The Sun. — London, England, 1847-12-10 00:00:00

Vbtril V.Stittion SUN OFIICZ, Seven o'Clock. LATEST PRICES 0 F SHARES. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM. PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List, NIEMEN:ED EVERY TUEADAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10. JOLT-STOCK D.&NKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. 2 s. d. Australasia .. .• . • 40 0 0 40 0 0 BritshNorth American 51. per sent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 Ceylon ...... ...... • • 61. pn cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 Nlonial.. .......... - 51. par cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 Gloucestershire • • • ... 1151 per cent. lonian .............. 61. par cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 2334 13 0 0 London Joint-Stock .. . 61. per cent. 5 0 0 0 10 0 0 15 Provincialof Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 3914 Ditto, New......... 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 National of Ireland .. Si. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 Nat. Provncial of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 Ditto, New......... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 South Australia • . • • • • 22 10 0 Union - of Australia. ... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 Union of London. .. 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 103. i Union of Madrid . • • • • 40 0 0 40 0 0 obtained, but inferior and grey sorts have been operated in with caution, and are easily to be obtained on former term,. At public sale 341 bags of Trinidad were offered. Foreign is dull of sale. TEA.—The operations in all kinds of black have been to a limited extent only, but no further depression in the value took place. Congou of common quality is offered at 7d to 74d, good common 8d to 84, but midd and midd Bid to 10d, midd and good strong blackish leaf 10id to is 2d, five and Pekoe flavour is 3d to is 6d; Bohea 2d to 4d ; Souchong, low and mid 8d to is ; good and fine is 2d to 2s, and Pouchong 3d to 4d accord ing to quality. On the part of the holders of Green an increased inclination is manifested to realise, and in consequence of the large parcels pressed for sale, prices suffered a further depression, and exhibit a reduction on this day week of id to id for Twankay, Id to 2d for Hyson, ld to 2d for Young Hyson, and 2d for Imperial and Ganpowder. Pekoe Tees have been dealt in with caution, and, having a plentiful supply, there are sellers Id under previous quotations. The quantity offered at auction this week amounted to 14,560 packages, of which only 4,600 were sold. RICE.—To-day there was no public sale of East India, but privately the purchases made were trifling, although holders were willing to take rather lower rates. Fur auction 1,000 bags of Bengal, and 9,000 bags Arracan are declared. SPICES.—In consequence of the large increase in the supply of brown Nutmegs at market this week, prices have suffered a depression of id to 2d per lb. The whole, however, offered at public sale, amounting to 143 casks, 21 bags, and 4 boxes of Penang, found buyers. The market for all sorts of Black Pepper is quiet, and the limited busiaess concluded privately was at a fall on former rates of id to id. At auction 703 bags however all found buyers. White is wanted, but prices have ceased to advance. At public sale 83 bags were how ever sold at the former value, and went at 4d to 4 ai for middling. The market for Cloves is quiet. FauxT.—Four large public sales were brought forward, consisting of 125 butts, 86 crtls, 23 brls old Patras, 60 butts, 60 crtls old Zante Currants ; nearly the whole were brought in from 32s to 34s ; 766 boxes, 215 hf-do, 188 qr-do, and 800 i f-de new Muscatels, principally layers, part sold at the market prices. Privately there has been an extensive business done in all descriptions. COCIIINEAL.—To-day at public sale 28 bags of Hon duras Cochineal sold at 4s 4d to 4s 8d for low do good silvers, and good to fine black 6s 6d to 6s 10d; 6 bags of Mexican silvers 4s sd, which are rather higher rates. SPIRITS.—Jamica Rum has met with more attention this week, and a good business was concluded in all de scriptions; the rates paid were fully equal to those that existed previously, and the chief buyers were the home trade; the total sales are 400 puns. Leeward Island is litle requred, and can be obtained upon easier terms, the sales are only 102 puns. East In dia is dull of sale and rather cheaper. Mauritius is little required. For strong Demerara there is, how ever, a fair demand, but holders show a desire to sell at last week's rates. The quantity sold is 100 puns, fair quality 30 to 35 over fair quality 2s 9d to 2s 10d, and 34 to 36 over good and fine 3s to 3s 2d. Brandy cannot again be quoted cheaper, the demand, however, does not improve, and supplies are large. Ores.--This afternoon the public sales of Sperm, con sisting of 90 tuns, went at reduced rates, and only in part sold at 811. to 82155, low 80/ to 801. 5s ; Southern must be quoted higher, 40 tuns selling at 271 5s to 28/ for good and fine, one lot 301, low dark and mid 23/ to 271. For Seal prices have not further given way. At Auction 100 tuns mostly sold. TaLLow.—This afternoon higher rates were obtained, notwithstanding the large parcels at public sale, 24 pipes, 62 barrels, and 452 boxes South American, were sold 40s 6d to 42s 3d, fine 45s to 475; 52 casks African 36s to 40s 3d; 467 casks Taganrog and Odessa 40s to 45s 3d; 367 casks of Australian 41s to 46s 3d for low to fine. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32,f0r the Week ending on Saturday, the 4th day of December, 1847. ISSUS DEPARTMENT. X. Noted if5ned........ 24,366,055 Govennnont debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities •• • . 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 9,111,03 S Silver bullioß .... • • 1,255,047 £ 24,366,08.5 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 9th day of December, 1847. X 24,366,085 , EPAITifEN T. Government securt- ties (including Dead Weight Annuity)" 10,916,594 Other securities •. • . 18,070,109 Notes .. ........ 5,5,3,020 Gold and silver coin.. titiG,sll £35,266,537 I,f. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1847. CANALS. I . 1 s. Names of p Dividend' Names a Q Dividen d Pric e. per Price. Companies. 1 per Companies. 4 W Annnm. 4 Annum. ve ----- - -..... £ £ Ashtn& Oldh 97;51.55. p e 70 Macclesfield. 100 - 15 tiarnsle7. •• • 1601 121. 180 Neath .. •• • • 100 201. 340 SrtnkStAbrg'lsol Si. , 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 201. 200 Birmingham' 35 4/. 88 Peak Forest. 78 33. 40 Coventry .... i 00, 251. - :regent's •• • • 33 11. 4s. 19 our!, v•• • • •11001 6/. 63 Rochdale ..• •85 41. 54 Blla c re&Chs , l33l 4/. ! 51 Somrset Coal 150 W. 10s. 130 Ere .1, ash • - 1 100 321. 1 - Do.Lk Fd St 12 61. p. c. - GrandJunctril 100 51. 1 80 Stflrd &Wore 140 281. 275 GrandSurreyloo! - 124 Shrewsbury.. 125 . 15/. - A.:rand Union l lool 11. 10s. 21 Stourbridge.. 145 201. 305 Grantham -. 150 \ 121. - Severn and l 26 V. Si. 30 I SE eunt &Avu 39 Is. 6d. 51 Wye Rail. j LeldaSoLivrp 100, 341. 505 Warwick& 1 , Leicester .... 140 10/. 75 Binning. j Oa U. 65 Leicstr &Nth! 83 4/. 36 Warwick& 1 Loughboroghll42' 701. 630 Napton.. 3 1 - 46 Monmouthsh 100 , 81. ! - Worcstr & l 7s 21. 39 Mntgemrysiiiloo 51. - Binning. MeltnMwbrylloo* 101. I - , Wilti & lirksi 67 11. 11 X3TSIIIIAN'CE COMPANIES. Dividend per Noma Company. Amount of Share. Aiinum. Albion ...... • • • • • • •• Alliance Brit. and For. DM) Marine.•• •• • • Atlas 'British Commercial • • Clerici,Med.ez Gen. Life Cannty • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Eagle Eng.& Scot. Law .• • • Enrope,aa Life ••• • • • Family Endow= t Soc. Globe Guardian ........ • • • • Imperial Fire • • • • • • • • imperial Life • • • . • • • . Lndemnity Marine.... Law Fire • . • . L:►w Life— ••• • • ... Legal and General Life koiden Fire • • London Ship •.•• . • • • Med. Invlid& Gen. Life National Least Fund•• National Life • • • • • • .•• Palladium Lila • • Pricenix .• •• P 1 otector Life— • • •• Prt.videntLife • • • • • • • • Rock Life •• •• •• Royal Exchange inn Fire • • Ditto Lire Universal Life.... • • • • Vi. oria Life . Price. 17 5% 13% 6% 20% LIST OF SCO' Name of Company. Bank of Scotland British Linen Company Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank Clydesdale Bank • • • • • Commercial Bank • • • • Eastern Bank Zdinb.ic Glasgow Bank Zuhafweßn.k of Seot.. Isle of Man. Company National 8ank........ North of Scotland Bank North British Bank Royal Bank of Scotland tinionßank of Scotland Western Bank • • • • • • • • Aberdeen Fire and Life B. Accord. Life and Fire British Guarantee Ins. Caledonian Fire Insur. Church of Elm, and Ins. City of Glasgow Life.. Edinbursas Life Insur. East of Se)tland Life.. Eng. & Scot, Law Life kferculas Insurance Co. Insur. Co. of Scatln.l.. Life .Issoc. of Scotland Mercantile Life ...... National Fire and Life North British Insur. .. North & West of Scot. Scottish Life and 1, czar. Scot. Ma and Gm. Life Scottish Union Thames. Staniatd life - United Dep. Assurance 31. IN. 6 per cent. 61. per cent. 136.6 d. pr sh. 7s. per share 51. per cent. 31. 13s. 6s. 51. per cent. ,5 1 ,4 per cent. ir. & bs. M. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 12 per cent. 12s. 11. sh. & be. 11. Ss. 4%1. per ct. 51. per cent. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. 31. p. et. & Si. per cent. 11. ss. 43. 51. per cent. 6/. 10s. 11. 6s. 1010. pr SE CO Dividend per Annum. 71. per cent. 81. por cent. 81. per sent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 71. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 71. per cent. 61. per cent. 71. per cent. 61. per cent. 81. per cent. Si. per cent. 121. per cent. 18/. per cent 51. per cent Si. per cent per cent. per cent. per cent. per ctatt. 51. per cent. 5% 1. pr cent, 57. per cent. 6V. pr cent. Si. per cent. Si. per cent. Z s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 4 0 0 20 0 0 Stock. 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 100 0 I Amount of Share. DOCILS. ~.. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. • .------ —........-- £ s. d. I X s. d. C tonmerclall . . I last and West India I 67. pr cent. Stock. 118 "tA3st Country Lonlen ..•. Ditto Bonds •- .... 41. per cent. St.IK atharine ! .. 5 per cent. Stock. ilitto Bonds •• • • .... 1141. pr coin. Southampton • • ...... 2/. per cent. ,50 0 0 50 0 0 WATEIL—WOILIES. Dividend I Amount Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price, Annum. Share. .£ s. d. £ s. d. Birmingham ... .• /Lass London.... .• Grand Junction •• 100 0 0 New Eivr Lndn Brdge , 21. 10s. 55 Vauxhall'• • • ......... • 100 0 0 104 'West Middlesex • . . 51. I:ll.prent. 43 19 9 _ iis GAS—LIGHT .AND COILE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. ...1 imum. Share. X. s. d. £. s. d. British ••••••. • • • • • • • fj, 143 0 0 18 0 0, 174 Ditto Provincial •• • • 17. Bs. 20 0 0 19 0 0 24 Bristol .. ... ... ... ICI. per cent. 20 0 0 Brighton ............ 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 19 City of London .. •• • • 10/. ,100 0 0 100 0 0 290 Continental Consolidat. 925. pr share 30 0 0 39 5 0 57 Ditto, New —— lie. pr share 50 0 0 37 10 0 51 14 Equitable.... ........ 455. pr share 50 0 0 50 0 0 38 Imperial ...... •• 61. per cent. 130 0 0 50 0 0 80 Independent ......... 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 64 L0nd0n........ ••• • —2% /. pr cent.: 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 Ditt0........ ••• • 6i. percent. 1 50 0 0 50 0 0 48 Phoenix .•- ..... ..... 51. per cent. 150 0 0 45 0 0 : 36% Bate= ..... ...••• • • 51. and bns. ,100 0 0 90 0 0 80 rutted General ••.•—4% /. pr cent.' 50 0 0 50 0 0 17 Westminster Chartered 3/. 50 0 0 I 58 Ditto, New COURSE OF EXCILI LNGE.-(THIS DAY.) G1bra1tar.............. A.Mil:eriam ...... •• l2 7 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam .... • l2 7 Antwerp.......... ilamburgh ......11.13 l4 Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • Ditto, ....... ..... Leghorn • • 31 40 Genoa .. •• •• ... •••• • .. 26 20 Milan .. • . ..... Naples ...... • • .... • • 39% Palermo, per 0z.... 119 Lisbon.... • .. 51 Oporto .• .. • . Elio Janeiro ........ • . 23% Bahia . Buenos Ayres .. New York, 21 dayesight 47% Philadelphia ........ Marseilles ••.• • • • ..... 26 15 ISourdeaux . .. 26 15 Frankfort oa Maine.... 123 Peterabargh, Sil. Rile.. 36% . • ...... •• • • 7 6 Vienna, effec. flo 10 20 Trieste. ditto .. 10 21 Madrid ........ .... 46N Cadiz ••. • .. .. . . . . 48 N, Barcelona •• • • Servtile...... „. PRICES OP BULLION, PII OZ. Foreign Gold lu bars.. £3 17 9 New Dollars •• .. 0 4 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 ,Sliver in bars ...... • . 0 4 11% MARKET INTELLIGENCE. C btr°l4 the London New Price Current of Dec. 10.) both Suas.a„--To- d ahY the demand d ecrease d f or a ll ki n d s of raw sugar b for home consumption and exporta tion; holders, however, refused to submit to any further decline in prices. The market throughout the day pre sented, a h ewn , West India was operated appearance. in wit h caution, and f o r bhds were sold at the r all t.ader value, and which is y purposes, whilst onl rally 6d per cwt under l ' ' T mandforsarleefis refined the week are 2,020 hhdarlnr last. REFINED.—To-day therpetiwotnasresl'essT de he total gene. goods for home consutn variation took place, but there' :vna prices , howeve,r , n qualities. The market is quiet s f o a d b esirQ da r sell all Sugar, still first sort is not to be had urnd°ll-0e1„,,„c1.11110„.,11"1 Mitunmus.—This afternoon there :L a u lit tle , 1 1' sition manifested to operate in Mauritius Sw a t , - 71 )0 . 1839 bags, 170 casks, and 89 tierces offered --- i' a ' an of auction, a small part only sold at the former value. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the demand was limit e d for Madras Sugar of al l kinds, and of 4,450 b ags at auc tion a small potion sold at about the former value. i FO:SIGN. I There is no improvennut tojnotice in the market for any kind of For.iign Sur, supplies continue large, and holders are yet willing stilors, whilst the ndvicts from the C.intinental m trkets are of an unsatis factory nature,bolil as regat cis the &wand and, prices. MOLASSES.—Eor Wes: India there are tew buyer; still ;holders deeEne to make any further concession in prices, and offer a less quantity for sale: the value of egsv to ftne is 155 to 18s. East India Treacle met with lie Ille atttantinp l And 17s to lSs is the value. Of 13arba -40, , s 3dulasse# 31 puns at public sale were taken in at nws - 1 , , l / 4 4 49 , -; -scat. % ---...\, :v0 :17, - -- em „, ~..—This afternoon Native Ceylon met with less ,e".l . :tc - H j - i -- :- .: -l i itent i 4:\ It. and the parcels sold privately were at barely ; ~=,,., ,_-. f orme* ~A Iles. At auction 165 bags good ordinary Native , 1 -;: :: ;,,i." ,a, "a kwl per cwt, which is 6d lower. %'-4.:.:!,.".- . 7::l6 3ead i -Vine and good d escr ip t i ons o f re d are wante d , t , 47 of such bein g li m i te d st iff er rates are -..,-:,,,, -. 4 e, i ; • ,, ~,,,,-, t-- __,, - ---....,_—_,:,)„ - _•;,./ 51. 71. 5/. 51. 28 65 26 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10 1847. according to the standing orders of the House it was a high crime and misdemeanour for a Peer of the realm to inter;;-re Ll p:vileges. —(Hear.) The petitioners complained of the in terference of Earl Fitzhardinge at the election for West Gloucestershire, and stated that that Noble Earl had coerced his tenantry in order to compel them to vote for Mr. \V. Grenville Berkeley, and had also offered a large pecuniary reward to Mr. Grantley Berkeley not to offer himself at the last election for the choice of the electors of West Gloucestershire. The petitioners also stated that Earl Fitzhardinge had paid large sums of money for the purchase of votes, and asserted that great bribery and corruption had taken place of the late election. These were only some of the allegations contained in the petition, which prayed for the appointment of a Committee to inquire into the subject, or that the petition might be referred to the Committee of the Privileges of the House. The Hon. Member gave notice of his intention, on Mon- day next, to bring forward the whole subject for the consideration of the House, and he would, therefore, move that it be printed with the votes.—(Hear, hear.)—Agreed to. RAJA OF SATTARA. Mr. ANSTY presented a petition from the Liberty of the Rolls praying for an inquiry into the case of the late Raja of Sahara. NEW PARLIAMENTARY DISTRICT. Mr. B. OSBORNE presented a petition form Hammersmith, praying that, in consequence of the disfranchisement of Sudbury, the district of Ham mersmith, Chiswick, Kensington, aul Chelsea might be constituted into a borough.—(Hear, hear.) ADMISSION - OF JEWS. Mr. HENLEY presented a petition against the admission of Jews into Parliament. NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Sir R. H. INGLIS gave notice that some day next week he should move for the appointment of a committee to consider generally the present state of the New Palace of Westminster, with especial refer ence to the accommodation of that house. NEW ZEALAND. Mr. LABOUCIIERE gave notice that next week he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to suspend portions of the Act relating to the government of New Zealand. ORDNANCE MAPS. Mr. HUME gave notice that next week he should ask some member of the Government what steps had been taken with respect to the Ordnance survey for providing the public with copies of the plates and maps already published at reasonable prices ? IRISH CORPORATIONS. Mr. REYNOLDS gave notice that after the recess he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to place the municipal corporations of Ireland upon a more equal footing with the rights and privi leges of those of England and Scotland. PRISON DISCIPLINE. Lord NUGENT seeing :the Secretary of State for the Home Deparsment in his place, he begged to put a question to him of which he had given notice. It was with reference to the Act sth and 6tb of Victoria, which gave power to magis trates assembled in Quarter Sessions to frame codes and rules for the prisons within their jurisdic tion which should become law after they had been sanctioned by the Secretary of State for the Home Department. The question he wished to put was whether the power of imprisoning separately, given by that Act, both prisoners convicted and prisoners waiting for trial, had come under the consideration of the Right Hon. Baroeet, and whether it was his intention to propose any modifi cation of the Act, so as to take away the power of imprisoning separately. Sir GEORGE GREY said the Noble Lord had correctly stated the provisions of the Act, and in accordance with these provisions, regulations had been framed relating to separate imprisonment, which had received the sanction of the Home-office. It was ceriainly not the intention of the Government to propose any alteration of the Act, but he might mention that prisoners separately con fined who were waiting their trials were allowed greater privileges and indulgences than were enjoyed by those who had been convicted. COPYHOLDS AND CUSTOMARY TENURES. Mr. AGLIONBY, pursuant to notice, asked the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Home department whether it was the intention of Govern ment to introduce any measure for the compulsory enfranchisement of copy hal and customary tenures. Sir G. GREY said the committee originally ap- pointed to enquire into the subject were preparing a Bill to accomplish the object which the Hon. Gentle man had in view, though it would not go to the length he 'proposed ; and when that Bill should have been transmitted to him, ha should be prepared to give the Hon. Member a satisfactory and definite answer. PRIVATE BILLS. Mr. AGLION BY, pursuant to notice, asked the President of the Board of Trade whether it was the intention of the Government to propose any measure for carrying into effect the recommendations of the Select Committee on Private Bills of last session, snd for enabling towns, or parishes, or districts, to adopt the previsions of the general Consolidation Acts, without comiog to Parliament by Bill fur that purpose. "Dlr. .LABOTTCHEIZE said, with regard to the Consolidation Acts, he had to state that a Bill was in preparation for consolidating the two Acts ; but with regard to the latter portion of the lion. Member's question, he doubted whether it was expedient to in troduce any Bill for the purpose the Hon. Member had in view. With regard to the recommendations of the Committee generally, he could only say that the report had only recently come into his handa, but he could assure the Hon. Member they should have his best attention,and the best measure should be adopted for carrying them out. Mr. GOULBOURN wished to know if the Right Hon. Gentleman had any objection to lay upon the table the expenses which were incurred last year on account of private Bills. Mr. LABOUCHERE said he bad not the least objection. ROME AND ENGLAND. Sir R. H. INGLIS wished to ask the Noble Lord the Minister for Foreign Affairs whether there was any truth in the report, that a convention has been signed in Rome by the Earl of Miuto, Lord Privy Seal, on the part of her Majesty, with any authority of the See of Rome ? He understood that the Noble Lord to whom he referred had been for some time in Rome, and as it had been publicly stated that he had gone thither for the purpose of entering into negotiations with the see of Rome, he wished to give him an opportunity of denying it, as be (Sir R. Inglis) believed the state ment untrue. Was the Noble Lord's colleague, the Keeper of the Privy Seal, in Rome with the authority of the Government ? Lord PALMERSTON was glad to have an early opportunity of replying to the question. It was well known that for some time Lord Minto, who held the Privy Seal, had been in Rome. That Noble Lord whs not in Rome in any official capacity —(Hear, hear)—he had received ro instructions to enter into negociations with the Court of Rome, nor had he been sent thither as the organ of the British Government. The statement, therefore, to which the Right Eonourable Baronet referred was utterly destitute of foundation.—(Hear.) It was unnecessary for him to say, that so long as doubts were entertained ns to the legality of diplo matic relations with the See of Rome her Majesty's Government had too much respect for the law to do anything which could by any possibility infringe it. The misunderstanding chiefly arose from the mis construction put upon the word "communion." This country was not in " communion " with the Court of Rome. Until the doubt which existed with respect to the term was removed by the House, he was authorised to state that no step would be taken with respect to any diplomatic relations be tween the Court of Rome and this country. GREECE. In reply to Mr. B. COCIIRANE, Lord PALMERSTON said that a half-yearly in stalment of the loan made by this country to Greece had been paid. Another instalment, due in September last, had not yet been paid. The entire amount of the loan was, he understood, 990,0001. No immediate demand bad been made for the repayment of the money, because, though the Greeks might not be unable to pay it, they might nevertheless be unable to pay it at once. An arrangement would be made for the gradual liquidation of the amount. ADMISSION OF JEWS. Mr. GLADSTONE inquired if the Government intended to proceed with the Bill to legalise the ad mission of Jews ou Thursday next ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re plied that he had no reason to doubt that his Noble Friend at the head of the Government would not bring it forward that day. IRISH BUSINESS. Sir G-. GREY intimated that he intended to pro pose that the House should meet to-morrow at Twelve, to receive the report on the Irish Bill, which he confidently hoped would psss though Committee to-night. THE NEWCASTLE BANK. In reply to Mr. HUTT, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that he did not wish to speak prejudicially of this Bank the other night. What he meant tc convey was that it had obtained a tem porary loan from a district branch of the Bank of England, which had been repaid. The loan was made to m ee t a very heavy run, a n d th e a p p li ca ti on for it he did not consider prejudicial to the directors, who, he regretted, had been annoyed at the statement as construed by them. EAST INDIAN RAILWAYS. In reply to Lord JOCELYN, Mr. C. LEWIS stated that the Calcutta Presidency had consented to the construction of a line called the C-ILLLa into terior, the terms being that the sections should be executed so that the line should cost no more than 3,000,0001. The Government were to find the land and were to guarantee interest at the rate of 5 .per cent., and to have the option of purchasing the line in 25 or 50 years. A similar offer had been made to the Great Indian Peninsular from Bombay, inwards 35 miles in length. No arrangement had been made with the Madras line. Sir R. PEEL inquired if legislative mectsures were required to effect this purpose ? Mr• C. LEWIS apprehended that the East India Companies thought they had power to carry out those arrangements without legislative sanction. Mr. BRIGHT said the cost of the recent failures in Lancashire would have made the Peninsular line. Two years delay had already taken place, and as work could not be done from June to September, another year would be lost if greater speed was not made. Ile did not think the terms sufficiently liberal to enable the directors to raise money in the English market. He should, therefore, after the recess, move for the production of the correspondence. The subject was most important to Lancashire. I tilr. C. LEWIS considered the granting of the land exceedingly liberal. Mr. WADDIKGTON enquired whether the terms had merely been offered or whether they had been agreed to. Mr, C. LEWIS said they had merelybeen offered. Lord G. BENTINCK wished to ask the Chan cellor of the Exchequer to postpone the nomination of the Committee to inquire into the causes of the recent distress until a further day. The present ap pointment was not at all a satisfactory one to many Honourable Members in that House. A great number of gentlemen thought that neither Scotland nor Ireland were sufficiently represented in the matter. It appeared to him that due consideration had not been given to those Hon. Members who were op posed to the Bank Charter Act of 1844. It appeared that every lion. Member who opposed the passing of that Act in 1844, were excluded from the Commit tee. He trusted, therefore, that the Right Hon. Baronet would postpone the appointment of the Com mittee until some day next week, and in the meantime he would give notice of other names which if the II ouse should wish he would propose should be added to the Committee.—(Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he had endeavoured as far as pos sible to do justice in the selection of Mem bers for the Committee, and he was most anxious that the constitution of that Committee should give general satisfaction to the House. He hal no objection to postpone the nomination of the Committee till Monday. Mr. HUME wished to know whether the Com mittee, when appointed, would commence with their inquiry until after the recess. The CHANCELLOR of 11 EXCHEQUER said that it would be for the Committee, when it met, to decide what ceurse they would adopt. If he were to state his opinions as to what that course would be he should say that upon their meeting their first duty would be to elect a chnirman, and then determine as to what course they would pursue, and what accounts and returns they might require. Having decided upon that point they would probobly aejourn, in order that they might have the returns ready pre vious to the examination of the severol witnesses whom they might thiY,k it to call before them. Mr. WAKLEY thought that as this was Friday, if the Chancellor of the Exchequer postponed the nomination of the Committee till Monday only, no time would be afforded to the Noble Lord the Member fur Lynn to give notice of any other names, and suggested that it should be postponed to a later day than Monday next. It was his intention to move that the name of Mr. Muntz, the Hon. Member for Birmingham, should be added to the Committee. Mr. HUME requested that his name might be struck off the list, in order to make room for some other, as he did not see that any advantage could pos sibly arise from an inquiry into the subject. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he should move the appointment of the Committee nomination to that of which he had give notice, and it would be for the House then to decide whether any and what names should be struck off or added to the Committee. REPORTS FOR MILITARY OFFICERS (IRELAND). In answer to a question put by an HON. MEMBER, Sir G. GREY said the reports made by the various military offices of Ireland to the Commander in-Chief of that country, and from him to the Corn mander-in-Chtef in this country, and the Home Secretary were of a strictly confidential nature, and he should be acting moot improperly if he answered any question upon the subject of their opinion as to necessity of proclaiming martial law in Ireland. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. On reading the order of the day for going into Committee of Supply. Mr. E WART wanted to know from the Chancel lor of the Exchequer, whether it would be in the power of the Government to take any general view of their whole system of taxation, for the object of simplifying and reforming it, in the present session of Parliament. The subject was one which excited a considerable interest throughout the country, and he should there fore be happy to hear from the Chancellor of the Ex chequer something of the plan to which he had alluded in the last session of Parliament. The CHANCELLOR of the EXBHEQUER was not aware of having alluded to any plan last ses sion, or having held out any expectation on the subject referred to by the Honourable Member. Whilethe Honourable Member pro. posed to bring the subject of taxation under the view of the llouse, he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) stated that in the present state of the country it would be unfair to renew the income-tax, or at all events to deal with that question.—(Hear, hear.) It was ex ceedingly inconvenient and not very aduantageous to any one that he should answer questions with respect to the intentions of the Government with regard to measures which it would be his duty to propose in the beginning of the spring. Govern ment usually reserved its determinations on these subjects, and then announced their intentions when they were prepared to do so, in orthr to prevent any undue expectation or disappointment. Mr. HUME—Can the Right Hon. Gentleman give the house any idea when the Budget will be brought forward ?—(Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER — In reply to that question, I can only give a general answer, that it will be brought forward after the recess.—(Cheers and laughter.) (LEFT SPEAKING.) THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 10, 1847. graciously pl e as e d t o g i ve or d ers for the Queen h he appointment b nt e o e f n the Marquess of Normanby, her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipoten tiary to the King of the French, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the First Class, or Knights Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. 'WAR - OFFICE, DEC. 10. 6th Dragoon Guards —John Davis Sherston, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Gwyn, promoted, dated Dec. 10. 3d Light Daagoons—Cornet Thomas Heathcote Stisted to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Burton, appointed to the 16th Light Dragoons; Michael Cusac Smith, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Stisted, Dec. 10. 7th Light Dragoons —Brevet Lieutenant Colonel George B . lomefield, fr om h a lf-pay Unattached. to be Major, vice G. P. Bushe, who exchanges ; Captain Charles Hagan to be Major, by purchase, vice Biome field, who ietirea ; Lieutenant William Viscount St. Lawrence to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hagan; Cornet Colmore Frind Cregoe Colmore to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Viscount St. Lawrance; Henry William Meredyth, Gent to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Colmore, Dec. 10. P 10th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Charles Freville Surtpes to be Captain, by purchase, vice Barry, who re , u ase, re tires; Cornet B en j am i n Aylett B ran fill to be Lieutenant by purch ase , v i ce Surtees P • John Rawlinson Cuthberth, Gent., t o b e Cornet b rch vice Branfill, Dec, 10. 16th Light Dra g o o n s—Brevet Lieutenant Colonel John Rowland Smyth to be Lieutenant Colonel, by purchase, vi ce MacDowall, who retires; Captain George O'Halloran Gavin to be Major, by purchase, vice Smyth; Lieutenant Charles John Foster to be Captain, viee Gavin; Lieutenant James Gubbins Archer Burton, frog the 3d Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Foster, Dec. 10. Coldstream R eg i ment o f F o ot Guards—Brevet- Colonel Ge orge T o d d, from Captain and Li eutenant . Co l one l, v i c e E. D. Wigram, half-pay unattached, to be who exchanges ; Brevet-Major Lieutenant and Captain the lion. Robert Edward Boyle to be Captain and Lieutenant. Colonel, by purchase, vice Todd, who retires; Ensign and Lieutenant Francis William Newdigate to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Boyle ; Arthur George Bethel Thellessuu, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Newdigate, Dec. 10. Scots Fuvilz , er Guards—Brevet Colonel the Hen. Edward Gord on D oug l as P ennan t, from half-pay Un attached, to bo Captain and Lieutenant Colonel, vice Francis Hugh George Seymour, who exchanges ; Lieutenant and Captain Arthur Edward Onslow to be Captain and Lieutenant Colonel, by purchase, vice Pennant, who retires ; Ensign and Lieutlinant Henry Green Wilkinson to be Lieutenant, and Captain, by jpurchase, vice Onslow; Ensign Hugh Fitzhardinge Drummond, from the .57th Foot, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wilkinson, Dec. 10. 3d Foot —Captain Donald Meent Cameron to be Major, by purchase, vice Eaton, who retires ; Captain Lord Charles Lennox Kerr, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Edward Henry MooreKelly,who exchanges; Lioutenant Frederick Francis Maude, to . be Captain by purchase, vice Cameron; Lieutenant Hugh Smith, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lord Charles Lennox Kerr, r. rctin :-; C , :rJan:lt by purchase, vice Maude; Ensign Octavious Cobb Ronne, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Smith; Ensign Robert Sandford Warburton, from the 30th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Taylor; George Robert Gray, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Rooke, Dec. 10. 4th Foot—Lieutenant William Wilby to be Captain, by Captain, by purchase, vice Shortt, who retires; En sign James White Minchin, from die 95th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wilby, Dec. 10. taloth Foot—Ensign Cuthbert Barlow to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Manse!, who retires ; Henry Bag shawe Harrison Rooke, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Barlow, Dec. 10. 18th Foot—Lieutenant Richard Trevor Irwin, from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Doran, appointed Adjutant, Dec. 6' 20th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon John Gillespie Wood, M.D., from the Staff, to be Surgeon, vice James Mori son, who retires upon half-pay, Dec. 10. 29th Foot—Ensign John Sheridan Henderson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dowson, appointed Quartermaster; Colonr sergeant William D. Chapman to be Ensign, vice Henderson; Lieut. Charles Suther land Dowson to be Quartermaster, vice Kneebone, de ceased, Dec. 10. 30th Foot—Thomas Mapleson Fitz-Patrick, Gent to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Warburton, appointed to the 3d Foot, Dec. 10. 32d Foot—Ensign Rowland Edward Louis Henry Williams to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Money Kyi le, deceased, Sept. 23; Ensign Henry Donatus O'Callaghan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ack land, who retires; Edward Chippendale, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice O'Callaghan, Dec. 10; John Birtwhistle, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pearson, appointed to the 95th Foot, Dec. 11 ; Samuel Hill, Lawrence, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Williams, Dec. 12. _ 44th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Walter to be Captain by purchase, vice Campbell, who retires ; Ensign Edward Ogle Streatfield to be Lieutenant, by purcbase,vice Walter. George Augustus Elliot, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Streatfield, Dec. 10. 57th Foot—James Franklyn Bland, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Drummond, appointed to the Scots Fusilier Guards, Dec. 10. 78th Foot—Major Edward Twopeny to be Lieute nant Colonel, by purchsse, vice Forbes, who retires; Brevet Major Walter Hamilton to be Major, by pur chase, vice Twopeny; Lieutenant Frederick Edmund Caldwell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hamilton; Ensign Thomas Anderson to be Lieutenant, by pnrchase, vice Caldwell, Dec. 10; Ensign Robert Bogle to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Paulson, promoted in the Royal Newfoundland Companies ; Joseph Webster, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, v i ce B og l e , D ec . 11 ; John Simon Francis Dick, Gent., to be Ensign, by pua chase, vice Anderson, Dec. 12. 81st Foot—Ensign Frederick Sidney de Vere Lane to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Murray, who retires; George Betts, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lane, Dec. 10. 84th Foot—Major David Russell to be Lieut.-Colonel' by )purchase, vice M'Bean, who retires ; Brevet Major Charles James to be Major, by purchase, vice Russell; Lieutenant Charles F. Seymour to be Caplain, by pur chase, vice James; Ensign James Edmund Leahy to be Licuntenant, by purchase, vice Seymour; Edmund Kerr Vaughan Arbuckle, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Leaby, Dec. 10. 86th Foot—Ensign Orlando Robert Hamond Orlebar to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wood, who retires; Edward Leet, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Orlebar, Dec. 10. 95th Foot—Ensign Richard Lyons Otway Pearson, from 32d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Minchin, promoted in the 4th Foot, Dec. 10. 97th Foot—Ensign Charles Henry Lumley to ba Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sutton, who retires ; William Richard Annesley, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lumley, Dec. 10. 99th Foot—Ensign Bernard Henry O'Reilly to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pigott, who retires; Wil liam Henry Dowling Reeves Wclman, Gent., to be -Ensign, by purchase, vice O'Reilly; llenry Higgins Jones, M.D., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Smith, ap pointed to the Staff, Dec. 10. Royal Newfoundland Companies—Captain Bicknell Currey, from half-pay 17th Light Dragoons, to be Cap tain, vice Bindon, promoeed; Lieutenant Charles Patti son, from 78th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Coney, who retires, Dec. 10. BREvET•—Captain Bicknell Coney, of the Royal Newfoundland Companies, to be Mojor in the Army, June 28, 1838. UNATTACHED.—Captain Henry George Boyce, from the 2d Lite Guards, to be Major, by purchase, Dec. 10. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon George Roche Smith, from 99th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Wood, promoted in tho 20th Foot, Dec 10. MEMORANDUM.—Major William Bindon, upon half pay Unattached, has been allowed to retire from the army by the sale of an Unattached Majority, he being about to become a settler in Nova Scotia, Dec. 10. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 9. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain Samuel Philip Townsend to be Captain, vice Tireman, retired on full pay; First Lieutenant William Robert Gichard to be Second Captain, vice Townsend; Second Lieu. tenant Philip Bedingfield, to be First Lieutenant, vice Gichard; Nov. 24. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Yorkshire Hussars, Regiment of West Riding Yeo manry Cavalry—Godfrey Wentworth Bosville, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Murkland, resigned, Dec. 1. Erratum in the Gazette of the 3d instant. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Cheater. The King's Regiment of Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry —For Cornet the Honourable Hugh Lupus Earl Gros venor, UP., to be Captain, vice Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart., promoted—Read, Cornet the liVit Honourable Hugh Lupus Earl Grosvenor, M.P., to be Captain, &c. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 4. Corps of Royal Marines—First-Lieutenant Gallway Byng Payne to be Captain, vice Brevet Major Thomas Scott, retired on full-pay ; Second-Lieutenant Henry Nicholas Gell to be First-Lieatenant, vice Payne, pro moted. WHITEHALL, DEC. 6. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Marlow, Gent., of Walsall, in the county of Stafford, to be a Master Extraordinary in the Hieh Court of Chancery. IiANKRIII 7 TS. Gravesend and Milton Cemetery Company. Robert Brown, victualler, Sutherlaud-terrace, Brixton Thomas Thompson Cattley, colour merchant, Cousin• lane, Upper Thames-street. William Rankine, boot-maker, Gresham-street. George Windle, baberdasher, Judd street, Brunswick. square. Julius Johanning, commission agent, Newman-street, Ox ford• street. Thomas Burnell and William Shelford, merchants, King William-street. George Clarke, common brewer, Dunstable, Bedford. William Tiley, common brewer, Reading. Peter Claussen, manufaturer, Newman-street, Oxford street. John Tanner, carpenter, Minories. James William Gordon, wine merchant, Cullum-street, Fenchurch-street. Samuel Carr, Licensed victualler, Newcastle-court, Strand, Middlesex. Themas Turner, boot and shoe manufacturer, North. ampton. dames Terrett, victualler, Rose and Crown, Salisbury- Isne, Bermondsey, Surrey. John Birch, grocer, Liverpool. Henry Garthwaite, manufacturer of fancy lgoods, Hopton, York. Thomas Redpath, dealer and chapman, Leeds. Bradnock Davies, grocer, Birmingham. George Stedman, currier, Castle Church, Staffordshire. James Robinson, merchant, Huddersfield. George Bradford, baker, Bridport. Edward Rossiter, jun., builder, Torquay, Devonshire. Thomas William Crowhurst, grocer, Clifton, Bristol. William Wadham, brassfounder Bristol. James Ramsden, woollen draper, Halifax. George Fox, paper manufacturer, Charlestown, Derby shire. Francis Smith, innkeeper, Manchester. Francis Beeston, carpenter, Stockport. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending December 7, 1847, is 225. 6%d. per cwt. LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Dee. 9. (Before the Chief Commissioner.) IN RE JAMES DANIEL O ' CONNELL. The insolvent was a law clerk, and was in the re ceipt of a salary of 200/. per annum. His debts amounted to 8001. Mr. Wigner, a draper and upholsterer, opposed on the ground that the insolvent had recently obtained furniture and clothes for himself and his wife, on the representation that he was about to enter upon a lucra tive situation, and could shortly pay him all, being at the time very largely in debt. The case occupied the Court some time, but the in solvent was ultimately granted protection on his con senting to devote 15!. a year for the payment of his creditors. IN RE HENRY RICKS HARPER. On this case being called on, a number of creditors appeared to oppose, but as the insolvent when summoned did not think proper to show himself, his petition was ordered to be struck off the paper. BLOOMSBURY COUNTY COURT, Dec. 9. (Before D. D. HEATH, Esq., Judge.) CHAMBERS V. PETERS.—A SURGEON COMMITTED FOR FORTY DAYS. In this case the plaintiff, a tailor, sought to recover from the defendant, a surgeon, the sum of Si. ss. for goods sold and delivered. Tho present was a judgment order, granted in July last, before which time, on the case being first heard, defendant had been ordered to pay directly, but had neglected to do so. Defendant now said that the order had only been received by him a fortnight ago, and three weeks before that he sent a friend to the plaintiff to offer him 51. in lieu of the debt and costs, which he refused to take. lie was not now prepared to pay it, besides which the clothes sup plied had not turned out as warranted. The plaintiff, said that a person came to him and offered him V. for the debt, telling him that defendant was going to America. He refused to/take it ; and, subsequently ascertainining that the story about going to America was false, he caused the order to be served upon him. The defendant said he was a surgeon, but not in practice. He had been supported by an independency. JUDGE—You might have proceeded against the plain- tiff for a false warranty of his goods, and as you do not offer any terms, I shall order your committal to prison. 2 1 .:t ment for forty days, which will be put in force on Tuesday, unless in the interim he arranges with the plaintiff. WHITECHAPEL COUNTY COURT, Dec. 9 (Before Sergeant MANNING WHEATLEY V. LANCASTER-AN OMNIBUS DRIVER NOT USING THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD. _ This was an action brought by Mr. T. Wheatley, omnibus proprietor, of Greenwich, to recover from the defendant, a charcoal burner, of Rosemary•lane, 8/. 65., for damages done to his omnibus, alleged to have been caused by the negligent driving of the defendant. This case had been several times before the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house, and the defendant was charged with having furiously and negligently driven the shafts of his cart against the panel of Wheatley's omnibus, and caused damages to the amount sued for ; but in consequence of the plaintiff not proving wilful damage, it was dis missed. In October last a driver in the employ of the complainant was driving his omnibus near London bridge ; he stopped and put down a passenger. The defendant, who was proceeding in a contrary direction, came in contact with the omnibus, and the shafts of the cart struck the panel, and a large hole was made. The defendant denied that he was driving improperly, and said the driver was on the wrong side of the road. A number of omnibus drivers were in the habit of stop ping and loitering near the spot, and it was with great difficulty that the various vehicles could pass each other. The Learned JUDGE said if the driver thought proper to cross over to the wrong side of the road, when there was not room for him to do so, he must put up with the sonsequenees. He could not interfere in this case, and the plaintiff must be nonsuited. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Dee. 9. EMr. Mackinnon and two other Honourable Mem bers took the usual oaths and their seats. CRIME AND OUTRAGE (IRELAND) BILL. (Continued from our Third Edition of last night.) Mr. B. COCHRANE could not but express his great surprise at the difference of the tone which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman (Mr. J. O'Connell)now used towards the Bil, and that which he adopted when it was first introduced.—(Hear, hear.) On that occa sion the Honourable Gentleman gave them to under stand that if be did not give it his most cordial assent, he at all events admitted the necessity which called for it—(Hear, hear)—but he now turned back— " as though afraid E'en at the sound himself had made ;" and taking a totally different view of the measure, denounced it as " sneaking and insidious," and de clared that it was introduced and forced on by " a bloodhound cry." Comparing the state of crime that now existed in Ireland with that of former periods of her history, he (Mr. Cochrane) was of opinion that if any complaints at all were made against this mea sure, it should be that the quality of mercy had been too greatly strained, and that it was not sufficiently coercive. —(Hear.) He was rather surprised at its opposite character, and still more so to listen to such a philippic against it as had been delivered by the Hon. Member for Limerick (Mr. J. O'Connell). The panacea which the Hon. Gentleman would apply to this horrible state of things was, that we should send plenty of money to Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) His (Mr. Cochrane's) opinion was, that it was a just and sound principle to lay down, that the Government of a country was bound to do all it could as a Govern ment to call forth the resources of . the governed nation; but he thought it foolish to hold out hopes that any Government should " stand between the living and the dead, and that the plague should be stayed." To alleviate the distress that existed in Ireland was less the province of the Government than of private charity, and he would ask the Hon. Member for Limerick (Mr. O'Connell) if that charity had not been most nobly and generously extended to his countrymen by the people of England ?—(Cheers.) If there had been any ray of hope in the darkness which overshadowed Ireland, it had been lent by the conduct of this nation, and when the Hon. Mem ber stood up and said they had done nothing for Ire land—that Ireland owed England no gratitude, for that she had only done what she was bound to do, he must say it left a most grievous impression on his heart.—(Cheers.) After hearing such sentiments, he could not but ask the House to look to her past history, and say how far they had ever found any thing but one invariable result from any concession they had made to Ireland.—(Cheers.) Soon after 1793, when the penal laws were abrogated, they would find the United Irishmen springing into exist ence, then they would find that society in 1796 cat rying on a treasonable correspondence with France, and finally the rebellion broke out in 1798. After the passing of the Relief Bill, which the Duke of Wellington declared would give security to the Church, strengthen every department of Govern ment, and restore tranquillity and peace to the country, and after the names of Anglesey, Had dington, Normanby, Fortescue, De Grey, Bes borough, and now of Clarendon, had been added to the long list of good and great men who had been her rulers, they found Ireland as bad as ever, and the necessity for coercion increased rather than diminished. While on this subject he could not but refer the House to a passage in the letters be tween the Duke of Rutland, who was Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland in 1783, and Mr. Pitt, of which he had copies in his hand. The Noble Duke said—" That Ireland had been reduced to its present state of faction by leaving important questions in an indefinite state, and he told Mr. Pitt that whatever advances he might grant, to let them be understood us conclusive. The permanent arrangement of all doubtful questions was indispensable to peace and order, for so long as anything remained in an indefi nite state, so as to excite the expectation of the country, there would never be peace. The House might go on granting and granting, but unless they were determined to make their stand somewhere, and insist that the law should be carried out in all its vigour, any concession to Ire land was perfectly useless.—(Cheers.) When the Hon. Member for Nottingham brought forward the question of repeal, he could not help thinking it was a significant fact that it should have been introduced by an English Member, and he would warn that Hon. Member, and those who acted with him, to take care lest the cry of repeal might not at last come from this side of the water.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") If that day came, they might remember the words of the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth in 1843 :—" That if they made so much of the Union, they would convey the impression to Ireland that her interests were sacrificed to British interests in order to maintain it." The tone and temper of the speeches of Hon. Members in that House was not quite consistent with that of their addresses to meetings in Ireland. He could not be accused of bad feeling towards the Roman Catholic clergy, whom as a body he believed to be very re spectable, after his vote in favour of their church last night—(Hear, hear)—but he had a right to look to the language held by those gentlemen. At the meeting where Archdeacon Laffan made that mon strous and unfeeling speech, Mr. J. O'Connell said— and let the House remember this was at the meet ing where the Saxon was held up to reprobation be cause he had not the manliness to stand aside and shoot the first man he met with a decent coat on his back—" Your clergyy, our beloved clergy, ever true to you, and to whom you have been as you ought to be, ever true, and whose counsel, if you listen to them as you have hitherto listened, must keep you safe, must keep you from all peril—you have come for a good and holy object—(Good God ! for a high and holy object!)—you have come to look for the preservation of the rights of all—the preservation of order and the preservation of property—in a word, for the preserva tion of society—(Hear, hear) —and if we go next week to Parliament we shall be able to tell them that the men of Tipperary, so long oppressed, so long ca lumniated, and so long denounced, have assembled in peacefulness, in good order, but with determination to demand their rights." Who could have believed that Mr. J. O'Connell delivered this speech at the very same meeting where Archdeacon Laffan made his horrible and iniquitous address to the people ?—(Hear, hear.) Then came Mr. Maher, who spoke in a similar manner, and congratulated the people on their assem blage. Every individual present, when such language was used, as a gentleman, as a man, as a citizen of the world, was bound to have expressed his abhorrence of it.—(Cheers.) But did they find the higher authori ties of the Roman Catholic Church complain of it ? No I What did John M`Hale, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam, write to his clergy ? He con gratulated them and the Catholic people of Ireland on the unexampled patience with which they had borne their sufferings; but he did not in any way appeal to the proper feelings of the lower orders of the priest hood. Then came the Rev. Dr. Ryan, Bishop of Limerick. He said—" The higher classes, forgetful of Christian obligations ani the duties which religion prescribes for their performance and guidance, tram ple on those who are placed under them, and recon cile with justice and mercy to treat them like cat tle. Cold and callous to the voice of humanity, dead to the ordinary feelings of commiseration, untouched by the cries of famine and pestilence, the wailings of hunger, the lamentations of women and children, and the terrible condition of the poor man himself, they exercise over their victims a system of heartless cruelty, calculated to bring down the vengeance of heaven on their own heads.' It was monstrous for a minister of God thus to d enounce whole classes of men to an exasperated and sta rvin g population, and so far to forget what was due to society and to Chris tianity. He did not care for the strict letter of the law, but he contended th at the bishop or minister of the Church who used such language to such a people, was an accessory before the fact, apki m e ust be so in the eyes of heaven .—(Cheers.) His guilt was aggra. vated by his cowardice— " What's basely done must be done safely too." He did not mean to say that there were not many who really believed they were doing good to their country, while they were only luring it on to guilt and ruin. In the words of Wesley, he would call on L LLsG laws against those who by their lives and principles inflamed the people to madness—to teach the people that there was a difference between that liberty which ‘ , .a3 glorious, and a licentiousness which was only its abandoned abuse. how (said he) shall we appeal to the feelings and touch the hearts of this infatuated people ? Never—until the cause of that infatuation is removed ; never—until the Government are pre pared to act with vigour, and shrhils from no respon sibility, to strike at the root of the evil, and to teach the people that the law like death levels all distinc tions. Then, and not till then, shall we have such a union as will be binding and real, and without which it would be better to have a union of kind feeling and of Christian virtue only.—(Cheers.) Mr. HUME said he could nor but complain of the speech of the Honourable Member for Limerick. He had stated as facts what were nothing but fallacies, and had asserted many things which were not borne out by the facts themselves. No one in that House was more ready to redress the evils of Ireland than he (Mr. Hume) was. Throughout his life he had consistently advocated the removal of those grounds of complaint which pressed upon the people of that country, and had supported such a treatment as would make them contented and satisfied. If the Ministers could be charged with inconsistency for introducing this Bill, he was open to the same accu sation, for he intended to support it. He had always voted against coercion, and would do so whenever it was attempted. But was the present a "coercion" Bill ?—(Hear hear.) There was nothing in the Bill which :coerced the people of Ireland —nothing which bore against any man but those who violated the laws, and yet the Honourabl e Member for Limerick spoke of coercion, asserted that this was an attack on the liberties of the people, and talked of punishing the many for the crime of the few. He denied those allegations.—(Loud cheers.) The Bill was intended to punish those who were com mitting mischief and murder—who were maltreating and molesting her Majesty's peaceable subjects; it was intended to protect those who wanted to follow their honest occupations without letor hinderance, and ho had a right to demand and receive protection from the State, and yet the Hon. Member declared it was an attempt to coerce the people, and deprive them of their liberties.—(Loud cheers.) The Bill was not intended to oppress the many, but to punish the few who violated the law. The Hon. Member said the majority of Irish Members were against it. lie (Mr. Hume) had looked to the division lists to see how far this was correct, and what did he find? That out of 105 Irish Members fourteen voted for and thirteen against it—(Cheers)—and that on the second occa sion only thirteen voted. Was the correct proportion in the lion. Gentleman's mind ninety-one to thir teen ? It was too much to say, when the whole num ber of Irish Members who voted on the Bill did net exceed thirty-four, that the whole of the Irish Mem bers were against it.—(Hear, hear.) It reminded him of a speech of a relative of Hon. Member, in which he mentioned the anecdote of " the three tailors of Tooley-street," who began their address to the House with " We, the people of England." ---- (Hear, hear, and laughter.) So, the Hon. Member for Limerick seemed to believe he was the repre sentative of all Ireland.---(A laugh.) He coul d assure the Hon. Gentleman he was placing himse lf in an awkward situation, and he wou ld w ish to find out the grounds on which th e H on . Gentleman thought himself entitled to believe he was the only representative of the nation.—(Hear, hear.) We re he now an Irish representative as he had been once, he should have considered himself called upon to deny and repudiate this assumption. Another charg e against this Bill, equally unfounded in fact, was that the Bill handed the people of Ireland over to the dic tatorship of Lord Clarendon, and th a t the liberties of the country would depend on hi s s i c vo lo, sic Job a°' The Bill did no such thing—(Hear, hear) —but dis tinctly declared that its provisions w ere to be en forced by the Lord-Lieutenant, "by and with the advice and consent of the Privy Council of Ireland,7 and, therefore, it was unfair to say that it conveyed absolutely to the Lord-Lieutenant those powers w hich he shared with a responsible body. — (Cheers.) But the inconsistency ,of the Hon. Gentleman o n this question was not to be passed over.—(Hear , hear. ) In a letter, signed J. O'Connell, and addressed to the editor of the Freeman's Journal, in order that the whole people of Ireland might know what were the sentiments of him who represented Ireland, the Hon Gentleman, speaking of the very measure against' which he had just delivered such an unfound& philippic, said :—" The Government propositica . to-night is to give the Lord-Lieutenant powe)' to increase the police force in disturbed districts, an'; prevent the carrying of arms in the same. Arm ' may, however, be retained at home by all who choose to apply for a license—not to hostile magistratese-e but to Government officers sent down to hold a kin. of session for the purpose. The Bill i s t o b e only m. o partial application, and the moment the Lord - Lieu tenant withdraws his proclamation, the This, it must be .tight acknow o' - carrying arms revives. ledged, is very different from what we expected fron' the threats of the hostile press ; and if fairly adminis teted, may not inconvenience any but the authors 0 disturbance and outrage. I have not opposed (bu.• neither have I voted for) the introduction of this Bill. as some temporary measure relative to arms may, be the disturbed districts, be useful, and as the increase of police cannot be had without it." How, ther , could the Hon. Member now assert that its objes was to hand over the whole people of Ireland t s oppression ?—(Cheers.) For the very reasons, give by the Hon. Gentleman in that letter Ise (MIS Hume) supported the. Bill, and because b.e wishe to strengthen the hands of Government agains. criminals and disturbers of the peace. The Honour able Gentleman had talked much of what had hap': pened long ago, but cou ld a ny act of our past po lie s' call upon us now to permit assassins and murderer to go through the country with impunity.—(Hear: hear.) He had heard with the greatest pain a speec of the Honourable Member on a former occasion:. wherein he vindicated in a sort of way the deeds those men which the law pronounced to be worthy C' death, and had read letters and made statements re' specting their victims which were, as he (Mr. 5 013 %:: was informed, utterly unfounded. He had mad charges against the late Major Mahon, but he ve.E' tured to say that the character he had given of tnL:,, unfortunate gentleman was as different from ti.'' truth as was darkness from light. —(Cheers.) had spoken of Mr. Roe in the same way ; and oe!!" he came to Mr. Carden, whom, judging from h observations, he held up as an individual who oug l : to be punished. Did the House know that Carden had been seven times shot at P—(Cheers This was the man who was again to be held up the Hon. Member to the eyes of the people.—(Lot :e, cheers.) The Hon. Member forgot his position. e he were indeed a lover of peace and anxious to sts : r bloodshed, that was not the way to do it.--(Hea , hear.) " Blood," said the Hon. Member, " will le, shed. Why blood had been shed already, and thsse was not the way to lessen it. — (Hear.) He w afraid the Hon. Member was Rot aware that 0. 1 people of England were estranging themselves fro se Ireland, and losing their loves for her. Up to a ve:',. late period of his public life he never had been at e' meeting of the people, 'or of the working class's' wherein the state of Ireland, her wrongs, and the i justice done to her was mentioned without the?' being an universal cry of " Shame." He son challenge any one to say that when the que',. tiou of justice to Ireland—that sentiment so oft', quoted by a relative of the Hon. Membere -w b ro ught forward before the people of Englan d , a they would not administer it. He was please" find that Government wanted no law that was •:: perfectly constitutional. Powers were to be gra nt, under the constitution for the protection of life 81 1 7 property ; this measure granted no more; and ; should like to know what man, ca lling himsel f Irishman or an Englishmen, wished for less ? u nle a man would defend 'onfiscation of property , could he deny that such powers were necessary any constitutional Government ?—(Hear, hear.) ci4. , vernment was beiund to protect property. an d 2 :, and to give the country a chance of returning 130.4 c ,_ and of that industry which alone would confer 1a5t.111...... Ibenefits. How could any man expect that cap 04 would embark their money there, when they saw, men of liberal feelings, whowished to improvetheirpro perty, and give their tenants fair play, were in dange r • losing their lives and having their property destroy ed a roperty destroy ed With regard to the question of tenant-right, if pro position were to be submitted to that House J.oint preby sew(' the landlord and tenant w ere to become prie f tors, he should think it a m ost mischievous on e and striking at the root of all industry. Ha had se of rent for three, t foul:. a list of parties owing arrear s hei g or five years ; they refused either togive up on several ho land or pay their rent , and a lthou g h od e.. properties the land remained perfectly barren, persisted 'until the sheriff was called upon to e ject, so upon their ejectment all arrears w ere passed bye a sum of money paid them. If this was the sort tenant-right proposed, where would the proper al tYll: Ireland be? If people were to hold just _se, e u e t e land as they could vegetate upon, where would O soc l7 means of giving them employment? Such . a the industre arrangement would be inconsistent with which it ought to be their aim to encourage, and the prosperity which might be expected to result from_ I _ l ' . Mr. CALLAGHAN regretted that the 1 1 Member for Montrose should have expressed such t° sentiments ; he was quite at a loss to know how_ on. give utterance to what he thought o li f that Member's fallen state.—(Laughter.) The Li. m ight nu Member was a sad example of what a man i 1 come in his old age.—(Laughter.), He mus w t . : that he disbelieved many of the statements Order' were put forward regarding these instances of risen a A friend of his, a Noble Lord, had lately _ t au .. stated that Mr. Roe's death was discussed and • Paid. X s. 4. 50 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 6 8 5 0 0 10 0 - 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 12 6 All paid. 4 0 0 3 0 0 36 10 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 5 13 1 2 10 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 8 10 0 4 0 0 '.' PN.ICES. Paid. Price, 120 44% 214 14% BANKING D: Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rest .. • .......... 3,587,004 Public depbsas (in aladMg Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and Di vidend accounts) • . 7,799,527 Other deposits .. .. 8,441,289 Seven day and other 885,717 £35,266,537 Dated the 9th day of December, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF — COMMONS. ' The SBEAKEE took the Chair at Four o'clock. The Hon. Captain DUNCOMBE took the oaths and his seat. Mr. STRUTT brought up several returns from the Railway Commissioners. Sir R. INGLIS presented several petitions against the admissibility of Jews into Parliament. Several other Hon. Members presented petitions to a similar effect. RAJA OF SATTAR A. Petitions in favour of an inquiry into the case of the Raja of Sattara were presented by Mr. Lloyd; by Mr. Bright, from the boroughs of Westminster Inid Finsbury; by Mr. G. Thompson, from Finsbury, Poplar, and several portions of the Tower Hamlets ; and by Mr. Walley, from the (parish of St..Nlary, Islington, and the borough of Finsbury. SECRET POISONINGS. Colonel SIBTHORP presented a petition, signed by the clergy and inhabitants of Lincoln, stating that the increase of secret poisonings was most alarming, and praying the House to pass some enactment under which a heavy penalty sLould be levied upon the retailer of poisonous drugsl in any quantity, or to any individual, without sonie person well knowing the individual applying for such drugs, and stating for what purpose they are required. COERCIVE MEASURES FOR IRELAND. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from Man chester, signed by 20,000 persons, praying the House not to pass any coercive measures for Ireland, but to adopt such remedial measures as might give the labourers that right upon the land which they ought to possess. Mr. F. O'CONNOR presented petitions to a similar effect from Leeds, Preston, Southall, Paisley, Wakefield, and Staleybridge. The Hon. Member also presented a petition signed by the i re latives of th e s i x persons who were shut up n a mine in consequence of the eruption of the waters of the river Douglas, into the mine in which they %% ere at work. There was reason to believe that those persons might yet be lingering in their misery, and the petitioners prayed that the Secretary of State would adopt some immediate measures in order to accertain whether any relief could be afforded to the sufferers. THE CASE OP ALR. WILLIAMS. Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition from Mrs. Lucy Williams, complaining of the conduct of one of the police magistrates. He regretted that the Bight Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department was not present in order that the petition might at once be brought under his notice. The petitioner stated that her husband had for the I:3.st two years occupied the Coach and Horses public- •house, in Drury-lane; that he was recently summon( +d before Mr. Jardine, the sitting magistrate, at Bow-str( set, for having sold asmall quantity of spirituous liquors before one o'clock on Sunday. The magistrate convicted him upon the sole evidence of the policeman, unsupported by any corroborative evidence, and sentenced him to one month's imprisonment with lard labour; he also inflicted upon him a penalty- of five pounds. The petitioner stated that she Was advised, and believe that the penalty imposed was contrary to law, as by the 72d clause of the Me\t , opolitan Police Act, under which the conviction took place,lthe magistrate could not impose two permlties for the same offence. This was the first occasion upon which a licensed victualler had been sentenced to imprisonment for the offence of which the petitioner's husband was charged. It had had the effect of ruining him, and the prospects o f his family. The petition stated that the petition( r had been obliged to leave the house, and that she was unable to to carry on the business herself. Her husband was also treated as a common felon, obliged to wear the felon's dress, and he was not allot ved to hold any com munication with her. The case ha, d excited thegreatest sensation among the whole of the licensed victuallers, and the petitioner prayed that th, e. Secretary of State would cause an inquiry to be m ade into the circum etances of the case, or appoint a Committee to in quire into the same. The H.c n. Gentleman gave notice_ that he wou ld, on t h e et it li set occas i on, move that the petition be printed wit is the votes. WEST GLOUCESTEI ELECTION. Mr. WAKLEY also present, Id a petition from 130 elestors W of a Committee t erference ui o l za t lr tlrcestershire, complaining of the in- Gloucestershire, Petition, or that it Atzhardinge it the election for West praying eit her for the appointment in the into- the allegations of the t be iNef.trred to the Commit tee appointed by g consider the privilegesh ' of petition was one that related th e a moostrdemrsateritalo 3 ta :ti g ollse. As the t a o t r li d e c d o e n g s r i e d e ere t d o h e t h eh e eu p ld ri n v i o l t e g b e e s ter l e i d e ations }lous e e e n , some little into detail with rem )eet to e t r h i e f b l of the petition. The petitio7.3e3 .8 stated thatatte?gewerl electors of West Gloucestorsi lire, and they the House to understand thot they did not live in feudal times, and were not s erfs or bondsmen— (Hear, hear.) They considered. that the free ele c ti on of their representatives 'was one of the dearest and most sacred rights of E pglishmen, and that 634 146 8434 70% 115.6 d. 12s. 2214 2/. As 1l 6s 138. 6a I/. 3i 94 12s.