The Sun. — London, England, 1847-02-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARIC 23, 1847. estimates had been increased. Last session ' the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel) sought a vote of 1,000,0001. for the purpose of placing the steam navy in an efficient condition, and the House acceded to the proposition; but did any one believe that the Navy esti mates would be increased this year? Instead of such a t proposition, he expected a reduction this year to that amount. This ought not to occur at such a period. Looking, therefore, at the great increase which has been alluded to, and looking at the difficulties of the money markst, when the Government were obliged to raise the intere tof their money. He would wish to ask what would be the effects of the measu r e uponth eir merchants and traders who were carrying_u on o t . h com merce of the country. The income-tax should be ex tended to Ireland. The Irish should have fair play-- (Hear, hear.) Yes, they hal been an oppressed people; they had never been given either civil or political privi leges. He would give them equal laws, but they s h ou ld have equal taxes. (Hear,hear.) In fact, he would at once extend the whole code of English laws to Ireland. He regretted that there had been no attempt to equalize the rate of taxation. In what situation would they be at the end of August, if there came another year of scarcity, tee Government would find the echoes from the different parts of the country by no means satisfacrory.—(Hear, hear.) According to the statement of the Right Hon. Gentleman, there was to be an increase in almost every department of the State—in the army, the navy, and the ordnance. Now, the Right Hon. Gentleman should have stated the grounds on which this increase was proposed to be made. How was it that the expense of these departments was to be more than in 1845, and last year ? Moreover, there should have been some arrangement by which the 8,000,0001. pro posed to be raised might be paid back within a few years. The expenditure of 1832 was 5,800,0001. less than the present year. That was during the unreformed Parha m eat. The next year, 18.33, under the first estimate of the reformed Parliament, the expenditure was 7,428,0001. less than the present year. In the year 1835. which was rather a remarkable year, when the Hon. Member for Tamworth, then Prime Minister, prepared the estimates hims lf, the expenditure was less than the present year by 7,773,000. He did not include in the present year's estimates either the 8,000,000/. to be advanced on the interest, or 400,0001. on the Exchequer Bills. The House had a claim upon her Majesty's Government to be told why this additional expenditure was called for this year. He was told that it was extended upon the army, navy, and ordnance. Well, let them take 1830, under the Duke of Wellington's Government, the esti mates for the army, navy, and ordnance were less, by 3,000,000/. than the present year; and the miscellaneous estimates were less by 1,800,000/. In 1840, when they were engaged in the war with China and a dispute with France—when they had a large fleet in the Mediterra nean—when the siege of Acre took place—and when the large amount expended in Canada had not been repaid— the estimates were 2,930,000/. less than the present year. The Right Hon. Gentleman had not attempted to justify the increase which had taken place in any one of these departments. He only made his estimate in a clear and distinct manner. It might be, but still he only men tioned the sums he wished the House to sanction, without stating what were the reasons which compelled them to have recourse to the House for these amounts. He agreed with the opinion of the Right Hon. Baronet opposite, that no tax ought to be imposed on a country in a time of peace. But if the Right Hon. the Chan cellor of the Exchequer must borrow money, he should do it in the right way. He should borrow one hundred pounds of money on every hundred pounds of stock, for by the operation of the three per cent, consols he would be adding 800,000/. to the permanent debt of the country. Now he should like to see the Government commence upon this new course; and, depend upon it if they did, they would then be enabled to reduce the interest pay able upon the national debt. But now they were going upon an eroneous system altogether, in so far as, al though the Customs had been abolished, the salaries of the Custom-house officers had been increased by 49,0001. while in the three years, 1843, 1844, and 1845, the in crease in all the public departments amounted to 234,0001. It behoved the aristocracy if this country to weigh well the effects of throwing upon posterity the sum of 8,000,000; for depend upon it. a time would come when this debt would be shaken of', and the consequence would be. that all property would lie shaken to its centre. Mr. ROEBUCK. could not allow that opportunity to pass without entering his solemn protest agtinst the measure proposed by the Government. In common with other Hun. Members ha considered that the state ment of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer, could not have been more complete, more proper, or inure frank.—(Hear) ; and he, in common Nith them, regretted the indisposition under which the Hai. Gentleman laboured whilst deliverinc his statement. Ile deprecered any desire to unfairly attack or oppose the Government, but lie thought on an o icasion like the present—important in the highest d , gr-e—and he believed most imminent and portentous, that no one should shrink from openly stating their ob. jection to the propositions laid before the House. First of all, a suspicion was created in his mind, in consequence of the altered course of proceeding. The Government had already pissed a Bill, creating machinery for distri buting relief to the Irish people, aid of vesting the per sons se appointed with unlimited power over the funds This Bill, ho believed, had passed the other House. In addition, they had passed a Bill, which hal been impro perly called " a Bill of Indemnity," as it was a Bill to make valid every presentment made at Quarter Sesions in Ireland, and he believed that such presentments with scarcely an exception had been made throughout the whole of Ireland. Yet the Cherie, Bar of the Exchequer now sought power to make a lean if not less th en 8.000,0001., stating, at the same time, that he hid in view the incurring of an expenditur e of 10,000 000/. What was absolutely necessary was a Bill to tax the proprietors of land in Ireland for the support of the poor. A Bill of that nature had been introduced, but it had been put off since the commencement of the session in the most remarkable manner. As he should show from ;the conduct of the Noble Lon at the bead of the Governmcn% He (Lord J. Russell) said that he really hoped end believed that he was about to encounter no opposition to the principle of the 8.11, which, he stated, was, that the property of Ireland should be tax-'d to the amount which would sustain the poor of Ireland.—(" Hear, hear," from Lord J. Russell.) Nuw he (Mr. Roebuck) understood tLat seventy of the largest proprietors had signed a statement in opposition to the Noble Lo:d's views. A number of Roman Catholic clergymen had waited upon him, expressing their dissent at the conduct of the Irish party. Now iheie gentlemen represented themselves as expressing the feelings of the whole of the Irish people. He was inclined to believe that they had banded themselves together for the pur pose of opposing the proposition of a poor-law for Ire land. They are quite willing to receive what money we will give them. But he did hope that English gentlemen would make a stand, and that they would not permit any delusion ; and before they alseeted to any sum they should insist upon a poor-law for Ireland. He would like to know why Irish gentlemen, who came over to England for six or seven months, and maintained their carriages, should net be made to pay the same taxes as the poorest srtiz-in was liable to. (icala) Why he wanted to know how it was, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer did net come forward and propose, in order to meet a portion of the eight milliens, if not the whole, that a property tax be imposed on the landlords of Ireland. He could not at the present time make a proposition on the suject, but before the matter was disposed of he would bring forward that question, and he did hope that every English gentleman in that House would support it ; or if they did net, h trusted the con stituencies which they represented would vote it. He would propose that property in Ireland, as well as in England, sheaf be made to hear the same burden, so that all might contribute alike. The preeent secs said to be an imperial calamity. end that it was right that the United Kin:lum should afford Graetee ; it was en imp, ri,sl calamity, and should be m , t by impe. rial measures. Ireland, as well as England, should be male to contribute. It was said that tithes , unposed an income tax on Ireland, the landlords would never pay. He did not accede to that ; the landed property of Ire land was rated at 13,000,000/. ; arid taking that es a baseis, lie weied tax it to that amount. Irish Members had stated that the poor-rates were generally paid, and h e del see any reas on why a property-t ax should not e also be paid. If the property-tax be not paid, let the property be sold . It appeared to him that th e y s h ould not get out of th d e . scrape. it was but common j ust i ce that they sheula be placed upon the same footing es the rest of the teniteeleine dom. There wts one great difficulty to which he wished to call the attention of the Noble Lord. G, vernm ees had gathered together 600,000 men on the pub,ic works, and the next difficulty would be to disband them. They had been withdrawn from the cultivation of the soil, and applied to enap'ovment of a different kind, and the diffi cnity now would be to get them to resume their ordinary occupations. He admitted that the Government had a difficult problem to solve, more difficult than any body of men had had for a long time to contend with. He did not wholly blame the Government. Lord JOHN RUSSELL —You cannot blame us for the potato failure. Mr. ROEBUCK—The potato crop had failed to the extent of six millions.--(A voice "sixteen.") They had not, however, eight millions of a population to feed. The whole population of Ireland was not starving ; but those who were subjected to the calamity were forced to use a kind of fuel superior in quality and more difficult to obtain than any to which they had hitherto been accustomed. The East India Company was a paternal Government, and he meant to use that as a term of high approbation. It had great power, good intentions, vast intelligence, and had besides what no Government in Ireland had to deal with—a docile people. What Was the result which they experienced in dealing with the visitations of Providence in Why every attempt they ma d e to alleviate, th er e disp ensations had failed, an d h a d b een productive of more evil than if they had done nothing. So strong, therefore, h a d t hi s feeling prevailed, that d they were determined to int er f ere nu more with these dispensati ons. 3; the deter m i ne d t o remove all re the stricmeans of rtions, andeliepf, to people in the ay of obt a i n i ng u e t s , ° w abstai n f ow all interfer ence exactly applica-il e themselves. Now the to n rn d eline o f procee di ng was e , la Beef gre n tin held his hand u a statement made by a „ urab er with wham were Catholic clergy men, siLat %ec t t h t a o t t t h h e e c o of dition of Mallow. The c ommittee tress in that town could not dis resulting from the failure of the considered as as the sufferers had no l and—there 'ot l; t : d c "1 1, some reasoning attempted to account f or this bebeeut these gentlemen stated that th e same distress •-- prevailed eery year—it was the same the year before last and would be found to he the same next year —the greater part of the population living on one meal in the day for half the year round. What was the inference he wished to draw from that statement. It was not to make any imputation, gad therefore he hoped not to be made the subject of the angry vituperation to which he had been lately subjected. The inference he,wished to draw from this was 1 that if Government pursued the course they now proposed, they would only increase and exacerbate all the evils which belonged to Ireland. They would encourage that improvidence and want of forethought which made that people trust upon every one rather than themselves. They had three millions of people now depending on them, and were expending at the rate of a million a month for their support, and the conse quence of all this would be, that they would demoralise the people.—(Hear, hear.) He had letters from every part of Ireland to corroborate what he said, and he knew that it was true, else he would not say it. He appealed to every one who knew any thing of Ireland in confirmation of the truth he had expressed—that the people placed their sole dependence on the Government. He thanked the House for allowing him to make these observations, and he would conclude by warning the Government to abandon this loan for eight millions. They would find their calculations, as to the termination of the distress in August, disappointed ; they would find then that they would have to cope with the same amount of distress as at present—Parliament not sitting— themselves unable to meet the emergency—the same ery— " give"—"give"—still prevailing as at present, and all their exertions ending in making the mass of misery still greater. He warned them, therefore, to stay their steps in time, and not drag down the people of England to the same condition as the people of Ireland were et present reduced. Lord J. tiUSSELL rose not to add any thing to the state ments which had been made by his Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as he had stated the views of the Government so fully and clearly that it would be quite superfluous to do so, but he wished to snake a few observations on the speech of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman who had just sat down, because admitting, as he admitted to the Go vernment, that his views were for the benefit of the country, he was bound to say that he was utterly deceiving himself as well as Parliament, and the greatest danger and folly would result from their adoption. In the first place, with regard to taxation, the Honourable Gentleman said that the income tax ought to be extended to Ireland; that the pre. sent was an imperial calamity; and as Ireland was a part of the United Kingdom, that it should contribute its quota by the income-tax to the alleviation of the calamity. It must be recollected that the present distress pressed most severely upon Ireland, and the greatest exertion had been made by the gentlemen of that country to relieve it— that they had received but a small portion of their ordinary rents, and had expended in msny cases all their usual income. He said, then, while this was the condition of Ireland, however right it might be, if the income tax was to be continued to this country, to extend it also to Ireland, at the same time, in the present circums:ances of that country, he thought it would be neither wise nor just to impose the income-tax upon Ireland. He, therefore, could not agree with the Hon. and Learned Gentleman in that proposition. The Hon. Gentle man then went on to show that the present state of things was nothing but the ordinary state of Ireland, and he read a statement which he ( Lord John Russell) had seen in October last. It was, however, a most rash and unfounded statement to make, that the description there given was at all like the ordinary state of Ireland. Let them sup pose that three-fouths of the ordinary production of the soil had failed, could it be said that the state of things which fol lowed that was the ordinary or usual condition of the country. It was this difference which now produced so large an amount of mortality as now prevailed, and it was clear to every one, that had net some means been adopted, that the deaths would have been multiplied ten or a hundred fold. In England there was a poor-law to meet that state of things, but seeing that they had not resources in Ireland to meet the emergency, large sums of money had to be advanced from the National Exchequer to ward off the famine. There might have been different ways to do so than the Bills which had been introduced, but he could not reconcile himself to allow Bitch a calamity to pervade the people, without endeavouring to allevi ite, to some extent, the pressure, and to supply what was wanted in the ordinary operations of trade. There might be an unwise economy, but yet he gave the Hon. Gentleman full credit for a desire to have legal redress for the money that was to be advanced. They much regretted the state of the people of that country, but he believed that a great mistake prevailed with respect to the assertion that the people had been taken from farm labour to be employed on the public works, as well to the assertion that there was an amplitude of employment for the number of persona who might be employed in farm labour. From the very necessary of the case it was evident that the holdings were so small that the farmers did no t require the a ss i s t ance o these labourers, and, therefore, it is evident that no injury whatever could have accrued to the country to any extent. He did not think that the people had been demoralized by these works—by the execution of these task works, so far as the wages were concerned. If the labourer could obtain the waves for his work, why should he be demoralised by changing from one kind of work for an other, simply because the works on which he was emplosed were what might be called eicless. Supposing any gentleman chose to make a piece of ornamental water on his grounds, and he paid the wages to those who were employed on the work was it to be called a useless and demoralising work, if the men got their wages, any more than if they had been engaged in making a harbour, or in deepening a river. But the great question waa, how was this great change to be brought over Irish society? and that was the question to be contemplated— Whether the landlords or the Government could, by employ ment of the poor, so provide as to create a permanent supply of food for the country? For himself, he thought that by the mere culture of the lands, it could not be produced in sufficient time; and, considering the increase of the population, he was impressed with the belief that the potato culture could not be reoovered in less than seven or eight years with success. He perfectly agreed with the observations of the Hon. Gentleman, that in addition to the great distres of this year, much was to be apprehended and provided for during the next, and it was therefore ridiculout not to anticipate great changes. He did believe that in consequence of this movement that a measure must be introduced, both in this House and the other House of Parliament, for an amendment of the poor-law in Ireland ; and he state,[ this, because he believed that the Irish Members would not, in consideration for their country, oppose such an alteration, and he believed that the result would be productive of great convenience, although he very much regretted the immediate inconvenience that must, for the present, arise from it, and which appeared to be apprehended from the few words that had fallen from the Hon. Member for Coventry, respect ing the estimates, for those estimates had been prepared with the most impartial consideration, for the welfare of the country. He could certainly tell that Hen. Member, that those estimates had been prepared with a view to the utmost economy, so far an it was necessary for the welfare of the country to co.asider that point. But it should be recol lected that it was necessary to keep up both branches of the service in such a state of efficiency as would enable them to act effectually in the event of an invasion of the country. It should be recollected that last year there had been a great increase in both trade and commerce. These estimates had, indeed, been prepared with a view to preserve the greater uniformity between the two years, so that there were only three. quarters of the year included in the estimates for this. Last year the estimates for these branches was 6,630,000/., and this year it was 6,i40,000/. ; during the quarter last year it was 9,972/., and this year it was 12,787/. In the Ordnance the estimates last year were for 2,547,000/., and for this year 2,679,000/., making an increase of 135,000/. For the corres ponding quarter last year it was 67,239!., while for this quarter it was 67,258!. This increase had been rendered necessary by an addition to the number of men required for the Ordnance depart ment, and in order to render the service effective. In the Navy estimates, the increase was 77,426/., being for an addition of 1,5(10 men. He could assure the Hon. Member for Coventry that the estimates of the increase of the number of men was for 3,000, but the Government had only decided upon an in crease of 1,500 for the present year. He ( Lord J. Russell) must allow that - there had been a large increase since the year 1635, but still he believed that the increase was no more than justified by the enlargement of our commercial relations, and that it was necessary, for the security of that commerce, and was one of the great reasons why that commerce flourished at the present period of distress.—(The Noble Lord was loudly cheered throughout his speech, which continued some time after he sat down. ) Lord G. BENTINCK could not sufficiently admire the clearness of the exposition which his Right lion. Friend the Chancellor of the Exceeqner bad made to the House, nor su:rieiently admire the chivalrous bravery which had induced him to leave a sick bed to make that statement; and deeply did he (Lord G. Bentinek) regret that his Right Hon. Friend had been compelled to leave the House, especially as the discussion might prove useful in that discussion to make up the deficiency in the Exchequer. His Right Hon. Friend had stated that he was not prepared to make up that deficiency by any increase of the income-tax. His Right Hon. Friend might well abstain from making any increase of that tax amid the present stagna tion of trade, and had done welt to congratulate himself on the increase of the revenue from the taxes derived from the taxes on the articles of consumption. But there might be an other reason why his Right Hon. Friend bad abstained from an increase of the income-tax, and this he supposed would be found in the fact that the present Parliament was in its last year, anti that neither the members of the present Government Or the late Government would like to go to the country for an election with the knowledge that they had voted for an increase of the income-tax. The Honourable. Member for Coventry (Mr. Williams) had expressed great surprise at the great increase of the military and naval forces. Nor was it all surprising that he should do so, for when he recollected the higo flown promises of the Noble Lord who had risen from hi, native woods and forests into his new quality. he had pro mised the people of Sheffield that he would never have to go to his Right lion. Friend Mr. Ward to maintain the navy in all its efficiency—that the red artillery was to quench its mur derous battery, and he (Lord G. B'ntinck) thought the Hon. Member for Coventry had great reason to complain when he found that amid all teose promises 1200 men were to be added to the army and 50C to the marines. The Right Hon. Gen tleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer had said that he (the Member for Lynn) would certainly consent to raise four millions for Ireland, for the purpose of public works, which the fo; the l \ slai ru ni e str p y urpo h s a e d , ‘.itcoitnsweanstedto cometo were likely t o b e use l ess, b ut he should recollect that g o ra u n t t 0 f I t o h , eOOOOO English 01. purse. The [tight lion Gentleman had expressed hi s sat i s . faction that th e money ;taus advanc e d was nottobe expended in Missisippi I 3 onds, but that it was to be advanc e d for rail ways in Ireland. the R i ght Hon. Gentleman had congratu lated the /louse o n th e i ncrease of the taxes derivedfrothe articles of consumpti on , an d h a d i nstituted a compariso nn on the articles of coffee and butter, and had stated that be tween the years 1843 and 1845, it increased from 180,000 cwt., to 240,000 cwt., but now the con sumption amounted to 250,000 cwt. In cheese the consumption between 1843 and 1845, the increase was from 9 57,000 cwt. to 287,000 cwt., but between that year and the last the consumption had increased to 288,000 cwt. The Right Hon. Gent. had been inclined toascribe all this improvement to free trade and had asserted there was an increase of 250 per cent. on the tea returns. Between 1844 and 1846 there had been an increase of from 41,000,00011)s. of tea to 4!;,000,COO1bs. in the latter year. In hops there had been an increase of from 27,000,000 to 32,000,000 lbs. ; and in malt there had been an increase, between 1843 to 1845, from 33,000,0:l0 to 46,000,000; but then it should be recol lected that all this increase was to he ascribed to ihe great increase of population. The Noble Lord then went through the several amounts of the sugar and the silk duties, alleging that in the former the increase was owing to the use of slave grown sugar. and that the increase in the duty on silks, from 218,000 to 297,000, was owing to the repeal of the duty on foreign silks, which had been productive of great distress to the Suitalfields weavers, with whom he had been placed in communication; and yet who, notwithstanding their own sufferings, had intimated their intention of con tributing to the relief of the distress in Ireland. The letter went on to state, " and had your Lordship possessed the reins of power—(Lau2,hter, and " Hear, hear,")—the peo ple of that country would not have perished in the way they have." This was the expression —the honest expression of the poor working classes of Spitalfields, for their unfortunate fellow subjects in Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) He agreed with them, srid when he heard from the Right Honourable Gentleman the statement that in all this large expenditure, but 293,000/. had been expended to afford a certain kind of employment for the people of Ireland, he for one felt deep regret at the smallness of the sum which Her Ma jesty's Government, acting upon the principles of political economy, had advanced. It would be a standard in the face of Europe, that 250,0,X1 Christian panple had perished from starvation in Ireland, while in a neighbouring country, under the mutiorveerpnarnteernnta,l h e believed, ohfadthepulcicinhgaseodf tnheearFlyren2coho,,owohoosef quarter s of grain to feed the people of that country, Not '• a to by yk , e o t,h r je a n rt w s woman, ogrii i:ora fn:;:ht chili'_" —for, he asthe language . of Mr. the scarcity of 1793, had been alluded or him --yes, not ctenzsmight And ah sal b it e dv a i tthoed from s at quote r u tv ( h ) a t e. e lion in France. ue- Irish people e when many of them had perished by thousands, could abstain from comparing their condition and their treatment with that which the people of France met with at the hands of that Government. It was not his intention to trouble the House at any length upon that occa sion ; but he must say that it did strike him as somewhat sur prising, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer should come down to the House and state that before long it was his inten tion to contract a loan, and that it was his intention to pay 3i per cent. Why, 3i per cent. was not the interest which he found very general at the present moment ; and he (Lord G. Bentinck) could not help supposing that those who had money to lend, hearing that the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed to pay 3i per cent., would not accept less, although they might. perhaps, have been disposed, if the amount had not been speci fied, to take a smaller rate. Mr. SHAW said at the time the income-tax was imposed on this country there was no machinery to carry out such a tax in Ireland. But the Hon. Gentleman was the very man to-night who, at such a time, would advise the imposition of such a tax on Ireland. If the burden was an imperial one, he was at a loss to know why Ireland should pay full half of it. If the public works were stopped suddenly, he could not see what would be done with the persons employed on those works at the pre sent moment. The small farmers, who were but slighty re moved from the holding of a " cottier" tenement, paid as long as they could their tenants in 'potatoes ; but if the public works had not offered employment to the starving, greater mortality would h ave b een t h e result. The calamity had not been confined to Ireland, but had extended to parts of this country, and on the continent ; and in such a state of things, it was incumbent upon this country to come forward and aid those suffering in another part of the kingdom. In referring to the statement of the Hon. Gentle. man, with regard to the poor-la w , h e (M r . Sh aw ) b egged to say ;hat he was wholly opposed to an indiscriminate out-door relief; but as that was not the proper time to discuss a perma nent poor-law for Ireland, he would not address the House with respect to it. He did not, however, object to giving out-door relief during such a calamity as the present. He did not say that every man in this country did as he ought to do; but this he could say, that the resident landlords and absentees of Ireland had subscribed to the funds being raised to the utmost of their power. Mr. ROEBUCK explained that what he meant to say, was that the landowners of Ireland had exacerbated the evils of that country. If an inquiry were granted into the matter, he could prove that even the resident landowners had not con tributed to the fund for the relief to the poor, to the utmost of their power. It was the gentlemen of the country who were thus to blame, and not the farmers and other persons of Ireland who were to blame. If Englishmen would join him, he would drain the land of Ireland for the support of Ireland's poor. The land of England had been mortgaged for the support of the poor of Ireland ; and it was but right that the soil of Ireland should be mortgaged for a similar purpose.--( Hear, hear.) Mr. GOULBURN would not then deal with an im proved poor-law for Ireland. He knew no question more difficult to deal with than the one on which the Right Hon. Gentleman (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) had addressed them. It was impossible he thought, to lay a statement more clearly before the House Alan he had done--(Hear)—and the office was one of great responsibility, inasmuch as a gentleman in his position had to pursue impor.. tant measures for the present, and at the same time to keep in view whatever exigencies might occur. The Right Honourable Gentleman began his speech by a statement of the expectations which he (Mr. Goulburn) held out on a former occasion with respect to the public revenue of the year which had just elapsed. He (Mr. Goulburn) said that he had stated that he anticipated there would be a surplus next year exceeding 776,000/. He confessed he had entertained sanguine expectations that that surplus would have been greater; but as reductions of duty were made, it was impossible at the time to which he referred to form an accurate estimate of the revenue which would be derived from the increased consumption, yet although his expectations were of a large amount, he did not estimate so large a sum as that which those reductions bad already produced. Thus, instead of being 776,000/., it would be nearly 3,000.000/. The lion. Gentleman made, he thought, one error when he s t a t e d th at h e (M r. G oul burn )had no right to calculate upon an increase in the sugar duties, because he stated that he was not the author of the alteration in these duties, but when slave and free grown sugar were admitted into this country, a great increase in the consumption took place. The increase in free sugar had been 1,700,000 ewts., while the increase in slave-grown sugar was only 400,000 cwts. ; so that the increase of slave-grown sugar had not increased to an ex tent to influence the revenue. Unquestionably the great in crease in the revenue was in consequence of the facilities offered to manufactures, and to the cheapening of articles of food, by which the comforts of the people had been materially enhanced. The Noble Lord said the Right Hon. Gentleman had encouraged the introduction of the silk of other countries ; but if they had admitted raw silk into this country, they bad ex ported to other countries a great increase of manufaeured silk. From the returns, it appears, that in 1844, the quantity of raw silk imported was 3,600,000 lbs. ; in 1845, 3,700,000 lbs. ; in 1846, 3,900,000 lbs. ; showing a large increase in quantity over ,1 the antecedent years of the raw material imported. With re spect to the experts, he might state, that silks to the value of 692,0001. was exported in 1844 ; in 1845, to the value of I I 700,000/. ; in 1846, to the value of 768,0001. ; being an in crease of 68,000/. of the manufactured silk exported in the pre ceding year; showing clearly that, however large the quantity of raw silk imported into these countries, the export trade has received a corresponding activity. That the manu facturers had suffered largely from the high prices of provisions, he regretted to say he could not doubt, But the Noble Lord further went on to say that it was net merely on the articles of silk that consumption had increased. He told them that an increase had taken place on malt and hops and other articles on which there had been a reduction. Why he admitted that such was the case—that was part of the advantage derived from that very system which he (Mr. Gotil burn ) had the honour of introducing to that House, which gave increased power to the industrious to purchase, by reducing the taxes on the raw material. But he told us that it was owing to a system of railways introduced into the country, and a large sum' of money expended mostly under the direction of the Hon. Member for Sunderland, but he ought to haye re collected that the expenditure on railways has not been con fined to the last year, but to some years antecedent, years in which there had been the greatest deficiency in the revenue. He found that the London and Birmingham had expended 8,000,000/. ; that the Grand Junction had expended 4,500,0005.; the Brighton 2,800,0001. He did not wish to disparage the effects which railways had upon the country, but he said that it was not just or accordant with the fact to ascribe to them the augmentation which had - taken place in the revenue, which had arisen from a reductif n on the articles of prime necessity. The Hon. Member for Montrose considered that the Government should have raised a loan in order to relieve and keep down taxation. It was true that they had reduced the taxation when there had been a surplus of revenue to warrant it, in the hope that the revenue world come round by the increased consumption. But to the borrowing money from year to year, for the purpose of reducing the taxes, would be to involve the country in a round of deficiencies and misfortunes. The review of the financial state of the country could not be but satisfactory to the party with whom he had acted, and in this moment of difficulty and danger, they could not but feel that it was by firmly and man fully providing for contingencies, that the country was in so good a position. They should have been involved in a series of deficiencies and difficultie, if they had foll o w e d th e a d v i ce o f the Honourable Member ' for Montrose, he came new to the consideration of how the emergency was to be met. Some Honourable Gentlemen insisted that it should be by a loan, others that Ireland should have been taxed to the full amount of her necessity. But he considered that when a great over whelming calamity brought upon the land not by human agency, but by a far higher power, when they found their crops blighted, and their subsistence removed, that they should bow to the inflict:on, and submit to the existing state of the coun try, he considered that a loan was the only means to meet the emergency, and he considered that it should be lent with the distinct declaration that what was now advanced as a loan must be repaid by the people for whose necessity it was granted. It might be fair hereafter to impose upon Ireland taxes to se cure the repayment of this loan, but now the only effect would be to destroy the landlords who had already done all they could and who, in the event of any taxation would be compelled to leave the country, or to leave undone those duties which they were now so stedfastly pursuing. As far as regarded the Go- vernment, nothing could be more satisfactory than the speech of the Right Han. Gentleman, the Chancellor of the Exche quer ; and it was a pledge that he intended to pursue a sound and solid system of finance, by his determination that the mea sure should not be dependent upon the exchequer alone, which should bo protected from the evil effects of drawing from it so large a aum as he had prcposed for the relief of Ireland. Mr. VERNON SMITH said that the Right Honourable Gentleman who had just sat down, had objected to the expression used by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he said that he would call the advances to Ireland a loan, and in his statement as to the way in which he intended to raise the money, he thought that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had been more in the wrong even than the Right Hon. Gentleman had suppostel, for he (Mr. V. Smith) thought that if the money had been raised upon interminable annuities, that money would be much more sate, and would reflect less burden upon the country. He thought that the people of England were at present not aware as to the extent of the measure they we re entering upo n an d i ts e ff ects upon their finance. He gave them the fullest credit for generosity of feeling in adopting any mea sures for the relief of Ireland, and he thought that having entered upon the question they intended to provide against any such calamity in future, by placing such property upon an equality of footing with English property; but he thought the means adopted were not sate ones, and, in his opinion, when the Chancellor of the Exchequer made his statement he could not have altogether excluded from his mind the question of inter minable annuities. Alderman THOMPSON said, that he had heard with great satisfaction the statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer with regard to the finances of the country ; but he did think there would not be very long any surplus in the Exchequer. lie did not think that the Government was properly aware of the expense they would have to incur in relieving Ire elneanonieemddns,ttria:nfoewnire the Chancellor of the Exchequer had said that he was not sanguine that the current revenue of the thoughte e e n t y the le d gt e eh m a e a t d n v d a s e euponee considerab le a s i t Ireland e and, ee t caution under r h the ne oe tidi cni be ea h:neragt,lazt;trfizatlyzetnht at an present. eeheff ghan ceralleotre.of t i he he E G xc e h v e e te e r te h h a t dzd verze i place e the tthh ee annualaCi i state o( l o rt. n o ing else, but, it seemed, nothing was to be don to nual at present. He hoped the Government would reconsider th e e question, and that the - House would not slightly part with the power which it had over these annual votes of money. Mr. F. BARING differed with the Honourable Gentle.. man. So far from thinking the annual vote being necessary, on the other hand, he was glad that the Right Hon. Gentleman had decided to get rid of this annual botheration about particular taxes ; mil in making that change he did not think the Constitution or the people would suffer thereby. With regard to the state of the country he believed the Right Hon. Gentleman had made a full statement of its financial prospects. Taxing the estimated expenditure and income there appeared to be a surplus of 400,000 i , on the year. This was leaving out of view the money proposed to be raised by extraordinary means. He q. ite agreed with the state ment of the late Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Goulburn), that they should endeavour to make the increase always m ee t the expenditure, and that he (Mr. Baring), had endeavoured to do so when he held the office, much as it might be said to the •ontrare. Perhaps if he had had three as good harvests as that Right Hon. Gentleman, he should have bad as good a surplus in the Exchequer annually as the late Government. He con sidered the statement of the Right Honourable Gentle man the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Wood) most able and explicit, and he quite agreed with him that they ought to meet the di ffi culty by un extraordinary step. No doubt some lion. Gentlemen had objected to that course, but that was the best course left the Government in bear:Fhl w ould present circumstances. Had it been ever so desirable, he did not think it would have been possible to have digested measures of a permanent character soon enough to be of service. Should, however, the next year present a similar aspect to the present one, then he was decidedly of opinion that some means would have to be taken to make up the deficiency other than by loans or the funding of a permanent debt.—(Hear, hear.) He did not agree with the Hon. Member for Coventry, that the pre sent and past Governments, for several years past, had been very extravagant, and that they ought to have reduced the expenses. In answer to that, the Government had been, all things considered, very economical. Had they yielded to the representations made to them, there would have been a much greater increase than there had been. Still there had been a great increase in dwithstanding. From 1835 to 1846 there had been an actual increase of seven millions this was exclusive of the charge for collection, and the charges on the debt. This, however, was not perhaps a fair representation, but taking 1835 to 1846 there had been an increase of five millions in the year's expenses. MO was before the Whies came into power, who made a considerable reduction ; still, at the end of 1646, there had been an increase of five millions in the year's expenses.—(Hear, hear. ) He thought that when they had before them the prospect of next year increasing the burdens of the country ; he did think —perhaps it might be impertinent in him to tell the House so— that it would be better for it to change its conduct, rather than impede Ministers, and cause their country to bleed at every pore. Mr. MUNTZ said that it had been alleged that they aught not to increase the taxes at that period, but he did not tee the force of this reasoning. Why should they not have an in creased property-tax? He thought it would be better to have their difficulties placed before them, instead of deferring the consideration of them to a future year. He was in favour of moderate taxation, as opposed to the measure introduced that night, and would give his vote for it accordingly. Mr. B. ESCOTT thought that if the Members of that House went back to their constituents, the better it would be for the country. The Noble Lord, the Member for Lynn, had given the true solution of the policy of the Government, when he said that this was the last session of the present Parliament. But the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Portsmouth, had told them very significantly that the question of finance must be considered in Parliam ent next year. He certainly thought this his Right Hon. Friend, the able Chancellor of the Exchequer would (as he was sure the Speaker who had last spoken, or the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn could) hare introduced a better measure than that he had presented them. He thought that when this enormous sum was wanted, a con siderable reduction of taxation should have taken place. Mr. EWART was opposed to the principle of the resolution introduced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Those whu looked to the interest of the country, must sooner or later turn their attention to the principles of direct taxation. Mr. G. BANKES was glad to see that the measure of the Noble Lord, the Member for Lynn, was receiving a greater degree of favour in that House now, than it did w h en it was first brought forward. The Noble Lord had proposed that they should have some return for this outlay of money, whereas, now it was proposed that they should advance the large sum of 8 ,000,0001., without the least prospect of a return. The Hon. Member for Winchester was pleased to say that he did not receive the Noble Lord's proposition when it was firs) propounded, with the same favour that he did now. No wonder. The Hen. Member, it was quite clear, up till now had not taken the trouble to under stand it. His Noble Friend proposed, not that the money, but the credit of England, should be brought to the aid of the people of Ireland ; but Government proposed they should give, not the credit, brat the money of England, without a chance of a return.._( Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth has asked his Noble Friend what was the credit of a country. He would tell the Right Hon. Baronet, in the words of a distinguished predecessor of his own, Mr. Pitt said "the credit of a country was not its storms, but its sunshine, which gives life and spirit to everything around without injuring the principle from which it emanates." His Noble Friend had endeavoured to throw the sunshine of the credit of England over the plains of Ireland, and he did not envy the man who could throw his shadow in its way. Ireland had a great claim upon this country, and England ought not to shrink from redeeming the pledges of Mr. Pitt, given at the time of the union. The time had now come when these pro mises ought to be fulfilled, and the only way to do so, was to fertilise the plains of Ireland, through the medium of English credit. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL begged leave to remind the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down, that the proposition of the Noble Lord would not have been a substitute for the eight mil lions proposed to be advanced by the Government. The money advanced under the Noble Lord's Bill would have been in ad dition to the eight millions. IVhen the Honourable Gentle tleman said that he did not think any portions of the eight millions would be returned, it was his duty as an Irish representative to tell him that a portion of it, if not the whole, which it was proposed to advance as a loan, would be paid, and punctually paid— at all events, were it not, he should be prepared to support the application of the principles of di rect taxation to Ireland.—( Hear, hear). Much credit was due to the Noble Lord, the Member for Lynn, for having mooted the principle of assisting Irish railways with English capital, and while he did not agree with the details of the Noble Lord's plan, he hoped shortly to see Government introduce a measure based upon the same principle. He was gratified to witness the good feoling on the part of Hon. Members of that House towards Ireland. He was also speak k ified in to b sue e h a t r e t r he ms offl t a n. pp ll r l e e h mb atie e for Bath nr of the theee(esrslr. course t. Roebuck) pursued by the Government towards Ireland, and seemingly e t e o m fo e r t g im et es so ad m dr u e c s h sed of theth fi oseg eu re se at , powers and underof reason r b of y whichwh e h h h e e (Mr. Roebuck) somet i mes appea l e d t o th e prejudices of Hon. Members. Mr. FINCH th oug ht t h a t th e presen t u nfavo u r a bl e s t a t e o f the circulation o f th e country , and the high rate of interest, arose from the defi c i ency o f a we ll- regu lated system o f p aper money. If such a system were i n ex i s t e nc e , th e Ch ance ll or of the Exchequer would be able to save the sum of 8O0,(1001. in the loan he was about to contract. He wished to be under stood with reference to the proposed grant for the relief of Ireland, that if the sum of eight, ten, or twenty millions were to be instrumental in raising the moral and physical condition of the people of Ireland, he should say that the money would be well spent.—The resolution was then agreed to. The House resumed. Mr. GREENE brought up the report which was ordered to be reported to-morrow. LABOURING POOR (IRELAND) BILL. The report upon this Bill was brought up, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time to-morrow (Wednesday). LANDED PROPERTY (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill went through Committee, and the report was ordered to be received to-nierrow. AGRICULTURAL TENANT-RIGHT BILL. Mr. PUSEY moved that this Bill be read a second time, with an understanding that it should be referred to a Committee up stairs. Colonel SIBTHORPE objected to the Bill, as)se thought it would create a jealousy between landlord and tenant calcu lated to produce the greatest mischief. Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT did not object to the measure though he came down to the House with very different feel ings regarding it. lie hoped, however, that atter it was re ferred to a Select Committee up stairs, it would come down shorn of its objeetionable provisions. Mr. MILES agreed with the Hon. Member who had just sat down, and he hoped when the Bill should come down from the Committee it would be such as to be acceptable to all parties. After a few words from Mr. FINCH to the same effect, Mr. NEWDEGATE thought that the object of the Bill ought to be to assimilate the principle of the Bill with the practice that prevailed between landlord and tenant, and that it would be unwise to interpose any bar to mutual agreements between them. Mr. B. ESCOTT believed that as this fill was to be sent up stairs it would be useless to say anything about it, but as the object of it was the great question among the farmers of this country, he only trusted that the consequence of sending it up stairs, would not be, as he feared it would be, to shelve it for the present session. Mr. HINDLE Y thought that the Bill had been so care lessly drawn that the effect of it would b e to render the position of the farmer worse than it was n ow , f or the consequence would be only for landlords to keep th e i r tenants constantly under notice to quit. He trusted, h owever, if it were sent up stairs, thatevery clause the a ucsoeu n would try , the t e t n searchinglyant s' rights in through. Surrey and Sir W. JOLLIFFE thought that i f thi s Bi ll were to extend to every part of Sussex would be very much restricted. Mr. PUSEY said that in reply to th e o b servation that the Bill was carelessly phrased, he had to say that it had been drawn up by one of the first conveyancers in London. From several years experience with the improvement of the country, he had been led to turn his attention to this subject, and the Bill was the result of many years experience. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be re ferred to a Select Committee. BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES (SCOTLAND BILL.) The LORD ADVOCATE moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the registration of births, deaths, and marriages in Scotland. Any one, he thought, who was acquainted with the parochial ree,isters of Scotland, could not fail to see the neces sity of such a FORBES did not so much object to the principle of the Bill, as to the expenses which it would involve. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. MARRIAGE IN SCOTLAND. The LORD ADVOCATE moved for leave to introduce a Bill to amend the law of settlement affecting the constitution of marriage. His object was to narrow the evidence with re. spect to marriages, to have them registered, and to make Ole r.gistry accessible to all parties, and not in any way to affect r ppo parents n o t f s co andn the religious law on the subject. The subject was one o f the utmost importance to the people of Scotland. Sir J. GRAHAM said he was excessively glad that s uc h a measure had been undertaken by the Noble and Learned L or d . their pu He considered that the most flag r ant abuses had existed in th e facility which was given to parties not resident i n S cotland, t b r u a t e ti merely ng marriage passi g ste m u t t h e t h borderse ofthe licence for guardians. The LORD ADVOCATE said that the subject was one of great difficulty, but it would be very easy to introduce a short clause, by which, the registrar would be prevented from solemnizing a marri. ge unless one of the parties had been resi dent in the country for a certain number of days before the marriage. The House then adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceeainc,s of the House of Commons.; NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. SATURDAY, FEB. 20. The following Railway Bills are appointed to be read a second time : THURSDAY, FEB. 25. Paisley and Renfrew (Sale and Improvement). East of Fite (Markinch Deviat r u). Eastern Counties (Ilford to ll!bury Fort and Southend, with a Branch from Vange to Battle Bridge) Chester and Holyhead (Extensions at Chester and Holy head, &c.) Dublin and Belfast Junction and Navan Branch. Dublin and Drogheda (Branch from Navan to Kells). Birmingham, Wolverilampton, and Stour Valley (No. 2) Branches. Cornw , ll. Oldham Alliance. FRIDAY, FEB. 26. Northampton and Banbury. PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS. HOUSE OF CONDIONS, FEB. 22. (Room 22, before Mr. Examiner SMITH.) UNOPPOSED LIST. In the following unopposed cases the customary formal proofs were completed:— Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway, No. 3 (Ex tension from Bury St. Edmund's to Thetford). Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway (Warwick and Stratford Line). Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Amendment (Deviation of the line). Limerick Docks and Harbour Improvement. Belfast Port and Harbour Acts Amendment, Further Im provement, and New Works and Amendment of Belfast and Cave-hill Railway and Belfast Acts Improvement. Wakefield Gaslight Act Amendment (Extension of works). Ra E il a: a t ' e y rn pu C rc m h n as i e te ) s . Railway (Maldon,Wiitlam, and Braintree (WPC/SID LIST. Eastern Counties R a il wa y (Enlargement of Loudon and Stratford Stations and Amendment Acts). Eastern Counties Railway (Branch from Stratford to the Victoria Park). In these two opposed cases the opposition was not success ful, and the customary formal proofs were completed. (Room 23, before gr. EXaMiCer MAY.) U XOPPOSID LosT. In the foll ow i ng unopposed cases the customary formal proofs were completed : Midland Railway (k4tension of the Nottingham and Lin . coin Branch Railway at Lincoln, with Connexion Branch to the Lincoln Station). Bingley Improvement. Surrey and Kent Commission of Sewers' Act Amendment. Bognor Docks. Great Western of Bengal Railway Company, for the making and maintaining a Railway from Calcutta to Raja malial, in the province of Bengal, with such Extensions and Branches as may be determined (Incorporation). Sovereign Lite Assurance Company. Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Act (Stourbridge and West Bromwich line). OPPOSED LIST. MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY. This important case was opposed by several parties. It occupied the rest of the day, but the allegations sustained were not of a fatal or important character. It was adjourned till to-morrow (to-day). THE RIVER PLATE. Extracts of letters received from the River Plate by the William Peile, arrived at Liverpool. BUENOS AYRES, Nov. 30, 184 G.—From the interior all is quiet. We are led to believe that General Urquiza is quite fa vourable to this Government, and we have r,s reason to doubt our information, notwithstanding all sorts of rumours to the contrary. Rivera has opened his campaign with a few native fol lowers and some French basques. We are of opinion lie will do nothing, although great hopes are entertained to the con trary at Monte Video. Jerked beef and tallow are allowed to be exported from this, by special permission from the Government. DEC. B.—Political matters offer nothing new. An active and strenuous opposition will be made by the Monte Video circle to prevent any arrangement whilst they are in receipt of 2,0001. per day from the Custom House. Exchange-745. per doubloon; doubloons, 320 dolls. MONTE VIDEO, Dim 15.—1 n politics nothing worth re peating. Affairs in Entre Rios continued about the same. Exchange --45d. to 451 d. (From the British Packet, Buenos Ayres paper, of Dec. 5.) Messrs. Graham and G. L. Brent arrived in town on Monday last from Paraguay, with dispatches for the United States legation. It is understood that Signior Lopez had not only issued a decree, as was before stated, suspending hostilities against the confederation, but actuslly disbanded his army. For the rest, the Paraguay ruler appears to be as infatuated as ever with the idea of dissevering that pro vince from the national union ; and there is but too much reason to apprehend that his eyes will not be opened to the folly of such a pretension until he shall have shaken off the ominous influence of Brazilian diplomacy. That Signior Lopez should remain for any great length of time under his present delusion we deem quite i•nprobable, and we look forward with confidence to the period of pacification and re• newal of commercial intercourse as the commencement of an era fruitful of results demonstrative of the immense benefits to be derived from preserving the national union unimpaired, and equally conclusive as to the selfish motives by w.dch the Imperial Cabinet is actuaied in encouraging a separat I. n by which Paraguay would be the only loser, and Brazil the sole f,.ainer. Although the mission of Messrs. Graham and Brent has failed to attain the main object for which it wns undertaken, it will, neverthe'ess, be productive of one very useful result in contributing to correct the erroneous impressions so pre valent abroad with respect to everything connected with Paraguay, and thus leading to a just appreciation of the na ture of the question at issue. OFFICIAL NOTE. Buenos Ayres, Nov. 9, 1846. The Minister of Foreign Relations, &c. To Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert, Commander-in-Chief of her Brit;sh Majesty's naval forces in the river Plate. The undersigned, by order of his Excellency the Governor anti Captain-General of the Province, has the honour to ad dress you, for the purpose of placing at your disposition the articles composing the luggage of the Brititli officer Charles G. Peg - en, commander of the schooner Federal, captured by the Argentine forces stationed at San Lorenzo, on the passage down of that vessel. His Excellency the Governor has directed the under signed on this occasion to forward you a copy of the list re mitted with said luggage by the provisional Commander- in- Chief of the department of the north. General Lucio Mancilla, and also of the note addressed under this date to that officer, detailing the motives of this resolution. The undersigned trusts that Commodore Herbert will look upen the slight demonstration of the Argentine Government as a fresh proof, among so many others that it has evinced, o f the esteem with which it regards the recent course of policy adopted by her Britannic Majesty with respect to the Argentine Confederation. The undersigned avails himself of this opportunity to re new to Commodore Herbert the expression of the high esteem with which he has regarded him at all times. God preserve you many years. FELIPE ARANA. ROYAL CALEDONIAN ASYLTJM.—HiS Grace the Duke of Cambridge and the Duchess, and the Princess Mary, and the Prince Frederick of Hesse, visited this insti tution yesterday, where they remained upwards of two hours. They expressed themselves highly delighted with the cheer ful and hearty appearance of the boys. A band, consisting of thirty of the Imp, played several national airs, while the rest danced on the lawn, all of them in full Highland costume. The Princess Mary requested Captain Lamont, R.N., to give the boys a holiday, to which he readily ac ceded. THE SPEAKER'S LEVEE.—The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons gave his fourth grand Parliamentary entertainment on Saturday last, at his man sion in Eaton-square ; tLe guests of the Ri g ht. H on Gentle man on this occa s i on being the leading members of the Pro tectionist party. Covers were laid for 28. The circle in cluded Lerd George Bentir.ck, the Marquis of Chandos, Vis count Bernard, Lord John Manners, Hon. C. E. Law, Sir John Tyrrell, Sir William Verner, the Right Hon. F. Shaw, Colonel Sibthorp, Major Beresford, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Miles, Mr. Bankea, Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Packe, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Christopher, Mr. R. Palmer. Mr. Arkwright, Mr. G. A. Hamilton, Mr. Finch, Mr. Quintin Dick, Mr. Neeld. Mr. Houldsworth, Mr. F. Mackinnon, Mr. Henley, and Mr. Lefroy. After the banquet the Right Hon. Gentleman held his first levee for the present session. The Duke of Wellington was amongst the earliest to pay his respects to the Speaker. His Grace arrived in company with 'Lord Charles Wellesley. The general circle at the levee comprised the following members of the Lower House:— The Earl Jermyn, Viscount Mahon, Viscount Sandon, Viscount Ebrington, Viscount Newry and Morne, Lord Brooke Lord Dalmeney, Lord J ames S tart, L ord Norreys, Lord Clements, Lord Ernest Bruce, Hon. H. T. Lidd e ll , Hon. H. Fit zro y . H on. T . Vesey, Right Hon. Sir. Robert Peel, Right Hon. Sir James Graham, Right Hon. the At tornev-General, Sir William Somerville, Sir Charles Douglas, Sir Benjamin Hall, Sir Charles Lemon, Sir E. Colebroeke, Sir John Pakington, Sir W. Ileathcote, Sir Richard Bulke ley Phillips, Sir A. L. Hay, Sir Robert Inglis, Sir John Hope, Sir Montague Cholmeley ; Right Hon. Colonel G. L. D arner , Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, Right Hon. E. Strutt, Right Hon. Fox Maule, Right Hen. T. Milner Gibson; Captain Boldero, Captain Connolly, Captain Egerton, Captain James; Alderman Copeland, Dr. Bowrill, Mr. Greene, Mr. Black burne, Mr. Waddington, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Ricardo, Mr. Dugdale, Mr. Bodkin, Mr. Sanderson, Mr. R. Ferguson, Mr. D. O'Connell, Mr. J. O'Connell, Mr. Card well, Mr. Stuart, Mr. W. 0. Gore, Mr. D. Barclay, Mr. Gibson Craig, Mr. Muntz, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Willshere, Mr. Spooner, Mr. R. D. Mangles, Mr. Towneley, Mr. Godson, Mr. V. Stuart, M r . P rot h eroe, M r. Kemble, Mr. B. Denison, Mr. Romilly, Mr. Bannerman, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Williams, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. Hayter, Mr. Rich, Mr. W r i g h tson , M r. P. Butler, Mr. Brothertun , Mr. W. Brown, Mr. Hastie, Mr. Aldam, Mr. Brownrigg, Mr. llindley, Mr. Ross, M r . C r i pps , Mr. Fernald, Mr. S. Crawford, M r . Dundas, Mr. F. French, and Mr. Hildyard. Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Whitbread, Mr. Setwell, and some few other gentlemen, not having seats in the House, paid their respects to the Speaker, at the levee. The Duke of Wellington was the only Member of the House of Peers present. FUNERAL OF THE LATE DUKE OF NORTHUMBER LAND.—The remains of this lamented nobleman were re moved on Friday last from Alnwick Castle, and will to-day be consigned to the vault of his ancestors in West minster Abbey. The body was conveyed in a hearse drawn by six horses, and attended by the household of his Grace's establishment and a numerous body of tenantry, 300 of whom were on foot and 600 on horseback. The magistrates and clergy of the county of Northumberland preferred a request to be allowed to follow the remains in a body, but the re quest was respectfully declined by his Grace's relatives, it being their wish to have the attendance confined to the im mediate dependants on the family, the townspeople, and the tenantry. The shops in the town of Alnwick were closed, and the bells of the churches and of the Town-hall tolled at intervals. Nearly the whole male population of the town joined the procession. About a mile from Alnwick the procession halted, and the townspeople and members of the household filed off. Three miles fur ther another halt was made, and the tenantry filed off, and the procession, reduced to the hearse, the private carriage o f his Grace, that of the Duchess, and a mourning coach with four horses, proceeded onward by Felton and Morpeth to Newcastle, being met at every stage of its progress by the mournful demonstrations of respect of the inhabitants of the various places through which it passed. At Newcastle it was met by the Mayor in his state carriage and the authorities of the town, and by a great number of gentlemen on horseback, upwards of thirty private carriages, and a large body of tenantry. The concourse of spectators was immense, the bells of the churches being tolled and minute guns fired from the Castle. On reaching Tyne bridge the procession was met by the Mayor and corpora• tion of Gateshead, the flags on the ships in the river being hoisted half-mast high. At the railway station the hearse with the coffin in it was at once run on to a truck and se cured in the usual manner. This caused some disappoint ment to those who expected to get a view of the coffin. The arrangements throughout appear to have been very judicious. The manner in which the immense crowd of people who witnessed the possession exhibited their respect for the de ceased is the best testimony to his character and of their egret for his loss. FURTHER DISCOVERLES IN MINERALS IN WEST AusTaLlA.—We have been favoured with communications from Sir James Stirling (the first Governer of the colony), Mr. T. R. C. W a lt ers, and Mr. A. Shton, announcin coveries of minerals b y their respective correspondents. g Sir James Stirling's letters inform him that traces of a mine of copper or lead, or both have been discovered on his Wood bridge estate, as well as indications of coal ; also, that on Government land, about eighteen or twenty miles from Guild ford, a mine of tin, with a large proportion of silver, has been discovered. This letter is from Mr. Abraham Jones, of Woodbridge, and is dated "15th September," from Guildford. Mr. Menton writes (under date " September 13th"), " We are now in a state of great excitement respecting minerals, good specimens of the ores of copper and tin being found ; and great hopes are entertained of the coal mines." Mr. Walters' letters announce the discovery of copper on the grant of Mr. Lukin, at the Toodyay about twelve or four teen miles west of Mr. Davey's grant; and on Mr. Demp o ster's, six or seven miles north of it, ore supposed to be 1 tin or platina.—From the Swan River News fur Feisruary. DETERMINED SUICIDE.—On Sunday morning, us a man was walking towards the entrance of Victoria-park, b i ! perceived a quantity of blood close to a gravel pit, and on proceeding t owar d s i t di scovere d t h e b o dy o f a i man in the pit with hi s th roat cut, an d qu it e d e ad. Ile mme4iateiy informed the police, who conveyed the body to the Hackney workhouse, where it r e mai n s awaiting a coroner's inquest. The deceased was about thirty-eight years of age, aau was respectably dressed. He must have first inflicted the wouno, and during his struggles have rolled into the pit. At present he has not been identified. MACRAREL Fisimar.—There are up Ards o 150 ooats engaged in this fishery, now in this harbour. Each boat carries a crew of seven—generally six men and one Is With the excel) , ion of some four or rive boas, they hail f Brighton, Shoreham, Reigat, and other plazeS eastward, k.nd from Penzance, westward of this port. Dwing the past week large catches of mackerel have been taken. On Saturday last thousands were sent off oy r 1,3 railroad . to the Lond,,e and Bristol markets, and a market for them a now procured through railway agency in Birmingham. Thousands were retailed on that day in this town at one penny each.—ply. mouth Journal. LAW INTELLIGENCE. CO UR T O QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb. 22 (Sittings at Guildhall, betore the LORD CIIIEF JUSTICE cold a special jury.) SPICER V. GENERAL. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. This was an 4iction to recover compensation in dawag.s for certain injuries sustained by a emack named the Comet, belonging to the plaintiff; in consequence of the William noliffe, a steam-boat, belonging to the defendants, s,riking against it during a night ni February last, about twenty miles off Harwich. It was alleged that the steam boat had but one white light on her mast, ai.d that she bore straight down upni the smack. The tide was half flood, and a slight gale was blowing from the . nor west. The case was likely to extend beyond the ordinary day's' sittings. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 22. (Before the Loup CHIEF BARON and Special Juries.) RAILLI V. DENNISTOUN. In this case the Attorney. G eneral, Mr. Crowder, and Mr. Greenwood appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Martin, Mr. Crompton, and Mr. Ellis, for the defendant. The actiOn arose out of some extensive bill transactions, to the amount of 26,0004 between a person of the name of Shiraz and the defendant. The details of the case were of the most intricate and complie:tted nature, and presenting no feature whatever of interest to the public. The case occupied the attention of the Court during the whole of its sitting. COURT OF BAZVICRUPTCY, Feb. 22. IN RE POULDEN AND LAFARQUE. This morning the examination of the bankrupt Poulden was resumed, on his application for his certificate. The bankrupt bad been in business with Lafarque, as shipowners, in Crutched-friars. Mr. DUNCAN appeared on behalf of the assignees, and several creditors, to oppose the certificate being granted. In the course of a very lengthened examination, it was elicited from the bankrupt Poulden that he bad induced Lafarque to' become partner with him, and bring a large sum into the concern, by false representation, and afterwards quarrelled with him and kept the books. Amongst the more serious charges admitted by him, were the giving a cheque for 1,0001. to a Mr. Rudall, drawn on a banker's where he had no funds, and also giving some freight notes which were fictitious. His HONOUR (Goulburn) said that this amounted very nearly to a capital offence, and some years ag - o the bank rupt's life would, in all probability, have been forfeited. Mr. LAWRENCE addressed the Court at great length for the bankrupt. His HONOUR, after commenting in very severe terms on the bankrupt's general conduct, said he would not be doing justice to the trading community if he allowed the bankrupt ever to go into business again under the sanction of this court. The certificate was, therefore, wholly refused. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MA RLBORO UGH- STR EET. Adolphe C. Prevost, a respectably dressed young man, was charged with stealing several articles in gold from - his employer, Mr. Klaftenberg, 175, Regent -street. It appeared that the young man had been in the employ ment of Mr. Kalftenberg, who is a watchmaker, for the last two years, and that during th e l a t ter part of that time his master badC missed both watches and carriage clocks, some of theut belonging to stock and some to customers who had sent thcm for repairs. But last week there were three gidd watches missing which had been sent in to be repaired, and Mr. Klaftenberg entertaining some suspicion informed the police of the rikery, and search was made among the pawn brokers. In the meantime the prisoner absconded. Police constable 182 C discovered two of the watche, missing pledged at Mrs. Fleming's, Lower-John-street, Golden square, and the other at Mr. Rockford's, Princes-street ; and at Mr. Bartland's, Princes-street, a carriage clock was found pledged, which Mr. Klaftenberg identified as one of three which be had missed from stock some time ago. At the prisoner's lo4ings the police found two cases oelonging to two of the watches stolen awl identifiel by the customers, one of them, indeed, bearing the customer's name, and also two carriage clock keys, one of which belonged to the car riage clock producGcl in court. The prisoner himself, who had absconded on Friday last, was taken into custody on the Lee road, near Blackheath. The prisoner, who said nothing in defence, was remanded for a week, that Mr. Klaftenberg might have an oppori or: ity to look over his stock and farther inquiry be made by the police. WORSHIP -STREET. Robert .2Verille, a " lumper," was charged with hurling, on Saturday night last, Joseph Davidson, a vendor of oranges in the gallery of the City of London Theatre, over five seats, so that he narrowly escaped oeing precipitated into the The complainant added that he had no sooner regaired his former position than he was again thrown by the defendant with similar savage violence, and his stock in trade was much damaged, and himself considerably hurt. In the course of the inquiry Mr. Broughton elicited that the outrage on the part of the defendant originated in the complainant having commented upon the conduct of the pri soner's companions, who were sweeps in their sooty habili ments, and who had been amusing theniselves by sooting the faces of several individuals around them. Mr. BROUGHTON—What,. are sweeps in their dirty work ing dresses admitted into the theatres? His Worship was assured that it was a very common oc currence for them to be seen in that state in the upper galleries of our larger theatres. They were sure to get the best seats on those occasions, es people readily made way on their approach. Mr. BROUGHTOW said the defendant must pay a fine of ss. to the Queen, or hand over the amount of damage sustained by the complainant. 'HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 22. The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, and Lord Camp bell. SIR DAVID BAIRD, BART., V. BAIRD. Mr. ROLT this morning resumed the arguments in this case on behalf of the respondent, following Mr. James Stuart Wortley, who concluded his address on Thursday. The LORD ADVOCATE replied at some length, and The Loup ClinticaLt.on, at the conclusion of the argu ments, stated that their Lordships would endeavour to give judgment in the case on Thursday next. COLE V. IMWEi L. The argument s in this part-heard appeal were then re sumed. The case came before their Lordships upon an appeal from the decision of the late Lord Chanc,llor of Ireland, Sir Edward Sugden, dismissing the appellant's bill. The following may be stated to be the short facts of the case :-13y a deed dated in 1752, Peter Daly, then seised in fee of a large estate in Ireland, called the Quandary or Daly estate, vested the same in trustees to the use of him self for lite, remainder to the use of his three daughters. Ho noria, wife of Viscount Kingsland, Margaret, wife of Lord Athenry, who was also Earl of Louth, and Anastatia, wife of the Earl of Kerry, in equal shares, as tenants in common, during their respective lives, with re mainders respectively to the use of their first and other sons, severally and successively, in tail male, with cross remainders between them, the daughters (as the respondent contended) with remainder to their respective daughters, share and share alike, as tenants in common in tail general, and, in case of the death of any of the said daughters of the settler, without issue of her or their bodies, then as to such daughter's share or shares, to the use of the daughters of the survivors or survivor, and the heirs of their bodies or body, and in case of the death of all three without issue, their over with ultimate remainder, .to the right heirs of the settler. He died without disposing of the fee. Lady Kingsland and the Countess of Kerry died without issue. Lady Athenry, Countess of Louth, had four daughters only, the eldest of whom died unmarried. The second, married to the Earl of Louth, left four daughters, no son. The third, Elizabeth, married to Thomas Beiley Heath Sewell, had by him two children, the respondent, and the mother of the appellant. The said Lady Elizabeth and her husband, Mr. Beiley, executed a postnuptial settlement in 1779, providing for their said son and daughter out of the estate (among others) comprised in the deed of 1752. The various complicated questions in the appeal arose upon the construction of these• two deeds, namely, as to the validity or invalidity of the limi tations in the deed of 1752, and whether they were not void for remoteness—whether the estates comprised in that deed were all comprised in the deed of 1779, or brought within its operation by a subsequent deed. The respondent's title to the estate , depended on the validity of the limitations and on the deeds, The appellant claimed against those deeds, contending that the limitations were void, and he made title under the will of his grandmother, the said Lady Elizabeth. The Lord Chancellor of Ireland held the disputed limitations to be valid, in which case the Lady Elizabeth had no e.-fate to devise, and his Lordship dismissed the appellant's The arguments had net conciuded at, four o'clock, :it which hour the further consideration of the case was adjourned. MARKET NE WS.-( YES TERDA C ORM -EXCHAN GE. During last week, up to Saturday evening, the arrivals , English %Wheat in the port of London, were unusually smat, while those of all other articles of home produce were ono very limited scale. By d carriage and samples, the ft ceipts were trifling; and the same observations may r, applied to those fr om I re l an d an d S cot l an d . Th e iniporOS • foreign Corn, Pulse and Flour were limited. Fresh up ti; day, a moderate quantity of Whe it of borne produce reach. us from Essex ; but the supply from Kent, Cambri dge shire, dirc., was small. The market opened 0 7 the factors demanding an advance in the quoin', torts paid on Mond a y l as t -ar i s i ng f rom the Emir number of samples brought forward, of from 48 to 5s 11 , 11 ,' quarter. At that imp rovemen t no sa l es were e ff ec ted ; W the trade became excessively heavy-so dull, indeed, that to twelve o'clock scarcely a single arcel had changed ha n T, Under these circumstances, we ha p ve to report unusual di; ness in the trade, and, i n some instances, a decline of qu ts per quarter in the rates paid on this day s'ennight. he conclusion of business, a clearance bad not been effected The show of Foreign was again small, yet, owing to millers evincing an uneasiness to purchase at present Pri e f the trade was i n a s l ugg i s h state, at barely last week's quotatior e Notwithstanding the quantity of Barley trade with that article was exceedingly dull, at an abatenr; in value of from Is to 2s per quarter. Superfine W! Il d , Malt moved of slowly, at full prices; but all other ku! th might have been purchased on somewhat easier terms- IC :h 4 Oats we were again scantily supplied. Still, however, Oat trade was slow, and prices were with difficulty 513 r was limited, ported. The sale of Beans was heavy, and when tra ns : tions were forced i s to 2 s per quarter less money ivs3, ,' takes' In Peas next t o not hi ng was doing, at a reduction of l quarter. The Fl our t ra d e was very dnll, both for sanil. barrelled parcels, at b are l y l ate rates. Indian Corn' was d'" CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE Wheat-Essex & Ke n t, 31alt-Chevaller.• •• • • - gig tell . ° Red, New .• • • 68s to als Oats-Yorkshire and Of Ditto, White, New 71s 87s Lincolnsh., Feed. 3 21 11 Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe ......... . 38s '- coin, Red.- • 66s 75s Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White.... • • 708 79s Black .••• • • • !; . 1 . Irish, lted ••-s -s Cork, White .••• • LT sal Ditto, White ••-s -s Scotch, Feed. •• • • '''„"; el 13arle N y e - w G Rye-Old ••.•• • • • • • - s - a Beans-Tick •••• • • "- 4 48 7 : 558iss Pease -Grey......... .• .• 5 5 2 1 : :O s Malting . •• •• bgs 62 s • fill maple. .. .••• •• • 60 1 Chevalier •• • 62s 63s White ...• ••• • • • 555 n; 0 alt - Sufrolk and Nor- Boilers ••••• • • • • 1%,"; 66 1 78s 80, Flour-T own - ma de .• • Brown . Kingston and Ware 79s 82s Stockta & Norfolk 511 :SELTS. Since this day week the following imports of live BO have taken place into London Cal° From whence. Oxen. Cows. Sheep. Harlingen Ditto • ....... 6 ...... Rotterdam .. 4 ...... 22 ...... 100 • ..... "*. Dit to Nieudiep... . 26,, Total ...... 7G 303 561 At the (imports the arrivals have b een sma ll , 'viz., all about 2(30 head of Beasts and Sheep, which have or.d, landed in very m o d era t e con di t i on, ch i efly from 110117 A We had on offer to-tiny only 70 Beasts and 90 Sheep itv o i o abroad. The quality being tolerably good, nearly the riii, 6 l was uisposed of at full prices. Th e num b er o f borasl 4 Beasts on sale was seasonably extensive, and of full arr,ii, condition, yet the actual weight of beef was not equ. that exhibited on Monday last. The dead markets c t i; heavily supplied with country-killed Meat, and the Wel l by no means favourable to slaughtering, the beef trade isilf4 a very sluggi s h s t a t e , a t, i n most i nstances, a decline o a r 74 week's quo:ations of 2d per 81bs., the highest 6 84 0 , for th e b es t S cots not exceeding 4s 2d per ° 0 From Norf o lk, S u ff o lk, E ssex, and Cambridgeshire, • IS received 1,400 S co t s , h ome -b re d a and short-b° the from the northern districts, 600 short. horns ; froni s , western and midland Counties, 500 Herefords, B ;1 0 0, Devons, &c. ; f rom o th er parts of England, 400 of raykinds; and, from Scotland, 90 horned and polled Scots numbers of Sheep were again very small, owing to vo i :; i i the salesmen demanded advanced rates for that descriP a ll of stock. In some instances, a trifle more money was r- oe for the primest Old D owns; b ut, as this advance was b y _„te means general, we can mak e no a l terat i on i n our l as t r ( 7 6 rates. The trade, however, o must be considered firm; Vra good clearance was effected . There were about 300 3 AC sheep offering. With Calves, we were scantily supplied*. the Veal trade was he av y, a t th e l ate d ecl i ne in value. 12 were in moderate s u pply, an d s l ug gi s h i nqu i ry, at Ilnaltel— rates. Per Albs. to sink the offal. s. d. to I. d. s • 4 il•l4°.s Inferior Beasts 210 3 0 Second quality dltto 4 0 4 3 Second quality —.• 3 2 3 4 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 4 , 0 ['rime large Oxen 3 6 3 8 S ou thd own Wether 410 ".... ['rime Scots .. Large coarse Calves 310 4 6 Large Hogs ...• •• 3 ! 410 ['rime small ditto Suckling Calves —lB 0 28 0 Quarter old Pi gs •• 16 0 1 0 0 Ulterior Sheep •• • 3 6 310 Lambs .......... 0 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. 1 PlB l ' Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I 29 0 1 3,237 1 16,970 51 NEVI/GATE AND LEADENHAZI" t f rom Since Monday last th e arr i va l s o f slaughtered luesiarge, Scotland and the nor th o f E ng l an d h ave been yen pork viz., about 18,000 carcases, chiefly of Mutton to i n Os These large supplies, together with the change e difiglf weather, have caused the general demand to be 03 ; c u t with" heavy ; and the I potittions have declined 2d. per 8 ,i_7; 9 the out e ff ecting clearances. The supply of Meat kill ed metropolis has been but moderate. About one h a p sa is. carcases of Foreign Beef and Mutton have appear 0 11 At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. . Beef, inferior .... •• 2 4 2 6 M u tt on , inferior •• - 2 6 4 4 0 . 3 W middling .. 2 8 210 ------ middling% 2 prime large .. 3 0 3 2 pr ime •• : 3 4. 6 4 6 prime small .. 3 4 3 6 P ork, large•• • • •• • . 4 g 10 Vea1........ •••• • . 4 0 410 sma ll .• ••• ' • 2. d. 3 toe. Lamb. Os Od to 0-a-0.(-1--- TALLOW. On the whole, this market is firmer than for some O nt past, at an ad vance o f qu i te 6d . per cwt. Fine P. Y.e • o n the spot has sold at 50s Sd to 50s 6d per cwt. For forward de' livery we have but few sales to report. Home made is proving in value. WILL OF THE LATE VISCOUNT CANTERBUTtI' the It was only on the 16 t h i ns t. that probate of the will late Right Hon. Cha r l es Viscount Canterbury passed ttedh° seal of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, and was gr an to his second son, the Hon. John H. T. Manners Sutton, u,, of the executors. His Lordship directed that on the dernrs of the Viscountess, w h o only survived him four months, bet sum of 20,0001, the dividends of w hi c h constituted jointure, should b e di v id e d i nto f our parts, h i s eldest d a ngm o taking first therefrom 1,000 e., apportioning to his tWu t l er . one-fourth each, and the rem a i n d er t o hi s youngest d a ugl ie d His Lordship also appoi n t e d th at t h e sum o f 7,50 01., set di upon him for hi s lif e on hi s fi rst marr i age, should be eclaa„. divided amongst his two sons an d e ld est d aug h ter, the Ju'', 2 of that marria g e. All o th er property not specifically Wig, was to be divided int o f our equa l parts b etween t he :„ countess, the two sons, an d y oungest d aug h ter. The P l ' o ,. tures of himself, one as Speaker and the other when Yut lij i; were left to his widow, also the diamonds, jewels, and sue like, and the service o f c hi na em b e lli s h e d w i t h t h e pe acoa' The silver vases and the dessert service of plate which be' so longed to his father, the l a t e A rc hbi s h op o f C anter b ur y, IP d the bust of his Grace by. Ch an t ry , an d a b ust of Pitt, st.i/is all,other the pictures and family portraits , he has left to l i , eldest son, the present Vi scoun t. Hi s L or d s hi p was in 66th year, and was raised to the Peerage in 1835; he he the Order of Civil Knight Grand Cross of the Bath, and Wu if a governor of the Charter-house. ARREST OF A MAN FOR A MURDER CWOll l ' ll9 THIRTY-SIX YEARS AG O.—A man named James Malone wa s fully 'committed on Monday la s t, f rom B a lli c k moy l er, by ..h C. Cooper and Willi am R . Fi tzmaurice, Esqs , charged Neb— the wilful murder of Patrick Brennan, better known es Patrick Nelly, at the fair of Mayo, Queen's county, in the year 1811. The particulars of the case are as follows • t Malone was at th at per i o d at t h e h ead of a faction who grea t to pull down Brennan's tent on the fair green. On the B ,P; pearance of Brennan he wa s st a bb e d in t h e a bd omen wit h large knife, and killed on the spot. Malone, after the coin . mitts! of the murder, as 'alleged, fled to America, but re: turned to Ireland, and settled in th e c o un t y o f M ea th, ab o ._ lll ' eighteen years since, w h ere h e res id e d unti l ( on pr i va te Pi,: formation), he was arrested and brought back to the Queen° county. On Monday last he was fully identified, after e 1 : 1 absence of thirty-six years, by persona who knew the PT, saner, and were present at the murder. The priso ner , who I: about seventy- years of age, was dressed in the ordinary ga rb of a county Meath labourer, and on being removed from the court.house to the police barrack, after being identified, he fainted in the street. After some time he recovered his sph_poss e ssion, and was escorted in a car to the gaol of Maryborough.—Carlow Sentinel. [ A DVE taTIS ERIE T 3—A DISEASED KNEE.—A Wore aD17:179,c ofu KisaynegHzpLaorivessjo'Sf OINTMENT AND PILL s . —John Weir. with a pain in his knee, which lasted for ne thr ar e A o r ifo a n g th h e, w an as d " t i g i commenced to swell; six months afterwards, it broke out Into A dreadful wound, and discharged - for twelvemonths, although ever/ remedy was used that medical men could devise, b o th at tb . ...° county infirmary and local dispensary, yet no appearances of heals presented .self, until hi s fath er purchased some of Holloway ' s and Ointment, which soon effected a sound cure. No wounds, 9 ! ) :' ‘ ,", or ulcers, ho wever l ong standing, can resist the proper use Of l'ui ; fine medicines. Sold by all druggists, and at Protease'. Hollows , establishment, 244, atraud, London. VISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON'S ASSEMBLY:.—ViSCOUB, and Viscountess Palmerston- entertained, his • Excellency Count de St. Aulaire, the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Caroline Leveson Gower, the Earl su e ! Cou n t ess o f Cl arendon, Viscount Morpeth, L or d J. Russell, Lord and Lady Beauvale, Lord and Lady Ashley, the Hon. W. Cowper, and a distin guished circle, at dinner, at their residence at Carlton-gar dens, on Saturday, previotis to her Ladyship's reunion. Among the brilliant company at the reception were ---his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Die trichstein, his Excellency Baron Brunnow his Excellency the Turkish Mi n i s t er an d P rincess Callimaki, his Excellency Prince Castelcicala, his Excellency Count Reventlow, his Excellency the American Minister and Mrs. Bancroft, his Excellency Count Kielmansegge, his Excellency th e B e l gran Mi n i s t er an d Madame Van de Weyer, his Excellency Baron Hugel,his Excellency the Saxon Minister and Ba roness de Reus, his Excellency the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Cetto, the Swedish Charge d'Affaires and Baroness Rehausen, Count Revel, the Marquis de St. Aulaire, Count Louis de Noailles, Baron Koller, Baron Brenner, Baron Nicholay, Baron Lionel de Rothschild, the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, the Mar chioness of Ailesbury, the Marchioness of Clanricaide and Lady Emily de Burgh, the Earl and Countess of Lincoln, the Earl and , Countess Granville, the Earl aed Countess of Listowell and Miss Wyndham, Dowager-Coun teas of Verulam, Viscount Anson, - Lord and and Lady Beau mont, Lord and Lady Melgund and the Ladies Elliott, Lord Harry Vane, Lorti Dudley Stuart, Viscount and Viscountess Folkestone and Lady Jane•Bsuverie, Lord De Manley . , Lord and Lady- Dalineny, Viscount Goderich, Visccunt Canter bury, Viscount Duncannon, Viscount Mahon, Lord John Manners, Lady Georgiana Romilly, • Lady Theresa Lewis, Lord Brooke, Lady Charlotte Guest, Lord and Lady J. Stuart, and Miss Stuart, Lady Easthope, Lord and Lady Camoys and the lion. Miss Sto nors Si r George and Lady Grey, - Sir S. and Lady and Miss Canning, Sir A. and Lady and Miss Clifford, Mr. and Lady 0. Maxie, Sir B. Hall, Baron and Lady and Miss Parke, Sir C. and Lady and aiiss Adam, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Montague, Hon. Colonel D. Darner, Sir D. J. Norreek Hon. J. and Mrs. Ashley, Hon. Mr. Fortescue, Right Hon. F. T. Baring, Mr. and 'Atli , G. Fullerton, Sir H. Webster, Hon. H. Howard, Right lion. F. Mettle, Ad m i ra l and Miss Bowles, Hon. WnS. ad Lady C. and Mies Lascelles, Hon. C. S. Rice, Hon. Miss Eden, Sir t , DIED. A. and Lady A. Forster, Right Hon. E. J and Mrs and Miss Stanley, lion. S. Ponsonby, Mr. Lyons. sir R. I. and Lady Cap tain 'Francis Dick, Royal Artilleryl:od e, Brecungnr e, on c o a th p Mt. at St. John, New Brunswick, William int llo4 Murcbiaon, Sir Rs and Lady B. - Phillicips, Right Hon. H. L. On the Oth inst., : Henry Allen, Esq., of . the ath i g l ieputy n -L a wi le: Corry, Mr. G. E. Anson, Mr. Mandeville, Mr. C. Geville, many t y t e h al al e co h in al i rn tV la sl i ge ( i. 4 l . 9 t 2 h . t'. Mr. F. Byng, Mr. Duncan, Quarter Sessions, Mr. R. M. nines, Mr s and Mrs. on ° the tith Inge.: a t Jemond Nouse, Northumberland. • B. Coc hran e, ll , Mr. is. T. nom Mr. Qlifibrd Mr. and Mrs G relict of the late John Amtersun, Esq. Craig, Mr. C. and Miss Drummond. Mr. W ' - ''. '' 3 se, Mr Tufnell, - of Mr. Mont 6 M r . .F e ore, onblunque, Mr. Panizzi, Mr. H. V,yner. P ng, EN., aged 61. - .. d aug hter .;:ii the loth hist., at Hereford, Elizabeth Anne, wife of W.llllOll Mr. Courtenay, &.. On the 14th inst., at Eastbourne, Frances Wildman. uaug H. Wildman, Esq., aged 7.-;. ..... im pjor. THE PO TATO DISEASE. —The loss caused by the On the 16th inst., at P ot t ere ll s , Herts, William charlesUa" ravages of th e p. t a ' o di- ease, within the counties of Angle- Earl., aged 68. _ „ wm i ng hatn • u the 17th inst., in London, Major-General Thomas I- , eey and Carnarvon, is ustimated, by parties who are corn of . ( t ) he Corps of Royal Engineers. Mary,relict of the petent to judge, at ten shillings in the pou n d u p on the ant ata; o n the 17th hist.„tt Arundel-terrace, Brighton, - . • rental of the land, as assessed to the poor rates. The renal Its J.A. A ttwood, Esq. ' of the h an d so assess , d, amounting to the latest parliamentaryl lii the 17 t h i nst ., at Epsom, Emma, uldow of t h e late Roc. Itobe rt m es s second returns, was, Anglesey, 164,637 i., and Canary( n ...ire, ileiiketin Geor gina Co dd O u tt i t t he r of l7t. inst i , al . Douglas, Isle i of n Man, 125,5871. In forming this esfimete the calculation was b -se - 1 Oft the 18th in st. , hby Thomas upon the assumption that on.y three-fourths of the crop ha tt i : mi n t Str at ßi j r an rv ,e a a gj ,_;sar ß.N , k sir WillouS been destroyed. Even supposing, which is certainly nit the Lake, K'C'B" Admi ral of the White, aged 74. _ 12 c me, one-fourth of the crop to have been in a sound st tie, the -----,..__ 5 a...-s-'-'"'''''"'" actual loss within the two counties would be upwards of Lonsow . ormte,u .tul rublistied ny •A: URDO st r in t d iN o t th ot i ..,,,..___-. ° ' I nc t' 145,1121., which at Bs. a quarter, would puscha,e 362,780 strand, Printer, at l'ht Sun flee, No.l I , „, ~..AAy, Fay of the Savoy, in !be COnnty of l itt4die " ; 311 t" quarters, or 90,695 tons of potatoes..-Carnarvon Heratd. bra 0,12; 1847. . . AIRTLIS. On the 4th inst , at lowness, Windermere, the wife of Henri G. Gibson, Esq , of a son. Ou th. 1 lilt inst., at Prospect-place, Wandsworth-road, Mrs. Z . Smith, of a ion. lady On the I ',lilt hi•it., Bownham House, Gloucestershire, the 1 Leonani , tr.-tchey, Esq., of a raughter. j L. On the lath i nst ., a t W oo l w i c h, t h e l a d y o f C a ptain •••• -* Lincluir4l,l, Royal Artillery, of a son. ,VA R tiIED. On the 16th at Torre Church, Torquay, Hay E. s. d ~i iiiiiander in the lt,,yal Navy, to Anne, second_ the late yes, Esri , of Gledhow-grove, York. ______.-- aWuginhttherr°oP I i - - BOROUGH AND S About 120 tons of Potatoes have arrived in the Poo abroad since Monday last. Coastw ise receipts have bed trifling, thelsr ' from trifling, but by railway they have somewhat incroPr: From the wont of supplv, and the present high p r ices, toe trade is very dull, as tbllows:=York Regents, 1808 to 22 0 York Reds, 200 s to 220 ; Lincoln and Cambridgeshire RI: gents, 150 s to 190 s; ditto Kidneys, 140 s to 160 s; Frelic i * Whites, 160 s to 180 s per ton. BOROUGH HOP MARRET. The best qualities of Hops, of last year's growth, are I* steady request at full prices. In all ( tiler kinds 0f,,,,H0 rd . next to nothing is d o i ng . S ussex poc k ets 4 1 . t o 41 8s ; v , !l_ of Kent ditt o , 41 53 ,to 41165; Mid an d East Kent ditty . 41 15s to 6/ 103 per cwt. W. The public sales of foreign and OOL colonial Wools conu nenc4 on Thursday, and will be continued during the present week As yet, the biddi ngs h ave b een i nact i ve , b u t no materti!,l change can be noticed in prices. The quantity a d ve rtised ! about 12,000 bales. By private contract next to nothing'„l doing, The impo r ts i n th e past wee k h ave amo unted to 0 ' bales from Antwerp, and 281 from New South Wales. c~' ~ ~ , )( . • t•:i; op • . J +, t ~"c - _ - La. gl • I -1