The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-20 00:00:00

THtl SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENINO, JANUARY 2O, 1847 its power to render the son of Don Carlos possible. Would the House then believe that till the 26th June following the French Government, took steps to forward the policy which had since to been carried out; In Jane. 1846, the French G overnment submittedthe 111er. - . (psis of Villa Franca, six propositions on the subject, promising the influence of the King of the Frenc h in favour of the Conde de Montetnolin, Yet the French Gover nment had taken the course which was so w ell known to them all, though the Conde d e Montemolin had shown every disposition to do whatever was in his pewee to effect such an arrangement as would terminate the struggles and bloodshed that had hitherto characterised that unhappy country. One thing he would state to the House, that if warfare and strife again distracted Spain, the world would know that it did not rest with that much injured Prince, but would be charged to those Ministers who had not hesitated to pursue the policy they had done with no other object than to gratify one fatal ambition of the Napoleon of Peace.—( Hear. ) Lord JOHN RUSSELL, on rising, was received with loud cheers. He said—Sir, in rising to address the House, on the present occasion, and during a period of great calamity and dis tress, I must express my opinion that I think the disposition shown to consider not only the extent and character of the ca lamity, but the measures that are necessary to meet it, without party violence or blame, is such as to render that which, under any circumstances, would be a most difficult question, some what less difficult than it would otherwise have been. I cannot wonder at the observations which have fallen from the Hon. Member for Limerick, when he takes her Majesty's Govern. ment sn severely to task on the policy they have pursued, be cause the opinions of that Hon. Gentleman are quite the oppo site of theirs. If his opinion was well founded, then the Government has been guilty of great neglect ' • but I maintain that the policy of the lien. Member for Limerick, supported as it had been by the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn (Lord George Bentinek), is a policy which no Govern ment should undertake. It is a policy that would lead to cer tain failure, and tried by the fairest test would lead to greater evils than those which existed. A greater number of deaths from famine would take place than had yet occurred. What would be the effect if the opinion was to get abroad that the Government of this country wanted to purchase food, that they were about to become buyers of grain in the markets of Europe in order to feed the people of Ireland. In the first instance, as soon as the intention of Government was declared—as de clared and known it would be—there would be an end of all private enterprise, of all application of the capital, and means, and skill of the mercantile classes ; all traffic in grain would be abandoned to a Government that had shown itself so presumptuous—(Hear, hear)—in having the orders of the Government coming in, with but a limited supply to meet the demand, what would be the price asked when it was known that the English Government had become purchasers? The Noble Lord talks of an increase from 3s. to 9s. on Indian corn, but this was nothing compared to what the rise in price would take place then.—( Hear, hear.) But suppose the Go vernment undertook to supply the people of Ireland, they could not stop there. They,must undertake all the retail trade, and supply every one that was in need of food. We have heard of the staff of officers now required, in connexion with the Board of Public Works ; but what is that staff, great as it is, compared to what it would be, if we un dertook the retail trade for the supply of the people of Ireland with food.—( Hear, hear.) He would further be expected to supply provisions at what were con sidered fair prices, and under prime cost. What would be the consequences of should a proceeding to the rest of the popula tion of the United Kingdom ? Why, we would be robbing them, as the price of food must of necessity be enormously raised in England and Scotland. The labouring people of other parts of the United Kingdom would thus be made to suffer, and they would have good reason to turn round and ask us why we kad thus acted—why we should fly in the face of all principles of political eoonomy in favour of the starving Irish people alone, and why we should not give the labouring classes of this country, as well as the people of Ire land, the advantage of food at a fair price.—( Hear, hear.) Some Hon. Gentleman had said that the trade in different parts of Ireland had been interfered with, by the provisions which the Government had made for the supply of the people, and there were some instances in which it was possible that such might have been the case. There were 21 and 22 places west of the Shannon, where they had established depiits; but they had chosen places where the provisions of the Govern ment would interfere as little as possible with private trade ; and he had reason to know that in those places where depots had been established, several persons who intended to set up shops, had given up the design, as soon as they learned the intentions of Government, on the supposition that they would be altogether unsuccessful. 200,000 quarters of corn could not be issued into the country without disturbing the market, but then they had to feed the people of Ireland. There was cer tainly one point which arose out of the measure which had been passed during the last session of Parliament to which there was considerable objection—that was, to employ the people under the Board of Works. No man was more sensible than he was of the objections in employing the poor on unproductive works, for the matter was daily under his attention, and he only men tioned the facts now, in order to show the difficulties under which they laboured in obviating the effects of the great ca lamity which had befallen Ireland, and he must at the same time say that the principle was a sound one. Their object was to employ the people on useful works, and the question was not whether they should be so employed, but the means by which they should be so engaged. The way in which they attempted to meet the case was not by throwing the people into workhouses, but by giving them employment. In this there was nothing which was at all novel, nothing which was not usual in the endeavour to obviate distress without disturbing industry in this country. It was a common course in this country when distress prevailed, to employ the people in breaking stones—not that there was any demand for broken stones, but that the labourer might be employed upon a work in which the labour was the hardest, and the reward was the worst, until more permanent employment could be obtained. As soon as a change came over circumstances it was found labourers entered into private employment, and the rates were relieved. But, in Ireland, he was sorry to confess, that such was not the case, for there the labouring population found the market and the public works the best, instead of the worst they could find for their exertions ; and that, consequently, when other opportunities arose the public fund was not re lieved. He mentioned this, also, in order to show the diffi culties with which they had to contend. In employing 300,000 or-400,000 persons, it was necessary to employ also a number of persons to superintend them; and many of those persons were unquestionably people cf objectionable character, yet it was necessary to have them ; and he could not think that in the employment of 470,000 persons, representing, he conceived, a population of not less than 2,000,000, that this was a draw back at all to be taken into consideration. lle ound by the last week's account, that no less a sum than 158,0001. had been paid for work during that week. He quite agreed with his Hon. Friend, near him, that this calamity was to be looked upon as a national or general calamity, and not only as a calamity that had befallen Ireland. No measures which the Government could adopt, would prevent severe suffering and mortality in many places. seeing that there were not the ordinary resources there which they had in this country; that they had no means on which to fall back on, the failure of their staple food, he could not see that any measures which the Government could propose, would reach the nature of the present calamity. With regard to all they had done, he con sidered that they alone were to be held accountable, and they did not consent that any of their sub-ordinate officers should bear any part of the responsibility. Mr. Trevellyan had been alluded to in the course of the debate, and of that officer he had to state that he acted with the greatest inteliigence, judg ment, and indefatigable, and untiring zeal, both with regard to the orders he rec eyed, and the orders he transmitted. If, therefore, censure were to be passed let them bear the blame, not him. It had been said with regard to the proposed sus pension of the duties on the importation of grain, and the alteration in the navigation laws, that these duties should have been suspended in November last, and not now. In reference to that he had to observe, that that subject was carefully consi dered at that time, and it was considered unwise to resort to such a course. He bad done so, acting upon the advice of the Government in Ireland, and of every one of intelligence con nected with that country, who were all of opinion that serious injury would then result by the withdrawal from it of those who occupied seats in both Houses of the Legislature. Then with regard to the re-assembling of Parliament, it became a matter for consideration whether the distress had reached such a height as to demand so unusual a course. The duty then was not 16s. or 14s. per quarter, as during the previous year, and although he thought it right to recommend now the suspension of the present duties, he did not think that the reduction of price, which would result from this, would be any thing consi • derable. With respect to the supplies from America, he did not think that they would be accelerated in their course to this country from that cause, and in consequence of what had arrived, prices in two or three weeks had fallen to 625. For these reasons, and seeing that the benefit to be obtained would be so slight, they did not consider it advisable to call Parliament together till the present time. They did not think that the effect would have been such as to warrant so ex traordinary a course, or that the inconvenience attending it would have been commensurate with the advantage to be gained by it. With regard to some other points, there were a few to which he would briefly advert. The Hon. Member for Bath had alluded to the Montpensier alliance, and gave it as his opinion that it would have been desirable to have maintained a good understanding, and not to have interfered with the affairs of France. He should have been quite content to await the discussion of this subject till the correspondence of the Noble Lord had been laid before the House, but he could not assent to the doctrine laid down by the Hon. Member, that the British Government had no right to interfere in such matters. This, however, he knew, that if serious injury occurred to this country from a cause f this nature, public opinion would blame, and blame deservedly, the Ministers of the Crown by whose neglect it had been produced. He could not but regard the matter as one of the most serious moment, and deserving of the greatest consideration, and though he was of opinion that the attempts made by Louis XIV. and Napoleon to bring about the union of kingdoms by such means rather tended to an opposite effect, still he thought that to obviate dangers that might possibly arise to the interests of the country from such a source was an object not unworthy of the attention of statesmen. The other subject to which he would turn was the marriage of the Infanta of Spain, and he wished to speak upon this subject because it had been reported, and was industriously set about, that. it was the desire of the Government to advance Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg as a claimant to the throne of Spain. He did not know the young Prince entertained any wish upon that subject, but he had felt it his duty to give an intimation to his Sovereign that it was not advisable to support Prince Leopold as a candidate to the hand of the Queen of Spain, and he must say that his Sovereign had acceded, in a most gracious manner, to the force of his representation. He was the more particular on this point because it had been asserted that the desire of the British Government to advance a candidate to the throne of Spain, in consequence of the impression that there was a wish on the part of the French Royal Family to advance a candidate of their own ; and this was made to appear as the t eoper view of the transaction. He did not conceive that i thi l' i r o rPe o e r ition was entertained at that m o ment by P r i nce '" that he had recommended the course which had been pursued, because he be li eved that we ought not to be at all con cerned in the futur e internal governm ent of Spain. His Hon. Memb er Friend the f or the U ni versity of Oxford seemed dis p fr os om ed tot say th oat at the p resent moment we ought to refrain g enerferi any opinion at all. But he (Lord John Russell) tlliu re aht i9 tt g : as more frank a n d more be coming to *he character o f t hi s position,-to state the objections which he enterta i ned and its n " edto the marriage of the ealo ntp t e o ns t tr. C. F ur o t r o t f her ran re c a e: Infanta of Spain to the Duke d sons they had stated their obj ection s prfectly agreed that. with rega4 to these matters, was the not o n to because Rhe a provided Prince who remained in S • whom they could object upon clear groundPtson't c omplain ; and yet he admitted that tre a ty, thlOrewaity they coutd not of Spain must be considered of paramount importance to this kingdom. Even those who_ most disputed the Utrecht admitted that one and the same Prince ought net to ?sign both in France and Spain. There could be no doubt of that. For his owl part he would say that it was with the most sincere regret that he found himself opposed in opinion to what had been done merely by the Government of France. He did, however, feel how desirable it was that this country should be on the best terms ot friend ship with France. This country had never done anything which was calculated to disturb that understanding. He sin cerely lamented that by no fault of theirs a separation of good feeling had taken place between them with regard to the late marriage.—(Cheers.) With i egard to other subjects re lating to foreign affairs--the extinction of the free state of Cracow—he thought there was so little difference of opinion in that House, or anywhere else, that he really felt it unnecessary to say, then, that it seemed as if from the first partition of Poland to that unholy act which was, perhaps, the most to be condemned of any act amongst the nations in the history of modern Europe—from that fatal day misfortune seems to have attached to this last remnant of the Polish state, and to have induced the Powers who were parties to the an nexation of the free state of Cracow to the dominions of the Emperor of Austria, who seemed to have acted precipitately, and, as appeared to him, without any just motive to have used their power without considering the relations of justice in which they were bound. He did not knew that it was neces sary for him to address the House with respect to any other parts of the speeches which had been delivered that evening. He would have an opportunity very shortly of bringing for ward the separate measures of the Government. On Monday next he proposed to give an outline to the House of the various measures with regard to Ireland which would afterwards form the subject of separate Bills, and which would therefore come fully under the consideration of the House.—(Hear, hear.) If his Noble Friend the Member for Lynn bad any better plan to propose, let him state it to the House, and let them all endeavour to find those measures which may best be calculated to raise the condition of Ireland—to unite her more closely to this country by sympathy and temperate govern ment; giving her not only all that which bare justice would require, but giving that help in her necessities which he thought any part of the United Kingdom was entitled to claim if placed in a similar condition.—(Loud cheers.) He believed much injury had been done to the feelings of the people of this country by the language that had been used in Ireland with respect to the conduct of England during the past year. He felt bound to state this. He believed that that language had induced many to forbear making such exertions as they otherwise might have felt inclined to use on behalf of Ireland at that moment; but still he believed that the general wish of the nation was to do everything that could by any pos sibility be useful to Ireland. —( Loud cheers.) He believed that, this was the desire of the country. He lamented that there was not in Ireland at that time so much of general combination and exertion as had taken place in Scotland—in those parts which were suffering from a similar calamity—bat he rejoiced to see, independently of the separate resolutions proposed and the various plans propounded, that at a meeting lately held in Dublin, men of all pasties united—men of all religions were combined together to endeavour to concur in plans likely_to be useful to the country. He thought it was a good sign for the future welfare of Ireland. He thought, if Irishmen would allow him to say it, that what they had reason to complain of was not so much the hostility of England as the hostilities of parties of their own people.—( Cheers.) He believed likewise there was, with scarcely an exception, an absence from any language at that meeting either to wards the' Government, or towards any with wham they . might have relation, or who might differ in opinion with them of an irritating nature—(Hear,) He trusted that when they . came to the discussion of those measures, that a similar spirit would prevail—(Cheers) —and then, however great the present calamity might be— however appalling to the imagination—however painful to dwell upon, he hoped that Ireland might yet prove destined to enjoy years of prosperity, and that in strict union with England, they should present the spectacle of a country whose freedom and civilisation ,had made admirable progress. (The Noble Lord resumed his seat amid loud cheers.) Mr. DISRAELI would endeavour to imitate, though he feared unsuccessfully, the address of the Noble Lord who had just resumed his scat. As to what he had stated with re ference to one subject, namely, the condition of Ireland, there could be no difference of opinion. He was sure it was the desire of this House, and all parties in it, to assist in the set tlement of Ireland in a manner that would conduce to the future happiness of that country—(Cheers)—and in bring ing on such an occasion to the Ministers of the Crown a temperate, indulgent, sympathising spirit. But, unfortunately, that was not the only subject on which the Noble Lord had anticipated there could be no difference of opinion. He had, indeed, imagined that the subject of the Spanish marriages would not be brought under the consideration of the House that night, as the debate seemed to threaten a termination. The Noble Lord had ex pressed, 'with perfect propriety the general feelings of the House with respect to the subject of their foreign policy, which had been brought under their no tice by the Speech from the Throne. It was certain, however, that the improvement of the condition of Ireland would not be assisted if differences existed between this country and France. The Noble Lord had laid down some principles of policy with which he thought no per son could agree. He said that France had no right to exerci , a predominant influence over Spain. What he said with re spect to those marriages was not exactly apposite. The case before them was this —They knew from authentic informa tion that an estrangement had taken place between the two countries, and were told in the Speech from the Throne that the Infanta of Spain had married a French Prince, and that in consequence some correspondence had taken place be tween the two countries. Now one would naturally have thought that the correspondence would have been of a congra tulatory nature—( A laugh )—but they were not informed that the Noble Lord had protested against the infringement of the treaty, which he alleged to have taken place. ( Hear.) But the Noble Lord had protested ag ainst the infringement of a treaty by the greatest Power in Western Europe, and they were informed in a paragraph which immediately followed that he protested against the violation of a treaty of more importance by the greatest Power in Northern Europe. He believed there had been no violation of any treaty in either case. It was possible that the destruction of the political independence of Cracow might have been as great a blunder as the destruction of Poland might be a great crime, and if we protested against it such a protestation ought to be made on intelligible grounds, and not on perverted views of rights and privileges. He did not think that the object of the Treaty of Utrecht was to prevent an alliance between the French and Spanish families, because he could not agree that the object of the French Minister was to secure exclusive advantage to Philip and his posterity. The sixth article of the treaty positively declared that not to be the object of the treaty. Whether that treaty was right or wrong it was within - their province to decide. It was the policy of Louis XIV. to promote an union by marriage or otherwise between the two countries, for the very first act of that Prince was to marry his daughter to a Spanish Prince. That alone was conclusive as to the meaning of those who signed the treaty. There was not, therefore, in his opinion, any violation of the Treaty of Utrecht; into the policy of the subject he would not then inquire.—(Hear, hear., Was this a violationlof the Treaty of Vienna? Let them look merely into the legal merits of the question ; for that was the only way in which the question ought to be regarded. Of course he did not wish that any Gentleman should accept his opinion except as to the legal merits of the affair, but he would ask them, without prejudice or passion, to decide it merely on its legal merits. It was unnecessary for him to comment on the transactions of affairs at Congress ; it would merely be convenient for him to remember its result. It was merely a treaty of the various Powers of Europe after a general war, in which these Powers settled the different questions of different treaties ; for instance, the Treaty of Utrecht. They had nine different treaties all em bodied in that one. That final act which they called the Treaty of Vienna had in it seventeen treaties—diplomatic instruments of the highest class. When the Treaty of Vienna was negotiated it recited at its commencement that the powers of Congress were anxious to give the general result of various negotiations included in one common ratifi cation for the settlement of affairs at Utrecht, and of the 181 sections of that treaty about 60 were original stipulations, and the rest were merely quotations, or merely portions which had formed other treaties, and in order to prevent any misconcep tion in the 118 articles comprising portions of these, 17 treaties were specifically recited. The House would remember that of these 17 treaties three were Polish, negotiated between three Polish Powers, and not a single word in the Treaty of Vienna, except the clauses in these instruments, were original stipu lations ; and any violation of these clauses would not be a violation of the original instrument. It also contained sti pulations for various personal rights, and for certain privileges to the provincial states of Germany, and by the principle of the present discussion any violation of these would be a viola tion of the Treaty of Cracow. That instrument at this mo ment regulated all the rivers of Germany, and that regulation was in the same category as the Polish treaties in the Treaty of Vienna. One of the stipulations of that treaty at the present moment enacted that a German Prince could not appoint any inspector or sub-inspector of rivers except the appointment was for his life, and there were many instances in which these in spectors had been appointed, and not for life, and that act was a violation of the treaty. There was immense difficulty at Congress to arrange the precedence amongst its members, and M. Talleyrand at last arranged articles of precedence by which the various diplomatic agents should be received, and if their claims were equal, they were to cast lots for the precedence. That was one of our treaties in the same category as the Polish treaty; and if the Swedish and Spanish Ministers quarrelled about precedence, and one of them were to take precedence of the other without casting lots, the Treaty of Vienna would be violated initheir per sons. The King of Sardinia in his treaty, which was a basis of other treaties, agreed to give certain privileges to the Univer sity of Genoa, and within five years after those grants were vio lated. Could they believe that the great man who drew up the Treaty of Vienna, would make a stipulation like this a means of upsetting the whole, and that, too, after 30 years' constant communion with the greatest diplomatists? To his (Mr. Disraeli's) surprise, this fact was reverted to in the Queen's Speech ; but he was more surprised that the Noble Lord, who must understand the question, should so far have de ferred to public clamour as to have allowed any one of these circumstances to be a breach of the treaty any more or less than the late events in Cracow, and should have no better course to adopt than the present one. It was an acknowledged principle of public law that a superior instru ment could not merge into an inferior one, and he defied the Noble Lord to show him a single instance in which the solemn stipulations of any specific treaty of the time had not been re presented as embodied in the general stipulations of the final act at Congress. He could show the Noble Lord authentic precedents, but to prove the case beyond all question it was not necessary to do so, and be would only produce one of them. He did not mean to say that in a case like the present he sup posed that he could influence their opinion by foggy references to some obscure transactions. He would take public trans actions of as great importance as those in the Congress of Vienna, where the actors were eminent men, and dealing with circumstances as great as those in the Congress of Vienna. He alluded to the treaty of Westphalia. The treaty of West phalia was the foundation of the public law of Europe until the French Revolution, and was only suspended by the Treaty of Vienna. This question settled at Congress was an analogous instance in which the Powers of Europe were placed in the same position as the one they were now placed in, and in which they were called violators of treaties. The question had been discussed by the first juris consults of that learned age, Cardinal Richelieu amongst the number, and they were called upon to act under circumstances of greater importance than those which had recently taken place at Cracow. He would put to the Noble Lord the particulars of Westphalia, negotiated at the Congress of Minister, when Germany was at the conclusion of a great war, and parallel to the late war when the greater Powers met. The treaty settled all the great questions with regard to the balance of power, but it was found impossible to deal with the affairs of Germany, where, first of all, religious grievances were to be settled between the Protestants and Roman Catholics, besides the claims of 150 German princes. They said that they could not settle all this at Minster, and that the con tending parties should go ' ' to Osnaberg and have a Congress to be sitting at the same time as the one at Minster. The Emperors of Germany, the Princes of Germany, and the King of Sardinia, who afterwards got , Pomerania, were parties to this treaty at Osnaberg, and all the affairs settled at Osnaberg were declared to be parties to the treaty of Minster, which was sig ned by all the Powers of Europe. The imperial cities of Grmany obtained, through the influence of the Swedish Court, the privilege of voting in the Diet, so that they should have a voice like German Sovereign States. The Emperors and Princes of Germany never allowed these free cities those rights guaranteed to them. T he Diet was the arbiter of all the differences on the The parties to 4 biect, and in three years, if the grievances of these cities were cities were and they not settled, all the other German free obliged t to declare war in their cause. of Cracow is a viOlatAtirl° catered a te i se treaties were nothing more than witnesse s, treatie but not of tre guarantee whatever. The absorption precedents of the same kin of the provisions of the "seventeen treaty of Vienna. There are several ' ti mid how did the Noble Lord him. 1 self act? Look at the disru :ri fl ed to for assistance by the kingdom of the Nether- I lands. The Noble Lord when of the f ug: the ground of the King of:the:Netherlands,interf e : it s n e o v t enteen treaties. violation of the treaties of Vienna, iut ° o t is powers, for In the case of the partition of Cracow, Cracow to call upon the guaranteeing they are not a party to the seventeen treaties. Thera was a great difference between the original stipule! I tions of a treaty and the clauses quoted from it, t as might be seen in the original stipulation, as in the comes- ' sion of Saxony to Prussia, for in that England, as a guarantee iog Power, was bound to go to war immediately if called upon in consequence of an infraction of the treaty. Lord P ALMERSTON—There is no special guarantee in the Treaty of Vienna for the concession of the kingdom of Saxony to Prussia. Mr. DISRAELI—The Noble Lord would find it if he looked to the treaty when he left the House. He was now, for the first time, really alarmed at the state of the foreign affairs of the country, when the Noble Lord the Foreign Secretary had stated that there was no special guarantee of the kind he had alluded to in the Treaty of Vienna.—(Hear, hear.) Nothing was more important than a proper under standing of the treaties. If the country were to adopt the modern interpretations of those treaties, no language could express the mischief which would result. When he found that the Treaty of Vienna was so manifest, he thought the inference was very clear.' He thought, in determining upon this question, that they ought to take the authority of Cardinal Richelieu on the prin ciple involved in the question before the House at pre sent. It was most necessary for this country to have a good understanding with the great Powers of Europe. He did not regard the marriages that had taken place on the con tinent in the same light as otheri had done. He did not regard with jealousy the power of Russia in Germany, or of France in Spain. England held the balance of peace in her own hands, and they could have all the advantages of amicable relations instead of the evils or rivalry. , Colonel CON OLLY said, in justice to the minty lie re presented, he must deprecate the language of the Hon. Mem ber for Bath, who had made use of the most unwarranted language that had ever been used by a MemLer of the House, ss well as the greatest perversion of fact. He considered the statement of the First Lord of the Treasury as a vet y dexterous exculpation of himself, but he was of opinion that the country suffered severely from the non-interference of Government in the case. He hoped that Government would not be carried away by idle theories, but determine upon some com prehensive and efficient measures for the relief of Ireland.— ( Hear ' hear.) He had been in that country ever since he had left that House, and he could confirm the patience with which the people were suffering. He should be exceedingly . sorry to embarrass the Government; he was ready to bear witness to their anxieties to meet the distress, but ho conf !seed himself to be much mortified at the fiat refusal of the Noble Lord to make any exertion to keep the markets down. The prices of everything had nearly trebled, and the landlords had not re ceived anything like one-half of their rents. He would con jure the Noble Lord to throw his principles of political economy for once to the winds, and to listen to the voice of a patient and starving people.—(Hear.) He hoped that the House would be lieve his assertions with respect to the awful character of the distress. He stated it on his word and truth, and he hoped that the House would not listen to the virulence and unquali fied statements of the Member for Bath, who had calumniated the character of the country.—(Hear, hear.) Before he concluded, he desired to bear witness to the manful exertions of the Catholic clergy to mitigate the evils by which they were surrounded. _ Sir ROBERT PEEL said he was not about to interrupt the unanimity which seemed to prevail on all sides of the House with respect to the Address. They would be better able to discuss the topics which had been en tered upon in the Speech from the Throne when the promised information should be laid upon the table.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord had stated that with respect to the marriage which had been entered into be tween a son of the King of France and the Infanta of Spain, that the whole of the correspondence would be laid upon the table. That correspondence, which had appeared in the French papers, he apprehended was but a portion.—(Hear. ) He trusted that the Noble Lord would give, as freely as should be consistent with his duty, all the documents connected with the part the Government had taken in reference to that oc currence. Conceiving, as he did, that discussion would be the more satisfactory to all parties, he should therefore at present abstain from adverting to that subject ; he would only observe that during the period that the late Government were in office, no attempt was made to advocate the connexion of a Prince of the house of Coburg with that of Slain. For his own part, he deprecated any such connexion, for he thought that the interests of the people of England would not be bene fited by any such alliance. He thought that its effect would be to introduce them more intimately into the domestic con cerns of Spain—an introduction which he considered would be anything but beneficial to the interests of England.—( Hear, hear.) It was his belief that her interests were, that Spain should be really an independent Power, and that she should maintain the high character of an independent nation, and that she should conduct her own ad ministration without tolerating any interference. He hoped to live to see the day when Spain would place herself in such a a proud position, and become a powerful and independent country.—(Hear, hear.) But, speaking of the late Govern ment, he could with truth assert that not only did they not di rectly, by any official act, but he hesitated not to add, that net any indirect means were resorted to for the purpose of ad vancing the pretensions of a Prince of the house of Coburg. In referring to another portion of her Majesty's Address, he could not but express his regret that the extinction of the free state of Cracow had been determined on by three of the Powers which bad been parties to the Treaty of Vienna. While he admired and acceded to certain portions of the speech of the Hon. Member near him (Mr. Disraeli), the Hon. Member must be aware that there was an assurance given to Europe at the peoriod when a settlement of its affairs took place—there was a public assurance given that that last rem nant of Polish independence should be maintained—(Cheers) —and that Cracow should not be annexed to another country as it had been lately annexed. There was therefore a distinct and positive departure from their engagements in the course lately pursued by the Courts of Vienna, Petersburgh, and Berlin.—(Hear, hear.) True, they assigned as a reason that Cracow had given refuge to insurgents in the last disturbances; yet, surely, they might have thought that these three great Powers might have protected themselves from any danger to which they might be threatened by an invasion from Cracow. —(Laughter.) Their true policy would have been to have given to Cracow all the rights and privileges to which she was entitled, taking at the same time effectual security against any danger arising to their peace or prosperity from that re public. It danger were really apprehended, e wnfee ence, with the sanction of France and England, might be held with the other European States, and a new arrange r ment effected which would be deemed binding on the contract ing nations. But he could not find in the circumstances any suffieient justification for the Let which had been committed, and he was grieved and astonished that Austria should have consented to that distinct breach of the Treaty of Vienna. Suth an act was inconsistent with true policy, and calculated to shake tl.e confidence which ought to exist between the great countries of Europe.—( Hear, hear.) There was another subject adverted to in the Address from the Throne which he hailed with great pleasure—he meant the intention of the Government to introduce some measures for improving the sanatory condition of the people. No one could possibly exaggerate the importance of sanatory regulations as conducive to the wealth and greatness of a country, or to the happiness of its people; and he trusted, therefore, that the measures in troduced would be of a most extensive character. It was not merely in large cities that such a measure was required—it was equally necessary that smaller towns should be benefited, and he trusted that power would therefore be given to municipal authorities in these smaller places to make such improvements as they might consider necessary. With respect to Ireland, he was disposed, from his knowledge of the difficulties all Governments had in dealing with this question, to make every allowance for the difficulties her Majesty's Ministers had to overcome. He knew how easily it was, by superfluous care, to create unnecessary alarm, and on the other hand the greater danger that might arise from a san guine idea of abundance. He could not, therefore, blame the Government :that they did not anticipate in September the miseries which affected the sister island at this period. It was said that there were 420,000 persons employed upon public works, at an expense of 158,000/.—(Hear, hear.) New he I thought measures ought to be taken to restore these people to their former position, for setting them to • work to cultivate the soil, so that they might have a prospect of a future harvest, and next to improving and drain ing the land. It was perfectly legitimate ; perhaps it was the best means for a Government to employ the surplus labour of the country upon public works. There were many public works which had amply repaid the outlay, but still there ought to be a limit to this mode of employment: The time for intro ducing that limit had arr ved, and he thought, with the aid of the landed interest of Ireland, the labour engaged upon public works might , easily be transferred to the ' cultivation of the soil. The Noble Lord at the head of the Government proposed to suspend for a time the existing duties upon corn, the navigation laws, and to facilitate the introduc tion into this country of other articles of food. Now, it was his intention to give these proposals his cordial support. He thought the advantages to be derived from them would not be se great as if they had been adopted at an earlier period. Cir cumstances were different now to what they were in November, 1846, but although the advantages to be derived from the measure might be less than if it had been adopted at an earlier period, before France and other countries had commenced im porting corn, yet he thought they were bound to do all they could to increase the supply of food in Ireland. The Right Hon. Baronet then continued to say—l think it possible that cargoes which might be diverted to other coun tries by the 4s. duty, might be retained in this country by the abolition of the duty. I think it also possible, with regard to corn in Egypt and other distant countries, that a temporary suspension of the navigation law might be advantageous. But feeling enters into this question as well as reaeon, and seeing the rapid rise in the price of c irn, and seeing that there are —I won't say hundreds—but many dying of starvation in Ire land—seeing that although outrages exist in greater number than before, on the whole their privations have been borne with great patience by the people, and looking at the state of that uneomplaining country, Scotland, and knowing that in the western islands and highlands of that country the severest dis tress exists, although it is scarcely brought under our cogni zance by a murmur,—seeing all this, I shall not object, the price of corn being what it now is, to the imme diate adoption of any temporary measure which those responsible for rescuing the country from its perilous position may think it necessary to advise and re commend. I am confident that the cordial assent of this House will be given to any measures likely to mitigate the existing suffering. With respect to measures of a permanent character for the improvement of Ireland, it would be prema ture at this moment to enter upon any discussion of them. The Noble Lord has promised, on an early day, to make a statement of these measures to the House, and I should be unwilling to prejudice his cause by embarrassing him in any degree by provoking any discussion prematurely on the matter. But we must not be too sanguine in reference to any such measures of permanent relief. The evils which we are now called upon to combat are of long standing. On that very account it is all the more requisite to proceed with caution to lay the foundations of future improvement. We should not be too sanguine in expecting that a system of emigra tion would operate favourably on the existing disorder. Be fore such a system can be pursued with advantage we must have better communications with those countries to which we direct the emigrant, whom it will not do to turn loose in any colony without some previous pre paration, by which we would not only inflict an evil upon the colony, but fail to confer any benefit opon the party sought to be benefited. Such a system of emigration as would be unwise from being too hasty, would not operate as a relief to the sufferings of Ireland. But that a well•con cocted system of emigration, gradually adopted, and steadily pursued, would add to the strength of British power in the co lonies, and operate as a relief at home, cannot be denied. But, he would be too sanguine to suppose, that any scheme imme diately adopted, no matter how expensively and eagerly carried out, would tend very materially to mitigate the evils which press upon Ireland. The present misfortune is one of so suspassing a magnitude, that it would be unjust as well as impolitic to make Ireland alone responsible fur it. I am willing to consent that this part of the empire shall bear its proportion of the burden. But it must be recollected that the Government has no fund of its own from which relief can be obtained, and that a grant of money for the purpose of reliev ing Ireland is neither more nor less than an increase to the taxation which presses upon the different classes of this country. The only mode which exists of granting money to Ireland is by taxing the people of this country to procure it.—( Hear, hear.) But, en account of the peculiar na ture of the present emergency I am sure that the people of this country will not refuse at being called upon within proper bounds to bear their share in mitigating the evils which, at this moment, are so heavily pressing upon the different portions of the empire. But nothing could be more injurious to Ireland herself than an unbounded or misplaced and ill-judged liberality towards her. Ireland should feel it incumbent upon herself to make great exertions on the present occasion for the maintenance of her own poor. An habitual dependence for • this upon this country is not only unjust to this country, but fails to benefit Ireland herself. Every class in that country should entertain a due sense of their several obligations, so that by observing their mutual relations, and assisted, as they have a right to be, by wise and provident legislation, they should neither seek nor require to transfer to this country the burden which properly appertains to themselves. I shall certainly ap proach this whole subject, when it comes more in de , ail before us, in a spirit such as is properly recommended in the Speech from the Throne, a spirit free from all party feelings or con siderations.—( Hear, hear.) Our own interests are most in timately connected with the welfare and prosperity of Ireland. Ireland cannot be a suffering country without Englail suffering to a great, if not an equal, degree. We have, the efore, the highest interest in promoting the welfare and conducing to the prosperity of Ireland. I, for one, will therefore congratulate her Majesty's Government, if, respecting the rights of property in this country, they may be able, by wise and provident legislation, to make permanent provisions for the improvement of Ireland. Lord PALMERSTON said he did not wish to occupy the House at any length. but he wished to say a few words relative to the Treaty of Vienna, which had been referred to b., the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury (Mr. Disraeli). The lion. Gentleman had talked as if the treaty was of no va'ue. Now he (Lord Palmerston) wished to know what portions of the treaty there were that were valueless? The Hon. M. reber also says that there are no distinct engagements in the treaty, nor general guarrntees ; that there were only some special arrangements that were agreed to be (tarried out. On this point the Hon. Member was quite mistaken on the treaty as it regarded Cracow. He maintained that it was only a treaty binding on the three Northern Powers, without the interven tion of the others. If the Hon. Member could only look to the 6th, 7th, dth, 9th, and 10th sections of the general treaty they would find that they related to the free and inde pendent state of Cracow. If that were so, then said the Hon. Alember, the treaty would enforce also the free navigation of rivers. He (Lord Palmerston) admitted that it was so, that such was the construction of the treaty, and it had been so considered by all the states of Europe. The Ministers of a Court took precedence at the Courts to which they were accre dited from the time of their arrival. The fact was, that the first two protocols were not signed by himself, but by the Earl of Aberdeen, under the Government of the Duke of Wellington. The Noble Lord opposite (Lord George Bentinck) was mistaken in the supposition that the renunciations of the Duke of Orleans and the Duke de Berri were inoperative, because they did not form portions of the municipal law of France and Spain. That was e mistake, for these renunciations had since been made parts of the law of those countries. But he wished it to be dis tinctly understood that it was not the treaty of Utrecht on which the Government took its stand. The ground which her Majesty's Ministers assumed was, that it was agreed that the two crowns of France and Spain should not descend to a mem ber of the family of Orleans. But this was not the proper time for entering upon the subject, and when the proper time came and the papers were laid upon the table he should be quite prepared to defend the course which her Majesty's Go vernment had taken. The Address was then passed without a division, the depu tation to carry it up to her Majesty was appointed, and the House adjourned at a quarter past one o'clock. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. 1 At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 18th day of January, 1847, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased, upon the representation of the Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education, to appoint the Reverend Alexander Thurtell, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Caius College, Cambridge; the Reverend J. J. Blandford ; the Reverend Edward Douglas Tinting, M.A.,; and the Reverend Muirhead Mitchell, M.A. to be four of her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools. WHITEHALL, JAN. 18, 1847. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John Russell, M.A., to the rectory of Llandrmio, in the county of Montgomery, cum Melverley, in the county of Salop, and diocese of St. Asaph, void by the death of Dr. William Carey, late Bishop of that see. The Queen has also been pleased to present the Rev. Mune() Campbell to the church and parish of Salen, in the presbytery and isle of Mull, vacant by the transportation of the Rev. James Dewar, late minister thereof, to the parish of Kilchoman OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JAN. 19. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Lieutenant Cadwal lader William Elgee to be la irst Lieutenant, vice Hughes, deceased, Jan. 1. MEMORANDUM—The dates - of promotion of the under. mentioned officers are to be altered as follows viz. :—First Lieutenant O'B. B. Woolsey, Nov. 26 ; First Lieutenant A. W. Drayson, Nov. 28. BANKRUPTS. George Sharp and Samuel Sharp, stone masons, Com mercial-road. Lambeth, to surrender Jan. 27, and March 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Lawrence and Plews, Old Jewry-chambers, City. William Wiles, pawnbroker, Dulwich, Jan. 26, at two, and March 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Lawranc3 and Plews, Old Jewry-chambers, City. Joseph Dorey and John Hiskens, brewers, Woolwich, Jan. 26, at two, and March 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Miller and Carr, Eaitcheap. John Edwards, ironmonger, Nag's Head-court, Grace church-street, Jan. 28, at half-past eleven, and March 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers; Phillips and Co., Size-lane. Henry Andrews, plumber, Angel-place, Islington. Jan. 28, at half-past twelve, and March 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Pitcher, New Broad-street. John Delf, linen-draper, Drury-lane, Jan. 28, at twelve, and March 1, at half-past eleven, at the Court of riankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Pullen, Basinghall street. John Goulty, mast and oar-maker, Stangate, Lembeth, Feb. 5 and 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Lewis and Lewis, Ely-place, Holborn. John Dixon Parry, sharebroker, Manchester, Feb. 1 and 24, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Potter, Manchester; Johnsoe, Son, and Wetherall, Temple, London. Thomas Lightfoot, grocer, Nottingham, Feb. 5, and March 5, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official as&gnee, Nottingham; Coope, Nottingham. Michael Sloane, licensed horse dealer, Lower James-street, Bath, Feb. 4, at twelve, and March 2, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Millar, official assignee, Bristol ; Gray, Bristol. Robert Strong, dealer in stone, Box, Wiltshire, Feb. 4, at half past twelve, and March 2, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Gray, Bristol. (Dividends, &c., in our next.) MARKET IN TELLIG CE (From the London New Price Current of January 19.) SUGAA.—To-day there was much desire manifested to purchase all descriptions of West India Muscovado for every purpose, and advanced rates were offered; but the high prices insisted upon by merchants operated considerably against business, and the quantity sold in the private market amounted to only 30 hhds and tierces, for which an advance on the quotations of Friday of 2s to 3s per cwt. was given. There was no public sale of Barbadoss. If holders had taken a small advance on Friday's prices the market would have been cleared. EAST INDIA. —This afternoon Bengal Sugar was in ex tensive request ; and at public sale 3.624 bags were all sold at an advance on the rates of Friday of is per cwt. REFINED.— To day the inquiries, were numerous after all sorts of Refined goods for home consumption, and further advanced rates were offered, but the supply scanty. Bonded crushed Sugar is much in request, and prices have risen to 34s 6d a 35s for first quality. FOREIGN.—To-day every kind of Foreign Sugar was much sought after by exporters, the home trade, and specu lators, and higher rates were offered, but business of momeat was prevented by merchants insisting upon a considerable advance—indeed some refuse to make a price, and several parcels have been withdrawn from the market. MAuarrais.—This afternoon the demand was animated for Mauritius Sugar of all kinds, and 7,437 bags at auction were all disposed of, at en advance on those of Friday of 2s to 2s 6d per cwt for all descriptions. COFFEE.-1:11i3 afternoon most kinds of Foreign Coffee were in excellent request; at public 5a1e . 2,421 bags Costa Rica were nearly all sold at full rates for the better sorts, but inferior went a little cheaper. TE.t.—Duty has been. paid on 406,4901bs at this port during the past week, and 6 t ooo packages arrived. The market has been in an inactive state for green Tea, and the low and middling qualities are offered rather under previous rates, the supply being large; but for good and tine late quotations are insisted upon. The better sorts of Congou are little wanted, and can be obtained at a shade under last TueSday's rates. Pouchong is not much wanted, and 4d to 9d is the value of low to fine quality. FRUlT.—There has only been some partial business doing privately; a parcel of damaged Patras Currants sold at 525, Elemes, in cases, from 43s to 455, and some drums Turkey Pulled Figs from 44s to 465, and one parcel fine at 565. fSigetEs.—Pitnento is in small supply, and being much in request, a further advance in prices has taken place. In Illack•Pepper a good deal has been doing privately in all sorts, but no improvement in value can be noted. For White the demand is on the increase, and prices on the rise. For East India African Ginger a good demand existed, and stiffer rates are paid. Cassia Ligr.ea has been sparingly dealt in, and prices are going down. signers.—To-day there was little desire evinced to operate in Rum, and which is to be attributed to the probability of the unrestricted use of sugar and molasses being allowed in the distilleries and breweries; still holders were not inclined to take lower rates. INDIGO.—East India is held with firmness at an advance on the rates of last quarterly sale of 2d to 4d per lb. Thera has been a fair business transacted, the home trade being the chief operators. COCIIINEAL.—The demand has fallen off, and the market having been well supplied, a decline in the value of id per lb took place, and 158 bags of Honduras Silvers, at auction, were only in part sold, at 5s 7d to 6s for mid to fine quality. NITRATE OF SODA.—There has been more activity in the market, and prices have advanced to 16s 6d to 17s per cwt, at which good business has been done. TurtrEi , ii—Spirits have been sparingly dealt in, and there are willing sellers at 46s to 475, the stock being large. In Hough the operations are upon a more extended scale, but not at better prices, 103 being taken. Tar is in fair request, and the stock is still small. OiLs.—For Linseed Oil rather lower rates having been submitted to occasioned the demand on the spot to be good at 25s to 25s 3d per cwt, and the export orders executed have been upon rather a larger scale. For forward delivery there are few purchasers, although there are sellers at the moderate rates of 25s 6ci to 26s per cwt. Rape Seed Oil has been in excellent request, and prices are still on the advance. Olive has been disposed of to some extent, at further advanced rates. Palm cannot be quoted dearer, but the demand has been active. For Cocoa Nut higher rates have been obtained. The ar rivals of all kinds of Fish Oil have been again to a small extent only, whereas the deliveries are still large, and likely ,o to continue. TALLow.—The market has a very firm appearance for all descriptions of Tallow ; the stock is on the decrease, and the deliveries are going on largely—although prices are much above those of this time last season. TEMPTATION AND ATONEMENT. Mrs. Gore's clever novel " Men of Capital," is to be succeeded by " Temptation and Atonement,"—a tale written in a very different style, and which exhibits the extraordinary versatility of the author's genius. The heart stirring earnestness of Godwin is said to be rivalled in the pages of this story, which is one of the most thrilling interest, and appeals to all the better sympathies of our nature. Its appearance will, doubtless, be hailed with satisfaction as affording proof that one of our most popular writers has not been slow to profit by the hints of the press, and is turning her unquestioned talents to sterling uses. " STILAWDERRYHILL" is once more attracting atten tion, but instead of being invited to a sale of its literary and artistical treasures, the public is entertained by an introduc tion to its personal celebrities, in a very remarkable work, just published, under this title, from the pen of the author of " Maids of Honour," " Shakspeare and his Friends," &c. In its lively pages Horace \% alpole makes an extremely in teresting hero, and when we say that his associates, in the clever and amusing story in which he figures so prominently, are the facetious George Selwyn, the brilliant Charles Townshend, the famous Bubb Doddington, the witty Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, with Bolingbroke, Pulteney, Pel ham, and the other active spirits who were such prominent features in the society of a century since, and that among their fair contemporaries we find the eccentric Lady Town shend, the gay Lady Archibald Hamilton, and such of their celebrated rivals in wit and beauty as were regarded as the chief ornaments of the rival Courts of George 11., and his Heir Apparent, we have sufficiently indicated the great attraction ia l s Ni th one niset ‘ o ' or S fi t c r ta a ill i e v n b o e niv r e r ol y s, ti H nad i m l e l e ' us ' d r o t s gh s e e rt s eh s e ac s for tanhabs a e l n nboe oe questionyn elreaders. th publisheda t for oi rt some years. 0 1 r s tnu, ' very j e j us r sun y A up. ......._, ___. ,cttkoloilesg T ui xiio: l . l pben E esse:re O fveuep n ile.lr s niw E ccrleei ß olplso v oefp E rdutt ß hbt ooel i c fsi‘Oh F it bhra.si S escgr u ,wlvae rt eemtu D re kei A tna, ,p N ipmpli el 7pem2oom:er supplement important taolsnfr debates,lidxt,iwe, Lon don, sixp ence. n e t ey- P don, will insure a copy by return of post. GILROY'S ART OF WEAVING.—We are glad to see re-issued, at - a price (nearly one half its original cost) com mensurate with the means, not only of the master, but the working manufacturer, this valuable and important work compriseing a Practical Treatise on the Art of Weaving, by Hand and by Po wer , w i t h recen t i m p ro vements, English and Foreign, and a Hi s t ory o f it s Ri se and Progress in ad o a d p Ancient and Modern Ti mes . Illustrated with numerous engravings, with Cal cu l a ti ons , T a bles, &c., use of the Master, or W or ki n g Manufacturer a Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton has intimated to Lincoln his intention of again presenting himself as a candi date fur the representation of their city a t the next general L . his friends in LINCOLN.— Weaver.t'd t REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF the field—viz., the two sitting Members, Bulwer Lytton and and Mr. W. R. Collett, and Sir Edward the title of the " citi zen Charles Seeley ,v who has adoptedn candidate" made some candidate." A second " citize o election. The; . e are, therefore,. alreadizrsf,oucrolocanneldisdiabttelsorinp dis coveredthoasridsiinetclelethenow quitted the field.— of Mr. Seeley, and has Ipswich Express. pretensionsdenonstrations a . short time ADVANCE IN T town made an advance of end of the the bakers at the west . that he was brought of bread of the second quality. "the price . one halfpenny in BG to c. ;be th P ie ur oaf ; In Tottenham - court-road, nE PRICE OF BREAD.—Yesterday loaf sells at 914 d. ; household bread d, 0 x fil ao d g r r e bd e u t, to Drury-lane, Clare market, Clare country bread, unweighed, from 41bundressed meal at Bd. to 8 1 ,0. per 41b., l flour (second) 9d. per quartern. The Whd. to 7 % d- . per in price from 104 d. to 11 1 ,0. ; and in some best bread chargedvaries s- for the 41b. loaf. On the Surrey side instances ls. is o al price for seconds is 9d., and for the of the river the general b., t ii,- ,,,1 1 1,:. prr 411 h. , . . i" .:11P Ile NL , ritt:nolin *J.-a' tir , ..=. tit. iv Intl a I . wHimeaainrgliefeatd,CtUred fromchaser ; • ,: ::.,. ii::.. c-I !..-ed , :,•i_3te- day durilz ; ',Le .1).:- . Parliament. Ilis Royal Highness and suite occupied the seats in the gallery generally allotted to visitors of his rank. MARKET N HIS DAY.) 1 CORN-EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY The arrivals of English Wheat for our market, this week, have been considerably on the increase—they having amounted to 4,230 quarters, chiefly from Essex and Kent. To-day the show of samples was tolerably good, owing to which, and the thin attendance of buyers, the demand was inactive, yet Monday's quotations were mostly supported. The show of free Foreign Wheat was by no means large. On the whole the trade was dull, at previous currencies. Corn under lock was in fair request; but we can notice no alteration in value. The sale for Barley wa.; heavy, owing to the Government having determined to admit Sugar into the distilleries, and prices were a trifle lower. In Malt next to nothing was doing, and the rates quoted on Monday were with difficulty supported. Oats were held at higher rates, from want of supply. Beans, Peas, and Flour as last advised. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. 4,230 qrs. 2,540 qrs. English • • •• • • Irish. ••• • • • •• Foreign .. •• .• 200 I 4,170 I Malt. 4.340 qrs. WZIXTECHAPEM. Oats H'lou• I_o qrs. I 2,760 1,340 Rather large supplies of meat were on sale here to-clay, yet the general demand was steady, and prices were well supported. Beef, from 2s 10(1 to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 4a to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 3s 10d tc 4s 10d per 81bs by the carcase. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) TIIE SPHYNX.-LOSS OF EIGHT SEAMEN, JAN. 19.—Three steamers are lying at anchor off, where the sea is as smoo:h as glass, but there is a heavy groused swell on the beach. The Sphynx lies well in on the flamers, and appears not to have been so much damaged in her bottom as reported. A barge, with eight men from one of the steamers, cap sized yesterday while rowing round her, and all were drowned. . . . . . . To-day sixty shipwrights and engineers with their tools, from the dock-yard, are leaving Cowes in waggons for Mot tiston.. The ill-fated vessel's masts were. cut away yesterday. Arrived, the Swedish schooner Robert, Gerfstrom master, from Charleston for Bremen, with rice and cottoe; having been run into on Sunday last by a large vessel, name un known. She carried away her bowsprit and foremast, and did her other damage. She makes a good deal of water. She had been in tow of a Dutch ship, but was towed here by the Glasgow steamer. ----- SPORTING IN TE LLi GE NCB (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) • BETTING AT MANCIII,STER.—TuOnAT. 36 CHESTER Cur.-35 to 1 agst Antler (offers to,,,t ake) &n. to 1 agst Newcourt (offers to take), 40 t I agst Crime' (taken), en 1 agst Camera Obset;ra 10 00 Flitch (tal), 1,000 to 20 agst Jenny Wren (taken)/ / ch to 20 agst Mickey Free (taken), 1,000 to '2O agst to 10 I,oo o )°,n_ (taken), 1,000 to 50 agst Burgundy (offers` ll ) , each agst Lightning,Wolfdog, Mentor, androynton (oftertur (taken), 45 to 1 49 1,000 to 20 agst Lady Sarah (offered). t / Ann to 6 ° DEnnY.-1,200 to 100 agst Epirote (offerad)9 , v /% 10 -.'," agst Planet (offered), 450 to 10 agst Projectile 011 ear others named. DISTRESS IN THE SOUTH t°4 SCOTLAND. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) t p etv In several towns in the south of Scotland benevolen e sons have establised soap-kitchens for the r elief of th 5 17; at this inclement season. At Langlichen , in Dlire ill i e s/. of 75/. was raised in two or three days for th is purpose, has A , which was presented by the Duke of Bucci euch, The seat there, and possesses the property for miles arounnieroet Scotch are proverbial fur enduring privations of the,_ s ir he' kind without complaint. The national pride of til e oc tet. racter induces them to suffer without a murinurrand rs hoping, almost against hope, and suffering for Ye'lBpror acutest misery, in the expectation of better and ma. i . pOr perous days ; but many thousands of the po or being, I d 1 :5(1 . Siblo, in a worse condition than the poor of Ireland, ing that Ireland is having relief doled out to her 1 1 3, sigt they have made th:-:ir condition known, an d f ve, don will be benevolently dealt with. DARING HIGHWAY 1101313-1;‘ AND MURDER. 10 0ded SHEFFIELD, JAN. 18.—A most unprovoked and cold-h murder has been, within the last few days, committed ucio this 0°413 2:Mr Mr. John Riley, a respectable tobacconist of inquest upon whose remains was opened on Saturda:( uSjog West log before Mr. Badger, one-of tbt coroners for the of Yorkshire. The facts arelliese :—Mr. Riley, afte .ii r ger his place of business, which is in Wain gate, wreD t :: Mead ° day evening last to spend an hour or two with 807 . Wbi at the New Market Hotel, in the Cattle ger, ke Zdeloc .A l4 place lie left perfectly sober soon after O re l: ~ituaw in order to proceed to his residence, wrichio'.z to a . short distance from the town. On the road' je',„ i t le be d village named Grimesthorpe, it would appear 4 `" - ,. t ion proceeded in safety until lie reached a sommvoi',,,,ylllll' place, about 300 yards from the last line of housegelbyta° is called Spital-hill. At this place be was attackar., ...V•1 4 or three men, who, after one of them had exclairrie l " him, here lie is," struck him so violently the f° l o stsa l. • with a life-preserver or other bludgeon as to produnel4.ol insensibility; for, although he so far recovered at .. 0 " quent period as to be enabled to crawl home, a d, isi res,w about a quarter of a mile, he was incapable of eu . 10 .. other account of his assailants than that they had h a nd him about 30s. in money, his silver watch, his h wal king-stick. tb° • After being insensible for upwards of an hour % p iste ground where he had been knocked down, and in a f ° ,705 0 _,, pool of blood, he reached his house about twenty two o'clock. His face at that time was covered vr", 0 ,1 D P . and dirt, his right band pocket was turned oat," edr_ n t " braces were broken. Each eye was fearfully blac i "; ) , lan the extent of nearly an inch all round; he had a 1i d. ,141, 0 11 on the centre of his forehead ; and his nose was stlia s ' o for', covered with coagulated blood. His hands also Wer,?,..,,isse; with blood; and there were severe abrasions and u . .„ - i s e,Sv" both his knees. There were likewise serious h'dicawji various parts of his person, all of which sufficiently' intosem that he must, although perhaps unconsciously t° have struggled violently with his assailants. ifs 0 1 On reaching home his first words uttered to his ♦ o :4 s _ _ A. " Mary, they have nearly killed me." His weriaedil, bruises were bathed and poulticed by his wife, an'"..,45, 11- and surgical aid were called in in a few hours aftera'_!:,,, notwithstanding their skill, the unfortunate gentletoce dieD gered until two o'clock on Saturday morning , vib eil beil b eg) from the effects of the barbarous usage to which be subjected. hp , Or') e t b r lt S There seems little reason to doubt that r'-' ‘ ,. A l 01, 1 V assailants had been in ambush, awaiting the a,i l Ll - oPF: 4 I. victim; the entrance to a narrow lane imnredialescro to the place of attack affording ready shelter a„ . 13 t he o f ment. It is somewhat singular, that altholg...'„, riles spot was on a public footpath, and within thin. , , o f one of the public gas lamps, that the watch:oat). 110,', _ e ve. duty it was to pass and repass the place once in 0 should not have seen the unfortunate gentle of laid in this insensible state. The only mforrnati bearing upon the matter which this official is ca , r osal l ' d p giving is, that shortly before the time at which the o ith n i p stipposed to have occurred he had a conversation „ciao men, at one part of his beat, who said they, w el l t leP l be Grimesthorpe, and who then went in the directioaohisoy do where the robbery and violence were committed. 011 , 0 ,, considered in some degree confirmatory of a stO m Lice 0 `,40, by the dying man, that he thought he knew the.'-klitbs.ros of the men, and that he came from GrimesthorPhoortoti however, the affair is involved in mystery, e, -- 00 14- police are nuking every exertion to discover the P'"' tli oa of the diabolical outrage. only an 06 . 0 The circumstances, of which the above is o n - rifr were detailed by various witnesses before the log , fa d Saturday evening, but to give time. for further eYelaeg, to to allow a post mortem examination of the deco made, the inquiry was adjourned to Thursehl " 4i110.11 The extraction of a tooth is universally .-- t he - 0 4 give a most disagr, eable shock; Dr. Brewstera%x,„ b e . 0 05 rotsoevetii known American dentist, of the flue tie la. - 9 , 1 4. 11 0 e aware of this fact, from daily experience, s o 0 ) 10 t o o t. try his t p h a e ti e e ff n e t c s t . s o H f e th t e he n r e e w for d e is p e r o o v p ery of °het. 0 6- Il i Mr. J., a young American gentlemano,seadg e ,t d ll l ll wa h; ihil :' suffering dreadfully frem toothache. Yester...eoo g e passed ntlem i i n n this e°n s a F . jar, from which issu:—edTahemeotvhcearbreaps n ay t . ed very readily, and the eXP e a lsiO being . ..... piec,, fitted to the lips. The Pat ient. ' and in allo the operating chair, inhaled the vapour, two minutes was iu a state of unconsciousness; _;liyi muscles became all relaxed, and Dr. Brewste. _,,etiAtc ippeo:ire! evidently do with him what he pleased. The e2 o tt_rc t 1 .! instrument was then applied, and the t ! ho t. moved. The effects of the ether lasted t" re d 1 minute after, and the patient, on being rest°• ii Pir consciousness, could not believe that his tn° t , n it t been removed, until he felt the hollow IA 4. t ..f gum. He declared that he had not felt the l ee I s' pain—that the sensation, when under the inf lu h e e stri,° 9 the ether, was perfectly delightful; he seeruea , ,70 0 4 to be borne rapidly through space, and then ' 5 " no fall to the earth. He experienced afterwards isfele effects from the experiment, nor was the gnr° P $ O r as is generally the case after such operations:oo 00; other patient was Mr. N—, aged 24. 11° be t the n tbsn r conscious under the influence of the ether in leas out be minute and a half, and the moment the tooth V io , 4 started to his feet, the shock having awok e be OA also declared that the sensation was delicious; bu t o ; however, he remarked, a sort of con scioustle ss ' o r 0°, 6 no power to move; he had felt no pain whateere hut% the extraction. The teeth in both cases v v a, etoeo t molar ones. Several persons were present, ethers, the rest, three ladies. Looking at the use ° the or ° o e thus " cheating nature of her pain," to u se r , u oce 4 a, tor's expression, the discovery must be pro o : mta ft_ a t• , of the most important of modern times.-- P P ie s • ' SHOCKINGLY FATAL ACCIDENT IN 1 :i ills t ttiS WARE-ItOAD.—Yesterday a very shocking a - ,,,5c1, ,', neously fatal accident occurred in the Edgivar e „ - ;:d be" 44" er . at the corner of Cambridge-street. It haPPe"" wb° itlf eleven and twelve o'clock, and hundreds of persons 4 bees et hurrying to see her Majesty proceed to Parlianoeo"o.,lldr cognisant of it. The unhappy victim was a wa„g o g„`',ers• r, 4 0 1 + Richard Head, aged about 30, in the employ 0 . 1 "'„,.." hicili"oo coal merchants, of the Harrow-road. At the h°"*" r ag,'" he was driving a team of horses that were i i: . R it e towards Hyde-park, with a waggon laden with eo i vi e 0 m ap tion of the harness got deranged, and whilst Heaurtooff,ofer to arrange it,without stopping the horses, they ''' in ... a igh V threw him down, and one of the wheels pa ,, se d 5 , 0 to m o p his head, crushing it to pieces. The brains ' ver d e tbe, ln ii' pletely squeezed out, that the policeman scooP, e ,,t Wel" with his hands. Of course death and the acejae" ita° multaneous. E 101 THE LORD-ADVOCATE AND THE l) til if ll- e dic, e. AND GLASGOW RAILWAY DIRECTORS.—We aiI' P- 40 11 % week Dr. Christison, the eminent Professor of Pm - t hig l , - 0 0" in the University of Edinburgh, was requested hY ... „ B oe di tity cers of the Crown to proceed forthwith to Stranrn43 to P llti an official report to them immediately t n his re t'" OV i •t ° burgh. Arriving in Glasgow by the railwaY traii!„,,°oll3lget on his way to Stranraer, he took the precaution; 001 to the railway people that, in case he c °ll .d l,l l l l back in time to catch the latest train lor. t a 07,,tr, on Saturday night, he would require a sZeenlig WP - Or Sunday morning, and he requested to i u ' o pe. p0 . 0 . 1 i they would be ready to provide him Witu aio n .'''• IV directors —or at least one or other of pre'', lively refused ; and as Dr. Christison was till e d til e ter from reaching Edinburgh till Monday, be refo4o, 4 e cumstance to the Lord-Advocate. The L0r07;,,, 00, ff.'", mediately held a consultation with her Dittie s A v r etss u 'Oet General ; and the Solicitor-General, we unu e ag 10,07, directed some communication to be °l, e - tb o rt r a directors. IN e do not, of course, h°,e,l e rora',. tit," nature of it. But we hope the ‘ s 7, to rs, ° I ," sti'', - the country will soon sweep away these di of the entire managemeut of this railway out t dv ei 'en; For supposing that occasion might arise fora oth er uy il t ;tres; to be sent from Edinburgh to Glasgow, or te to - 0 00. upon ` this line, are these fanatics to be Peru litte Gog eril ds fi r the Queen's service, or to mock the Executive scat of the country. with their canting reselutious?" , r 0 -- former's Gazette. r Alt a , °Le SURGICAL OPERATION WITHOUT - at 0 , - S ly% ETHER ANTIDOTE.—An experiment was Inat - u nClit Jilt Infirmary, Edinburgh, on Saturday, by Dr . _ A Wbu' - o f I P " patient was a young man, weak and emaciate", . ~318 of it was deemed necessary to amputate at the,ll3l..cabOnat the thigh. After inhaling the vapour of ether 1 % onl A jog minutes, he became quite insensible to P n l iti 'estee dr oin; operation was proceeded with, the anodyne 1 . 04 ° abe • 0 0 go •tts maintained during its progress, by the c° o pen , . el stration of the ether. His eyes continued describe netts readily answered the questions put to him, fl e d 'IlL e re'_, great calmness that he felt no pain of any hln e ' r y oth er : 0 11s ) of the patient remained unaltered, and in e v ec iferi s ", spect the appearances at the operation were Pr 04 ,..-e ias iel- Wee* the el aja edsr to others of the same kind.—Edinburgh Dispatches were sent off last evening, frlopian , office, for the Lord High Commissioners of the r. ........_____.„<",% ant2l- the....G...iovernottnd Gibralta------ • ______--- #. 7 055 , or 10 01 BIRTH& llefr plac e, fi . On the 18th inst., at 20, Princess-street, Jub daugh ter. oo ol F. J. Willis, ::3q ,of her Majesty's Customs, of ~,„ i s tlY of to il Or On the 16th inst., at Walton-place, Chelsea, "'- Cripps, Esq., of a daughter. On the 17th inst., at Caiver, Derbyshire, 3 0 .. as ote. . , 00 6 Cr° ..-ift Bentley, of a son. of 1 " Ila )" On the 17th inst., at Leamington, the latlY the e.cf. ' Esq., of Sandown-bay, Isle of Wight, of a son. of ... . On the 18th inst.. at Charterhouse-square, the+.- V. Povah, M. A., of a son. i el' ll: MARRIED. . tor, lN "' " IV. mers, of Newport, Salop, to Louisa, eldest da ~, On the 14th inst., at St. Margaret's, Westm Strang, Queen -square, Westminster. )3 16e"t tl; - --- DID. Christopher ~.. so Or thelsth inst., at Mr. Ingham's, at Westoe, , ~I nen t Pl' Olt' Esq., of tVylam, aged 59, Member in the last I tin.. Ilt i l the Il l g Northumberland. On the 7th inst., at Ringrove, near ICingsbridg: ,g e 4 t . Stapleton John De Courcy, Baron Kingsale , agel Esq., cc , e- Inu.liter of fir' On the 14th inst , at Shepton Mallet, W.ilum en__ , eic , 11 fe *try, On the 16th inst., at Denham,- 13tieltiughamshlre ~,,,i gli•A l' ' . Ilaggitt, tged 79. ~--- Ir: " t ''' 0.,-,,n Ann.str,et. cse . ..---- g ....—vu: i,Lua Witt i'llUlLitted Loy Al_ isl)_ , . _.., in a, _.., Strand, Printer, at The Set' Cflizo, N 0.112. Stre:::,edoceiq of the Savoy, in the County of atadiese " nuary 20, 1847. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.' TUESDAY, JAN. 19. Navy—Copy ordered, "of the Treasury minute respecting I naval promotion to one vacancy in three, the number 01 officers on the list at the data of the minute, and the number on the 30th day of September, 1846"—Sir C. Napier. Steam Vessels (Navy)—Return ordered," of screw steam vessels laid down and launched since the Ist day of January, 1840; also, of iron steam-vessels laid down and launched from the same time, distinguishing those with screw, their tonnage, horse-power, and armament"—Sir C. Napier. Shipping, Exports, &c.—Return ordered. " showing, for each year, from 1816 to 1845, inclusive, the number of vessels and of tonnage entered inwards and cleared outwards at each of the twelve principal ports of the United Kingdom respec tively; also, the official and declared values of the exports, and official value of the imports, fir each of the said ports , during the same years respectively—Mr. Cardwell. Corn—Account ordered, " of the total amount of duty re ceived upon foreign wheat imported between the sth day of . July, 1846, and the 19th day of January , 1847.ng to the ; together with the weekly average mi price of wheat, acco Gazette, in each week of the same period; and the q uantities imported and the quantities entered for consumption in each week"—Mr. Cardwell. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. Lord John Russell—Committee of the whole House on the corn. laws, Thursday, January 21. Lord John Russell--Committee of the whole House on the navigation-laws Thursday, January 21 . Mr. Moffatt Return of the amount of duty received on sugar, from the sth day of April, 1846, to the sth day of January, 1847; specifying the amount received under the different rates of duty, Thursday, January 21. Lord John Russell—Select Committee on the Law of Set tlement, Friday, January 22. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer—That this House do re • . solve itself into a Committee of the whole Horse on the Customs and Excise Duties Acts, Friday, January 22. Lord John Russell—To bring under the consideration of the House the state of Ireland, Monday, January 25, Mr. Secretary-at-War—Bill to abolish Poundage on Chel sea Pensioners, Tuesday, January 26. Mr. John Feilden—Bill to limit the hours of labour of young persons and females in factories to ten hours a day, Tuesday, January 26. Mr. Christie—To inquire into the Universities and Colleges of Oxford and Cambridge, Tuesday, February 2. Mr. Watson—Bill for the further repeal of enactments im posing pains and penalties upon her Majesty's RAn an Ca tholic subjects, on account of their religion, Tuesday, Feb. '2. Mr. Poulett Scrope—Resolution, That the lives of the people of Ireland ought to be as valuable in the eye of the law as the lives of the people of England; consequently it is expedient to extend to Ireland the main principle of the English poor-law, namely, the right of the destitute pour to relief, from a public provision, to save them from perishing, Tuesday, February 2. PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS 'HOUSE OF COMMONS. (Room 22, before Mr. Examiner SMITH, and Mr. As , sistant-Examiner FRERE.) GLASGOW, DUMFRIES AND CARLISLE, AND GLASGOW, PAISLEY, KILMARNOCK AM) AYR. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of IR .sterday.) The next point raised was, whether the Clydesdale Junc tion Company, through a portion of whose property the scheme under consideration was proposed to pass, should have been referenced in this plans submitted. The promoters of the Bill contended that such a course was not necessary, as the Clydesdale line was not yet con • tructed. The Examiners decided that, considering the cont ingent or equitable interest the Clydesdale Company had in the pro perty referred to, the name ought to have been inserted. Alter some further evidence was taken on the alleged in• accuracy of some of the levels, the Court adjourned till to morrow. (Room 23, before Mr. Examiner MAY and Mr. Assistant- Examiner GUNNaLL.) WILTS, SOMERSET, AND WEYMOUTH RAILWAY AMENDMENT (No. 2). "(Continued from our Aftern oon Edition of yesterday.) The case closed with the memorials of William George and Willi a m Russell, in which several allegations were sus tained. The Court then adjourned till this day, at ten o'clock, 'Mr. May repeating the order of b us i ness he had named at the opening of to -day. p c o : lrd, session ofalNvo affii Parliament Officers nergs, o hf e the b ' The Queen went in State yesterday to the House of Lords, CO U ( - 1 w U it L h a A eo ssu ß t syee Throne. to open the prince Her Majesty and Pr! Albert left the State Sal”ons at a quarter before two o'clock, preceded by the Great Officers D e lal borne by the Pages of honour hi Waiting. Her Majesty and the Piince descended the Grand Stair case and passed through the Library, through a tem porary corridor, h un g with handsome ciimson draperies, and - richly carpeted, which had been erected for the occasion across the terrace in the garden front of the Palace. ller Hi , liness 'w Majesty and his Royal g ere conducted through the corridor to the State coach by the Lord C h amberlain. The Queen's Guard, composed of the Foot Guards, with the band of the regiment, stationed in the Royal Garden, received the Sovereign with the usual honours. The State procession left the Palace by the Garden en trance in the following order : A carriage, drawn by six bays, conveying the Gentlemen Ushers, the Hon. Fr ederick Byng, Captain Courtena v Boyle, R.N., and Colonel Di gg le ; the Exon in Waitin g of the Yeoman Guard, Sir Samuel Hancock ; and a Page of Honour. A carriage, drawn by a set of bays, conveying the Groom of the Robes, Lieutenant -Colonel Seymour; the Groom in Waiting, Colonel Berkeley Drummond; the Groom in W a it.. ing to Prince Albert, Captain Francis Seymour ; and a Page of Honour, Mr. Forbes. A carriage, drawn b) • a set of bays, conveying the Comp troller of the Household, Lord Marcus Hill; the Master of the Household, Major General Bowles; the Silver Stick in Waiting, Colonel Bouverie ; and the Field Officer in Waiting, Colonel Home. A carriage, drawn by a set of bays, conveying the Cap tain of the Yeoman Guard, Viscount Falkland, G.C.11. ; th e Clerk Marshal, Lord AM ed Paget ; the Treasurer of the Household, Lord Robert Grosvenor; and the Equerry in Waiting to the Prince, Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon. A carriage, drawn by a set of bla ck horses, conve ying the Lord Steward, the Earl F o rtescue ; th e Gold Stick in Wait ing, Viscount Combermere, G.C.8.; the Lerd in Waiting, the Earl Ducie; and the Lord in Waiting to the Prince, Viscount Clifden. The Queen's Marshalmen, two and two. The Queen's Footmen in State liveries, two and twe. Yeomen of the Guard. The State coach, drawn by e i g ht cream-coloured h orses , conveying her Majesty the Queen' his Royal High ness Prince Albert, K.G. a nd K.G.F., the Mistress of the Robes, the Duchess of S u th er l an d ; and the Lady in Waiting, th e Marchioness of Douro. The Crown was conveyed to the House of Lords by Sir William Martins, Gentleman Usher. The State Procession .returned to Buckingham Palace at five minutes past three o'clock. The Lord Chamberlain received her Majesty and her Royal Consort on alighting from their carriage and conducted them to the State rooms. The Yeoman Guard lined the lower rooms. Sir George Philip Lee the Lieutenant, and Mr. Ellerthorp the Adjutant of the corps, were present. The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the Haymarket Theatre with their presence yesterday evening. tie royal suite consisted of the Marchioness of Douro, Earl Dude, Lord Alfred Paget, and Colonel Seymour. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal walked yesterday mcrning with her august parents in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace. - - „ PEACES OF M EMBERS IN TH E IIOUSE.—The seat usually appropriated to the leader of the Opposition was occupied by Lord Lincoln ; about three seats below Lord Lircolu, on the front Opposition bench, were Lord George Bentinck, Mr. Disraeli, and Mr. Bankes; and on the bench immediately behind sat Mr. Ferrand. THE LATE ACCIDENT AT BLACKFRIARS. The three men who received such frightful injuries on Friday night last at Mr. ginger's iron foundry, Blackfriars, are still in a very precarious condition. The man George Richard son, who is in Guy's Hospital, remains without the slightest hope of surviving the injuries. The other two are likely to recover, and are in St. Thomas's Hospital. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—FEARFUL WOUNDS FROM ERY, SIPELAS CURED BY HOLLLWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—Mr. A. Coles, formerly in the employ of Mr. Oliver, coachmaker, Twicken ham, for five years, had been ill, off and on, for fourteen years, and for the last seven he was continually under the care of one surgeon or another, besides being a patiet4t for a considerable time at one of the hospitals for settled erysipelas in both legs, which discharged quantities of water, besides bumo"Ars issnin, from severs) Isrge wotimis. , plaint w; i 1. by now ay's Ointment we,ks.—,ol,l by diclne vendors, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, Lendon. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—Major Stevens, of the Royal Marine Artil!ery, is appointed Inspector of Dockyards, in conjunction with a naval officer who will hereafter be no winated. Courts-martial will be held to-morrow on board the St. Vincent to try Lieutenant Gill, of the Mutine, for drunken ness, and Lieutenant Heath, of the Hyacinth, who was offi cer of the watch when that vessel ran foul of the Wanderer, merchant barque, for his participation in that accident. The Hyacinth, 18, Commander Scott, will he paid off on Wednesday, and the Wanderer, the vessel with which she came in collision, is under repair at the expense of Govern ment; so that it appears they are satisfied the Hyacinth was in fault. The Crocodile, 8, Lieutenant-commanding S. R. Protheroe, will be paid in advance on Thursday. Thirty of the St. Vincent's crew have been sent in charge of an officer by train to London, thence to proceed to Sheer ness, to fit the Cyclops steamer, recently paid off at that port, for immediate service in carrying provisions to Ire land. The officers and crew of the Sidon steam-frigate, Captain Henderson, have received orders to complete the fitting of the Dauntless, commenced by the dockyard riggers, and, when ready, to navigate her to Glasgow to get her engines. They commenced operations to-day. PORTS3IOCTII, TUESDAY.—A court-martial, comprising Rear-Admiral Hvde Parker, President; Captain Chads, of the Excellent; Captain Henderson, of the• Sidon; Captain Milne, of the St. Vincent; Commander Tryon of the Mutine ; and Mr. G. L. Greetham, Deputy Judge Advodate of the Fleet; assembled this morni►,g on board the flag-ship St. Vincent, to try Mr. Heath, third lieutenant of the Hy acinth, 18, Commander Scott, who was officer of the watch at the time that vessel ran foul of the Wanderer, merchant bark, on the morning of the 12th inst., for alleged neglect of duty on the said occasion, whereby considerable damage was sus , ained by both vessels. Captain Pasco, of the Victory, was ordered to sit as a member of the Court, but was objected to by the prisoner, he (Captain Pasco) having, after an inquiry, made the report to the Admiralty upon which the present trial was founded, and Commander Tryon, as next in seniority, was sworn in his stead. Illr. James Hoskin's, solicitor, of Gosport, officiated as the prisoner's "friend." The charge was, " For that you, on the 12th day of January, 1847, being at the time in actual service and full pay of her Majesty's fleet, and officer of the watch on board the said sloop (Hyacinth), did improperly omit to have the helm of the said sloop put down as soon as a certain bark, called the Wanderer, steering down channel, was first seen from the said sloop as going before the wind, by which omis sion the said sloop and barque came into collision and re ceived damage." After a most patient investigation, and eloquent defence, the Court acquitted the prisoner. On the conclusion of the above, another Court was sworn in, comprising Captain Pasco in the room of Commander Tyron, but as Senior Captain, to try Mr. Gill, Second Lieu tenant of the Mutine, 12, ammander Tyron, on a charge of drunkenness, preferred by his commander, which was proved, and he was sentenced to be dismissed the service. The Scourge steam-sloop, Commander J. C. Catlin, returned to Spithead last night at nine o'clock, having been detained at the wreck (for we must now call it so) of the Sphynx, since she left this harbour on Sunday morning. She came up for more assistance, and a dockyard lump, with anchors, cables, and a gang of riggers, have been Lent by th e S courge to-day at noon. About sixty shipwrights, and a number of engineers, under the direction of Mr. Watts, one of the builders' assistants, together with a detachment of marines to guard any property that may be landed from her, have also been dispatched. A dreadful accident occurred at the wreck yesterday. A cutter belonging to the Scourge, under the charge of kr. Harris, gunner of that vessel, while in the act of endeavour ing to reach the Sphynx, was caught in the curl of the surf, instantly capsized, and Mr. Harris and six men were drowned. Two were with difficulty saved, mainly by the ex ertions of Mr. Wallis, master of the Sphynx, who was se verely cut about the face, and had two of his ribs fractured, in his act of humanity. The Sphynx is about 300 yards to the eastward of Brook Coast Guard station, and is forming herself a bed in the clayey soil of the beach, close to the face of the cliff. A party of hands, from the Sidon, to assist in manning the Avenger, sailed in the Vulcan revenue steamer this morning for Plymouth. The Adventure naval transport and the Sinbad lighter sailed to-day with provisions for Cork. Mr. John Mallard, late senior clerk of the St. Vincent, disd in Ilaslar Hospital, after three days' illness, of pneumo nia, aged 45. The deceased officer was formerly fur many years, and indeed until lately, young gentlemen's school master upon the old system, but being past the age to qualify him for the position of naval instructor on the new system, he returned to his original position as a clerk in order to obtain his rank ultimately as paymaster and purser, which he had long been entitled to, having passed for that rank in 1833. Ile had been in various flag ships at this port during the last 11 years, and was much respected in them all, par ticularly by his messmates and the youngsters, of whom he always took a fatherly charge. His remains were interred yesterday at the cemetery at Kingston, in the same tomb as his wife, and were followed to their last resting-place by come of the ward-room and most of the gun-room officers of the ships in commission in this harbour. His own messmates in the gun-room of the St. Vincent each subscribed hand somely according to his means towards the funeral expenses, as did two officers in the ward-room (the surgeon and purser) not from the necessity of a subscription for that purpose, but to mark their respect for his memory. PRICE OF GOLD, TUESDAY EVENING.—The pre mium on gold at Paris is 11 per mille, which at the English Mint price of Si. 17s. 10 1 / 2 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exe ange of 25.42; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.35, it follows that gold is 0.28 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 432 1 /o per mark, - which, at the English mint price of 3!. 17'. 10 1 /0, per ounce fur stan dard gold, gives au exchange of 13.8z,4 ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.5 i, it follows that gold is 1.50 per cent. dearer in Hamburgh than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London is 105 1 4 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent.,_ it follows • that the ex change is 4.08 per cent. against England. But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at 60 days' sight, tke interest must be deducted from the above difference. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILwAY.—It will be gratifying to know that the whole of the sufferers in the accident which took place at the Stratford station of the Eastern Counties Railway, in the month of September last, have been fully compensated for their injuries by the company. Amongst the sufferers was a poor woman named Smitb, residing at Chigwell, in Essex, who unfortunately had both her legs broken, and for whose recovery the company was most solicitous, Mr. Roney, the secretary, and some of the directors, frequently visiting her. On Thursday last, having become convales cent, she was presented with 600 grineas by the company, as some amends for the injury she had sustained. At the request of Mr. William Cotton, who, we regret to hear, "still feels the effects of the injury to his head by the same accident, a large sum of money was paid by the company to the Bethnal-grem schools, instead of to himself, he with drawing the action he had commenced against the company. SUICIDE IN THE PUBLIC STREETS FROM STARVA TION. —An inquest was held on Tuesday, before Mr. W. Payne, City Coroner, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of Robert Bland, aged 34, who committed suicide in the public streets under the following circumstances :—John Nicholls, police-constable 240, of the City police, said that on Monday morning, about half-past four o'clock, he was on duty in King-street, Snow Hill, when he saw a man lying on the pavement, and on going over found the deceased. On questioning him he said that he had taken some laudanum, which he had procured at six different shops. The sergeant coming up they took him to the station house, and then con veyed him to the hospital. He stated that his name was Robert Bland, and gave his address Salford, near Manchester, and that he was a coach painter by trade; he said he was destitute and had no friends to go to, and that he had done it front want; that he was tired of his life, and that he thought he might as well die, as live in the wretched state he was then lMng in. Mr. P. J. Hurlock, resident medical o ffi cer at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, said he saw the deceased about twenty minutes before five o'clock, and seeing him very col lected, addressed him upon the impropriety of the steps he had been taking, when he said he had been driven to it by parting with his last shilling. There was a wanting of the strongest evidence of his having taken laudanum, by the eyes not being contracted. Upon the stomach pinup being ap plied, he fell back in his chair and immediately expired. It was his opinion that the coldness of the night, with his irre gularities of life, naTely, insufficiency of diet or no diet at all, had, as much as laudanum, produced death. He had not made a post mortem examination, and, therefore, could not state what was the cause of death. Two drachms of lauda num upon an empty stomach would be enough to destroy life. In answer to a juror, Mr. Hurlock said he never saw a person die under the application of the stomach pump before, but he thought it might have been caused by the difficulty of breathing usual on the stomach pumpbeing applied, and also to its being a very cold night. He was of opinion, that if a post mortem examination was made, he should not be able to trace laudanum, but he thought that, jointly with other causes, had produced death. 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