The Sun. — London, England, 1847-11-23 00:00:00

erbirb -,_,'‘.oitto9i SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. GOVERNMENT AND THE BANK. The following correspondence has been received from the Bank authorities : "Downing-street, Nov. 23, 1847. " Gentlemen,—Her Majesty's Government have watched with the deepest interest the gradual revival of confidence in the commercial classes of the country. " They have the satisfaction of believing that the course adopted by the Bank of England on their recommendation, has contributed to produce this result, whilst it has led to no infringement of the law. "It appears from the accounts which you have transmitted to us, that the reserve of the Bank of England has been for some time steadily increasing, and now amounts to 5,000,000/. This increase has in great measure arisen from the return of notes and coin from the country. " The bullion exceeds 10,000,0001., and the state of the exchange promises a further influx of the pre cious metals. " The knowledge of these facts by the public is calculated to inspire still further confidence.' "In these circumstances it appears to her Ma jesty's Government that the purpose which they had in view in the letter which we addressed to you on the 25th October, has been fully answered, and that it is unnecessary to continue that letter any longer in force. " We have the honour to be, Gentlemen, " Your obedient humble servants, (Signed) " J. RUSSELL, " CHARLES WOOD. "The Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England." " Bank of England, Nov. 23, 1847. " Gentlemen,—We have the honour to acknow ledge the receipt of your letter of this day's date, in which you communicate to us, that in consequence of the gradual revival of confidence in the commer cial classes of the country, it appears to her Majesty's Government that the object they had in view in the letter they addressed to us on the 25th of October has been fully answered, and that it is unnecessary to continue that letter any longer in force. " We have the honour to be, Gentlemen, " Your most obedient servants, (Signed) "JAMES MORRIS, Governor. " H. J. PRESCOTT, Dep.-Governor. " To the First Lord of the Treasury, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer." CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) The continued indisposition of the Lord Chan cellor prevented his again sitting in his court at Westminster to-day. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) TIER GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY V. THE OXFORD AND BIRMINGHAM JUNCTION RAILWAY. — DECISION. Sir F. KELLY replied today at considerable length in this case, and The VICE-CHANCELLOR immediately gave judg ment, overruling the demurrer put in by the de fendants to the plaintiff's bill. Notice of appeal to the Chancellor has been given. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) SERIOUS CASE.--THE QUEEN V. CHARLES WRIGHT, AN ATTORNEY OF THE COURT, AND SOPHIA PENNELL. Sir F. THESIGER moved the judgment of the Court upon the defendants, the first named of whom, a cripple, appeared on the floor of the court. Mr. M. D. HILL, who appeared for the defendant, submitted on several technical points, and on account of the ill-health of his clients, that judgment should be respited for a few weeks, or until the next term. He handed in a surgeon's affidavit. Sir F. TIMMER, after perusing the affidavit, said, it did not appear from the statements it contained, that there was any probability of the defendant being convalescent; and, considering that the offence of which the defendant had pleaded guilty was com mitted fourteen years ago, he submitted that no further delay should take place. Voluminous affidavits having been read on the part of the defendant, Sir F. THESIGER proceeded to explain the facts of the case. He said the indictment to which the de fendants had pleaded guilty contained twelve counts, upon four of which judgments had been arrested. The first count, the truth of which was admitted by the defendants' plea of guilty, stated that certain East India stock was standing in the name of Major- General Charles Campbell, in the books of the company ; that he died in the year 1822,?leaving his widow, Mrs. Mary Harriet Campbell, his survivor ; that Sophia Fennell was, and still is, the wife of George Fennell ; that Mrs. Campbell is still living, and that the defendants conspired together to obtain the means and power to obtain the transfer of 965/. It appeared that Mrs. Fennell represented herself as one of the children of Major-General Campbell, by his widow, and also that Mr. Campbell, her mother, had died intestate, and, on this assurance letters of administration were issued from the Prerogative Court of Canterburyto her. The defendants were also instrumental in preparing a false deposition, stating that the woman Fennell was one of the lawful children, and that she was a widow. An indictment was preferred in 1833 against them, which was subsequently removed into this court by certiorari, and they then withdrew their pleas of not guilty, and pleaded guilty. A notice was served on them in January, 1835, calling upon them to appear and re ceive the judgment of the Court, but the female alone appeared. Th e C our t , as t h e principal defendant was absent, deferred judg ment. The defendant was not discovered until last year, when it was ascertained that he bad re turned to this country, and that he was practising as an attorney in Essex-street, Strand. It appeared that he left this country in the spring of 1835, and remained at Bolougne until last year. The East India Company had felt it their bounden duty to proceed against the defendant. Delays had taken place by the defendant obtaining the withdrawal of the four counts. Although hs was unwilling to press severely upon the defendant on account of his bad state of health, he felt that he should not discharge his duty if he did not draw the attention of the Court to the facts of the case. Major-General Camp bell died at the Cape of Good Hope in 1822. In 1833 a suit in Chancery, o f w hi c h th e d e f en d an t was the solicitor, was instituted on behalf of the children of the first marriage, Sophia F enne ll b e i ng one o f them, to restrain the transfer of the stock to the widow. He must therefore have known all the matters of the family. In consequence of this suit the East India Company would not consent to the transfer. In May, 1830, notice was served upon the East India Company that the suit was withdrawn. and in July following the fraudulent depositions were made let ters of administration were taken out, Air. Wright being the security to the bond, and the money was paid. Mrs. Fennell was at that time cohabiting with the defendant. Mr. M. D. HILL addressed the Court in mitigation of punishment. He dwelt upon the fact that Mrs. Campbell made no answer to the suit, and that the defendant might have been misled by the female ; that the defendant subsequently went into voluntary atoneand by his conduct since had endeavoured to for what he had done . . His business had been destroyed, and he was now in great poverty. Mr. Justice tice COL9tIDGE sentenced the defendant to twelve months' imprisonmenth in the Queen's Prison, and intimated to labour would haveillb that, but for his ill health, hard after what had takeneepnlaacdededThe . court could not, attorney of the court. , allow him to continue an The defendant was then removed in custody. TILE QUEEN a n it The defendant, John Broome,the well-known pugilist, who was found guiltyof an assault upon a person named l M`Leish, a pp eared to receive Mr. Justice COLERIDGE sentenced him to judgment. oa inonth's i mpr i so nment in the Queen's Bench, dto enter into his own recognizances in 50/. for his or a good two yecorns duet, particularly, towards M'Lei s h, f The Learned Judg e said the defendant h a d no doubt received great provocation, but the assault, neverthe less, was a serious one. EXCHEQTJER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) The Court was occupied a considerable portion of th© day with a patent case, the particulars of which did not, however, afford any sufficient grounds for a detailed report. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) COBBETT V. litiDSON• Tile CHIEF JUSTICE delivered judgment in this ease„ which was an application for a habeas corpus. The applicant was now in custody under a writ of atte( thment from the Court of Chancery for 471. 1 ls., and :no objection whatever was urged against that attachment. When a party was committed by a court fof competent jurisdiction, no other court in THE SUN, LONDON, Westminster Hall could examine into the irregularity of the proceding. If, therefore, the attachment was open to any objection, the Court of Chancery was alone able to afford redress. There was no ground, therefore, upon which the Court could grant the present application. Application refused. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Nov. 23.) SUGAR.—Today there was rather more demand for Raw Sugar for home consumption, but on the part of exporters little desire was manifested to operate, mer chants were disposed to sell upon previous reduced rates, and offered a fair quantity for sale. The demand was steady for West India, but holders were inclined to sell all sorts at former rates. The purchases were 570 hhds and trs, including a public sale of 147 hhds of Barbadoes, which went off quietly at a decline on former rates of 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon white Bengal met with attention at the public sales, and fetched full rates, but strong yellow, soft, and brown sorts were only in mode rate demand, and prices slightly gave way. The whole offered, however, sold, and amounted to 3,849 bags. REFINED.—To-day refined goods met with a dull sale for home consumption, and prices further gave way —Standard lumps selling 535, and brown grocery 51s 6d to 525. Bonded crushed Sugar is wanted, but little is to be had, and the rates asked are 31s to 31s 6d for first sort. FOREIGN.—On the part of holders of Foreign Sugar there is less firmness, and they having supplied the market more freely, previous rides are not sustained. The demand for all purposes has fallen off, although there are sellers by private treaty, at prices 6d per cwt under those that existed previously. From tho home trade the demand has been limited for all sorts, on the part of .exporters little desire has been manifested to operate, and few purchases have been made by our refiners working under bond. The public sales went off quietly, but the whole of the sugar offered found buyers, 1383 boxes of yellow Havannah went 6d to is under former rates. lauramus.—This afternoon the market was in a ciniet state, but 3,017 bags at auction eold at previous rates. COFFEE.—This afternoon the market was better sup plied with Mocha Coffee ; the trade operated with caution, and 299 bales at public auction were nearly all taken in 2s to 3s under former rates. Native Ceylon met with attention, and 970 bags were all disposed of at the full worth. Plantation was less in demand, and 681 bags 18 casks were only in part disposed of at lower rates. TEA.—The market is yet plentifully supplied with all descriptions of Tea, and holders are pressing sales, not withstanding the losses they are sustaining upon importation, and which amounts to 3d on black, 6d on green, and 8d per lb on Pekoe Teas. For Green the market is in a dull state, and prices con tinue to recede for all sorts. Although Pekoe Teas can be obtained upon low terms, still the amount of business concluded has been of little moment, and there is a plen tiful supply. Of 4,600 packages offered at public sale, only 1,600 were sold, at prices in favour of buyers. EICE.—To day exporters and the home trade were little disposed to operate in East India Rice, and 2,916 bags of Madras, at auction, were nearly all taken in 6d to is under former rates. FRVIT.—The market is abundantly supplied, and on the part of merchants there is a desire to stll, and prices in consequences have suffered a further depression. The demand is not so extensive as is usually the case, at this period of the }ear, although prices rule moderate. For public sale large parcels of Fruit are moderate. SPIRITS.—To-day the market fur Rum had a firm ap pearance, and a good business was concluded ; the rates paid were Id above those that existQd previously—proof Leewards selling at is 9d to is 10d, and Jamaica 28 to 38 per cent over proof at 3s 6d to 4s. 6d. At public sale 599 hhds of East India sold at is 8d proof strength for fair brown. COCHINEAL.—A more favourable opinion is enter tained towards this article, and a rise in the value of ld Las taken place. The parcels offered at public sale were sold, and amounted to 239 bags. SPICES —This afternoen Mace met with little atten tion, and 14 chests of Penang at public auction were all taken in at 2s lI d to 3s for good, and 23 101 for mid • tiling. Black Pepper was in brisker requt.st, and 898 bags Malabar at auction were all sold at full rates. Orns.—The stock of Fish Oils continues on the in crease, and is large; there is also a desire on the part of holders to sell, and the tendency of prices is downwards for most descriptions. In Cod the purchases made have been unimportant. Southern is little required and prices vary from 231 to 261 for low to fine quality. For Sperm there are few buyers. For Linseed Oil prices remain much the same as those previously cur rent, the supply plentiful, the home trade have been large operators, and the export demand has bQen good at 23s 6d to 23s Od. For forward de livery several contracts were concluded at 24s to 24s 3d, upon these terms there are not generally sellers. In Rapeseed Oil the operations are uton a more extended scale ; in prices, however, we have little improvement to record. Olive is little required by export( r 3 or the home trade ; prices continue ou the decline. Palm does not improve in value ; several parcels, however, have found purchasers. Cocoa Nut is little required ; prices con• tinuo to decline. TALLOW.—Prices have undergone little variation on the spot, since our last report ; on the part of holders there is however a desire to realize.. The demand from the town and country trade has been good for im mediate consumption, still they are not inclined to hold large stocks, o❑ account of the many p srceis that are yet to arrive. For forward delivery the purchases made have been of little moment, although there are sellers at 43s 6d. to 43s 9d, up to the close of the year, and at 44s to 44s 6d fur spring months. Houle made met with a ready sale. In the value of other sorts of tallow, there is little variation to report. COURSE cm' Excrr 3.113'er istm ...... • • .. 12 9 kNGE.--c THIS DAY.) Gibraltar... • .. . • • .. Leghorn ..... 31 50 Genoa 26 40 Milan ................ Naples .......... .... 31 Palermo, per 0z....—. 11756 Lisboa.. .. 50 3 4 Oporto .... .. ••• • • • 58% Rio Janeiro 233 Bahia .......... • • • • • • Buenos Ayres .. • .• • • New York, 21 iisiys'sight 473 Philadelphia .......... PRICk3 OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold la bars ...£3 17 Dal.% at sight • • .... 12 b tt Aterdarn .... • • .... 12 934 1iit,verp•............. 26 35 Liarliburgh .... • . 31.8. 14 1 earls, 3 days' sight .... 25 15 Uitto, .• 26 20 Marseilles • .. 26 30 .. 26 20 Frankfort on Maine.... 124;4 Petersburgh, Sil. Rbl e 36 M Berlin.. • • • • 7 10 Vienna, effec. fib.... • • 10 24 Trieste, ditto.... •• 10 25 Madrid 46 Cadiz .. ....... 48 Barcelona • • • • • • • •••••• ,Neiv Dollars .... •• 0 4 9% Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...... • . 0 4 11% THE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL, Nov. 20, 1847. The Queen has been pleased to nominate, constitute, and uppoint John George Shaw Lefevre, Esq., to be one of the Ecclebiastical Commissioners for England, in the room of John William Earl of Besaborough, deceased. WHITEHALL, Nov. 29. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Rev. Samuel Wilberfore, D.D., Bishop of Oxford, to be her Majesty's High Almoner, in the room of Dr. Ed ward Harcourt, Archbishop of York, deceased. WHITEHALL, Nov. 23. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend at tries William Knyvett, M.A., to the rectory of West He lerton, in the county and diocese of York, the same bet ig void by the resignation of the Reverend William Cn ning, M.A. C )mmission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire. Bedfordshire Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant Robert Hindley Wilkinson to be Captain, vice Higgins, pro. mated, Nov. 17. WHITEHALL, SEPT. 29. The Right Hon. Sir Thomas Wild, Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas at West minster, has appointed Morris Charles Jones, of Liver pool, in the county of Lancaster, Gent., to be ore of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledg ments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries and fur the substitution of more simple modes of as surance, in and for the county of Chester. WHITEHALL, Nov. 17. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Inigo Gell, of Lewes, in the county of Sussex, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BSNKRUPTY SUPERSEDED. John Stubbing Archer, tallow chandler, Paternoster row. BANKRUPTS. iohn Black and John Morison, dealers in sacking, Ral way-place, Fenchurch-street, to surrender Dec. I, at one, and Jan. 7, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall street; Haslam, Copthall-court, Throguaorton-street. Richard Dawson, grocer, Thorney, Isle of Ely, Nov. 30, at two, and Jan. 3, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Turquand, official assigne e , Old Jewry chambers, London; Wing, Gray's Inn; Jackson, Wisbech. Charles Edmonds, bookseller, Strand, Dec. 1 and Jan, 8, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Digby, Circus place, Finsbury-circus. Andrew Anderson, pianoforte maker, Great Titch• field-street, Dec. 1, at two, and Jan. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follott, official assignee, Sam brook -court ; Dunn and Dovie, Raymond-buildings, Gray' s Inn. Wiliiain — Fred er i c k H eywoo d , grocer, Lower Milli more-place, Hi g h -street, Kensington, Nov. 30 and Jan. 11. at eleven, at the C our t o f Bankruptcy. Edwards, official ass i g nee, Fred eric k' s - place, Old Jewry ; Bucha nan, Basingiall- street. John Kemp, victualler, Chipperfield, Hertford, Dec. 3, at half past twelve, and Jan. a, at one, at the Court ol Bankruptsy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall . street; Sudlo w and Co., Milford -row. ' Thomas Weston Martin, tailor, Oxford, Dee. 7, at two, and Jan. 11, at twelve, at th e Cou r t of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-latte,Lombard street; Wond and Fraser,bean-street, Soho. and Jan. 7, at eleven, at the William Griffiths Jones, draper, Notting-hill, Mid- Belcher, official assignee ; Sole C dl o c u sc r x t , of N ß o a v n . k 3O, p t a c t y two,. -LH Turner, Aldermanbury. bookseller, Holbeach, Lin harks Macdonak a l' t twelve, at the Birmingham coins t , Bittleston, official assignee, Notting . • 'et Court. Distri Sturton, and Key, Holbeach. ' , j‘ ° ,l h i ll re C Dec. 10 and 31, I barn; Joh nson, . at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. treet-buildiugs; Richard eleven, and Jan. 6, i , Charles Percival, china dealer, Greenwich, Dec. 3, at Co emai l " Bell, official assignee, son, Golden-square. Sarah Sherratt and George Sherrat, blacksmiths, Hilton, Derbyshire, Dec. 3 and 31, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham; Reece, Birmingham. Isaac Gaze, builder, Stroud-road, Gloucester, Dec. 7, and Jan. 4, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Lovegrove, Glou cester. George Edwards, coach builder, Newton Abbott, Devonshire, Dec. 7, and Jan. 4, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Turner, Exeter; Cow lard, Lincoln's Inn-fields. Theodore Napoleon Benard, merchant, Newcastle upon-Tyne, Dec. 3, at half-past ten, and Jan. 7, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Bates and Dees, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Williamson and Hill, Oreat James-street, Bedford row, London. Benjamin Firth, cotton spinner, Dewsbury, Yorkshire Dec. 4 and 28, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court, Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Sudlow and Co., New Boswell-court; Ethan), Brighouse, near Halifax; Courtenay, Leeds. Williarn . Morris, builder, Great Crimsby, Dec. 8 and 29, at half-past ten, at the Leeds District Court. Stans ' feld, official assignee, Hull ; Williamson and Co., Great James-street ; Veal, Great Grimsby. Edward John Scott and Son, paper stainers, Kington upon-Hull, Dec. 8 and 29, at half past ten, at the Leeds District Court. Stansteld, official assignee, Hull; Haw kins and Co., New Boswell court, London; Levett and Champney, Hull. John Simpkin Austwick, draper, Bradford, York shire, Dec. 16 and Jan. 13, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis trict Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday street, London; Sale and Co., Manchester; J. and H. Richardson, Leeds. Thomas Howarth. chemist, Rochdale, Lancashire, Dec. 8, and Jan. 4, at at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Fraser, efficial assignee, Manchester ; Johnson, Son, and Wetherall, Temple, London ; Lord, Rochdale. George Cowsill, calico printer, Prestwich-cum- Oldhaam, Lancashire, Dec. 6 and Jan. 4, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Clarke, Gray, and Woodcock, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Alfred and Grundy, Bury, Lan cashire. Charles Davies, bookseller, Liverpool, Dec. 7 and 27, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, cfficial assignee, Liverpool ; Bower and Co., Chancery lane, London; Atkins, Manchester; Payne, Liverpool. Samuel Gundry and Walter Eustace Gundry, bankers, Eridport, Dorset, Dec. 2, and Jan. 18, at ten, at the Bridport District Court. Ilernaman, official assignee Paul-street, Exeter; Templer, Bridport; Terrell, St. Martin's-lane, Exeter; Cowes, Weolake and Cowes, Temple. John Beynon, iron merchant, Glamorgan, Dec. 6, arid Jan. 12, 1848, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Brittan and Son, Bristol, White and Co. Bedford-row, London. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The Imperial Parliament was this day opened by Commission for the dispatch of business, with the usual formalities. The hour appointed for the Com mission was two o'clock, but as early as 12 o'clock the usual search was made by the officers of the Lord Chamberlain under the House of Lords, in order to guard their Lordships from the danger of another Gunpowder Plot. The proceedings consequent upon the opening of the Parliament attracted compara• tively little interest, partly in consequence of its being known for some days past that it was not the intention of her Majesty to open the House in person and partly from the un favourable state of the weather When the galleries of the House of Lords were opened at one o'clock there was a very fair sprinkling of ladies on the back Ist nches of both sides of the House. The scene was by no means so brilliant as on the occasions when her Alajesty comes down to the House in state. The greater portion of the ladies wore bonnets, and with the exception of the Commissioners, who were in their state rcbes, a'l the Peers present were in plain dress. Among the earliest arrivals were the Duke of Wellington and the Marquis of Londonderry. The Earl of Sheffield having been chosen Speaker pre tern., prayers were read by the Bishop of Roches ter, after which several Peers took the oaths, among whom we noticed the Earl of Warwick, the Earl of Zetland, &c. The: Bishops present were the Bishop of Durham, the Bishop of Rochester, and the Bishop of Asaph. Shortly after two o'clock the Marquis of Lans downe, the Marquis of Clinricarde, Earl Spencer, the Earl of Auckland, and Lord Campbell, took their seats as Lords Commissioners, when The Marquis of LANSDOWNE commanded the Usher of the Black Rod to summons the Commons to the bar. In a few minutes the Speaker, attended by a large body of Members, appeared at the bar, when The Marquis of LANSDOWNE read her Ma jesty's most gracious Speech (for which see another part of our paper). At the conclusion of the reading of the Speech the Speaker and the Commons retired, and the Lords Commissioners having left their seats, the swearing in of Peers was again proceeded with. Their Lordships re-assembled at Five o'clock. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY (in the absence of the Lord Chancellor) took his seat on the Wool sack, as Deputy-Chairman of the House, and read the Royal Speech. The Earl of YARBOROUGH then rose to pro pose, the: address in answer to the speech. After bespeaking the indulgence of the House for a Mem ber addressing their Lordships for the first time, the Noble Earl expressed his opinion that, whatever might be, the opinion as to the propriety of the ad vice which the Ministers had given to her Majesty, under the circumstances of distress with ~tihich the country was labouring, none could doubt of their sincerity or honesty. Some might attribute the distress existing to Peel's Act:; he, however, attributed it partly to the demand fur money required to purchase food, and partly to the contemporaneous demand for money for the con struction of railroads. The quantity of corn im ported into the United Kingdom for the present year: up tol the 10th; of November, was 10,898,000 qrs.—(Cheers.) He understood those cheers, but be believed that that importation had been rendered necessary by the failure of the potato crop ; and whatever might be the opinions of Noble Lords as to the policy of; the repeal of the corn-laws, he believed that they would themselves, under the circumstances, have authorised the free importat ion of corn.—(Cheers ) Thus, in 1845, Parliament authorised the raising of 59,000,000/. of capital ; in 1846, 132,000,0001. was authorised to be raised. The parties promoting these railways did not in general promote them as matters for permanent investment, but as mere gambling speculations. These causes had partly contributed to produce the distress; but the distress had been greatly aggravated by a panic, arising not so much from want of money, as from want of confidence. The measures adopted by the Government had greatly tended to dissipate this panic and to relieve the com • mercial interests, and therefore he thought their Lordships would approve of these measures. It was, however, a satisfaction to reflect that the harvest had been abundant, and if next year we were blessed with such another harvest, it would be found that the distress would be greatly alleviated, but if such were not the case, he feared the agricultural would suffer, in common with the manufacturing and commercial interests. He believed that this country would again willingly come forward to relieve the distresses of Ireland, but they would first insist that every exertion should be made by the landlords of Ireland to maintain their own poor, and that the Irish people should yield a speedy and wil ling obedience to the law, and he trusted the Govern ment would propose such measures as would protect the well disposed, while they would bring to condign punishment that band of miscreants who were going about the country setting the laws at defiance and committing atrocious crimes. He believed that they were few in number, although they inspired a greater terror than the law, but he trusted that the Lord Lieutenant, who had professed his determination to administer the law with firmness, and 3et with mercy, would suc ceed in making the law respected. Nearly 10,000,000/. had last year been voted for the relief of Irish distress, of that nearly 8,000,0004 had been expended. He trusted their Lordships would make ample provision for the exigencies of the country. He trusted that the co• operation of the States of Europe would restore tranquillity to Switzerland. He was of opinion that the measures about to be proposed by the Noble Lord at the head of the Colonial Department for the introduction of free labour into the West Indies would have the effect of alleviating the distress of the Colonies. Considering the general desire manifested for a revision of the navigation•laws, he thought the subject was one well worthy the consideration of the House. The sanitary condition of the people was also a subject well worthy the consideration of their Lordships. If disease should be imported from abroad into this country, its ravages would be terrific, owing to the ill-ventilated, ill-drained habitations of the poorer classes. The Noble Earl having apologised a t which e fur on e t l he udedlengthb3 moving vi n he had a t he had add Address, r addressed the which was, House,as usual, an echo to the Speech. The Earl of BESBOROUGH rose to second the address. The Noble Earl addressed the House only for a short time, but he was so inaudible in the gallery during the whole of his address that it was impos sible to catch even the purport of what he said. The question having been put, which of the 1 le o s_ eh r dtbhSeefTyo before N a ah L eh E esa Y tradt e e xpressed his wish that som e Government m : fdromhis s t h h o e u t ld have addressed the present circ umstances of the country,hopinionsr ne , ofhb h e u t t that the Add ress —or echo as itato th e e n under Speech e ee e rtche c hd h e w and therefor e singularly unme aning in it s chal an improved state of things could be brought about. The Noble Lord (Lord John Ilusell) and the Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir C. Wood) under these circumstances recommended the Bank to enlarge its discounts; and he believed if they had not done so at such a critical period, that a much more serious derangement would have taken place.—(Loud cheers.) That was the part of a skilful pilot during a storm. Confidence was in a great mea sure restored, as persons with good bills could get them discounted. At Newcastle there was a run upon a bank, and the manager pf the Bank of Eng land in that town had the good sense and lite rality to advance money on good security. Such was the demand that he had to send by the electric telegraph to Leeds for more money, and a parcel was dispatched the same day, showing that the Bank did all it could to allay the excitement that prevailed, and to afford all the accommodation in their power. The Government was thererefore per fectly justified in what it did. Happily there was no infringement of the Bank Act, although such an impression seemed to prevail. He was glad to find that the Bank yesterday reduced its discounts to 7 per cent. In a short time he believed the Bank would resume its wonted arrangements, and that its business would be transacted as usual. The state of Ireland alluded to in the Speech could not fail to cause the greatest concern to the House. There was one part which he was sure the House would agree upon—that the atrocious crimes which were a dark page in Ireland's history must be put an end to in some way or other. No doubt a thorough investigation would be made, and measures brought forward to enable her Majesty's Government to support the majesty of the law, and to suppress, by all means, the fearful crimes which were every day perpetrated. He was happy to see that in her Majesty's Speech allusion was made to a measure for the social im provement of the people of that country. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland deserved the warmest com mendation for the admirable system which he has pursued throughout the whole period of the distress. He had, with great judgment, turned the attention of the agricultural interest to the improvement of their crops, and had also recommended that lecturers should be employed in lecturing in different parts of the country for the purpose of instructing the peasantry in the best modes of improving the condition of the soil.—(hear, hear.) With respect to our foreign relations, the House would be happy to hear that her Majesty still relied upon the continuance of amicable relations with foreign countries. With regard to the civil war in Switzerland, he was happy to hear that means would be taken by her Majesty to endeavour to restore peace to that country. There were few countries in Europe possessed of more dignity than Switzerland, and the circumstance of one of the most important states in Europe taking an interest in their affairs, and endeavourin g t o arrange t h em f or them, would no doubt tend very much to harmonise their unfortunate diffsrences.—(Hear, hear.) With respect to the slave-trade, the House would be glad to learn that her Majesty had concluded a treaty with the Republic of the Equador, by virtue of wl.ish ships of this country were empowered to search vessels sailing under the flag of that repub lic. In pursuance of the system of free trade, there was no doubt that the navigation laws would be brought under the serious consideration of the House, with a view to their amendment and modification. The subject had obtained the serious attention of the House during the last session. A Committee was then appointed to inquire into the operation of those laws, and an amusing work had been written upon the report furnished by that Committee by the Hon. Member for Stoke-upon- Trent (Mr. Ricardo). A measure respecting the health of towns, more especially with respect to the metropolis would, he was hippy to hear, be t;rol ght under the consideration of the House. This was a subject which pressed particularly upon the attention of the House, now that there w ere ap. prehensions of the return of that fatal epidemic which in former years had visited this country. He felt convinced that the best preventatives to the spread of the cholera were to be found in abun dant supplies of water and an efficient drainage of the streets and alleys of large towns.—(Hear.) With regard to the sufferings of the working classes, most cordially concurred in the commendation expressed by her Majesty of the exemplary manner in which they had borne their privations.— (Hear, bear.) From his own personal know ledge of their conduct in Lancashire he felt convinced that they also deserved the respect of this House. The Hon. Member concluded by moving the Address, which was, as usual, an echo of the Speech Mr. SHAFTO ADAIR, in rising to second the mo ion, claimed the indulgence of the House upon the same grounds as that of the Honourable Member who moved the Address. No person who had witnessed the severe distress and privation existing in this great capital during the course of the 1! te stoppage of trade, could fail to appreciate the feelings which had induced her Majesty to authorise her Ministers to agree to a proposition which might have involved an infringement of the existing law. The course then pursued deserved the warmest th elks of the House.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) With respect to an allusion that the late abundant harvest had mitigated the pressure of distress, he trusted that this House would shortly adopt some measure to ensure, as far as possible, a prosperous and consecutive employment of the working classes —(Hear, hear.) With regard to the navigation laws, there was no doubt but they required a full consideration and attentive examination. He did not, however, imply by examination an abandonment of those laws, and he trusted that in that inquiry no prejudication of the question would be allowed to bias the result to which the House might come upon the subject.—(Hear, hear.) Prejudication for the abolition of those laws was equally as fatal to a full and fair inquiry as prejudicative to their conservation.—(Loud cheers from the Protectionists.) He was happy to hear that cheer from Honourable Members oppo site, and he trusted that when called upon to enter. tain the question they would submit themselves to the task of a full and fair inquiry into the whole subject. If he thought the mighty efforts of this empire were to be crushed by the alteration of these laws he would be the last to vote for such an event taking place. But he knew that such would not be the result. He believed that all that had taken place was temporary, and would soon be set right. It would afford the House great gratification to learn that another link had been broken which bound the slave, he alluded to what had taken place with respect to the Equador.—(Hear, hear.) So long as England was the friend of the slave they might depend upon it other nations would follow their example.—(Hear.) England had great weight in the councils of the world, and her advice and ex ample would go a great way to do great good. He inferred, from the assurance given in her Ma jesty's Speech, that a better day would soon shine upon the world, and that that which was now dawn ing beyond the Alps would soon extend to these kingdoms.—(Hear.) With regard to the health of towns, it was hardly necessary he should refer to the subject further than to express a hope that no delay should be allowed to take place in bring ing forward some measures on the subjects—. (Hear, hear.) The cholera was already approaching the shores of this country, and the sooner attempts were made to arrest its progress the better.— (Hear, hear.) There was another topic alluded to in the Speech, which he approached with a great sense of oppression on account of the overwhelming interest of the subject; he alluded to the melancholy and dreadful events that had lately taken place in Ireland.— (Hear, hear.) To render life desirable it must be made secure. —(Hear, hear.) The State had the right to demand an account of the spilling of the blood of its meanest subject.—(Cries of "Rear, hear.") When he reflected on what had taken place in Ireland, knowing as he did what the people of Ireland were, he must confess that his heart sickened at the contemplation.—(Hear, hear.) Former outrages had something to extenuate them, but those that had lately taken place had none. In former times the madness of poli tics might lead -men into crime, but, thanks to the Legislature, no such, thing existed now. It was horrible to see the gigantic figure of daily murder raising its head in Ireland. He be lieved that these fearful crimes might be checked by the law as it at present existed. without resorting to force, but at all events life must be preserved, and if it could not without re sorting to military force, it would be far better that that should, be employed than that such dreadful murders should be allowed with impunity. But while it was necessary that they should have re course to measures of a coercive nature, it was equally necessary that they should accompany those measures with plans that may be well adapted for instructing and educating, while they improve the general condition of the people.—(Hear, hear.) It would be the duty of the Legislature to set the people of Ireland a moral example, and to teach them to look to the Government of the country not only for protection against the musket of the assassin, but for instruction in virtue and encouragement in doing good also; and while it was the duty of Go vernment to seek out and bring the criminal to jus tice, it was equally their province to teach the people that a distinction could not be drawn between that racter—he thought it his duty to address the house on the sul jest of that Address. He would not allude to the speech of his Noble Friend the seconder of the address, because he had under taken to second it at a short notice.—(Cheers.) The first and most important subject alluded to in the speech was the distress, and he would do her Ma jesty's Ministers the justice to say that they had not attempted to hide the universality of the distress, but they alluded to it without showing a single reason why they should indulge in the slightest hope that that distress could be alleviated. There was not one •f their Lordships who would not join in the expressions of admiration expressed by her Majesty for the fortitude with which those distresses had been borne, but although the speech expressed her Majesty's Lamentation for that distress, and her lamentations over the state of Ireland, although the speech ex pressed lamentation for the past anxiety, for the present, and apprehensive of the future, yet the Ministers cautiously abstained from stating their opinious as to the causes and the remedies for this state of things. He called upon them to throw themselves upon the country—to throw themselves upon their political opponents, who, if they (the Ministers) would take the lead, as their position called upon them to do, would willingly, laying aside all party spirit, aid and assist them in passing those measures which were required for the salvation of the country.—(Hear, hear, and cheers ) He would not be slow in carrying to her Majesty his approval of the assistance which the Ministers in the last extremity had extended to the commercial com munity, but he could not but express his belief that had the relief been extended sooner it would have been more effectual—(Cheers)—but still he gave them credit for having dared to violate the law, and by violating the law to save the country.—(Cheers.) He would not, however, hesitate to express his opinion that the Government required an Act of indemnity fur the violation of the law. [LEFT SPBAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair to-day at Twelve o'clock, and the swearing in of Members was proceeded with. Among those who were sworn we noticed Mr. Hudson, Sir John Yarde Buller, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Mr. Wodehouse, Mr. Bankes, Sir J. Pak ington, General Lygon, Mr. Tanered, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Redhead Yorke, Mr. Dillon Browne, Mr. John O'Connell, Mr. Greene, Lord Euston, Sir R. Fergusson, Sir James Graham, Mr. Oswald, Mr. E. Ellice, Mr. W. Evans, Mr. F. O'Connor, Mr. F. French, Mr. Currie, Mr. Ewart, Mr. G. P. Scrope, Captain Harris, Mr. Mitchell, Sir E. Hayes, Sir E. Buxton, Mr. Childers, Mr. Maxwell Fox, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Heald, Mr. Clifford, Lord Alford, Mr. Houldsworth, the Right Hon. F. Baring, Mr. J. Hume, Mr. B. Cochrane, Sir Lucius O'Brien, Colonel Rawdon, Mr. Forbes, Sir Charles Douglas, and Sir Jollife. Shortly after two o'clock Sir Augustus Clifford appeared at the bar, and summoned the House to the House of Lords, for the purpose of hearing her Ma jesty's Speech read by commission. The Speaker, accompanied by about 200 Members, immediately proceeded to the House of Lords. After an absence of about a quarter of an hour, the Speaker, accompanied by the other Members, re turned, and the House immediately adjourned till a Quarter to Four o'clock. The House resumed at Four o'clock, when about forty Members were sworn in, amongst whom were Lord George Bentinck, Mr. P. Cobden, Mr. Charles Buller, and Mr. Villiers. The swearing in occupied some considerable time, and long before it had closed the House became tolerably well filled with Mem bers. On the Treasury side there was scarcely a va cant seat, but the Opposition benches were not so well filled. Still there was a thick muster of the Oppo sition, and some time before the mover of the Address rose to deliver his maiden speech the House presented an exceedingly animated and interesting appearance. Mr. Feargus O'Conner took up his position on the Opposition side of the House, on the front bench, next to Lord George Bentinck, with whom he held a long conversation. Sir James Graham was early in attendance, and resumed his former seat on one of the back benches, but Sir Robert Peel did not arrive till about half•past four. Shortly afterwards Lord John Russell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Sir George Grey entered the House, and they were immediately followed by the mover and seconder of the address, who were attired in militia costume. The SPEAKER intimated that Members who had been elected for two or more places must, within 14 days, elect which place they will sit for. Mr. HARCOURT gave notice that he should move that "a loyal and dutiful Address to her Majesty, praying her Majesty to exercise her Majesty's undoubted prerogative of summoning within her Majesty's realm of Ireland the Peers spiritual and temporal of that realm, and the knights, citizens, and burgesses thereof, in order that her Majesty may take counsel with the same in regard to the great and manifold derangements and sufferings of that kingdom."—Agreed to. NOTICES OF MOTION. RAILWAYS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice that, on Tuesday next, he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the time for the purchase of land by railway companies. THE RECENT COMMERCIAL DEPRESSION. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHFQUER gave notice that, on Tuesday next, he would move for a Select Committee to inquire into the causes of the recent commercial distress, and as to how far it had been effected by the laws relating to the currency. CRIME IN IRELAND. Sir G. GREY gave notice that on Monday next he would move for leave to bring in a Bill for the prevention of crime and outrages in Ireland. THE UNION. Mr. FEARGIIS O'CONNER gave notice that on Tuesday, the 7th of December, he would move for a Select Committee to inquire into and report upon the measures by which the Legislative Union of England and Ireland had been brought about and upon the probable consequences of the continuance of or a repeal of the union (as we understood). FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Mr. C. ANSTE Y gave notice that on an early day he should move for the return of a num ber of papers connected with the administration of foreign affairs in this country from the year 1829 down to the present time included, to illustrate cer tain charges of high crimes and misdemeanours which it was his intention to bring against the Noble Lord the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.---(Laughter.) DECIMAL COINAGE. Dr. BOWRING gave notice that on Friday next he should inquire of the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Master or, the Mint (Mr. Sheil) '.hat steps had been taken with respect to his prop os iti on to esta bli s h a decimal coinage?—(Laughter.) ISLE OF MAN. The Hort. MEMBER also gave notice that on the same day he should ask the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it was his intention to move the appointment of a commission to inquire into the civil and criminal judicature of the Isle of Man. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION. Mr. HORSMAN gave notice that, on this day fortnight, he should call the attention of the House to the manner in which the Ecclesiastical Commis sioners had carried out the Act of William IV. ADJOURNING DEBATES. _ _ Mr. BROTHERTON gave notice that on Monday he should move that when the adjournment of a debate was moved and seconded, the Speaker should adjourn the House without putting the question. THE QUEEN'S SPEECH.—THE ADDRESS. The SPEAKER reported that he had attended the House of Peers this day, and that her Majesty de livered by commission a most gracious speech. (The Right Hon. Gentleman then read the Speech.) Mr. HEYWOOD (who wore the uniform of a Deputy-Lieutenant) then rose to move that an humble address be passed to her Majesty for the graci ous speec h wh i c h t h ey h a d h ear d that day, an d i n d o i ng so h e said he had to request th a t i n d u lgence which the House usually aflbrded t o young Members who for the first tim e rose to address it.—(Hear, hear.) He felt that this indulgence would be the more needed by him, because he was not en abled to congratulate the House upon the prosperity of the country. He regretted deeply to state that the commercial affairs of the nation had been for some time past in an alarming state of de pression. The cause of this depression was, pro bably, undue speculation in railways that speculation which so peculiarly characterised this iron age in England. The capital authorised to be raised by Parliament for the construction of lines amounted to no less a sum than 299,000,000/. ; 161,000,000/. had been already paid upon shares, leaving 138,000,0001. more outstanding. This enor- sous capital was of itself enough to cause a crisis and to lower the income of the country, but when to this was added the deficient harvest of last year, and the failure of the potato crop, and that these disasters led to a great dimi nution in the demand from foreign countries for our manufactures, and that great poverty existed throughout the country, the house could not fail to see that all these things must have materially acted upon the manucturing interests. In Manchester, where the cotton trade was settled, the weekly demand had decreased from 30,000 or 31,000 tons weekly, in 1845, to not more than 20,000 at the present time. Besides this, there had been over-speculation i n Calcutta by the large East India houses —over-spe culation in corn, and the result had been very great depression in trade,andgreat difficulty was experienced in getting discounts even upon good bills, and it was generally conceded that some time must elapse before criminal or the parties who prevented his falling into the hands of the law. They must teach the people that to harbour or conceal a criminal was a great 'crime, a great moral crime, that ought to be punished with as much severity as the criminal himself—(Hear, hear.) He had heard with satisfaction that while the Government were ready to vindicate the majesty of the law, TUESDAY _EVENING, NOVEMBER, 23, 1847. by punishing the criminal and suppressing outrage, they would be no kss prepared to resort to remedial measures. It, was not his province to antici pate what those remedial measures were, or to speculate upon the probable rece pti on th ey will meet with at the hands of the House ; but, if he mistook not, those measures would be highly calculated to develop the almost inexhaustible resources of the sister kingdom. Those who had travelled through the country as he had done, and witnessed her vast re sources, must be aware of the-existence e f a wide field for the exertions of the Legislature in spurring on the people to industry and wealth. From experience he could tell the House that great good might be accomplished in this respect, and he should look forward anxiously for the success of those mea sures which might be introduced, with the view of developing the boundless resources, both agricultural and commercial, of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) 11 he aler such measures, or similar measures, would be brought forward or not he could not venture positively to say. He thought he might be permitted to call upon the House not to look to those remedial measures for any immediate success. The blood of the Saxon was not infused into the veins of the Englishman in a day, nor could Ireland be regenerated in a day ; but let gene ration after generation continue to make untiring efforts fel- her improvement, and the Legisla ture every time it met would have cause to congratulate itself that its exertions had been gradually productive of improvement in the sister kingdom. But the Legislature could only assist the country in improving itself. It could not, by its own resources, and with its own measures, reform the condition of Ireland, and he hoped the people of that unfortunate country would readily second the efforts of Parliament. In the belief that the objects he had dwelt upon, it carried out, would promote the welfare of Ireland— that if a large, general, comprehensive, intelligent policy were adopted, would alone tend to the regeneration of that unhappy country ; and believing that such would be the policy of the House, he begged leave to second the address.—(hear, hear.) The SPEAKER then read the Address, which was merely an echo of the Speech. Mr. H. GRATTAI4 rose almost at the bar, and said he deeply regretted that he was compelled on this occasion to address the House. The Hon. Gen tleman, who appeared to labour under a severe cold, and who, consequently, was not heard distinctly, proceeded to say he had thought that the crisis which had occurred in Ireland would have been avoided. Nothing, he assured the House, but an imperative sense of public duty actuated him, and other Members from the sister kingdom with whom he had hitherto acted, to rise. He had aheard her Majesty's gracious Speech. Some parts of it met with his entire satis faction ; other portions he had heard with great regret. He was sorry also that many parts of the speech of the Hon. Mover and Seconder did not call forth in him corresponding sentiments of satis• faction, because he thought there were other means of probing the wounds of Ireland than by means of a speech. Some parts of the speeches, however, he had received with satisfaction. He wished, however, that the Honourable Gentlemen had devised some means by which Ireland might be extricated from the false position in which she was placed. He wished the Hon. Seconder could have propounded some panacea for his unhappy country, instead of giving it a l :tune upon agriculture, as he did not think that his propositions would afford salve to the wounds of his unhappy country. They had full time to discuss the question, for England was a t p eace , h er c h arac t er stood in high estimation, and the new slave treaty, like the 20,000,0001., had added new laurels to her crown. France submitted, and America would not meddle with them. They had, therefore, plenty of time for deliberation. The Honourable Gentleman looked forward to the day when the union of the people of the two countries would be stronger than at present. But he did not think that an union of poverty was the best, and that Ireland should come every day here with a petition of distress. Her condition was deplorable, and the murders they read of were hor rifying. The union he wished to see, and it was one that would promote the happiness of the country, was an union of concord, and not merely of parchment. He saw an union of parchment but not of affection. The amendment he now proposed was one affecting both Catholic and Protestants. He reprobated as much as any one the horrible crimes and murders which had disgraced his country. He thought that that country ought not to submit to be stigmatised either as a nation of beggars or marauders. They were neither one nor the other. The Lord Lieutenant had lately stated three things—that the Poor-law had not succeeded ; that it had not been fully carried into effect; and that he trusted that Parliament would soon adopt some efficient measures. Now, what were those remedial measures ? Was it the Landlord and Tenants Bill ? Was that a Bill which could be called an efficient remedial measure ? It was not ; it would not cause a social compact in Ireland. The landlord and tenant question is not a social one. There were parties in Ireland who thought that enough had not been done to mitigate the distress of their country. They had to return their thanks to many individuals who had acted nobly and liberally.—(Hear, hear.) Those persons had won for themselves the heartfelt thanks and gratitude of all parties of Ireland. Their names, though they were not known, would be remembered with feelings of gratitude.—(Laughter.) Those whose names were known would receive the warmest thanks of the people of that country.—(Hear, hear.) With respect to the distress of the country, he, with other Irish Members, was not of opinion that sufficient has been done by the Legislature. The poor-law would be of no service. Nu merous boards of guardians had refused to carry out that law, and had in consequence been dismissed. The property of Ireland was in a great degree gone. He knew one nobleman who had an estate of 7,000/. a year; of this sum 6,0001. went for interest, and all th - at he had to live upon was 1,0001. a year, and that he could not collect.—(Laughter.) This would give English Members an opinion of what the rental of Irish property was. There was one parish in Cavan in which the whole amount of the food was under seizure for distress. What, then, was the state of things ? The moral distress existed, the poor-law could not relieve it. The whole of the food was under distress, and yet the wr e t c h e d i n di v i duals still lived. Wo u ld not that account in some degree for those horrible acts of assassination and crime which had recently taken place ? He held in his hand copies of five hundred and fifteen letters from Roman Catholic clergymen, in answer to letters sent them by the Relief Committee of this country stating the numbers of persons in distress in each of those parishes, the length of time which the distress had lasted, and the means which had been adopted to remove its pressure. The Hon. Gentleman then read a statement in cor roboration of the observations he had made, and having done so, asked the Members of her Majesty's Government whether they thought that a poor-law would do for Ireland. He thought before her Majesty's advisers had prepared her Majesty's Speech they would have done well to have consulted with some Irish Members on the subject.—(Hear, hear.) If his Noble Friend at the head of the Government went on the same materials as be had done he would find that he was taking a wrong course. Men in Ireland wonld not now collect the poor-rate, although they had b e e n o ff ere d 25 per cent. for doing so. The great cause o. misery in Ireland was its absentee landlords what was to be done in this state of things P u Why, let them send back the absentees; let the landed proprietors discharge their duties, and they wovld have very little disturbance. Why did not Lord Palmerston go back to his estate in Donegal ? —(Hear, and laughter.) They had heard whispers towards the close of the last session about selling up the lush landlords. Well, he bad no objection to that, nor had he any objection to sell up the Noble Lord whom he had just named. Why did not Lord Lansdowne go back to his estates lie certainly had no fault to find with the Noble Lord's agent, although he had built two-storied houses for the cattle, which the cattle could not get up to; but let Lord Lansdowne go back to Ireland and do his duty, and they would hear no more of these shocking complaints. No man more lamented the present state and condition of Ireland than he did, but if the English absentee were allowed to con tinue receiving rents, and to leave his tenants to the mercy of the assassin, he saw no prospect of a change for the better. No one more despised those who violated the law—those who set all morality and good govern men t at defiance, or those who sought to establish a system which should set man against man, class against class than he did; but it was not by agricult u r a l l ec t ure s th a t they could get rid of such villians. It was only by enforcing the absentees to return and do their duty that they could hope to brit) , about a reformation in the present state of Irelani. ° —(liear.) Ejectment was the chief cause of the outrages in Ireland. What had the poor man to depend upon ? Nothing. He had seen men, women, and children turned out of their cottages, and left to die in ditches in a way that was disgraceful to a Christian country. He cried shame upon such conduct. He trusted the Noble Lord would carry out the law, and hoped the Irish Members would aid him ; but there was one law which they could not carry out. The law of ejectment directed the sheriff to put the landlord in possession of his land; and father, wife, and sickly children were turned out of their houses. They fired the houses to satisfy their revenge, and the law could not therefore be carried out. How could they expect the people who were treated thus to do anything else than seek to gratify their deadly revenge. He was not excusing the outrages which had been per He was merely stating the cause of them. A landlord had freighted out ships to carry some of his tenants to an other land. They were shipwrecked, and those who returned imagined that this had been done purposely. lie pulled down houses, and made the land into sheep walks. A fortnight after he was shot ! Another, who had made his fortune in the wars, made a provision in his will that his heir should be entitled to receive his property clear, his land by ejectment, and that if he did not do so the property was to go to another, and if he acted likewise to a third; and if he refused that it should go to the public. (Hear, hear.) He and those who acted with him complained of the speech which the Noble Lord had framed, because it did n o t s uggest any remedial measures. Now, he had stated the measures which should be devised. Let the Government adopt them. upon the Lord Lieutenant, an d they were told by him that if ever there was 6 country deserving retief it was Ireland just A deputation of the Catholic clergy had waited emerging from fearful calamity, and about to enter upon a state of calamity which found them unpre pared for it. The Honourable Member then proceeded to quote further extracts from the reply of the Lord Lieutenant to the addresses of the Catholic clergy in Ireland. It was the duty of the Government under this state of circumstances to endeavour to obtain a settlement of the vexata questio of landlord and tenant. The English farmers were calling out for a settlement of that question. Would the Government still continue to refuse an adjustment of that question ? The country looked with deep anxiety for some measure to be brought forward, calcul a t e d t o se ttl e that question. The English people were calling out for a Tenant right Bitl, and would they deny it to Ireland I' Unless security was given for the outlay o n land no security would be got either in England or Ireland to lay out money in land. Let the Government do justice to the Irish people and they might depend upon it they would hear little more of the dreadful raw' ders that were taking place in Ireland. The Government thought to give to the people of Ireland pers ,ns who would look into th e i r l oc al affairs. Let the House remember that they could conciliate six millions of people by conceding a measure which could byno possibility injure the country. The Irish party hitherto had exhibited the greatest forbearance towards her Majesty's Government, and the least they could do was to continue them their aid and assistance. With these sentiments he felt constrained to move as an amendment, that although the existing poor-laws might be adequate to supply the wants of some districts in Ireland, it did not meet the exigencies of others, and it was therefore absolutely necessary that immediate measures should be adopted to prevent pestilence and famine amongst a large number of her Majesty's Irish subjects. Mr. ROCHE seconded the amendment. (LEFT SITTING.) LATEST PRICES OF sHAILES_ , I N BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHkR CO N- PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EvraGl46- LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23. 340 200 40 18% 54 130 276 305 30 JOINT-STOCH IL&NXS. Dividend Amount Nuke of Company. per of Paid. Pries. Annum. share. ....---- - - - ---- 6. ...._ Australasia .• •• •• .. •• 40 0 0 40 0 0 4 Britsh 18 oral American 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 4 4 Ceylon .. -..-•• • • •• 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -.... .;omnsercial f London 61. per cent 100 0 0 20 0 0 'iolonial. - Gloucestershire - lonian ........ •••• • • 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Londn and Westroinstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 Ditto ..... ..... - - 13 0 0 ^- London Joint-Stock Provincialof Ireland Si. per cent 100 0 0 25 0 0 4. Ditto, New.- -- • • 81. per cent 10 0 0 10 0 0 National of Ireland ..... Nat. Provincial of Eng 6l. per cent 100 0 0 35 0 0 Ditto, New 5l. per cent 20 0 0 1 0 0 0 - South Australia - - 22 10 0 - Union of Australia 6l. per cent 25 0 0 25 0 0 - 2 10 0 -- - - Union of London... . • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 ...... Union of Madrid .. • - 40 0 0 40 0 0 CANALS. 4 I Price. a Dividend Names of I Li; Dividend Names of E per price. Companies. lAt I per i Companies. ..4 Annum. (12 i Annum.: fn _ ______. - - - A A 15 Ishtn& Oldh 97 61.55. p c 70 Macclesfield. 100 - Barnsley .. • • 1601 121. 180 Neath ••• • • • 100 201• 340 Yrituk&Abrg 1501 Si. 85 Oxford.. • ... 100 201. 20 0 Birmingham 35 41. 86 Peak Forest. 78 St 40 Coventry .. • . 1001 251. - Regent's ••• • 33 11. 41. 18% D m o r . d lt w Fdlt 14 1 0 2 61 2 . 0 p 1 ..c. 275 ' .i.,ro, .•• •• 100 61. 63 Rochdale.... 85 41, 54 Ells . re&Chs 133 41. 54 Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 13 0 100 0 , 321. 51. B -0 S 6 : i : r e a ' A id a .; u h nC i ;I GrandSurre3/100i - 30 Shrewsbury.. 125 15/. -- .rand Union 100', 11. 10s. 211. Btourbrldge.. 145 201. 308 iraulham .. 1501 121. - Severe and/ I Ken:it & .Avu, 39 i 7s. 6d. I 5U Wye Rail. j 26 11. 81. 30 I,eols&Livrp 100 341. i 505 Warwick & Leicester .... 'l4O 101. 75 Birming. j 100 51. 65 f,eicstr &Nth 83 4/. 36 Warwick& i :mtigliborogli 142 701. 530 Napt on .. 1 - 46 Monmouthsb 100 81. - Worcstr & 41% Midginnrysli 100 51. 1 - Binning.] 78 21. lO Meltn M w bryiloo 101. - Wilts & Brks 67 1L ________ INSURANCE COMPANIES. ie Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Peet' CS Annum. Share. - -... .. ----1---.- 5, - dAlbion £ s. d. £ O. 11 . ••••••• • • • •• •• 31. 108 . 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 520 _ /e Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17,,, Ditto Marine••• •• •• 61. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 a Atlas •• • • • 130.6 d. pr eh. 50 0 0 5 6 8 --;., ,) British Commercial •• 7s.per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 ,_ h Clericl,Med.& Gen. Life Si. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 xurs C.iunty It C , wn „,, „„ „. -- - - 135. 50 0 0 50 0 11 ~,. eagle ...... ...... •• • • 6 e . 50 0 0 58 0 -- Eng.St Scot. Law •• •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 212 6 -- European Life ••• . - 534 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. --- --- y FamilyEndowmet, Soc. 4/. & be. 40 0 40 0 1 • e'l eetuasons' . ••cl,e - ,rdian ............ 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 .` 0 0 f! ua f . inperi al Fire ........12 per ccnt. 50 0 0 0 SO 2 14,i .mper,al Life •••• • • •• 12e. 10 0 0 010 0 0 - 1 ladentnity Marine .• • • 11. sh.& be. 100 0 0 513 1 . ; L! l; w w , ad Ic I ln : r ni if e del ro e e .. n .. ~. .. r . ,:,.. .. l . ... 1 .. 1. .. f ~. - 100 0 0 210 0 ...! 11. Se. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1 2, ... 50 0 0 2 2 0 1334 - 10s. 25 0012 10 0 __., Landon Skip .... •• .. 10s. 25 0012 10 0 fami I !feline .. ... -••- - - 100 Ol5 0 0 2x a 2 0 0 Med. Invlid& Gen. Life 434/. per et. 50 0 - s e ( N ,:t a i t i i . o a n i a . l . l :L oa l : Fund.. Si. per cent. 20 0 0 National Life.. • 51. per cent. 50 0 37 - 3 Poll an .. - .• •• •• •• ....• - - - , l'uortix . • V. P• et*E6 be. - 10 0 11 . s ° - : 1 1: 0 1 0 c t k ec L t i 0 r r e. L . i . fe . ................. 5/ • per cent. 20 0 0 1 Non Fire Prr.,‘ ident Life •.. . . 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 4% 8/. per cent. 100 0 00 i 2 1 000 0 000 0 ! 5 0 0 010 0 4s. - , Ltoyal Exchang e 1 i,itto Lie ... ••• . .....: - Universal Life.... - ..... - 8 10 0 5 ViZt,ria Life ... • • 6 1) 1 111e...rpl6rOe cent. s. cut. nt 4 0 0 _- __ . 10 8 07 0 I.IST OP SCOTTISH CODIMANIKS ' PRICE Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of raid. ce * Pri Annum. Share. ----- ------- .......... £ e. d. £ a. d ~,,, Bank of Scotland ;0 British Linen Company 81 . per ce n t . 100 0 0 100 0 0 4 Caledonian Bank Cily of Glasgow Bank 10 2 10 0 0 111. 1 •4 : 0 . Cllcdesdale Bank •• • • p er cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12ft u " Commercial Bank •• •• 71. per cent. SCO 0 0 100 0 0 au 1 10% Eastern Bank• ••• - - 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 610 s Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61 . per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 E x d iange thak of Scot 6 l. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 4 : 4 34 Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 8 0 7 0 0 ~, N a tional Bank. . . ... s isi North of Scotland North Bri , ish Bank • • - 50 0010 o 0 .6!4 Loyal Bank of Scotland 61 . per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 1 ! (Talon Bank of Scotland 81 . per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 87 Western Bank .•.• - - 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 0 7 6d. Aber teen lie and Life 121. per cent. 12 10 0 2 0 0 511. ..A ccord. Life and Fire - 20 o o 011 • 0 28 * 11 British Guarantee Ins. - 10 0 0 1o 0 ' 2”i Caledonian lire Insur. 10/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 2 hurch of En and I. 0 _ - 50 _ 0 0 2 0 Cite of Glasg o w Life. nc . 51. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 101 0 Edinburgh Life Insur. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 12 East of Scotland Life.. - 10 0 0 015 12 t, Eng. & Scot. Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 17 6 !, 175 dercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1 : insur. Co. of Scotlnd • . Si. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 ',.. Life Assoc. of Scotland 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1 .• -- N No a r t t io h n i a i l ri t t ' ! l s r h e i ii i i i i . d ia L . i . fe . 51. per cent. lo 0 0 Mercantile Life .. •• .. - to 0 0 I I 10 0 70. 1 0 248 6a 5 34 1 . pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 233 , North & West of Scot. 1000 100 11 .„ - Scottish Life and Guar. l‘la lii a u l o lli n G ln gn s;L i a le . 65141.1 p. -20 0 0 0 11 0 . ScottishSe u t p er cent. cent. 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 14 1. ! . : - _,,,j S . an 'aid Life •• •• • • • - 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 - 13°' United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 DOWELS. ............. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of raid. ? rice ' Annum. Share. „........•••• ----. ----- - £ e. d. £ 3. d• 70 :onitnercial • • - 118 East and West India 6l. pr cent. Stock. - East Country ••.• • - 98 Landon .. bl. pr cent. Stock. - -- 1 Atto Bonds • . • • • - - Si 'it. Ksr Uterine .. •• .. - --• Ditto Bonds.. • • - -- -- Southampton •• .. .. ••21. per cent. ,50 0 0 0 0 0 WATER-WORXS. ------- Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of paid. Pri°6 Annum. Share. ............ ---- .-- -- ------ X a. d. It e. d. ..... Birmingham. •••• • • .• 18e. 25 0 0 26 0 0 170 East London..•• •• •• • • 81. 100 0 0 - 90 .band Junction ••• • • • 21. 105. 41 13 4 -- -- 3/. 100 0 0 - 60 New Rivr Litchi Brdge 2/. 10s. - -...- Vauxhall .... ........ 100 0 0 - 115 West Middlesex . . . 51.15e.prent. 63 12 9 •-• --,.: Bub' . • On the Bth inst„ at Florence, BlßTHS the wife of B. Herc he bage, Esq., of a daughter. of g• W O ili n w t a l h le am l4t F h al i c n o s n t. e , r a: E l s ' q7 b a , D P : m of b a ro s k o e n s . hire, the wife On the 16th inst., at Golding ton Lodge, near Bedford, tfh: lady of Arthu r Littledale, Esq., Bengal Civil Servic e, daughter. On the 19th inst., at Marlborough-place, St. John s-10°4 the wife of Mr. William B. Minet, of a dauglater.- YOUN G ' at London : P r i n t e d an d P u bli s h e d by NIURDO „„ 1 12 No. 112, St ran d, P r i n t er , a t The Sun Office, No. o f Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the coull'i bliddlesex, Tuesday, November A 1847. 4