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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN ING, NOVEMBER 24, 1847. ract,er, and that, too, from a high dignitary in the h Lomsua Catholic Church. He alluded t e 'epeech of Archdeacon . Laffan, which the people sef England were stigmatised as Saxon scoundrels, who, if m en en ough, would, when suffering the same pr tvations as the Irish, stand on one side, and shoot every • decent elan who had a coat on his back." There were fe dr r M em b ers of Parliament present when that speech war e made —among . the rest the lion. and Learned Member for Kilkenny— and not one of them had thought fit to niake a reproving obeervation.—(llear, hear.) Assassin Aden had been the result of such harangues. Accordir br to the returns of the Poor-law Commissioners the ra ,Ceeble rental of that country amounted to fourteen mil' eons—he believed that twenty was nearer the mark— and until that had been fully taxed he would not consrest to any more subsidies from England.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that in the present state of things full ' ' ,ewers should be given to the Lord-Lieutenant, and he for one was prepared to grant those powers.—(Hear.) Mr. M. O'CON'N:caa, said that the speech the House had just beard was exactly such a one as was calculated to ecccite to frenzy the already inflamed people ot Ire land. The lion. Baronet had been particularly face ti.ous on the subject of certain Irish Members dying on 'the floor of the House. He (lir. O'Connell) believed that the necessity for such an extremity would not occur, because the Irish Members could, as they had done before, defeat any Coercion Bill that might be brought fierward. The Hon. Beroiset had alluded to a certain eTeech made by Archdeacon Laffan, but he had only quoted the commencement of that speech, omitting the conclusion, which denounced crime, and exhorted the people to peace and order.—(Hear, hear.) It should he recollected also that the commencement of the speech, however ill-advised it might be under other circum stances, had been provoked by the constant c a l umn i es and abuse of certain English newspapers. Ile would ask that House, did they think that if the people of England suffered one-tenth of the oppression under which the Irish laboured, they would have remained quiet under it ? The Honourable Baronet had alluded to the address of 1762. Why, the peoelu of Ireland had preserved the peace ever since that time —(A laugh.) As to the grant of eight or ten millions, he could assure the House that not more than one-fifth of that sum had reached the people, and even of that a large portion was absorbed in paying the army of 15,000 officials. The Hun. Baronet had asked what had certain Members ot that House done for Ireland ? He had last year remained in Ireland to endeavour to mitigate the sufferings of the poor its his own neighbourhood, and he was glad to say that his exertions had been so far suc cessful that no district in the county was more peaceful. But in that district it was proved that there was now re maining surplus of the last harvest not food sufficient to supply the people for two months. The majority of the people there spoke Irish, not understanding, a word of _English ; yet they soughs to improve the condition cf those people by sending a man to teach them agriculture who could not speak a word ot Irish. Let the House wait until the returns of the amount of distress existing and the quantity of food remaining in the several pa rishes of Ireland were sent in, and then say whether they thought the poor-law would he a sufficient depend ence for the Irish poor until the next harvest, and whether sonic further assistance would not be needed. Mr. S. CRAW FORD, but for the allusion which had been made to the landlord and tenant question, would not have addressed the House on the present occasion. The Right Hon. Secretary fur the Home Department had stated that a measure on this subject was shortly to be brought forward by the Governmera. But that de claration was not satisfactory to him, for during the last session the then Secretes., for It clime had told them the same thing. Over and over again they had been told in the previous session that the subject was under conside ration by the Government, and that a measure would be speedily submitted to Parliament. Yet nothing was done, and he was apprehensive that unless the Govern ment were forced on by the exertiens of others, the present session wool I pass over without any legislation its reference to it. For twenty years p eat it Lad stood upon the records of Parliament, that sue existing rela tions of landlord and tenant were the cause of many of the evils under which Ireland lateared. He referred to the reports of the varieus Committees in proof of this. It was his conviction that had a satisfactory measure been carried during the last session for the set tlement of the landlord and tenant question, those murders by which the country had been of late disgraced would never have occurred. English tenants receive:l compensation, but Irish none; and when they neglected to secure the rights of labour, ho could they expect the rights of propery to be respected? English gentlemen had scarcely an idea of the state of the Irish tenants. During the Government of Sir R. Peel two Bills were brought forward for the wtlement of the landlord and ten an t quest i on , one o f ich was still before the House when the Right Hon. Baronet left office; when subisquently that measure was abandoned the Noble Lord (J. Russell) stated that the question would be considered early in the next session. The Noble Lord was therefore doubly pledged in this matter. The tenants now looked upon their landlords as tyrants, and when they looked to the machinery of landlordism, with its ejectment processes and its bailiffs, it was not surprising. It was all very well to talk to the people about the advantages of self-reliance ; but how could the Irish tenantry have any self-reliance when they had not six months' secure possession of their land, but on the contrary were almost certain of being dispossessed if, in the ex erc i se o f t h e i r se l f - rel i ance, they endeavoured to improve their holdings and better their condition? In all cases where tensat-right was given (as in the county of Down) there was no want of confidence between the tenant and his landlord, nor was there any difficulty of providing for the poor. In the north of Ireland tenant-right had been established by legal decision, as against third parties in the case of property required by the Irish railways. A simple measure giving the same right as against the landlords throughtout the country was all that was required. In some parts of Ireland it was the custom to give the tenants notice every six months, in order that they might always be in the power of the landlord. As no private Member had any chance of carrying such a mea• sure, he hoped the Government would redeem their pledge by passing an efficient measure of tenant-right without further procrastination. It was useless to send lecturers to improve the knowledge of agriculture amongst Irish farmers until they gave them security of tenure. He did not expect that an y measure wou ld h ave the effect of immediately or very rapidly improving the condition of Ireland, but the landlord and tenant mea sure was necessary as a groundwork for any improvement. There was no one more ready to give the Government the powers necessary to pet down assassination than himself, but he would not delude the House or the Govern ment with the idea that it could be put, down by coer cion alone. If remedial measures went hand in hand with coercive, he would give the Government the powers they required to repress outrage, but not without. He could not consent to a measure for drawing from the labour of this country the funds which ought to be pro vided by Irish property, as the resources of Ireland were sufficient to maintain the poor of that country; but if the Government and Legislature would not do that which was necessary to enable the people of Ireland to support themselves, the English House of Commons and the English people must pay for the neglect.—(Hoar.) Mr. MEAGHER sa id a few words in defence of the conduct of Archdeacon Laffan, and stated that on all occasions he had h ex-orted the people to obey the law. He had, in more than one instance, assisted him (Mr. Meagher) in apprehending persons who had infringed the law; and, on one occasion, eight men had been apprehended, brought to trial, and convicted through his means. Sir W. SOMERVILLE could not see in the speeches of the Hon. Members for Meath and Cork any justifica tion of the present amendment, and he had hoped that after the speech of his Right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department, it would have been withdrawn. He regretted he could not say that the picture which had been drawn of Ireland's distress and crime was exaggerated; but, as regarded crime, it was at least satisfactory to think that it was quite local—being confined to part of the King's County, Limerick, Clare, Roscommon, and Tipperary. Crime now, he must ob serve, differed in its character from that of former years. At the close of 1846, though outrages were frequent, they were mostly connected with distress, and exhibited themselves in plundering of provisions and slaughtering of cattle—but they now arose from a spirit of resistance to the payment of rent, and were committed principally by armed men. The Hon. Member for Kilkenny said that the existing law had not been put in force s but he (Sir W. Somerville) knew not upon what authority Lis Honourable Friend made that assertion, be cause he believed that the law had never been enforced with greater rigour than by the present Lord-Lieutenant. (Hear, hear, the Hon. Member for Kilkenny observing " Special commission.") If cir cumatances arose to justify a special commission, ho had no doubt that the Lord-Lieutenant would immediately direct one; but his Hon. Friend must recollect that as regarded the murderers of Mr. Roe, Mr. Lucas, Major Mahon, and Mr. Bayley, the murderers had not yet been discovered, and a special commission in this case would be a nulli ty .—(H ear, h ear.) Hi s H on. F r i en d was also wron g in supposing that it was in the power-of the Lord- Lieutenant, to increase his const a b u l ar y f o r ce a b libit um; 'lnd before he charged the Government with introducing miseeearhrz thofehardship, he thought he ought to wait and Somerville'sjeo measures were, because in his (Sir W. pwiliti.on they would be found calculated to suppress crim e predilecti on , of a t u bot&infringin g upon the constitutional Hon. Gentleman in that House. The course adopted bi the L ord - Lieutenant of protecting parties enga ge d in of rents, not of aiding in the collection, but of m e =eti n g gaged from violence, had - Protecting atten ded it those h t hseo besten- viobetle i: ; t i s ff e e: en effects. As he had oserved, en N i 7 t a Be even n ot now the prevailing cause of that me , there gate distress that where crime was most nded to happened they Were per was not the greatest. The be introduced would have the best eff astir" .natiisguided pe o le their ju P st f ec tly novel, and would teach those°7 who had the means and the power to discharge debts, and would not do so, that they were not to th e set law of the country at defiance. While, however, the the had of Englishmen was raised by the crime s h had alluded to, let them not forget that the pe op l e in thee western districts were not stained with these atrocious perpetrations, but were still suffering from the severest affliction with which any nation was eve r witnessed.— (Hear, hear.) The Honourable Baronet then proceeded so praise the Ration Act, by which, in one week in July, 2,339,965 persons had been fed; after which ho detail e d the peculiar circumstanc es of distress under which the poor-law came In into operation. three-fourths of the country it would, however, be successful, and he con sidered that a great deal was achieved when three fourths of Ireland were made self-dependent. It had been said that several boards of guardians had thrown up their offices, but that was nut the case. Several had been dissolved on account of other circumstances, which rendered it necessary; and Ballinrobe, Castlebar, lisn tark, and several others were managed by paid guardians. The Government had endeavour( d to carry out tte poor•law in such away as to conciliate the people, not enforcing their rules in a harsh and arbitrary spirit; and he trested the law would soon begin to take root in the country, and become popular with the people, and that the , would cease to consider it as oppressive, but as intender as a provision set apart by the State for the support of the poor.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped, after this explareetion, the amendment would be withdrawn. Another Honorable Member had alluded to him in very unkind terms. He did not know what he had done since he accepted office to deserve such remarks; and he ventured to say that if he in any degree merited them he should not be a fit colleague for her Majesty's Ministers, who had ever acted towards Ireland with the warmest desire for her welfare.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Baronet concluded by again expressing a hope that the amendment would be withdrawn, and resumed his seat amidst cheers from the Ministerial benches. Mr. A. STAFFORD said he entirely agreed with some gentlemen who had spoken, when they said that it was the wish of the House that the amendment should be withdrawn. He should wait and see what measures were brought for e aril by her Majesty's Government. On the very mild and temperate speech which had just been de livered, he would venture, in the first place, to remark upon what he considered a discrepar.cy between one statement which had been made and the statement which had fallen from the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for Home -Affairs. He had understood the Hon. Mem ber for Drogheda to say that the poor-law would be self supporting in three-fourths of Ireland, but that in the lest quarter of the country it would be necessary to have another grant from the Government. Now, he (Mr. A. Stafford) had understood the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State fur Home Affairs to say that the funds of the British Association would be found suffi cient to meet this difficulty. Then, if the Hon. Member for Drogheda stated that in one quarter the poor-law would not be found to be self-supporting, and the Seers tery of State for Home Affairs that there nee d be no grant from the Government, it remained to be stated by tee Government what became of the one-fourth.—(Hear. hear.) But he (Mr. A. Statfor3) must say that the poor law in three parts of Ireland—the experiment having been made at a time of the greatest difficulty—proposed an experiment on the property of the country unprece dented in the annals of history, except in times of de ciared revoluth n. When it was said that Government came forward to ask for Coercion Bills, it should be re membered that there was a great difference between the periods past and present, and that now, by law, no man need starve in Ireland. A legislative provision had been made, and the property of Ireland had been taxed for the support of the poverty of Ireland. The llon. Mem ber for Drogheda had stated that the peculiarity of the assassinations, and the attempts at assassination in Ire land, consis:ed in their being all connected with land. Now, he would grant that the greater part of the crimes were connected with land and the collection of rates, but the Hon. Gentleman should not deceive himself— should not take too favourable a view of the state of society in Ireland, as he assuredly would da if he considered that crimes which had begun in the resistance to the pay ment of rates would stop when other objects were in view. Take, for instance, the last murder committed in the county of Limerick, and the particulars of which had just reached the metropolis. A farmer, of the name of Dillon, found it impossible to procure the return of some money, and he went to Limerick to consult his law agent. On his return, :Mr. Dillon was barba rously and brutally murdered. Many of the crimes were committed for purposes not connected with land or with rents. Treat the matter as they would, the civil war which was raging in some parts of Ireland was a war, not only against rents, but against rates, as a part of property. Th e ev il w i t h which we had to deal iu Ireland was not the solitary assassination, but a system of connivance and sympathy with the perpetrators of assassination. And if it was found that the system of criminal law of England worked ,well, because it met with the sympathy of the people, it was because in Ireland no such sympathy ex isted that the law was inoperative. He (Mr. A. Staf ford) had never stood up for old abuses—he had never contended that the landed proprietors were blameless— he had never advocated the existing law of landlord end tenant, and he should accordingly receive with levour the measure which her Majesty's Ministers might bring forward. But it would be useless to con sider this question unless property and life were se cured in Ireland. He did not allude to a law which should protect the rich at the expense of the poor. Ile challenged any one who had been in that country, in the most disturbed districts, to deny that it was the wish of the improving tenant, of the best class of farmers, and of the friese-coated peasant, that some such protection should be given as was now asked at the hands of her Majesty's Government.—(Cheers.) Never imagine that because the murder of a magistrate was read in large letters, the system of crime and terror would cease—never imagine because there were resolu tions of magistrates and letters from persons in respect able positions, that there were not near that spot a set of men for whom it would be necessary to provide employment in agriculture, and whose condition it would be necessary to improve.—(Hear, hear.) When he said that he approved of all that Lord Clarendon had done fur the assertion of the rights of property and the pre servation of life—when he said that he tendered to the• Government thanks for what they had done in that country, let it not be supposed that he stood up to advocate partial measures. He stood up in vindication of the honest labour of the tenant, and in reprobation of crime and murder. Some Hon. Gentlemen who had spoken in the course of the debate had said that the people were driven to commit all those acts of violence and blood. But he had listened in vain for the connexion between the provocation and the bloodshed. Did Honourable Gentlemen mean to say that it was only in Tipperary, Clare, and Roscommon, that the system of landlordism prevailed ? Did they mean to say that there were ejectments in no other counties ? If crime, however, could be traced to other causes—and it was known that there were ejectments in Mayo, Kil kenny, and Donegal—the argument of Hon. Members fell to the ground. If other causes could be found they _ must be gi;ppled with. Only prove that where eject ments were most rife life was most insecure, and he still said that that did not account for all those dis- turbances and assassinations of which we had daily in telligence, but that it offered an additional reason for giving discretionary powers to the Lord Lieutenant. The Hon. Member here gave a most painful account of the recent attempt to murder Mr. Bayley at Nenagh, and showed the sympathy which was evinced by the people of the neighbourhood for the crime and the criminals. He (Mr. A. Stafford) lived in that part of the country in which this attempt was made—he lived, as had been said, on the opposite side of the house, without barred windows or locked doors—he had never had a threatening notice, and his life had never been attempted. But he would not speak less strongly on that account, nor at• tempt to lessen that responsibility which the Govern ment, by calling upon the House to consider the state of Ireland, had thrown upon them.—(Cheers.) Mr. F. O'CONNOR said that this was confessedly the commencement of the programme of the usual ses sion, and he was not at all astonished to find the Chan cellor of the Exchequer checking the exuberance of the Member for Drogheda. He objected to the high co louring which Hon. Members used when describing crime in Ireland, and offered to pourtray murders com mitted in this country quite as vividly. He could not see what great advantage the Chancellor of the Exche quer would derive from his financial programme, after the communications which had been made by the Right lion. Gentleman the Secretary for Ireland. The object of calling Parliament together was to give stability so the money market, and what had the Right Hon. Gen tleman told the House? He was about to show that two million s'x hundred thousand had been imported last year, when the Chancellor of the Exchequer stopped him, lest, in his exuberance, he might damage the cause. But ho had not been stopped in time, for the Right Hon. Gentleman told the House that the potato crop was valued at only four millions, whilst its usual value was sixteen millions. Ho suspected that tranquillity could only be procured by coercion ; he objected to a Coercion Bill, which was to punish those who were confessedly the victims of bad govern ment. He asked the Government whether they were going to found a Coercion Bill upon their own mis government, without first inquiring into the cause of crime? He thought that one of the chief caxses of crime in Ireland was the premium which was offered to idle ness. Ireland was a fruitful country, and the people were industrious; and why was it that she did not pros per whilst others with inferior advantages were pro gressing ? If one Coercion Bill was to pass, what re medy had the Government against the necessity of other measures of the same sort ? There was only one re medy now, and that was, to set the people to work in reproductive labour, and, to give them a perpetuity of te nure.—(" Bravo" from some Irish Member, laughter, and cries " Ord er .") Gi ve the Irish people reason to be industrious, and they would be so. They had heard much of the virtues of the gentlemen who had been murdered, but they should also hear, and think too, of the sufferings of the people. He called upon the Mem bers fur Ireland to sink all their differences for the sake of their country. If an attempt were made to coerce Ireland-again, he would consider himself as a soldier in her cause, and sit, nay, even sleep, in that House— (Great laughter)—in order to endeavour to prevent such a result. The Hon. Member concluded by observing, that he would only give the Government his support on their Irish policy so long as they did—what he did not think they were likely to do—bring forward good measures in reference to that country. Mr. GRATTAN said he withdrew his amendment. The amendment having been withdrawn accordingly, The SPEAKER was about to put the question on the Address, when Mr. HERRIES rose, and (in a very low tone of voice, which rendered it difficult to catch more than the mere purport of his remarks) said that there was one part of her Majesty's Speech to which but little reference had been made, and yet it was one which appeared to be the very cause of their being assembled on that cccasion— (Flear)—viz., the state of commercial distress that had recently prev a il e d . This question required more notice, any the part o f some member of the Government, than other subject demanded at the present crisis. Her MajestY's Government had interfered in the subject of the Act of 1844, and he thought they had wisely inter fered to avert al. im pending ll calamity. Two members of the Governmen,tw w i t hout had proposed to. the Bank of England promise ehaotf w ia n d ie e h amit . t such suggestion, and without a could not have done. 3 he g- directors of that institution pa erg expect that the Government would have produced g. 14 and ha documents as to this event, and that the that House for what t h e,had done. They asked II t e h y e w s e a r n e c t i o t o d f , at all events, though there had no . t otoccu.rred any t e a a to e he at lt tphaenyko,ll;-> red to the Batik fringement of the law by the •ment a full account a the state of circa: din, the}' mide tho su;rgeqi,,, ( (H t!a r.) the 1. tf.sr to ~ . e Bal:k Lite, c•,...,:s iilsi al:. ; cuittbiti'd a suggestion that a part of the profits of the to h b e li e c ha s r e g r el e f:or umuotnenyoshaocuclodunbte hapadproa; thep h r ig iz i ::c i tl lle tc r ) e . st Pu yet b ee n given how far any arrangement of to sort had been carried out—to what extent the Bank had acted • on the suggestion.—(Hear.) He need not surely tell so constitutional a man as the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) that the act of raising money without the con sent of Parliament was highly unconstitutional. It had been suggested in the public papers, that inasmuch as the Act of 1844 had not actually been infringed, the proposal to which he had referred would not have effect. But they ought to have information on the whole matter. —(Hear, hear.) He was sure he should receive from one of her Majesty's Government some explanation as to whether the House were to calulate on a renewal of a measure similar to that of 1844, or whether her Ma jesty's Government would adopt some measure that would prevent a recurrence of such a monetary crisis as that through which the country was passing.—(Hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said his Right Hon. Friend must have forgotten his Parliamen tary practice, or he would not have expected that a dis cussion on monetary matters would be taken on the amendment moved on an Irish subject. There wculd be great inconvenience experienced if two different subjects were mixed up together in the same debate. He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) hoped, therefore, that he should be excused for not having, on that occasion, made a speech on financial matters.—(Hear, hear.) No doubt he had come down to the House expecting that the con duct of the Government would be made the subject of observation, and fully prepared to take part in the de bat,'; but, at that hour of the night, ho thought it would be exceedingly inconvenient to do so. He would be perfectly ready on Tuesday next, when a motion would be before the House—a motion for the appointment of a Committee to inquire into the Bill of 1844—and which would afford a fair opportunity of discussing the question. He would then fully state his views, and those of the Government, on this question, if required.— (Hear, hear.) He was glad to find that the course pur sued by "the Government, was approved of, And that it had not led to an infringement of the law. 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ASTLEY'S 'LOYAL AMBHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager, Mr. William Batty. Mr. Batty's performing Elephants. Tins EVENING The Grand Syeetacle of THE CAMP OF SILESIA. Entirely new Seems in the Arena, by the talented Artietes of the ~ .stabllihrnent, In the carious modes of equeitration. To conclude with the Ballet called LOVE and FOLLY. Boa-office open ftom 11 tiii 5 Acting and stage Manager, Mr. W West. IVIEETI of PA RL LAMENT THE THIRD EDITIONS OF "THE S UN" CONTAIN, AS USUAL, THE LATEST PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE, AND ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF POST. *** Orders received by all Newsmen, and at the Sun-office, 112, Strand. lIE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, Nov. 24. THERM .)METER, Lowest, 36; Highest. 46; Noon, 48. BAROMETER, 30.1.—WIND S. by W.; fine. dl,►li WATER AT LONDON•BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning.. 44 minutes after 2. Evening .. 7 aninatcs after 3. at a time when, notwithstanding her MAJESTY'S assurance that " the pressure on the banking and commercial interests has been mitigated," it is still obvious that those interests are in a great measure paralysed by debility and by a very rational want of confidence ; and when, notwithstanding the assertion of the same authority, to the effect that the late abundant harvest " has alleviated the evils which always accompany a want of employment in the manufacturing districts," it is indisputable that those evils are at this moment of an enormous and imperative character. The agonies of her position render Ireland blind to these facts—her garrulity is redoubled—her importunities are more than ever importunate. If we bear in recollection the efforts of amelioration already made by the Government—the grant of 10,000,000/.—the sup plies'of meal and other articles of nourishment trans mitted by the vessels of the State to the most impo verished districts—the benefactions ensured to the destitute through the agency of a benignant poor law—and a variety of subordinate attempts to aid Ireland in the midst of her late gigantic tribulations; when we remember, moreover, the circumstances that the Legislature consumed its time and its pa tience in the service of Ireland, and that the nation perilled its commercial strength and its financial credit in struggling to extricate that portion of the United Kingdom from its embarrassments—we shall be astounded to hear the State accused of indifference and callousness to the miseries of our fellow -countrymen. That a cry of indignation should be raised by the Irish Members at the proposed introduction of coer cive measures for Ireland is but natural. It is but eatural that they should protest against the adoption of a course which was formerly reprobated by Lord JOHN RUSSELL. It is but natural that they should threaten with discomfiture a scheme which led imme diately to the overthrow of the late Government ; and that they should tax the present Cabinet with a wilful and flagrant recalcitration. Until such time as the authority entrusted to the Lord-Lieute nant shall have been tried and found insufficient for the prevention of crime and the punishment of crimi nals, new measures of a coercive character will be cruel and unpardonable. Even then those measures of coercion should be preceded by others of a reforma tory nature, such as would tend to the diminution of the incitements to crime, and to the alleviation of the condition of the peasantry. That the majesty of the law should be vindicated—that bloody as sassination should not flourish with impunity —that the lives of the peaceable and un offending should meet with adequate protection— that murderers should no longer awe the peasantry into connivance with their guilt by the beck of their ensanguined hands—that the history of the country should not continue to be incarnardined with the blood-stains of triumphant sin—are truths beyond all denial or objection. Yet while her MAJESTY may with perfect truth " lament that in some counties of Ireland atrocious crimes have been committed, and that a spirit of insubordination has manifested itself, leading to an organized resistance of legal rights," Heaven is the witness of those criminal peasants, that years of wrong, and centuries of misgovernment have been goading them on to those paroxysms of desperation ! Let us with a bold hand and a sagacious judgment re-organise the social and political system of Ireland, and agrarian assassinations will only survive in a series of dismal recollections ! Let the Irish, in truth, be placed upon an equality with ourselves, and the Celtic Thugs will be no longer in existence. The letter of the 25th of October, by which the Bank Charter Act of 1844 was virtually suspended, was yesterday withdrawn. The first day of actual business by the new Parliament was that on which the law that had been proved to be so deeply injurious to the country was again restored. It appears, by the Speech from the Throne, and also from the statements made by the Marquis of LANSDOWNE in the Upper, and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER in the Lower House, that no infringement of the law has actually taken place—that the directors did not avail themselves of the powers bestowed upon them by that letter. Whether the intimation, that any additional profits which might thereby be gained should be con sidered applicable to public purposes, had anything to do with that result, it is of course impossible for those not in the secrets of the directors to say. They have avoided the necessity of any application to the Legis lature being made on their behalf, and the 8 per cent interest, and the large gains thereby acquired, will remain the property and swell the dividends of the proprietors. We are now told " that the alarm has subsided, that the pressure on the banking and com mercial interests has been mitigated," and the Finan cial Minister assures us, " that the reserve in the Bank is now upwards of 5,000,0001., that the bullion in her coffers amounts to 10,250,0001.," and adds, " These circumstances are sufficient to inspire the whole commercial world with confidence, and I do not think that it is now necessary to continue that letter, and may conclude by saying that her MA JESTY'S Government do not mean to apply for further powers than Parliament would be ready to give in case any emergency should arise." We cannot, under such circum stances, conceive any reason why the directors should so long have maintained a rate of interest so exor bitant and so ruinous to all the best interests of the nation—acting as a positive prohibition to produc tion. Nor can we believe that the alarm has sub sided, or the pressure on the banking and commercial interests been materially mitigated, while seven per cent. is still the minimum rate of discount, a fact which in itself is indicative of a state of panic, and of serious derangement in the money market. The Bank is now, however, left to its own discretion. The directors are no longer fettered by the conditions annexed to the Ministerial letter, and we may rea sonably look forward to very considerable reductions being almost immediately announced. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER has given notice "that, on Tuesday next, he will move for a Com mittee to inquire into the causes of the recent com mercial distress, and how far that distress was affected by the law regulating the issue of bank notes payable on demand ;" and he has also promised, "that on that day certainly, if not before, he will be ready to go into a full statement of the views of the Govern ment, and to give the fullest explanations that the House can desire." We must, therefore, be con tented to await that information which we had hoped would have been afforded at the earliest opportunity. If the Ministry are not prepared to introduce measures on the knowledge already pos sessed of the baneful operation of our monetary code, it is quite right that every additional light should be thrown on the subject, and that intelligent and com petent persons should be invited to communicate the results of their experience, in order that sound con. elusions may be arrived at; but what is to be done in the meantime ? Are matters to remain in what, with all due respect for the Right Honourable Baronet, we cannot help designating as their present untoward state ? Is that Act, that has been proved to be so wholly inefficacious, but which, on the Mi nisterial showing, has in a great degree led to the fearful calamities we have witnessed, to be continued Pending the inquiries of the Committee that may be appointed ? A stronger condemnation of that law could not be uttered than the simple recital of facts by the Ministerial leader in the House of Lords. The Noble Marquis stated " that if the dis tress had been confined to persons actually in a state of insolvency, and if it had been only that species of inconvenience which must always, from time to time, follow upon over-speculation, the Government would not have felt justified in giving such advice. But when it did appear that not only was there this amount of insolvency in the country, and that a panic had arisen from causes not very difficult to discover, but that the most respectable, the most firm, the most solid houses in the country were placed in a state of danger, then the Government felt that the period had arrived when they might give that advice which they had offered to the Bank of England." Here, then, is the direct admission that the most respect able and solvent houses in the country were placed in jeopardy by the state of the law, which involved them in the most imminent dsnger —a law which, when financial affairs were in vsas wholly useless and unavaiiingi but wiiieh, when mitten Wtte in a worse coi.dthun, led to all these evils, not merely from its actual ope ration, but still more from the fears it save rise to, and the consequent depreciation of credit. Let us learn, from the same high authority, the consequence that followed its suspension. His Lordship says, " The instant the advice of the Government had been given to the Bank, the panic had, without any violation of the law, subsided, and there had been an increase of bullion in the Bank from the amount he had just named (a reserve of 1,600,0001.) to 3,208,0001., thus no less than one million of bullion had been accumulated in the cellars of the Bank within so short a space of time as fully to accomplish the object at which the Government had aimed in their interference." With such conclusive evidence against this most impolitic enactment, we trust that it may no longer be retained on the statute-book, but that it may be immediately repealed without waiting the result of the proposed inquiry, or deciding what measure (if any) shall be introduced as a substitute therefor. The accounts from Switzerland bring no news from Lucerne. The new Government of Friburg has chosen Dr. BERCHTROLD as Chancellor. They have reinstated the Communial Council, which was arbi trarily dissolved by the Jesuits in January last, and have annulled all the acts of the late Council from the time of the accession of the canton to the Sonderbund. The house of the late Avoyer FOURNIER (a furious partisan of the Jesuits) was pillaged by the Landsturm of his own party, who are now outrageous against the Jesuits, and their partisans for the deceptions which they have practised upon them. Several chiefs of the Sonderbund have been preserved from their fury by the Federal troops. At Schwarzenbourg two Land stunners, who were about to return home, were heard to swear that they would not.go to church for a year, because they had been deceived by the priests. The priests took to flight when the first shot was fired. The Federalists are using their victory with great moderation ; not a single arrest has been, or will be, made on account of the past ; not a single Conserva tive has been insulted ; and the only disorders that have been committed have been committed by the dis banded troops of the Sonderbund. Madrid papers of the 16th have arrived. Senor Mora was elected President of the Chamber of Deputies on the 15th. lie had 135 votes ; Gene ral EVARISTO SAN MIGUEL, 39; and Senors OLOZAGA, BARONA, and TEJADA, one each. The Committee of Afrancesados, charged to draw up articles of im peachment against SALAMANCA, have commenced their labours. MADRID BoLse., Nov. 16.—The Three per Cents. were dor.e at 26i, at 50 days ; the Five per Cents., at 14i, for paper ; the Debt without Interest, at 4i ; and the Coupons, at 11. We have received the Paris papers of Monday. The withdrawal of M. Bois LE COMTE from Switzerland is commented on in all of them, and they all, with the exception of the Debats, justify the conduct of the Swiss Government. The Union Monarchique declares that M. Bois LE COMTE was placed in the falsest of positions at Berne, in conse quence of the undecided conduct of M. GuizoT, who sufrered him to remain accredited to the Diet, while at the same time it was easy to see by his notes and his proceedings that he leant towards the Sonder hund. The Presse, too, considers that under the suspicious circumstances in which M. Bois LB UOMTE was placed, the refusal "the safe conduct solicited by him fur one of his secretaries for a mysterious mission to Lucerne," is in no way astonishing. - The Presse also combats the absurd position taken up by M. GUIZOT, that the Ambassador was accre dited to the twenty-two cantons individually, and declares that he is accredited to the Helvetic Govern. ment, and cannot treat but by the intermediation of the Vorort, and sneeringly asks what next is to be done, since M. Bois LE COMTE has gone to Basle to sulk. " All these embarrassments," says the Presse, "are the consequences of an equivocal and shirking policy which does not know clearly what it wants, or what it aims at." The Constitutionnel considers the surrender of Friburg without striking a blow as a proof that the insurrection of the Sonderbund is quite factitious, as its starting point is a series of lies which have been propagated and encouraged, not only by the Jesuits of Switzerland, but by the Go vernment of Austria, and by that of France. Accounts from Algiers of the 11th announce the arrival of the Duchess of AUMALE on that day. It is said that Ann-EL-KADER has, through the inter vention of the Governor of Mellila, made new ad vances towards a treaty with France. The number of persons injured by the accident on the Orleans Railway is thirty; of these two are since dead. A land slip to the extent of 100 yards has taken place on the Rouen and Harm line, between Beugeville and Niontot. The Three per Cents. closed at 76f. 75c. ; New Loan, 76f. 55c.; the Fire per Cents., 1161. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,206 f. 25c.; Rouen, 9101.; Havre, 487 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 563 f. 75c. ; Avignon 5631. 75c.; Vierzon, 551 f. 25c.; Bordeaux, 4851.; Boulogne, 380 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 2651.; Dieppe, 2601. ; Paris and Strasburg, 417 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 4001.; Paris and Lyons, 403 f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE TN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, NOVEMBEB. 23. Boulogne and Amiens, 15 1 4 ex int.—Namur and Liege, 41/ 4 —Northern of France, 12%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 5 .31 —Paris and Rouen, 354—Paris and St ras b ou rg, 4 1 4 Sambre and Meuse, 67i i —West Flanders 11,4. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) DUNCAN V. BENSON. The LORD CHIEF BARON gave judgment in this case to-day. The ease arose upon a demurrer to a plea in the first count of a declaration in assumpsit, brought by the shipper of certain goods from Pernambuco to a London agent, for the purpose of recovering from the owner compensation for the loss he sustained in conse quence of damage to the ship by perils of the sea in a foreign port, the master having properly hypothecated for the due repairs of the vessel. The case has been before the Court on several occa sion?, and his Lordship now decided that the judgment should be entered for the plaintiff. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner BIILLOCIE.) This Court sat this morning for hearing causes under the Small Debts Act, but nothing of the slightest in terest transpired. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.' (Before Mr. Justice ColTmeN.) Thomas Stiff, a letter-carrier, having pleaded guilty to an indictment for stealing a letter from the Post-office, containing ten shillings, was sentenced to be transported for twenty years. James Mordan, Thomas Shires, and Thomas Cummins, each eighteen years of age, were indicted for an assault and robbery in King-street, Cheapside, on the 9th of November last, during the Lord Mayor's procession. The prosecutor, Mr. Richard Hibbs, stated that on the day named he was turning from Lawrence lane into King-street, about the time of the procession, when he was surrounded by a mob in which were the three prisoners, who beat his hat over his eyes, and knocked him down. In the scuffle his watch guard was broken, and, together with his watch, was pulled away. Mr. PAYNE addressed the jury for the prisoner Shires. Mordan said that he was in the crowd, and that he joined them in bonnetting Mr. Hibbs and others, but he had nothing to do with the robbery. Cummings denied that he had taken any part what ever in the riot. The jury found the prisoners Guilty of the assault, and not guilty of the robbery. They were sentenced to six months' imprisonment and hard labour. • MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) Jane Bellard was indicted for stealing a gown, a velvet shawl, and various other articles, the property of Leonard George Needes. The prosecutor was a pawnbroker, and on last Thurs• day the prisoner went to his shop and stole the gown, which she pledged at another pawnbroker's in the next street ; and on the following Saturday she paid him another visit, and took the shawl, which she disposed of in a similar way. She was found Guilty on both the charges, and sen tenced to two terms of imprisonment of three months, and six weeks with hard labour, for each offence. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY. DERBY.-11 to 1 agst Surplice, 11 to 1 agst Glen dower, 16 to 1 agst Springy Jack, 16 to 1 agst Assault, 20 to 1 agst the Stinger, 25 to 1 agst Nil Desperandum, 40 to 1 agst Rosalyn, 40 to 1 agst the Fowler. g newsman, )fir. Grant, delivered The Sun at our o ffi ce a t Tus QUEEN'S SPEECIL - Our active and enterpris fnoiir o'clock yesterday afternoon, containing her Majesty's spee ch. —Brighton Guardian of this day. The rumours at Westminster on the subject of the illness of the Lord Chancellor were yesterday rather unfa vourable. It is stated that one of the consequences of the inflammatory irrit , tinn, accomp9nying the severe cold with which his Lordship ben afflicted, 'has been the rupture of a with this with profound regret, not more from the delay of public business than from the respect entertained by all classes for his Lordship's character, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a firm market for Cotton at Liverpool yes terday. Sales, 3,000 bales. American advanced P. per lb.—Railway Shares were firm. It should be remarked that The Sun, with the Queen's Speech, arrived in the City at about a quarter past two, a most unprecedented instance of dispatch. The Madagascar has arrived from the Cape of Good Hope, with dates to the 25th of September. The troops were on their march, and the Kafir chief Maeomo was under strict sur►eillance, near to Graham's Town. The flocks had been removed to places of safety. It is stated that Sir Henry Pot tinger was in favour of Sir E. F. Young remaining as Lieutenant• Governor of the Eastern Provinces. The correspondence between the Government and the Bank of England, which appeared in a Third Edi tion of The Sun of last night, has not caused any remarks of consequence, nor has it affected the Funds. Most parties connected with commerce and trade in the City are at a loss in what department there has been any such improvement as that noted in the letter from Downing-street to the " Chairs " of the Bank of England. An account made out of the affairs of Mr. M. L, Bensusan is before us, and certainly not a very favour able one ; indeed, it has been the subject of much con versation. The debts are 52,0161., and per contra there is 3,951/, 16s. 6d. The accountant, Mr. James Hatton, had, it is said, a difficult task to make out the statement. The market for public securities has been very firm this morning. Consols for the Account have reached 85k, and the same for Money. The proceedings in Parliament last night were read with some satisfaction in probably all points excepting those connected with Ireland. The present value both for Consols for Money and Time is 851 I. Exchequer bills are 2s. discount to par. Bank Stock opened at 189 to 187. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been sold at 8.1. In the Foreign Stocks the bargains done to-day were, in Chilian, at 89 ; in Mexican, at 15i ; in Spanish Five per Cents., at 174 ; in the Three per Cents., at 284 ; in the Venezuela, at 35. Dutch have advanced to 54 for the Two-and-a-Half per Cents., and in the Four per Cent. Certificates to 83k. The Railway Share Market is little as by the approaching exposé of the Ministry as to extensions, grants of further time, &c. The prices are very variable. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 83 1 A 84% 83% 83% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 85 84% 85% % 85 1 ,4 New 3% per Cent. Anns B 5l JAVA 85% "Long; Anns. to expire Jan.lB6o -16 9-16 8 9-16 Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 ..... -16 8 5-16 Consols for Account 8 4% 85 %%A 85 1 / 2 Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,000/. 500/ ..... ... .. 2 dis 1 p par par Small ONE CLOSISt PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent...... ..... 89 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 15% Ditto, Account 15% Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent . - - Ditto. Account — Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. .. — Ditto, Account 17% 17'A Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent 28% % 28% Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent 35 35 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 5 4 14% % 54% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 83% 83% PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%..... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% — Belfast & County Down. 10 Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ... .. Birm in g., Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley... .. 8 ...... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 7 3 / 4 Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire 101. 4s. — .......... Caledonian - 5 O 5O . ... 36 1 / Ditto, Half Shares..... 3 3 / 4 Ditto, Clydesdale June 50 Chester and Holyhead... 37 1 r 8 — ••• Ditto, Preference .. 8 Clarence 78% Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 — Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. lO ..... Dublin and BelfaatJune. 20 Dundalk & Enniskillen 15 East Anglia, 251., L. & / ' E. and L. and D....... 25 ...... ......... Do., 181., E. & H.... 18 Do., 3/.105., E. &H. 1 Eastern Counties Ditto, Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 6/. 13s. 4d IA dis IA dis Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... % % dis % dis Do., York Extension.. 10 ...... Do., North. & Eastern 50 ...... 48% IA %14 ..... Do., Quarters Do., New Eastern Union 5O .• ••• - ... ...... so ••• Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — Ditto. Thirds ... l3s. 4d Do., (guar. 6 percent) — ...... •.••• East Lancashirej 25 Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto Half Shares ... 15 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%..... Edinburgh & Northern.. 22% — Ditto, New Ditto, Newport ..... ... 9% ...... Ditto, ditto, New . .... 2% — Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch. 2% Ditto, New . 2% — Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle 81. 65. 8d Glasgow, Kilmer., SIT Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New .. 40 . Do. Preference Consol. 12 Great Northern 8 Do., London and York 2%..... Great South. and West (Ireland) Great North of England..loo .226 225 225 Ditto, New 401. 5 — Ditto, New 30/. 30 - Ditto, New 151 l% -- -. -. Great Western B5 10l Ditto, % Shares Ditto, LA Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O --- •••• ••• Ditto, New 171 7 - ••••se • • ..... 7 3 / 1 Huddersfield & Manches. 22 Ditto, Thirds ... 7 - Hull and Selby 5O .. ... 99 ........ ..... 99 Ditto, Half Shares 25 Ditto, 1 / 1 Shares 12% Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 15 — Do., do., and Norwich 15 Do., do., Extens.Scrip (late amb. & Ely) 2 1 ,x Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 o Ditt Thirds i 10 . 15% 16 77 21% 22 36% 24 6 514 Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto t,. Shares . ... 38 Do. Quarter Shares... 14% Do. Fifths 6 l/- --6 % 6% Do. Sixteenths 6 14 Do. Thirds (Reg.)....101. 4s. ... 4% dis ... 4% dia. Do. Liverp. and Bury 34 Ditto % (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 33 Do.( Wakefield, Ponte fract. & Goole Do. (W. Riding Union) 4/. 2s Do. (Preston & W3 - re) 25 Do. % Shares (A) 9 Ditto ditto (B) ... 1 I ,i Leeds and Bradford Leicester and Bedfartl... 165....... ••••• Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 37% — ---• ..... •••••• Do., Branch 1 / 2 Shares 12 1 4.. ••• Dosiew Branch(blue) 2 1 Do. Extension (green) 2 %.• ... Do.NewExten. (pink) 2% Leeds and Thirsk 36 ...... 20 20 1 A Ditto, New V 17% — ...• ..... •••••• Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% — ... ...... Liverpool, Crosby and Southport.... .... ...... 2 Liverp., Mnchstr& New • ca stle Junction 2% London and Blackwall..l6/. 13s. 4d — ...,.. ..... ... Do. New, No. 1 Do. New, No. 2 .. 4/ l3s. 4d.... .•• •• Do. Extension l 5 London, Brighton, and South Coast 50 Do. Consol. Eighths.. 30 Do. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9 •• •.••• Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 ....., — ,.••..,., London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d... Ditto, Preference ... 18/1782d... Loudon and N. Western 100 155 156 156 Do., Quarters L. &B. 17 Do., do., New Ditto Fifths Do. !A Shares (G. J.) 25 Do 401.Shares(L.M.) 15 — Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 10/. ( Ali & B.) A. 7% •• — Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 71 , Do. 101. Ili. & B.) C. 1 Lond. & S.Western 41/. 6s. 8d 554 55 55%... 551 1 s Do. New ConsoL Bths 40 Do. New 50/. ... ..... 32%.. .. 28 3 4 291 1 Do. New 40/. . 26 Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 ...•.. .. -- ..... '" Ditto ditto ....... .... 40 Ditto, Thirds •61.135. 4d 1 3i di& ...... 3 / 4 die. London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ......... ...... 1 - 1 .4..--- ............... Londonderry &C,leraine 27%. Londonderry and Ennis killen Man. hester,Buxton,and Matlock.... Manchester, Sl , Aleld, and Lincolusbire „JO) ...... ••• •• ......... Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 ..... •.• — Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 ...... -- Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 7 1 4 "'_'.. ...... .71. 44M 23 9 1214 # - A 7, w ,.- t -- ,Aaralso;;; ; '„c7:-,, ,, ,,:itzEr . 0‘ • • 1, :1 11 ,..,,"1;. - - v J.OYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. F. Davidge, N.. I, Davidge-terrace,Kensington-road, Surrey. Last Week of the Opera Company. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with the selebrated Opera of LA SONNAMBUL A, In which Mr. W. llarrison, Mr. Borrani, Miss R. Isaacs, and Miss Romer will appear. To be followed by a new Divertissement called UNE KERMES. T. conclade with a new and original Drama, entitled THE TRA ♦ELLER'S ROOM. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Vining, R. Hughes, T. Fredericks, Lewis, Oxberry, and Mrs. W. West. A distiact entrance is the private boxes has been made (which have been re-itted). Private boxes may be had sightly of all the Principal Librarians ; and at the Box-sftize et the Theatre, whiek Is OpCll daily from Ten until Four. Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. Aliening Ant LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1847. Despite the precedence given to the question of our monetary embarrassments in the Royal Speech, as well as in the observations of those who proposed and seconded the Address from the two Houses of Parlia ment—lrish difficulties, Irish crimes, and Irish desti tution have again, as a matter of course, engrossed the attention of the Legislature. However much we may deplore this perpetual monopoly of the time and attention of the Lords and Commons by our brethren across St. George's Channel, it is impossible to feel amazement at its continual recurrence. When a whole people is advancing in decrepitude it is im- ' possible it should prove otherwise than garrulous. When it has long continued to exist either upon the doles of benevolence or the hansels of friendship, it is but a natural consequence that it should become clamorous for a repetition of such charities. It is surprising, however, to find that the more intelligent of the representatives of Ireland s tt h hh o : u tt ld persist in their importunate demands for additional assistance, of a pecuniary kind, from atEngland, d is suffering from ing I : period c d z 81 ri w sot lii et e r7 n 0. E ri ci lz scfarreoctilt:ro to the a h ns avitig Wen and fresh iinaPnoriatilotPnr;adrueacseclttieotanbians'ildheedr Ditto and Grimsby.... 25 Ditto ditto . ........ 7 ....... ..... •••••••••• Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 7% Manchest. & Southampt. 2 1 4.••••• Mildand ......100 110 Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do. 401. Shares Do. 501. Shares lO Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midland Consol. Brist. & Birming., 6 per cent.loo ...... Midlnd, Brist. &Glocstr. 34 - ..... •••••• ••• Ditto, ditto Midlnd,Leicest. & Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo --- Midland Great Western Irish Newcastle and Carli51e...100 Do. Quarters 5O Newmrk et &Chesterford 13% Do. Extension .........21. 12s ••• Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 4 ...... .••••.•• •••••• Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk 100 Do. New 201. ... 5 Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norf01k.... Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 North British . ....... ... 25 Do. Half Shares 12%...... 12 1 44 4 xi .. .... Do. Quarters 4 3 /4 4% %xi • • Do. Extension Ditto Thirds ~.... 1 ...... 2% Nortt Staffordshire 7%•••••• 71 h% No► ,n Wales North Western 6 - ......••• Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Ro:vston and Hitchin ... 1% — .. Scottish Central - Scottish Midland Ditto, New lO -• ........ •.. •• Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole 5 — Shrewsbury and Birm... 6 Ditto ditto, Class B. 3 — hrewsbury & Chester ( Nor. W. blin.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 Ditto Oswestry ...... 12 Ditto New Shrewsbury and Herefd 2 Shropshire Union South Devon Do. Preference South Staffordshire 4 outh Eastern & Dover. 33% 3O 29% ......... Do., No. 1... 2O Do., Ne. 2. Do., No. 3 .».......... 15 Do., No. 4 South W ales ...... 15 South Yorkshire, Don caster, and bawls Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 4 raw Vale Extension • 4 Thames Haven Dock and Railway ........... 17 1 / x .... Vale of Neatli ... .. 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 13 I A Waterford and Limerick 3i W steed, W xfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin W est Cornwall 4 hitehav en & Furness 11 Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 525. Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth fork, Newcastle, and Berwick. Do. Original New and Berwick Do. North Shields Pu 25 - • ..... 010 •••• Do. Extensioa No. 1. 10 Do. do. No. 2 ... 10 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 Do. East and ‘N est Wu ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian.... 4 ............... Barbadoes 1 Boulogne and Amiens... 20 14% xi Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 14 Central of Spain ..... ... 2 ............... Ceylon ............... Demerara 5 ............... Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish ..... 7 ......... East Indian 1 Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Southern of Madras ss. Great Western Bengal... ss. Great Western Canada... VA ............... Italian and Austrian. ... 4 ... Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... Luxembourg...—. .. 6 Lyons and Avignon 5 M adras 1 Madras. Nellore, and Arcot % Madrid and Valentin.... 2 ... Namur and Liege N °ahem of France lO ..... 12%14 Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Yssel 4l3s 4d Paris and Lyons ...... 10 Paris and Orleans 2O - Pans and Rouen P - ld S; sbr - 8 ..)aris an— itrasbourg Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse ...... 18 Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 Tours and Nantes ...... 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 16 Trinidad - 0000000000 »••• West Flanders ...... .... 8 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia London Joint Stock lO British North American 50 -• Colonial 25 Commercial of London 20 Union of L0nd0n......... 10 Union of Madrid 4O ...... •••• London & Westminster. 20 ...... Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Ditto, New Ditto New........ ...... 13 National Prov. England. 35 Ditto, New National of Ireland 223( ...... •••••• ..... "' Union of Australia - ......•• Ditto,New.... ....... • MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO - .............. lialvanized Iron Real Del Monte, Unreg. MARKET NEWs.—(THIS PAY') CORN-EXCHANGE—WED NESDAY Since Monday, the arrivals of English Wheat for our market, coastwise as well as by land carriage and sar ple, have been on a very moderate scale. With t et grain we were somewhat scantily aupplied this znrnq. Thu attendance of buyers was small, yet the finest (es" 111 1111 : ties of Wheat of home p ro duce were in steady requ at fully Monday's quotations. In all oth er kindslirell little business was transacted, at the late decline value. The imports of Foreign Wheat have been very__ small, viz., 1,210 quarters. That article meta Yell . 111 °Z, inquiry, but no alteration took place in prices. 4 9' withstanding the show of Barley was small, all kind s met a very dull inquiry, and the currencies b a s s downward tendency. In Malt next to nothing doing, on somewhat easier terms. The Oat trade was again dull, and inferior parcels of Foreign might la v a : been purchased at 6d per quart er less money. 1°)°"" Beans and Peas were very dull, and the turn cheeps Indian Corn, Meal, and Rye Flour were tolerably fire Flour, both sack and barrelled, was held at full pricell• EITALS Whaat. lAR Barley.. Oats. 1 I le/If. - 430 sic" 2,820 qrs. 2,710 qrs. 130 4rs• ......... -- 2.110 --- 1,790 English •• •• •• Irish. •• ...• .• Foreign 1,210 900 Malt. 1,860 011. WIIITECUAPZL. On the whole, the demand here today for each kind of meat was steady, and last week's quotations Were well supported. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4 s 2d; Men 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Veal, 4s to ss; and Pork, as 10d tO 5 s 2 per Slbs. by the carcase. SUICIDE DT A TRADESMAN.—This lllolllll3g /riv following shocking case of suicide, by a respectable trades man, occurred in Nile•street, Hoxton New To • g r. Prizeman, an extensive grocer in tie above street , retired bed with his wife at the accustomed hour last evening, *NT, rently in his usual health and spirits. At about five o'clor this morning his wife was awakened by a loud ger ; g3 rj t. noise, and upon her placing her hand upon his chest " t o f came wet and slippery. Her husband now jumped ou. bed, but almost immediately fell to ho ground. Mrs. Pries man alarmed the servants, who brought lights, and it: then discovered that Mr. Prizeman had cut h is throat in most frightful manner, the wound extending nearly frog' en to ear. Medical aid was obtained, but life was found to extinct. The act is attributed to pecuniary difficulties. CHOLERA.—Three cases of cholera occurred f wd, Sligo during the week. One man, a tailor, named r!? . ^ ; died after two hours' illness. We entertain strong Du however, that the disease which pee in this un.kr tunate town is not that fearful . ur ge, s the Asiatic cboieset but the English cholera. BIRTHS. On the 6th inst., at Wiesbaden, the wife of the Bey. 8. 14 Bramwell, of a eon. On the 18th inst., Mrs. Daniel Bax, of R eg ent.streett rie. eadilly, of a daughter. On the 20th inst., at Quemmore-park, near Lancaster, the wife of Mr. Serjeant Bellasis, of a daughter. D. On the 22d inst., by the MAR Rev. RIE Edward Trimmer, a t L! Brentford Church, William Sprott °AwiiEsq., square, London, youngest 3011 of thelate William .13 0 9ut Esq ., of Hillhouse&ld, to Laura, daughter of George Coo P e rt of Brentford Dr O ongn h n ot tl on l e(2 e2 ,42l o lda idnthrssis the Zd .tn. 3ir t.,Majo i r i n W a lE e/t . on Ham es, late of bly. 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