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eact er, and that, too, from a high dignitary in the Bo can Catholic Church. He alluded to the speech of gr chdeacon Laffan, in which the people of England e ve re stigma'ased as " Saxon scoundrels, who, if men -es ough, wo - ald, when suffering the same privations as the ;t%sh, stand on one side, and shoot every man who had a )event e , oat on his back." There were four Members of arli A nent present when that speech was made—among tithe - ,,exit the Hon. and Learned Member for Kilkenny— sr4 west one of them had thought fit to make a reproving -eolors:vation.—(Hear, hear.) Assassination had been the rresult of such harangues. According to the returns of itbe Poor-law Commissioners the rateable rental of that country amounted to fourteen millions—he believed that twenty was nearer the mark—and until that had been .filly taxed he would not consent to any more subsidies from England.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that in the present state of things full powers should be given to the Lord-Lieutenant, and he for one was prepared to grant those powers.— (Hear.) Mr. M. O'CONNELL said that the speech the House had just - beard was exactly such a one as was calculated to excite to frenzy the already inflamed people ot Ire land. The Hon. Baronet had been particularly face tious on the subject of certain Irish Members dying on the floor of the House. He (Mr. O'Connell) believed that the necessity for such an extremity would not occur, because the Irish Members could, as they had done before, defeat any Coercion Bill that might be brought forward. The Hon. Baronet had alluded to a certain speech made by Archdeacon Laffan, but he had only quoted the commencement of that speech, omitting the conclusion, which denounced crime, and exhorted the people to peace and order.—(Hear, hear.) It should be recollected also that the commencement of the speech, however ill-advised it might be under other circum stances, had been provoked by the constant calumnies and abuse of certain English newspapers. He would ask that House, did they think that if the people of England suffered one-tenth of the oppression under which the Irish laboured, they would have remained quiet under it ? The Honourable Baronet had alluded to the address of 1762. Why, the people of Ireland bad preserved the peace ever since that time.—(A laugh.) As to the grant of eight or ten millions, he could assure the House that not more than one-fifth of that sum had reached the people, and even of that a large portion was absorbed in paying the army of 15,000 officials. The Hon. Baronet had asked what had certain Members of that House done for Ireland ? He had last year remained in Ireland to endeavour to mitigate the sufferings of the poor in his own neighbourhood, and he was glad to say that his exertions had been so far suc cessful that no district in the county was more peaceful. But in that district it was proved that there was now re maining surplus of the last harvest not food sufficient to supply the people for two months. The majority of the people there spoke Irish, not understanding a word of English ; yet they sought to improve the condition of those people by sending a man to teach them agriculture who could not speak a word of Irish. Let the House wait until the returns of the amount of distress existing and the quantity of food remaining in the several pa rishes of Ireland were sent in, and then say whether they thought the poor-law would be a sufficient depend ence for the Irish poor until the next harvest, and whether some further assistance would not be needed. Mr. S. CRAWFORD, but for the allusion which had been made to the landlord and tenant question, would not have addressed the House on the present occasion. The Right Hon. Secretary for the Home Department had stated that a measure on this subject was shortly to be brought forward by the Government. But that de claration was not satisfactory to him, for during the last session the then Secretary for Ireland had told them the same thing. Over and over again they had been told in the previous session that the subject was under conside ration by the Government, and that a measure would be speedily submitted to Parliament. Yet nothing was done, and he was apprehensive that unless the Govern ment were forced on by the exertions of others, the present session would pass over without any legislation in reference to it. For twenty years past it had stood upon the records of Parliament, that the existing rela tions of landlord and tenant were the cause of many of the evils under which Ireland laboured. Ile referred to the reports of the various Committees in proof of this. It was his conviction that had a satisfactory measure been carried during the last session for the settlement of the landlord and tenant question, those murders by which the country had been of late disgraced would never have occurred. English tenants received compensation, but Irish none; and when they neglected to secure the rights of labour, how could they expect the rights of propery to be respected? English gentlemen had scarcely an idea of the state of the Irish tenants. During the Government of Sir R. Peel two Bills were brought forward for the settlement of the landlord and tenant question, one of which was still before the House when the Right Hon. Baronet left office; when subsequently that measure was abandoned the Noble Lord (J. Russell) stated that the question would be considered early in the next session. The Noble Lord was therefore doubly pledged in this matter. The tenants now looked upon their landlords as tyrants, and when they looked to the machinery of landlordism, with its ejectment processes and its bailiffs, it was not surprising. It was all very well to talk to the people about the advantages of self-reliance ; but how could the Irish tenantry have any self-reliance when they had not six months' secure possession of their land, but on the contrary were almost certain of being dispossessed it, in the exercise of their self-reliance, they endeavoured to improve their holdings and better their condition? In all cases where tenant-right was given (as in the county of Down) there was no want of confidence between the tenant and his landlord, nor was there any difficulty of providing for the poor. Ie the north of Ireland tenant-right had been established by legal decision, as against third parties in the case of property required by the Irish railways. A simple measure giving the same right as against the landlords throughtout the country was all that was required. In some parts of Ireland it was the custom to give the tenants notice every ;ix mouths, in order that the) might always be in the power of the landlord. As no private Member had any chance of carrying such a ince sure, he hoped the Government would redeem their pledge by passing an efficient measure of tenant-right without further procrastination. It was useless to send lecturers to improve the knowledge of agriculture amongst Irish farmers until they gave them security of tenure. He did not expect that any measure would have the effect of immediately or very rapidly improving the condition of Ireland, but the landlord and tenant mea sure was necessary as a groundwork for any improvement. There was no one more ready to give the Government the powers necessary to put down assassination than himself, but he would not delude the House or the Govern ment with the idea that it could be put, down by coer cion alone. If remedial measures went ha:.d in hand with coercive, he would give the Government the powers they required to repress outrage, but not without. He could not consent to a measure for drawing from the labour ot this country the funds which ought to be pro vided by Irish property, as the resources of Ireland were sufficient to maintain the poor of that country; but if the Government and Legislature would not do that which was necessary to enable the people of Ireland to support themselves, the English House of Commons and the Eoglish people must pay for the neglect.—(Hear.) Mr. MEAGHER said a few words in defence of the conduct of Archdeacon Laffan, and stated that on all occasions he had exhorted the people to obey the law. He had, in more than one in,tance, assisted him (Mr. Meagher) in apprehending persons who had infringed the law; and, on one occasion, eight men had bee-n apprehended, brought to trial, and convicted through his means. Sir W. SOMERVILLE could not see in the speeches of the Hon. Members for Meath and Cork any justifica tion of the present amendment, and he had hoped that after the speech of his Right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department, it would have been withdrawn. He regretted he could not say that the picture which had been drawn of Ireland's distress and crime was exaggerated; but, as regarded crime, it was at least satisfactory to think that it was quite local—being confined to part of the King's County, Limerick, Clare, Roscommon, and Tipperary. Crime now, he must ob serve, differed in its character from that of former years. At the close of 1846, though outrages were frequent, they were mostly connected with distress, and exhibited themselves in plundering of provisions and slaughtering of cattle—but they now arose from a spirit of resistance to the payment of rent, and were committed principally by armed men. The lion. Member for Kilkenny said that the existing law had not been put in force; but he (Sir W. Somerville) knew not upon what authority his Honourable Friend made that assertion, be cause he believed that the law had never been enforced with greater rigour than by the present Lord-Lieutenant. (Hear, hear, the Hon. Member for Kilkenny observing " Special commission.") If cir cumstances arose to justify a special commission, he had no doubt that the Lord-Lieutenant would immediately direct one; but his Hon. Friend must recollect that as regarded the murderers of Mr. Roe, Mr. Lucas, Major Mahon, and Mr. Bayley, the murderers had not yet been discovered, and a special commission in this case would 1) ,.! a nullity. —(gear, hear.) His Hon. Friend was also zreng in supposing that it was in the power of the Lord- Lieutenant to increase his constabulary foroe ab libitum; and befor e he c harged the Gover nmen t w ith i n t ro d uc i n g measures of h ardship, he thought he ought to wait and see whet those Somerville' measures were, because in his (Sir W. op w ir i zn they would be found calculated to suppress crim e predilections of any lil o infringin g upon the constitutional by the ei . Gentlem an in that House. The course adopted parties engaged in the cor*Lieutenant of protecting in the collection, but o f me t ing of rents, not of aiding Protecting those so en gaged tram violence, hadrleaeve attended with the best effects. As he had observed, e l' Wit"evnenot happened that prevailing cause of that r measure s the distress th a t where crime was sthintended to w as not the greatest. The be introduced would have the best effej t e . featly novel, and would teach those mis th ey were per who had the means and the thatpow ec theyt e w disch argeet. egnuoit7oh epeople t crimesthe debts, and would not do 80, ho t w he ever, law of the country at defiance. While, in dignation of Englishmen was raised by he had alluded to, let them not forget that the people in th e western districts were not staine d with. these at roc i ous perpetrations, but . were still su ff ering from the s everest a ffliction with whic h any nation was ever wituessed.— (Hear, hear.) The honourable Baronet then proceeded in one week in July, • a fter which he detailed to praise the Ratio n Act, by w hich 2,559,966 persons h ad been fe d; the peculiar circumstances In three-fourths of the of distress under which the poor-law came into operation. country it would, however, be successful, and he con sidered that a great deal was achieved _ when three fourths of Ireland were made self-depen dent. It had been said that several boards of guardia ns had t h rown up their of fi ces, but that was not the case. Seve ra l had been dissolved on account of other circumstances, which rendered it necessary; and Ballinrobe, Castlebar, Kan turk, and several others were managed by paid guardians. The Government had endeavoured to carry out the pool-law in such a way as to conciliate the people, not THE SUN', LONDON; WEDNESDAY _EVEN LNG, NOVEMBER 24, 1847. enforcing their rules in a harsh and arbitrary spirit; and he trusted the law would soon begin to take root in the country, and become popular with the people, and that they would cease to consider it as oppressive, but as intended as a provision set apart by the State for the support of the poor.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped, after this explanation, the amendment would be withdrawn. Another Honorable Member had alluded to him in very unkind terms. He did not know what he had done since he accepted office to deserve such remarks; and he ventured to say that if he in any degree merited them he should not be a fit colleague for her Majesty's Ministers, who had ever acted towards Ireland with the warmest desire for her welfare.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Baronet concluded by again expressing a hope that the amendment would be withdrawn, and resumed his seat amidst cheers from the Ministerial benches. Mr. A. STAFFORD said he entirely agreed wiih some gentlemen who had spoken, when they said that it was the wish of the House that the amendment should be withdrawn. He should wait and see what measures were brought for ward by her Majesty's Government. On the very mild and temperate speech which had just been de livered, he would venture, in the first place, to remark upon what be considered a discrepancy between one statement which had been made and the statement which had fallen from the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for Home Affairs. He had understood the Hon. Mem ber for Drogheda to say that the poor-law would be self supporting in three-fourths of Ireland, but that in the last quarter of the country it would be necessary to have another grant from the Government. Now, he (Mr. A. Stafford) had understood the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State for Home Affairs to say that the funds of the British Association would be found suffi cient to meet this difficulty. Then, if the Hon. Member for Drogheda stated that in one quarter the poor-law would not be found to be self-supporting, and the Secre tary of State for Home Affairs that there need be no grant from the Government, it remained to be stated by the Government what became of the one-fourth.—(Hear, hear.) But he (Mr. A. Stafford) must say that the poor law in three parts of Ireland—the experiment having been made at a time of the greatest difficulty—proposed an experiment on the property of the country unprece dented in the annals of history, except in times of de clared revolution. When it was said that Government came forward to ask for Coercion Bills, it should be re membered that there was a great difference between the periods past and present, and that now, by law, no man need starve in Ireland. A legislative provision had been made, and the property of Ireland had been taxed for the support of the poverty of Ireland. The Hon. Mem ber for Drogheda had stated that the peculiarity of the assassinations, and the attempts at assassination in Ire land, consisted in their being all connected with land. Now, he would grant that the greater part of the crimes were connected with land and the collection of rates, but the Hon. Gentleman should not deceive himself—should not take too favourable a view of the state of society in Ireland, as he assuredly would do if he considered that crimes which had begun in the resistance to the pay ment of rates would stop when other objects were in view. Take, for instance, the last murder committed in the county of Limerick, and the particulars of which had just reached the metropolis. A farmer, of the name of Dillon, found it impossible to procure the return of some money, and he went to Limerick to consult his law agent. On his return, :Mr. Dillon was barba rously and brutally murdered. Many of the crimes were committed for purposes not connected with land or with rents. Treat the matter as they would, the civil war which was raging in some parts of Ireland was a war, not only against rents, but against rates, as a part of property. The evil with which we had to deal in Ireland was not the solitary assassination, but a system of connivance and sympathy with the perpetrators of assassination. And if it was found that the system of criminal law of England worked well, because it met with the sympathy of the people, it was because in Ireland no such sympathy ex isted that the law was inoperative. He (Mr. A. Staf ford) had never stood up for old abuses—he had never contended that the landed proprietors were blameless— he had never advocated the existing law of landlord and tenant, and he should accordingly receive with favour the measure which her Majesty's Ministers might bring forward. But it would be useless to con sider this question unless property and life were se cured in Ireland. He did not allude to a law which should protect the rich at the expense of the poor. He challenged any one who had been in that country, in the most disturbed districts, to deny that it was the wish of the improving tenant, of the best class of farmers, and of the friese-coated peasant, that some such protection should be given as was now asked at the hands of her Majesty's Government.—(Cheers.) Never imagine that because the murder of a magistrate was read in large letters, the system of crime and terror would cease—never imagine because there were resolu tions of magistrates and letters from persons in respect able positions, that there were not near that spot a set of men for whom it would be necessary to provide employment in agriculture, and whose condition it would be necessary to improve. —(Hear, hear.) When he said that he approved of all that Lord Clarendon had done for the assertion of the rights of property and the pre servation of life—when he said that he tendered to the Government thanks for what they had done in that country, let it not be supposed that he stood up to advocate partial measures. He stood up in vindication of the honest labour of the tenant, and in reprobation of crime and murder. Some Hon. Gentlemen who bad spoken in the course of the debate had said that the people were driven to commit all those acts of violence and blood. But he had listened in vain for the connexion between the provocation and the bloodshed. Did Honourable Gentlemen mean to say that it was only in Tipperary, Clare, and Roscommon, that the system of landlordism prevailed ? Did they mean to say that there were ejectments in no other counties ? If crime, however, could be traced to other causes—and it was known that there were ejectments in Mayo, Kil ls( nny, and Donegal—the argument of Hon. Members fell to the ground. If other causes could be found they must be grappled with. Only prove that where eject ments were most rife life was most insecure, and he still said that that did not account for all those dis turbances and assassinations of which we had daily in telligence, but that it offered an additional reason for giving discretionary powers to the Lord Lieutenant. The Hon. Member here gave a most painful account of the recent attempt to murder Mr. Bayley at Nenagh, and showed the sympathy which was evinced by the people of the neighbourhood for the crime and the criminals. He (Mr. A. Stafford) lived in that part of the country in which this attempt was made—he lived, as bad been said, on the opposite side of the house, without barred windows or locked doors—he had never had &threatening notice, and his life had never been attempted. But he would not speak less strongly on that account, nor at tempt to lessen that responsibility which the Govern ment, by calling upon the House to consider the state of Ireland, had thrown upon them.—(Cheers.) Mr. F. O'CONNOR, said that this was confessedly the commencement of the programme of the usual ses sion, and he was not at all astonished to find the Chan cellor of the Exchequer checking the exuberance of the Member for Drogheda. He objected to the high co louring which Hon. Members used when describing crime in Ireland, and offered to pourtray murders com mitted in this country quite as vividly. He could not see what great advantage the Chancellor of the Exche quer would derive from his financial programme, after the communications which had been made by the Right lion. Gentleman the Secretary for Ireland. The object of calling Parliament together was to give stability so the money market, and what had the Right Hon. Gen tleman told the House? He was about to show that two million six hundred thousand had been imported last year, when the Chancellor of the Exchequer stopped him, lest, in his exuberance, he might damage the cause. But he had not been stopped in time, for the Right Hon. Gentleman told the House that the potato crop was valued at only four millions, whilst its usual value was sixteen millions. He suspected that tranquillity could only be procured by coercion ; he objected to a Coercion Bill, which was to punish those who were confessedly the victims of bad govern ment. He asked the Government whether they were going to found a Coercion Bill upon their own mis government, without first inquiring into the cause of crime? He thought that one of the chief causes of crime in Ireland was the premium which was offered to idle ness. Ireland was a fruitful country, and the people were industrious; and why was it that she did not pros ' per whilst others with inferior advantages were pro gressing ? If one Coercion Bill was to pass, what re medy had the Government against the necessity of other measures of the same sort ? There was only one re medy now, and that was, to set the people to work in reproductive labour, and to give them a perpetuity of te nure.—(" Bravo" from some Irish Member, laughter, and cries " Order.") Give the Irish people reason to be industrious, and they would be so. They had heard much of the virtues of the gentlemen who had been murdered, but they should also hear, and think too, of the sufferings of the people. He called upon the Mem bers for Ireland to sink all their differences for the sake of their country. If an attempt were made to coerce Ireland again, he would consider himself as a soldier in her cause, and sit, nay, even sleep, in that House— (Great laugh ter)—in order to endeavour to prevent such a result. The Hon. Member concluded by observing, that he would only give the Government his support on their Irish policy so long as they did—what he did not think they were likely to do—bring forward good measures in reference to that country. Mr. GRATTAN said he withdrew his amendment. The amendment having been withdrawn accordingly, The SPEAKER was about to put the question on the Address, when Mr. HERRIES rose, and (in a very low tone of voice, which rendered it difficult to catch more than the mere purport of his remarks) said that there was one part of v (l r f y ar c ) tts v e iz o . ! her Majesty's Sp eec h t o w hi c h b u t little reference had been made, an d yet i t was one w hi c h appeare d t o b e t h e thetheir state b e ing of assembled commercial o d n is th tr a e t ss that had recently prevailed. This question required more notice, on the part of some any other subject d member of the Government, than Majesty's Gar, emended at the present crisis. Her the Act of 1844, 1 and rat' th had interfered in the subject of inter fered to avert au i e thought they had wisely inter of the Government impe nding calamity. Two members to do that which, aproposed to the Bank of England promise of indemnity , wi thout such suggestion , the a- and without a could not have done. e did di re of that institution would have produced papers expect that the Government event, and that they woul ha nd documents as to this that House for what they had ctitiovne asked the sanction of at all events, though there had neOt They were bound, fringement of the law by the Bank e t ccurred any in went a full account of the state of circumstanc e s to Parlia ment they made the suggestion they offered tO'etleie tlie —(Hear.) The lettsr to the Bank directors Itilaanlks. contained a sugg estion that a part of the pro fi ts of the high interest to be charged for money should be app ro . • prtateto d the public service. But no account had as yet been given how fa r an y arrangement of the sort had been carried out—to what extent the Bank had acted on the suggestion.—(Hear.) He need not surely tell so constitutional a man as the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) that the act of raising money without the con sent of Parliament was highly unconstitutionaL It had been suggested in the public papers, that inasmuch as the Act of 1844 had not actually been infringed, the proposal to which he had referred would not have effect. But they ought to have information on the whole matter. —(Hear, hear.) He was sure he should receive from one of her Majesty's Government some explanation as to whether the House wire to calulate on a renewal of a measure similar to that of 1844, or whether her Ma jesty's Government would adopt some measure that would prevent a recurrence of such a monetary crisis as that through which the country was passing.—(Hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said his Right Hon. Friend must have forgotten his Parliamen tary practice, or he would not have expected that a dis cussion on monetary matters would be taken on the amendment moved on an Irish subject. There would be great inconvenience experienced if two different subjects were mixed up together in the same debate. He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) hoped, therefore, that he should be excused for not having, on that occasion, made a speech on financial matters.—(Hear, hear.) No doubt he had come down to the House expecting that the con duct of the Government would be made the subject of observation, and fully prepared to take part in the de bate • but, at that hour of the night, he thought it would be exceedingly inconvenient to do so. He would be perfectly ready on Tuesday next, when a motion would be before the House—a motion for the appointment of a Committee to inquire into the Bill of 1844—and which would afford a fair opportunity of discussing the question. He would then fully state his views, and those of the Government, on this question, if reqnired.— (Hear, hear.) He was glad to find that the course pur sued by the Government was approved of, and that it had not led to an infringement of the law. That being the case, the Government required no Bill of indemnity, and, therefore, had no proposition on the subject to sub mit to the House. With regard to the correspondence with the Bank, he should take the earliest opportunity of explaining why that correspondence was not laid on the table of the House. There were now upwards of 10,250,0001. in the Bank, and that circumstance was quite sufficient to inspire the commercial world with con fidence.—(Hear.) Mr. J. O'CONNELL expressed his approval of the course taken by the mover of the amendment, and hoped. the Government would be induced thereby to adopt im mediate measures of relief for the people of Ireland. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the Address was agreed to. The House adjourned at Five minutes past Twelve. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management ef Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be produced a new and original Comedy, called FAMILY PRIDE. Mr. Chapman, Mr. Tilbury ; Doctor Dodge, Mr. Farren ; Arthur Courtney, Mr. Henry Farren ; Captain Shangenah, Mr. Hud son; Blandish, Mr. Brindal ; Mrs. Willoughby Courtney, Mrs. W. Clifford; Sophia Chapman, Mrs. Nisbett; Letitia Bradley, Miss Reynolds; Grace, Mrs. Humby. Atter which, an entiaely new Comic Drama, called THE ROUSED LION. Characters by Messrs. Webster, Howe, Wigan, H. Vanden hoff ; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Seymour, and Mrs. Stanley. To conclude with the comic Drama, entitled THE IRISH I'OST. Characters by Messrs. Tilbury, Braid, Hudson, J. Bland, W. Sauter, A. Brindal ; Mrs. liumby, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss Woulds. Stage Manager, Mr. Fasten; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Web ;ter. J. T. Archer, Box-bock keeper. Sexes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance is commence at Seven. TREA.TRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Pill be presented a new and original Drama, called GABRIELLI; or, the Bequeathed Heart. Fitzgerald O'Carrol, Mr. Boyce ; Major Dunmore, Mr. Worrell; Marques di Mincio, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Bal tit:tzar Vaidarno, Mr. 0. Smith ; Bob Bit, Mr. Wright ; Gabrielli, Madame Celeste ; Signora D'Ossuua, Miss Brooks. Atter which, a New Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD the property of the late William Shakspeare), Inquire Within. Cha racters by Messrs. Wright, Cullenford, Worrell, 0. Smith, Paul Bed ford, Mrs. Laws, &c., &c. To be followed by the original farce, called HOW TO SETTLE 10-CoIJNT:-. WITH YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgetts, Wright; Jack Brown, Mr. Manyard; Squibb, Mr. Redmond riyan; Ilary Willie, bliss Woolgar ; Mdlle. Cherry Bounce, Miss tonna Harding. To conclude with the Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. In which Mr. Lambert, Mr. Worrell, Mr. Munyard, Miss Harding, and Miss Chaplin will perform. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 25., Gallery, ls. Dnors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of 31adame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be presented A SOVEREIGN REMEDY. Cbaracters by Messrs. Selby, Granby, and C. Matthews, and Miss Connor. To be followed by the Comic Drama, entitled THE PRIDE OF THE MARKET. Principal characters by Messrs. Buckatone, Leigh Murray, Granby, and Parsene , awe H. Gilbert, Mrs. C. Jones, and Madame Vestris. A Alter which a new Cowie Drama, called A ROUGH DIA3IOI4D. To conclude with a ltomance of Steal Life, called BOX and COX. Principal characters by Mr. Harley. Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Mac namara. The Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed ►y Ni. IV. Bradwell of the Colosseum. Dress Boxes, Is. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Ne half-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, Is open to the Public every day, from Ten to Slx. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Engagement ef Mr. MACREADY and MISS CUSHMAN. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed a new Historical Play, entitled PHILIP VAN A RTEVRLDE. Characters by Messrs. Macready, Ryder, rainier, Cooper, J. Vining, Convay, Neville ; Miss E. Montague, and Miss Susan Cush .nan. To conclude with a Drama, entitled TIIE VIOLET. Characters by Messrs. Cooper, Neville, Conway ; Mrs. Fosbroke, Miss Emma Stanley, and Miss Emmeline Montague. Dress Circle, 55.: Boxes, 45.; Pit., 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee. Mrs. F. Davidge, No. 1, Davidge•terrace,Kenaington-road, Sure/. Last Week of the Opera Company. THIS ETENINO, the performances will commence with the celebrated Opera et LA SONNAMDULA, In which Mr. W. Harrison,lr. Borrani, Miss R. Isaacs, and Miss Romer will appear. To be followed by a new Divertissement called UNE KERMES. To conclude with a new and original Drataa, entitled TIIE TRA TELLER'S ROOM. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Vining, 11. Hughes, T. Fredericks, Lewis, Oxberry, and Mrs. W. West. A distinct entrance to the private boxes has been made (which have been re-fitted). Private boxes may be had "tightly of all the •rincipal Librarians ; and at the Box-oetizo of the Theatre, which is open daily from Ten until Four. Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, is. ; Gallery, 6d. AsTLEY'd ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, FroprleWr and Manager, Mr. William Batty. Mr. Batty's performing Elephants. Tins EVENING The Grand Slsectacle of THE CASH! OF SILESIA. Entirely new Seems In the Arena, by the talented Artistes ol the Establlihment, In the •arious modes of equestration. To conclude with the Ballet called LOVE and VOLLT. Box-oflice open from 11 till Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W West. tVIEETI NG OF PARLIAMENT CIE WEATHER.—Sux Otiricz, Nov. 24. THERMJMETER, Lowest, 36; Highest. 46 ; Noon, 48. BAROMETER, 30.1.—WIND S. by W.; fine. iii..ll WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TillB DAY. Aferninz.. 44 minutes after 2. Evening 7 Min Mei otter 3. at a time when, not withstanding her MAJESTY'S assurance that "the pressure on the banking and commercial interests hi is been mitigated," it is still obvious that those int nests are in a great measure paralysed by debility :and by a very rational want of confidence ; and when, notwithstanding the assertion of the same authority, to the effect that the late abundant harvest "has alleviated the evils which always accompany si want of employment in the manufacturing districts," it is indisputable that those evils are at this moment of an enormous and imperative character. The agonies of her position render Ireland blind to these facts—her garrulity is redoubt :d—her importunities are more than ever importuna te. If we bear in recollection the efforts of amelioration already made by the Government —the gr ant of 10,000,0001.—the sup plies of meal and other articles of nourishment trans mitted by the vessels of the State to the most impo verished districts—the benefactions ensured to the o a f g :u n b c o y rdinate attempts to aid Ireland of a benignant poor law — and destitute in t htarhoeu varietymids t through t th e e o f her late g i gan ti c t r ib u l a ti ons; when we remember , moreover, the circumstances that the Legislature consumed its time and its pa- s t pa tience in the service of Ireland, and that the nation perilled its commercial strength and its financial credit in struggling to extricate that portion of the United Kingdom from its embarrassments--we shall be astounded to hear the State accused of indifference and callousness to the miseries of our fellow-countrymen. That a cry of indignation should be raised by the Irish Members at the proposed introduction of coer cive measures for Ireland is but natural. It is but catural that they should protest against the adoption of a course which was formerly reprobated by Lord JOHN RUSSELL. It is but natural that they should threaten with discomfiture a scheme which led imme diately to the overthrow of the late Government ; and that they should tax the present Cabinet with a wilful and flagrant recalcitration. Until such time as the authority entrusted to the Lord-Lieute nant shall have been tried and found insufficient for the prevention of crime and the punishment of crimi nals, new measures of a coercive character will be cruel and unpardonable. Even then those measures of coercion should be preceded by others of a reforma tory nature, such as would tend to the diminution of the incitements to crime, and to the alleviation of the condition of the peasantry. That the majesty of the law should be vindicated—that bloody as sassination should not flourish with impunity —that the lives of the peaceable and un offending should meet with adequate protection— that murderers should no longer awe the peasantry into connivance with their guilt by the beck of their ensanguined hands—that the history of the country should not continue to be incarnardined with the blood-stains of triumphant sin—are truths beyond all denial or objection. Yet while her MAJESTY may with perfect truth " lament that in some counties of Ireland atrocious crimes have been committed, and that a spirit of insubordination has manifested itself, leading to an organized resistance of legal rights," Heaven is the witness of those criminal peasants, that years of wrong, and centuries of misgovernment have been goading them on to those paroxysms of desperation ! Let us with a bold hand and a sagacious judgment re-organise the social and political system of Ireland, and agrarian assassinations will only survive in a series of dismal recollections ! Let the Irish, in truth, be placed upon an equality with ourselves, and the Celtic Thugs will be no longer in existence. The letter of the 25th of October, by which the Bank Charter Act of 1844 waa virtually suspended, was yesterday withdrawn. The first day of actual business by the new Parliament was that on which the law that had been proved to be so deeply injurious to the country was again restored. It appears, by the Speech from the Throne, and also from the statements made by the Marquis of LANSDOWNE in the Upper, and the CHANCELLOR of the EICHEQUER in the Lower House, that no infringement of the law has actually taken place—that the directors did not avail themselves of the powers bestowed upon them by that letter_ Whether the intimation, that any additional profits which might thereby be gained should be con sidered applicable to public purposes, had anything to do with that result, it is of course impossible for those not in the secrets of the directors to say. They have avoided the necessity of any application to the Legis !attire being made on their behalf, and the 8 per cent interest, and the large gains thereby acquired, will remain the property and swell the dividends of the proprietors. We are now told " that the alarm has subsided, that the pressure on the banking and com mercial interests has been mitigated," and the Finan cial Minister assures us, " that the reserve in the Bank is now upwards of 5,000 0001., that the bullion in her coffers amounts to 10,250,0001.," and adds, " These circumstances are sufficient to inspire the whole commercial world with confidence, and I do not think that it is now necessary to continue that letter, and I: may conclude by saying that her 11.1 A. JESTY'S Government do not mean to apply for further powers than Parliament would be ready to give in case any emergency should arise." We cannot, under such circum stances, conceive any reason why the directors should so long have maintained a rate of interest so exor bitant and so ruinous to all the best interests of the nation—acting as a positive prohibition to produc tion. Nor can we believe that the alarm has sub sided, or the pressure on the banking and commercial n e mitigated, while seven per n minimum rate of discount, a fact witi eitcr. h e s i ints s i beentslelf the is materially indicative of a s t a t e o f p an i c , an d o f c i still serious derangement in the money market. The Bank is now, however, left to its own discretion. The directors are no longer fettered by the conditions annexed to the Ministerial letter, and we may rea sonably look forward to very considerable reductions being almost immediately announced. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER has given notice "that, on Tuesday next, he will move for a Com mittee to inquire into the causes of the recent com mercial distress, and how far that distress was affected Iby the law regulating the issue of bank notes payable on demand ;" and he has also promised, "that on that day certainly, if not before, he will be ready to go into a full statement of the views of the Govern ment, and to give the fullest explanations that the House can desire." We must, therefore, be con tented to await that information which we had hoped would have been afforded at the earliest opportunity. If the Ministry are not prepared to introduce measures on the knowledge already pos sessed of the baneful operation of our monetary code, it is quite right that every additional light should be thrown on the subject, and that intelligent and com petent persons should be invited to communicate the results of their experience, in order that sound con.. elusions may be arrived at ; but what is to be done in the meantime ? Ara matters to remain in what, with all due respect for the Right llonourable Baronet, we cannot help designating as their present untoward state ? Is that Act, that has been proved to be so wholly inefficacious, but which, on the Mi nisterial showing, has in a great degree led to the ' fearful calamities we have witnessed, to be continued pending the inquiries of the Committee that may be appointed ? A stronger condemnation of that law could not be uttered than the simple recital of facts by the Ministerial leader in the House of Lords. The Noble Marquis stated " that if the dis tress had been confined to persons actually in a state of insolvency, and if it had been only that species of inconvenience which must always, from time to time, follow upon over -speculation, the Government would not have felt justified in giving such advice. But when it did appear that not only was there this amount of insolvency in the country, and that a panic had arisen from causes not very difficult to discover, but that the most respectable, the most firm, the most solid houses in the country were placed in a state of danger, then the Government felt that the period had arrived when they might give that advice which they had offered to the Bank of England." Here, then, is the direct admission that the most respect able and solvent houses in the country were placed in jeopardy by the state of the law, which involved them in the most imminent danger—a law which, when financial affairs were in a favourable state, was wholly useless and unavailing, hut which, when matters were in a worse condition, led to all these evils, not merely from its actual ope ration, but still more from the fears it gave rise to, and the consequent depreciation of credit. Let us learn, from the same high authority, the consequence that followed its suspension. His Lordship says, " The instant the advice of the Government had been given to the Bank, the panic had, without any violation of the law, subsided, and there had been an increase of bullion in the Bank from the amount he had just named (a reserve of 1,600,0001.) to 3,205,000/., thus no less than one million of bullion had been accumulated in the cellars of the Bank within so short a space of time as fully to accomplish the object at which the Government had aimed in their n ter Terence." With such conclusive evidence against this most impolitic enactment, we trust that it may no longer be retained on the ;statute•book, but that it may be immediately repealed without waiting the result of the proposed inquiry, or deciding what measure (if any) shall be introduced as a substitute therefor. The accounts from Switzerland bring no news from Lucerne. The new Government of Friburg has chosen Dr. BERCHTHOLD as Chancellor. They have reinstated the Communial Council, which was arbi trarily dissolved by the Jesuits in January last, and have annulled all the acts of the late Council from the time of the accession of the canton to the Sonderbund. The house of the late Avoyer FOURNIER (a furious partisan of the Jesuits) was pillaged by the Landsturm of his own party, who are now outrageous against the Jesuits, and their partisans for the deceptions which they have practised upon them. Several chiefs of the Sonderbund have been preserved from their fury by the Federal troops. At Schwarzenbourg two Land stunners, who were about to return home, were heard to swear that they would not go to church for a year, because they had been deceived by the priests. The priests took to flight when the first shot was fired. The Federalists are using their victory with great moderation ; not a single arrest has been, or will be, made on account of the past ; not a single Conserva tive has been insulted ; and the only disorders that have been committed have been committed by the dis banded troops of the Sonderbund. Madrid papers of the 16th have arrived. Senor MoN was elected President of the Chamber of Deputies on the 15th. He had 135 votes ; Gene ral EVARISTO SAN MIGUEL, 39; and Senors OLOZAGA, BAItONA, and TEJADA, one each. The Committee of Afrancesados, charged to draw up articles of itn peacliment against SALAMANCA, have commenced their labours. M A DRID BOLSA, Nov. 16.—The Three per Cents. were done at 26k, at 50 days ; the Five per Cents., at 141, for paper ; the Debt without Interest, at 4f ; and the Coupons, at 11. We have received the Paris papers of Monday. The withdrawal of M. Bois LE COMTE from Switzerland is commented on in all of them, and they all, with the exception of the _Wats, justify the conduct of the Swiss Government. The Union Monarchique declares that M. Boss LB COMTE was placed in the falsest of positions at Berne, in conse quence of the undecided conduct of M. GulzoT, who sutl , 2red him to remain accredited to the Diet, while at the same time it was easy to see by his notes and his proceedings that he leant towards the Sonder bund. The Presse, too, considers that under the suspicious circumstances in which M. Boss LB COMTE was placed, the refusal " the safe conduct solicited by him for one of his secretaries for a mysterious mission to Lucerne," is in no way astonishing. The Presse also combats the absurd position taken up by M. GUIZOT, that the Ambassador was accre dited to the twenty-two cantons individually, and declares that he is accredited to the Helvetic Govern meLt, and cannot treat but by the intermediation of the Vorort, and sneeringly asks what next is to be done, since M. Boss LE COMTE has gone to Basle to sulk. " All these embarrassments," says the Presse, "are the consequences of an equivocal and shirking policy which does not know clearly what it wants, or what it aims at." The Constitutionnel considers the surrender of Friburg without striking a blow as a proof that the insurrection of the Sonderbund is quite factitious, as its starting point is a series of lies which have been propagated and encouraged, not only by the Jesuits of Switzerland, but by the Go vernment of Austria, and by that of France. Accounts from Algiers of the 11th announce the arrival of the Duchess of AUMALE on that day. It is said that ADD-EL-KADER has, through the inter vention of the Governor of hlellila, made new ad vances towards a treaty with France. The number of persons injured by the accident on the Orleans Railway is thirty; of these two are since dead. A land slip to the extent of 100 yards has taken place on the Rouen and Havre line, between Beugeville and Niontot. The Three per Cents. closed at 76f. 75c. ; New Loan, 76f. 55c.; the Five per Cents., 116 f.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,206 f. 25c.; Rouen, 9101.; Havre, 487 t. 50c. ; Great Northern, 563 f. 75c.; Avignon 5631. 75c.; Vierzon, 551 f. 25c.; Bordeaux, 485 f.; Boulogne, 380 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 265 x.; Dieppe, 2601.; Paris and Strasburg, 417 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 4001.; Paris and Lyons, 403 f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, NOVEMBER 23. Boulogne and Amiens, 15 1 4 ex int.—Namur and Liege, 4 3 4—Northern of France, 12%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 5:1 4 —Paris and Rouen, 35 <,—Paris and Strasbourg, 4 1 4: — Sambre and Meuse, 6%—West Flanders 11A. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) DUNCAN V. BENSON. The LORD CIIIEF BARON gave judgment in this case to-day. The ease arose upon a demurrer to a plea► in the first count of a declaration in assumpsit, brought by the shipper of certain goods from Pernambuco to a London agent, for the purpose of recovering from the owner compensation for the loss he sustained in conse quence of damage to the ship by perils of the sea in a foreign port, the master having properly hypothecated for the due repairs of the vessel. The case has been before the Court on several occa• sions, and his Lordship now decided that the judgment should be entered for the plaintiff. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner Bvx.Locx.) This Court sat this morning for hearing causes under the Small Debts Act, but nothing of the slightest in terest transpired. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.) Thomas Stiff, a letter-carrier, having pleaded guilty to an indictment for stealing a letter from the Post-office ; containing ten shillings, was sentenced to be transported for twenty years. James Mordan, Thomas Skirts, and Thomas Cummins, each eighteen years of age, were indicted for an assault and robbery in King-street, Cheapside, on the 9th of November last, during the Lord Mayor's procession. The prosecutor, Mr. Richard Hibbs, stated that on the d ay __ named he was turning from Lawrence lane into King-street, about the time of the procession, when be was surrounded by a mob in which were the three prisoners, who beat his hat over his eyes, and knocked him down. In the scuffle his watch guard was broken, and, together with his watch, was pulled away. Mr. PAYNE addressed the jury for the prisoner Shires. Mordan said that he was in the crowd, and that he joined them in bonnetting Mr. Hibbs and others, but he had nothing to do with the robbery. Cummings denied that he had taken any part what ever in the riot. The jury found the prisoners Guilty of the assault, and not guilty of the robbery. They were sentenced to aix months' imprisonment and hard labour. MIDDLESEX SES S IONS. (THIS DAY.) Jane Bellard was indicted for stealing a gown, a velvet shawl, and various other articles, the property of Leonard George Needes. Tho prosecutor was a pawnbroker, and on last Thurs day the prisoner went to his shop and stole the gown, which she pledged at another pawnbroker's in the next street ; and on the following Saturday she paid him another visit, and took the shawl, which she disposed of in a similar way. She was found Guilty on both the charges, and sen tenced to two terms of imprisonment of three months, and six weeks with hard labour, for each offence. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-TUESDAY. DERBY.-11 to 1 agst Surplice, 11 to 1 agst Glen dower, 16 to 1 apt Springy Jack 16 to 1 agst Assault, 20 to 1 agst the Stinger, 25 to 1 agst Nil Desperandum, 40 to 1 agst Rosslyn, 40 to 1 agst the Fowler. THE QUEEN'S SPEECH.—Our active and enterpris ing newsman, Mr. Grant, delivered The Sun at our office at four o'clock yesterday afternoon, containing her Majesty's speech.—Brighton Guardian of this day. The rumours at Westminster on the subject of the illness of the Lord Chancellor were yesterday rather unfa vourable. It is stated that one of the consequences of the inflammatory irritation, accompanying the severe cold with which his Lordship has been afflicted, has been the rupture of a blood-vessel. The profession and the public will hear this with profound regret, not more from the delay of public business than from the respect entertained by all classes for his Lordship's character, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. 1 CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a firm market for Cotton at Liverpool yes terday. Sales, 3,000 bales. American advanced *cl. per lb.—Railway Shares were firm. It should be remarked that The Sun, with the Queen's Speech, arrived in the City at about a quarter past two, a most unprecedented instance of dispatch. The Madagascar has arrived from the Cape of Good Hope, with dates to the 25th of September. The troops were on their march, and the Kafir chief Macomo was under strict surveillance, near to Graham's Town. The flocks had been removed to places of safety. It is stated that Sir Henry Pot- Linger was in favour of Sir E. F. Young remaining as Lieutenant-Governor of the Eastern Provinces. The correspondence between the Government and the Bank of England, which appeared in a Third Edi tion of The Sun of last night, has not caused any remarks of consequence, nor has it affected the Funds. Most parties connected with commerce and trade in the City are at a loss in what department there has been any such improvement as that noted in the letter from Downing-street to the " Chairs " of the Bank of England. An account made out of the affairs of Mr. M. L, Bensusan is before us, and certainly not a very favour able one ; indeed, it has been the subject of much con versation. The debts are 52,0161., and per contra there is 3,951/, 16s. 6d. The accountant, Mr. James Hatton , had, it is said, a difficult task to make out the statement. 'The market for public securities has been very firm this morning. Consols for the Account have reached 85i, and the same for Money. The proceedings in Parliament last night were read with some satisfaction in probably all points excepting those connected with Ireland. The present value both for Consols for Motley and Time is 854 Exchequer bills are 2s. discount to par. Bank Stock opened at 189 to 187. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been sold at 85a. In the Foreign Stocks the bargains done to-day were, in Chilian, at 89 ; in Mexican, at 15i ; in Z"panish Five per Cents., at 174 ;in the Three per Cents., at 284 ; in the Venezuela, at 35. Dutch have advanced to 54 for the Two-and-a-Half per Cents., and in the Four per Cent. Certificates to 83k. The Railway Share Market is little disturbed by the approaching exposé of the Ministry as to extensions, grants of further time, &c. The prices are very variable. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 189 187 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 83 1 ,4 844, 83% 3 per Cent. Consols Anns.. .. B5 84% 85 5 Zi New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anus. 8 5 4 1/e% % 14 Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 7-16 9-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 8 .5-16 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,000/. 5001. Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent B9 Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent. 15% Ditto for the Account Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 Ditto for the Account l7q Ditto 3 per Cent. Venezuela Bonds Ditto Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cent.,l2 Guild 5 4 14% 1 .' 2 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. P SHARE. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% % ...... to Ayrshire and Galloway - ... _ . _. Belfast and Ccunty Djwn .. 10' Birmingttam 8; Oxford June... 15 13irmingliam, W 01.,& Dudley 10 ... . . ..... to Birming., Vol., & Stour Val. 8 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshira Junction 734 Boston, Staini, & Birming... 5 Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds Buckinghamshire lOl. 4s — ...... to Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 ...... Chester and Holyhead... 37% — to Ditto, Preference 8 Clarence. Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 20 - Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 15 ...... East Anglia, 25/., L. & E. sad L. & D. Ditto, 18/., E. &II lB ... 10 Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & 11... 1 Eastern Counties Do. I'erpet.,s per et. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d JA dia.... to Do., do N 0 . 9,6/. 13s. 4d... dia. .. to % dis. Do., York Extension _ Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 ... 48% 1 A i.i At to Do., Quarter .... .. ........... 121/2... .. Do., New East ersn Union ... ... .. 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 12% — to Ditto., Thirds .. ......... ...13s. 4d — ...... to Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ... East Lancashire Ditto, New - Do., New Quarters East Lincolnshire 124...... Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — ...... to Ditto, half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%. — to Edinburgh and Northern ... 22%...... Ditto, New..... ... 2% ...... to Ditto, New p0rt..... 7 Ditto, ditto, New l% — ...... to Edinburgh and Perth Ditto, Extension ... 10s. Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...... to Ditto, New Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..B/. 65.8 d... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Ditto, New Do. lA . Shares (5 per ct.gua.) 12% ..... .. ... to Great Northern 8 Do. London & York Exten. 2% — ...... to Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 35 Great North of England 100 226 Ditto, New 40/ 5 Ditto, New 30/ ... 30 ... .. .. ... to Ditto, New 151.......... ...... 1 1 / ‘...... • ... to Great Western Ditto, IlallShares Ditto, Quarter Share.; Ditto, Fifths Do. New 17/ Huddersfield and Manchester 22 .. ... Ditte, Thirds Hull and Selby Ditto, half Shares ' Ditto Quarter Shares 12% — to Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 15 Do. do. and Norwich Do., do., Extension Scrip (late (Carob. and Ely) 2% — ...... to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds lO ...... 11 Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarters 14% — to Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ........... VA."... to Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ... 101.45. 4 3 /4 dis to Do. Liverpool and Bury... 34 Do. (Hudders. and Shelf.) 33 Do., Wakefield, Pontefract, _. . and Goole 4 7 1 /2 to Do., West Riding Union ...41. 2s — . .... to Do., Preston and \Vyre ... 25 Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9 Ditto ditto ..............(B) 14 Leeds and Bradford . 50 ..... ..... to Leicester and Bedford Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manchea. 37% — to Do., Branch 1 ,4 Shares 12% — ...... to Ditto, New Branch (blue).. 2% Ditto, Extension (green)... 2% — to Do., New Exten. (pink)... 2% — to Leeds and Thirsk Ditto, New ..... ...... .. 17 1 ,4..... ....... to - - Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%..... ....•• to Liverpool. Crosby, and Sout h port. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction 2 1,4 — to London & Blackwall... l6 /. 13s. 4d — Ditto New, No. I- Ditto New, No. 2 ......41. 13s. 4d.... .. .. to Do. Extension Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do. Consolidated Eighths... 30 ...... 23 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . ..... Do. Pref. Conv. 5 per Cent. 50 ....~ London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d... ...... to London and North Western..loo 155 ...... to 156 Do. Quarter .....L. and B. 17 Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2 Do. do. Fifths Do. Quarters ...... ... G. J. 25 Do. 401. Shares.....L. & M. 15 Do. 40/. Shares... M. and B. 40 ...... 60 Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 71, 2 ..... -,- Do. 101. .. M. and B. ( B.) 7 1 / 2 1 1 3% ...... to 1)o. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 . .... London and S. We.stern.T... 411. 62 8d 551 A 55 to 55 1 Do. New ConsolidatedBths. 40 Ditto New 501. . 32',x...... 28 3 / to Ditto New 401. .. .. -. 26 —... Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ... ... Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 to Ditto, Thirds 6/. 13s. 4d... 1 die.— to :- t dis. London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1 1 ,4 — * —.. to Londonderry andColeraine... 27 1 At — *** .... to Londozderry and Enniskillen 23 , Y 4 — blanch, Buxton, & Matlock 3 Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto !,q Shares (No. 1) ... 13 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) Ditto,', 4 Shares (No. 3)... 7%.•.••• Ditto Grimsby Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto ... Ditto, Sheffield, and Line. 7%..• .. Manchesterand Southampton 2 1 A ...... —.— to Michaud ........................... 100 • •....110 Ditto, Consol. Preference...loo .. — 1 .... Ditto, 40/. 5hare5............ 40 ...... 42 / 2 to to 9% Ditto, 501. 5hare5........... 10 ... .. 9 Midland, Birrn., and Derby...loo ..... 82 Midland, Consol. Bristol and to Birmingham 6 per ce0t....100 ...... —__ Midland, Bristol and Glo uc. 34 Ditto ditto ..................... 71. 95.... „ to Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct.gaa.).... 50 .... . MiLild. Great Western(lrish) 30 Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ..... Ditto Quarter Shares 5O ... .. ...... to Newmarket and Chesterford 13 1 ,4...... Ditto Extension Newport Abergy., and Heref. 4 Norfolk ......... .... Ditto New 201. Ditto Extension Do. Scrip, 1847,N. of Norflk 2 1)o. do. Waveney Valley... 2 Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and llostrevor Northern Counties Union .... 4 Sorth British Ditto Half Shares. Do. Quarters 4% 4:14 %xt to Ditto, Extension ..... to Ditto Thirds .... 1 % ...... 214 ...... to North Staffordshire... .. ...... 71 4 7%34... to North Wales - North Western . 6 - Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 7 1 ,4 7 ...... to -- Royston and Hitchin Scottish Central icottish Midland ... 17% — ...... to Ditto, New - Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole Shrewsbury and Birmingham 6 Ditto, ditto, Class B. 3 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 ... .. . Ditto, Oswestry l2 Ditto (New) .... 1 Shrewsbury and Herefor d... 2 Shropshire Union ... 4 ...... 1% to South Devon ....... ...... ... 40 - Ditto, Preference South Staffordshire South Eastern and Dover 334 4 Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, No. 2 l7 ...... to Ditto, New, No. 3 I)itto New, No. 4............ 6 1 i 4% ...,... to South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... .. 4 - Chames Haven Dock and Railway 1714 — Faw Vale Extension Vale of .Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 1 3 1A...... Waterford and Limerick..... - Waterford,Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin West Cornwall 4 - Whitehaven and Furness ll ..... ..... to Windsor, Staines, and South Western s2s. Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 30 ...... ... to -- 1' ork, Newcastle, and Berwick 2.5 ... . 33% ..... to 3 3 , Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 ..... 31 to 30 4 Do. North Shields Purchase 25 .. ... - Do. Extol. No.l (Y. & N.) 10 - Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 10 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 York and North Midland .. 50 - Ditto, Preference ' 10 - Ditto East and West Riding Extension .... - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 ...... ... .. to •"" Barbadoes Boulogne and Amiens Central of France ( Orleans 20 ...... 14% xi... to -.-- and Vierzon) - Central of Spain ... 2 - Ceylon to --- Dumerara. Dendre Valley - Direct Bombay and Madras ss. Dutch Rhenish 7 . _. ...... to --0 East Indian - Great Indian Peninsular Great Southern of Madras ...... . ..... to -- to -- Great Western Bengal 53. - Great Western Can - ada - It alian and Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Louvain it la Sambre ......... 6 - ...... to --- Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon (Con stituted) - ••• •• to --- Madras - ladras, Nellore, and Arcot %...... ...... t 9 '-'. Madrid and Valentia - Namur and Liege....... l4 - Northern of France. Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 - Over Yssel 413 s 4d..•.. ...... t° Paris and Lyons - Paris and Orleans 2O ...... - Paris and Rouen .. - .. ••. to --- Paris & Strasbourg ........... 8 Rouen and Havre 20 Sambre and Meuse - Strasburg and Bale l 4 Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 8 -••-•• tO --- Tournay, Jurbise, Louden, and flasselt - •••••• to --- Trinidad.. ........ ......... ..... 2% - West Flanders 8 - JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American - Colonial - Commercial of London London Joint Stock ... ..... 10 London and Westminster. .. 20 - Ditto, New National Provincial of Engld. 35 t• ••••• Ditto, New National of Ireland 2 2 1,4 ••• .. to -- Provincial of Ireland - Ditto, New ... •• lO .•••• -- •••••• to --- Union of Australia - Ditto, New 2% Union of London ...... .• . 10 Union of Madrid ... 40 ...... _ ........ tt t : o ..........-- MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO - Astrian Mining Company ... 11 . -- A us t ra li an Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 British Iron . lO - ..... to -- Brazilian Imperial .... • - ... 21 - Cobre Copper - Galvanized Iron - Roal del Monte, Unregistered ..... 3I A...... to --- COURSE OF EXCHANGE. .... smiler 'am .......... 12 9 Gibraltar.. Dit'.. , ,, at sight 26 40 Rotterdam ......., -- Atttvrerp • 26 35 Milan .••••••• • • • • " • • ..- 0 amhurgh .... —MM. 14 1 Venice........ • • ...... 3 1 Altona •• . ....... Paris, 3 days' sight .. 25 S 5 Palermo, peros— .... .. SO% ditto, ...... —.. . . Marseilles •• •••••• • • 26 30 Oporto •• .. ..... •••:: .. 23% Bourdeaux.„. ..... • • 26 20 Rio eillaetro ••• • • • •• Frankfort on Maine 1241 Bahi a •• •• • • •• Petersburgh, Sil. Itble erli. ••••••' " • • •• • 7lO New York, 210 l' Wi t 'L i ' Vienna, effcc. flo ••• • •• 10 24 Philade p hiR Trieste, ditt0.... • • Madtid • ... • • . 1 : 1 • . :7 ' 0 51 :1 ° IS Cadiz • • • at Gold Coin •• 0 Bilba° •••••••• • • • • • • • • _—• Srp°Artnsi.f.ll poubloons •'0 4 1% Barcelona •• •• •••• •. •• •• .... •• .. •• I Silver In bars • • •..... MARKET NEWS.-(TRIS DAY.) _ O .-- CORN-EXCHANGE -WEDNESDA.Y Since M o nday, the arrivals of English Wheat for out market, coastwise as well as by land carriage and sam ple, have been on a very moderate scale. With that grain we were somewha t scantily supplied this m quali orning. The attendance of buye rs was small, y!t the finest ties of Wheat of home produce were in steady request, at fully Monday's quotations. In all other kinds verf little business was transacted, at the late decline in value. The imports of Foreign Wheat have been verf small, viz., 1,210 quarters. That article met a very slow inquiry, but no alteration took place in prices. Not' withstanding dull in gow of Barley was small, all kinds met a very nquiry, and the currencies bad a downward tendency. In Malt next to nothing I!" doing, on somewhat easier terms. The Oat trade Was again dull, and inferior p arcels of Foreign might MO: been purchased at 6d p er q uarter less money. 1301". Beans and Peas were ver y dull, and the turn cbesper. Indian Corn, Meal, and Rye Flour were tolerably firo• Fl ou r, both sack and barrelled, was bold at full pric°.• 1 ARRITALB. Wheat. I Barley. C4os. 1 Iles:is. English •• •... 2,820 qrs. 2,710 qrs. 130014 3. Irish. ...... .. - - --- Foreign •••••• - -- 2,110 1 1,790 I ....-- I 900 1 -• Malt, 1,860 an. On the whole, the demand here to-day avaXTMCRAVOL. wet o of meat was to and last week's quotations Wer well supported. Beef, from 2s 8d to 41 2tl' guttli 8,6 d to 4s 6d; Veal, 4s to ss; and pork, 3 1 10d $0 5° - per 8 1 bs. by the carcase. for each kind 1,210 I i n C g i DsshocNkYingA case TN o A f D suicide, s I following by a respectabl egr • man, occurred in • Nile•street, oxton Ni"e TO A ir d to Prizeman ,an extensive grocer in the above street r- --e na bed • with his wife at the accustomed hour last evening, Ma AN.—This mornngtradtr this ly in his usual health and spirits. At about five 0 c ijo g . s morning his wife was awakened by a loud gu r i l be noise, and upon her placing her hand upon his e b _ i ej° - ti t of came wet and slippery. Her husband now jump!" out bed, but almost immediately fell to the ground. DUI' i t f rail man alarmed the servants, who brought lights, on u ri t i a then discovered that Mr. Prizeman had cut his throa t -be most frightful manner, the wound ext,ending to ear. Medical aid was obtained, but life was found to ou extinct. The act is attributed to pecuniary difficulties' if, enoLENA.—Three cases of cholera occur" e t A DOW ' Sligo during the week. One man, a tailor, ham --, 0 , died after two hours' illness. We entertain strong u'llor. however, that the disease which has appeared in this o iL.._ tunate town is not that fearful scourge, the Asiatic ch le'' - ' but the English cholera. nearly froth l .__ —.-------.,-.=:T..;.--------------..--- A11i7113. 11- i i • On the Gth iust., at Wiesbaden , the wife of the Ref- B ra mwell, of a eon. reet, P ic- On the 18th lust, Mrs. Daniel I3ax, o f Regent .st cadilly, of a daughter. On the 20th inst., at Quernmore - park, near Lanca ster, wife of Mr. Serjeant Bellasis, of a da u g hte . 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Despite the precedence given to the question of our monetary embarrassments in the Royal Speech, as well as in the observations of those who proposed and seconded the Address from the two Houses of Parlia ment—lrish difficulties, Irish crimes, and Irish desti tution have again, as a matter of course, engrossed the attention of the Legislature. However much we may deplore this perpetual monopoly of the time and attention of the Lords and Commons by our brethren across St. George's Channel, it is impossible to feel amlzernent at its continual recurrence. When a whole people is advancing in decrepitude it is im poEsible it should prove otherwise than garrulous. When it has long continued to exist either upon the doles of benevolence or the hansels of friendship, it is but a natural consequence that it should become clamorous for a repetition of such charities. It is surprising, however, to find that the more intelligent of the representatives of Ireland should persist in their importunate demands for additional assistance, of a pecuniary kind, from Eanngland, at a period when England is suffering from extraordinary scarcity of money and provisions— that scarcity. having been principally produced b munificence to the sister island. I. • that fresh loans and fresh • • .37 her It is astonishing importations are demanded