The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-13 00:00:00

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES

Population
Enumerated,
1841
West Districts... 300,711
North Districts.. 375,971
Central Distr:zts 373,653
East Districts ... 392,444
outh Districts.. 501,190

Totals... ..... 1,948,369

Males
Females

Average weekly Deaths
Deaths, 1843-7. in the
Five Summers. Week.
142 .• • 181
182 ... 253
•
173 ... 191
. 219 ... 256
. 251 ... 315

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

-. 1,196
-. 594
-. 602

Males
Females ...

... 846
... 827

Total ... .... ... ... ... 1,673
*ln this number are included 55 cases of death by
Cholera, 55 by Scarlatina, and 71 by Typhus Fever.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.
(THIS EVENING.)

FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 9, 1849.
The Queen has been pleased :to approve of M. Vin-
cent Benedetti as Consul, at Malta, for the French
Republic.

DUCHY OF LANCASTER, Feb. 10.
The Queen has been this day pleased to appoint John
Smith Entwisle, of Foxholes, Lq., to be Sheriff of the
county palatine of Lancaster for the ensuing year.
CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 12.
HEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PAR-

LIAMENT.
Borough of Bolton—Sir Joshua Walmsley, of West-
bourne-terrace, in the countyi of Middlesex, Knt., in the
g' i
room of John Bowring, c. , who
a lti as
Canton.accepted the office
or hi.r.Majesty's Consul-General
Commission by the Lot d-Lieutenant oDurham
Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles William Vane to be
Deputy Lieutenant, Jan. 30.
Commission s'gned by the Lord Lieutenant of Caithness-
shire.
96th Regiment of North British Militia.—James Gor-
don Mackay, Gent. to be Ensigu, January 27.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 7.—The Right Honourable
Sir Thomas Wilde, Knt. Lord Chief Justice
of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas
at Westminster, has appointed George Cutler Parker
of Wrexham, in the county of Denbigh, Gentleman, to
be one of the Perpetual Commissirners for taking the
acknowledgments of deeds to be executed by married
woman, under the Act passed for the abolition of fines
and recoveries, and for the substitution of more simple
modes of assurance, in and for the county of Denbigh,
also in and for the county of Flint.
WHITEHALL, JAN. 31.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Washington
Hamilton Brown, of Swansea, in the county of Glamor-
gan, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High
Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, FEn. 2.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Augustus Cun-
nington, of Braintree, in the county of Essex, Gent. to
be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court, of
Chancery.

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WHITEHALL, FEB. 3.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Robert Evans, of
Liverpool, in the connty of Lancaster, Gent., to IL a
Muster Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 6.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed William North, of
Leeds, in the county of York, Gent., to be a Master Ex-
trabrdinary in the High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTS.

George Carr Temperley,
coal_ merchant, Dartford,
_Acrit, to surrender Feb. 20 and March 27, at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy.- , Pennell, official assignee;
14ev'is, Ely-place, Holoorn.
Wiliam Green, auctioneer, Birkenhead, Feb. 26, and
9,ate
g liesVsein,baeettt Liverpool District Court.
March
Morgan.j
official
, Liverpool; Chester and Co.,
Staple inn; Francis and Co i
Liverpool.
George Melville Horton, j,e er
well
23, at twelve, and March 29, at, Hatton-garden, Feb.
Bankruptty. Carman, official assignee,o, at the Court of
Cornhill; Pocock and Poole, Bartholew Birchin-lane,
Robert Wilson Smiles, bookieller .ck'se'
,Blackburn, Lanca-
shire, March 1 and 16, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Powdrell, official assignee, Manchester
Milne, Parry, Milne and Morris, Temple; Wilding
and
Fisher, Blackburn.
George Francis, innkeeper, Rayleigh, Feb. 20, at half-
past one, and March 27, at two, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.id Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lom-
bard-street; Chidley, GuildhAll•chambers, Basinghall-
Street.

Edward Pass, butcher, Sheffield, Feb. 24, and March
31, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman,
official as=ignee, Sheffield; Moss, Sergeant's Inn, Lon-
don • Rayner, Sheffield.

Frederick Cox, straw plait dealer, Liverpool, Feb. 27,
at half-past one, and March 27, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-
place, Old Jewry ; Sole and Turner, Aldermanbury.
John Bradley, painter, Boston, Yorkshire, March 5
and 19, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope,
official assignee, Leeds ; Williamson and Hill, Great
James street, London ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
William and Thomas Springbett, wine merchants,
Leadenhall-street, Feb. 19, at one, and April 2, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official
assignee, Coleman street; Young and Son, Mark lane.
John Swindell, plumber and glazier, Manchester, Feb.
23 and March 16, at eleven, at the Manchester District
Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Bower,
Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury; Cope and Faulkner, Man-
chester.

James McGill, victualler, Crimscott-street, Willow-
walk, Bermondsey, Feb. 22, at half-past twelve, and
March 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Tur-
quand, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Sheard,
Old Jewry.
James Bairnsfather Scott, calico printer, Denham
Springs, near Chorley, Lancashire, Feb. 26 and March
19, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Messrs. Reed,
Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street, Cheapside ;
Messrs. Sale, Worthington, pnd Shipman, Manchester.
Joseph Oliver Lyon, farmer, Isle of Ely, Cambridge-
shire, Feb 22, at two, and March 22, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee,
Basinghall-street ; Ntcholas and Doyle, Bedford-row.
William Lee Adams, watchmaker, Selby, Yorkshire,
March 6 and April 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District
Caurt. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Lever, King's-
rood, Bedford-row; Hodgson, Selby; Harle and Clarke,
Leeds.

John Nash, timber and hop merchant, Rotherbithe,
Feb. 23, at eleven, and March 29, at half-past one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Bir-
chin-lane ; Shield and Harwood, Queen. street, Cheapside.
George Simcox Yates, Bricknell, coach proprietor,
Cheltenham, March 2 and 30, at eleven, at the Bristol
District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ;
Chesshyre, Cheltenham; Bromley and Aldridge, Gray's
Inn.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current of Feb. 13.)
&MAR.—To day former rates were not generally sup-
ported for Colonial Sugar by reason of the increased
quantity that was pressed upon the market. The public
sales, however, on the whole went off better than were
expected. Only a small amount of business was concluded
in %Vest India, and the rates accepted are in some cases
6d under those of Friday. A public sale of 150 hhds
thrbadoes went at the former value ; fine yellow re•
alised 41s 6d to 425, good 39s 6d to 40s 6d, low and
middling 37s to 38s 6d per cwt. The total sales to-day
are 500 hhds, &c.
REFINED.—To-day there was much dulness in the
Refined Sugar market, and lower rates were accepted;
brown lumps selling at 48s to 48s 6d, and Standard
lumps 49s per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar is little
wanted, and 27s 6d to 28s 61 is the value.
MAIIBITIIIS.—This afternoon the quantity of Mauri-
tius Sugar submitted to public competition was exten-
sive, and amounted to 14,800 bags, consisting chiefly of
the better descriptions. There was less disposition
evinced to operate, still rather more than one-half sold,
and in some cases the rates accepted were rather under
those current previously; good to fine yellow sold at
38s Gd to 40s 6d, middling 3Gs 6d to 38s, low 35s 6d to
365, ord to fine brown 29s to 355, grey 35s to 40s, washed
and syrupy 29s to 40s per cwt.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the market was abund-
antly supplied with Bengal sugar; there were five
Public sales, consisting of 10,668 bags, the chief part of
superior quality. The biddings were less spirited, and
about two-thirds sold, but at prices in favor of the trade.
FOREIGN.—A greater disposition has been manifested
to make purchases in white liavannah Sugar, and the
private sales this day week are 3,000 chests, at 28s 6d to
33s for ordinary to fine quality. Other sorts of Foreign,
however, met with less attention from exporters, and in
some cases rather lower rates are acceded to. The sales are
3 cargoes of new brown Pernambuco at 18s 6d to 19s per
cwt, in bond. Only small parcels have been taken for
refining under bond, and home dealers evince little de-
sire to do business, as the rates current are above those
of Colonial Sugar. At public sale 5,417 chests of yel-
low Havannah were sold, all washed.
MOLASSES.—HoIders are firm, and insist upon 17s to
20s for West India; the sales concluded are, however, of
little moment. East India Treacle is held for 15s ad
to 16s per cwt., still only small parcels have been dis-
posed ot.
COFFEE.—This afternoon the market for Native Cey-
lon Coffee presented a quiet appearance. At public sale
2,159 bags were offered, when a small part only sold at
35s to 35s 6d for real good ordinary, and at 30s to 34s 6d
for damaged, which are full rates. The chief part was
taken in at 36s for sound good ord; the offers did not ex-
ceed 34s 6d. For Plantation the market is quiet, and part
only of 629 bags 7 casks found buyers at former value;
good ordinary 35s 6d to 38s, fine ordinary 44s 6d to 465,
fine fine ordinary 47s 6d to 48s 6d, low middling 51s to
533; better sorts were taken in at 55s to 655. Mocha is
less wanted, and former rates are not to be obtained;
at public sale 110 bales, returned from Hamburgb, went
at 50s to 52s for low middling greenish. The market
for Foreign Coffee is not so firm, and at auction 53 bags
Rio were sold at 23s per cwt for low ordinary.
COCOA.—Foreign is not to be obtained upon lower
terms, less demand, however, prevailed. At auction
233 begs Bahia were offered, when good and fine red
were taken in at 28s to 295, but damaged sold at 23s to
275. Of 724 bags of Para a small part only sold. For
West India a greater demand exists, and stiffer rates are
paid. 30 barrels and 257 bags at public sale were all
disposed of.
TEA.—Purchases to a fair extent have been made in
common and good ordinary Congou at 8d to 9id, there is
also much firmness on the part of holders. For better
qualities an active sale has been experienced—medium at
10d to is 2d, good is 3d to is sd, fine and Pekoe kinds
Is 6d to is 10d. There are large buyers of gale Souchong at
from 2s to 2s 9d, and in other kinds operations are upon
an enlarged scale at fully former terms. A much better
sale as been experienced for Flowery Pekoe, and an
advance of 3d to 3d per lb. is the value is apparent; the
supply is also getting smalle. For Scented Orange
Pekoe rather lower rates are accepted, buyers
in consequence have been induced to °aerate
with more reaoiness, and several parcels were disposed
of at from is 2d to is 8d for good to fine. Twankay
of ordinary quality met with a fair inquiry from ex-
porters, and the rates paid are 6d to bid. For other
Teas the orders executed are upon an enlarged scale at
fully former rates.
RICE.—To-day only a limited sale was experienced
for East India rice. At auction 100 bgs and 906 pckts
Bengal were sold at barely former rates; fine white
rather dingy went at Ils to his sd; mid and good mid
lOs to 10s:6d; broken 8s 6d to 9; and damaged 7s to
lOs 6e; 1493 bags went 6d cheaper. Of Carolina 224
trcs, 11 bags Arracan cleaned were nearly all sold.
SPIRITS.—Brandy is held with firmness at former
terms, and is in greater demand for home trade pur-
poses; there is also a fair trade doing for exportation.
The stock is not larger and prices rule for Cognac
best brands of the vintage of 1847 at 3s 4d to
31 6d, low to mid 2s 4d to 3s 4d. Geneva is
offered at is 10d for ord, and at 23 4d to 3s 4d for fine,
yet little business has been done. For British Corn
Spirit the market is firm at 9s 103 for nett cash. To-
day the market for Rum exhibited a dull ascept, the
rates accepted are Is 2id to is 3d for East India,
Is 3id to Is 43a1 for Leeward Island proof.
SAGO.—For inferior descriptions, quotations have suf-
fered a further decline of 2s per cwt. Fine is held for
full rates. Of 1,200 chests, offered at auction, a small
part only sold. Sago Flour is yet a little wanted, and
can be obtained at 15s 6d to 16s. Farina is also dea

in with caution at 14s to 16s per cwt; Tapioca at 4d to
7d per lb. _

SPICES.—Many parcels of Black Pepper have been
disposed of privately at rather higher rates ; and at a
public aution of 1,022 bags, the whole sold. White
sells with readines, and at fully former rates ; 50 bugs
at auction were disposed of. For Cluvos the market is
still firm. Cinnamon is held with firmness npon the
terms of the last quarterly sale, and few buyers are to
be met with. Ginger is more in request by exporters and
the home trade; at auction 90 packages Jamaica soh'.
Piment) is much wanted, and realises better rates. At
auction 900 bags were all disposed of. To-day at are
tions 9 bags of Nutmegs without the shell sold at Is Ild
to 2s 10, and 21 bags white Pepper at 4d to 4id for

SALTPETRE.—To-day rough was less in demau I, and
the public sales of 876 bags Calcutta went at barely
fortr er rates; fine strong grey q to 3i per cent realised
27s to 27s 6d, good 8 to 6 per cent 26s 6d, 11 per cent
mid 25s 6d, and damaged 24s 6d to 26s per cwt.
COCHINEAL.--The demand has become brisker, and
as the supply is not so plentiful, prices have risen Id per
lb for silvers; whereas blacks realised former terms.
At auction 86 bags of Honduras were all sold, ordinary
to fine silvers realised 3s 9d to 4s Bd, blacks ordinary to
good 4s 6d to 5s 5d per lb.
INDIGO.—The Quarterly sales of East India com-
menced this day. During the progress of the sale 246
chests were withdrawn, and 828 chests have passed.
The attendance of both foreign and home
buyers was but small, and the biddings through-
out were not animated. A great proportion of the
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Co.; aNu i 3 che,p,,r, still a tt, r der- dhi bo,r, Arc-
perienctd. At auction 551 pkgs of Cochin were sold. •
Palm is wanted for home use and exportation; the
rates paid are 30s to 32s for mid to fine, and at
which the market is firm. Linseed has been ex-
tensively dealt in by home dealers, and seve-
ral parcels were taken by exporters : prices
keep on the advance, and rule at 25s 6d to 26s per cwt.
For forward delivery a good business was concluded at
26s to 26s 6d. Supplies continue to get smaller, and
deliveries to improve. Rape Oil finds a ready sale, re-
fined 37s to 37s 6d, brown 365, and pale foreign at 38s
6d to 39s 6d. Olive is in excellent request, and prices
are on the advance. Lard Oil is selling at 42s to 43s
per cwt for fine quality, and Ground Nut at 31s to 32s
per cwt.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT,

(THIS EVENING.)

bought in 164 chests.
TALLOW.—Russian on the spot is held for higher
rated, still only a moderate demand has been experienced
for Soap and Candle making purposes. The value of
fine P. Y. Candle is 503 9d to 41s per cwt. For

delivery in the last three months of year a good
business has been concluded at 41z to 41s 6,71.
Home melted sells with more readiness at 40s 6d to
41s net cash. Of other sorts the supply is not so large,
and prices are firmer. Of South American 650 casks at

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the
Woolsack at Five o'clock.

The Earl of MOUNTCASHELL presented a peti-
tion, praying for assistance to the schools in Ireland in
connexion with the Church of England.
The Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition from
Leeds, praying that all differences between this and other
nations may hnceforth be settled by arbitration ; also,
a petition from Stourbridge, praying that clergymen of
the ;Church of England seceding from the Church
might enjoy full religious liberty.
RAILWAY ACTS AMENDMENT.
Lord MONTEAGLE moved the appointment of the
Select Committee for the amending of Railway Act,.
Among the Noble Lords nominated were the Earl of
Harrowby, the Earl of Eglinton, Lord Beaumont, Lord
Wharnchffe, Earl Fitzwilliam, the Duke of Richmond,
the Earl of Granville, the Earl of Radnor, and Lord
Lyttelton.—Agreed to.
Their Lordships then adjourned until Thursday.

HOUSE OF COMMON
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
NEW MEMBER.
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Mr. FREDERICK PEEL (the son: of Sir Robert Peel,
Bart.) took the oaths and his seat for the borough of
Leominster. The4Hon. Gentleman, after being sworn at
the table, and presented to the Speaker, took a seat
upon the Opposition benches immediately behind the
seat usually,oceupied, by his Right Hon. Father. The
Hon. Member was introduced by Mr. Goulburn and Mr.
Wilson Patten.

TURNPIKE-ROAD BILLS.
Upon the motion of Mr. WILSON PATTEN, it was
agreed that no turnpike road Bill be read a second time
before the 22d of March next.
DUBLIN CONSOLIDATION, IMPROVEMENT,
WATER WORKS, AND SEWERS' BILL.
On the motion for the second reading of this Bill,
Mr. REYNOLDS said he had been requested by a
great majority of his constituents to oppose the second
reading of this Bill. It contained 60 clauses, and, like
the postscript to a lady's letter, the 60th was the most
important one. It proposed to take away the powers
now invested in four district boards, and he understood
it was promoted only by one individual, a speculative
solicitor. He considered that it was one of the most
audacious attempts that had ever been made to
interfere with: the rights and privileges of a city. The
Hon. Member called the attention or the House to the
clauses of the Bill, particularly to the 33d clause, which
was alone sufficient to defeat the Bill, power
.being
given by it to expend 200,0001. He, therefore, moved
that the Bill be read a second time that day six months,
Mr. GROGAN assured the House that he should not
press the second reading of the Bill if he was not
fully persuaded that it was absolutely 'necessary.
He certainly should not accept the advice the Hun.
Member had offered him, and was astonished that he
should have applied the term " Irish daring " to him.
The Honourable Member, however, had got hold
of an erroneous document from which he
had drawn his facts.—(Laughter.) But one out of four,
instead of two, out of the local boards were proposed
to be abolished by the Bill. The facts were three:—ln
1847, the Corporation of Dublin proposed a Bill to abolish
all the boards, and to consolidate them. Every one in
Dublin opposed it, and the Bill was rejected. In
1848 they proposed a similar Bill, but it was lost
in standing orders. The Corporation Bill, however,
went to a Committee, composed of unbiassed
English gentlemen, all of whom opposed it, with
the exception of the Honourable Member himself,
and it was unanimously rejected. The Hon. Member
new advocated a similar Bill, and after such an expres-
sion of feeling against it, he, in acting as he did, ex-
hibited more daring than he had laid to his (Mr. Gro-
gan's) charge. He was, however, prepared to have the
Bill before the House submitted to the same Committee.
Unfortunately, the Corporation themselves proposed to
place it in the hands of Commissioners, two of them to be
nominated by themselves, with a salary, and one to be
nominated by the Government. There were seven
boards with conflicting interests in the city of Dublin,
which always called forth a great deal of opposition
(and consequent expense) to any measure for the
improvement of the city. Those boards being
independent of each other, had a complete staff of
paid officers connected with them. There were no less
than 32 subordinate officers under the control of one of
those boards ; but altogether there wore £9 tax-
collectors in the city of Dublin. The practical result
was that there was scarcely a fortnight that the citizens
of Dublin had not a visit from two or three, and some
times four, of those tax collectors, and the conse-
quent annoyance was, therefore, incessant.—(llear,
bear.) This Bill proposed to place the whole taxation
of the city in one particular board, instead of thn present
69 tax-collectors. He (Mr. Grogan) need not say that
that would be a very considerable saving to the city of
Dublin.
Sir W. SOMERVILLE said, with regard to those
taxing powers in the city of Dublin adverted by the Hon.
Member (Mr. Grogan), they were as bad as could be.
Several attempts had been made to introduce a
better state of things. He believed the Noble Lord
opposite took some pains to do so, and last year he (Sir
W. Somerville) himself endeavoured as far as he could
to reconcile the contending parties, and he was almost
in hopes he had succeeded; but there they were at the
beginning of another session likely to have to fight the
same battles over again. He believed the Government
were anxious that the municipal regulations of Dublin
should be placed on a satisfactory basis; and if
the House sanctioned the second reading of the Bill he
believed it would be taking a step which would throw
an obstacle in the way of that most desirable result. He
held in his hand a petition, which the standing orders of
the House did not admit of his reading, from the Cham-
fer of Commerce in Dublin, which represented the
opinions of a highly respectable and numerous class of the
citizens of Dublin, who were opposed to the Bill. The
grand jury were against it—all those gentlemen who
were nominated as commissioners were against it, and
the Government had never given any sanction to it—
and he thought it was not too much to say that the Bill
was presented to the House under most disadvantageous
circumstance. He hoped, under these circumstances,
and for the reasons he had stated, that the House would
not bo disposed to sanction the second reading of the Bill.
Mr. HUME wished to give expression to an opinion
to which be was desirous of calling the attention of the
House, and that was, that there should be some pledge
given by her Majesty's Government that this matter
should no longer occupy the attention of the House.
The Honourable Baronet had described matters to
be as bad as bad could be, and he decidedly
thought that if the same plan was to be pursued which
had been hitherto observed, bad it would continue to be.
This Bill was in fact nothing better than the Bill of last
year, and to proceed in this way was making no step
whatever in advance, and he trusted that unless her Ma-
jesty's Secretary for Ireland would give some such
pledge that the House would altogether reject the Bill.
To reject a Government Bill was undoubtedly a strong
measure, but he trusted the House would do it, unless
the Right Hon. Baronet would give some pledge as to the
conduct of the Government, for they had a right to expect
that they would give such a pledge.—(Hear.)
The Earl of LINCOLN had viewed the introduction
of this measure with exceeding regret, and he, there•
fore, wished that the desire of the Hon. Member fur
Montrose for a pledge from the Government would meet
with entire success. He had had no communication
with that Honourable Member, but he quite concurred
in the view of the matter before the House which he
had taken; and he now asked the Right Honourable
Gentleman who was at the head of the Board of
Trade, and who had for some time been her
Majesty's Secretary for Ireland, to concur in such a
pledge. It appeared to him that they were legislating on
too narrow grounds. The Bill which they were called
upon to carry differed but very little from the Bill which
had been mooted during the last session, and he might
say, if the same course was pursued, but little from that
which would be introduced next year. There were now
two Bills before the House, one promoted by one Member
for Dublin, and the other by the other Member, and if the
common course was followed both of those gentlemen
would be placed on the Committee, and of course neutralise

auction were mostly told at 34s 9d to 38s 3d; 140 casks
New South Wales 37s to 383 6d ; 40 casks fine Peters-
burgh Soap Tallow 36s 9d to 375, 33 casks second sort
P. Y. Candle 38s 3d to 393 ;31 elests East India
42s to 42s 6d; and 11 casks North American 40s 6d
per cwt.

Ons.—The market for Fish Oils has assumed a more
healthy appearance. Seal met with ready pnrohaFers.
Of Cod large parcels have beers sold, and at 241105 i
holders are firm. Southern is mueh wacted, but is n
scanty scanty supply, fine realise 28/ to 291 10 and
low to good 261 to 28:. Sperm is more in demand pri-
vately, and fine Columbia realised 811 to 811 los. Of America 135 tuns at auction
went at 8015 s to 801 15s, and Ileadmatter at 831 10s.

the votes of each other. What he desired then was that a

Committee of five impartial Members should be ap-
pointed, and that neither of the Members for Dublin

should take a part in its discussions.—(Hear, hear.) If
that plan was not adopted ho felt quite assured that it
would be impossible to legislate at all upon the subject
during the present session, and that they would have to
meet the Bill in a similar shape next year.—(Hear.)
Sir W. SOMERVILLE was anxious that some Bill
should be introduced on the subject in order that matters
might be placed on a satisfactory basis. He thought the
best course to pursue would be to postpone the
second reading of the Bill till he had had further in-
formation on the subject of it from Dublin.
Mr. BROTHERTON thought, and had all along
considered, that the further consideration of the
measure ought to be postponed for a
fortnight or more, because it had been said it
was an infringement of the standing orders, and that
it required time for the Speaker to make inquiry into
the subj Pct.
Mr. W. PATTEN considered that the best course to
pursue would be to adjourn the present debate for a
fortnight.
Mr. T. O'BRIEN (the Lord Mayor of Dublin) would
oppose the second reading of the Bill.
After a few words from Mr. GROGAN,
the theß nstenselfof thethue
HouseHo
se
Mr. REYNOLDS said he felt bound to oppose the ad-
journment of the
on the second
consented to postpone the debate on the second reading
debate,e
a i reading and
of take
of the Bill, they would entail very heavy expenses on
the opponents of the measure. Ile would oppose alto-
gather the adjournment of the debate on the second
. .

reading of th; Bill.
Sir VV. SOMERVILLE trusted the lion. Member
would consent to postpone the debate on the second
reading of the Bill fur a fortnight; he could do himself,

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 1849

, ,:.,..,, injary th,:at'Op
11011 of such a course.

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Mr. REYNOLDS, after being so pressed by the Right
Hon. Baronet, would consent to postpone the debate on
the second reading of the Bill for a fortnight.
The debate on the second reading was then adjourned
to this day fortnight.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following Railway Bills were read a second time,
and ordered to be committed:—
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction (Aban-
donment of part of Line, Extension to London and North-
Western, &c.)
Lancashire and Yorkshire (Extension of Ashton Branch,
of Clifton Branch, &c.)

iegiseet,oe ill tee c 4 to Le t id.iiti, ila to ell 1. LAIL:
a fishery of public right, and no several fishery at all; and
therefore it was in a peculiar manner the duty of
the Government, who were the guardians of the nation,
and particularly of the poor, to supervise those exten-
sive and valuable kinds of public property, and to pre-
vent all invasion of them. It was in this respect—op-
posed as he was to Government interference with the
management of Ireland—that he was anxious to strte
his opinion to he, that it is. and has always been,
the duty of Goverument, and not of individuals at
all, to watch over and preserve the inland fisheries, and
the inland navigation in all the navigable rivers of Ire-
lan I. he so limited himself, because his motion was
intended to apply to navigable rivers alone, it being in
navigable rivers alone that no right of a "several"
fishery in the present state of Ireland existed.
When a river discharging itself into the sea was navi-
gable from the sea, so far as that riverlwas navigable, even
for boats of the smallest burdens, it was as much " publici
juris" as seas beyond the coast. So far as a river was
navigable from the mouth, so far did the public right
extend. From the reign of James 1., no claim of a
prescriptive character to a " several" fishery had yet
been sustained. When he stated this fact he appealed to
the recollection of Hon. Gentlemen that had read the
history of Ireland; and it would be seen how impossible it
was that any title by prescription to a " several" fishery
in Ireland could have bean acquired by any indi-
vidual now claiming it. His proposition which
he made in the spirit, not of one party or
of another—(Hear)--not even is the spirit of extreme
right, being always satisfied these were matters of legis-
letion in which more particularly the summum jus
than the summum injuria should obtain. His
proposition was that the interests of claimants
and of the public, as well as the legal rights
of the poor, who had been so long prejudiced in
this matter, should be conserved; and it was not his
intention to institute any one measure which would
not provide to the fullest extent for the quasi
rights of those particular claimants. But on the other hand
it was undoubtedly and lamentably true that, not con-
tent with their assertion of those derogatory rights,
and the mischief inevitably occasioned by such
assertion to the general rights of the public
and the poor, the monopolists for such
he must be permitted to term the owners of
those illegal obstructions—and ever since that
introduction was first connived at •by the Go-
vernment, and not acquiesced in by the help-
less and defenceless poor, proceeded further
and further in their preservation until the
result had been that in a country watered
with rivers of the largest extent ; rivers which
were stocked with the finest fish sufficient for the
provisions of the population and the m ,rkets of Great
Britain, not one fish had been taken in many of those rivers
The Honourable Gentleman then proceeded to enu-
merate the rivers that were monopolised by pa-
tents, which he contended were rendered ille-
gal. by not being dated later than the time
of Queen Elizabeth, and then asked the House to bear
with him for a few moments, while he pointed out the
extent of loss which the people of Ireland suffered
from the existence of these monopolising obstructions
their rivers. Estimating the value of the lost fish
accordiag to its market price, Ireland lost 600,0001.
worth of fish annually, independently of the
consequential damage which resulted to them
from the defective state of the law, allowing poaching to
be carried on with impunity. It had been as-
certaitied that one thousand female fish were
annually destroyed in the river Blackwater ;
each fish producing 1,500 spawn, of which 800 came to
maturity; and, carrying out that calculation, it
would be found that Ireland was an annual
loser in that way of 160,0001., resulting entirely
from the state of the existing law inducing the re-
sident gentry and landholders on the rivers to
feel that it was not worth while taking steps to pre
vent poaching during the close season. This was
the case he had to present to the House as a foundation
I for his Committee. If the Committee were granted, the
measures which he should :eel it his duty to propose, would
be of an administrative character only. He was perfectly
satisfied to take the law as it stood, beginning with
the Act of 1842, which did not go the extreme length of
giving a common law right to remove the obstructions
and with the strict observance of its provisions he fell
convinced that a remedy might easily be provided
for the evils which afflicted the valuable and
extensive fisheries of the sister kingdom.—(Hear, hear.)
Notwithstanding that the statute law provides a re-
medy for the mischief, yet the benefit of the Act
could not be obtained except through a regular course,
and the gentlemen of Waterford, Cork, and the other
counties had not called upon him to ask Legislative as-
sistance, without having tried every means, both legal and
equitable, to arrest the continual loss. But all their efforts
had been fruitless, for it was found, both in the trials in
the courts of petty sessions aun of quarter sessions, that
the results had been ivariably
,adverse, for four out of
the five magistrates were themselves found to
be owners of weirs, which upon application to
the superior courts the decisions of the lower courts
were always confirmatory, the determination of the ma-
gistrates, and his was not in accordance with the spirit
of the law, for they were contrary to that of one of the
most eminent barristers of Ireland, Mr. Berryman. Under
these circumalances he did not think that he was hereby
in asking for legislation on this subject, and the extent
of that legislation was that it should be a mere matter
of police, so that, on the proof of a breach of the
fishery laws, and a conviction, the proceeding should ,
become a mere matter of police, and that on the
record of that conviction, the constabulary should be
empowered at ence to the destruction of the Weir
respecting which the f:ct hadbeen proved.
No new facts were now necessary. They
had already abundant evidence, and he would rely
only upon the testimony which had been re-
corded in the reports of Parliament since 1836.
He should therefore move, in the belief that her
Majesty's Government would now refuse the
request that a Select Committee be appointed
to inquire into the present state ee the Inland Fisheries
and Navigation of Ireland, and the obstructions which
hinder the enjoyment of the same; and the best means
of removing such obstructions, and to report their
opinion thereupon to the House.
Sir H. W. BARROW seconded the motion,
and suggested that the inquiry should be ex-
tended to the Sea Fisheries. The Fisheries
of Ireland were a mites of weal te, and
yet no attention had been paid to them. If
the fisheries of Ireland had been fostered as the
Scotch fisheries had been, there would have been no
necessity for coming down to the House and asking for
50,000/. orloo,oool. to prevent the Irish poor from starving
He could show, from official documents, that nuthiftg
was so much wanted for the improvement of Irish '
fisheries as a system of superintendence such as was
adopted in Scotland.

Lancaster and Carlisle (from the Lancaster and Carlisle at.
Lancaster to the Preston and Wyre, &c.)
Lancaster and Preston Junction (Junction with the East
Lancashire Railway in Preston, and Amendment of Acts).
Lancaster and Preston Junction Acts Amendment (Power
to alter Tolls and for appointment of Officers).
Newcastle and Carlisle (Alterations of and Branch from
Alston Branch).
North-Western (Extension of Lancashire Branch, Aban-
donment of William Lands Branch, New Road to Settle
Station, Extension of Time for Purchase of Lands and Con-
struction of Works).

Windsor (ExtenSion of the Windsor, Staines, and South-
Western—Richmond to Windsor—with Power to the London
and South-Western Railway Company to subscribe).
The Kirkcaldy Harbour, Docks, Ferry, and Petty
Customs Bill was also read a second time, and committed.

THE IRISH VOTE.
Lord DUDLEY STUART gave notice that on a
future day he should move that the 50,0001. to be ad-
vanced to Ireland should be advanced by way of loan, to
be repaid by means of rates to be levied on the unions
of Ireland.

CEYLON.
Sir W. MOLESWORTH fixed his motion on the
affairs of Ceylon for this day fortnight.
IRISH LOANS.
Mr. MACGREGOR gave notice that on the 16th in-
stant he should move for twelve returns connected with
the loans made to Ireland since the Union, and generally
relating to the Irish funds.
IRISH CRIMINAL LAW.
Sir H. W./ BARRON gave; notice of his intention
to introduce a Bill for the amendment of the criminal
law of Ireland.

STAMPS AND TAXES.
Mr. lIIJME moved for a copy of the Treasury Minute
for the consolidotion of the Board of Stamps with the
Board of Excise ; and a statement of the reduction of
••officers by the consolidation, together with the reduction
of expense thereby.--:Agreed to.

KAFIR WAR.
Mr. V. SMITH, seeing the Right Hon. Member the
Under-Secretary for the Colonies in his place, wished
to ask him a question. It would, no doubt, be in the
recollection of the Right Honourable Gentleman
that towards the close of last session he informed the
House that art port had been received from Sir Henry
Pottinger, concerning the expenses of the Kafir
war and government of the Cape of Good Hope
generally. That report, it was stated, had been
referred by the Colonial Office to the con-
consideration of the Ordnance Department, and
he (Mr. V. Smith) wished to kcow whether any
repurt had been received from the Ordnance department
upon that document ?
Mr. HA WES said no report had yet been received
from the Ordnance department, and he was not in a po-
sition to say when it would be furnished. The inquiry
was a very laborious and complicated one. That was
the only answer he was able to give to the Hon. Member
at present.

The O'GORMAN MAHON supported the motion.
Sir W. SOMERVILLE said he had no objection to
.he appointment of the Committee.

[LEFT SPEARING.]

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MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Commodore Henry
Eden, RN., superintendent of her Majesty's dockyard,
Woolwich, and formerly private secretary to the late
Earl of Auckland, was married on the Bth instant, at
Armagh Cathedral, to Elizabeth Harriet Georg iana
Beresford, daughter of the late Lord George Beresford,
niece of the Lord Primate of Ireland, and cousin of the
Marquis of Water ford. The bride, who was attended
by Miss G. H. and Miss M. E. Beresford, as bridesmaids,
was given away by the Marquis of Waterford. After
the ceremony the..oreycucel by Lis
Grace the Archbishop at a splendid dejeuner at the pa-
lace, Armagh, to which a large number of the
gentry of the neighbourhood had the honour of being
invited. The attachment of the gallant commodore
to the lady to whom he is now united, has been of ten
years' standing.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE' OF LORDS, Feb. 12.

Lord LYTTELTON presented a petition from Ard-
ley, praying for the restoration of the great tithes to the
parish from the lay improptiator.
TRANSPORTATION.
Lord CAMPBELL gave notice that on Thursday
next he would move the second reading of the Bill for
abolishing the punishment of transportation for petty
larceny. _

only

POOR-LAW (IRELAND).
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE then proposed the
names of the Peers who were to compose the Committee on
the Irish Poor-laws. It was impossible, in consequence of
the inaudible tone in which the Noble Marquis spoke,
to catch all the; names. Among them, however, we
distinguished the following : Bart Fortescue, Earl
Fitzvvilliam, Lord Ashburton, the Earl of Leman, the
Earl of Errol, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of
Carlisle, Lord Beaumont, the Earl of blountcashel, Lord
Stanley, and the Earl of Lovelace.
The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL complained that Lord
Farnham had not been appointed on the Committee.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was understood to
say that he had applied to Lord Farnham, and that the
Noble Lord had replied that he could not possibly at-
tend the Committee.

NORTH WALES RAILWAY.
Lord MONTEAGLE then moved that Mr.
Chadwick, Mr. Marriner, the chairman, and
secretary of the North Wales Railway, should be called
to the bar. He thought it right to explain the part
which he had taken in this transaction. A petition had
been given to him for presentation, which he trans•
mitted to those gentlemen for their reply; their answer
was, that legal proceedings Were pending, and
that they would bo prejudiced by the pre-
sentation of this petition. He postponed the
presentation, and did not present it until he bad ascer-
tained that the suitors in the pending suit would not be
prejudiced by its presentation. The circumstances of the
last year had induced great and honourable companies
to come forward and publish their accounts, but still they

c!9r

did fo Cat , c , „;„.
Lilly audited. Had the Bill he had had the honour to pass
through their Lordships' Halve become law, the parries
interested in the North Wales Company never could have
pursued the line of conduct they have adopted. In their
case he proposed to move for the appointment of a Corn •
mittee to consider how far it was expedient to provide
by law for a better audit of railway accounts. 't'o that
Committee he should propose to refer the accounts
relating to the North Wales line, which were on the
table of the House, upon which he should desire the
Committee to report, and he should suspend all
proceedings against the parties until that re-
port was before the House. He had made
out a case which showed there had been great abuses
in railway companies under the present state of the
law. He charged the parties connected with the North
Wales Railway with a fradulent concealment of the fasts
connected with the company, and a contempt of their
Lordships' House. He trusted their Lordships would
agree to appoint the Committee (for which he moved)
in order that such conduct might be investigated and the
state of the law relating to the case considered.
Lord BROUGHAM. entirely approved of the course
proposed to be taken by his Noble Friend, and while ex-
pressing that opinion, he trusted their Lordships Would
allow him to mention a case which had come before him
that day while presiding over the Judicial Committee of
the Privy Council, inasmuch as it was somewhat con-
nected with railways. They had had under their consi-
deration the case of a patent axle for carriages on rail-
ways, which had proved to their satisfaction to be a
great improvement over the old axle now in use, and if
it were generally adopted on all railways would greatly
tend to the prevention of accidents, and the consequent
safety of human life. Mr. Stephenson had deposed
before them that the axle had been tested to the weight
of 150 tons, which it had stood without breaking—it
came out of the trial a perfect mass, whereas out
of 50 common axles, 48 were broken to pieces—only 2
stood the test to which the patented article was sub-
jected. They had been informed that the railway corn •
panics were very dilatory in adopting the patented
article, although it was furnished them 30 per cent.
cheaper than that now in use. He understood that they
only substituted them after those now in use had been
worn out. Now, if a death should ensue, after it was
made known that such an article was to be had, and
from the want of it, he knew what the verdict in the
case would be, because it would clearly appear that rail-
way companies would not spend a few pounds in order
to protect the lives of their passengers.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE supported the ap-
pointment of the Committee.

The Earl of MINTO had no desire to oppose the
course proposed to be taken by the Noble Lord, but the
impression on his mind was, that as the contempt of the
House had been clearly made out, their Lordships
should in the first instance deal with the parties. Ile
thought it was incumbent upon the House to vindicate
their undoubted privileges.
The motion was then agreed to, and the House ad-
journed.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. Feb. 12.
HABEAS CORPUS SUSPEIN6ION (IRELAND)
BILL.
Mr. J. O'CONNELL, in resuming his observations,
said that not a single member of the Repeal Association
had so much as fora single hour or a single minute been
in prison. They had had a Government reporter down
among them who had discharged his duty, as he was
bound to say reporters generally did, with ability,
im-
partiality, and honour, but not one single note did his
report contain that would criminate any member of the as
sociation. The fact was that the Government had watched
them as a cat watches a mouse, but they had caught no
member in any default, for no default was made ; end
thus it was that they were obliged to come down
to the House, and ask fer an unconstitu-
tional measure, in order to serve their own purposes.
What took place last July in Ireland was a most
wretched attempt, and ought not to have been made so
much of as it was. The parties connected with that
attempt were Ilt.pealers, to be sure, but they:were some-
thing more. Much bad been said about the patronage
that had been given to his father for the service he
rendered to the Whigs in their contentions with the
Tories. He denied that any patronage had
l'een ever given, and the appointment of
two members of his family to Government
situations was entirely without his knowledge.
Mr. O'Connell had had plenty of calumniators, but he
defied any one of them to say that that gentleman's
actions were guided by motives of patronage. He was
always guided by his conscience, and never did he sup
port a Minister if he did not think him in the right.
But it was said Mr. O'Connell long ago gave up
the Church question. He denied it in tote. True, for a
time Mr. O'Connell allowed the question to re-
main in abeyance, and had his lite been spared
him, it was his intention to have introduced a
measure for the settlement of the Irish Church question.
—(Hear.) That measure might not have met with, much
support in that House, but in Ireland it would have been
hailed with delight. It would have met with the warm
response of the majority of the people, and the Noble
Lord at the head of the Government would have
been forced to return to his old principles.
But sooner or later such a measure as that
must be introduced, and whoever took it in
hand first would ever be acknowledged by the Irish
people as their best friends. But to return to the question
under discussion, he must again protest against this
suspension of the constitution in Ireland. There
was no necessity for it, and it was an act
of base cruelty to put the people of Ireland at
the mercy of a despotic Lord-Lieutenant. Se•
veral English Members had stood by the opponents
of this Bill, and warmly espoused the cause,
of the Irish people. He thanked them for it, and he
was quite convinced the whole nation of Ire-
land would second him in offering them
thanks for their patriotic' conduct. Why then did
Government not listen to the advice of these Honourable
English Representatives, and before they passed this
Bill wait and see if something else besides coercion
could not be done to pacify Ireland. Let the
Noble Lord consider the policy of conciliation, which
had never yet been tried, and which could not produce
worse results than the policy of coercion and party in-
difference which had hitherto prevailed. Let the Noble
Lord try conciliation, if merely for the novelty of the
thing. Let him be advised in time. Ireland was power•
less—she was struck down to the earth, and this was
a useless insult, accompanied by wanton aggravation.
He asked the House—he asked her Majesty's islinisters,
even at the eleventh hour to reconsider the matter—
he asked the statesman who sat opposite, the chief of
whom in 1846 spoke words that were engravers on Irish
hearts, and made them hope for something from him
he asked
him to look round and see whether in the storm
with which the political atmosphere was surcharged, it
would be well for England, strong and powerful as she
seemed to be, to have a grateful friend attached to her,
instead of a wretched, chained, and cursing slave? The
Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving his amendment.
Mr. MEAGHER seconded the amendment.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said, a very few words
would be sufficient to show that the motion now sug-
gested by the Hon. Member for Limerick was incon-
sistent with the scope of the Bill ; and even if it were
not, it would fail to answer the object the Hon. Member
bad in view. The object of the Bill was to empower the
Lord-Lieutenant or chief governor of Ireland to uppree
hend and detain persons whom he may suspect of con-
spiring against the government or person of the Queen.
Now there might be many acts, apparently extremely
innocent in themselves, yet which, coupled with other
acts and other information which might come to the
knowledge of the chief governor, might be proofs that
the persons committing these acts, apparently innocent
in themselves, were, in fact, conspiring against the
government, or the person of her Majesty. What pos.
sible advantage could be gained by introducing a provi-
sion to guard the right of the subject to hold public
meetings for the purpose of petitioning ? If' it was
considered desirable to hold public meetings for
any legitimate or proper object, it would be as lawful to
do it under the Act now before the House as at present.
In point of fact, they might just as well be called upon to
enumerate all the acts which were perfectly legal and
innocent acts, which wore not to be interfered with by
the proposed Act, as to enumerate public meetings of per-
sons for the purpose of petitioning. It might be true—
but respecting that he would express no opinion at all—
it might be true, and it might be the opinion
of :gentlyinen in Troland who had been in tho
habit of frequenting public meetings, that it is im-
possible to hold a public meeting for political purposes
in Ireland without giving the opportunity, under exist-
ing circumstances, to some ill-disposed persons to carry
the proceedings further than may have been
intended, and may therefore lead to certain
practices which would make them obnoxious to the
provisions of the Bill. On that he gave no opinion.
But if the fact were so, it was clear that it was
a meeting which ought not to be held, though the fact of
whether it was to be held or not was not at all affected
by the provisions of the Bill. There was, in point of
fact, nothing that could prevent any gentlemen from
holding a public meeting, if they thought it could be
conducted in such a manner as would be really legal
and directed to proper objects. With a measure of this
kind considerable discretion must, of course, be left in
the hands of the Lord-Lieutenant. In the present state
of society, in which an intimate knowledge was easily
obtained by the public of what took place, there was a
reasonalrle security that no improper exercise of the
powers conferred by the Bill need be apprehended. No
complaint had hitherto been made of the mode in which
these powers bad been exercised. Indeed the Hon. Member
for Limerick (Mr. J. O'Connell) had pointed out that not a
single member of the Repeal Association had been arrested
under this Bill. That was a strong proof that the pro-
visions of the Bill were not open to reasonable objection.
It was also a proof that the Lord Lieutenant had not
considered the part which the Hon. and Learned Member
had taken as amounting to an intention of conspiring
against her Majesty, The mode in which the Bill would
in future be carried into effect reivht safely, therefore, be
left to the discretion of ,he Lord-Lieutenant. In fact, a
measure of this sort had, in his opinion, an advantage
over any other Coercion Liu. tin ordinary Ceercion
Bill Ma necessarily attendee with considerable inconve-
nience to persons entirely innocent, while a Bill of this
sort affected only persons who were either guilty or cul-
pably indiscreet. He believed that the mode in which
Parliament passed this Bill last year had done more than
anything else to prevent the spreading of insurrection in
Ireland; and he confidently trusted that the House would
not attempt to cripple the measure by introducing provi-
sions which would make it impossible for the Government
to carry it into effect.

Mr. R. B. ROCHE thought the speech of the Hon.
and Learned Gentleman who had just sat down proved
that it would be most improper to pass ill,. Act for
Ireland. Tne Right Hun. Gentleman the Secretary fur
'Maud said, the other night, that the Act was intended
to prevent agitation, and the Hon. and Learned Gentle-
man who had just sat down gave expression to the same