The Express.
London, England, 1847-03-30 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY, Four o'Clock.

In the House of Lords last night the Earl of Da-
mn, ea the authority of communications received by
rim from Ireland, denied the statements made le,
Lord Baoetnisse en former occasions, that Irish land-
beds, or inspectors, had supplied paupers with pas-
sage money to convey them to Liverpool, in order to
enable them to throw themselves on the poor-rates.
Lord BROrOIIA3I could not disbelieve the authority
cc which he had made the statements in question.
There were now 70,000 Irish paupers in Liverpool
sad Manchester, and he hoped a declaratory act
would be passed to facilitate their removal.—The
Marquis of LONDONDERRY brought forward the sub-
ject of Army Enlistment, desiring to know whether
the Army Service Bill before the House of Commons
bad received the sanction of the Commander-in-Chief,
cc of amp board of general officers, and whether it
was intended to return to the warrant of 1806 with
reference to the pensions of non-commissioned officers
and soldiers?—Marl GREY declined to give an answer
to the first question on the ground of the inconve-
nience and injury which must result from divulging
confidential communications between her Majesty's
advisers and an officer of such high station as the
Commander-in-Chief ; but as regarded the second, it
was not intended to re-establish the pension warrant to
which the noble lord referred. These statements
being unsatisfactory to the Marquis of LONDON-
DERRY, be then submitted a motion for the produc-
tion of the documents in question, stating his belief
that every military authority, theoretical as well m
practical, concurred in the opinion that the bill for
limiting the period of enlistment was a rash and
dangerous experiment, and that it was due to the
non-commissioned officers and soldiers to revive the
pension system of 1806.—Earl GREY must also
decline the production of the papers, for
which no parliamentary ground had been laid.—
The Earl of CARDIGAN looked with terror and
apprehension at the measure of the government.
In his opinion, the most effectual way of inducing •
higher class of men to enlist would be by adopting •
more liberal pension system, and a curtailment in the
period of cohinial service. By the bill in question,
after a period of thirty-four years, a man would re-
ceive a pension of but sixpence a day, being about the
amount paid to a pauper. Was this, he would ask, a
system likely to induce a superior class of men to
enter the army ? After some further observations,
the Marquis a LONDONDERRY withdrew his motion.
In the House of Commons, Mr. Havree, in answer
to Mr. Hume, said no official information had been
received from the legislative council of New South
Wales on the subject of secondary punishments ; but
when it arrived it would be laid before parliament.
Lord PALMERSTON, in reference to the erection of the
Protestant church at Alexandria, observed that • stun
equal to the amount already expended, compelled is
it had been partly of • public grant and partly of
private subscriptions, would be necessary to defray
the expense of its completion, in copeepasnee
of those charged with the erection hav-
ing embarked upon • more extensive pint
than that originally proposed. The subject was tin-
der the consideration of the government, as to the
advisability or otherwise of making a further advance.
Sir De LACY EVANS was desirous of knowing whether
the Home Secretary authorised the censure conveyed
by the Poor-law Commis loners to the local authori-
ties in Westminster, in consequence of their having,
pending the proceedings for the committee on the
Lew of Settlement, grew relief to non-resident poor.
Sir GEORGE GRET replied that the opinion of the
law officers of the crown having been taken on
the legal construction to be put on the act,
the Ctminissioners had intimated to the Guardians
generally, that that opinion ought to govern their
node of proceedings,—but as regarded the matter
bow ads% rted to, no sanction had been asked of, or
given by them. A short discussion on the public
works qua, Lion in Ireland ensued, after whim Mr.
Boernwlea rose to call the attention of Lord
Palmerston to a proclamation issued in Catalonia
by General Ili eton, dated the 4th instant, and asked
the noble lord whether he had made any remon-
strance to the Court of Spain on the subject,
and if so, we tad he consent to lay a copy
of the dispatch' on the table of the house.
Lord PALMERSTD V, in reply, 'dated that the
government bad ,no official knowledge what-
ever of the mode= tion, and, therefore, no steps had
been taken by them ak 1 the subject, which was one, if
founded on fact, that must excite in the mind of
every member of ta diagast and indignation.
The noble lord, after la uding to the Durango and
other decrees issued by
.the Oarlike at a former
period, which had never 1 wen reciprocated by the
Winos, referred to a rot ent proclamation of the
Conde de Montemolin, in which he spoke of
maks and armies, and of fields of battles,
sad of enemies, and observe( I that if these terms
meant anything they indicated that the Prince by
°ken the proclamation had be en issued intended
to render his native country again a scene of similar
discord to that which had so long a. -ad so fatally pre-
'said there. Bat he did hope, j from the'
character and conduct of the prince :1.1 nee he had been
in England, such a course would not b adopted with
his approbation ; and he trusted that thole Pius
who advised him in this country won Id use 'eh*
Wenn with this illustrious person, with the view of
his* him to restrain his friends ft °et again
~."laothelosing Spain with such di 'raetating
The noble lord, in arse
wer to.
aw ma LACY EVANS said it was a great a bum
tV hospitality which this country afforded to all
`free
of that they should issue proclamatk laaof
any kind tending to excite honk due
..a mega state in alliance with this count. 7•
Am a coannation, at the instance of Lord G. Beiv-
11.1.,okinthesebject of deaths from starvation in Ire -
M. tire hew went again into committee on the
Peefelaw Bill. On a clause proposed by Mr.
11.00eY to the effect, that no person occupying a
the extent of land than a quarter of a sta-
ke% should be considered as a destitute poor
Asunder the provisions of the bill,—the com-
edies divided, when the clause was adopted by a
yof 110. Various other clauses and amend-
:l" were proposed and withdrawn, after which
°COME BCNTINCK moved the insertion of a
emeting that no deduction should be made
the rent of rateable property, in respect
jell rates levied thereon after the first
dij,u,a4l7. 1849, upon which question the committee
'dad. when there appeared a majority of three
"'sn'utOlder dathe_lunp °ellen, the numbers being 79 to 76.
maid, having been agreed to, the house re-
'be report was ordered to be received on
y, and notice
thewas given by Lord Joint
moving third reading on Monday,
theft of ApriL

The Hon. Henry Wellesley, her Majesty's minister
st the Sublime Porte, has communicated ti he inten-
tion 0! the Turkish government to prohibit the ex-
, Plltthad,___ on of grain, except such quantities as ma, have
'
been contracted for, from Adrianople, Silielria,
_,l9,Lni %nine, Aveonia, Delvino, Sirhala, Hodostai
l'ilaum, Pothole of Brollies, Sarouhan, Aidin, Co'

THE Socirry or ARTS.—A distinguished com-
pany assembled last evening at the house of the ahove society
is Johnxtreet, Adelphi, for a private clew of " select speci-
mens of British manufactures, and drcorative art." This
exhibition proves the decorative arts to be in a state of
activity and progression, far exceeding anything we, and
we presume the public, could have imagined. " The
Stafford bottle in thins " (No. 55), totally eclipses any of
the treasured relics' of our most fortunate collectors of vertu; I
and " A Bunch of Hops " (No. 104), intended to show the
applicability of the marline for the production of the
deepest under-eutting, in wood, hangs so lightly with every
leaf and tendril separate, that ome would expect a puff of
wind to send it waving. and rustling to and fro, as if still
banging to the " stick.' The exhibition is highly interest-
ing throughout. The company last evening included the
Duchess of Sutherland, the Marquis of Northampton, the
Conde de Montemolis, Sir Henry I,llis, the Baron do Gold-
smid, and many other persons of distinction, both in the lite-
rary and In the sciautihe world.

WILTSHIRE AND HAMPSHIRE—Within the mat
fortnight the growing wheat crops have muck improved in
appearaner. On the stiff cloyed's around Warminster, Trow-
bridge, Frame, Be., the plant appears healthy and strong
thick enough upon the ground, though much later than last
sprizzt the peeved of trod crop is at present very
The loareontin frusta do not appear to have
role any serious injury to the plant on well-managed and
rich soils. On poor land, badly cultivated, the ease is dif-
ferent, as in many parts the shoots are thin, sickly, and
weak, though even thaw have latterly very much altered fur
the better. Barley sowing is progresaing rapidly, and also
favourably, the land working admirably. From War-
minster t Wilton the wheats are also looking well, if we
except a spot here and there where the land hoe been indif-
ferently managed, and but scantily manured. A greater
breadth of wheat has been sown this year than last. Oats
are coming up well. Barley-solving more than half
finished. From Wilton to Salisbury and Devises, where
the downs are broken up, wheats have a very promis-
ing and green appearance. From Devises to Marllxtraugh,
the growing wheats look well. Oats just peeping out of the
ground. Barley sowing in full operation; three-fourths
already in the ground. From Marlborough to Andover the
same cheering prospects present themselves. Wheats
amazingly improved. Oats coming up well. Beans, peas,
and spnng tares, gone in well, and barley sowing more than
half finished. From Andover to Basingstoke, Odiham,
Alresford, and Winchester, the growing wheats never looked
more promising ; In some places the spring-sown crops are ,
just showing, and barley sowing going on rapidly ; in ano-
ther ten days or a fortnight (weather permitting) nearly all
will be in the ground, excepting where turnips may not all
be eaten off. Potato planting is in most parts becoming gene-
rat, yet not half the usual qusatity can be planted this year.
for want of seed. The lambing season on the Downs of
Dents and Wilts is now over, and in some parts the breeders
Nava had a large increase • in others, a very indifferent one.
It is said that many breeders have discontinued breeding,
intending in future to keep only dry flocks.

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