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laid that Mr. Grattan was a rebel, he said what was ast the fact. Mr. O'CONNOR made some observation, the pur- Port of which did not reach the gallery. Mr. H. GRATTAN contended that the Hon. Member for Nottingham had called Mr. Grattan a rebel, and that statement was false.—(" Order.") The statement in the paper read by the Hon. Member „Was a falsehood. H e k n e w Mr. Grattan better than the Hon. Member could know him ; and Mr. Grattan Lever was an United Irishman. The Honourable M ember had done more ; he had not only s l iholled Mr. Grattan, but he had libelled "ccd Charlemont ; and he (Mr. H. Grattan) Would not sit in any assembly where Lord Charle mont was libelled without answering his traducer. — {Hear, hear.) Lord Charlemont did not sell the v olunteers, neither did the volunteers sell their coun try. The Hon. Member had also libelled Mr. Pon sonby. It was not the fact that Mr. Ponsonby was In the list to which the Hon. Member had referred. ,Neither Mr. Ponsonby nor Mr. Grattan ever be longed to the Society of United Irishmen, though they did belong to the volunteers. [Mr. O'Connor Made some gesture of assent.] The Hon. Member admitted that he was right; then why had he not the civility and courtesy to ask him beforehand Whether it was correct that Mr. Grattan and Mr. Ponsonby were United Irishmen ? He did not wish to quarrel with the Honourable Gentleman, but he Would fight him upon this ground to the last drop of his blood.—(Cheers.) He objected to this setting of party against party—this exciting of jealousy — reviving of things that were obsolete, and this c onstant reference, in the time of affliction and distress, when they ought to co-operate together, to old griev ances. He appealed to the good heart of the Hon. Gentleman, for although he wished that House to believe it was as black as it could be, it was not so black as he would make them believe it was.—(A laugh.) The Hon. Gentleman on a memorable occa sion in the county of Meath stood by him like a man of courage when he had a bayonet at his breast and a sabre over his head ; and he (Mr. Grattan) would stand by the Hon. Gentleman when he acted rightly, as firmly as he would oppose him when he was acting Wrongly. He did not say that this was a claptrap Motion, but it might tend to frustrate the object the Hon. Gentleman had in view. If the Hon. Gentle mans proposed a motion for the consideration of the 'ct of Union, he (Mr. Grattan) would support him ; but not when he came under a mask, libelling Lord C harlemont, the volunteers, Mr. Grattan, and Mr. P onsonby, and then thought he could sit down there Unanswered. He charged the Hon. Gentleman with four libels, and in calling upon that House, as the to convict him, he pronounced the Honourable Gentleman " guilty, upon his honour."—(Cheers.) Mr. J. O'CONNELL said, the Hon. Gentleman who brought forward the motion had thought it neces sary to make some species of apology to Irish Mem bers sitting on that (the Ministerial) side of the house, but he assured the Hon. Member that there Members felt no jealousy at the Hon. Member's /s h aving brought forward this subject. The Right 44 , 011 . Baronet who followed the Right Honourable G entlemen had asked what could be the utility of c onsidering the subject now, but he (Mr. J. O'Connell) thought there should not be an entire O blivion cast over the scenes of the year 1800, but that the reprobation of mankind should be attracted to the enorm iti es comm itt e d by the Government of that day in order to carry the measure of the J legis ltive nylon. Forty-seven years had passed since eland was deprived of her right of making t aws for herself, and what had been the Co nsequence ? That she had been reduced a State beyond which there was none deeper, except that of utter annihilation or total ruin. What was her condition before the union ? Lord Clare, Who was one Of the artificers of that Act, andiwho was 1 7 1 1 . 1 e of the deadliest enemies to the independence of is native coun t r y, d ec lared in the Irish House of Lords that in the history of the world no nation was , e . ver befor e k now n to make in so small a space of ', 4o e the same p rogress i n a rts, c o mmerce, manufac cur es, and all that could upraise the condition of a nation, as Ireland, during the short period of eighteen Tears that she enjoyed the entire freedom of her own Parliament. Mr. Pitt and Mr. Huskisson had also said that up to 1780 the policy of England had always 'ten to cripple Ireland, and deprive her of her natura l re sources ; and Lord Castlereagh, one of the chief artificers of his country's ruin, in 1803 declared that Ireland h a d d ur i ng the same eighteen years he bad referred to made a progress that had asto liiihed the world. The consequences of the union ° England had been not less disastrous than to Ireland. England might prosper in her own mate risl wealth, but so long as, by her neglect, she left Ireland t o d ec li ne i n h er con diti on s h e w o uld never discover any advantages from the trick by which the Parliament of the sister country had been anni hilated. Every victory which had been won under the English flag was tarnished by her cruelty to Ire land, and whenever the Englishman was heard to boast of his constitution and his country, the reproach Of the foreigner, in pointing across the . Channel, would alw a y s be ready. The Hon. Gentleman, in continu ation, entered into a calculation to show that an an nual external drain of 6,000,0001. upon the re sources of Ireland, which was a consequence of her connexion with England, made it a matter of utter i mpossibility that the sister country could ever sus tain the burdens at present imposed upon her, or pro gress in the same ratio as either of the other British hear.) Recently her misfortunes h ad been aggravated by a visitation of Pro. vi dence in the complete destruction of the potato crop. This deficit in her ordinary capital amounted at least to 16,000,0001., and as the potato might be s l aid to ha ve re p res ented the currency of Ire d) the evil so occasioned had been enormous. A a bort time ago the labourer had been paid with the Potato ; by the potato the farmer paid his rent ; by 11 . cans of the potato the farmer obtained clothing for nofamily ; by the potato large classes were fed ; and W the substitute was money. This being the case, t he prevailing distress in Ireland was easily to be ac colanted for; and it would be well if the House now con sidered if some cheap currency might not be substituted 44 a substit u t e f ur th e deficiency created by the loss ,Mahe Potato. With regard to the money part of question, he thought he was bound to make out 11e1 "5 in o rd e r to justify the words he had used the previous evening. The terms of the Act of Union had expressly stipulated that Ireland should not be - objected to bear any of the burdens of the debts 1 ) : ,, England c o ntracted before 1800—the of the two nations being at the time very Fdisproportionate, and the principle was recognised O n all hands that the annexed ought not to be s addled with any of the debts of the annexing country. • ile fund e d a n d ' un f un ded debts of England were then. 420,000,000/ , and those of Ireland about 'OOO,OOO/. Ireland, it was agreed, should contri Bute two-seventeenths to the impeiial expenditure, and even L or d C as tl ereag h admitted that this propor tion was too large. The stipulation was to be main fined so long as there was an absence of certain con tingencies ; an d, i n th e even t o f e ither of these, the erasur e of the national debt or the improvement of the circumstances of Ireland, until there was complete equality in wealth between England and Ireland, taxa tion was to be made equal, and the imperial encumbran ces were to be borne in the same proportion. Neither of these contingencies had arisen ; on the contrary, the debt of Ireland, by legislative mismanagement and in jitstice, had increased out of all proportion. In 1800 it was 24,000,0001. and in 1817 it was 120 , 000 ,000 1 . ; the increase altogether being 59 per cent, for England, and about 300 per cent. for Ire land ; and yet it was dec:ared that a casui had been Made out for a consolidation of the Exchequers, and that the time had come when taxation ought to be Made equal. The consolidation of the Exchequers had been accomplished in direct violation of the terms of the Act of Union, and all the subsequent financial Measures founded upon that consolidation were, in co nsequence, as completely illegal as they were grossly t n just. Ireland, it might be, had failed to contri , 11 te equally, but no good reason could be shown Why she should have done so. England had failed to M aintain, by separate taxation, the separate liabili ties imposed on her by the Act of Union, and the I. re sult of th e p o li c y of Parliament had been to make _,, 41 'd bikultrupt, thus crippling one country while they crushed the other. The lion. and Learned Mem ber Continued to treat the financial part of the qu estion s — , c oasiderable length, citing various authorities to snow the injustice that had been inflicted lreland a ' t tile consolidation of the Exchequers, and c ontend ing, that whatever happened to increase the expe nditure of E ngland operated in a b sor bi n g every available shilling I,4r °m Irela n d. H e calculated that since the U nion A th an had passed Ireland had paid 60 , 000,000/. more - ;en her pr o p er s h a re, and on that ground alone h e e 'airned for her the consideration of this country in a Period,ss of distress, not as a grant of charity , but an iustice. As to separate taxation, England only rid 1 0,500,000/., while her proper share, according 4 ° the interpretation of the Act of Union, was 15 ' 0°0,0001 ., and in that estimate h e reckoned the in come-tax, which was only laid on four or five years aeon; so that the fact was, deducting the income-tax, England only paid about 5,000,0001. of separate taxa ". It had been asserted that Ireland had had "mpensation for all this, in an indirect way, since the being free from certain imposts, as the as sassed taxes; but he contended that there was no force in that argument, as Great Britain had relieved herself in far greater proportion from those taxes than she had relieved Ireland. In the aggregate, Great Britain had relieved herself from 47,000,0001. while relie v i ng Ireland from only 2 , 000,000/. of the same!, taxation, All this time Ireland paid the expenses of her Civil defratay ed and military establishments , for , a l t hou g h! th out of the Consolidated F u nd , it came out of part of the fend which was produced by Irish l r nc .Y. The r e mittances from the British Ex e%Mr to Ireland Dizac• 11w union up to January 1, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1847. , 1545, had only been 7,500,0001., while the total re- 1 the Poor-law Commissioners during the present mitted from the _Leese Exchequer to the r,,-Iti,s; 1,1 mentla l' ;sr-Teen:a tlest tei the 4th tf..' last July there \ been 26,700,0001., being a: balance of 19,200,000/. were 2,600,000 paupers receiving rations. in favour of Ireland, or, adding the remittances since An HON. MEMBER asked, what was the amount of 1845, a total excess of remittances from Ireland of the poor-rate ? 19,789,5911. Such were his general views of what 1 Mr. REYNOLDS —That was a very proper i England owed to Ireland in regard to money matters, i uestion, but one which lie was unable to answer.— and when the question came before the House in a Laughter.) The amount varied greatly in different fairer and more legitimate manner he should be pre- istricts ; but in the county of Mayo the entire pared to develop his argument at greater length. He rental would not afford 1/. per annum for the pauper had, in drawing to a conclusion, to notice the last part population. The aggregate number of persons re of the Hon. Gentleman's motion, viz., the effect of the ceiving rations in Leinster, Munster, Connaught, union upon the poorer classes in Ireland, a subject which, and Ulster, was as follows :—Able-bodied men, as the Hon. Member had well stated, deserved the at- 163,463 ; women, 104,160 ; families, 574,983 ; total, tention of the House. In consequence of the poverty 842,606. How was it possible, when such was the of Ireland, and the superior wealth of this country, state of things, that the poor of Ireland could be sup there was a constant immigration of paupers into ported by means of rates? In principle he admitted that England. This was one of the evils which the union the property of Ireland should be made to support its had brought upon them. The poor-rates of this poverty; and he was glad that the blister, at least, country were enormous, in consequence of this immi- had been put upon the backs of the landlords.— gration—the people were impoverished by the num- (Hear, hear.) He had no wish to say much on the ber of paupers who came among them, and the exist- immediate subject of the motion—the repeal of the ing distress in Ireland had greatly aggravated the union—knowing that if he did so his words evil. He would be content to be covered with shame would only be received as a " thrice told and ridicule if his prediction was not realised—that tale." The question appeared to him to be the consequence of the Irish poor-law—in which simply one of pounds, shillings, and pence.— many Hon. Members gloried as providing a remedy (Hear, hear.) He believed that the effect of the union for the pauperism of Ireland—would be that it would had been to impoverish Ireland without enriching stimulate the immigration of paupers into this coun- England ; and that the interests of both countries try. He maintained that the poor would fi n d were involved in the consideration of the question.— their way into this country as surely as water found (Rear.) Formerly, gentlemen who supported repeal its level. The effect of the poor-law would be to break were charged with something like sedition. The down the classes upon whom the poor-rate fell, and case, however, was materially altered.—(Hear, hear.) add them to the general mass of paupers. He did not He knew Ireland well, had been accustomed to travel speak of the present distress ; he spoke of what through it by day and night, and he had found that would be found to be the permanent effect of the every class, from the peer to the peasant, felt that poor-law, which they thought was to take Ireland off they wanted something.—(Laughter.) He under their shoulders. The Right Hon. Baronet (Sir G. stood that cheer, and after the tiresome debates which Grey), in his brief answer to the speech of the Hon, they had had for the last three or four nights, he re- Member for Nottingham, had alluded to the repeal joiced to hear it. A laugh put the House in a better debate in 1834. Since that debate had been alluded temper, and rendered Hon. Members more capable of to, he (Mr. O'Connell) would take the liberty of re- discussing the question.—(Laughter.) Now, fore minding the House of the promise then solemnly merly it was said that the Roman Catholics alone made by one of the largest majorities on record in were in favour of the repeal of the union. Protes rejecting a motion which was supported by forty testants, however, were now beginning to fold their Members identified with the Irish people—a promise arms, and ask themselves in sober earnestness, which obtained the sanction of the House of Lords, " What benefit have we derived from this union ? It and the concurrence of the Sovereign then on the has diminished our bench of bishops, and substituted throne, and which was, therefore, a pledge from the a rent-charge for tithes; it may soon go fur three estates of the realm, viz., that in expressing they." The repeal of tithe union was, in fact, their resolution to maintain the legislative union in- no longer a sectarian question ; some of the violate they were determined to "persevere in ap- staunchest supporters of Protestantism were also sup plying their best attention to the removal of porters of repeal, whilst some of its strongest oppo all just causes of complaint, and to the promotion of nents were Roman Catholic Membera,representisag Irish all well-considered measures of improvement." Had constituencies.—(Hear, hear.) In th e c ity o f D u bli n that promise been carried out ?—(Hear, hear.) there was a general feeling that the only chance for Where had been the removal of grievances ? Were the inhabitants lay in the restoration of their Parlia not the people of Ireland at that moment crying out ment; almost to a man, the people were favourable for relief, and could not obtain it ? Did not the to that measure. They felt that the question had Government confess that the landlord and tenant never yet received fair consideration in that House, question constituted a serious grievance, mind did not but they thought that it was now likely to do so on that grievance still remain unredressed, the Govern- account of the comparative absence of party in the ment having put it off from time to time in conse- new Parliament. He believed that the strength an d quence of the difficulties with which it was sur- stability of the empire were involved in the question rounded ? Thirteen years had elapsed since the pro- of the repeal of the union ; nor ought the people of raise was made which he had just quoted, and their Ireland themselves to be thrown overboard in the grievances were still unredressed. Nay, mor e , the consideration of that question, forming as they did a promise had not merely been unfulfilled, it had been third of the population of the United Kingdom, vs hile actually violated. They had had coercion Acts imposed their country bore an equal proportion in point of upon them in place of obtaining a removal of geographical extent.—(Bear.) The majority of the grievances ; they had had a scanty and crippled Mu- Members of that House were no doubt desirous to nicipal Reform Bill thrust upon them, their elective ameliorate the condition of the Irish nation, but un franchise unjustly limited, and which was declining fortunately they did not know how to do that. It every day, and yet no hand was raised to remedy had been the misfortune of Ireland, almost from time it. There were a thousand other grievances which immemorial, to be quacked. It was time that had never been touched. He did not mean to taunt quackery should be brought to an end. Ever since the House with this ; he merely wished to remind the Act of Union Ireland had been getting worse them at the beginning of a new Parliament, when and worse, until at last she was nothing better than a they were starting under fairer auspices than usual, great ruendicity institution; her pauperism being t o of the solemn pledge and covenant which had been extensive that it visited almost every nation on the made to Ireland—a pledge which had been ratified earth. Let Honourable Members read the accounts by the House of Peers and the Throne, and which, of the arrival of emigrants at New York and at therefore, ought to be as binding as a legislative Act; Canada, wafting pestilence and famine across the and he desired to conjure the House to consider the Atlantic, and involving even the Americans in an necessity of granting them at last a full, entire, and enormous loss of life.--Hear, hear.) He would not ample redress of those grievances which they were weary the House by bringing forward figures : in pledged to remove.—(Hear, hear) For himself, he that aspect the question had already been sufficiently believed that the repeal of the union would prove the discus4ed. He would only say, that no harm could only real benefit to his country. The great and possibly arise from inquiry, and, whatever might be wasting evil of Ireland was the draining of money the fate of this motion, he hoped some Hon. Member out of her ; and he saw no means of restoring this would test the House, by bringing forward a Bill for vital necessary except by the re-establishment of a the express purpose of repealing the union. domestic legislature. A tax on absenteeism, which Dr. BOWRING said he had intended to speak some looked to as a remedy, was a forced and unna- upon the question before the House, not because it tural expedient though he admitted that occa- . was important in itself, but because it had become 90 sionally it might be necessary to have recourse to on account of a growing feeling in this country in artificial remedies for artificial evils ; but in this case reference to it ; but, as he had gathered from various he would give the means of inducing absentees to indications that it was the wish of the House that return home without any such interference. A native there should be no delay in proceeding with another Parliament would bring them back again. It would question of paramount importance, he should, on that be their interest to return and watch the progress of occasion, abstain from making any remarks.—(Hear, legislation and its effects upon life and property.— hear," and cries of " Divide, divide.") (Hear, hear.) A domestic legislature therefore would Mr. E. B. ROCHE said that, representing so large supply the landlords with a direct self-interest in ro- a constituency, he could not give a silent vote. The maining at heme, it would stop the drain of money grounds upon which he advocated repeal were two in out of Ireland and lead to its being spent in that number. The first was an historical one. It was an country, it would revive trade an d co m m erce, it historical fact that the Imperial Legislature had w mild enable the people of Ireland to do better, be- always misgoverned Ireland, even when the attempt cause richer customers to England, and in this way had been made to govern the country properly, prac would benefit both countries—for he could not sup- tically it had failed for want of acquaintance with the pose such a solecism in the providence of God as the people. For forty-seven years Parliament had had prosperity of the one country hurting that of the unchecked control over the destinies of Ireland, and other—it would make the empire prosperous and the results were poverty and discontent in every shape. happy at home and strong and irresistible in its Those English Members who assumed to govern Ire power abroad.—(Hear, bear.) land, but would not permit them to debate her Mr. TREL AWNY, who was but indistinctly grievances, might depend upon it that they would not heard, said that the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat carry things their own way. Two parties could play down told them that there was a great deal owing at the game of obstruction. They were now in a from this country to Ireland. He believed that was time of peace and a time of prosperity, but the time the case, and that the income-tax and the assessed might come when the services of the people of Ire taxes ought to be extended to that country. He land would be wanted, and then it would be their hoped the House would not be induced by the con- time to turn round and say, "fight your own battles." stant howl of the Irish Members to delay passing the lie (Mr. Roche) should be sorry if that state of measure which had been proposed by her Majesty's things should occur, but as an honest man he was . come finde Government for the purpose of checking crime in bou nd to sa y , that if they m when, instead of friend, refused to redress Ireland's Ireland. He thought that if the repeal of the union g rievances, the daymight her an open and were granted it would produce a civil war between fi ndin g her a they might the Protestants of the north and the Roman Catho- declared enemy. lies, and that this would lead to a military despotism. Major BLACKALL said if this motion had been The Hon. Gentleman would propose a tax on the ab- broug ht forward under other circumstances he might which it sentees. That class of persons would then be have been disposed to vote for it. But he was bound to placed in this position, that if they lived consider the circumstances under wasbrought in Ireland they would be shot at, and if forward. He had no faith in theand patriotism cid of the they remained among us they would be taxed. lion. Member for Nottingham,ha beenadh e not think The Hon. Gentleman asked the people of Eng- his conduct in that House . calculated . very land to contrib u t e more money for the relief of the greatly to add lustre to the . Irish . name. But, indeed, people of Ireland ; but he did not think John Bull if there were no other considerations, the course pur would consent to that, seeing that the Hon. Member sued by the Hon. Member in resisting the very mo- had disallowed the debt whi c h had been already in- de - rate request of the Home Secretary to postpone his curred. He did not see how Ireland was to be motion would alon e have induced him (Major. improved, excepting by introducing machinery ~fer Blacken) to oppose it. The Government 'night fairly the purpose of cultivation and economising labour ; take his own and other , Members votes that night as and this could not be done while the land was so indications of whether or not they were prepared to much subdivided and a pauper population suffered to give the Government a factious opposition.—(Hear, look to the potato as their sole means of support. hear.) For his own part, he must candidly say that He highly approved of the coercion Bill, and he thought some measure of coercion necessary at sincerely regretted that he opposed the coercion Bill the present time in Ireland. The conduct of the of 1846. It was a mockery of and satire on Irish landlords during the past y ear had, in his opi legislation to allow things to proceed as they did nion, been such as ought to have saved them from in Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) He was surprised that any reprobation. lion. Gentlemen should interpose delays to the Mr. M. O'CONNELL thought the arguments of passing of a measure which they must be aware the Hon. Member ought to be conclusive in favour of was absolutely necessary. If those Members were the present motion. They were to judge men by . likely to be successful in delaying the mea - their actions, and by what they did on the floor of sure, the Government ought to act without the that House—(lronical cheers)—and when they find Bill, and then call for a Bill of indemnity. He an advocate in the Hon. Member for Nottingham, he hoped that the Government would enforce the poor- felt bound to accept his measures, in preference to law measure, and see that every farthing of the rates those of a Government who offered them a coercion was paid. Unless they showed vigour and decision, Bill instead of repeal. The Hon. Member for Tavi the murders which were taking place in Ireland would stock, who had spoken that night, knew evidently not cease. infinitely more about Queen Pomare and her wrongs Mr. O'FLAHERTY said, the Hon. Gentleman than about Ireland and the sores that were rankling in who had just sat down was evidently totally unac- the heart of the people of that country. Was Ireland quainted with the subject under discussion. No to submit to a course of legislation from persons so Member was more anxious than he (Mr. O'Flaherty) ignorant as the lion. Member ? There was the Hon. 1 to put a stop to those atrocious crimes which dis- Member for Bolton (Dr.Bowring). Heknew something graced Ireland ; but he believed the ordinary law, if —at least he thought he did—of every country in the carried out with vigour and impartiality, would world; but of Irelandhe knewsolittle that he could not prove quite sufficient for the suppression of those out- summon up courage enough to descant upon her rages. He was an active administrator of that law; grievances. He (Mr. O'Connell) remembered when but, under present circumstances, he believed it was the first Coercion Bill was passed. It was the first nothing less than a confiscation of property without Irish measure after the Reform Act. He denounced any countervailing advantages. It might eventually it as an omen of the worst character that the Whigs be productive of good ; but, circumstanced as Ireland should commence the first session of a new Perna wee just now, it was a most preposterous remedy. ment with a measure of coercion for Ireland, and Mr. REYNOLDS thought that the 'restoration of cautioned the Government to bear in mind that it was the rights of self legislation to the Irish people attempted coercion for Ireland that had turned out would improve eheir condition, both socially and mo - the Grey Administration. It was contemptuously rally • and, believing th a t, h e cou ld not but regret said that the country was weary of this constant Iris h that ;he lion. Member for Nottingham introduced howl. Let the Government and their supporters take the subject at so inappropriate a period. He should, care that they did not convert this howl into a war however, support the motion for a Committee of in- cry.—(Oh, oh.) At a moment when peace on the quiry, because on so important a subject, he thought continent hung on the merest thread it behoved the that was the reasonable mode of proceeding. He Government of this country to consolidate its internal heard the speech of the Honourable Meni- strength by the most amicable relations with every her for Tavistock (Mr. Trelawney) with sur- portion of the empire, and not to irritate an important prise, and he could not but thi n k th a t it member of the State by measures of coercion. had been prepared to be delivered on the coercion Mr. FAGAN denied that any measure of coercion B no ill o d p e p b o a r t t e n , n a i r . : y d t o h f a t d t h e l e i v l e l r o i n n . K G e i t n tl o e o riia t i l ii t ii a o ; c irii, a ; s i l o ; soug ht to dovetail it into the present discussion.— (Laughter.) He thought the Hon. Gentleman's attempt to do so was most unfortunate.—(H ear' hear.) The Hon. Gentl e man said that Ireland was not sufficiently taxed, but he was at a loss to know how the lion. Gentleman could justify that assertion, bearing in mind that the landed property of Ireland was rated at 13,187,000/., and that it had to bear exclusively an enormous amount of taxation, which had been immensely increased by the introduction of the poor-law. Ile wa s acquainted with an estate of S,OOO/. a year, of which 6,0001. was eaten up by in cumbrances and mortgages ; and was it fair to ask the man who had only 2,000/. to pay poor taxes on the whole amount ?—(Hear, hear.) He was in favour of the poor-law, but he believed it was susceptible of much improvement in its details. The Hon. Gentle man seemed to think, that if the people were ejected, they had an alternative in the poor-law. He (Mr. Reynolds) would be able to prove t hat i n certain districts the poor-rate was not sufficient to meet the poverty of those districts. From a return mad. by was necessary. As to the question of repeal, he con tended that it ought to be fairly and fully discussed, since fully seven out of the nine millions of the Irish population were deeply interested in the subject. For himself, while he wholly deprecated a national sever ance of Ireland from England, he considered that a repeal of the Act of Union would be beneficial to both countries, for the interests of England were inti mately connected with the prosperity of Ireland. As far as the connexion between the countries being affected by the repeal of the union, he thought that that was merely a bugbear raised up by those who were inimical to the prosperity of both.—("Question," " Divide.") He complained of the way in which the affairs of Ireland were conducted in a British House of Commons, many important Bills being passed at the close of the session after the great majority of Irish Members had left town. For this, the only re medy was a domestic Parliament, and he trusted that in time that proposition would receive the attention of the House.—(The Hon. Member frequently referred to some notes he held in his hand, and was as con stantly interrupted by "Read, read," and loud laugh ter.) lie would not be put down by clamour, but if again interrupted would move the adjournment of the lirmse.—(Cms of " Oh," " Par, bar." and other exclamations here became so frequent as to re►:der the Hon. Member's further remarks wholly inaudible.) The interruptions c3ntinuing, the Hon. Member concluded by moving the adjournment of the debate. —(Cries of " Oh, oh I" " Hear, hear," and " Ad journ.") Mr. J. WALTER—The speech of the Hon. Mem ber for Cork, and that of the Hon. Member for Tra lee—(Cries of " Order I" and " Adjourn.") Mr. FAGAN appealed to the Speaker to put the question of adjournment. The motion having been made, it was not competent, he apprehended, until it was decided, to continue the debate.—(Hear, hear.) The SPEAKER understood that the Hon. Gen tleman the Member for Cork having moved that the debate be adjourned, the lion. Member for Not tingham rose to second the motion.—(Cheers.) Mr. WALTER again rose, but it appearing that his object was not to second the motion, he was in terrupted by Mr, E. B. ROCIIE, who seconded the motion that the debate he now adjourned. The SPEAKER then put the question, Mr. WALTER, essaying to speak, was met with cries of " Order, order." Mr. DISRAELI apprehended that the question that the debate be adjourned having been put, it was open to the Hon. Member for Nottingham to speak to that questicn. Mr. WALTER said the Hon. Member for Cork and other Hon. Gentlemen on the same side, had gratified the House with their opinion as to the qua lifications of the Irish people for self-government. He had always understood that one great and neces sary qualification for self-government was business habits; but, judging from the specimen of business habits exhibited by some Irish Members during the present debate, he should say they were as fit for self-legislation as the blacks.—(Cries of "Oh, oh.") In fact the blacks had a proverb that, "If nigger were not nigger, Irishmen would be nigger."—(Laughter.) Mr. J. O'CONNELL rose to order. He appealed to the Chair whether it was consistent with order that this buffooney should go on ?—(Hear, hear.) The SPEAKER—The Hon. Member for Kil kenny is out of order in applying the word " buffoon ery" to the observations of any Hon. Member. Mr. J. O'CONNELL—I bow, Sir, to anything which may fall from you—l theref o r e beg to retract the word which you have decided was not in order, and which I only uttered under the influence of the strong feeling excited in my mind at hearing Irish men and Irish Members spoken of as they have been by the Hon. Member opposite.— (Hear, hear.) Mr. WALTER resumed—The proverb he had quoted was from an eminent authority —that autho rity being Bishop Berkeley, and a distinguished Irish bishop.—(Hear, hear.) To judge by the speeches they had heard during that debate one would imagine that the subjects of Irish grievances and Irish distress were quite new to the House, and that Hon. Members could never have heard o f the ex actions of con-acre or of the system of ejectnients before—whereas the fact was that there was no one present who had not heard those questions discussed hundreds of times. But whatever might be the weight and importance of those subjects—and that they were important he did not deny—this was not the time to bring them under discussion. The House had met for a different purpose, viz., to protect the lives of the people of Ireland from systematic assassi nation, and were they to be told that they were not to take measures for preventing murder until they should have inquired into all the grievances of Ire land ?—(Cheers.) What would have been said if, when it pleased Providence to visit that country with famine, and assistance was called for to keep the people from starving, if English Members had replied —" We will not give a farthing until we have exa mined into the cause of the potato rot ?"—(Hear, hear.) Let those who, when money was the ques tion, would admit of no delay, but whose cry was continually Give ! give ! be consistent now, and allow Parliament to afford protection to life before entering into matters which were of a less urgent nature.— (Cheers ) He concurred with his Hon. Colleague, that for ordinary crimes ordinary laws were sufficient, but an organized system of assassination was no ordi nary crime. —(Hear, hear.) We must (said the Hon. Member) deal with the murderer and the assassin as Dr. Johnson said madmen should be dealt with— knock them down first and reason with them after wards.—(Hear, hear.) "We must supplant those rough rug-headed kerns ; Which live life venom, where no venom else, But only they, hath privilege to live."—(Cheers.) Mr. E. B. ROCHE observed that the Hon. Gen tleman's speech partook very much of the spirit of those envenomed articles against Ireland which ap peared from time to time in a certain daily news paper, and which cast vitriol rather than oil upon the troubled waters of Irish grievances.—(Hear, hear.) But the Hon. Member's speech, though remarkable for its smartness, was not to the point, which was, whether or not the d - -!bate should be adjourned.— (Cheers.) His Hon. Friend the Member for Cork, who was well acquainted with Ireland, had been most ungenerously and improperly interrupted in his address, and unless he was allowed to proceed he hoped he would press his motion for the adjourn ment.—(Hear, hear, and cries of " Go on.") Mr. (YGORMAN MAHON should in that case move as an amendment that the Hon. Member for Cork be called upon to continue his address.—(Loud laughter.) He felt it due as an Irish Member to acknowledge the admirable attention and pa tience which, up to the present evening, had been shown to Irish Members generally since the meeting of Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) It was due to English Members to acknowledge with gratitude the spirit of fair play they had hitherto shown to Irish Members, and he hoped they would continue their generosity to the lion. Member for Cork for a if few moments. Th ey should remember, too, that in terruptions ofte n renewed those energies which, left to themsel ves , soon exhausted themselves. Sir G. GREY sa id t h e Hon. M em ber who last spoke had d one b u t j ustice to the desire of the House generally to give a f a i r and patient hearing to every Hon. Member so long as he confined himself within the subject of debate. And until the Hon. Member for Cork had occupied the House fora very long time in an address whi c h was interrupted by many very long pauses, owin g , h e supposed, to the Hon. Mem her's want of knowl e d ge of the usages of the H ouse, every attention was pa i d to him. He had no doubt, also, that if the H on . M ember would resume h i s ad dress and confine hi mself within moderate lim i ts, the House would continue to give hihimits attention. Mr. it O'CON.NELL thought his Hon. Friend , who w as - n o t so well acquaint e d with the usages of the House as older Members, had not been treated with the courtesy he mi g ht h ave expec t e d. The Hon. Member for E nn i s had been so long a b sent from the House th a t h e appeared to have forgotten what had occurred. lie (Mr. O'Connell) had been a Member sixteen years, and h a d never w it n essed such an attempt to put do wn and crush Irish discuss i ons as inithe present sessio n ._(C ries of " Oh, oh. " ) W ere Irishmen to be hooted down because they did not choose to lay their country at the feet of English Members? (Cheers, an d " (A.') He repeated, that in no previous Parli ament had he seen so muc h intolerance exhibited as i n t h e present.— (Oh, o h.) He called on his Hon. F r i end to pers i st i n hi s motion. Mr. FA AN said that if he had conceived that any expression he had used had given rise to the interruption he had experienced he should at once b ow ; but he was not aware he had done so. He thought it due to his con stituents, as well as to himself, that he should sh ow to' those who had interrupted him that, thou g h a new Mem ber, he was not to be crushed when he was endeavouring to put forward, in language not exhibiting much talent, and in arguments not exhibiting much concis eness, his reasons why he to-night, that the Irish people thought the repeal of the union would be beneficial both to- England and to Ireland. For himself he ofrtighehtusnion from the f e dfed nothing, but he grieved much that the case of his country should have been so treated.. He had thought.the battle of repeal was to be fought on the they claimed floor of the House of Commons, but 1, he greatly feared British Parliament. H e did not wish, however, to exhibit any angry feeling,. and with that view he throughfrom whath etht he leeahg- hadt e s n i hc seen - s o n f y should not pe rsevere in his amendment for an ad journment of the debate. The amendment having by leav© been withdrawn, a t oo repeal en thosee a l Mr. F. O'CONNOR said, that a 5 the debate had already been confined to one side, he really felt that he had nothing to reply to. With respect to the strictures which had been made upon his patriotism I by the Hon. and Galla nt Member for ongford (Ma jor Blackall) he regarded them as the idle wind, but at the same time he must observe, that it was rather extraordinary that the Non. and Gallant Member should urge, as his only excuse for not supporting the present motion, that it had been brought forward by an Irishman who represented an Eaglish borough. He had heard in the House, and seen it stated in the newspapers, that the Hon. and Gallant Member was one of the newly-pledged repeaters, In,. “ a hence he thought the course he had pursued to-night was still more extraordinary. Thanking the House for its attention, he should now divide the House upon the motion. explained He Major BLACKALL • denied that he had given any pledge, or that he was fettered in any way upon this or any other subject. The House then divided : For the motion 23 Against it ....... Majority against the motion —232 CRIME AND OUTRAGE (IRELAND) BILL Sir G. GREY postponed the second leading of this Bill till this day. RAILWAYS BILL. The CHANCELLOR• of the EXCHEQUER postpoued the report on the Railways Bill till Thursday. ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL. In answer to a question from Sir G. GREY, Mr. ANSTEY said he should press the second reading of his Bill to-day. PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND). Sir R. FERGUSON (in the absence of Sir F. French, by whom the notice had been given) obtained leave to bring in a Bill to facilitate the completion, in certain cases, of public works in Ireland. The Bill was afterwards brought in, and read a first time. The House adjourned at a few minutes after Twelve. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of anlil7lOXL) TUESDAY, DEC. 7. PARLIAMENT OF IRELAND DISSOLUTION. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire and report on the means by which the dissolution of the Parliament of Ireland was effected; on the effects of that measure upon Ireland and upon the labourers in husbandry and operatives in manufac tures in England; and on the probable consequences of con tinuing the Legislative Union between both countries :" Debate arising, Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Debate be now adjourned." Motion by leave with drawn. Main question put. The House divided MINORITY-AYES, 23. Blake, M. J. Macnamara, Major Power, Nicholas Browne, It. D. M`Tavish, C. C. Reynoldsdjouh Callaghan, D. Meagher, Thomas Roche, E. B. Devereux, J. T. Mahon, O'Gorman Scully, Francis lazan, William O'Brien, J. WaiGey, Thomas Fox, Richard M. O'Brien, Timothy Grattan, Henry O'Connell, Maurice TELLERS. Greene, John O'Connell, M. J. O'Connor, Feargias I:eatin:s, Robert O'Flalierty, Anthony O'Connell,John.i MAJORITY—NOES, 255. Abdy, Thomas N. Enfield, Lord Norreys, Sir D. Acton, Colonel Evans, John Ogle, S. C. Adair, R. Shafto Evans, William Omitlstou, Lord Aglionby, H. A. Ewart, William Paget, Lord A. Alexander, N. Farnham, E. B. Paget, Lord Clarence Anson, Colonel Farrer, Joules Paget, Lord George Axkwright, G. Ferguson, Sir R. Palmer, Reundell Baines, M. T. Flo Melt, J. Palmerston, Vie. Baldock, E. H. Fitzpatrick, J W. Parker, John Baring, F. T. Fitzwitham, G. W Patten, J. W. Barnard, E. G. Floyer, John Perfect, Robert Bateson, Thomas Foley, John H. Pigott, Francis Bellew, R. M. Forbes, W. Pilkington, James Benbow, John Fordyce, A. D. Pinney, W. Benett, J. Forster, Mathew Plumptre, J. P. Bennet, P. Fortescue, Chichester Price, Sir R. Beresford, William Fortaseue, J. W. Raphael, Alexander Berkeley, Captain Freestun, Colonel Renton, John C. , Berkeley, Grantley Gibson, T. M. Itich,illenry Bernal, Ralph Glyn, George Carr Romilly, John) Bernard, Viscount Grace, 0. D. J. Russell, Edward S. Birch, Sir Thomas Greene Thomas Russell, F. C. H. Blackall, S. W. Gregson, Samuel Sadleir, John Bourke, Richard B. Greufel , Charles W. St. George, Chris. Bouvarle, E. P. Grey, Sir G. Saiwey, Colonel Bowring, Dr. Grey, Ralph W. Sandars, George Boyd, John . Grogan, E. Scholefield, William 13remridge, Richard Guinness, R. S. Scrope, G. P. Briseo, M. Gwyn, Bowel Seeley, Charles Broadley, H. Ilaggitt, F. R. Shafts, It. D. Sroadvrood, Ir. Hale, R. B. Shell, R. L. Brockman, E. D. Hall, Sir:B. Sidney, Thomas Brotherton, Joseph Hallyburton, Lord Simeon, John Brown, Humphrey Halsey, T. P. Slaney, Robert A. Ilulkeley, Sir R. B. Hamilton, G. A. Smith, V. Bunbury, W. Hamilton, J. H. Smyth, John G. Bunbury, Edward Hardeastle, J. A. Smythe, G. Burghley, Lord Harris, Hon. Capt. Somerton,. Viscount Burke, Sir Thomas Halide, Alexander Somerville, Sir W. rs u rrou ghes , H. N. nestle, Archibald Sotheron, T. H. S. Busfcild, W. Mayes, Sir E. Spearman, 11. J. Buxton, Sir E. Hayter, W. G. Stafford, Augustus Campbell, W. F. Headlam, T. E. Stanley, B, J. Carew, W. P. Heathcoat, John Staunton, Sir G. Carter, John B. Henley, J. W. Strati., Edward Caulfield, Colonel Heywood, James Stuart, Lord D. Cavendish, C. C. Hodges, T. Twisden Sutton, Henry Cayley, Edward S. Hodgson, W. N. Talfourd, , ergeant Chaplin, W. J. Hood, sir A. Taylor, Thomas E. Charlene, Francis Hope, Sir J. Tenison, E. K. Chichester, Lord J. Hotham, Lord ' Thicknesse, R. A. Childers, J. W. Hudson, George Thompson, Colonel Clay, James Humphery, Ald. Thornely, T. Clements, Charles Hutt, William Tollcmache, John Clerk Sir G. Inglis, Sir R. H. Towneley, John Clifford, Henry M. Ireland, Thomas J. Townley, R. G. Clive, Henry B. Jackson, William Trelawny, J. S. Cobden, R. Jervis, Sir John Trevor, J. R. Cockburn, Alex. Jervis, John Turner, George Cocks, Thomas S. Jocelyn, Viscount Tyrrell, Sir J. T. Cole, H. A. Jones, Sir W. Verner, Sir W. Colas, Henry B. Jones, Captain Villiers, Charles Coope, Detavius Keogh, William Walmeley. Sir J. Craig, W. G. Koppel, George T. Walpole, S. H. Cubittt, William Ker, iltiehard Walsh, Sir J. B. Davie,: Sir Henry Knox, Colonel Walter, John Dawson, T. V. Labouchere, Henry Ward, H. G. Deering, John P. Lennox, Lor i A. Watkins, Colonel Disraeli, B. Lewis, George C. Wawa, J T. Douglas, Sir C. B. Littleton, E. R. Welby, G. E. Drummond, H. Lowther, Henry Westhead, J. P. Duckworth, Sir J. Lushington. Charles Williams, John Duff, George S. M•Gregor, John Willoughby, Sir H. Duff, James M'Naghten, Sir E. Wilson, James Duncan _Viscount Maitland, T. Wilson, Matthew Duncan, George Mangles, R. D. Wodahouse, E. Duncuft, John Marsh 11, J. G. Wood, Sir Charles Dwadas, 'Admiral Martin, J. Wood, W. P. Dundee, Sir David Martin, Samuel Wortley, J. S. Dundas, George Matheson, Alex. Wrightson, W. B. Donne, Francis P. Matheson, Colonel Wyld, James Du Pre, C. G. Maxwell, Hon. J. P. Wyvill, Marmaduke Ebrington, Vieceunt Morison, General Yorke, 11. it. Edwards, Henry Mowatt, Francis TELLERS. Egerton, W. T. Newdegatc, C. N. Tufuell, Henry Elliot, John E. Noel, Gerald J. Hill, Lord K. DISASTERS AT SEA. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, HALT-PAST FOUR, P.M.—The severe gales which have prevailed at this port and the adjoining coast since Saturday last, have been attended with much destruction of property at sea, besides, we regret to say, a fearful loss of life. This morning the storm continued to rage with unmi tigated violence, and the greatest apprehensions were manifested as to the fate of the vessels off the coast. About ten o'clock it was reported that a brig was stand ing towards the mouth of the river I)ee, with signals of distress flying, and soon afterwards she drifted on shore. In the course of the forenoon it was further stated, that a large vessel was lying outside the river dismasted, and also a barque aground, with a lifeboat alongside of her, as well as a brig with signals of distress flying, standing to the westward. One of the Liverpool steam. tugs, with a lifeboat, went out to the assistance of these vessels, but returned into port about twelve o'clock, without having been able to render any service. It has since been ascertained that the brig ashore is the Mary, from St. John's, New Brunswick. We also regret to announce the total wreck of the Frankfield, a fine ship of 900 tons, bound from Liver pool to Callao, with the loss of 20 lives. She was wrecked at half-past five o'clock this morning near East Mouse, off the Isle of Anglesey, and about 20 miles north-east of Holyhead. Eight of the crew were saved. She sailed from this port on Saturday last, with thirteen other vessels that left the port on the same day. Fur ther particulars of this melancholy disaster will, doubt less, reach the port in the course of the evening, or to morrow. The Digby and the St. Vincent, both of which sailed on Saturday, hale put back in consequence of the weather. It is greatly feared that to-morrow morning will bring a sad catalogue of further disasters. The wind continues very high, and another stormy night is expected. crowds of spectators have been on the pier -head in the course of tho day, but it was with much difficulty they could stand, owing to the violence of the storm. The river steamers, especially the outward boats to the north-west of the port, had hard work to cross the river. Ilinwrcm—The gales have occasioned much mischief, and many deplorable results have been reported at Harwich and the ntrthern coast. Several vessels were almost simultaneously lost on the Gun Fleet Sands. The City of London steamer, from Rotterdam for Lon don, left on Saturday, and was exposed to the full force of the storm. She was thrown on her beam ends, the sea making a perfect breach over her. A number of cattle were washed overboard, and several oxen and many sheep destroy ed. The captain at last succeeded in getting into Harwich. A three-masted vessel and a brig were seen to go down, the crews are supposed to have perished. The crews of the Albion and the Bridg water was rescued. Off Yarmouth the shipping suffered considerably. The Concord, of Ramsgate, got ashore on the Shipwreck Sands, and was lost; the crew were saved by the lifeboat from Yarmouth. The Darlington packet, belonging to Stockton, met with a similar fate; the crew were rescued. The Reform, of Goole, foun dered in Lynn Deeps on Sunday night; the master and his son are said to have been saved. MONEY MARICEL—The premium on gold at Paris is 14 per mills, which, at the English Mint prioe of 31. 17s. io d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25.50; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.65, it follows that gold is 0.58 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 437 i per mark, which, at the English Mint price of el. 17s. mid. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.111; and the exchange at Hamburgh on Landon at short being 13.12 f, it follows that gold is 0.40 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. We understand that the Rev. David Brown, of the Free Church of Scotland, Glasgow, the author of a cele brated work on the Millennium, is to preach in the new Presbyterian Church, Upper-street, Islington, next Sabbath. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —One of the greatest impositions practised at the present day by shopkeepers, not only in London, but in every city and town throughout the Kingdom, is that of forging the property of another, and imposing on the public the counterfeit article with all the assurance of innocence.—We allude in the present instance to those admirable requisites for the toilet, the Macassar Oil, Kalydor, and Odonto, as prepared by the Messrs. Rowland, and which, from their merits and re putation, aro the constant objects of fraudulent imita tion. The parties so counterfeiting concoct some trashy compounds resembling in appearance the preparations of Messrs. Rowland, and by adopting the very same names and copying the labels, bills, &c. &c. endeavour to pass them off as the " GENUINE ;" reckless of the injury which they will inevitably inflict on those who are de ceived into using them. We would therefore advise all patrons of Messrs. Rowlands' articles, to purchase only of respectable vendors—and particularly to observe the Caution in their advertisements which frequently appear in our paper. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —ANOTHER EXTRAORDINARY CURE OF ASTHMA. BY HOLLOWAY'S PlLLS.—Patrick Casey, residing at No. 1, Compton-place, Brunswick square, had suffered from a chronic asthma for more than three years. This poor man was so great a sufferer that he did not dare to go to bed for fear of the phlegm choking him ; indeed he co smautslap bwiseli st n eel o hlnl y t mo a‘ evesovz cured e t ev labouring : a r 4u y br4 3yhi n h e g i t s shdet ir h f draeuona from upon a table for half an hour lest he should be suffocat e d. net, phm N iro e sor v fln e ei r lsne t g b ,go e rta l oens night, Hoii gn t u h ho i ftw s a, casyt p l sie r sp s o se n : of Holloway's Pills. Sold by all Druggists, and LOndol4 THE SMITHFIELD CATTLE CLUB SHOW. The growing; competition which our farmers and graziers are now called upon to sustain with their conti nental rivals renders it more than ever necessary that they should continue to improve their breeds of cattle and other stock, with the view, above all, to endeavour to diminish the cost of production. The science of breeding must now take a more practically useful and economical direction, and agricultural societies will be much more advantageously employed in teaching the small farmer how to obtain certain given results with the least possible outlay, than in demonstrating by means of their wealthier members how much fat a monster ox can manage to live and groan under—without ex piring. We have never ceased to protest against the wasteful system of feeding beasts up to a degree of obesity at which fatness becomes a disease, and we are glad to perceive that the Smithfield Cattle Club have at length recognised the justice of these opinions, and done something to discourage the practice of which we have on various occasions com plained. In the exhibition of the present year (which opens to the public to-day) the judges appear to have taken into account, more than they have hitherto done, the general kindliness of the stock, and their aptitude to thrive and fatten, and they have, in more than one in stance, passed over the fattest and heaviest beasts, and awarded the prizes to cattle less overgrown, more healthy, and which have attained a due and profitable proportion of flesh and fat with the least expense to the grazier. Judging from the exhibition, it would appear that the exhibitors themselves have been content to diminish the amount of their annual contributions to the dripping-tubs of the metropolis. Hugo animals there undoubtedly are, with patches of unwholesome fat upon their hind-quarters, who have been fed upon corn that would have furnished a meal during the late famine for half an Irish barony; but there is a decided falling off in the general obesity of the animals exhibited; and next year we may expect to see results still more satisfactory from the decisions of the judges. One of the finest animals in the show is an ox, to which the gold and silver medal of Class 2 was awarded. This animal, bred and fed by Mr. Manning, of Rothers thorpe, near Northampton, shows an admirable deve lopment of fleshy points and a sleekiness of skin indi cating health, without a single lump of superfluous fat. The back is extraordinarily broad and well shaped, and if the hind-quarters are not quite square and full enough to satify the connoisseur, yet the general me rits of the animal will be held to entitle him to the prize. This steer was fed with 2,1001 b. of oilcake, 20 bushels of barley, 10 bushels of beans, carrots, hay, turnips, and mangel-wurzel. Its age is four years and four months. Another animal, which in the opinion of the best judges is all but perfect, is a heifer bred and fed by the Earl of Radnor, at Coleshill, Berkshire, to which the gold and silver medal were adjudged. This heifer is a cross between the Hereford and long-born breeds, and has come so early to a ripe maturity that, although only two years and eight months old, she has carried off the prise against much larger animals of the five-year-old class. She has been fed on hay, corn, roots, and cake, and the total cost of her keep since she was calved has been 28/. 3s. She is sufficiently fat, although not so much so as many animals shown against her, and ap pears to be lively and in perfect health. This animal promises to be one of the principal attractions of the show. Prince Albert is again a successful competitor for some of the society's prizes. An ox of the Highland breed, belonging to his Royal Highness, has gained the prize of 101. in class 6. It is five years old, and has been fed on oilcake, beanmeal, swedes, tares, and hay. The fat is not so equally and evenly distributed as upon the two animals last mentioned, but the back is broad and straight for the breed, and the animal is considered a very good one. _ An of the North Devon breed has gained the prize in class 5, for the Earl of Leicester. It is a beautiful animal, well fed in every part, but with no exuberance of fat, and entirely symmetrical. The number of oxen shown last year was 135, and the number at the present exhibition is 108. Although there is a falling off in the quantity of ,animals exhibited, there is said to he a considerable and satisfactory improvement in their quality. - The sheep are excellent, and the pens of Southdowns, in particular, will not fail to justify the preference given for these sheep in the London market. The Duke of Richmond has this year carried off the prizes for South downs over his well-known rival, Mr. Samuel Webb. A judicious cross between the Oxfordshire and Hamp shire has obtained the prize in class 12 for Mr. J. Hitchman, of Little Milton, Oxon. Perhaps the prettiest sheep in the whole exhibition is a pure Southdown, shown as extra stock by Mr. G. S. Foljambe, to which the silver medal was adjudged. It is a model sheep for breadth of back and beauty of symmetry. The pigs apprise the visitor of their whereabouts afar off by wheezing and snoring through every note in the gamut. A man may have scruples in seeing beasts and sheep too unwieldy to stand or walk, but your pig appears to fulfil his destiny in becoming fat, and no portion of his carcase need run to waste. The gold and silver medal for the best pen of pigs has been awarded to Mr. E. Whitfield, of Snaresbrook, Essex, for his improved Essex breed, which appear to have descended from the well-known stock of Mr. Fisher Hobbs. These interesting animals are only IS weeks old. They have been fed on " middlings, bar ley, meal, and milk," and do no discredit to such gene rous diet, the mere recapitulation of which would, no doubt, make many mouths water in Skibbereen. An other tender nursling of this family (the porcine) 21 weeks old, of the improved Sussex breed, and fed on " meal and milk," by Mr. Peto, of Heston, extorted the silver medal from the judges as extra stock. His skin appears bursting " like a ripe gooseberry," unable to retain the oleaginous and unctuous substratum beneath ; and if you make him walk, he screams with the most wilful air long after he lies down, like a spoiled child. An enormous pig, near this, of the Berkshire breed, bred by Mr. Pusey, is as large as a young Scotch bullook, and would weigh nearly two of those animals. This monarch of the sties has the grunt of a lion ; and, if the flitch of Dunmow at all resembled his, it was well worth obtaining upon such terms. Prince Albert has gained the first prize of 101., in class 17, for a pen of three pigs of the Bedford and Yorkshire breed. Their age is 39 weeks, and they have been fed on barleymeal, peas, and skim milk. The pigs in the next pen are fatter evon than the Prince's, and have wonderful pretensions to blood and breeding, the blue veins being as distinctly visible through their thin skins as upon the bosom of a fair maiden. These pigs are a cross between the Suffolk and Essex breeds. The Apollo Belvedere of the porcine family is said to be the Chinese pig, who is unfortu nately unrepresented at the present show. But there are two pens of the improved Middlesex breed, shown by Mr. W. Barker, of Uxbridge, which is a great fa vourite of ours, and should be of the farmers, since it always commands a high price in the London market. There are some fine Durhams and shorthorns among the extra stock. The exhibition is held, as usual, in the Horse Bazaar, King-street, Baker- street, which is well ventilated and lighted by gas. • The arrangements are excellent, and reflect much credit upon the committee and Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, the Honorary Secretary. We have .no space to notice the agricultural implements, seeds, and roots, which are displayed in the upper story of the building. Subjoined will be found a list of the awards:-- OXEN OR STEERS. CLASS I. The first prize of 201. is adjudged to No. 17, viz., to his Grace the Duke of Rutland, of Belvoir Castle, Grantham. The silver medal to the breeder is awarded to his Grace the Duke of Rutland. The second prize of 151. is adjudged to No. 3, viz., to Mr. Joseph Stratton, of Manningford Bruce, near Pewsey, Wilts. The third prize of la is adjudged to No. 6, viz., to the Right Hon. Lord Portman, of Bryanston, near Blandford. CL•88 IL The first prize of 30/. is adjudged to No. 29, viz., to Mr. W. D. Manning, of Rothersthorpe, near Nor thampton. _ _ The silver medal to the breeder is awarded to Dir. W. D. Manning. The second prize of 201. is adj u d ge d to N o. 31, via., to Mr. Isaac Taylor, of Monkmoor, near Shrewsbury.. The third prize of 101, is adjudged to No. 21, viz., to Mr. W. Trinder, of \Vantage, Berkshire. Cuis 111. The first prize of 151. is adjudged to No. 40, viz., to Mr. J. S. Bult, Dodhill-house, Kingston, near Taunton. The silver medal to the breeder is awarded to Mr.Bult. The second prize of 104 is adjudged to No. 37, viz., to the Right lion. Lord Portman, of Bryanston, near Blandford. Class IV. The first prize of 101. is adjudged to No. 49, viz., to Mr. John Wippell, of Brenton, Exminster, Devon. The silver medal to the breeder is awarded to Mr. Wippell. The second prise of 5/. is adjudged to No. 48, viz., to Mr. T. W. Fouracre, of Durston, near Taunton. LB9 V. The prize of 10/. i C s adjudged to No. 54. viz., to the Right Hon. the Earl of Leicester, of Holkham, Norfolk. The silver medal to the breeder is awarded to the Right Hon. the Earl of Leicester. CLASS VL The prize of 10/. is adjudged to No. 64, viz , to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Windsor Castle. The gold medal for the best ox or steer in the 1, 2,3, 4,5, and 6 classes is awarded to No. 29, viz,, to Mr. W. D. Manning, of Rothersthorpe, near North ampton. COWS AND HEIFERS. CLASS VII. The first prise of 20/. is adjudged to No. 75, viz., to the Right Hon. the Earl of Radnor, of Coleshill, near Faringdon. The silver medal to the breeder is awarded to the Earl of Radnor. The second prize of 101. is adjudged to No. 71, viz., to Mr. J. L. Hassell, of Pazkington, near Ashby-de-la- Zouch. The third prize of 5/, is adjudged to No. 34, viz., to Mr. H. Frampton, of West Challow, near Wantage, Berkshire The first pri ze o f 2 CLASS VIII. Mr. 0/. is adj u d ge d t o N o . 86 , v i z., t o J. T. Smith, of Thornby-gr ange , near G u ilb oroug h, Northampto n , The silver medal to the breeder is awarded to Mr. J. T. Smith. The second prize of 10/. is adjudged to No. 85, viz., to Mr. W. Trinder, of Vantage. Berkshire. CLASS IX. The first prize of 15/. is adjudged to No. 100, viz., to Mr. T. Ponaon, of Foxeotte„ near Chipping Norton The silver medal to the breeder is awarded to the exectitors of the late Mr. W. Harb;dge. The second prize of 51. is adjudged to No 99, viz., to Mr. Trevor Yates, of Sapperton, near Sudbury. The gold medal for the beet cow or heifer in the 7,8, and 9 classes is awarded to No. 75, ♦iz., to the Right Hon., the Earl of Radnor, of Colest:till, near Faringdon. LONG WOOL SHEEP. CLASS X. The first prize of 20L is adjudged to No. 112, ►iz., to Mr. John Painter, of Burley, near Oakham. The silver medal to the breeder is awarded to Mr Painter. The second prize of 101. is adjudged to No. 112, viz., to Mr. Thomas Twitchell, of Willington, Beds. The third prize of 5/. is awarded to No. 110, viz., to M. J. S. Burgess, of Holme Pierrepont, near Not tingham. THE SUN, LONDON, CLASS XI. The first prize of 201. is adj u d ge d to No. 122, viz., t o Mr. Thomas Twitchell, of Willington, Beds. The silver medal to the breeder is awarded to Mr. Tvvitchell. The second prize of 101. is adjudged to No. 118, viz, to the Most Hon. the Marquis of Exeter, of Burghley Park, Stamford. The third prize of 31. is adjudged to No. 120, viz,, to Mr. J. S. Burgess, of Bohn° Pierrepoint, near Notting ham. The gold medal for the best pen of ons.year old lo ng wool sheep in th e 10 an d 11 classes is awarded to No. 122, viz., to Mr. Thomas Twitchell, of Willington, Beds. CROSS -BRED SHEEP. CLass XII. The first pri ze o f 10 1 . is adjudged to No. 130, vie., to Mr. John Hitchman, Little Milton, near Wheatley. The silver medal to the breeder is awarded to Mr. Hitchman. The second prize of 5Z is adjudged to No. 134, viz., to Mr. Charles Tomson, of Sundon, near Luton, -Bed fordshire. SHORT WOOL SHEEP, CLASS XIIL The first prize of 201. is adjudged to No. 146, viz., to his Grace the Duke of Richmond, of Goodwood. The silver medal to the breeder is awarded to his Grace the Duke of Richmond. The second prize of 101. is adjudged to No. 147, viz., to Mr. W. Rigdeu, of Hove-farm, near Brightoa. CLASS XIV. The prize of 101. is adjudged to No. 159, viz., t• his Grace the Duke of Richmond, of Goodwood, near Chi chester. The silver medal to the breeder is awarded to his Grace the Duke of Richmond. CV. The first pri ze o f 204, L is ASS ± adjudged to No. 163, viz., to his Grace the Duke of Richmond, of Goodwood. The silver medal to the breeder is awarded to his Grace the Duke of Richmond. The second prize of 104 is adjudged to No. 165, viz., to Mr. Samuel Webb, of Babraham, near Cambridge. The gold medal for the best pen of one-year old short wool sheep in the 13 and 14 classes is awarded to No. 146, viz., to his Grace the Duke of Richmond, of Goodwood. PIGS. CLASS XVL The first prize of 10/. is adjudged to No. 187, viz., to Mr. Edward Whitfield, of Snaresbroolc, near Wanstead. The silver medal to the breeder is awarded to Mr. Whitfield. The second prize of 5/. is adjudged to No. 186, ♦iz., to the Right Hon. the Earl of Radnor, of Coleshill, near Farringdon. CLASS XVII. --- The first prize of 101. is adjudged to No. 191, viz., to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, of Windsor Castle. The silver medal to the breeder is awarded to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The second prize of 51. is adjudged to No. 192, viz., to Mr. Edwerd Whitfield, of Snaresbrook, near Wanstead, The gold medal for the best pen of pigs in the 16 and 17 classes is awarded to No. 187, viz., to Mr. E. Whit field, of Snaresbrook, near Wanstead, Essex. EXTRA STOCK. The silver medal for the best long wool sheep in extra stock is awarded to Mr. Joseph Allison. of Bilsby. The silver medal for the best short wool sheep in extra stock is awarded to Mr. G. S. Foljambe, of Osberton hall, near Worksop. The silver medal for the best pig in extra stock is awarded to Mr. James Peto. of Heston, near Hounslow. B. T. BRANDRETH GIBBS, Hon. See. COMMENDATIONS. The judges highly commend.— No. 18, riz., Mr. John Clover's steer. No. 136 Mr. Charles Large's ewe. No. 150 Mr. Foljambe's wether. No. 188 Mr. Peto's pigs. The judges commend : No. 1, viz., His Royal Highnee Prince Albert's ox. No. 14 Mr. John Wippell% steer. No. 25 Mr. Bult's steer. No. 26 His Royal Highness Prince Albert's ox. No. 28 Messrs. Martin's ox. No. 32 Mr. John Tucker's steer. No. 39 Mr. John Wippell's steer. No. 72 Mr. Hudson's cow. No. 78 Major-General Calvert's heifer. No. 82 Mr. John Mocra's heifer. No. 87. Sir Thomas Whichcote's cow. No. 18. His Royal Highness Prince Albert's caw. No. 95. Mr. W. de Capel Brooke's oow. No. 96. Mr. William Yeoman's cow. No. 121. Mr. Thomas Street's wethers. No. 123. Mr. John Painter's wethers. No. 142. Mr. Painter's wethers. No. 143. Mr. Beman's vrethers. No. 149. Mr. J. Williarns's wethers. No. 161. Mr. Webb's wethers. No. 162. Mr. Shelly's wethers. No. 169. Mr. Overman's sheep. No. 189. —' Mr. Barnard's (M. P.) pigs. No. 193. Mr. Hayward's pigs. The judges generally commended Class 12. Judges of Cattle and Long.woolled sheep—Mr. S. Bennett, Mr. W. Torr, and Mr. R. Oldaores. Judges. of Short-woolled Sheep and Pigs—Mr. R. Boys, Mr, James Burgess, and Mr. Brine. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. FROM OUR OWN' CORREIPONDYNM) DECEMBER 7. VISIT OF HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KENT TO HER MAJESTY. About two o'clock this day, the royal yacht Fairy steamed into Cowes harbour under salutes from the Castle and Royal Yacht Squadron batteries, and at ten minutes past two o'clock the Royal party landed on the Trinity-wharf and proceeded to Osborne House. The Court is expected to remain in the island until the 23d instant. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Royal children, are daily superintending the planting of trees and shrubs, of which some thousands have been planted this autumn. GRAND JUNCTION CANAL Compaxr.—Testerday the halt-yearly general assembly of proprietors of this company was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern. Strand, the Hon. P. Bouverie in the chair. From the report, it appeared that the company's arrangements for facilitating through traffic of a mutually advantageous nature have been completed between the company and proprietors of the Oxford, the Coventry, the War wick and Napton, the 'Warwick and Birmingham, the Grand Union, the Leicester, and the Leicester and Northamp tonshire Union navigations. In consequence of this the company had been enabled to commence the carrying business on the Ist of December. The receipts of the ndi,ngentithtebenetxh expenditure f di J tu u r n e e l ea es n t, al e , rn du ou ri i n a g ed t t h o e s s o ix ,2 m 92 or t di 8 s e Bls. including extraordi nary outlays, to 19,6871. 2s. 10d., leaving a balance of of 3 0,60131. 15s. 10d., out of which the committee recommended that a dividend of 21. 10s. per share amounting to 2.F3,637/. 102. be paid, free of income-tax, on the Bth of January next. The total re venue of the company welts 60,3901. Os. Bd., and the balance of unclaimed moneys amounted to 16,4102 65. 11d. The report having been adopted, the meeting ad journed. Suicms BY A LADY.--Yesterday, Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at thie Union, Bagnigge-wells, on Elizabeth Harding, aged 49, a maiden lady of fortune, late of Devonshire. Mr. John Foss Harding, surgeon, of Milna-street, Wilmington-square, and first cousin of deceased, stated that bis relative had been on a visit with him for the last few - months, during which period she evinced no mental mtSlady beyond nervous debility. On last Thursday he tcok leave of deceased, previous to his making his professional visits, as she determined to leave his house on that d ay. She then appeared in the best possible spirits. On his return, in the course of the day, he found her lying insensible in her room, and was informed that she had )(lung herself from the parapet wall into the area at the back of the house. Although she fell 49 feet, and bro!te 17 iron railings across the area, she only fractured one rib, and died the followin g Saturday, from inward beeinorrage. Other ev id ence was e given. verdict—" rt tOripehtaitsiongibveetnh Parliament and political Housesnot i j c E e w i i n n s fl DISABILITIES._. civil h ou t to remove the of i n r. CouncilAnci disabilities affecting h er Majesty 's Jewish subjects, and we understand that a requisition to the Lord Mayor to call an early Court for th e ' requesting his Lordship is in the course of sig natur so that the p et i t i on, if agreesie t fore the tim e appointed fort p o u , r m po a s y e bo o e f p d r i e s s c e u n s t s e i n d g be , tion of Lord J o h n Russel the t i h n e tr s od ub ue jec tio t n in of th e th n e o m us o. ; of Commons. TEE PEACE SOCIETY.---A public meeting of the members and supporters of this society was held yester day evening, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle.. street, in order to get up a petition to Parliament in favour of what was termed. " a system of legalized arbi tration." The chair was. taken by Mr. W. Alexander, who stated the object for which they were met, via., by agitation to get up a system of international arbitration, by which the horrors of war would be superseded. Mr. T. Hudson, the Rev. Mr. Barnett, and Mr. Stephens ad dressed the meeting, and resolutions were passed una nimously in accordance with the sentiments expressed by the speakers, and for carrying into effect the principles of the society. A vote of thanks was then passed for the chairman, and the business was concluded. DISTRESS IN S PI TA LFIELS)9.—Last night a numerous meeting of the operative silk-weavers of this district was held in the school-troom, Hare-street, Bethnal green, Mr. S. Hornsby in the chair, for the purpose of adopting a memorial to her Majesty praying her to take into consideration the grievances of which the silk weavers consider they have a right to complain. A petition and resolutions to carry into effect the objects sought for were passed in the usual manner, and a rote of thanks having been carried for the chairman, the business ended.