The Sun. — London, England, 1847-02-20 00:00:00

THE SEJN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20, 1847 • in the community.—(Hear.) Their habits rendered them peculiarly averse to take refuge in the workhouse, and when they did, it was generally to die.—( Hear, hear.) It was in this class, chiefly, deaths from starvation occurred. But he was at a loss to imagine how any Government could have prevented such a s t a t e o f c i rcu m s tances. He evas quite ready to bear his testimony to the exertions hadwhich d been w shade by the landed p ro p r i e t ors a n d the clergymen ofdifferent denominations, as far as their means would Permit , ul T i a ta ll k e e vi t a h t e e the sufferings of the poor ; at the same time he liberty of saying, that it was the duty of the landed proprie tors, and of the clergy, and of all persone t a influence, to do all ce' not th they confine their exertions to individual cbsel Y mischievous feeling. ' bu could to prevent the existence e He was sorry that the Member for Mayo wa s not in his place. He was anxious to call the attention of the House to a communication which had onlv reached him that day, which would at once show the im perative necessity of strenuous exertions being used t o pre vent the people from being made the victims of delusion. The Right Honourable Gentleman then read the following extract :—" f understand that in this county of Mayo an organised combination exists, to discourage simultaneously the cultivation of the soil. The people are informed, that if they do so. they will compel the Government and Parliament to m ai n tain them."—( Hear, hear.) Now, he did think that he had a right to call upon every person, whether they were landowners or clergymen, to endeavour, by every means in tbeir power, to prevent such opinions being in stilled, and the people from being made the vic tims of such a delusion ; the consequences of which would be, that the state of the county Mayo in the next year would be far worse than it was at the present moment. The particulars ef this movement were as follows :—" A large body of men amounting to about 200, some armed, traversed the county, swearing al wham they visited not to attempt to cultivate the soil."—( Hear.) Should this system be carried out to any extent, Mayo will be a perfect wilderness. When Ire.. land called, as she had an undoubted right to call t pon them for assistance, they had also a right to call upon the gentry to co-operat e w i t h t h em, and prevent these poor people from pur suing a course of conduct which would lead to inevitable ca lamity. age would say one word in reference to a subject which had been repeatedly adverted to during the course of the debate, he meant the conduct of the landlords of Ireland, with regard to the exaction of their rents. He had watched with the most intense anxiety the course adopted by them. He believed that it was true that in parts of the country, especially in the north, there had been a number of civil bill processes for rent due, but these were seldom at the instance of the head landlord, but al most always at the suit of the middle man. Ile was afraid that in some parts of the country a spirit was evinced which all should regret, but speaking generally, he was bound to say, that in his opinion they had exercised their rights with discre tion and liberality.—( Hear, hear.) As reg a rd e d th e co tti er tenants, their means of subsistence having wholly failed, by reason of the potato failure, he was proud to say that the land owners of Ireland had behaved with the utmost generosity. In the county of Cavan, matters had also progressedfavourably. he had before him the report of the assistant-barrister, Mr. Murphy, in answer to some inquiries he (Mr. Labouchere) had made to him as to the state of his county, it was as follow= : " The number of ejectors has decrease considerably within the last two or three years. In this session not one-half the number of ejectments usually sued out have been so. On the whole, the landed p oprietcrs had acted with kindness and forbearance, and he would place Lord Farnham at their head. With regard to another class of tenants perfectly solvent, who, be it re membered, constituted a ver y cons id era bl e part of the tenantry of Ireland, in his opinion, they were bound to make them pay their rents, otherwise how could it be expected that they could contribute as they ought to the assistance of their more destitute fellow-countrymen. He would not detain the House at any great length. The element 'of bitterness had been thrown into the discussion, but he hoped that it wou ld not draw them into a protr a ct e d debate.—( Hear, hear.) With respect to the request of the Member for Fermanagh, the • Government had considered what it was their duty to do, and they found that they could not consent to it. Such was the im portance of the Irish business, that they could not postpone it. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL said that the state of Ireland would not admit ef much delay in discussion, but he thought it was due to the Irish Members to say that the bitterness did not originate with them ; and if they were driven by these taunts from the consideration of the feeling which had been manifested by all parties—a feeling which did honour to the country—he could tell the Hon. Baronet the Member for Marylebone, that any state charity which could be given to them by the House did not equal—could not equal —nay, could not approach the amount of which Ireland had been defrauded by the iniquitous Act of Union.—(A laugh.) He knew that there would be a laugh, but he was not there to make such an assertion without being ready to prove it. He would not then detain the House, but he would take an opportunity to do so. And further, the repeal rent, in the recent prosecution of the leaders of the Irish people, had ' been found efficacious in securing justice to those whom the Government of that day endeavoured to oppress and put down. They had to wage a legal war against all the power the Government most unscrupulously employed, but the shillings of the poor peasants defeated all the attempts which were then made. He was not prepared to go into all the items then, but this he would state, the rent had done much in disseminating information among the people, and in securing them justice. The Hon. Member had also attacked repeal as a phantom. It might be such, but this he would say, that the present state of Ireland, brought about by the Government that have ruled that country, was a frightful reality. They had taken away the Irish Parliament ; they had oppressed and enslaved the Irish people, and now this fearful retribution had over taken them. The most fearful destitution had overtaken Ire land, and they must rest assured they had not yet seen the end. They would not only have to subscribe large sums ef money, but the distressed populati on wou ld come over in thousands, ' ' spreading pestilence ameng the people of this country ; and all the attempts they might make would not prevent them from coming. It was thus they would suffer for the wrongs they had inflicted on Ireland. Let them read the statements of Lieute nant Caffin, contained in the papers of that morning, as a spe cimen of the condition of Ireland. That was from an Eng lishman, though daily the Irish Members were receiving much worse accounts, bad as that was. He had thought it neces sary to make this explanation to the House after the attack which had been made by the Hon. Member for Marylebone, Mr. H. GRATT AN remarked that the Hon. Member for Marylebone had said a great, deal about the subscriptions got up for Ireland in a manner derogatory to the people of that country. It would have been better if he had remained silent. He had also made strong insinuations against the Repeal rent, and that subscription he (Mr. Grattan) must say was at least better than several in which the Hon. Member had himself been engaged. He recollected, some time ago, reading an account of a subscription got up for electioneering purposes, in which that Hon. allember's own name appeared, and it seemed also that he had seduced four ladies connected with himself into subscribing to the same aoncern.—(Laughter.) Surely a subscription to liberate the Irish people was more praiseworthy and laudable than the I miserable one with which he (Sir B. Hall) had been con nected. Further, with regard to the repeal rent, he (Mr. Grattan), did make bald to say, that never, to his knowledge, did he know of a single person with whom he was connected get a single penny of it. It was applied to advance the in terests of the people of Ireland; and this he knew, that ha saw 25,0001. of it paid to defend the leaders of the Irish people when the late Government attempted to crush them by the State proseeutions.—( Hear, hear.) The Hon Member for Inverness (Mr. Baillie) had talked a good deal in a farmer debate about the exertions of Lord Macdonald and Macleod of Macleod in the isle of Sky. They had ex pended, it was stated, about 25,000/., but not a word was said as to whether or no it had been repaid. They had also it appeared, adopted an economical system of cookery, but that was nothing to what was proposed for Ireland, as there they proposed to cook out of nothing at all. They had written from Ireland to send them over some of the best soup receipts, and he had been supplied with some front the Reform Club that were economical enough. So good, indeed, were they, that in the event of the Noble Lord at the head of the Go vernment resigning he would suggest that Monsieur Soyer should be made Prime Minister.—(Laughter.) Let him guard the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath of this fact. But what was the case? Why, the whole of the money had been plunged into the Caledonian Canal. —(Laughter. ) There was 1,254,0001. given as a grant, not as a loan, but as a grant, and then there was 306,0001. paid for repairs. Yes, this was the answer to the Irish howl. Well did the Ministry know that the best way to get into Scot land was, as in the time of the Stew arts, by a bridge of gold, and they had built not less than a thousand bridges in that eountry within the last few years.—( Hear, hear.) He had always said that ho would support the Noble Lord on7principle, and he only deeply regretted that the Irish Members had not supported him. He did regret this, and that the unconstitutional threat—for such he should ever con sider it—had been held out of leaving the helm of Government. He would not have said so much, but that this was in all pro bability the last opportunity which the Irish 'Members would for some time have of saying a word on the affairs of Ireland. What was the pitiful sum which had been granted between the Ist January, 1846, and the first day of the next year, for the relief of starving multitudes ? It was only 113,0001., out of the 53,000,000 of national income. Then a great cry had been made against the Irish landlords, but how could they help themselves, for he could state, that in one instance, a gen tleman who was entitled to 5,000/. for rent, could not get 1,700/. There were some Irish landlords who did not do their duty, and he would tell them who they were. The absentee proprietors of Queen's county derived a rental of 25,5781., and the property of tho resident proprietors was estionatedat 4,5301. Now, what was the relative amount of the subscriptions of these two parties? Wh y , t h e subscriptions of those who held 4,500/. of property, contributed 4591., while the con tribution of the absentees wa s only 2081. Such was the contrast offered by those landlords, who did their duty and those who did not. The Hight Hon. Gentlemen the Secretary for Ireland, had talked of intros ucing 6eolbs. of flax seed into Ireland, but what probability was there that such a proceeding would be of any benefit to a country where the people were starving. The whole amount of the money granted for the relief of Ireland was 3,551,2021., while all the money which had been advanced under Mr. Labeuchere's letter was only 77,0001.; so that in fact, it had turned out that the private subscriptions far exceeded the amount of the public grants. What then became of the acerbities of the Hon. Member for Bath ? What became of his tau n t s an d hi s allegations against the Irish Members ? Why it was evident that they were alto gether groundless, for no man ever came into court with a less knowledge of his brief, no lawyer ever made out a worse ease than he had done, and the consequence was, as he deserved to be on the present occasion, he was nonsuited. The truth was, that this was a Divine visitation, and no doubt they were justly punished far their offences, and no acts of any set of men could have obviated it. The same circumstances had occurred in 1800, when Mr, Pitt had written his celebrated letter, when he ascribed them to the visitation of Providence, and Mr. Wilberforce had expressed the same opinion. The people of Ireland were starving, and the Noble Lord had talked of opening depots for food, but what had been the case, as it had been shown by the Hon. Member for Mayo, that between November and January only ten depots had been opened, and the small sum of 146,000/. was all that had been spent in providing the pro visions for starring millions. With these observations he sdeould Houseconclude th e remar k s w hi c h h e h ad to make to the e erh , e and he did so with a sincere expression of his thanks listened P ‘ ttatbleyntehee and indulgence with wh ic h h e h a d b een estnEe tue • House he had uudK. said that when he came down to the fore the House te_nsthood that there was a press of business be that that business wi t t, and he came do an with the expectation as awiLcarry forward certain Bills for the relief of the Irish Hon. Member for Mayo as m h r e tame down to the House, the number of cases of excekasive; Dillon ,leirowne) was stating a in his county. Then '(Mrrin:ld.efroys did the Caine the Hon. Gentleman opposite thing. Then some altercation tollo.w ..a . hd then came the r.othi e n s g ri . ( were r ) e , observations of the Hon. Member fer aft! strong,ut they sig ul ni er lY et g full of sound and fury, people of helm and th s e told that the tleman had begun by speaking about fire to show that the people of Ireland were in distress. But if the matter was n brought forward, it was a pit y t h at the En 'ot to be regularly Engl ish Members had been brought down to discuss tae subject under such circumstances. He thought it was due to hi s own countrymen, and to their countrymen in Ireland, to discuss this subject with temper, and to br i n g it forward as fairl y as he doing could before the House. And in this, he thou g ht it was due to the English Members to say that there was nut one of them who did not most deeply lament th e distressing circumstances which had occurred in Ireland ; nor was there one who had risen in his place who had attempted to deny the existence of the distress, er who would refuse to vote for any measure that might teed to its alleviation, or that refused in any way to est so as to give the relief out of the property of England wherever it could be shown that it might be alleviated. But what was the fact? Why, the Hon. Member for Kilkenny (Mr. J. O'Connell) and the Hon. Member who had just sat down had asserted the same thing. They said that the distress in Ire land was chargeable on the English people, and that it had resulted solely as the consequences of the atrocities of the Go vernment of England against that country. Now the Hon. member said this.—( There was an intimation of dissent from Mr. Grattan.)—He (Mr. Roebuck) knew that the Hon. Members did not remember what he said, but he distinctly charged him with the expression, for he had distinctly stated that the sufferings of the Irish people were caused by the mismanagement of this country.—( Hear, and counter cheers.) Mr. GRATTAN explained that the Hon. Gentleman had mistaken him.—(Hear hear. ) Mr. ROEBUCK—I distinctly charge him with it.— (" Hear," from the opposite benches.) Mr. GRATTA N—l totally deny it. Mr. ROEBUCK—I accept the retractation. Colonel RAWDON rose to order. The Hon. Member for Bath had agreed to accept the retractation, but had refined to accept the denial. This was clearly a breach of order. Mr. ROEBUCK—WeII, the matter was not worth many words, for he thought that the conduct of the people of Eng land was above the attacks of the Hon. Member, but he felt it was due to his fellow-countrymen, he again said, aye, and he would say, it was due to his fellow. countrymen in Ireland to say that they would not be moved from their benevolent purposes by such attacks as these, but, on the contrary, they would urged on to higher efforts of usefulness to Ireland by the repe tition of these charges, and that was his inducement to give an express denial to the attacks. He would now follow out the argument of the Hon. Member for Marylebone. That Hon. Member had said that Hon. Gentlemen came down to that House—and he (Mr. Roebuck) saw such now to be present— who had taken large rents, and yet had refused in any way to relieve the distresses of their country, or had even paid their rates on the property which they held. He had shown that instead of contributing anything, they had, on the contrary, done nothing. Now he would take the case of Skibbereen— that was a fair case—and it should be remembered that there was a poor-law in Ireland. The people in that parish were in the utmost state of destitution, and yet, although the rate levied for the relief of the poor was only fivepence in the pound, the owners of property refused to contribute their quota, and the rate could not be collected. Then he did say that the Irish gentlemen ought to contribute their share when the people of this country were so heavily taxed for the support of their poor; and he was prompted the more to this course, when he recol lected the distress which was at this moment being suffered by the peasantry of this country. He held in his hand a paper which was issued for calling a public meeting in the town which he represented, for taking some measures for relieving the poor in the county of Somerset. Those people were suffering from the utmost deficiency of food, and at the present moment a great portion of the poor in that county were absolutely subsist ing on horse-beans, with only a scanty quantity of the same, while other persons were absolutely picking up the rotten turnips, with the hope of getting a little sustenance out of them. This he threw into the teeth of the Members opposite, and would retort the charge of the Hon. Member for Meath, when, in the face of the fact that 600,000 persons were wholly supported by this country, he asserted that the people of England were acting in a close and niggardly spirit. 600,000 persons had been relieved. The inevitable conse quence, he would answer, was, that the statements of the Hon. Gentlemen could not be sustained. He would now come to the acts of the Government. 'He was quite willing to give that Government the fullest meed of his approval, if that was of any value to them. They had taken upon themselves a re sponsibility which hardly any Ministry before had assumed. They had spent money to an extent which had never been equalled by any other Government for such a purpose. The very Bill which he held in his hand, and which was then before the House, was not a Bill which he could condemn ; on the contrary,f,it was a good meaning measure. Now, after all that, he did think it was very un j us t f or th e Hon. Member for Kil kenny to make the charges he had done, and the com ment he had made, that they had created the miseries of Ireland, and they did not do all in their power to alleviate that misery. He believed that then' was an amount of misery in Ireland that could scarcely be exagge rated. That was ail acknowledged ; but he did say that they (the Irish landlords) ought to come forward and assist the people of England in relieving that distress. As a representa tive of an English constituency, he did say they should be cau tious in what they did. There was a combination in Mayo against tilling the land. They ought to be cautious that they did nothing to:create such a state of circumstances, or make it spread. If th e y t oo k th e peop l e o f I reland awayfrom tilling the soil, they would he making them dependent upon the people of this country. They who asked the gentlemen of Ireland to prevent their countrymen from being dependent upon this country were their best advisers and the best friends of Ireland. They (the people of Ireland) wanted some great man to conduct them. He had often seen a great name over some old firm, but with out the wealth to conduct its concerns, or a particle of intelli gence to support it. The people of Ireland possessed no such character as they required. They were led by those who had nothing but a name and a power of vituperation to support them. Though there was the contortion of the sybil, the in spiration was gone. Mr. F. SHAW said he thought that the statements laid before the House of the sufferings of Ireland were not exaggerated, but he certainly did think they were inappro priate on the present occasion. He thought, however, that the whole House would agree with him in thinking, that all those gentlemen who had made those statements had said nothing of an acrimonious character. But an Hon. Baronet opposite certainly did depart from his usual caution and temper, and the Hen. Member for Bath was unjust in fixing upon one particular ease, and passing over a greater number. He thought also that it was unseasonable in that House to mention the names of Lord Lucan, Sir Wm. Beecher, and others. He had, however, to cffer another case. Lady Carberry's was one of the properties that had been neglected. New, the Carberry estate was in the hands of the Dowager Lady Carberry, and the greater portion of her fortune was spent in relieving that distress ; therefore the charge was most unjust. The Hon. Member opposite had said that the people of England had been called ungenerous. Now, he (Mr. Shaw) had never heard the accusation of want of generosity on the part of the people of England. The Hon. Member opposite, and a few of the friends with whom he was asso ciated, had certainly been attacked. They (the people of Ireland) did not deny the generosity of the people of England, but they did say that it was not generous to boast of it on the present occasion. It was said that 600,000 persons had been relieved at the cost of England, but the gentlemen of Ireland were liable for the money advanced. He thought, therefore, that it was both unseasonable and unjust to say so much on the matter. It was most painful to the feelings of the Irish to ! hear the charges that were made against them. And after all, what did the speech of the Hon. Member opposite amount to, but that the landlords of Ireland were guilty of a neglect of duty? It was most painful for Irish gentlemen to have such remarks said at a time like the present.—( Hear, hear.) The Honourable Gentleman opposite had said "Do your duty first, then we will do ours." But the poverty in Ireland was ten times greater than in England. Her means were more than ten times less than in this country. When he was in Ireland a short time ago, he found the land lords doing all in their power. assisted by their families, in relieving the dissress ; and in their kitchens there was a greater amount of relief administered than would be believed if it had not been witnessed. He thought, therefore, it was most un generous to accuse the landlords of Ireland of a neglect of their duty, and to reproach them with their poverty, at a mo ment like the present. The misery that existed was beyond their resources, and ought they then to be accused of the calamity that had visited their country ? After what the landlords of Ireland had done, he repeated, that it was most unjust to make these accusations. The Bill before the House, as far as it went, was good, and calculated to work beneficially for the country, and he believed the Government had done as much as they lawfully could. All he hoped was, that the discussion would be carried on without any furtber acrimony. He felt bound to deny what had been said of the Irish landlords, as a body, of not having done their duty. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said—Sir, I wish to say a few words before the House go into Committee on this Bill. I must say, as I agree entirely in the spirit of what the Hon. Gentleman who has just sat down has said, that I wish we may go into the eunsideration of this matter with more temper and a more friendly tone towards those from whom we differ. I am very far from boasting of any generosity on the part of England towards the people of Ireland ; but then we may claim to be exempted from the charge of insensibility to her sufferings.—( Hear, hear.) There are a few matters on which I wish to make some observations. It is impossible to look forward to what may happen next year in Ireland —to which an Hen. Gentleman has alluded—but I believe the sufferings of the people of that country may be very much alleviated. lam very sorry to hear that there is not only a neglect of cultivation of the soil on the part of smaller tenants and holders, but there is not a disposition to cultivate the soil. I have heard to-day from three Roman Catholic priests, that in their part of the country they found the smaller tenants saying that not only did they not cultivate their land, but they would not do so, because they considered that they would derive no advantage from doing so.— ( Hear, hear.) This arises from the very unfortunate state of society. We find the landlords and tenants indulging in mu tual recrimination. The landlords speak of the conduct of tenants, whom they accuse of concealing their means, and the tenants accuse the landlord of a neglect of his duty. Now, Sir, in this period of great calamity, when se much suffering exists among the people of Ireland, unless the landlords repose the greatest confidence in their tenants—unless they g• more among their tenants, and stimulate them to increased exertion, and unless, on the other hand, the tenants are brought to confide in their landlords, and are disposed to profit by the encouragement given to them, I fear the prospects of next year are very uncertain.-- (Hear, hear.) I also hope that the clergy of the various reli gious denominations will assist to avert the recurrence of the present emergency. Ido not believe that any laws passed i the Imperial Parliament, or that might be passed even in Parliament s itti ng i n Dublin, will be attended with any bene-a ficial effect unless this spirit of co-operation exists to carry out these laws, and to infuse a spirit of improvement among the people. There is another matter to which I wish briefly to allude. An opinion is beginning to gain ground among the people of this country, that although they were disposed to make every sacrifice for the relief of the distress which at pre sent prevails its Ireland, yet there is an opinion spreading among them, and I should say in Irela n d a l so, that the distress and the actual state of destitution which existed even in ordinary years ought to give those who were the victims of it a claim for relief on the property of Ireland.—(Cheers.) I believe that it is the prevalent opinion, that whatever may be done this year to relieve the distress, that in future years, whenever the poor-houses are full, and in certain cases, even where they are not full, that there should be an adequate provision for the relief of the poor.—(Cheers. ) I have not heard, myself, from Irish gentlemen, anything to warrant me in believing that they are opposed to this measure, or that it will meet with any resistance from them. There may, perhaps, be some difference of opinion as to the details of this measure, but with regard to the principle itself, I believe there will be no resistance.—( Hear, hear.) Whatever reluc tance there may be at present to have the whole relief of the destitute placed upon them, I believe that, with regard to ordinary times, the impression is unfounded that the Irish landlords wish to avoid that obligation.—( Hear, hear.) I be lieve they have no wish to avoid it—( Hear, hear)—but will be ready to give to a measure of that kind their careful assistance. —( Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman says that the relief of the destitution should be placed upon all classes, and that it ought not to be made a charge on the land.—( Hear, bear.) I must say, that if the pro. position of the Government be carried into effect, this will, to a certain extent, be the case. And there will be a sacrifice from all parts of the empire. I have not heard a single objec tion to this, nor do I believe that any has been made to it. I do not believe that it will be objected to, but I think it right to say that an impression very generally prevails that the pro perty of Ireland, though a poor country, should bear the charge of Irish distress.—( Cheers.) Mr. S. O'BRIEN was in hopes they would be able to dis cuss these measures without the introduction of any topics calculat e d to excite any acrimonious ,feelings. The landlord o for a l ern, bheandemwaoduld esa b c e rifi re ce a s d , y a t n o d he hoped supporthim when h the Hon. Member oi embe r r . S. O'Brien) was about to call upon another class of landlords to perform teiraduty. He purposed that a Commit lp,otiitnttnedightto tee should bey ascertained.si lreland, He e nd h t a o d see hospitals of i that country, that the poor-houses o th ki e ect t i r t n n e to stfaotrem ofo and of ho th of this inquiry would be a convictionr"thtatt:teth.: pt to .1 e mp e oe seeetodat he e measuresumere ad i of Government would b e utterly inel gency. The soup kitchens would be found inapplicable to many parts of Ireland. He had always advocated a poor-law for that country, and recent circumstances had more and more confirmed the views he entertained on that subject. There could be no doubt that for some years to come it would be necessary to have recourse to stimulants to employ the surplus labour of that country. The Bills for advances to landlords would, he feared, employ but an inconsiderable portion of it, and what, he would ask, was to be done with the remainder ? A good system of emigration would do much good, but no efficient plan for that purpose bad been proposed. The system of railways proposed by Lord George Bentinek would, if laid down, have absorbed all this surplus labour, and conferred the greatest good upon Ireland. He implored the Government to lay down some scheme for the employment of the people in useful works, in order that those painful scenes which were of daily recurrence in that country should be put an end to. Mr. B. ESCOTT said that nothing was further from his intention than to prevent the House from going into Commit tee on this Bill. He considered it would be much better if these Bills had been considered in the Pied they were in tended—as temporary and not permanent mi it ures.:There were one or two circumstances, however, to which he wished briefly to allude. The Hon. Member opposite said that the measures proposed by the Government were inadequate to meet the dis tress for which they were intended. Well, he (Mr. Escott) agreed with the Hon. Gentleman, and he would go even farther, and say, that if the Noble Lord, or any one else, had proposed them as anything else than temporary, he would have given them his most decided opposition. He was glad to hear what had fallen from the Noble Lord, for no speech which had been made from the bench which he oc cupied (the Treasury )(luring that session, or many preceding ones, held out such a beneficial prospect for Ireland. He had promised a substantial poor-law for Ireland, a measure which his Hon. and Learned Friend the Member for Bath, had been taunted for proposing. If he understood his Learned Friend, all that he desired was, that equal justice should be done to Ireland; and they should permit him to tell the Irish Members, that from the Parliament of the United Kingdom they never will get equal rights unless they will consent to bear equal burdens also. —(Hear, hear.) There was much suffering in this country, and were it not for the exertions of the land owners, they should have starvation in England as well as in Ireland.— (Hear.) He wished to impress this fact upon the Noble Lord at the head of the Government, as by reason of some expressions which dropped from him the other evening, he saw clearly that lie much under-rated the amount of English distress. He had not the opportunity of seeing it to the extent which he (Mr. Escott) had. The people of England were ground down, and they should not be blamed when they recollected that all grants to Ireland were had out of their hard earnings. Viscount BERNARD said that Honourable Gentlemen should not believe, for truth, all that appeared in blue books. The rental in Ireland was by no means so high as had been stated. The Honourable Member for 'Winchester had taunted them with an opposition to a poor-law, but he was not aware that there was any disinclination on the part of the Irish gentlemen to an assimulation of the poor-law of Ireland with that of England. On the contrary, he, with many others, were in favour of such a measure. He would warn the Government not suddenly to cease rendering assistance to the destitute through the means of public works. He had received letters which stated that in some instances this was the case, and that great destitution was the consequence. Mr. MONTAGUE GORE said that he was prepared to give his testimony in corroboration of the statement of the Member for Winchester, that great distress existed in the west of England, but although such was the case, they should not be deterred from sending assistance to their distressed fellow subjects in Ireland. The conduct of the landlords in that country had been strongly animadverted upon, but, as far as he could see, they had in almost every in stance acted with the utmost generosity.—(hear, hear. ) Ireland in her present distresses required the sincere sympathy of the people of this country, which he trusted would be be. stewed upon her. Whatever view the Government took of a poor• law, or of any other measures for the relief of that coun try, they would do no good unless they dealt with the small farms in Ireland, which were a great source of the evils of that country. They must grapple with this question if they meant to provide an efficient remedy. He was of opinion that, great as might be the present suffering of the people of Ireland, it would eventually result in good, and be the means of causing a happier day to dawn in that hitherto distracted country. Mr. FITZGERALD could not remain silent after what had been said by the Honourable Member for Mary lebone (Sir Benjamin Hall), but would not detain the House long. He rose to protest against the attack on the Irish Members which that Honourable Member had made. With regard to the measures of the Government, he confessed he did not think them as adequate for the crisis as they should have been. Considering the vast amount of distress that pre vailed, and the harrowing accounts of the privation and suffering which had been placed before the House, that the Government would have been prepared with some comprehensive system of public works. He considered that the carrying out of rail ways would have been a very desirable course of this kind; and if the Government were not prepared to carry out so ex tensive a scheme as the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn, they might at least have carried out those lines fur which Acts of Parliament had been already obtained. Lard C. HAMILTON had e ished to delay the progress of the measure, and rose simply to ask the Noble Lord if he could postpone the Committee on the Irish Poor-law Bill for a short time, in order that it might not be taken whilst Irish .Mem bers were absent at their respective assizes? Lord JOHN RUSSELL regretted that he could not accede to the Noble Lord's proposition. if he were to postpone it from the day on which it was fixed, he should be met by similar objections on the part of other Irish Members, on account of their desire to be in Ireland at the assizes, which would imme diately follow those to which the Noble Lord had referred. Ile was anxious to have the Bill passed through that House as soon as possible, in order that it might be sent up to the House of Lords without any unnecessary loss of time. Lord C. HAMILTON regretted that the Noble Lord could not act upon his suggestion. However, he begged, as an Irisn Member, to express his gratitude to the Government, and to the English Members, for the spirit in which they had passed the measures for the relief of distress in Ireland.—( Hear, hear.) Many of the speeches, the tone of which had been complained of, contained much good sense, and he hoped they would strip what was good from what was worthless, and adopt it. Lord CASTLEREAGH said the great object of their le gislation was to prevent thousands from perishing of hunger, i and therefore, he thought, no obstructions should be thrown in the way of this measure, and that Hon. Members, under the circumstances, should reserve their speeches for scree other occasion. He had read in the TimPs of that day a letter from a gentleman, describing the condition of the people on the coast of Ireland.—( Hear, hear.) He feared that this letter was bet a specimen of others which they would continue to receive from day to day. He hoped the Irish Members would sink their differences, and honestly, fairly, and impartially support whatever the Government might propose for the benefit of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) If the same sort of visitation were again to betal Ireland, he was quite satisfied that the only remedy would be to form a network of railways throughout Ireland, by which they would be enabled to convey food to all parts of the country. But after all, he thought that the best plan would be to suffer the Government to proceed with the other business, and to lay aside all recrimination, and at once go into Committee on the Lord DUNCAN said that nothing would have given him greater pleasure tban to proceed with the Bill, and he trusted the House would on all sides take the advice which had just been offered, and suffer the Ministry to proceed with the mea sure. With regard to the allegations that had been assumed as having been made by him, all he could say was, that he had drawn his information from the blue book which he held in his hand. Mr. SHARMAN CR A.WFORD would protest against any such disposition as was ascribed to the Irish peasantry. The whole of the evil, in fact, was traceable to tke mischief arising from the law of landlord and tenant. He trusted, therefore, that the House would now, without further delay, go into Corn raittee on the Bill. The House then went into Committee, amid cheers from all sides. On the first clause being proposed, Mr. GOULBURN said that he wished to draw the at tention of the House to this clause, and this he did, he assured the Noble Lord opposite, not because he objected to the principle of the Bill, but because there was one objection which he could not but offer to it. The measure of the last session of Parliament had pro. vided for unlimited drafts on the Consolidated Fund. If, from the necessity of the case, the Government were to draw from the Consolidated Fund, it would be quite necessary for them to obtain such indemnity as this Bill provided. In the Bill of last session certain sums were allowed to be drawn from the Consolidated Fund for the completion of certain public works, but it had been necessary to divert a part of the funds for other purposes. The present Act provided for the indemnity of the Government, but it omitted to provide an indemnity for the officers who acted under their orders. It was always the custom in any cases of the violation of the law to provide an indemnity, not only for the Government, but also for the officers who acted under their directions. A case of this kind occurred some years ago, when, in consequence of a -careity of food in the %Vest Indies, the Government in the colonies, as well as the Government at home, in direct violation of the law, had ordered the admission of food without payment of the duties. Again, in 1826, there had been a scarcity of oats, and the Government had directed the admission of oats, also in that case, without the payment of duty, in direct violation of the law, and they had fully experienced the advantages of the course. In both these instances there had been acts of indemnity for the officers as well as for the Government, and those instances were of much less consequence than the circumstances of the present important occasion. It would appear that the Act of last year had given an unlimited authority to the Government to draw on the Consolidated Fund for any amount that they night think necessary, but in all these cases words were inserted to give to the officers the indemnity which they were entitled to, and especially for those officers under whose orders the money had been issued from the Treasury, and who ought to have the same indemnity as had been obtained by the Go vernment. Now, by the measures which had been passed during the last session of Parliament, the power to draw money was given in order to devote it to public works, and the money was to be issued out of the Consolidated Fund. But there appeared to be considerable ambiguity about the clause. By the first words of, the clause it was decreed that it appeared that the sums drawn were to be limited, but the Concluding words of the clause seemed to imply that the amount to be drawn from the Consolidated Fund should be unlimited. But there was another principle to be considered, and that was the power given to draw money in this unlimited manner, for it should be recollected that it was but right that because ex traordinary circumstances occasioned extraordinary deviations from the usual rule, they should, on every ordinary occasion, give this power to, a Ministry, and it was with a view to point this out to the House that he had made these observa tions. He did say, therefore, that such a clause as this should not be hastily passed, but that some limitation should be placed on the draught of public money from the Treasury. Mr. LABOUCHERE said that he quite agreed with the Right Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down, not only i n the necessity to attend to the suggestion contained in the first part of his observations, but also that the question which he had raised was of the utmost importance. There was no indisposition whatever on the part of the Government to prevent the insertion of such a clause as that which had been proposed,Government, a n d in tactand a i t had already clause w as receive d already the pr e considerationpare dwhich of the might either be inserted in the present Bill, or brought forward in some future measure, and in which they might not only meet the present case, but render the law fit to meet any exigency that might arise. A clause had indeed been pre pared, and it might be introduced now or after as a future clause of the Bill. With regard to the second proposition of the Right Hon. Gentleman, he quite agreed that it was not because a particular exigency had occurred that unlimited power should be given to any Ministry i® draw money from the Treasury. In this case the Bill asked for an indemnity of the deviation of the money that ought to have been applied to the public works, the amount of which, he believed, accoiding to the terms of the Bill of last session, were to be unlimited. He • was glad, therefore, that the Right Hon. Gentleman had drawn the attention cf the House to the subject, and he could assure him and the House, that whenever the nece,sity required it, the Government would be ready to in.. troducea measure to meet the circumstances of the case. The Bill was divided into two parts,tiefirst clause rendered valid those presentments which had been made under the Act, and the fifth clause in the same way rendered valid all the presentments made under Mr. Labouchere's Act. He had no objection to the principle of the Bill, but it appeal-v(1 to him that there were certain words in the first clause which em powered the Commissioners to expend as much money as they pleased in any public works. The words were, "to com plete and execute," and thus no limit was placed to the money to be expended. He thought that some check ought to be established over the Commissioners, in order to secure, as wrath as possible, economy on their part. There were instanees where the public money had been grossly wisemployed, and in one case, according to the returns made, it was found That the labourers were earning very high wages, and the child taken from the mother's back and laid down upon a heap of stones were put down as y arning a shilling a day. He therefore pro posed that the cost of the public work should in no case exceed the amount of money given in the presentment. Mr. LABOUCHERE did not quite understand the Hon. Member. If he meant to say that if the money presented for did not cover the expense of the work, there should be no power to raise more. Such a course was likely to be produc tive of inconvenience, but if he meant to secure the careful expenditure of the money the words were unnecessary. Mr. FRENCH then withdrew his arnendm •nt to the clause. Mr. GOULBURN objected to the Commissioners having an unlimited power over the funds of the country. A specified sum should be demanded. the P a o p t p a l t a applying n g Lord JOHN RUSSELL said th a t h e agree d w i th the Right Hon. Gentleman that it was o f a d vantage to have a par ticular sum named, but it was not al ways poss ib le. The Right Hon. Gentleman at the beginning o f l ast sess i on, when in office, proposed a Bill granting 50,000/. to t h e I r i sh for public works, and at the end of that session it was f oun d nece-sary to propose grant cro. It w p of4s o o uld be better 01 . inectonrsegtouence of the f a ilu re o f ask an indefi n it e sum and it to the emergencies of the country. than asking a definite sum, and exceeding it five or six times over. He ad mitted the importance of having a specific sum named, but in this ease it was not possible. Mr. GOUL BUR N said the cases were very different. When the grant of 50,000/. was proposed, and it was afterwards found necessary to increase it, the increased demand did not fall on the Consolidated Fund. The 50,000., and no more, was drawn from that source, while the whole demand was to be drawn from the Consolidated Fund at present. After a few words from Lord JOHN MANNERS, Clauses 1, 2, and 3, were agreed to. Clause 4 was then agreed to. On clause 5, Mr, F FRENCH proposed an amendment, that the power of appointing the assessment should not be given to the Board of Wcrks. He thought this power wculd be better exercised by the magistrates and cess-payers. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL defended the clause. Mr, SHAW complimented the Attorney -General on the judgment he displayed in drawing up the measure, and though there might be circumstances which would warrant the mode of procedure proposed by the Hon. Member whe moved the amendment, he thought the clause under all the circumstances should be allowed to stand. Causes 5 and 6 were then agreed to. The remaining clauses of the Bill were agreed to. The House then resumed, and the Bill was ordered to be reported on Monday. POOR RELIEF BOARD. Jr answer to a question from an HON. MEMBER, Lord J. RUSSELL said the other two Bills relating to Ireland, would be brought under the consideration of the House on Monday fo tnight. With regard to the Bill for the " appointment of a Board for the supervision of the administra tion of the laws for the relief of the poor in Ireland," he would simply, at this late hour, ask for leave to introduce it, and make his statement respecting its provisions on proposing the second reading. TEN HOURS' BILL. On the order of the day for the second reading of this Bill being read, Air. LEADER objected to it, as he believed the division of last Wednesday was an unfair division. Such an important question should not have been discussed on that day at all, but should have been taken on some other evening, when it could be fully discussed. The manufacturers had been grossly attacked by be Hon. Member for Knaresborough, and full time should be gi,en for those who differed from, and were against the Bill, to be heard. He would suggest, that as many Members had left to-night, under the impression that the question would not come on, that the second reading be put off till next Wednes day—(lronical cheers)—he meant to some other future night, when the matter could be fully gone into. He knew it was difficult to get a night, at present, for the state of the Govern , trent business ; still, he thought, something should be done to alow the House to come to a fair decision, which it had not as yet —( Hear, hear.) Mr. FERRAND said the Hon. Gentleman had stated that he bad called the manufacturers the most destestab!e persons on the face of the earth. He begged to state that no such ex pression ever fell from his lips, and that if he had made such a statement, he should have been ashamed of it. For years he had been attacked in this off-hand manner. Now no one had a nigher respect for the manufacturers than himself. Many of thaw—and he appealed to the Hon. Member for Oldham—were his most intimate friends. There were many manufacturers in his immediate neighbourhood who were a blessing to that part of the country. Air. B. ESCOTT explained, that on Wednesday he had no intention to oppose unfairly the will of the House, in per sisting in his motion far the adjournment of the debate on the Fa - :_tories Bill. He begged to give notice, that on the motion that the Speaker do leave the chair, he should move that they should go into Committee on the Bill that day six months. Ile Bill was then read a second time. POOR-LAW SUSPENSION BILL. Lord J. RUSSELL obtained leave to bring in this Bill, and it was read a first time. Capt. PECHELL wished to know whether the Noble Lord proposed to make any alterations in the eonstitution of the Poor-Law Commission ? Lcrd JOHN RUSSELL said that he had stated that he coolci not take the consideration of the poor-law at the present moment. The Honourable and Gallant Officer must be aware that the House had been engaged, and neces sarily engaged, in the consideration of the measures necessary for the relief of Ireland—not only in the consideration of those measures which had been brought forward by Government, but also by those which had been proposed by the Noble Lord opposite. He (Lord John Russell) had already stated that the sums necessary for the relief of Ireland should first be voted, and then he might take the other matters into consideration. In the first place, with respect to the measure which he had introduced for the alteration of the poor laws in England, he had to say that that law would not be founded on any report of the Andover Commission. The Hon. and Gallant officer seemed to think that this law was affected by that Commission, and therefore he wished it to go out distinctly that such was not the case, and that he thought it was but right that it should be under stood that the Poor-law Commissioners had not lost the con fidence of the Government. The Hon. Member for Andover, Mr. Etwall, might bring forward his motion, and it would be for the House to affirm or deny it, but he must emphatically repeat that hesaw no reason for saying that the Commissioners had lost the confidence either of the Government or the House, bat it was necessary that the law should be modelled on other principles. Mr. S. O'BRIEN trusted that the medical charities in England would not be placed under the administration of the Poor-law Commissioners. Mr. ET WALL said that as it was the intention of the Noble Lord to postpone the improvement of the poor. law, he wished to ask when it was his intention to bring the amend ment of the poor-law forward so far as it effected England. Lord J. RUSSELL had already stated that he could not postpone the measures for the relief of Ireland on any consi deration, but 83 soon as they could be disposed of, he would move the second reading of the Bill which he had just brought in. RAILWAYS (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. TUFNELL drew the attention of the House to the misstatement of the Members who voted the other night against Lord G. Bentinck's Bill, and stated t h at the number for the Government was 332, and not 322. He moved that the return should be altered. Lord MARCUS HILL apologised, and threw himself on the indulgence of the House. It was ordered that the Clerk of the House be directed to alter the return. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and The House adjourned at One o'clock to Four o'clock on Monday. e e n i and attempted s PROTEST AGAINST THE BILL FOR THE TEMPORARY RELIEF OF DESTI TUTE PERSONS IN IRELAND." 1. Because this Bill is based on the principle, th a t i t i s t h e duty of a Government to p r ovide food for the people, and in practice. It is false in theo ry , as being, in the natura l t l o c i o n n j s u i s d t e ic r e t h a i n s d p e r l i i n sa ci s p tr ic ou t s lii c s o e n i s n eq s tuho theory, f leading state of things, utterly impracticable ; the Government having no store of food wherewith to supply the people, or funds for providing the same. In practice, it leads to injustice arid disastrous consequences, because such funds can be obtained only by taxation ; and if the taxes are levied (as they ought and profess to be) equally on all, the whole will be taxed, and supply the wants of a part: the consequence of which must be, that some persons on the verge of destitution will be thus reduced to the same state as those whom they are taxed to relieve, and that those who by prudence and industry have raised them. selves out of the reach of want will be taxed for the relief of the improvident and idle. 2. Because it is dangerous for a Government to take any step which is calculated to instil into the minds of the people the belief, that they need not rely on their own exertions for their well-being, and a hope that it they omit to take proper care of themselves, it will relieve their necessities and gratuitously support them. 3. Because the Irish people are of a temperament pe culiarly likely to be misled. 4. Because experience, both in Ireland and in Eng land under the old administration of the poor laws, proves that the attempt to provide gratuitously for the needy is in its result dangerous to property and to the independence and well-being of the people, and injurious to none more than to those very persons whose benefit is thereby sought; by superseding the necessity, and thus repressing the energy of their own exertions to keep themselves ; by diverting them from those resources which the pressure of want would disclose; and, above all, by teaching them to rely on external aid, which, as it cannot be efficient in extent, or permanent in duration, will finally leave them disappointed and discontented, and more destitute and helpless than before. 5. Because I fear that if this measure be adopted it will necessarily lead to other measures of a similar na ture, and that though some present relief may be given to existing misery and destitution, it will lead hereafter to an alarming increase of the evils thus temporarily mitigated; and that, therefore, though feelings of the most praiseworthy and benevolent character prompt its adoption, prudence, reason, and true wisdom would re ject it. 6. Because charity is a proper motive for the private conduct of individuals, but justice the paramount duty of a Government ; and because charity to some on the part of the latter work out present injustice to others, and ultimately evil to all. RADNOR. OLDIIAAL—FALL OF A COTTON MILL.—On Sunday last, shortly before one o'clock at noon, a small cotton mill, situate near Werneth Coppice, Manchester-street, lately occupied by M essrs . J o h n and Frederick Potter, cotton spinners, suddenly gave way, in consequence of the excAva stieovtisrawi'llic,h are being effected underneath, in the formation of one of the tunnels of the Oldham Extension Railway. Fortunately the mill was nearly empty, the greater part of the machinery , and other property having be - n removed to another mill. The fallen building was three stories high. , 1 uses in the vicinity have also given way, and are to be taken dime. i TIDE NEW BISHOPS.—It is said — thit efour Bishoprics to be created, according to the proposition of Lord Jahn Rnssell, will be conferred on the Hon. and Rev. Montagu Villiers, M.A., Rector of St. George's, Bloomsbury; the Rev. Thomas Dale. M.A., Vicar of St. Pancras, and Canon Residentiary of St. Paul's; the Rev. J. Slade, M.A., Canon (.1 Cheater, and Vicar of Bolton-le-Moors ; and the Rev. Basijamin Parsons Sym o ns, D.D., Warden of Watiliam College, Oxford, and Vice-Chancellor of the University. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Feb. 19. THE ELECTRIC TELECRAPPI COMPANY V. NOTT AND GAMBLE. Mr. BETHELL replied to-day on this motion, addressing the Court for no less than four hours, and The LORD CHANCELLOR said he would give judgment on Wednesday next. His Lordship rose at quarter before three o'clock. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 18. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Sir F. PuLLocc, Chief Baron.) PELL V. JONNA. Mr. Humfrey and 311 7 . Medor were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Sergeant Allen and Mr. Gray appeared for the defendant. This was an action brought to recover damages from the defendant for the breach of a contract all.ged to have been entered into by him to transfer his interest in certain shares in the Leicester and Bedford Railway Company, which had not been ratified by any legisla tive enactment. It appears that 40 shares h av i ng been allotted to the defefohnt in the above company, he was not able to pay the deposit thereon, and being about to quit England, he authorised Mr. George Pell, the nephew of the plaintiff, who had advanced the money to pay the deposit, to sell the shares when he could realise a small sum by them. The shares were after wards sold to the plaintiff at a premium of 11.; but when the defendant was called on to ratify the transaction by handing over the scrip certificates, he repudiated the transiietion, the shares being then at a premium of 41. The action was afterwards brought by the plaintiff, who contended now that be was entitled to re cover the highest value of the shares after the sale and before the action was brought. On the part of the de fendant it was argued that the action could not be sus tained, as the authority ought to have been in e,riting, and no shares had ever issued, but only scrip; and by the Joint-Stock Companies Act no legal transter could be made of any interest in any such scheme till after the act of incorporation had been obtained, which had not been done. The CHIEF BARON reserved the points raised by the Learned Sergeant on the part of the defendant, and left the question of damages contingently to the jury, by whom they were assessed at 501. February 19. (Sittings in London before the LORD CHIEF BARON and Common Juries.) LEITH V. BILLING. In this case, which occupied the attention of the Court nearly the whole of the day, the plaintiff sought to recover compensation for damages sustained by him in consequence of having been thrown off a stage coach, the property of the defendant, occasioned by the alleged carelessness and negli gence on the part of the driver, the servant of the de fendant. The details of the case did not present any features of in terest to the public. Mr. Crowder and Mr. Bovill appeared for the plaintiff; Sir P. Thesiger and Mr. D. Keane tin: the defendant. COURT OF COMMUN PLEAS, Feb. 18. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before the LoRD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury). HOPWOOD V. THORN. Mr. Cockburn, Q.C., Mr. Elwin James, and Mr. Lush, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Taltourd and Mr. Atherton for the defendant. In this case both the plaintiff and the defendant were Independent ministers, the plaintiff being the minister of the Independent chapel at Thatcham, and the de fendant an Independent minister residing at Winchester. The action was a joint action for slander arid libel, the declaration containing counts for teeth, The slanders complained of were various statements made by the de fendant, to persons of his congregation a'ad others, at Thatcham, that the plaintiff having, before his entry into the ministry, carried on business as a draper at Southampton, in partnership with a person named Pint - lone had, on his withdrawal from the partnership, taken out large sums from the concern, more than he was entitled to do; arid upon this statement used the words that the plaintiff was " utiwetthy the name of a gentleman, a minister, or an honest man," and that " no person would let him get into a pulpit anywhere, so bee was his character." There were oteer words f.kciured on, that the defendant " had called the pleintiff a rogue, and ti e could prove it by the books at Southatiipten that he had cheated Mr Piuherti of 2,0001." The libels comp! :hid of were vontainad in a series of letters, one of which was to a Mr. Hunt. and two to the R'v. Mr. Ainslie. Dissenting minister, and secretary to the Ceti gregationel Board of Education, residing in Li»idon, which stated "that Mr. Hunt had been to Southampton and found all true;" there were other statements similar to the above. This correspondence was of great length. To prove the libels and slanders, Mr. Edward Hunt, surveyor, residing at Thatcham, was called. He stated that the plaintiff called upon him on Janury 7, 1845, and made a statement of something which a Mrs.Burfield had told him. On the following Sun day the plaintiff made a statement from the pulpit, re ferring to the accusations made against him, demanding an investigation, and defying proof of the charges made. The plaintiff also asked for an appointment of mutual friends to consider the matter. The witness was the friend alluded to to be appointed. He afterwards met the defendant at Mrs. Burfield's house, where a conver sation about the matter took place, and there were sub sequent meetings of the parties at Mrs. Burfield's house, and the defendant expressed nimself anxious to have a public meeting, and there was a public meeting subse quently held, on the 18th of March; that meeting was held at the Independent chapel at Thatcham, both plaintiff and defendant being present. Statements were there made by the defendant, which he had before heard him make at Mrs. Burtield's house. The defendant read a long statement of accounts between Pinhorn and the plaintiff, theresult being that the plaintiff had taken 6,0001. out of the concern, and had only put into it 1,2651.; and that the plaintiff had drawn out 2,0001. more than he ought to have done, which equity would compel him to repay, and that these accounts were taken from the books of the business. The defendant afterwards told witness that the plaintiff's name " stunk in South ampton ;" that he had looked into the law of libel, and could not be made liable for what he said. Edward Pinnock, a member of the plaintiff's congre gation, deposed that the defendant arid two Misses Bur field called upon him and made similar statements to the above, and said that " Mr. Hopwood would not be able to hold up his head in Thatcham pulpit or in any other." It appeared, from the evidence of another witness (Mrs. Arnold), that great excitement existed in the village about this gossip, and that the plaintiff had put it to the vote to expel Mrs. Barfield from the congrega tion till the statements against him were withdrawn. John Carter, jun., deposed to being present at the meeting at Thatcham chapel on the 18th of March, when Mr. Hopwood said,—" Where are my accusers ?" To which Mr. Thorn replied,—" I am your ac cuser." Mr. Hopwood said,—" I hear that you have been calling me a rogue in the village." To which Mr. Thorn replied,—" Stay a while and I will prove you one." Mr. Thorn then read many letters and a long statement of figures. After this, Mr. Hopwood said, " Now you have made my character look so black, if you can prove what you have stated I will be 100/. to any charity ; and, it' not, you shall he 1001." Mr. Thorn refused ; as also to go to Southampton to examine tise books, "as it hed taken him a week to examine theta already." At this period of the meeting some one said, "We cant our dinners ; look at the time !" and the meeting broke up. The Rev. Mr. Ainslie, a Dissenting minister, residing near the Regent's Park, was then called—He had known the plaintiff and his character for many years. He knew of hie being in business at Southampton. He had heard of these reports, and went down to 'Thatcham in 1845, and called on the defendant with a view of inquiring into the matter. He entered into a correspondence with Mr. Thorn. [Various letters were then put in, and proved by the witness, some of them containing the libellous matter complained of ] On his cross-examination, it appeared that he had gone to see Mr. Pinhorn, and that Mr. Pinhorn said, " He had no charge to make against Mr. Hopwood ;" but he admitted that he had made statements of com plaint to Mr. Thorn against Mr. Hopwood. The Learned JUDGE thought statements made regard ing the plaintiff, relating to his former trade, and not re lating to his present calling as a minister, not actionable. Mr. Sergeant TALPOURD then addressed the jury for the defendant. He regretted that the present charge should have been brought. He regretted that those whose profession it was to compose differences should have resorted to such a course. He thought it a cir cumstance to be regretted when persons were brought up in trade, and lived to man's estate before entering a profession, and had a background of life to look upon which unfitted them for their profession. There might be exceptions in instances of great talent or enthusiasm ; but the plaintiff was not such an instance. The results of the present trial, if against his client, must be lamentable, and he could not, therefore, but regret that a more private tribunal had not been resorted to for settling this difference. The Learned Sergeant then went at great length, and with much eloquence, through the evidence. His LORDSHIP summed up, and the jury found a ver dict for the plaintiff—Damages, 2504 The cause occupied the whole day, and was not over until nearly 7 o'clock in the evening. February 19. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before the Loon CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury.) THE LORD 3fAYOR OF LONDON V. PARRINSON AND ANOTHIR. THE PATENT WEL. This was an action brought by the Lord Mayor of the city of London, on behalf of the Corporation,against the def erdants , manufacturers of the patent fuel, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, for the infringement of the Act of Parliament in importing fuel into the port of London without paying the usual duty imposed on coal. The real question raised by the action was, whether or no the patent fuel was coal within the meaning of the statute, and therefore liable to the duty. Mr. Sergeant Channel! and Mr. Willis appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Martin and Mr. Hill for the defence. Mr. Sergeant CIIANNCLL opened the case, stating that the action had been brought to protect the revenue of the City, which had b een i n f r inged by the defendants is importing their patent f ue l i n t o the port without paying the usual duty. The plaintiff maintained that the fuel was coal, imported in its present form in order to evade the Act of Parliament, and the present action was brought to try the question. Evidence was then taken to prove the chemical character of the fuel. Prefessor Brande deposed to having analysed the patent fuel, and found that a 1,000 parts contained 927 parts coal and 73 parts coal-pitch or tar, to make the former cohere; th e coal did not seem to hare undergone any change whatever, but was in its natural state. Messrs. Cooper and Jackson corroborated this evidence. The former stated th At in several samples he had examined, the coal was in the proportion of 900 to 940 to the 1,000 parts, and while some portions were well mixed and compact, tithe); were very friable. Mr. Child, -a coal merchant, gave evidence to the effect, that he did not recognise practically any difference between the patent fuel and ordinary coal. This way the case for the plaintiff. Mr. Ma Brix addressed the jury brietiy to the 0144 that. he vi add prove that the materials of She patent fuel were in their unmixed state almost useless, and that their value depended altogether on the manufacturing process they were sub milted to. The materials were made to undergo several preparatory processes, and then introduced into a retort, where they were heated to a red heat, well mixed together by a revolving screw, and when the fusion was complete the matter was run out, and formed into the brick-like pieces in which it was found when sent into the market for sale. James Gordon said he was the manager of Messrs. Parkin son aad Co.'s intiouf,,ctory, at Newcastle. He superin *tended the practical operations of the patent Mel. It was made up of very small coal, the result of the second screening. It could not be used for domestic or steam purposes, and cost in that state about three shillings a ton. It was then mixed with pitch, and a little lime, which had been prepared for the union, and the whole was submitted to the action of high heat in a re tort until all the materials were well mixed. It was then run into moulds aid allowed to cool. (The witness here described the process in detail, and by the aid of plans. The apparatus had cost nearly 40,0001. The fuel was an article In extensive demand. and sent all over the world. Its price was about :20s. in London, and a ton and a half of it occupied about the same mobil as a ton of ordinary coal. Mr. Wallace, superintendent of the Gravesend Diamond Steam-boat Company, deposed that for the last year they had used the patent fuel, and found it much superior to the ordinary Newcastle coal. It did not yield so much smoke, or block up the flues. It also produced steam quicker. He did not think the coal-dust, of which the patent fuel was made would he of use in steem-boats. They could neither get heat nor steam from it. John Napier, engineer, stated that he had also used the fuel for steam-vessels, and found similar benefits to those stated by the previons witness. , This was the case for the defence. At the suggestion of his LORDSHIP, it was arranged that a verdict should be found for the plaintiff, subject to be turned into a special case for, the consideration and decision of the Court above. A verdict, subject to this arrangement, was then given, COURT OF QUEEN'S RANCH, Feb. 19. (Sittings at Nisi Prius at Guildhall, before Mr. Justice Erma and Common Juries.) THE MIDLAND GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.—BYRNE V. KEIGHLEY. Mr. Cockburn was for the plaintiff, and Sir Frederick Thesiger for the defendants. This was an action, brought by the plaintiff, an engineer, to recover 400/. from the defendant, Mr. Richard Kelley, of Cleveland-row, St. James's, one of the managing com mittee of the above-mentioned company. The company was projected in the autumn of 1845, when similar projects were as " thick as flies on a summer's day," and was registered in the name of a Mr. Holmes, its promoter, on the 24th of September. The object of the line was "to form a more direct communication between the towns of Reading and Northampton." The committee of management applied to the plaintiff, through their secretary, Mr. Kemp, on the 11th of October, for the terms on which he would become the en gineer of the line. His terms were accepted—namely, 500/., 1001. to be paid down and the remainder on the plans being deposited at the Board of Trade by the memora ble 30th of November, 1845, and an agreement to this effect was dnly drawn up and executed on the 14th of October, Mr. Holmes acting on behalf of the committee. Assistants were to be engaged by the plaintiff, and were to be paid by the company. Although the line was seventy-five miles in length it was surveyed and the plans duly deposited. The " panic," however, cut off the proj .ct in the midst of its triumphs, as owing to the non-payment of the deposit it was impossible to proceed to Parliament, and it fell to the ground. The defendant was an active member of the committee. The plaintiff's case, however, fell to the ground also in consequence of the absence of Mr. Beales, the attesting wit ness to the agreement, who was called on his subpo3na, and the plaintiff was accordingly non-suited. ARCHES' COURT. Feb. 19. (Before Sir H. J. FUST.) THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE PROMOTED BY TROWER V. BURST, CLERK. This was originally a cause of office, promoted under the directions of the Lord Bishop of Chichester, against the Rev. Mr. Hurst, rector of Thackham, Sussex, for highly immoral conduct. The usual proceedings having been taken, the Court pronounced the articles brought in against the reverend gentleman proved, •and sus pended him ab officio et beAeficio for the space 'of three years, condenned him in the costs, and directed that the suspension Aould cootinua until the customary certificate of gout] conduct w 21.4 ;odg, d in the court. That decree w,is defy transmitted to the Consistory Court of ChicheAer, to impound the profits of the bene fice. Sequestration issued to Mr. Butler, who entered into an arrangement with Mr. Hurst, by which he was allowed to continue in possession of the glebe land, on condition that he paid a rent-cktrge. The rev. gentle. man also occupied other land, on which there was a su►u of 791. due for tithes under the Commutation Act. Repeated applications had been made to him far the payment of the moneys due, but he had tailed to comply with them. Dr. HAGGARD (with whom was Dr. Bayforti) con tended that the non-payment of these sums, inasmuch as they constituted a part of the emoluments of the living, was a disobedience of the sen:ence of the Court, and he now prayed the Court to issue a monition against. Mr. Hurst to show cause why he should not be pronounced in contempt. In other cases where there had been a disobedience of the sentence, not as regarded the profits of the living, but in continuing to discharge ministerial duties, that had been the course pursued. The Learned JUDGE observed, that this was certainly a very novel proceeding in this court. When a sentence was pronounced, it was sent to the bishop of the diocese in which the benefice was situated, who took means to enforce obedience to the decree, and was, in point of tact, the ecclesiastical sheriff. On him devolved the duty of levying the sequestration, and taking care that the divine offices were performed. A sequestrator was appointed, whose duty it was to make a return to the registrar of what had been done, thus assimilating the practice to that pursued in courts of common law. If a sheriff could not make a levy, he must make a return to the Court, and resort would then be had to other means. If the Bishop of Chichester had certified that he had appointed a se questrator, that Mr. Hurst had refused to pay, and that he (the bishop) was unable to enforce the sentence, the monition now prayed for might have been granted; but the Court could not direct it to issue on the present ap plication. This was a case of non-payment rather than of receiving the profits of the living. He must, there. fore, refuse the motion. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Feb. 19. nr RE BARLOW. An application of rather a novel Itiure was made in this case. A marriage settlement was in existence, but the bank rupt had absconded, leaving his wife in great distress. The assignees had got about 3001., and had taken the opinion of Sir James Russell, who was of opinion that the ,ast , ignees could legally apply the assets to the extent of one-third towards the settlement, but if the Commissioner did not approve, a short petition in bankruptcy should be presented. The Learned COMMISSIONER (Holroyd) granted the appli cation. SECONDARIES' COURT, Feb. 19. (Before Mr. Secondary JAmts.) GREENING AND OTHXRS V. WICHOLIN. The plaintiffs in this action are manufacturers of cutlery at Sheffield, and defendant is a cutler at Wolverhampton. The claim was for 14/. 16a. 9d. for goods sold and delivered. The plea was, not indebted, but the defendant had, under a judge's order, admitted that two parcels of goods had been delivered. Mr. CHARNoCtr, for the defendant, admitted that the goods had been received, but the second lot had been refused in consequence of a dispute as to the discount, and the goods remained at the railway office for some months. The real defence was that the credit bad not expired. It appeared thAt when the second lot of goods were refused defendant offered a cheque for the amount, although the credit had not expired, but it was refused, and it was then agreed that if defendant took the second lot of goods, credit should be given for the whole until Christmas, 1846, the original credit being up to July. The SECONDARY suggested that the plaintiff should submit to a nonsuit It certainly was a question for the jury whether they believed the evidence for the defend nt, but, if they did, as a point of law he considered the plaintiff was not entitled to bring his action. Mr. SHIELD, the plaintiff's attorney, contended that the plea "never indebted" was not sufficient to meet the me, for at all events the first accour t had become due, and that there was no consideration for the second contract. The SECONDAAY held that there was a consideration on the discount, if not on any other grounds; the giving up one claim and substituting another debarred the legal claim on the first account. He would, however, give leave to mo ve the Court above on that p o i n t, an d if the plaintiff was en titled, to a verdict for 131.85. 6d., the amount agreed to be the value of goods. Mr. Shield elected to be nonsuited. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WORSHIP-STREE7: Henry Vawser, a shopman, in the employment of Messrs. Parks and Co., linen-drapers, No. 76 and 77, High-street, Shoreditch, was charged with robbing the firm of two lac,ies' shawls and two pieces of ribbon. Mr. Frederick Parkes stated that the prisoner had been in their employment since the Ist of the present month only. Witness received certain information which gave him every reason to suspect the prisoner's honesty, and on Thursday he (Mr. Parkes) distinctly saw him put something into his pocket. Ho soon after left the shop and 'went up stairs, but quickly returned. Witness subsequently went into the pri soner's bed-room, and in the great-coat pockets of the latter he discovered the two shawls, the property of the firm, and now produced. He left them there, and proceeded to the station• house, and gave information of the robbery ; and it was arranged that a constable should at once proceed to and watch the premises. As was expected, the prisoner, at the closing of business, about eleven o'clock, went out at the private door, bat was at once taken into custody by the po liceman, who found the shawls in question upen his person. Police-constable Ames, 198 H, deposed to his hav ing taken the prisoner into custody, and finding upon him the shawls alluded to. Upon further searching him at the station-house, two pieces of ribbon were also found upon him in his trousers pocket. The prisoner addressed the pro secutor, who had followed them to the station, thus :—" For God's sake, Sir, forgive me this time, and I w ill never be guilty of the like again." The prisoner, on being asked if he had anything to say in his defence, replied " Nothing ;" and he was about to be fully committed to Newgate tor trial, when it was suggested that if he were remanded for a few days it was more than probable that other things would be brought against him, as it was believed that he had been carrying on his nefarious p r i a , c h t e l ces su t g o considerablea ststion lvasaccededexten t. to, and the prisoner was remanded. -------------__- ; !ADVERTISEMENT.] --TEAS AT WHOLESALE PRICES, No. 2, BUCKLERSBURY, CREAPSIDE.—FamiIies whose consumption is large, and study economy, will derive considerable advantage at this establishment. One uni form price is affixed, by which the purchaser of a single pound can obtain it on the same terms as the trade. Black Tea ...2s. Bd., Ss., 3s. 4d, 3s. Bd., 45., 4s. 4d., ss. Green......... 38. 44., 3s. Bd., 4 5 ., 4 s . 4d ., 55., 65., 7s. I Coffee. ....... 9d., 104., I s ., l s _ 2d., is. 4 d ., is. 6d., ls. Sd. i One pound sent free to any part of town. Orders from the country forwarded the same day ; an d when the quantity is for 61b. weight (tea only), the carriage is Ipaid to any part of England.—.AANskaa. and Co. wholesale tea dealers, 2, Bucklersbury, 'Cheapside. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday last nine persons left Bi,!eford in the omnibus for 'Torrington, most of them for the purpose of attending the rnarket at the latter place. On passing the quay at Bideford the hores took fright and plunged into the sea, when, dread'Ail to rela e, eight out of the nine were drowned, the tide be'dp , up at. the time. !he • - • driver of the vehicle was saved. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. 2,730 qrs. I 1,190 qra. English • ..... frith. . Foreign ...... Per gibs. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d Inferior Beasts.. 3 2 3 4 iecon.l quality .•• 3 6 3 8 Pr.ime taro Oxen.. 310 4 0 Prime Sco s ...• .. 4 9 4 4 Large coarse Calves 310 4 4 Prime small ditto .. 4 6 5 0 Suckling Calves ..18 0 28 0 Inferior Sheep .. . 3 6 310 (From the London New Price Current of ;February 19 1 40 SUGAR.—To-day an improvement took pface in the be i n g of nearly all descriptions of raw Sugar, the deinand.„,s a active, and the quantity on offer not so large. Thells" an good desire shown to opt rate in all sorts of West I . l c r v jast; the rates offered were fully equal to those of F il . un a " p ly at but business was much checked by the scanty " market, and only 130 hhds were sold. taken for REFINED —To- day furth er re d uce d rates were t 0 Refined Goods. Bonded C rus h e d S ugar i s w i t h difficulty be had under 36s for first quality. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon the quantity of Mint; 'tillS Sugar offered at public sale was very large, and amounted to 11,387 bags and 125 casks, the chief part of which consisted of the better qualities of yellow. Refiners and grocers wer e desirous to operate, and th e w h o l e so ld at a rise on Mode" , rates of 6d to Is percwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon 487 bags Bengal Sugar VI: offered at public sale, and sold at stiffer rates. Privat e v t several parcels of all sorts o f B enga l were sold, and. in 111°5' cases, at rather higher rates. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar; and the chief operations in Java for the week .are O r b floating cargoes of about 1,000 tons on account of the D atc d ,, Trading Compaay, at 33s in bond, the buyers paying. ,b ing charges, and supposed to be taken for refining. la" 190 cases of brown Bahia sold at 24s 6d. COFFEE.—This afternoon there was no pu bli c sa le of .. it i t kind of Coffee; and priv a t e ly th e h ome tra d e opera tea :ma much caution. There are sellers of Native Ceylon of V - - ord. clean quality at 418 to 42s per cwt. beigg COCOA.—For British pl an t a ti on f urt h er a d vanced rat es - 25 9 insisted upon, operated materially against business, : 01d ~; , b hags of Trinidad at aucti on , were near l y all taken in tit "" i° prices. CORN.—Flour moved off slo w ly a t M onday ' s rates. 00 were the turn lower. Rtes.—To-day there was l ess d es i re ev i nced to oper a te all descriptions of Rice by private contract; but in price 9 w tle variation took place. At public sale 70 casks Calu7 a s were sold. This afternoon the large quantity of 1,356 no of Cassia Lignea was sold a t 2 s per cwt advance; first Pos fetched 63s 6d to 655, second pil e o f goo d qual i ty 60z to 6,(1 6d, third pile, low middling 55s 6d to 565, mouldy .5 0 to 58s. Ao• SPIRITS.—The demand has been extremely limited 'ln a () descriptions of Jamaica Rum this week, and holders are w.„ - d inclined to sell. East I n di a me t w i t h li ttle attentior proof Calcutta with certificate was offered at 3s 9.d. Leeward Island the dema n d h as b een t r ifli ng. Dem trerkt o ,0 strong quality is held for 5 s 2d t o 5 5 6d ; b ut li ttle b.as us, done. Brandy is not ch eaper , b u t t h e demand has fi Men " 4f, Prices rule firm. INDroo.—The Quarterly sales of East India which •, t „ er g ; minated this afternoon, h ave b een we ll attended throilgu'of by the home trade, an d f rom t h e C ont i nent a fair nu - m ber buyers has been present. As compared with the last 'Ottobl sale, good and tine qualities are from 4d to 6d dearer, 01 _ 1 dling and good middli ng 2d t o 4d , an d ord i nary and consul'. ing sorts from par to 3d advance. SALTPETRE.--All descriptions of rough have boisn 1 0 eellent request ; the rates paid are fully equal to tho se of day week, and holders manifest firmness. iTRANGE DISAPPEARANCE OP BANE Yesterday (Mot;day) forenoon the skipper of a northt 031111 Na ' vessel, at present lyi ng i n D undee harbour, went to the .1`"-f tional Bank here, and drew a sum o f money, c(maist i n g two notes for 101., ode for 51., and seven for IL each. flat; rolled them c are f u ll y up, he placed them in his trouse r pocket, and h o ldi ng th em f i rmly in his hand, in t his inantle;i: proceeded through the streets until he arrived at his ve'" He there withd rew hi s h an d from his pocket for a moment_ in order to inspect somet hi ng i n the vessel, confide a t that th e notes were all s a f e; b u t l o ! on i mmed i ately ret urning tbg ~ hand to the pock e t, w h a t was hi s aston i s h ment t o find that his treasure had fled, and n o t race o f t h em h as yet I been font' —Dundee Advertiser. FRIGHTFUL FALL ON BOARD SHIP.---011 r _EhtITSCIT ~. Mr. Payne held an i nques t a t G uy ' s Hospital, as to the deat h of Daniel Sangster, aged twenty-one years, a seen tan. Tm: deceased was employ e d on b oar d t h e Victoria, a ve ssel 11i 0 b off the eastern quay of St. liatherine'sDoek. Ott Wedner afternoon, whilst he was engaged with the crew in unloading the craft, he missed his footing, and fell headlong' down the hold. He was raised up in a dreadfully mutilated state, his skull being frightfully fractured, from which the "brain pro truded. He had received other injuries about his and was removed in an insensible state to th e a b ove h osp it a l s where he died soon after his admission. V er di c t, "Acci dental Death." person, THE FOOD CRISIS. --Ten days ago the Duke of Portland directed that not any individual of his family or his establishment should be allowed more than one pound of bread per day; and that no pies puddings, or pastry of sal description should b e ma d e for his household. And with re to gard to the potat o , every d egree of care and prudence is be observed. Let others, of whatever rank, station, grade, pursue the same wise plan, a plan which, by rep ing against scarcity of food, will defeat the wicked purP °6 l, and ends of th e prov i s i on gamblers, and those selfish 11 2"„ f who are hoa r di ng up provisions and running up the COS' them.—From a Correspondent. BIRTHS. On the 11th i ns t . , at Claremont-place, Grove-road, St. dolln'6- wood, Mrs. Edwin Fagg, of a son. Z i g On the 15th i ns t., a t A lb ury , t h e w if e o f Mart i n F. TuPPar , ' of a son. J• M ati.r4 On the 16th inst., at M a itl an d-pl ace, Cl ap t on, Atm • of a daughter. On the 16th inst., at Norfolk. crescent, Hyde-park s the lady of Alexander Julius, Esq., of a daughter. egbt er. On the 16th inst., in Spit a l- square , M rs. W . J . L ew i s , o f a MARRIED. On the 13th inst., at St. Mary's, Cheltenham, Mr. Leonard C 1000; of Grafton-street, Fitzroy-square, to Ellen, daughter of C harles Hale, Esq., of Promenade House, Cheltenham. DIED. On the 16th inst., at Bushey, Hefts, in the 71st year of his after an illness of very long duration, Mr. John Joseph 0 . 4 "-nd late of Pall-mall, eldest son of the late Mr. John Stockdale..b— nephew of the late Mr. James Ridgway, both of Pirividil Y. elsve l On the 17th inst., at York-place, Kennington. Esther, the b wife of Mr. Tyler, of Qtn.enhithe in the 41st year of her age. a d On the 9th ult., at Craven-place, Kentish-town, Catherine, s ec° daughter of the late 11. Arnott, Esq. On the 24th ult., at Brussels, E. L. Ireland, Esq. , On the 15th lost , at Wellington, Somerset, Albert Dingle).* Esq., surgeon, aged 36. tenant' On tue 1,1!, n, 11 i'.untirge.ter,u,e, Hyde-park , Lieu n. Colonel James A.ino Kelly. late of the Alairas European I te g im ' e . _On the 16th inst., at Wind-hill, Bishops Stortferd, Herm Thora Wilby, Esq., agerl 79. John Otali , On the 16th must , at P a dd oc k H u rst, W o rth, Sussex. Esq., aged 78. Blanche On the 16th inst., at th e T owe r of London, Henriei-a Maria, the wife of F. J. Sill s , E sq . On the Nth inst., in. Charter liqmse, William Walford„ vtl; , _1)0 YoiTX ( . 4 . t't Na." c '. , -;LrauLt. It: 7 i;tc l. 2, r:,14-,ild, Prt-P0."....- - Of the Savoy. fn the County of Middlesex, 0 114 h ... brhary 1847. MARKET NEWS.—(YESTERDA ilre) CORN-EXCHANOE. Very limited supplies of Engli , h Wheat have arrived .IIP to our market this wet k, consequently the show of samples was trifling ; still, however, the demand was by no means active, and the market closed somewhat dull, at about MO lelaY quotations. In Foreign Wheat a fair amount of busine. eras transacted, at fully previous currencies. One or two large cargoes were taken nor th e F renc h ma r kets. Although vet/ lath Barley was on t , ff: r, the trade ruled dull, at barely late rates. In Malt, the supply of which was small , next to no thing was doing., at late figures. Oats, Beans Peas, . tnd Flour were a slow inquiry, at previous quotations. Ind MP Corn was firm, but not dearer. Oats I Flour . 910 qrs. I 1, 5 " S. kg. 2,460 1,540 1 and 1,450 b 630 Malt, I,tiSo qrs. Notwithstanding the supply of Beasts on sale, to-clay :wall small, and of middling quality, the Beef trade was iII very inactive state, and Monday's quotations were wi Gh difficuhy- supported. There were in the market 180 Beast Or 100 Sheep, and 13 Calves from abroad. With home-f , Sheep we were v - ry scentity supplied; yet the Mutton tra de was heavy, at barely stationary prices —the highest hgT ll9 for the best old Downs not exceeding ss. per Blbs. Cal\ re were exceedingly heavy, at a decline of from 2d. to 4d. pit Blbs. In Figs comparatively little business was dot 11% Mulch Cows moved cif slowly, at from 161 to 181 each, UV chiding their small Calf. s. d. to s.. 4 1 . Second quality df tto 4 0 4 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 4 4 n Southdown Wether 4 10 q, 0 Ditto out of the wool , Large Hogs ...... 3 4; 6 Small Porkers .... 4 8 4 ° I Quarter old Pigs —l6 0 Lambs .. „„ 0 0 01 _ SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. i Calves. I Pig I. 848 1,870 1 114 31.0 MEIIATG.A.TE BaNTD MEADENHALL. 60 We had a very dull trade here, and prices were with culty supported. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. a. d. t Beef, inferior...... 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior .. 3 6 0 middling •• 2 8 210 —Middling.. 310 4 prime large .. 3 0 8 2 prime 4 2 6 ••-- prime small .. 3 4 3 6 Pork, large—. ••• • 3 6 7p) Veal ••••• • • • 4 0 410 I ---small S. Lamb. Os Od to Os Od. BOR.OUGH HOP IVIELELICET. Although only a moder a t e b us i ness i s d o i ng in t ki nd ,.. A. of Hops, last week' s p r i ces are p re tt y genera ll y st Ip pon% The supply of yearlings on offer is seasonably good, market is bare of other qualities. Sussex pockets, 4/. .to Weald of Kent ditto, 41 5s to 41 16s; and Mid. ;and rA r Kent ditto, 41 15s to 61 log. COLONIAL. SI:GAM—Me market for British Plantation has b sea Wig out any alteration of importance, but the business done p r been rather interfered with by th e pu bli c so l es o f oeaer sortt REFlNED.—Standard Lumps have beeu 65s ‘6tl to 6 ' per cwt. EAST INDIA —5,274 bags Bengal and 80 ches is .only P ail/ sold, and at 6d to Is decline compared with Friday it Fine and very fine white Benares, 53s to 54s 6d ; mid, WO. 50s 6d; fine strong grainy yellow, 545; and m ui yelloW Mauritius, 45s 6d to 47s per cwt. Madras, 5,41.5 bags ni o B sold, but at is decli ne; low brown 37s 6d to 38s, good Ol eo fine 39s 6d to 40s 6d, low yellow 41s to 425, f fi n e 421 , 0 525. Mauritius 7,838 b ags wen t 6d to is low( ir; low Yelo 47s to 48s, good mid 50 s t o 50 a 6d, an d l ow to goo d gr ey . 0 ro 51s. Penang 1,091 bags went rather cheal )er, low W 49s to 50s, post yellow 46s to 48s and low 42s 6d to per cwt. Fo&EIGN.—Java afloat has been sold at 3 3s; Bahia 1 ., ° ,1 white is held at 51s, an d good yellow at 48s per cwt; bOxes 2 puns yellow Havannah sold at 52a to, 55a for and fine, and 50s to 51s 6d for damaged. 04bFFEE.—The minket has been moderately active. / I ; males has been taken in a t 33 s to 35 5 . Ceyk ,n has ba d fair sale at is to 2a d e cli ne; goo d or d coloury,. 44s 6d to 1 5. q. and Plantation sorts, 55s to 575. For Pea Be rr y, u p to 6 Superior descripti o n Penang has been at 60s 6 d for fine(;: g Mocha has been taken i n at 63 s to 65 5 , ot h er :parce l s at 52s up t.o 85s. Bahia has been sold at 35s to 395. Rica, 2,670 bags, sold at rather easier rates, ord and good " 32s tid to 35s G. Wh ite DlCE.—There has been rather less doing. Bengal 23s to 255, and Yellow 221 to 231. SPlCES.—Piniento has been at 4Wd to rid per lb for to to tine, and Spiceseuerally have been at fu It rates. Peos n Pepper, 212 d to 2 3 /41 ; White, 4 1 / 8 d to 4?-4 cf.; Cloves, is to 2s ; Mace, 5s :fd. to 3s lld ; Nut t n egs , Zs 7d to 3 8 Jamaica Ginger, 216 s to 101 is per cwt. COCOA.--Bahia has been sold at 42s to 435: ; and DO' I sj has been taken in at 40s to 56e per cwt. for SALTPETRIL—BengaI has been sold at 2t is to 29s 6 .• A 1334 and 34, Ibs refraction. 90 INDIGO —The public sale s are s till go i ng on ver y 41 at the advance of 3d to 6d per lb on the o , Uciber rates, of 7,804 chests, 6,054 have been sold, a very large Prep ti(m, 898 withdrawn, and 857 bought in. bsre i f Corrox.— This article i s d u ll, and prices are supported. Ruai.—The demand is limited, and barely previous rated are obtained. 4 TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is a little fi rmer th an : i n t h e beg' of the week, say 50s per cwt on the spot. rt s TEA.—There is a fair d eman d, an d soma o f t h e finerso are at improved rates. I MI