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bad thus carried out this great means of internal communication. Exert yourselves in the same way, and you will add to the value of your landed property, and advance the interests and the hap piness of the people.—(Hear, hear.) If you will imitate the example set you by this foreigner, and contrast it with the examples of the schemes fostered by the Legislature—if you will forget your religious diffe rences, and let a sense of the overwhelming visitation under which your country is truly suffering, impress on your minds—if you devote all your exertions to mitiga te this calamity, and to improve the social circumstances of the millions dependent on you, not only for their present but their future welfare, it is my firm belief that you will do more to promote the interests and happiness of your native land, than if, abandoning yourselves to m isery and regret, and despair, yon placed your confidence i n Government grants, and trusted in your difficulties to Government aid. (The Right "Divide, divide." Hon. Baronet sat down amidst loud and general cs f g he u erin Lord G. BENTINCK rose amidstlo ud cries divide." He said that the Right Honourable Baronet's only stock argument appeared to be M. Bianconi.—( Hear, hear.) They stood as the stock in trade of the Right Hon. Gentle rnnsure that it was in the recollection of every gentleman He was eman in that House that, when in the year 1839, the Government of Lord Melbourne proposed a scheme for as sisting railways in Ireland, the Right Hon. Gentleman gave word for word what he (Lord G. Bentinck) had heard during the last half hour, and which were the arguments he then used against the Goverment of that day. If private enter prise, said the Right Hon. Gentleman, were to take its c ourse , they would have railways just as well and flourishing as they bad their private cars. But seven years had since elapsed, and what had been the result? Why, whilst in this country they bad 2,600 miles of railway, in Belgium there were only 375 miles of railway completed. In Austria and Germany they had 3,000 miles of railway, and in the United States of Ame rica they had 3,300 miles of railway. In Ireland, where en terprise had been left unaided by the Government—(lmmense cheering)—they had about 123 miles of railway. Would the House listen to the heavy policy of the Right Hon. Baronet? They were well aware—although many might not be of his opinion that as the Government aid bad succeeded in Belgium, as Government aid had succeeded in Austria and Germany, as Government aid had succeeded in the United States of America, that he would call the aid of Government for the benefit of Ireland, and not to supersede private enterprise—(Cheers)—for that he never proposed to do. The very spirit, the very principle of the Bill was, that it should not supersede private enterprise, but that Govern meat should come in to aid it, to stimulate it.—(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentleman had entered at great length on the question of the finances of the country, and thus, as he (Lord Geo. Bentinck) imagined, was proceeding to show them how he (Lard Geo. Bentinck) would by his proposition inflict a heavy tax upon the country. He had listened long and patiently, but he could not gather from the Right Hon. Gen tleman how it was that a single tax, or a single burden of any description, would be imposed on the country by his proposition. The Right Hon. Gentleman had told them that they would require seven millions sterling for the relief of Ireland, and that for such a purpose some imposition must be forced on the country. The Right Hon. Gentleman seemed entirely to forget that seven millions was to be paid for unproductive works.—(Cheers.) It was to be paid for the feeding of the people of Ireland without any return, and he (Lord G. Bentinck) proposed against his pro position to spend four millions sterling of money to be raised upon the credit of the Government, to which two other millions would be raised by share capital stimulated by the aid of the Government, and of that six millions he was prepared to show that not one-fourth'or one-half, but two-thirds, would be ex pended in labour. So that out of the seven millions which the Right Hon. Gentleman proposes as the sum which it would be necessary to raise to maintain the people of Ireland, he had a right so say that he would deduct four millions by his scheme. Then the Right Hon. Gentleman intimated to the House that the Exchequer-bills were just wavering between a pre mium and depreciation, and it was upon the principle that they would have to raise the price of Exehequer-billa, the Right Non. Gentleman showed his caution and prudence, for he forgot to tell the House to what extent the interest of the Ex chequer-bills would have to be raised. He was too prudent to tell them to what extent the raising of the four million, would affect them, because it was not a question with the House and country how much the four millions would cause the funds to fall, or how much the raising of these four millions would make the rates of premium on Exchequer-bills, but how much the raising of those four millions would reduce the premium of Exchequer-bills. The Right. Hon. Gentle tleman prudently forebore from telling the House to what ex tent the raising of these four millions sterling would throw down the funds, and the rate of premium of the Exchequer. bills. He meant to say that it would reduce the premium 01 Exchequer-bills to the same extent, but whether it would re duce them one farthing per cent., or one halfpenny per ce n t., it was impossible to say. But they would suppose that the Right Hon. Gentleman expected that the raising of the four millions sterling to be expended in profitable employment in this country would cause the funds to fall to 85, and thus raise the interest of money to about 31,4 per cent., and that they would have in consequence to raise the interest of Ex chequer-bills % per cent., what would the cost to the country amount to? Counting that upon the whole 27,000,000 of Ex chequer-bills, they would not expend 270,0001. per annum ; and what did they hear last night from the Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer ? That their staff alone, the maintaining of their army of 14,587 men, cost 78,000/. per month. The Hon. Gentleman, shrinking from the dread of incurring on the country the necessity of paying 270,003/. a year more for Exchequer-bills, thought nothing of 78,000/. per month to be paid under th e p l an h e a d vocated and sup ported for the maintenance of this idle staff—not of destitute shareholders—andhe certainly knew that they were not a party of destitute poor.—(Hear, hear.) The whole of this attack was for what the Right Hon. Gentleman called the non-govern ment of Ireland; but he would say whether those reports were not spread for the credit of themselves. He was aware that this relief had been granted, but he was not at all aware that the Right Hon. Gentleman now at the head of Irish affairs Was Secretary for Ireland in the year I 7B9 . — (Laughter.) Not did he at all understand how the Royal Canal, which was begun in 1788, could in any way affect that report. This was an inference which he drew from the circumstances, and there.. fore, it was that he warned the House of the tenor of that report. It should be recollected that this was a parallel case, and that in the borrowing of the 4,000,0001. he had stated a cue to the House which would amply repay it for the advancement of the money. The Nobla Lord then read a series of extracts to show his position, and to show what was the position of the several individuals who were disposed for the revival of the company. He was quite aware that there was much of energy and plausibility in the proposal of the Right Hon. Gentleman. But the Right Hon. Gentleman, in the conclusion of his speech, had said he would allow that these railways would be of use to Ireland. But what was the statement of the Right Hon. Gentleman ?—why, that this would be the wiser measure. This was the difficulty in the way of an adjustment for the affairs of Ireland. The grant was made in 1781, and the canal was only begun in 1789. He stated this, not for the sake of argument, but because he was anxious that the difficulties under which the Government was placed should be done away with, and because he wished to answer the arguments of the Hon. Member for Stamford, and because he felt that the great relief was to be obtained by turn ing other railways to the natural source. He was quite aware that there was a great difficulty, but yet that difficulty ought to be met. His great object was to extend railways to Galway. SO as to afford plenty of employment for the fishermen. It appeared by the returns that upwards of 15,0001. per mile had been expended, and that had been within the last four years. The Commissioners had made a report on the 23d June, stating theie circumstances, in which it was shown that these data were unsatisfactory. Then, as to the machinery, he confessed that it was singularly defective, and if it were proceeded in he should feel it his duty to bring the matter before the. Legislature. He was only surprised that the cumbrousness of the machinery should have se interfered with its working, for he had hoped that the Hon. Member for Kilkenny would have cleared up this difficulty, for he firmly believed that from a quarter to a half of the population of Ire land would be thrown into destitution unless their wants were provided for. This point had been mooted during the last seven years, and its resolution affected the whole of the popu lation of Ireland, and had, in fact, produced a social revolution. The great difficulty appeared to be to make this loan, but fron the financial statement that had been made by his Right Hon Friend, he did not anticipate any objection to his own project It was, however, evident that the formation of these railways would lead to the consumption of excisable articles. He was not aware of the precise position in which the two countries stood, but of this he was assured that from 600,000/. to 700,000/. would be added to the expenditure of the country. That exposition had now run the gauntlet of three Chancellors o , the Exenequer and a late Prime Minister, and cheretore, that they might take if ro usat no man in that House was prepared to oppose it. They might, therefore, cons'dez• the propest tion of the' }tight Hon. Gentleman to be tit's—to prevent the addition of 650,0001. to the revenue of the country without the imposition of any new tax whatsoever. The Right Hon. Gentleman followed In the track of th e Chancellor of the Exchequer, and conflrmed his statement that there were no railways in Ireland excepting on the eastern coast. What, no railways a xcepting ea the eastern coast, where, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer assured them, there was no distress ". It might be true that the completed railways, and those now in process of construction, were chiefly en the eastern coast, but did It not occur to the Right Hon. Gentleman that perhaps the absence of distress might be owing to the fact of railways being already con structed there ? There remained some lines to construct on that part of the country, as seventy miles of railway from Dublin to Wexford. seventy or seventy-flue miles from Drogheda to Portadown, thirty cis forty miles frona Belfast to Navan and Coleraine—these lines all re mained to be constructed on the eastern coast ; the other railways which yet remained to be constructed extended north-west, south west, and due west, and there it was universally admitted that the greatest distress prevailed. What part of Ireland had shown blacker picture of misery than the county of C.,rk ? and yet to the city of Cork no less than four railways aiverged. There was an other railway to Athlone —there was a Rill before Parliament, which he was informed was sure to pass, as it was unopposed —a Bill from .Athlone to Galway and Roscommon. Now, his Bill not only pro vided for the Act. already ohtaio,..d , hat for th ose a l ao which were tc be afterwards obtained. There was also a branch line from Duhlinto Mullingar, and a Bill had bees obtained last year to Sligo, the Act lag without opposition, but from the Incompetency of the parties to raise the money the railway was abandoned. He was sure that if the Bill be bad had the honour of introducing to the House were passed, the line to Sligo would again be brought before Parliament and carried.—(Hear, hear.) Then they would have railways to every part of Ireland ; there would be no county In Ireland which would not be traversed by a railway. The Right lion. Gentleman told the house that there would be great difficulty in raising the 4,000,0001. sterling per annum - without lowering the hinds. Rai;ing 4,600,044/. ! Why, in time of war, they had for many years raised not less than 104,400,0001. per annum, but the thought might have occurred to the Right lion. Baronit that last year there was no less than 110,000,001. sterling of deposits shut up in the Court of Chancery, waiting for car ain Bills to . pass through Parliament, and in the next live years 122,000,0001. would be expended on the completion of line- which had already received their Acts. What would I.)c the operation of this loan upon the funds ? Why hi the month of December, 184.5, the funds were 93, and in June of the following year, 97. What pretence, then, was there for saying that in a country like this, where it was calculated there was an annual _ _ . . saving of 5001,0001., they could not raise 4,000,0001. for the improve• ment of the empire without lowering the funds ? The funds were not to any great extent affected when 20,000,0001. were raised for the emancipation of the West Indian slaves. The Right lion. Baronet said, also, that private enterprise, even when supported by the in. fltience of Government, had always failed in Ireland. He would wish him to tax his memory, and to refer to the years between 1822 and 1828 (and he would find a report on the subject on the table)! the House), when an outlay of 140,0001. was made in the corintieffet Galway, Mayo, Cork, and Kerry, and the revenue it, these towns alone had risen to 6,0001. per annum. It was said Government had spent something like a million and a 'alf upon the Caledonian Canal, and the investment had proved a dead loss int.t _to y the State. But - what was the cause of its proving a deaf ; 1 74: * _71 1, _ . , because Government did not go upon the principle of 7,4 st ;: e ""4: 4 7.. s lice to private enterprise. but acted upon the principle fore the LI -. 8 en their own account. By the measure, however, be. go upon the io' attempt would be made, but it would rather Member for Lincoegle of stimulating private enterprise. The Hen. Passed, he had told them a few clays ago that if this Bil: were managemcconuld ensploy 50,000 men on Irish railways, under his on the Belfast, p rom % 7 , 0 00 of whom would be placed was the state of that d a " e t t intry ? and Navan line. Now, what received from the Why, in a letter he hail Neath, he had a descrlptie otr of the Protestant Bishop c.l of the house was represented, • a family living in Cavan. The woman child, some six years of ageg, ir after child-birth, as l y i ng dead, a n othing but a shirt on, lyin dealic;g in cle t zt by her aid e , th e father, with over him—all of whom had died frl straw, and the rats crawling only a mitigated sketch of the picture ; ...star v ation. But this was carried, 70,000 men could be at once put in d tu Y t r, if this Bill were very town. The letter, moreover, stated that nurantoyment in that died of starvation, and that, in the opinion of the w e ri n t Of the people sure of the Noble Lord was the only . ei,.. e r r e , the mea. in Parliament calculated to meet the emergency of the crisis. The Noble Lord then read a number of other letters from i na .. - 3 4 similar imp°rt, an d a ll expressing their opinion that tke proposal 0. the Noble Lord was the only beneficial one which had as yet bee n propounded to the House. He offered to the House a measure fin which he wanted a clear stage and no favour—one which was not shaped to further private interest or public patronage. He „. a. destroas to answer the arguments brought forward by the Chancellor of the Exchequer (who, he regretted, had left the House lance of the Absence of the from indisposition), but in, conseq THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBli ETARY 17, 1847. Right Hon. Gentleman, he did not wish to dwell upon his state ment, but had he been in the House, he would have contradicted everything he had said.—(Laughter.) It had been said that his object was to promote the interests of the great lines already made, or in progress, but that was not the object of his Bill. The strong lines could take care of themselves. The London and Birmingham of Ireland, the Ulster line, was ten years in dragging its slow length along ; and after all, only 24 miles bad been completed. On this line there had been 21,900 passengers against every 13,000 on the London and Birmingham line. He understood that certain railway companies had offered better terms than he proposed, if the Govern ment would lend assistance, bat his object was to intersect the whole couutrywith a system of railways, and not to select the best paying lines. Now, then, taking into accoant the returns for traffic on the Belgian and American railways, he thought there was an absolute certainty that not only would the Irish railways be able to repay the Govern ment advances, but that they would also realise a very considerable profit. He thought that the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth was quite convinced that the statement made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the authority of some " great un known," with respect to the employment of 25 or 30 men per mile upon the railways, was altogether erroneous. He was quite sure that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had :not made his statements on the authority of Mr. Brunel, for he (Lord G. Bentinck) saw, from a report of that gentleman, that he could employ upon the Stranmore Railway, a line of seven miles in length, from 700 to 1,000 men. Then the Hon. and Gallant Admiral the Member for Marylebone told the House that the Irish labourers were not capable of performing the work on these railways. There was no man is the House who had greater respect for the Gallant Admiral than he had, when in his croper sphere—(Laughter) —and if Com modore Connor and General Taylor should succeed in annexing Mexico, and turn their attention to the British West Indies, or if Prince Joinville should think proper to sail up the Thames with an arma ment, as his Highness once threatened to do, there wes no officer in the British navy he (Lord G. Bentinck) should wish to see in com mand of the fleet more than the Gallant Adrairal.—(Clicers ) But the moment the Gallant Admiral stepped from the gangway, or got into the dockyard, or even set his foot on shore, he was as much out of his element as a fish out of water.—(Cheers.) lie understood that the Government empowered the Gallant Admiral to build a steam-ship of war, which he christened the " ildon," but the jolly tars, for reasons best known to themselves, and which might be understood by the Ilouse, had rechristened her, and called her "Drunken Charley,"—(Great laughter.) He received a letter from Thomastown, which informed him that the relief committee was a sinecure, except when the weather was too bad to permit the labourers to work upon the line.—(Hear, hear). He held also in his hand a letter from a Major Wandesford, which stated that the works upon the Kilkenny and Waterford Railway had been stopped for want of funds, and that the strangers who had been employed there were now going about the country insisting on obtaining money or food. Ile would entreat the House to pay attention to this fact—when railways were carried on the people were employed, and quietness prevailed ; when they ceased, riot and disorder was the consequence, and the assistance of the police and military had to be sought for. The Hon. Member for Cork had stated to the House that 25,010 souls had already pe rished from the famine, and that two millions would follow front the same cause, and front pestilence, and he therefore entreated that English gentlemen would bear with him whilst lie was endea venring to prove his case, and show that the measure which he proposed was of vital importance, and would em ploy the people of that couittry. He had a letter from the secretary of the Midland Western Railway of Ireland. Ills Hon. Friend the Member for Shrewsbury had disposed of the railways in the north, and the Hon. Member for Radnorshire had disposed of the Great Western and Southern, and it was only for him to deal with the Waterford and Limerick and Dublin and Mullingar.—(The Noble Lord then read the letter, which was to the effect that it was a mis take to assert that the labourers on that line were not taken from the locality through which it passed; they were not Scotch or English, and, with a little practice and better food, they would .compete with the English and Scotch. The best proof of it was, that during the harvest the labourer's work declined forty per cent., and the engineer was obliged to grant some indulgence that the work might not interfere with saving the harvest. There had been a strike because labourers had been brought in from Ros common; there was employment far 3,200 men a-week, and they could only employ 6,000 additional for the next fifteen months for the line to Athlone. There was a plan for an ex tension front Athlone to Galway which would bisect Ireland, and if this measure was carried it would ensure the completion of it, in stead of its being unfinished for years, like the Dublin and Drog heda and Ulster lines. He wished to call the attention of the Honourable Member for Roscommon, that this line would traverse his county, and unless this measure passed there was no prospect of that county's having a railway for years. There was fish caught on the coast of Galway to the amount of 4,0001b5. per day. He had a return of the quantity of fish carried by the Midland Counties Railway in the last year from Mull, Whitby, and Scar borough, and it amounted to 95,002 tons ; which, at 3d. a pound, or 3s. 6d. a stone, would give the value of 266,000/. ; and much of which, but for the railway, would have been wasted.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Ile had a letter from Mr. Stephenson, the engineer, which was to the effect that the assertion that 23 or 30 men a mile would be sufficient to complete any railway in two or three years was so monstrous that it could not have been stated by any competent engineer. The Birmingham line occie ied four years, and ten to fifteen thousand men. On the Manchester and Leeds Railway, 10,100 men had been employed five years, being 200 men per mile. Much the same had been the case on the North Midland, ani other lines. The cost per mile of a line was mainly spent in local labour, in the proportion of 10 to 16 out of the gross cost.—(Hear.) It was, therefore, entirely contrary to fact to say that England was about to be taxed for the benefit of Ire land ; for of the money expended, a considerable portion would be paid in this country for locomotives and carriages ; Mr. Stephen son calculated that one third of the outlay would be thus spent ; the remaining two-thirds would go to the employ of Irish labour. It had been objected on the other side, that the effect of this Bill would be to withdraw the labourers from the fields, and that there would be no harvest next year. But it had been shown by the reports of the Poor , law Commissioners that five times as many labourers were employed on the land in Ireland as in England ; and yet the proportionate pro duce was not near so great.—(Cries of "Divide, divide.") He had now met all the objections which had been made to the measure, except that of the Hon. Member for Inverness (Mr. Bailiie), who said that Scotland asked for eo such loan, though suffering equal distress. Ile agreed with that Hon. Member in admiring the conduct of Scotch landlords; but on behalf of Scotland he (Lord George Bentinck) repudiated the Honourable Gentleman's doctrine. Scot land had received a promise of an alteration in the Drainage Act to enable the landlords to meet their difficulties; and even under the present Act, while English landowners had borrowed only 250,0001., Scotch landowners had borrowed 850,000/.—(Heer, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman the ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. F. Baring) said the principle of the Bill was a novel one. Why, a Committee appointed in 1833, of which Lord Althorp, the master of the Honig entleman opposite at the; time— (Laughter)—was a member, recommended a loan for Irish railways.—(Hear, hear.) . A Chancellor of the Exchequer had proposed a grant of 6,000,9001. at a period when commercial credit was at a discount, to be lent, not on such security as was now offered, but on the credit of the property of distressed tradesmen. On a former occasion, when a large loan was proposed by Mr. Pitt, Mr. Fox opposed It on constitutional grounds, as giving too much power to the Ministry; but when it came to the vote, he said he had not heart or nerve enough to go to a division.—(Cheers.) Accounts from America stated that a design of raising a loan of 23,001,000 dollars had had the effect of raising the valise of the public securities.—(Laughter.) But they said, because he had stated the other night " that he had summoned his friends," that he was therefore making this a party question. He had not summoned his friends, liowever, until the Prime Minister bad told him that they had determined to reject his measure. Neither had he intended any party movement by declaring that he and his friends were ready to undertake the duty of Government. I All he had meant was that they would never shrink from the re sponsibility which the passing of this Bill might impose upon them. He (Lord George Bentinck) brought forward this measure In po spirit of rivalry to the (4overnment. The only wished it to be auxiliary to their measures, and he trusted they would AO Ilse it. If they did not, he warned them that when they could no longer give the key of the granary they must expect to be at tacked with the crowbar and the pickaxe. Let them, adopt, there fore, this measure. If they declined to carry It oat as a Govern meat, they might appoint an unpaid Commission to which his Hon. Friend the Lord Mayor of York would give his gratuitous services —(Laughter)—and concerning which he would only say, that If they would place him at the head of it, he would undertake to carry it out, and to be responsible for its success at the risk of impeachment. The Noble Lord, after going into a lengthened statement of the benefits which would accrue to the starving population of Ireland from the passing of this Bill, prayed the House to do so. That was his only prayer, and one which he should use if it were the last time that he should ever have to address that House or any other mortal assembly. (The Noble Lord sat down amid loud and pro longed cheers.) Atter a few observations from some Hon. Members, Lord JOHN RUSSELL—Although, Sir, I am very unwil ling to detain the House from coming :to a division at this late hour, and although I mean to forbear from attempting to reply to the speech of the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn, yet my Right Honourable Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer having had many of his statements attacked, I think it is re spectful to the House that, before they come to a decision, I should state what is the general view (without going into de tails) which I take of the condition of this country and of Ire land at the present moment, and open the bearing of the Bill now brought forword.—( Hear.) I will not now go into the finances of the case; but, without stating particulars, I will say I generally concur in the view which the Right Honourable Geritleman the Member for Tamworth takes of our financial situation at the present moment. This makes any question of assistance to Ireland extremely serious. But there is another part of the question which refers to our commercial and soeia position. There was no such failure in England or in Scotland except in the islands, as would have made this year a year of suf fering or of difficulty to the people of Great Britain ; but, Sir, the great failure of the potato in Ireland has made it necessary, in the opinion of the executive Government of this country, to make a very great effort in order to preserve a large portion of the people of that country from starving. The consequence of that effort has been that, instead of a large importation, as has usually been the case, of food from Ireland to this country, there has been, in the first place, a much , smaller importation, and, in the next place, there is a considerable exportation, which is now going on from this country to Ireland for the purpose of feeding those whose usual food has entirely failed. Their means of procuring that food are fur nished from the Treasury of this country at the rate of 800,000/. or 900,0001. per month ; but the consequence of enabling the people of Ireland in such large numbers to buy the food which goes from this country and which comes from foreign countries is, that the price of food in this country is very greatly enhanced. Not only that, the consequence of a high price is beginning to be felt very severely, as it has been felt in former years in the depression of eur manufactures, and in the want of those sufficient wages of industry by which the greater part of our population are maintained. It is, in my opinion, most desirable not to make that pressure greater than the people of this coun try can bear, so as to be able safely to assist their fellow-sub jects in Ireland.---( Hear, hear.) I think if we were to press to a very much greater extent than we are now pressing the drain upon the resources of this country, we should :Ind chat, without entirely enabling the people of Ireland to escape the dreadful consequences of the present famine, we should be dis abling the people of England and of Scotland from giving them that assistance which I am proud to think they are dis posed to give. With this view, therefore, of our finances, and of our commercial and manufacturing position, I have to con sider how the means of this country can be best disposed of to preserve the greatest number of human creatures from perish ing.—(Hear, hear.) That, Sir, appears to me to be a very serious and a very painful, but, at the same time, a true view of the case. I believe that in the last week not less than 600,000 individuals have received wages on what are called the public works in Ireland, representing, pro bably, three millions of people. There are a hundred thou sand more in the workhouses of Ireland, maintained by rates. There are thousands and thousands more who are maintained by private charity in Ireland, and by the exertions of the resident landowners, many of whom have exhibited an admirable example of personal sacrifice on behalf of the poorer classes. I have to consider then, when more than three millions, say three millions and a half, or even more of persona are thus living, whether from advances from the Treasury, whether from rates collected, or whether from subscriptions and charitable donations—l have to consider whether the pro position of my Noble Friend is one that tends directly to the removal of that distress. Now, Sir, on that point Ido not think the proposition is effectual in the manner that gen tlemen—some of them representing Ireland here, and others in Ireland—believe it to be. I cannot think so, because while I see that the monies which are taken from those different sources are all applied or intended to be applied to the relief of the most distressed persons, of the most destitute, and of those most in want of food, I find that the employment given by railway contractors is naturally to the best labourers, to the most able-bodied, to those who are best able to bear the hard _... ships of that laborious occupation. My Noble Friend, in the course of his speech, seemed to contradict a statement made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that the Limerick and Water ford Railway had declined to employ the labourers of the neighbourhood. I believe my Right Hon. Friend (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) was perfectly correct—that it amounts to this, not that they refused to employ the able-bodied labourers where the railway is being carried on, but they say, and I have the letter of the secretary here, that they do object to employ the worst class of labourers and the very destitute poor. What they like to employ are of course the best and most able-bodied labourers.—( The Noble Lord then read the letter in question, which was cheered by Mr. W. R. Collett.) The Hon. Gentleman cheers. 1 have no doubt from his experience, it is exactly the statement he Would expect the railway company to make, that they are ready to employ the able-bodied labourers of the neighbour hood, but they do object to that general employment of the destitute, which to procure, after all, should be the great ob ject of the Executive in making their advances. In the course ovfartihoeesus statements thein respect Hon. t Member th forloySmunednetrloaf labourndmade I afforded by rail ways with which he c e o m nc p erned. I have re- calved various statements from different quarters, being copies of various reports which have been made public in the railway papers of this House, and from those reports it appears that while the Hon. Gentleman estimated so much for permanent way, so much for land, and so much for the remainder, leaving it to be inferred, and asking indeed in what that rest could be employed except in labour, he seems entirely to have forgotton that very large sums are expended in locomotive engines, and very large sums also for the construction of stations,which stations are in point of fact in a great part ornamental buildings. With respect to the North Midland Railway, one of those lines to which the Honourable Gentleman referred, I find there were expended 190,0001. for locomotive engines, and 260,0001. for the stations. Now, the Honourable Gentleman knows per fectly well, though those sums were expended in labour, that it is not the kind of labour which can be performed by any class of labourers, still less by the class of destitute labourers. —( Hear, hear.) But with regard to the 27,0001. per mile which that line cost, it will be found that, deducting those two items for stations and locomotives, that sum will be re duced by 6,0001. per mile.—(Hear, hear.) Various state ments I have received all concur in one general result, that of the whole of the sums expended in railways, about one-half may be said to be for labour, but then that includes a vast deal of skilled labour, so that on the whole but one-fourth, or 25 per cent, is devoted to ordinary purposes.—( Pear, hear.) Now when the question is, as my Noble Friend has just been stating it over and over again, how we are to save millions of Irish people from starving, we are obliged to-go into the details, and when we find that of the whole 16,000,0001. to be advanced, only one-fourth of that sum goes to unskilled labour, I say this is not a Bill which goes to the immediate relief of those starv ing people. Every one knows, who is at all acquainted with Ireland— and this is a remarkable circumstance—that, with re spect to skilled labour, such as that of masons, bricklayers, and carpenters, there is no such supply, certainly no super abundant supply of that labour in that country ; that that labour, as compared with other descriptions of labour in Ireland, remains dear—almost, if not quite, as dear as such labour in this country, and that so far from their being in constant want of employment, they are the very class amongst whom combi nations exist in order to obtain high wages from their em ployers.—( Hear, hear.) I heard an instance of this only a very short time ago, in the town of Galway, where, amidst the greatest distress, there happened to he two or three public buildings progressing, and, consequently, when there was work for masons, those masons were holding out for snore than 2s. 6d. a day. —(Cheers.) I say, then, if you are applying these large sums for labour, that the word labour is a complete delusion when applied in connexion with distress, because it includes a great deal of skilled labour. I come, therefore, to the conclusion on this general view, that the finances of the country being severely pressed by the demand for the relief of those who are famishing in Ireland, that the manufactures and commerce of this country, that th e wages o f i n d us t ry i n this country likewise, being severely tasked by the present state of Ireland, and by the efforts which are being made by Parliament and by Government to relieve That distress, unless this Bill is one which goes immediately to the relief of destitution, it is not one which this House should adopt.—(Hear, hear.) For the short reasons which I have given —for reasons in which I think the Honourable Member for Sunderland must concur—for the reason that three-fourths of the sum pro posed to be advanced would not go to the relief of desti tution, I come to the conclusion that it would not be wise in the present circumstances of the country to accede to this Bill. lam not at this hour going to enter—as I might do, were it earlier—into the question whether it is advisable for the Go vernment, under any circumstances, to make grants of money for the promotion of railways. There are questions connected with those matters which would make me differ from some of the opinions that have been urged against the Bill of my Noble Friend ; but at all events I think that any advances which are made to railways should be made in a different state of the country, and in accordance with those principles on which Governments generally proceed when they are making ad vances to public works.—(Hear, hear.) I am far from saying that there are no great public works to which Government might not under particular circumstances make grants of public money. In the fens, as the Noble Lord knows, it has been done with great advantage, and there are now great publiv works in Ireland which have been undertaken under various Governments, and which have been most useful in their results, and certainly I should be most loth to say that railways would not be most useful to Ireland ; but I am only dealing with the proposititn before the House. Now, with regard to my Noble Friend's speech, and to the manner in which he has brought forward this Bill, I am far from making any complaint of his bringing a measure before the House which he conscientiously believes will be of great service to Ireland, and which will tend to relieve the misery of that coun try; but the Noble Lord must at the same time sec that it was not equally reasor able in him to expect that if the Ministers of Queen did not take the same view that he did of the utility of this measure, they should adopt a measu re o f w hi c h th ey dis approve. The Noble Lord might have brought it forward, and have laid it on the table, as a measure to be taken or not by the Government ; but he thought it so important, that the Noble Lord the Member for Newark (Lord J. Manners) de clared his intention of proceeding with the measure, and of eliciting the opinion of Parliament with regard to it. But it is quite impossible for any Government to allow the finances of the country to be taken oat of their hands to be placed under the direction of the Noble Lord. Therefore, whilst I quite concede that he had the best motive for bringing forward this measure—and though I think he was quite right in saying that if he carries such a measure he would himself be responsible for carrying it into execution—though I think he showed great spirit in expressing that determination—(A laugh)—yet, on:the other hand, I must say, feeling myself responsible for the con duct of affairs in this very important crisis, all I can do is to bring forward those measures which I in my heart believe will tend most to the relief of destitution in Ireland, and to ask Parliament to consent to those measures.—(Cheers.) If I am supported by Parliament I shall then feel courage to go on and to brave all the difficulties with which I am encompassed, but I do hold it would be most injurious to this country to have at this moment any Minister at the head of affairs who may be baffled in any effort he may make, whose opinions are not in accordance with the ruling opinions of the Members of the House of Commons, and whose position is still further embar rassed by having to carry out measures of which he does not approve.—(Cheers.) I must repeat, therefore, that I do not think I was taking any other than a constitutional course when I intimated to those who I believed were disposed to support the Government that, with respect to the management of the finances of this country in this great crisis, we must have the majority of the House of Commons with us, or we shall not be competent to conduct the Government of this country.— (Cheers.) I think the Noble Lord has had nothing to com plain of. With his convictions I think he was perfectly right in bringing forward this measure, and in his readiness to carry ,it out if Parliament should consent to it. It is now for the House of Commons to decide whether this measure is that which he has described it to be—the sole measure which is essential for the benefit of Ireland, or whether, on the con trary, the course which we are pursuing is the best calcu lated to promote the welfare of that country, and of the whole empire. (The Noble Lord resumed his seat amidst loud cheering.) Lord GEORGE BENTINCK rose to explain a sentence he had used in reference to a ship which had been built on the plan suggested by the Hon. and Gallant Member for Maryle bone. It was said of a ship when she rolled in the trough of the sea, that she rolled like a drunken man, and his allusion was to that phrase. He was not aware that such an allusion could have the slightest reference to the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman, and nothing could be further from his intention than to apply it to him.—(Hear.) For several minutes the House was in a state of great excitement, during which the cries for division were loud, frequent, and vehe- The House then dhided, when there appeared— For the second reading llB Against it 332 Majority against the Bill ----214 The Bill Is consequently lost. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past Three o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CiLasE.-8 to 1 agst Brunette, 12 to 1 agst The Roarer (100 to 8 taken)-13 to 1 agst St. Leger-- 16 to 1 agst Avoca. CHESTER Cur.-22 to 1 agst Medicant (taken freely)- 25 to 1 agt The Lamb (offered)-35 to 1 agst Mickey Free (taken)-50 to 1 agst Emigrant (offered)-1,000 to 20 agst Princess Alice (taken)-1,000 to 18 agst Intrepid (offers to take)-1,000 to 15 agst Inheritress (taken)-1,000 to 15 agst The Conjuror (offers to take). None others named. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.-14 to 1 agst Lady Sarah (offered). DERBT.-15 to 2 agst Van Tromp (offered)-11 to 1 agst Epirote ~(offers to take)-13 to 1 agst Planet (offered)-23 to 1 agst Glentilt (offered)-250 to 10 agst Conyngham (taken)-500 to 5 agst Bedlam (offered): Nothing else named. OAKS.—S to 1 offered on the field. BRIXWORTH STEEPLE CHASE.—ThESDA.Y. Handicap of 10 sous. each. Mr. Elmore's Grey Frieze, lOst 10Ib (Butler) 1 Lord Strathmore's Walter Gay, lOst 12Ib 2 Mr. Wesley's Gayhurst, lOst 41b Seven others started. Won by about two lengths, Gay hurst beaten about the same distance. HUNTING APPOINTMENT. Her Majesty's stag hounds meet on Friday at Maidenhead Thicket, at half-past eleven. MRS. GORE'S NEW TALE, " TEMPTATION AND ATONEMENT.". -The simple and affecting pages of this work seem to have made an unusual sensation, and the favour with which they have been received will, it is to be hoped, prove the means of encouraging this popular novelist to another such divergence from her usual course. A story of powerful interest, simply told, is decidedl7 the only thing likely at the present day to rivet the attention of the public. We do not say that Mrs. Gore can write like Defoe or Godwin, but to remind the reader of them is to achieve no small degree of fame. ROBBERY OF 10,000/.-Notwithstanding the ex posé at the Mansion -house on Saturday concerning the doings of the swell mob in the City, and the caution:the Lord Mayor threw out, a robbery of no less a sum than 10,000/., in Bank servicei n ad th b e e • of v vicini ty n it l e t ac y ht non:, Paul,t he R ea o n : d a u l ßr B E tt x e h bankers, ane m . of England .. n otes,. was yesterday, about one o'clock, effected o c alle d n clerk gt h aet Strand,siel:tyerthae of the City banks, and the last place he r called at was Deacon's bank, in Birchin-lane. On leaving he carelessly deposited his leather case, containing the above amount in notes, in his coat-pocket, without a chain or any security being attached to it. It was raining at the time, and, during the confusion that existed in that crowded neighbourhood, some of the expert swell mob gentry managed to extract the case and get clear off. On the clerk discove r i ng hi s loss he instantly repaired to the Mans ion -house, and gave informa tion to the Forresters, who in a short time succeeded in ob taining an accurate list o f the notes and their numbers. Thev are as follows :-1,0001., dated June 13, 1846, No. 08,670; 1,000/, No. 68,787 ; 1,0001., No. 68,850 ; 1,0001., No. 70,652 ; 1,000/., No. 70,665 ; 1.000/., No. 70,666 ; 5001., dated M arc h 12, 1846, No. 51,339-; 5001., same date, No. 52,276; 3001., May 11, 1846, No. 57,107 ; 200/., March 10, 1846, No. 38,362 ; 206/., same date, No. 39,888; 200/., same date, No. 40,488 ; 100/., May 9, 1846, No. 84,172 ; 501., Oct. 8, 1846, No. 40,152 ; 50/., same date. No. 43,560; 201., Oct. 5, 1846, No. 83,274; 201., No. 83,275; 51., Dec. 2, 1816, No. 35,910; 51, Jan. 13, 1847, No. 59,650; and 51., No. 94,426. There can be doubt the clerk was watched from place to place. Late last night Messrs. Bush and Mull e n s , the solicitors for the Association of Bankers, forwarded by the mails a list of the notes, not only to every town throughout England, but also to the Continent. A reward of 500/. is diked for the restitution of the notes. WINDSOR, TUESDAY EVENING.—The Countess Dowager Lyttelton, who, ever since the Court removed to Buckingham Palace, has been confined with an attack of influenza, is now fast recovering, and her Ladyship is so much better since the chan g e which has taken place in the weather within the last day or two, that she will probably be able to resume her duties at Buckingham Palace before the end of the present week. The Earl of Auckland and the Hon. Misses Eden received at dinner on Sa , urday evening, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam, Colonel Oldtield, and a distinguished circle. The Chairman of the Excise had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. ?WE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD. LOST or STOLEN, on TUE SDAY , th e 16th o f FEBRUARY instant, in the neighbourhood of Lombard-street, London, A ',BATHER BANKERS' CASE, containing the under mentioned BANK OF ENGLAND NOTES, YIZ. : One £l,OOO Note, 13th June, 1846 - - . No. 68,670 1,010 ~ - - - 68,787 ~ 1,000 „ „ „ „ a. • • • 68,810 /9 1,000 ,f if Of • • • • • 70,652 ff 1,000 ,f If ft lf - - - - 70,665 lf 1 , 0 0 0 ft )9 If VP • - - • - 70,666 ~ 500 ~ 12th March, 1846 - 51,339 „ 500 „ - • - 52,276 „ 300 „ 11th May, 1846 87,107 ~ 200 ~ 10th March, 1846 - - 38,362 ~ 200 ff lf ft - - . 39,888 11 200 If t ft ff • . - 40,488 „ 100 „ 9t h May, 1846 - 84,172 fi 50 „ Bth October, 1846 . 40,152 f 50 II ff f 99 • • . 43,560 „ 20 „ 6th October, 1846 - 83,274 „ 20 „ - . - - 83,276 „ 2d December, 1846 - _ - 35,910 5 „ 13th January, 1847 59,650 ~ 5 „ - - - 94,426 Payment of which has been stopped at the Bank of England. Whoever will give sueh information as may lead to the recovery of the above-described Notes within twenty-one days from this date, shall be entitled to receive the above reward, or a proportionate part thereof for any portion of the Notes se recovered, if post, or upon re covery and conviction of the offender, if stolen. For further information, apply to Messrs. Bush and Mullen, Solicitors, Mildred's-court, Poultry; or to J. or D. Forrester, Police office, Mansion-house, London. London, Feb. 16, 1847. COMPLETION OF MISS BURNIiy'S DIARY. Now ready, V OL. VI. and VII. of MADAME D'ARBLAY'S DIARY AND LETTERS, COMPLETING THE WORK. N.B. Subscribers are requested to give their orders immediately to the booksellers for the completion of their sets, to prevent dis appointment. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-strest. NOTICE. BURKE'S PEERAGE and BARONETAGE FOR 1847 • The NEW and REVISED EDITION, contaiaing all the NEW CREATIONS, to the present time, and corrected throughout from the personal communications of the Nobility, &c., in ONE VOLUME, comprising as much matter as twenty ordinary volumes, and illus trated with 1,500 Engravings of Arms, See., Will be READY for DELIVERY with the MAGAZINES, On the 27th of February. Orders received by ail Booksellers. Henry Coiburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 18 and 19, Southampton-street, Strand. MR. OLLIER has this day published the new NOVEL, illustrative of the Oame-Laws, entitled, THE POACHER'S WIFE, In two Volumes, post Bvo. Orders received by all Booksellers and Librarians, RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAT SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends tnd the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., ialte place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectitilly - equested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certilleatei must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds Jaime- Aiately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street, London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are respectfully informed, that on SATURDAY EVENING, Feb. 29, will be performed Donizetti's celebrated Opera of LA FAVORITA. Fernando, Signer Gardoni (his second appearance); Alfonso XI. (King of Castile), Signor iSuperehl (his second appearance); Baldas san, Signor Bouche (his second appearance) ; Leonora, 31dlle. San chioli , Ines, Mdlle. Nascio (her second appearance). After which a new and original grand Ballet, in five tableaux, by 31. Paul Taglioni, entitled CORALIA ; ou, LE CHEVALIER INCONSTANT. Coralia, Mdlle. C. Rosati (her second appearance) ; the Knight Ilul debrand, M. Paul Taglioni; Squire, M. Gouriet ; Bertha, Mdlle. Petit ; Page, Mdlle. Honore ; Duke, M. Gosselln ; Fraisondin, M. Venefra ; Fisherman, M. di Mattia. DANCES. —Second Tableau —Scene Dancante des Caprices, by .Mdlle. Rosati. Third Tableau—Pas de la Nymphe des Eaux et de Ses Compagnes, by Mdlles. Rosati, Montfort, Cassan, and the Corps de Ballet. Fourth Tableau—Pas de la Rosiere, by Mdlle. Taglion! (her second appearance) ; Pas de Deux, by M. P. Taglioni and Mdlle. Rosati; Deutche Rhein, Valse des Pages et des Demoiselles d'lionneur, by the Corps de Ballet. FifthTableau—Pas, by M. d'Or and Mdlle. C. Baucourt ; Ballakile des Halbardiers, by Mdme. Stephan, Mdlles. Hortore, Cassan, The venot, Bertin, Julienne, L'Amoureux, and tine Corps de Ballet ; Pas de l'lnconstance, by 11Idlle. Rosati, Mdme. Stephan, and M. Taglioni. Doors open at Seven ; the Opera to commence at Eight. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE FIRST NIGHT OF THE NEW OPERA. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed the news Grand Opera, entitled MATILDA OF Count Magnus, Mr. Borratil ; robliebrad, Mr. Harri son ; Mathias, Mr. Weiss ; Matilda, Miss Romer ; Lillis, Miss R. Isaacs. After which the new Ballet, called THE PRETTY SICILIAN. Count imede, M. Croce; Roselle, Mdlle. Baderna. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. R. Webster, sole Lessee. TO-MORROW EVENING .. . Will be performed a new and original Comedy, called THE SCHOOL FOR SCHEMING. Principal characters by Messrs. Far ren, Stuart, Buckstone, Howe, Selby, Brindal. Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Hutnby, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss Fortescue, Miss Bennett, Miss Rey nolds, &c. During the evening the Band will perform the Overture, "Lac des Fees," " Plantagenet," " Rose," and " Helen" Polkas, &c. To conclude with the Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, called the INVISIBLE PRINCE; or, the Island of Tranquil Delights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Reynolds, and Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Sire. Keeley. TO-MORROW EVENING (THURSDAY) Will be performed a new Comic Drama, called .£5OO REWARD. Characters by 3fessrs. A. Wigan, Meadows, Emery, 11. Butler, Miss Villars, and Miss Forster. • Atter which a now Farce, called TIIE WIGWAM. Characters by Messrs. Matthews, ()sherry, Keeley, Miss Arden, Miss Turner, Miss Poster, and Miss Mary Keeley. To be fchlowed by the Farce of THE ETON BOY. Captain Popham, Mr. Wigan; Dabster, Mr. Keeley; Mists Fanny Curry, Mies Dickinson. 'l6 conclude with the Farce of MRS. WHITE. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste This being Ash-Wednesday, no performance. TO-MORROW EVENING• Will be performed the celebrated Drama, called THE GREEN BUSHES; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Dennis, Mr. Cullenford • Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Grinnidge, Mr. Wright ; Madame St. Aubert, Madame Celeste ; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates; Nelly O'Neil, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. _ . To conclude with the Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, Mr. O. Smith, Mr. Cullenford,Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed a Grand Opera, entitled ANNE BOLEYN. Henry VIII., Mr. Bodda ; Percy, Mr. Allen ; Rochford, Mr. Wal ton; Smeaton, Miss S. Flower; Harvey, Mr. Wynn; Lady Jane Seymour, Miss Smithson ; Anne Boleyn, Miss Bassano. In the course of the evening Professor HEMMING and his ta lented CHILDREN will go through their wonderful performances. Previous to the Pantomime the Band will perform " The Ame rican Polka," introducing " The Railroad Overture." To conclude with the Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, en titled The ENCHANTED BEAUTIES o f th e GOLDEN CASTLE; or, The One-eyed Geni. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna ; P an t a l oon , M r. CPlaoulwon: Mr. F Columbine, , e Miss Burbidge ; Sprite, Mr. H. M ars h a ll ; mPa.tlit n Al o T ie ß tt F: : mdi je. Fouquet. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES' S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mit c h ell. TO-MORROW EVENI NG, Will bo performed Eugene Sue s popul ar pl ay of LES MYSTERY'S e ja r z O is lt . T j H ag E ue l s iE F N e E rr F an lT d: 0 3 F i. Luc,itre ; E lg Boxes, Gs. , Pit, 3s. 6d. , Stalls, as.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell's —.. , .ce. Library, 33, Bond-street; and at the It ox-o A honour of Se the above Theatre, ETHIOPIAN iERENADERS, ST. JAMES'SITenII,EBAarTIrtiEn.g I ETHIOPIAN eaiEjasGT.ErmRT.An, S IN E w Ii E N Nh AD .Tvse, E at R ht ton, on SATURDAY EVENING, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Doors open at Eight o'clock, and the Entertainment com mences at Hull-past Eight. The Programme will be varied on repeat inglVh White, The t t h e ,e celebratedirS t l a n n i w m i l 1) , each occasion. Their next DAY PESFORMANCE will take place on Monday Morning, Feb. 22. Boxes, 43. ; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, 2s. tHE WEATHER.—SuN (Aqua, F EBRUARY 17. T 4 0; Highest, 48 ; N oon, 52, B H A E:m: omoTEE7, 23 99.—WIND W., fine sp r i ng weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BUDGE Tills DAY. Morning .. 3 minutes after 3. I Evening .. 26 minutes after 3, - - 41 . 4( 1 , 4 , 4 4„ ;' „ , • .4` SECOND EDITION. , Q'ttelttlik,C )till:, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1847. In the Lords the Brewing from Sugar Bill, and the Sugar Distilleries Bill, were respectively read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Friday ; and the Destitute Persons (Ireland) Bill went through Com mittee. The adjourned debate on the second reading of Lord G. BENTINCK'S Irish Railway Bill was resumed last eyening in the House of Commons by Mr. B. OSBORNE. The House was subsequently addressed by Captain Layard, Sir J. Walsh, Mr. V. Stewart, Sir H. W. Bar ron, Sir R. Peel, and Colonel Connolly. After which Lord G. Bentinck replied, when Lord J. Russell re joined; and on a division taking place, there appeared— For the second reading llB Against it Majority for Ministers — 214 The House adjourned at Half past Three o'clock. The patriotism and genius of Sir ROBERT PEEL happily relieved the closing discussion upon Lord GEORGE BENTINCK'S railway proposition from the weariness and frivolity which would have been other wise inevitable. Never were the illusions of a political charlatan more thoroughly exposed than were those of the diseased imagination of the repre- sentative of Lynn, in the masterly speech delivered by that Right Hon. Baronet. Without descending to the enunciation of a single epithet that might be construea as invidious, the ex-Premier overwhelmed the miserable scheme then under the consideration of Parliament with a deliberation more crushing than the mo s t ve h ement i nvective, w i t h an enumeration of facts more f orc ibl e t h an t h e mos t i mpass i oned dis play of rh e t or i c, w i t h a simplicity superi or to vituperation, and a logical explicitness that sum of sixteen millions." What is the prin ciple upon which the Right Honourable Baronet arrives at this conclusion ? It is upon the great and immutable principle that public credit is a part of the national property, that public credit is "one of the elements of our financial strength," that it is im possible to pawn so much or so much of public credit without rendering the nation liable to an enormous "risk of loss." " Depend upon it," says Sir R• PEEL, " depend upon it that a very consider able application of the public credit to the encourage ment of commercial enterprise at a time when other great exertions are necessary, entails great pyblic ex pense and engenders the necessity for increased taxa tion." Those are the ripe and solid arguments by which the specious propositions of Lord GEORGE BENTINCK have been dissipated. Those are the sound and golden materials of thought out of which the Parliamentary reputation of Sir ROBERT PEEL has been constructed, and doubtless they, as well as the inherent absurdity of the railway bubble scheme for the salvation of Ireland, influenced the House o Commons in rejecting that scheme by so magnificen a majority. t is unfortunately incidental to all human institu tions, and social regulations, that they cannot be efficiently maintained or duly observed without the creation of certain powers which are nevertheless liable to be greatly abused. The consequence has been that, from the earliest times, the ingenuity of man has been constantly called into requisition to provide checks against the perversion of authority, in order that the benefits attendant upon its existence, indispensable in some shape or other, may not be counterbalanced by evils of greater magnitude. For the protection of life and property a wide range of authority is necessarily conferred upon the civil force of the State. But the greater the powers with which persons are invested, and the discretionary exercise of them with which they are entrusted, the greater becomes the apprehension of their being un worthily used ; and hence the utmost vigilance is re quired on the part of the public to guard against any undue encroachment upon their rights and liberties. If we enjoy in this country—as we certainly do—the blessings of freedom beyond what have ever been attained in any other, it is to the zealous vigilance which we have perpetually sustained over the pro ceedings of authorised bodies that we are mainly indebted for their existence and security. The love of liberty and impartial justice is so innate with Englishmen, that notwithstanding these principles have had to be defended in the persons of most un favourable character, they have nevertheless been as keenly upheld by the public as if the injured parties had ranked atuong the /ugliest and most affluent of the land. Whenever, therefore, the privileges, and espe ; eially the privilege of personal liberty, which he cherishes beyond all price, appear to be threatened by the conduct of the appointed guardians of justice —no matter whether the encroachment emanates from design, neglect, 'or incompetency, no matter whether the individual affected in his rights be of high or low degree—the Englishman is always on the alert to re monstrate, and, if necessary, to resist the attempted innovation. almost amounted to direct satire. As it would he impossible to do justice k , the arguments of Sir ROBERT PEEL without exten ding our commentaries to a length from which we at •e at present altogether precluded, ire shall abstain. from entering upon any detailed synopsis of his °ratio n, and content ourselves with referring to the repo t published elsewhere. Anything more lucid; in arras Igement, or more posi tive in deduction, could not well have been desired than the arrangement and thee deductions which cha racterise this remarkable speech. The Right Hon. Baronet restricted himself ti ) the examination and negation of the Railway 13i1 1 introduced by Lord GEORGE BENTINCX. He expi ressly evaded the ques tion as to the most advisable n leasures to be adopted by the Legislature for the n coral and physical re demption of Ireland, and, cc )nsidering the almost idiotic extravagance of the pla n then lying upon the table of the House, it would h. lye been equally inap propriate and injudicious to en lbarrass the immediate subject of debate by plunging : into a labyrinth so ex tensive and intricate. There was the political char latan, with his legislative ;nostrum, tarrying the pleasure of the Commons and waiting, from the de cision of the popular repre set itatives, either for his triumphant installation in 'office, or for his ig nominious dismissal. Any complication of the actual question would haire been mal-apropos and unfortunate. Besides, which there would have been a mournful im congruity in the asso ciation of the soundest op in ions of statesmanship upon the present condition of Ireland with anything so irredeemably silly and pre,eol iterous as the Bentinck proposition. Sir ROBERT P.E: ex, therefore, confined himself to the utterance of his views upon the merits of that proposition. In deliberating upon the propei. ety offending the public credit to the extent of 16,000, , 0001., the ex-Premier very naturally directed the attf3ntion of the represen tatives in Parliament to the., financial condition and the financial prospects of the , country at the moment that extraordinary act of munificence is demanded. The Right Hon. Baronet esp ecially reminded the House of the accumulation of exigencies which hare latterly tended to fetter :the move ments of the Government in regard to the employment and distribution of the national revenues. He recalled to :the recollection of his fellow-legislators the coincident increase of drain upon the public purse, and decrease of the probability of maintaining the present flourish ing state of the revenue. With provisions at an almost unprecedented prilico, with manufactures in a most 'depressed condition, with cotton nearly at its maximum cost, with the ports of Russia closed against the exportation of vain by an imperial ukase, with a singular elevation of prices in the markets of the United States, with an addition of fully 400,0001. upon or u r military estimates, and without the smallest reduction in any one of our miscellaneous estimates, Sir ROBERT asks Parlia ment if the country be exactly in the position to in crease its present enormous responsibilities by the addition of not less than sixteen millions. The Right Hon. Baronet goes further; he calculates from these considerations, and from the incidental expenditure of somewhere about eleven millions in aid of the suffer ing population of Ireland, that there will be, on the sth of April, 1848, a deficit of not less than seven or eight millions. He then refers to the precarious and de pressed condition of the money market—to the decadence of the Three per Cents. from about par to 91/.--to the recent decrease of five per cent. in the value of funded property—to the circumstance of a particular descrip tion of Exchequer-bills being either at a discount or at not a farthing more than from 4s. to ss. premium, and especially to the ominous and question able state of qur foreign relations. Bearing in mind this extraordinary posture of affairs, the ex- Premier treats the notion as little less than positively insane, that Parliament should be expected " to authorise the Government to contract engagements which, spread over four years, may amount to the In the meanwhile the foreign relations of France are getting every day more unsatisfactory. "It is asserted," says the Siecle, " that the Government has received im portant dispatches from Tunis, among which is a note from the Prime Minister of the BEY to our Charge d'Af faires, respecting the serious embarrassments into which the BEY is thrown by the conduct of the Porte, and asking France to make a serious and firm declaration in his favour, in accordance with the promises made to him by the Ministry. This note is said to have thrown M. GUIZOT into a state of great agitation." In Switzerland, England has taken a decided part, which cannot but contrast favourably with the mean and equivocating policy which M. GUIZOT is pursuing in that country. The Union Monarchique says : " We learn from a certain source that the son of Sir Robert Peel, who is ad interim, charged with the direction of the English embassy in Switzerland during the absence of Mr. 'gorier, has received instructions from Lord Palmerston to signify to the Vorort his approval of the answer made by the Federal Diet to the collective note of the three Northern Powers. This makes another difference between the Cabi nets of Paris and London, M. Guizot h av i ng di rected the French legation i n Switzerland not to express any sentiments for or against, in this matter. Thus the same policy is still adhered to by the Juste-Milieu." The Moniteur has the following from Oceania : "The Minister of Marine has just received from the Go vernor of the French possessions in Oceania reports to Oct. 5, and which are a continuation of that of June 4, previously received. During that interval hostilities had not been re newed. By means of works of defence executed at Tumavia, our troops being less occupied, held the insurgent Indians in check in the valleys, and prevented them from assuming the offensive. The communications between Papaiti and our var native allies had made several incursions into the valleys, and brought back upwards of sixty prisoners, amongst whom were four chiefs, and particularly the principal chief who had deserted from the protectorate. The greater number of these prisoners having made their submission were set at liberty. The Go vernor reckoned on the moral impression which was sure to be produced by the presence of the reinforcements demanded by him, being convinced that resistance would cease more promptly when its uselessness was demonstrated. He saw also, in the approaching arrival of troops, the great advan tage of removing from the minds of the chiefs who had re mained faithful to the protectorate all cause of apprehension for the future." The inadequate, and unsatisfactory performance of the duties in the departments of the ma gistracy and police frequently call for severe animadversion. By the merest accident, a female of ill repute was saved from being unjustly imprisoned for seven days. She was charged, before Mr. ARNOLD, by a police-constable of the name of AMOS, with having obstructed him in his duty by dis orderly conduct. The charge was totally denied ; but she accused the policeman with outrageous indecency towards her, from which she was only rescued by the timely arrival of another female. To screen himself from the accusation she menaced, he took her into custody and turned accuser against her, as already stated. The magistrate gave credit to the oath of the constable, as opposed to the un corroborated declaration of the defendant, and sen tenced her to seven d ays ' i ncarcera ti on . Within an T HE P OST -OFFICE AND theHE PARCEL aonr(cliernewwa,s circulated amongst hour after, her companion, who had witnessed the —Yesterday, by command of T the " receivers" Postmaster ogpeonsetrLitearns poapaerres i n n o t w he p u l t e e d tro e p d ol t is, to the effect that any of assault, arrived at the office, and confirmed the them wh ' prisoner's statement, whereupon she was at once re "oPracrecaeslePtoosti;i" pledged to theirl p,a,rkelrscelfoirtiatil4 leased. Before, however, the discharge took place 1` Ltoiiildon Parcel Delivery con nexion are immediately to give up such con- Mr. ARNOLD examined Sergeant COLEMAN as to whether another female was in company with the office. Thi s order has"craeucseeivderas"Considerabl e e fo d r e a t l h o e f P c o o s n t : defenda n t on the night she was deprived of her liberty. consequence among the body of receivers, as many of them, in. The sergeant admitted that there was. We do not fled tiqieuierndciesaopf p t r h o z a ts i t i •o o ffi f ctehaeutatities not having signi desire to bear hardly upon Mr. ARNOLD, but recently they were in any war acting contrary toe c? a n? , companies, o u r n e s a i t tatringly become receivers of parcels for the ab ' ore companies. raised to the bench ; yet it is clear that, before he ibe late Mr. By no.'s estate has been valued for passed sentence, he should have remanded the pri- probate duty at 4000601. ° - soner, and given her an oppor4inity of producing the The tide yesterday was higher than on any pre vious eceasion since the 31st of December, 1845. These papers, on the authority of intelligence from Germany, contradict the report circulated a few days since, that the Emperor of RUSSIA had prohibited th• export of grain from his dominions. The CoTerrier de Marseilles states, that on Wednesday last, the Greek ship Socrates, bearing the Russian flag, and laden with 5,000 hectolitres of corn, was wrecked on the rocks near the fort Saint Jean, and within 100- yards of the port of Marseilles. The Three per Cents. closed at 771. 85c. ; the Five p er " Cents 1181. 60c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,240 f. ; Rouen, 860 f. ; Havre, 6701. ; Great Northern, 611 f. 25c.; Avignon, 825 f.; Vierzen, 570 f. ; Bordeaux, 532 f. 50c. ; Troyes and Montereau, 312 f. 50c.; Basle, 205 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 468 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 466 f. 25c.; Paris and Lyons, 490 f. Lyons and Avignon, 485 f.; Cette, 457 f. 50c. MAnsxmLns, FEB. 11 . — Marseilles and Avignon, 825 f. ; Northern, 610 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXC HANGE,FEBauanr 16. A us Dutch Rhenish, 4;4 —Great I ndian Peninsular, 1 ,4 —ltalian and and t Liege, 2% rian, 2;4—Luxembourg, 2 % — Madrid and Valenti a , % —Namur Northern of Fr anee, l2 %—Sambre and Meuse, 6%. witness, who ultimately established her innocence. By neglecting to do this he committed a serious error. Again, Sergeant COLEMAN should have been severely reprimanded, for not voluntarily tendering the evidence which the magistrate extorted from him in the latest stage of the case. If this esprit du corps be suffered to prevail with the police with impunity, the greatest injustice will be at times perpetrated against those who, by reason of their poverty and ig norance combined, are least able to protect them selves. The Commissioners of Police have since pre ferred a charge against Amos for having grossly assaulted the young female. Mr. BROUGHTON has adjourned the case, with the proper observation--that an indictment for perjury, and not a charge for a summary conviction, should have emanated from the Commissioners. As we must have police with ex tensive powers, the only way to protect the public is to make striking examples of those who are found guilty of abusing them. This, however, is a duty which the Police Commissioners seem in no wise disposed to discharge. Yet, until they fulfil it upon every fitting occasion, they will not gain that confi dence from the public which it should be their sole aim to acquire. Madrid papers of the 9th have arrived. Don ENRIQUE has been ordered to await at Barcelona the further orders of the Government. His bride has been sent to a convent, and her brother, the Conde DE CASTELLANE, banished from Madrid. General PAVIA has taken the oath of office as Minister of War, and General ARMERA is to be the new Minister of Marine. Senor SANTILLANE will, it is said, retire from the Mi nistry of Finance to make way for Count BRESSON'S "man of all work," Senor Mort. MADRID BOMA, FEB. 9.—The Three per Cents. were done at 32 for cash ; the Four per Cents., at 201 ; the Five per Cents., at 20i; and the Cuupons at 19. We have received the Paris papers of Monday. It was reported in Paris that a Cabinet Council was to be held on that day to consider a proposal made by the Marquis of NORMANBY that he should quit Paris. All the papers, with the significant exceptions of the Debuts and the Epoque, comment on the dispatches of Lords NORMANDY and PALMERSTON. The Presse is the only one which ventures to justify M. GUIZOT, and the only reason it can give for such justification is that it reposes confidence in him. Wo should imagine from the savage attack made on M. TRIERS to wards the conclusion of the article that the chances of that gentleman's return to office are greatly increased. The Constitutionnel gives the following resume of the affair:— " Not only are the Governments of France and England divided as to the interpretation of a treaty; not only does a casus belli appear to exist as to the future, between the two countries; not only have mutual accusations connected with the negotiation of the marriages caused irritation on both sides ; but a personal quarrel has arisen between the two Ministries, and between the English Ambassador and our Minister. To causes of dissension are added causes of almost absolute rupture. It is difficult to comprehend what relations can now subsist between Lord Normanby and M. Guizot, and between the two Cabinets of France and England. Beyond the point to which M. Guizot has brought our af fairs, is there anything but war? Who is the author of this last complication? A fortnight ago M. Guizot expressed an intention to reply to the moderation of the English Parlia ment by silence. The Opposition, not for itself, but in order not to add to the embarrassments of the Govern ment, declined speaking. On the following day, how ever, all the Ministerial journals exclaimed that M. Thiers, challenged by M. Guizot, had not dared to ascend the tribune. M. Thiers had a right to reply to this impru dent defiance by immediately re-opening the discussion. He did not do so, but still offered to M. Guizot the honourable means of remaining silent. It is known with what hauteur M. Guizot rejected this offer. The dis cussion took place. The speech of M. Thiers, an eloquent exposition of the liberal policy of France, has an excel lent effect. It has been considered by the world as a pa triotic effort to reconcile the two constitutional nations, by softening down the causes of their dissensions, to the great advantage of the two countries, and of liberty. What, how ever, has been done by M. Guizot, the provoker of this discussion? He, the great master of words—he who, according to all his journals, is always s o we ll prepared —he whose great merit is said to be that he is capable of defending from the tribune even a policy in which he has taken no part—behold him throw ing new brands of discord between France and England! envenoming the quarrel between the two Governments by a personal dispute! Was this the motive of his insisting BO strongly upon a revival of a debate which only two days before he was so anxious to extinguish ! Let it be remarked, at the same time, that the isolation of France on the Continent seems to be changing its character. One of the Powers which had kept itself out of the discussion has at last taken part with England; and it is to be feared that this is not the only one who will do so. It is true that M. Guizot has, as a consolation for the dangers into which his recent mode of defence in the Chamber has brought the nation, the shelter which he finds for himself in the bosom of the ma jority. Yes, he has found one of those majorities which it is so difficult to obtain, whose complaisance can never be worn out, which has not even sufficient resolution to warn a Mi nister by its murmurs of the irreparable faults he commits in the tribune, which is constantly applauding him, which accompanies with its perpetual congratulations a Government which is leading the country to the very brink of an abyss. Our Ministers ought, however, to know that, though thus appearing to be divided, their responsibility is not the less one and entire. What, let us ask, is the re sponsibility of an assembly under similar circumstances? Every one of those who vote to the last for a culpable Ministry excuses himself when he finds the evil at its height, upon the ground of his ignorance of facts and the general confidence with which the Ministry has inspired him. In such matters the adhesion of a ma j ority like that w hi c h h as approved the unfortunat e speech of M. Guizot, is not an attenuation of faults committed ; it is not even an argument." The Constitutionnel is right. The present complica tion is entirely owing to the cacoethes loquendi of M. GUIZOT, who, sinking the statesman in the pedagogue, mistook the Chamber of Deputies for the Sarbonne, and lectured away as was his wont in former years, exhibit ing the same disregard for facts, indulging in the same monomania for self-display, and forgetting that it is no quite so safe to inuendo falsehood against a living am. bassador as it is to sneer at the accuracy of a dead his , torian. ment. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, FEB. 16. RAILWAYS (IRELAND) BILL. Order read for resuming adjourned Debate on Amendment proposed to be made to Question (12th February), " That the Bill be now read a second time," and which Amendment was to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six months:" — Question again proposed, " that the word ' now' stand part of the Question :"—Debate resumed :—Question put. The House divided : MINORITY—AYES, 118. Acton, Colonel Forbes, William Martin, T. B. Aliix, J. P. Fox, S. L. Miles, William Bailey, Joseph Gaskell, J. M. Nee ld, Joseph Bailey, J., jun. Gooch, E. S. Neeid, John Bankos, George Gore, Montague Newry, Viscount Barron, Sir H. W. Goring, C. NorreysZSir D. Baskerville, T. Granby, Marquis of Northland, Viscount Bateson, T. Grattan, Henry O'Brien, C. Bennet, P. Gregory, W. H. O'Brien, W. S. Bentinck, Lord G. Grogan, E. • O'Connell, D., JIM. Bentinck, Lord H. Ha!ford, Sir Henry O'Connell,yohn Bernard, Viscount Hall, Colonel Osborne, Ralph Blackburne, J. I. Halsey, T. P. Packe, C. W. Blackstone, W. S. Hamilton, J. If. Pigot, Sir R. Blake, M. J. Hamilton, G. A. Prime, Richard Borthwick, P. Harris, Captain Rushout, Captain Brisco, M. Henley, J. W. Scott, Francis Brooke, Lord Hiloiyard, T. B. Seymer, Henry Ker Brooke, Sir A. B. Hill, Lord E. Shirley-, E. J. Vruen, Colonel Hodgson, R. Smithwith, R. huller, Sir J. V. Hudson, G. Smyth, Sir H. Bunbury, T. Hussey, Thomas Stuart,lJ. Butler, P. S. Ingestre, Viscount Taylor, E. Chantlos, Marquis of Jolliffe, Sir W G. N. Taylor, J. A. Chichester, Lord J. Kelly, James Thompson, Alderrtaa Christopher, R. Ker, D. S. Trollope, Sir J. Clayton, R. R. Kirk,[Peter Tuite, H. M. Clifton, J. T. Knightley, Sir C. Tyrrell, Sir J. T. Cole, H. A. Law, C. E. Verner, Sir W. Collett, W. R. Lawless, Cecil Vyse, R. H. R. H. Connolly, Col. Lawson, Andrew Waddington, H. S. Dick, Q. Lefroy, Anthony Walpole, S. H.. Disraeli, B. Lennox, Lord G. H. Walsh, Sir J. Duncombe, A. Leslie, C. P. Wodehouse, E. Duncombe, 0. Liddell, 11. T. Worcester, Marqutl Du Pre, C. G. Lowther, Sir J. Wyndham, J. H. Entwisle, W. Mackenzie, W. F. Farnham, E. B. Macnarnara, Major TELLEM Ferrand, W. B. Ill`Carthy, Alex. Beresford. Major Finch, G. Manners, Lord C. Newdegate, N. Fitzgerald, R. A. Manuers, Lord J. MAJORITY—NOES, 332. Acheson, Viscount Evans, William Mure, Colonel Acland, Sir T. Evans, Sir De Lacy Napier, Sir Charlet, Acland, T. D. Ewart, William Neville, R. Aglionby, H. A. Fielden, John Norreys, Lord' Ainsworth, l'eter Ferguson, Col. O'Brien, J. Aidam, William I ihner, Sir E. • O'Connell, M. J. Anson, Colonel Fitzmaurice, W. O'Conor, Don Arkwright, George Fitzroy, Henry Ogle, S. C. Arundel, Earl of Fit zroy, L ord C. Ord, W. Attwood, John Fitzwilliam, G. W. Oswald, J. Austen, Colonel Fleetwood, Sir P. Owen, Sir John Burnie, Colonel Flower, Sir James Paget, cotunel Bernie, H. J. Forster, Mathew Paget, Lord A. Seine, Walter Fox, C. R. Pakington, Sir J. Bannerman, A. French, F. Palmer, Robert Barclay, David Gardner, J. D. Palmerston, Viseenet Barkly, Henry Gibson, Thomas M. Parker, John Baring, Henry Gill, Thomas Pattison, James Baring, F. T. Gl a d s t one, J . N . PechellCaptain Baring, W. B. Godson, It. Peel, Sir Robert Barnard, Edward G. Gordon, Hon. Capt. Pennant, Colonel Barrington, Viscount Gore, Robert Philips, G. R. Beckett, W. Goulburn, Henry Philipps, Sir R. Bell, John Graham, Sir James Philips, Mark Bellew, R. M. Granger, T. C. Philp o tt e , J o h n Benbew, John Greene, Thomas Plumridge, Captain Berkeley, Craven Grey, Sir G. Polhill, F. Berkeley, Captain Grimsditch, Thomas Ponsonby, C. F. Berkeley, H. Grosvenor, Lork,R. Power, James Bernal, Ralph Grosvenor, Earl Powlett. Lord W. Blakemore, R. Guest, Sir J. Price, Sir R. Bodkin, W. H. Hall, Sir Benjamin Protheroe, E. Bodkin, J. J. Hamilton, W. J. Pulsford, Robert Bouverie, E. P. Harcourt, G. G. Pusey, P. Bowles, Admiral Hastie, Archibald Rawdon, Colonel Bowring, Dr. Hatton, Captain V. Reid, Sir J. R. Bramston, T. W. Hawes, Benj. Reid, Colonel Bright, John Hay, Sir A. L. Ricardo, J. L. Brocklehurst, John Hayter, W. G. Rice, E. R. _ Brotherton, Joseph Ileathcoat, John Rich, Henry Brown, W. Heathcote, G. J. Roebuck, J. A. Browne, R. D. Heathcote, Sir W. Romilly, John Brownrigge, J. S. Ileneage, G. H. W. Ross, David R. Bruce, Lord E. Ileneage, E. Round, J. . Bruges, W. LT. Herbert, Sydney Itumbold, C. E. Buckley, Edmund Hervey, Lord A. Russell, Lord J. Buller, Charles Hinde, J. H. Russell,:Lord:E. Buller, Edward 'Lindley, C. Russell, J. D. Burroughes,„ll. Hobhouse, Sir J. Rutherford, A. • Byng, G. S. Hogg, Sir J. W. Ryder, G. D. Cardwell, Edvyard Holland, Robert Sanderson, R. rarew, R. S. Hope, Sir J. Sandon, Viscount Carew, W. H. Pols Hope, A. Scott, Robert Castlereagh, Visc. Il os ki ne , K. Serope, G. P. Cavendish, C. C. Howard, C.W.G. Seymour, Lord Cavendish, G. H. Howard, J. K. Seymour, Sir H. Cayley, E. S. Howard, E.G. Shaw, F. Chaplin, W. J. Howard, P. H. Shell, R. L. Chapman, B. Howard, Henry Sheridan, R. B. Chelsea, Vise. Howard, Sir R. Smith, J. A. Cholmeley, Sir J. Hume, Joseph Smith, Vernon Christie, W. D. Humphery, Ald. Somers, J. P. Chute, W. L. W. Hurst, R. H. Somerset, Lord G. Clay, Sir W. Hutt, William Somerville, Sir W. ' Clerk Sir G. Inglis, Sir It. Spooner, Richard Colebrooke, Sir T. James, William Stanley, W. O. Collins, William James, Sir W. C. Stansiield, W. R. C. Compton, H. C. Jermyn, Earl Stanton, W. H. Copeland, Ald. Jervis, Sir John Staunton, Sir G. Corbally, H. E. Johnstone, Sir J. Stewart, John Corry, Henry Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Stuart, Lord J. Courtenay, Lord Kemble, Henry Stuart, V. Cowper, W. F. L a b ouc h ere, Henry Strickland, Sir G. Craig, W. G. Lambton, H. Strutt, Edward Crawford, W. S. Langston, J. H Sutton, Henry Cripps, William Lascelles, E. Tancred, H. W. Currie, Raikes Lascelles, W. S. Thesiger, Sir F. Curteis, H. B. Bayard, Captain Thornely, T. Dalmeny, Lord Leader, J. T. Tollemache, F. J. Dashwood, G. H. Le Merchant, Sir D. Tomline, George Dawson, T. V. Lemon, Sir C. Tower, C. Deedes, W. Lincoln, Earl of Towneley, John Denison, J. E. Lindsay, Captain Trelawny, J. S' Denison, E. B. Loch, James Dennistoun, J. L oc kh ar t, A . E . D'Eyncourt, C. T. L ya ll , G eorge Dickinson, F. 11. Ly gon, G eneral T Trowbridge.T u r , envi Trotter.eo r r EdmundJj t r m B. Dodd, G. Macaulay, T. B. Vane, Lord H. Douglas, Sir C. B. Mackinnon. W. Vernon, G. H. Douglas, J. S. M . Donnell, J. M. Villiers, ViSootint Douro, Marquis of M'Taggart, Sir J. Vivian, J. H. Duckworth, Sir J. Mahon..Lord Wakley, Thoasea Dugdale, W. B. Malnwaring, T. Walker, Richard Duke, Sir J. Maitland, Thomas Wall, C. B. Duncan, Lord Mangles, R. D. Warburton, if. Duncan, George M ar j or ib anks, S. Ward, H. G. Duncombe, T. Marshall, William Watson, W. H. Dundas, Admiral Martin, J. Wawn, J. Dundas, F. F. Martin, C. W. Wellesley Lord C. Dundas, David 3fasterman, John White, Henry Easthope, Sir J. 3fatheson, James Williams, W. Eastnor, Viscount Manic, Fox Wi nning , T. W. Ebrington, Lord 3fildrnay, H. st. J. Winnington, Sir T. Egerton, W. T. Milton, Viscount Wood, Colonel T. Egerton, Sir P. 3fitcalfe, Henry Wortley, J. S. Ellice, Edward Mitchell, T. A. Wrightson, W. B. Ellice, E., jun. 31olesworth, Sir W. Wyse, Thomas Ellis, Wynn Morpeth, Viscount Yorke, Henry B. Emlyn, Viscount Morris, David Escott, Bickham Morison, General TaLuzita, Esmonde, Sir T. Mostyn, E. M. Hill, Lord M. Etwall, Ralph Manta, G. F. Tufnell, 11, [The numbers annouuced in the House last night wore for the second reading, 11 8—against it, 322; but from the above list, copied from the votes, it appears that 332 Mem bers voted against the second reading, thus giving tke Ministers a majority of 214 instead of 204.] PAIRS. AGAINST. FOR. Pendarves, E. Round, C. Denison, W. Fuller, A. E. Collett, John Codrington, Sir W. Marsland, Henry Houldsworth, T. Villiers, Hon. C. Hornby, J. Johnson, General Hampden, Rena Langton, Colonel Buck, L. W. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the Rouse of Commons.) TUESDAY, FEB. 16. The following Railway Bills were presented, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time : Eastern Union and Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Amal gamation. Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and Goole (Partial Alteration of Levels, &c.). Sheffield, Rotherham, and Doncaster Junction (Masbrough to Doncaster). Great Northern (Deviations between Peterborough, Boston, and Doncaste r ). Great Northern (Hertford, Hatfield, and St. Alb an ' s B ranc h). Great Northern (Deviations between Grantham and York). East Lancashire (Burnley Connecting Line). East Lancashire (Southport Branch and Preston Extension). East Lancashire (Deviations and Rawtenstall Coal Branch). East Lancashire (Bury to Manchester). Edinburgh and Northern (Burntisland Pier, &c.). Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham (Branch to Wisbech Harbour and Wisbech Harbour Improvement). Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham (Wisbech to Sutton Bridge, &c ). Eastern Counties (Hertford to Hitchin). Caledonian (Branches to Canobie, &c.). Caledonian (Bran c h across Clyde and Glasgow Station). Caledonian (Lease of part of Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Runway). NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE* The following Railway Bills are appointed to be read n second time on Monday, Feb. 22 Great Northern (Branch to King's Lynn). Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junction (Alteration of Line and Branches to Nottingham). Wishaw- and Cohness (Branches to Auchinheath Mineral Field and Canderside). Ayrshire and Galloway (Smithstown to Dalmellington). r Pe t h e y ! a i conduct of a THE LATE FIRE IN THE MANCHESTRR LYING.. 11 1 N e I l a ' a o t s r t l h T ins it L n u t S i o a n t , t 1 r w d h ay en las th t, e a g p e r n am Fr e a l l vo s Joseph Moody, the cab-d r i ver , who gave the alarm, an d in —On was of great assistance during the fire, was brought under the notice of the board, and it was unani mously resolved—" That this board, highly approving of the humanity and promptitude with which Joseph Moody exerted himself on the late distressing occasion of the fire at the Lying-in Hospital, think it right hereby to reeord their grateful thanks for his assistance and their cordial approval of his conduct." Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial office for the Governors of the West India Colonies. .-...—........,_ MATZ& On the 16th inst., a t N o. 21, 3 fornington-crescent, Rogent's-park, Mrs. Edmund Robins, of a daughter. ' On the 13th Inst., at Portland Lodge, Mrs. Sturgis, of a daughter. On the 13th inst., at the Grove, Blackheath, the wife of Richard Twining, jun., Esq., of a son. On the 13th inst., at Lower Tooting, Surrey, Mrs. Frederic George Pernaan, of a daughter. On the 14th inst., at Oxford, the wife of the Rev. R. Michell, B•D'. of a son. On the 14th Inst., at Hampstead, the wife of David Powell, Eel.. of a son. On the 14th inst., at Ickleford House, near Hitchin, the Hon. Mrs. Frederick Dudley Ryder, f a son. On the 14th inst. In Guildford-street, Russell-square, Mrs. T. Hayward, of a daughter. On the 15th inst . :, at the Terrace, Upper Clapton, Mrs. Will 102 Bird, of twin sons. MARRIED. On the 13th inst., at East Teignmouth, Devon, Dr. Joseph Dickeefr of St. Ilelier's, Jersey, to ➢Lary, daughter of Captain Parson,llll. DIED. On the 13th inst., in Montagu-square, the Dowager CounteH of Shrewsbury, aged 77. On the 12th inst., Mrs. Maria Mellan, of Brighton, aged 76. On the 13th inst., at Circus Lodge, Greenwich, Ann, eldest (laugh' ter of the late Stephen John Mauls, Esq., aged 74. On the 13th inst., at the Colonnade, Albany-road, Rost-read, G. Denham, Esq., aged 76. On the 15:h inst., at Bishop Stortford, Herts, Mr. Thomas Patmor o . On the 15th inst., Lielit,11;111 Je ,, plt Taylor, 1Z.51..M., latc, 01 60- iners-pla(,e. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Bun Office, N 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex, Wednesday, Fe• bruary 17, 1547. - • :~ THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in pest Bro., C L B V EL AN D. A Tale of the Reman Catholic Church. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. the •ti 04l