the continued tranquillity of the country, and the improving prospects of the policy of Lord Hardinge being carried out successfully. Lieutenant Nicholson had returned to the capital. The Dewan Hakeem Rae had had the Governorship of Peshawur con ferred on him. The Maharaja Ghoolab Singh continued in Cashmere. He had issued a proclama tion intimating that throughout that province the coins of Jamoo were from henceforth exclusively to pass current. There had been some disturbances on the Rawul Pindee borders, which required the inter position of force for their suppression. The rumours of the dangers likely to arise from the insubordina tion of the disbanded Seikh troops, the duplicity and dishonesty of Ghoolab Singh, and the advance of Dost Mahomed on Peshawur, like all the other tales of terror consequent on the recent arrange ments that have been circulated, have proved with out the shadow of foundation. The prospect of difficulties darkening the horizon now becomes so dim and distant that it is hoped it may have alto gether vanished long before Lord Hardinge takes his departure, still supposed to be in the month of January next. Details of balls, gaieties, and festivi ties of all sorts take the place of news from the British section of the Seikh dominions. In Rajpootana the pursuit of the notorious bandit chief Doongjee and his followers had been abandoned, in consequence of the advanced state of the season ; nothing of a very satisfactory nature having as yet been effected. Colonel Sutherland, the Resident, with a large cortege of followers, had arrived at Mount Aboo, where they were to reside for the season, for the benefit of change of air. The Nizam's dominions present a worse view at present than they have for along time past. The whole of the regular troops of the King have mutinied, consequent on an attempt made by the Minister to i.lefraud them of, it is said 15 months' arrears of wages, the troops of the contingent were called on, on the night of the 3d instant, to prevent the disturbances feared to be about breaking out, and for the first time a British force marched through the town of Hyder abod to the protection of the Minister. Preparations for resistance had been made at one gate of the town by which the mutineers thought our troops would have entered, but luckily they had gone in at amother, and thus prevented the bloodshed which would inevitably have been occasioned had they come in contact with the irritated irregulars. A portion of the troops have continued in the town ever since; an d measures are being taken to rid the state of the mu.tineers—it is said much against the will of the Ni zi ;Singular disclosures have just been made in refer en,:te to the Mysore country, where we are, it seems, m. iintaining a commission, in the hand of which are reposed the whole functions of government, after we are. bound by the terms of our treaties with the !Raja ',o re store it to his possession. 'JD le new system resorted to in the Goomsoor coup. cry is said not to work satisfactorily at all ; and the preic ace of human sacrifices, for a time put down, is untie rstood to be once more returning. 2d uch excitement has been occasioned by the deci sion. of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Madras in th e case of a Hindoo girl, of twelve years of age, whc , had become a convert to Christianity, and desired to re side with the family of one of our missionaries. Her parents having appealed to the Supreme Court for tike recovery of the child, the Court decided that she i vas competent to select her own place of resi den o 1, and she accordingly remains at the house of the E Lev. Mr. Anderson. The judgment of the Ma dras Bench is in direct opposition to that of the Sulu eme Court of Bombay, in a case precisely simi lar, - which came before them in 1843; and in the rep 01 .t of the judgments first given in the Atlas, Sir W. :13urton seemed to have reflected in very unbe con xing terms on Sir H. Roper and Sir E. Perry. It tur Ded out that the address of the Learned Judge had bee n altogether misapprehended by the reporter, and that; he in reality cast no imputation whatever on his brcfaren. ' the last detachment of her Majesty's 51st Foot had: reached Madras by the steamer Precursor on the 9th May, having lost a number of men, women, anct children, by cholera, while quartered in Fort Ham. '1 he Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief cols: tinue at Simla. The Hill Chiefs were coming in in t tutnbers to pay their respects to Lord Hardinge. The: Honourable Mr. Thomason, Lieutenant-Go vot nor of the North-west Provinces, had arrived at the . station on the Ist of May. General Tapp was, it was said, to take his tour on the Divisional Staff °in the expiration of General Cartwright's command in January. 'The Bombay Governor and Commander-in-Chief t &ke their departure for the Deccan about the 3d of J's me, accompanied by their personal and general ; ff. Sir W. Cotton afterwards visits the hills, and purposes making the grand tcur of our principal military stations. The Irish and Scotch Relief Fund in Bombay has reached the sum of 9,500/. ; the total subscriptions throughout India amounting to nearly 26,0001. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Casualties by death in the armies of India reported since the departure of the mail of 20th May:— BOMBAY.—Lieutenant•General H. N. Robertson, sth Regiment, at Deesa, on the 10th May. MADRAS.—Lieutenant-General T. Marriott, in Eng land, on the 18th March. INDIAN NAVY.—Acting Master H. Barron, steamer Berenice, at Kurrachee, on the 6th May. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. BOMBAY MARKET, MAY 20. IMPORTS. Our readers will have been prepared, by the nature of our last two or three reports, to louk for very little, if any, novelty from us on the present occasion, a week only having elapsed since the departure of the last overland mail to Europe; and as the season for sales of imports is now completely closed, they must expect that very little of interest can occur for the next two or three months, during which transactions will be confined to the supply of local wants, which are but trifling. Corrox MANuFacTuaEs.—The inquiry from dealers has been confined to Grey and Bleached Jacconets of low to middling qualities, but the sales in them have been very trifling, and the demand has now dropped. Some sales have heen effected in a few other descrip tions of goods, but at very low prices, for the purpose of clearing off remnants of shipments before the rains set in, and their cheapness has been an inducement to the dealers to purchase on speculation. The following are the sales that have been reported to us:— Pieces R. A. R. A. ,000 Grey shirticgs, 40 inch, 38 yds, at 4 0 to 4 4 4,500 Grey jacconets, 40 inch, 20 yds 1 12k... 2 2 3,100 Grey madapollams, 33 in., 24 yds 2 1 ... 2 12 100 Grey sheetings, 36 inch, 60 yds 0 0 ...10 8 250 Ditto, ditto, 32 inch, 48 yds 0 0 ... 8 4 300 Grey drills, 30 inch, 30 yds 0 0 .. 6 0 4,200 Bleached shirtings,36 in., 40 yds 4 .6 ... 6 10 100 Ditto, ditto 1,100 Bleached jacconets,4o in., 20 yds 2 4 ... 2 6 4,700 Bld. madapollams, 31 in., 24 yds 2 1 ... 2 3 300 Bleached mulls, 40 inch, 20 yds 0 0 ... 4 8 700 Ditto, ditto (Swiss) 800 Turkey red plain cloth, 24 inch, 29 yards 3,000 Prints (neutral sets), 21 in. 28 yds 0 0 ... 3 4 Cotton Yarn—Nothing appears to have been done in " grey," and prices are quite nominal. In " dyed" there has been a sale of 1,200 lbs. of Turkey red average 50s. in 191 b. bundles, at rs. 1 : 11 as. per lb. Woollens—remain quite neglected. Metals—lron : Since the sales published in our report of the 12th inst. the following have been communicated to us, but the inquiry that we mentioned as having re vived for British bar has again died away. Sheet has slightly advanced in price. 450 candies British bar at Rs. 32 8 per candy. 700 ... ditto " 32 2 64 460 ditto " 32 6 300 round nail rod " 43 0 90 square ditto " 42 0 66 1,000 ... bundles sheet " 614 per cwt. 75 Swedish bar (very ordinary) rs. 32 per candy. Copper has continued in fair request, but th e va l u e of sheathing has slightly declined. The sales of the week are-600 cwt. brazier's, at. 60rs. ' • 575 sheathing, 57i 58 ; 200 tile (in small lots), 52; 190 ditto, 501. Lead—A sale of 300 cwt. pig has been effected at 101 rs. per cwt., which was our last quotation. In sheet nothing has been done. No transactions have trans pired in spelter, Swidish steel, or tin plates. Cochineal—There has been no arrivals of this article since the date of our last report, and the market being quite bare of it nothing has been done; the price is nominally 54rs. per lb. Saffron—A sale of 100 lb. first quality has been made at 16irs. per lb., and as there is a little inquiry for it, a similar parcel might, at the moment, fetch 17rs. per lb. Beer—" Allsopp" continues to be disposed of at 75rs. per hhd., but we have not been informed of any trans actions in other brands. Spirits—A slight demand for brandy has improved its price 4 annas per gallon; about 50 hogsheads of brown have obtained this advance, having been sold at 3irs. per gallon. Marine Stores—We have no change to notice under this head, either as regards demand or price. EXPORTS. Cotton Wool—The excitement that prevailed during the early part of this month amongst purchasers for China appears to have subsided, as we hear but of very few purchases having been made during the week, and the prices of the staple are exhibiting a downward tendency. Present quotations are:— Broach and Surat ..... Rs. 93 per candy. Dhollera „ 82 to 86 do. Oomrawuttee „ 85 to 86 do. Compta The new crop has continued to arrive freely. Sheep's Wool—We have not heard of any transac. Lions in this article since the last reports, and prices re. main as then quoted, say— Khorassan... Rs. 105 to 110 per candy of 588 lb. Marwar „ 90 to 100 ditto Mekran „ 80 to 90 ditto Cutch „ 100 to 110 ditto Persian Opium—A few transactions are going forward as be fore, at 1,075r5. to I,loors. per chest, the latter figure being the price of the best to be had on the spot, but of which there is very little indeed offering. FREIGHTS. Thera is much less doing in shipments to Great Bri tain and to China than there was earlier in the month, and the vessels on the berth for the former country load but slowly, and cannot obtain at present above 6/. to 61.55. per ton of fifty cubic feet; while to China the rate has receded to 21rs. per candy, though for small parcels of cargo going ships obtain 22rs. to 23rs. EXCHANGE. The operations for this mail on London have been effected at 2s. to 2s. ok]. per rupee, six months' sight. The rate on Calcutta is rs. 981 per cent. for 60 d. s. bills, and the same on Madras. On China, rs. 208 per 100 dollars, 60 d. s. Bombay Times Office, Wednesday, Five o'Clock, May 19. Freights—To London, per ton 6/. 55.; to Liverpool, 61.; to Clyde, no quotation ; to China, per candy, rs. 21 to 23. Exchanges—London, at six months' sight per rupee, 2s. to 2s. d. ; London, at three months' sight , p er rupee, Is. 11,id .; China, at sixty days' sight, per 100 Spanish dollars, 208 rupees ; Calcutta, at sixty days' sight, per 100 rupees, 284 rupees ; Calcutta, at thirty days' sight, per 100 rupees, 981 rupees ; Madras, at thirty days' sight, per 100 rupees, 984 rupees. Price of Bullion—Sovereigns, each, rs. 11, 3 annas ; sovereigns, dragons, each, rs. 11, 4 annas ; Bank of England notes, per £, rs. 10, 12 annas ; Spanish dollars, per 100, 224 annas ; German Crowns, per 100, rs. 220; Sycee silver per 100 toles, rs. 104* to 1041 ; gold leaf, per tola (range of quality), rs. 16 to 17. Bank Shares—Bombay Bank, rs. 36 a 37 per et. pm.; Oriental Bark, rs. 1,000 each (500 paid up), 14 do. ; Commercial Bank, rs. 3 do.; Agra Bank (rs. 500), rs. 50 per ct. pin. nominal ; Bank of Madras (rs. 1,000), rs. 16 per ct. pm. nominal. Government Securities—Five per Cent. Transfer Loan, 110 rs. per 100 Sicca, nl. ; Five per Cent. Loan 1825-26, 103 rs. ut 1031 per 100 Sicca ; Five per Cent. Loan 1829 30, 103 rs. per 100 Sicca ; Four per Cent. Loan 1832-33, 91 rs. per 100 Sicca ; Four per Cent. 1835-36, 89 rs. per 100 Co.'s ; Five per Cen , .. Loan 1841-42. 981 rs. per 100 Co.'s ; Four per Cent. Loan 1842 43, 89 rs. per 100 Co.'s. CITY OF LONDON ELECTION. Lord John Russell has issued the following address to the electors of the city of London:— " Chesham-place, June 28, 1847. " Gentlemen, —Having twice received from you the important trust of representing this great city in the House of Commons, I think it due to you to state my intentions in the event of a dissolution of Parliament. " I aspire to the honour of being again your Member. " Engaged as I am in the daily discussions of the House of Commons, I have no need of making declara tions of my political opinions. " With respect to questions which may come before the next Parliament, while I claim to be at liberty to consider and to decide for the welfare of the community without the fetter of pledges, I shall be ready on the day of nomination to explain and defend the principles on which I have acted, and shall continue to act. " Should I then be thought worthy of again repre senting you, I shall feel pride in the confidence of so large, so powerful, and so intelligent a body of electors. " I have the honour to be " Your obedient and faithful servant, " J. RUSSELL." SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO THE MARQUIS OF LONDON- I DERRY.—We regret to state that an accident of a serious nature, and which might have been attended with the most lamentable consequences, occurred to this noble and gallant officer while riding on Sunday evening. It appears that the Noble Marquis returned to Holderness House in the early part of the Sunday last, after a drive, during which he was accompanied by Lady Alex andrina Vane, and that shortly before five o'clock he rode our on horseback, followed by a groom, taking from Park-lane the direction of Bel4rave square. His Lord ship had ridden as far as the residence of Lord John Russell, in Chesham-place, which adjoins that of his eldest son, Viscount Castlereagh, when the animal which he rode stumbled and fell, rolling for an instant over the noble rider, who came on his left side. The acci dent was witnessed by the policeman in attendance at the Premier's mansion, as well as by the groom and some passers by, who rendered every possible assistance and immediately conveyed him to the residence of Lord Castlereagh. Before many minutes elapsed several medical gentlemen were in attendance, and it was ascer tained that although his Lordship had received some severe bruises no fracture had taken place. After some time ho had so far rallied as to be in a condition for re moval to Holderness House, where he was attended by Mr. Liston, the eminent surgeon, and other gentlemen. In answer to inquiries made yesterday, it was stated that his Lordship had passed a quiet night, and was not worse. LAMBS NURSED BY A DOG.—A few days seven since some sheep died on a farm n e ar Coventr y , lambs were left without their parents.l.9 an had t he same d a litter of time a large bitch, of the shepherd breed, a whelps, which were immediately, rownfd' and the lambs were placed under her care. n adopted her new charge , and The bitch immediately no w suckles and nurses them with the greatest loudness. LAW IN TELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEA"S BENCH, Jude 28. Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Justice ERLE and a Special Jury.) WYLD V. 111.7CIIER. S" r F. 7:hesigu, Mr. Sergeant Shoe, and Mr. Ball, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Crowder, Q.C., Mr. Butt, Q.C., and Mr. Baldwin, for the defendant. Sir F. THESIGER said, the plaintiff was the well-known map-engraver, and the defendant was an engineer, and the registered promoter of the " London, Staines, and Ascot Railway Company." The action was brought to recover the sum of 5132 ss. 6d., being the price of cer tain copper-plates engraved and maps and plans printed by the plaintiff for the defendant. The order was con tained in a letter dated the 17th of October, 1845, and addressed to the plaintiff by Mr. Burbury, the defend ant's assistant, in these words :—" I hereby engage you to engrave for Mr. Samuel Hughes 130 plates for plans, and some for sections, each plate to be two feet three inches in length, and one foot nine inches in breadth. Trusting you will be able to arrange to Mr. Hughes's satisfaction, I am, &c." That letter was admitted by the defendant, and it-was also admitted that Mr. Bur bury was the agent of the defendant in regard to the business for which the action was brought. In conse quence of that order, as many as 129 plates had been en graved for the defendant for the various railways to which he was engineer, but only 17 of that number were connected with the London, Staines, and Ascot line. At that time there was a great demand for labour in that line of business, as it was necessary for the plans, &c.,to be deposited with the Railway Department of the Board of Trade by the 30th of November; and, consequently, the plaintiff was obliged to pay his workmen unusually high wages, amounting in some instances to one guinea a day. Several engravers were then called as witnesses, who proved that, according to the cost of executing'such work li n the last week of November, 1845, the sum of 363 L ss. was a fair price for the plaintiff to recover. Mr. CROWDER, Q.C., for the defendant, denied alto gether the defendant's liability, and even if he were liable, he would show that the plaintiff's charges were most exorbitant. The defendant was the engineer to the company, and his making the alterations upon the proofs was the ordinary work of an engineer to a railway company. It was admitted that Burbury was the a g ent of the defendant in rega r d t o th e b us i nes s for which the action was brought. Burbury was the agent and assist ant of Hughes, and the work done was work for a rail way to which the defendant was engineer; so that when Burbury went to make alterations, it was the same as if Mr. Hughes himself bad gone. The fact was, that the defendant was concerned in several railways, both in Ireland and England, and he had instructed his assistant to make inquiries of Mr. Wyld respecting the plates, instead of which he had written the letter. But Mr. Wyld never could have supposed that to be an order, for the letter itself said, that the writer hoped that he (plaintiff) would be able to arrange to the defendant's satisfaction. The letter was merely an inquiry as to whether the plaintiff would receive orders for plates. In fact, the London, Staines, and Ascot Railway was not even in contemplation when the letter was written. The plaintiff produced no order for those seven teen plates, though he must have had one in his office; but he came upon the engineer, when he ought to have come upon the company. His coming upon the defendant was a mere afterthought, for on the 24th of February, 1846, the defendant had settled his private account with the plaintiff, when no claim was made in respect of this present demand. Mr. Burbury was then called to show that the letter had no reference to the subject of the present action. Sir F. THESIGER objected to the admission of the evi dence, on the ground that the defendant must be bound by his admission. The evidence was admitted, and other witnesses were celled to speak as to the reasonableness of the prices charged. The Learned JUDGE having summed up the evidence, Tho jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff—.Danaages, 3501. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, June 28. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Sir F. POLLOCK, Chief Baron, and a Special Jury.) POTEZ V. GLOSSOP. Sir F. Thesiger, Mr. M. Chambers, Mr. Miller, and Mr. G. Pollock appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Cockburn, Mr. Humfrey, and Sir John Bayley were counsel for the defendant. This was an action in which the plaintiff, who is a single lady, residing in Craven-street. Strand, sought to recover 5001., the amount of two bills of exchange for 2501. each, of which the defendant was the acceptor. To this the defendant placed on the record no less than 43 pleas, resting substantially his defence on the asser tion that he had been swindled out of the bills in ques tion by one Gardiner, and that the plaintiff had notice of all the circumstances of fraud connected therewith. The evidence on the part of the plaintiff having been confined, in the first instance, to the proof of the handwriting, the defendant proceeded to establish his various pleas, and from the witnesses adduced in support of them, it appeared that the defendant, who is a bene ficed clergyman in Wiltshire, being somewhat pressed for money, and seeing a tempting advertisement to the effect that money to almost any amount might be ob tained on personal security on application to A. 8., at 300, Oxford-street, addressed a letter t o the quarter in- dicated, and ultimately accepted two bills for 2501. each, which he handed over to one Gardiner, who carried on business in Fludyer-street, Westminster, as a bill discounter, under the style of " Rutter and C 0.," for the purpose of being discounted, it being suggested that they might be " done" for 10 per cent. The defendant, however, never afterwards saw either money or bills. Various reasons were interposed by Gardiner by way of explanation of the delay, and at last the de fendant got tired, and suspecting that he was being made a dupe of, inserted an advertisement in the papers, cha racterising the transaction as a "swindle," and caution ing the world against dealing with the bills. So matters stood, with the exception of certain proceedings in Chancery, till the present action was brought by the plaintiff, who alleged that she was the bona fide holder of the defendant's bills for certain bona fide consideration given by her on discounting the same. In the course of his case the counsel for the defendant was obliged to put Gardiner into the box, and he stated that having re• ceived the bills from the defendant with the bona fide intention of discounting them, he took them in that spirit to his highly respectable bankers', Messrs, Cock_ burn, where they lay for three days. Being disap pointed there, he applied to one Coyne, a friend, who undertook the charge, and on the 12th of September, 1846, brought to him a 1001. bank note, which he said was all he could then get, but added that he would pro duce the rest when he had raised the necessary funds on some securities. This 100/. note Gardiner swore was all he ever received as part of the discount on the bills for the defendant, and he excused the non-payment of it to the defendant on the plea that when the obnoxious ad vertisement of the defendant appeared, Coyne told him that in consequence of that he had been unable to get the rest of the money. .Besides this, it was shown by the defendant that the bills were endorsed to and by one Gadderer, who was a lodger in the house of the plaintiff, and it was insisted that the inevitable result of all these facts was, that all the parties had conspired together to defraud the defendant, by cheating him out of his bills first, and then suing him thereon afterwards. This being an outline of the case set up by the de fendant, the plaintiff next undertook to prove that she had given actual bona fide consideration for the bills and with this view it was shown that on the 11th of September she had sold oat of the funds 3001. 10s. worth of stock standing in her nome ' • that the 1001. note, ad mitted to have been received by Gardiner on the 12th from Coyne, was a part of that sum, and had been paid over to Coyne by the plaintiff. It was also attempted to be shown that another 100 E note, also realised by that sale, had found its way to Gardiner's hands on the 17th, but in that respect the evidence broke down. Mr. COCKBURN having replied on this evidence, re marking on the fact that the plaintiff had omitted to put Gadderer into the box, Mr. M. CHAMBERS replied on the whole case, contend ing that the plaintiff was entitled to recover the whole amount, as it abundantly appeared that she had actually parted with her money to the extent of 3001. for the pur pose of discounting the defendant's bills, that no con nexion was shown between her and Gardiner, and that at all events she was entitled to a verdict for 2001., which he contended had been shown to have reached the hands of the defendant's agent for the purposes of the bills. Sir F. Poi.Locs, Chief Baron, intimated that in his opinion the plaintiff could not recover more than 1001. at all events. Tliat sum, and no more, had been proved to have come to Gardiner's hands as discount of the bills, and the point for the jury was whether the plain tiff was entitled to that. That would depend on the question whether the jury thought that the fraudulent dealing with the bills was brought home to the plaintiff. In his opinion, there was no evidence to bring that con nexion home to the plaintiff. The jury having deliberated, asked whether they were bound to find a verdict for the plaintiff for 1001.? The CHIEF BARON—The verdict, gentlemen, ought to be yours, not mine, and to carry that respect to which the tribunal is entitled, it ought not to be a hasty and ill considered cne. I think that no one of the pleas is proved, for Gardiner is not shown to be connected with or known to the plaintiff, or even Gadderer, before the 12th of September. The Foreman—Then, my Lord, we must find for the plaintiff for 100/. The CHIEF BARON—No, you need not do so unless you please, but I am bound to tell you that I think there is no evidence to sustain the pleas. Foreman—My Lord, we are of opinion that the 100/. was not paid for the bills, and that they never wore in the hands of Miss Potez. (This announcement was received by a burst of appro bation.) CHIEF BARON—Gentlemen the pleas areeennoatllprtchvreade. Some of them charge a conspiraglibecal Would you parties, for which they g t on such evidence as this m co i h appears to have been Foreman—My Lord, the t transaction. We think that great deal of fraudnehvri: t e them of conspiracy ? the bills from been e p f l e a n i a d a l n o t a g b y a g f r o a , uhdu. t the whether there is evidence to disprove the question CHIEF BAR N person to sue on them to the extent of l 001. as been clearly proved to have sold out Who o he funds on the 11th of September, that 1001. the agen t of the defendant on the following 3 r o ig o h L t f o ro f; i P d ba a et y i You spta " id to o ad betierconsider your verdict, gentlemen. The jury then laid their heads together, and remained in close and earnest discussion for more than half an hour, when they returned a verdict for the plaintiff for 100/. Mr. Cardwell, M.P., was in Liverpool during the whole of Wednesday and Thursday on business con. nected with his nomination as one of the candidates for the representstion of Liverpool.— Liverpool Albion.