The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-16 00:00:00

THE IRISH PARTY AND THE

PRESS.

The Irish party have determined to exclude the represen-
tatives of the Press from their meetings, and have directed
their secretary to furnish to one particular reporter an out-
line of their proceedings, who, on application, will give to the
other repocters an account of what transpires. Such is the
substance of a statement made to• day by Mr. Godley, the
secretary, to a gentleman who attended from this office.
The public, knowing tL•e manner in which the reports of the
proceedings of the Irish party are concocted, will rate those
reports at their proper value, while we know from Scripture
who are those who " like the darkness rather than the
light."

The Gazelle of this evening contains a proclamation,
by the Queen, for the election of a Peer of Scotland, in the
room of John Lord IZollo, deceased.

PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS.
110 USE OF COMMONS —(TIIIS DAY.)
(Room 22, before Mr. Examiner &mu)
There wore no unopposed cases in Mr. Smith's hst to-day,
OPPOSED CASK.
BLANDFORD AND BURTON.
The Learned Examiner was occupied the whole of the day
with this opposed case. A few allegations wore sustained,
and the case was further adjourned till to-morrow.
(Room 23.)
In the following unopposed cases, the customary formal
proofs were completed :
Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway
(No. 2. Branches).
Dublin and Drogheda Railway (Branch from Navan to
Kells).
Dublin and Belfast Junction and Navan Branch Railway
Act, 1845.
Sundt rland Improvement, Markets and Bridge.
Taw Vale Railway and Dock (Deviations and Bideford
and S )uth Melton Branches).
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Harbour and Bridge
Trusts.
Wolverhampton General Cemetery.
Cornwall Railway Act, Amendment and Deviation.
Macduff Harbour Improvement.
Northampton and Banbury Railway (from the London and
North-Western Railway, near the Blisworth Station to Ban-
bury, &c.)
Bingley Gas Company.
Chester and Holyhead Railway (Extensions at Cheater
and Holyhead, &c.)
Edinburgh Waterworks (Additional Reservoirs and Works
for further and improved Supply of Water and Public
Tru•t).
East of Fife Railway (Deviation of Main Line and Im-
provement of the Junction with the Edinburgh and Northern
Railway, near Markinch, 'in the parish of Markinch and
county of Fife).
Paisley and Renfrew Railway (for sale to the Glasgow,
Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Company; to im-
prove the line, and also to construct new quays on the Clyde
at Renfrew Ferry, &c.)
Edinburgh Markets and Customs.
St. Helen's Canal and Railway Amendment Bill (War-
rington and Blackbrook Branchea, Lease of Rainford Branch
of London and North-Western Railway).
Great Northern Railway; Extension to Leeds and Wake-
field; Deviation of Methley Branch of Wakefield, Ponte-
fract and Goole Railway.
Great Northern Railway; Purchase of Ambergate, Not-
tingham and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway, East
Lincolnshire Railway, Boston, Stamford and Birmingham
Railway (Stamford and Wisbeach Line).
Great Northern Railway (Branches to Sleaford).
Great Northern Railway (Branch to Horncastle and to
Bravford Mere, Lincoln).
Aylsham and North Walsham Railway.
Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund 3 Railway, No. 5 (Extension
to East Dereham, and to Ayl,ham in Norfolk).
Oldham Alliance Railway (Lines from Oldham to Ashton,
Rochdale, Manchester and Royton line, from Ashton to
Guide Bridge, and Branch to Oak Colliery, near Hollinwood,
with power to unite with Manchester and Leeds Railway
Company).
There were no opposed case in Mr. May's list.

STANDING ORDERS—(THIS DAY.'
The following Bills received the sanction of the Com,
mittee and are reported as allowed to proceed:—
Caledonian and Motherwell Branch
Caledonian and Clydesdale Junction
'Newmarket and Chesterfield Railway.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS E VENING.)

BUCKINGHAM PALACE,FFB. 13, 1847.

This day had an audience of her Majesty, Senor Toro, to
deliver his credentials as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary from the Republic of Venezuela:
To which be was introduced by Viscount Palmerston,
G.C.8., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, and conducted by the lion. Colonel Sir
Edward Cust, K.C.H., Master of the Ceremonies.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 12.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon Colonel Thomas Le Breton, of the Royal
Jersey Militia.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 12.
The Queen
upon
this day pleased to confer the honour of
KnighthoodGovernrn Henry Edward Fox Young, Esq., Lieu-
t avant-
r Cape
of Good
no o fthe eastern districts of the colony of the
FBe.
itpi
The Queen hag been'GN-OFFICE, FEB. 12.
li,leased to approve of M. Dagobert
Fourcade, as Consul at i Port Louis, in the Mauritius, for his
Majestv the King of
The Queen has oho beenrenpellei.ased to approve of Mr. John
T. Pickett, as Consul at Turks' Island for the United States
Of America.
DUCHY OF LANCASTER,
,Charles
Henry Pelham,
At a Council this day, the Right Pen.
13.
Philip Earl
Earl of
commonly called the Earl of Lincoln
Hardwicke, the Right Hon. Frederick Earllsarelli)
Jamesso Robert
Berkeley _Lord Portman, the Right Hon.
George Graham, Bart., and George Edward
Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse, were, by her Sill:kiEts`l,,”
command, sworn of the:Cquncil of the Duchy of Lan -e3 ''B
caster.
DO wm.:'.ca,$T,REET, FER. 16.
The Queen bas been pleased.to appoint Henry Lushington,
Esq., to be Chief Secretary to the.Governinent of the Island
Of Malta.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk.
Eastern Regiment of Suffolk klilitia—William Henry
Horsley Dahl., (and mot Henry Worsby Dakins, as lEserted

WHITEHALL, FEB. 10.

Jenkin IT. Llewelyn, surgeon, Strand, Feb. 25, at eleven,
and March 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green,
official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Noyes, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
Charles I'roctor, wine merchant. Witham, Essex, Feb. 25,
at half past eleven, and March 20, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court,
Basinfhall-street ; Blood and Douglas, Witham ; Valiance
and N allance, Essex-street, Strand.

Joseph Allison, bookseller, Penrith, Cumberland, Feb. 22,
at two, and. March 23, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne
District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne ; Atkinson and Harrison, Penrith ; Preston and. Browne,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Thomas N. Brown, leather dealer, East Stonehouse, Devon-
shire, March 3 and 23, at eleven, at the Exeter District
Court.iHernaman, official assimee, Exeter; Beer and Rundle,
Devonport ; Penkivil, Finsbury-circus, London; Stogdon,
Exeter.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current of February 16 )
SUGAR.—To-day the quantity of West India Muscovado Su-
gar on show being small, merchants were generally enabled to
obtain former rates ; but there was little desire manifested to
operate in any kind for either the scale or pan. The pri-
vate purchases were small, and did not exceed 250 hhds
and tierces. For all other sorts of Sugar reduced rates were
submitted to.
REFINED.—To-day Refined Goods further declined in
value, 63s 6d to 64s having been taken for low brown lumps,
64s 6d to 65s for brown grocery, and 65s 6d to 66s for
standard lumps, but upon these terms many parcels were
disposed of. Bonded Crushed Sugar is in good request, and
prices are firm.
MAURITIUS.-1111$ afternoon there was not much desire
evinced to operate in Mauritius Sugar: at a public sale of
7,838 bags a decline in prices of 6d to Is took place, still the
whole sold.
EAST hamA.—This afternoon the quantity of Bengal
Sugar offered at public sale was large, and amounted to
5,274 bags and SO chests ; there was not much desire evinced
to operate, and a part only sold at a fall on the rates of
Friday of 6d to Is. Of Madras the supply is on the increase,
and the quantity offered at public sale amounted to 5,415
bags ; the chief part sold, but at a fall on former rates of is
per cwt.
FOREIGN.—This afternoon at public sale 73 cases 1 box
and 10 barrels of Bahia Sugar were taken in and withdrawn.
Privately there was little passing in any kind, although there
were sellers upon rather lower terms.
Tae.—Prices do not improve for Black, although the de-
mand has been good for all qualities, but holders generally
manifest more firmness. Of Green, large parcels of the low
and middling sorts have been disposed of, in consequence of
holders being free sellers, and submitting to rather lower
rates.

Cocoa.—This afternoon West India met with much atten-
ion, and 114 bags of Trinidad at public sale sold at 58s for
good dark red, and at 50s to 54s for grey, which is dearer.
COFFEE.—This afternoon Mocha Coffee was only in limited
request, and 220 bales at auction were taken in at 63s for
middling quality. The quantity of Ceylon offered at auction
amounted to 2,138 bags ; the demand was less active, and a
small part only sold at Is to 2s decline. Of costa Rica 2,670
bags were offered, and sold rather under the former rates.
Biog.—This afternoon Feat India Rice was in excellent re-
quest privately, and prices are still on the advance, white
Bengal selling at 23s to 255, yellow 22s to 235, and Madras
22s to 22s 6d.
SPICES.—Of Pimento the stock is still on the decrease;
there are several home and export purchases, and 4id to 5d
per lb is the value of low to fine quality. For Cinnamon of
objectionable quality the market has a dull appearance, and
prices are on the decline. In Bassia Buds sales to a fair ex-
tent have been made at 6'38 to 66s per cwt. Nutmegs have
been in excellent request by the home trade, and prices have
risen 2d to 3d for good and tine, and Id per lb for the lower sorts.
For Mace the demand has been active, and prices advanced
2d. For Cassia Lignea the market is quiet. For Black
Pepper previous rates are insisted upon for all descriptions.
Purchases to a fair extent have been made in white, at 4d to
6d, and 7d to 8d for superior quality. Cloves are little wanted.
E.'l'llllTS.—Altogether there are sellers of Jamaica Rum of
all descriptions upon lower rates, still the trade have operated
cautiously, and there is a larger quantity on offer. Leeward
Island is little wanted, and holders are more inclined to sell
proof at 4s. East India has been sparingly dealt in, and
there are sellers of proof Calcutta at 3s 9d to 3s 10d. Deme-
rara, however, has been in good request, and brought stiff
rates. In Brandy large purchases have been made by the
home trade; a fair quantity has been taken for exportation,
and farther advanced prices have been obtained for new sorts,
whilst the older qualities fully sustained the former value.
INDIGO.—To -day during the progress of the sate 130 chests
were withdrawn, and 841 chests have passed the sale. The
biddings were brisk, and the rates previously established
were well supported for Bengal, as well as for Madras and
Kurpah.
Ons.—For Cod Oil prices remain firm, and a good demand
has prevailed by private treaty, chiefly for home consump-
tion. Southern has been in excellent request, and a slight
improvement in prices took place. Seal has met with less
attention, and the business transacted by private treaty has
been upon rather lower terms. Sperm has not been so much
in request by private treaty, and prices are lowering. There
have been further arrivals of Palm, and the trade operating
with caution, a further decline in the value has taken place.
Of Stearne 356 casks were offered at auction, and
taken in at 39s to 425. Olive Oil has teen
in extensive request, and further advanced rates have
been obtained. For Rape Seed Oil priaes are fully as high,
and the demand has been active. For Linseed Oil prices
have declined 6,.1 there being a large quantity in the market.
For Cocoa Nut Oil late rates are sustained. but the demand
has been limited. Lard Oil dull of sale at 44/. to 46/.

TALLow.—Although the stock of Russian here is much
less than it was last season at this time. and the consumption
going on largely; still holders are ready sellers and sub-
mitted to a reduction on former rates of 6d to 9d per cwt.;
nevertheless the demand on the spot has been limited.
Home made is plentiful, and a decline in prices again oc-
curreil. In American and New South Wales few purchases
have been made privately, although there are sellers rather
under former rates.

MPERIAL PA RLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Their Lordships assembled shortly after Fire o'clock.
CROWN LANDS, ROSCOMMON.
The Marquis of WESTMEATH brought forward his
motion with respect to returns relating to Crown lands at
Killglass, Roscommon, which he postponed last night until
this evening, in order that the Government might have an
opportunity of ascertaining whether the returns could be fur-
nished or not.

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said he had made the in-
quiries which he prom,sed to make last night, and found that
there would be nu objection to furnish the returns, with the
exception of those which had reference to pending suits.
INFLUX OF IRISH POOR INTO LIVERPOOL.
Earl FITZ WILLIAM wished to bring before the notice of
their Lordships some information which he had received that
day, respecting the great influx of Irish paupers into Liverpool.
He had received that day a Manchester paper, in which there was
a long and very able account of the way in which they came to
Liverpool, and what was done for them when they arrived there.
It appeared that into the town of Liverpool there were be-
tween 23,000 and 24,000 immigrants. This great in-
flux induced people who were interested in the

ion to institute an inquiry, and one of the first
effects that followed was a considerable diminution
in the number of the persons who were relieved. In addition
to that, the Assistant Poor-law Commissioner had
been directing his attention to the influx of Irish
paupers into Liverpool. He found that the arrivals were,
of men 4,419, of women 1,755. and of children 1,150
within a given period. The relief afforded was to
men 2,000, women 2,811, children 1,150, and there was an
increase of 8,814 relieved, though the number of immigrants
was decreased. It was quite clear, from that circumstance, that
the number of persons relived was not occasioned solely by the
number of immigrants. There was a large number relieved on a
Monday in February. It was 22,348—and how many were
relieved on the Tuesday following ?—why 4,906. That was
entirely in consequence of the active measures that had
been taken to ascertain who were entitled to be
relieved. Other circumstances were connected with this
question. They had heard of the great immigration into
Liverpool. They had heard also of 4,000 ejectments in Mayo.
The inference that would be drawn from this was, that the
influx of emigrants, and the ejectments in Mayo, had some-
thing to do with one another. ghat had been an erroneous con-
clusion, drawn by persons who ought not to have arrived at those
positive conclusions, without having instituted a more rigid in-
quiry. He thought the decrease that hadfollowed in the number of
persons relieved upon the enquiry that had been made showed
clearly that it was not owing to the cause here assigned.
The Earl of LUCAN rose to offer a few observations, in
consequence of certain charges that had been made. He could
tell the Noble Lord opposite, that in - Tyrawley, one of the
wealthiest baronies in Ireland, the tenants actually kept posses.
sion, and would not permit the landlords to enter their dwellings.
He intended last night to have replied to the attacks that had
been made upon him, but was prevented from doing so. He
knew it to be the prae.;ise of that House, and it used to be the
practice formerly in the House of Commons, that the
person who was to be the subject of an attack
should have previous intimation of it or should have
an opportunity of defending himself, but no such courtesy had
been extended to him, but, on the contrary, the greatest dis-
courtesy— a discourtesy which, perhaps, was more con-
genial to the taste and habits of a certain Noble Lord,
who had thought it right to make .the attack upon
him. It had been stated that an indictment would
be preferred against him, in consequence of the course he
had thought proper to adopt, but that would not deter him now
from defending his conduct. He had been charged with three
distinct charges—lint, that he was a defaulter in not paying
his poor-rates ; secondly, that he shut up the workhouse ; and
hirdly, that he re:used to strike a rate. With respect to th,
first charge all he had to say was, that he not been absent a
single day from the sittings of the board, for a very long
period ; and he never recollected being charged with a single
instance of non-payment of rates. There were one hundred
distress warrants for rates in the town of Castlebar, issued at
his instance, and the instructions to the rate-
collector had beer. initialed by him. When he undertsood
t
_e that certain papers were to be laid on the table of the House
h hastened down to the Home-office, and protested against
Sir George Grey laying his lotter before the House, but the
Right Hon. Baronet would not accede to his request. He
would now read
the e
had letter for their Lordships. ( The Noble
Earl then read the letteri
written to the Board of Wurks.)
His Lordship, in reading
this letter, laid especial stress on
those names.which
, with his own, had been coupled with the

in the Gazette of the 9th instant), Gent., to be Lieutenant,
Jan. 29.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
10th Vic.-13th Feb., 1847.
This Court will, on Thursday, the 25th day of February
instant, at twelve o'clock, A.m., hold a sitting, and will give
judgment in cases which have been argued.
BY THE COURT.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Stockdale
Benning, of Luton, in the county of Bedford, Gent., to be a
Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 12.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Robert Gard Edmonds,
of Plymouth, in the county of Devon, Gent., to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

BANKRUPTS.
Robert Layt, spirit merchant, Hingham, Norfolk, to sur-
render Feb. 26, at eleven, and April 9, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street; Trehern and Co., Barge-yard-chambers.
Jules Rochat, jeweller, St. Martin's-lane, Feb. 26, at
twelve, and March 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Edward
and Peake, New Palace-yard.
Henry Hunter, confectioner. Old-street, Middlesex, March
4, at one, and March 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old
Jewry; Fourdrinier, Scott's-yard, Bush-lane, Cannon-street.
Jonathan Smith, innkeeper, Gloucester, March 2 and 30,
at one, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official
assignee, Bristol ; Jones and Co., Crosby-square ; Smallridge,
Gloucester.