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E inp crial Vatitainriit. , to alter and amendithe,lows relating to the disposition of 'the opinion of the people of Ireland, in
property for pious and charitable purposes. The principal 'house, as to the extent of- the assistance
see features of the hill evere, that it propcsed that all wills paring 'to render to Ireland ; but he wot
HOUSE OF COMMONS. MONDAY. containing bequestsforpious or charitable purposes should 'the government should compel all parties
At ten minutes to six o'clock, the House of .Commons be signed for three months before the death of the testa- neereel with- property in Ireland to reside o
resolved itself into a Committee of Ways and Means. tar; and also that, when such bequests mere made. the , -andolo their duty at home for the next si
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then roee to Property shoulsenooge as laud to the charities, but--should • thisenearis the government. would ease ti
make the financial statement for the year, and claimed be sold, and the proceeds handed-over to them. coffers of Great-Britain, an&relieve the le
the indulgence of the house while he made the statement, and healthrmanner.
which he would_ make as short as was consistent,with HOUSE OF •COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. Mr, LABOTIOTIERIeS opinion on the pre
dearness. It was many years since a Chancellor, of ' Mr. WATSON moved the second reading of the "Roman gratien was the same as Mr. O'Connell's.
the Exchequer had to report such heavy demands capon Catholic Relief BlIL" He-said' that ehe.first act which hon. memberhed not attributed them to th
the Exchequer, bet those demands were occasioned by he sought to reped was the -Isteof Elizabeth, chap. 1, such .e..horrible doctrine they would not
the dearth of food, which was a visitation of Providence. commonly called the Act of Supremacy, which provided
could assure the hone gentleman that ever,
vernment Thousands of starving persons in Ireland appealed to that if any person denied by word, writing, or otherwise, could do to meet the distress in
this country for sympathy and assistance, and that the supremacy of therlCiug in any, part of the kingdom, be deoe to alleseate it. He usreed with th
he Could not refuse. Never, however, had the he should for the first offence be liable to imprisonment that Ireland had a claim on Great Britain,
finances of the country been so able to bear ?these or forfeiture; for the second offence, to the penalty 'of vernment were,exertio,g and stilt would exe
demands. For the first time there had been-no deficiency prcemunire; and forthe third offence, to death. Now all to its utmost to relieve them.
-bills, and the produce of the revenue had 'been sufficient these penalties had been repealed lerthe acts of 1844 and Mr. KERR ark: orated the principle of er
to defray the expenses of the state. In •the Customs, the 1846 ; but the crime us defined in the act of Elizabeth the population oflrelanclevas reduced 1
produce of every article for the last nine months huh-with still existed, and persons committing it were liable to be more nearly meet the limited quantity of p
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the exception of articles on which duties had been re- indicted for tt as a rnistleineanour at common law, and to vessels taking-out the emigrants to return
duced, exceeded the estimate. In the Excise, with the be punished by imprisonment. He-called upon the house Mr. 'WARD, in moving the committee of
exception of soap the same had taken place. By to-repeal that act, and :along with it the act forbidding a navy estimates, stated that the navy estim
the return of the quarter ending the 13th of February bull to be sent over to a Roman Catholic bishop, the act were greater :than last year by £62,248.
last, he found an increase of nearly half a znillion. respecting the form of prayer, the Recusant Act of Char- the gradual :increase in the navy estimate:
The whole produce of Customs and Excise for the last les ll.' the act of the Bth of William III.," and the 31st I
eained. The maritime service of England
Year was £34,500,070. Of this £5,530,000 was contra of George 111.. chap. 32. '- He then mentioned the in conmaeison,to other countries. The sui
buted by articles of food, £21,781,000 of drink, and by clauses in the Emancipation Act which he wished to ;the packet service alone.this year amounts
tobacco £4,336,000, making £31,653,000 out of the repeal. The first was the clause prohibiting certain re- There wasalso a large increase 'for the te
X 34,500,070. This must have diminished in consequence ligious ceremonies in public. The,last forbade some of connected with ordnance and ,convict SE
of the diminution of employment in the manufacturing the ministers of the church of Rome to act as parochial three _breaches of expenditure 'will requi
districts. On the 9th of January, there were working clergy, or to administer to the spiritual wants of their The amount of oer navy estimates is £5,99
full time 25,845 persons; short time, 11,851; and with- people, and rendered ell persons -who were bound by sum is for the .ddence of a country whose
out work, in consequence of the stoppage of mills, 1,690. monastic vows, especially Jesuits, subject to be transported was its navy, while Franceerotes £5,639,00
On the 9th February, there were working full time 2%949 for life, for the religious opinions which they entertained. crease of her navy, although she has a sta
person§ ; short time, 15,862 ; and out of work, 2,4113. Having explained to the house the •kw on this subject, as 100,000 men, and -a militia of %1;000,000 ma
The drain of bullion on the Bank had not been so great laid down in the 18th of George IV„ he denounced it as upon, and Paris being impregnable. He w
aft might belie been expected, the amount being only a specimen of legislation worthy of Russia. He con- of Prance, but when he saw her granting ri
£1,200,000 less than it was this time 12 months. The late eluded by calling on the house to repeal all these laws, for her defence, he thought England ought
Chancellor of the Exchequer had calculated upon a sun- not as a concession to Roman Catholics, but as a conces- to support so efficient a defence as her navy
plus of £776,000, the actual surplus was £2,846,000, ins sion to Protestants, whom they disgraced. The house then went into a committee of
eluding £304,000 paid as duty onthe import of foreign sugar. - Sir R. INGLI s denied the assertion of Mr. Watson,
. He now would state what the probable income of theyear, : that the penal laws of this country rose at the- Reforma-
from sth April, 1816, to sth April, 1847, would be. Last tion and closed at the Revolution, and asserted that some FOREIGN ,5- COLONIAL INTEL
year the duties on corn produced £793,000. He could not of those which gave most offence to the Roman Catholics - -
calculate upon such an amount. There had been an in- had been passed long after the latter event. He did not THE OVERLAND MAIL
crease in the importation of butter, cheese, and silk la.t call upon the house to stand by the act of 1829, but he Files of papers have arrived by extraor,
year, consequent upon the reduction of duty, and he cal- did call upon it to confirm the decision which it had come dated Calcutta, 7th of January ; Bombay, II
ciliated that this increase would continue, and he assumed to last year. There was no country in 'Christian Europe and China, 26th of December. There is n
that the probable revenue from customs during the next where the Jesuits were admitted without some restriction ring interest. India is generally healthy, v
year would be £20,000,000. During the present quarter on the part of the Executive Government; and he there- then of -Madras, where some cholera has
the increase of customs duties had been £204,000. Up fore implored the house not to fritter away the securities was at the latest dates on the decline. T
to January the
'amount of excise duties had been which it had taken to prevent the further admission of the Sikhs was on Christmas day, duly r
- £13,988,000, and he reckoned for the ensuing year Jesuits into these islands. He could not consent to the 1 Governor General and Dhuleep Singh, who
an increase of £13,700,000. The increase on the excise repeal of that clause of the Emancipation Act. which pro- meet at Lahore on New Year's day. Thi
from the beginning of-the quarter had been £106;000, and fifibited the exercise of any of the rights or ceremonies of force is to be reduced by, about seven thou
in • Ireland, extending to January, there had been an in- 'the Roman Catholic religion, sailiewithin the usual 'places European and five Native Infantry regin
crease. •He contemplated from Stamps a revenue of -of worship, as it would legalize religious processions, and cavalry, and five batteries of artillery. The
£7,500,000, from • Taxes £4,270,000, from Property-tax would give rise to dangerous collisions if such proces- has been strengthened; and from 14,000 I
£5,390,000, from the Post-offices £845,000, from Crown glans were permitted. He concluded by moving, that the will remain to do duty. Four Sikh corps ai
Lands £120,000, from miscellaneous sources of revenue 'bill be read a second time that day six months. to form a portion of a brigade that is to be u
£427,000 • making a total of ordinary revenue of Mr. SPOONER thought that this bill was the small mand of Captain Lawrence, of the 11th cave
£52,065,000. The expenses of the interest of the debt point of the wedge, which would be afterwards driven wur. - Sir C. Napier has been promoted O
and the Consolidated Fund would be £30,735,000 • for the home without any scruple. We were daily losing our Lieutenant-General, and attached to the E
Army, £6,840,074. The Navy vote would be X 7,561,000 ; Protestant character—and he believed, in his conscience, The Nawaub Anieer, Doit Mahomed Khan
the Ordnance vote would be X 2,679,127, being an increase that that was one of the causes which had brought down sons, had been imprisoned at Asseergleur f
of £135,568 over the vote of last year, a great portion of the judgment of Almighty God on this afflicted nation, in the late insurrection at Bhopal. The doi
which was due, as in the case of the Navy, to a deferred Mr. J. O'CONNELL defended the Jesuits, and declared Nizam were again
_in, much disorder, and
vote of last year. The residue was owing to an increase that he had no wish to retain the clause about processions, antes had broken out among the Khonds
of 1,200 men and to putting the ports in a state of defence. for even in Catholic countries he thought processions ob- owing to the exertions of our agents to
The miscellaneous votes, exclusive of votes for Ireland, jectionahle. - . practice of sacrificing human beings.
would be £3,750,000, being an increase of £397,000. Mr. NEWDEGATE concluded a violent speech against
The increase was owing to the expenses of the poor-law the bill with a furious invective against the Jesuits, whom FRANCE.
and the prosecution of prisoners, and another portion to he accused (by inference) of having poisoned Clement The'Presse still continues its fierce attack
the increase of printing and stationery for the Houses of TH. and Clement V. ; the first because he contemplated and the British Ambassador. This paper cl
Parliament. The whol of the estimates would amount their suppression, and the last because he actually accom- position journals with having supported Lei
to £20,851,077, making the whole ordinary expenditure plished it. against the French Government, and con
£51,576,000. He had purposely omitted in his statement Lord G. BENTINCK gave his support to the bill, on ac.. matting that the existing difficulties are g
all allusion to the grants for the relief of distress in Ire- count of the practical grievances which the Roman Catho- more so as M. Thiers and his journals lel
land; and he would now state what he thought would be lies suffered under the present existing law, and which he Government to expect to obtain an advent
required for the distress to be advanced by the Treasury, enumerated at some length. He denied that there had later. "Difficult though the present situai
for whatever burden might ultimately be thrown upon the been any compromise in-the year 1829 with any party on may be," says the Presse, " still it is equa
landlords of Ireland, hitherto they had paid nothing, save the subject of Catholic emancipation ;on the contrary, it Great Britain, and she suffers more from
indeed £393,000 of poor-rates. It was not easy to state was a strong and decisive measure taken by the Govern- France." -
precisely what the expenditure required would be. In meat, and had been described by Lord Sandon as an ex- The most important item of intelligence i
four weeks of November the expenditure had been ertion of absolute power equal to any act of the desppt of 'Paris by the papers of Saturday, is the si
£383,000, in December £742,000, in January X 772,000. Russia. King of the Belgians in procuring a recoi
The persons relieved in October were 150,000, in Novern- Sir R, PEEL observed that the bill contemplated a tweenM. Guizot and Lord Normanby. Th
her 285,000, in January 440,000, and in February 571,000. double object ; the repeal of many enactments of the sta- PerY quarrel is, it appears, to be settled ii
Up to 20th February there had been issued by the Exche- tine of 1829 ; and the extension of the acts of 1844 and supposed early in the affair. M. Guizot wi
quer to Ireland £2,400,000 in November, £2,000.000 of 1846, which abolished laws that had become obsolete, and away We offensive character of his words, a
which had been issued by the Board of Works. The ex- imposed upon Roman Catholics penalties most severe and quis of Normanby would accept the explanal
penditure for the future he expected would not fall be- disproportionate. He was prepared to carry the latter , The Municipal Council of Paris voted, o
low a million a month. He expected to effect, however, object into effect, but not to repeal any of the enactments sum of 600,000 f. (£24,090), to defray the exp
a saving by administering relief through the medium of of 1829, as they were introduced to satisfy the Protestant by issuing tickets for bread at a reduced pric
the soup kitchen. He expected that many labourers mind, and ought therefore to be continued. He would gent poor of that capital. -
would be taken from the public works by the work- not, however, refuse to consider the whole of the measure, The Court of Cessation decided, on Tie
ing of the Bill for the Improvement of Lands, but merely because there were some portions of it from which Roman Catholic clergyman, who had cease(
to work that bill it should be remembered that_ ad- he was obliged to dissent. fill the functions,of his ministry, and had e
vances were to be made by the Treasury. It would be Mr. LAW and Mr. GOULBURN both briefly expressed Protestant, was not justified in marrying !
necessary that relief should continue at least until the their hostility to this bill. The first opposed it because The trial of the National, (Paris paper) us
next harvest, and for some short period after the he had been a party to the introduction of the act of 1829, ral charges connected with the Montpenuer I
harvest, advances would be necessary. Taking all and felt bound in honour to maintain it unimpaired. terminated in a signal defeat of the Governor
these circumstances into consideration, he could On a division, the second reading was carried by a ma- we sincerely rejoice ; and rejoice all the m
not estimate the advances to be made to Ireland under jority of 104 to*lol. every approach towards a well understood 1
£8,000,000, which, including the £2,000,000, advanced press in France, is an advance in the path of
since August, would amount to £10,000,000. Now, if HOUSE OF .COMMONS.—THURSDAY. tutional freedom.' The charges against t
the 16,000,000 proposed by the Noble Lord had been Mr. B. Escorr gave notice of his intention to move, on were, first, an " offence against the King's p
advanced to railroads, he did not think it would be possi- a future day, that the existing duties on butter and cheese secondly, for "having blamed his Majesty fi
Me to have secured one farthing of this £10,000,000, and be abolished. his Government, making him responsible fe
therefore he was rejoiced to see the majority by which that Dr. BowuiNG postponed for a fortnight his motion re- The first charge was not altogether unfot
measure had been rejected. Under these circumstances, lative to the public revenue. puted to Louis Philippe an eagerness to
it was manifest he must go into the market to borrow. Mr. PLUMPTRE gave notice of his intention to move dowry "of the Infanta, and an indifference 1
The question was, whether he should borrow the whole or that a day of national humiliation for the, existing famine or welfare of France, when :either was oppo
only a part; by following the latter course, he would con- le appointed. aggrandizement. The second was purely I
Mr. S. CRAWFORD moved for leave to bring in a bill character, and involved a revival of the ql
siderably reduce the balance in the Exchequer, from which
source the advances have hitherto been made. This was to secure the rights of occupying tenants in Ireland, and produced so much controversy about ten yea
a course he was for many reasons unwilling to adopt, and thereby to promote the improvement of the soil and the King reigns—he does not govern." The
he therefore thought it more advisable to borrow the employment of the labouring classes. M Guizot's tricky and dishonest policy in th
whole rather than put any further pressure on the Bank Mr. LABOUCHERE agreed to the introduction of the Spanish marriages has provoked, the conte;
of England, or incapacitate the Government from- making bill as one containing valuable suggestions. The govern- felt towards him, and the more than suspicio
advances to the landed proprietors of England and Scot- ment have a similar measure under consideration, which ceived his instructiohs from the King, where
land. Besides, the prospects of the next harvest were they will shortly introduce. • we doubt not, that induced the jury to give
uncertain. Hitherto we had been living mainly upon Leave was given to bring in the bill. acquittal on both counts. Under the circa
the produce of other countries of the harvest of On the motion of Mr. Sharman Crawford, the Poor was a just and salutary verdict ; for the pla
the year 1845. There had been entered for home con- Rates (Ireland) Bill was read a second time. come into Court with clean hands.
sumption of 5,388,000 quarters of foreign corn, and he was The Markets and Fairs Clauses Bill, the Commissioners '
confident that up to the harvest of 1847 we should have au Clauses Bill, the Gas Works Clauses Bill, and the Water . SPA I N.
abundance ' • but by that time the produce of 1845 and Works Clauses Bill, severally passed through committee. Madrid papers of the 19th and 20th have a
1846 would be exhausted, and we should he dependent --_,..„—.. Marquess de Viluma has resigned the pres
upon the produce of the harvest of 1837. The debt would HOUSE OF LORDS.=-Fnerto. senate ; his successor has not been appoii
not be permanent, because a considerable portion was to The royal assent was given by commission to the Act names of General Serrano and M. Armero ha
be paid out of the property of Ireland.—(A laugh,) The for the Relief of Destitute Persons in Ireland. tioned for that high post.
next question was, whether the loan ought to be ammo_ ' Lord STANLEY suggested that as it would be some time Advices were received at Madrid on the if
panied by increased taxation. He was unwilling to add before they could have any business of importance from cessfnl incursion of a band of Carlists, um
this amount to the debt without taking means for its the Commons, and the business of the upper house get- mand of the Cabecillas, and other leaders, I
extinction, but he thought that during the present year it ting on slowly, they should commence some measures Cervera, in Catalonia. 'They surprised and
would be unfortunate to attempt any change in taxa- there instead of waiting for them to come from the Corn- garrison, and killed one and wounded anoth(
time The present year was an exception to all others. mons. - - - . guard, making the remainder prisoners. Ad
If we had a good harvest there would be no necessity for The Marquis of LANSDOWNE referred to the session of five hours in the city they evacuated it, car
further advances :if it should be bad, it would be neces- 1845, and in comparing the first six weeks with those of treasure. It was reported that cries of
miry to make a further demand on the country for the the present session, he found that much less business had Charles VI. and the constitution of 1812" es
assistance of Ireland ; and therefore he thought it better been done then than now, yet at that time Lord Stanley Other letters state that the Queen 31
to postpone the question of the imposition of additional had paired off during the whole of that time. More work probably retire to France ere long. A form
taxation. Besides, next year it would be necessary to had been done during the first six weeks of the present had been formed against her, in which were 1
deal with the income-tax ; and it would be unwise to session than during the corresponding period of many his family. Every moment the state of of
attempt to prejudge in what manner parliament—a new previous sessions. coming more and more complicated. Shout
parliament perhaps—might choose to deal with that tax. Lord BROUGHAM remarked that the complaint was Mother be obliged to withdraw (and nothing
He therefore thought it best to leave the whole question made annually, and for that reason it should be redresed. more likely, from the means employed so to
open till next session. He calculated on a surplus of The Earl of WICKLow complained that the bill for a violent explosion would, it was expected,
£489,000 of ordinary revenue over expenditure. He making advances to the Irish landlords had been so sue. There is superadded a report of a certa
calculated he could borrow the £8,000,000 at 3' per cent., worked up with the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill that they standing between the Queen and her royal a
the interest of which would be.£280,000 • but then he . had become one and the same, and must pass or be
1 1 A il _1 __'ill . . . '. '

calculated he should have to raise the interest of Exche-
quer-bills. The interest at present was 14d. a day, and
he proposed to raise it to 2d., which would amount to
£142,000, giving an increase of interest of £122,000, ma-
king the total ordinary expenditure £51,988,000, leaving
a surplus of £67,000. From Chinese money the next
year he should receive £450,000, but against thishe must
'place an extending expenditure of £185,000 to cover the

rejectec

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE explained the reason why
the government had so classed the two measures together.
In answer to a question from Lord Brougham, the noble
marquis said that they had every expectation of being
able to remove to the new House of Lords immediately
after Easter. -

excess or naval expenditure of the year ending sth April
last. The total of income therefore would be £52,515,000 ;
the total of expenditure £52,183,000, leaving a surplus of
£332,000. It was evident from all he had stated, that it
was not in his power to spare any revenue this year, which
was the most effective answer that he could give to those
who had urged hi-- "

Lancaster had been placed under a commission of three
members of the upper and two of the. lower house, as the
noble lord the Chancellor of the Duchy was neither an
infant, a lunatic, nor a femme courerle ? He, therefore,
wished to know the motives which induced them to esta-
blish a commission, and also what were the duties of the

:ies on tc

paper, tobacco, &
then regretted the unfortunate circumstances which had
interrupted that commercial and financial policy which
they had for some time pursued, and which, for the last
four years; had been attended with such success, and con-

appointed, but from the constitution of the duchy, which
remained as it was in the days of John of Gaunt, and had
lasted from time immemorial, it was thought advisable

lurne of poeni's

eluded with reading a statement showing the increase
which had taken place in the consumption'ef coffee, but-
ter, cheese, and currants, from 1843 and 1846 inclusive,
as Hording striking evidence of the beneficial tendency of
that policy.
The -vote for eirht millions out of the Consolidated

'should take adsice. The gentlemen who composed the
council were introduced for the better management of the
property and finances, without in any degree taking the
powers and duties of the Chancellor of the Duchy, whose
dignities and prerogatives were in no way infringed.

was agreec

lean Z.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY

HOUSE OF COMMONS—FIUDAY
Sir It. I.NoLts wished to know in what form

The Destitute Persons (Ireland) Bill, after certain
amendments had been made to it, was read a third time
and passed.
The royal assent was then given by commission to the
Distilling from Sugar Bill, the Brewing from Sugar Bill,
and other bills, which had within a few days past gone
through their various stages in the two *houses of parlia-
ment.

to purchase grain for seed would be put, and what the
opinion of the right. hon. gentleman was as to the cultiva-
tion of the soil in Ireland ?

Mr. LABOUCHERE said that he hoped the prosperity of
Ireland did not depend upon the very limited sum the
• . _.

he pur-
e eulti-

vation of the soil, it was very difficult for him to form
one, as it depended upon the assistance and good feeling
of the people of Ireland in co-operating with the govern-

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-

TUESDAY

Mr. HUME obtained a select committee to continue the
inquiry into the private business of the house, the ex-
penses attending the obtaining of all private bills, includ-
ing all the expenses of the opponents as well as of the pro-
inotera of UM, 44.- a-_:__ -0 ------ LI.

Mr. ROEBUCK moved for a committee of inquiry into►
the working of the poor law in England, and asked what
alteration they proposed 'Dakhla in it as rea-arded its ex-

.ray Limn agreed that all railway bills in the present
session be referred to the Railway Commissioners, for
their report to the houSe upon certain points, previously
to such bills being considered in committees of the house.
Mr. DUNCOMBE then moved for leave-to bring in a bill
." to repeal SO much of an act passed in the reign of "A

Sir G. GISEY said, that when the committee of inquiry
into the, conduct of the poor law commissioners _ was

commissioners had been-legal or not, and from the answer

42 1 • An act to. amend toe
t c People in England and Wales,' as makes the right
to registration in cities and boroughs conditional on the
payment of poor's rates and assessed taxes."
The 'motion was rejected by 58 to 38.
• Sir JOHN PA KIN GTON moved for leave to bring in a
bill for the more speedy trial and `Punishment of juvenile
offenders.. The object of the bill was to substitute, in
certain; cases, a summary juriAdietion_ ,se

England and Ireland: The goveinMenivrere;ep;ed to
submit to the house a plan for the working of the poor
law in Ireland.

Mr. lIUME, who was on the committee of inquiry into
the working of the poor law, was of opinion, from the
evidence that came before him, that every commission
that was held was illegal. But it was the opinion of the
house

ury, which w'a

at the inquiry into the conduct of th© commis-

•• a.. uu pi I,OII.IIIGUIV
before trial, in cases in which such imprisonment was far
niore than commensurate with the offence committed, at
the same time that it was calculated to have the very
worst effects upon the supposed culprits.

stoners should not.be gone into until it had come before
them, and then they would inquire into their conduct.
He wished an early determination as to what alteration
the government intended to make in the poor law in its
extension to Ireland.
Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN objected t- .t,~, hill now

of the bill without pledging himself, however, by so dnin-g,
to the principle involved in it. Tlie government had the
.subject under its consideration, and he trusted that they
viould receive that assistance from the honourable gentle-
man, in any measure which they might deem it proper to
Pr9pose. which he was competent to give them.
Lord Jcnsx MANNzas obtaingd leave to bring in a bill

...., Inc flu, as it
itood, being applied to irebuid, the difference being R.
great between the two countries, that what will suit the
one will not suit the other.

the opinion of the people of Ireland, and even Of the
?house, as to the extent of- the assistance they were pro-
paring 'to render to Ireland; but he would suggest at
the government should compel all parties who wcve.coa-
tlecteid with property in Ireland to reside on the-n. estexs,
7andotlo their duty at home for the next six months.
thislneans the government would ease the drain or- the
coffers of Great Britain, and'reheve the poor in a natural
and -healthy -manner.

Mr,.LAßottoriEntes opinion on the principle of
gration was the same as Mr. O'Connell's. He hoped the
hen. member: had not attributed them to the Governrauit ;-
such,o..horrible doctrine they would not entertain.. He
could assure the hon, gentleman that everything the Go-
vernment could do to meet the distress in Ireland should
be &lie to allegiate it. ile..m,,reed with the hon. member
that Ireland had a claim on Great Britain, and the Go-
vernment were, exerthag- and still would exert their power
to its:utmost-to relieve them.

Mr. KERR ark: orated the-principle of emigration until
the population of ,Ireland was reduced to what would
more nearly meet the limited quantity of provisions. The
vessels-taking-out the emigrants to return with corn.
Mr. 'WARD, in moving the. committee of supply for the
navy estimates, stated that the navy estimates this year
were -greater :than last year by £62,248. The cause of
the gradual :increase in the navy estimates was thus ex-
plained. The maritime service of England was great only
in comparison ,to other countries. The sum proposed for
the packet service alonethis .year amounts to £820,083.
There was-also a large increase for the transport service
connected with ordnance and ,convict service. • These
three _branches of expenditure will require, £1,564,948
The amount of our navy estimates is £5,996,000, and this
sum is for the' ,ddence of a country whose sole defence
was its navy, while France.votes £5,639,000 for the in-
crease of her navy, although she has a standing army of
100,000 men, and a militia of %1;000,000 more to fall back
upon, and Paris being impregnable. He was not jealous
of Prance, but when he saw-her granting money liberally
for her defence, he thought England ought not to hesitate
to support so efficient a defence as her-navy was. --
The house then went into a.committee of supply.

FOREIGN COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE

Files of papers have arrived by extraordinary express,
dated Calcutta, 7th of January; Mombay, 15th of January;
and China, 26th of December. There is no news of stir-
ring interest. India is generally healthy, with the excep-
tion of Madras, where some cholera has appeared, but
was at the latest dates on the decline. The treaty with

,uropean and five _
cavalry, and five batteries of artillery. The froth
has been strengthened; and from 14,000 to 17,00 t,
will remain to do duty. Four Sikh corps are to be raise(
to form a portion of 0, brigade that is to be uni
nor dof c ftb 'av-

wur. - Sir C. Napier has been promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant-General, and attached to the staff of India.
The Nawaub Anieer, Dot Mahomed Khan, and his two
sons, had been imprisoned at Asseerghur for their share
in the late insurrection at Bhopal. The dominions of the
Nizam were again
_in, much disorder, and fresh disturb.
ances had broken out among the Khonds of Gomsoor,
owing to the exertions of our agents to put down the
practice of sacrificing human beings.

The' Presse still continues its fierce attacks on England
and the British Ambassador. This paper charges the op-
position journals with having supported Lord Palmerstgg
against the French Government, and concludes by AR

nutting that the existing difficUlties are great, and the
more so as M. Thiers and his journals lead the British
Government to expect to obtain an advantage sooner or

may be," says the Prisse, " still it is equally serious for
Great Britain, and she suffers more from ,it than does
France."

)ortant item of intelligence received from
iris by the papers of Saturday, is the success of the
King of the Belgians
_in procuring a reconciliation be-
...

tweenM. Guizot and Lord Norrnariby. That very train.
pery quarrel is, it appears, to be settled in the way we
supposed early in the affair. M. Guizot was to explain
-v rr •

quis of Normanby would accept the explanation.
The Municipal Council of Paris voted, on Tuesday, a
sum of 600,000 f. (.0.4,090), to defray the expense incurred
by issuing tickets for bread at a reduced price to the indi-
gent poor of that capital.
C 1-, of Cassation decided, on Tuesday, that a

gyman, who had ceased for years to
till the functions,of his ministry, and had even become a
Protestant, was not justified in marrying !

The trial of the National, (Paris paper upon two seve-
ral charges connected with the Montpensier marriage, has
terminated in a signal defeat of the Government. 'At this

we sincerely rejoice ; and rejoice all t...._ more, because
every approach towards a well understood liberty of the
press in France, is an advance in the path of true consti-
tutional freedom.' The charges against the. National
were, first, an " offence against the King's peAon ; " and
secondly, for "having blamed his Majesty for the acts of
his Government, making him responsible for the same."

The first charge was not altogether unfounded; it im-
puted to Louis Philippe an eagerness to "finger the
dowry " of the Infanta, and an indifference to the honour
or welfare of France, when :either was opposed to family
aggrandizement. The second was purely of a political
character, and involved a revival of the question which
•vntroversy about ten years ago—" the

Jolley in the affair of tin

felt towards him, and the more than suspicion'that he re-
ceived his instructions from the King, where the motives,
we doubt not, that induced the jury to give a verdict of

acquittal on both counts. Under the circumstances, it
was a just and salutary verdict ; for the plaintiff did not
come into Courtt with clean hands.

Madrid papers of the 19th and 20th have arrived. The
Marquess-de Viluma has resigned the presidency of the
senate ; his successor has not been appointed, but the
names of General Serrano and M. Armero have been men-
tioned for that high post.

Advices were received at Madrid on the 19th, of a suc-
cessful incursion of a band of Carlists, under the com-
mand of the Cabecillas, and other leaders, on the city of
Cervera, in Catalonia. They surprised and dispersed the
garrison, and killed one and wounded another of the civic
r- ine f rem ners A.fter remainior

five hours in the city they evacuated it, carrying off the
treasure. It was reported that cries of Long live
Charles VI. and the constitution of 1812" were heard.

Other letters state that the Qu,_
probably retire to France ere long. A formidable cabal
had been formed against her, in which were the King and
his family. Every moment the state of affairs was be-
coming more and more complicated. Should the Queen
Mother be obliged to withdraw (and nothing was deemed
more likely, from the means employed so to decide her,)
a violerit explosion would, it was expected, instantly en-
sue. T

here is superadded a report cif a certain misunder-
between the Queen and her royal consort.

THE RIVER PLATE. -By intelligence from Buenos
Ayres we are informed that the Paraguayan ruler, Signor
Lodez, had not only issued a decree suspending hostilities
against the confederation, but- had actually disbanded his
• army.

ANTIGUA.—The ceremony of laying the corner-stone
of the parish church of St. Paul's was performed by his
Excellency James Macaulay Higginson, Esq., Governor-
in-slief, assisted by the bishop (the Right tev. Daniel
Gatewood, Davis, D.D., first bishop of the newly consti-
tuted diocese) in his office, on

anuary

On the 10th instant a grand banquet was given to Mr.
Cobden at Rome, by the Chamber of Commerce of that
capital. _ .

'mal des DWbats announces

A STIIANGE BiniomANtA.—On the Bth inst. died, at
Padua, Count Leopold Ferri, leaving a perfect unique
library, it being composed of works written by female
authors, amounting to nearly 32,000 volumes.

The Emperor orßussia has issued a decree prohibiting
conversions to any other creed than the Greco-Russian
religion. Any person abjuring that religion is to have his
property 'confiscated, and if he does not recant within a

The King of Bavaria has become so infatuated with a
Spanish dancing-girl, named Lolla Montes, that on his
desiring to create her Countess Von Starenberg, and en-
dow her with some of the Crown domains, his Ministers
have resigned, and there exists an idea of declaring him
mad. and of calling his eldest son to the throne.

There are at present probably 200,000 or more quarters
of produce, consisting principally of wheat, beans, peas

at A te.xandrin

the greatest activity reigns at the several wharfs where the
lighters receive their cargoes, thousands of camels, don-
kies; porters, Set.; all jostling with each other, and fight-
ing for precedence.

FAMINi AT MALTA.--The commercial avidity with
which all grain is 'bought up at Malta, for the wants of
surrounding countries and England, at such enormously

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month's consumption of•wheat in the place re°Ple In
the totintry are starving! ! and a respectable inhabitant of
Casal Uintd states fliktthe Door arc boiling the heads, of

clover for soup ! ! ! In England, all the ports are open for
the introduction of ffrain of
every description. The Go-

il-ig&4e.4,Oii;er;4;;:il;MOsiClii•efulc.unsequences must
ensue. - •- - • • • .
Aeritcru sudden and affecting death
of Mr. Charles Thornton
Cunningham,-- utenant-G0 vet-
nor of St. Christopher's• and of-the Leeward Islands, and
son of the Rev.- J.-N:-Cunningham, Vicar of Harrow, is
announced in 'the West Indian papers which hate. just
arrived.; It aiwears_that this gentleman had driven in

!rem the country to Basseterre, the seat m
In apparently vigorous•health and•cheerful spirits, to open
the newly-elected Houses•of Legislative. After transact-
ing some business with hispivate•geetattry, and despatch-
ing a'nOte to invite riOnie.officerS in a French ship-of-war
just come into port .to luncheon atGover- he

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