The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-12 00:00:00

TO THU SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD

REFORM ASSOCIATION.

Sir,—On Monday the debate was resumed on Eccle-
siastical Titles. With the exception of the speech of
Lord Ashley, it went to prove that the House IX Com-
mons, like language, is for the concealment of ideas. If
the people of England feel any interest in the subject,
they must take it up out of doors, or submit to wade,
through a dull farce by drilled actors, ending in disap-
pointment.

- The debate was finally adjourned till Wednesday.
The first motion for adjournment led to a division of 364
to 59 against adjourning; which may in some degree be
taken as a measure of the final strength. So that the
Government have no want of strength in the House; and
the only explanation of the meagre and frivolous Bill
by which they reply to the summons of the French Ge-
neral in Rome, is, that there is Puseyism in their
camp. No man seems to doubt that the Prime Minister
would do more if he could; and his looks confirm it.
After this division, the moment was chosen for moving
for leave to bring in a Bill for removing restrictions
upon Roman Catholics; which it was whispered in the
House was for the encouragement of monastic orders
and a nasty celibacy, for that is the appropriate term
for celibacy enforced upon masses of men. A respected
Catholic Member rose and declared that the English
Catholics did not want the Bill. The consequence of
all which was, that leave was given for this day six
months, by a majority of 175 to 35.
On Tuesday the Member for Buckinghamshire made
his motion on the still-beginning, never-ending subject
of the Distress of the Owners and Occupiers of Land.
They were distressed when they lived on the commer-
cial classes, and they are distressed when they have
ceased to live on them; and the only chance left to try,
appareatly, is the effect which might be produced on
them by a good round indemnity given at their expense
to those who suffered by them before.
But there were points about the present motion de-
manding the attention of the commercial classes and the
public. It was introduced by the declaration, that all
idea of the restoration of what is called Protection was
given up for one or two years, till the dissolution of Par-
liament; and then, it would appear, it is to be taken up
with renewed hope and vigour. The declaration at the
same time did not preclude hits by the way, at Free
Trade being the restriction of British industry, and the
enormity of one class desiring to live upon the injury of
another. The danger from all this, is that the friends
of commercial freedom will be lulled into security, while
the other side will virtually carry on their operations
without relaxation. Nothing is clearer, than that in
this position of affairs, the Lague ought to " keep their
powder dry."

Mr. G. SANDERS (who was very indistinctly heard in the
gallery) said he believed that if the policy of free trade
was to be reversed it shouldabe reversed by the feeling out
of doors, and it was idle to expect its reversal through any
vote of that House. Her Majesty had admitted in her
gracious Speech from the Throne that the agricultural
interests in this country were in a state of distress; and that
admission had saved much needless discussion. The Right
Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer might
under these circumstances have avoided the statistical
details into which he had entered with a view to show that
a state of comparative prosperity prevailed in some parts of
the country. The existence of general distress among the
agricultural body was a fact universally admitted. Then
there arose the question what had been the cause of that
distress. In the year 1848 they had been told that the agri-
cultural distress at that period had been owing to a deficient
harvest; in the year 1850 they had been told that the agri- SCOTTISH SOCIETY.—A meeting of the members of
cultural distress had been owing to the abundant harvest of this society was held yesterday afternoon at the Freemasons'
the year 1849 ; while in the present vear the distress continued Tavern, Great Queen-street, Lord Drumlanrig in the chair,
after the deficient harvest of' 1850. It was pretty clear, for the purpose of taking into consideration the affairs of the
therefore, that the evil was not to be traced solely to the society, and of determining upon the propriety of continuing
character of the preceding harvest. They had last year the annual Scottish file at Holland-park. Mr. Fox Maule
been told by her Majesty's Ministers that the imports of corn regretted deeply that the affairs of the society were in so
from foreign countries could not continue under the low ruinous a condition, and that there had been so much
prim for agricultural produce which had then prevailed. division of opinion among the members. That there was
But the result had falsified that prediction, and the importa- any loss attending the gatherings of the society in 184.11
tions had since continued, while the prices had not been and 1850 he attributed entirely to mismanagement, and,otrhisa
raised. We had received large importations of corn from being the care, he did not think that they ought
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France in the course of the last year; and, although the moment to debate upon the propriety of continuintgetalnee
Right Honourable Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchea I most attractive Scottish gatherings. But, in ordetr, that t_4'n.
quer had said at that time that those importations could not 1 arrangements might be satisfactorily carried
aoriultoh con'
be g corn-
be continued, he was himself at present compelled to admit ' sidered that it was necessary to reform the in
that they had been still greater during the present year. mittee, and he eloquently appealed to
all their sup-
During the last twelve months we had received large impor- ; the society, as Scotsmen and friends, to forgetand enthusiastically
' tations of corn from all the great corn-producing countries posed grievances and to unite earnestly ali the members of
h utmost to enable the
of the world. He had on a former occasion expressed his ;in forwarding, by every means, the objects of the society.
belief that, under a system of free trade the price of wheat in ; He was ready to pledge himself to
this country would rule from about 355. to about 40s. a quarter; society to merit the high °nag.?
Patrhibition,
which it enjoyed, and in
he hoped they would
while the bight Hon. Gentleman (the Chancellor of the Ex- ; this, the year of the Great EL
could do. The Right Hon.
chequer) had stated that, in his opinion, it would rule at ; show the world what Scotsmen
between 40s. and 50s. a quarter; but he (Mr. Sanders)That the society should continue
believed that all recent experience had confirmed the accu- ; to hold their annual fe
Gentleman then moved/
at Holland Perk. Cluny BPPlter-
'Ortolan, seconded the motion, and ex-
racy of his estimate. He still thought that from 355. to 405.; son, chief of the clan
a quarter would be the ruling price under the free-trade I pressed his heargid, Mr. Fox Maule. The motion was
concurrenceea with all that had been said by
system. But hht
e believed that the agricultural interest in I his Rig Pion.
i
this country could not continue to produce wheat at that ; then carriedo
price. It would be impossible for the British producer of was then formed. Mr. C. R. M'Keuzie was appointed hono-
animously. A committee of management
corn to compete with the foreigner, unless there were a re- , rary secretary of the society. A committee was nominated
rote duction in his rent, or in his taxes, or in the price of labour. ;to draw up a series of new rules for the society, and a finance
pintges. of thanks to the Noble
Time elms among the agricultural body which had most committee was
suffered, or which alone had suffered, was the class of tenant- ; Chairman concludedb
p
apo
appointed.
roc
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eeu o
. farmers ; and he would tell Hon. Gentlemen around him, that , The num er of pensions charged upon the civil
under the free-trade system they might depend upon it l list between June 20,1849, and June 20, 1850, is twelve, and
that rents must come down. The price of labour had notof amounting to a total of 1,2001.
hitherto been much reduced; but he believed thatm
was to 1 r ADVERTISEMENT.j—THF. EAIIL OF ALDBORoUcII I
the agriculturists had been employing labour which a
labourers AND liouolvAr's PILLS.—An astounding cure by this nairacnloes
them unprofitable, and that they had given workto medicine, aster every other means had failed. See extract from his
rather than have to support those labourers in. the work-. Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn,lB4o.
oreigu countries Professor
house. He should remind the House that f Holloway—Sir : I beg to acquaint you that your pills have cf-
-1 h value of
did not reciprocate our free-trade Policy ; ant
te
had e
femetiectenat cure of a disorder in my liver amid stomach which all the mos;
our imports from France, America, and otherarta
whichcountries, we sent bee-nn
ableat tthe
t faculty,.lmayt,h
notoln home
evenald the
overt trhsoor 'ltinlseoltt,ahorad iiot
become greater than the value of the exports
advocated rmenbad. (Signed) ~ ALpnoaouen' ''
waters
wondarothil pills will,
Ma-
to them; The American President had, strongly.
encouraging native agriculture. .
in his Message the policy of . cure any disease of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also flollowars
Ointment) at Professor HollOWay's Establishmrmnt, 244, Strand and
HO/4 lied how it was possible to have g 1
agricultural produce
, by au madiotae vendors throughput the clviil3( 4 world.

The debate was finally adjourned.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
AN OLD REFORMER.

London, Feb. 12, 1851.

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1 FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. il, Ma , ':' ,r(Ft
NOTIFICATION.
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jesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign '
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It is hereby notified that Viscount Palmersten,
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received from Sir Stratford Canning, her
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bassador at Constantinople, a dispatch, enclosing an ~ .. ri notification from the Ottoman Minister for Foreign A j sirs,
dated the 18th of January last, of the blockade .of all the
ports id Samos, by the naval forces of his Imperial Majesty
the Sultan. Such blockade to commence twenty days after
the said 18th of January.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, FEB.. 3.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon James Meek, Esq., late Comptroller of the
Victualling and Transport Services in the Admiralty.
ADMIRALTY, Fxn. 8.
Erratum in Gazette of 26th January, 1849, page 247—For
boats of Victory under Lieutenant Purcell, read under. Lieu-
tenant St. Clair and Mr. Purcell.

CROWN OFFICE, FEB. I .
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN TIIIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT.
Borough of New Windsor—The Right Honourable John
Hatchell, of Merrion-square, in the city of Dublin, Attorney-
General for Ireland.

WHITEHALL, FEB. I.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Watkins Jones,
of Beaumaria, in the county of Anglesea, Gent., to be a Master
I Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, FEB. I.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Trig6nwell King,
of Blandford, in the county of Dorset, Gent., to be a Master
• Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, Fan. t.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Francis Parker, of the
city of Chester, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the
' High Court of Chancery. .41 -
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
George Johnstone, pubiican, Newbury, Berkshire.
Edward Hodges, surgeon, Swinford, Leicestershire.
BANKRUPTS.
John Barugh, oilman, High Holborn, to surrender Feb. 21
and March 24, at twelve, at the ,Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee; Treherne and White, Buck-
lerab ury.
William Leighton Wood, pianoforte maker, Charles-street,
Drury-lane, Feb. 21, at half-past eleven, and March 28, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Canaan, official as-
signee, Birchin-lane ; Wright and Bonner, London-street,
Fenchurch-street.
Edwin Bliss, brushmaker, Barbican, Feb. 21 and March
27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official
assignee, Coleman- street-buildings; Baylis and Drew, Red-
cross-street, Cripplegate.
Richard Brickwood Coltman, Court milliner, Regent-
street, Feb. 21, at one, and April 5, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Norcutt, Queen-square, Bloomsbury.
John Murrelis, barge owner, Colchester, Feb. 21, at two,
and March 25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom,
official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street; Wire and
Child, St. Swithin's-lane; Barnes, Colchester.
Henry Durham Stevenson, merchant, Bishopwearmouth,
Durham, Feb. 20, at eleven, and March 20, at one, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Waklev, official
assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Wright, Sunderland;
Maples and Pearse, Old Jewry.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Thomas Scotcher, pianoforte manufacturer, Drummond-
street, Euston-square.
Edward Kenealy, barrister-at-law, South-square, Gray's Inn.
Edward Torbock Gedge, milliner and florist, Upper bancan.
place, City-road.
Samuel Perkins, baker, Wellington-street, Newington.
Thomas Penn, solicitor's clerk, Caroline-place, Chelsea.
John Warne, cheesemonger, Little Earl-street, Compton-
street, Seven-dials.
Thomas William Tottingham Prescott, Belgrave-street South,
Pimlico.
George Richard Glenie, jun., bar- man, Bell and Mackerel
public-house, Mile-end-road.
Watson Leman, paper stainer, Pleasant-place, Hen and
Chicken-lane, Lock's -fields, Kent-road.
Elisha Bennett, butcher, Culmstock-place, Bridge-road, Bat-
tcrsea.
Adam Young, Tcnison-street, York-road, Lambeth.
Henry John Louis Augarde, stockbroker, Addlestone, near
Chertsey.
Rowland Wilder, butcher. Edgeware-road.
Edward Davie-, lime burner, Trefonnen, Oswestry.
George Hurst, jun., music master, Ramsgate.
Sarah Lacy, tobacconist, Marlborough-street, Greenwich.
William Ogden, beer-seller, Hulme, Manchester.
Rees Thomas, farmer, Penybank,Mothvey, Carmarthenshire.
Thomas Dalton, joiner, Broughton-road, Salford.
David Calder, inspector of railway works, Newark-upon-Trent.
Abraham Allen, builder, Chester.
John Bennett, book keeper, Toxteth.park, Liverpool.
Samuel Davies, innkeeper, Merthyr, Glamorganehire.
Joseph William Jackson, farmer, Scampton, near Lincoln.
Warro Squire Bradley, Lieutenant, R.N. , Weston. super-Mare.
William Pattinson, mercer, Chester.
William Garner, traveller, Liverpool.
Thomas Garner, joiner, Liverpool.
William Coiling Hobson, agent, Manchester.
Richard Lambert. mercer, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
Henry Owen, civil engineer, Liverpool.
James Padley, sawyer, Manchester.
George Trout, dealer in boots and shoes, Bath.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
Mr. Petley, Master-Commander of the Lightning steam-
tender, has been appointed to succeed Mr. Cook in command
of th'e Admiralty yacht, Black Eagle, as we anticipated on
Saturday last; and Mr. H. W. Allen, Master of 1842, and
additional of the Black Eagle, has been appointed Master-
Commander of the Lightning steam-tender, vice Petley.
Mr. Frederick W. Paul, Master of 1841, has been appointed
to the Monarch, 84, at Sheerness, instead of to the command
of the Lightning.
Arrogant, 46, screw-frigate, Captain Robinson, arrived in
Plymouth Sound on Monday, bound for Lisbon.
Bloodhound steam-tender to the Sampson, was taken out
of dock, at Devonport, on Monday morning.
Calliope, 26, Captain Sir J. E. Home, Bart., was mustered
and inspected on Monday by the Commander-in-Chief,
Admiral Sir William Gage, G.C.H. On the Admiral leaving,
she manned yards and saluted—an unusual circumstance at
Devonport. The last intelligence from the hospital is that
the patients from the Calliope are progressing favourably.
Herald surveying-vessel, Captain Kellett, C. 8., left Ilono-
lulu, Oct. 27, for Hang-Kong, on her way to England to be
paid off. She has been in commission in the Pacific since
February, 1845.
Sprightly steam-tender, Master-Commander Allen, arrived
at Portsmouth yesterday morning from Chatham. She is
ordered to Plymouth with some spare boiler-tubes for the
Encounter.

Vixen steam-sloop, has been docked at Portsmouth, to be
repaired.

Woodlark surveying-vessel, has put in at Bridlington,
bound to the Orkneys.
PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—A court-martial, comprising
Rear-Admiral H. Prescott, C. 8., President ; Captain H. D.
Chads, C. 8., of the Excellent; Captain W. H. Henderson,
C. 8., of the Blenheim; Captain F. P. Blackwood, C. 8., of
the Victory; and Commander Matthias, of the Britannia,
assembled on board the Victory flag-ship in this harbour,
this morning, to try George Faulkner, a boatswain of her
Majesty's ship Britannia, 120, doing duty on board the re-
ceiving hulk Topaze, for a breach of discipline in having
absented himself from his ship without leave on the let inst.
The Court having heard the evidence in support of the
charge, and what the prisoner had to allege in defence, were
of opinion the charge had been fully proved, and sentenced
the prisoner to be dismissed from her Majesty's service.
The Birkenhead iron steam-frigate was commissioned to-
day by Mr. Robert Salmond, Master commanding. She is
to have a complement of 151.
WooLwren, FEB. 11.—Four of the engineers on check
have been at work on board the Cyclops steam-vessel for
several days, and as her engines are generally in good
condition, the repairs of the minor articles will soon be ac-
complished, and this tine frigate re-commissioned for active
service.

Captain Peter M'Quhae (1835) visited Woolwich dockyard
:o-day._

The Cornwall, hired convict-ship, went down the river
on Saturday afternoon, having 220 male convicts on
board. She will take in e.O additional convicts at Ports-
mouth and Portland, to make up her number to 300.
These convicts will all be taken to and landed at Gibral-
tar, to be employed upon the works at that fortress, and
300 convicts who have been at work there for a considerable
period will be conveyed in the Cornwall to Van Diemen's
Laud, where they will receive tickets of leave on the usual
conditions.

PEMBROKE DOCKYARD, F.EB. 10.—Captain Biddulph has
been appointed to succeed Captain Forteseue in the
command of the detachment of the Royal Artillery sta-
tioned at the fortified barracks on the heights at Pembroke
Dock.

No fewer than 70 boys are now under examination as to
their acquirementF, prior to the selection for admistion as ap.
prentices to the dockyard. Out of this large number only
tour will be admitted this year.

The Coast-guard station, it is rumoured, will be removed
to Angle from Pembroke, the latter place being already suffi-
ciently guarded by the Pembroke dock station.
The captain-superintendent of the dockyard, Sir Thomas
Paslev, has been spending a few days with the Earl of
C.iwdor, at tha seat of that nobleman, Btackpole-court.
The mechanics of the dockyard are competing for the pre-
mium offered by the Duke of Northumberland of 100 guineas
for the best model of a lifeboat. Several models have been
constructed.
construction Th eco tr contractors, otrhs Be
lessrs
fortress. c
on tkhseo nitaacrke
severe
commands weather.
oprockceedtihnoguwgh their
htheier
operations h eve been retarded by tbelateSeavn
the rock is situated at a short distance Within
the entire entrance of the haven.

Hi
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riioms Te • rnotlf7tGh .tleA tenant
candidates 8R iRiEn t 0...
RLPRESENTAT/ON OF
the representation of the southern
place in this town to-day, in the
—NEWARK, TUESDAY.
sail' re e°s personstothe TlaNst'oe can-
didates presence o
sduivpils)iloyntboeff a
viga:taitinsr:lY:-siknsupposged°ntiotmTo
didates eresente k
Bromley—Lord Newar. , eldest son of Earl the
; and
concourse of at least
Lord Newark was nominated by Mr. Rolleston,
terest.
, who
formerly represented the division, and the nomination was
seconded by Mr. Pegg Burnell. Both gentlemen spoke in
the highest terms of the capacity of the Noble Lord,
and regretted that any differences should have arisen
between landlord and tenant upon such a question as the
Mr. 13arrow, w
election of a representative. Mr. Barrow was put in no-
mination by Mr. It. Millward, and seconded by Mr. George
Storer, principally on the ground that the Honourable Can.
didate had fought manfully to protect the interests of British
producers. Lord Newark then made a profession of his
political principles, and he was followed. by Mr. Barrow.
Both avowed a strong adherence to a system of protection,
intimating that they would support a reduction of the malt
duty, and endeavour to reduce the national expenditure to
the lowest limits, consistently with- the ' requirements of the
State. The show of hands was considerably in favour of Mr.
Barrow, whereupon a poll was demanded on the part of Lord
Newark. The polling was appointed
to take place on Friday next. The proceedings were gum
and good humoured throughout.
the
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of
f tatetr
THE PAPAL AGGRESSION.
Majesty a document,
Windsor Castle, to present to her
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of Eglad, assuringhe__Yesbtyerday, three Ro-
mansigned
Majesty, that the new contemplated
Roman Pontilt; in this country, were purely of a spiritual
character, and that their allegiance to the person and throne
of their Sovereign had undergone no diminution. It was a
e, that immediately after the document in
question had been
presented to the Queen, a deputation from
the three
curious circumstance,
Dissenting denominations, also had an audience of
her Majesty, preparatory to laying au address before her,
representing the Papal aggression as an encroachment on the
rights of the Crown, and calling on her Majesty to vindicate
her royal
prerogative by crushing at once the assumption of
the Pope. After being thus engaged in work so directly op-
posite, two of the Roman Catholic noblemen, and the depu-•
tation from the three Dissenting denominations, met in the
greatest concord, in an adjoining apartment, previous to par-
taking of a dejeuner provided for the occasion.—Adrertiser.

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DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

gtate of the Wind and Weather at each of the following
?lases at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
KlNGsTow'3 (DUIBLIN) —Wind W.N.W., calm—overcast.
PLY_MOL-TH —Wind S.E., calm—foggy.
PosTamouTu—Wind S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
BRIGHTON—Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast.
IlasTlNGs—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
SouTHaziyrox—Wind N.W., strong breeze—overcast.
.FOLKIXSTONE— Wind N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
l'ussiuDGß—Wind N.W,, gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
BAs.T.NasToKE—Wind S.W., calm— partially cloudy.
GREENWlCH—Calm—partially cloudy.
SwlarDoN—Wind S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
OXFORD—Wind N., calm—partially cloudy.
CoLcitEsTria—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
CAMBRIDGIC —Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
PETELLSOROUGII—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially

cloudy.
YartmouTH—Wind S., gentle breeze—cloudless.
LYNN—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
CoxwAr —Wind S.W. ,entle breeze—cloudless.
llournEan--Wind S.W. gentle breeze—rain.
IlxcliFsrEa.--Wind S., gentle breeze— overcast.
CARLISLE—Wind W. strong breeze—rain.
B'F'll.7c)cs--Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast.
The returns from the following places indicate the state of
he wind and weather on Monday morning at nine
o'clock :
CoßK—Calm.....fo,.
LIMERICK—AV incr7 ,
cairn— c. 7 .udless.
CARLOW—Wind S.W, gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
iIULLINGAR-- W ind S.E., gentle breeze—overcast.
DUNDALK—Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast.
PooLE —Wind N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
RuGar— Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast.
FETE/IMO LLD uciii—Wind S.W., calm—overcast.
Caiswn—Wind S., light airs_overcasc.
Livrinpoor,--Wind S.E., gentle breeze—foggy.
ELA Wind N.W., calm—foggy.
Yonx— Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast.
tiNar —Wind S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
B MOCK d 5.F.., gentle breeze—rain.

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1851.

The Lords met last night, and received several peti-
tions against Papal aggreision, after which their Lord-
ships adjourned.
In the Commons,

Mr. DISRAELI moved the resolution of which he had
given notice, calling upon the Government to adopt
immediate measures for the effectual relief of the ex-
isting agricultural distress. Although he attributed that

distress to the adoption of a free-trade policy in 1846,
)et he did not pnpcse :hat they should retrace their
steps. He would make no attempt to restore the abro-
gated system of protection. What he should propose
was to relieve the agricultural interest from that taxa•
tion, local and general, which pressed on it so unjustly.
Nearly one-half of the Customs' revenue was raised in
fact from the agricultural interest, because the farmer
was prohibited from cultivating tobacco lest his produc-
tion of the article should diminish the revenue
raised on its importation ; of the inland revenue
two thirds were raised by the malt-tax, which pressed
exclusively on the cultivator of the land, while of
12,000,0001 of local contributions 7,000,000 L was paid
exclusively by the farmer. He was, moreover, subjected
to the burden of the tithe, and even Mr. M'Cums.aH
had admitted that on that account he was entitled to a
countervailing duty on foreign corn. The farmer had
been told that he was to employ more labour and more
capital; he was prevented from obtaining the first by the
law of settlement and the second by the currency laws.
Both these laws must be altered in order to do full jus-
tice to the farmer. Having stated the grievances of the
farmer, he did not propose to the House any specific
measure for adoption; it was the duty of the Ministry to
devise such measures, and he called upon the House to
oblige the Minister to do his duty.

The CIEINCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the
distress of which the agriculturists complained could
not be attributed altogether to the adoption of free
trade; for iniFrance, where the importation of eorn was
virtually prohibited, the agriculturists were even more
distressed than they were in this country. The Hon.
Gentleman, while dilating upon the distress of the owners
and occupiers of land, had cautiously avoided all allu-
sion to the condition of the agricultural labourers; their
condition was never more prosperous; they were fully
employed, the purchasing power of their wages was
greatly increased, and pauperism was rapidly diminish-
ing. The malt duty and the tobacco duty were not
burdens exclusively on the agricultural interest,
they were, in reality, paid by the . consumer.
The assertion that seven-twelfths of the local
taxation was paid by the land was an error, and
in order to make up the sum the Hon. Gentleman had
calculated not only the amount paid by agricultural
land, but the amount paid by land on which houses
and factories were erected.
,If they give up the Customs'
duty on tobacco and the malt-tax, they would be under
the necessity of re-imposing those duties from which the
industry of the country had been recently relieved, and
the removal of which had been of such great benefit to
the producing classes. Since 1841 the revenue had in-
creased 4,726,0001.; the taxes repealed amounted to
10,763,000 L, from which, if the taxes imposed
(5,665,000/.) were deducted, the balance of relief was
upwards of 5,000,0001, with an augmentation of revenue
nearly to the same amount,. Our imports had increased
to an unexampled extent, and a policy which had produced
such results could not be wrong. The introduction of im-
proved methods of cultivation and the judicious outlay
of capital would soon relieve the British agriculturist
from the temporary difficulties under which he was now
suffering. He called upon the House to reject the
motion.

Mr. HODGSON urged a reduction in taxation, and a
reform of the pension list. In Cumberland all classes
connected with land, including the agricultural labourers,

were suffering.
Mr. G. BERKELEY and. Mr. G. SANDARS supported the
motion.

The debate was adjourned to to-morrow on the motion
of the Marquis of GRANBY.
Mr. W. WILLIAms moved for leave to bring in a Bill
to prevent Sunday trading; the motion, wbkch was op-
posed by Mr. BARING WALL, was carried, on a division,
by a majority of 70 to 19, and the House adjourned.

The Hon. Gentleman the Member for Bucking-
hamshire last night brought forward his important
and anxiously-looked-for motion on the subject of

agricultural distress. It is almost unnecessary to say

that every real grievance under which the British
farmer is suffering was clearly and ably put forward,
and that many imaginary injuries were added to the
catalogue. Mr. DISRAELI does not perform
his work in a slovenly or inefficient manner. He
is well qualified to make " the worse appear
the better reason" —to excite sympathy
and compassion wherever his clients are really
aggrieved, and even to work up fictitious narratives
to a harrowing pitch. The agriculturists are indeed

fortunate to possess so accomplished an advocate, one
so competent to bring the contest respecting every
reasonable demand to a triumphant issue. But, un-
fortunately, their demands are not reasonable ; they
misunderstand the causes of the disease under which
they are suffering, and they are even in greater error
as to the nature of the remedies that may possibly
prove efficacious. Their distress and difficulty
are, unfortunately, but too well known. They
have, we regret to say, been too palpable
to admit the possibility of denial. The Ministers
themselves are:their witnesses. Even the testimony
of our Most Gracious SOTEREIGN is not wanting.
The paragraph from the Royal Speech—which was
appropriately called for before bringing on the mo-
tion—was conclusive on that point. It showed that
while other classes were prospering the agriculturists

were encountering the most serious difficulties. It is,

as the Hon. Gentleman justly remarked, " a conjunc-
ture that should make a Minister reflect." One
point is clear—there is unquestionably the
" depression" which should not exist in a
well-regulated state of society and a well-governed
community. But how is this untoward state of affairs
to be ameliorated, without injury or injustice to
others ? How can the agricultural interests be ele-
vated, without causing other classes to sink in an in-
verse ratio in the social scale ?

These are the important questions to be answered,

the problems to be solved. Must a new CHIMPUS
arise to unriddle these abstruse enigmas ? We think
not. With the aid of our esteemed friend the Rev. JouN
TWELLS, we would undertake to unravel the mystery,
to find a clue to the labyrinth, that now puzsies the
embarrassed yeoman. He, with a serious deprecia-
tion in the value of his produce, finds no reduction in
the enormous burdens to which be is subjected—his
rents, tithes, local and general taxation, interest on
mortgages, and family charges are all placed on the
same foundation that they were when there was a
free and unrestricted currency—a free trade
in money. He is bound to satisfy in gold
at 20s. for the pound sterling the debts contracted
in paper worth 14s. the pound sterling. His out-
goings have been maintained at the same rate that
they were in the olden time, while his incomings
have been reduced at least one-half. He is now

liquidating liabilities contracted when corn produced
an average of 87s. 10d. per quarter, with the same
commodity at 425. or 435. ; or, in other words, he is
obliged to give one hundred quarters to satisfy
the claim that was formerly contented for
fifty quarters. Notwithstanding increased skill,
additional toil, from which follow improved cultiva-
tion and enlarged produce, he is unable to make both
ends meet. He then makes every practicable reduc-
tion in his expenditure, discharges labourers, stints
his land of the necessary manure, and, too late, dis-
covers that the " penny wise and pound foolish po-
licy"—the desperate expedients to which he is driven
by the exigencies of his position, are all worse than
useless—that, in fact, they only aggravate his distress.
He then looks back with regret to the " good old"
times when a licensed black mail, in the shape of a
" corn-law," was tolerated, and when the working
classes generally paid tribute to the farmer —a tribute,
by the way, which passed out of his hands almost as
rapidly as it came into them in the shape of tithes,
rents, rates, and taxes, and be believes that f that
atrocious impost were re-established all would be
well. " 0, caeca mens mortalium." Alas ! the short-
sightedness of mankind. Has he forgotten the agri-
cultural distress that has from time to time prevailed
—the wail of egony that has resounded throughout
the length and breadth of the land since the introduc-
tion of the corn-laws and the restoration of cash pay-
ments ? The latter iniquitous measure, which double-
riveted the chains of the debtor, which required the
over .toiled operative thenceforward to "wake his
bricks without straw," far more than counter-balanced
the supposed gains arising from the formes. Supposed
gains, we say, for they went into the hands of the
parson, the landlord, the rate and cess collector, and
the tax-gatherer. The owners and occupiers of land still
" strain at the impossibility created by themselves,"
the attempt to keep up the price of agricultural pro-
duce with a restricted currency. Nothing but the
restitution of the ancient standard can accomplish
that desideratum, and it is for the restitution of that
standard—for the establishment of a full measure of j us-
tine between debtor and creditor, that they should la-
bour. Mr. DISRAELI looks for relief from fiscal changes.
He brings prominently forward the injury ingietedon

the agriculturist under the present system of reple-
nishing the national Exchequer. The exterral im-
ports, the inland revenue, and the local contributions
alike crush to the dust and paralyse the exertions of
the cultivator of the soil. In this, however, the
farmer suffers in common with his fellow-subjects of
all classes, and it is not by shifting the burden from
one shoulder to another that relief should be sought or
can be obtained. Let the farmer, then, demand, and
his zealous and efficient advocate, Mr. DISRAELI,
support, a large and comprehensive measure of
monetary reform, which will afford " protection to
British industry" generally, but not to one descrip-
tion thereof—which will alike prove beneficial to all
who " earn their daily bread by the sweat of their
brows." Let him plant his standard on this broad
basis, and he will find many recruits willing to array
themselves under his banner, by whose assistance he
may achieve triumphs greater than any to which he
has as yet ventured to look forward.

Her MAJESTY'S responsible Ministers in both
Houses of the Legislature have announced the inten-
tion of Government to introduce a measure during
the present session of Parliament, for the abolition
of the Irish Viceroyalty, an announcement which will
be as gratifying to a vast majority of the inhabitants
of both islands without the walls of the House of
Commons, as it appeared to be to a large majority of
the representatives of the varied interests and feel-
ings within, when the announcement was made by
the First Minister of the Crown.
This Bill would have been now the law of the
land, and would have prevented a little exhibition of
fretful agitation on the part of some Dublin shop-
keepers and their sympathisers, had it been proposed
at an earlier period of the last session. But, from
the reply of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE in the
House of Lords, we are induced to hope that there
will be no failure on the same grounds in the present
session, as his Lordship is reported to have said that
this Bill will be one of the first brought under the
notice of the Legislature after taking the estimates.
The early introduction of this measure we look upon
as most judicious and salutary, and particularly so in
reference to Ireland. We can very easily fancy how
readily, just at this moment, the people of Dublin
could get up a show of agitation through
the country. The most shadowy grievance
would be quite sufficient to excite the ROLICID
Catholic population, and we think it would be wise
is the Government and usaful to Ireland to cut off
as speedily as possible this paltry source of fancied
injustice.
Ireland is in a state of transition—she is just
emerging from a state of social and physical disorga-
nization—she has been the prey of famine, disease,
and rebellion—she is but beginning to show some
signs of returning health. In the natural world, the
bursting of the thunder-cloud will purify the over-
laden atmosphere, let us hope that the desolating in-
fluences which have so long and so fearfully disturbed
the social and physical elements of that island will be
followed by the like purifying effects. Indeed we
can clearly see strong symptoms of convalescence.
Crime has sensibly diminished ; the mone-
tary returns indicate an immense increase
of the circulating medium ; food is cheap
and abundant, and the whole country is comparatively
tranquil. Such a time is auspicious for the introduc-
tion of this important measure—important, not so
much for the transfer of an official from Dublin to
Downing•street, as for the moral lesson which it is
calculated to inculcate, by instilling into the public
mind of Ireland feelings of self-reliance and hope-
fulness.

The reasoning of those opposed to the measure,
with few exceptions, may be traced to the selfishness
of a few who conceive their interests at stake. The
tailors and milliners of Dublin appear to labour under
the notion that the moment Lord CLARENDON leaves

the Castle the Irish ladies and gentlemen will have
no further use for coats, gowns, or bonnets;
the lawyers are in a state of trepidation lest his
Excellency should bring the Four Courts In his
pocket, though the strongest assurances have been
given that no such felonious intent is in contemplation.
Amongst the lawyers we are glad to see one noble
exception, the father of the Irish Bar, the venerable
and respected ROBERT HoLatzs,. refused to join in
this foolish outcry. He said he looked upon this
measure as a natural consequence of the Act of Union.
He is quite right, that union can never be complete
till Ireland shall be really and substantially made an

integral portion of the empire, till she shall be fully
and perfectly imperialized, till she shall be governed
in the same spirit and from the same IMMEDIATE

source as the counties of York and Lancaster.

The Marquis of LONDONDERRY would appear to
have engaged in a recruiting expedition to raise

opponents to the measure. The reasoning, perhaps
we should rather say the feelings, which dictate
his Lordship's opposition seem to us to savour
not a little of the fantastical, and the consequences he

anticipates we think he considerably exaggerates. In
a letter to Colonel DUNNE, be says, " I Rill show to
posterity that he whose name I bear, never imagined

when he carried the union that Ireland was to be de-
prived, especially after 50 year.' duration of that Act,
of her capital, her courts of law, her institutions, and
by one general swamp to reduce the first city of our
Emerald Isle to the level of Cork," &c.

To attribute such fearful and almost miraculous
effects to the mere fact of changing the Lord-Lieute-
nant of Ireland into a Minister for the administration
of Irish affairs, with an office in London instead of
Dublin, we can but look on us a powerful stretch of
fancy ; and we have little doubt had the late Lord
CASTLEREAGH lived to this period the measure would
have no warmer advocate. It is but natural
to suppose that he who was the chief instrument in
effecting the Act of Union should advocate a measure
tending to cement that union, and to add to the
strength and consolidation of the empire. A great
revolution has taken place since the days of Lord
CASTLEREAGH. Half a century has brought about
great changes in the relations of the two islands. Our
means of locomotion, by which it may be said,
almost without hyperbole, that time and space are
annihilated, have brought Ireland sufficiently close
for all Governmental purposes as many portions of
England or Scotland. The electric telegraph has
brought the capitals of the two countries into almost
immediate communication, entirely superseding the
necessity for separate executives. The hero of
Waterloo has put forward an objection on military
grounds which we think quite as untenable as those
of the Gallant Marquis.
We object to the Irish Viceroyalty on the grounds
of the extraordinary and unconstitutional powers
vested in the Lord-Lieutenant. At this moment he
could suspend the Habeas Corpus Act ; he has the
power to imprison her MAJESTY'S Irish subjects on
suspicion, and could proclaim the whole island or
any portion of it. These are powers dangerous to
public liberty, and unsafe to be entrusted to any in-
dividual. No doubt they are at present i❑ safe and
able hands, but how soo❑ may they not fall into other
and different ones ? 'We have every faith in the
present Chief Governor and in the purity of his able
and indefatigable colleague, Sir WILLIAM SOMER-
VILLE ; but still we should wish to see such
powers under the immediate check and con-
trol of the Cabinet. Above and beyond all, we
ohject to the continuance of the Irish Court as a
hotbed for the fomentation and encouragement of
intrigue. No matter how able or how amiable the
Viceroy may be, he is still the representative of cer-
tain principles opposed by a considerable party, who
will neither attend his Cour' nor take counsel for the

general good with those who do, thus perpetuating
strife and faction, to tie ruin of their common

country. In discussing this subject we have fre-

quently called the attention of the Irish people to the
case of Scotland. The people of that country have
no Viceroy, yet, in the beautiful language of one of
Ireland's greatest orators, are they seen " winging
their eagle flight against the blaze of every science,
with an eye that never blinks and a wing that never
tires." Let us hope we shall hear no more of the
unmanly whine about the destruction of trade and
commerce, but that the Irish people will turn their

_ _ ...,...
attention to develop the industrial resources of their
fertile and beautiful island, and imitate the noble

example of their hardy, independent, and.self-relying
brethren of Scotland.

EX.HIBITION or 1851.—We understand that the
season tickets are in course of preparation, and as soon as
they can be prepared the Executive Committee will give
notice where they san be obtained.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated
at 2,000 bales, all to the trade, including 200 Surat, at 434 d.
to 6d. and 100 Sea Islands, at ls. ld. to ls. 41/0. per lb.
The market was very flat, and prices were about 1-16 d. per
lb. lower.—Railway Shares were very firm.
The Colonial Markets are very quiet. At auction neither
Sugar nor Coffee have been offered.
The Indigo sales are now in progress, and 16,413
chests are declared, including 7,692 of Bengal, Oude, &c.,
1,690 of Madras, 352 of Kurpah, and 476 of Manilla. About
one-third of the Bengal is good and fine, and two-thirds are
mid. and ord. Kurpah chiefly mid. and ord. The sale has
been going rather heavily. Oude at previous rates. Madras
2d. lower on the inferior and 6d. on the better kinds. Kur-
pah about former prices. The attendance of buyers has been
moderate. The wool sales begin to-morrow. From 20,000
to 25,000 bales will be offered, chiefly colonial.
The Corn Market is dull this morning.
The Trade and Navigation Returns are just out for the
year ending the sth January. No monthly comparison is
furnished. The exports of British and Irish produce and ma-
nufactures were last year valued at 65,756,0321., and in 1849
at 58,910,8831., showing an excess of 6,845,149/. Some of
the items are subjoined for the year ending Jan. 5

1850.

Cotton Manufactures (exclusive
of lace) ... £18,794,964 £20,528,150
Cotton Yarn ... 6,704,089 6,380,948
Hardwares and Cutlery 2,201,315 2,639,728
Linen Manufactures (exclusive of
Lace) ... ... 3,209,539 3,594,944
Linen Yarn ... 732,065 887,295
Iron Bar ... ... 2,605,247 2,795,226
Woollen Manufactures ... 7,342,723 8,584,859
Woollen Yarn ... 1,090,223 1,451,093
The net receipts of Customs duties was to the sth Janu-
ary, 1850, 22,194,0001., oand to the same date this year
21,904,5661.
The imports for the year include the following :-
1850. 1851.
Wheat, qrs. ... ... 3,845,378 3,754,593
Flour, cwts. ... ... 3,349,839 3,855,059
Coffee, lbs. ... ... 63,315,787 50,109,521
Oxen and Bulls, number ... 21,884 28,951
Sheep, number 126,248 137,646
Butter, cwts. 281,969 331,135
Wine, galls. ...
.„. 7,970,067 9,267,573
The tonnage of vessels employed in the foreign trade was
as follows:

1850. 'B5l.
Inwards ... 6,071,269 tons. 6,113,696 tons.
Outwards ... 5,429,908 „ 5,906,978
News has been received from Port Natal to the end of Nov.,
when the last of the emigrants who went out in 1850 had
arrived. Two large buildings, 100 and 80 feet long, had
been prepared for the reception of the emigrants, and
those by the Justine were temporarily lodged there. Those
entitled to laud were taken up to their locations by
Mr. Edmund Morewood, and some of them had already re-
turned for their families and baggage, The Plicenix steamer
had made an excursion trip from Capetown to Natal, and the
passengers had, on their return, given the most favourable
accounts of Natal. One gentleman writes to his friends—
" All the passengers are quite unanimous, viz., that the fine-
ness of the soil and of tbe climate must ensure its going
ahead of the old colony, especially in respect to agriculture."
The ranisti Ikndholders' meeting is now being held.
The Funds are more buoyant, and the settlement of the
account has been going on satisfactorily. Consols have re-
alised 96A % for Transfer, and for Account. Ex-
chequer-bills are 545. to 575. premium. Bank Stock has
been steady at 215, and India Stock at 267. The New
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, are 983% to 99.
Foreign Securities have been very quiet, except Spanish.
which have been in great favour at an advance to 201/ and
20% for the Five per Cents. The Passive Bonds are sto 14.
Mexican Bonds are 33% to 1/.j. Peruvian Stock is worth
80'/Q. Dutch 'Two-and-a-Half per Cents have been marked
58% to 59.
Railway Shares have been rather fluctuating, as arrange-
ments have to be made for carrying over; but the market is,
on the whole, tolerably buoyant.
QUARTER TO THREE.
Consols 96/
Ditto Account, March 12 96}
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Rank Stock 215
3 per Cent. Reduced 971
a per Cent. Consols Anne
New 314 per Cent. Anna. 98%% 99
Long Annuities. Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 7%
India Stock 267
India Bondsunderl,ooo/.—..... ....... 64 63 67 p
South Sea Stock 106 i,4
Console for Account 96%3A
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican Bonds, 1846,5 per Cent., Coupons
Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons
Peruvian Bonds,4 per Cent BOl4
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent —
Ditto 44 per Cent. 973%
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent 20% gA%
Ditto Passive Bonds 5 51e
Dividends on the above payable in London
Dutch 24 per Cent., 12 Guild
Ditto 4 Der Cent. Cert.ificates ... 913/4

COURSE OF
Amsterdam ...... •• .. 11 I G
Ditto, three months .. 11 17
Rotterdam .... • ..... 11 17
Antwerp.............. 25 17%
Brussels 25 173
Hamburgh M.D. 13 6%
Altona ...... •• ..
Paris, 3 daysisight 24 97%
Ditto, 3 mouths .... 25 20
Marseilles ............ 25 20
Bourdeaux ..... .
Frankfort on Maine.... 118
13 aril n ........ • • • •

EXCHANGE.

Gibraltar•• •••• • 00000 ••
•• •••• •• ••
Leghorn ........ •• •••• 30 55
Genoa •• •• 25 50
Milan ••••••••••••••••
•• ,
Venice •••••••• •• ••••••
Naples ......••....•• 41%
ralerrno,peroz........ 125
Messina •• •• • • • • • • • • • • 125
Lisbon ••••••........ 53
0p0rt0................ 53%
Rio Janeiro

Buenos Ayres ..
New York, 60 dayeeight

Vienna, effeo. fto .... 12 52
Trieste, ditto .......... 12 53
Petereburga, Bil. Rble
Adadrid .•.. • . .• 4936
Barcelona • •••.• • • • • •
Saville • • • • ••• •• • • • • •• •• •"."

Philadelphia •

PRIOZO OF BULLION, PER 02.
Foreign Geld inbara.. £3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Spanish Doubloon* .. 0 0 0
New Dollars • . 0 0 0
Silver is bars ...... • . 0 5 1%

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(THIS DAY.)
LON7bOs, FEB. 12.—Wind at noon W.S.W., light airs and
fine.

NEWPORT, FEB. 11.—Wind W.—Sld. Danube, Rio
Janeiro; Touch-me-not, ditto; Sea Queen, and Skjold, St.
Thomas.

SHIELDS, FEB. 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Columbine,
Iquique.
CROSIER, FEE. 11.—The Victoria, of Ramsgate, St. Peters-
burgh for Bristol or Liverpool, with tallow, out 110 days,
arrd. off here this morning and proceeded.
ARDROSSAN, Fme. 10.—The stern of an American built
vessel has come on shore, apparently not long in tha water,
and a part has a charred appearance, as if by tire. There is
no name, and very little ornamerAal painting, but there are
five imitation windows after the form of Ventian blinds.

CLYDE, FEE. 9.—Arrd. Clifford, St. Thomas; Genoa,
New York; Emma, Buenos Ayres; Amelia, Boston.
DEAL, FEL 11.—Wind N.N.W., Janett,
Mauritius; Johanna, Helena, Callao, for Berwick.;
LivxnpooL, FEB. 11.—Wind S.—Arrd. Hemisphere, New
Orleans. SR Emperor, Bombay; Victoria, Tampico;
Sea Lion and William Pattern, New Orleans; Harriet Wild,
Halifax; Annette, Gilbert, Shanghai; Juverna, Malimba,
Africa; Consbrook, Africa; Brothers, ditto; Coronation, San
Francisco; Archer, Pernambuco ; Fanny Mitchelsen,
Trinidad ; Industrious, Barbadoes ; Fanny, Hayti ; Hope,
Gonaives ; Regina, Jamaica ; Sandersky, New York ; Cas-
tilian, ditto. Off port, Mogul. The Agathon, for Buenos
Ayres, has put back from Fleetwood, making water, and will
be docked.