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LONDON, TUESDAY. MAY 27, 1845.

The House of Lords met at Five.

Several petitions were presented on the subject of the
Maynooth
Lord CAMPBELL brought in a Bill for the registration
of deeds.

Lord BnouonAsi drew the attention of the LORD
CHANCELLOR 10 the reported conduct of Mr. O'Datscom.,
in threatening, while sitting on the bench as a magis-
trate, to challenge a brother magistrate at the Skibbereen

petty sessions.
The LORD CHANCELLOR promised to make inquiries
of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland on the subject.

The Bishop of LONDON having explained that it was
by mistake that the Church Building Amendment Act
had been forwarded a stage on Friday, moved that the
order for its third reading be discharged, and that it be
re-committed on Friday next, which was agreed to.

Lord STANLEY announced that next week he should
bring in a measure embodying some of the recommenda-
tions of the Irish Land Commission.
Lord COTTENTIAM moved the second reading of the
Ecclesiastical Courts Consolidation Bill, which after a
short discussion was agreed to.

The other Bills on the table were forwarded a stage,
and their Lordships adjourned to Friday next.

The House of Commons met at Four.
The adjourned debate on Mr. STUART WORTLEY'S
resolutions on Railway Bills was resumed, and after
some discussion the resolutions were agreed to.
The conduct of Mr.' O'Darscom. was also made the
subject of discussion in this House. It was moved and
agreed to that the House, at its rising, should adjourn to
Wednesday. Mr. COLLETT moved, as an amendment,
that the adjournment should be to Thursday, as Wed-
nesday was the Derby day; but Sir J. GRAHAM op-
posed this preposition, on the ground that it would be
unbecoming in the House to adjourn on account of a
race; at the same time, however, reminding the House
that the Members could attend or not make a House on
that day, as they pleased.
Lord JoUN RUSSELL then rose and proposed his re-
solutions on " the condition of England" question, pre-
facing them by a long and eloquent speech, and insist-
ing on the necessity of legislative interference in the
matter.

Mr. S. CRAWFORD moved the amendment of which
he had given notice.
The resolutions of Lord J. RUSSELL were opposed by
Sir J. GRAHAM, and, after a lengthened debate, the
further consideration of the question was adjourned to
Wednesday.

From a personal knowledge of many districts in the
north of Scotland, we are led to make a few remarks on
the state of the pauper population, and the measures
proposed for their relief by the new Poor-law Bill for
that country. We shall not be suspected of saying any-
thing likely to lessen the desire of the English public to
better the condition of that portion of their Scotch
brethren, for whose benefit the Bill of the Loan-
ADVOCATE is introduced, nor shall we attempt to
condense all that may be said on the subject. But there
is one part of it which we are induced to notice, especi-
ally as upon that the proposed legislation is likely to act
least successfully. We allude to rural districts, and
especially to those of the Highlands. Without going
into the question of the force or sufficiency of the exist-
ing poor-laws, it is worth while to inquire how it hap-
pens that through so
many counties and parishes no
poor-rates exist in practice, and that the poor, however
numerous or distressed, aro relieved by parochial aid of
the most insignificant amount, by a sort of universal
mutual charity, or by occasional begging and vagrancy.
It is easy to give as a cause the niggardliness or
cruelty of the landlords ; but, to any one acquainted
with the true circumstances of the Highlands, this as-
sertion will not suffice.
The management of landed property in the Highlands
of Scotland is very unlike that which characterises parts
of Ireland. There is no body of landlords in the known
world who have put so small a proportion of their rents,
for these fifty years, into their pockets as the Scottish
proprietors. Their's was, before that period, a misera-
bly poor and unimproved country. It is still a poor
one ; and that very fact, so important in the new scheme,
is much overlooked. In the districts of which we speak,
all classes are poorer than the same in England.
The owner of five or fifty thousand acres is poor,
compared with his friend the Yorkshire or Lincolnshire
squire, with whom he may be classed in society, and the
istsreulgfgle
s,
a
dwellers on his estate are, in like manner, one and all,
poorer than those of a country farther advanced in the
progress of improvement. All these parties, however,
arehi
ilagehe
loamn becoming gl lessrd,
here andpoor ;
there,
and though,
easy
find himself
un-
equal to maintain his place in society, and either sells
his half-improved acres, or the progress of improving"
these be stayed till the operation of an entail have
placed his less burdened successor in his room ; and,
on the other hand, though some hardship may now and
then arise in the removal of an ill-placed or crowded
population, still it is true that things are getting better
for all.

In these circumstances, however, will be round the

The accounts from Spain are to the 19th. At the meeting
of the Chamber of Peers on that day, M. CAHASCO adverted
to the rumours respecting the late intelligence from Rome,
and said he had intended to move an amendment to the
budget, but was little disposed to take any step which could
embarrass the Government at that moment, when an insult
had been offered to the national honour. M. MARTINEZ DE
LA ROSA said no insult had been offered, and added that
while ho and his colleagues remained in office, the national
honour should be duly defended. Reports of a division in the
Cabinet prevailed, and caused a depression in the funds.
The Three per Cents, closed at 32 for cash, and 32i at 60
day's; and the Five per Cents. at 21 15-16 at 60 days.

The Paris papers contain no intelligence of interest. The
principal topic in those of the Opposition is the refusal of the
Emperor of Monecco to sanction the commercial treaty which
his Envoy, without authority, had entered into with the French
Commissioner General DE LA RUE. Some blame the EMPEROR*
others the English; but their remarks are so vague, and
their statements respecting this country so destitute of truth,
that they deserve no notice. The Pr ease states that the apart-
ments of Henry IV., in the Tuileries, are to be fitted up
and embellished in the first style, for a distinguished visitor
—meaning, we suppose, the Queen of ENGLAND. According
to accounts from Switzerland, no doubt remained that the
capital sentence on Dr. STEIGER was to be commuted into
banishment. Nothing was done in the French Funds, at
TowroNes, on Sunday.

Owing to press of matter the reports of proceedings before
several Railway Committees this day will be deferred till
the publication of the late edition of The Sun.

QUEEN'S BENCH-(THIS DAY.)

ST. KtTiERINE DOCKS' COMPANV V. 11111G9.
This was a special case, drawn up for the purpose of obtaining
the opinion of the Court as to the liability of the St. Katherine
Docks' Company to be assessed to the:sewers.' rate. lhere was no
dispute as to the fact, and the only question was as to the con
at ruction to be placed on the various statutes, empowering the Com-
missioners of Sewers to levy rates.
Mr. Dundee appeared for the Dock Company, and Mr. Kelly
for the Commissioners of Sewers.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

CII Y, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000
bales, all to the trade, end at previous rates. There was not
a large buSiness done in Railway Shares, but in some respects
the market was firmer than previous to the holidays.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 26.—The sales are
—Barnsley Junction, 4% ; Ditto, Half Shares, 2% ; Black-
burn, Burnley, and Accrington, 8% ; Blackburn, Darwen,
and Bolton, 43/4 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 12 % ;
Caledonian, 104 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 7%; Churnet
Valley, 5% ; Clitheroe Junction, 2% prem. ; Direct Northern,
3%; Edinburgh and Glasgow New Quarter Shares, 6%;
Glasgow and Dumfries, '2Bs. 9d. 275. 6d. ; Goole, Don-
caster, Sheffield, and Manchester, 325. 6d. ; Huddersfield and
Manchester Railway and Canal, 6% %; Leeds and Thirsk,
7% 1-16; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 9%; Leeds
and West Riding Junction, 81% ; Leicester and Birmingham,
15s. 13s. 9d. prem. ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2%;
London and Windsor, 75. ss. prem.; London 'Worcester and
Rugby, 43/4 ; London and York, 4%; Manchester, Bury,
and Rossendale, 15% ; Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and
Midland Junction, 4 13-16 ; Manchester and Birmingham,
58 ; Ditto, New Quarters, ; Manchester and Birmingham
Continuation and Welsh Junction, 2%; Manchester and
Leeds, Sixteenth Shares, 8; Midland 40/. Shares, 20% ;
North Wales, 31%; North 'Western, 4 7-16; Oxford Wor-
cester, and Wolverhampton, 2; Preston and Wyre, 301 A ex
new ; Preston and Wyre Extension, 2% • Sheffield and Lin-
colnshire Junction, 1% 7i ex new; South-Eastern, No. 3,7;
Trent Valley, 181%; Ditto Continuation and Holyhead Junc-
tion, 2% 1; Welsh Midland, 11/4 % prem. ; West York-
shire, 214 3/4 ; York and Carlisle, 11/2 prem. ; Great Northern
of France (Rosamel's), 2%; Huddersfield Canal, 21%.
Accounts have been received from the eastern colony of the
Cape of Good Hope, to the 20th March. The guano at
Ichaboe being quite exhausted, the Island of Malagus had
become the resort of a large number of merchantmen,
and which were said to be obtaining full freights. The
Colonial Government had made something by granting
licenses, but, as is justly remarked, would have got far more
had it erected stages in the first instance at Ichaboe.
Intelligence by several arrivals has been received from the
Australian colonies, where the markets appeared to
be improving, though as Van Dieman's Land has
been the last visited by reverses, so it seems also
to be the latest in recovering. The accounts reach
to the 4th February from Sydney, and the 6th January
from Port Phillip. The latter colony was rapidly advancing,
and there was ample employment for an access-
sion of labourers, many of whom were expected
in fact from the less prosperous settlements.
Some of the beef cured at Sydney had been sent to India to
try its capability of standing the test of a voyage, and was
received back in excellent condition. The colonists are san
guine of packing their beef in a manner to secure a sale in
England.

Mere is a livelier market to-day for Public Securities, the
result in a great measure of the arrangements for the settle-
ment of the six weeks' account. Prices are fluctuating, but it
appears that good support is given to them in most
instances. Consols have been 99 to 991/4 for transfer, and
991 h for the 18th July. Exchequer-bills have been 655. to
635., and India Bends 725. to 695. premium. Bank Stock is
worth 210 to 2091 A, and India Stock 280 to 279. The New
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents have been 101 to 1011/4, and
the Three per Cents. 98 to 981/4.
The Foreign Securities have, been flat. Spanish, owing to
the decline at Madrid since the reported misunderstanding
with Rome, have been heavy here also, at 291/4 for the Five
per Cents., and 411/s for the Three per Cents. Portuguse
Converted have realised 66%, and Brazilian 90. Mexican
have been 37 to 36%. Dutch Two-and-a •Half per Cents.
have been marked 63%.
The old lines of Railway have in many instances improved
again to-day, and seem to be preferred for investment, on
ac-
count of the apparent improbability of many new lines being
passed this year. The Foreign Shares are still heavy, com-
paratively to our own lines.

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISII FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Consols
New 3/4, per Cents ...101 % 101' % 101 A 3
Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 11 5-16 11 5-16
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 ... 11 9-16 11 9-161/
India Stock
India Bonds, 1,0001..
Ditto under 1,000/.
South Sea Stock
Ditto Old Annuities
Consols for Account.. g . 99y2

t,7X
991/2

Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., Phd. 64 65 63 pm. 65
Ditto 5001. .
Ditto Small
_ .

Ditto Advertised 62 64

Pm. 64

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Brazilian Bonds .
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 86% 861,E
Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela 15% 1578
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ......
Ditto Account
Ditto, Deferred

Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto, Converted....
Ditto, Account
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840
Ditto. Account ..... ... ......
Ditto, Passive
Ditto Deferred
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Ditto, Account
Dutch, 21/2 per Cent
/8
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 98%% 98%
PRICES OF CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l% 2% 2%
Birming. and Gloucesterloo
Do. New
Ditto % Shares
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
-2%
Bristol and Exeter
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... 59
Caledonian
Ditto Extension ...... 21/2...... 21/2 2%
Cambridge and Lincoln 1% ...... 7 6%
Chester and Holyhead... 15
Chichester and Brighton 10
Churnet Valley
Cork and Waterford ... 114 —l6
2%
Cornwall
Direct Northern
Dublin and Galway..... 21/_ 34i
Eastern Counties 25 .. 18%4 .
Ditto New 4/. 16s.
Eastern Union l5 .. .
Ditto Extension
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ditto, New Quarters.. 21/. 614 6l4_
Ely and Bedford
/4
Great Grimsby and Shef-
field
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Ditto Extension
Great North d. England..loo 227 225 228
Ditto New
Ditto New
Great Western BO
Ditto 1- Shares 5O lO6 107 lO7
Guildford, Fare'm,l'orts. 21/2..... 5%
Harwich
Hull and Selby 5O 106
Ditto Quarter Shares 12%...... 22% .....
Do. Half Shares
Lancaster and Carlisle
London and Birminghin (5t0ck)...240 ..
London and Blackwall. 16/. 133.4 d. 9%14 9l/s
London and Brighton... 50
Do. New consolidated Bths 25 —
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 18
London and S. Western 411 6a 10d 781/ 79
Do. Consolidated Bths 12
Do. New
London and York 2l/2 44. % 4l/4
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen 2l/ 5% % 4%
Londonderry & Coleraine 21/.. — • • 35(1
Lynn and Ely
Manchester and Leeds... 73
Do. 1/2 Shares
Midland 100 .176 175 176 176
Do. New
Midland,Birm.,',Derby 100 136
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction 25 .... 5314
Do. New Brandling
Newcas;le and Berwick 11/., lB 1714 18 18;4
Newry and Enniskillen. 21/.:
Newark and SLeffield .. 11/2 4 3%............ 43/4
North British
Do. New
Northern and Eastern... 45
North Kent
Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland ll/2' ••• •
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
Dudley, and Birm 2%. 4% 434
South Eastern & Dover 331 2s 4d... 4034 4l
Do., No. 1.. 8
D0., No. 2.
Do., No. 3
Trent Valley
Trent Valley and Holy-
head Junction
Waterford and Kilkenny 1 ...... 31/2 3
West Cornwall ...... 114... .. ..... ....... . 31 y_
Wilts, Somerset, &Wey-
mouth
Yarmouth and Norwich. 20
Ditto, New
York and North Midland 50
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25
Do. Extension • 111 171;., :!,,/,
FRENCH RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 4
Bordeaux and Toulouse 2
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and
Cette
Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2
Great North. of France.. 4
a.%74 /2 5%
Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2
24
Jamaica Junction ll/2 2% 2%
Louvain and Jemeppe... 2 ... . 414%% .....
Lyons and Avignon
Namur and Liege
Orleans arid Bordeaux... 2 ...... 10% 11 ......
Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d IA is is
Parir. & Lyons, Lallitte's ' -A 2:;i
Paris and Lyons, Gan-
noron's, . ~
Paris &Lyons, (Calon's) 2
Paris and Rouen .
Paris and Strasbourg
(Ganneron's)
Do. do. (Hainguerlot's) 2
Royal North of Spain ... 2
Sambre and Meuse ~... 4
JOINT STOCK BANKS.

British North Am ricau 50 .. 47
oudon and Westminster 20

MARKET NE WS.—(THIS DAY.)
HAT nutarzirrs.

SM/TIMIT.I.D.—Coarse Meadow flay, 3/ lOs to 4/ 12i ; use-
ful do., 41 14s to 513 s ; tine Upland do., 514 s to 5/ lOs ; Clover
Hay, 4/ 10s to 613 s ;Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/1s ; Wheat Straw,
212 s to 213 s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish
demand.

CUMBERLAND. —Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 12s to 41 14s;
useful ditto, 4/ 15s to 5l 3s; fine Upland ditto, 514 s to 5/ 121;
Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ is ;
Wheat Straw, 2l 2s to 21 4s per load. Supply but moderate,
and trade rather dull.

WtirriccnArEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 125 to 41 12s;
useful ditto, 41 14s to 5/ 3s; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 4s to
5/ Ss ;:Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/ Os ; Oat Straw, 1118 s to 2/ ;
Wheat Straw, 21 to 21 2s per load. Both Hay and Straw
moved off slowly at the above quotations.

EPSOM RACES.
(THIS DAY.-B 1( EXPRESS.)

The Craven Stakes of 10 sovs. each, for three yrs old,
6st 81b ; four, Bst 101 b ; five, 9st 41b ; six and aged,
9st 101 b. Craven Course, one and a quarter mile.
Lord Chesterfield's ch h Knight-of-the-Whistle, aged 1
Col. Cradock's Pagan 2
Won by a head. All ran.
The Woodcote Stakes of 10 SOTS. each, with 50 added
from the Fund, fur two yrs old colts, Bst 61b, and
fillies, Bst 31b. New T.Y.C. Three quarters of a

mile.
Lord G. Bentinck's Cherokee 1
Mr. John Day's ch c The Hero 2
Mr. Dawson'g b c Lord Harry 3
Won by a length. All ran but St. George, Subscrip-
tion, and Benevolence colt.
The Manor Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 40 sovs. added,
for three yrs old, 6st 101 b; four, Bst 71b; five, Bst 121 b;
six and aged, 9st llb ; mares and geldings allowed
31b. The winner to be sold for 300 sovs., the second
to receive back his stake. Heats, two miles.
Mr. Worley's b c John Davis, 3 yrs 1
Mr. Dockeray's Dalesman, 4 yrs .
Five started.

DESTRUCTION OF RA G GETT'S
HOTEL, DOVER-STREET.
LOSS OF SEVERAL LIVES.

This morning, shortly before one o'clock, a fire, involving
a serious destruction of valuable property, broke out upon the
well-known and extensive range of premises termed Raggett's
Hotel, Dover-street, Piccadilly. The discovery appears to have
been made by police.constable 44 C, who observed smoke issuing
through the windows on the southern corner of the first floor.
Several persons quickly made their appearance at the front and
back windows in their night-clothes. Such a strong hold had the
fire obtained that in less than ten minutes the flames were shoot-
ing forth from the windows with great fury, and extending nearly
half-way across the road.
The police-constable, on giving the alarm, had the presence of
mind to send messengers for the fire-escapes and engines ; conse-
quently, in a few minutes, two escapes, belonging to the Royal
Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, were at the scene of
conflagration, and also the parish engine. The one belonging to
the County Office was also early in arriving, as well as several be.
longing to the London Brigade and the West of England, from the
station in Waterloo-road. The first object that was sought to be
accomplished was the rescue of the inmates, but before ladders, or
the escapes, could be placed in front of the building, a number of
persons got upon a small balcony over the doorway, and being as.
sisted by the police and neighbours, they were enabled to effect
their escape in safety. The persons in the upper floors were obliged
to remain until the escapes could be placed to their windows ; as
soon as that wasdone several of them entered the machines, and
were received below in safety. We regret, however, to state, that
on further inquiry it has been ascertained that at least three per.
sons have perished by this lamentable occurrence.
LATEST PARTICULARS—(THIS DAY.)
- • •- •

It appears the fire broke out a little after twelve, and about that
hour Lord Huntingdon, who resided at the hotel, returned from the
French Theatre, and he entered his room with his lady. Scarcely
had he taken off his hat before he was alarmed by the sound of
footsteps in the nursery overhead. Knowing such a circumstance
to be:unusual, his Lordship immediately ascended to the upper
floor to ascertain the cause, when to his utter dismay, he found
a terrific fire raging on each side of the nursery. He instantly
rushed into the room, and seizing the child in ins arms, he begged
of the nurse to quit the apartment instantly, as there was great
danger, and then he left the room. Immediately after his Lord-
ship had safely deposited the young Lord, he returned to the
nursery staircase, but he found it impossible to reach the door, so
furiously were the flames extending. In a short time afterwards
Mrs. Jones, the nurse, was burned to death.

About the same moment Miss Raggett made her appearance at
the front window of the third floor. Her cries for help are de-
scribed by eye-witnesses as being most piteous. The escape be-
longing to the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire,
which is kept opposite to St. James's Church, Piccadilly, arriving
at that moment, the unfortunate creature missed her footing in her
fright, and fell within the balcony on to the pavement, literally
dashing out her brains by the fall. She was removed in a dying
state to the house No. $, opposite, where she shortly afterwards
breathed her last.
Mrs. Raggett was saved by the presence of mind of her son, Mr.
Stephen Bassett, who carried her in his arms down rtaip 440

Batt'g Hotel, which is separated from the ill-fated building b 7

passage to Dver-yard.
It couldnot be satisfactorily ascertained by our reporter whether
the rumour is correct that Mr. Raggett, or the lady of Mr. Round,.
the Hon. Member for Essex, had perished, as isreported. It IS
hoped that such is not the case. It is stated that Lady Huntingdon
had not been in town many hours with her infant son, Lord ID'
ings, and Mrs. Jones, the nurse, and that it was her Ladyshl).l_,hiP.
'
tention to have gone to the ball in honour of her Majestys bin"
day : it is also said that about 2,0001. worth of jewellery, beldggi4
to her Ladyship, is destroyed in the fire.
The fire continued to burn in several places in the wall, until
nine o'clock this morning, when Staples, the engineer, ordered the
svh
hose to be taken up to the windows of the third floor, after
the remains of the fire were extinguished. From the dangeronS._ttite
of the ruins and the heat there is still in them,
likely that any attempt at exploration will be made this day. at
How many have perished it is imposssble to say. At 11,v.0.
none of the persons connected with the hotel are able to
formation. The fact is, the hotel was full ; and from the
of inquiries made during the early part of the forenoon+
feared that at least two other bodies will be found in therndrdi
There now lie dead Miss Raggett, the daughter of the tan
di
Mrs. Jones, nurse in the family of Lord Huntingdon ; and a fens
supposed to be a casual servant at the hotel. to tbe
Net the slightest information can be obtained real'
cause of the conflagration. it is not W..
RAILWAY C 0 Al AIIII.TES'