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to study, was exposed to the temptations of the metropo-
lis, at a time of life, when, of all others, it was most dint-
geloOs to them. The generality of the students merely
came to England to save the terms, and not for the pur-
poses of study. Ile hoped the House and the. Learrxti
Solicitor-General for Ireland would not oppose the intro-
duction of a measure which would dispense with the
compulsory attendance 3f Irish students at the Inns of
Court in London.
Mr. HURD opposed the second reading of the 1301.
The amendment, was then put and carried, without s
division.

DRAINAGE (IRELAND) COMMITTEE.
Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN moved that Mr. J. O'Brien
be added to the Committee on the Drainage (Ireland)
Bill.—Agreed-to.
The House then adjourned at a Quarter after T'welve
o'Cloek.

THE NEW CORN BILL AND
TARI FF.
ESSEX COUNTY MEETING.
On Tuesday, pursuant to a requisition to the Hies
Sheriff of Essen, signed by Lords leayleigh and Wester
and a number of oth w freeholders and farmers of thc,
county, a meeting took place at the Shire Hull, Chelnise
ford, for the purpose of considering that steps should
be taken by-the county in refereece to the alterations in
the Corn-laws and the Tariff of Lpties proposed by bee
Majesty's Ministers.
The meeting was aifirst fixed to take place in one of
the Assize Courts, but it was soon 'found that this
did not afford sufficient space, and the meeting •ae"
cordingly adjourned to the open air. Before the ad;
journlncnt took place, a letter was read from Lot'‘''
IVestern, apologising for his absence, on the ground that
the fatigues of attending the debates in the House of Lardy
rendered it impossible fin-him to be at Chelmsfold-
Lord Raylegh also excused himself on the same group
and conducted his •letter in the following terms :—"
signed the requisition because I felt that the proposed-
iteration of the law was calculated to effect a great
change in the condition of the farmers, and that they
ought to have an opportunity of being heard."
J. F. Fortescue, Esq., the. High Sheriff; accompenieel
by Mr. Bramston, Sir J. Tyrrel, Messrs. C, G. and•
14niiill, Mr. Palmer, and Major Beresford, the Membitag
having opened the meeting,
Mr JOHN BAWTREY regretted that the Noble Lords*
and other distinguished persons who had signed the Tee
quisition, to convene this meeting were nut presegg;
but he would not shrink from expressing his opinime•
Their property, even there very existence was ender"
gered. The Members for the county of Essex had 11(4
done their duty to . their constituents who sent them WI
Parliament, and he would ask the meeting whether as
the representatives of an agricultural county, it was anti
their duty at all risks to stand forward in support e4i
egricte titre. Was not their watchword at the last dee'
Lion " Protection to agriculture ?" Were not their
banners emblazoned with the "Farmer's friends," and
had their conduct in Parliament, he would ask, been
accordance with their open avowals and implied pleeiges'
—(Cheers, and cries of " No, no.") He would ask an
Honourable Gentleman in particular, whether ha% jag
declared his opinion that the income proposed by ble`,.
Majesty's Ministers would be ruinous to agriculture ; h'd
thought he was doing his duty to his constituents 10101'
he did not offer any opposition to that measure in his plea
in Parliament. Sir Rebert bad thrown them over.—(Criel
of "No.") He believed that he had deceived and betrayed
the farmers.—(Cheers.) Mr. Bawtrey concluded by pro-
posing a petition to the House of Lords, praying that'
the proposed Corn-law and Tariff might be rejected, '
materially modified • and at the same time expressing all'.
opinion that if passed in their present shape, they level"
be ruinous to the interests of the agriculturists of the
country.
Mr. Honns seconded the motion.
Mr. TUFNELL moved an amendment to the effect, Oa -
the meeting, viewing with regret the condition in whie!il
the country had been left by the late Government, a°
hoping that the proposed alteration of the Corn-1eA1.5
,
would have the effect of alleviating some of the distress"'
which was by some attributed to those laws, On: -e
sented to the proposed alteration in the Corn-laws, bt"
at the same time, directed the attention of the Legt:-n;
Lure, to the proposed new tariff, and prayed that sue'
steps would be taken with regard to it as would blue
proper protection and encouragement to agriculture.
After the Members had endeavoured to vindicate':
themselves, and sonic other gentlemen had addressed'
the meeting, the High Sheriff put the motion and the.
amendment. The motion for a petition was carried bY
a large majority. The necessary arrangements for its,.
presentation to the House of Lords, and a ..vote 0'
thanks having been passed to the High Sheriff, the
meeting separated

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
VESSELS SPOKEN WlTlL—Meanwell, Newcastle tc`
Odessa, and Racehorse, Liverpool to Caustantin°Pl,`;'
17th alt., lat. 36, lon. 3 Ir. by Condor of Bremen; 12:1,,
inst., lat. 50, lou. 8, by the Salacia, arrived at Falmou,'
Countess Dunmore, Batavia to Amsterdam, Feb. 19w'
Adair'', Cape, to London ; 27th, lat. 1 N., Seyinoll.:
Calcut:it to London, 2nd ult., lat. 2, lon. 22, by th"
Thomas I.;!vtli, arrived at ditto. Mary, Mauritius to
Cork, 19thlob., lat. 5 S., lon. 16 W., Euphrates,--Ceylo9l
to London, 26th, Mt. 1 S., lon. 21 W. ; Forfarshirer
China to London, 28th ; John Toinpkinson, ditto to.
ditto, Ist March, r.; t. 1 N., lon. 23 by the Helen,
arrived at Liverpool. ,Mary Kensington, Liverpool t°
New York, 28th ult., lat. 40, lon. 43, by the Palestine,
arrived at Kinsale.
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
Arrivals—Thomas Blytb, Bay, from Mauritius, °ll
Falmouth, sailed Jan. 'l6. •
Arrivals at Mauritius—Susannah Collings, Whit:
Jan. 6, from Algoa Bay ; Mazagran, Bolbere, fN
Havre; Meteor, al`Kinlay, from the Clyde; Oscar,
Bordeaux ; Packet Stirling, 7th, from the Cape ; Ce'r
brian, Garrick, from Calcutta ; Jane' Cumming, Linde 'l,
Bth, from Sydney ; Sunspareil, from Madaernsc'fo.:
Charles, Heddle, 9th, from Madagascar ; • Queen' Vic! di
ria, 9th, from Marseilles ; Tiger, 9th, Manchester air
Peru, 10th, from Madagascar ; Charles, from OiLviii6;;
Venus, from Angonley ; Dream, 11th, from Bourb°ll,.
Aigle, from Port de Cette ; Trois Fereres and Bonito
aids, 12th, from Bourbon; Isabella Blyth, •14th, Jr
London ; Colombo. M'Kellar, 13th, f:om Aden. , 5
Departures from Mauritius—Comet, Denviere,
for Madagascar ' • Gem, Robbe, for Leith ;
for Liverpool ; Saucy Jack, Bth, for Ms.tdagascar ;
Savereign, 11th, for Rangoon ; Eumpe, Thon3Pinly.
cleared 10th, for Pondicherry. Loading for Loto,
Feliza, Margaret Connall, Mary Ann, Mary for
Druid, Auriga, Adino. For .Newcastle—.Elizo-
Leith—Tigress. Fur Glasgow—. Mary Campbell
Greenock—Merlin. 21
Arrival at Pert Philip—Timbo, Bentley, Oct'
from Launceston. •