The Sun. — London, England, 1847-12-08 00:00:00

said that Mr. Grattan was a rebel, he said what was not . the fact. Mr. O'CONNOR made some observation, the pur- Port of which did not reach the gallery. .tr. H. GRATTAN contended that the Hon. "'ember for Nottingham had called Mr. Grattan a r a . re hel, and that statement was false.—(" Order.") The statement in the paper read by the Hon. Member ! v a ts a falsehood. He knew Mr. Grattan better than the. Ron. Member could know him ; and Mr. Grattan never was an United Irishman. The Honourable Member had done more ; he had not only libelled Mr. Grattan, but he had libelled Lord Charlemont; and he (Mr. H. Grattan) Would not sit in any assembly where Lord Cherie- Mont was libelled without answering his traducer. — °f ear, hear.) Lord Charlemont did not sell the vo lunteers, neither did the volunteers sell their eoun ' ,4 '3% The Hon. Member had also libelled Mr. Pon °flby. It was not the fact that Mr. Ponsonby was in the list to which the Hon. Member had referred. neither M r . P onson b y nor M r . G ra tt an eve r be longed t o th e S oc i e t y o f U n it e d I r i s hmen, though tnea' did belong to the volunteers. [Mr. O'Connor Made some gesture of assent.] The Hon. Member admitted that he was right ; then why had he not the civility and courtesy to ask him beforehand "/i6therit was correct that Mr. Grattan and Mr. P onsonby were United Irishmen ? He did not wish t° quarrel with the Honourable Gentleman, but he Would fight him upon this ground to the last drop of his blood.—(Cheers.) He objected to this setting t hParty a ga i ns t p ar ty—thi s exc iti ng o f jealousy— reviving of things that were obsolete, and this "'natant reference, in the time of affliction and distress, When they ought to co-operate together, to old griev ances. He appealed to the good heart of the Hon. G entleman, for although he wished that House to believe it was as black as it could be, it was not so black as he would make them believe it was.—(A 'Pen) The Hon. Gentleman on a memorable occa• l ion in the county of Meath stood by him like a man cf courage when he had a bayonet at his breast and a sabre over his head ; and he (Mr. Grattan) would stand by the Hon. Gentleman when he acted rightly, as firmly as he would oppose him when he was acting Wrongly. He did not say that this was a claptrap Motion, but it might tend to frustrate the object the Zion. Gentleman had in view. If the Hon. Gentle- Man proposed a motion for the consideration of the ,Act of U n i on, h e (M r . G ra tt an ) wou ld suppor t hi m ; out not when he came under a mask, libelling Lord ~Charlem ont , th e vo l un t eers , Mr. Gr a tt an , an d Mr. P onsonby, and then thought he could sit down there un answered. lie charged the Hon. Gentleman with lour libels, and in calling upon that House, as the Jury, to convict him, he pronounced the Honourable Gentleman " guilty, upon his honour."—(Cheers.) Mr. J. O'CONNELL said, the Hon. Gentleman Who brought forward the motion had thought it neces lat'y to make some species of apology to Irish Mem bt!vra sitting on that (the Ministerial) side of the I-l ouse, but he assured the Hon. Member that there 1 :‘, 4 no necessity for an apology, for those Irish M embers felt no jealousy at the Hon. Member's ha ving brought forward this subject. The Right li on. Baronet who followed the Right Honourable Gentlemen had asked what could be the utility of considering the subject now, but he (Mr. J. ° I :Connell) thought there should not be an entire oblivio n cast over the scenes of the year 1800, but that the reprobation of mankind should be attracted to the enormities committed by the Government of that day in order to carry the measure of the legis ittive union. Forty-seven years had passed since 'eland was deprived of ,her right of making L '"ws for herself, and what had been the ! on aequence ? That she had been reduced t 0 a state beyond which there was none deeper, e xcept that of utter annihilation or total ruin. What w,as her con diti on . b e f o r e the uni o n ? Lord Clare, W ho was one of the artificers of that Act, and'iwho was e s3n , e of the deadliest enemies to the independence of native country, declared in the Irish house of Lord s th at i n the history of the world no nation was ever before known to make in so small a space of time the sa m e p rog ress in arts, commerce, manufac ,l,ures, and all that could upraise the condition of a nation, as Ireland, during the short period of eighteen Zears that she enjoyed the entire freedom of her own -e arliament. Mr. Pitt and Mr. Huskisson had also said that up to 1780 the policy of England had always been to cripple Ireland, and deprive her of her natural resources; and Lord Castlereagh, one of the chief artifice, of his country:s ruin, in 1803 declared that Ireland had during the same eighteen years he had referred to made a progress that had asto-, la ' ll Pd the world. The consequences of the union 1 ° England had been not less disastrous than to reland. England might prosper in her own mate rial wealth, but so long as, by her neg l ec t, s h e l e ft Ireland to decline in her condition she would never discover any advantages from the trick by which he Parliament of the sister country had been anni hilated. Every victory which had been won under the English flag was tarnished by her cruelty to Ire land, and whenever the Englishman was heard to boast of his constitution and his country, the reproach of the foreigner, in pointing across the Channel, would always be ready. The Hon. Gentleman, in continu ation, entered into a calculation to show that an an nual external drain of 6,000,0001. upon the re sources of Ireland, which was a consequence of her connexion with England, made it a matter of utter impossibility that the sister country could ever sus tain the burdens at present imposed upon her, or pro gress in the same ratio as either of the other British i sles. —(Hear, hear.) Recently her misfortunes had been aggravated by a visitation •of Pro vidence in the complete destruction of the potato Cr op- This deficit in her ordinary capital amounted ,at least to 16,000,0001., and as the potato might be said , d to ha ve represen t e d th e cur r enc y of Ire land, the evil so occasioned had been enormous. A short time ago the labourer had been paid with the Pota to ; by the potato the farmer paid his rent; by a l eans of the potato the farmer obtained clothing for h is . ; by the potato large classes were fed ; and n °w the sub s tit u t e was mone y. .Thi s b e i ng th e case , the prevailing distress in Ireland was easily to be ac counted for; and it would be well if the House now con . wdered if some cheap currency might not be substituted :I f a substitute for the deficiency created by the loss the • this potato. With regard to the money part of question, he thought he was bound to make out k C ie in order to justify the words he had used the e ;i 011 s evening. The terms of the Act of Union 8 11 , 4 expressly s tipulated that Ireland should not be o Vected to bear any of the burdens of the debts England contracted before 1800—the encum brancesa of the two nations being at the time very disproportionate, and the principle was recognised 1 3 ° all bands that the annexed ought not to be The funded with any of the debts of the annexing country. then 42 0,000,000/., and those of Ireland about ' OOO ,OOO/. Ireland, it was agreed, should contri bute a two-seventeenths to the imperial expenditure, t ? ii even Lord Castlereagh admitted that this propor t?n was too large. The stipulation was to be main ltined :o long as there was an absence of certain con tingencies ; and, in the event of either of these, the e rasure of the national debt or the improvement of the circumstances of Ireland, until there was complete fquality in wealth between England and Ireland, taxa tion was to be made equal, and the imperial encumbran ces were to be borne in the same proportion. Neither of th ese conting enc i es h a d ar i sen ; on t h e contrary, t h e debt of Ireland, by legislative mismanagement and in- Jestice, had increased out of all proportion. In 1800 it was 24,000,0001. and in 1817 it was 150 ,000,000/. ; the increase altogether being 59 per cent. for England, and about 300 per cent. for Ire , land ; and yet it was declared that a casus had been made out for a consolidation of the Exchequers, and that the time had come when taxation ought to be made equal. The consolidation of the Exchequers had been accomplished in direct violation of the terms of the Act of Union, and all the subsequent financial Measures founded upon that consolidation were, in c onsequence, as completely illegal as they were grossly unjust. Ireland, it might be, had failed to contri bute equally, but no good reason could be shown Why she should have done so. England had failed to maintain, by separate taxation, the separate liabili ties imposed on h er b y th e A c t o f U n i on , an d th e , e ault of th e po li cy o f P ar li amen t had been to make -yeland bankrupt, thus crippling one country while .`ney crushed th e o th er . Th e H on . an d L earne d Mem ber continued to treat the financial part of the question 't considerabl e length, citing various authorities to t°W the injustice that had been inflicted upon Ireland the consolidation of the Exchequers, and contending, t h a t Whatever happened to increase the expenditure of f r g l ind operated in absorbing every available shilling ell Ireland. H e ca l cu lated that since the Union ab et had passed Ireland had paid 60,000,0001. more elfin her Proper share, and on that ground alone he h ?mied for h er t h e cons id era ti on o f thi s coun t r y in a act of distress, no t as a grant of charity, but an justice. .As to separate taxation. England only Psad 10 ,e00,000/., while her proper share, according ii .s ° the i nterpretation of the Act of Un i on, was 1°°0 " 0 1., and in that estimate he reckoned the income-tax, which was only laid on four or five years a g°; so that th e f act was, deducting the income-tax, voEngland only paid about 5,000,000/. of separate taxa el__n• It had been asserted that Ireland had had ,i7peniation for all this, in an indirect way, since the 1 : 8 1 . ° ,. 9, being free from certain imposts, as the as foed. tax es but he contended that there was no herself in that argument, as Great Britain had relieved sh , s B 'f in far greater proportion from those taxes than bad relieved Ireland. In the aggregate, Great retain had relieved herself from 47,000,000/. while rehevin e axitt ,_ g Ireland from only 2,000,000/. of the same L' - ' ll . All this time Ireland paid the expenses of lideefr civil and military establishments, fur, although tb at ra Yed out of the Consolidated Fund, it came out of Part of the fund which was produced by Irish Mame e . a.: t h eao. The remittances from the British Ex '"*talrelend since the union up to January 1, 1' B "stf-X 1140 ND oN - :WED NiniSDA.Y.---ET • 1845, had only been 7,500,0001., while the total re mitted from the Irish Exchequer to the British had been 26,700,0001., being a: balance of 19,200,0001. in favour of Ireland, or, adding the remittances since 1845, a total excess of remittances from Ireland of 19,789,5911. Such were his general views of what England owed to Ireland in regard to money matters, and when the question came before the House in a fairer and more legitimate manner he should be pre pared to develop his argument at greater length. He had, in drawing to a conclusion, to notice the last part of the Hon. Gentleman's motion, viz., the effect of the union upon the poorer classes in Ireland, a subject which, as the Hon. Member had well stated, deserved the at tention of the House. In consequence of the poverty of Ireland, and the superior wealth of this country, there was a constant immigration of paupers into England. This was one of the evils which the union had brought upon them. The poor-rates of this country were enormous, in consequence of this immi gration—the people were impoverished by the num ber of paupers who came among them, and the exist ing distress in Ireland had greatly aggravated the evil. He would be content to be covered with shame and ridicule if his prediction was not realised—that the consequence of the Irish poor-law—in which many Hon. Members gloried as providing a remedy for the pauperism of Ireland—would be that it would stimulate the immigration of paupers into this coun try. He maintained that the poor would find their way into this country as surely as water found its level. The effect of the poor-law would be to break down the classes upon whom the poor-rate fell, and add them to the general mass of paupers. He did not speak of the present distress ; he spoke of what would be found to be . the permanent effect of the poor-law, which they thought was to take Ireland off their shoulders. The Right Hon. Baronet (Sir G. Grey), in his brief answer to the speech of the Hon. Member for Nottingham, had alluded to the repeal debate in 1834. Since that debate had been alluded to, he (Mr. O'Connell) would take the liberty of re minding the House of the promise then solemnly made by one of the largest majorities on record in rejecting a motion which was supported by forty Members identified with the Irish people—a promise whieh obtained the sanction of the House of Lords, and the concurrence of the Sovereign then on the throne, and which was, therefore, a pledge from the three estates of the realm, viz., that in expressing their resolution to maintain the legislative union in violate they were determined to "persevere in ap plying their best attention to the removal of all just causes of complaint, and to the promotion of all well-considered measures of improvement." Had that promise been carried out ?—(Hear, hear.) Where had been the removal of grievances ? 'Were not the people of Ireland at that moment crying out for relief, and could not obtain it ? Did not the Government confess that the landlord and tenant question constituted a serious grievance, and did not that grievance still remain unredressed, the Govern ment having put it off from time to time in conse quence of the difficulties with which it was sur rounded ? Thirteen years had elapsed since the pro mise was made which he had just quoted, and their grievances were still unredressed. Nay, more, the promise had not merely been unfulfilled, it had been actually violated. They had had coercion Acts imposed upon them in place of obtaining a removal of grievances ; they had had a scanty and crippled Mu nicipal Reform Bill thrust upon them, their elective fraachise unjustly limited, and which was declining every day, and yet no hand was raised to remedy it. There were a thousand other grievances which had never been touched. He did not mean to taunt the House with this ; he merely wished to remind them at the beginning of a new Parliament, when they were starting under fairer auspices than usual, of the solemn pledge and covenant which had been made to Ireland—a pledge which had been ratified by the House of Peers and the Throne, and which, therefore, ought to be as binding as a legislative Act; and he desired to conjure the House to consider the necessity of granting them at last a full, entire, and ample redress of those grievances which they were pledged to remove.—(Hear, hear) For himself, he believed that the repeal of the union would prove the only real benefit to his country. The great and wasting evil of Ireland was the draining of money out of her; and he saw no means of restoring this vital necessary except by the re-establishment of a domestic legislature. A tax on absenteeism, which some looked to as a remedy, was a forced and unna tural expedient though he admitted that occa sionally it might be necessary to have recourse to artificial remedies for artificial evils ; but in this case he would give the means of inducing absentees to return home without any such interference. A native Parliament would bring them back again. It would be their interest to return and watch the progress of legislation and its effects upon life and property. — (Hear, hear.) A domestic legislature therefore would supply the landlords with a direct self-interest in re maining at home, it would stop the drain of money out of Ireland and lead to its being spent in that country, it would revive trade and commerce, it w - mid enable the people of Ireland to do better, be cause richer customers to England, and in this way would benefit both countries—for he could not sup pose such a solecism in the providence of God as the prosperity of the one cou n try h ur ti ng th a t o f the., other—it would make the empire prosperous and happy at home and strong and irresistible in its power abroad.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. TREL A WNY, who was but indistinctly heard, said that the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down told them that there was a great deal owing from this country to Ireland. He believed that was the case, and that the income-tax and the assessed taxes ought to be extended to that country. He hoped the House would not be induced by the con stant howl of the Irish Members to delay passing the measure which had been 'proposed by her Majesty's Government for the purpose of checking crime in Ireland. lie thought that if the repeal of the union were granted it would produce a civil war between the Protestants of the north and the Roman Catho lics, and that this would lead to a military despotism. The Hon. Gentleman would propose a tax on the ab sentees. That class of persons would then be placed in this position, that if they lived in Ireland they would be shot at, and if they remained among us they would be taxed. The Hon. Gentleman asked the people of Eng land to contribute more money for the relief of the people of Ireland ; but he did not think John Bull would consent to that, seeing that the Hon. Member had disallowed the debt which had been already- in curred. He did not see how Ireland was to be improved, excepting by introducing machinery for the purpose of cultivation and economising labour ; and this could not be done while the land was so much subdivided and a pauper population suffered to look to the potato as their sole means of support. He highly approved of the coercion Bill, and sincerely regretted that he opposed the coercion Bill of 1846. It was a mockery of and satire on legislation to allow things to proceed as they did in Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) He was surprised that lion. Gentlemen should interpose delays to the passing of a measure which they must be aware ' was absolutely necessary. If those Members were likely to be successful in delaying the mea sure, the Government ought to act without the Bill, and then call for a Bill of indemnity. He ' hoped that the Government would enforce the poor law measure, and see that every farthing of the rates was paid. Unless they showed vigour and decision, the murders which were taking place in Ireland would not cease. Mr. O'FLAHER'rY said, the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down was evidently totally unac quainted with the subject under discussion. No Member was more anxious than he (Mr. O'Flaherty) to put a stop to those atrocious crimes which dis graced Ireland; but he believed the ordinary law, if carried out with vigour and impartiality, would prove quite sufficient for the suppression of those out rages. He was an active administrator of that law ; but, under present circumstances, he believed it was nothing less than a confiscation of property without any countervailing advantages. It might eventually be productive of good ; but, circumstanced as Ireland was just now, it was a most preposterous remedy. Mr. REYNOLDS thought that the restoration of the rights of self-legislation to the Irish people would improve their condition, both socially and mo rally • and, believing that, he could not but regret that the Hon. Member for Nottingham introduced, the subject at so inappropriate a period. He should, however, support the motion for a Committee of in quiry, because on so important a subject, he thought that was the reasonable mode of proceeding. He heard the speech of the Honourable Mem- , ber for Tavistock (Mr. Trelawney) with sur prise, and he could not but think that it had been prepared to be delivered on the coercion Bill debate, and that the Hon. Gentleman, having had no opportunity of delivering it on that occasion, sought to dovetail it into the present discussion.— (Laughter.) He thought the Hon. Gentleman's attempt to do so was most unfortunate.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman said that Ireland was not sufficiently taxed, but he was at a loss to know how the Hon. Gentleman could justify that assertion, bearing in mind that the landed property of Ireland was rated at 13,187,0001., and that it had to bear exclusively an enormous amount of taxation, which had been immensely increased by the introduction of the poor-law. He was acquainted with an estate of 8,000/. a year, of which 6,0001. was eaten up by in cumbrances and mortgages ; and was it fair to ask the man who had only 2,0001. to pay poor taxes on the whole amount ?—(Hear, hear.) He was in favoui of the poor-law, but he believed it was susceptible of ' much improvement in its details. The Hon. Gentle man seemed to think, that if the people were ejected, they had an alternative in the poor-law. He (Mr. Reynolds) would be able to prove that in certain districts the poor-rate was not sufficient to meet the • poverty of those districts. From a return made by the Poor-law Commissioners during the present month, it appeared that on the 4th of last July there were 2,600,000 paupers receiving rations. An HoN. MEMBER asked, what was the amount of the poor-rate ? Mr. REYNOLDS—That was a very proper question, but one which he was unable to answer.— (Laughter.) The amount varied greatly in different districts; but in the county of Mayo the entire rental would not afford 11. per annum for the pauper population. The aggregate number of persons re ceiving rations in Leinster, Munster, Connaught, and Ulster, was as follows :—Able-bodied men, 163,463 ; women, 104,160; families, 574,983 ; total, 842,606. How was it possible ' when such was the state of things, that the poor of Ireland could be sup ported by means of rates? In principle he admitted that the property of Ireland should be made to support its poverty ; and he was glad that the blister, at least, had been put upon the backs of the landlords.— (H« , ar, hear.) Ile had no wish to say much on the immediate subject of the motion—the repeal of the union—knowing that if he did so his words would only be received as a " thrice told tale." The question appeared to him to be simply one of pounds, shillings, and pence.— (Hear, hear.) He believed that the effect of the union had been to impoverish Ireland without enriching England ; and that the interests of both countries were involved in the consideration of the question. — (Hear.) Formerly, gentlemen who supported repeal were charged with something like sedition. The case, however, was materially altered.—(Hear, hear.) He knew Ireland well, had been accustomed to travel through it by day and night, and he had found that every class, from the peer to the peasant, felt that they wanted something.—(Laughter.) He under stood that cheer, and after the tiresome debates which they had hart for the last three or four nights, he re joiced to hear it. A laugh put the House in a better temper, and rendered Hon. Members more capable of discussing the question.—(Laughter.) Now, for merly it was said that the Roman Catholics alone were in favour of the repeal of the union. Protes testants, however, were now beginning to fold their arms, and ask themselves in sober earnestness, " What benefit have we derived from this union ? It has diminished our bench of bishops, and substituted a rent-charge for tithes; it may soon go fur ther." The repeal of ,the union was, in fact, no longer a sectarian question ; some of the staunchest supporters of Protestantism were also sup porters of repeal, whilst some of its strongest oppo nents were Roman Catholic Members,representing Irish constituencies.—(Hear hear.) In the city of Dublin there was a general feeling that the only chance for the inhabitants lay in the restoration of their Parlia ment; almost to a man, the people were favourable to that measure. They felt that the question had never yet received fair consideration in that House, but they thought that it was now likely to do so on account of the comparative absence of party in the new Parliament. He believed that the strength and stability of the empire were involved in the question of the repeal of the union ; nor ought the people of Ireland themselves to be thrown overboard in the consideration of that question, forming as they did a third of the population of the United Kingdom, while their country bore an equal proportion in point of geographical extent.—(Hear.) The majority of the Members of that House were no doubt desirous to ameliorate the condition of the Irish nation, but un fortunately they did not know how to do that. It had been the misfortune of Ireland, almost from time immemorial, to be quacked. It was time that quackery should be brought to an. end. Ever since the Act of Union Ireland had been getting worse and worse, until at last she was nothing better than a great mendicity institution ; • her pauperism being so extensive that it visited almost every nation on the earth. Let Honourable Members read the accounts of the arrival of emigrants at New York and at Canada, wafting pestilence and famine across the Atlantic, and involving even the Americans in an enormous loss of life.—(Hear, hear.) He would not weary the House by bringing forward figures : in that aspect the question had already been sufficiently discussed. He would only say, that no harm could possibly arise from inquiry, and, whatever might be the fate of this motion, he hoped some Hon. Member would test the house, by bringing forward a Bill for the express purpose of repealing the union. Dr. BOWRING said he. had intended to speak upon the question before the House, not because it was important in itself, but because it had become so on account of a growing feeling in this country in reference to it; but, as he hid gathered from various indications that it was the wish of the House that there should be no delay in proceeding with another question of paramount importance, he should, on that occasion, abstain from making any remarks.—(Hear, hear," and cries of " Drvide, divide.") Mr. E. 13. ROCHE Mid that, representing so large a constituency, he could not give a silent vote. The grounds upon which he advocated repeal were two in number. The first was an historical one. It was an historical fact that the Imperial Legislature had always misgoverned Ireland, even when the attempt had been made to govern tho country properly, prac tically it had failed for want of acquaintance with the people. For forty-seven years Parliament had had unchecked control over the destinies of Ireland, and the results were poverty and discontent in every shape. Those English Members who assumed to govern Ire land, but would nut permit them to clqbate her grievances, might depend upon it•that they would not carry things their own way. Two parties could i play at "the game of obstruction. They were now in a time of peace and a time of prosperity', but the time might come when the services of the people of Ire land would be wanted, and then it would be their time to turn round and say, "fight your own battles." He (Mr. Roche) should be sorry if that state of things should occur; but 'as an honest man he was bound to say, that if they refused to redress Ireland's grievances, the day might come when, instead of finding. her.a friend, they might find, her an open and declared enemy. Major BLACKALL said if this - motidttlhad been brought forward under other circumstaildafie might have been disposed to vote for it. But he was bound to consider the circumstances under which it was brought forward. He had no faith in the patriotism of the Hon. Member for Nottingham, and he did not think his conduct in that House had been calculated very greatly to add lustre to the Irish name. But, indeed, if there were no other considerations, the course pur- Sued by the Hon. Member in resisting the very mo derate request of the Home Secretary to postpone his would alone have induced him (Major Blacks 11) to 'oppose it. The Government might fairly take his own and other Members' votes that night as indications of whether or not they were prepared to give the Government a factious opposition.—(Hear, hear.) For his own part, he must candidly say that he thought some measure of coercion necessary at the present time in Ireland. The conduct of the Irish landlords during the past year had, in his opi, nion, been such as ought to have saved - them froni any reprobation. - Mr. M. O'CONNELL thought the arguments of the Hon. Member ought to be conclusive in favour of the present motion. They were to judge men -by their actions, and by what they did on the floor of that House—(lronical cheers)—and when they find an advocate in the Hon. Member for Nottingham, he felt bound to accept his measures, in preference to those of a Government who offered them a coercion Bill instead of repeal. The Hon. Member for Tavi stock, who had spoken that night, knew evidently infinitely more about Queen Pomare and her wrongs than about Ireland and the sores that were ranklingin the heart of the people of that country. Was Ireland to submit to a course of legislation from persons so ignorant as the Hon. Member ? There was the Hon. Member for Bolton (Dr. Bowring). He kne w something —at least he thought he did—of every country in the world; but of Ireland he knew so little that he could not summon up courage enough to • descant upon her grievances. He (Mr. O'Connell) remembered when the first Coercion Bill was passed. It was the first Irish measure after the Reform Act. Ho denounced it as an omen of the worst character that the Whigs should commence the first session of a new Parlia ment with a measure of coercion for Ireland, and cautioned the Government t,o bear in mind that it was attempted coercion for Ireland that had turned out the Grey Administration. It was contemptuously said that the country was weary of this constant Irish howl. Let the Government and their supporters take care that they did not convert this howl into a war cry.—(oh, oh.) At a moment when peace on the continent hung on the merest thread it behoved the Government of this country to consolidate its internal strength by the most amicable relations with every portion of the empire, and not to irritate an important member of the State by measures of coercion. Mr. FAGAN denied that any measure of coercion was necessary. As to the question of repeal, he con tended that it ought to be fairly and fully discussed, since fully seven out of the nine millions of the Irish population were deeply interested in the subject. For himself, while he wholly deprecated a national sever ance of Ireland from England, he considered that a repeal of the Act of Union would be beneficial to both countries, for the interests of England were inti mately connected with the prosperity ,of Ireland. As far as the connexion between the countries being affected by the repeal of the union, he thought that that was merely a bugbear raised up by those who were inimical to the prosperity of both.—("Question," " Divide.") lle complained of the way in which the affairs of Ireland were conducted in a British House of Commons, many important Bills being passed at-the close of the session after the great majority of Irish Members had left town. For this, the only re medy was a domestic Parliament, and he trusted that in time that proposition would receive the attention of the House.—(The Hon. Member frequently referred to some notes he held in his hand, and was as con stantly interrupted by "Read, read," and loud laugh ter.) Flo would not be liut down by clamour, but if again.interrupted would Move the adjournment of the House.—(Cries of " Oh," " Bar, bar," and other exclamations here became so frequent as to render the Hon. Member's further remarks wholly inaudible.) The interruptions continuing, the llon. Member concluded by moving the adjournment of the debate. —(Cries of " Oh, oh !" " Hear, hear," and " Ad journ.") Mr. J. WALTER--The speech of the. Hon. Mem ber for Cork, and that of the Hon. Member for Tra lee—(Cries of " Order !" and " Adjourn.") Mr. FAGAN appealed to the Speaker to put the question of adjournment. The motion having been made, it was not competent, he apprehended, until it was decided, to continue the debate.—(Hear, hear.), The SPEAKER understood that the Hon. Gen tleman the Member for Cork having moved that the debate be adjourned, the Hon. Member for Not tingham rose to second the motion.—(Cheers.) Mr. WALTER again rose, but it appearing that his object was not to second the motion, he was in terrupted by Mr. E. B. ROCHE, who seconded the motion that the debate he now adjourned. The SPEAKER then put the question, Mr. WALTER, essaying to speak, was met with cries of " Order, order." Mr. DISRAELI apprehended that the question that the debate be adjourned having been put, it was open to the Hon. Member for Nottingham to speak to that question. Mr. WALTER said the lion. Member for Cork and other Hon. Gentlemen on the same side, had gratified the House with their .opinion as to the qua lifications of the Irish people for self-government. He had always understood that one great and neces sary qualification for self-government was business habits; but, judging from the specimen of business habits exhibited by some Irish Members during the present debate, he should say they were as fit for self-legislation as the blacks.—(Cries of "Oh, oh.") In fact the blacks had a proverb that, " If nigger were not nigger, Irishmen would be nigger."—(Laughter.) Mr. J. O'CONNELL rose to order. He appealed to the Chair whether it was consistent with order that this buffooney should go on ?(Hear, hear.) The SPEAKER—The Hon. Member for Kil kenny is out of order in applying the word " buffoon ery" to the observations of any Hon. Member. Mr. J. O'CONNELL—I bow, Sir, to anything which may fall from you—l therefore beg to retract the word which you have decided was not in order, and which I only uttered under the influence of the strong feeling excited in my mind at hearing Irish men and Irish Members spoken of as they have been by the Hon. Member opposite.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. WALTER resumed—The proverb he had quoted was from an eminent authority—that autho rity being Bishop Berkeley, and a distinguished Irish bishop.—(Hear, hear.) To judge by the speeches they had heard during that debate one would imagine that the subjects of Irish grievances and Irish distress were quite new to the House, and that Hon. Members could. never have heard of the ex actions of con-acre or of the system of ejectments before—whereas the fact was that there was no one present who had not heard those questions discussed hundreds of times. But whatever might be the weight and importance of those subjects—and that they were important he did not deny—this was not the time to bring them under discussion. The House had met for a different purpose, viz., to protect the lives of the people of Ireland from systematic assassi nation, and were they to be told that they were not to take measures for preventing murder until they should have inquired into all the grievances of Ire land ?—(Cheers.) What would have been said if, when it pleased Providence - to visit that country with famine, and assistance was called for to keep the people from starving, if English Members had replied —" We will not give a farthing until we have exa mined into the cause of the potato rot ?"—(Hear, hear.) Let those who, when money was the ques tion, would admit of no delay, but whose cry was continually Give ! give I be consistent now, and allow Parliament to afford protection to life before entering into matters which were .of a less urgent nature.— (Cheers ) He concurred with his Hon. Colleague, that for ordinary crimes ordinary laws were sufficient, but an organized system of assassination was no ordi nary crime. —(Hear, hear.) We must (said the Hon. Member) deal with the murderer and the assassin as Dr. Johnson said madmen should be dealt with— knock them down first and reason with them after wards.—(llear, hear.) "We must supplant those rough eug-headed kerns ; Which live like venotti, where no venom else, But only they, hath privilege to live."—(Cheers.) Mr. E. B. ROCHE observed that the lion. Gen tleman's speech partook very much of the spirit of those envenomed articles against Ireland which ap peared from time to time in a certain daily news paper, and which cast vitriol rather than oil upon the troubled waters or Irish grievances.—(Hear, hear.) But the Hon. Member's speech, though remarkable for its smartness, was not to the point, which was, whether or not the debate should be adjourned.— (Cheers.) His Hon: rriend the Member for Cork, who was well acquainted with Ireland, had been most ungenerously and improperly interrupted in his address, and unless he was allowed to proceed he hoped he would press his motion for the adjourn ment.—(Hear, hear, anti cries of " Go on.") Mr. O'GORMAN MAHON should in that case move as an amendment that the Hon. Member for Cork be called upon to continue his address.--(Loud laughter.) He felt it due as an Irish Member to acknowledge the admirable attention and pa tience which, up to the present evening, had been shown to Irish Members generally since the meeting of Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) It was due to English Members t o acknowledge with gratitude the spirit of fair play they had hitherto shown to Irish Members, and he hoped they would continue their generosity to the Hon. Member for Cork for a few moments. They should remember, too, that in terruptions often renewed those energies which, if left to themselves, soon exhausted themselves. Sir G. GREY said the Hon. Member who' last spoke had done but justice to the desire of the House generally to. give a fair an d pat i ent h ear i ng t o e very Hon. Memb er so long as he confined himself within the subject of d e b a t e . And until the Hon. Member for Cork had o ccup i e d the House fora very long t i me in an address which was interrupted by many very long pauses, o w i ng , h e supposed, to the Hon. Mem ber's want of knowledge of the usages of the House , every attention was pa i d to him. He had no d ou b t , also, that if th e H on . M ember would resume hi s ad dress and confi ne hi mse l f within moderate li m it s , th e House would continue to give him its attention. Mr. J. O'CONNELL thought his Hon. Friend, who was not so well acquainted with the usages of the House as Oder Members , had not been treated with the court es y he Might have expected. The Hon. Member for E nn i s had been so l ong a b sen t from the House th a t h e what had occurr e d. Ile appeared to have forgotten,r. O'Connell) had been a Member sixteen y ears, and had never w i tnesse d such;an attempt to put d own and crush Irish discussions as` inithe present session. --(Cries of "Oh, oh.") Were Irishmen to be ho o t e d down because t h ey did no t choose to lay their country at the feet of English Members? (Cheers, and " Oh.") He repeated, that in no previous Parliament had he seen so much intolerance exhibited as in the present.—(Oh, oh.) He called on his H on. Friend to pers i s t i n hi s motion. Mr. FAGAN said that if he had conceived that any expression he had used had given rise to the interruption he had experienced he should at once bow ; but he was not aware he had done so. He thought it due to his constituents, as well as to himself, that he should show to those who had interrupted him that, though a new Mem ber, he was not to be cr us h ed when h e was endeavouring to put forward, in language not exhibiting much talent, and in arguments not exhibiting much conciseness, his reasons why he thought the repeal of the union would be beneficial both to England and to Ireland. For himself he much that the case of so treated. He had shouldbu t he havegrieved been thought the battle cf r e p eal w as to be fought on the feared country unt ' nothing,r y floor of the House of Commons, but he greatly feared from what he had seen to-night, that the Irish people would not obtain any of those rights they claimed through the agency of a repeal of the union from the British Parliament. He did not wish, however, to exhibit any angry feeling, and with t h at view he should not persevere in his amendment for an ad journment of the debate. The amendment having by leave been withdrawn, Mr. F. O'CONNOR said, that as the debate had 'already been confined to one side, he really felt that he had nothing to reply to. With respect to the strictures which had been made upon his patriotism by the Hon. and Gallant Member for Longford (Ma jor Blacken) . he regarded them as the idle wind, but at the same time he must observe, that it was rather extraordinary that the Hon. and Gallant Member should urge, a s his only excuse for not supporting the t motion, that it had been brought forwar d 1 prese n an Irishman who represented an English borough. He had heard in the House, and seen It stated in the newspapers, that the Hon. and Gallant Member was one of the newly-pledged repealers, and hence he thought the course he had pursued to-night was still more extraordinary. Thanking the House for its attention, he should now divide the House upon the motion. Major BLACKALL explained. He denied that he had given any pledge, or that he was fettered in any way upon this or any other subject. The House then divided : For the motion 23 Against it 255 Majority against the motion —231 CRIME AND OUTRAGE (IRELAND) BILL Sir G. GREY postponed the ,second reading of this Bill till this day. N'll - 46, DECEMBER 8, )F147. RAILWAYS BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER postpoued the report on the Railways Bill till Thursday: ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL. In answer to a question from Sir G. GREY, Mr. ANSTEY said he should press the second reading of his. Bill to-day. PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND). Sir R. FERGUSON (in the absence of Sir F. French, by whom the notice had been given) obtained leave to bring in a Bill to facilitate the completion, in certain caves, of public works in Ireland. Ihe Bill was afterwards brought in, and read a first time. The House adjourned at a few minutes after Twelve. THE SMITHFIEth s CA.TTI,4; CaTit SHOW. The growing competition which our farmers and graziers are now called upon to sustain with their conti nental rivals renders it more than ever necessary that they should continue to improve their breeds of cattle and other stock, with the view, above all, to endeavour to diminish the coat of production. The science of breeding must now take a more practically useful and economical direction, and agricultural societies will be much more advantageously employed in teaching the small farmer how to obtain certain given results with the least possible outlay, than in demonstrating by means of their wealthier members how much fat a monster ox can manage to live and groan under—without ex piring. We have never ceased to protest against the wasteful system of feeding beasts up to a degree of obesity at which fatness becomes a disease, and we are glad to perceive that the Smithfield Cattle Club have at length recognised the justice of these opinions, and done something to discourage the practice of which we have on various occasions com plained. In the exhibition of the present year (which opens to the public to-day) the judges appear to have taken into account, more than they have hitherto done, the general kindliness of the stock, and their aptitude to thrive and fatten, and they have, in more than one in stance, passed over the fattest and heaviest beasts, end awarded the prises to cattle less overgrown, more healthy, and which have attained a due and profitable proportion of flesh and tat with the least expense to the grazier. Judging from the exhibition, it would appear that the exhibitors themselves have been content to diminish the amount of their annual contributions to the dripping-tubs of the metropolis. Huge animals there undoubtedly are, with patches of unwholesome fat upon their hind-quarters, who have been fed upon corn that would have furnished a meal during the late famine ior half an Irish barony; but there is a decided falling off in the general obesity of the animals exhibited; and next year we may expect to see results still more satisfactory from the decisions of the judges. One of the finest animals in the show is an ox, to which the gold and silver medal of Class 2 was awarded. This animal, bred and fed by Mr. Manning, of Rothers thorpe, near Northampton, shows an admirable deve lopment of fleshy points and a sleekiness of skin indi cating health, without a single lump of superfluous fat. The back is extraordinarily broad and well shaped, and if the hind-quarters are not quite square and full enough to ratify the connoisseur, yet the general me rits of the animal will be held to entitle him to the prize. This steer was fed with 2,1001 b. of oilcake, 20 bushels of barley, 10 bushels of beans, carrots, hay, turnips, and mangel-wurzel. Its age is four years and four months. Another animal, which in the opinion of the best judges is all but perfect, is a heifer bred and fed by the Earl of Radnor, at Coleshill, Berkshire, to which the gold and silver medal were adjudged. This heifer is a cross between the Hereford and long-horn breeds, and has come so early to a ripe maturity that, although only two years and eight months old, she has carried off tilt. prize against much larger animals of the five-year-old class. She has been fed on hay, corn, roots, and cake, and the total cost of her keep since she was calved has been 28/. 3s. She is sufficiently fat, although not so much so as many animals shown against her, and ap pears to be lively and in perfect health. This animal promiEes to be one of the principal attractions of the show. Prince Albert is again a successful competitor for some of the society's prizes. An ox of the Highland breed, belonging to his Royal Highness, has gained the prize of 101. in class 6. It is five years old, and has been fed on oilcake, beanmeal, swedes, tares, and hay. The fat is not so equally and evenly distributed as upon the two animals last mentioned, but the back is broad and straight for the breed, and the animal is considered a very good one. An ox of the North Devon breed has gained the prize in class 5, for the Earl of Leicester. It is a beautiful animal, well fed in every part, but with no exuberance of fat, and entirely symmetrical. The number of oxen shown last year was 135, and the number at the present exhibition is 108. Although there is a falling off in the quantity of fanimals exhibited, .there is said to be a considerable and satisfactory improvement in their quality. The sheep are excellent, and the pens of Southdowns, in particular, will not fail to justify the preference given for these sheep in the London market. The Duke of Richmond has this year carried off the prizes for South downs over his well-known rival, Mr. Samuel Webb. A judicious cross between the Oxfordshire and Hamp shire has obtained the prize in class 12 for Mr. J. Hitchman, of Little Milton, Oxon. Perhaps the prettiest sheep in the whole exhibition is a pure Southdown, shown as extra stock by Mr. G. S. Foljambe, to which the silver medal was adjudged. It is a model sheep for breadth of back and beauty of symmetry. The pigs apprise the visitor of their whereabouts afar off by wheezing and snoring through every note in the gamut. A man may have scruples in seeing beasts and sheep too unwieldy to stand or walk, but your pig appears to fulfil his destiny in becoming fat, and no portion of his carcase need run to waste. The gold and silver medal for the best pen of pigs has been awarded to Mr. E. Whitfield, of Snaresbrook, Essex, for his improved Essex breed, which appear to have deicended from the well-known stock of Mr. Fisher Hobbs. These interesting animals are only 18 weeks old. They have been fed on " middlings, bar ley, meal, and milk," and do no discredit to such gene rous diet, the mere recapitulation of which would, no doubt, make many mouths water in Skibboreen. An other tender nursling of this family (the porcine) 21 weeks old, of the improved Sussex breed, and fed on " meal and milk," by Mr. Peto, of Heston, extorted the silver medal from the judges as extra stock. His skin appears bursting " like a ripe gooseberry," unable to retain the oleaginous and unctuous substratum beneath ; and if you make him walk, ho screams with the most wilful air long after he lies down, like a spoiled child. An enormous pig, near this, of the Berkshire breed, bred by Mr. Pusey, is as large as a yount Scotch bullock, and would weigh nearly two of those animals. This monarch of the sties has the grunt of a lion ; and, if the flitch of Dunmow at all resembled his, it was well worth obtaining upon such terms. Prince Albert has gained the first prize of 101., in class 17, for a pen of three pigs of the Bedford and Yorkshire breed. Their age is 39 weeks, and they have been fed on barleymeal, peas, and skim milk. The pigs in the next pen are fatter even than the Prince's, and have wonderful pretensions to blood and breeding, the blue veins being as distinctly visible through their thin skins as upon the bosom of a fair maiden. These pigs are a cross between the Suffolk and Essex breeds. The Apollo Belvedere of the porcine family is said to be the Chinese pig, who is unfortu nately unrepresented at the present show. But there are two pens of the improved Middlesex breed; shown by Mr. W. Barker, of Uxbridge, which is a great fa vourite of ours, and should be of the farmers, since it always commands a high price in the London market. There are some fine Durhams and shorthorns among the extra stock. _ . _ The exhibition is held, as usual, in the Horse Bazaar, King-street, Baker.street, which is well ♦entilated and lighted by gas. The arrangements are excellent, and reflect much credit upon the committee and Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, the Honorary Secretary. We have no space to notice the agricultural implements, seeds, and roots, which are displayed in the upper story of the building. Subjoined will be found a list of the awards:-- OXEN OR STEERS. CLASS I. The first prize of 20/, is adjudged to No. 17, viz., to his Grace the Duke of Rutland, of Belvoir Castle, Grantham. The silver medal to the breeder is awarded to his Grace the Duke of Rutland. The second prize of 151. is adjudged to No. 3, viz., to Mr. Joseph Stratton, of Manningford Bruce, near Pewsey, Wilts. The third prize of 10/. is adj u dged to No. 6, viz., to the Right Ron. Lord Portman, of Bryanston, near Blandford. CLASS IL The first prize of 301. is adjudged to No. 29, viz., to Mr. W. D. Manning, of Rotherathorpe, near Nor thampton. The silver medal to the breeder is awarded to Mr. W. D. Manning. The second prize of 201. is adjudged to No. 31, via., to Mr. Isaac Taylor, of Monkmoor, near Shrewsbury. The third prize of 101., is adjudged to No. 21, via., to Mr. W. Trinder, of Wantage, Berkshire. CLASS 111. The first prize of 151. is adjudged to No. 40, viz., to Mr. J. S. Bolt, Dodhill-house, Kingston, near Taunton. The silver medal to the breeder is awarded to Mr.Bult. The second prize of 10/. is adjudged to No. 37, viz., to the Right Hon. Lord Portman, of Bryanston, near Blandford. CLASS IV, The first prize of 101. is adjudged to No. 49, viz., to Mr. John Wippoll, of Brenton, Ezminster, Devon. The silver medal to the breeder is awarded to Mr. Wippcll. The second prize of 51. is adjudged to No. 48, viz., to Mr. T. W. Fouracre, of Durston, near Taunton. The prize of 101. i e s " adjudge d to No. 54, ViZ., to the Right Hon. the Eal of Lejcester, of liolkhemy Norfolk. The silver medal to the breeder is awarded to the Right Hon. the Earl of Leicester. • CLASS VI. The prize of 10/. is adjudged to No. 64, viz., to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Windsor Castle. The gold medal for the best oz or steer in the 1, 2,3, 4,5, and 6 classes is awarded to No. 29, viz., to Mr. W. D. Manning, of Rothersthorpe, near North ampton. COWS AND HEIFERS. CLASS VII. The first prize of 201. is adjudged to No. 73, viz., to the Right lion. the Earl of Radnor, of Coleshill, near Faringdon. The silver medal to the breeder is awarded to the Earl of Radnor. The second prize of 101. is adjudged :to No. 71, viz , to Mr. J. L. Hassan, of Pazkington, near Ashby-de-1a- Zoueh. The third prize of 5/. is adjudged to No. 84, viz., to Mr. H. Frampton, of West Challow, near Wantage, Berkshire CLAOS VIII. The first prize of 201. is adjudged to No. 86, viz., to Mr. J. T. Smith, Northampton. of Tht)rnby-grang e , near G a ilb oroug h, The silver medal to the breeder is awarded to Mr. J. T. Smith. The second prize; of 10/. is adjudged to No. 85, viz., to Mr. W. Finder, of Vantage, Berkshire. Class IX. Tho first p r i ze o f 1 5 1 . i s a dto judted to `Mr. T. reasonf Fe cony, new,- Chipping ac v, (IU The AilVor medal to the b 474 ; T 0 0 reedet 14 executors of the late Mr. W. Harbidge. The second prize of 51. is adjudged to No. 99, viz., to Mr. Trevor Yates, of Sapperton, near Sudbury. The gold medal for the best cow or heifer in- the 7,8,. and 9 classes is awarded to No. 75, viz., to the Right 1 1.:TAi Hon.;the Earl of Radnor, of Coleshill, near Faringdon. LONG WOOL SHEEP. CLASS X. The first pri ze o f 201. is adjudged to No. 113, viz., to Mr. John Painter, of Burley, near Oakham. The silver medal to the breeder is awarded to Mr Painter. The second prize of 101. is adjudged to No. 112, viz., to Mr. Thomas Twitchell, of Willington, Beds. The third prize of Si. is awarded to No. 110, viz., to M. J. S. Burgess, of Holme Pierrepont, near Not tingham. CLASS XL The first prize of 201. is adjudged to No. 122, viz. to Mr. Thomas Twitchell, of Willingtcn, B e d s . , The silver medal to the breeder is awarded to Mr., Twitchell. The second prize of 101. is adjudged to No. 118. viz, to the Most Hon. the Marquis of Exeter, of Burghley Park, Stamford. . _ _ The third prize of 5/. is adjudged to No. 120, iz , to Mr. J. S. Burgess, of Holm° Pierrepoint. Lear Notting• ham. The gold medal for the best pen of one.year old long wo(1 sheep in the 10 and 11 classes is awarded to No. 122, viz., to Mr. Thomas Twitched, of Willington, Beds. CROSS-BRED StiEEP. CLASS XII. The first prize of 101 is adjudged to No. 130, viz, to Mr. John Hitehman, Little 'Alton, near 'Wheatley. The silver modal to the breeder is awarded to Mr. Hitehinan. The second prize of 5/. is adjudged to No. 134, viz., to Mr. Charles Tomson, of Sundon, near Luton, Bed. fordshire. • SHORT WOOL SHEEP. CLASS XIII. The first prize of 201. is adjudged to No. 146, viz., to his Grace the Duke of Richmond, of Goodwood. The silver medal to the breeder is awarded to his Grace the Duke of Richmond. The second prize of 10L - isadjudged to No. 147, viz., to Mr. W. Rigdev, of Hove-faun. near Brighton. CLASS XIV. The prize of 101. is adjudged to No. 159, viz., to his Grace the Duke of Richmond, of Goodwood, near Chi chester. The silver medal to the breeder is awar ied to his Grace the Duke of Richmond. CLASS XV. The first prize of 204. i 3 adjudged to No. 163, viz., to his Grace the Duke of Richmond, of Goodwood. The silver medal to the breeder is awarded to his Grace the Duke of Richmond. The second prize of 101. is adjudged to No. 165, viz., to Mr. Samuel Webb, of Babraham, near Cambridge. The gold medal for the best pen of one-year old short wool sheep in the 13 and 14 classes is awarded to No. 146, viz., to his Grace the Duke of Richmond, of Goodwood. PIGS. CLASS XVI. The first prize of 10/. is adjudged to No. 187, viz., to Mr. Edward Whitfield, of Snaresbrook, near Wanstead. The silver medal to the breeder is awarded to Mr. Whitfield. The second prize of 51. is adjudged to No. 186, viz., to the Right Hon. the Earl of Radnor, of Coleshill, near Farringdon. CLASW XVII. Tho first prize of 10/. is adjudged to No. 191, viz., to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, of Windsor Castle. The silver medal to the breeder is awarded to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The secondrize of 51. is adjudged to No. 192, viz., t o Mr. Edward Whitfield, of Snaresbrook, near Wanstead, Essex. The gold medal for the best pen of pigs in the 16 and 17 classes is awarded to No. 187, viz., to Mr. E. Whit field, of Snaresbrook, near Wanstead, Essex. EXTRA STOCK. The silver medal for the best long wool sheep in extra stock is awarded to Mr. Joseph Allison. of Bilsby. The silver medal for the best short wool sheep in extra stock is awarded to Mr. G. S. Foljambe, of Osbertm hall, near Worksop. The silver medal for the best pig in extra stock is awarded to Mr. James Peto. of Heston, near Hounslow. B. T. BRANDRETH GIBBS, Hon. Sec. COMMENDATIONS. The judges highly commend.-- No. 18, viz., Mr. John Clover's steer. No. 136 Mr. Charles Large's ewe. No. 150 Mr. Foljambe's wether. No. 188 Mr. Veto's pigs. The judges commend : No. 1, viz., His Royal Highness Prince Albert's ox. No. 14 Mr. John Wippell's steer. No. 25 Mr. Bult's steer. No. 26 His Royal Highness Prince Albert's oz. No. 28 Messrs. Martin's ox. No. 32 Mr. John Tucker's steer. No. 39 Mr. John Wippell's steer. No. 72 Mr. Hudson's cow. No. 78 Major-General Calvert's heifer. No. 82 Mr. John Moon's heifer. No. 87. Sir Thomas Whichcote's cow. No. 88. His Royal Highness Prince Albert's COW. No. 95. Mr. W. de Capel Brooke's cow. No. 96. Mr. William Yeoman's cow. No. 121. Mr. Thomas Street's wethers. No. 1'23. Mr. John Painter's 1% ethers. No. 142. Mr. Painter's wethers. No. 143. Mr. Beman's wethers. No. 149. Mr. J. Williams's wethers. No. 161. Mr. Webb's wethers. No. 162. Mr. Shelly's wethers. No. 169. Mr. Overman's sheep. No. 139. Mr. Barnard's (M. P.) pigs. No. 193. Mr. Hayward's pigs. The judges generally commended Class 12. Judges of Cattle and Long-woolled Sheep—Mr. S. Benn. tt, Mr. W. Torr. and Mr. R. Oldacres. Judges of Short-woolled Sheep and Pigs—Mr. R. Bays, Mr. James Burgess, and Mr. Brine. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) DECEMBER 7. VISIT OF HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KENT TO HER MAJESTY. About two o'clock this day, the royal yacht Fairy steamed into Cowes harbour under salutes from the Castle and Royal Yacht Squadron batteries, and at ten minutes past two o'clock the Royal party landed on th• Trinity-wharf and proceeded to Osborne House. The Court is expected to remain in the island until the 23d instant. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Royal children, are daily superintending the planting of trees and shrubs, of which some thousands have been planted this autumn. GRAND JUNCTION CANAL CONtrANr.—Yesterday the halt-yearly general assembly of proprietors of this company was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern. Strand, the lion. P. Bouverie in the chair. From the report, it appeared that the company's arrangements for facilitating through traffic of a mutually advantageous nature have been completed between the company and proprietors of the Oxtord, the Coventry, the War wick and Napton, the Warwick and Birmingham, the Grand Union, the Leicester, and the Leicester and Northamp tonshire Union navigations. In consequence of this the company had been enabled to commence the carrying business on the Ist of December. The receipts of the canal, during the six months ending the 30th of June last, amounted to 50.2921 18s. Bd., and the expenditure, including extraordinary outlsys, to 19,6871. 2s. 10d., leaving a balance of of 30,605/. 15s. 10d., out of which the committee recommended that a dividend of 21. 108. per share amounting to 28,6371. 10s. be paid, tree of income-tax, on the Bth of January next. The total re venue of the company was .60,390/. Os. Bd., and the balance of unclaimed moneys amounted to 16,4101 go. lid. The report having been adopted, the meeting ed. jourrecl. SUICIDE BY A LADY.—Yesterday, Mr. W kl M.P., held an inquest at the Union, ap r igge a -wells, e in i Elizabeth Harding, aged 49, a maiden lady of fortune, late of Devonshire. Mr. John Foes Harding, surgeon, of Milna•street, Wilmington-square, and first cousin of deceased, stated that his relative had been on a visit with him for the last few months, during which period she evinced no mental malady beyond nervous debility. On last Thursday he took leave of deceased, previous to his making his professional visits, as she determined to leave his house on that day. She then appeared in the best possible spirits. On his return, in the course of this day, he found her lying insensible in her room, and was informal that she had flung herself from the parapet I.all into the area at the back of the house. Although M . C A e o . unndelr Othert o to Vi e p v e id t hasietlo;_ibwvoea was she fell 49 feet, and broke 17 iron railings across the area, she only fractured one rib, and died the following LEC h o ::::_ m o mo rr n a r given. Verdict—" Insanity." Saturday, from,s) HnootjuicEseewsiinosflithPepaCriliament to remove the civi l and political A u i n r ß t l a o i r t : disabilities affecting her Majesty's Jewish subjects, a a y n o d r to requesting Lord m i w s e ir understandcourse t hoaft signature,a his Lordship to call an early Court fur the p so that the petition, if agreed t, urpose of discussing it, be fore the time appoint s d f or th )., may be presented e in tion of Lord John Russell troduction of the mo upon the subject in the House of Commons. TILE PEACE SOCIETY.-- s and support ers iia thi s d m s ta e ry m e e b t r i n evening,ord ae t r the t SOCIETY.--A society ptbli eras sethienlgd yester day tthere. favour of what o get ups t w r t o i on ' stated'll of Commerce, Threadneedle petition to Parliament in The wa s termed " a system of legalized arbl the object for which they were met, viz., by chair was taken by Mr. W. Alexander , agitation to get up a system of international arbitrati on . by which the horrors of war would be superseded. Mr. T. Hudson, the Rev. Mr. Burnett, and Mr. Stephens ad dressed the meeting, and resolutions were passed una nimously in accordance with the sentiments expressed by the speakers, and for carrying into effect the principle' Of the society. A vote of thanks was then passed for the chairman, and the business was concluded. i ths dtric D ISTR ESS IN SPITALYIELDS.—Last night a numerou s meeting of the opera t iv e silk-weavers of t, was hold in the school-room, Hare-stree Beth is al t green, Mr. S. Hornsby in the chair, for the purpose of adopting a memorial to her Majesty praying h her to silk take into considera tion the grievances of whic the - we avers consider they have a right to complain. A petition and resolutions to carry into effect the objects sought for were passed in the usual manner, and a 'rota of thanks having bee n carr ied for the c hairman , th. business ended. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the !louse of Qnimons.) TUESDAY, DEC. 7. PARLIAMENT OF IRELAND DISSOLUTION. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire and report o❑ the means by which the dissolution of the Parliament of Ireland was effected ; on the effects of that measure upon Ireland and upon the labourers in husbandry and operatives in manufac tures in England; and on the probable consequences of con tinuing the Legislative Union between both countries :" Debate arising, Motion made, and Question proposed," That the Debate be now adjourned." Motion by leave with. drawn. Main question put. The House.divided;— MINORITY-AYES, 23. Blake, M. J. Macnamara, Major Power, Nicholas Browne, R. D. M`Tavish, C. C. Reynolds,youli Callaghan, D. Meagher, Thomas Roche, E. B. Devereux, J. T. Mahon, O'Uormau Scully, Francis Fagan, William O'Brien, J. Wakiey, Thomas For, Richard M. O'Brien, Timothy Grattan, Henry O'Connell, Ittaurios - TELLES/. Greene, John O'Connell, M. J. O'Connor, Feargua Keating, Robert O'Flaherty, Anthony O'Connell, John j MAJORITY-NOES, 255. Enfield, Lord Norreys, Slr D. Evans, John Ogle, S. C. Evans, William Ossuiston, Lord Ably, Thomas N. Acton, Colonel Adair, R. Shatto Aglionby, H. A. Alemander, N. Anson, Colonel Arksvright, G. mines, Al. T. italdock, E. H. Baring, F. T. Ewart, William Fage,t, Lord A. Farnham, E. B. Paget, Lord Clarence Farrer, James Paget, Lord, George Ferguson, Sir R. Palmer, Roundell FtoHiatt, J. Palmerston, Via. Fitzpatrick, J W. Parker, John Fitzwilliam, G. W Patten, J. W. Barnard, E. G. Bateson, Thomas Bellew, K. M. Benbow, John Benett, J. Bennet, P. Beresford, William Berkeley, Captain Berkeley. Grantley Bernal, Ralph Bernard, Viscount Birch, Mr Thomas Blackall, S. W, Bourke, Richard S. Bor yule, E. P. Bowring, Dr. Boyd, John' Breine dge, Richard Brisco, M. Broadley, 11. itroadwood, Brockman, E. D. Brotherton, Joseph Brown, Humphrey Bulkeley, Sir R. B. Bunbury, W. Bunbury, Edward Burghley, Lord Burke, Sir Thomas Burroughes, 11. N. Busfeild, W. Bux.on, Sir E. Campbell, W. F. Carew, W. P. Carter, John B. Caulf eld. Colonel Floyer, John Perfect, Robert Foley, John H. Pigott, Francis Forbes, W. Pilkington, James Fordyce, A. D. Pinney, W. Forster, Mathew Plumptre, J. P. Fortescue, Chichester Price, Sir R. Fortescue, J. W. Raphael, Alexander Freestun, Colonel Renton, John C. , Gibson, T. M. Itlch,Henry Glyn, George Carr Romllly, John? Grace, 0. D. J. Russell, Edward S. Greene Thomas Russell, F. C. H. Gregson, Samuel Bedleir. John Grenfel , Charles W. St. George, Chris. Grey, Sir G. Salwey, Colonel Grey, Ralph W. Sanders, George Grogan, E. Scholetleld, WiWart Guinness, R. S. Scrope, G. P. Gwyn, Vowel Seeley, Charlea Haggitt, F. It. Shafto, R. 1). Male, R. B. Shell, IL L. Hall, Sir:B. Sidney, Thomas Hallyburton, Lord Simeon, John Halsey, T. P. Slaney, Robert A. Hamilton, G. A. Smith, V. Hamilton, J. H. Smyth, John G. Hardcastle, J. A. Smythe, G. Harris, Hon. Capt. SOmerton, Viscount Haste, Alexander Somerville, Sir W. thistle, Archibald Sotheron, T. 11. S. Mayes, Sir E. Spearman, 11. J. Ilayter, W. G. Stafford, Augustus lleadlam, T. E. Stanley, E, J. Ileathcoat, John Staunton, Sir G. Healey, J. W. Strutt, Edward Heywood, James Stuart, Lord D. Cewidish, C. C. Cayley, Edward 3. Chaplin, W. J. Charter.s, Francis Chichesler, Lord J. Childers, S. W. Clay, James Clements, Charles Clerk Sir 0. Clifford, Henry M. Clive, Henry B. Cobden, H. Cockburn, Alex. Cocks, Thomas S. Cele, 11. A. Coles, Henry B. Coope, Octavius Craig, W. 0.. Cubittt, William Davie,; Sir Henry Dawson, T. V. liodges, T. Twisden Hodgson, W. N. Hood, Sir A. Hope, Sir J. Hotham, Lord Hudson, George Humphery, Ald. Hutt, William Inglis, Sir It. IL Ireland, Thomas J. Jackson, William Jervis, Sir John Jervis, John Jocelyn, Viscotint Jones, Sir W. Jones, Captain Keogh, William Keppel, George T. Ker, Richard Knox, Colonel Labouchere, Henry Sutton, Henry Talfourd, sergeant Taylor, Thomas 33. Tenison, E. K. I Thicknesse, K. A. Thompson, Colonel Thornely, T. Tolletnache, John Towneley, John Townley, It. G. Trelawny, J. S. Trevor, J. B. Turner, George Tyrrell, Sir J. T. Verner, Sir W. Villiers, Charles Walrusley, Sir J. Walpole, S. H. WaLih, Sir J. B. Walter, John Ward, H. G. Deering, Jolla P. Disraeli, B. - Lennox, Lori A. Lewis, George C. Watkins, Colonel Wawn, J T. . _ Douglas, Sir C. E. Littleton, E. R. Drummond, IL Lowther, Henry Duckworth, Sir J. Lushington, Charles Duff, George S. M'Gregor, John Duff, James I.l'Naghten, Sir E. Duncan,:Viscount Maitland, T. Duncan, George Mangles, It. D. Duncuft, John Marsh .11, J. G. Dundas, 'Admiral Martin, J. Dundas, Sir David Martin, Samuel Dundas, George Matheson, Alex. Dunne, Francis P. Matheson, Colonel Da Pre, C. G. Maxwell, Hon. J.,F. Ebrington, Viscount Morison, General Edwards, Henry Mowatt, Francis Egerton, W. T. Newdegatc, C. N. Elliot, John E. Noel, Gerald J. Wslby, G. E. • Westhead, J. P. Williams, John Willoughby, Sir IL Wilson, James Wilson, Matthew Wodehouse, E. Wood, Sir Charles Wood. W. P. Wortley, J. S. Wrightson, W. B. Wyld, James Wyvill, Marmaduk• Yorke, H. it. TELLERS. Turtlell, Henry Hill, Lord M. DISASTERS AT SEA. LIVERPOOL - , TUESDAY, HALF-PAST FOUR, P.M.—The severe gales which have prevailed at this port and the adjoining coast since Saturday last, have been attended with much destruction of property at sea, besides, we regret to say, a fearful loss of life This morning the storm continued to rage with unmi tigated violence, and the greatest apprehensions were manifested as to the fate of the vessels off the coast. About ten o'clock it•was reported that a brig was stand ing towards , the mouth of the river Dee, with signals of distress flying, and soon afterwards she drifted on shore. In the course of the forenoon it was further stated, that a large vessel was lying outside the river dismasted, and also a barque aground, with a lifeboat alongside of her, as well as a brig with signals of distress flying, standing to the westward. One of the Liverpool steam tugs, with a lifeboat, went out to the assistance of these vessels, but returned into port about twelve o'clock, without having been able to render any service. It has since been ascertained that the brig ashore is the Mary, from St. John's, New Brunswick. We also regret to announce the total wreck of the Frankfield, a fine ship of 900 tons, bound from Liver pool to Callao, with the loss of 20 lives. She was wrecked at half-past five o'clock this morning near East 'Mouse, off the Isle of Anglesey, and about 20 miles north-east of Holyhead. Eight of the crew were saved. She sailed from this port on Saturday last, with thirteen other vessels that left the port on the same day. Fur ther particulars of this melancholy disaster will, doubt less, reach the port in the course of the evening, or to morrow. The Digby and the St. Vincent, both of which sailed on Saturday, have put back in consequence of the weather. It is greatly feared that to-morrow morning will bring a sad catalogue of further disasters. The wind continues very high, and another stormy night is expected. Crowds of spectators have been on the pier-head in the course of the day, but it was with much difficulty they could stand, owing to • the violence of the storm. The river steamers, especially the outward boats to the north-west of the port, had hard work to cross the river. HARWICIL—The gales have occasioned much mischief, and many deplorable results have been reported at Harwich and the m rthern coast. Several vessels were almost simultaneously lost on the Gun Fleet Sands. The City of London steamer, from Rotterdam for Lon don, left on Saturday, and was exposed to the full force of the storm. She was thrown on her beam ends, the sea making a perfect breach over her. A number of cattle were washed overboard, and several oxen and many sheep destroy ed. The captain at last succeeded in getting into Harwich. A three-masted vessel and a brig were seen to go down, the crews are supposed to have perished. The crews of the Albion and the Bridg water was rescued. Off Yarmouth the shipping suffered considerably. The Concord, of Ramsgate, got ashore on the Shipwreck Sands, and was lost; the crew were saved by the lifeboat from Yarmouth. The Darlington packet, belonging to Stockton, met with a similar fate; the crew were rescued. The Reform, of Goole, foun dered in Lynn Deeps on Sunday night; the master and his son are said to have been saved. MONEY 'MARKET.—The premium on gold at Paris is 14 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 175. 100. per ounce for standard gold, .gives an ex change of 25.50; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.65, it follows that gold is 0.58 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 4374 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10id. par ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.11 k; and the exchange at Hamburgh on Landon at short being 13.12 f, it follows that gold is 0.40 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. We understand that the Rev. David Brown, of the Free Church of Scotland, Glasgow, the author of a cele brated work on the Millennium, is to preach in the new Presbyterian Church, Upper-street, Islington, next Sabbath. [ADvEnnesstENT.] —One of the greatest impositions practised at the present day by shopkeepers, not only in London, but in every city and town throughout the Kingdom, is that of forging the property of another, and imposing on the public the counterfeit article with all the assurance of innocence.—We allude in the present instance to those admirable requisites for the toilet, the Macassar Oil, Kalydor, and Odonto, as prepared by the Messrs. Rowland, and which, from their merits and re putation, are the constant objects of fraudulent imita tion. The parties so counterfeiting concoct some trashy compounds resembling in appearance the preparations of Messrs. Rowland, and by adopting the very same names and copying the labels, bills, &c. &c. endeavour to pass them off as the " GENUINE ;" reckless of the injury which they will inevitably inflict on those who are de ceived into using them. We would therefore advise all patrons of Messrs. 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