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a hostile inquiry by the Emperor of Russia, or that it
was created by any hostile feeling.
Lord ABERDEEN said that he had read, in common
with others the reports in question, and he
could not say whether they were correct or not,
as he had not received any information
from her Majesty's Envoy about the transaction.
He had no further knowledge of this subject than what
he now stated ; but he could not believe that the ac-
counts that had been received of this transaction
could in any degree be relied on. No doubt reli-
gious persecution of any sort was greatly to be
deplored ; but the barbarites enumerated by the Noble
Lord, he (Lord Aberdeen) really did not think could have
been perpetrated. The difference between the Greek
form of worship and the Roman Catholic was, that one
acknowledged the supremacy of the Pope, and the
other did not, but there was no difference in
doctrinal points. When the Emperor of Russia was in
Rome recently, the Pope asked him if those statements
were correct, and the Emperor assured him that he had
no knowledge of them whatever, but they should be
rigidly inquired into immediately, and if found to be
correct, the perpetrators should be visited with the
severest punishment. And this course he (Lord A.)
thought would be better then any attempt of this Go-
vernment to interfere in the matter.—(Hear, hear.)
RAILWAY INVESTMENTS.
Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that he would move
for a return of all the moneys that had been paid into,
the account of the Accountant-General on account of
railway property to be brought before Parilament this
session.

lected. Government had not turned sufficient attention
to their commercial interest, and that was the reason
why they had always been a burthen to the mother-
country.---(Hear.) lie was convinced that if a proper
course were adopted with regard to our colonies, they
would become an assistance instead of a burden.
Sir G. GREY said that if these documents contained
valuable information, he thought that the members had
not sufficient access to them; and he would, therefore,
propose that they should be referred to the consideration
of the Printing Committee, with a view to their greater
dissemination.
After a few remarks from Sir R. H. INGLIS,
COURT OF APPEAL IN CRIMINAL CASES.
Mr. EWART wished to put a question to theSolici-
tor-General or the Secretary for the Home Department.
On a former occasionn the lion. and Learned Solicitor •
General had brought in a Bill to give a court of appeal
in criminal cases in this country. He begged to ask
whether it was the intention of the Government to
remedy the defect at present existing with respect to the
want of a Court of Appeal in criminal cases.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM was understood to say that
it was the intention of the Government to bring in a
Bill to give a power of appeal in certain criminal cases.
INDIA.
Mr. HUME rose to move for certain returns con-
nected with the affairs of India. He thought that the
: ecessity for giving that information was sufficiently ap-
parent, and he would therefore throw out the suggestion
that those reports ought to be printed. During the last
ten years he had always entertained that opinion, and
he trusted that the Government would adopt that sug-
gestion, as it was likely to conduce to the general benefi
He would therefore suggest the propriety of printing
those reports which had any concern with Indian
affairs.
THE CORN-LAWS.
Lord EBRINGTON and Mr. HINDLEY presented
petitions against the repeal of the corn-laws..
On the montion being pot for the resumption of the
adjourned debate,
Mr. S. O'BRIEN said, that in resuming this debate,
he could not help feeling that, in the consideration of
this subject there had been a great disregard of the
interests of the commonalty, and that before the
repeal of the corn-laws, the Ministei s ought
to have consulted the farmers respecting the
mannner in which that repeal was likely to affect them.
general opinion he did not
say, neither would he express any
tWake on
opinionhethe ofhimself
hissuch m
tay
own on the subject. However, in refe-
rence to the question he should say that, whatever
might he urged against the Right Hon. Baronet at the
head of her Majesty's Government, he (Mr. O'Brien)
had nothing to retract or explain.—(Hear.) He had
not changed his opinion and what he stated before he
was then prepared to state again.—(" Hear,
hear," from the Ministerial benches.) A Noble
Lord who spoke last night had not only felt
it his duty to announce an alteration in his
opinions, in reference to the present great ques-
tion, but also to deliver himself of a sentence, upon
which, as it is formed the salient point of the Noble
Lord's speech, he hoped to be permitted to comment.
'the purport of the sentence was, that the law of 1815
was the greatest error ever committed.—(Hear, hear.)
That might be the case ; but he turned to that side of
the House, and begged to ask who the parties were that
urged the landed interest of the country not to explain
or retract, but to persevere in and maintain an oppo-
sition to that law ?—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") The
Right lion. Baronet at the head of the Government
says he has given an opportunity to Ron. Members to
retract their opinions as regarded that measure. He
felt much obliged to the Right Hon. Gentleman ; but he
should say that opportunities were not wanted, as the
Hon. Member for Wolverhampton had given ample
opportunity year after year.—(Hear, and a laugh.)
That brought him to another part of the question. His
Right Hon, Friend (the Premier) had said, that "if
he had changed his opinions and not declared such,
he should be ashamed of himself." Now he
(Mr. O'Brien) should be ashamed of him also.
But he wished to know on what principle parties in this
country country could in future be kept together ?
It might be said that that was an old
story, and that they were attacking the Pre-
mier and making speeches in a bad cause.
He found that this country had hitherto been governed
party; and it might be considered to be absolute preju-
dice, but he was not ashamed to own himself a party
man.—(llear, hear.) It had hitherto been the custom
of this country to believe that a discussion of ques-
tions upon party principles was advisable. That a
rigid adherence to those principles was on the
whole, with all its imperfections and all its anomalies,
the better way of eliciting the truth, and conduced to a
sound legislation.—(Hear, hear.) But he might observe
that not only had this Government changed its princi.
pies sinoe it came into office—(hear, hear), but it had
practically declared that it would be bound by no strict
principles whatever.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. S. O'Brien)
was not in the House before the present Government
came into office ; the first vote which he ever gave was
to place them in their present position. Bnt he could
only say say, that having laboured in behalf of his
country, he could undertake to say, that if ever an op-
position was conducted upon party principles, that oppo-
sition was that which was marshalled, headed, and led
by the Right Lion. Baronet at the head of the Govern-
ment.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) The disappoint-
meut was too bitter.—(Hear. hear.) The subject of his
conduct was one which was far too annoying, or else he
would enter into it willingness. But he did not wish to
glee personal offence to his friends the officers of
the Government, otherwise he would subject the occu-
pants of the cabinet to the reprobation of the House.—
(Rear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman had said—
and that he thought was the sum and substance of his
speech—that inasmuch as the law had failed
in the year 1842, he should, therefore, entirely aban-
don those principles on which he had come tato office.
The Right Honourable Gentleman said that the law had
failed in 1842, and the word " failure" might be under-
stood in two ways. He would wish to call to the recol-
lection of his Right Hon. Friend what lie said to the
farmers of Wiltshire, in February, 1845,—(Hear, hear,)
—when he made the announcement that he had become
a convert of free trade. lie would wish to ask whether,
if the law failed in 1842, the Sidney Herbert of that year
would have corresponded with the Sidney Herbert of
this ?—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He would also wish
to ask him, if it was possible for any ingenuity in
human nature to concoct a law which would
answer both those gentlemen ?—(Great laughter.) His
Right Hon. Friend in 1845 would find that law failed
for the letting in of corn freely—his Right lion. Friend
in 1846 would find that the corn law failed in the re-
striction of the free
a importation
he po r(mtaatiltgdi ohnt
certainly
believe
evet
htcorn—thereforeheaitiohuseehW::si
highly as he thought of the legislative powers of his
capablechief, aonfd effectingsincerely
anything
seen that he was capable of effecting great things.) Still
that Right Hon. Gentleman asked of him too much, if
he expected that the law of 1842 could succeed in
pleasing gentlemen of both sides of the House. But the
question of averages was all that disappointed the ex-
pectations of his Right Hon. Friend, He could not see
the cause of that. His Right Hon. Friend might re-
member, that even if he were obliged by this
failure to give up the question of the slidin..-
scale, there was a fixed duty for him to fall bael
upon.—(Laughter.) He conceived that the
aelairhgiusmlief:s
favourite t.
of the Right Honourable Baronet, viz., that be-
cause the sliding scale had failed in one Act
of
three years, was not a good one; it was not in his opinion
asufficient
measure,reason to induce
even hthime
principlestogie-eupo, not only h
His Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Sidney Herbert) had said
that this was not a question of delegation. He (Mr. S.
O'Brien) should say it was not a question of delegation,
but the Members of that House were the representatives
of the people, and when they voted against the interests
constituents, then they beteayed those interests, and
were unfit either to be delegates or representatives. It
was not merely a question of impost which seut this
Ilouse•before tee country, and it was not merely a ques-
tion of impost which placed the Right Hon. Gentleman
on the Treasury benches. He would not attempt to
treat this question as a trifling one. He would not
Itreat this question in that light manner that the Right
lion. Gentleman who had spoken last had attempted to
treat it. It was a question of the greatest importance
to the agricultural interests of this country. The Right
Hon. Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Government
had said said that the great potato fairure in Ireland had
almost led him to throw open the ports. He (Mr. Stafford
O'Brien) did not underrate those evils, he knew they
did exist, and he was glad to find that the lion. and
Learned Member for Cork, intended to bring forward
the evils pending that failure in Ireland the following
day. But he thought her Majesty's Ministers would
have done better by throwing open the ports
temporarily for a temporary relief, than to adopt
the present measure. How had the free trade
question been received in Ireland. The gentleman who
stood next to Mr. O'Connell in that country had re-
probated the measure; he said plainly that a re-
peal of the corn-laws would work great evil to
the farmers of that country, and would but
add to the distress which now threatened her.
lie was in England when be was called back again by
the dreadful accounts which he received of the progress
of the potatoe disease, and he would tell the House that
those accounts were so far correct, that if the
disease had progressed as it had commenced,
there would not have been a single vegetable in Ireland
at the present moment. On my return, I found the dis-
ease rather mending, but it has again commenced,
either from the late wet weather or some other
mysterious arrangement of Providence. He assured
them that there never was a country which
called for more urgent measures than Ireland,
and he firmly believed, there never was a Government
more anxious than the present for the welfare of that
country. But he should tell the Right Honourable
Member for Oxford, that the famine in Ireland re•
quired more more immediate for its alleviation,
and he did not see how, if he would pass his Bill,
Ireland would be benefited by it one single quarter of
wheat.— (Cheers.) My Hon. Friend observed that when
he looked round Wiltshire, he was surprised how the
poor people could exist there. All he could say was,
the he generally found that the poverty of the agricultu-
re( districts was greatly to b.l attributed to the landlords.
When they found wretched cottages, and women and
children half-clothed, they were naturally led to inquire
the name of the owner of the soil.—(Hear, hear.) He
had conversed with some Wiltshire farmers that morn-
ing, who bore him out in the statements he had made,
and he would do him the justice to say they believed him
to be conscientious inhis opinions. But he (Mr. S. Herbert)
had totally failed is the case which he had brought fro-
ward to show the necessity of a repeal of the corn-laws
in order to remedy the evils under which the country
was labouring, which was simply only saying that em-
ployment and the wages of employment tended to the
happiness of the labourer, but if he had followed up
his argument, and really show that a repeal of the corn-
laws, and an extensive cultivation of poor soil would

effect all this, he would have made his arguments com-
plete. He would have given an argument in favor of the
repeal of the corn-laws, which had never yet been argued.

COMMONS SUMMARY.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
Mr. JAMES STUART WORTLEY took the oaths, and
his seat for Bute.
Leave was given to bring in several railway Bills,
among which was the Windsor, Slough, and Staines
Atmospheric.
Mr. HUDSON brought in the York and North Midland
(Whitby Extension) Railway Bill, which was read a
first, and ordered to be read a second time.
Sir JOHN EASTHOPE presented several petitions from
Leicester in favour of the Government measure for the
abolition of duties on food.
A vast number of petitions were also presented for and
against the measure.
Mr. HensoN presented a petition. from Sunderland,
for the immediate repeal of the corn-laws.
Mr. BYNG presented a petition from Kensington, in
favour of the Ministerial plan for the reduction of the
duties on food. The petitioners, however, stated that
they would have preferred the total repeal of the corn-
laws to the delay of three years.
Lord JoHN RUSSELL presented a petition from London,
signed by 64,000 persons, in favour of free trade.
Colonel SIBTHORP gave notice of his intention to
move for returns of the salaries of all persons receiving
5001. a-year under the Government since 1795.
On the motion of Mr. YOUNG, a new writ was moved
for Westminster, in the room of Captain Ilous, who
had accepted the office of one of the Lords of the
Admiralty.
In answer to the following question from Sir 11. WIN-
STON BARRON, what amount of funds there are now
available for the purpose of lending, with interest, to-
wards carrying on public works in Ireland :—Also, if it
is intended to propose or sanction any measure by
which the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in Ireland
would be empowered to sell any portion of their estates,
and thereby pay off the 60,000/. they borrowed from the
Government,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said there was
a sum of 300,000/. placed at the disposal of the Board of
Works for Great Britain, upon which demands might
be made from Ireland ; and there was a further sum of
60,000/. annually voted for Ireland. There was now
unapplied a sum of 52,0001. As to the question with
respect to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, there was a
sum of 100,000/, lent to them, which had been paid.
Mr. HumE moved that a humble address be presented
to her MAJESTY, that she will be pleased to direct co-
pies of the existing tariffs and commercial regulations
of each of the British colonies and possessions be laid
before this House, in the same manner as the tariffs and
commercial regulations of Europe and America have
been laid before the House. And also to move that
there be laid before this Holm, copies of the existing
tariffs and commercial regulations of British India and
the dependencies thereof, on exports and imports, in the
same manlier as those laid before the House of the
European and American States.
After a few words from Mr. AGLIONBY,
Mr. F. BARING recommended that the subject should
be referred to the Printing Committee.
Sir R. liticras said that this particular report did not
come under the cognizance of the Printing Committee.
But when an Hon. Member stated in his place that such
a report was full of errors, he thought that some oppor-
tunity ought to be afforded him of substantiating his
statement.
In reply to Mr. EWART, Sir JAKES..GRAHAM said
it was not the intention of the Government to introduce
a measure for giving to parties aggrieved a right of ap-
peal in criminal cases.
Certain unopposed returns having been moved for and
agreed to,
The order of the day for resuming the adjourned de-
bate was read, and
STAAIFORD O'BRIEN complained that the Govern-
ment had not yet thought fit to consult the agriculturists
at all on this measure. He had little hope of attracting
the attention of the House ; he had not changed, and
therefore he had nothing to explain, but remained in the
same state of bigotry in which he had ever been. The
law of 1815 might have been the greatest error
that the landed interest had ever committed,
but he would ask who had encouraged them to persevere
in that error. Year after year the Hon. Member for
Wolverhampton had given them an opportunity of re-
trieving that error, and year after year the Right Hon.
Gentleman had urged them to persevere in it. He
would not impute to the occupants of the Treasury
bench disbeonesty, but this country had hitherto been
governed by party ; and if parties were to be broken up
in this way, he would ask how the Government of the
country vev.s to be conducted. He had no hesitation in
avowing that he was a party man ; and if ever there was
an opposition conducted by party tactics for party ends,
it was the opposition of the Right Hon. Gentleman to
the late Government. It was a bitter disappointment to
find him now eschewing all party. The Right Hon.
Gentlemstaa who spoke last night said that the law of
1842 had failed. Had it failed to the SIDNEY HERBERT
of last year, or to the SIDNEY HERBERT of this year ?
If the hew had failed in regard to the question of ave-
rages, it must be a reason for readjusting those ave-
rages ; rind if he found the sliding-scale fail, that was
no reason, for giving up protection—they had still the
sliding-scale to fall back upon. If it had been merely a
question of duty, why had they raised such an agitation
on the snibject? It was not on a mere question of im-
port duty that the present Government had dis-
placed the last. If the present Government had
changed their opinions, let them avow the change,
and give due credit to those who had always upheld
those principles; but let them not deprive them of the
credit due to them by saying that this was a mere
question of import duties. He was not careless of the
evils impending over Ireland; but a particular evil re-
quired 'only a particular remedy, and although the
ports might be opened to prevent a famine, Ireland yet
There Ives no necessity for repealing the corn-laws. All
the authorities in Ireland agreed that the destruction of
agricu3ture in that country would be its ruin. He ad-
mitted: the existence of the potato disease, and if it had
progressed, he was convinced there would not have been
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a potato left in Ireland. The rot had been stayed, but had

now recommenced, and he believed that the Governwen

was privared to meet the emergency; but he denied that
the case of famine in Ireland would be met by the pro-
posed alteration in the :corn-law. He believed that the
landowners in Ireland were greatly responsible for the
distress existing in the country, but he denied that a re-
peal of the corn-laws would provide a remedy for the
distreis.

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

fIIIE LONDON GAZETTE
(THIS EVENING.)

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, FEB. 8, 1846.
Hie. Royal Highness Prince Albert has been pleased to ap-
point the Marquis of Abercorn, K.G , to be Groom of the
Stole., in the room of the Marquis of Exeter, resigned.
FOREIGN OFFICE, FDB. 2.
Tb e Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Edward
Wafter I3onham, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Calais.
Time Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Norman
Prir gle, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consnl at Stockholm.
ADMIRALTY, FED. 4.
Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieut. R. F. Tucker to be
First Lieutenant, vice Arnold who retires on half-pay.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of

Yorkshire.

C. G. Fairfax, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; D. Cayley,
Esq.., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Jan. 31.
34e)orenflonrldissshe iioirnbtegtihmeeLnot of Aa—
rdLileitliitteinau
jt
.ol ‘ra
l-llorelfsohradmsl: Bart.,ire
to be Major, vice Barnaby, M.P., resigned, Feb. 4.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Dorsetshire.
Dorsetshire Regiment of Militia—G. T. Jacob, Esq., to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, vice J. J. Smith, Esq., promoted, Feb. 6.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk.
West Suffolk Militia-IV. H. Earl of Euston to be Colonel,
vice Duke of Grafton, resigned, Dec. 24, 1845.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Kent.
East Kent Regiment of Militia--J. T. H. Dunn, Gent ~to
be Ensign, vice P. J. Darell, resigned, Feb. 5.
West Kent Regiment of Militia—J. M'Gregor, Gent. to
be Ensign, vice Butcher, resigned, Feb. 5 ; C. A. Abb'ott,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice C. M•Gregor, deceased, Feb. 6; F.
Thennpson, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Monypenny, appointed
to the Line, Feb. 7.

rw
CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 10.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO BER7E IN THIS PRESENT PARLIA•
MENT.
County of Bute--The Honourable James Archibald Stuart
Wortley, her Majesty's Judge Advocate General.
Jlorough of Cashel—Timothy O'Brien, of Merrion-square,
ih the city of Dublin, Esq., in the room of Joseph Stock,Esq.,
wlao has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chit-
ten I Hundreds.

CRO WN-OFFICE, FEB. 6.
:Days and places for holding the Lent Circuits, 1846, viz.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 19, 1845.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Nicks, of the
borough of Warwick, Gent., to be a Master .Extraordinary
in -the High Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 3, 1846.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Knight, of
Tarnworth, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High
Court of Chancery.

BANKRUPTS.
Richard Ensoll, draper, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, to sur-
render, Feb. 20. at half-past eleven, and March 27, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Bir-
chin-lane ; Mardon and Prichard, Christchurch-chambers,
New gate-street.
Je hn Thomas Pascoe, metal-refiner, High-street, Spital-
fields Feb. 27, at half-past one, and March 27, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-
lanes; Smith, Finsbury-terrace.
Thomas Francis Saunders, brewer, Burton-upon-Trent,
Feb. 17, at eleven, and March 20, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Seaman, Pancras-
lane, Cheapside.
William Burrows, Grove-street, Hampstead-road, Feb. 17,

and March 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell,
official assignee, Coleman-street-building, ; Roberts, Bride-
court,' Fleet-street.

Joseph Johns, confectioner, Grosvenor-street, Pimlico,
Feb. 17, and March 18, at half-past twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Johnston, official assignee, Basinghall-
street, London..
James Blyth, grocer, Chelmsford, Feb. 16, at half-past
eleven, and March 21, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-oourt, Basinghall-street ;
Heath, Nag's Head-court, Gracechurch-street.
Walter Spiers, printer, North Audley-street, Oxford-street,
Feb. 19, at one, and March 24, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-cham-
bers; Hepburn, Copthall-court.
George Goddard, tea-dealer, Leicester, Feb. 19, at twelve,
and March 24, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street, London;
Hill and Matthews, St. Mary Axe, Loudon.
Samuel Pursell, ironmonger, Strand, Feb. 20, at two, and
March 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards,
official assignee, Frederick's •place, Old Jewry; Hughes,
Bedford-street, vent-garden.
Stephen Brett and Thomas Tunwell, upholsterers, Char-
lotte street, Fitzroy-square, Feb. 17, at half-past one, and
March 20, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street;
Reed and Landford, Friday-street, Cheapside.
Cooper Ewbank, share-broker, Manchester, Feb. 21, and
March 19, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hob-
son, official assignee, Manchester; Capes and Co., Gray's Inn,
London ; Binney, Manchester.
_ William James Dunsford, surgeon, Bristol, Feb. 24, and
March 24, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman,
official assignee, Bristol; Smith, Bristol.
Richard Allerton, wheelwright, Bettle-cum-Linacre, Lan-
caster, Feb. 27, and March 24, at twelve, at the Liverpocl
District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ;
Walker, Furnival's-Inn ; Bradley, Liverpool.
'George Codrington Nicholls, commission merchant, Upton,
Chester, Feb. 20, and March 13, at half-past eleven, at the
Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool;
Wilkinson, Furnival's-Inn ; Brown, Liverpool.
Joseph Mellanby, broker, Hartlepool, Durham, Feb. 20,
at twelve, and March 24, at two, at the Newcastle-upon-
Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne ; Wawn, Stockton-on-Tees ; Wright, New Inn,
Stranc ; Hark, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
William Benyon, button manufacturer, Feb. 24, at twelve,
and March 24, at haif-past eleven, at the Birmingham
District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ;
James, Birmingham.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current llof Feb. 10.)
SUGAR. —To-day there was little desire manifested by
grocers and refiners to purchase) West Indianl Sugar,' but
the quantity on show being scanty merchants were euabled
to obtain former rates.

REFINED.—To-day Refined goods were purchased with
caution by the home trade, 63s 6d to 64s were the rates taker!
for Standard Lumps, and 62s to 63s per cwt far Brown
Lumps. Bonded crushed Sugar is wanted, and it is difficult
to purchase first quality under 348 per cwt.
111Aunmus.—This afternoon ISlnuritius Sugar met wito
attention, and 7,347 bags 313 caskes at auction were all
sold; the sorts under 50s per cwt brought full rates, but
those above that price went a little cheaper.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal was in good demand,
and three parcels offered at public sale amounting to 2,889
bags, were sold at full rates.
Fonnnax.—Holders of yellow and brown Havannah Sugar
are not inclined to further reduce their price, but the business
transacted by private treaty has been extremely limited, and
at auction 1,509 boxes were taken in rather above the value.
MOLASSES.—Prices are firm for all descriptions of West
India. and a fair business has been transacted.
COFFEE.—This afternoon 413 bags of Bahia Coffee at pub
lic sale were offered, the sound was nearly all taken in rather
above the value. For good ordinary native Ceyloe 48s to
49s per cwt are the rates asked, but little business has been
transacted.

The.—To-day a fair business was transacted privately in
Tea, but not at better prices.
SPICES.—This afternoon Nutmegs were in better request,
and at public sale 7 cases were sold on an advance on former
rates of 2d to 3d per lb.
SPIRITS.—To-day a brisk demand sprung up for Brandy,
principally for arrival. Cognac best brands of the vintage of
1842 brought ss. 10d to 6s, and 1844, 4s 4d to 4s 7d per gal-
lon. In East and West India Rum, only a limited business
was transacted, but holders would not take lower rates.
Mex.—The demand has been good for cleaned Rice, but
no advance in the value has taken place. Madras is wanted.
The value of Java is 15s to 17s 6d, but the market is scan-
tily supplied. Bengal has been in good request, and the
parcels sold privately were upon former terms.
Ons.—There has been a limited business transacted in
Olive Gil, although the rates taken have been rather under
those previously quoted. Prices rule firm for Palm, and a
good demand has been experienced. Cocoa Nut is little
wanted, and is offered upon lower terms. Linseed
Oil has been in extensive request on the spot,
and prices are still on the advance. For forward
delivery :many contracts have been entered into. Rape
Seed Oil- is little' wanted, and the stock is still accumu-
lating. in Cod a good business has been transacted, but at
low rates. For Seal the demand has been only for small
parcels, and the :prices are rather lower. In the value of
Southern little variation has occurred. Sperm is little
wanted. and 761 to 781 is the value of good and fine British.
Lard Oil is heavy of disposal at 391 to 4 01 per tun.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, Monday, Feb. 9.
PUBLIC WORKS IN IRELAND.
Lord MONTEAGLE said that at the present moment
it not only behoved Noble Lords to pass the Bill, but,
further, that they should pass a series of measures, of
which the present was but a component, for the
improvement of the condition of the people of Ireland.
He had heard it stated that the pressure on the people
of Ireland was but slight, and not entitled to serious
consideration. A greater or more grievous mistake
could not be entertained, and could only have pro-
ceeded from a misapprehension of the real facts.
It was by no means a trivial matter in the present posi-
tion of political affairs between the two countries, that
no individual Member of that House should be repre-
sented to the people of Ireland as indifferent to their in-
terest, particularly when the deficiency of food in that
country at present was considered. It would be of great
importance that it should not appear that that House was
indifferent to this state of things. He should say, that
the magnitude of the evil in. respect to food in Ireland
had by no means been exaggerated. The Noble Lord
then read extracts from the reports made by Mr.
Lindley and Mr. Playfair upon the state of the
potato crop, by which it appeared that the crop was de-
ficient by one-half, and that there would also be a defici-
ency of seed ; and that the result would be that the
distress to be apprehended in Ireland from a
scarcity of food would be most awful and appalling.
The Commissioners stated that it appeared from un-
doubted authority that out of 32 counties not one had
escaped the failure of the potato crop, and that out of
the districts around 130 poor-law unions, not one
was exempt from the failure. To those who were co, -
nected with Ireland this presented a very sad aspect. He
remembered, in 1822, being commissioned with some of
the most useful men (amongst whom the late Mr. John
Smith was conspicuous) to inquire into the cause of
distress in Ireland. At that time, when they had at
their disposal 300,0001. subscribed by the English na-
tion, and which sum was afterwards doubled by Parlia-
ment, they had only to cope with the partial distress of
ten counties, and that distress did not begin until
the spring, They had now to deal with the dis-
tress of thirty-two counties, and the distress had
begun before the month of February. They knew by
sad experience that not only the want of food in the
country would be felt, but they also knew that other
calamities would follow. The benefits which had been
done to that country had, however, been stated by others,
and he would not, therefore, refer to them particularly.
But he could not help saying that the treetinent which
Ireland ought to receive ought to be the treatment due to
a young country. Now the public works had a tendency
to a public benefit. What had been the results of public
works in Ireland ? But it had been suggested to her
Majesty's Government that consideiable good might be
done by Government if they made a better appropria-
tion of the constabulary and police rates in the
several counties. This was a subject that called
for the peculiar attention of . the Ministry.
Whatever difference was made in the appropriation of
public burdens, or whatever pressure was removed, the
relief should be granted in agreement with justice. In
the present instance the measures by the Government
on the constabulary rate acted in an inverse ratio
to this principle. Take the counties of Down and
Tipperary. In the county of Down, which had been
tranquil and prosperous, and where the constabulary
rates had been light, the relief would be much less in
proportion to that of Tipperary, in which for a long
time the rates had been very high, arising from the in-
security of life and property. If a remission of
the constabulary rate was to be made, the
alteration should be such as to appropriate the
benefits in the same ratio as the rates bad
been imposed—apportioning relief in proportion to
the tranquillity or disturbance that might respectively
prevail. He doubted much whether the proposed re
mission would be an improvement, especially the
taking away the constabulary force from under the
local magistracy. Great advantages had resulted from
this connexion both in the discipline of the force and
the benefits resulting from this employment ; and if
they, took away this corps from under the control of the
magistrates, it would make tho constabulary force as-
sume the character of a foreign Bens d'armerie force. He
begged of the Government not to dissasociate the force
from the local protection under which it had hitherto
been placed. In proposing measures for the relief of the
people in Ireland, it was his opinion more would be done
for the tranquillity of that country by the employment
of engineers, the construction of public works, draining
and such like measures for giving the population em-
plop:went, than by any other course that could be devised.
If they did an act of justice or generosity, let it be
directed by wisdom, as that course alone would be at-
tended with success. With respect to the repeal of
taxation, though it might be very popular at the
time it was proposed, it was soon forgotten—it
would not survive the session' in which it was agreed to.
He trusted that if those measures should be adopted,
they would exercise a beneficial and useful in-
fluence upon the people of Ireland. He had
spoken upon this subject at greater length
than he had intended, but it was one in
which he felt a great interest, for he had the welfare
of his country sincerely at heart. and was most
anxious to see her condition ameliorated. He had
had communication with several Members of
that House as well as with some of those
of the other. House of Parliament, and he had not met
with one who had any interest in land in that country
who did not appear to agree with him in opinion upon
this subject.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said he bad no
doubt the Noble Lord was right in taking this
opportunity of speaking upon this subject. But it
should be remembered that this was a Bill not yet
before that House. It was a Bill which had received all
the attention from many Noble Lords which it was
possible to give it in the short space of time allowed, but
he could not say that they had agreed to adopt the
proposition it contained. It was well known that the police
tax had always been a tax upon the land, and it should

be admitted that it ought not to be allowed to continueso.
There was at present a Bill•in the hands of Govern M."
hivh would relieve counties from the police-tax. rrbeY
had received a strong recommendation from the Co'
missioner on the subject, and before they came to any
determination, on the subject they would take into con-
sideration that recommendation. No person was.more de-
sirous than he was of making such improvements as would
draw forth the resources of that country. There were.
other measures in contemplation, which would come on
in the course of the session, and which would have the
effect of giving relief to Ireland ; and. therefore, he
wished that his Noble Friend would postpone the dis-
ens,,ion until the matter came before the Rouse in e

more regular manner.
Lord STOURTON said that he should feel WO;
self wanting in his duty both to England tr.
Ireland if he did not express his entire and full con ecr_
rence with the measure proposed by Government for
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about of Ireland. The labour of Ireland was !Id it
about to be absorbed in resources which—and he said
to the disgrace of this country—had been kept for.,,
years in darkness. He would refer to the year
when it appeared that no less than 65,000
sons passed through the fever hospitals of Dcwee,
He libped also to be allowed to express his concurr,,e
in the perfect truth of the report which emanated frtu;
the House of Commons in the last session, in Whicolandi-
absolute necessity was declared of bettering the con
tion of the Irish people. That statement was 513° --fier
ten years ago; and now that they had it in their pow
to cement an union between the people of England
repeal Ireland—cementing them in a manner that no
could break—(Hear)—he called on them to act wisely and
boldly. He would wish to see the peasantry of Ir,d be
raised to a proper level ; and he should say it woui
were
a much more gratifying circumstance if the people w,ed
less dependent upon land. Mr. Forster, in 1825, staion
that " the Irish must have hied, as they depended ce•
it." Now that was a most grievous circtunstenresh
Therefore he should say that their policy, their ittted be
called on them to support the present measure ; of
should shrink from his responsibility as a MemThiad
that House, if he did not advise them to combine an
endeavour to advance such a policy.—(Hear' 1411
If they placed a police force in the stead of the fne't tein
force which it would be otherwise necessary to wain ht
in the counties of Ireland, Government Igo
to recommend that the quota of the eNPebiad
should be borne by each county, or by each tu",'°-
in. which the police force might be requirelh•nion,
thought, and the Commissioners were of oPilleed
that this course might remedy the evil cotalteld
or. But he thought it not only necessary that they i7iitcl
patronise public works, but that they s'°eet,
also give every assistance to agriculturalimproven? the
for this was not only required for the happiness °lsis°,
people at present, but for their future prosperity
es,
He felt, as a resident landlord in Ireland, that this 133 re.
sure would be of great benefit to that country, and there,
fore he had no hesitation in saying it should have his Coe
currence. There were some clauses in it he could not ag
to—he meant the compulsory and mandatory clauses,
,f'eJ
lie trusted they would be modified. He had liste:tb
to the speech of his Noble Friend opposite !bet
great attention; but he could not believe '"se
the distress anticipated by the Noble Lord in,ake
short a time as he had stated would
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place, at least in that part of the country, the n°,,re
of Ireland, where he resided; and if great distress were
apprehended in other parts of that country he tresres
that the Government would adopt such n3elith
as would tend to avert that calamity. '
to
regard to what had been said in refereneetot
the police force, he was ready to admit that,. bet
was a most useful body ; but he could not
to
fuel that the magistracy of the country had oftet°, met
put aside by the power which the Government he"' "tiea
them ; and he also thought that some communiech,,i§
ought to have been held with the magistracy before
step had been taken to make that force a species of
d armerie. The landed gentry of Ireland felt this negleet7efr
much. They were anxious, as magistrates, to do They
duty, as they had hitherto, he believed, done; but
thought they ought to have been consulted. lie
as far as the present Bill was concerned, give it his stiicl
port, and when it was in Committee he v" d,
all their Lordships' attention to certain 5113,eeretl
ments to several of the clauses, which be con'T,. tee
very objectionable, especially those proposing to tai",,ere
powers out of the hands of the grand juries, who "hest
made up of the resident gentry, and therefore those "
calculated to know what ought to be done.
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• The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said there wienia,
difference of opinion as to the principle of the 'l,-4
which had his entire concurrence.—(Hear.) He -,be
no desire to prolong the discussion raised by "ot,
suggestion of the Noble Lard (Monteagle) re'Pe ce
ing the remission of the county rates for the maintenatle,
of the constabulary force. He (the Marquis of Laphe
downe) believed that suggestion first came from toe
members of the Irish Landlord and Tenant Conunisslbe
as a most desirable arrangement, and that it should
done upon the principle of equality. It was then rec°,`:"ef
mended irrespective of other considerations but the 01;4
of Ireland, but now it was brought up as part of a gene
:s
measure of justice to the occupiers of land, ,
in coni
quence of the great and important scheme of improvelueu
submitted to Parliament for the relief of the couni.trie..
He held, as a general principle, that grants for
works would be more beneficial than any other In
that could be devised, as it would be always reminding
them of the services rendered by Parliament to tut,
country. He believed that the relief from the coos':
bulary tax would be greatly beneficial, and was a te..61-.
sure of great importance, but it was not the measure
that her Majesty's Government should adopt for the
relief of a distressed country.
After a few words from Lord COTTENHAM,
Earl DEVON fully concurred in the course of policy
suggested by the Noble Lord who preceded him,hee-
it would have the effect of improving both t" f
moral and physical condition of the people °
Ireland. There could be no second opinion
to the necessity of the Bill before the House,
Lord MOUN.TCASHEL said that the present eiir
cumstances of Ireland deserved every consideration. ":
had only arrived from that country within the last ie;'„
days, and he could assure their Lordships that the 115,°:::
of the peasantry were not in any degree exaggerate° I.‘",
the south of Ireland. Want and famine were staring them-
in the face. In a short time the poor-houses would be rt
filled that there would be no room for applicants. W 137
was then to be done ? He had been glad to see that every
endeavour had been made by Parliament to meet the
wants of the people, but he was informed that the
railway Bills would not be forward enough to give enr
ployment to the people. In his own neighbourhood P°,
tatoes were selling at the prices usually received in the
months of June and July, and there was every appearance,
of their reaching a higher price. He happened to live
a very peaceful neighbourhood, but within the last ;fort-
night there had been very unpleasant symptoms ex"''
bited. Large bodies of men were going about arrned,
and several murders had been committed. It vittgil
common declaration that in two months they *vow
have civil war. lie might be allowed t°
state one word with regard to a matter
which had, perhaps, no connexion with the present Bill,
but which • had been moved by the Noble Lord Who
brought it before them. It was the intention of t' '„
Government to bring forward another Drainage
That Bill was viewed with a. great deal of apprehension'
The Noble Lord then proceeded to read extracts froT
a letter he had received from some millers in the north
of Ireland, who expressed a hope that no measures wow'
be suffered to become law which would have an injurious
effect upon their property; they alluded particularly to
the Drainage Act.

The Earl of ST. GERMANS expressed a hope th4t
no alteration would be made in the Bill now before the
House which would affect injuriously the present bur
dens upon land.

Lord COTTEN FIAM said a few words in reply, which
were inaudible in the gallery.
Earl ST. GERMANS said that it was his intention
to move the committal of the Bill on Friday next.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Monday, Feb. J.
CORN-LAWS.
Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition from the borough
of Finsbury signed by 53,700 persons, and expressing °
strong approval of the measure proposed by the Govern:
went, but praying that the abolition of the corn-law"
should take place immediately. Also a petition to he
same effect from a town in Montgomeryshire. Alb"
petition signed by fourteen agricultural labourers in
Pusey, Wiltshire, in which they state that the systl
of protection had reduced them to the lowest state 0
degradation and misery. The petition states, that not-
withstanding the system of protection, they have been
obliged to submit to labour only suited to beasts
,of
burden. They have been harnessed to carts. The
aggregate number of their families, some of which
comprised eight individuals, amounted to eighty-s'X'
00
the aggregate amount of their wages Was only 82s.
(Mr. Wakley) had reason to believe that the statements
were correct.
An Hon.. MEMBER presented a petition from Stern-
ford, Crowland, and twenty-seven other parishes in Lin-
coln, against any alteration in the laws relating to the
protection of agriculture.
Mr. ELLIS presented a petition from the city Of Co
ventry in favour of the abolition of the corn-laws.
Sir R. PEEL presented a petition from the city ne
Glasgow, very numerously signed, approving of the
proposed policy of the Government with respect to in
corn-laws and the system of protection ; also a petition
'
to the same effect from Ilawick and the burgh of Fe
lockshaw.
Mr. MILNER GIBSON presented a petition from Huddersfield, signed by 3,000 hand-loom weavers, In
favour of a total and an immediate repeal of the cora,
laws.
Mr. F. T. BARING presented a petition from
Deptford in favour of the measure proposed by /2 'r Ma-
jesty's Ministers for a change in the corn-laws. Adam
Mr. ESCOTT presented a petition from James the
Gordon, Esq., of Frome, near Bristol, praying_
House to pass the measure of her Majesty's Govern'
ment for a repeal of the corn-laws into a law.
THE COMMERCIAL POLICY OF THE
COUNTRY.
The SPEAKER having left the Chair,
a o
six
months. P. MILES said, he rose to move that the
5..
should resolve itself into Committee thatnight
months. He trusted that he should approach the clsntieon
tion in a mild and dispassionate manner. The clue sib-
was one of the most important that had ever been eat
witted to that House.—(Hear hear.) He would rep,
..t
that it was a question so important to the country in,ar.
nition'i
he trusted it would not be treated in a light no,ila
It was a question of the greatest vitalitv. The Prls of
change in the commercial policy of the country
created
Preh°iPs I egtr'e:-ati
far greater interest than the Ref)rm Bill, and ha
far more dismay amongst all classes of the
did that great measure.—(Hear, bear.)
mercia
country had gained for itself a character for Tnl-1 in all
policy, and he hoped she would uphold majesty's
its glory. The measure proposed by he