The Sun. — London, England, 1847-03-26 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, March 25. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on theWoolsack at Five o'clock. DISTRESS IN SPITALFIELS. Lard BROUGHAM presented a petition from the rector, Ole churchwardens, and vestrymen of Christ Church, Spitalfields, praying their Lordships to take into eon eideration the distress in that parish, which was being every day augmented by the distress prevalent in Ire land, and to legislate for the Causes which operate on that distress in Ireland. The Noble Lord said he would not express any opinion on the prayer of the pe tition. He had already spoken on the subject of Irish distress, and ke had the gr aves t d ou bt whether they could Pass any permanent measures till they reached fairer wr_ather. LAW OF SETTLEMENT. 'The NOBLE and LEARNED LORD also presented a petition from the rate-payers of Bradford, in Notting. filainshire, against the law of settlement. MARKETS AND FAIRS CLAUSES BILL. On the motion of the Earl of CLARENDON, the House went into Committee on this Bill. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, after the Bill had passed through Committee, was abont to report pro glens, when Lord BROUGHAM interposed, and said he had pe titions from several companies whose Bills would be af fected by this measure to present before it passed, and the did not know the occasion was so near, or he would have presented th em b efore. Ho had also a clause framed by these companies, which he would lay before his Noble Friend (Earl of Clarendon) opposite, and he would take another opportunity to bring the amendment before their Lordships, when the Bill came to another stage. But, of course, the Noble Earl must at present report progress. Earl SRAFTESBURY then reported progress. Their Lordships having resumed, the Commissioners' Clausen, and Waterworks' Clauses Bills went through ( omraittee in order to he reported with amendments. DRAINAGE OF LAND BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this Bill, The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH moved the insertion erif a clause, limiting the amount of money to be expended in carrying out the Act. Earl MINTO resisted the introduction of the clause, believing that the Bill itself limited the amount to be 'expended. Lord ELLENBOROUGH said that there was no great use in pressing the amendment ; he only moved it by way of protest. The amendment was then negatived without a division, and the Bill was read a third time and passed. CONDUCT OF SIR EARDLEY WILMOT. Lord STANLEY rose to bring forward the motion of which he had given notice. Re desired to obtain copies of the correspondence which had taken place between the Colonial -office and the Governor of Van Diemen's Land. His motion was of an unusual character, yet, as Pie believed that no objection would be offered by the 'Government, it would only be necessary to state the nature of the motion and the grounds upon which he made it. He did not make it of his own accord, but at the earnest desire of a public sservant, who complained, though 16,000 miles distant, he had been made the victim of calumnious assertions against his private and personal character, which he declared to be wholly false and calumnious. He did not wish to enter into any disquisition on the government of the colonies, yet he was ready to admit that there could be no situation in which the observance of morality and decorum was more necessary than in that of the governor of a colony. While he had the honour of holding the office of Colonial Secretary, in 1845, rumours respecting the conduct of Sir Eardley Wilmot, the Governor of Van Diemen's Land, reached him. These reports were, that such was the scandal• ous misconduct of the Governor, and such was the immorality prevailing at his house, that it was impossible for any family to visit it. That state anent did not attract his attention; but, having been promulgated in this country, it reached the 'colonies in the month of April, whe're as soon as it was known that such statements had been made, in England, all the chief persons in the colonies, who were in constant intercourse with the Governor, sent back a counter-statement, which was received in October last in this country.—(Hear.) It happened. that when this refutation was sent from the colonies Lis Right Hon. Friend had succeeded to the officeof Se cretary ; he having also heard these rumours, and having on other grounds been determined to remove Sic Eardley Wilmot from the office of Governor, he addressed a secret dispatch to the Governor, in which be stated his reasons for his removal, adding, at the Same time, that he thought it necessary to inform him ehat these rumours had reached him, and that unless they were satisfactorily refuted he would not bu able to advise her Majesty to employ Sir Eardley Wilmot in any other colony. Sir Eardley immediately wrote back that ho was exceedingly happy to receive the communication, and that be was prepared not only to give the most peremptory and absolute denial to the charges, but that he was deterrniued to remain on the spot after he had been deprived of all authority, and that he would there submit his conduct to the strictest investigation. Ile did so, and a Committee was appointed of the Executive Council, to which was 'added the Governor of the Army and the Archdeacon. The Committee reported that none of the charges Inside were capable of being substantiated ; that there was only one mode that could be adopted, eattmely, to invite any person who had charges to make against the personal character of Sir Eardly Wilmot, to come forward and substantiate it ; but, whilst recommending this course, they admitted that it was open to objections, and would not unlikely lead to the creation of an impolitic precedent. The (Council at that time had no power of calling witnesses, which made the investigation more difficult and linen. Lamm They, therefore, reported that in their opi nion it was not expedient to enter upon the inves tigation, and gave as their reasons , i n exp li c i t terms, hat during their private and official intercourse with Sir E. Wilmot for three years, nothing had trans pired to show that ho had been guilty of any 'violation of the decencies of private life. It was signed by the Commander of the Forces. the Colonial Secretary, the Colonial Treasurer, the bread police magistrate, the minister of the parish, and sothere. A petition, generally signed, was agreed to in Hobart Town, giving the rnost unqualified contradiction to 'the reports which had been spread injurious to the 'character of Sir E. Wilmot. lie had the authority fur saying that the Right Hon. Gentleman who had suc ceeded him in the Colonial-office (Mr. Gladstone) had no objection to theproduction of the papers. When an officer who had been. teld e ,by the Secretary for the Colonies that unless. the''iaa which were made against him -were refutekselia*ittld not recommend him to any other uffseseeeinrsito - the Crown, and when that dicer remained Tor some time on the spot in order that the charges might he fully investigated, and when they were not proved, he consid: red that it was but Lojtice that the p a p ers s h ou ld b e pro d uced. The Noble rd concluded by moving Ene their production. Earl GREY sail, except under no ordinary Orem :stances, ho should have objected to the production of these papers; but as the circumstances were so peculiar, it was right that the correspondence which had been moved for should be produced. The Honourable Gen tleman who preced, d him ie the Colonial-office had .no objection to their production. The motion was then agreed to. THE ARMY—LIMITING THE SERVICE. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY gave notice that Le should put the following questions to the Noble Marquis (Lansdowne) to-morrow t—Whether, the Bill which had been introduced into the House of Commons by her M ijesty's Government for limiting the service in the army, had received the sanction and approba 'ion of the Commander-in-Chief; or if it had ori inated with her Majesty's Government, or of any officer, and whether the opinion of any board of general officers had been taken, or other competent authorities ; and, secondly, whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Ministers to issue a warrant like that issued in October, 180 G, to raise the pensions of non commissioned officers when entitled to their discharge? Lord 'BROUGHAM moved for a return of the cor respondence upon an inquiry into the subject of relief works in Clare; and also the letter written by Captain Gordon, of Clare, on the same subject. Their Lordships then adjourned. ROUSE 01 COMMONS, March 25. PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND ) . Lord GEORGE BENTINCK (in continuation from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday) said —He bad told them that since the month of Sep tember—that was now six months-50,000 tons of provisions had come into the port of Limerick. But in one week, in the course of this year, 30,000 quarters of corn went out of the port of Limerick; so that, after all, what did these 50,000 tons of provisions amount to when placed by the side of the 30,000 tons exported from the same port?—(Hear.) But that was not all. It might be true that these provisions were now imported by private speculators; but what compensation was that for the deaths of some 200,000 who had died from starvation, or from pestilence growing out of starvation, whilst waiting for this supply? But if the Government had had one tenth part of the sympathy shown by the people of Zoston, by America, for the starving people of Ireland, all that food might have been supplied at least six months ago. What did they see by the last returns? They were told that, although th e mea l d ep o ts h a d b een diminished, yet, in truth, th e y h a d i ncrease d , an d that it o aa w qaite a mistake to argue that, because there were 24 depots, whereas there were 93 when the • ca in to Office that the amount of provisions distributed had been in l i ke manner diminished. He had looked at the last calcula tion, and what was the value of the food dis • tributeil for t ° present Govern m e e e n ek ending th e 6 t h o f M arc h b y the a month—but one tetntlit was 262,0001., about 1,048,000/. --of the food distributed Part —scarcely an eleventh part loleil hy th th e late Government in the month of June last present famine was not a ninth part what it was at the considered the Eiv.,ht non. these circumstances that he c n o t It was under Ireland,re had little Gentleman, the Chief Seeretanr h ad a ted upon the cause to congratulate himself w h y e n ° b r e hundreds of thousands of person s wh o ins administration of affairs in Ireland. died under Mr. WILLIAMS thought that statements of th e ex penditure for Ireland should be weekly laid on th e table Aoi the House, in order to show how much this country was doing, and how little the landlords of Ireland vver-e doing for the relief of their own countrymen. In South Wales one small town subscribed at a meeting 3.000 L for the relief of the Irish distr.:Fs, and at the different assizes in that part of the kingdom large sums of money had been subscrib ,, d fcr a similar object. This country was doing much, but tholiVon whom the people of Ire land had the greatest reason to look in their present suffering were doing absolutely nothing.. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the observations which had been made by the Noble Lord were merely repetitions of his speech the other evening. The Government could not answer such repetitions which would merely occupy the House, and he hoped that Hon. Members would allow the Bill to goon. Mr. COLLETT said that he rose in consequence of information which he bad received on Saturday last from Wicklow, from a gentleman resident there. It was stated to him that the preservation of the public peace was very doubtful, in consequence of the discharge of numerous men from the public works. Nearly 1,000 persons had been discharged, and they could now have nothing but plunder to look to for the preservation of life. He had felt it his duty, seeing the Secretary for Ireland in his place, to rise and give the information as he had received it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER wished to say one word. He had that day received a letter from Colonel Jones, in the district referred to by the Hon. Member, and he stated that the reduction of the numbers employed upon the public works had passed off very quietly, and no disturbance whatever was appre hended. It was impossible to answer for the state of the whole country, but in general the districts is which these reductions had taken place were perfectly quiet. Major LAYARD thought that the attacks which had been made upon the Government were most unjustifiable. The Hon. Member for Shrewsbury had laid the blood of the people upon the head of the Government, and the Noble Lord who had lately spoken upon this subject had laid the blood of the people upon the head of the Noble Lord at the head of the Government. A jury in Ireland had, by their verdict, made the Noble Lord answerable for the lives of the people, but then they were in a state of excitement at seeing the people star ving around them. He thought that these attacks should cease, and the Government be allowed to proceed with the Bill. INFLUX OF PAUPERS INTO ENGLAND. Lord SANDON wifted to know whether greater freedom of action could be given to the law which ena bled the authorities to remove the Irish paupers from this country. These people were coming over by thou sands and tens of thousands, and unless some machinery was introduced for the purpose, it would become impos sible to remove them from this country. There was a great unwillingness at present to remove any of these persons, while proper provisions did not exist for them in Ireland, but he thought that in Committee upon this Bill a clause should be introduced for the purpose he had mentioned. Sir GEORGE GREY said that he had received some information from Liverpool as to the difficulty of removing these people. There did not seem to be any very general disposition to send them away, while means did not exist for their relief in Ireland. The Govern ment however proposed to introduce a vagrancy Bill, and when that Bill was introduced into the House it would afford a fitting opportunity for the insertion of any such clause in it. IRISH PAUPERS. Mr. SHAW wished toknow if the vast number of per sons returned as paupers coming fromlrelandwas not over stated, and if many of them were not persons who had placed themselves on the list as paupers coming from Ireland, when in reality they had been chargeable upon a district in England for some time before. Sir GEORGE GREY said, that upon inquiry the returns would not seem to be rather overstated. About 60,000 persons arrived annually from Ireland into Bris tol and Liverpool. About 20,000 were emigrants to America, and the other 40,000 were spread over the country, end became in time entitled to relief. Mr. NEWDEGATE had not intended to say one word on this subject, but he could not allow the obser vations of the Hon. Member for Carlow to pass unno ticed. He could not help thinking that the lion. Mem ber had snatched an opportunity of making unjust and severe reflections upon the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn. After all the Members on that side of the House had determined not to continue the discussion, according to the suggestion of the Government, the debate had been renewed by the Hon. Member, and an attack made by him after it had been understood that the subject bad been dropped, and yet be complained of attacks being made upon the Government from that side of the House. Mr. CARDWELL wished to remark upon one fact connected with the observations of the Recorder for Dublin. He had read a letter from a stipendiary magis trate in Liverpool, stating that in spite of the influx of paupers there, there was no desire to remove them if some provision was made for their sustenance. The in. flux of paupers was at the rate of 2,000 per day, and in a few days a fever hospital capable of containing 400 would be ready. That showed that some measures were being adopted for the relief of these people. The pro positions made by several Hon. Members, applied rather to the removal of a technical difficulty, which was, in reality, met by the spirit of the existing law. Mr. P. SCROPE despaired of the Government being able to solve the problem which laid before them, as to the means of putting an end to the terrible state of things which existed in Ireland, unless a sus pension of party attacks were made. The time of the Government could not be occupied in answering these attacks, instead of attending to the business before the House. Mr. GROGAN said that the Government had in formed the House that a Bill for mendicancy and vagrancy was about to be introduced, but he hoped that the House, in considering it, would not pass such a measure as would throw the support of the poor of a whole district upon a particular locality. He wished to call the attention of the House to the charges brought against that side of the House of unnecessarily attack ing the Government. It must be borne in mind that twice in that day the subject had originated from the other side of the House. If the Government could not control their own friends how could they expect to go on undisturbed? He had observed that a great number of officers had been appointed upon Relief Committees in Ireland, and he wished to know how they were to be paid ? Lord J. RUSSELL said that the vagrancy Bill had been prepared, but it would require a great deal of at tention on the part of the Government, and was likely to require a great deal of consideration from the House. The Bill would be shortly introduced, and if any Gen th man could suggest any plan for the better preserva tion of the public peace he would be happy to give it every attention. With regard to the preservation of the public tranquillity, the accounts which were received showed that there was no great cause for fear upon that head. Ile did not doubt that every gentleman connected with Ireland would assist the Government ine the pre servation of public tranquillity.—(Hear.) Mr. CALLAGHAN said that he wished to say a few words before going into Committee, for it was rarely the opportunity a as afforded to them of saying something.— (Laughter.) There were very general complaints in Ireland of the neglect of the Government in not pro. vidiug seed for the land. In many instances the po tatoes kept for seed had rotted, or had been consumed by the people, who were therefore wholly without seed. Mr. BELLEW said, he thought there should be but one feeling on the present occasion, and that to unite for the carrying out of those measures which would be most advantazeous to the country. Sir 11. BROOKE said, he hoped that her Majesty's Government would not supply the landlords of Ireland with .see.l, for h e t h oug h t that they should put their hands in their own pockets on an occasion like the present. He thought that her Majesty's Government had done as much as they had a right to do. Mr. DILLON BROWNE said he thought that there would ba greater distress next year in consequence of a little money nut having been expended in supplying the people with seed in an emergency like the present. He had received several communications from Mayo, deny ing the statements that had been made in that House as to the disinclination of the people in that quarter to cul tivate the land. The majority of the people had nut seed to do so—the landlords would not give, and the Government, under the circumstances, should do so. Sir WALTER JAMES said, under the very difficult circumstances in which her Majesty's Government had been placed, he did think it to be his duty to state his opinion that as far as every effort and energy went all had been done to alleviate the famishing poor of Ire land.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that it would have been right for other Hon. Members as well as the Noble Lord at the head of her Majesty's Government to say that every effort had been made to relieve tho poor of Ireland. 'rho Hon. Gentleman who had last spoken had accused the landlords of Ireland of not having supplied the, people with seed, but if they would look at some correspondence that had taken place on this question he might view the question in a different light. He held in his hand a letter from a Mr. Mahon, who had offered to supply his tenantry with seed, which they refused to take. He must say that these circumstances were quite sufficient to give a colour to the charges which Hon. Gentlemen had brought forward. He was very sorry to have been induced to prevent the House going into Committee. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1847 whatever had been made out for the proposed increase of the ex-officio guardians. There had been no cases of fraud or wanton prodigality established against the elected guardians, that they should now be swamped. While they had regularly at tended to their duties, from their connexion with the mass of the people, they were better able to understand their wants and provide for them. Throughout Ireland there were 2,600 Protestant magistrates, and but 410 Catholic magistrates. This would show how the proposed arrangement would operate. It had been already shown that this difference in numbers operated most injuriously in the working of boards of guardians. The Honourable Member referred to the proceedings of the North and South Dublin Unions, and other Irish unions, in illustration of the bigotted conduct of the ex officio guardians under the present law. If they, therefore, increased the number of these guardians th e ev il s referred to would be greatly increased. The Noble Lord at the head of the Government, in introducing the Bill, had expressed a hope, that in future, parties in Ireland would be con ciliated towards each other, and would act for their country's good. The sentiment was very creditable to the Noble Lord, only he was sorry to say that there was little eround to expect its realisation. If he was required to give an illustration, he might refer to the so-called Irish party, who had met together with every appearance of doing something for the benefit of Ireland, but who were now broken up. If he had felt —as they, the Irish Members in that House did— the strain of the present distress in Ireland, he would have called upon the House to appropriate the funds of a church of a minority, a very small minority in that country. The Hon. Member for Kinsale (Mr. Watson) had brought in a Bill to repeal a part of an Act of by gone years. The Bill only related to a very few statutes which could be construed as nothing but an insult to the members of the Catholic Church. These words were neither more nor less than superfluous verbiage for any other purpose, for they had lost all effect as a legal en actment ; and yet these gentlem e n c ame d own , and both spoke and voted again s t th e a b o li t i on o f t hi s last shred of worn-out bigotry. And these were the men into whose hands they were about to commit the guardian ship of the poor, and the education of the children of the Roman Catholic population! Although they had thus obtained a predominance in Ireland, they yet had been un able so far to command themselves as to refrain from adopting this means of tyrannising over the majority of the people of that country. The Roman Catholic Mem bers were in a small minority in that House, and they had very little hope of carrying the amendment of this clause; yet, if it were not carried, he would give the Go vernment notice, and that frankly, that they would be giving rise to a religious agitation such as they had never yet seen, for the Irish Members felt deter mined to protect the helpless people over whose interests it was their duty to watch. If there was any advantage of salary, of emolument, or of trust, in Heaven's name let it be given to the Establishment, but let them not depress the Roman Catholic people. There were two amendments ; one provided that there should be a separate chapel, and the second was the supervision of the education of the children of the Roman Catholic population ; and if they passed the Bill as it now stood, he warned them that they would be sowing the seeds of a religious agitation which it was sickening to the heart to anticipate. He had now passed over the most painful part of the subject. Unfortunately, he had very large details, but into them he would not now enter ; and he would now turn to the political effect of this ex-officio clause. If the Government pressed this clause in its present shape they would be giving the Irish landlords the opportunity of sealing up their pockets more closely than ever, and if it were per severed in he gave the Hon. Member for Stroud (Mr. P. Scrope) warning that he would fail in both of his ex pectations. He would fail in obtaining the collection of the rate, and he would fail in the repression of those agrarian outrages which bad always resulted from these imposi tions on the Irish people. It was his firm belief that so far from repressing these outrages, it would have the effect of increasing them, and not only would the assas sin be alert on his midnight prowls, but he would be seen in open day ready to commit those murders which were equally apalling to the mind and discreditable to the law by which they were occasioned. He trusted, therefore, that the Government would not persist in the adoption of this clause without first referring it to a Select Committee to inquire into the effects which were likely to follow its incorporation into the Bill. Sir G. GREY agreed with the Hon. Member for Kil kenny that the rights of conscience of the people of Ire land should be respected, and everyreasonable precaution taken against their infringement. In proposing this clause, however, the Government never dreamt that it would have the effect which the Hon. Gentleman anti cipated. He regretted that the introduction of it should have given occasion to a discussion involving religious considerations. He respected his feeling of attach ment to the Church to which he belonged, and he agreed with him that every proper precaution should be taken against its members being subjected to any in fringement of their religious liberty. But her Majesty's Government thought that the religious difference's which, existed in that country would be removed by the pre sent law. The Hon. Gentleman rested his objection to the clause on religiousgrounds, but he drew his inferences as to the probabl working of the clause from the actual state of things in Ir e l an d at that moment. lle stated that, speaking generally, the greater number of ex officio guardians in Ireland were Protestants ; and the consequence would be, that tyranny would be exercised over the inmates of workhouses who were Roman Catholics, by the influence of these magistrates. He thought that, by the alteration proposed in the clause, here would be far less opportunity afforded for the exercise of religious interference.—(Bear, hear.) By the operation of the clause the present partial se lection of ex-officio guardians would be put an end to, as the Roman Catholic magistrates who might be resident in the union would have the privilege of becoming ex officio guardians, In Englarld all the justices re sident in the union were ex officio guardians, and it was thought, that when it was pro posed to increase• the burdens on property for the relief of the poor, it was but right there should be an increase in the representation of that property on which would fall a large proportion of the rates. In the case of all tenements above 41. one-half of the rate, and in other cases considerably more than one-half, was paid by the tenant, and afterwards deducted from the rent. He trusted the clause would not be productive of the effects anticipated by the Hon. Gentleman, but if so, he thought it much better to meet the case by a special en actEnent than by any indirect means—by limiting the number of ex-officio guardians. Mr. SHAW did agree with the Hon. Member for Kilkenny, that the clause would have the effect antici pated by him. He deprecated the introduction of any thing having a tendency to introduce religious discus. sion. With regard to the censure of the Hon. Gentle man, with regard to his opposition and that of some of the " Irish Party," to the Bill for the removal of the disabilities of the Roman Catholics introduced by the Hon. Member for Kinsale, he wished to state that his vote on that occasion was entirely influenced by his convic tion that the arrangements made in 1829 ghoul I not be al tered. All magistrates should be ex-officio members of the boards of guardians; and he intended to propose, at a Future stage, an amendment having that object in view. He objected to the Government plan of not malting all the magistrates in an union ex.o . llicio members of those boards. alr. BELLEW had always been in favour of such a poor-law as the one proposed by the Government. Ho considered, however, that the amendment would be pro dueti fe of much good on account of the great dissimilarity between the number of Catholics and Protestants. Sir J. WALSH said that in his opinion the religious differences in Ireland wou ld no t f orm an insuperable bar to any proper administration of the law. Hon. Mem bers came forward and said that Ca'.holics and Protest ants could not sit at the same board without mutual jealousy. Such an argument WAS erroneous, for what ever might be the difference , of religious opinion, he was sure that measures had been already taken by the House to remove that feeling. He admitted that with re gard to es-officio guardians, those who were so appointed, from their station and education, took a very leading part in the active administration of the affairs. Such a fact was sometimes deprecated, but by no means justly so, for it was generally desired by boards of guardians that such I should be the case, a s cons id era bl e b enef i t and assistance was derived from their interference. Mr. S. CRAWFORD said, he wished to bring the attention of the House to the real bearing of the ques tion. That he considered to be was whether or not the landlcrds of Ireland, from their past and present conduct, were entitled to claim any in fluence in the board of guardians or whether such would be more likely to lead to a better working of the system. Now, he would wish to know what right they (the land lords of Ireland) had to demand any greater influence on these boards than other individuals eligible for the office of guardian. On a late occasion he had brought forward a resolution which contained the assertion that all the evils of Ireland were to be traced to the system adopted by the landlords of that country. In support of that assertion he had adduced facts which Hon. Members had never attempted to controvert. He was happy to hear an Honourable Gentleman assert that the interests of the landlord and tenant were identical. That was a principle upon which hitherto the landlords of Ireland had never acted. There was no guarantee from their past conduct that the landlords of Ire • land would administer the law in the manner in which the people of this country would wish it to be admi nistered. •of ill-feeling and insubordination. No step could be taken to make the Government more unpopu lar than forcing such a Bill through the House. He would tell the Government, with the greatest respect, that this clause would prevent the peaceable working of the measure in Ireland. Mr. FITZGERALD was quite ready to adopt the principles of the Hon. Member for Dublin (Mr. Shaw), and trusted the Government would reconsider this measure, and put this clause into a modified form. The Hon. Member for Northamptonshire had divided the Irish landlords into two parties—that which was desirous of seeing all the measures of the Government passed, and that which was called the Irish party, and of this party he would say that it had no object to serve in impeding the mea sures of Government. That party had issued certain resolutions which he had certainly signed—(" Hear, hear," from Mr. Shaw and others)—but in being a party to those resolutions he must profess that he was no violent revolutionist, although he was a repealer, and he was therefore in no way adverse to any measures which were likely to benefit Ireland. He was not consulted on the deputation which waited on the Noble Lord opposite (Lord G. Bentinck), but he might take that opportunity of expressing his admira tion of the conduct of the Noble Lord, although he might not be able to accede to his views. But he would say, in joining in the opinion of a late writer, let them return to the people their Church property, let them return all that had been taken away, and they would have ample funds not only for the sustenance of the Church, but for the support of the poor, and for the education of the people—(Hear, hear)—and this would have the greatest effect in putting down religious differences. But there was another subject to which he desired to call the attention of her Majesty's Govern ment, and that was the provision which was made under this clause for the support of a stipendiary magistracy, and the payment of the several officers under the Bill. The operation of the Bill was defective in many respects, and he thought it was advisable to make some better provision than this, especially for the safe carrying out of the Bill. Mr. LEFROY was quite satisfied with the clause in the Bill, and did not think it would operate in the way described by the Hon. Member for Kilkenny. Mr. CALLAGHAN did not think the magistrates of Ireland so unobjectionable in their bygone history as to warrant the Government in conferring on them any additional privileges. He wished the ex officio guardians were removed altogether. He should for these reasons support the amendment of his Hen. Friend the Member for Kilkenny.—(Cries of " Divide, divide.") Mr. V. STUAR I' supported the amendment. Major LAYARD considered that the clause would materially operate against the proper carrying out of the Bill. The amendment he considered ersolutely ne cessary, as there were in Ireland 2,065 Pro testant magistrates, and but 410 Roman Catholic magistrates. „ Iu three of the counties there were no local Roman Catholic magistrates. He thought, therefore, that the people of Ireland would be dissatis fied with the Bill if the clause remained in it. In his opinion it was the " Chandos" clause of the.. Bill. He deprecated the conduct of the Noble Lord (Lord G. Bentinck) in coming down and making gross charges against the Government. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN supported the clause as it stood. Mr. B. ESCOTT rose, but owing to the noise that prevailed and the cries for a division, the purport of his observations could not be heard in the gallery. Finding the House disinclined to hear him, owing to its impatience for a division, he moved that the Chairman report pro gress. The galleries were cleared, but as the Hon. Gentleman withdrew his motion, the Committee imme diately divided upon the amendment, when there ap peared 7 and the statements made, by the Right Hun. Recorder fur Dublin. Mr. SHAW explained. Mr. V. SMITH would not divide upon the clause after what had fallen from the Right lion, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer. The amendment was negatived without a division, and clauses 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17 were agreed to. Mr. SI - lAW wished to know whether Government would proceed further with the Bill that evening ?; Sir GEORGE GREY replied that he was ready to go on up to half-past six. Mr. SHAW said, in that case, he would proceed to move his amendment, of which he had given notice— namely, " That the justices resident in the Poor-law unions shall be ex-officio members of the board of guar dians of such unions." On the clause being brought up, Sir G. GREY said that the Irish title to property was placed precisely on the same footing as 'English pro perty in this country. The next clause provided for the deficiency that had been felt by the lion. Recorder for Dublin. But there was one difficult, and that was the vagueness which existed as to the declaration for where a curate was necessary and where he was not. If he would allow the principle of the law to be assimi lated to that of England, he had no objection to accede to the change. Mr. HAMILTON said that the Ecclesiastical Com missioners had to pay the rates on the monies which they collected for that purpose, so that an incumbent had to pay to the poor-rates twice for his income. Ile had to pay for the amounts levied for the improvement of his glebe house, and again for the stipend which he gave to his curate. He thought, therefore,_ that it would be well if the Government w ou ld take this matter into consideration, for by changing the plan they would pre vent a great injustice. Mr. MACARTHY saw no reason why those succeed ing to encumbered states should not have some allow ances in the same way as a clergyman who succeeded to an encumbered living. After a desultory conversation, Mr. SHAW consented to leave the matter in the hands of the Government, and withdrew his amend ment, on the understanding that'he should bring it for ward, in order that the necessary words might be in serted, on the bringing up of the report. The clause was also withdrawn until the bringing up of the report. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN postponed some clauses he had to propose till the bringing up of the report, as did also Sir D. Norreys and Mr. Villiers Stuart. Lord G. BENTINCK said before they went out o , Committee he wished an answer to the statement he had made about the rations supplied to the destitute Irish. Mr. LA BOUCIIERE, in answer, said he believed the Noble Lord had obtained his information from e daily newspaper. Now there was a manifest error if. the list published in that paper. He had since seen the official list, from which it appeared that the rations of bread were *lb., instead of Ilb. as published. The rations were, fbr one person, 1 Ib, of bread ; or in lieu 1 lb. of biscuit and 1 lb. of meal, or flour ; or 1 lb. of soup, with lb. of bread, biscuit, or meal, or flour. This would show that the amount was not what had been represented, and he trusted the explanation would satisfy the Noble Lord. The House then resumed ; the Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Monday next. The Fever (Ireland) Bill was brought in by Mr. LA BOUCHERE, and was read's first time. IRISH DISTRESS—NEW BRUNSWICK. Mr. HAWES brought up a dispatch from the Go vernor of New Brunswick, stating that the Council had voted 1,250/., in aid of the Irish distress. This was the second subscription from our colonies for the same purpose. For the clause 154 For the amendment Majority in favour of the clause Mr. SHAW then moved," That the justices resident in he-poor-law unions shall be ex officio members of the board of guardians of such unions ; and whereas, under the provisions of the said Act of the first and second year of her Majesty's reign, tithe composition is liable to be rated only as and with the hereditaments upon which such composition is ci,arged, and it is expedient thrt such provisions shall be amended ; be it therefore enacted, that from and after the passing of this Act, com position for tithe, or rent charge in lieu thereof, shall be deemed to be a separate rateable hereditament under the said Act, and shall be distinctly rated as such. And be it enacted, that in all cases of rent charge in lieu of impropriate tithes, the annual amount of such rent charge, after deducting therefrom all rates, taxes, and public charges, if any, imposed on the owner in respect thereof, shall be deemed the net annual value thereof ; and that in all cases of rent charge in lieu of tithes, payable to any spiritual person, the net annual value thereof upon which the rate for the relief of the poor, under the said recited Act or this Act shall be made, shall be deemed to be the amount of such rent charge or composition, as ascertained and valued by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of Ireland, for the purpose of a certain tax or assessment upon Church property, under an Act passed in the third and fourth year of the reign of his late Majesty King William IV., intituled 'An Act to alter and amend the laws relating to the Church Temporalities of Ireland,' after the deduc tions and allowances therein directed to be made, and after deducting also the portion of the assessment or tax chargeable in respect of such rent charge, under the said Act. And be it enacted, that the rate made upon each rent charge or composition for tithe, shall be paid by the person in the receipt or enjoyment thereof, and may be recovered by all the ways and means by which any rate made on any lessor may be recovered. And be it enacted, that from and after the passing of this Act the net annual value of all rateable heredita ments, other than rent charge or composition for tithe shall be deemed to be the rent for which, one year with another, the same might, in their actual state, be reasonably expected to let from year to year, all the rates, taxes, and public charges, if any, and the probable average cost of repairs, insurance, and the other ex penses necessary to maintain the hereditaments in their actual state, and the rent charge or composition for tithe, being assumed, for the purpose of estimating such annual value, to be paid by the tenant." Lord J. RUSSELL said, that as the Bill at present stood there could not he a majority of ex officio guardians, and the jealousy apprehended by the Hon. Member would not exist with respect to their numbers. He hoped that the Hon. Member would withdraw the amendment. Mr. SHAW oonsented to withdraw the clause. After a few words from Sir W. JAMES, Mr. J. O'CONNELL moved, that after the word " magistrate," the words " whether for county or borough" should be inserted. After a few words from Mr. Smith O'Brien, Mi. J. O'Connell, and Mr. Morgan J. O'Connell, Mr. P. 110 WAIM said he thought the alteration in the poor-law would give more power to the ex• officio guardians than any other measure. Mr. O'CONNELL said that, after the decision which had been come to, he did not expect much support to his present proceeding. Still, that the people of Ireland might know who were for them, and who were against the it rights, he must put them again to the necessity of another division. 1 he gallery was then cleared for a division, when there appeared— For the clause Against it Majority in favour of the clause —ll2 Oa the 12th clause being put, Mr. VERNON SMITH said that under the 78th clause, there was a power to enforce the orders of the boards of guardians, and he did not therefore see that there was any security for obtaining the rates. Ile should therefore move for the insertion of words which should refer to the 78th section of the Irish Poor-law Act, and giving them power to levy the penalties section dealbe o t f te t r ha t t ha A n ct.le giving i power made thought p t h t a o)adissolve ethis n was thee a r boards r 1 great d o s 2 o d f guardians, which, under the present phase of the Bill, the Commissioners would possess. At present there was no efficient control, and the penalty imposed was not likely to be in any way in strumental in enforcing the provisions of the Act. He would rather, therefore, that words should be introduced for that effect. Sir G. GREY said the only difference between the present clause of the present Act and that to which the Hon. Member had referred was, that in the former case the Commissioners had simply the power of dissolving the boards of guardians, while under the present Bill they could, without dissolving the board, impose a penalty of 201. for non-compliance with their orders. Mr. HAMILTON said that the Committee should not legislate on this Bill as if the boards of guardians in Ireland had not done their duty. By a report of the Poor-law Commission for the year ending 31st December, 1845, it was stated that the general condition of the unions was never more satisfactory. When such general censure was poured out on them, he thought it right to state this fact. Mr. V. SMITH thought it was strange to see such a large amount of arrears in the rates if the boards of guardians had done their duty. Either this was the fault of t Le boards of guardians, or the rate:could not be raised in Ireland. They must adopt either the one or the other alternative. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter to Seven o'clock. RAILWAY COMMIrrEEs (YESTERDAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP I. The Select Committee, appointed to consider the merits of lie Bills comprised in this group, re-assembled in Room 30 at the usual hour this morning, Lord Granville Somerset in the chair. THE SOUTH-EASTERN SCHEMES. Mr. Robert Stevenson confirmed the testimony of Mr. Bidder. In point of gradient, speed, and regularity, there was no comparison between the lines of the South-Eastern and the Brighton Companies. The Brighton lines rose 40 feet a mile, and with the New Cros incline, it would be lin pos. sible to work them without two engines. With regard to the argument of making the lines upon bad gradients, and relying to the improvements in the locomotive to overcome the difficulties, he entirely disapproved of it, because it would be leaving the railway system just where it was now. Such an argument went to affirm that bad roads ought to be preferred when improved or better horses could be obtained. With the gradients on the Brighton line the communication with Dover would in winter occupy the same time that it did now on the cir cuitous route, while in summer the saving would be very trifling, and then it would be only to light trains. Punctua lity in the running of trains depended mainly upon good gradients, and to convince the Committee of the importance, be might mention that nine accidents out of ten arise by want of it. An engine adapted to bad gradients would become comparatively useless upon the good. The Mid Kent line would be much used for continental express and sudden trains, and it was of the last importance that. the gradients of such line should be the best the country would afford. With regard to the branch to Bromley, he considered it would be a great inconvenience to place that local traffic upon a through line. As an example, he might mention that it was admitted on all hands that it would be highly inconve nient to accommodate Croydon traffic through the me dium of Brig!iton trains. He., did not lay out the Croy don branch so much with the view of putting Portsmouth in direct communication with"Woolwich and other North heat districts, as to placing the South-Eastern Company upon an independent footing with regard to the Brighton Company. At present the South-Eastern obtained access into the metro polis along the Brighton line, anti in the event of the two companies quarrelling, the Brighton Company would be in a position to shut the South-Eastern Company out of London altogether. But independently of these considerations, a line must sooner or later be made to Lewis!tain and Bromley, and even were the two companies friendly, he was confident, upon a consultation, they would determine to make this new cheap line to Croydon. At present the South-Eastern Company had to hand over to the Brighton Company the whole profits of the traffic, minus the expense of working, besides the main tenance and expense of six miles of the Brighton line, between Reigate and Croydon, and therefore should it ur.fortunately happen, that for the sake of a foolish system of competition, the Committee should grant the Brighton Mid Kent line, they- ought, in jus tice to the public and the South-Eastern Company to concede the new Croydon line with it. So impressed was he with the conviction that it was not only dangerous but ridicu lous to think of tunnelling through the Broughton-hill, which the Brighton line proposed to do, that in the outset he announced his intention to the South-Eastern to decline being the engineer to any line that pursued such course, and, upon his recommendation, that insurmountable obstacle to a direct North Kent line had been avoided. With reference to an extension of the line from Canterbury to Dover, it might eventually become necessary when the success of the South-Eastern Company had become well established, but at present there was by no means sufficient traffic to justify the construction of such a line. He was quite willing, however, to leave such a question to be decided by the Board of Trade. He had never heard of a more monstrous proposition than to tunnel the Brough ton-hills between Canterbury and Maidstone in the manner proposed by the Brighton Company. Su.l a line ought not only not to be made, but it never ought to have been proposed either to the public or a body of proprietors. He disposed of the question of competition by declaring that where coin bination was possible competition was impossible. Amongst corn dealers, where the traders were numerous, competition was not only practicable, but wholesome; but in the case of two railways the idea could not be entertained for a moment. Indeed the two parties here did not differ upon that head. The Brighton Company did not want competi tion, but they wished him to give up what he considered was the best line, and then they were ready to consent to amal gamation. Of course he refused to concede that. The CHAIRMAN—Suppose these lines were to be delayed for the present, could lines with better gradients, and better calculated to serve the purposes of the public, be obtained? Mr. Stephenson—Certainly not. For the last three years I have been ransacking the country, and let whatever lines be passed, or whatever delays take place, I am quite con vinced the continental traffic will ultimately settle down on a line running as the South-Eastern Mid Kent proposes to do, through the Durant Valley. Mr. Stephenson was cross-examined by Mr. Talbot, but nothing material was elicited. The Committee adjourned shortly after four till twelve o'clock to-morrow. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The Standing Orders Committee met yesterday at the usual hour for the dispatch of public business. EDINBURGH AND PERTH RAILWAY. This case, which it will be recollected stood adjourned from Tuesday last, again came before the Committee. A great number of witnesses were again examined; after hearing a variety of proofs The Committee adjourned without coming to any decision. Great interest was manifested throughout the day to ascer tain the result. PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. (Before Mr. Examiner MAY.) UNOPPOSED. PORTSMOUTH PAVING, LIGHTING, AND IM PROVEMENT. This was a petition for additional provision. The cus tomary formal proofs were completed. :HOLYHEAD HARBOUR. The customary proofs were also in this case submitted, approved of, and completed. Mr. SHAW defended the boards of guardians. He thought, with regard to the rates, that in many cases it was wholly tution which p reva il ed. H e was o f op i n i on that, impossible to raise them, owing to the desti undcr the out-door relief principle lately adopted, it would be found wholly impossible in many parts of Ireland to collect the rates, and he now warned the House of the results which would attend the ope ration of this Bill. The law they wore then about to pass could not be carried into effect in the western coun ties of Ireland. Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN said that a great deal of dissa tisfaction had existed on this very measure. He thought the proposal under consideration would do a great deal of harm. Such a system of class legislation must be the cause of much ill-feeling and dissatisfaction. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Bill was as near as possible founded on the law of Eng land. Now the law in this country in respect to ex officio guardians had been found to work well, and he did not see why the same system should not operate as advantageously in Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) From a considerable amount of experience of the working of ' the English law, he was sure the measure could not be worked without a comiderable infusion of ex-officio guardians. If the present law was carried into effbct there would be a greater number of meetings of the poor-law guardians than before, and he was per suaded the elected guardians could not sufficiently attend to the business. Hence there was a necessity for a considerable number of ex officio guardians, who would have leisure to attend to the administration of the law. From a full consideration of all the circumstances, he thought the clause ought to stand in its present form. Mr. D. BROWNI opposed the clause, because it would give a decided preponderance to one class in Ireland—the landlord class. Ho opposed it also b ea.u , e it. was a vitiation of the electoral priaciple. He would much rather have t coercion Bill than such a Ball as the present, inasmuch, as while coercion was to put down insubordinatiuu in the country, the present measure was one that would cause every kind OPPOSED. EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN BRANCH FROM BURNTISLAND TO DUNFERMLINE BRANCH, &c. (No. 2.) The further consideration of this case was postponed until Friday (to-day), when the usual proofs will be entered upon. Mr. ARCHBOLD said the expense of these poor houses was not very great. Mr. POULETT SCROPE said, there were many great proprietors who had not paid one farthing of the money for which they had been rated, and he thought that the payment of their arrears should he enforced. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he thought his Right Honourable Friend would find it very difficult to oppose this Bill on such grounds. If any Honourable Gentleman would take the trouble to read the correspondence on this subject he would be e . mvinced of what he asserted. Hy trusted, therefore, that his Hon. Friend would not persevere in his present course. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN could not, in justice to Ireland, act in any other way than he had done. Mr. P. SCROPE said, if any one had read the blue books respectin g the workhon.ies aid the raising of the rates, ho would find the truth of what he had stated about the non-payment of the rates. All that he had stated about Lord Lucas a , .d others would be found perfectly true. Mr. SHAW could not 2gre,e with the Hon. Member who had just spoken. 1 Dlr. BELLE en tirely differed from the view taken,, w REGISTRY of BIRTHS and DEATHS DURING THE WEEK E\ DI NG MARCH 20. Deaths registered in the week. Births registered in the week. Males ... ... ... 547 Males ... 772 Females ... ... 567 Females 7 45 " Total .. 1,114 Total ... 1,517 FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENTS.—TWO MEN KILLED. —On Saturday morning as one of the colliers cin i ployed at Coltness Ironworks, named Gturgo Dogal, was getting into the cage to d-scend to his work, the engine is thought to hive been nitortunately turned the wrong way, and took the cage up insteAd of letting it down, by which the poor roan V;a3 precipitated to the bottom, a distance of about 70 yosrl, and killed on the sp o t Deceas, d has left a widow and three young chil dren to lament his loss. Another accident occurred the same m )ruing at Clelland ;(dli ,, ry, by 1-I(*,•town, when a rninQr of the name of John Marrow was killed in de scending the No. 4 pit, °tying - to a stone fading on him when going d-wn. Deceased bt a left a widow and child.— Glasgow Constitutional, THE NEW BISHOPRICS, Mr. J. COLLETT, after stating that ho had heard there were to be four new bishops appointed, asked (amidst considerable laughter) whether the Noble Lord at the head of her Majesty's Government intended to bring in the four new bishops under this Bill with the modest title in the votes of a Bill for amending several Acts for the appointment of Ecclesiastical Commissioners? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, that in answer to the question of the Hon. Gentleman, he might state, in the first place, that as soon as the House agreed to adjourn for the Easter holidays he should propose to move for leave to bring in a Bill on the Tuesday after the holidays. In the next place, he could assure the Hon. Member that the Bill was for amending the laws relating to the Ecclesiastical Commissions in some respects, but he did not intend to introduce four new bishops under it, nor one new bishop.—(A laugh.) POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL. The discussion on this Bill was then resumed. Mr. HAMILTON said he begged to say that he did not understand the Noble Lord's observations to be any thing else than that hopes were held forth which it was nut the intention of ber Majesty's Government to fulfil. The House then went into Committee on the Bill. Mr. J. O'CONNELL moved that clause I), section 11. p. 4, which goes to enact that the number of ex officio guardians of the poor shall be increased from one. fourth to one-half of the whole number, be struck out. He thought Hon. Gentleman had been guilty of inconsistency in introducing the present clause at all. It had been stated that an extended poor-law would answer :at pre sent, because the landlords of Ireland would not do their duty without a Poor-law Act. Yet what did they do ? They handed over to them the power of taxing themselves to jest that extent they might wish. It was nut to be supposed that landlords would punish themselves for conduct of which they did not admit themselves to be guilty, and that punishment s prevent e d f rom The ex officio >uaatrdtaltansfallin amounted wv,h,tich it w as t h e professed object of the 811 to inflict p considerable intereshtefrporiensent t o h c o n prope- ft e i r r t h ( a ) f r ' li t e h s e . '" whole number . property time.Besides theythey had thet possessed. He complained that the prop ose ] arrangement would create a fradulent, eousti .‘ney, and the whole business of the board of guardians • would pass into the bands of the ex ggicio guardians. Re did not thiek any case EAST INDIA HOUSE. RAJA OF SATTARA. Mr. TUCRER (Deputy Chairman) supported the motion. iluch as he had admired the eloquence and ingennity of his Hon. Friend, he thought he liad not, on the present occasion, met the question; which was, whether such papers were, or were not, in existence. If they were in existence, he could gee no public reason why they should not be produced for the satisfaction of the pro prietors. He should therefore vote for the motion. Sir It. CAMPBELL (a director) was also in favour of pro ducing these papers. • . Mr: - SULLIVAN was proceeding to sußport the motion, when he was obliged to sit down from indisposition. Mr. \VIGaAM (a director) opposed the motion. He thought that the Court should not sanction the production of parti cular papers which had been obtained in a surreptitious manner Mr. CLARKE denied that the motion specified any parti cular documents. It was a resolution commanding the pro ductions of papers having reference to a particular matter, and as such he should support the motion. Major OLIPHANT (a director) thought that they had had quite sufficient grounds submitted to them to warrant the production of these papers. They had, if he might be al lowed to misuse a word—they had tried, condemned, and dethroned the Raja, upon the evidence of certain papers, and . . . he (Major Oliphant), as one of the judges to the condemna tion of the Raja, demanded, and he had the right to demand, other papers, if such evidence would set the innocence of the deposed Prince in a clear and satisfactory light. With these opinions he would support the motion of the Hon. Proprietor. Sir JAMES LAW LUSIIINGTON (a director) said that he could not consent to the motion. He would not attempt to deny that these papers were in existence, and he would be must happy when the time came that 'they should be made public, if they proved the innocence of the Raja. He (Sir J. L. Lushington) would be the last man, in such a case, to support an injustice. Captain SHEPHERD (a director) supported the motion. The papers were refused because they had been obtained in a surreptitious manner. It showed the weakness of their opi nions that this was the only plea advanced. It was mon strous, it was almost incredible, that justice should be refused to this unfortunate Prince, because one of their own servants had been guilty of a gross misdemeanour. Mr. D. SALoxoecs was of opinion that no time was better than the present for re-opening the question of the innocence or guilt of the Raja of Sattara, and he should therefore suggest to some of his friends, who held a strong opinion on this matter, that the question should be left in its present po sition, until examined into by the Governor. General of India Mr. MILLS (a director) did not think that this motion, if carded, would benefit the Raja; and he trusted, therefore. that it would not he persevered in. . _ _ Colonel SYKES (a director) would divide with the proposer of the motion. Mr. PLOWDEN (a director), on the ground that he was desirous of ascertaining the truth, would vote for the motion. General ROBERTSON raid that the Raja was condemned unheard, and the case could not be therefore deemed a closed one. But this was not the place to decide the question. It should be adjudicated on by Viscount liardiuge, who had in the case of a Prince in the Punjaub lately evinced his de sire to do even-handed justice. The case ( f the Raja was a similar one, and he should vote for the motion. Mr. WEEDING (a proprietor) opposed the motion. Mr. GORDON supported the motion. Mr. LEWIS replied. The Court then divided, when there appeared— For the motion 4O Against it 3B Majority .. - _.2 ---- • • - A considerable majority of the directors were against the motion, while the bulk of the proprietary were i n i ts f avour. The result was received with much cheering. Mr. D. SALOMONS postponed his motion relative to Lieut. Waghorn's claims upon the East India Company. The Court then separated. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE CHANCERY COURT, March 25. (Before Sir J. WI4IRA3I. COSTOBADIE V. COSTOBADIE. The arguments in this case had nut concluded at the rising of the Court. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Two brothers, named George and Philip Reeves, were brought before Mr. Alderman Johnson for final exa mination, charged with stealing about 801. in notes and gold, the property of William John Baynham, who keeps a coffee shop and l o d g i ng -h ouse i n Poppin's-court, Fleet-street. At the previous hearing it was shown that on the 25th of November Mr. Baynham drew out a deposit of 100/. from the London and Westminster Bank. The 501. note, No. 2,242 B. N., was amongst the notes. The two pri soners, who had been lodging at his house about three weeks, absconded on the following day, and it was im mediately discovered that a cash-box within a trunk in the landlord's room had been opened, and the 50/. note, and other monies and notes stolen. After the lapse of three months Mr. Baynham accicentally met the two runaway lodgers in Great George-street, Westminster. They ran different ways, but he followed and secured one of them, the prisoner George. At the station-house he admitted the crime, and said he had secreted the 50/. note in the hollow of a pendulum of a clock which stood in the kitchen of a puddler at Tipton-hill-top, near Wolverhampton. Ho said they had changed the two IN. notes. Ephraim Joseph, an apprentice to Mr. Roseley, a jeweller at Southampton, now identified Philip as having tendered the 501. note produced two days after it was stolen. The prisoner agreed to give 12/. 10s. for a watch, and offered the note in payment, saying his name was Philip Hughes, residing at the White Horse, Brighton, but staying at the White Hart, Southampton. Witness wrote this address on the back of the note, at the pri soner's dictation. The prisoner said he was nervous, but was afterwards persuaded to try his hand at writing, and wrote the word Philip, but would write no more. They declined taking the note, and said he had better send his father, to whom he said the note belonged. Daniel Oliver deposed that on the 2d of December he was in the service of Mr. Holford, a jeweller, at Wolver hampton, and on that day he changed the 50 L note pro. duced for the prisoner, in payment for some r i ngs and a brooch. The prisoner Philip was accompanied by a woman older than himself. When he took the note he supposed it was a 5/., and his master sent him to Fryer's Bank to get change. He there found it was a 50/. note, and wrote his master's name on the back of it. The prisoners denied the charge, but did not attempt to explain their sudden disappearance from the coffee shop. or their running away when they m e t h im acci den tally. Mr. _Marceau JOHNSON committed them for trial. A respectable looking- couple, each about 30, were charged with creating a disturbance, and cans.ng a mob to assembl- in the piAibe . . - Constable 37 said he was on duty in the City-road about Nix o'clock on the previous eventhg, when he ob served the defendants surrounikd by ab•,ut two hundred persons—mt.n, women, and children. The male defen.l - held in his arms an infant, the possession of which, however, was being resolutely di , puted by the fetnale, who, he 1 arnA, wa: nis ," bOtet half," and who, it appeared, had been cha'ing him for some time through .t. the various streets in the neighbourhood for that purpose. The husband, on br-ing asked what he had to say to the charge, replied that a short rime since he had a disagr. etnent with hiA wde, and propoo.?'t to her a *epara tion, he undertaking the charge of 1 - I‘.: four in number, which wal3 agreed upon ; rod been pro nosed a situation London. h(- c.dne up tai town, ming ing with him the three elder children. He, however, returned to Norwich, and having got possession of the infant, got into the railway train, and again proceeded I (Cesitinued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. GEORGE Tnoairsosr supported the resolution. The Hon. Proprietor proceeded to read certain extracts from the letters of the ex-R a j a t o hi s agen t R ungo B apo j ee , stat i ng his determination to accept nothing less than full justice, although terms (the terms which he (Mr. Thompson) bad laid before the Court) had been offered to him by Major Carpenter, agent of the Government, in an interview held with him at Benares, in September, 1845. Another letter, specifying the terms (the particulars of which had been stated in the Raja's communication) was received from the secretary of the deposed monarch, who added that the Governor-General was himself expected at Benares, and that he would endeavour to enter into arrangements in a 'personal interview with the Raja. The secretary's own impression was that an endeavour was being made to entrap the Raja into some admission which should have the authority of his hand and seal. He (Mr. Thompson) had afterwards received a letter (the only one of the kind he had ever received) from the Raja, expressing his regret that his friends in England should have thought proper to take steps which compromised him with Major Carpenter, who had stated his annoyance that the conversation he had had with the Raja should have been made public He (Mr. Thompson) and his friend Rungo Bapojee wrote, in answer, that theywere accountable for the act, and that he was freed from any implication in it. Mr. Thompson then detailed at great length the manner in which he had obtained possession.of the secret papers referred to. They had been left unsought for at his chambers. He had not fomented rebellion in their courts, but who could blame him if lie had taken advantage of it (Hear, hear.) But he did not run about the streets and babble to all the persons he met that he had possession of these secret papers, but he did this: he framed a motion for returns for the House of Commons, which Mr. Villiers had the kindness to make just before the rising of the last session of Parliament, but Sir John Cans Hobhouse had taken the liberty of making a slight alteration in the terms of that no tice, and the consequence was, that when the papers ordered by the House were laid before the House, on the re-assembling of Parliament, the very documents that were particularly re quired were not among them. Mr. Villiers subsequently saw Sir John C. Hobhouse; and in answer to the representations that were made that a dispatch of the 24th August, 1845, and the correspondence relating thereto, were not included in these returns, the Right Hon. Baronet assured.him that he should issue an order to the East India House to furnish them; but on the evening of the 15th February the lion. Stephen llyng, one of the clerks under the Board of Control, met Mr. Villiers in the lobby, and told him that he could not get the papers, that the-East India Company would flat give them up. Subsequently the matter was brought before the House by Mr. Hume, and the result was known to them all. It was for the proprietors to accede to the motion of his Hon. Friend to have Sir John C. Hobliouse's sanction to have these papers before them, as the only bar to their production existed in that house. ' The CHAIRMAN said that he gave the Hon. Proprietor who had last spoken credit for having made no immediate use of the papers which had come into his possession. But that silence was imposed upon bins by the consciousness that they were obtained in a treacherous, clandestine, and sur reptitious mintier. A great deal had been said about the al terations that had been made in the notice of motion which had been placed in the hands of Mr. Villiers, but the usual course had only been adopted; for it was never intended, and the House rarely ordered, that the papers of the secret office should be given to the world. But Mr. Hume,' in the after session of Parliament, had moved for, not general papers, but documents of a specific date, which he had seen fit afterwards to withdraw without a division, Oecause he saw that the sentiments of the House were in accordance with the opinion of Sir John Cam Hobhouse, whose opposition was founded upon a deter mination not to be coerced into the production of certain papers merely because they were in possession of some other person. He (the Chairman) resisted this motion on the same ground, and he prayed the proprietors not to sanction a motion which contained an incentive to the production of secret information originally obtained in a base, and treacher ous, and surreptitious manner. ' Constable White, No. 18 of the railway pollee , deposed that h e was on d uty at t h e Greenw i c h ter mini° on Wednesday- evening, at twenty minutes to tel o'clock. He was standing at the second-class Wl * stile; saw th e t wo fi rst named prisoners, with thry; other persons, go u p t o the first-class turnstile, 5° 133 ,, of whom pas se d th roug h, b ut one of them, gen% Cook, jumped o v er th e turns til e, an d on b e i ng called upon to r eturn , d e li ver up hi s ticket, and pass t h r ough as others did, he refused to comply. Witness follow?" prisoner, and ur ge d hi m to return an d pass through !a a a proper manner. P r i soner sa id h e h a d a t i cket, but °l a not show it. Wit ness received much abuse, was hust le and Edward Cook struck him violently in the face say er : times, which caused muc h p a i n for several hours Ol e. He took him into cus t o dy w i t h much difficulty, the o ther prisoner tryi ng t o rescue hi m b y passing his arms acro ss the neck of wit ness , an d holding him down. r -r be ,., l i e was a vast numb e r o f passengers waiting to go by t to trains, two of which went off without filling, owiog, r the great confusion t h a t ensue d , witness and the o,'" officers being prevented from doing their duty. Witnesses having been examined, ho The defendant s ca ll e d t h e H on. Mr. Littelton also stood charged in the same transaction) as a wit ne.7l who stated th a t hi mse lf an d f r i ends had been dining tit Greenwich—bad return tickets. They went to the fir s , class station—he headed the party, presented his ticke d and went in. A dispute arose between the Cooks L iT to the check-taker. S aw H enry C oo k collare d by W ill $ the constable—a s cu ffl e ensue d— cou ld not spea k to bloW —seemed general and indiscriminate confusion. Edward Cook said ho had no evidence to offer La defe,ice. a Mr. TRAILL said th e or i g i na l o ff ence appeare d to ba l been committed by 11. C oo k. Th e con d uc t of both b$ Cooks appearin g i nexcusa bl e , h e s h ould f i ne eac h in , t o U full penalty of . for the a ssau l ts . If t h e a d v i ce 01 police -sergeant h a d b een followed all would have be°o well. • Beaumont netball; Esq., end the Hon. Mr. Lytte l°ll , were next charged w ith assau l t i ng Mr. Inspector COO of the Railway Police, whihd in the discharge of his duti' After hearing evidence Mr. TRAILL said there was nothing against Mr. 14 4 ' tel,on if he had not mixed himself up with the case ; 1 ;,1 should dismiss the charge as against him, but should fine Mr. Ilotham 40g. The fines being paid the prisoners bowed and retire RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MAUR 25. STOCK EZCIIANGE. The sales are —Ambergate, Nottingharn. Boston, and Eastern Junction, % dis.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 8% p.—Chester and Birkenhead, Halves, 24—East Lan' cashire, p.—Ditto, New, 1% p. —Edinburgh and Glasgow. 72 es div.— Ditto, Quarters, 18 ex div.—Ditto, Halves, 9 FL ex div.—Glas - gow and Dumfries, 1% p.—Great Northern (Nos. dia.—Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 2% -p.—Leeds and Thins k. 34 London and dis.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 2,, r*,,r— eir Quarters, North-Western, 179 —Ditto, Quarters,'l7% ds, 32f. 11% p.—Ditto Quarters (G. J.), 17% p.—Manchester and Leermton. I to 108,00 0 ) , Shares (late Extensions), 2% p.—Ditto (late Maneh" t t 9d. die. and Bury), 23 p. ex div.—Mancheste r an d S ou th a mpton ' h p 11754—Ditto, 401. Shares, 4% p.—Ditto, 4 " , Newcastle and Berwick, New, 3% p.—N or th St a ffordshire, 0 , 1 s P ie; North Union (A), 214—Preston and Wyre, 3 %—Ditto, Ne ence (5 per cent. and div.), 564—Ditto, Halves (I 3), 78. bury and Cheater, New, par Shrewsbury and Birmingharo , 9d. Shares (A), 1% p.—Shropshire Union Railway and Ca % dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 384—Ditto, New, 14*° ' p. p.—West Riding Union, 1% p. —York and N ewcas tle, New, —Ditto, Preference, 454 p.—York and North Midland (East West Riding Extension), 12s. p.—Dublln and Drogheda, 177 ex div. MANCHESTER, l'kfaxcn 25. rtxfor 6 STOCK EICEIANGL.—The sales are—Birmingham and Junction, 814—East Lancashire (late B. and P.), New (s cri P,Prth• —Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, 3-16—Great ern (Direct Northern Scrip), par— Ditto, Registered, N 3 c• " Ditto (London and York Scrip), Reg., di e . - Huddersflelu ,16 Manchester Railway and Canal, 2 13-I6—Leeds a n d 'Thirst, I 13 .16 c.—Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares (late E x t en sion), 2 Nip -Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Sheffield and Lillord. shire), 1 11-16—Manchester and Southampton, %—North St a %nd shire, 3 1 4—North Western, 1-16-01dhain Alliance, li—Prest on Wyre, 34—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 91. 12s. 3d. Shared —South-Eastern and Dover, 3834 —Ditto,No. 4, 9-16. LEEDS. .SIARCET 25 STOCK EXCUANGE.—The sales are —Ambergate, Nottinghaiot, w t Boston, 4s. dis.—Eastern Counties, York Extension ss. p. 270 . _ Lancashire, 1% p.—Ditto, New, 345. p.—Ditto, New (scrip) , .1,107 , —Great Northern (London and York), par—Leeds and DeW',:f e re• New, Extensions Scrip (pink), 9s. p.—Leeds and Thirsk, nee, 295. 6d. p.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 12s. dis• - n", - ,00 and Drifileld Junction, 20s. p.—Manchester and Leeds, 321. D A II O. -- (late Extensions), 2' p.—Manchester and Southampton, 05 ',„"„ -- Midland, Preference, 3% p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 3, 1 North British, Extensions (scrip), 15s. p.—North-Western, 1e• pl Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, ss. dis.—West Riding Ull l ° 9 p.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 4 p. HULL, 31sacu M. . 4 „ r s SIP STOCK EXCITANGE..—The sales are—North British, Quaiw-The 6d.—Ditto, Extens.on (scrip), 15s. Gd. p.—Ditt o , Thirds, 71s•—;inico, Northern (London and York), 21. 108. 6d.—West Riding u 345. p. RIEFFIELD, MARCH 25. m Sn d STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting.al -- ;ter, Boston, Is. 6d. c. dis.—ast Lincolnshire, 23t p.—Mn 6 "J - 1% Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 201. Shares;,, , ot dis.—Ditto, 12/. 10s. Shares, 1 dis.— Ditto, Docics, 2%s dls Riding Union, 11. 16s. p.— Leeds, Wakefield and Midland, $ ""' Manchester and Southampton, 11s. dis. . - EDINBURGH, Mellen 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Aberdeen, 28 Caledonialij, New, 51s. —Direct Northern (scrip), 51s. 6d.—Dundee and liorthiear'. Junction, 53s.—East Lothian Central, 573.—Edinburgh and 0 1 .,c gow, 71.34 ex div —Ditto, Halves, I9N ex div.—Ditto. Q —Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, New, 57s 6d.—Ditto, i e tto, 158. 9d.—Edinburgh and Northern, 1694 Ditto, New, 858. - 7, 4 '"k), Newport, 714—Ditto, ditto, New, 558.—Edinburgh and Perth rcia -535. ex new—Ditto, Halves, 20s.—Glasgow, Dumfries, ith..,. / lisle, 5% —Great North of Scotland, 52s.—North British, "A 6 6. int.—Ditto, Quarters, 84s. Ditto, New Quarters (scrip) , Q ua —Ditto, Thirds, 72s.—Scottish Midland, New, 8%-stiling Dunfermline, 78s. uarters, t,r7, or The Admiralty has given notice th a t mas t e rs and mat— , all transports, convict ship?, and frei g ht s hips, with tr oops . , taken, up in future, will be required to have passed an eX a I nation. MITH& On the 21st ult., at Toronto, C anada, the wife of Captam _~. LefrOY, R.A., of a son. ga st ' On the 4th inst., at Brighton, the lady of C. G. rro nder Esq , the Bombay Civil Service, of a daughter. wler, On 2lst i nst., at Church-r oad, Brixton-rise, Mrs. James Be of a On son. the 23d inst. ' the lady of Edward Wanklyn. Esq., of Ftgra er' place, Rucks, of a daughter, still-born •.1 On the 23d inst., at Bury St. Edmund's, the wife o f the Bel* W. Donaldson, 8.D., of a son. ___......----"-- MA RRIED. At St. George's, Bloomsbury, Mr. Henry Mason Nicholsonia,iso Manchester. to Miss Nicholson, of Carey-street, only child of the Mr. Thomas Nicholson, of Union-street, Southwark. DIED. shIP On the Gth of January last, in c o mmand of her Maje st y Wolf, (01' Leman, on the coast of Borneo, Comn ander James lc.t. ander Gunton. It. N., aced 30, the only son of Rear-Admiral Sir J. Gordon, K.C.8., Lieutenant-Governor of Greenwich Hospital. Ott the 19th inst., at the Parsonage , Shipto n, Yorkshire, JOn Earley. daughter ofthe Rev. John Blair. ...tf On the 231 insc., at Blandf o rd-sqrutre, Elizabeth Bernar d, Mr. Je.eph Fcnwick, aged 38. On the 23d Lust., in Well-street, the Rev. Frederick William Blor'. berg, o 0., Canon R,sidentiary of St. Paul's, and Vicar of St. GlleS Cripplegate. Ott the 24th inst., at Hackney - grove , Mrs. E . Fowler, aged 91. On the 214 inst., at Brighton, Matthew Guerin Price, ESQ. Ard On the 23.1 inst., in Chandos - street , Cavendish -square, g—vr Connor, Esq., aged 32. On the 24th inst., In Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park, Willianao Innes, Esq , Commander, R. N., aged 58. On the 24th inst., at Lamb's Conduit - street , Mr. William IWO' worth, aged 80. On the 24th inst., at Stoke Newington, Dorcas, wife of Joseph Coventry, ag. d 78. On the 24111 inst., at Cheytu-walk, Chelsea, Hest. r, widow ofthe :ate Mr. Thomas Collyer, aged 85. 1.011 , •40TI: AP211,1)0 YOUNG, of No. 1 12 1 4., • T'r:•;:tt7 e;a7 'ffic 'or , rid. in th P of tP° Savoy, in thy County of Middlesex, Friditro 26, 1847. to London ; but on his arrival at the London terminus , to his amazement, he was suddenly accosted by his wife, who he learnt had come up by the same train in another carriage ; and this was the origin of the complaint made by the constable. The infant here exercised its lungs, which manifestly were of the stentorian order, arid, The MAGISTRATE desired that it should be at once given to the mother. The father reluctantly complied. Mr. Hermitage, on the part of the wife, said he "I s instructed that the husband now cohabited with other women, and all that the wife required of him was that he would let her hive the children, as her friends would assist her in their maintenance and education, and he might then go where he pl e a se d. fi e h a d so ld all their furniture, and taken lodgings in London, where the other children were ; but in what part could not he ascertained. The husband said he certainly would not consent to give up the other children, unless compelled to do s° by law. Mr. ARNOLD replied that he had no power to compel him to do .0. He had, however, behaved extremely and all he could do in the matter was, to bind over both husband and wife to keep the peace towards each other. The parties were then accordingly bound in the suet of 201. each for that purpose. 7 Ind /1/ E S. _ _ Five lads, apprentices on board the ships Favourite and Anal:mins, were charged with stealing thirteen pints of brandy from a cask lying in a quay in the LOU don Dock. From the evidence of White, one of the Thames Po' lice, and Dix, a constable, it appeared that the prisoners had abstracted the brandy in a mode which is technicalll termed " working the pony." It seems that on the pre vim's day one of then, named Sykes, took one of the ship's buckets and placed it under the cask. He then bored a hole in the cask with a gimlet, two of the ()tin Furman and J o h ns t on , i n t h e i nter i m k eep i ng a good look-out in opt o,i e directions for the police. They then put a spike in th , gimlet-hole, and carried the brandy on hoard the ship Favourite The trick was discovered by White observing the cask breaking, and on examining it he soon found the spike was not such as a cooper would use. On searching the ships, part of the brand!, was found concealed i n each. The prisoners admitte d the fact; one observing, when called on for his defence , " I only bored the h o l e ," an d t h e others " nothing but look out for the police." They were aU committed for trial on the charge. HAMMERSMITH. John Chandler, aged 22, son of a boat-builder Ira' the high Bridge, Hammersmith, was charged with having violated Elizab e th S ara h P err i am, a girl of Weil" intellect, 17 years of age. Mr. Pelham, the solicitor, attended on behalf of the priFoner. - The evidence of the girl in question and other wit nesses was conclusive as to the commission of the of fence, the witnesses all stating that the evidence of the girl was precisely to them what she had stated at the court. The prisoner, who by the advice of his solicitor de• dined saying anything, was fully committed to Newgate for trial on the capital charge. GREENWICH. Edward Cook and H enry C oo k , o f N o . 31, Piccadilly, Fsqrs., officers in the Scotch Fusilier Guards, were charged with assaulting James White, constable, No. 18 of the railway police; Beaumont Hotham, Esq.' of Hertford -street, May-fair, an officer of the Grenadier Guards, was charged with assaulting Mr. Wallah Caseyt railway inspector; and the Hon. Spencer Lyttelton, -of 17, St. James's-place, St. James's, with assaulting the said Inspector Casey, of the Greenwich branch of the South-Eastern Railway, while in the execution of his duty. _ -" P 1 CI Pl 0. the "rid, ttpo: Ile; E Din Lon N Th rlern Year Lo Th With has, lea n , also area As Mei Lula Tb fog OA el Thi aJeCei bat racini catioi 32, c, Ste Lotici T Ne and I in thi sten t Print' and t the L to red ginal Nortl A( York whicl No Soot! Wo o( the 1 'earl! the I Pii De ii, Nine t bx A /i Bann Th cir C lazes, stron S CE Coup Ma ( Ci Clit to n and i bur g i CE 2'01; ...... 1 E Th MA D hu T? tk ai al 11