The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY ErENING, MARCH 12, 1847

Prisons Bill had just come down from the Upper House,
and he proposed then to move that they should be read
a first time. He would, with the permision of the
House, fix Thursday next for the second reading, when
the discussion would be taken upon them.
The Bills were according read a first time.

CAPTAIN WARNER'S INVENTION.
Sir R. PEEL said, a short while ago certain officers
were appointed to ascertain the value of Captain War-
ner's invention. In the report which those officers had
made upon the subject, allusion was made to certain
minutes that had been kept in the course of the investi-
gation, and he wished to know if Government had any
objection:to lay these minutes on the table?
LOUGH FOYLE.
Mr. BLAKE said a short time ago plans and specifi-
cations were prepared for the improvement of Lough
Foyle, but the works had not yet been commenced.
Now he should be glad to know the cause of the delay.
Mr. LABOUCHERE replied that the officers of the
Board of Works were not answerable for the delay. It
had occurred solely from the parties interested in these
works not having seat in their assent to them. He
must add, however, that the assent had just been re-
ceived. He did not think there would be any further
delay in the production of the papers referred to,
EMIGRATION TO AMERICA.
Mr. VESEY wished to know whether the Govern-
ment had made any preparations, or had it in contem-
plation to assist poor persons emigrating from Ireland
upon their arrival at Quebec. He believed that up-
wards of 400 families were now preparing in one part
of Ireland to proceed abroad without the assistance of
the emigration committee; and, as it was not probable
that they would be enabled to collect together more
than a sufficient sum to carry them across the Atlantic, it
would therefore be desirable if the Government could
afford them any assistance upon their landing.
Mr. H AWES said that there was a fend in Canada
available for the sick and destitute emigrants who might
be landed there. This fund was, however, very small,
arising mainly from a tax upon the emigrants, and
from a vote taken with the estimates for Canada,
and required considerable care in its distribution.
He did not anticipate that the fund at present
existing in Canada would be found insufficient for the
purpose. He would add, that during the last year the
number of emigrants to North America had been up-
wards of 125,000, the system of emigration had been
found to work well, and in general no complaints were
made of their condition.
POOR RATES (IRELAND).
Sp. J. GRAHAM wished to know when the return,
which he moved for about a fortnight since, on the sub-
ject of levying poor-rates in Ireland, and also showing
how the account of the sum of 1,200,0001. advanced for
building Atorkhouses in Ireland stood.
Mr__PARKER rPnlierl_ that this nanPrx referred to hv
Monday.

POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. GREGORY wished to put a question to the
Noble Lord, with respect to a clause which he
(Mr. Gregory) had placed upon the paper with the in-
tention of moving its insertion in the Bill when the
House should go into Committee upon it. The Noble
Lord had stated that it was his intention to propose that
no holder of land above half an acre should be entitled
to come under the definition of destitute persons. Now,
he wished to know whether he intended to introduce
such a provision. If be replied in the affirmative, his
(Mr. Gregory's) motion would fall to the ground, but if
in the negative, it would be his duty to er.ter it. He also
wished to know when her Majesty's Government could
state their intentions with respect to vagrants in Ireland?
Lord JOHN RUSSELL (who spoke in an unusually
low tone) was understood to say that he had already
stated that he approved of the clause which the Hon.
Gentleman intended to propose, but he should prefer
him to make what amendments he might think proper,
and afterwards to bring it under the consideration of
the House at the proper time. He could not state the
exact time when the Government should bring in the
Bill with respect to vagrants, but he might state that he
certainly should not bring such a measure forward until
the measures so urgently requiry in Ireland had re-
ceived the sanction of the House.
MINT PROSECUTIONS.
Mr. FIUME said, seeing the Hon. Gentleman the
Master of the Mint in his place (Mr. Shiel), he wished
to know whether the statement that had gone
abroad was correct, that policemen were employed
in Mint cases were paid double the usual pay, during
the time they were engaged. Such a statement was
made at a trial which recently took place at the Old
Bailey, and it seemed most extraordinary conduct. He
thought the public should have authentic information on
the subpezt. He therefore wished to know whether such a
practice existed, and if it did, whether the Hoe. Gentle.
man had taken any steps to put a stop to it ?
Mr. SHIEL said, on Friday last he inquired at the
Mint whether such a practice prevailed, and was informed
that the practice had existed for a considerable time,
and had been carried to a much greater extent than at
present. He thought it was a practice likely to lead to
great abuses, and he could assure the Hon. Gentleman
that he should do his best to put a stop to it.—(Hear.)
The subject then dropped.
POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL.
On the order of the day for going into committee upon
the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that before the Speaker
left the chair he wished to state generally what had been
the latest proceeding of the Government with respect to
the calamitous state of affairs now existing in Ireland,
and at the same time to call the attention of the House
to one or two of the principal provisions of the Bill
Isefore the House. In the midst of the present afflictions
of Ireland he thought it was dua to the House—with
darkness surrounding them and peril before them—to
acquaint it with the steps which they were, taliing
_ _whit i
might have at a future period a serious influence on the
destinies both of this country and of Ireland. The House
was acquainted both with the steps which had been taken
before the commencement of the sessions, and the conti-
nued refusal which the Government had given to enter-
tain some other measures of large import to which their
attention had been repeatedly called. Thus the Govern.
ment agreed with respect to the supply of provisions,
that there should be the amount of 10,000 tons always in
store in various depots in those parts of Ireland where
there were no regular markets established, but it declined
to undertake the feeding of the people of Ireland by the
importation of provisions. They likewise consented that
a sum of not more than 50,0001. should be laid out forseed
thinking that seed might be more readily purchased by
the Government than by individuals. But they bad
steadily refused to undertake the cultivation—the
ploughing and sowing of the land in Ireland.—(Hear.)
Thus, also, they had augmented to a very small degree
the sum which was applicable fur the removal of
emigrants in a destitute condition, from Quebec to
Montreal and other places, where their labour might
be more in demand. But they had refused to be-
come responsible for the conduct and promotion of
emigration in general from this country.—(Hear,)
The reasons why the Government had thus acted were
as follows :—ln the first piece, they thought the
quantity of corn and provisions of all kinds would
be greater if the trade was not interfered with,
than if they by any act of theirs interfered with the
purchase of supplies, and in the second place day by days
they had been confirmed that in so doing they had act' d
right. They were also of opinion that the cultivation
of theland would have been impeded instead of forwarded
had they undertaken, as they had been desired to do,
the employment of the people upou the land. They
were likewise of opinion that the number of emigrants
to the United States and the colonies would not have
been considerably increased if the Govern-
ment # had proposed any large grant of
money for that purpose, instead of having
emigrants to depend on their own resources, or on what
was furnished them by their friends or their landlords.
On these topics he would do no more than state what
the opinions of the Government had been. With regard
to another question, ichas been thought that the Go-
vernment had unduly interfered with the employment
of the people devoting large sums of money for the em-
ployment of the destitute people of Ireland. This was
undoubtedly true. For this purpose the advances bad
been very great ; and he would now state what the
amount had been, up to the end of February, expended
on relief :

September (1843)
November
December
January (1846)
February 944,141
This expenditure was entirely independent of that
which had been expended by the commissariat and other
public departments. He would now give the numbers
employed during the last month, in which the increase
had been very great:— Mon.
The week ending Feb. 6 615,051
IP, 13 605,715
If 20 668,749
Of I, 27 780,268
On looking back at the proceedings he was firmly per-
suaded that unless a very large outlay of money had
been made from the national treasury, many of those
who were now employed would have died from
the want of the means of subsistence.—(Hear,)
He thought this very large outlay was justified, and was
to be justified by the great emergency of the case. It
was undertaken to prevent an increase in the number of
persons who' had died in Ireland from want of food.
But while during the months of November, December,
January, February, and, indeed, part of March, they
had continued these works on that great scale, they
had never been insecurablo to the evils which
were attendant upon these works, and it was
to be expected the evils would increase as
the works were enlarged. In the first place
the immense increase in the number and crowds of
workmen, an increase which ranged from 30,000 to
40,000 at the commencement to 708,000 had made it al-
most impossible for the Board of Works, however it had
exerted itself, or did exert itself, to keep that due order
and regularity which ought to be observed in the public
works. Let him say, however, at the same time, that
the degree to which order and regularity had been ob-
served, was not only a matter of praise, but of great as-
tonishment. It had been done in the first place by the
exertions of the officers of the Board of Works
themselves, and in the next place by the exertions of the
military and officers who were placed under the con-
stabulary of the Board of Works, and lastly by the
exertions of the Executive Government, and the mili-
tary and constabulary at their disposal. The conse-
quence had been that although it would have
been impossible to see whether a due quan-
tity of work was performed by each individual
there had not been any general confusion in
the works, or the regularity of the payments. Still
there had been, and it was to be expected there would
be, something dishonest and speculative on the part
of those clerks who were engaged in superintending
and paying the men engaged on the works.
But part of the irregularity arising in the performance

of the works, was to be attributed to the inabiliV of
some of the persons employed to perform the works
assigned to them, in consequence of the want of that
sustenance shish was requisite to enable them to
perform that amount of work which was necessary to
enable them to procure a sufficient sum of money for the
purchase of food; and thus their overseers and the
other persons over them naturally felt unwilling to
oblige them to perform tasks to which they
were unequal, or to give them a sum irsuffi-
cient to meet those demands for food. They
had, therefore, rnduced the amount of the task work,
and consequently the amount of work performed was
not to be considered an equivalent for the wages given,
but rather an amount equivalent to that which they were
enabled to perform. This had led to irregularity, be-
cause while some were altogether unable to perform the
task assigned, and it was impossible to make them do so,
others who were able and strong, and capable of per-
forming those tasks, had taken advantage of this state of
things, to come at late hours of the morning, at ten and
eleven, and as late as twelve o'claek, and said that as
they were performing task-work they were not obliged
to attend at regular periods. But a further evil was
the consequence of these irregularities, for at this
particular season, as they would learn from the report
of the Board of Work.; for last month. The Noble Lord
then read a quotation from the repert, to show that as
this system of task work had been introduced on the
public works, the labourers earning Is. 6d. a day were
averse to attend to the cultivation of the soil,
and the consequence had been that a higher
rate of wages had been induced. lii consequence of
this report, corroborated as it had been by a great num
ber of representations from irdividual officers employed
in various parts of the country, and in different depart-
ments of the commissariat and the Board of Works ;
and in consequence of these representations, the
Government determined that it was necessary
to reduce, as far as possible, at that time of
the year when ploughing and sowing should take
place to prepare for the coming crops. They were deter-
mined, as far as possible, to reduce the number on those
public works, and on these grounds his Right Hon.
Friend the Secretary of State or the Home Department
had written a letter to the Lard-Lieutenant of Ireland
avowing that, as far as possible, the number of those
labourers should be diminished, and that no
further presentments should be made unless upon
the special grounds—grounds upon which he
should be required to make a report to the Secretary of
State for Ireland. The Treastrry had likewise directed
that notice should be given that from Saturday, the 20th
March, the number of persons employed on the public
works should be reduced in the proportion of 20 per cent.
The last treasury minute gave instructions to the over-
seers to take off from the public works these persons
whn_ruircht vrmino,u3-cicat-Wnett all tnose terrodgeeie Tt
were complete that the number of men employed
on the relief works would be considerably
reduced. He did not then intend to take
notice of the other measures then before the House
with respect to Ireland, 'because, although they were
great in their extent, they were not to be compared
with that measure to which he had alluded,
so totally unexampled in its nature, and so appalling
in its magnitude.—(Hear.) To the other measures
he would feel it his duty to call the attention of the
House at a future period. He purposed now to
call the attention of the House to the proper
business of this evening, and before he did so, he
thought it right to say something with respect
to a representation which had been made to him
a few days since. A memorial had been presented
to him, signed by 64 Peers and 40 Members of that
House, upon the subject of the Government measures.
He thought it would be respectful to the parties whose
signatures were attached to that memorial, that
he should notice the representations before he
proceeded to the measure itself,—(Hear, hear.)
The sixty-four Peers and the forty Members of that
House formed a list of persons well acquainted with
Irelant?; many of them had been long residents in that
country ; and they all had considerable know-
ledge both of this country and of Ireland ; but the
he confessed he could not agree to the resolutions which
they had adopted—resolutions which would pre-
clude that House from entertaining at all the
question of out-door relief.—(Loud cheers.) Their
third resolution was in the following words:—
" Resolved, that the principle of giving out-door
relief to the able- bodied labourers of Ireland,
has been condemned by Parliamentary Committees and
Government Commissions, as well as by public officers
appointed to consider the subject—that the experience
of the last twelve months, during which time several
have received out-door relief, although accompanied by
the relief ordinarily afforded to agricultural labourers,
demonstrate conclusively that the system of out-door
relief will produce the most fatal and lamentable conse-
quences. Now, with regard to the first portion of that
statement, he had nothing to say, as he did not
wish to go into any examination of the report of
the Committee and the Commissioners, but with
regard to the other he had two observations
to make. We did not think that the relief given during
the last twelve months, accompanied with labour, at all
conclusively proved that out door relief had
proved injurious, however serious the expense
might have been.—(Hear, hear.) He thought,
however, that the system which they had
been compelled to carry out, could not fail to be attended
with abuse ; but that observation could not with any
truth apply to the plan of the poor-law for rating the
land in Ireland. The House could not have failed to
have seen the great readiness with which advances had
been made from the Treasury for the purpose of carrying
on public works, and the great readiness which had
been shown in recommending the employment of per;
sons upon these wprlis—a-teax) . tom
made for the relief pot the distress were not considered
to be made on the understanding that they were to be
immediately repaid by the rate-payers of Ireland ; they
were to be looked upon as sums advanced from the pub
lic treasury.

[LEFT SPEAKING.]

BURFORD'S NEW PANORAMA
OF GRAND CAIRO.
Mr. Burford has just completed a magnificent pano-
rama of Cairo, the "City of the Caliphs," or, as the
inhabitants style it, " the mother of the world." It has
been prepared from drawings on the spot, by
D. Roberts, Esq., AI.A., who bas obtained
deserved celebrity for his beautiful drawings
of remarkable spots in the Holy Land. The view of the
city has been taken from the summits a one of those
extraordinary mounds which formerly encircled the city,
i
and which not only mpeded the free circulation of the
air, so absolutely necessary in s• eh a climate, but almost
invariably destroyed its salubrity by loading it with clouds
of the natives during the peculiar seasons
visit that part of the world. The
edan cities are beautiful and magni-
ficent that fine species of sand which proves so destructive to
but Cairo, from its hundreds
of
imwt eye-qesouri gtefi
acha
extreme,ioi)m,
he
whose handsome and noble domes,
capolas. and elegantly decorated. spiral minarets, which
beautifulty and equally tower high above the ordinary houses, has no equal in
glaring in the noon-
that extraordinary lan.d. lite are not only presented
tvhieewegoufalthat ci
interet-
ing surrounding country. In the distance, we behold the
ramids, the majestic Nile,. the tombs of the Caliphs,
the Libyan mountains, the. isle of Rhoda, Gezeeh, Old
dwaiyths
sun,
ns,pbauctiooufs
Cairo, the great Mosque in the citadel, and the Pacha's
Palace. We have also beautiful groups of figures on
horseback, among whom are Mehemet Ali, Ibrahim
Pache, Egyptian ladies riding, dancing girls,
boatmen of the Nth &c., &c. A more pic-
turesque or life-like scene could not be presented
to the imagination so truthfully is it depicted on the
canvas. Most Egyptian cities are built on no regular
plan. The houses are of all sizes and forms, and are
scattered about in the most extraodinary and incorrect
manner ' • the streets are miserably narrow and most
irregular ; but the general effeet is thereby neightened.
Looking at Cario as depicted on the panorama
scarcely a street can be perceived. The houses
hare, with scarcely an exception, flatroofs, in which
the inmates congregate. at certain periods of the day.
The panorama is beautifully and carefully painted, and
will be found one of the most interesting exhibitions to
be met with in London at the present moment.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
'From the London New Price Current of March 12 )

SUGAR.—To-day, although there was a large amount of
business transacted in East India and Mauritius Sugar, for
home consumption, no improvement Look place in the value.
REFLNED.—To-day there was a large amount of business
transacted in refined goods for home /hie ; but the refiners
were willing sellers at former reduced rates, 63s 6d being
taken fur standard lumps. Bonded crushed Sugar is cheaper,
and 35s to 35s 6d accepted for first sort.
EAST IyDtA.—Thie afternoon there were six public sales
of Bengal Sugar, consisting of 6,638 bags and 80 chests, the
principal part of which was disposed of, and generally at
former rates for white and the better sorts of yellow, but
brown and inferior yellow kinds went 6d cheaper.
I.'omo/sr.—This afternoon at public sale 73 cases and 35
brls Babia Sugar, duty paid, were offered, and chiefly taken
in and withdrawn.

Bleumnus.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar was in ex-
cellent request, and 5,600 bags 490 casks at public sale were
sold at fully previous rates, and, in some instances, rather
above.

MOLASSES.—There has been little businee transacted in any
kind of West India this week, and the tendency of prices
is downwards for all sorts. There is a fair quantity on offer.
At public sale this afternoon 90 hhds of Cossipore taken in at
275.

COFFEE.—This afternoon Ceylon Coffee was less in re-
quest.. At public sale 1,003 bags Plantation Ceylon were
offered, but a part only sold at full rates.
TEL.-Public sales are announced to take place on Thurs.
day next, the quantity announced at present is 16,000 pkgs.
Nonehas arrived this week whereas the quantity on which
duty was paid was very large, and a fair quantity was taken
for exports. There has been a desire generally manifested by
holders of Congou to realise on account of the heavy arrivals,
and they have submitted to a slight reduction on former rates.
RICE.—To-day East India Rice met with little attention
privately. At public sale 2,088 bags Bengal were offered, but
all the sound was taken in at the full value.
SALTPETRE.--There was a good demand for Rough to-
day; and 1,500 bags of Calcutta at public sale were sold at
full rates. English Refined is selling at 305 to 30s 6d.
Nitrate of Soda is yet in good demand at 17s to 17s 6il
per cwt.

Srinrrs.—The demand has been extremely limited for all
sorts of West India Rum for home use and exportation this
week ; but holders appear not disposed to submit to any
further decline in prices; whilst buyers, on the other band,
only take sufficient for their immediate wants. Calcutta can
be obtained at 3s 5d to 3s 6d proof. In Leeward Island there
has been scarcely any business done, and 3s 8d to 35 9d is
the nearest value. For Demerara the market is in a flat
state, the value of strong sorts is 5s to 5s 3d. For Brandy
the market is in a quiet state, and prices tend downwards.
Ous.--lielders of Olive Oil manifest much firmness, and
large parcels have been disposed of. Palm met with 'little
attention fur exportation, but the home demand is good;
prices do not improve. In Rape Seed Oil a large amount of
Lillian has been transacted, and M firmer fates. There are ,‘

several buyers of Coeoa Nut, but little is yet to be had, and
prices are on the advance. Linseed Oil met with less atten-
tion this week, the prices taken on the spot have been 26s 6d
to 26s 9d. In Cod Oil several purchases have been
made, but holders are still inclined to sell at 271 to 27/10s,
Seal met with a fair demand, and prices rule high. A good
demand existed for all sorts of Southern, and, the supply
being less plentiful, holders are enabled to obtain stiffer rates.
Sperm met with increased attention, but little improvement
in the value can be quoted. ,

THE LONDON GAZETTE

(THIS EVENING.)

BY THE QUEEN. -A PROCLAMATION FOR A

GENERAL FAST.
VicroßiA, R.—We taking into our most serious consi-
deration the heavy judgments with which Almighty God is
pleased to visit the iniquities of this land, by a grievous scar-
city and dearth of divers articles of sustenance and necessaries
of life; and, trusting in the mercy of Almighty God, that
notwithstanding the sore punishment which He bath
laid upon us, and upon our people, He will, if we turn to
Him in due contrition and penitence of heart, withdraw
His afflicting hand ; have, therefore, resolved, and do, by
and with the advice of our Privy Council, hereby command,
that a public fast and humiliation be observed through-
out those parts of our United Kingdom called England and
Ireland, on Wednesday, the 24th day of March instant, that
so both we and our people may humble ourselves before
Almighty God. in order to obtain pardon of our sins, and
may, in the moat devout and solemn manner, send up our
prayers and supplications to the Divine Majesty, for
the removal of those heavy judgments which our
manifold sins and provocations have most justly
deserved, and under which we at this present time labour;
and we do stri, tly charge and command, that the said
public Fast be reverently and devoutly observed by all our
loving subjects in England and Ireland, as they tender the
favour of Almighty God, and would avoid his wrath
and indignation; and upon pain of such punishment
as may be justly inflicted on all such as con-
temn and neglect the performance of so religious and
necessary a duty. And, for the better and more orderly so-
lemnizing of the same, We have given directions to the
Most Reverend the Archbishops, and the Right Reverend
the Bishops of England and Ireland, to compose a Form of
Prayer, suitable to this occssiori, to be used in all churches,
chapels, and places of public worship; and to take care the
same be timely dispersed through their respective dioceses.
Given at our Court, at Osborne-house, Isle of Wight, this
- 9th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, 1847, arid
in the 10th year of our reign.
God save the Queen.

•
BY THE QUEEN—A PROCLAMATION, FOR A
GENERAL FAST IN SCOTLAND.
VICTORIA, R.—Wire, taking into our most serious con-
sideration the heavy judgments with which Almighty GQd
is pleased to visit the iniquities of this land, by a grievous
scarcity and dearth of divers articles of zi.0ttv..!.,,,:

God, that, notwithstanding thC sore punishment which
He hath laid upon us, and upon our people, He will, it
We turn to Him in due contrition and penitence of hearty
withdraw his afflicting hand; have, therefore, resolved,
and do, by and with the advice of our Privy Council,
hereby command, that a public Fast and Humiliation be
observed throughout that part of our kingdom called
Scotland, on Wednesday the twenty-fourth day of March
instant, that so both we and our people may humble our-
selves before Almighty God, in order to obtain pardon of our
sins, and may, in the most devout and solemn manner, send
up our prayers and supplications to the Divine
Majesty, for the removal of those heavy judgments which
our manifold sins and provocations have most
justly deserved, and under which we at this present
time labour; and We do strictly charge and command, that
the said public Fast be reverently and devoutly observed by
all Our loving subjects in Scotland, as they ten-
der the favour of Almighty God, and would avoid
His wrath and indignation; and upon pain of such punish-
ment as may be justly inflicted on all such as contemn
and neglect the performance of so religious and necessary a
duty. Our will is, therefore, and we charge, that this our
Proclamation seen, ye forthwith proceed to the Market
Cross of Edinburgh, and all other places needful,
and there, in our name and authority, make publi-
cation hereof, that none pretend ignorance ; and our
will and pleasure is, that our solicitor do cause printed copies
hereof to be sent to the sheriffs of the several shires, stewarts
of stewartries, and bailiffs of regalities, and their clerks,
whom we ordain to see the same published ; and
we do appoint them to send copies hereof to the
several parish churches within their bounds, that,
upon the Lord's Day immediately preceding the day above
mentioned, the same may be published and read from the
pulpits, immediately after Divine Service.
Given at our Court, at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, this
ninth day of March, in the year of our Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and forty•seven, and in the
tenth year of our reign.
God save the Queen.

DOWNING-STREET, MAncu 12.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Viscount Torring-
ton to be Governor and Commander in Chief in and over
the Island of Ceylon, and its dependencies.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Robert James
Mackintosb, Esq. to be Liecutenant Governor of the Island
of St. Christopher.
Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Johan
G. Aspeling, Esq., to be Civil Commissioner and Resident
Magistrate for the district of George, in the settlement of
the Cape of Good Hope.

MARCH 8.
The following promotions have this day taken place, con-
sequent upon the death of Vice-Admiral of the White Nicho-
las Tomlinson :
Vice-Admiral of the Blue Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie,
to be Vice-Admiral of the White.
Rear-Admiral of the Red Robert Jackson to be Vice-Admiral
of the Blue.
Rear. Admiral of the White Brian Hodz.son to be Rear-Ad-
miral of the Red.
Rear-Admiral of the Blue Wiliam Bowles, C.D. to be Rea--
Admiral of the White.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Devonshire.
East Devon Regiment of,Militia-hilrttnn Calmady Hain-
r.sq., to De uaptain, vice r Word, Aug. 20, 1816, Ed-
ward Herman Marsh; Gent., to be Lieutenant, May 21,
1846 ; Frederick Granby Farrant, Gent., to be Surgeon, Sept.
7, 1846.
North Devon Regiment of Militia.—Augustus Saltren
Willett, Esq., to be Lieutenant-Colonel. vice Bruton, deceased;
George Stucley Buck, Esq., to be Major, vice Sir James
Hamlyn Williams, Bart., June 29, 1846; Logan Downes,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, May 8, 1846.
North Devon Regiment of Yeomanry ;Cavalry.—Wiliam
Binford, Esq., to be Captain, vice Mallet, resigned; John
Colville Roe, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Binford; Thomas
Goldie Harding. to be Lieutenant, vice, Scott, resigned ; Ad-
derley Wren, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Roe; William An-
thony Deane, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Grant, resigned, Aug.
25, 11346
The Poor-law Commissioners have appointed Charles
Sharman Crawford, of No. 23, Lower Gardiner-street, Dublin,
Esq., barrister at law, to be an Assistant Commissioner to act
in Ireland.

The Poor-law Commissioners have also appointed Denis
Phelan, Esq., of Dublin, surgeon, to be an Assistant-Com-
missioner to act in Ireland.

WHITEHALL, Kitten I.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Enmund Butler Ed-
wards, of Pontypool, in the county of Monmouth, Gent., to be
a Master extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
Thomas Benbow, draper, Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire.
James Hilton, stockbroker, Victoria-street, Manchester.
BANKRUPTS.
John Thorogood, Innkeeper, Aldgate High-street.
Paul Biddle, tallow-chandler, Judd-street, New-road.
fa Robert Saw, grocer Hammersmith.
Samuel Ffitch, malster, Virrittle, Essex.
William Martin, grocer, Skinner-street, Somers'-town. •
Joseph Thomas Townsend, carpet dealer, High-street,
Islington.
Henry Charles Broom, grocer, Lawrence Pountney-hill,
City.

Edward Abel Taylor, licensed victualler, Tottenhan-court
road.

William Little, paper manufacturer, Borough-road, South
wark.

Henry Lovatt and William Hinde Larkman Curran, mer-
chants, Liverpool.
John Armitags, woollen cloth merchant, Paddock, York-
shire.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the returns made in the week ending March 9,
1847, is 325. 7:Ad. per cwt.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From this night's Gazttte.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for
the Week eliding on Saturday, the 6th day of March, 1847.
ISSUE DEPARTIUNT.

X.
Notes i55ued........ 24,993,685

Government debt 11,015,100
Other securities •• • • 2,984,9(10
Gold coin and bullion 9,445,493
Sliver bulliou •• •• • • 1,548,392

X 24,333,885

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 11.
DEATHS IN IRELAND.
Lord G. BENTINCK moved for a comparative return
of the number of deaths which hare occurred in each
pariah of Ireland in each of the three last periods of six
months, commencing the Ist day of September, and
ending the Ist day of March respectively with a summary
for each period.
Mr. LABOUCHERE could assure the Noble Lord
and the House that whatever difficulty there might
exist in meeting the present motion, he had no
wish but to furnish the fullest information
of the destruction of human life which had taken place.
He regretted it as much as any man could do, and he
believed it was going on, and would continue to do so to
a fearful extent. The Government had already supplied
two returns ; one was the number of coroners' inquests
at which verdicts of death by starvation was given ; and
the other was that to which he consented the other
night, supplied through the constabulary force. The
real difficulty of acceding to the Noble Lord's motion
was, that he did not know how accurate information was
to be obtained. There were but two ways of getting in-
formation. With regard to the first plan, he regretted
there was not, as in England, a register of births, mar-
riages, and deaths, owing principally, he believed, to re-
iigiims differences. He 'was not without hope that this
difficulty would be got over, but at the present moment
there was no such system in operation as could furnish
correct returns to the Noble Lord. Nothing could be
more inexpedient than inaccurate information, as it was
only calculated to mislead the public mind. The other
objection was, that the returns, if made out at all, would
be entirely voluntary on the part of those alone who
could give any information on the subject, as there were
no public functionaries in Ireland whose duty it was to
furnish the information sought by the Noble Lord. The
Noble Lord proposed that the clergy, of all denominations,
should be required to furnish the information; but as they
did not keep returns of the numbers who died in their
respective localities ; neither Protestant nor Roman
Catholic clergymen were expected to keep lists of the
deaths that occurred in their parishes, so that in many
instances they could only assume the numbers. Thus
the information would be most fallacious. All he could
say was, that he would write to Ireland to inquire
whether there existed any means whatever of affording
information which, being accurate, could be relied on.
He feared that there were no accurate means, and if
there were not, he thought the House would derive no
good by having information of a vague character before
them. These were the only objections he entertained
to the motion, for he concurred with the Noble Lord, in
thinking that it was the duty of the Government, and
he was sure it was their desire, to afford the fullest
information on the subject. The Noble Lord had
Limerick .(Mr. S. O'Brien) that 240,000 had recently
died from starvation, or. from.diseases closely connected
with it. Now he must say that he was quite
ignorant of the source from which the
Hon. Gentleman had derived his information. Ho (Mr.
Labouchere) was totally ignorant that any such possible
accounts had reached the Irish Government. But he
had written to Ireland, and he could not help protesting,
in the name of the Government, against the statement of
the Noble Lord, that the Government, acting upon the
principles of political economy, had not devised proper
remedies, and that, in consequence, starvation and
death had increased. The Noble Lord stated that the
present Government had not acted so benevolently or so
wisely as their predecessors; but he (Mr. Labouchere)
was at a loss to know in what respect the conduct of the
two Governments differed? He stated that they had not
provided food for the people like their predecessors, but
if he would look at the returns of the quantity of food
that had been exported for the people of Ireland, he
would find that the quantity of food very much exceeded
the quantity exported by the late Government. The dis-
tress, it was true, had increased, but the
Government bad done all in their power to
meet the increasing wants of the people. Nothing
could be more dangerous to the Government than to
make these vague and unjust accusations against it un-
less Gentlemen were prepared to prove them by facts.
The Government had dune all in its power to relieve the
present calamities ; but there was unfortunately pre-
valent in Ireland a notion that the Government could
prevent these calamities, and the motion of the Noble
Lord was much calculated to give force to that idea. Ile
thought it rather hard that the Noble Lord, without
giving proof, should state in the face of the House and
the country that the Government had sacrificed the lives
of thousands of their fellow-beings at the shrine of poli-
tical economy.
Captain HARRIS considered that things were con-
tinuing in a most objectionable state. He would suggest
that the duty might devolve upon the relief committees
to ascertain the number of deaths which occurred. He
considered that it was this continual compromise which
rendered their legislation upon Irish subjects such a
matter of interminable difficulty.
Mr. SHAW said that he did not consider that the
clergymen in,the different districts kept registers of the
deaths which occurred.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that the Government
would make inquiries, but they would not undertake to
furnish any vague information they might receive. In
consequence of the many reproaches which had been
cast upon the Government, he considered it right
to make some statement to the House next Monday
night, cn going into Committee on the Poor Relief' Bill,
with regard to what had been done and what was then
doing, and why he thought it necessary that out-door
relief should be administered.
Lord -G. BENTINCK -said that the increased mor-
tality in the workhouses, throughout all Ireland, was
,nine-fold. _!Last, year the deaths were 162, while this
Tea. wet, 1,493 per wed( and within the last,
three weeks there were only 218,000 quarters of wheat
sent into the country. He blamed the Government for
not making earlier and more stringent exertions to avoid
the calamity which had befallen the country. He would
beg leave to withdraw the motion.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that the estimates of the deaths, which the Noble Lord
had made, were just as much exaggerated as those esti-
mates he had made when making his late proposition
to the House. The French Government had only sup-
plied food to the army in Algiers.
Mr. DISRAELI contended that his Noble Friend had
not exaggerated his estimates; he had founded them
upon the very documents before the House. And with
respect to the statement of the Chancellor, respecting
the French Government, the reason they only purchased
corn for their army was because they had exhausted a
three years' store of provisions in first feeding the people.
The motion was then withdrawn.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the consideration of
the Lords' amendments to the Labouring Poor Bill.
They were agreed to.
RUSSIA LOAN.
Mr. B. ESCOTT desired to know if a new Act would
be necessary in order to pay the interest on the Russia
loan ?
Lord PALMERSTON said that a new convention
would not by any means be required.
NAVAL ESTIMATES.
Captain PECHELL asked it' the Government in-
tended to take the naval estimates upon Monday or
Friday.
Lord J. RUSSELL said it was not the intention of
the Government to take the consideration of them till
Friday week.
CRACOW.—ADJOURNED DEBATE.
On the motion for resuming the adjourned debate
upon Cracow,
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a numerously signed
petition, adapted at a meeting held in the Tottenham-
court-road, against the annexation of Cracow to Austria.
Mr. MONCKTON MILNES raid that the Noble
Lord on the former evening propounded a doctrine which
he (Mr. Manes) did not think was very tenable. He
implied that the House were not warranted in going
into the question at all. It was a matter of fact that
their foreign affairs were generally too much
locked up in the bosom of their Foreign Secretary.
The subject of the absorption of Cracow was made a
matter of a moral, distinct, and solemn protest, and he
thought that the House was in no degree derogating
from its dignity by taking that opportunity of confirm-
ing that act of her Majesty's Government. He had re-
joiced to hear the protest which had been delivered
against that act by the Duke of Bedford, and he had
been glad to see a letter on the subject by that distin-
guished diplomatist Sir Stratford Canning. He believed
that by the consent of the House to the resolution pro-
posed by the Hon. Member,for, Montrose, the Govern-
; ment would give effect to the protest which had already
been made. If, however, the Noble Lord at the head of
her Majesty's Government refused to give the assent of
the Government to the resolution, it would encou-
rage a notion upon the Continent that the Government
of the country was not glad to have an opportunity of
declaring itself against this act of incorporation. The
general feeling of the people of this country was so
strongly marked against the wrong which had been
done to Poland, and it was not because the Poles in this
country were emigrants or strangers that that feeling
was shown by large contributions to their assistance, but
because it was deeply felt that they were suffering from
injustice and oppression. In the papers relating to the
suppression of the free city of Cracow, laid before the
House, the last ten or twelve pages were taken up by
an elaborate argument—he supposed by some Austrian
author—to show that Russia, Prussia, and Austria had
at their disposal and sole control the independence of
the city of Cracow. It stated that the independent
existence of that city was granted solely by those
three ' Powers, as, in 1815, when the treaty
was concluded, the assent of no other courts
beside those of these three powers was demanded. Ile
should be enabled to show that the assertion was wholly
destitute of foundation. In the Congresses held at
Utrecht and Aix la-Chapelle, treaties were entered into
solely between England and France, to which the other
nations were merely assenting powers. The treaty of
Vienna was, however, an agreement between all the
powers of Europe. A distinguished statesman had said
that the final vet of the treaty of Vienna was now the
fundamental law in Europe with reference to European
States; for it was a law framed by all the States com-
prising the system, and obligatory upon all. It was not
in the power of the Congress of Vienna to arrange all
the afairs of Europe, but one of the principal objects was
the disposition of the territory which had become vacant
by the peace of Paris. This was divided into two bodies,
one relating to Poland, and the other to Saxony. There
had been previously made arrangements with regard to
part of this territory, and there were several articles in
the treaty of Paris by which the allied powers were to have
the disposition of the territory relinquished by France.
The first arrangement made with regard to the Duchy
of Warsaw was made between Russia, Prussia, Austria,
and England ; and France and Spain were to be called
on to advise, but were to have no part in the proceeding,
and to agents of each of the four powers forming a
committee, many important arrangements were intrusted.
The object of England, as would be found upon an