The Sun. — London, England, 1847-03-09 00:00:00

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WOW ' p the for but ~_ THE StfN, LONDON', TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1847. session y s l°n which had b een answere d for the same reason. The shl44 a Chancellor to the Exchequer tightine, against the First erd of the Treasury on the most vital questions affecting Th lire ! of eight millions of her Majesty's subjects. He d or say that the whole Ministry put him in , story which had been told him by an old . sailor a b o u tmin d the m t4hgetraeennon. She was in so rotten a condition, that when to took her into port and drew the water from her the h y rn , w ed into pieces.—( Hear, hear.) She floated on the top felt t t " e Sarglng of the water, but when that was withdrawn she ° P ie ces. So with the Ministry; they only floated on the to p by the surging of ' their o • pponents, but the moment opposi (Re ceased they disagreed, and their policy fell to pieces. thrar, hear s ) Great God t could it be thought, on a ques tion i a this r nagnitude—on a measure of such vital importancelas , that the Noble Lord and the Right Hon. Baronet were °PPosed the one toswer the romother.' On this question he could not receive an an f the Noble Lord—he did not know Sill what !e ..ded to do in a matter affecting the lives of eight Jo in ° 1 people. —( Cheers, and " Hear, .hear." from Lord qussell.) If the Noble Lord gave bun that chee r, . he a h e " through wr ong, and that the Noble Lord . would no f t t c h a JRh eithe r of those Bills unless lie carried both h o Id em ay . eored.nteiided that the rich people of Ireland th s e ou national •p se pens t Z to their means, in order to maintain th at si t's l, f the country. He as.umed thet a large majority in t qouse were in favour of the union between the . two coun wr el at present. Therefore he would contend that their expens es land national expenses, and why should not every man insartoce reeoaP23 according to his means for that end, in t he cit.- eura, er a s in England. Let the House meet the pecu l i ar 1 se Irish G se ,l a nees of the Irish proprietors. Every one of t f n„-"etuen connected with the administration were d, nizens is ec 7 e , , tnn d 1 they live in England, and they each pay their w did it e.t ax out of the proceeds of his Irish property. r e to , not stand to common sense that, a man who . lived quota to lg an d , Possessing Irish property, should bear ,r w t ydi the expens es of the nation ? Why, then , in the name eat ? te n, should a man, b ecause h e c hose to live in Dublin, b bast. the same thing ?—( Cheers.) The Right ti iihourate tat i n ( i s ."' H. Peel) brought forward his measure for an incor . n ti er : "is usual, smiling , pleasant manner. Ile met the °Nee sae. t°o, just like a lawyer, and opened his case carefully, just ilse c h, l 7 e el to meet t he difficulties of his own case. He (Mr. th.e) took the liberty at that time of suggesting to him Si:,: 14 all Probability, his measure would not be a temporary soft a Silly ask it for three years,' s' as the reply of t ha t sod s. n e gentle statesman," and (continued the Hon. Member, Rob ert in'it p it ing at the same time the tone and gestures of . S ir i s e ses : " Ss - es how unreasonable you are in opposing th p si s -:rositions y ou are to have it only for three years, and tht7 res ,' that canta nkerous ' little man—( Laughter) —the Hon. f , - " e r for Bath—vou see how he opposes me ; it is only or the e years." Thethree years passed, and again came down th e hsnasive Premier, and patting him (Mr. Roebuck) on ead out b e ' s aid " It is true the three years are gone, but . I have it se • en a ltogether able to meet my years—o nly'dcul we will har , -- (t a'° ' if you please, for three three years. bk r a i sed aoglater ) ls • Again, Cassandra like, he ( Mr. _Roet.iunc of) the in "Ls head and suggested " eternity , ' as t r he d d i eel S eaoei e e r tune stax.—(Laughter.) " Oh,' rep il l, u t r h a : ear a s b — le I can assure you it will oily be. for t ee to,Y three years."— ( Great laughter.) Why es er)- ti l i (new well that it would last at least cueva l ee l . du ration of their natuial lives. There were many, tipo Y e n 'i t a nY Young legislators in that House,aeatha wo uld have t o p a y the income-tax who might depend till the day of their thi n , But th e Ri g h t H on. B aronet said "Do not say ahy ielfaueet y i mposing th e i ncome -tax in Ireland ; I am going Ras p",, - e ," ' upon th e sp i r it s o f th a t country." The measure l'ea l e aa a— ut butt the sp irit tax was never levied, and the next and realed Why Because smuggling increased, N at ine end the tax had to be taken o ff . . But wasßtahreonient !Nal R at he on in its stead? . The Right Hon. or twenty , t!as a, t he had seen of him daring the last fifteen year s always ready to yield to the reason of the people of elate and he wanted the Noble Lord to feel and appre teroi„ s force i n the same way. Th ere must be complete over eloatubg of the whole Irish system.-- . -(Hear.) But there b y e no nonsensical repeal, unless it were brought about y te 'it nonsensical meetings, and then it would be cohceded h ad " eetronon sense of England. At present an Iris h man fo r n° independence he could not depend upon his own la bou r ' e ti rl leenn ee, but loo ' ked to the assistance and patronage of s' ' e e i •sat and rich man above him. He did not know the ays e e ' •;:ga of i ndependence, because he had never relied . upon t his 'Pie °nest toil, while the Englishman looked upon it, not . as th„,asure, but as a necessity for life. Now, it ough t to .° saroeunfsiness of the Noble Lord to prepare the Irishman for the and n„ e , eli ng, to teach him to rely on his own individual labour eae,e;upon the . support of the great man. The Noble anoer Lord, He t IN w . as doing this in a most preposterousm soe's!' sh tng, Criminally lavishing, the wealt h of England R ao q"nue this state of things in Ireland, and the consequence the be, that they ear It would be succeeded by th e More terrible eear of 18-18, and should riot frutti ni l Powerful Providence vouchsafe to send a A ul harvest in England, how direful would be the visitation. taaßtreater fault was never committed by any statesman than b e f o t u it h e ?nb . le . Lord was falling . into. d There was no parallel to Rretted d in history, from Genesis own etar . ds, and . why_h er e .n re ; It tbe consequence of it was that the misery and suff g dos e lead to would fall upon England as well as upon Ireland. , 1 ,,e prid e of the people of England would not let them pro ht`elra their distress ; it prevented them from exclaiming " God th a Your Honour, g i ve us aid!" They would die rather th e n support themselves by such means. He asked if representatives of the people of England l ao leY would sacrifice their constituents, instead of making the eatiajeedt property of Ireland, and all incomes ionf the couennetrryai e t.; ti c i o e nr t i a b t u e t . e Let ow e a v r e d r s y the s i u n pp r ,elfaer e lreland aid, according g his means; but for God's sake, do not let them tell him that e 'gnse who received 150/. a year—for that was all he asked— bere not in a condition to contribute their quota towards the urdens of the people. One word more. It would not be ;he before the nation would be called upon, in its great L a tional capacity, to decide on fie conduct of that House ati lore long, each of them would stand before the nation a s " would be called upon to reply to the.. question, " What tae , You done with our means?" But with what face could ta r - o '. r ePly " We have squandered them upon the idle; we have them away upon those who have neglected their duty ; ee,neave Paid th e I r i s h poor b ecause t h e proprietors of the soil eluded un willing to support them."—( Hear.) Are you, con yea the H on. M ember, prepared to say—each or any of me R ' 9 to meet y our const it uents ? If you are no t, vote with resel e (4l 1 ask y ou on t h e present occas i on, to support the Si r tic!ri which I have proposed.—( Cheers.) HALL seconded the motion. A, question being then put by the SPIAKSR, si, t trt nit veHERE said he came down to the House to stri e - o 4 t r i One of the most important measures which the Goverh e'lei:d thought right to submit to the Legislature for their sietreouration, with the view of mitigating the unexamp led the ker i , llo • and fan - 141 e in Ireland. Now he deprecate . ii soa noses tone of the lion. Gentleman who had cast a . spei . - b naip a ° n the characters of Irishmen, and drawn invidio us Lu s h ,nsons betwee n Celts and Saxons, because discussions o th atio 'i nature could not be expected to have any other effect t las es h exasPesating the Irish people, and producing a bad e ff e ct t oent6 er e „ Words pronounced within those wslls had ringing *hi c h • They had been carried to that suffering county, in sailer Privation was extreme, and would materially add to the welt , Y h t he People of that country were suffering. It was not th n thou l a e pe r g t, for any one to make use of that suffering for "etw e ,,_P c le of widening whatever breach there might . be Peopl e n t the Irish and English people, and of leading the ris 'nes e , ' l ook to that House by its being pointed to, as the nes e , thell their miser'es • Now, he deeply regretted that b%t.o.deiiveercairecumastaneaa * the Hon. Gentleman had thought that rose s ° n . speech as the ' one they had just heard, I t . h i Y Principally for the e of doing all lf urpos • 1 rl ni lay to persuade that ouse, but partici) a y 'itch e mbers t oiii not to be drawn into discussions of bad r es as those which the Honourable Member cßltleed, but rather to apply their addresses to the proper *1 1 i 0 ,71 before them and toconsider the itneortant measure s ser ci.h e Goverom , h d _ e submitted,in truth, if on v i neasure el th a ere to consume the greater part of d "'tio ' i t e- llg Upon 'ey extraneousere matters, or upon the relative con kl"c'tl '""n and Celt, upon the other questions intro toted into the speech f eu the Hon. Gentleman, he "spair o f - • Itith the Government arrying out had important measures pseviiiithe insere submitted to them much of the distress which Part or lreland H a'r hear.) He protested, on the :irnstei;,the G overnment, . ( e a ' ainst this waste of time, and . ,Tete la i" would not be laid at g the door of the Government, if ctleussto°: s ha d pass away without being able to obtain prope r tts e at t'n those measures which the Government a then ' n tsr Y to submit to the House. He would, however, 1 4 , el noso? ° 0 ° , t he question, whether Ireland should bear an equal i e was taxation as this country. As a general principle, t. `aaeg 1.,0t preared country( deny that Ireland ought to be l'utk Ise this Hear, hear, from Mr. Roe ais,„cuet he must say he thought it would be a eeZtl"..l,r resolution for the House to come to at a period of un- Pes4tletl distress in Ireland, and when the just measure of tles°„t re lief was submitted to the House, if they said that, t - ece i na,, s os view . of remedying that distress, they should at Ras 41 , e an income-tax, and an assessed tax upon her. He kl a to th the was expressing the feelings of the House when he i t l e eteh e - ; winiteaytevcould not support think of its abstract justice. the proposition of the Hon. t Wu however, p roceed m ig h t t eed to advert to one or P.lnt • !`,ote in the Honourable Gentleman's . address. the Q' n •• "ad never disguised from the House his opinion, that thier " rer tirnent expenditure in Ireland had caused great mis ° i f th;,"(Rear, hear.) It was impossible for the Government 'ne etes e° untry t o undertake that, which was out o t e ordin y l ide V l5 of Government, namely, to find employment or pro- O e 1 °(1 for the people of Ireland ; it was impossible for the dee,erneet to undertake functions of this kind without pro h,,,aig great and Concomitant mischief.—( H ear, , tee Labour -rate Act, intredaced by p t he l c , tierce sought to disguise hisopinion that with regard to hear.) He h late , and greatly ex teniitltstd by . the present Government, for the purpose of providing s er e} , the derangement of labour ccnsequent on the . in . t eeta e or Government would be fraught with mischief. it to _ that measure to which he gave his cordial support, h os o ent the Liill which provided food and not labour for the s hoo f Ireland, even that measure would produce great mis- Ple / I ta Rut if Government were not to provide food or em reaitent for the people, what was the alternative ? Without th eti , g an effort, without raising a hand, were they to allow I b erisr' d , s t nay millions , of their mi sera bl e f e ll ow - su bj ec t s t o co u l d ?. p es tilenee ariSstarvation. He said that the man who l i , r ri! such counsel to the Government had not one spark ‘o "nlty in his bosom.—( Hear, hear.) It was the neces that he called for those measures, it was on that necessity L earn s founded his j ustification.—( dheers. ) The Hon. and PrteoV. Gentleman had also adverted to what his Noble Irish ', B ad said with regard to the connexion between the p t he H,:'" r 'law and the Bill that was then before the House. ad -n• Gentleman was surprises! that his Neble Friend aegitjt'tlt anseered the uestion namely, whether, in the event s P,r-law measu g re not Passing that House, the Govern- Frienplaie„ -e , r ,e Prepared to abandon the Bill then under ries t d, l "°n? He (Mr Labouchere) believed his Noble d '° be both a bold • man and a bold Minister, L get t h but he N ell at another necessary virtue in a Minister of the ittioele het' discretion, and he considered that the Noble Lord oe of mating in this quality if he had answered the ques thkt H cm. Member. His Noble Friend had conceded ha here w as 8 a close con nexion between these measures, and . A 0,5: at his desire that they should be considered pars t hou der t o Ret th at this k go tip to oughthavete.gt He would howledge ti satisfied the Hon. th a r t tlher. to oceasio l n ie h. trouble t h e House any further on tlis -tdr at the' p principal indue,ement i b n rising had been t , ees s i on whio s i rse not to allow itself t h o drawn into the the . Hon. .Gentleman revived e oriin a a n ted. He S:wotiatiltdait__.(inliseussion which cculd on ) angry feel -1 w a rplste( i f e o t r i thrown away, nay, worse, that it would be . nuschtevous purposes. The alarming situation in the hi q t t o h :r a ir a matter to I be G co t ? s m ide ut r, I te Pniee 41' He hoped 7* and Learnes .h en t e had corn and Le t spirit to th t ey would approac e b subject in a se e are ed at which had been evince d y the lio . n. he eld he - Membe r for Bath, and that the great question q eon d i sc u ssed in a temperate and becoming . manner. t aeal of the them that he was as much against . the ay, diatioeti_ Union . as any man could be. He desired h a ,LY with , " t ft . existing between Celt and Saxon to he done thi s oat they should be fused into one great nation *ell esde won! ,d never be accomplished by abusing the Irith " O Ith eo , ' t 9r uy such attacks as the House had just listened to. ett „Le„urther ob , ervations, he hoped the House would not t era in the discussion , but w o uld allow them to go into to n , • ' , lee, A „ i de rec i ...... allot e th provisions of the Bill might be fully ! s HAS' Hear, hear.) would at once have acceded to the proposition of the Might Hon. Gent., but as. an Irishman, after the ta tack which hid been made, he must say a fe v words in ansie . er. He bad hoped that when they came to the considerelien of the permanent measures for the relief of Ireland they would have been discussed in a different spirit. He might. say that the Irish Members had not thrown any im pediment in the way of the permanent measures to be adopted for the relief of their country, and they were also willing - to submit to any tax which might be imposed upon property in Ireland. He had hoped that they would acknowledge the splendid liberality of England, and had successfully defended themselves from the imputations which had so lately been passed upon them by the IL nourable Member and a few others in that House. He had hoped that acrimony and personal discussion had ceased, and that they had given place to a spirit of calm and dis passionate consideration of this subject. They had hoped that, limier God's blessing, the hand of death would have been stayed, and some alleviation afforded to suffering by these tem porary measures, if they had been permitted to pass without intert option. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman had also referred to a conversation which be had with some Roman Catholic priests, but he wished that the Hon. and Learned Member had stated the names of those gentlemen in the neighbourhood of Mallow, and not given out the anoeyaious accusation which he had done. He could not believe it possible that any Irish gentleman would be guity of such conduct ; and if any such thing occurred, he (Mr. Shaw) would join with the Hon. and Learned Member in condemning it. But the Hon. Member's accusation did not refer to a single individual but to a whole district. The lion. and Learned Gentleman said that their priests had told hitn not to believe one word of what the Irish Members stated in that House, for they did not represent the country. The Hon. Gentleman was apt to mistake himself for the people of Eng land, a, d if any person came to him (Mr. Shaw) and told him not to believe one word of what the Hon. Gentleman said, for he did not represent the people of England, he would must re ligiously adhere to the advice. The lion, Member seemed to think that his kindness to the poor of Ireland ought to be shown by attacks upon the rich, and his benevolence to the tenant by his malevolence to the landlord. He said that no system of relief ought to be applied to Ireland unless coupled with a general system of taxation upon property Would the lion. and Learned Gentleman just allow him to state a few facts which bore upon this question, and which would show the difference of the ca pabilities of Ireland and England with regard to bearing taxa tion, and what a burden be sought to impose upon property. In Great Britain the population was a little more than slow le that of Ireland. The cultivated land of England was thirty four millions of acres, but in Ireland about fourteen millions. The rental in Great Britain was estimated at one hundred anti fifty millions, and ie Ireland at thirty -six milions; whilst in Ireland the number of labourers bore the proportion of two to one of the number of Great Britain. The wages of the la b - ,urers of Great Britain averaged es. to lOs. per week, and in Ireland they were 2s. per week. Ihe wealth of England was seventy millions, and of Ireland about six millions. Let them take the counties of Norfolk and Mayo. In Norfolk the ren tal was two millions, whilst in Mayo the rental was only 326,000/. In Ireland there were two million and a half of per sons who at ordinary times were destitute, ant he was persuaded that two millions more were in such a state as to be entitled to poor-law relief. He had mentioned these few facts to show to the Hon. Member the incapacity of Ireland to bear a heavy system of taxation. He thanked the House for the attention it had given to him whilst lie had detained them from going into Committee on the mi asures before it. Mr. J. O'CONNELL said that the speech of the Hoe. and Learned Gentleman had been listened to with great attention ; and he, for one, had no ill feeling upon the subject. The Honourable Gentleman had commenced by stating that he should not go into any offensive details, and yet lie had accused them of coming into that House and talking of utter nonsense. The Hon. Gentleman had said one thing which he was at first inclined to take up in a rather more strong sense than he was then inclined to do. The Hon Gentleman had spoken of the repeal of the union, and had spoken of cutting the connexion between the country, and leaving it to its own fate. Such a sentiment had never come from the Irish Members, but had come from one who desired to speak the feelings of the English nation, though he did not The Irish Members had cried out to the Government to feed the people when they were starving, and to insist that rich landed proprietors should not spend their money here, but that they should be compelled to go to their own country. The Hon. Member had proposed to leave them to their own fate, to sink or swim, or to grind them down still further by the imposition of a heavy tax. He was as much opposed to the poor-law as any one—(Hear, hear, from Mr. Roebuck) —but he should on the present occa sion vote for it. It was not a time to look to anything beyond the present. The emergency was such that they had not time to look forward to the future. He would support it in every stage, and he asked the Hon. Gentleman to give it his support also, and to let them have a fair experiment of the poor-law instead of a mockery and a delusion. The Hon. Gentleman had not referred at any length to the subject of his motion, and indeed he was right, for he (Mr. J. O'Connell) was pre pared to show that the lion. Member had gone on entirely wrong grounds. He did not wish to trespass upon the House with his authorities at that moment.,—( Hear, hear, from Mr. Roebuck, )—but if there was any disposition on the part of the House, he would enter into them at once. He was not disposed to di ny the justness of encomiums passed by the Hon. f S o l r e mh is n upon cou n h t i r s y o m w e n n c o L u e n t ttrhy butthem llook k h he claimed equ al expatriated justness Irish, who had contrived to send over to their fellow-country men a sum of 200,000/. A sum nearly, if not quite, equal to that which the rich had contributed. Mr. ROEBUCK —The rich in Ireland. Mr. J. O'CONNELL.—The rich of this country, and surely such a fact must operate to the credit of the Irish feeling. It was a well-known fart, that as soon as a farmer made any i m p r ovement in the land, that'moment his rent was raised. 'There was no protection whatever given them by the l a w. Yat this was the equal justice, dealt to the people of Ireland by an English Parliament. The Noble and Learned Member had a1..0 said, why did they not tax the horses, ser vants, and arms of the Irish gentry ? To that he would answer, tax by all means those who came over here as legis lators, or to spend their incomes out of the country, but do not let them tax the resident gentry, who already were borne down enough by taxation. The same applied to the tradesman, and men of business in Ireland. Already they had enough to suffer without being obli g ed to pay an income or property-tax. While the union existed he could not consent to extend those taxes to those who were resident in Ireland. The Honourable and Learned Member (Mr. Roebuck) had the credit of being a great constitutional lawyer. If so, he must admit that represent ation should be coequal with taxation. Applying this principle to the taxation and representation of Ireland, he found that while Ireland paid the same taxes in three cases out of four that England did, her proportion of represents ives, compared with England. was Ito 51 2 or 6. Whatever were the existing evils of Ireland, he believed they had originates! be the union, anti at ar.y future time, he would be prepared fully to go into the subject with the Hen. and Learned Gentleman if he was prepared to do sn.—( Hear, hear. ) Mr. BAILLIE said that ever since the beginning of the session, the Hon. and Learned Member for Bole had insis:ed on one proposition, which was, that the land of a country was bound to sustain its population. Now he ( Mr. Millie) admitted the truth of the proposition. It was indisputable—but the Hots. and Learned Member was much mistaken if he thought that this abstract proposition could be always carried out. There were many districts that could not maintain their poor, and he wanted to know how, under such circumstances, the destitute were to be sup ported? lie had on a former occasion pointed at the case of the Isle of Sky, the rental of which in the best of times would not maintain its population more than six months in the year, and in the present year, from the failure of the potato crop, not more than two months. How then could the land support those people ? He trusted the House would be cautious how they introduced the English Poor-law into Ire land, and above all not to grant out-door relief to the able bodied labourer. Such a course would, in his opinion, be ruinous. lie thought it would be better, in the first instance, to introduce such a law as the Scotch one into operation in Ireland, and to extend its provisions afterwards, if found necessary.—( Hear, hear. ) Mr. HUME remarked that the Hon. Gentleman who had last spoken had gone altogether vs,rle of the question. In fact, he had not referred to it at all. The real question of his Hon. and Learned Friend (Mr. Roebuck) was that the Irish landlords should be subjected to the same taxation as the landlords and people of England. The case of the Isle of Sky had nothing whatever to do with the question; yet surely the Hon Member for Inverness would not be bold enough to say that the whole property of Sky should not first be taxed to the support of the poor, before coining to England, and asking her for support. A great deal had been said about the speech of the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath exciting angry and vindictive feelings, btu it was not the spirit of the speech they had to deal with, it was the motion by which it was accompanied— whether a fair and equitable system of taxation for Ireland should not be adopted.—( Hear, hear.) It was quite clear that the Government had acted in a most unsatisfactory manner in employing the Irish people on useless public works but the future was what the House had to deal with. Notwithstanding what had been said, he was firmly of opinion that the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath had made out his case. None could deny the general facts and arguments which he had em ployed. While this was his (Mr. Hume's) opinion of the motion, at the same time he agreed that the Hon. Menibe,r for Kilkenny was right in attributing the present evils in Ire land to misgovernment. Previous legislatures hail been guilty of this misgovernment, and lie would now support any measure for Ireland which was calculated to give that country equal rights and privileges with England.—( Hear, hear.) Until they relieved Ireland from the burdens which pressed upon it— until they obliged those whose lands were mortgaged to a great extent to sell that land, they would have no mitigation of the evils which at present afflicted Ireland. They would find that a great proportion of the soil of that country was arrested in Chancery, and unless slime effective means were therefore adopted by Government, it would be useless to expect that the landlords would endeavour to prevent the poor from starving. On these grounds he would support the motion of his Hon. Friend the Member for Bath. He would support him, because he thought the motion well timed. The Hon. Member had chosen a time when it was absolutely necessary that the opinion of the House should be taken. He had asked for nothing but what was fair, and entertaining that opinion, he (Mr. Hume) would support his Hon. Friend if he pressed his motion to a division. - Sir ROBERT PEEL said that one important part of touchedthis q e u s p t ionn by had, th eit differentappeared i Members be h r i s m . , h been had s h p u o t k e n slightly it that evening, and there was little prospect, of getting . throug the Bill under eight or ten nights at least, if such a discussion were permitted to proceed. Now his opinion was, that this was not the proper occasion in which to ent er u p on the discus sion of the question, whether or not the general burden of pro viding for the poor shouti he (as in England) thrown upon Ireland, by compelling contributions to the financial taxes of the country, as well as to the local burdens. He did not think that this was the fitting occasion for discussing this question, or that the Hon. Member's amendment was the best mode of providing for the evils they had to consider. What was it that the Honourable Member proposed? He proposed, that be fore entering upon the consideration of the Bill brought forward by the Noble Lord and the Government—namely , to advance certain sums by way of loans, for the pur pose of employing industrial labour, and also of im proving landed property ; to add to that Bill certain comb-- tions which could only provoke dis id e l u ios s tn s r. i e o s n ?,e, w fn i t t l h e out leading to any .th a more i o n r e a n i y i practical result. of relief for r, i h e e the m a l n r i s h p r p o o p o o r s e b d ; loans to the owners of property in Ireland they would be unjust and impolitic, unless accompanied by a s y s t em o f taxa tion, which would subj-ct such property to tl:e burdens already imposed upon all property throughout Great Britain." Now he (Sir R. Peel) assented to the principle of that resolution, the real and practical difficulty w as not to he found in this ab stract principle itself, but in the application of it under existing circumstances—(Hear, hear)—and in the mode proposed by the Hen. Gentleman. Why, in the first place, he (Sir 11, Peel) was of opinion that the landlords in Ireland could not submit to have these burdens imposed upon theta—( Hear, hear) —he apprehended that the burdens imposed upon property in Scotland were not the same with those imposed in EngtAnd. But let them observe what the Bill said. The Bill enabled certain owners of property in Ireland to avail themselves of a power which the Government possessed of granting money by way of loan, and when they were told that nearly 700 000 persons were employed in public works which were either useless or unnecessary, and when they had to consider a a easure which proposed to supply food to the suffering poor gratuitously, he though' few persons would doubt that it might be advisable in certain cases to advance sums of money to the landlords of Ireland, for the purpose of improving the land, and also of employing the labourers in the cultivation of the s , ,il, and thus increasing its produce ; but the Pon. Gentleman asked, that no plan of relief for the distress of the Irish poor by means of loans to the owners of property in Ireland should be permitted, ucless accompanied by a system of taxation wt ich would subject such property to the burdens already imposed upon all property throughout Great Britain. Now he would ask the Hon. Member how it would be practical to cr-rry out this resolution ? Supposing that t -venty landed pro prietors wished to borrow from Government an amount of 10,0001. each, for the purpose of improving their propel ties, under an engagement for the repayment of the amount ad vanced, what would be the practical effect of the resolution as worded by the Hon. Member ? Did he mean that the pro prietors should be subjected to the same burdens as in Eng land ? Mr. ROEBUCK—Yes. Sir R. PEEL—They were then to pay an income-tax, but it was to be an income-tax applicable to Ireland generally ; and why ? because perhaps twenty proprietors had availed themsel►es of the opportunity offered them of borrowing cer tain moneys by way of loan. Mr. ROEBUCK -Oh, no, no. Sir R. PEEL—Why, what could be the meaning of the Hon. Gentleman's reservation? If ten individuals borrowed money from Government for the purpose of improv'ng their properties, either tleey were to pay the income-tax individually or the whole population of Ireland were to be liable to pay it. Which did the lion. Gentleman mean ? Mr. ROFBUCK—The whole of Ireland of course. Sir ROBERT PEEL—What ! if they were to advance 10,0001. to each of tho.c ten individuals, was that to he held a good and sufficient reason why they should tax the whole population of Ireland? But the How. Gentlemen's resolution said that the application of the property-lax would depend on the question whether advances of money had been made to certain parties. Surely this was cot doing justice to the mag nitude of the subject ; surely this was not meeting the question which the Noble Lord had introduced in a proper manner. He ( Sir Robert Peel) did not know what answer the Hon. Gentleman could give to his question. He did not object to the abstract principle advanced by the Hon. Gentleman, but he did affirm, that the difficulties of Ireland were not to he met by a resolution like this; and, above all, he (Sir R. Peel) would not concede that an income-tax should be imposed upon Ireland because certain advances of money had been made to certain landlords. He considered that he much diminished the claim which England had upon Ireland, if, to the measures of the Noble Lord, were attached the reservation of the Hon. Gentleman. Now the House would observe, that he did not deny that it might be just; on a reconsideration of their finan cial system, to which they must shortly come, he would not deny that then the question might he considered of equal bur. r ens. But it might be said that he was prejudicing the case, that he was taking a prejudiced view of the subject, and that he much diminished the prospect of a satisfactory arrangem'nt by not agreeing to the present resolution. All he could say was, that he objected to these general and abstract reso lutions. When this measure would come before them, he could see difficultiesi enough which would require to be solved, before it could go through Committee, and he did not think that they were increasing the pes.ibility of a satisfactory result, by fettering themselves with engagements ; like those s equired by the Hon. Member, or agreeing to abstract principles, like that in the resolution. He was ready to consider the whole question when it came before them in another shape, but he thought this time unfitted for its consideration. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he objected wholly to the imposition of an Income Tax upon landlords who might borrow money from the Government under this Bill ; and he hail not intended to make any observations that evening, if the Honourable and Learned Member had confined himself to the mere subject matter of the resolution. The Hon. Gentleman, however, had omitted many of the arguments in favour of his proposi tions in order to launch out against Irish proprietors, against the Ministry, the most unjust sarcasms, rather with a view of amusing the House, than meeting the question. With respect to the Income and Property-tax Acts, he thought there were arguments—if that were the proper time to consider them— there were arguments in favour of this proposition connected with the state of Ireland itself, because an argument might be adduced in favour of direct taxation from the fact that the indirect taxation in Ireland had been so dispro portioned to the means of consumption, and therefore had furnished one main cause for that checked consumption, as was ably shown in a speech of the late Lord Sydenham, and, therefore, if the Hon. Gentleman had diseu-sed the question on fair grounds, he might have used many arguments which he had altogether omitted that evening. The Hon. Gentleman, in some of his remarks, had shown, a misappre • hension of the grounds on which he (Lord J. Russell) had proposed that the Bill before the House, a Bill for the relief of the poor, should pass concurrently with the Landed Pro perty Bill. He thought it was most desirable that the popu lation of Ireland, a great part of whom would be unable to live on the small plots of potatoes which they held, should be sup. plied with some other means of subsistence, and he knew none better than to encourage the proprietors of the soil to improve their lands, to increase the produce, at the same time giving employment to the industrial labour of the country. But while this effect was desirable, he doubted if it could be ob tained so completely, unless accompanied by a Bill which would compel the owners of the soil to support these who were starving. lie believed, therefore, that if a Bill were brought in, compelling them to support those who were destitute, on the one hand, they should, on the other, give the means of employ ment by advancing loans of money, and thus it was desirable that these two Bills should accompany each other. With regard to the poor-law, he thought that if they imposed considerable burdens on the owners of the land, they ought also to provide means for the improvement of that land to enable it to bear those added burdens. One means was to enable the landlords to obtain these loans on terms which would induce them to apply to Government for them another was in cases where the proprietors had but small incomes, and where the rest of these incomes were eaten up by mortgages, to enable these proprietors to sell a portion of their lands, arid thus place them selves in the situation of smaller proprietors, having smaller incomes, but incomes that were free. He thought, therefore, that if these measures were allowed to accompany each other, con siderable expectations might be entertained of their efficiency. The Hon. Member for Montrose had expressed a great alarm at hearing that 700,000 persons were employed on the public works of Ireland. He (Lord John Rus sell) would not think himself justified, although there were no other means of supporting the people in their present wretched state of destitution, if he did not place a strong cheek on the present employment of the poor in Ire land. The measure was passed fur the purpose of affording a temporary relief to the destitute in that country ; and the Government had endeavoured, by means of a letter of the Secretary of State for Ireland, and by other means to di minish the number of the labourers employed on these public works. lie did not think that the mischief of taking them away from the cultivation of the soil was so great as had been represented, and as this was the season for ploughing and sowing taking place, there was a most favourable opportunity given by the increased agricultural operations, for dec. easing the number of labourers employed upon the roads. Perhaps the House would allow him to read a portion of a letter, which had been placed in his hands that morning. He would not give the writer's name but his statement might be depended upon in every particular. (The Noble Lord then read an extract from a letter to show that associa tions were being formed in Ireland for the purpose of opening bread stores in Ireland, and that agricultural operations were rapidly proceeding in many of the counties of Ireland. The writer concluded by expressing his confidence that God in his mercy would remove the calamity which at present afflicted Ireland.) That letter was written in a spirit with which every man should approach the subject. He (Lord John Russell) thought that great credit was due to the Irish people for the spirit of resignation and of patience with which they had seen their fellow-men swept away in crowds by this great calamity, and he did trust, therefore, that whatever hickerings they might have in that House, they would endeavour nut to inflame national animosities, but rather to cherish those virtues which belonged to the Irish character, and to forgive or over look the faults which were common to humanity.—(Cheers.) Mr. S. O'BRIEN trusted that the Noble Lord would do them of the Irish national party—(Laughter)—the justice to believe that in their proceedings they were not actuated by na tional or party animosities. He. at the same time, wished to Inform the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath that his sar casms had not been in any degree successful in ruffling his temper—( Contisued laughter)—and he could assure the Hon. Member that he had done snore for the cause of repeal— ( Laughter )—on that one evening than the party to which he (Mr. O'Brien) belonged had effected by their whole proceed ines for many months. But still he did not feel that he was at liberty to allow the challenge of the Hon. and Learned Mem ber to be silently passed over, that they who ha, agitated for the repeal of the union had come over to England with bated breath asking for succour. He could not allow of this ; and the Honourable Member's speech but the more convinced him of the necessity of domestic legislation. He believed with the Honourable Member for Bath that property had its duties as well as its rights. But he would tell the Hon. Member that it was one thing to charge justly individuals, but it was quite another thing to arraign the innocent. He could not concede the meed of such unparalleled magnanimity to the English people as the Hon. Member for Bath said their conduct deserved. He thought the best course for the Go vernment to adopt, before they proceeded to pass a poor-law for Ireland, would be to appoint a Committee to inquire into the financial condition of the two countries. lie was perfectly content to abide by the decision of such a Committee. Mr. E. CALLAGHAN said that reference had been made by the Hon. Member for Bath to a conversation which he had had with two gentlemen, who were Roman Catholic priests. He (Mr. Callaghan) also had an interview with those persons, and he wished to inform the House that the object of their coming to this country was to point out to the people of England the condition of the suffering poor of Ireland, in such a manner as they could not be supposed to know. Those gentlemen had thought proper to make some remarks re specting the conduct of certain gentlemen, and complaining that they did nothing to relieve the distresses of the people. He knew those gentlemen himself, and could say of his own pei sonal knowledge, that no persons us Ireland had subscribed more liberally than they had to t e funds raised for the relief ef the distress of the country. It might be asked, what was the rea son of the attack of the lion. and Learned Member for Bath. He did not wish to make any allusion to anything which oc curred in that House. He was one evening sitting near the up to , ca me . , Well,"Well,"sa hidim the and Hon. ande l Hon. and Learned M em b er f or B a th, a fter one o f hi s recen t attacks poram h upon Irish M em b ers , w h en th e H on . M em b er f or said, " LearnedW el m you hear what Ba rron sa id ofyou l, Roebuck,7 They bme r for be at you." Bath, "I have an answer for them I • ; will give them the In come-tax." He was surprised to hear that he was encouraged in his onslaughts by a Friend—a f r i en d o f peace—the ene Hon. M s p eec h ember for Durham. He supposed th a t the of this ation evening was the result of his determin • upon that ocea sion.—(Laughter.) Lord G. BEN TINCK had listened with attention to the spee ch of the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath, but he had not heard one single argument against going into Committee on this Bill. He, for one, thought the Land e d P roper t y Bill W it an excellent measure. H e th ought that no injustice could be commi tted on this countr y if the principle and interest of the money about to be advanced, were advanced upon good security. He regretted that the amount about to he advanced was not even larger than was proposed, for he felt assured that any improvement in the land of the country would tend to augment and increase the revenue. He thought that if " The Million Act" had been carried out in a more liberal mode than it had been done, moch good might have been effected by a system of more liberal grants. Approving alto gether of the mea sure, and seeing n o sense or wisdom in the resolution proposed by the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath, he should therefore vote in favour of the original reso • lotion for going into Committee. Mr. B. ESCOTT did not wonder at the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn desiring to spend more o f the p ublic mone y after the defeat he had sustained on his Railway Bill for ad vancing 16,000,0001. of the En g lish money. A great deal of tea had been heard in the House about "equal rights." No person seemed inclined to disp ute the justice of giving the people of Ireland equal rights, but they should also reniemb , r that if there were to be equal rights there must also be equal burdens. The Hon. Member had said that this was not the time for imposing equal burdens. He thought, however, that the ,time had come when equal taxation should take place. This question had not been met by any argument. The Pion. Member for Kilkenny had said that he had some papers in his pocket, or at home, or somewhere else, which could prove that this was not the time to impose taxation. Why was the ques tion not gone into ? It had also been said that this was not the proper time to enter into the question. He maintained that this was the proper time to settle the account, and see how each nation stood. If it was not the time now, when was it to be ? Was it to be when Ireland had swallowed up all the Engli.h oold, that the proper tone to discus the que-tion was to come? Bow much longer would they go on living upon English gold and lingli,h toil? fin was hwil to see that the tim e wou ld shortl y come whet' the English people would h ave an opportunit y takitig the na itter in their own hand., an d o f d ec l aring t h e i r opmn.ns up , in the conduct of the Gove•rnment. M. All BYES did not think the present was a fitting time to enter upon the discussion of a poor-law for Ireland. It was a question they could not discuss at this m'iment the present visitation had passed over, he believed they would be in a position to enter not only upon the poor-law, but the general question of Ireland. The grants to Ireland ought not to be mixed up with those general questions; each should be taken separately, and having disposed of present wants, they might then look about them for ti.e best means of improving the social and moral condition of the sister kingdom, and ef warding off future calamities. Mr. MUNTZ agreed with the principles laid down in the speech of the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath, and had the Hon. and Learned Member founded a substantial motion upon it, he would certainly have given him his support. But he did riot see what the Hon. and Learned Member's amend ment had to do with the question before them. The proposal ot Government was not to make an absolute and unconditional grant of money to I re l an d, or h e s h ou ld h ave b een the la,t man to support it, b u t i t was on t h e contrar y, a proposal to lend with the p ros p ec t o f f uture repayment, an d i n that view he a - as prepared to give them his support. He quite agreed with the Hon. and Learned Member, that both the property and the income-tax ought to be applied to Ireland, and he should be always ready to support such a proposal, no matter who brought it forward, provided it was in a pacific rum" Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD was decidedly opposed to taking the capital of this country to meet the present distress in Ireland without pledging himself, as an Irish landholder, to use his utmost exertions to see it repaid. He was no advocate for supporting the poor of Ireland at the expense of the capital ot England, and the property of Ireland ought to be bound to see this loan, for he viewed it in that light, repaid to the last farthing —( Hear, hear.) tl r. R. YORK E said this was not the time for entering upon the topics opened up by the Honourable and Learned Member for fiath, and as the wants of Ireland were exceedingly pressing, he felt constrained to support Government on that occasion. Mr. JAMES should conscientiondy vote for the motion of the lion. and Learned Member for Batb, and hoped the period was not far distant when the principles enunciated by him would be carried into effect. . _ _ The galleries were then cleared, and the House divided, when there appeared— For the original motion For the amendment . Maj.irity The House then went into Committee. Clauses 1,2, 3, and 4 were agreed to. On clause Eve, -95 Mr. G. HAMILTON moved that after the word "stones," in lieu of the following words, should be inserted, "planting with young trees, erecting tile works for draining tiles, lime kilns, farm bridges, and gates, mills for the scutching and pre paration of flax, mills for the crushing and preparation of rape linseed." The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER objected to the amendment, as it would materially interfere with the ob jects of the 13111. The Earl of LINCOLN opposed the amendment. Mr. Vesey, Mr. Smith O'firien, Mr. Shaw, and Sir Denham Norreys supported the amendment, and contended that by adopting it, increased employment would be given to unskilled labour. Colonel RAWDON also supported the amendment, as it would tend to encourage improvements in the buildings and other works on the land, necessary for agricultural purposes. Sir G. GREY opposed the amendment, as if the land were once improved the other improvements would follow as a necessary consequence. After a few words from Mr. PHILIP lIOWARD, Lord LINCOLN said if they legislated as Hon. Gentlemen who opposed the clause wished, they would completely inter fere with private enterprise to which they would do well to leave at least something, and instead of the expenditure of only 1,000,000/. being necessary, they would be compelled to expend hundreds of millions. In his opinion the clause went far enough. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the amendment, on the ground that the clause as it stood would effect all that was necessary. Mr. HAMILTON withdrew his amendment, and the clause, with corns slight alterations, was agreed to. On Clause 6 being proposed, Mr. GROGAN moved the insertion of the following words, "by courtesy"—" or any person empowered by law to embank and reclaim lands from the sea." He considered that without this addition to the clause, companies or private per sons wishing to make such improvements at their own expense, would not have that protection which the outlay they would,be necessarily called upon to make should entitle them, or on the other hand, be able to obtain aid from the Government. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the amendment, as he considered it would enti'le private corn panics, who were empowered under their Acts to borrow money for their own purposes, to obtain money which by the Bill was only intended to be lent to the proprietors of land. The amendment was ultimately withdrawn, and the clause was agreed to. Clauses 7,8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, were then agreed to with out discussion. After some slight discussion on clause 13, Clauses 16, 17, and 18 were then agreed to. On clause 19 being proposed, Mr. M O'FERRALL objected that there were no sufficient means of ascertaining the application of the monies to be ap plied under this Act. The officials were not made sufficiently responsible. sible. CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could see no feasible reason for objecting to the officials. To whom were they to object? Why, to the commissioners of public works. He had in his hand the Bill of last session, which was introduced by the late Secretary for Ireland, on which his Noble Friend had acted. He would not read the clause to the end, but he thought he could not act more wisely than by showing the foundation on which they had proceeded. Mr. MONAHAN said that this question of time was to be decided by the Coutt of Chancery ; but how could the Lord Chancellor decide upon a matter like this so well as the Commissioners of Public Works? After a few words from the Earl of LINCOLN, Mr. MORE O'FERRALL thought a question might arise as to the remuneration to he given under the Board of Works. Mr. SHAW understood that the appeal of the Court of Chancery was only to be an extreme resort." Mr. HINDLEY said, that in the English Bill they gave the trustees an indemnity, but they had done no such thing in this Bill, and that was the only means of guarding themselves from the inconveniences of the Act. Mr. HAMILTON, after referring to the 15th claus e, sug gested that words s h ou ld b e inserted giving to the Commis sioners a power to inquire as to whether the public works would put such an increased value on the land as would justify the outlay. Mr. M. O'FERR ALL objected to the introduction of the clause altogether. There was a clause in the sth and 6th Victoria, which did give the powers sought by this clause, but there was nothing of the kind in the Drainage Act of last year, and the only effect would be to enable the Commissioners to appoint an assessor, at ten guineas a day, which no doubt would give a very pleasant occupation to the lawyers. After a few words in explanation from Sir G. Grey, the Earl of Lincoln and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, show ing the verbal construction of the clause, Mr. M. O'FERRALL i n ti mate d hi s i ntent i on , that unless an alteration was mad e , h e s h ou ld move for t h e omission of the clause. After some further discussion the clause was agreed to. Clauses 20, 21, and 22, with some verbal amendments, were ikevvise agreed to. Clauses 23, 24, and 25 were agreed to. On clause 26 being proposed, re- Lord G. BENTINCK ma d e some o b s , rva tions with ference to the security which Government would have that the monies advanced w ou ld b e app l ie d to t h e purpose s of impro vin g the land. that the Govern men t wou ld see t h at t h e first instalment was properly applied b e f ore a secon d i nsta l ment w ould be gr ante d He had nu objection t o a l ter the amount (3,10:.) in the cla use to SA/, explained The CHANCELLOR o f t h e EXCHEQUER The clause, as amended, was agreed to. verbal C lauasmes e 2 n 7 d , m 2 e B . , ts. 29, 30, and 31, we re agreed to after some Upon clause 3`..! being proposed, The Earl of LINCOLN thought that some limitation should be put upon the extent o f th e powers gra nted to the Commissioners. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQ stood to say that great difficulty would arise from the addition of any words to the clause as it then stood. Lord G. BENTINCK said that in the perfor mance of large works contingencies might arise, and it was well to hav tye some words introduced into the clause to meet any difficul which might arise. TIER was un d e r- After a few words from Mr. W. S. O'Brien, Mr. More O'Ferrall, Lord Lincoln, Lord G. Bentinck, arid the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, in reply ; the clause, as it originally stood, was agreed to. Clauses 33 to 36 were then, after a few words from Mr. Ilastri.ToN and the CHANCELLOR of EXCHEQUER, agreed to. Clauses 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, and 42, were agreed to. Clause 43 was agreed to. On clause 44 being put, the clause altogether, Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN objected to and twoT CHANCELLORhveerbalam endnteiaws. would i d o f be the a I, a E o X , t C and the 32d clause which he considered unjust liE Q ij En 1)l.opo impolitic sed enactment. The clause was then agreed to. d to without n ositio Clauses 45 to 53 were then agree pp - n. EXCHEQUER all,itoughttob s e a r id ais t e h d at o i n f effected the arterial drainage were entitled to the same benefit were lir .13 I' omitted, l'i E t the Bill c considered, si would der ed 13 , e that of f no i f value. thi s ' d out the thorough drainage. as those who carried Mr M. O'Ferrall, Mr. Stewart, and a conversation between • Mr. M. O'FERRALL con tendec tit t l h ed at to theparties who and Mr. Smith O'Brien, the question we the The clauses were then passed. Clauses 54 and 55 were also passed. On clause 56 being proposed, R ra n is f ed th a e t The CHANCreEtLoLbOe Mr. M. O'FERRALL said that this clause imposed a penalty of five pounds, and he would propose that an alteration of a principle of the Bill. fortnight's imprisonment, be made a part of the Bill. This was understood to be allowed. Clauses 57 and 58 were then passed. Several other clauses were agreed to without discussion. r Lord Newry, Sir 11. Ferguson, and Mr Smith O'Bri en se verally proposed clauses in order to g ive g re ater effect to the provisions respecting drainag e, but the y w ere withdrawn on the promise that the Governm ent would give effect to their re commendations in some other fo rm. with Th t e b e remainingame amendments were The House then resumed. POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER then to agreed be reported reported on W e d- to, and th e Bill , Wed nesday next. the consideration of the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill was adjourned. REGISTERING BIRTHS (SCOTLAND) BILL—MAR RIAGE (SCOTLAND) BILL. These Bills were read a second time. The Gas Works Clauses Bill and the Waterworks Clauses ' Bill were also further considered in Committee. GALWAY ELECTION. Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN presented a petition, complaining of the decision of the Examiners with respect to the i ecognisances required to be entered into by certain peti tioners against the return of Mr. Monaghan for the town of Galway, as a Member to serve in that House, he begged the House to remember that the law of elections had been changed. The parties had now Only fourteen days to lodge their petitions, and considering the place was five hun dred miles from London, he thought, that every indulgence ought to be shown to the petitioners The Courts of Law had expressed great doubts as to the Terms of the Act as to whe ther the express:on, worth a certain sum, was intended to imply that a petitioner was in the possession of five hundred pounds, and therefore, he presumed, that the conditions of the Act bad been substantially complied with. The motion w hi„h h, b a d to nuk, wa., that time shouhl he given to the petitioner= to amend their recognisances. On th e moti,a, boinL! read. The ATTORNEY- GENERAL said that however in clioed the House 'nigh b • to grant. This indulgenee, it. had no power what ever to .tier the form. By the 4th clu.e of 7 and ti Vic , oria, chapter 10i, the decision of the examiner of re cogni ances was made fleal. Ti,e Xet Theo we .t on to direct the w.y in which the decisions were to be arrived at, mid by the 14th clause the principle was further carrie•i out. Tner~• had been one case since the passing of the Reform Bill, and that was in the case of Lord G. Paget. who had petitioned the House when he had lost his election for Caernarvon. At that time the magistrate who had acted in the case had done so nut of his jurisdiction. That was a grave question, but the circumstance- of the magistrate having so acted out of his jurisdiction had created a difficulty under which Lord G. Paget was made the victim. Mr. APCAIITHY conceived that this was a case not con templated by the Act, and that the prayer of the petition ought to be complied with. Sir R. PEEL said that he was the person who had intro duced this Act,and it appeared that there were two tribunals esta blished by it. The first was that of the examiner of reeognizances, and the other was that of a Select Committee of the House. The decisions of both these tribunals was to be final and con clusive, and he conceived, therefore. th,.t this petition could not be received. The terms of the Act were plain and explicit, and they did not say that a man should swear that he believed himself to be possessed of five hundred pounds, for that would be by far too vague a direction, but that tie was seised and possessed of five hundred pounds, and the levy in a case of entreat was to be made upon the goods and chapels of the petitioner. This was sufficiently plain, and therefore he must advise the House not to re ceive this petition, lest it should open the way to a dangerous innovation, which might hereafter prove of serious inconvenience. Mr. Al J. O'CONNELL thought that the better plan would be decidedly to postpone the consideration of the matter for at least twenty-four hours. He thought it matter of regret that the examiner had come to this conclusion. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN replieo. They were now resting upon a technicality for the purpose of screening one of their officers. The illation was then negatived without a division. The House adjourned at Two o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceeding , of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, mArcir 8. The undernamed Railway Bill was presented, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time : Midland (Mangotsfield to Bath)—" to enable the Midland Railway Company to construct a Railway from Mangotsfield to Bath, and for other purposes connected with the Bristol and Gloucester Line of the Midland Railway." The following Railway Bills were read a second time, com mitted, and referred to the Committee of Selection : Swansea 'Valley. Vale of Neath. South Wales. Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead (Lease to the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway Company). Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction Railway and Pier from Harwich to the Eastern Union Railway at Ardleigb. Blandford and Bruton. Shrewsbury and Chester (Branches and Station). Birmingham and Oxford Junction, and Birmingham, Wol verhampton, and Dudley Railways Amalgamation. Great North of India. Swansea and Amman Junction. Edinburgh and Bathgate (Deviation and Amendment). Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester (Ossett Branch and Dewsbury and Morley Stations). Midland (Cheltenham, Warwick, and Leamington Line). Midland (Gloucester and Stonehouse Junction). Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (Branch from Stowmarket to Sudbury). Dublin, Dundrum, and Rathfarnham (Extension to Ste phen's -green). NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. The following Railway Bills are appointed to be read a second time:— FRIDAY, MARCH 12. Manchester, Birmingham, and North S;fibrdshire Junction. Enfield and Edmonton Extension. Axholme (from the Leeds and Selby Railway to Gairs borough, with Branches). PARLIAMEN'T'ARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of . Conimo7uo MONDAY, MARCH 8. LANDED PROPERTY (IRELAND) BILL. Order for Committee read; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :" Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " any plans of relief for the distress of the Irish Poor, by means of loans to the owners of property in Ireland, would be unjust afll I impolitic, unless accompanied by a system of taxation which would subject such property to the burdens already imposed upon all property throughout Great Britain," in stead thereof :—Question put," 'l'tiat the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided:— MAJORITY—AYES, 121. Arland, Sir T. Fitzgerald, R. A. Mundy, E. M. Adderley, C. B. Fox, C. It. Munta, G. F. Arundel, Earl of Frewen, C. 11. Norreys, Sir D. Baillie, 11. J, Fuller, A. E. O'Brien, C. Baine, Walter Gibson, Thomas M. O'Brien, W. S. Bannerman, A. Gore, Montague O'Connell, I)., jun. 'buddy, David Gore, Robert O'Connell, Joha Barnard, E. G. Goulburn Henry O'Conor, Don Bateson, T. Greene, Thomas OTerrall, R. M. Beckett, W. Gregory, W. 11. Owen, Sir John Bellew, R. M. Grey, Sir G. Parker, John Bennet, I'. Grogan, E. Peel, Sir Robert Bentinck, Lord G. Halford, Sir Henry Polhill, Frederick Berestord, Major Ilamilton, G. A. Price, Sir R. Betkeley, Captain Hatton, Captain V. Prime, Richard Bernal, Ralph I [awes, Benj. It awdon, Colonel Blake, M. J. Ileatheoat, John Rich, Henry Blakemore, It. Henley, J. W. Ross, 1). it. Bodkin, J. J. Honhouse, Sir J. Rushout, Captain Browne, It. D. Hope, Sir I. Russell, Lord J. Browne, W. Howard, I'. 11. Rutherturd, A. Buller, Charles Butt, William Scrope, G. P. Bunbury, T. Jervis, Sir John Seymour, Lord Busteild, William Jones, Captain Shaw, F. Butler, I'. S. Kemble, Henry Shell, It. L. Byng, G. S. Labouchere, Henry Somerset, Lord G. Callaghan, D. Langston, J. II Somerville, Sir W. Carew, It. S. Lawless, Cecil Spooner, Richard Chapman, B. Lefroy, Anthony Stuart, V. Christie, W. D. Lemon, Sir C. Stratt, Edward Chute, W. L. W. Lincoln, Earl of Trouhridge, Sir E. Verk Sir G. Lockhart, W. Vcsey, lion. T. Coots, Sir C. Macaulay, T. B. ‘Va7d, H. G. Corry, Henry Macnamara, Major Wood, sir Charles Courtenay, Lord M`Donnell, J. M. Wrightson, W.l; Craig, W. G. M`Taggart, Sir J. Wyse, Thomas Dawson, T. V. Manic, Fox Yorke, Henry R. Duckworth, Sir J. Maxwell, Hon. J. P. I)undas, Admiral Milnes, It Monekton Dundas, Sir David Mitcade, 11. Evans, William Monahan, J. 11. Ferguson, Sir It. Morpeth, Viscount TELLERS. Hill, Lord M. Tanen, H. MINORITY-NOES, 26. Bouverie, E. P. Entwisle, W. Plarnridg,e, Captain Bowring, Dr. Escott, Ilickhain Protheroe, E. Brown, W. Gill, Thomas Stansfield, W. It. C. Collins, William Hall, Sir Benjamin Strickland, Sir G. Copeland, Aid. Hay, Sir A. L. Trela%vny, J. S. Crawford, W. S. Heron, Sir It. Williams, W. Pennistoun, J. Ilumphery, Aid. Duncan, Lord James, William Duncan, George Molesworth, Sir W. Duncombe, T. 31 um, Colonel TELLERS. Roebuck, J. A. lluuie, Joseph COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert att,nded divine service In Whippinghana church on Sunday. The Rev Mr. Protheroe officiated. The Countess of Claremont, Lady Caroline So mers Cocks, Major-General Bowles, Lieut.-Colonel the H..n G. B. Phipps, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and Colonel Bouverie also attended the service. The Royal children went for au airing to the sea beach on Sunday morning. Sir James Clark arrived at Osborne House on Saturday, and had the honour of joining the Royal party at dinner. Yesterday, her Majesty and Prince Albert took their usual early walk in the tbreimon on the beach, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice. Sir James Clark has left Osborne House for town. A deputation on the subject of the distress in the High lands of Scotland had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. The deputation consisted of Lord Macdonald, Mr. Campbell of Islay, Mr. Mackenzie of Applecrosi, M. P , Mr. Matheson of Ardross, Mr. Matheso❑ of Lewis, M.P., Mr. Maclean of Coll, Mr. Campbell, jun., of Islay, Mr. Campbell of Jura, Mr. Ramsay, Colonel M`Dow;allof Dunolly, Mr. Gibb, and Mr. Grey. Mr. It. Montgomery Martin had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Edward Ellice, jun., M.P., had an interview with the Right Hon. Edward Struts, yesterday, at the office of the Commissioners of Railways. Tne Chancellor of the Exchequer was sufrciently reco vered, yesterday, from his recent indisposition to attend at his official residence, in Downing -street. Mr. William Law Ogilhy had an interview with the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Earl of Devon had an interview with Sir George Grey at the Home-office, yesterday. Dispatches from the Governor of New Zealand were re ceived at the Colonial-office, on Saturday. Diipatclies were sent off last evening from the Colonial office, for the Governors of Hong. Kong and Ceylon. Lady Mary Wood left town, yesterday, for Hickletou Hall, Donc.tater. h ch Cp i l o V m E e . —Mr. iayse one e a o s f tendered his resignation to MR. RESIGNATION OP the magistrates at W•ind • sN . so . rt and Hammersmith Police courts, having been judge of the county court a p p t o o m he holden by the Lord Chancellor as B at Southwark. THE GREAT BRITAIN RISTOL, SATURDAY.— The stormy meeting of * • the proprietors of the Great Britain, which has most unexpectedly lasted through three days, was • - closed this afternoon. At the meeting a most angry discus sion arose as to the directors not having insured the stranded vessel, which cost nearly 140,0001, for more than 17,0001., which was nothing like an adequate amount as respected her value, and the directors were also blamed for 1 • laving re turned the passage money, and for not having taken imme diate and efficient measures to get her off. It was con tended that in accordance with the ordinary duties of trus- • tees the directors were bound to insure the ship in an adequate amount. and it was asserted that in addition they had given a pledge to do so, or to give notice to the pro prietary that they might themselves insure their interests respectively; that it was contrary to mercantile usage to return the passage-money, and that therefore the directors should not have done so; and that as soon as the vessel was s t ran ded they ought to ha ve obtained the services of the most eminent engineering talent to get her off, instead of was ting time as they had done in a correspondence with the underwriters, whose stake was so sm dl. The directors in reply stated, that the passage-money having been received for a voyage from England to New York, and the vessel having been stranded at the very commencement of that voyage, that they were bound as honest men to return the passage -money, and in support of this view they produced letters from v arious steam - ship companies, declaring that they s h ou ld have done so. With respect to ilia insurance they s t a ted that upon th e two previous voyages the Great Britain had been insured for 50,0001. each time, and that they had used diligent m eans to insure her on the last voyage, and' that as to the measures which they had t aken subsequent to her untorunately being stranded, they had taken the best they could adopt. At th e second days meeting Captain Cla'xton, R.N., with the view of meeting which had been e views of all parties, and of obviating the strong obj . ection manifested to the motion " that " the directors' or epo rece be ived re ceived and adopted," proposed, that the repbe and adopted without prejudice to the protest put in by Mr. Abbott and others." At the close of the Third ,lay's discus sion this motion was adopted, and also one prop ised by a director to meet another ground of opposithn, "that the list of the proprietary of the company be Open to the inspection of the shareholders." It is generally understood! that the property of the company will be at once sold, and its affairs wound up. - LITERATURE. SHERIDAN KNOWLES'S NEW WORK. GEORGE LO VELL. 3 Vols. By James Sheridan Knowles. When a gre-t dramatic poet undertakes the produc tion of tt novo!—whether it he condensed into a dozen )1' e:;f olualei to that novel a more than ordinary ttention. What, let us iwa;;ine for a tnuoient, would wit be the curiosity excited by the discovery of a prose fiction from the pen of Racine, of Calderon, of Home, of Farquhar, or of Metastasio? We should turn to the narrative with feelings rather higher than those of mere inquisi tiveness; we should examine the plot, the characters, the purpose, and the diction of the story with peculiar and not unpleasant emotions, with a desire to know how that genius had fared in the enchanted grounds of romance which had disvrt.d itself in the loftier regions of the tragic and comic drama. But our curiosity would be marvellously heightened vv ere the tale found to have particular allusion to the contempo raneous habits, vices, morality, - and dispositi,m of tfe author. Our anxiety, for example, would h.e great to hear from the lips of Racine a de.eription of the p, mi norities of the age of L Qu rtorz , . to receive from Calderon a delineation of the Spthiards of his own generation, from Home an account of the expanding genius of Scotland in the days of Robertson and Macpherson, from Farquhar, a sketch of the profligacy of London society during the reign of our thud William, and from Metastasio, a portraitore of the Italians of his century. Whenever a dramatist has entered upon the arena of romantic literature—end happily there have been these exceptions—they have found no deficiency of .readers, and, in most instances, no lack of admirers. Who can ever forget the one domestic fiction written by Oliver Gold smith--that simple but inimitable tale which in the work before us (Vol. 1, p. 261.) is called, oddly enough, but very truthfully, " the sweetest novel and the gravest tract!" Who again can lose a recollection of La Esmeralda, of Captain Phoebus, or of Qaasimodo, the creatures born of the imagination of the greatest of the modern dramatists of France ! To descend to the lesser of those who have ventured upon the produc don of a comedy or a tragedy, who can lose the memory of Charles Lamb's most exquisite story about "Rosamund Gray !" Among the many volumes lying about us and awaiting their turn to pass through the alembic of criticism we have found this novel in three volumes by no one less eminent than James Sheridan Knowles. We welcome the work with cordiality, and from the distinguished position which its a'ithor has long since assumed, in, perhaps, the noblest branch of our literature, we give his romance the precedence, to which it is thereby entitled. At once, and without the smallest hesitation, we will acknowledge that we opened the first page of the first volume " George Lovell" with a sense very much akin to that of prejudice in its favour. But who shall quarrel with us for so doing ? who shall scorn us or de ride us for looking with partiality at any book from such a source in the first flush of our expectation ? Admiration for the masterpieces of dramatic art which owe their existence to the poetic genius of Mr. Knowles may readily be taken as an excuse for such a momentary dereliction of our duty as a dispas sionate reviewer, for the tragedies of Sheridan Knowles form an epoch in the literary history of our country. To the impassioned beauty of " Vir ginius," to the eloquent and patriotic energy of " Wil Ham Tell," to the pathetic grace and various fervour of the " Hunchback," are mainly to be attributed the pre m,.rvation, in the popular mind, of a love for the symtnetr), the dignity, and the endless di versity of the drama. With the current of opi !don strongly °pp.,. d to theatrical representatif , n, ' excepting it be representations set off by the r:,,re tricious decorations of the melodrama, the spectacle, the opera, the ballet, the burlesque, or the extr.v.,gatiza, the dramatic works of Sheridan Knowles have been principally instrumental in sustaining an affection for what is termed in the hack phrase " the legitimate drama." Putting aside the question, however, whether the plays of Sheridan Knowles are the legitimate or il legitimate offspring of his fancy, - they are univer sally acknowledged to be worthy of a full and lasting admiration. By the common adjudi cation of his contemporaries, the name of Sheridan Knowles is accorded au eminent place among the roost illustrious dramatic authors in the lenetrage, always with the exception of Shakepere. With Beaumont, and Messinger, and Wycherly, and Fletcher, and Far quhar, and Jonson, and Congreve, and Vanbrugh, the name of Sheridan Knowles may be, and has long ago been classed without derogation on either side. It re mains, of course, for the dramatic analyst to award their relative position to each, but it would be frivolous to deny that among that famous group of writers Sheridan Knowles has every right to be enumerated. In some respects he is un questionably inferior to these his renowned predeces sors; he is in a great measure without the rugged vigour and daring illustration of the Elizabethan poets ; his equivoque is without the delicate inge nuity of Congreve, his humour has not the irre sistible tartness of Wycherly, and his sarcasm is not to be compared with the caustic glitter of Vanbrugh. But in pathos, in enthusiasm, in the ex pression of scorn, as in Icilius; of depravity, as in Appius Claudius; of affection, as in Virginia; of arro gance, as in Gesler; of patriotism. as in William Tell; and of stalwart valour, as in D.aitatus, Sheridan Knowles is their equal, and very frequently their supe rior. In the fabrication of his plots and the di , position of his incidents, as well as in the construction of his soliloquies and dialogues, he has evinced a perfect knowledge in the mysteries of composition. He has shown, indeed, a thorough familiarity with the different recommendations contained in that sentence of Cicero, where, in his masterpiece, "De Oralore," he mentions the husbandry and the classification of ideas n. 314)—" Ergo ut in oratore optimus quisque, sic et in oratioue (Tully, of course, including here dramatic as well as forens . ic Ileclamation) firmissimum quodque sit prinzum : dum tanien in utroque teneatur, at ea qua excellant, serven fur etiam ad perorandum: si gum erunt mediocria, (nam vitiosis nusquam esse oportet locum) in turbum, atque in gregem conjiciantur." Upon that beautiful scheme, Knowles has modelled first his dramas, and then the constituent parts of his dramas— for it is the art of a dramatic poet to begin in versely with the broad outline of his creation, and like a painter, to elaborate its details afterwards. Knowles has invariably given his several plays, his se veral scenes, and his several speeches a certain solidity and compactness at their commencement ; he has in them, grouped together at their interior, as it were, the least remarkable excellences of the whole ; and, finally he has accumulated the utmost stretch of passion in the catastrophe of his tragedies and the climax of his soli loquies—the catastrophe and climax being, to them, what the peroration is to the harangue of an orator. That is a gr at part of the secret of his success, but the m.un cause of that success is of ► loftier character. arising, as it toes, from th genius with which he has unquestionably been gifted by nature. The possession of that genius ha, been evidenced in the poetic treasures with which he has adorned the language of his native land ; and the appearance of these three volumes ~f " George Lovell " brings irresistibly to the recoil, etion of us all the ques tion—How THE GENIES OF SHERIDAN KNOWLES HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY HIS CoUNTRYDIEN, AND HOW THE LITERARY LABORS OF THAT GE,IUS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED AND REWARDED? That quPstin, we repeat kt, is necessarily called to mind by the puolication of tho novel now under consideration. For we naturally ask ourselves the reason why such a man as Sheridan Knowles, after achieving so much fame, and achieving it by such honourable and laudable means, should be toiling now at his matured age, when the labours of his youth and manhood should have ensured him tranquillity and leisure. The pleasantest recollection in the meagre records preserved to us of Shakspere's life is, th it tlt immortal man closed his career in the indolence or a country gentleman in a handsome house in his native village. We English pride ourselves on not being a half barbarian race, like our Elizabethan forefathers. We boast this, and yet Sheritlan Knowles goes unthanked, unhonoured, and unrewarded. Thanked and honoured he is by every generous and intelligent mind, and re warded he is by the celebrity he has acquired ; but substantially thanked, honoured, and rewarded by Government, he is not. How comes this ? Thomas Hood ekes out his subsistence on a sick couch by the sweat, not of his brow, but his brain. He dies—his widow and his children have a pension. Hayden, the historical painter, battles manfully against pecuniary distress for years, without aid. He blows his brains out in a paroxysm of despair, and efforts are at onoe made for the assistance of his family. Laman Blanchard cuts his throat with a razor, in a fit of madness, brought on by incessant work as an author—measures are taken to alleviate the sorrows of his orphans. Hewlett sinks down into the grave in the very prime of his life, through the slow poison of a malaria, and the exhaustion of his mind—and benevolence is at once actively em ployed in behalf of his children. Is this, we ask, as it should be ? .Are the gifted beings who sap the very vigour of their constitutions by adding to our enjoyments to be offered merely the flatulent sustenance of " the bubble reputation ? " We by no means depre cate the charity which is extended towards their widows and their offspring. God forbid that that one posthu mous solace should be taken from them in their solitude! Is it not, however, better that these men should reap the fruits of their own sowing themselves, and not by proxy? Is it not better that the pensions should come to them directly when living than indirectly when dead? Is it not better that the few gold guineas in which their after glory is reflected should be showered down betimes, in stead of falling barrenly when they are in their coffins? Upon these simple and solemn principles we maintain that Sheridan Knowles should receive the recompense of his long and illustrious exertions as a poet, as a pa triot, and as a moral instructor of the people. Of the morality of his writings there can be no question; for, of Knowles, in regard to English tragedy, may be said what the eminent German critic Schlegel said of Coleman in regard to Englislicomedy, " since that time the morals have been irreproachable, and much has been done in refined and original charac terization." If any additional testimony were required as to the morality of the writings of Sheridan Knowles it would be found to be incnntestibly exhibited in ' these volumes. "George Lovell" is literally a t a l e foun dtcl upon the struggles of vice against virtue, a n d the ultimate victory of innocence over guilt. Pt,cebe ' the heroine, one of those ideal creatures whom the pnreSt imagination is alone could concAve. Armitage and his profligate as sociates, again, form a rephive gr alp, illustrative of the licentiousness and depravity still prevalent in this civilis-41 generation. The novel is meter, and is hence calculated + more readily • and to ' l enlist a domestic cha -0 the sympathies instil the truths more .::..'.::; . ; -=y-~, • generally which it was written to enunciate, As an interesting and honest-hearted tale, it is excellent; and, as the production of a dramatic poet of such extra rtlin;:ry rowcr:z, it is a literary curiosity. It can be r st-ry that we just now remember, ::ely twitter for astonishment, consi- Ind fluctuations which are perceptible oinpisition. On this head Voltaire red, that the arts which depend ion, have as many revolutions Ireadv solely or the earth ; and that they change in a thousand differ‘ lit ways, even while we are striving to give them a fl,Lss;ficAtion and a stability—" dans les arts qui ( . 6 endeut purement. de 'lmagination, i 1 y a autant de 14v,lutions que dans les eats ; its changent en mille manires taudis qu' on cherche a les fixer." An exam ple or one of these changes is the novel of " George Lovell." But that tir observations have already am tended so considerably, we should be tempted to matte several quotations froth it, pages, especially one earnest paragraph addressed to Rowland Hill. Quotations, however, we take it, would be superfluous, seeing that everyone will, as a matter of course, themselves refer to "The Last Work by Sheridan Knowles." SURREY THEATRE. rovenlay evening a very interesting drama, entitled " Lilly Da., son ; or, A Poor Gin 's Story," was producod at this theatre. It. is the novel of the same name, by that de• seryedly popular writer, Mrs. Crowe, in a dramatic dress, by that kilful artist, Mr. Stirling. Th e pl o t i s as follows' :- - Lilly Dawson (Mrs. 11. Vining) is employed as a domestic at the liaise of Jacob Littlehans, a smuggler, whe-e she is treated with uncommen severity by the family, consisting of two sons and a daught er , t h e former of whom follow the same honourable vocation as their father and the latter of whom is wedded to a phlegmatic Dutchman, Hans Peffer (Mr. T. Fredericks). "Shadows, clouds, and darkness," rest upon the birth and parentage of Lilly Dawson, but from the confession of Jacob Littlehaus in a moment of mental agony, it appears that he has pre served her from a wreck. The crew have been murdered by him and his sons. Luke Littlehaus, from a belief (the grounds for which .do not appear) that Lilly Dawson will turn out to be the child of some great person, determines to marry her; but she dislikes him, and effects her escape, after an attempt has been made upon her life by Luke .Littlehaus, who thinks that she had been the witness of a murder which he had committed, through the instru mentality of a blind beggar the girl is enabled to obtain a situation for a period of three years, at the expiration of which, dreading the machinations of Luke Littlehaus, she comes to London, and eventually succeeds in obtaining a situation at a milliner's, from which, however, she is com pelled to fly, in consequence of an accusation of having pus- - • loined some lace. The real culprit is May Elliot, a young female in the same situation, who acquaints Lilly Dawson with the act of which she has been guilty, but which the other is too honourable to divulge. May Elliot notwithstanding this noble conduct, influenced by jealousy, betrays Lilly Dawson into the hands of Luke Littlehau's, and who with a view to his self-preservation, de termines to murder her, but kills his sister in mistake. Lilly Dawson escapes and turns out to be the daughter of a General Markham. The murderer is arrested, May Elliot loses her lover, who marries Lilly Dawson, who has been long attached to him, and dramatic iustice is rendered to all I,art ies. The piece, in addition to startling and varied incident, without which no drama of the present day can hope for -vitality, possesses considerable subordinate merits. The dia logue is correct, and suited to the speakers, and the feel ings evolved are natural and suited to the circumstances. Mrs. H. Vining, as Lilly Dawson, gave a mast correct em bodiment a spirit grown familiar with affliction, but gentle as childhood in nature—a sort of female Smike. Luke Little haus was admirably performed by Mr. E. F. Saville, and the other rarts were creditably sustained. The piece was an nounced for repetition amidst considerable applause from a very crowded house. I : a'- *{ ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE. A new grand spectacle, founded on Sir Walter Scott's celebrated historical romance of Kenilworth was produced here la , t evening , with appropriate scenery, gorgeous ap pointments, c,.,t , ttii ;inn other magnificent accessories. The first act fte reception of Queen Elizabeth at Kenilworth Ca,i le; ai id in this act the whole of Mr. Batty's magnificent stu,l is introduced, reviving the chival rous scenes of the olden time, after a fashion to gladden 'the hearts of the Young Englanders, It is a gorgeous and superb spectacle, and was completely successful. The scenes in the circle followed, in which M. Wolff exhibited his celebrated scene as the Juggler of Antwerp. The Champion Vaulters went through their won derful performances (they may well be called the Champion Vaulters, for one of them threw thirty two somersaults con secat ) Madame Dumos appeared in her graceful scene as Fortunio, and M. Leonard exhibited his wonderful performance on two horses. The gem of the evening, however, was the p er f ormance o f M. Pablo Fanque on his tutored steed. This performance transcends every thing that has hitherto been exhibited in the way of horsemanship. It is perfectly unique. A beautiful let black thorough-bred horse, bridled and saddled after the ordinary fashion, is introduced into the arena. M. Pablo Fanque, attired in the ordinary riding costume, enters and mounts his steed after the fashion of an ordinary rider. The orchestra plays a slow air, and the steed prances round the circle, keeping time to the air. The music quickens, and the horse quickens his movements, keeping time to the music with his fore feet. The air changes ; it is the cachuca. The horse dances the cachuca, not after the ordinary fashion of dancing horses, but giving throughout the regular steps, crossing his fore-feet, and dancing the cachuca even as (to use an Americanism) a human would dance it—the rider guiding him, and sway ing backwards and forwards as the horse moves, even as if they were one; entirely acted upon by one volition. So grace ful, so classical is this performance, that we must go back to classical times and classical mythology to give our readers the faintest idea of it. Imagine a Centaur dancing the cachuca, and you will have some faint id ea o f the I per formance of M. Pablo Fanque and his wonderful steed. Suddenly the air changes; it is the Cracovienne, and then voll see the Centaur dancing the Cracovienne with 'all the elegance of a Fanny Ellsler, progressing on the hind feet. the fore feet go through all the in tricate steps of the Cracovienne, tripping, beating time, hopping, stamping, as the deesse de la dense would do; the Cracovienne gets quicker and quicker; it is now the Polka, and the steed, guided by his rider, polkas most grace fully. As the music proceeds so does the enthusiasm of the steed increase. • He waves front side to side; his head grace fully bends, now to the right, now to the left; his rider moves with him, and man and horse one Centaur, are policing, with all the enthusiasm of a fanatico for the dance. We have thus endeavoured to describe the performances of M. Pablo Fanque, but most inefficiently. 'Words cannot do justice to this unique, and wonderful, and most elegant per formance. It is impossible to describe the indescribable. The pertormances of M. Pablo Fanque is to ordinary equestrianism what the p , rformances of the Risleys are to ordinary tumb ling. It must be seen to be appreciated ; and no admirer of horsemanship —no admirer of the ballet—none who can ap preciate the acme of grace and elegance, should miss the op portunity of seeing the unique performances of M. Pa blo Fanque and his wonderful steed. The Royal Fox Hunt concluded the evening's amusements. The house was crowded. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—MONDAY. Our price current takes a wider scope than usual, embrac. ing no less than ten events, and an array of favourites, that would indicate a more healthy state of business than has pre vailed of late at the corner. In the aggregate, it certainly was tolerably animated, and in some few instances, at odds differing from those last quoted. Of the Spring Handicap, it is only necessary to observe that the most prominent favourites were Sheraton, l'ink Bonnet, the Euclid colt, Antkr, and the Lamb, each having been supported with much spirit at improving prices. A few small bets were laid on the Handicap, to come off at Coventry on Wednesday, in respect of which we should inform those who are desirous of participating in a capital de3's sport, that the first race will be run precisely at half past one o'clock, and that the mail train will enable them to reach the course in ample time for business. The Derby bet ting derived its interest from the advance of Planet to 11 to 1, taken in three or four quarters, and of the Liberator to 40 to 1 to a large sum, his backer willing enough to go on. Vatt Tromp was a shade better, and at the close 20 to 1 was the highest offer agst Conyngham. A decline in Red Hart, and an improvement of several points in Christopher were the only other changes of consequence. The closing prices were as follows: COVENTRY HANDICAP. 3 to 1 agst Mr. Minor's Duke of Richmond 5 to I agst Mr. Meiklam's Godfrey 5 to 1 agst Mr. Dawson's Pleasure Trip 6 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Treacle 6 to 1 apt Sir C. Cockersll's Congress LEAMINGTON STEEPLE CHASE. 5 to 1 agst Lord Strathmore's Switcher—taken to nearly 1001.. sto 1 agst Mr. 0. Higgins's Pioneer—t. to nearly 1001. NORTHAMPTON HANDICAP. 10 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Halo—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Doletul—taken 13 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Euclid colt—taken NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 9 to agstagst Lord Lord st Or r t a o d rd b ' r s okos Footstool , 14 toLynceus 1 1 5 4 t t o o o a g g s s t t A S f i r r . CG.r;\gloornycks'sEliVoacnidshoolt_taken 1,000 to 50; laid once 1 1 6 6 t t o o a 1 a g g s s t t L m o r r . d j E. aci ß a o u sls s e s l l i ' r s t a i r O t g i n METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 9 to I agst Mr. Stephenson's Sheraton—taken 16 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Jenny Wren 16 to 1 agst Mr. Whiteworth's Lady Sarah—taken 18 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Pink Bonnet—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's Bourton—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Euclid colt—taken 91r 20 Pa to yn l e o 's nest Que e P n i n jl k i a ßtnn tak et e w n inning this 200 20 0 to to 1 1 5 ags an t d and the Chester Cup. CHESTER CUP. 20 to I agst Mr. Gully's M endicant 25 to 1 agst AL r. Herbert's Ant l er — taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Camera Obscura 28 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's The Lamb 30 to 1 agst Mr. Wilson's Punch—taken 33 to I agst Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free. 40 to 1 agst Mr. Miner's Duke of Richmond—taken 60 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Flitch—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Ilutchinson's Emigrant—taken 50 to 1 agst W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes—taken 1000 to 20 agst Captain Pettatt's Newcourt--taken 1000 to 20 agst Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress —taken 2 1000 000 t t o o 30 15 agst Hpaesysneelt,singe'sueFein ma tzAlLan—tak tak en en three ()r ags fou t r li t r im . es 6000 to 75 Copeland's Arthur—t a k en. 2,000 GUINEAS STAKES. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt—taken 6 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Conyngham—taken 10 to I. agst Mr. O'Brien's Liberator —taken 12 to 2. DERBY. 6 tolagstLodE ' v Lord g inton s .an ...romp 11 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote—taken 11 to 1. agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt—taken and aft. off. 20 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Conyngham—takeu 25 to 1 25 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Horn of Chase 33 to 1 agst Lord Caledon's Wanota 33 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Allertonian 40 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Hart 40 to 1 agst Mr. S. Conway's Christopher 40 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Liberator—taken freely 50 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Will-o'-the-Wisp 4000 to 60 agst Mr. Fuller's Oxonian—taken 1000 to 200 apt Epirote and Planet—taken 500 to 100 agst Van Tromp and Liberator—taken DERBY, 1848. 10,000 to 100 agst Mr. Copeland's The Goldsmith—taken 10,000 to 100 agst Mr. Copeland's Wolverhampton—taken OAKS. 1000 to 40 apt Lord WeOminater'a Claribel. L. d, and t