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      aage and of the number of our seamen since the itdoption of the reciprocity system , by which the ji < rour c * the Na -i g r . tion Laws had been relaxed , » roved that we had nothing to fear from still more enlarged coi ' npeJition . He would dread the results ( 0 the Royal Navy if he could be brought to bclip- ' . Ihat th ? measure before the House would »*'_ - V „' l ^• naentai to our commercial man »»* . B ) ft he ua < i Several reasons , which he der * £ e j for fcehng conirinced that such would n ^ ' oe the g , ^ He then ( briefly defended the bVd in some of its details , con-Ecumng to a great extent in what had fallen from Sir J . Graham ^ respect to the retaliation cause . : Hc was not disposed to go along with those who ( despaired 0 f receivine anv compensating advantages

      : from foreign countries . In his opinion , with tne erceptionofafew of them , corresponding advantages would he riven by the nations of Europe to those which ^ vould be conferred upon them by the repeal of the Navigation Laws . ( Hear , hear ) H & dship dislikes " atfbtiaa . " He said : lam reminded of what Sir James Graham aidm the conclusion of his speech , when he told us that we SSKwHnS &**«?» and he called upon us Stoi ^ * So to . & ritate 1 < he *? l ? d 8 of , ne 11 - The aeration ahd irritation produced by our proposed repeal of the Navigation L * ws are not very considerable , or very alarming , according to the opinions ot any one ; hut if you declare that you are about again to hnpsse a tax Xipon food , that your object is to make food dearer , and that you are not satisfied with the lew price-o ? food , there will be an

      asritaiion , and an ^ gitation'eif a very difficult character . ( Hear , hear . ) You will have the groat mass of the people discontented , who are now q « aet and contented—( ircaieal cheers from the Protectionist beaches)—whe are , 5 ntain repeat . it , now quiet and contented , aad who 'silently rejoice that they are enabled—wiiti rogard to articles both of their necessary food aca Of those slig ht comforts which they are * enabled to purchase—to purchase them at a lower rate than ,-perhaps , has beentfee case during the memorydf man in this country —( hear)—during the memory , I mean , of any one now living . ( Hear , Those who are rejoicing in this state of things , it you proclaim . " you are about again to impose a tax upon tbfiMtpsrtation of corn , weald be agitated by

      the fear -of the sufferings they may have to eadure , ofthe scarcity which by your legislation you might nttemptto-atpose them to . ( Hear . ) And where , let me sSk , would be the bcaefit ? Many of the farmers - 'asd agriculturists are asking for a duty upon-corn . If it were a small duty upon corn an advastsge , no doubt , would foe gained to the revenue . Aqtroiective duty , effective in the opinion of the formers , would not he a sain to theaa , and they wouSd'be as dissatisfied as they now are . But if you were te lay on a high duty , noes any one imagine you could retain it ? ( Hear . ) Does any one believe , in Shs ;» resent state of this country , that anything like a high duty upon corn , even if you obtained a Parliament with four to « ue in its favour , and it passsdthe Ilouseof Lords without a dissentient voice —dc ' you believe such a law could be maintained ?

      ( Be & r . ) Then , sir , I ask , do not , hy the rejection of tins-bill , give a signal for fresh and renewed agitation upon the subject . ( Hear , hear . ) I , like the right hon . gentleman the member for Ripon , rejoice in the tranquillity with which we passed through a year remarkable for its revolution and convulsions in almost every country in Europe . I feelieve there were three things that contributed mainly to the tranquillity , to the confidence , to the repose , and the loyalty ¦ ofthe people . I believe the first was , attachment to the forms of our ancient institutions . I believe , in the second place , it was very much owing to the removal of those grosser abuses in the representation of the people , which were removed by the Reform Act passed under the administration of Lord "Grey . I believe , if you had had such flagrant abuses as Gatton and Old Sarum , there would have been a call for reform which would

      Lave swelled into a -cry for revolution . ( Hear , Lear . ) I believe the third reason why the people were so tranquil during the agitations of the past year was that the grievance wliich they had felt of the high price of food , caused by legislation , had been removed ; and that by the act of 184 G , you had removed all impediments , by which they could procure food as cheaply as it could be introduced from foreign countries . i ( Hear , hear . ) I believe that to these three circumstances are you indebted mainly for the position in which you stand—a position gratifying to every lover of his country , and which is conspicuous to a ^ thenatious ofthe world . ( Hear , hear . ) I ask you now to maintain that situation by the means by which you have acquired it . I ask

      you not to refuse a Teform which is pointed out by reason , which is the result of inquiry , which is in conformity with tne principles which parliament has deliberately adopted . I tell you , if , upon the other hand , you are about to pursue a course of reaction , if you induce men to think that you doubt those principles which you have already adopted , and that the shipping interest is not to be left alone as the sole protectee interest of this country , but that you are about , in favour of other interests , to restore that vicious -system—I say , then , you will be giving the signal to agitation , bf winch indeed you may he proud of having commenced the operations , but of which you will not see the end without the deepest regret and sorrow . " ( Cheers . )

      ^ Mr . Disraeli , tfrho rose a few minutes after twelve o ' clock , observed that he did so only from two considerations—first the general desire of the House to come that night to a division ; and , secondly , his own determination to occupy its time but for a very few minutes . His chief object was to express the " general feeling" with which he would give his vote upon the bill . Sir James Graham had characterised the measure as the capital which was to crown the pillar of past legislation . But if the column had disappointed all the expectations formed of it , why go to the expense , or incur the risk , of crowning it with a costly capital ? The measure was introduced last year to consummate a theory . He then believed that that theory had failed , and said so , and

      he was convinced of it now . Last year Sir James Graham had said that reaction was impossible , whereas now . he admitted that progress and reaction were in actual antagonism , and Lord John Russell was now deprecating an agitation which had been regarded as impossible , but which was now recognised as springing fromihe distresses of the farmers . If the theory , which the Mil was introduced to support , had failed , the case on which it rested was a fictitious one . Tie theory had blown up , and the case had broken down . it had certainly broken down ee far as the . colonies were concerned . The ease of Canada was a serious one , and one which had , that ni ght , been treated in a manner which would not speedflj- be forgotten . But there was

      nothing m the case of Canada that was an argument in favour of the repeal ofthe Navigation Laws , which was not equall y an argument in favour of a return to protection . And this was what they had come to at last . They were told that they might look for rebellion in Canada , unless they protected the chief interest of Canada . But what would the people of England say to this ? They would say woe to the statesman who had plucked that jewel from the British Crown . The case had not only failed as regarded the colonies , for it had also broken down , so far zs forei gn states were concerned . Lord John fiussell , had that evening called upon them to come to a settlement of the question . A settlement of what question ? A settlement of

      one ofthe many questions which he had assisted to nnsattle . The whole policy of the Whigs was to produce agitation , that-they might have the honour and glory of appeasing it They had that evening gained a great ally in Sir James Graham , and they seemed to be highly satisfied with him , Mr . Disraeli then commented upon what the Free Traders term " proaress . " He said : —We have ^ been told to-night by Sir J . Graham that he considered himself as standing between reaction and progress , and that , having to choose one , he decides m favour of progress . But progress to what ? Progress to paradise , or progress to the devil ? ( Laughter . ) The people of England do not wish to Lear any longer about this windy phrase of

      • progress . mey want to know where they are frogr esshg to . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) They want to now what you are at , what you mean to accomplish , and . then they will calmly weigh what you state , and will conclude that what they possess is more than your promises can obtain . With the disciples of progress we have arrived at that point . We want to Know what youare after . ( Laughter . ) The Manchester school of men frankly tell us what they are after . They tell us that they wiil destroy the church ; that they will destroy the landed tenure ; that t & ey wiU completely change the elective & iw , and do many other things which may be perilous or fatal « o this country ¦; but , at leasfi , from them we know what we are to expect . In their

      case we deal with manly faces , and I trust in God we shaSl defeat them . ( Cheers . ) But dilettenti disciples . of progress are very dangerous opponents . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) And I must express my regret that one co eminently practical as the right hoa . gentlema & iis determined to take his stand where he is , because ^ requires co gift of prophecy to announce at thSe moment that where he us he is likely to remain , - ( daughter . ) The right hon . gentleman the member for ¦ Ripon says that he cannot but admit that pubS ? opinion if sgainst the i & easure of the government . lie seems te hold the right of petition in great contempt . He lays , I find the members & r these outsorts voting ior the measure .

      though apparently their constituencies and the population of these- ontports" aro ^ calling upon the House to reject it . "< It ia very- possible . The ri ght hon . gentfeean says , where are the two members for Liverpool ; and the member for Glasgow ? Notwithstanding-ihe petitions from these places against the measure ; the represeritstires vote with the government . But it-may happen that members may have been elected to represent constituencies without any frank or detailed exposition of their views on particular questions having been asked for . Others have been sent to this House , as my own experience unfortunately enables me . to know , pledged to support a particular policy , and-yet when they get here , fhey have opposed it . ( Hear . )

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      As to what Sir Jair ; cg Graham had said , with res - pect to the cor ^; iaws and the challenge which he had thro- „ £ i he c ' ouid assurc the right honour-* ^ CnYlcman that ample oPP ^ " ^ . ^^ giTen hisn to vindicate the policy ^ J ™* ™^? . ^ sponsible , and &* ££ ^ J ^ E & Jin , Ft ^^ Dis ael aCp Sed that poh / and reviewed th ^ exS co ? thelastthree years : Let , e ifm nd you * also , of one statistical fact , which s true and most interesting . Take all the male o peratives inall the factories of Great Britain , bdth aault and beneath eighteen years of age , add them all up together , and the total computation will not in number amount to the number of ^ e merchant seamen of England . ( Hear , hear . ) Well , sir , the interestthereforeis a great interest . Called upon

      , , to effect this great change , let me remind-you of some circumstances that have occurred since the commencement of that term of three years which has so often been referred to as a test of political and economical truth . Since that term commenced , the poor * rates of England have increased seventeen percent . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Since that term commenced , it appears by the last returns of the property-tax , that the capital of England has been diminished more than one hundred millions . ( Hear , hear . ) Since that term commenced , it appears that the average increase in the savings-banks has diminished exactly one-half . ( Hear , hear . ) These , too , are facts ; these , too are details of great interest in the discussion of these questions . ( Hear , hear . ) Sirif this be not the handwriting on the

      , wall , I know not where kings and senates are to seek the sources of warning andadmonition . ( Hear , hear . ) Yes , there is more—I agree with the right honourable gentleman tho member for Riponthere is more at stake in your vote to-night even than the navigation code of England , preciousasmay be that prize . You can by your vote this night beat down that great statistical conspiracy that has so long tampered with the fortunes and trifled with the destinies of a great country —( cheers )—that great statistical conspiracy that comirfenced its labours by proving that the English peasant was a serf , and consistently concluded them by demonstrations that the British sailor was a sot . ( Hear , hear . ) Will

      you , by your vote to-night , commend these patriotic labours to the cordial sympathy of a grateful people ; or will you , by the recollection of your past prosperity—by the memory of your still existing power—for the sake of the most magnificent colonial empire in the world , now drifting amid the breakers—for the sake ofthe starving mechanics of Birmingham and Sheffield , —by all the wrongs of a betrayed agriculture —( hear , hear , )—by all the hopes of Ireland—will you not rather , by the vote that we are now coming to , arrive at a decision which may to-morrow smooth the careworn countenance of British toil , give faith and energy to native labour—yes , and at last administer hope to the tortured industry of a suffering empire ? ( The honourable member resumed his seat amid loud

      oheers . ) After ineffectual attempts by Mr . Campbell and Mr . MoFFATito obtain a hearing , the House divided , when the third reading was carried by 275 to 214 , showing a majority of CI . Mr . Wawn moved a clause enacting that no British ship engaged in the foreign trade , which shall have discharged its cargo at any port in the United Kingdom , shall be compelled to take a pilot on board whilst proceeding in ballast to any other port of the United Kingdom . Mr . Labouchebe opposed the clause , which was negatived . The biU then passed . On the report of the Committee on the Poor Law ( Ireland ) Rate-in-Aid ( Advance of Money ) , a little debate took p lace ; bnt the report was at length brought up and agreed to . The other orders having been disposed of , the House adjourned at a quarter to two o ' clock .

      Tuesday , April 24 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Indian Victories . — The Marquis of Lavsdowne moved that the thanks of that House be presented to the Governor-General , the Commander-in-Chief , and the officers and soldiers of the army in India , for their recent distinguished services in the Funjauh . The motion was seconded by Lord Stanlet , and was supported by the Earl of Galloway , the Duke of Wellingtox , the Duke of Richmond , and Viscount Hardinge , and was agreed to nemine contradiccnte . HOUSE OP COMMONS . —Indian War . —Sir J . C . Hobhocse moved the thanks ofthe House to the Governor-General , the Commander-in-Chief , and the Army of India .

      The Marquis of Granby seconded the motion ; which , after a conversation , in which Sir R . Peel , Sir J . W . Hogg , Sir R . H . Ingms , Mr . Hume , Mr . Gladstone , Lord John Russell , Lord Joceltn , and Mr . Mangles took part , was unanimously agreed to . Brazil and the Slave Trade . —Mr . Milker Gibson then called the attention ofthe House to the present state of our relations with Brazil , and submitted a motion for the repeal ofthe Act 8 and 9 Victoria , cap . 122 . This act , which was passed in 1845 , enabled the courts of this country to treat as

      p irates such subjects of Brazil as were found to be engaged in the slave trade . He contended that this act was a violation of the rights of an independent state , and that it was the cause of great irritation to Brazil , deranging both our political and commercial relations with that country . He was aware that the object of the act was to enforce a convention entered into by the . two countries for the suppression of the slave-trade ; but he questioned outrig ht to enforce the treaty by extending our criminal jurisdiction over the subjects , and virtually over the territory , of another state .

      Sir F , Thesiger trusted that the House would f ive no encouragement to the motion , being satised that if it adopted the course recommended it would not only destroy all the means of giving efficacy to the most important ofthe stipulations with Brazil in 1826 , tut would also exhibit a ' weakness and vacillation on the part ofthe Legislature which would not tend to enhance its character in the estimation of foreign nations . Mr . Bright said , the primary question was , whether we had power to assume an authority over Brazilian subjects which the Brazilian government could not exercise . He supported the motion . Mr . Axstey supported , and Sir E . Buxton opposed , the motion .

      Mr . Hume wished the House to consider whether the maintenance of the African squadron promoted the object in view , and whether it did any good . If the answer was in the negative , then let members recollect that the amount ofthe window tax was paid to maintain that useless squadron . The debate was continued by Mr . J . O'Con . vell , Sir R . Peel , Mr . R . Palmer , and Colonel Thompson , who opposed the motion , and Mr . Cobden who supported it . Lord Palmerston refrained from entering into the general question ofthe slave trade , further than to assure the House that it was a mistake to suppose that public opinion had changed upon that subject , and that he denied that the measures adopted to prevent the slave trade had failed . With

      respect to the motion , those who had argued against the act of 1845 had confounded international p iracy with conventional piracy . The slave trade was not piracy by the law of nations , but the two nations had agreed to treat it as piracy , and Lord Palmerston justified the act ofthe British Leg islature by which that mutual stipulation had been carried into effect . He then entered into various explanations of the policy pursued by the British government towards Brazil , and of the commercial and fiscal views ofthe latter state ; and , in conclusion , he contended that the act of 1845 was perfectly justified by the treaty of 1826 ; and that , if abolished , the question whether tho slave trade should revive or not would be solved without discussion ^ and in a manner at which the country would revolt .

      After a brief reply from Mr . Gibson , the House divided , when the motion was negatived by 137 against 34 . The other business upon tho paper was briefl y disposed of , and the House adjourned at one o ' clock .

      WEDNESDAY , April 25 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Briber * at Elections Bill . —JSir J . Pakington moved the committal of this bill . Col . Sibthorp moved that the bill be committed that day six months , characterising it as a low , paltry measure , most unjustifiably exposing members returned and their agents before the election to a set of oaths which ought never to have been suggested in relation to gentlemen . Sir G . Obey thought it hardly fair on the ' part of the hon . and gallant officer io take this course , after the principle ofthe measure had been affirmed . For himself , he was opposed to the principle ' ; and although willing to go into committee , reserved to himself the full right of opposing the details . Mr . V . Smith was sure the House wished to prevent bribery , and the title ofthe bill was speciously

      framed to catch approbation ; he was , however , too old a member to be entrapped by a mere title , and if the House should go into committee , should move that the first clause , containing the declaration , be struck oat . Lord Mahon suggested the withdrawal of the amendment , and Col . Sibthorp having consented , the House went into committee . Upon the first clause , which was the declaration to be made by a member , before taking his seat , that he had not by himself , or , with his knowledge , by any agent on his behalf , by any gift , loan , or reward , promise , agreement , bargain , or security , procured or induced , Or endeavoured to procure or mduce , any person to give his vote to him , or to forbear giving it for any other' person ; and that'he would not hereafter make any sueh gift , & c „ or discharge any such promi & . ' & e ., - ' - '• - Lord Maeok , who had voted for the second read-

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      ing ofthe bill , avowed his objection to this declaration , which was defended by Sir . F , Thesiger , who was of opinion that it was an e ^ eriment worth a trial . Sir G . Gup , on the c'Jhor hand , thought the , experiment a dangero / as one , and repeated the . objections he had Orfered so the principle of the bill at the sec / jnu reading , declaring his hei ' lcf that this p . tkmpt to deal with the evil yould he impracticable . Sir J . Pakingion , the promoter of the bill , defended the declaration , tne principle of which was precisely in accordance with that of an oath introduced into Mr . Quvwcn ' s bill of Vtm , which had been supported . hy Mr . Wilberforce , Mr . Canning , Mr . Tierney , » nd Speaker Abbot . The only means

      of putting an' end to the wholesale bribery at elections wci ' g by exciting in the minds of candidates a sense of the . danger their own character and honour incurred by sanctioning such a practice . Mr . Hume said that ne was anxious to be allowed to say a few words on this subject , because ever since he had been in parliament he had taken rather ah active part with a view to putting down bribery and corruption . He had been taunted with having brought in several bills on the subject , and he had also given his support to the noble lord at the head of tne government in his efforts in the same direction ; but still he was not ashamed to confess that his opinion had been very much altered of late , in consequence of having seen , from the

      proceedings of last session , how difficult it was to say what bribery was in all cases , some men who , he was convinced , were incapable of giving the slightest encouragement to bribery , having lost their seats in consequence of the acts of others , over whom they could have no control . ( Hear , hear . ) Thero was , in his opinion , only one way by which they could put an end to corrupt practices at elections . First , let them extend the suffrage ; and secondly , let them adopt vote by ballot . ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) In their clubs and other places honourable gentlemen made use of the ballot themselves ; and why should they not extend the same advantage generally ? The experience of voting by ballot on ' the continent of Europe during the last two years

      had , he was given to understand , proved that nothing like bribery or corruption was likely to take place under it . Mr . Newdegate considered that the effect of the declaration would be to bring all declarations into thorough contempt . Lord J . Russell , on two grounds should vote against the clause—first , because it was proposed , in consequence of the inefficiency of the oath tendered to electors , to transfer it to the candidate , and make him declare that which it was not competent for him to know ; and secondly , because of the severe penalty of total disqualification which accompanied the declaration , and which might be undeserved . Sir R . Peel was induced to object to the clause , because he conceived that it was only leading the House to take delusive securities . The right hon . baronet then proceeded to show how the provisions ofthe bill might be avoided by a clever solicitor in a small borough where he was a man of influence ,

      and who chose to take his reward in the shape of a government appointment , instead of a money pay . ment . Believing that there were many men of the highest honour and most scrupulous sense of right who would decline taking the declaration , and thinking also that its adoption would encourage bribery , by giving advantages to the dishonest candidate , he shouldvoto against it . Mr . Broiiierton admitted that it was difficult to make men honest by act of Parliament , but he thought it was necessary to show the country that they were desirous of putting down bribery . For himself , he could say he had committed no bribery , yet his election had cost him £ 4 , 000 , and he thought it would save the pockets of hon , gentlemen at any rate if the bill were passed . After some further debate the House divided , when the clause was rejected by a majority of 92 , the numbers being 54 to 146 .

      Sir John Pakingion moved that the chairman report progress . There were several clauses of the bill so intimately connected with that which had been rejected , that he must take time to consider what course he should adopt , and the House resumed . Sunday Travelling on Railways . —Mr . Locke on moving the second reading of this bill said its object was simply to compel railway companies to attach to the trains carrying the mails on Sunday a sufficient number of first and second class carriages for the accommodation of the travelling public , lie did not wish to add to the number of Sunday trains , or to the number of those employed in running them . His proposal would not require that

      additional labour should be called for on the railways . The chief application of his bill would be to Scottish railways , some of which had been closed on the Sundays . But before the introduction of railways , the travelling public of Scotland had all the accommodation on Sundays which the means and appliances of travelling then in use could afford them . Railways had always been regarded as the means of facilitating intercourse between communities . By what right , then , did railway companies in Scotland make use ofthe power confided to their hands to deprive the Scottish public ofthe accommodation which they formerly enjoyed , under a less favourable system of inter-communication ? ( Hear , hear . ) Whilst the so-called saints in that country deprived

      the people of their means of recreation and healthy exercise on Sunday , they made no scruple of making use of their own private carriages as freely as on the profane days of the week . Ho himself had counted no less than thirty two-horse carriages , and upwards of 100 one-horse vehicles , which had been employed in carrying parties to only two churches . And yet , whilst animals were thus made freely to work , and multitudes of footmen and drivers were employed about them on Sunday , the railway-train—the poor man ' s carriage , in fact—was denied to him on that day . The lion , gentleman , in illustration of the working of the absurd and tyrannical conduct of some railway companies in Scotland , cited the case in which the Duchess

      of Sutherland recentl y enacted so sad a park—a case which had justly excited the indignation of ninetenths of the community . . He then ; in order to show how the Scottish saints had managed to close for a time , the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway , explained to the House the devices to which they had resorted in order to induce parties , with views as contracted as their own , to purchase stock , so as to be enabled to vote for a new directory , to be composed , in whole or in part , of saints . They succeeded in their object—but how ? By appealing to one of the lowest motives which could actuate humanity—the love of gain . In order to work out what they conceived to be righteous , they unreservedly appealed to Mammon , by taking care to

      apprise those whom they wished to buy stock , that the stock ofthe company was then low , and that it would be a good investment , as seven per cent , had been guaranteed upon it by other powerful companies . ( Cheers and laughter . ) And—would the House believe it ?—this seven per cent was guaranteed by lines which were running trains on the Sunday ^ ( Cheers and laughter again . ) He denied the ri g ht of any railway company to put such an impediment in the way of public accommodation . Besides , he proposed this measure , not as a Sabbath-breaking , but as a Sabbath-keeping measure . It was on Sunday , when they had most money to spend , and most leisure in which to spend it , that the operatives of a place like Glasgow were most

      cooped up in close contiguity to the whisky-shops and other places of equivocal resort in the city . The consequence was , that Sunday , instead of being a holy day in Glasgow , was the most demoralised day of the week . To show that thus keeping a toilworn and numerous population pent up in a large reeking town , on the only day on which they could seek health and innocent recreation , was not a Sabbath-keeping policy , he adduced the facts , that there were 80 , 000 persons in Glasgow who never went to church , and 10 , 000 who went to bed drank every Sunday night . Those who could not be prevailed upon to go to church , were virtually sent to the whisky-shops , and scenes of the greatest demoralisation were tho consequence . ( Hear , hear , and

      cheers . ) He felt thankful for the attention with wh-eh the House had listened to the remarks which upon this , the first occasion of his addressing it , he had felt it his duty to make in moving the second reading of this bill . The present measure was called for , among others , by those who wished to put an end to the periodical discussions which took place upon this subject , and by the vast masses of working men who filled the city of Glasgow , who desired , after six days of toil , to be permitted to revisit their native home , and to spend the Sabbath in the bosom of their family , or by the fireside of their friends . He believed that granting such facilities as those sought by this , bill would tend to implant

      in those classes the higher and nobler feelings always inspired by the contemplation of those magnificent landmarks with which Scotland was adorned , andwould teach them " to look from nature up to nature ' s God . " ( Cheers . ) Mr . Cowan ( amid loud cries of " divide , " ) opposed the bill , which was aimed exclusively , at . Scotland , and stigmatised it as a needless and tyrannical measure , which , to be effectual , should go further , and interdict accommodation by post-chaises and omnibuses . This was a matter which should not be made a subject of legislation , but should be left to public opinion ; and he moved that the second reading be deferred for six months .

      Mr . M'GREooR likewise opposed the bill , as being repugnant to the traditional , social , and religious sentiments of the people of Scotland . Mr . Labouchebe , speaking for himself , and for no other member of the'Cabihet , threw a sop to the Free Church , by opposing the bill , as one which would give a shock to the religious feelings of a large section ofthe population of Scotland . If he were arailway proprietor in Scotland he should vote for Sunday travelling , but being differently situated , he did not wish to act in opposition' to an' influential body ofthe Scottish people .

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      After a few words from Mr . Plumhbe , in opposition to the bill , ,. - .., ' . ¦ . . •'"" ¦ Mr . Hume gave his cordial support to the measure which applied not onl y to Scotland but to England . His belief was that the morals of the poorer classes in Glasgow were at a lower ebb than in any other town in Great Britain ; that the only way to improve them was by education , - and being permitted to participate in innocent recreation , and not by such restrictions respecting the Sabbath as the opposcrs of the bill would establish . He would not go into the religious part of the question , but would support the bill on the parliamentary ground of affording those facilities to the public which were contemp lated by the establishment of railways . Mr . Heald opposed , and Mr . Baillie Cochrane supported the bin . After which it received the support of Mr . Pe i o and the Ofoosition of Mi * . Forbes Mackenzie . . .

      Mr . Fox Mauxe opposed it , as unnecessary , and hoped the matter would be left witi . the public opinion in ScotUnd . In his private capaciwhe wa 8 of op inion that limited accommodation shouhn , e a forded to the travelling public oh Sunday . Mr . Gumming Bruce followed in opposition to it , looking upon it as a bill to compel , hy law , the desecration of tho - Sabbath in Scotland . ( Oh , oh . ) Mr . Charter ! s also opposed the bill , and took occasion to remind the hon . member for Montrose of an old Scotch proverb , that " it was an ill bird that 'filed its ain nest . " ' . , .,, Mr . Moore said a few words in support ofthe

      Mr . Reynolds admitted the general truth of the proverb quotedJiy the hon . member for Haddington , but did not admit its application to the hon . member for Montrose —( laughter );—because he believed that , by'the vote he was about to give , he would asssist in cleansing his own nest . ( " Hear , hear , " and laughter . ) He had heard this debate with feelings of surprise , mixed with regret , —surprise , because he had hoped that the bill would have passed unanimously , and regret , because he found the opposition to it mixed up with relig ious feeling . In order to justify his vote before the countiy , but more particularly before the relig ious community which he represented , he begged to call the attention of the House to the following statement respecting the railways in that religious section- of the empire called Scotland .- ( A laugh . )

      There were sixteen railways in full operation , eight of which , to the extent of 280 miles , did , while eight more , comprising 240 miles , did not , work on Sundays . The latter , by way of distinction , he might call the religious railways . ( Laughter . ) If it was a sin to work railways on a Sunday , what were they to think of the hopes of salvation of those persons who travelled by them ? ( A laugh aid cries of "Oh ! oh ! " ) On looking to the returns , he found that 1 , 262 , 000 persons had travelled by the religious trains and 1 , 572 , 000 by the other railways . Would the House , then , allow - more than 1 , 000 , 000 of people to travel annually to a certain place which should be nameless —( laughter ) —while as many more were going to salvation ? After some further remarks , he said he could not understand how a privilege enjoyed by one part of the empire should be denied to the other . ( Hear . ) The house then divided , when the numbers

      were ;— Against ... ... >•• 131 For 122 Majority against the bill < 9 It was consequently lost . The result was received with loud cheers . On a motion for substituting certain members for others on the Smithfield Market committee , the House was counted out , a few minutes before six o ' clock .

      THURSDAY , April 26 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Relief of Destitute Poor ( Ireland ) . —Lord J . Russell moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the acts passed for the more effectual relief of the destitute poor in Ireland , and explained the alterations he proposed to make in the existing law . The most important alteration he prosed was a maximum both with respect to the rate upon separate electoral divisions , and the rate upon the aggregate divisions included in each union —a provision which , he admitted , was contrary to

      the general principle of the English Poor Law , but which was unavoidable in the peculiar circumstances of Ireland at present . He proposed that the rate should not exceed 5 s . in the pound in the year in any electoral division without subjecting the other electoral divisions in the union to contribute to the extent of 2 s . in the pound , Mr . Stafford regretted that the government should have proposed to legislate piecemeal—that they had not embraced all the objects in one bill , so that the people of Ireland might know what they had to expect

      In a speech full of violent invective Mr . Gra tt an imputed to Sir R . Peel , in his scheme for the settlement of Connaught , an apparent design to expel the Roman Catholic and substitute a Protestant population in that province . Sir R . Peel disclaimed in strong terms any such design , or any sectarian spirit in his suggestions , which , he observed , had been greatly misconceived , After some further discussion between Mr . J . O'Connell , Mr . O ' Flaheriy , and Mr . Bright , leave was given . Encumbered Estates ( Ireland ) Bill . —The Solicitor-General then moved for leave to brin g in a bill to facilitate the sale of encumbered estates in

      Ireland . The p lan proposed by the government was to deal with the difficulties ofthe subject by . means of a Commission , that should perform the functions of the Court of Chancery , without the expense and delay attendant upon its cumbrous and antiquated machinery . It was proposed that this commission should consist of three paid comniissioners , empowered to frame rules , to be submitted to and sanctioned by the Privy Council of Ireland ; to require the production of titles , and to sell property in such proportions as they deemed fit , but only when application shonld be made to them by owners or incumbrancers . It was proposed that a conveyance should be made by the commissioners , by certificate , in a short form to tlie purchaser , which shoul d he goo d against all the world , and bo the future root ofthe title .

      After some further discussion between Mr . J . Stuart , Mr . Keogh , Mr . W . P . Wood , Sir Robert Peel , Sir J . Walsh , Mr . J . O'Connell , Mr . HonsMAN , Mr . Henley , Mr . Monsell , and Mr . Bright , Leave was given to bring in the bill . The Solicitor-General , after a few words from Mr . J . Stuart and Mr . Sadleir , obtained leave also to bring in a bill to enable persons having perpetual and limited interests in land in Ireland to make grants in fee or demises for a long terms of years . This measure was brought in as an auxiliary to the Poor Law Amendment Bill . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the House adjourned . ( From our Third Edition of last week . ) Friday , April 20 .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS , —After some explanations from the Chancellor of the Exchequer upon financial matters , and from Lord Palmerston respseting Sicilian affairs , the House went into com mittee of supply , and voted certain sums on account of navy estimates , Mr . Fitzroy having withdrawn a preliminary objection to" votes on account" generally , which led to a short discussion . The Rate in Aid . —The House went into Committee on the distressed unions in Ireland , whereupon the adjourned debate upon Mr . H . Herbert ' s amendment to the motion submitted by the Chancellor ofthe Exchequer for an advance of £ 100 , 000 on the credit of the rate in aid , was resumed by Mr . Sadleir , who opposed both the motion and the amendment , regarding it as impolitic in the present state of Ireland , to lay any new tax upon that country .

      After some observations from Mr . Clements in favour of the amendment , from Mr . Rice in support of the rate in aid with some modifications , and from Mr . Scully and Colonel Dunne , who supported neither , Mr . Bankes explained his reasons for objecting to the Ministerial proposition of a rate in aid . Sir L . O'Brien follewed in opposition to the rate but ready to vote for an income tax , if the government would say , on its responsibility , that it was necessary . Mr . M'Cullagh supported the proposition of the Government , and , in doing so , took occasion to refute the statements made , on the previous

      evening , by Mr . Horsman , to whomhe paid some very equivocal compliments , and to dissect the evidence of Mr . Twisleton , on which those statements were , in some degree , based . He then , addressing himself to the general question , took a rapid survey of the present state and real wants of Ireland , expressing his conviction that no poor-law , however well digested , would alone suffice to meet the evils of that country . The present property system of Ireland had much to do with the misery which weighed upon it , and he implored the landlords , for their own as well as for their country's sake , to make those exertions for their country ' s resurrection without which no legislative remedy would avail

      Mr . Martin was in favour of the rate in aid , thinking that the time had arrived when Ireland should make a separate exertion for her own relief . Mr . Stafford treated the income-tax as the . less of two evils , especially as it would press with but little severity on a class on which the rate in aid would- weigh heavily . Mr . GrogAn was opposed , on principle , to the rate in aid , and regarded the amendment submitted by Mr . 'Herbert as a flank movement at once objectionable and uncalled for . Both would meet with his opposition . ;

      Viscount Castlereaoh was placed , by t h e course pursued by the government , in an embarrassing position . He wished the noble lord at the head ofthe government to explain what additional taxation he intended to propose for Ireland in the event of the proposition for an income-tax prevailing in the

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      House . Without such an explanation , he and others were called upon to take a leap to the dark . Lord John Russell declined giving any further explanation than had heen already offered by him to the House , , , ' ' T h e Committ ee then di vide d , and the numbers were— For the amendment ' ?„? Against it \ a Majority against ... — 48 The amendment was therefore rejected . _ The Committee then divided upon the original motion ( tor the advance of £ 100 , 000 on the credit ofthe rate in aid ) , and tho numbers were—For the motion ~ 201 Against it ... 106 Majority for —95 The other business wa « disposed of , and the House adjourned . _ ~; . . ,. __ . ^„„ , ;

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      8 THE NORTHERN STAR , April 28 , 1849 » - ^ mmm ^ ^ i ^^ sSSSSHSSS ^ smsSSSS . , sg— . . - — _ ; '"' , _ . , - ¦ ii + nn ho and I rt .

      The Journeyman Silk Knotted Branch Of No...

      THE JOURNEYMAN SILK KNOTTED BRANCH OF NOTTINGHAM . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir—I am directed by a general meeting of the jom . o . ymen employed in the Silk Knotted Branch of Not .:., g ham and its vicinity , held at the sign of the Criclfc * players , Barker-gate , Nottingham , on Saturday eve , , ™ the 21 st inst ., to acknowledgein return for £ e manner you and Mr . O'Connor have espoused- oui cause in a struggle of Right against Mig ht—a grai * f ui sense of obli g ations thus conferred upon men who are and have been labouring under a most diabolical system of oppression , arising alike from manufactuiq rs and second masters , each interested in oppress ! . ; , the sons and daughters of Labour . We do so on this occasion more paiM cularly , to alinw t . n tliA toilinnr millions of this ai . d nfhni .

      countries , who are and who are not then * tr ends . We have , sir , four papers published in Nottingivvm , weekly , to the editors of which , and to the proprie tor ofthe Ti ') n « s ( John Walter , Esq . ) , we transmitted bills in a like form as we did to Mr . O ' Connor , the proprietor of the Northern Star , without tho least good , to our knowledge , resulting therefrom , or the smallest commiseration from any of them , by way of giving our bill insertion in their papers . We have , therefore , to beg that you will continue to give insertion to our bills in your paper , when sent in time for that purpose ; by which , sir , you will confer an obligation on the workmen employed in the above branch , on whose behalf I beg to subscribe myself , Your obedient Servant , F . Beardsall , Secretary . Nottingham , April 24 , 1849 .

      Strike Of The Lace-Ankle Stockingmakers....

      STRIKE OF THE LACE-ANKLE STOCKINGMAKERS . Hucknal Torkard . — The lace-ankle stockingmakers of this village are stilt on strike . They employ themselves by fetching coal , lime , kids , < bc , for which they find a ready sale amongst the neig hbouring farmers and tradesmen , who seem to pity their deplorable condition . The farmers , grocers , butchers , and middle class generally , are rendering all the assistance in their power , to keep them from the grasp of their oppressors . On Monday , Mr . Beardall , proprietor of some like kilns , gave the turnouts ten quarters of lime , for which they found

      a ready sale ; Mr . J . White , butcher , of the village , gave forty pounds of beef to make them a supper after their hard labour ; John Gadber , Esq ., Mr . John Trueman , and others , have behaved in a most praiseworthy manner to this united class of operatives . A general subscription is about to be raised amongst their more fortunate neighbours—and , no doubt , a goodly sum will be collected—to keep them out until they gain the price they seek for . The recipients return their thanks for the handsome presents they have received from their more fortunate neighbours .

      Strike Of The Framework-Knitters In The ...

      STRIKE OF THE FRAMEWORK-KNITTERS IN THE MIDLAND COUNTIES . This important trade struck work on Wednesday week last , amounting to at least 12 , 000 hands . They have struck for the statement drawn up in 1828 , which if they gain will be about 2 s . per week . Some part of the largest hosiers in tho trade have shown a disposition to give an advance , amounting to Is . per dozen , but tho majority of the smaller houses would not comply , which has brought the workmen to the present crisis .

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      Too Cunnino by Half . —An Irish officer having lost a parcel of silk stockings , sent the bellman round to offer a reward for them , but so small a one , that a friend told him he could hardly expect to recover them . "May be not ; " said Pat , "but you see Fve told him to say they ' re worsted !" The Cholera seems to have entirely disappeared from England , but still continues to linger in Scotland . Outbreaks have been recentl y reported in Stornoway , in the island of Lewes , in Inverness , Perth , and Stirling . The reports from Ireland represents it as very severe in that unhappy country . By the latest information from St . Petersburg , it appears that the disease still continues there , and has even shown signs of increase . Anv svmntom of

      this character in Russia would serve to assimilate the present with the former visitation of cholera in a very serious point of view , as threatening Europe at large with a second attack of the pestilence . It has so far followed its old track as to reappear in Paris subsequent to its occurrence in England . In France the severity has been very great in certain localities ; but every precaution has been taken by the government to prevent a panic . The announcement of the fatal cases , however , among persons of note , indicates the wide-spread influence ofthe epidemic poison . From several parts ofthe continent application has been made to the General Board of Health here for information and advice , and the notifications of the Board sent in reply have been translated for general circulation .

      To Preserve the Teeth . —When the natural enamel is destroyed , an artificial enamel should be supplied , which , being put into the cavity in a soft state , soon becomes bard , and shields the sensitive structures beneath from various causes of irritation . This is the true cure for tooth-ache , Braude ' s Enamel has already given relief to thousands . One can scarcely make inquiry in any direction without learning of those who have been permanently cured by it . Ringworms , Scorbutic Avfections , asd other Sk ™ Diseases , cored by Hollowav ' s Ointment and Pills l n the East Indies diseases of the skin are very prevalent among the native * , where Holloway ' s Ointment and Pills have been most successfully used in every variety of case . The Editor ol the MofwskiITb newspaper published an instance of a Coolie , employed in his establishment , who was ( to use his term ) , " afflicted with myriads of ringworms , which defied all the Mcerut doctors , and promised to devour the poor man before he was even under ground . Holloway's Pills and Ointment were then , as a last resource , tried , and in a month he was perfectly restored to his former healthy condition and cleanliness of gkin . "

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      CORN . MAMt-LANii Monday , April 23 . —We had a better suppl y of English wheat to-day than for some time past , and the market opened heavily for all but the best qualities , which were taken off by the millers though at barely lust Monday ' s prices ; inferior sorts were fully Is cheaper . There has been a liberal supply of foreign wheat during the past week , and having fewer country buyers to-day the trade was dull , and rather lower . In flour no alteration , For barley and malts we had not so much demand , unless for prime malting barley , which sold fully as dear . Beans and pens were in rather more request , and fine dry beans Is dearer . Having a good supply of oats coastwise , in addition to the foreign arrivals , the best samples met a slow sale at a reduction ef Gd to Is per qr . l- 'ine rye in rather more demand . Tares and cloversted almost nominal . Linseed cakes sold pretty readily . The current prices as under .

      British . —Wheat . —Esses , Suffolk , and Kent , red , 39 s to 45 s , ditto white , 40 s to 50 s , Lincoln , Xorfolk , and Yorkshire , red , 37 s to 44 s , Northumberland and Scotch , white , 37 s to 41 s , ditto red , SSs to 42 s , Devonshire and Somersetshire , red , —s to —s , ditto white — to —s , rye , 22 s to 24 s , barley , 'J 5 s to SSs . Scotch , 24 s to 28 * , Malt ordinary , —sto —s , pale 52 s to 50 s , peas , grey , new , 2 Gs to 28 s , maple 27 s t » 30 s , white , 24 s to 2 ( is , boilers ( new ) , 28 s to 30 s , beans , large , new , 21 s to 23 s , ticks 22 s to 24 s , harrow , 24 s to 27 s , pigeon , 28 s to 80 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire , feed , lGs to lils , ditto Poland and potato , 18 s to 22 s , Berwick and Scotch , 18 s to 23 s , Scotch feed , 17 s to 22 s , Irish feed , and black , 15 s to 19 s , ditto potato , 18 s to 23 s , linseed ( sowing 50 s to 52 s , rapeseed , Essex , new , £ 20 to £ 28 per last , carraway seed , Essex , new , 25 s to 23 s per cwt , rape cake , £ 4 to £ 4 10 s per ton , linseed , £ 9 10 s to £ 10 lOs-per 1 , 000 , flour per sack of 2 S 01 bs . ship , 82 s to Sis , town , 40 s to 44 s .

      Foreign . —Wheat , — Dantzig , 48 s to 50 s , Anhalt and Marks , 40 s to 45 s , ditto white , 44 s to 49 s , Pomeranian red , 40 s to 46 s , Rostock 42 s to 48 s , Danish , Holstein , and Friesland , 36 s _ to 42 s , Petersburgh , Archangel , and liiga , SSs to 42 s , Polish Odessa , 3 Gs to Me , Marianopoli , and Berdianski , 35 s to 38 s , Taganrog , 34 s to 3 Ss , Brabant and French , 38 s to 42 s . ditto white , 40 s to 44 s , Snloniea , 33 s to 3 Cs , Egyptian , 24 s to 2 « s , rye , 20 s to 23 s , barley , VVismar and llostook , 18 s to 22 s , Danish , 20 s to 23 s , Saal , 22 s to 27 s , East Friesland , 17 s to 19 s , Egyptian , 10 s to 17 s , Danube ,. 16 s to 17 s , peas , white , 24 s to 28 s , new boilers , 2 tis to 29 s , beans , horse , 20 s to 26 s , pigeon , 25 s to 29 s , Egyp-» an , 21 s to 23 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and Fjiwiland , feed and black , 14 s to 17 s , ditto , thick and brew , 17 s to 9 ng ) Kiga , Petersburg , Archangel , and Swedish , 15 s to 17 s , How . Uiiitcd States , per lDClbs ., 23 s to 25 s , Hamburg ais to 22 * . Dantzig and Stettin , 21 s to 23 s . French per 2801 bs ., 34 s to 3 b * . Duties . — Wheat , tye , barley , peas , beans , oats , and maize , Is . per quarter . 1 'lour , 4 Jd per cwt . Clovcrsecd , 5 s per cwt .

      Wednesday , April 25 th . —The supply of grain fresh in this week is very trifling , but the tvade is > , on the Whole , quiet , and prices nave a downward tendency . Arrivals this week : —Wheat—English , 960 quarters ; foreign , 1 , 100 quarters . Oats—English , 1 , 170 quarters : Irish , COO quarters ; foreign , 1 , 200 . Flour , 990 sacks .

      BREAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are frotn 6 id to 7 d : of household ditto , 5 d to Cd per 4 ttis . loaf .

      CATTLE . Smithfield , Monday , April 23 . —The number of forei gnbeasts in to-day ' s market was limited , and of very middling quality ; that of sheep and calves was slightly on the increase . Sales were with difficulty eflected , at considerably reduced prices . An immense supply of home-fed beasts , even the time of year considered , was on offer this morning—it exceeding 4 , 008 head , in admirable condition . Although the attendance of buyers was tolerably good , the beef trade , owing to the heavy supply—it amounting to more than 1 , 000 head above that exhibited at the corresponding period in 1848—and the unfavourable state of the iveather for slaughtering , was excessively dull , at a decline ia the quotations of 2 d bei-Sibs . The extreme value of the best

      Scots was 3 s Cd per Bibs . At the close ot the market large numbers of stock were turned out unsold . There was a very extensive increase in the numbers of sheep , and which far exceeded the wants of the butchers . All breeds meet an unusually heavy sales , and prices receded quite 14 per Ulbs . The best old Downs , iu the wool sold with difficulty at only 4 s and out ofthe wool at 3 s 4 d | per 81 bs . There were about 10 , 000 sheep in the market more thuu at the same time last year . We had a fair demand for lambs , and prices were fairly supported . The arrival from the Isle of Wight comprised 135 head of sheep and lambs . In calves exceedingly little business was transacted , at a fall in the currency of 2 d per Slbs . Pigs were very dull , and in some instances prices ruled somewhat lower than last

      week . Head of Cattle at Smithfield . Beasts .. .. 4 , 3491 Calves .. .. 132 Sheep .. .. 25 , 320 1 Pigs 240

      Price per stone of Slbs . ( sinking the offal ) Beef .. 2 s 2 d to 3 s 6 d ( Veal .. 3 s 2 d to 4 s 2 a Mutton .. 2 s ( id .. 4 s 0 d [ Pork .. 3 2 .. 1 2 > Lambs .. .. 5 s Od to 6 s Od . Per Slbs . by the carcase . Newgate and Leadexhall , Monday , April 23 . —Inferioi beef , 2 s 2 d to 2 s 4 d ; middling ditto , 2 s Gd to 2 s 8 d ; prime large , 2 s iOd to 3 s Od ; prime small , 3 s 2 d to 3 s 4 d ; large pork , 3 s Od to 8 s 6 'd ; inferior mutton , 2 s 4 d to 2 s (> d ; middling ditto , 2 s IOd to 3 s 4 d ; prime ditto , 3 s Cd to 3 s 8 d ; veal , 3 s 4 d to 4 s 2 d ; small pork , 3 s 8 d to 4 s 2 d ; lambs , 4 s IOd to 5 s IOd .

      PROVISIONS , Londos , Monday . —Since our last wc have experienced a steady demand for butter—Irish at prices varying from 50 s to 70 s , and foreign at from 50 s to SSs per cwt , according to kind and quality . For Irish bacon the demand was good ; supplies small ; prices from 52 s to 60 s per cwt . Hams rather more saleable at 60 s to 72 s per cwt , and lard at 50 s to COs in bladders , and in kegs at 40 s to 44 s per cwr . American produce sold well ; singed bacon at 42 s to 45 s . Short middles rib in at 40 s to 42 s ; long boneless , 41 s to 43 s ; tierces , 40 s to 42 s per cwt . English Butter Market , April 23 . —The cold weather of the past week has kept the price of our best Dorset butter tolerably steady ; but as , from this cause , the quality has generally come of a poor and dry description , much ol the supply is left over , and will come to a bad end . With milder weather , we look for a serious reduction in prices . Dorset , fine new , 94 s to 90 s per cwt ; ditto , middling , 70 s to 80 s ; ditto , old , nominal ; fresh Buckinghamshire , Us to 12 s per dozen ; ditto , West Country , 8 s to 10 s .

      FRUIT AND VEGETABLES . Covent Garden . —Notwithstanding the severity of the weather , the market continues to be well supplied with vegetables and fruit , but trade is very dull . Pine apples arc suflicient fpr the demand . Hothouse grapes are very good , and more plentiful . Nuts in general are sufficient for the demand . Oranges and lemons are plentiful . Amongst vegetables , young turnips may be obtained at Ss a bunch , and carrots at Is Cd ; cauliflowers and broccoli , sufficient for the demand . Asparagus , French beans , rhubarb , and seakale , are plentiful . Potatoes remain stationary . Xew potatoes from Cornwall fetch Is per lb . Lettuces and other salading are suflicient for the demand . Mushrooms are plentiful . Cut flowers consist of heaths , pelargoniums , camellias , gardenias , tulips , hyacinths , cinerarias , tropaeo lums , fuchsias , and roses .

      POTATOES . SoimnvARK Waterside , April 23 . —We have had manj fresh arrivals since our last report , from Yorkshire , Sectland , and the continent ; all of which have met a ready sale , which can only be attributed to the very cold weather , as the supply was large for the time of year . To-day the weather is much milder , and will affect the demand con . siderably . The following are this day's quotations : — Yorkshire Regents , 130 s to 180 s ; Scotch ditto , 120 s to UVs : ditto cups , 110 s to 130 s ; ditto whites , lOUs tollUs ; French wlutes , 100 s to 120 s ; Belgian , 100 s to 110 s ; Dutch , IK * to 120 s . '

      COLONIAL PRODUCE . London , Tuesday—The sugar market has been mure steady under the weight offered in public sale than was anticipated . Out of the 14 , 000 bags Mauritius offered fully 10 , 000 found buyers at about « d decline , the finer sorts being least . saleable ; 4 , 000 bags of Bengal also tad buyers at tlie same decline , the groeerv sorts being most in demand ; 2 , 000 bags Penang sold steadily at about previous rates ; 150 hhds . Barbadoes sold with spirit iu public side , 39 s to 41 s Od good to fine grocery qualities ; and 2 « 'J luiils . West India in the private contract market at about last week ' s currency ; the result showing a large day ' s business at a trifling decline . The London deliveries for home eonsumption have been very large the last two weeks , which has increased confidence in the article . Refined , steady j grocery lumps , 50 s 6 'd to 53 s . Coffee . —The public sales of 2 , 500 bags of ordinary native Ceylon went off without spirit at ( id decline ; about half only sold 31 s ; a small pile , rather superior , 31 s 6 'd : o 32 s .

      WOOL . Cut , Monday , April- 23 . —The imports of wool into Lon . dou during the past week included 1 , US 0 bales from Van Dieuien's Land , uotj from the Cape of Uood Hope , and Ui from Huenos Ayres . The market for wool is rather heavy , owing to the duller state of things in the manufactures districts . COTTOX . Liverpool , April 24 . —The market was well attended to « day , hut prices underwent no alteration . The sales wire about 4 , 000 bales , including 1 , 000 taken on speculation and for export .

      State Of Trade. Glasgow.—Cotton Wool.—We...

      STATE OF TRADE . Glasgow . —Cotton Wool . —We have had a dull ma * all this week , which dulness has been increased ' w * news , per the Canada , intimating increased supplies a ' t' »* American ports . Prices are about one-eighth lower . T !* market here is likely to suffer for some time , as tlie or * " tive power-loom workers have resolved on a strike for ® advance of wages , amounting to about ten per cent . It ^ hoped that this dispute mi ght have been accommodated but at a great meeting held the latter end of last week tW operatives determined to persevere , and , as a begin *' ( . 000 looms commenced standine idle on Monday , ami * number will he increased as tlie warning * of the work }*' expire . There is a fair demand for goods for India ; l * ; otherwise , the cotton mark « t is dull . Pig Iron .-Gf ; dulness has been the characteristic of our pig iroa m » ; during tlie week . The state of matters in the n ^ imrope , and the unfavourable advices from America , W "

      materially interfered with operations . ,. Manchistek , Tuesday . _ We are sorry to have to rep- * continuance of dull trade . Not more business , it so »* , ' has been transacte d this week as for some w « ks &" depression is the characterising feature of our miirfcet . " Danish dispute is said to be operating most inj ^ i Heavy goods are dull in the extreme , and the long < - -o » " ance of cold wintry weather has seriously i » J | ire , ,, rt spring trade , but it is hoped that tlie recent genial <*»* will be beneficial . Our foreign buyers have been < l " [! 5 active , and seem disposed to wait till the future pt » - * „ ., of continental affairs are more promising than at P ^ jir , Amongst the Indian buyers there has been a slig ht ac ^ Heckmondwike , April 23 . —There was a pretty g * % tendance of merchants in the Blanket Hall to-day , »» ,. have nothing new to report ofthe transactions i" 0 ' o 3 ket , as its general features were much the same Thursday .

      BDtTHS . , r , On the 10 th ult ., at Walsall , Mary , the wife of John ^^ bootmaker , of a son . The infant was baptised on '" inst Ernest Meagh « r Washington Luly . ( vfit-On the 25 th ult ., the wife of Andrew DeinpseV , 0 ' £ . - ton-place , Liverpool , of a son . Baptised at St . ^ . . ^ t Church on the 22 nd inst ., Thomas feargus u < - Dempsey . ¦ ^

      Printed By William Kider, Of Wo. 5, Macclesflo}*^ In Tho Parish Of St. Anne, Westminster, At T»«;_/,,. City

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 28, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_28041849/page/8/