The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-12 00:00:00

MINORITY-NOES. 83.

Adderley, C. B. Floyer, John
Alexander, N. Gore, W. R. 0.
Archdall, Captain Gwyn, Howel
Baldwin, Barry Hamilton, G. A.
Barrington, Viscount Heald,:James
Bateson, Thomas Henley, J. W.
Bernard, Viscount Herbert, H. A.
Best, John Jones, Captain
Chatterton, Colonel Keogh, William
Chichester, Lord J. Lindsay, Colonel
Disraeli, B. 3195ei11, Duncan
Fitzpatrick, J. W. Manners, Lord J.

Mußings, J. R.
Naas, Lord
Napier, Joseph
O'llrien Sir Lucius
Sandars, George
Stafford, Augustus
Taylor, Thomas E.
Thesiger, Sir F.
Walpole, Spencer
TELLIkJ.
Dunne, Colonel
French, F.

DISTRESSED UNIONS ADVANCES AND REPAY-
MENT OF ADVANCES (IRELAND) BILL.
Order for Second Reading read ; Motion made, and Ques-
tion proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :"
Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, " That this
House do now adjourn." The House divided:—

MINORITY-AYES, 23.
Alexander, N. Cotton, W. H. Stafford, A.
Archdall, Captain Farrer, James Stanley, B.H.
Arkwright. G. Gore, W. R. 0. Stuart, Henry
Bankes, George Halsey, T. P. Taylor, T. E.
Best, John Henley, J. W. Verner, Sir W.
Booth, Sir R. G. Lockhart, W.
Chichester, Lord J. Masterman, John TELLICIB.
Christy, Samuel Itiudings, J. R. Sibthorp, Colonel
Clive, Henry B. Spooner, Richard Gwyn, Howel

MAJORITY-NOES, 131.
Agllonby, H. A. Grace, 0. D. Paget, Lord A.'
Anson, Colonel Greene, John Paget, Lord C.
Armstrong, Sir A. Grey, Sir G. Palmerston, Viscount
Bagshaw, John Grey, R. W. Parker, John
Baines, M. T. Halford, Sir H. Pilkington, James
Baring, Sir F. T. Hardca.stle, J. A. Power, Dr.
Barrington, Vis. Hatchell, John Power, Rich olas
Bass, Thomas Hawes, B. Rawdon, Colonel
Bateson, T. Hayter, W. G. Ricardo, Osman
Berkeley, Henry F. Herbert, H. A. Rich, Henry
Berkeley, C. L. G. lleyworth, Lawrence Romilly, Colonel
Bernal, Ralph Hobhouse, Sir John Bondlly, Sir John
Bernard, Viscount Hobhouse, T. B. Russell, Lord John
Blake. Martin J. Hollond, Robert Russell, E.
Bonverie, E. P. Howard, Lord E. Russell, F. C. H.
Boyle, Colonel Howard, C. W. Rutherfurd, A.
Brotherton, J. Howard, P. H. Scully. Francis
Browne, R. D. Jervis, Sir John Seymer, Henry Ker
Chatterton, Colonel Keogh. William Shalt°, R. D.
Clay, James Keppel, G. T. Shell, R. L.
Clements, Charles Kershaw, James Simeon, John
Coke,;Edward;K. King, P. J. Somers, J. P.
Cockburn, Alex. Labouchere, Henry Somerville, Sir W.
Cowper, W. F. Lascelles, W. S. Strickland, Sir G.
Craig, Sir W. G. Lawless, Cecil Stuart, Lord D.
Deedes, W. Lewis, George C: Tenison, B. K.
Douglas, Sir C. Lindsay, Colonel Thicknesse, Ralph
Duff, G. S. M'Nagaten, Sir E. Thompson, Colonel
Dunslas,-Admiral M'Cullagli, W. T. Thornely, Thomas
Dundas, Sir David M'Neill, Duncan Towneley, John
Dunne, Colonel Mahon, O'Uorman Walpole, S. H.
Ebrington, Lord Mangles, R. D. Watkins, Colonel
Ellis, John Manners, Lord J. Westhead, J. P.
Elliot, J. E. Maule, Fox Willcox, Brodie
Evans, William . Meux, Sir Henry Williams, John
Fagan, William Milner, W. M. Williamson, Sir H.
Fitzpatrick, J. W. Monsell, William Wilson, Matthew
Fltzwilliam, G. W. Morgan, H. K. 'LVood, Sir Charles
Foley, J. H. Mulgrave, Earl Wood, W. P.
Forster, Mathew Naas,:Lord 1 Wyld, Vames
F•rtescue. Chichester Napier, Joseph Wyvill, Marmadeke
Fox, Richard M. O'Brien, Sir Lucius
Freestun, Colonel O'Connell, Maurice inulas.
French, F. O'Connell, M. J. Tauten, Henry
Frewen, C. H. Ogle, S. C. Bellew, R. M.

THE GOVERNMENT IN A MINORITY.

The minority which on Wednesday evening endea-
voured to resist the second reading of the County
Courts Bill consisted of 67 persons, and of these 32
held the following offices :-
1. Baines, M., President of the Poor-law Board.
2. Baring, Sir F., First Lord of the Admiralty.
3. Boyle, Colonel, Groom in Waiting to the Queen.
4. Cowper, Hon. William. Lord of the Admiralty.
5. Craig, Sir W. G., Lord of the Treasury.
6. Dundas, Sir David, Judge-Advocate-General.
7. Ebrington, Viscount, Secretary to the Poor-law
Board.
8. Elliot. John E., Secretary to the Board of Control.
9. Grey, Sir. G.. Home Secretary.
10. Grey, R. W., Private Secretary to Lord J. Russell.
11. Hatchell, J., Irish Solicitor-General.
12. Hawes, 8., Under-Secretary of the Colonies.
13. Hayter, W. G., Joint Secretary to Treasury.
14. Hobhouse, Sir J., President of the Board of Control.
15. Howard, Lord E., Vice-Chamberlain Queen's House-
hold.
16. Jervis, Sir J., Attorney-General.
17. Lascelles, Hon. W., Controller of the Household.
18. Law, C. E., Recorder of London.
19. Lewis, G. C., Under-Secretary Home Department.
20. Mauls, Right Hon. F., Secretary at War.
21.:Paget, Lord C., Secretary to Master-General of
Ordnance.
22. Palmerston, Viscount, Foreign Secretary.
23. Parker, John, Secretary to the Admiralty.
24. Rich. Henry, Lord of the Treasury.
25. Hominy, Sir J., Solicitor-General.
26. Seymour, Lord, Commissioner Woods and Forests.
27. Sheil, Right Hon. R. L, Master of the Mint.
28. Somerville, Sir W., Irish Secretary.
29. Tufnell, H., Secretary to the Treasury.
30. Wilson, J., Secretary to the Board of Control.
TELLERS.
31. Hill, Lord M., Treasurer of the Household.
32. Bellew, R. M., Lord of the Treasury.
Thugs we have the names of thirty-two actual place-
men out of the sixty-sevon wnich constituted the ac-
tual minority. Such was the nature of the opposition
offered to the County Courts Bill.-Times.

IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY
MEETINGS.

BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY.—The attendance at the
Birmingham meeting is always greater than those at
Walsall and Wolverhampton, which precede it. This
is accounted for by the circumstance that in Birming-
ham the various trades dependent upon the iron ma-
nufacture accumulate, and the state of the home trade
is by the transactions there accomplished more clearly
discernible.

In Birmingham all descriptions of trade come into
" the great account." Iron, limestone, coal, and every
other raw material or " appliance" required for the
staple manufacture of the district, or for the domestic
use of the immense population of the neighbourhood,
come into full force. The wonder is that the mineral
products of the neighbourhood are not rendered more
available than they are at present for the supply of
the metropolis. It is probable that so soon as the
Stour Valley line of railway is opened the trans-
mission of Staffordshire coal to London will become
a great trade.
The meeting of the iron and coal, and all other
masters, at the Town-hall to-day was an average as-
semblage. Amongst other gentlemen largely inte-
rested in the trade we observed the Messrs. Williams,
Messrs. Thorneycroft, Messrs. Fosters, Messrs.
Barrow and Hall, and the great majority of the
leading firms of the district.
The tone of the market to-day was gloomy, al-
though to use a familiar phrase, accounts were gene-
rally well "settled." The explanation is easy. Ac-
counts for iron and coal are usually paid in bills or
acceptances, and almost as a matter of course no
trader will show his face upon a quarter-day unless
the stamped obligation has been duly met.
The great furore which existed some five or six
years ago has subsided, and that excitement, the re-
sult of railway speculation, which intoxicated the
proprietors of iron works, bas led to a fearful col-
lapse. There is little doing. Speculative men who
engaged in railways—some of the most influential
ironmasters of the distract—have been seriously in-
jured by embarking in local undertakings, more es-
pecially in the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp-
ton lines, and, as may be easily conceived, few people
possess spirit, much less money, to embark in any
trade except that in which the return is not only
certain, but immediately profitable.
The iron trade of South Staffordshire is unques-
tionably at the present moment, like that of South
Wales, entirely speculative. Pric?s, although de-
clared by quarterly meetings, are altogether arbitrary,
and must be considered as regulated by circumstances.
1 04. 61.;
They were quoted to-day as follows :--Bars.
8.
rods,pigs
toto 61.31. ; hoops, 61. lOs ; sheets,
These are the nominal prices of the present
quarterly meetings so far as they have been held, but
little certainly can be declared until the concluding
meeting at Dudley, on Saturday sight.

SPINAL HOSPITAL.—His Grace the Duke of Nor.
folk has been pleased to give a donation of 100 guineas, and
her Grace the Duchess twenty guineas, in aid of the funds of
the Spinal Hospital for the treatment of datortions, Port-
land-road, Regent'/-park.