The Express.
London, England, 1848-02-10 00:00:00

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WOOL—EXETER, Feb. 9.—ln Yolk Wool still
little doing, at • quotation of frost 6d. to did. per lb.

HAY.—SurraviELD, Two o' Clock.--Merin. Cooper
end Davie report the &Howie' quotations :
Prime Meadow Me to TM i Rowan— eaa. to 55. Straw.. 74, te Mk.
Werke ...... 6i. to 641.1 Clover ... tto to K.

CATTLE, &0.-EIETER. Feb. 9.-This was a well
supplied, and, from the great extant of business dons, a most
important market. The quotation for fat Bullocks must be
stated at from 665. to 625. per cwt., or from 10s. to Ils. per
' were. Butchers' Calves were in larger supply than of late,
and some choice arti, les sold at 61d. per lb., the quotation
being from 6d. to 61d. In fat Sheep a very extensive busi-
ness reported, and the quotations must be continued at from
6d. to 7d. per lb. There were some lots of couples at from 40s.
to 451. per couple. There was a fair show of Cows and
Calves. Barreners did not find a brisk sale, hut articles
fresh and in something of condition, were disposed of at from
345. to 375. 6d. per cwt., or from 6s. to 6e. 6d. per score.
6ot:111mA, Feb. 9.-Trade heavy, with hardly so high a
prior as last week, either for Beef or Mutton. tleaf made
from 2s. Bd. to 4s. 6d. ; Mutton, 4s. to ss. 3d. ; Veal, 4s. 6.1.
to Is. 4d. ; Pork, 31. 4d. to 4s. Bd. per stone of Sibs., sinking
the offal.

For Yesterdav's Markete us last page.

SHIPPINO.

MAILS ARRITZD.—DubIia,3 ; Waterford,l; Donaghadee,
1 ; Flanders, 1.
LONDON, Feb. 10.—Wind this day at noon, S.S.W.,
moderate breeze, and fine clear weather.
DeAL, Feb. 9.—W.5.W., very strong, with severe equalfe.
—Arrived : Charles Clarke, Monte Video ; Spy, Ho
Janeiro ; Faker Helena, New York, and sailed for Amster-
dam.
Lrveitroov, Feb. 9.—W.S.W.—Arrived: Bth, Home, St.
Andrew's, N.B. 9th, New York, New York, sailed 17th
ult., with 6,0001. in specie ; Waterloo, New York, with
22,0001. in specie. The Sylph, from St. Michael's, arrived
here today, leaky, &c., having been in contact with the
' Princess, mail steamer, this morning. The Bucher
d'Orlesns, from HAW!, WORE on shore at Sandy Hook, OR
the 13th ult., and remakied, very leaky. The AZ, for skis
port, wee hard aground on the S.W. psis of the Mississippi
about the 3rd Ult.
LONG ISLAND CHANNEL, CROOHATEH, Feb. s.—Ar-
rived : Bache., and Betty, New York.
BRISTOL, Feb. 9.—W.S.W.—Arrived:Jays, Batavia;
Bolton Abbey, Callao ; Linden, St. John's, N.B. The Ada
Mary did not sail yesterday for Barbadoes, as reported.
DUBLIN, Feb. 8.--AA'.S.W —Arrived: Brenda, Deme-
rara; Isabella Stewart, St. Andrew's, N.B.
D.raacowne, Feb. 9.—The Ann, from St. Ives to Cardiff,
went on shore en the west side of Bundy, on the bth instant;
crew supposed to have bean drowned.
LOWESTOFFE, Feb. 9.—The Janets, Shields to St.Valery,
was 'waisted in here to-day leaky, having teen on shots on
Sizewell Bank last night, during a gale at S.E. It is now
W.S.W.
ALDEOROCOH, Feb. 9.—The Diamond, of and from New-
castle to London, sunk yesterday, after bring in contact with
the Amity, of and bound to Newts:tie from London ; crew
saved by the latter. The .lilontcalni, of Newcastle, was
wrecked on the Outer Shoal to day, during thick weather.
YARMOUTH, Feb. 9.—A brig, apparently lightly loaded,
suck this morning off Barton. supposed to have been the
Susannah, of Blyth, a boat with that name having been
picked up in that neighbourhood ; crew landed at Barton or
Idindesley.
Orr Sr. ALDAN'S HEAD, Feb. 8.--Cito, Rio Janiero, for
Gothenburg.
RAMSGATE, Feb. 9.—The Stairshaw, Sunderland to Con-
stantinople, and the Constant, Shields to Cette, put into this
harbour to-day, leaky, having been on shore on the Good-
win Sands. The Christiana, Shields to Oran, put into this
port to.dsr, leaky, hosing struck mi the Ridge on Verne.
itch. 9. —The two b.igs that ware on shore last
night us the Goodwin Sands, have proceeded for ltamegate ;
the fourth vessi.l, seen by the boatmen, is supposed to have
cleared the sands without assistance. The outward-bound
have rode ell well, some of them let go their second anchors.
Cowr.s, Feb. B.—The Nativa, from Odessa, arrived here,
reports having been boarded by the mate of the Magdalena,
from Alexandria to London, in lat. 38, lon. 9, who reported
his vessel to be very leaky, and the master ill, and was sup-
plied with medicine.
JERSEY, Feb. 6.—The Emmanuel, of Newcastle, from
Cloebee to Hull, which put in here 2nd inst. water-logged,
struck on the Grunes Rock, near Guernsey, 26th ultimo,
stove I large hole in her bottom, and in a short time after
the water was level with the deck ; she will be warped up here
for Earley, previous to which she must discharge.
SHIELDS, Feb. 8 —The Maid of Auckland, hence to the
Black Sea, put hack to-day with larboard bow stove in, and
foretopsail yard carried away, !Irving been in contact off the
Head with a light ship, nth inst. The Loyalist, or South
Shields, struck recently on the her, and Las received da-
mage.
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNEMAT, FEB. 9.
The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock.
Pt; BLIC SCSI N Eng.
PETITIONS. —By Mr. 7441.1•NiLT, from the Roman catholics
of I
Wolverhampton; Mr. Mserav from tin &Anon catholic. of lice
Bale of Wight, Peratanoe,Haytlaort Bury, sod other places; in favour
of the Roman Catholic Belief Bit —Mr. altirrs, from Bi. mingham,
in favour of the Jewish Disabilities Bill.—Mr. 0. Dowvems, from a
place in YOrkithift, against the bill.
NOTICE OF MOTlON.—Foamus Poucv.—Mr. A.verrer, to renew
11la motion for ropers relative to this subyect, when the order of the
day for going into committee of supply Ls moved.
FIRST READlND.—DistilLation from Sugar, Ac., Bill.
NEW WRIT.
On the motion of Mr. (1. A. HAMILTON, • new writ was
ordered for the election of a member for the University of
Dublin, in the room of Mr. Shaw, who had accepted the
Chiltern Hundreds.
JEWISH DISABILITIES BILL.
On the motion of Sir G. Otter, the adjourned debate on
this bill was fixed for Friday.

SPIRITUAL PEEREFORS—THE BISHOP OF
HERD.
Mr. URQUHART wished to know from the right hon,
gentleman, the Secretary of State for the Home Depart-
ment, in reference to a petition which he presented from the
corporation of Stafford, whether her Majesty's ministers in-
tended to advise her Majesty to exercise her prerogative of
calling the Bishop of Hereford to the House of Peers.
Sir G. (SREY said, that by the recent act of parliament
it was provided that the number of spiritual peers in the
House of Lords should not be increased, and that the junior
bishop was to take his seat there by rotation. It was not
the intention of her Majesty's government to advise the
crown to exercise her prerogative in the case of Dr. Hamp-
den. [Hear, hear.)
POOR LAWS (IRELAND).
1 Mr. P. SCROPE wished to ask the Secretary for Ireland,
whether any and what legal proceedings hare been taken
against such boards of guardians or relieving officers as have
neglected the duties imposed on them by the act 10 & 11
Vie. c. 31, of affording due relief to the destitute poor. It
was well known that in many instances they had neglected
those duties. The law gave the poor of Ireland an un-
I doubted right to relief. Tim highest authority of the law in
Ireland—the Lord Chief Justice—decided that the poor had
such a right, and that they ought not to be allowed to starve.
But how had the law been carried out ? It was stated,
in the poor-law commissioners' report, that in the
union sf Ballina, where 65,000 rations had been distributed
ia September, but 8661. had been collected out of a rate of
13,8661., which had been struck for the relief of the poor
four months after these notions had ceased to be distributed,
and that some of the most respectable persons in the county
of Mayo, and even some of the guardians themselves, were
amongst the defaulters. (Hear, hear.) And at this time
evictions to a large extent were taking place, as appeared
from the statement of Mr. Tuke, one of the Society of
Friends. He stated that 140 families ha i been cast out of
their homes in the depth of winter in the Larony of Ennis,
' and :that John Walsh, Esq., the petwn who evicted
them, owed 481. of his poor-law rates. (Hear, hear.)
The workhouse was forty or fifty miles from the estate.
When they get there they find a resolution puma by the
guardians net to give a fraction of relief to any poor persons
from the barony of Ennis. The poor people tried to struggle
back again, but many of them, according to Lieut. Hamilton.
died upon the road home. What was the condition of this
workhouse at the timer Why, Lieut. Hamilton reported
that many of the inmates were absolutely sent to the infir-
mary in consequence of want of sufficient nourishment.
(Hear, hear.) But there was another barony—the barony
of Binghamstown. Mr. Bingham, the owner of the property
in that electoral division, was a defaulter to the extent o
1191. 3s. Bd. Lieut. Hamilton reported that the poor people
were in an absolute state of starvation in this division.
At this stage of the hon. gentleman's speech,
Mr. HUME rose to order. The notice of the hon. mem-
ber was to ask a question. Their debates ought to be on
subjects of public utility, and the time of the public ought to
be economised as much as possible.
Mr. B. O'BRIEN complained very much of this interrup-
tion.
Sr G. GREY did not wish to stop this discussion on the
ground of being unable to reply at once to these statements
for the government were fully prepared with their answer
if the house considered the present a proper and fitting time
to go into its consideration. But he did think the hon.
member for Moctrose was net unreasonable in urging that
the house should be allowed to proceed to that business
which they had met to consider.
Mr. AGLIONBY having said a few words,
Mr. P. SCROPE was much obliged for the courtesy
displayed towards him, but he did not think time had
been gained by the discussion which followed the inter-
ruption. He was about to stile that no outrages had been
committed in consequence of the poverty of the people in the
barony. of Ballina. Such, however, was not the case in the
adjoining barony of Carrick-upon-Shannon. Lieut. Wynne
reported that last November this workhouse was not open,
mad that 1,600 persons were wandering about the union
vainly asking for relief. At that very time the Rev. Mr.
Lloyd was shot. He did not mean to presume that there
was any absolute connexion between the state of things he
described and the murder of Mr. Lloyd. But be called their
attention to the fact that 1,600 persons were at that time
wandering about the union without food. Could the Chief
Justice have opened a commission in that county, as he did
in Limerick, by declaring that this poor had a resource open
to them against starvation' There was another union—the
Cavan union. In that anion less than Ls. in the pound could
be collected during the whole year. On the 21st of Dec.
the inspector reported that the workhouse was over. crowded,
that there was no out-door relief—that 4,0001. was owing to
tradespeople, and that 1,000 families entitled to relief wire
unable to obtain it, although deaths were frequently occur-
' ring from etazwation. The workhouse itself was only open