The Sun. — London, England, 1847-02-05 00:00:00

eb bitton SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. - _ SALE OF RAILWAY SHARES BY ALTO lON. (THIS DAY.) A great many Railway Shares were disposed of at Mews. Lamond and Co.'s public sale to-day, and prices were con sidered tirre, although no great advance was noticeable. The following are a few of the principal sales : East Indian ..... Waterford, Wexford, and Valentia ...... 0 5 0 N ort h Staffordshire London and Manchester (Rernington's) 0 7 6 Great Luxembourg Buckinghamshire, ex hit. 4 8 0 Newport and Abergavenny 0 17 0 Shropshire Union and Canal 1 8 0 Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certificate 0 12 0 Cornwall Caledonian ... Shrewsbury and Hereford Louvain Ala Sambre 1 8 0 Northern Counties Union Ceylon ..... ... . ..... 0 4 0 Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A). ..... ... 4 2 6 Eastern Counties, York Extension 4 15 0 Madrid and Valencia Great Westem of Bengal 0 6 0 South-Eastern and Dover, N 0.4 PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS. HOUSE OF OOMMONS.—(THIS DAY.) (Room 22, before Mr. Examiner SMITH.) UNOPPOSED LIST. In the following unopposed cases the standing orders were found to have been complied with : Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Knaresborough and Borough bridge Branch). Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Harrowgate and Pately Branch, &c.) Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Eaglascliffe and Stillington Ex- tension). Leeds and Thirsk (Branch from Millersley, &c.) Leeds and Thirsk (Deviation of Main Line in Chimple Val ley, &c.) OPPOSED LIST. MIDLAND RAILWAY (SHEFFIELD, BARNSLEY, DONCASTER, AND GOOLE LINE). In this case it was decided that the standing . orders had not been complied with in one or two important instances. CALEDONIAN, WISIIAW, AND COLTNESS RAILWAY. The remainder of the day was occupied with the opposi tion to this petition, but no allegations worthy of note were sustained. The case was adjourned. (Room 23, before Mr. Examiner MAY.) UNOPPOSED LIST. In the following unopposed cases the customary formal proofs were taken, and the standing orders complied with : Exeter and Exmouth Railway Act Amendment. London and North-Western Railway (Preacot and Wolver hampton Branch, &c.) London and North-Western Railway (Ormakirk and Rain ford Branch, &c.) OPPOSED LIST. CORNWALL AND DEVON CENTRAL RAILWAY. This adjourned case was then resumed. The inquiry occu pied the ksaminer the rest of the day. A few similar alle gations to those which have already been noticed were sus tained. The case was further adjourned. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE (THIS DAY.) The Committee of Standing Orders met this day at the usual hour. for the dispatch of public business. The following decisions were given:— BRISTOL AND EXETER (LAUNCESTON AND CREDITON BRANCH). Standing orders not to be dispensed with. GLASGOW, KIDIARNOCK, AND ARDROSSAN. Standing orders not to be dispensed with. SALISBURY AND YEOVIL. Aflowed to proceed. The above decisions having been announced, the Com mittee adjourned at Half-past Four o'clock. EXCHEQUER-(THIS DAY.) EDWARD C. corms. This was an action in which the plaintiff sought to recover compensation in damages, for a violent assault committed upon him by the defendant. Sergeant Wilkins appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Crowder for the defendant. It appeared that the plaintiff was a poulterer carrying on business in New•gate-street ; the defendant was a meat sales man, conducting his business in the same place as the plaintiff, In consequence of a few words having passed between the parties, the defendant struck the plaintiff, and pushed him down, and such was the severe nature of the blow and the fall that the house surgeon of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, whither the plaintiff was taken, said that the radius or small bone of the wrist was broken, and that the plaintiff remained in the hospital for a period of five weeks under treatment for the injury. Mr. CROWDER addre3sed the jury at some length for the defendant. The LORD CIIIEF Baaos summed up, and The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages 51. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) GODDARD O. DOBSON AND ANOTHIER. This was an action brought by Mr. Henry Goddard, a surgeon, residing at Deptford, to recover 153/. on a promis sory note from Mr. Dobson, a medical practitioner in the county of Essex, and Mrs. Laburn, a lady residing in Re gent-street. The defence set up was, that the names of the defendants attached to the note were not in the handwriting of the parties. Mr. Sergeant Channel and Mr. Bovil were for the plaintiff; Mr. Sergeant By les and Mr. Wordsworth for the defendants. A number of witnesses wore called, who deposed to the band-writing of the signatures in the note being that of the defendants. In cross-examination several notes, the purport of which did not appear, were submitted to these witnesses, who like wise stated that, to the best of their knowledge they were in the hand-writing of the defendant Mrs. Laburn. The case was proceeding when our report left, and likely to occupy the Court till its rising. COURSE OF EXCFI4 Amsterdam C.F. 12 3V Ditto, at si4ltt • • .... 12 1 , itotterdai 2U. 12 4 Antwerp • • .... 25 75 Ilamburgh M.ll. 13 8A Dad % 3 days' sight .. • 25 40 3 months .. 25 75 Marseilles • • • • • • • 25 85 25 85 frankfort on Maine .... 120 re:ersburgh, 31.18.... • • LNGE.-(THIS DAY) Gibraltar.. • . . Leghorn 30 45 Genoa .. ••• • .. •• .. 25 85 II ilan Venice . Naples Palermo, per °a l2l Liab0n........ ...... 524( Oporto ............... 54% Rio Janeiro ........ • . 27 Bahia Buenos Ayres .. ••.. • • New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .... Vienna, effee.tio.. • • •• 10 3 Trieste, ditt0.....• .... 10 3 Madrid •• • • ........ 35N Cadiz • • : ........ 304 Sllbao. PRICE& OF BULLION, FIB OZ. Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 New Dollars 0 4 104,', Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver In bars 0 5 0 Barcelona • • • • ...... • ~vWe.. . THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) At the Court at Windsor, the 4th day of February, 1847, Present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint Lloyd Vaughan Wrtkins Esq., to be Lord-Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of Brecon, he this day took the oaths ap pointed to be taken thereupon, instead of the oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy. Her Majesty is Council was this day pleased, upon the representation of the Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education, to ap point Edward Carleton Tufnell, Esq., and Joshua Festin Ruddock, Esq., to be two of her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools. DUCHY OF LANCASTER, FEB. 4. The Queen has been the day pleased to appoint William Gale, of Lightburn-house, lilverstone, Esq , to be Sheriff of the county palatine of Lancaster for the year ensuing. WHITEHALL, FEB. 3. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Dr. William Pulteney Alison to be First Physician to her Majesty in Scotland, in the room of Dr. J. H. Davidson, deceased. The Queen has also b een p l ease d to appo i n t Dr. Robert Christison to be one of her Majesty's Physicians in Ordinary in Scotland. The QueQn has also Lean pleased to app3int Dr. Jame 3 Young Simpson, to be Physician Aceoucher to her Majesty in Scotland. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 25. 'rho Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Frederick Rothery, Esq., in the room of Henry William Macaulay, EF.q., deceased, to be her Majesty's Commissioner in the Mixed British and Portuguese Commission established at the island of Boa Vista (one of the Cape de Verde Islands), under the Treaty between Great Britain and Portugal for the suppression of the slave trade, signed at Lisbon on the 3d of July, 1842. CBOWN-OFFICE, FEB. 4. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE 10 THIS PRESENT PA A LIAMENT. County of Sussex (Western Division)—Richard Prince, of Walberton, in the c o un t y of Sussex, Es q ., in the room of Charles Wyndham, Esq., who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltreu Hundreds. County of Middlesex —The Right Honourable Robert Grosvenor, commonly called Lord Robert Grosvenor, in the room of George Byng, Esq., deceased. City of Chester —Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, commonly called Earl Grosvenor, in the roem of the Right Honourable Robert Grosvenor, commonly called Lord Robert Grosvenor, who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chil tern Hundreds. WAR OFFICE, FE• Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—LieutenantLord George who John Manners to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brunt, retires; Gent.,neant,by purchase, vice Lord G. J. Manners; Thomas So be Cornet, by purchase, vice Vvse, Feb. 5. • ISt R Regiment of Foot—Charles Minchin, Gent ., to be En 81gn, by purchase, vice Evans, who retires, Feh. 5. 9th Foot —Captain William Cookson, from 80th Foot, to be Captain, vice Creagh, who exchanges, Nov. 21, 1846. 18th Foot —Ensig n Charles Frederick Kelly to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Bernard, who retires; Ensign Charles Tnieltuesse Came, from the 41st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Kelly, Feb. 5. 41st Foot—Captain Robert Donaldson to be Major, by purchase, vice Astier, who retires ; Lieutenant Thomas Andrews Rawlins to be Captain, by purchase, vice Donald son ; Ensign Campbell Graham to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Rawlins; Charles Palguf: Bertram, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Carne, appointed to the 18th Foot, Feb. 5 ; henry Dixon, Gent., to be Ensign, by pu rc h ase, vice Graham, Feb. G. 6111 Foot—Edward Wemyss, Gent., to be Ensign, with out purchase' vice Pretyman, deceased, Feb. 5. 73d Foot-- Neil Alexander Mackellar, Gent. to be En si,n, without purchase, vice Hickson, promot e d i n Ceylon R eg i m ent,Feb. 3 . 80th }Foot —Captain Charles Myers Creagh, from 9th Foot, to be Captain, vice Cookson, who exchanges, Nov. 21, 1816: 84th Foot—Captain William Radcliff, from the 87th Foot, to-be Captain, vice Campbell, who exchanges, Feb. 5. 0.46,1A6"1/3,tet—n,Cgtailtl a C (ichlaiffrlesia,hFo. xacmhpabneglels,,fr;emh 8 5 4th Foot, vice!).` West India Regiment —Ensign John O'Flanaganeas to ed Le tieneenant, without purc hase, vice Muttlebury, dec , Oct.l; William John RUSSWUTIII, Gent., to be Ensign, vice • ' O'Flanagan ; Lieutenant Frederick Jesse Hills to be Pay s.. master, Feb. 5. - Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Second Lieutenant John Ifender ,c' son to be First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice L. S. C. Fraser, deceased, Dec. 2, 1846 ; Second Lieutenant John MacDougall to be First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Henderson, whose promotion on Jan. 9, 1847, has been can celled ; John Brown, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice MacDougall, Feb. 5. UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant Philip Glubb, from 35th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, Dec. 8; Lieutenant Wil liam Mason. from Royal Newfoundland Companies, to be Captain, without purchase, Feb. 5. MEMORANDUAL—The Cnristian names of Ensign Morgan, of the 4th Foot, are George Augustus. Erratum in the Gazette of Aug. 7, 1846. 99th Foot—For Alexander 31‘Lean Fraser, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Blackburn, promited in the 6th Foot, read, vice Blackburn, killed in action. BANRRUPTS. Charles Hallett and Charles Parker, linendrapers, Thorn ton-street, Dockhead, Bermondsey, to surrender Feb. 15, at half-past twelve, and March 15, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman street; Lawrance and Plews, Old Jewry-chambers, London. Alexander Fletcher, bookseller, Shaftesbury-street, Pim lico, Feb. 15, at twelve, and March 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry chambers : Baylis and Co., Basinghall-street, London. Samuel Bradley, corn-factor, Mark-lane, Feb. 12 and March 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Husband and Wyatt, Moorgate. Joseph Elam, rug-manufacturer, Etbani-street, Kent street, Surrey, Feb. 12, at eleven, and March 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Wilson. Aldermanbury. George Messenger, draper, Uxbridge, Feb. 17, at two, and March 18, at one, at the Court of ankruptcy. John son, official assignee, Basinghall •street ; Reed and Langford, Friday- street, Cheapside. John Titley, woollen draper, High-street, Southwark, Feb. 11, at two, and March 11, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman -buildings ; Sole and Turner, Aldermanbury. John Fabry, grocer, Strattieldsaye, Hampshire, Feb. 18, at two, and March 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Holmes and Co., Bedford-row. Thomas Young, leather-seller, Canterbury, Feb. 16, at two, and March 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, o ffi cial assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Ford, Bloomsbury. William Frederick Cowper, Benjamin Farren Cowper, and Paul Edwin Cowper, linen drapers, Darlington, Durham, Feb. 9, at half past ten, and March 15, at one, at the Newcastle-upea-Tyne District Court. Baker, official as signee ; Alison, Darlington ; Philipson, Newcastle- upon- Tyne • Tilson, Squance, Clark, and Morrice, Coltman - str eet. John Haskins Gandell and John Brunton, commission agents, Birkenhead, Feb. 23, and March 12, Thomas Brown Fairhurst, painter, Liverpool, Feb. 19, and March 19, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Mor gan, official assignee, Liverpool; Vincent, Temple, London; Atkinson, London. John Ross, woolstapler, Enderby, Leicestershire, Feb. 18. and March 13, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court, Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Smith, Birmingham. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed rrom the returns made in the week ending February 2, 1447, is 375. 4 1 ,4 2 d. per cwt. TEIJ SUN, MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of February 5 ) SUGAR.—To-day, in consequence of the immense quantity of Sugar announced for pubtic competition next week, the home trade were less inclined to operate; but holders were firm, and not inclined to reduce their quotations for any de scriptions. REFINED.—To-day little advance took place in the value of Refined Goods, but the home trade were large purchasers at 65s to 66s 6d for brown lumps, and 67s for Standard Lumps. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon there was a fair demand for all descriptions of Mauritius Sugar; and 3191 bags at auc tion were all sold at a rise on last Tuesday's public sale of 6d to Is. COCOA. —There has been much inquiry after West India, and further advanced rates are offered. SAGO.—The demand has been active, and stiff prices have been paid : 460 boxes at public sale were all sold. EAST INDIA. —This afternoon Bengal Sugar was in good request, and 3,160 bags 49 trcs at aution sold at a rise on the rates of Tuesday of 6d to ls per cwt. FORElGN.—Although all sorts of Brazil early in the week obtained rather under previous rates; still the home trade operated with caution by private contract, and none has been submitted to public competition. TEA.—Prices have not improved for Congou, but the town and country trade have been induced to operate with more freedom. In Pouchong a fair business has been transacted, and 5d to 9d has been paid for low to tine quality. In good and fine Green a good deal has been doing, and prices are well sustained. Morasses —The business transacted has been extremely limited in all description of West India, and prices declining. Bengal Treacle is little wanted. COFFEE.—To-day the demand was active for Native Ceylon privately; and 100 bags at auction were sold at stiffer rates. RICE.—The market has assumed a dull appearance for Bengal of all qualities, and notwithstanding the reduced stock here, there are sellers privately at a reduction on for mer rates. For Cleaned Rice the demand has slackened, and prices are lowered. SPICES.— For Black Pepper prices have advanced %d per lb. White is wanted, and the quotations are still improv ing. The supply of Nutmegs increasing, a decline in prices of 2d to 3d per lb has taken place. Cloves are more in de • mend, but no improvement. Mace is less wanted, and prices are on the decline. Ginger is still in good demand, and all descriptions command full rates. For Cassia Lignea prices are on the decline, whilst the supply is on the increase. Of Pimento the supply is small ; there are several buyers, and at stiff rates. The good and fine qualities of Cinnamon are wanted, and prices remain firm, but inferior, coarse, and jungle kinds can be obtained upon lower terms. Cassia Buds are wanted, and fetch 63s to 66s per cwt. Srtarrs.—Holders of all descriptions of Jamaica Rum still manifest much firmness, but the high rates operate mate rially against business. For East India the high rates of 3s 10d being insisted upon for proof with certificate, caused the business done to be trifling. For Leeward Island buyers have been compelled to give 4s for proof strength, and 4s Id for good brown ditto. Demerara is held with firnmess. In Brandy an extensive business has been transacted, and at ad vanced rates, Geneva has been in excellent request, com mon shipping sort at 2s 7d to 2s Bd, and fine for home con sumption at 3e 3d to 3s 6d per gallon proof strength. Our distillers receive contracts at Ils 9d for Corn Spirits, and at lOs 3d for Gin 22 per cedt. under proof, and 103 9d for 17 per cent. under. Otis.— Holders of Fish Oils manifest firmness, and have refrained from offering any at auction this week. For Sperm prices are fully as high, the demand being active, and supply moderate. Although there are arrivals of Olive Oil, still holders show firmness. For Rape Seed Oil a brisk demand exists, and further advanced rates are paid. Linseed Oil has been largely dealt in, and prices are still rising. Cocoa Nut is not so much wanted. For Palm the market is in a quiet state, and prices tend downwards. Lard Oil is selling at 441 to 47/ per tun, and the supply is on the decrease. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) In Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Fith of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 30th day of January, 1647. DICPAILTMENT. tiotee 26,172,870 Government debt • . 11,015,100 Other securities •• • • 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 10,199,161 Silver bullion ••• • • • 1.673 709 £ 26,172,870 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 4th day of February, 1847. £26,172,570 IAYKING DEPAITXEN T. Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 host . Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and Di vidend accounts) .. 4,162.572 3ther deposits ••• • .. 9,659.910 seven day and other bills.. Government securi ties (Including Dead W e i g ht Annuity) • • 12,722,6 l Oth e r securities •• .. I 4,10G,072 .. 5,701,555 Notes Gold and silver coin . • 728,788 941,481 4 33,26 1,0 3 4 X 33,261,034 SI. 3IARSII4LL,I I Cushier. ,847. Dated the 4th day of February, IMPERIAL PA 1(1 lAM ENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. EXCHEQUER BILLS AND RAILWAY DIVI- DENDS. Lord BROUGA AM moved for a return of the prices of Exchequer-bills, from the Ist of February, 1846, to the Ist of February, 1847. He also moved for a return of the dividends paid on railway stock during the same period. He also moved for a return of the names of all the holders of railway shares on the Ist of February, 1847, who were Irish proprietors. His object was not one of mere idle curiosity, but as it appeared that there was some intention of assimilating Ireland with England, it was but right that this informa tion should be given in order that they might know how to legislate. He desired this the more as he found that a statement had been made last night in another place the object, the express object, of which was to raise the price of railway shares by distributing money through out the country, so that those shares which stood at 1001. might be raised to 2001. He would take that oppor tunity of vindicating himself from a grievous misrepre sentation. He did not generally care about misrepre sentation; but he had been so painfully assailed by so many letters, that he wished to put himself right, for he was described as one of the most cruel and hard-hearted individuals in existence. It was stated that he wished to raise the price of bread. What he actually said was, that it was better that bread should be daar rather than cheap in a time of scarcity ; for if wheat were to be brought to market cheap at such a period the whole produce would quickly be bought up; and thus, if there was a scarcity in the month of February, that scarcity would become fa mine the month of June. The very words he used were, that he would rather bread was dear than cheap, lest scarcity should become dearth, and dearth be converted into famine. His Noble Friend (the Duke of Rutland) had put his establishment on three-fifths of their usual allowance, and he had done the same. The question of price did not affect such persons as his Noble Friend and himself, but it did naturally affect the poor labourer, and therefore he de sired that the bread should be kept up, so that the whole of the supplies should be exhausted before they got the fresh harvest in. He thought that in times of distress, especially, public men should not be misrepresented. Lord STANLEY perfectly agreed with his Noble Friend (Lord Brougham) that public men should not be misrepresented, but he had stated that a great and com prehensive measure which was introduced the other night in another place was brought in solely A more frivolous misrepresentation raising for the p urpose lie did not intend t measure of his interposition o f the price of shares. i e srepresentation could not be m f a tt d hh e ee . N. h s l t e o pclt,lri Friend, d t o , urge because,the u the, Without r, policy unless the were exercised to shortly no come before them pass it into a law, their Lordships, it w ou ld for discussion, but he couldforbear stating that the intervention of the object of the Bill was not to ra p is u e rp tis o e se v o a t lue of rail way shares in Ireland, but for the its interests, without adding one shilling to th p e ro ta m x o e t s in o g e the people of this country.—(Hear, hear.) It was for c arrying out works of great public utility, which, with_ LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1842, out the aid of the State, must be discontinued at the very time when they were most necessary ; for the purpose of encouraging and improving the condition of the agricultural labourers of that country, and for fur nishing the means for giving constant employment to a large portion of the population for the next four years at leapt, but not withdrawing them from agricultural employment by giving them too easy or too well paid work. The object was to facilitate the improvements in the internal communication of the country, at a time when capital from private individuals was checked, on account of the deplorable condition of the people. Entertaining great respect for his Noble Friend in another place (Lord G. Bentinck), and for his Noble and Learned Friend in that House (Lord Brougham), he could notallow it to go forth that the scheme propounded by his Noble Friend had for its object to increase the value of railway shares, because it had for its object, as be had said, the promo tion of great national improvements of great public advantage, without casting any additional burdens on the people of this country.—(Hear, hear.) Lord BROUGHAM thought his Noble Friend must have been attending to something else, and not being able to listen to two things at once, had attributed a statement to him which he did not make. He did not say that the object of the Bill was for the purpose of bene fiting private individuals by enabling them to sell their shares at a higher value than they could at present. Un doubtedly the groundwork of the measure was to apply capital to Irish railways, and to enable railway owners to sell their railway shares. What he stated was that for every 1001. worth of shares sold out another 100/, worth would be bought in. He had not read the debate of last night—in fact, he was not often in the habit of reading them—but a friend had informed him that the Bill would enable the holders of shares to sell them, and to invest their capital in others. He had no monomania against railways; he only wanted to see them carried out at the expense of their promoters, and not at the expense of others. The Duke of RICHMOND could not allow the mea sure to be disposed of in the present manner without saying a few words on the subject. It was a measure calculated to be of more permanent service than any measure which had ever been introduced since he had been in that House. It appeared to him to commence at the right end—(Cheers)—and would induce capital to flow from this country to Ireland, and the conse quence would be that the Irish people would consume more exciseable articles, be better able to live on the produce of their own agriculture, it would improve the morals of the people, and it would also be the means of enabling them to consume more manufactured goods, and thereby extending the borne markets, which after all, was the foundation of the great prosperity of this country. Ile did not oppose the motion of his Noble and Learned Friend, and he hoped that there would be enough English and Scotch Members to carry that Bill through, who were not in the least connected with railways. (Cheers.) The people of England were not called upon to give money by this measure to the people of Ireland; the measure was one which wculd take nothing out of the pockets of the people of England, but would give support to the people of Ireland.—(Cheers.) Earl FITZWILLIAM said that he had nothing to offer in opposition to the motion of the Noble and Learned Lord. He regretted the tone of the conversa tion n hick had taken place on the subject. It might be considered that the Noble and Learned Lord had some sidelong view in wishing to have the names of :all those persons who might be possessed of shares in Irish railways. He was aware, on looking to the votes of the House of Commons that a measure bad been in troduced into that House for the purpose of facilitating the making of railroads in Ireland. He then looked anxiously to see whether the Bill was brought in by the Noble Lord at the head of the Government ; he was disappointed, however, to see that the Noble Lord was not the author of the Bill ; but when he saw, not from the official accounts, but from accounts, though not o ffi cial, perhaps quite as accurate, that the Bill was in such very able hands as the Noble Lord's who had introduced it, he was much gratified.— (Loud cheers.) 'lhe Noble Lord had exhibited zeal, industry, and ability which had entitled him to the gratitude of the Irish people and the united empire. He wished that the measure had been in the hands of the Government, and that they had had the credit of introducing such a crowning measure as had been introduced.—(Cheers.) He hoped there would be no interference with the prerogative to pre vent the measure passing.—(Cheers.) He came down to the House determined to express his opinions upon the subject ; and, considering the relation in which he stood with her Majesty's Government, he felt it his duty to state to them what course he meant to pursue. He bould not conceive that, as they were not the au thors of the measures, it would not be agreeable to them that he should rise and express his opinions in favour of the measure.—)Cheers.) In whatever hands the measure may be in, when it came up to their Lord ships' House, he was determined to give it his most strenuous and undivided support. He certainly thought that the Railway system should be in the hands of the Government rather than of Individual members or com panies, who would be supposed always to study their own interests rather than the great interests o the whole country, and especially Ireland in its present state. i He had deep rooted opinions that the whole railway system should be in the hands of the Government. It was a most anomalous thing, that all the means of railway should be in the hands of some great companies. These opinions he had entertained and expressed, for many years, to their Lordships. He hoped the Government would take the measure into their own hands, as he believed it would be more use than any other measure which had been brought under the notice of the House by her Majesty's Ministers Now he was not going to express any opinion, either for or against the landlords of Ireland, but he thought that the measure which contemplated the im provement of the country through the instru mentality of one class could not possibly produce those beneficial results which they ought to contemplate. He thought, connected with this great measure of railways, there ought to be a system of emigration, if not carried on, at least largely assissed, by Government. —tHear, hear.) He thought that the persons employed upon railways ought to have the opportunity of emigrating gradually and he was decidedly an advocate for some gradual sys tem of emigration going on throughout the whole sur face of the land. Upon these grounds he was decidedly of opinion that, instead of these railways being entrusted to private companies, ought to be taken up and constructed ny Government at the public expense.—(Hear, hear.) The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said he did not in tend to oppose the return, nor did he apprehend that the motion would have given rise to any discussion. After what had fallen, however, from the Noble Lord. who had just resumed his seat, he must be allowed to say a word or two. The particular preroga tive the Noble Earl had alluded to was ono of the most constitutional prerogatives attached to the Crown, and one which it would be injudicious and unwise to abandon in any instance. As yet it had not been interposed to stop this measure, but whether it would be exercised by the Crown would depend upon the opinion entertained by her Majesty's advisers as to the degree of mischief the measure was likely to produce upon the public interest. He was surprised that this observation should have been made on a motion like this, and especially one which had been made without notice. The Earl of WINCHILSEA could not refrain from making a few observations, for no man felt more deeply the distress of his fellow-countrymen than he did ; and while he gave the Gorernment all credit to her Majesty's Government for their intentions, and while he fully appreciated the difficulties with which they had to contend, he still must say that the measures which they proposed to introduce would never prove of any permanent utility to the people of Ireland. The population of that country bad been doubled within the last twenty years, and it was perfectly clear that the land could never provide sufficient employ= nt of the poor of that country, and they would be driven into some extensive measure of colonisation to relieve the country of its surplus population. He has always advocated some system of colonisation, yet if it were to be carried out to any effective extent, it would require an outlay of at least 4,000,000/. or 5,000,0001. per an num. This was not a greater sum than the plan pro posed by his Noble Friend in the otber House, and he did think that if that plan were adopted, it would, by facilitating intercourse throughout the county, be productive of excellent results, and return a large advantage to this country for the outlay that was made to effect. Yet, at the same time, he still believed that the Government would be driven into some great and comprehensive scheme for the perma nent improvement of Ireland. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. Earl GROSVENOR and Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR took the oaths and their seats—the former for Chester, in the place of his uncle, and the latter for Middlesex, in the place of Mr. Byng, deceased, SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time, and or , dered to be committed:— Bristol and South \Vales Junction Railway and Ansi Ferry. Direct - London and Portsmouth and London, Brighton, and South Coast Railways Amalgamation. Doddington Rectory Division. Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction Railway (Cowlairs, Carmyle, Central Junction, and Coplaw hill Branches, and Montrose-street Terminus). Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction Railway (Cowlairs Branch). Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway, and Ayrshire and Bridge of Weir Railway (No. 3). Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway (No. 2). Kingston-upon-Thames Small Tenements. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junc tion Railway. London and North-Western Railway (Purchase of the Earl of Ellesmere's interest in the Manchester South Junction and Altrinchain Railway). Liskeard and Launceston Branch Railway. Lynn and Ely Railway (Extension to Sp.ildinz and Holbeach). Lynn and Ely Railway (Extension to Bury St. Edmund's). Llynvi Iron Company. Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway Deviation. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railways (Louth and Ilorncastle and East Lincolnshire Junction . Branches) _ _ _ _ Manchester Markets. Norfolk Railway (from Thetford to the Lowestoft Rail way near Reedkam, with a Branch to Hales worth). North-Western Railway (Diversions at Skipton, Caster• ton, and Sedbergh). Preston and Wyre Railway. Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway. WharNale Railway (Skipton and Cayley Hall Devia- I ment would give them their favourable attention in the tions). ) next ses2 ion. Relying upon that promise, they had not Wear Valley, Bishop Auckland, and Weardale, Wear- pressed their claims, and he (Captain Pechell) wished dale Extension, and Wear and Derwent Railways, now to know what steps had been taken to bring about and Shildon Tunnel Amalgamation. some satisfactory arrangement? CAMBRIDGE AND THETFORD RAILWAY. Mr. WARD said, that in accordance with the recom- This Bill was read a first time. mendation of the Commissioners appointed in 1841, one LONDON IMPROVEMENTS BILL. ' shilling per day would be added to the half pay of these This Bill wan brought up, and read a first tiinc. claimants in the present ye...r. LONDON WATERWORKS. Captain PECHELL wished to say that he had received This Bill was also read a first time. a communication from a paymaster placed on the six- OXFORD-STREET IMPROVEMENTS. shilling list who had not been able to obtain the addition This Bill was also read a first time. recommended by the Commissioners. STANDING ORDERS. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. It was reported from the Committee of Standing Colonel SIBTHORP gave notice, that if no more Orders, that in the cases of the Bristol and Yeovil Rail- competent Member would bring in a Bill for the better way, and the Glasgow and Tregarthan Railway, the regulation of railways, he should on an early day move standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. for leave to bring in a Bill to compel railway companies PUNISHMENT OF DEATH. to give ample compensation to the survivors of those Sfr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from persons who should have lost their lives by accidents certain inhabitants of the city of London against the on railways. punishment of death. SUGAR IN BREWERIES. POOR REMOVAL ACT. An Hos% MEMBER asked if any objection would be - Mr. W. 0. STANLEY presented petitions against urged by Government to the use of sugar in breweries the Poor Removal Bill. for the purpose of colouring beer? BREAD. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, Mr. JOHN O'BRIEN presented petitions from the if his Hon. Friend exercised a little patience he would inhabitants of Limerick, and a l so f rom t h e corporation find that when the Bill came before Committee there of that place, praying that the bakers might be corn- was a clause inserted having special reference to this pelled to sell bread by weight. matter. TEN HOURS' BILL. Mr. FERRAND prevented several petitions from places in the manufacturing districts in favour of a ten hours' Bill. TIER MAJESTY'S NAVY. Sir C. NAPIER wished to ask a question of the Hon. the Secretary of the Admiralty, but, as he had not given notice of it, he would not request an answer till Monday next. Last year it would be that 100 naval captains had been taken off the list, an. he found that within a recent period 72 fresh ones has been added. Now as it had been stated that the cap tains' list was to be reduced to 500, he wished to ask the Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for the Admiralty whe ther the list had been reduced below that number by so many, or whether this new introduction of names was an addition to the complete number ? Mr. WARD said l:e•would give an answer on Monday. LAW OF SETTLEMENT. Mr. ETWALL presented a petition from Stockford, in Hants, against the law of settlement, and stating that .heir rates had been largelyincreased by it._ -- --- LIGHT-HOUSES AND BUOYS. Captain PECHELL presented a petition, numerously signed, from the shipowners of Sunderland, praying that the cost of lighthouses and buoys should be de frayed out of the Consolidated Fund. POOR BLIND. Lord JOHN MANNERS presented a petition which stated that the number of blind persons in the several asylums of the country was upwards of nineteen thousand, while there was only provision for the educa tion and religious instruction of two thousand. REDUCTION OF THE DUTIES ON SPIRITS. The NOBLE LORD also presented a petition from several places in Scotland against the proposed reduction on rum and other foreign spirits. The petitioners stated that this reduction would occasion a loss of 2,000,000 Z to the country. TEN HOURS' BILL. Mr. SPOONER presented a petition from Bolton in favour of this Bill. SECURITY OF TENURE. Mr. S. CRAWFORD presenCeda — Pediion from the guardians of Broadhurst (as we understood), setting torth that insecurity of tenure, and the want of a law compelling compensation for the outlay made by tenants in improving the soil, were the great causes of the pre sent distress in Ireland, and that if the lands of that country were properly cultivated remunerative employ ment would bo given to the whole people, and that they would thereby be enabled to support themselves during similar calamities to the present: without aid from the Government, and prying the House to pass a law to promote security of tenure. MALT DUTY. Mr. WODEHOUSE presented a petition from Nor folk, praying for the repeal of the malt duties. REDUCING THE DUTIES ON SPIRITS, Mr. HUME presented a petition from distillers in Forfurshire, praying that the proposed reduction of the duties on spirits might not be carried out. LAW OF SETTLEMENT. Mr. PALMER presented a petition from the board of guardians of the Abingdon Union, complaining that the law of settlement passed last session imposed great burdens on the towns, and praying that it might be amendel ; that the support of the poor might be made a national charge, and that all kinds of property might be equally rated. ENCLOSING COMMONS. Mr. AGLIONBY gave notice that, on Thursday next, he should move for leave to introduce a Bill—notice of which he gave last session—to facilitate the enclosure of commons. _ . LOANS TO IRELAND. On the motion. Mr. BROWN the following returns were ordered :—The account current of moneys which have passed between Great Britain and Ireland since the union. Loans contracted by the Irish Govern ment, and the progress of the Irish national debt, from its commencement down to 1801 (the union). Subsequent loans contracted by the Irish Exchequer until it was abolished, in 1817. How the debts con tracted before and after the union were di , posed of, and the sources from which the interest was paid. The re venue and expenditure of Ireland, from the sth of January 1841 to the sth of January 1846, inclusive. The taxes imposed in Great Britain and the taxes im posed in Ireland, and the amount of each tax during the last ten years. WINDOW DUTY. Captain PECHELL moved for a return of the amount of window duty assessed for the year 1845 for the twelve towns paying the largest amount, with the net amount of duty received for the same on the sth day of April 1846, —Agreed to. POOR-LAW COMMISSIONERS. Captain PECHELL also moved, on behalf of the Hon. Member for Weymouth, for copies of all corre spondence which had taken place between the Poor law Commissioners and the board of guardians for Wey mouth.—Agreed to. DETENTION OF CORN. Dr. BOWRING wished to call the attention of Lord Palmerston to the detention of corn and maize in the port of Ancona, bought for English account, and in tended to be shipped for this country, and to inquire what measures had been taken in consequence. Lord PALMERSTON stated that several represents tions had been made to him on the subject, and he had issued instructions to the Consul upon the subject. The detention of the grain complained of did not arise from any act of His Holiness the Pope, as had been stated, but from the local authorities of the )rt of Ancona. WRECK OF THE il HF LY E the ß . port os _ Dr. BOWRING wished to know whetherGoverm ment had taken any steps in order to ascertain the truth of a rumour which had spread as to the capture and destructio n b y the natives of four persons who were supposed to have been cast ashore on the coast of Abyssinia? Lord PALMERSTON said, that he had c in quiries to be m ade u p o n the subject, andcaused the answer w hich he had re ceived was, that after the most minute invest i g ation into the circumsta nces , it the opinion of the person s em p lo y ed to make the inquiries, that the b oa t containing the four persons had been overtaken by a storm and lost ; and that they were not captured or murdered by the inhabitants. PENINSULAR MEDALS. Sir ANDREW LEITH HAY wished to pu t t ques tion to the Secre tar y at War as to the steps w h t ie had been taken to carr y into effe ct her Majesty's gracious intent i o n of granting medals to the officers the Penin sular army. Mr. FOX MAULE said, that in • carrying out the gracious commands of her Majesty the; details of the measure had been attended with considerable diffi culty. He could assure the Honourable Member, and the House, who had expressed so strong a feeling on the subject at the close of the last he ssion , that no unnecessary delay should take place in conferring on those gallant officers the rewards which her Majesty had been graciously pleased to appoint. RU -SIAN DUTIES ON HERRINGS. Sir ANDREW LEITH HAY wished to put a ques tion to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs relating, to the duties levied in Russia and other countries on her rings exported from Great Britain ; he wished to know whether it was the intention of that Government to lower the rate of duties levied upon that article of export? Lord PALMERSTON said that each country regu lated its own tariff according to its own interests, real or supposed, and it was a question in which other Govern. ments could not interfere. He regretted, therefore, that he was not able at present to give any satisfactory answer to the question of the Hon. Member. THE BLACK CAT. Mr. MUNTZ wished to know upon what authority, or upon what grounds, the schooner Black Cat was de• tained in the river, and why all information upon the subject was refused to the owners by the Custom-house authorities. Lord PALMERSTON replied that the Black Cat was detained at the request of the Portuguese Minister, who represented that tke Black Cat was laden with con siderable stores, to be used in hostilities on the coast of Spain. Mr. MUNTZ, gave notice that, on Thursday week, be should bring the subject of the detention of the Black Cat under the attention of the House.—(Laughter.) In answer to a question from Mr. O'CoNNELL, Mr. LABOUCHERE replied that Dublin would not be excluded from the operation of the Destitute Persons (Ireland) Act. Mr. AGLIONBY wished to know if Government in tended to bring in any measure this session to correct the evils attendant upon the collection of the Merchant Seaman's Fund. Mr. WARD replied that it had been determined to institute a further inquiry into the subject, and a com mission would be appointed for that purpose. Upon the result of that commission a measure would be founded for remedying such evils as might be found to exist. NAVIGATION LAWS. Mr. RICARDO wished to know whether refined sugar was admissible into this country under the Navi gation Laws. Mr. GIBSON—The navigation laws, to which his Hon. Friend alluded, held that manufactured goods were to be considered the goois of the country in which they were manufactured. Mr. RICARDO did not think that an answer to his question. Mr. GIBSON would take the liberty of stating, on the part of Government, that he would answer more fully the question of his Hon. Friend at a future period. Mr. RICARDO gave notice that he should, on Monday, repeat his question. THE NAVAL SERVICE —PURSERS AND PAYMASTERS. Captain PECHELL said, that he wished to ask the Secretary of the Admiralty a question. In the course of last session, and the session before, petitions had been presented from the Pursers and Paymasters in th e navy, compl a i n i ng t h at , no twithstanding the recommen dation of th e comm i ss i on appointed to inquire into this subject, th e p et i t i oners h a d not received any addition to their half-pay. The petitioners had in one case surrendered 20 per cent., and in ano th e r 23 per cent. of their sea profits, in order that they might have a better half-pay. They had been t o ld on t h e l as t occasion, that if they would forego their claims for that session the Govern- IRISH POOft-LAWS. Mr. P. SCROPE gave notice that in Committee on the Irish Poor-law Relief Bill, he would call the attention of the House to the expediency of extending to able bodied labourers the same right to relief which existed under the English law. He would also propose a clause empowering board of guardians to employ the able-bodied labourers on workhouse farms, and in reclaiming the waste lands. ADJOURNMENT OF TIIE HOUSE. On the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, it w•as agreed that the House, at its rising, do adjourn till Monday. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Mr. HUTT moved for a return of all monies received in England and in the colony for sales of lands in South Australia, or on account thereof; specifying (where practicable) the parties from whom received, and the lands purchased; also, of all liabilities for balance of passage money of emigrants; also, of the balances of the Laud Fund, both in England and the colony, and where deposited; also, specifying -the amount available to further emigration, and the reserve for other objects (the said returns to commence from the last accounts of the Land Fund presented to Parliament.—Agreed to. AIILI.BANK PENITENTIARY. Mr. B. ESCOTT, in reference to the report which he had drawn up, as one of the Mil'bank Penitentiary Commissioners, wished to call the attention of the Hight lion. Gentleman (Sir George Grey) to the matter in question. The Right Honourable Gentleman had refused to receive his report, differing as it did from the report of the other two Commissioners, but he expressed himself willing to receive the substance of it in the shape of a letter. lie (Mr. B. Escott) objected to do so, and in order to be satisfied that he had acted right he had taken the ad% ice of two eminent members of the bar. The first Learned Gentleman applied to was of opinion he had done perfectly right, but in order to be sure that he was right, he next took the opinion of Mr. Sergeant Manning. That opinion was confirmatory of the first. Under these circumstances he (Mr. Escott) mustpersevere in sending in the report. Mr. DUNCOMBE said that neither the House or the public were in possession of the report twice sent and twice rejected by the punctilio of the Home Secretary. He should move that the report be brought up and laid upon the table.—(Hear, hear.) Sir GEORGE GREY said he was quite ashamed to delay the House by repeating the arguments he has al ready advanced respecting the practise adhered to in re ceiving reports of Commissioners who did not join in a common report. He did expect that the Hon. Member would have pat it in his power to have laid the document before the House verbatim et literatim, the same merely altering the commencement and the termination. He had merely to say, that no such document as had been moved for, was in his possession. Mr. B. ESCOTT here rose, and placed a document in the hands of Sir George Grey, who threw it from him upon the table, and Mr. Escutt retired. Mr. HUME said that it was a pity that the House should divide upon such a subject. The Hon. Gentle man must know that her Majesty's Government had pursued a certain course from time immemorial, and that they could not now depart from that course. The Hon. Gentleman could not blame them for not doing that which was not according to practice. The document should be read as a letter instead of being read as a report._._________ Mr. O'CONNELL thought it unnecessary to divide the House upon such a subject. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE did not understand now in what light the Right Hon. Gentleman held the document of which he was in possession. Sir GEORGE GREY said that he was in possession of a paper placed in his hands in a very unusual manner, and really, at the present moment, in the discharge of the duties of the office he held, and as a Member of that House, he had not as yet been able to read one word of it. Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE said that he should withdraw the motion, and bring it forward at some future period. Mr. B. ESCO l'T assured the Right Hon. Gentleman that nothing was so far from his intention as to do anything disrespectful or out of the usual course. He was content to refer it to the highest legal authorities and take their opinions upon it. The House would re member that the Right Hon. Gentleman gave it as a reason for not laying the paper before tae House that he was not in possession of it, and it was that statement which induced him to act as he had done. The motion was then withdrawn. CHARITABLE TRUSTS. Mr. lIUME wished to ask the Right lion. Secretary for the Home Department a question, of which he had given notice. He wished to know whether they were prepared to take measures this session to regulate the public charities. Sir GEORGE GREY stated that the question was already under the consideration of the Lord Chancellor. DESTITUTE PERSONS (IRELAND) ADVANCES BILL. On the order of the day for bringing up the report on this Bill being read, Lord CLEMENTS wished to call the attention of her Majesty's Government to the Irish charities which were at present lying dormant. He would name a few of these charities. There was the Irish Peasantry So ciety, and the British and Irish Ladies' Society, both of which had received subscriptions to a very large amout, The British and Irish Ladies' Society lad received the sum of 12,3001. from the subscriptions of 1822, when the last famine visited Ireland, There was another society which had received sub scriptions to a similar amount. There was also a handsome subscription collected in the City of Dublin, by a society, which afterwards dissolved itself, leaving a large balance in the Bank of Ireland. Now, these funds could not be touched, unless by an Act of Parliament, and when they were called upon for ad vances to meet the destitution which prevailed in Ire land, he wished her Majesty's Government to look after the funds. One society, called the Repro ductive Society, had a large sum to their account He would not at present call the attention of the House to the Destitute Persons' Bill; but he would say, that there were divers provisions in that Bill which would render it ineffectual, and still more difficult of management. the present system of public works. He had asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer last night what Govern ment intended to do to provide employment, and was informed, that it was p ro p ose d t o d o so b y t h e L a b our Employment (Ireland) Bill. He did not know whether Government was aware of what would be required to carry out that measure. The re were 2,050 e l ectora l divisions in Ireland. They would also require a staff for each of these electoral divisions, which would be under the control of a central committee, of which the Lord Li eu t enant was t h e hea d . He thought that was impracticable, and he would beg of her Majesty's Go vernment to reconsider that Bill. He gave the Govern ment full credit for sincerity,:but he did not think this measure practicable. It would be necessary to form new districts throughout the land, and this would require some persons of considerable local information. Ile did not see th a t it wou ld b e poss ib le for the Lord L i eutenant, with the machinery of the present Bill, to come to a just decision. He bad no objection to the names of Colonel Jones, and Mr. Redington, and Colonel M'Gregor being introduced as members of the board, but it would be impossible for them (were they giving every attention to the measure, and he had no doubt they would do so as far as in them la)) to superintend e ffi c i ent l y t h e wor ki ng o f a n extensive measure of this kind. In answer to a question from Mr. WILLIAMS, in re ference to the way the funds would be advanced, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he could only repeat what he had stated before. The ad vances would be made from the Consolidated Fund , 300,000/. was proposed now, and when more was re qaired, ho would come down to the House, and ask them for a vote. The money would be voted from time to time, as it was required. Tce report was then brought up and received. DESTITUTE RELIEF .(IRELAND) BILL. The order of the day for going into Committee upon the Destitute Relief (Ireland) Bill was then read. On the motion that the Spe aker do leave the Chair, Mr. MUTT rose and said that he was anxious to say a few words on the subject of the distress in Irela n d. He entirely concurred with his Honourable Friend in lamenting that the Government should have adverted to the subject of emigration in somewhat disparaging terms, lie lamented it the more, as he looked upon it as one—if not the only means—by which the country could be rescued from th e t err ibl e calamities which were impending over theta.—(Hear.) There were in Ireland upwards of 1,500,000 heads of families, who maintained themselves on the verge of starvation, their wages varying . from 2s. to 2s. 6d. p er week, and a small portion of potatoe _land, whilst, in order to give them the coarsest and cheapest bread, it was necessary that they should have from 7s. t Bs. per week. Seven shillings were scarcely sufficient, and yet the whole rental of Ireland, which was barely ten millions, was barely enough to support them upon the grossest description of food. Even sup posing that every source of income was sunk, it would not give more than seven shillings per week to each of the labouring population of Ireland. The feet was, that it was utterly impossible for Ireland to meet 'the demand of its population, from the destruc tion of the potato crop. Let them say what they might, or do what they might, a poor-law giving a right to out-door relief could never be carried into effect in Ire land—and for this reason, that the gross revenue from the soil would be utterly insufficient for the destitution which it would be called upon to relieve. The acreable production guf England was four times as great as the acreable production of Ireland. Why then, he would ask, did this disparity exist? The soil of Ireland was not less fertile than the roil of England, perhaps it was more so. It could not, therefore, be attribuatable to that cause. The reason he thought must be the indifferent system of agriculture which existed in Ireland, and until an improvement took place in this respect, he was afraid that this disparity would still exist. The minu:e subdivision of the land in Ireland also presented insuperable obstacles to improvement. He found, by a report laid on the table of the House, that the whole extent of Ireland was cut up into small holdings of from one rood to ten acres. Now, he would ark what sub soiling could take place, what drainage could be made, or u hat rotation of crops could be put down under such a system ? (LEFT SPEAKING FOOD RIOTS IN THE NORTII-MILITARY MOTE • MENTS —The outbreaks which have recently occurred in se veral of the northern counties,_has led to the departure of a large body of troops from this city, in order to aid the local authorities in preserving peace. On Thursday morning a de tachment of eighty men of the 76th Regiment marched from the Castle to Granton l'ier, where they embarked on board the steamer for Aberdeen; and on the following day other fifty men of the same corps, under Captain Dennis, left Granton, per steamer, for the same destination. In addition to the above, another 100 men of the 76th embarked on Sunday morning on board the Bonnie Dundee steamer, for Burghead, under the command of Brevet-Major Scott, with Captain Flannaghan and Lieutenant Large. Yesterday afternoon eighty men of the 74th arrived, per railway, :from Glasgow, to take a chard in the duties at the Castle during the absence of the other detachments from the 76th—Edin burgh Ache, ther. A black hare was lately shot in the parish of Den ham ; it was full-grown, and the fur was the finest glossy black. The Lord. Advocate cf Scotland had an interview yester day with the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson. PILL, FEB. 3.—The Princess Royal, Manning, of and from Cork, with live stock, drove ashore on the mud, above Portia head this morning, and lost anchor and chain. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 4. RAILWAYS IN IRELAND. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK (in continuation) said— He would take the Waterford and Limerick Railway. Now, the position of the Waterford and Limerick Rail way was this : it was estimated that the cost of the railway would be 750,0001., but they had taken power to borrow 250,0001. more, and he was assured, from the gene ral experience of all railways which had been constructed in this country and in Scotland, that he should not be safe, unless he estimated the amount of the cost of the railway not only the estimated capital but also of the loans which they had power to take. Ile assumed, therefore, that the Waterford and Limerick Railway would cost 1,000,0001. sterling before it was emi r pleted. They had already expended 324,000/. in the construction of different works—(Hear, hear) — but they were stopped for want of money, and the consequence was, that though 271. 10s. had - been paid up of each 50/. share, those shares were at from 12 to 14 discount. So that, in point of fact, the market value of the 324,000/. so expended on the Waterford and Limerick Railway was 162,000/. Now, under his proposition, it would not be necessary to make any further vain calls on the shareholders, as the company would be entitled at once to demand from the Government a loan .equal to 648,0004 What would be the effect of this ? It had been estimated that the traffic of the railway would admit of a dividend on a capital of 750,000/. of 64 per cent. But considering that the true expenditure would be not 750,0001., but 1,000,000/. sterling ; that would give 5 per cent. as the probable dividend on the entire cost of the railway. But her Majesty's Government came in and lent them two-thirds of their capital at 34 per cent. The result would be that the 324,0001. share capital already expended, would have a fair and early prospect of a dividend of 8 per cent. The effect of such a course would be, that the shares of that Com pany, instead of being dead in the market, instead of being at a discount of - 162.0001., would instantly rise to a premium, and the landed proprietary and tenantry of Ireland being unable to meet the calls upon them, would be enabled to get rid of their shares at a premium, and employ the money so obtained in the improvement of their estates, and in giving employment to the people of Ireland ; so that his propositions would have a double effect ; it would at once set to work an immense number of persons, and it would enable the lauded proprietors, who were now shareholders in the concern, to make use of the money for the improvement of their estates and the employment of the people. He had a letter from Lord Glengall, stating that he knew a railway company which, if they had money, were prepared to employ 16,000 men.—(Hear, hear.) In the counties of Kilkenny, Limerick, and Water ford, as well as in each of the four baronies, a similar result would take place.—(Heir.) Now, in each of these places the expenditure under the present ment sessions had been at the rate of 4,0001. per month for the last three months, with every prospect of these demands being continued.—(Cries of " hear, hear.") And there was this additional objection to this expendi ture, that it was upon useless and unproductive works. A magic influence had, however, come over the Govern meat, and they had allowed money to be advanced on the earth-works of railways on the security of pre sentments. He thought the course he proposed, —namely, to advance money on the security of railways —would be much better than on the security of land. The proposal of lending money to railways in the security of land was made in 1839, and when first proposed, was carried by a majority, but her Majesty's Government would not assent to the proposal. He considered this a wrong course, and the result showed that he was right in coming to such a conclusion, for while the lands along side of which railways passed were increased in value to the amount of 1,000/. per cent., the land along the old channels of communication remained stationary. When he was upon this subject of the railways in the southern districts of Ireland, it was only fair to state that the Waterford and Limerick Railway Company were prepared to employ 16,000 men upon their works. But he would read the application made by the Chairman of the Great Southern and Western Railway Company to the Government, on the 22d of May, of the last year. Mr. George Carr, the chairman of the Great Southern and Western Rail way Company, addressed a letter to Sir Robert Peel, in which he stated that, after consulting the contractors, he found that, if they were accommodated with a sum of 500,000/., they would undertake to give simultaneous employment to many thousand persons in different portions of their line, and the writer of the letter added, that the utmost care would be taken in the payment of the wages to adopt a system of wise economy, while at the same time a great extent of relief would be afforded to the popula tion of the different counties, and Government still would be remunerated for the money advanced. He also inclosed a copy of a letter which he had addressed to the Secretary of Public Works in Ireland, and after stating that the length of line was 200 miles, and that the dense population of the towns along the line, from Templemore to Tipperary, had long been known for their discontented condition, and there was no means of alleviating this evil excepting by an employment of the people. He might safely assert, that 50,000 poor fellows were now starving and idle, who would be placed in a condi tion of comparative comfort by the receipt of wages which would render them and their families happy during the most trying period of the year-- namely, the months of July and August. Now, he would hare Hon. Members to reflect on this offer of the Great Southern and Western Company to employ 50,000 labourers; it would have exhibited a true wisdom and a true economy, and have prevented the necessity of now being called upon to pay half the expenses of these parochial presentments for the maintenance of the Irish poor. In addition to this, he had a communication from Mr. Garvan, a great contractor of Ireland, who had taken contracts for three hundred miles of railway, but he states that he was stopped on a hundred and two miles out of the three hundred, partly in consequence of not being able to get possession of the land, and partly on account of the want of money to go on with the works. He states, that if he were at liberty to pro ceed, he could, upon the next day, employ thirty thou sand men.—(Hear, hear.) It might, however, be said that his proposal would only affect those counties through which the railroads passed; but he begged to tell the House, that out of the one thousand three hun dred and forty miles of railway for which Acts were passed in the sessions of 1845 and 1846, and previous to that, the result was, that there were but four coun ties in Ireland which would not be traversed by rail ways.—(Hear, hear, and cheers) Those counties were, Mayo, Sligo, Galway, and Roscommon. There were already before the house Bills for the extension of a line from Athlone to Galway, which would traverse one end of the county of Roscommon and pass through the centre of Galway. This was a line which those in telligent gentlemen, Messrs. Bidder and Smith, who were employed by Mr. Stephenson, said, that of all the other projected lines of railway, this was of the greatest importance to the welfare of that country, and a line which would pay at least five per cent. to the share holders. There could not be a doubt, if this measure were to pass, that another branch from the Midland and Great Western Railway would be made, passing from Longford to Sligo, through a very fine mineral district, which, according to the report of the Railway Commis sioners in the year 1842, contained the finest description of the richest and most luxuriant ore, but which could not be worked at present for want of railway communi cation.—(Cheofs.) There was a Bill before the House also for a line which would be carried on to Cavan there would not then be a single county in Ireland which would not be traversed by a railway.—(Hear.) Acts had beets passed empowering companies to complete 1,522 miles of railway. There were before the House at that moment Bills for 150 miles more, and there were the lines which had already been carried out, making together 1,970 miles of railway, of which 123 were made, 164 were in the course of construction, leaving 200 miles of wargiu of railway to be allowed by the Railway cm. mission. In introducing this measure to the House, it was not his wish to bring it forward with any hostile view towards the Government, and he had hoped that the Noble Lord and the Government would take consideration of it in the same spirit as if they were a greet re-elected Committee appointed to consider and decide upon the question. The idea of the Bill oris gloated as tar back as September last, at the house of his Hon. Friend Sir John Tyrrell, and the Bill itself was drawn up as far back as November last, but no notice of the Bill was given to the protectionist Members of that House, except the Hon. Member for Harwich, who was in all their confidences.—(Laughter.) Th e y did not consult any Irish Member, or any gentleman connected with the Irish companies!. because they thought, as it was a question calling upon England to grant a large sum of money, it would be unbecoming to submit it to any jury exeePt that House. He trusted, however, that Irish Members would not think that he had exercised any slighting t e hs • cretion when he forbore to consult with them be for ir troducing this measure to the House. He felt, smog" other matters, that it was likely there would be s gene rid clamour against any proposition that would cotne forward about Ireland ; and, besides, 1111 thought it was much more consistent for the Dish gentlemen to act as they had do ne ; lie thought this was more favourable for Ions; gentlemen and props ietors than that which they propo sed themselves. He (Lord G. Bentinek) and his hien given the had arrived at this conclusion after having subject their best consideration. The present tnea gli s r e would have, in his (Lord G. Bentinck's) opinion , t`, ll effect of stimulating the employment of the peoP t le is i b Ireland. This was the object proposed by the ir gentlemen themselves; but they should recollect al. the best line would not have the effect they (Lord 111, Bentinek and his party) desired. His Right Hon. I' had never engaged in any enterprise that he had been crowned with success, and who may consequently, perhaps, be the best judge of these matters, he w :i t of opinion that no such encouragement as the , r' et could give would effect the objects here proposed. e might do, so slowly, but immediately it would not h av e the effect of stimulating labour. They could form O ul idea of the number of labourers employed by railwar' The London and Birmingham line employed one h ull ; dred men a mile for four consecutive years. Taking ,U ll a line of those proposed in Ireland, Mr. Stephenson uu stated that to execute the whole it would require the vices of sixty men a mile for four consecutive years, s u s for 150 miles-90,000. But artificers, an d ma ny otherse e i , exactly engaged on the line of railway would be alto employed to the extent of over 9,000, besides those wP f would be employed in different ways to the exten t ° s 180,000. But there were other miscellaneous employ meats, which, it could not be denied, by the e xpendi t t., wisely, of a large sum of money, would give etor ° b 7 o went to 110,000. But the whole number who would thus employed, would amount to 550,000 for four ee l 'd secutive years. Now, if a measure which he was prelo, t , to show, would cost this country nothing—(flea r iv and which would not only cost it nothing, but add t r ea t l wealth—if by a measure such as this, employ of would be given for four consecutive years to 550,00.0 the industrious population of Ireland, who would reee, t , t good wages during that time, it must be admitted tf he went a long way to assist his Noble Friend (Lo r° et Russell) in carrying out his New Pour-law Anle 3dille ie Act.—(Cheers.) But he not only expected by ten proposition to give employment to this large ntlo3,oer and consequently subsistence at least during the n d years, but they had not forgotten the comforts 11 , 0 interests of the labourers, in following out recommendations of the Committee to which he 'lOl referred, they had inserted clauses in the Bill, oh l lg i t he the companies to see that their contractors pal- b..ss wages of the labourers once a week and in hard C 35 or (Cheers)—and they had also provided that if the eti, tractors or sub-contractors should fail to fulfil that c o o rf dition from the Saturday to the Monday, that a sumul ton process should have effect upon them, and that „ota should be obliged either to re-pay the labourer on for day, or in default to pay double the wag" iv eit every day of delay.—(Hear, hear.) But this coo s not the only point on which they bad ▪ „ r ag , sidered the interests of the railway d ye Another thing which they recommended was this--e u r e received the suggestion from his friend Mr. StePh elis u pott it was this, that the companies should be require d, ro t the demand of the Railway Commissioners, toseoo, decent dwellings for the labourers before the work cogs mence. Nothing could be stronger than the 1111 31 8 .--• used in the report which was l a id upon the it t t he stating that it was vain to think of ireprovillis% morals unless a commencement was made by imPrfset, tt the social condition of the people, and, in point of wt lea has been found that railw a y labourers have been e k r , ° t i t leit into lanes and places not fit for pigs. Some mighty cote that this was an interf e renc e w ith free trade th .0 4 structiou of railways. He was given to ttoderithette from all . the best contractors, that it was cheaper to ~.0 of in the end to consult the convenience and cotnt_v ebe et their labourers.—(Hear, hear.) Experience tang . h i t . .' e to that if their men were uncomfortable, they 3 wynt t c l e b a loe the public-house and get drunk. xrioetabe 003; taught them that where the labourers Could n, they soots fortably provided for, and had not th bringing their wives and families with it. But there got tired of their work and deserted from was also another advantage which attended this arrange , ment; it would afford to the poor-law guardians to o ' o f tehoeppnortunicy 0. land additional means of providing for labourers en employment in their own parish. It mi g ht have b e , i. harsh for the poor-law guardians to say to the idle cf bourers who asked for relief, " Oh, :there is a .rsilni f N thirty or forty miles away where you mi g ht ge t vre r 'i t ' t s The labourer's answer was, " Where am I and " wi ve s wily to lodge in the mean tim e , or even then. n e now, it would be in the power of the poor-law guardlej, to say, there is an order for a pix, pickaxe, and a s h(l es ta go on a railway, and there you will find em ployment dwelling, which, when you have got, you have no Noble And thus he thought he shculd be affording his he at' Friend great facilities for carrying out hi s ...del' law Amendment Act. He would now, with t he th e Bence of the House, come to the consideration of of effect on the Irish poor-rate which the construeToia these lines would occasion. For the purpose of this effectively, he would turn to the evidence of s ee Smith, of Deanston. And would any , it naturally suppose that Mr. Smith would s'*C„'lett: he were asked what measure was seost,,,,esi lated to improve the condition of Ireland . t obei f answer should he make but that they should dralestoo/' bogs, to be sure ? But when Mr. Smith, of D e° geol: was examined beforesthe Committee by the what her for Montrose (Mr. Hume), and was asked es trr the best measure for the improvement of that ser e he said at once the construction of railways, t° bt the And he said that if the railways were construe %este agricultural improvement would follow.—(lef eart o o o l Mr. Smith, of Deanstone, was decidedly of th roa t ! that it would contribute to improve the law „ a d, su e which they passed, if railroads were constru c t - aro / 4 his opinion was that it would tend greatly to woo' it. Mr. Smith, of Deanstone, was asked wh at th e l, follow if these railroad s were cons t ruc t e d, and would affect agricultural produce, and his an s : o f• Pg that the improvement of the land to the exte ew b, mile on each side of the railway would be su c it tlifs , : i it would pay for the whole construction of the t i t he o ' . Ile showed that on an area of 640 acres, Willed slo e ' lowed for a square mile, the produce of the 1 ° 04 ; as it enters into his calculation, for its mer e C t alone, would return a full per centage, with ou . anything of back carriage. He found from th ls ;i o o. 7 ment, that the cost of the carriage per square 111 4 1,55.: 3771, 13s. 6d., and the return is calculated at 61 for and this difference was the advantage o btained . eor ° o produce of the land on every mile of railway. e , 0 1 ing to his calculation, at twenty years' Pur e 7he ' ", g t miles of railway would realise 152,8524 NO w. ,,,‘ s iss'is proposed the construction of 1,500 miles of rap^ o af , from this calculation it appeared that land proP tiO Ireland would be enhan ce d in value, taking wa ll , t%; trict of one mile on ea c h s ide of the railway, t°. o tent, and he assumed on the basis of this calculatte;lo 1,920,000 acres would be required for the 1,500 0 1 ( 0 Ur ; railway; the improvement of the landed propel, oir e :s land, at 25 years' purchase, and that he took as et• ," / estimate that could be stated—the improvetu e- 6 3St o . year's purchase would be to the extent of 23,p 33 ' (Hear, hear.) This statement was made by Ai r ; o fito of Deanstone, as his estimate of the i m prove ute% s t tP ts in Ireland by the construction of railways. fr ° ll was not an over-statement might be ascertso l die berei • the experience obtained on the Glasgow and e in b a t Railway, the statement of which Mr. Smith gu / s f o ils evidence. He said that before the constructs ri ot tol e s line the greater part of the land near to it was pa p ) more than five shillings an acre, whereas nose, liO l ei t at from thirty to forty shillings an acre.—(leea t . / % Now, taking ten shillings per acre as the itePl e als t il i t e obtained by the construction of a railway, an d ; 36 1 .92 6 , of at 25 years' purchase, the improvement 0 1 ors ilo' t o acres, which would be required for the 1,5° s pits' 0 0 railway would be found to yield an additional tbs t, at the country of 23,000,0001.; and he did thi np i t h g il l this head alone, his proposal was fraught t he ° ,ity advantage to the country. But that was 1 1 °' u sew. e it advantage. It would employ those labourer:6, svp l es who were engaged on those works of idlers q 0 00 ° di d were commenced last May. There were B '" olt ds, b a t employed to construct 3,800 miles of useless r iov ecl, , t e not only would those labourers be usefully en 3 P n i e er•Pif their employment would tend to relieve the,:,:, 0 1. j „, and the county cess by the construction of ra"_, lv at it he were to take the number of those who diregt;o'.:ooo,soo directly were assisted by the poor-rate at s ' he se 1, 0 1 appeared to him that the expenditure fort e xte nt 111 miles would relieve the poor-rate to the. oti usui t to r 15,000,000/. He found by the calculett lev ied e ye adopted for railways in England the money t, ou of poor-rates amounted to one and a half per ce . r eturt l i se gross return. This sum would give afi r( 4 5 , - 0 asp , ' per 1,0001. per mile. In England and 3 5001. ter gross return was on an average ' ra ile r on 10 mile. He took the gross return , F ie g La in Ireland at one-seventh of that j o e l hod, vro 6o and he believed that the railways not r Co st i•e llf s is finished and completely officered, wouldthe rai lo 's it much as this. He now gave the return h w e r calculatioPos at 9501. a mile, though, according to t, l i ng - on Sts' ought to be 1,6001. a mile ; but not insise right otij amount of 3,5001., as it was believed was the , og its he would assume that the mileage allot ; st""',o o and Scotland, was only to be 1,0004 per o h poor-rata -0, vance for r' ri this calculation it was evident, g therefore, 21,v ,j, the county-cess of Ireland wouldthbaet tent of 22,6001. a year. Ail"dienstitute poor, thelst per year for the support of tae state to t h e House ge l and the infirm ; and he ought to • without "hie ether a gain t this 22,600/. would be allege , expenses of workine, therefore, to tht oo s loss. He would now take the was the' I °/ ill tli g Arbroath and Forfar Railway, which Britain, :that 202 1 jot lino. It appeared by the report of the directors o'lo the scale of expense in Great averge; cost of working the line was, on th usual 010% allowin e t new locomotive engines. Then of mile ; this included the expense of and deduct 40 per cot for the workingthe line, . ! e a e ll ar and tear, 011,01 8e TI G th imi call pm a$