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to the result of the measure upon the present Government, he would not be a party, by any vote, to overturn that Go vernment, or lead to the formation of a new one.—( Hear.) He was in favour of a combined system of railways in Ireland. under the management of the State. This might expose hive to some unpopularity in Ireland, but he considered it wa s an advisable suggestion, and he hoped to see the before long promoting works of this kind. I t . s he could not vote for the second reading of thisßill,. . he believed it would impede the Government . . in , _tnose measures which they had brought forward so benehmendy for the pnrpose of immediately relieving the distresses of Ireland. .He sincerely thanked the Noble Lard for the interest he felt in the welfare of Ireland at a period when she was afflicted by a great and deep calamity , and when she was deserted byher natural leaders. He had spoken out like a country gentleman of England ; but, however he might admire the courage of the Noble Lord to assume the Government if it were offered to him, he could not, consistently with his duty, vote for the second reading of the Bill. Sir W. MOLESWORTH said the argument of the Hon. Member for Kilkenny (Mr. J. O'Connell) was this :—" Let there be the largest possible expenditure of money—spend without measure, spend without stint—give us all the money _you possibly can." Other Irish Members adopted a similar .argument. Now he sincerely pitied them, and meant no dis respect to them by saying so. Words could not express, minds could not conceive, the scenes they bad witnessed in Ireland— famine, death, worse than - death, the agony of impending death from famine, from the actual want of food. He did not wonder, therefore, that they were glad to adopt any measure which was at all likely to alleviate the distresses of their coun trymen—even the measure of the Noble Lord ; but it was the duty of English Members to exercise their calm judgment on the question. He believed that the people of England were ready to make any sacrifice to save the people of Ireland from starvation, and with that view a mea sure had been already passed for affording immediate relief to the destitute poor of that country. When myriads arc suffer ing from hunger it was impossible to scan too narrowly a mea sure which was required in actual operation without delay ; let that measure alone would involve the expenditure of mil -lions of money, which the people of this country would be compelled to pay. But the adoption of measures were neces- Wary for the purpose of placing the burdens of Irish distress on the shoulders of those who ought to bear it. Now, he objected to the scheme of the Noble Lord because it would not accom plish either of those two objects. He objected to it, likewise, because, looking at it in its most favourable light, it would not accomplish its object for which he said he brought it forward— namely, the relief of the destitute poor. No more than one third would be employed in the payment of wages—that labour must be chiefly performed by skilled and able-bodied men, so that a considerable number would be imported from this country. Then railways would not be made through the destitute and ill-popu lated parts of the country, but through the north and the west ; Consequently labour would be created in those places where there was less need of it; and even there the destitute poor would suffer, because the labour could only be performed by the vigorous part of the people, and they alone would obtain employment. Thus coalition and riots would ensue. It would only benefit those in the immediate neighbourhood of the rail ways, and that benefit would be inconsiderable compared with the amount which would be spent. The landlords through whose property the line would pass would be the first gainers; secondly, the shareholders, whose shares would be come as profitable as the best English securities; and, lastly, the mortgagees, who would take a considerable portion of the .money. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had, he thought, characterised the Bill as a " Bill for the benefit of destitute ;shareholders." Most English railways were constructed with capital raised en their intrinsic merits ; but if Government •were in a position to furnish money to shareholders to construct lines which their intrinsic merits could not raise, he saw no reason why the money should not be devoted to the construction of English instead of Irish railways. Every farthing spent in making bad railways in Ireland would be so much deducted from the making of good railways -in England. He begged the Noble Lord and his party to con .aider that, however much they were bound to afford relief to Ireland, they were bound to do justice to their constituents, and not to vote fur the spending of money on such an useless project as the one before the House. The Government hail ever found gt eat want of enterprise and energy amongst those who were in a position to carry out works likely to be beneficial to the country ; there was a want of self-reliance among the .people.—( Hear, hear. ) It was strange that they had 'read of an abundant harvest —of fields covered with grain—yet when but a portion of that crop was deficient they were plunged at once into all the evils of a famine, without any means of support. A stroneer poor-law, which would compel the owners of the soil of that country to relieve their own poor, was required; and until such a measure was passed he considered that little good would accrue to Ireland. Mr. DISRAELI said, that in occupying the attention of the House he hoped to address himself to the immediate subject under consideration, and should not attempt, like some other Iron. Members, to diverge to other topics— ao doubt of paramount importance, bun whether right or wrong, just or unjust, were not the question they .had now to consider.—( Hear, hear. ) The impression which had bsen mule on the House by the address of the Hon. :Mem ber the Recorder for Dublin, rendered it necessary that he (Mr. Disraeli) should advert to the feeling which he had ex pressed, and the position in which they, CM that side of the • House, were placed. The Right Hon. Gentleman had ex pressed himself, that while he gave the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn great credit for the sentiments he had expressed, and ethe measure he bad introduced, still he felt it his duty to vote • contrary to it.—(Hear, hear.) H e t o ld t h em that because • the Government depended on this vote he must record his . suffrage contrary to the proposition of the Noble Lord the • Member for Lynn.—( Hear, hear.) This was the position of .• the Right Hon. Member, and this led them to the consideration -... of the circumstances of the question now before them. oHe could easily understand why a member from a party con senexion might not only b. induced to be silent on a particular e question or vote against a particular measure that they might think abstractedly beneficial to the country, if by so doing he i expected that party to ride into power. Ile could understand -a Member so situated supporting his friends even when the `I. policy might be considered antagonistic to the welfare of the _country. That, however, was not the position of the Right e Hon. Gentleman the Member for the University of Dublin. e lie still was, and he (Mr. Disraeli) hoped he would remain with the political party lie originally began w ith, th oug h : fighting against considerable odds. Ile would now address himself to the consideration of the present position which the .party with whom he acted occupied. This measure had sug i, gested itself to his Noble Friend the Member for Lynn some considerable time ago. It had been long matured, and well digested, and so constituted, as to be peculiarly adapted to the e circumstances of Ireland, and for the elevation of the condition -.of the people of that country. In the Queen's Speech the pro e position for immediate relief for the people of Ireland was • mooted; and on the first day of the session his Noble Friend pressed on the Noble Lord at the head of her Majesty's Goverusnent this measure; but as the Government, it was --stated, had prepared measures for the emergency, ':.though his Noble Friend had matured for many e-months this scheme of railways fel. Ireland, he Sedid not further press it then. What had since then been the -:eonduct of the Noble Lord ? It would have been easy for his .s.Noble Friend, and those with whom he acted, mere than e once to have opposed the measures of the Governs einent. But coisidering the extraordinary circumstances under s which her Majesty's Ministers came into power, and the exist seing emergency of the country, they thought it would be un s, worthy of them in the circumstances of the Government to eeeppose it in any petty spirit.—( Hear, hear.) It would have e,been easy for them to have opposed the Labour Act, but M e :stead of this, all they did was to consider whether the gentle enmen occupying the places of her Majesty's Government, had w arted with ability, energy, and zeal in the circumstances under S ,which they were placed. They (the protectionists) believed ee that they had done so, that they had acted with ability, energy, „and seal, and that in their candid opinion no body s, of men, under the circumstances, could have acted better in eethese respects.—( Hear, hear.) But the Noble Lord un the 0 occasion he (Mr. Disraeli) had referred to, on the opening of j ; the session, said he was ready to support the measure of her s s Majesty's Government ; but that if he found them defective in e•their details, it' they did not sufficiently meet the case, he would -•.be prepared to bring forward another measure, not in an an• e-tagonistic, but in an ancillary spirit.--( Hear, hear.) These ',were not the words of lip rhetoric, but every one knew, whether -.from public explanations or from private conversation, that ej,this was the case. But now they were told that the exist ieence of the Government depended on the rejection of the o present measure ; to that he (Mr. Disraeli) would answer, e why did not the Noble Lord at the head of the Government, c when his Noble Friend made the exposition of his plan to the e House, why did lie not then state this to be the case ? That s; was the time fur hint to say that he could not accept the .::measure, and that, if it was carried, he would divest himself of . the responsibility of carrying it out, and throw it on those who . •supperted it and the Noble Lord who brought it in. That would :.have been the proper course to take. But when he allowed I the Bill to be laid on the table of the House, and when he -lad given his leave to introduce it, then his Noble Friend, as a filnan of honour, was bound to carry it through to its last stage, .. and to say that whatever might be the result no conclusion e: could be drawn reflecting on his conduct or character ._ ;In what he had done.—( Hear, hear.) This was the .:real view of tie ease. The Noble Lord the Member e, for Lynn having made an exposition of his plan, and the Noble ~ Lord at the head o f t h e G overnment having given ' his quasi sanction to its int ro d uct i on, they were not to be told that f the ' Ministry was in danger as an inilueement to abandon the scheme. If an adverse vote against the Government threat ened its existence, it was what often had b een d one befo . without any serious result. Ile saw Hon. Gentlemen on both t. , sides of the House, who, when they entered Parliament, were , told that the Government would not last, as they were going out on the Irish question. ( Hear, hear.) They . did not, however, go out then. Two years after the leader of the roost powerful opposition that had ever ex isted in this country declared that Ireland was his grea'est difficulty. 'Chat party succeeded to power, and to:d them and the country that they were the only party that could govern Ireland. But the question now before th . House was not the - government of Ireland, the question of the last ten years, but it was, how they were to feed the Irish people.—( Hear.) And this was the best time to discuss this question, when no passions or prejudices were raised up with its consideration. If the ques tion was whether Popery should be increased or diminished, whether municipal powers should be extended or abolished, it might admit of some hesitation and discussion ; but when they found a country like Ireland, with a population the - densest in Europe, as it regarded arable land denser than China, and while the capital of that country was only twenty shillings or thirty shillings a head—while that of sterile Scot land was sixteen pounds a head, the present measure became one of paramount importance. ( Hear, hear.) That was the result that had been drawn by the people of England during the last four or five years. He believed that it was the conviction now of the great body of the people of this country, without reference to creed, class, or party, that no hallucination has been greater than the supposition that this was a p o li t i ca l panacea which could cure the grief s of Ire land. The Noble Lord, iti his general address on the subject of Irela n d some time ago, stated that the state of Ireland was a famine of the 13th century with the population of the 19th. No doubt that was a striking and picturesque ‘hescriptien, but • he (inset say th at i t was a fallacious one. In the famines of the - middle ages, and the feudal famines, they understood their u l s r e e s io a n n d l m th ig e b ir t c a o m n id se a qu p e or n o c l e le s l ,. but he believed that the famine causes in countries and times less re mote, and he was sorry to in the dominions of her Majesty. 'f here was another portion of her i Majesty's dominions .where the population was almost ,e cen l se, where poverty was almost as inteese, and where the e were del endent upon the lowest sources of human subslieotep al lusted to, and when the rice faileld'ee. It was India that he al potato failed in Ireland, they found the state of affairs very the potato It was a visitation of Providence, for these ca!amit ' a s the Most Divine. That truth none e, a2 i s hi carne from 1 dispute ; 1 but would it do for that House to forget to use the sorry phrase i of a ejsitation of Providcrice to conc,al its own remissness in that respect, because what had occurred had been foretold by grea t statesmen, and \ by men of most experie nce i n I reland, Lord Wellesley told then), twenty-hive years age, that the 1 gradual degeneration of the seed of the potato would ulte. i mately destroy Ireland unless they y arrested its course. Th ey would find, in the dispatches and public• I long foreseen mond, the same opinion, and anything occurrine' papers of Mr. Drum -- in Ireland, thers,\thisi lit faCiOliq inevitable result of events on _ by those. who kaew-Ireland best, a h n e d w G e o r v e er c h a m pa e b n i t e th o e f a f s o u r r m es in t g o i li zan Opinion upori \ ie. They had . t ; :, ,.:hileviate this stawilar t airg, arid it was not for him to criticise , duo CmaiimienV4 s; he was their supporter, and, as he ) ',.? - - hoierdller 13110 * - iii4lpla never he did support, time earnest su Lynn - e ... porter of these nmiasitts . He would, however, venture to l . re mark, that the nikaatAs of the Noble Member for nas 7.4 fk THE SUN in accordance with the general intention of the Government system. The measure of the Government would alleviate, or attempt to alleviate, the immediate distress. The Noble Lord indicated means by which future renovation might be secured. I The measures of the Noble Lord were such as would se -1 cure that employment desirable in early states of that future renovation. All that was brought forward was projected as a means of giving immediate employment to the people of Ireland, but which at the same time was to a twofold effect— , to give a new character to the country, and so as to change the very complexion of that long-deserted and unhappy land by results similar to those which had recently occurred—from the evils under which she was then suffering. He would not dilate for a moment on the character of the proposition which the Noble Lord adverted to, and which proposed to itself two objects, and principally because it was the most regarded, although scarcely the most important consideration, he confined himself to its power of employing the people of Ireland. His Noble Friend had made a statement from data which he gave without reserve to the House, and by which he calculated that 110,000 able-bodied labourers would be occupied under his scheme, and who would represent a population ex ceeding 500,000 persons. Although it was not em ployment which could cure the evils of Ireland, he was sure that there was no gentleman present but would acknowledge that if they could secure such employment it must be the means of alleviating the present pressure upon the resources of this country. The proposition of his Noble Friend had been met—he would not say by an able—but by an ex tremely z •alous opposition. He did net mean to say that in an offensive sense, for he was quite sure that Hon. Gentlemen who made the opposition had made the best of their means in doing so. The objection stated by the Hon. Member of the Government who first rose on this subject was a critical objection, founded upon the back of this Bill. He found that the Bill was introduced, not by the Hon. Member for Stern ford, but it was also introduced by the Hon. Member for Sunderland, greatly interested in railways, and also by the Hon. , Member for Westmoreland, who was known to be one of the greatest manufacturers of iron in England. It was the first objection raised by the Chancellor of the Exchequer against the present proposal. He was perfectly willing to admit that the Chancellor of the Exchequer did not for a moment impute, even by reference, any corrupt motive to his Noble Friend. There were few gentlemen present who would dispute his proposi tion. They all knew the fascination of an engrossing pursuit— it did give a tone to the judgment, and it was not impossible that men so interested would view the general affairs of the world through the coloured prism, their usual acts. He was not disposed to deny that his Hon. Friends the Members for Sun derland and Westmoreland might have viewed the circumstances place I under their consideration with feelings resulting from one engrossing idea. Still he must reply that it was not merely creators of railways and manufacturers of iron, who had fol lowed the principle, for he found that three Chancellors of the Exchequer rose each after the other, so that he was disposed to view their financial opposition as arising from the same feeling. The Hon. Member for Portsmouth who came for ward on this occasion in a gallant spirit, which all the sympa thetic reminiscences of official life could not step, and said that the Member for Newark had made a decla matory speech, but no reply to the unanswerable statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. If no answer had been given, they had adduced no proof is the first instance. There had been many alterations made by the Chancellor r f the Exchequer with regard to railways. He was surprised that it should be so, but he was more sur• prised that the Chancellor of the Exchequer should have an • other Chancellor of the Exchequer ready to be his bail arid guarantee, and to tell the House that his speech was unan swerable. He would then detail the expenditure to the House, and he would give an analysis of the expenses of the several railways, and this he thought would decide the question ; and he thought still further, that as to the accuracy of this question, it was a bona fide report to those who were interested in railways, and he was sure that the House would believe this. Now he would take a dear line and cheap one. He would take the instance of the Belgian rail ways, on which he found that the total expenditure was 49,6501. per mile. He found that the total expenditure on these lines was 2,1501. for engineering and all other difficulties, while the cost for land was 6,5601., giving for the average total expenditure a sum of 3,6501., and showing a return of 26 per cent. Thus, it appeared that out of .45,506/. fully 32,600/. were expended in labour, making a certain account that fully 62 per cent. would be spent in labour. This was the evidence of a dear line. Now he would take the evidence afforded on a cheap line. The Grand Junction line cost 36,2001. per mile, and the expenditure on that for labour appeared to be about 26 per cent., the whole amount of money expended fur labour being 7,6001. per mile, or about 26 per cent. Then, with regard to the Belgian railways, it appeared that the total expenditure was about 26,0001. per mile; that money, expended for labour, was 6,300/. per mile, again giving the result for 26 per cent. The whole cost of these railways appeared to be, exclusive of labour, 12,6001. per mile, an I that would again give a per centage of 26 per cent.; and taking all the other expenses into consideration, would give a per centage of 57 for the expen • diture for labour, and inure than equal to the 20 per cent. pro- posed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who only estimated the return at 25 per cent. He thought that if the 26 per cent. proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer were to be fol lowed, that the only release should be provided by the railways themselves ; and if this were to be done, the advance should extend to 9,930/. per mile, giving for labour 2,200/. per mile. He found that the average cost of labour was 40!. per mile, and on the 1,500 miles of railway projected in Ireland, the labour expended was 1,8101. per mile. According to the state . merit of his Noble Friend, the number of persons employed was 765 per mile; and, therefore, it was, that it should be kept in mind by the House, that those works were to be kept as a matter of consideration. It had been stated by the Right Hon. Gentleman the late Chancellor of the Ex cheuer, that sixty men were to be employed on each mile of railway. but his Hon. Friend the Member for Newark had evie.ently shown that upwards of 102 mew were necessary for that work. By the returns which had been furnished at his request, it appeared that from October, 1846, to Janaary, 1847, as well as from the memorial of the Lord Mayor of Dublin, upwards of 40,000 men had been employed on the public works. He need not say after such a statement, that upwards of 320 men had been employed on these railways. Upwards of 320 miles kad already been completed, and more than 1,500 were projected, on which upwards of 200 men per mile were em ployed. But by the 11.1ilway Gazette it appeared that works were engaged for, for 8,600 miles, on which an arrangement was made that 47 men per mile should be employed, and that would give an average return of 383 men per mile. What then be , came of the assertion of the late Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1 that these lines could only pay 25 per cent., when it was evi -1 &rely shown that they could not only clear their own expenses, but do much more hesu'es that. It was not to be supposed that the navigators were without families, for if such a princi ple were to be acted upon, there would be neither justice nor security, and they must, therefore, in all their legislation, remember that each of these navigators had a family at home. Not only was he of opinion that these 102 men would be em ployed upon the railroads of which I,ioo miles had already been planned, but he looked upon it as a question to be decided by the numbers to be called into requisition, and in this he in cluded not only navigators, but smiths and carriage -makers, anti all the other artisans who benefited by railways, and who would bring English capital into play. lie was aware that this question had been put by his Noble Friend in a matter affecting Ireland, but it should be recollected that this was a matter which effected Irish railways and English capital con jointly, and from a letter which he had received from a friend, it appeared that the distress was mainly to be relieved through the application of English capital. He might particularly specify the case of the Coleraine Railway. In commencing these works he found the difficulty almost in supportable from the inexperience of the labourers in the con struction of them. He was, consequently, obliged to bring over from England a few persons to instruct them, and now the works were altogether under the direction of Irishmen, who were fully capable of undertaking them. He had now a thousand men employed, and if the Government sanctioned further lines, he would be ready to employ from three to four thousand more. There were some works on which it would be the interest of the contractor to employ the highest priced ' labour, but such difficult works were almost wholly unknown on Irish lines. He had one tunnel on the Coleraine and London derry Railway 1,000 yards in length, through solid basalt, and for this work he was obliged to get labourers front England, but the Irish labourers had grown so expert that the others had all re turned, with the exception of three individuals.—(Hear, hear.) These labourers were earning 3s. a day, and several of them had left him to undertake other works in the capacity of sub contractors. On the Enniskillen and Londonderry Railway fifteen miles were completed, and forty-five yet remained to be constructed, on which some thousands of Irish labourers might be beneficially employed.—(Hear, hear.) English labourers in Ireland were only engaged on the average of 2i per cent. This statement was fully borne out by Mr. Montgomery Martin, than whom no one knew butter the state of Ireland. The writer of this letter, Mr. Samuel Henning, was one of the greatest contractors in that country, and he (Mr. Disraeli) hoped that the House would allow him to put the statement before them. It was a sufficient answer to the so-called facts and shad my objections heard trom the first, again from the second, and again from the last Chancellor o the Exchequer. Mr. Henning also i found that as more labourers were wanted, the peasantry came even front Connaught, on the west coast, in search of work. The farmer was benefited in an equal degree with the other classes of society; in fact, it was the entire community that this Bill proposed to benefit.—(Hear, hear.) If they therefore on that side of the House could prove that the measure would benefit the community, he trusted the House would support it ; or if the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Hon. Member who supported him could prove that the Bill was adverse to the interests of the country, he (Mr. Disraeli) was prepared to vote against it.—( Hear, hear.) He thought the House would agree with him that this document from Mr. Henning was well worthy of its attention. He showed that the labour employed was Irish labour ; he showed that the average was only as 2i per cent. of foreign labour ; he told them that they might em ploy thousands more on these public works ; he told them that in two or three weeks these men were capable of making tunnels, and that when he wanted more labour they came from a dis tance to obtain it—from Connaught, on the western side of the island. But he (Mr. Disraeli) was told that these navi gators were "gay Lotharios"—that they had come from Eng land, where they had left their wives at home. He had shown, however, that they were Irishmen; and that they had their wives along with them. He would read to the House another document he had received that night. It was from a gentleman well known to many of the Hon. Members around him—he meant Sir Harvey Bruce. That gentleman, re marking, err the Chancellor of the Exchequer—it was a continuation of the criticism on his unanswerable speech— (Loud laughter)—said that he sat on the Coleraine and Londonderry Relief Committee, and he found that the works going on in that district had greatly relieved the pressure upon them. He stated that many of the labourers upon the railways had wives, with families of from eight to twelve children—( Laughter)—and it was considered a very small family which did not number more than f r om three to four. The labour was cheap, and the land, in many cases, could be had for 6001. a mile. There was new data for the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he wished to ascertain the proportion paid for labour to that for land. —(lf:ar, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman said that none but unskilled labourers were employed on railways, but the fact had been proved to be otherwise. It was said also that moneys hail already been advanced to widen the streets of a certain corrupt corporation ; why what was it to them if that money had never been returned? He had rio doubt that the Govern - ment of that day had had the support of two .Members from that very corporation. Let the Government meet them with facts and correct data, and let those decide on the merits. Let them not talk to him about the broad streets of Cork, while they were considering the broad guage of Ireland. It had b.-en said that the measure of his , Noble Friend would only make the half of Ireland rich.—(Hear, hear. ) Why, did any Government who were ever in officer or did those who were now in oilice ever propose a measure cal culated to make one-half of Ireland rich: If the Noble Lord had succeeded in doing so much, he thought that he had really done enough for one session.—( Cheers. ) Multifarious as had beentt the objection: offered to the measure, it would be found was . th e y curious s f ranged actth themselves those under greatthree rwere r a e n p d r e i t . , s rt e ieo n ani t e co d p b at y inde t s l e i i r ßi ;e rn ,ti !a et ri i c ee e , , 1 Chancellors of the E xchequer. The first, the of labour. That objection be Exchequer, i said, that under the opera on the e o commensurate employment objec tion was represented by a seconft i disposed of. Another objec ancellt;:awtwhouoparriennpcorivep‘sleecnotineod: etnhoenetary system. The an objection grounded d e enterprise. The first of i t i h o i n r . d inte C r he r n e c n e e l e lor wi r th epre p s r e t n va te t those objections had been disposed of ; he 1 LOON DON, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16, 1847. to the second objection—the monetary crisis, and the danger to the State. He would deal with that objection as with the other, not by abstract reasoning, but by an appeal to facts, which he would lay before the House, and leave the House to form its own judgment upon the subject. The re presentative of that objection referred the House to the situa tion of France and Belgium, and warned the House against the danger of raising money by loan for railroad enterprise. Now let the House refer to Belgium. In the year 1840 the Government of Belgium determined to create railways by vir tue of a grant from the State, and the State granted, in round numbers, 6,000,000/., of which sum 2,700,0001. was instantly raised by loan by the State, although its revenue did not at that time exceed the sum of 3,3)0,000/. This state, with a revenue of 3,300,0001. determined to create railways by a grant of pub lic money to the extent of 6,000,0001., and at once com menced by a loan of 2,700,0001., which sum was raised at the rate of 5 per cent. interest, and that loan cost the country 51. 6s. Bd. as interest on each 100/. Two years after, in the year 1842, Belgium raised a second loan of 1,0J0,0001. as part of the original grant of 6,000,0001. ; and in pursuance of the first loan of 2,700,c00/., and at what rate of interest would the House suppose that this second loan was contracted at the rate of 4/. 17s. 4d. per cent. Se that after two years, notwithstand ing the alleged depreciation of the Government securities they actually rose in value 11 1 / 4 per. cent. And these sums were received when the whole annual revenue of the country was 3,300,000/. Look then next at France. In the year 1842 France had a floating debt of 17,50,000/., in consequence of the fortifications of Paris, and it was under these circumstances that the Minister proposed to the Chambers a grant of 12,000,003/. sterling for the construction of railways in France, so that there was a debt of 19,000,0001. to be added to the floating debt of 17,500,0001. ; of this sum 18,000,600/. was raised by loan, and the balance of 1,000,000/. was raised by a royal bond, similar to the Exchequer-bills of this country. Is the year 1841 the proceeds of indirect taxation in France was something like 23,800,000/., but what was the proceeds of indirect taxation in the year 1846? Why, it amounted to 32,000,0001. or 33,600,0 - 00/. sterling, leaving a balance in favour of the two years of 6,800,000/. Such, then, was the consequence of the support which was given to industry by the construction of these railways under circumstances in finitely more difficult than any the House had now to deal with.—( Cheers. ) France actually created a floating debt of nearly 40,000,0001., which has been paid over and over again. France had derived upwards of 4,500,000/. from the traffic of her goods and merchandise upon these lines of railway, but what had she not gained in her revenue by indirect taxation caused by an increased consumption of goods, and the stimulus which was given to industry?—( Cheers.) This, then, was that Belgium and France brought forward by the Hon. Mem - ber for Portsmouth (Mr. F. Baring) in order to school his Noble Friend (Lord G. Bentinck). When he (Mr. Baring) was Chancellor of the Exchequer, could he refer to a revenue like that ? It was enough to make his mouth water to hear it. These Chancellors of the Exchequer seemed to think that the mea sure was to be disposed of by then ere recklessness of an official ipso dixit.—( Cheers.) But then it had been said that the rates of fares were considerably lower on these French and Belgian lines than they would be in Ireland. He held in his hand the French tariff of railways, from which it appeared that the first-class trains of France were as 166 to 144 on the Ulster Railway; the second-class as P 25 to 100 on the Dublin and Drogheda; the third-class as 92 and a fraction to 56 on the Ulster Railway. Why the fares in France were actually higher than they were in Ireland. In France every railway was leased to a company by the Government for forty years ; Government could have no supervision over it until the expira tion of that period. In the Bill just brought in by the officer of her Majesty's Government it was proposed to exercise super vision at the end of every ten years, and if the fares got too high upon the Irish railways, the Government would have the power to reduce them. Then it had been said by the Chan cellor of the Exchequer that only 25 men would be employed upon each mile of railway, and this was one of the many as sertions made in the Right Hon. Member's unanswerable speech. There was a gentleman going about the City—a most respect able man—a friend of the Chancellor of the Exchequer— representing that he was the anonymous correspondent whom the Chancellor of the Exchequer quoted the other night, and that the statement of that Right llon. Gentleman had given bins the greatest distress, because when he told the Right Hon. Gentleman that there were only twenty-five men employed upon a railway per mile, he meant permanently employed.— ( Hear and Laughter.) The truth was, this anonymous cor respondent represented that the Noble Lord who introduced the measure had under-rated the number of men employed in the cons' ruction of a railway. Another and another still succeeded, and still he had a third Chancellor of the Exchequer to deal with. He had dealt with the Chancellor of the Exchequer who had called upon them not to believe this cipital in labour ; he had dealt with the Chancellor of the Exchequer who warned them, with France and Belgium before their eyes, that borrowing this money would create a financial crisis ; and he came now to the Chancellor Of the Exchequer, who, under no consideration, would consent to interfere with private enterprise. Now, what was private enterprise ? He thought it highly important that they should come to some understanding upon that question. 11 was a remarkable circumstance that every night they saw statesmen who were present, or had been late advisers of the Crown, rise end denounce all interference with private enterprise, and yet every night they found them sup porting measures adverse to that principle. Therefore if they could arrive at a clear and distinct understanding of the definition of the meaning of the term private enterprise, it might tend to throw a great light upon that subject. What was meant by private enterprise? In this country it was pretty well understood. It meant the operations and ex ertions of private individuals to bring about certain commer• eial undertakings. Suppose any man wished to construct a railway in this country, all he had to do was to calculate the cost. Now he knew the cost of Parliamentary expenses, the cost of land, and the rate of labour, and he therefore had some data upon which to calculate the estimate, while he had the same facilities of calculating profits ; corn mereial enterprise in that sense could be carried out in this country, but how different was it in Ireland. There the land was encumbered almost beyond comprehension, and its pur chase might lead to public rancour and private animosity. The capitalist had to employ labour at doubtful rates—labourers who could not go to church or chapel without subjecting the em ployer to personal animosity. He knew very well that the moment he had commenced his operations threatening notices were served upon him, and the principal agents employed upon the works might be shot from behind hedges. The capitalist knew well that these were not commercial principles—commercial principle had not made its way in Ireland, but whatever might be the cause of such a state of things that was not the place nor the time to inquire. It might be to Protestant supremacy, or Papist , ascendancy, but be that how it might there was no doubt the commercial principle upon which private enterprise was based had not taken root in Ireland, and the question then arose whether political principles ought nut to be brought into operation to guide the commercial.—(Hear, hear.) That was the rationale of the matter, and the way in which lie was prepared to meet the question of non-interference of private enterprise. But he would defy them to interfere with private enterprise in Ireland, because there was none ; and if he wanted anything to prove this, he could find that proof in the speech of a late Chancellor of the Exchequer. That Right Hon. Gentleman told them that most of the existing railways in Ireland had been undertaken by English capitalists. Well, that only proved to them that they were profitable undertakings, while it proved that the reason why they were stopped at present was that there were political principles connected with them over which these capitalists could have no control. If Ireland were to be redeemed, or she were to feel the benefit, there must be something more powerful than private enterprise. If they trusted to private enterprise, Ireland would remain where she was now three conturies to come.—( Hear, hear.) The measure of his Noble Friend would supply to Ireland what he believed private enterprise could not supply. They had been told that it was a party measure ; but he thought the course of the debate had shown that it was not a party mea sure. The course of the debate had shown that most of them in that House agreed that it would be an advantage to have railways in Ireland.—(Bear, hear.) Although they were prepared to show the House that it could stimulate and employ a large amount of labour in Ireland, that it would open up the immense coal field of Mally, he thought it ought to be admitted that it was important to the Irish people that the measure should be carried. Rail ways in 'mend would create new fields of industry, new markets, new residents, and would give an impetus to trade, and provide a new character and a new face for Ireland. lie had now only to thank the House, in conclusion, for the patience with which they had listened to him—and whatever might be the result of the measure, and after what had fallen from Hon. Members in the course of the debate he no longer expected it would now be carried —he was per suaded that ultimately it must be snccessful.— ( Loud cheers.) He honoured those gentlemen who sacrificed conviction to party, but he thought if any Irish Member wished well to his country, he could not refuse . to give his sanction to this measure, which no polittcal agitator, whether he were repealer or imperialist, who had the love and benefit of his country at heart, could object to. No measure for the relief of Ireland half so comprehensive, or half so practical, had ever yet been prepared by any one, and he could only say, whatever might be its result, that it had been brought forward in perfect good faith, without any aim or intention of doing injury to the Government, although they did aspire to the hope of its benefiting a nation.—( Cheers. ) On the motion of Mr. B. OSBORNE, the debate was adjourned till to-morrow. On the motion of Mr. C. O'BRIEN, copies of the follow ing correspondence were ordered :--Copy of Colonel Jones's letter to Mr. Tre‘Tllian, slated the 28th day of November, 1846, referred to in Mr. Trevellian's letter of the 21 day of Decem ber, 1816. Copy of Mr. Hornsby's letter to Samuel Gamble, C.E., referred to in Mr. Gamble's letter of the B,h day of January, 18-17, addressed to Lieutenant-Colonel Jones. COTTON WOOL. On the motion of Mr. BRIGHT, the following return was ordered :---Return of the quantity of cotton wool exported from the British possessions in India in each year during which the accounts have been kept, stating the ports from which the shipments were made, the quantity shipped at each port, and the countries to which the cotton was exported, and the ship ments to each country. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'clock. FIRE AT RUSII MILLS, NEAR NORTIIANIPTON. —A fearful fire broke out on the above premises on Wednesday morning last, about half-past two, causing a d es t ruc ti on o f property to a serious amount. The alarm was first given by the unusually loud and irregular whistling front the mail train from Peterborough, which ordinarily arrive s a t North ampton at the time above stated. On the manag er , Mr. G. W. Hayes, being aroused by the whistle, and lookin g out of. his bed-room window, he discovered the west side of th e m ill a complete body of flame. He arose and instantly dispatched a messenger for the engine, but the man met the County Fire Office engine about half a mile from the spot, the engine driver of the mail train having, immediately on his arrival at the station, apprised the fire-engine superintendent of the outbreak. In about ten minutes afterwards another engine arrived, which was closely followed by a third. Through the admirable exertions of the firemen, under the direction of Mr. C. Smith, the superintendent of the engines, the pro gress of the tire was stopped by four o'clock, and at seven it was completely subdued. The dwelling-house (which was only seven feet from the part of the mill where the lire was raging most furiously), rag house, and part of the no r th ern end of the mill, were saved. The manager of the mill went round the premises at half past ten the preceding night; at that time everything was apparently safe, and the boiler fire, which was the only one in the mill, backed , up in the usu a l way, and having its ordinary appearance. The origin of the fire must be left to conjecture. Several causes may be as. signed for it, but nothing positive can be ascertained, though it is evident it originated near the steam Northamp ton Herald. LOST AND FOUND.—Last L 'lmisday the bellman went through Newport crying a reward for the discovery of the body of a workman at the factory, supposed to be buried in the snow, and in a short time after a large , dy . of the factory workmen, with become on shoulder, a 10 nuldnere, were seen marching in steady' order, having in the midst the heavy wet body of their lost and found brother, whom they had discovered after a long absence, rioting in the pleasures of Bacchus, just to keep out the cold, and were now carrying home in triumph. This public mode of pu nishing •" absence without leave" from work, and intoxica tion, seemed to have even a better effect upon the poor fellow than the punishment of the police-court.—Monniouthshire DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Mr. Wallace's new opera of Matilda was advertised for performance at this theatre last evening, and judging from the genius which Mr. Wallace has manifested in his opera of Marital/a, we anticipated a great treat. After waiting until long after seven o'clock, the audience became im patient, and there were loud calls fur the manager. At length Mr. Bunn appeared, leading on Mr. Vincent Wallace, the composer of the opera. Mr. Bunn then addressed the audience, and said—That during the whole course of his life he had never been placed in so unpleasant a situation; that he had made every preparation for the production of the opera, and that within five minutes of the time when the curtain was to have been rung up, lie had received a medical certificate stating that Miss Romer was so ill as to be unable to leave her room. Under these circumstances he threw himself upon the generosity of the public. They might have their money back, have tickets for another night, or he would endeavour to substitute some other performance for the one advertised. There were then loud cries of "Overture," and Mr. Bunn withdrew, while Mr. Vincent Wallace stepped into the orchestra and conducteA the overture—a most tasteful and brilliant composition—full of melody, and some of the effects of which are most telling. In fact, so beautiful is the overture, that we are most anxious to hear the opera ; and if the librettist has at all been equal to the maestro, its success must be certain. At the conclusion of the overture, Harley came forward, and announced that the Bondman would be performed, Miss Messent taking the part which Miss Romer had hitherto taken. This announcement was the signal for a deafening uproar. It was impossible to catch a note of the first act. The dissentients, however, gradually seceded, and the second act was suffered to proceed in something like quietude. Judging from her performance in the second act, we should: say that Miss Messent is a young lady who will advantage greatly by this unlucky accident. She manifested great firmness and great presence of mind in the face of an ad verse audience, and her performance of the music was exact, in vood time, in good taste, and artist-like. Placed unex pectedly in the position of a p r ima donna, she has shown her self equal to the occasion , and we hope to meet Miss Messent on some future occasion , when she will haav j e ud fa ic ir iou p s la3 a - n , d am a l discriminating will s encounter, Messent will not instead e o n t c be e foundviuhennr wanting. such ofan SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—Mosnay. Of the Liverpool Steeple-chase and Spring Handicaps, all of which were speculated on in the course of the day, the Chester Cup alone calls for any remark. The business done on it was on a very moderate scale, and its only " features" were the advance of Mickey Free (noiv at Mitchell-grove), the re-appearance of Arthur, who was hacked in one instance at 3,000 to 90, and afterwards freely at 30 to 1 ; and the re tirement of Bedlam, against whom a gentleman, who may be supposed to know something about him, betted 4,500 to 100, following it up with 1,000 to 15, and finally cooling the courage of his admirers by offering 10,000 to 150. The Derby betting, if not heavy, was of some importance, inasmuch as it not only gaveEpirote a further lift in the odds, but left Planet in a more favourable position than he occupied ou Thursday last :—the first was backed for two or three hundred pounds, at 11 to 1, and the other at 13 to 1, and the takers were still for getting on ; the favourite was backed for a hundred or two at 15 to 2 ; Glentilt in two or three quarters at 1,000 to 45 and 22 to 1 ; Conyngham for two or three hundred pounds, at 25 to 1 ; the Horn of Chase, who arrived with Mickey Free, at Mitchell-grove (Forth's), on Friday last, at 30 to 1; Wanota freely at 40 to 1, and two or three others in small sums. Very little was done on the Oaks, but .Nerissa bad some friends, and was finally quoted at an im provement of four points. The prices subjoined are made up to the close of the room:— LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE. 9 to 1 agst Mr. Preston's Brunette—taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. J. Bowers's Saucepan—taken 12 to 1 agst Lord Strathmore's The Roarer—taken 13 to 1 agst Captain Gambier'sAvoca—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. Neale's Red Lancer—taken 18 to 1 agst Mr. O'Higgin's Pioneer—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Watt, jun.'s St. Leger—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Courtenay's Matthew—taken NEWMARKET lIANDICAP. 10 to I agst Lord Orford's Footstool 15 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Lynceus—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Sir Martin 20 to 1 agst Mr. Wigram's Keshang 25 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Devil-me-care—taken METROPOLITAN lIANDICAP. 20 to 1 agst Mr. Stephenson's Sheraton—taken 40 to I agst Mr. G. L. Fox's Hannah Raine—taken Brocardo was scratched this afternoon. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 150 to 100 agst Kent's lot—taken twice 7 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Conyng,ham—taken CHESTER Our. 22 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Mendicant—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's The Lamb—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Herbert's Antler—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Wilson's Punch 30 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Camera Obscura 33 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free 40 to 1 agat Mr. Minor's Duke of Richmond—taken 1000 to 25 agst Mr. Hutchinson's Emigrant—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Intrepid—taken to 501 50 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes 50 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Dulcet 66 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Bedlam 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Collett's Pal—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress—taken 70 to 1 agst Mr. G. L. Fox's Hannah Raine—taken 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Igoe's Woodpecker 700 even on the field agst 27 3000 to 15 agst Mr. Haworth's Robin Burns—taken DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Kent's lot—taken 15 to 2 agat Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp—taken 10 to 1 agat Mr. Bowes's Epirote-11 to 1 taken freely 12 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet—taken 22 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt—taken 25 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Conyngbam—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Horn of Chase—taken 35 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Hart 35 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Sister to Cobweb colt 35 to 1 agst Lord Caladon's Wanota 50 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Bedlam 1000 to 20 agst Col. Anson's Bingham—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Mr. Martin—taken 66 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Projectile 1500 even between Lpirote and Planet 500 even between War Eagle and Sis to Cobweb colt OAKS. 8 to 1 agst Mr. Jno. Day's The Farmer's Daughter 8 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Clementina 16 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Miami—taken 16 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Nerisa—taken 20 to 1 agat Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale—taken. EXECUTION OF A POLISH CON - - - - - SPIRATOR AT POSEN. POSEN, Fss. 2.—Our paper of to-day contains the follow ing': k a i e b i o v e t z , a from o I f t r o o g o a l s e t ik e met for m i e n r t i ll ) l e a e N e i , I l a a n ge pipeooofkoSnntoutlhsdne warning advertisem ent : — " On the 9th of January this year, the mounted gendarme l iCz n : a nni n ie , °c dressed as a peasant , who was smoking his road. The gendarme followed the stranger to the public house in the village, in order to call him to account, and, as his suspicions were awakened, took this opportunity of ask ing for his passport. The stranger delivered up a parcel of papers, which the gendarme declared unsatisfactory, inti mating to him, at the same time, that if he were not able to give fbetter account of himself, he would have him trans ported to Rogasen. The stranger, who was walking up and down the room behind the gendarme, who was examining the papers, then drew out a pistol and fired it at him. The police servant, struck by the shot, fell slowly to the ground, while the culprit, tiring a second pistol at some peasants who rushed into the room on hearing the report, fled across the fields towards a neighbouring wood. After having destroyed some papers which he had kept back from the gendarme, and having in vain sought to defend himself with a pistol in one hand and a dagger in the other, he was ultimately seized by the peasants, and transported to Rogasen. The gendarme, Komorkiewicz, died on the 17th of January from the effects of the wound. The culprit, who, according to his own ac roGyraaln,diecDreuech.c: count, was a Polish emigrant from Warsaw, by the name of Anton von Babinski, and a member of the Democratical So cietyof Posen since the 4th of January this year, with a view of of Paris, and who i a li c a c d ord s.:j n o c u o rn m e i d th promoting the objects of this society, relative to the restore inthtehe order of the undersigned General, placed before a court-martial on the 30th of January, by 7 which be was unanimously condemned to be shot, for having, restora tion arch Poland, 18 eras, , by with arms in his hands, made a murderous_ assault upon the person of an officer of justice. The sentence having been confirmed by the undersigned General-in-Command, was publicly carried into execution this day , Feb. 1 , ,1 847. (Signed) " GOLOMB, " The General Commanding the Fifth Corps of the Army." PosEN, Faa. I.—(From a Private Communication.)— During the execut ion which took place here this da y (see article above) all the tro o p s of the, garrison formed an open square towards the ca nnon shed. he prisoner was led out in front of this building, and a section of infantry, consisting of twelve men, having been ordered forward, took up their position at a distance of five feet from him. His eyes were then bandaged, and lie h ad hardl y knelt down before his breast was pierced by twe lve balls. He fell without a g roan. During the trial Babinsk i seems to have revealed ver y little, so that it is not ye t d.cided whether the name put forward is the true one. He took all blame upon himself, without incriminating any one by his confessions. It is, therefore, not probable that t he arrest of Mr. V. B. is at all connected with the fate of the executed p risoner, unless the rumour be true that he had sojourned some time in the house of that gentleman. Towards evening yesterday the president of our police, Herr Munstoli, paid visit to V. 8., who is said to have told him that h is name was well known to the Propaganda in Paris, and that they generally attri buted the failure of their projected c ons p irac y to his vigi lance, and that he (Von B.) had in conseq uence set out with the determination of murdering him, in order to remove so formidable an obstacle to the restoration of Poland. The prisoner died without having betrayed the least weakness; on the .contrary, he repeatedly saluted the people who fol lowed tine procession to the Kanonenplatze. DEATH IN THE SNOW.—The snow storm, which has affected the whole country nearly, has been most severely felt in the vicinity of Bath and Bristol, in which neighbour hoods the snow drifts have in many places been very deep and extensive. In many parts the drifts have been more than five or six feet in depth. On Thursday, as some persons were passing up Brentree-hill, in the neighbourhood of Westbury-on-Trym, and within two miles of the city of Bristol, they discovered the body of an aged man, an agricul tural labourer, residing in the neighbourhood, nearly buried in the snow. The body was quite cold and stiff, and he had evidently been dead tor some hours. A loaf of bread was found under his arm, from which it is conjectured that on the previous night lie must have been slaking his way up the hill, and having been probably overcome with fatigue, and lost his way, the unfortunate -man sank in the snow, and perished from the inclemency of the weather. We regret to hear that the Earl and Countess of Jersey have received intelligence of the death of the infant Prince Adolphus Esterhazy, youngest son of their Highnesses Prince and Princess Nicholas Esterhazy. A Berlin journal announces that the greatest part of the merchants of Cracow have given notice to their cor respondents that they are unable to fulfil their engagements, and that they can only offer five per cent. I Should this intelligence be true, Berlin, Dresden, and Hainburzh will suffer severely. FOREIGN SUPPLIES.—The traffic to and from Rot terdam has been open during the past week, even for the large steamers trailing from London to that port, and se veral arrivals of cattle and provisions have taken place, as also from other Dutch ports, the produce of Holland. No The continuation of t hthe e r nee arrivals ha ve t a k en p l ace f rom H o ll an d at the port of hullduring the past wee k ; ne ith er h a ve any taken place at that ID: c:t e t e e . d t , h have ave possibilityopened port nor the m e t ro p o li s f rom H am burgh, the navigation to and from th a t H anseat i c port b e i ng s till in a state of theabey o is ance. for takingth a navigablew place l.i would, c e for t i h t e purposes; was v re e ex pected, t the frost again setti ng i n w ith i n creased severity, will pre- LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 15. The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Lords pre sent were the Lord Chancellor, Earl Somers, and Lord Wal sioghani. in obtaining for him a situation on the railway. Witness solicited of him an order for a pair of boots. The prisoner replied, that if he gave him one he should not be enabled to pay him for them until his governor arrived in town, which would be in a week or two. Witness, however, made the boots, but never saw the prisoner until Saturday last as above described. Mr. BROUGHTON said he should hold the prisoner to bail for his re-appearance, himself in 25/., and two sureties in 20/. each, in order to give time for other inquiries respect ing him. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEBRUARY 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., % dis.—Birmingliam and Oxford Junction, 18% p. - Chester and Bir kenhead, 201. Shares, % dis., ex div.— Edinburgh and Glas;ow, Quarters, 19—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, % p.—Great Western, Quarters, 7 % p.—Lluddersfield and Manchester, 3 p.— Ditto, Extensions, 1% p. -Leeds and Dewsbury, New, Extension (pink), 1 p. —Leeds and Thirsk, 214 dis.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 2% p.—Ditto, New (late West Lancashire), 2% p.— Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, % dis.—Loniron and North-Western, 189 -Ditto, New, Quarters, 12 p. —Manchester and Southampton, % dis. —Midland Stock, 401. Shares, 5% p. ex dis.—Ditto, New, 3% p.—Newcastle and Carlisle, 13— Preston and Wyre (A), 4 p.—Shrewsbury and iiirmingliam, 91.125. 34. (10 % p. —Shropshire Union Railway and Canal. "7,, dis.—south-Eastern and Dover, No. 3, Consolidated. I p. - Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, % p.— South Trent Midland, % p.-- South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, 14 P. —West Riding Union (R.), 1% p.—York and Newcastle (late N. and D.), New, 6 p.--Ditto, Preference, 4% p. MANCHESTER, FEBRUARY 13. STOCK Exert* INGE. The sales are—Birmingham and Oxford June tion, 8% p. Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., 5-16 is.--Eastern Counties, 21% - Ditto, York Extension, % p. —East Lancashire. 17 p.—Ditto, New (scrip), 1 3-16 p.— Fleetwood, Preston, and W,st Riding, % p. —Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, p. Lan caster and Preston, Three-quarters, 17 . v.—London and North- Western (Manchester and Birmingham), 72% c.—Manchester and Leeds Extension, 1% p.—Manchester Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (late Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 1 dis.—Manchester and South ampton, 7-16 dis.- North Staffordshire, 2 15-16 p.—Preston and Wyre, 34—Ditto, Halves (A), 3% p.—Ditto, ditto (B), 7-16 dis. Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 13-16 p.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, % p.—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, % p. —Southport and Euxton, 1 dis.—West Riding Union, 1 19-16 p. WILSON r. WILSON'. The further arguments in this part-heard appeal, the facta of which we have already given, fully occupied their Lord ships the whole day. PRIVY COUNCIL, Feb. 15. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat again to day, for the purpose of hearing appeals. The Lords present were—Lord Brougham ' Lord Campbell, Lord Langdale (Master of the Rolls), Sir Herbert Jenner Fust, and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall. Their Lordships were occupied the whole morning with appeals from the Court of Admiralty. VICE CHANCERY COURT, Feb. 15. (Before the VICE-CMANCELLOK of ENGLAYD.) His Honour the Vice Chancellor of England was occupied the whole morning with the arguments in the case of Haffenden v. Woods, which came before the Court upon ex ceptions to the ➢Master's report. The case presented no fea ture of interest except for the parties concerned. (Before Sir J. K. BRUCE.) His HONOUR was occupied during the morning in hearing bankrupt petitions, none of which were of any importance. The remaining proceedings were equally uninteresting. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb.ls. The sittings here terminated this morning. As many as twelve causes were set down for trial; but some were with drawn, and others could not be proceeded with in conse quence of the absence of attornies and witnesses. Therefore the court rose before eleven o'clock, from not having any business to proceed with. Lord DENMAN said he bad taken one day from the city sittings, in order to facilitate the trying of causes at West minster, and that it was too bad the public time should be trifled with in this way. The cause "Richards v. Lord 'Maidstone," was amongst those withdrawn. The court will sit at Guildhall to-morrow (this day). COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—Feb. 15. (Sittings at Nisi Prins before the LORD CHIEF BARON and Special Juries.) • --' Several cases were disposed of during the day, none of which, however, presented any features of public interest. The Court of Exchequer commence their sittings in London to-morrow. COURT OF COMMON FLEAS, Feb. 15. (Sittings at Guildhall, before Mr. Justices COLTMAN). CRIM. CON.—IIAWKES r. MOORE. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, the landlord of the Jolly Butchers public-house, Newport-market, St. Martin's-lane, against Mr. Moore, a print seller, in the same locality, for damages for the seduction of his wife. Mr. Sergeant :Byles and Mr. Bramwell appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Pigot for the defence. Mr. Sergeant BYLES opened the case for the plaintiff, going over the evidence he intended to adduce. He stated, that iu 1833, the mariage of the plaintiff to his wife took place, and that they lived together fur many years in a comfortable state. A short time ago he took the Jolly Butchers public-house, and then commenced the intimacy which had led to the present action. The defendant had been in the habit of attending the house, and the result was an estrangement of the wife's affec tions, which ended in the neglect of her child, and her ulti mate elopement with the defendant. The result was, the plaintiff neglected his business, and acquired habits of in toxication, so affected had he been by the conduct of his wife, and now the oniy course left him was to recover damages for the injury done in a court of law. Several witnesses were called to prove the marriage of the parties, and that they had for some time lived together in a comfortabie manner. Catherine Ryan was the first material witness called. She had been servant at the Jolly Butchers, and deposed that the defendant was in the practice of attending the public house, and that she had noticed several acts of intimacy between plaintiff's wife and the defendant. She further stated that various quarrels took place between them, which ended in their separation about Christmas, 1845. In cross-examination, the witness stated that the plaintiff often struck his wife, and was in the habit of getting repeat edly drunk. John Cooke, a butcher, in Newport-market, who had been in the practice of attending the Jolly Butchers, gave evidence to a similar effect; and further, that on one occasion, in December, 1845, he had late at night seen the defendant and plaintiff's wife come out of a house of ill fame together. .Joseph Bates, a nurseryman, near Oxford, stated that be had assisted the plaintiff in getting up the case. He had done so because he had been in town on business, and had known the plaintiff before. When the plaintiff's wife left, the plaintiff did not know where she had gone to, and wit ness endeavoured to find her out. After some difficulty he traced her to a house in Islington, where she was living with the defendant under the name of Mrs. Moore. Harriet Willis stated that she lived at 35, Charlotte-ter. race, Islington. She let the first floor of her house about Christmas, 1845, to a lady who called herself Mrs. Moore. A gentleman named Mr. Moore came often there and slept with Mrs. Moore. They passed as man and wife. The defen dant had that morning been pointed out to her outside of the court, and it was the same gentleman as lived with Mrs. Moore at her apartments. Mr. Kingdom, the plaintiff's solicitor, proved having pointed out the defendant that morning to the previous wit ness, in order to identify him. This was the case for the plaintiff. Mr. COCKBULN, for the defence, said that after the evidence of the witness, Mrs. Willis, he had no intention of opposing a verdict for the plaintiff, but the question to which he would address himself, would be that of damages, which, he submitted, should be only nominal. Though he admitted that Mrs. Hawkes had lived under the protection ofithe defendant after she,had been turned off, yet he was instructed to repudiate the evidence of the witness Cooke, and to deny that any criminal intercourse had ever taken place while under her husband's roof. The Learned Gentleman then went on to show that the plaintiff, up to the time of his wife leaving, though he was in the habit of continually ill-using her, lie never imputed anything wrong to the defendant. He would further prove that not only up till the period of Mrs. lierwkes leaving, but for many months after, he was in the habit of continually receiving loans of money from the defendant; and that not till after Mr. Moore had refused further sums, was there a word about the present action. At the very time, therefore, that he was stated to be droop ing away and withering. on account of his wife's faithless ness, the injured husband was drawing continually from the seducer's exchequer, and only when the latter would bleed no more, did he think of recovering damages in a court of law. The ill-usage of the plaintiff to his wife before she left could not, therefore, arise from his belief that the de fendant had seduced her, or, if it did, then he was the most crawling wretch upon the face of the earth to coin ' money, as he must have done, cut of the seduction of his wife. Several witness were called in support of those allegations, proving that for many years, and before he took the Jolly Butchers, he had been in the habit of getting drunk and ill using his wife, and also on the other points relating to ad vances of money by the defendant to the plaintiff. The former had received sums of money from the defendant so late as in June last, and about six months after plaintiff's wife had left, and placed herself under the protection of the defendant. The jury raturned a verdict for 100/. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. John Lock yer, a powerful-looking drayman, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Hall, charged with inflicting on his wife a wound in the side of her head, whereby her life was en dangered. Policeman F 85, about half-past three o'clock that morning, heard a cry of " murder" from a house in Rose street, Long-acre, where he found the prisoner and his wife in their own room, the woman having a severe cut on the side of the head, and being exhausted by loss of blood. She said that the prisoner gave her the wound with the poker. She was taken immediately to the Charing-cross Hospital, where she then lay. Mr. John Steghorn, house-surgeon at the Charing Cross Hospital, described the nature of the wound. He considered that she was in danger, and could not give any positive opi nion on her case at present. The prisoner said that his wife quarrelled with him, and struck him several times, and he threw his shoe at her. He had not had the poker in his hand at all. Mr. HALL, remanded the prisoner for a week, and desired the surgeon, in case he should find that death was approach ing, and that the woman was aware of her early dissolu tion, to send for him, and he would take her evidence in articulo mortis. CLERKENIVELL. Edward and Ellen Bourke, brother and sister, were charged before Mr. Greenwood with the following murderous assault!, when the court was much crowded with persons resident in Holloway, owing to its being rumoured that a police-con stable had died in consequence of the irjuries he had received from the male prisoner. It appeared that, on Saturday night last, a numerous body of Irish labourers entered the Castle Tavern, Holloway-road, when their conduct was so riotous and disorderly, that the landlord, Mr. Francis, refused to serve them, and several left in consequence, but the prisoners remained and insisted on being served. Finding that they would not leave, Mr. Francis turned off the gas, when Edward Burke stooped his head, rushed at him, and butted him in the face, by which he broke his nose. He then knocked him down, and kicked him several times, and Mr. Francis's son coming to his assist ance received such severe injuries from the prisoner, as to compel him to keep his bed, and be placed under surgical treatment, and he was now unable to attend to give his evi dence. The prisoner was at length ejected, and the door shut, 'but they broke it in, attacked Mr. Francis again, fractured one of his fingers, bit, and otherwise injured him. Several policemen having heard cries of murder, hastened to the spot, when it required no less than ten of them to remove the prisoners to the station-house, and on the way there Ed ward Burke seized Constable 291 N, and knocked him down, and upon his getting up gave him a tremendous kick in the lower part of the abdomen. The policeman immediately ex claimed, " Oh dear, I am a murdered man !" and fell quite senseless to the ground, when he was removed to Guy's Hospital, where he lies in a very dangerous state. The female prisoner, OR her way to the station-house, threw off her bonnet and cloak and fought like a fury, spitting, scratching, and biting at every one who came within her reach. Mr. GRIENWOOD committed the prisoners to Newgate for trial at the Old Bailey, but ordering them to be again brought up on Saturday next, when, it was hoped, the con stable and Mr. Francis, jun., would be so far recovered as to enable them to attend to give their evidence. WORSiiIP-STREE7'. Charei Lewis Sauchey was charged with obtaining the sum of 31. Is. of William Arnold, an ex-waiter, and a pair of boots of George Arnold, brother to the latter, so long ago as July of the year 1843, under the following circum stances : William Arnold stated that at the above time he was a waiter at the White Lion. Whitechapel-road. The de fendant, who stated that he was head engineer to Mr. Steven son, used the he se at the time, and was in the habit of dis playing some very unique tools, which Le said he used in his business. The prisoner's hands had the appearance of those more of a lady, and the small instruments he produced induced the belief that he hod been accustomed to the more scientific part of engineering than what is called hard work. The prisoner subsequently, under the promise of procuring prosecutor a situation as stoker on one of the railways, obtained of the latter, in the course of four weeks, the amount of 31. is., besides eatables and drink ables which prosecutor had himself paid for. The prosecutor was also induced by the prisoner to leave his place at the White Lion, as there was a situation ready for hint at the Camden-town Station to enter upon immediately, but on going to that station he discovered that no such person as the prisoner was known upon the line, and he never after wards saw the prisoner until Saturday last, when in company with his brother, and he was given into custody. George Arnold, who said that he was a boot and shoe maker, stated that the prisoner called upon him at the above time, and represented that he had interested himself on be half of his brother William, and he believed had succeeded LEEDS, FEBRUARY 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The markets have remained dull with reduced quotations for all stocks, and with the uncertain prospects of the money markets, and the price of corn, which is again advancing, we do not anticipate present alteration for the better. Much rnxiety is felt to know the particulars of the Government financial arrange ments, and in the meantime speculators are very cautious. The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 3s. 6d. dis.—East Lan cashire, 1% p.—Ditto, New, 1% p.—Ditt6, New Scrip, 245. p.— East and West Yorkshire, 2s. Gd. dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester, 3% p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, Halves, n. p.—Leeds and Thirsk, Preference, 245. p.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, I 1 s. dis.— Liverpool, Manchester. and Newcastle Junction, 7s. 6d. dis.—Malton and Driffield Junction, 235. Gd. c. p.—Manchester and Leeds, Halves (late Hud. and Sheff.) 3% p.—Ditto, Extensions, 15s. s. p.—Man chaster, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland. 12s. p.—North British Quar ters (late Carlisle Branch), 41s. n. p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 14s. p.—North Staffordshire, 3 n. p.—North-Western, 7s. Gd. p.—West Riding Union, 31s. 6d. p.—York and North Midland, Preference, 10% p. HULL, FEBRUARY 13. STOOL EXCHANGE..—AIthough no bush': ss Importance has trans pired oa our exchange to-day, many orders remain unexecuted, owing to a shade difference in limits, holders cf stock being firm, whilst buyers right shy. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, FEBRUARY 13. STOCK EICKANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire, New Scrip, 1U p.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, Bs. 6‘L —North British, 10 p. EDINBURGH, FEBRUARY 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 231.-Airdrie and' Bathgate, 41. Is.- Arbroath and Forfar, 281.-Ditto, Half Shares, 15/. 55.-Ayr and Galloway, 21. Us. 6d.-Caledonian, 271.-Ditto, New, 21. 6s. - Caledonian and Dumbarton, 21. 135.-Clydesdale Junction, 39/. 55.-Deeside, 3/. ss.- Direct Northern, 2/. I ls. 6d.-Dunblane, Donne, and Callender, 1/. 12s. 6d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 431. ex new-Ditto. New, No. 1, 321.-Ditto, No. 2, 271. 10s.-Ditto, New, No. 3, 41. 17s. 6d.-Dundee and Perth, 22/.-Ditto, New. 151. 7s. 6d.-East of Fife, 2/. 165.-East Lothian Central, 2/. 25.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 5/. 45.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 771.-Ditto, Half Shares, 201. W.-Ditto, Quarters, 19/. -Edinburgh, Leith, and Gran ton, 19/. 10s.-Ditto, Preference, 201. 10s.-Edinburgh and Northern 161. 7s. Gd. ex new-Ditto, New, 31. 13s. 6d.-Ditto, Newport, 51. Gs. 6d.-Ditto, ditto, New, 21 10s.-Edinburgh and Perth (Old), 11. 18s. Gd.-Ditto (New), 21. Bs. 6d.--Glasgow and Ayrshire, 651. -Ditto, New Stock, 341.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 161. !W.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 71. 155.-Ditto, No. 2,9/. Is.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 6/.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 39/.-Glasgow General Ter minus, 12/. 10s.-Glasgow and Greenock, 191.-Ditto, Halves, 91. -Ditto, Preference, 81. 55.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Atdrossan, 61. 17s. Gd.-Great North of England, 2371.-Great North of Scot land, V. 55.-London and York, 31. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, Extensions (scrip), 2/. 55.-Manchester anti Leeds, 1051.-Ditto, Sixteenths, 71. 155.-Ditto, Extensions, 3/. 2 5. - Newcastle and Berwick, 321. 15s. -North British, 351. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, 161. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, Thirds, 3/. 125.-Ditto, Quarters, 4/. 35.-Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 1/. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Fifths, 71. 2s. 6d.-Scottish Central, 211. 7s. 6d.-Scottish Grand Junction, 1/. Is. Gd. -Scottish Midland, 221. ss.- Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1/. 15 5. - Shrewsbury, Oswestry, acd Chester, 81. 55.-Ditto, New, 1/. Os. 6d.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 31. 12s. W.- Stirling and Midland, 2/. 10s.-Strathern Junction, 3/. 35.-Wishaw and Coltness, 481. 155.-York and Newcastle, 361. 10s. -Ditto, New, 111. 15s.- Ditto, Preference, 91.-Direct Bombay and Madras, 3s. W.-East Indian, Bs. Gd. - Great North of India, 3s. td. -Great Southern of Madras, 3s. 6d.-Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, 2s. . _ GLASGOW, FEBRUARY 12 STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Ayr and Galloway, 3gs.— Caledonian, New, 445. Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 484. Direct Northern (scrip), 50s.—Dundee and I'erth,2B% —East of Fife, 52s. — East Indian, Bs. 9d.—East Lothian Central, 41s. (id.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Ilalves, 20 3 / —Ditto, Quarters, 19/.—Edinburgh and l'erth, 50s.—Glasgow, Kimianiock, and Ayr, 6534—Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 91. Is.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 6% —Great Southern of Madras, 3s. Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 328.—Man chester and Southampton, 325. —Midland, Halves, 51: 16s.—North British, Thirds, 71s. 6d.—Ditto, Quarters, 82s. Pd.—Ditto, New, Quarters (scrip), 275. Scottish Central, 2 —Scottish Midland Junction, 22% —Stirling and Dunfermline, 335. Ga. MARKET NEWS. - (YESTERDAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE. During last week the arrivals of English Wheat, Barley, Malt, Oats, and Peas up to our market were on a very limited scale; those of Beans and Flour moderate. Very little Corn of any dewiption reached us from Scotland, but from Ireland the receipts of Oats were considerably on the increase, though, comparatively speaking, trifling. The im ports of foreign Grain were small, but we had a fair arrival of American Flour. Fresh up this morning, coastwise as well as by land carriage and sample, the arrival of Wheat of home produce was very small ; hence, as the supply of that article left over from Friday was unimportant, the show of samples was by no means adequate to meet the wants of the dealers, whose attendance was good,especially from the country. We have, therefore, to report a brisk demand for all kinds, at an advance on last Monday's quotations of from 4s to 5s per quarter, and at which most of the parcels offering changed hands. As was the case on this day se'nnight, there were several orders received for English Wheat from the northern ports, and one or two French speculators were bid ding high for middling qualities. However, several of them were unexecuted. With Foreign Wheat we were scantily supplied. Most kinds moved off readily, at is to 2s per quarter above last Monday's prices, being the same amount of improvement as noticed on Friday. Holders generally were very firm. We had a short supply of Barley on show, owing to which, and to the maltsters being short of stock, the sale was firm, at a rise in value of from Is to 2s per quarter. At the close of the market very few parcels re mained unsold. For superfine Malt there was a steady sale, at a trifle more money ; but all other kinds were a slow inquiry, at late currencies. The quan tity of Oats being somewhat on the increase, the Oat trade was rather inactive ; nevertheless, all selected parcels realised full prices without difficulty. In Beans, the sale was slow ; but we have no alteration to notice in the quotations One or two cargoes of Peas were taken for Ireland. The trade was firm, and prices were well supported. Most of the Indian Corn which arrived last week has sold at from 668 to 72s per quarter. The Flour trade was very firm, and prices had an upward tendency. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier • • 81s to 85s Red, New.... 68s to Sls Oats—Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 71s 87s Lincolnsh., Feed. 32s 371 Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe 3BB 40s coin, Red. • . 66s 75s Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White...... 702 79s 81ack....... 34, 37s Irish, Red........ —s Cork, White . ICs 39s Ditto,White.. —s —s Scotch, Feed..... 35s 38s Rye Old . . s s Beans—Tick . .. •. • • 452 49s New. •••••• • • . • • . 48s 58s Pigeons • 51s 532 Barley—Grinding..... 47s sls Pease—Grey. 52s 552 Malting . ........ 58s 62s Maple 513 55s Chevalier .... ... 62s 63s White........... 55s 60s Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ..... 60s 62s f01k.... •• ...... 78s SOs Flour—Town-made... 62s 68 2 Brown ...... . 69s 7I s Suffolk .......... 50s 52 2 Kingston and Ware 79s 82s Stocktn & Norfolk 51s S3s SMITHFIELD. The past week's imports of live stock into London havebeen as under : From whence. Oxen. Cows. Harlingen Rotterdam...". Ditto Ditto Ditto ...... Sheep. Calves. .. 233 .. — . 30 ~ 123 .. 87 5 ..„.. 14 T0ta1...... 27 At least two-thirds of the above have passed direct into the hands of the butchers. About 300 head of foreign stock have been landed at the outports from Holland. The number of foreLn stock on offer to-day was small, viz. :-64 Oxen and Cows, and 220 Sheep, in fair average condition, while the sale was inactive, and prices were not supported. With home fed Beasts we were seasonably well supplied, both as respects number and quality ; indeed, we have not seen a finer collection of short horns, Devons and Scots, than was exhibited this morning. Owing to the change in the weather, and the absence of the principal country buyers. the Beef trade was exceedingly dull, at a decline in the quotations obtained on Monday last of quite 2d per Sibs. The extreme figure for the best Scots, and which was paid in very few instances, was 4s 4d per 81bs., and a clearance was not effected. The droves from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire con.isted of 1,100 Short horns and Scots, from the Northern Counties, 800 Short horns—from the western and midland districts, 600 Herefords, Runts, Devons, &c., from other parts of England, 400 of various breeds ; and from Scotland, 120 horned and polled Scots. With Sheep, we were very scantily supplied, and the quality of that description of stock was by no means first rate. All kinds moved off slowly, and last week's prices were with difficulty supported. The number of Calves was small; yet the Veal trade was in a very sluggish state, at an abate ment in value of 2d per 81bs. In Pigs , comparatively little business was transacted, at late rates. Per filbs• to sink the offal. e. d. to s• d Inferior Beasts... •• 3 2 3 4 Second quality ••• • 3 6 3 8 Prime large Oxen • • 2 410 4 0 2 4 4 Prime Scots .. Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 Prime small ditto •. 4 8 5 2 Suckling Calves —lB 0 29 0 Inferior Sheep • • • 3 6 _3_lo 8. d. to s. d. Second quality ditto 4 0 4 2 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 4 4 b Southdown Wether 410 5 0 Ditto onto! the wool Large Hogs .• • • 3 8 4 G Small Porkers ... • 4 8 410 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 19 0 Lambs .•• • 0 0 0 t SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. 3,354 15,770 97 NEWGATE AND IMADENNALL. Although the weather during the whole of the week has been cold, the receipts of country-killed Meat to these mar kets have been by no means large, while the supplies on offer slaughtered in the metropolis have been but moderate. Generally speaking the demand has ruled firm, and, in some instances the quotations have had an upward tendency. About 40 carcases of foreign Beef and 200 ditto of Sheep have appeared on sale. I Pim 315 At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. I. d. to s. Beef, inferior.. .. •• 2 6 2 8 Mutton, inferior .. 3 6 3 8 - middling .. ••2 10 3 0 middling.. 310 4 0 - prime large .. 3 2 3 4 prime .... 4 2 4 4 - prime small .. 3 6 3 8 ' Pork, 1arge........ 3 6 4 6 Veal •••••••• • • • • • • 4 4 6 2 - small .. ... •• • 4 8 410 Lamb. Os Od to Os Od. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The imports of Potatoes in the past week have amounted to about 300 tons, in good condition. Coastwise, the receipts have been trifling, while the demand is heavy, as follows: French White:, 100 s to 180 s ; York Regents, 200 s to 2205; ditto Reds, 200 s to 2205; Lincolnshire and Cam bridgeshire Regents, 150 s to 190 s; ditto Kidneys, 140 s to 160 s per ton. BOROUGH HOP PSTATLILET. Although ohly a moderate busines3 is doing in any kind of Hops, the supply of which is seasonably good, no alteration can be noticed in the quotations.—Sussex pockets, 41 to 418 s; Weald of Kent ditto, 41 5s to 41 16s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 41 15s to 61 10s. _ _ TALLOW. On the whole the market may be called inactive, yet we can report no material alteration in prices. The recent quo tation for P.Y.C. on the spot is 50s per cwt. For forward delivery very few contracts have been entered into. Town Tallow, the supply of which is by no means large, is 50s net cash. WOOL. The imports of Wool since Monday last have amounted to about 3do bales, chiefly from Belgium and the Cape. There is a fair demand for English combing Wools, at full prices. In all other kinds exceedingly little is doing. GABIE.--It is generally believed by the farmers in the Isle of Wight, that one twentieth of the produce of their farms is destroyed by the game! while their labourers cannot obtain half food enough for their families! The cottagers are in want of fold and firing, having only from 9s. to 10e. per week to subsist on, everything is so dear that their miserable pittance will not hold out, there is little hope of their being able to crop their little gardens, seeds are beyond their reach, garden beans are double the price they were two months since, and to mend the matter, the Rector has put a tithe this year on their little gardens. Mr. Standish, M.P. for Wigan, lies dangerously indisposed, and but slight hopes are' entertained of his re covery. REMOVAL OF THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE RIGHT lox. T. GRINVILLE TO THE BRITISH MUSKTM.—Saturdy the concluding portion of the library of th e Right lion. •. Grenville, according to his bequest was deposited in the British Museum. The time occupied in the removal was five days, the number of books being 20,300 volumes. In value, on account of their excellent condition, magnificent binding, and extreme rarity, they are estimated at 100,0001. To give only a slight idea of the value of this acquisition to the Bri tish Museum, for which s special room has been provided, a ticr ice of one of the books will suffice. The first is the " Biblie Sacra Latini," upon vellum, the first edition of the Holy Scriptures, and the first book printed with moveable metal types by the inventors of printing. This book was printed at Mentz, by Guttenburg and Faust, between the years 1450-5, and is executed in double columns, in imitation of the choir books of the period. The cost of getting up this work was so great that Schiieffer, the son•in-law of Faust, states in " Trithemus's Chronicles" that 4,000 florins were expended before twelve sheets were finished. This Bible is known as the Mazarine Bible, on account of a copy having been discovered in the library of Cardinal Mazarine. It is so scarce that but four copies upon vellum and fourteen upon paper exist, nearly all of which are in public libraries. With regard to the value of the book, it may be stated that one upon paper, fetched, at the sale of the library of the Duke of Susses, 1901. We regret to announce the death of Captain Dillon, whose voyages and adventures among the natives of the islands in the Pacific are familiar to every reader, and who, it will be recollected, discovered and brought to France the remnants of the Astrolabe, the sole relics of the unfortunate La Peyrouse and his companions. Captain Dillon died on Tuesday almost suddenly.— G alignani. BATTERSEA PARK.—On Saturday the surveyors were busily engaged taking the levels for the bridge to cross the Thames to the new.park-obout to be formed in Battersea fields, from near the Chelsea Waterworks, having direct ap proaches on the Middlesex side from Sloane-street and the Commercial-road. The park will extend from the Southwark Waterworlo to the Battersea Bridge-road, inclosing all the ground between the Thames and the Wandsworth-road, and il - pfbatevacre and carriage drive to be formed on both sides of the river,- - to extend on the Middlesex shore from Vauxhall bridge to Cheyne-vialk, Chelsea. CORN TO CAVALRY::HORSES.--In consequence of the present extraordinary high price of oats, occasioned by the general scarcity of all descriptions of grain, an order has just been issued from the Horse Guards to the colonels of all the cavalry regiments in her Majesty's service, for a consi derable reduction to be made in the scpply of corn to the troop horses. Heretofore the regulation was for each horse to have 101 b. of oats per day, generally averaging, from the excellent quality of the corn contracted to be supplied for cavalry horses, abOut two gallons. According to the new regulation ordered to be carried into effect by the Commander• in -Chief, the quantity is to be reduced from 101 b. to 71b. per day, making a diminution in the consumption of nearly one third. In a cavalry regiment of 800 horses, under the new arrangement, the enormous saving of upwards of 50 bushel. of oats will be the daily average, and nearly 18,000 bushels in the twelvemonth. Lord John Russell and Count Alexander Mensdorg visited Count St. Aulaire last week. Sir Robert Peel called on his Excellency at the Embassy, Manchester House, 011 Saturday last. COLONIAL APPOINTMENT. —We understand that Christopher Rawlinson, Esq., [of the Western Circuit, and Recorder of Portsmouth, and who was one of the intended Judges under the Small Debts Act, has just been appointed by Sir George Grey to the Recordership of Penang. The appointment is worth 4,0001. per annum. SALARIES ON THE GREATWESTERN.—MT. Saunders , the secretary, gets 2,500. a-year; Mr. Gooch, locomotive superintendent, I,oooi. ; Mr. Clark, superintendent, 7501.1 and Mr. Pyke, head accountant, 5501. ; Clark, the Bristol superintendent, gets 5501.; Ashbee, of Exeter, 3251.; and Graham, of Gloucester, 1801.—Herapath's Raikvay Magasinc• EXTENSIVE BURGLARY.—On Saturday the police received information of an extensive robbery having been committed between twelve o'clock on Friday night and neen o'clock that morning, at the house of Mrs. Wallis, No. 18 ,7' Sloane• street, Knightsbridge. It appears that Mrs. We l l was sitting up during the ni g ht a tt en di ng a s i c k c hild, Win e " slept in the kitchen. While doing so she heard no noise to the house, but, on going up stairs after seven o'clock on Sa' turday morning, she found the rooms in disorder, and on eel" mination found that eight silver table-spoons, a dozen sill tea-spoons, a pair of silver s u gar -t ongs , a go ld wa tch with gold chain attached, a silver watch, a pair of gold ear-ring s ' a mourning ring, two 201. Bank of England notes, two 101. ditto, and two 51. ditto, with 1201. in gold, had been carried off by the thieves, who left behind them a bunch of picklock keys, an old pair of stockings, and a screw-driver. The Duchess of Inverness had a dinner party on Sunday at Kensington Palace. The Earl of Aticklando'll Vis count Melbourne, and Viscount and Viscountess Palme r ' were among the guests. gret to DEATH OF PROFESSOR NAFIER. We . re - r have to record the death of Macvoy Napier, Esq., Pm fess ° of Conveyancing in the university of this city, which Wig place at his house about five o'clock yesterday morning. For some time past, we understand, Mr. Napier had not fully enjoyed his accustomed health, but his indisposition was not so severe as to prevent him from attending his official duties. He delivered a lecture on Monday, as usual, to his class, and though he had since that day taken unwell, yet his friends did not anticipate that his dissolution was so near. Besides the distinguished place which he occupied in our university. Mr. Napier was well known in literary circles on account of his connexion with the Edinburgh Review, of which he WAS editor for nearly twenty years, and also with that great literary undertaking the Encyclopedia Britannica, the whole of the seventh edition of that noble work having been issued under his superintendence, as well as a supplement to the previous one. Mr. Napier was also one of the principal clerks of the Court of Session. We have not heard his pre cise age, but we believe he had attained his seventieth or seventy-first year. The death of the talented Professor has caused a blank in the literary world which will be eaten' sively felt.—Edinburgh Advertiser. NOVEL SPECIES OF BALLOON.—A balloon oft structed on a principle by 'which the longest aeriel voyages can be performed, and by which all danger is avoided by the expansion of gas, and all waste of gas prevented, may no w be seen in the Montpellier-gardens, at Camberwell, by 5r sons connected with scientific inventions and pursuits. 'l° invention is that of a Mr. Gale, a gentleman of some repo" tation in science, and well known on the continent as a n aeronaut, and as a pupil of the celebrated Arnaud Robert. The improvements on the old lumbering machines, welch have hitherto done little beyond collecting an idle, gaping mob at tea-gardens, and by the ascent of which science has received no information whatever, consist in elastic tubes , pipes, or what is called hose, by which all the gas which escapes from the lower part of the machine is received SW" conveyed into large bags or receivers attached to the middle of the balloon, so that let the expansion of the gas be what it will from heat, or other causes, the gas can be let off and ptserved, and no danger of bursti n g incurred. The car is also differently constructed fi om the old method and the aeronaut can without trouble lower beneath the ear another car, to any distance he may please, in which scientific experiments can be carried on, or fire made use of, witholl, i danger to the balloon. The cars are very light, being mal e of prepared cork and Indian rubber. This balloon is nearly as large as the great Nassau balloon, and is made of silk ma' nufactured by Messrs. Merciers and Vanner, of Spitalfield s • The designs for the external painting are very good; the/ are by Mr. D. Roberts. The whole apparatus, grepnells, &e v er? improvements on the heavy and clumsy things hitherto used for aerial voyages. THUNDER STORM AT LINDAL.—On Tuesday night last this neighbourhood was visited by a tremendou s storm of thunder and lightning, which continued without intermission the greater part of the night. About nine o'clock the storm broke over this neighbourhood with extreme violence, vivid flashes of lightning succeeding each other in quick succession, and illuminating the sky in all directions , were succeeded by heavy peals of thunder. A slight fall of snow accompanied this extraordinary and unseasonable temp pest. The roaring of the wind during the storm was ainw tS equal to the thunder itself, which aroused the peaceable denizens of Linda! from theirquiet slumbers, in no small tre pidation. Westmorland Gazette. DEATH IN AN OMNIBUS.—.-On Saturday Mr. T. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Nag's Head, New Compton -street, Soho, on the body of Mr. William King , aged seventy-one. The evidence proved that the deceased , who was a native of Oxford, had for some time past resided in London, and carried on the business of a printer. He bad formerly been a compositor, and was, for some weeks pro' vious to his demise, sojourning at the Cross Keys Tavern. Endell-street, Holborn. Oti Thursday last be went out about ten in the morning, and got into a Paddington om nibus, when he - was suddenly taken in a fit, and the rest of the passengers becoming alarmed, the vehicle was stopped, but before the deceased could be conveyed to a surgeon's life was totally extinct. A post •mortent examination proved death to have been the result of apoplexy. Verdict, "Natural death.' [ADVERTISEMENT.]— WONDERFUL EFFICACY oF HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—Nine months since Mr. Winburn, a respectable and well-known gentleman in Glaslough, county Monaghan, had an opening made from the hip to the knee, and a great deal of diseased flesh re moved. For three years he suffered night and day, although he consulted all the most skilful surgeons and physicians De could hear of; using baths, liniments, &c., without effect. He expected to be a cripple for life; yet by the use of Hol loway's Ointment and Pills he is now cured, and enabled to attend to business for the last six months as though nothing had happened.—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor }LW loway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. On the 10th inst., in Portland-place, the wife of the Rev. 01010 L. Royds, of a son. On the 11th inst., at Emmanuel Parsonage, Camberwell, the Wif e of the Rev. Robert rayrer, of a daughter. On the llth inst., in Torrington-square, the lady of W. H. /I Esq., of a son. ter- On the 12th inst., the lady of Edward Morris, Esq., Glouces road, Hyde-park-gardens, of a son. MARRIED. On the 11th inst., at Kirtllngton, Edmund Antrobus, Esq., SO for East Surrey, to Marianne Georgiana, eldest daughter 0- I George Dashwood, Bart., of Kirtlington-park, Oxfordshire. DIED. On the 10th inst., at Belle Vue House, Chelsea, Charles Hatch Esq., aged 82. On the 10th inst., at Liverpool, Jane, the wif e of Captain GillesPid Dunslevie. On the 10th inst., Thomas Hayes, Esq., of Darby House, Sunburt ° Middlesex. • • On the 10th inst„, at Aldwiek, William Titchener, Esq., aged 6 7 .,, f - On the 11th inst., at Oakfield, Hornsey, George Buckton, Esq , Doctor's-commons, aged 63. --On the Inst., Jacosho, wife of Thomas Natt, Esq., o f meeklea burgh-squate,., • On the 11th inst., at Kentish-town, Elizabeth, relict o f the at e Mr. Charles Ernest Ch r i st i an H er i ng. On the 11th inst., at M anc h ester - stree t , Mi c h ae l HenshaW, ta li° s - n of 11. S. Russ e ll, E sq . On the 11th Inst., at Denmark -hill, Surrey, Vice-Admiral W Young, aged 86. On the 11th inst., at W o ki ng h am , B er k e , Thomas QuenterY aged 71 ' On the 11th inst., a t I s li ng t on , J osep h Chippindale, Esq., London: Printed and Published by XECIRDO YOUNG, of No. 1 17 . Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 1) Strand, in the Precdnal of the Savoy. In the County of Middlesex, Tuesday'. ," britary 16, 1647. A ii Vel VI 21a4 181 184 IS , 18, has, aloe ab Her Her 0.4 Ron eeti Only an,