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      MONDAY March , 18 th . . HOUSE OF LORDS . _—Forgm _Railway _Rrtubss . —Earl Granvillb . pursuant to notice , moved that Mr . C . D . L . Nash be called . to the bar . Mr . Nash , having appeared , stated in answer to . ? questions from Earl _GRASVttLTi _, Lord Bbotjohau , Lord Beaumont , and other noble lords , that he was a parliamentary agent ; that he delivered a certain return connected with the Waterford , Wexford , Wicklow , and Dublin railway to the railway board . He was ionorary secretary to a body ofthe shareholdere . An order had been made in March last for the return which had not been complied with , and ahout

      Christmas he wrote to the commissioners stating that he had the means of furnishing the information required . He saw an order of the house on the subject , made in May , 1816 , at the Private Bill-office , of which he made a literal _c-py . He wrote the words , * " Courtown , chairman , ' * ia the copy which he presented , without for a moment intending to imitate Lord Courtown ' s handwriting . He had no _authority to put in the original documents without the -order of parliament , and he considered the house would be aware of that fact . A copy similar to that ¦ which he had sent to the railway board had been exhibited to Lord Courtown _' s solicitors in legal pro--ceedings which were pending , and they had admitted it to be correct .

      Lord _BaouGH au understood that the original document said to haye been copied in the Private Billoffice had never since heen seen . Mr . Nash said he had merely copied it . He did act lake the original , and no onte had ever applied to Aim for it . Mr . Nash was then ordered to withdraw . On the motion of Earl Gkanyihe , the examination was directed to be printed , and Mr . Nash was -ordered to attend at the bar again on Friday . _Appellate Jurisdiction of the House , and of the Judicial Committee . —Lord Brougham called the attention of their Lordships to the

      constitution of the House of Lords and the Judicial Committee ofthe Privy Council as Courts of Appeal from -the decisions of onr colonial tribunals , and quoted a number of statistics to show their inadequacy to these duties . He praised the education now given at the East India College at Haileybnry , and impressed _upon the government the importance of selecting highly qualified judges for our colonial possessions , strongly condemning the paltry salaries of judicial functionaries there , and ihe miserable policy which , by paying them insufficiently and refusing them retiring pensions , prevented the best lawyers from acceptin- ; these appointments . He concluded by moving a series of resolutions in accordance with his speech .

      The resolutions were laid npon the table and ordered to be printeJ . _Sundat Labour in the Post Office .--A short conversation took place in answer to a question from the Earl of _MALMESBtrar , in reply to which the Marquis of Clanricardk deprecated the proposed non-transmission ofthe mails on Sunday , and stated -that he was about to place returns npon the table which would show how much dimunition had taken place in the amount of Post-office labour on Sundays inconsequence ofthe recent alterations . After disposing of some other business , their lord--ships adjourned .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The Gorham Cask . —Split is the Church . — -Mr . Hume , desired to know what notice the government intended to take of the protest of the Rev . G . A . Desibox . impugning the judgment of Her Majesty in Council in the case of * ' Gobham v . the Bishop of Exetbb , " and denying the supremacy of the Crown as head of the Established Church . Lord J . Russell , in reply , observed that he thought the rev . gentleman was mistaken ; that the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council had acted entirely within the scope of their jurisdiction , and , _^ moreover , that he believed their decision in the matter had given great satisfaction . With respect to the intentions of tbe _government , he said , he though it might appear hereafter necessary to adopt some measure , he shonld be most reluctant to take any step against men eatertainingconscientious opinions upon this question , and wbich might tend to disturb still farther the harmony of the Church .

      _HusGABUX Refugees . —Mr . _OsBOEXi * asked the . Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs _, whether the government of this country , or our Ambassador at Constantinople , were parties , by advice or _othsrwise , to the conduct of the Turkish government in condemning Kossuth and the other Hungarian refugees in Turkey to banishment and confinement in the interior of Asia Minor ? And , if the British go-Ternment had not been a party to the most unjustifiable proceeding , then he wished to ask whether the British government lad made any remonstrance to the Porte on the subject ?

      Lord Palmerston , in answer to the question of the hon . gentleman , whether Her Majesty ' s government had been a party to the transportation ofthe Hungarian refugees , said , that Her Majesty ' s government had only so far interfered as having , through Her Majesty ' s Ambassador at Constantinople , recommended to the Porte to make the detention of those persons , —if the Porte considered itself bound by its engagements with Austra to detain them at all , — -for as short a time as was consistent with those engagements ; and in the meantime to render their detention as little irksome and inconvenient as possible . lie had no difficulty in saying , as Ms own opinion , that it would have been desirable if the Porte could have set them at liberty , and not detained them at all . It was not for Her Majesty ' s government to judge what were

      . the engagements aud communications entered into by the Porte with the government of Austria ; hut , taking a broad view of the matter , it would have seemed that if the Porte had felt itself at liberty to act fully and freely , that engagement wliich the Porte was hound to fulfil—namely , preventing the Turkish territory from being the scene of intrigue for the purpose of disturbing the tranquillity of its neighbours , would have heen accomplished by removing altogether from the Turkish territory those persons on whom the Austrian government looked with anxiety and jealousy ; but the Porte was the only judge of what , it * engagements compelled it to do , aad the advice which Her Majesty ' s government had g iven was that which he had stated in the beginning of his replv . . The Consolidated Fund ( £ 8 , 000 , 000 ) Bill was then read a third time .

      On the order of the day for the house resolving into committee en the Stamp Duties , The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved the formal resolution on which to found a hill fov carrying into effect the modification ofthe stamp duties pn certain legal instruments referred to in his financial sratement on Friday . He observed that a general revision of the stamp duties had been under the consideration of different governments for many years past , hut they had been deterred hv its

      difficulty from undertaking the task . He had , therefore , thought it advisable to take up the subject piecemeal , and give as ' mueh relief as he could . The principle he proposed to adopt witu respect to the stamp duties he intended to deal with was , as nearly as might be , that of an ad valorem duty . Sir C . "Wood then explained the scale of reductions proposed to he made by him in the duties upon mortgages or bonds , conveyances and transfers , and leases respectively . He recommended that " the discussion of the details ofthe measure

      should be postponed until the committee upon the bill . This suggestion was adopted , and , after a few desultory remarks from some members , the resolution was agreed to , aud reported . Dbaixage a- _"o > Laxd Improvement . —The house then -vTeDi into Committee on Drainage ; when The Ceancellok of the Exchequer moved a similar resolution , authorising the Lords ofthe Treasury to advance £ 3 , 000 , 000 for drainage and the improvement of landed property in Great Britain and Ireland . After a short discussion upon incidental topics , chiefly amongst Irish members , the resolution was agreed te , and reported . _Fkaschise is Ireland . —Thc house then went into committee again upon the Parliamentarv Voters , Ac . ( _Ireland ) Bill . Some progress was made through the clauses , when

      " Mr . Faoas moved a proviso designed to save from possible disfranchisement by the new hill certain voters who held their qualification under the existing acts . - After a prolonged discussion , the committee divided—For Mr . Pagan ' s amendment ... 38 Against ... * 80 Majority 42 A second division took p lace on the l-5 th clause , -on an amendment moved by Sir R . _"Ferguso _** , which was negatived by a majority of 103-445 against 42 . Clauses 16 to 19 being struck out , Clause 20 , Mr . _Fbesch moved an amendment to prevent changes of residence operating by way of disqualification . .... . A long discussion was closed by a division , in which tha amendment was lost hy IM votes

      against 07 . Clauses up to 37 being passed , after a . variety of amendments had formed the subject of a long and minute discussion , the further progress of . the committee was postponed until Thursday , the 11 th of April . ' The house resumed ( at a quarter past twelve . O ' elock ) . when the-Mutiny Bill , the Marine Mutiny Bill , and the Fees Bill ( Court of Common Pleas ) , were read a second time . ; The School Districts Contributions Bill was passed through committee . . Ihe _Chancellor of the Exchequer obtained ' ¦ _" ? _£ _? - S *¦ "• * a bUl _<» _vepeal the dutv on bricks . -The remaining business in the papers _' beiu ** summarily disposed of , the house rose at one o ' clock . DES 1 ) AMarch

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      wished to oall attention to a subject of which he had fiyen notice , ; namely , to ask a question ' upon which e could found a motion for a copy of the . commission for the management of the Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations in 1851 . This was a mere matter of course—no objection could be made to such a motion , and of ceurse he should not say anything upon it ; but he wished to guard against its being supposed that he desired to make any remark upon this subject in a spirit of hostility , or to say anything against this great exhibition , which it was said was to be an exhibition of all nations . He hoped it would be so , but that the manufacturers and agriculturists of England would keep their proper proportion . De knew that there would be af-TPntflnnkinrr from other nations ; and whether

      it would be held in Hyde Park—which he hoped it would not be—or in the Regent ' s Park , or—where he should prefer seeing it—in the Victoria Park , at the east end ofthe town , he could not but bear his testimony to the disinterested patriotism of the manufacturing and trading classes who have come forward with the purest patriotism , and the greatest love to their customers , to support an exhibition which must inevitably reduce the prices of all the goods in which they dealt . It completely relieves them from the reproach of selfishness , which had been brought against them by that illustrious individual , the author of " The Wealth of Nations , " Adam Smith , when he said that nothing could be more mean , narrow , and contracted than the views entertained by the manufacturers and traders in

      general , forming a contrast to the liberality , tlie quiescence , and abandonment ef self-interest shown by the agriculturists . He objected to placiisg such a *< tubercle " on one ofthe lungs of London . The west end would be deserted by the fashionable part of society . __ The Earl of Cabusle could not give any information respecting the proceedings of the commission , as he did not belong to it ; and all he could state was that a communication had beea made from the commissioners , requesting that a certain portion of Hyde Park , which it was supposed could be assigned with the least interference with the public convenience , should be granted for the erection of the necessary buildings for the great exhibition . He had no doubt ( as Lord Brougham had said ) that all nations would nock to it , and there was at present no building large enough for so great a purpose . Upon receiving this communication from the

      commissioners , anal knowing that it had the full consent of the Sovereign , the department to which he belonged did not feel it right to put any obstruction in the way . Such a building , no doubt , for a limited period , must interfere with the lungs of the metropolis , as the Parks have been called ; but he did not know why they should be more tender of the aristocratic lungs in the west end than of those which existed in another part of the metropolis . ( Hear , hear . ) The open area of Hyde Park contained 270 acres , and Regent ' s Park 200 acres . The Victoria Park was smaller than either , and was situated in the most densely-populated locality in tho whole metropolis . ( Hear , hear . ) Moreover , he did not think a proposition to block np a space which had been so recently opened for the recreation of the inhabitants of the east end of London could be made , with good grace , to the public . ( Hear , hear . ) Lord Brouoham . —What is the extent of the Victoria Park ?

      The Earl of Cablisle . —About 190 acres . It should also be borne in mind that such an inconvenience would fall less heavily on the upper than on the lower classes , because the former had greater opportunities of _getting into the fresh air than the working population . ( Hear , hear . ) Lord Brougham certainly did not know that the " victoria Park was so much smaller than the others , and , in a commercial point of view , he had thought it would be the best situation for the exhibition . He wished to know whether the building was to be merely temporary or not ? The Earl of Carlisle understood that it was to be only for that one year . Lord Brougham . —Then it will be a very expensive proceeding . Here the matter dropped .

      The _Joubxetmei * _Taixohs op Lonbon . —Earl Waloegrave called the attention of her Majesty's Ministers to the case of the journeymen tailors in the metropolis , as regarded the contracts for the supply of clothing to the Custom-house , Ordnance , police , and navy of the country ; but , although his lordship spoke for more than half an hour , scarcely one whole sentence of his speech was audible in the gallery . So far as he was understood , the noble lord described the wretched condition of the journeymen tailors of the metropolis , and especially of those who were employed by the middlemen who

      undertook the execution of portions of tbe government contracts . He believed that such scenes of distress mi g ht be witnessed among this class of persons as their lordships could scarcely conceive of , for their earnings were so small as to enable them with difficulty to pay fortheir lodgings , leaving them scarcely any thing for board and clothing . He trusted the government would take the case of the journeymen tailors into its consideration , especially of those employed in the execution of government contracts , and see if something could not be done for their relief .

      The Earl of Mouxicashell agreed with his noble friend that the case of the journeymen tailors in this metropolis was most deplorable , and could only be paralleled by the state of the unfortunate needlewomen . There was also a great deal of distress among the journeymen shoemakers , but the subject was not an easy one upon which to legislate , particularly with regard to a limitation in the number of hours of labour . The suffering among these classeB of operatives was attributable to two causes—to over-population , in the first place , and , in the next pface , it was greatly attributable to the effects of free trade . The further operation of these two causes would be tbat a greater number of persons would go to Jews such as Moses , and that people , paying more regard to their pockets than to their position in life , would he tempted to deal with persons of that kind . The next thing would he , that servants' wages would come down , and then how would they be able to provide for their wives and children he did not know .

      The Marquis of Lassdowse regretted the distress which existed among the class of operatives to whose case the noble earl had called the attention of the house . But , as the noble earl had thought proper to call the attention ofthe government to the subject , and had assumed that they had some means of ameliorating the condition of these persons , he must trouble the house for a few moments . He was far from saying that the journeymen tailors were not as deserving the attention of Parliament and ofthe Government as any other body of men , * but , at the same time , let not the noble earl flatter himself that it would be possible for Parliament or the Government , in opposition to all the laws that regulated demand and supply , to ameliorate the condition of the journeymen tailors by preventing the persons who _employed them from taking advantage ofthe depression which might exist in

      this particular trade . The noble lord said it was in the power ofthe Government , by putting an end to the present system of contracts , to ameliorate the condition of the journeymen _tailorB . But the whole plan of supplying the _' _publi-j departments of this country was carried on by a system of contract or competition ; and for this system it would be impossible to substitute any other , unless the government took into its own hands the supply of these articles . But this would lead to the adoption ofa standard of wages , a limitation ofthe hours of work , and eventually to a system of imposition so enormous that the expenditure ofthe country would be immeasurably increased , and it would require a whole army of operatives to carry such a system into effect , while it would be impossible to supply goods on anything like the same terms on which they were now proeured-Their lordships then adjourned .

      HOUSE OP COMMONS . — The Afbican _Blockadiko _SftUAnaoj _* . —Mr . Hun moved an address to the Crown to direct that negotiations be forthwith entered into forthe purpose of releasingtbis country from all treaty engagements with foreign states for maintaining armed vessels on the coast of Africa to suppress the traffic in slaves . He began by explaining the circumstances under which the report of the committee of 1849 was made , in order to free that report from the prejudice attempted to be raised against it on the ground that it had been carried only by the casting vote of the chairman . He then gave a brief sketch of the history of the blockade system , and remarked the coincidence of the increase of the slave trade with the coercive measures adopted under the treaties to suppress it .

      Up to 1815 'the number of negroes exportedfrom the coast of Africa was 90 , 000 ; in 1819 it amounted to 105 , 000 , and it continued to increase under circumstances of aggravated atrocity . He then read a memorandum addressed by the Duke of "Wellington to the Congress of Verona in 1822 , which declared that the slave trade was carried on to a greater extent than during any former period , and that it would have been far more consolatory to humanity , and that fewer lives would have been lost , had tho trade never been forcibly interfered with , This country , fifteen years after , made further efforts to put down the trade , by increasing thc number of cruisers , assisted by steam vessels , and by adding powers to

      search suspected vessels ; in short , no measures of coercion were neglected . The result had been _acknowledged in a letter from Lord John Russell , then Colonial -Secretary , in 1830 , to the Lords of the Treasury , in which the incalculable magnitude of the evil , the enormous expense incurred by this country , and the annual sacrifice of life were urged as arguments foi * tho adoption ot some hew preventive system . In 1840 there had been a diminution of the trade , but the causes were independent of the efforts of our squadron . That period was . one of great mercantile depression , ' which affected the slave trade as woll as legitimate commerce , and _at-that time' Cuba and Brazil were honestly engaged-in aii attempt to pre vent tbo importation of slaves ; but iii _M 3 com-

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      merce . revived , and with it , notwithstanding the exertions of our . fleet , revived all thehorrors of the slave trade . In 1842 tbe exports of slaves had sunk to 30 , 000 ,- in 1843 they rose to 55 , 000 , in-1840 to 70 , 000 , and in 1847 to 84 , 000 . The trade had since augmented to suoh a degree that in 1848 the number of slaves imported into Brazil exceeded the demand by 8 , 000 , stimulated as that demand had been by the legislation ' of the British parliament admitting Brazilian sugar to the markets of this country . Under these circumstances , slaves being cheaper in Brazil than when tho trade was unrestricted , of what value was our squadron on the coast of Africa ? We had undertaken a task to which any amount of foroe was unequal—to suppress a contraband trade

      which yielded higher gains than any other trade in the world . All experience demonstrated that no lucrative trade of this kind was ever suppressed by coercion . Sir Josiah Child , 200 years ago , said , " ho wild would give a large price for any commodity Shall obtain it by some means or other . " Every contrivance of governments , from tho Emperor Napoleon to our own Chancellors of the Exchequer , had failed to put down contraband traffic at home ; and the attempt was yet more Quixotical upon the vast and distant coast of Africa . The endeavour had already cost us twenty-five millions ,

      was maintained at a cost of - £ 700 , 000 or £ 800 , 000 per annum , and had monopolised the services of fully one-fourth the whole British navy afloat . But the system was worse than merely expensive—it was fatal , cruel , and anomalous , obliging us to use methods equally violent , inadequate , and involving a perpetual risk of war with other nations , who did not Sympathise with Our Object , while they resented our assumption of a right to interfere with their commerce . It was evident that we had been for years following an ignis fatuus , and now an attempt was to be made to tako them in again with the old exploded story , —

      '" Tis all a cheat , Yet , fooled by hope , men favour the deceit , Trust on and think to-morrow will repay , — To-morrow ' s falser than the former day , Lies more . " ( Cheers . ) He now had done . He thought he had made out his case—( hear , hear)—and he appealed to the members of that house , as guardians of the interests and prosperity of the country , ns protectors of its hononr and fame , as humane and Christian men , to pass condemnation on a cruel and delusive system , whose final doom was not distant , by supporting the motion . Mr . Baillie seconded the motion , on tho . ground that this country was really deriving , in the shape of cheap sugar from the Brazils , a profit from the

      slave trade , and that by maintaining the squadron on the coast of Africa we cast a screen of respecta bility over our conduct as receivers of stolen goods . Our failure was a melancholy and mortifying result of so much good intention , but it was not the less undeniable , and ought to stand confessed in our practical policy . Mr . W . Evans , after withdrawing an amendment of whioh he had given notice , referred to the returns of slave ships captured in various years , and argued that the service of our cruisers had not proved so unavailing as had been alleged . The expense of the ' squadron ought not to be charged entirely to the account o ? abolition , as . tho vessels were also useful in protecting our own trade on the African coast .

      Mr . _Labouchere considered that the honour of England was involved in the question . ' It waa a dereliction from our duty , and a decline from the virtues of former days for us to withdraw all protection from the Africans , and offer only the mockery ofa barren sympathy with their sufferings under the execrable traffic , which we should then leave unchecked . Economy was notto bo preferred to principle ; but even the economy that would result from a discontinuance of the squadron was much exaggerated . A legitimate , trade was growing up in Africa , which our squadron was wanted to protect . In the growth of that trade lay the main hopes of ultimate success in stopping thc traffic in slaves ; and there were results alread y apparent , amply sufficient to warrant our

      persistency in the course wc had been pursuing . The enhanced price of slaves in Cuba ( where a negro who cost £ 20 in Africa , and less than £ 7 in transport , was worth £ 100 ) proved how largely we had succeeded in restricting the commerce in that article . Africa would be plunged into the most awful horrors upon the departure of our protecting force . Much was now doing in the way of negotiation with the native chiefs to' improve the condition of the tribes on the sea coast . The establishment of Liberia ; the purchase of tho Danish forts on the Gold Coast ; and the contemplated acquisition of Gallinas , heretofore a notorious mart of the slave trade , were incidents that held out increased prospects of benefit to the negroes , and called upon us not to withdraw from the work wo had

      undertaken . Mr . Labouchere proceeded to remark on the injury and discouragement which the resolution now proposed would occasion in the British West Indies . He concluded by pointing out the distinction between the ordinary fiscal enactments against smuggling , and the efforts made in the cause of humanity to suppress the traffic in human _beinga . Mr . Grantley Berkeley stated that large steamers were how engaged in carrying slaves between Africa and Brazil , which put our sailing cruisers at defiance . To maintain our squadron was only throwing good money after bad . The only

      moral and consistent plan for reducing the slave trade was to prohibit the introduction of slave produce into this country . Captain Pechell attributed much of the apparent failure in tho efforts to suppress the slave trade to the insufficiency of the force employed , and assigned some blame to the Admiralty for their want of zeal in seconding the intentions of the government . Mr . CmsnoLM Anstey argued that the maintenance of our blockading squadron involved a recurring violation of " national and municipal laws . "

      Sir R . Inolis reduced the annual expenditure of the blockading squadron to £ 300 , 000 , half of which would be required for the protection of commerce , and asked whether the house was prepared , for this small saviug , to set at nought the solemn obligations we had contracted in the face of the world . The capture of 600 vessels by the blockading squadron had been no slight service rendered to Christian humanity . Lord H . Vane supported the motion , not on the ground of economy , but from a conviction that the treaties with Spain and Portugal had been inoperative , and that to make the blockade effectual it must be upon a vast scale . Mr . Cardwell agreed that this was a question whether we should at once and for ever surrender

      the policy of years , and with it the hope of civilizing Africa . The arguments founded upon the alledged futility of the operations of our squadron and its expense ho undertook to reiute from the evidence . He acknowledged that by a marine guard alone it was impossible to command a long line ot coast ; but there were two other agencies at worklegitimate trade and the higher influence of Christianity * , and how could these agencies continue to work if deprived of protection ? He then showed on how large an extent of the coast of Africa the slave _tradeliad ceased ; that the price of slaves had risen to Cuba through the interruption of tho trade of our cruisers , * that tho number of slaves imported into the Brazils was not regulated by the demand , but by the facilities of escaping our squadron . The

      question resolved itself into this : make the slave trade easy , and it will be easier for black , or Spanish , or Portuguese savages , to obtain better returns in human flesh than in palm oil . Finding such strong evidence of the progress of civilization and of legitimate commerce in Africa , he could not , as an honest man , take upon himself to .: paralyse the hands of those whohad been instrumental in accomplishing these changes , by consenting to withdraw our squadron , rind leave tho coasts of Africa to the horrors of priacy as well as the slave trade . Captain Peluam spoke in opposition to the motion amidst frequent manifestations of impatience . Mr . Gladstone , declaring his intention to vote in favour of the motion , observed , that it contemplated tn

      only e single treaty with France , which placed this country in a position so anomalous and preposterous as justified a motion to put an end to it . He joined with those who stigmatised the slavo trade as a detestable traffic ; but tho system of armed repression had long ago been pronounced futile by Sir F . Buxton . ; it had been condemned by Lord J . Russell and by the most responsible and credible witnesses . Was this to bo made a permanent system ? or would the house look the subject fairly in the face , and come to some decisive resolution ? The opinion of Sir C . Ilotham—who did not counsel the removal of the squadron conditionally , but absolutely- said that , if , the trade were stopped at ono place , it broke out at another . This fact invalidated the argument formed . upon the statement that parts of the coast were clear . . Had tho squadron extinguished the trade ? Ko . Had it made a progress towards its extinction ? That wns the real issue

      and Mr . Gladstone read statements of the prices of slaves , and of tho per centago of captures in successive years , contending -that the figures showed that there had been no progress , but rather a rotroirression . : Although the burden cast upon the people of . England by this charge was . not limited to £ 700 , 000 , that was not his main motive ; ho wanted to grapple with the question on thc ground of humanity and philanthropy , and he had como to tbe conclusion , from evidence of -whioh-lie ga-vo the details , that tho present system of repression did not 'diminish , but , on tho contrary , hada tendency to . increase , ' tho sum of human wretchedness . The he nJght bo asked , what other course he would suggest ? It was an indispensable condition-that . there should be ii general belief amongst other nations of our sincerity hut . having ! _passpd-tho'Sugar Duties Act" ho defied the , Government to . re-establish our . reputation for sincerity . " _y » k must repeal tbafc & ot , double ouv _uquadrop ,

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      obtain the right of search from'Franoe and America , with power to punish foreign ' crevf s ; and lastly , we must We Spam arid Brazil to fulfil their treaties Without these conditions—and . they were almost hopeless—the success of our ' squadron in Africa would be visionary ; _: ; . ; ' ; ,. , X .,.. Lord J . ' Russell said , the house was asked , at tne end ofa series of triumphs aohieved in _the-cause of humanity , to take a retrograde step , proclaiming to the world that we no longer meant to take measures against the slave trade , or to offer a substitute , thereby spreading _discouragem ' ont throu _ghout the world , in which were people admiring and imitating our example . The renunciation of our treaty with France would enable slavers to hoist the

      French flag , and tho effect of the speeches of the mover and seconder waB , *• let us have a free trade in slaves . " Lord John questioned tho correctness of Mr ; Gladstone ' s facts ; in the comparison he had made _between tho existing slave trade and that under Sir William Dolben ' s A 6 t , he had forgotten that the latter was a regulated trade . Sir Charles Hothamand Captain Matson stated that the sufferings of the slaves ' in the middle passage would be aggravated if the trade were unmolested . In the matter of economy it would bo absolutely necessary to keep up some sort of force upon the cost , for if there was a commerce which deserved protection it was that now springing up in the place of the slavo trade . The removal of

      restrictions from that trade would destroy the hope of civilising Africa , whilst it would so immensely increase the importation of slaves into Brazil that our West India islands would be unable to stand the competition . In reply to the question , what should be done to suppress the slave trade , lie said he did not despond . If the cause was good , and had gradually enlisted the nations bf the world in its favour , ho believed that it was anything but hopeless , and that nothing could destroy it but the want of moral courage on our part . —The noble lord concluded a lame speech with the following ad ] eaptandum' appeal : —He believed that nothing but utter _faint-heartedness could induce those to say that' they were unequal to cope with the great

      question of the final and permanent suppression of the slave trade . But there were other motives which he thought might influence that house in coming to a decision upon the question . This country had been blessed with great mercies during the past year . More than once they had to thank Almighty God for the dispensation of those mercies . ( Hear , hear . ) Ho owned it appeared to him that if they were now to say that the trade in man should be revived—that that unhallowed and cruel traffic against which England for fifty years had been working by the efforts ' of her greatest _statesmenandtho hands of her bestand bravest sailors—if they were to say that that traffic were now to be allowed to go free and unscathed , they would no

      longer have a right to expect theso mercies . ( Loud cheers . ) He considered that the high christian and moral character of a nation was its main source of security and strength . If that night the house were to direct the Foreign Minister of the Crown to go with a dastardly message to France—( cheers)—to give up this high and holy work , because we were no longer fitted to take the lead in the championship against the curse and crime of slavery , he thought they could no longer venture to expect a continuance of those blessings which this country had so long enjoyed . ( Great applause . ) Lord B . Grosvenor said , that during the

      twentyeight years which he had had the honour ofa seat in that house , it had been his good fortune never to have differed with his noble friend ( Lord J . Russell ) upon any essential point of policy ; but on this occasion he felt under the painful necessity of voting for the motion of the hon . member for Gateshead , on the ground that it would prevent this country from continuing to attempt the moral government of tho world upon principles which , in his understanding , were and had been condemned by the moral governor of the universe on every page ef his work . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Huix having briefly replied , The house then divided . The numbers

      were—For the motion ... ... 154 Against it ... ... ... 235 Majority 7 S The reports o l * the resolution respecting the 9 tamp duties and drainage agreed to on Monday wero brought up and received , and leave was given to bring in bills founded upon them . Factories Bill . —This bill was read a second time . Theother orders of the day were then disposed of and the house adjourned at half-past two . WEDNESDAY , March , 20 . HOUSE OF COMMONS .-The Small Tenements Rating Bill went through committee , some hours being devoted to the revision or addition of clauses .

      On the motion for the committal of the Larckzu Summart Jurisdiction Bill . Mr . Law moved a resolution for limiting the provisions of the bill as regarded punishment to offenders of ago hot exceeding sixteen years , but extending to offenders of every ago the summary power of the justices to liberate upon bail , provided the amount of the larceny _Bhould not exceed one shilling . A prolonged discussion ensued , turning chiefly on tho question how far it was prudent to remove oriminal charges out of the jurisdiction of juries . The house then divided— ' . For the amendment ... ... 124 Against ... ... ... 5 i Majority ... __ ... —70 Tho house adjourned at six o ' clock _.

      THURSDAY , March 21 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . — The Committee on tho Faciqries Bill was moved pro forma , in order to tho introduction of somo amendments , and the farther progress of the bill was proposed until alter Easter . Transfer op Landed Property . — Mr . Locke Kino moved that , considering tho complaints which in many parts of the Kingdom had proceeded from the owners and occupiers of land , and considering also tho benefits which had arisen to all other classes from recent legislation promoting Free Trade , it was expedient to adopt measures for diminishing the existing restrictions on the freo transfer of landed property , and for distributing

      such property , in cases of intestacy , according to the same rules which prevail in respect of personal property . Ho contended at some length tliat our present law of primogeniture had found its derivation under the feudal system , and was _unsuited to the present state of society . But he was not disposed to enforce the distribution of landed property among all the children , as in France , but simply to enact it in case of parental intestacy . He argued in favour of his motion from the inherent injustice of the present system , and its practical illconsequences , not only to younger children , but to the country , upon whose resources the influential their

      classes sought to cast the maiutenance of younger offspring . Mr . Ewart seconded the motion , remarking that he had himself brought in a carefully prepared bill ou the same subject fifteen years ago , and that he would place it at Mr . King ' s disposal . _Mi _* _ttJ _" KWDEOATE opposed the motion , which , he said , was an abstract proposition with an ulterior object , and was tho precursor of a comprehensive measure directed against tho title to the landed property of tho kingdom . M . Hume supported it , and adduced instances of tho mode in which the children of aristocratic fwttUies wero forced into public situations .

      Mr . Moxckton _Milnes , as a landowner , supported the motion ; but said that there waa no such thing as a "law of primogeniture ,. " but that the privileges of an eldest son were part of the manners and habits of the country . TiiE ' _* _"CnANCELLon of the ExcnEquER , though anxious to do anything which could facilitate the transfer of property , thought there were so many practical difficulties iii tho way bf thc proposition of Mr . King , that he . should feel it . lus duty to oppose a motion which could lead to no practical good . Mr . _Bmoiit aiid Sir H . Yerney having briefly supported tho motion , Mr . Locke Kino said a few words in reply , and the houso divided , when the numbers were—For tho motion 52 Against it ; 110 Majority against ...... 5 S

      _ Sir Edward _Colkurooke rose , in pursuance of notice , to move for a select committee to inquire into the rights and succession of the allied and dependent princes of India , but he had made apparently but brief progress in his address when ho became exceedingly unwell , and ultimately , at the suggestion of Sir J . C _Hobhouse , _postponad his motiou _, The Pirates' Head-money Repeal Bill and the Judgments ( Ireland ) Bill then went through committee , and thc business of the evening terminated very early , with the nomination of a comniittee on the County _ltutes and Expenditure Bill * after some angry discussion . FRIDAY . March 22 ,.

      II 0 US . G OF LORDS . — On the > subject of tho Grent _IndustrialExhibition of _lSS-I , an animated altercation arose between Lords Brougham and Stanley , which was seasoned with many piquant personalities , and scorned to afford much _aaiuscment to the fbw members present . Lord MouNTOAsiiELL , in moving for some papers relative to the emigrant ship Sobraon , recapitulated niiiny of the statements ho had already brought moro than once beforo their lordships , touching the ill-conduct of certain officers in that vessel . But , after a long discussion , the papers were refused . :

      Their Lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OF OOMMONS _.-Mr ; Bernal Osbornb gavo notice that ,, shortly after Easter , he-should bring forward a motion for assimilating , tho law in England , fHMl Wales to that now in fovea in Scot-

      Monday March, 18th.. House Of Lords.—For...

      land , as regarded the qualifications of members of parliament . ' ' _- ' ' ; * '"' " ' r / ' ' 7 ' - ¦ . ""; Australia ** Colonies . Bill . '— -The house then resol vod itself _intp committee 6 n this bill . On the second clause , enacting that the number ofthe Legislative , Council , of New South Wales may be varied ; that , there shall bo a separate Legislative Council for . Victoria , and that one-third of the members of each Council shall be appointed by the Crown , Mr . Mowatt moved the omission of the words which gave to the Crown a powor of nominatioh . The amendment was resisted by Mr . Labouchebk , on the part ofthe Government , and gave rise to a long discussion , Mr . Gladstone and Mr . Cobden being amongst its supporters / and Sir It . Pkel

      opposing it . Upon a division , the amendment was negatived by 165 against 77 . Mr . Walpole then moved the omission of the lauso , in order to substitute a provision that there should be two Chambers in each of the two colonies , namely a Legislative Counciland a Representative Assembly ; intending , if this proposition should be adopted , to movo other clauses , providing for the constitution and composition of the Chambers . Mr . Hawes opposed the amendment , and explained the reasons which had induced the government to prefer the scheme of a single to that 6 f a double Chamber for the Australian colonies . Upon a division , the amendment was negatived by 198 against 147 . The Chairman then reported progress . The house adjourned at half-past one o ' clock until Monday .

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      Wandsworth. — Ousmua Racing. ' — Jamos R...

      WANDSWORTH . — _Ousmua Racing . ' — Jamos rumor , badge No . 2 , 669 , driver for Robert Dackbam of the omnibus No . 0 , 741 , and James Pago , badge No . 9 , 689 , driver for Richard Binder of the omnibus 6 , 581 , were summoned before Mr . Beadon , < it the instance of Inspector Coleman , ofthe Clapham section of the B division of police , for furiously driving in the Wands worth-road to the danger of passengers . The omnibuses running between Wandsworth and the city have been generally proverbial ior civility and steady driving , hut some Bhort time since Mr . Binder and his foreman Dackham ( who was a man much respeoted by the Wandsworth gentlemen ) parted , and Mr . Dackham was

      supplied with the means of furnishing an omnibus and horses on his own account , and hence the opposition arose that brought about the present proceedings . —Mr . T . Fox Cross , an accountant , living at the Courland , Wandsworth-road , proved that on the evening of that day-week , about half-past seven o ' clock , he had just left his house when he heard a vehicle coming along at a tremendous rate , and presently two omnibuses passed him ; they were both " swinging" in a fearful manner , and he was so certain that Dackham ' s omnibus would turn over , that , to avoid being crushed , he ran back to his gate , Dackham ' s omnibus went three or four yards further when two of the wheels went on the path and two on the road , for about twenty-four yards ( as he had since measured ) when the coaehman fell-off ; but whether he fell between the horses or not he was . riot able to state . The horses being

      uncontrolled went on a little further at the same furious pace , when ihe omnibus turned over : had it came in collision with the other , both must have been upset , and several persons killed . There were two other persons on Dackham ' s omnibus besides the driver . He saw another person in the road who had fallen from some part ofit . There was plenty of room for Binder ' s onmibus to have passed . Both omnibuses were going at full sixteen miles an hour . At the time Dackham ' s omnibus got on the curb Binder ' s pulled up because of the s ' ereaming of the passengers . —Mr . Beaden fined Dackham ' s driver 40 s ., or one month ; and Binder ' s driver was committed for a month , but without hard labour . — On the intercession ef Mr . Gilham , Page ' s sentence , who had driven for twenty years , and bore a high character , was altered to 60 s ., or two months . —Both fines were paid .

      WESTMINSTER . —RonnERY bt a Servaxt . — Caroline Cuddeford , late a servant in the establishment of Mr . C . N . Clarke , Drayton Yilla , Brompton , was finally examined charged with plundering her employer under circumstances of an aggravated character . — The accused entered the service in October last * , shortly after which three : sovereigns were missed , at different periods , from two wardrobes . In consequence of some trifling silver money having been purloined from a dress belonging to Mrs . Ciark , on Sunday week , the police were sent for , and upon searching the prisoner ' s boxes some muslin , lace , a pair of white kid gloves , and other miscellaneous ' property , belonging to Mrs . Clarke , were discovered . The ' prisoner was then given into custody , and upon a further examination a bottle of brandy and some lace were found concealed in a petticoat near her bed . Iu thc course of searching the prisoner at the police station , she to the

      was found in possession of duplicate keys wardrobes , and upon ah inspection of . the property they contained , Mrs . Clark discovered that she had been robbed to a considerable extent , and that valuable dress lengths of velvet and satin had been entirely spoilt by pieces having been cut off them . A portion of black satin belonging to one of these was discovered amongst the things in the prisoner ' s box , and she had had the impudence to have a bonnet made up for herself , of a part of the rich velvet cut off . The keys of the wine cellar were kept in the wardrobes , and upon looking over the stock of brandy , fifteen bottles were missing . — Prisoner owned the bonnet and several of . the other articles as her own , declaring that she could prove she had bought them , and accouated for the possession of the Brandy by stating that it had been given to her while tbe cholera was about , and before she had entered Mr . Clarke's service . —She was fully committed for trial . . .-

      BO W-STREET . —Impudent Robbery , —Ann Harding was charged . with stealing a pair of blankets , ofthe' value of 12 s . —About seven o ' clock on Tuesday evening a boy ran into the shop of Mr . T . Smith , a linen draper , & c , of 227 , Tottenhamcourt-road , and told the shopman that a female had stolen somo blankets from tho board in front of the shop . One of the shopmen hastened out , and saw the prisoner just turning out ofthe road with the blankets upon her . arm . She was running , and he had to pursue her for somo distance . —Tho prisoner , in her defence , said she saw the blankets lying upon the payment in the front of the shop , and she picked them up .-Mr . Honry fully committed her for trial .

      MARYLEBONE . —Charge of _Masslauohter . — George Fox , in the employ of Mr . Rockstane , a fishmonger in an extensive way of business in Uppor Berkoley-street , was placed at the tar on the charge of having caused the death of George Gillman , a stableman in the service of the Hon . Robert Burke . —Mr . Woolf appeared for tho prisoner . —A great deal of evidence was gone into , anil it tended to show that on the previous morning , between eleven and twelve o ' clock , a dog belonging to deceased laid hold ofthe prisoner ' s trowsers ; he ( prisoner ) expressed himself with some warmth with respect to what had taken place , and some blows between the parties ensued ; there were three or four rounds of fair stand-up fighting , and in the last round

      deceased foil with hishead upon the pavement . He , however , was able to walk home , but in three or four hours afterwards he died from the injury he had received . Mr . Woolf cross-examined the witnesses , and called , highly respectable parties , to prove that thb accused was generally speaking a mild and inoffensive man . —Mr . Broughton , alter carefully reviewing the Whole ofthe evidence , came to tho conclusion that it was his duty to commit the prisoner for the manslaughter , and remanded hira till Monday next . —Bail was proffered and accepted for his being forthcoming on the day named . Sacrilege . —Three young urchins , named Rumbell , Wright , and Bolton , _tno eldest of whom was he-more than ten years of age , were charged with

      having broken into the church of St . Stephen the Martyr , Avenue-road , St . John ' s-wood , and stolen silver and copper money frorii a box which they had wrenched from the porch . The discovery of an entry having been effected was made by Brand , 199 S , who while on duty saw that a pane of glass had been taken out of one of the windows of the church , the opening thereby made being sufficiently large to admit of the introduction ot a boy . He ( the officer ) immediately made a communication to Mr . Nightingale , the clerk , and on both of them going over the sacred edifice they fousd two of tho church

      doors open ; they also discoveved in a _closet connected with the . building tho box , from which the whole of the- _contents—supgesed to amount to about fifteen shillings—had beea taken . Tho prisoners were ultimately taken _inta custody by the constable Brand , who fait satisfied _6 hat they _wi-re thoguiltiy parties .. _^ They had beGQ charged before under nearly similar circumstances , and two of them were convicted . The _juveaile delinquents were asked what they had to say ,, and each accused tlie other of _baiii « the instigator of the robbery . They admitted _ll'iving aimed , the plunder . They were all committed to Newgate for trial .

      MARLB 01 tO " tJtJH-STREET . — Extraordinary Charge . —Mr . _Reuben Amiss , tailor , 65 , Conduitstreet , _> _vns _siuamoned for an assault on Mr . James Cunningt . on _. aI gentleman of fortune , residing at No . 10 , Gloucester-place , Kentish-town . —Mr . Cunnington , an elderly gentleman , proved that he called at the defendant ' s shop to see his pephow , but could not effeot his purpose . He saw a sort of whispering going en between'the defendant- and another person . Immediately afterwards the defendant ordered hiva to leavo the shop , and sifter seizing him by the awn he drew a wot handkerchief over his nose and mouth , and turned him bv a 'forciblo push into the street . Tho handerohiet smelt as if it had contained putrid meat . ' ¦ ' ¦ ' Complainant had hardly reached _RegGrtt-stroot before ho felt an cxtraordu _naixsensatlon in his head . He partially lost his senses , ' a _* _-, d how he got ovor tho road he was unable L to tell . - Ho was put into an omnib \\ " 5 by a friend

      Wandsworth. — Ousmua Racing. ' — Jamos R...

      and when he reached home his eyes , " ' nnsn mouth were discharging " profusely .. Comni , i « _*^ felt as if he had been severely salivated nis n !'* broke out into sores on both sides , and _heha-r _? _* ill ever since . —Samuel Sandys , surgeon of Fri ?• terrace , Kentish-town , said : I have _attended * Cunhington ; professionally for about fir vears . Ho sent for me on ' the 12 th insf _" _-1 - he was suffering from slight congestion of _?•?• brain , and febrile action , oppression bf breath * fl and inflammation of the mucous membran e of' _$ nose , mouth , and eyes ; also a discharge from {¦ , _™ parts . Ho was labouring also under consider n _excueuieiid is and

      nervous . _« nose mouth much swollen . He complained of pain all over h _^ I never in my oxperience observed _svmntJL _- aggravated from the effects of cold . Any ff _i fluid applied to the nose would produce _suchT 2 toms . —Mrs . _Cunnin-jton proved that her hiwh _^ went out quite well in the morning ,- and rptl _. Dd with the appearances described . Por a *\ m l _^ husband did not appear to be in hig correct *? l Much alarm was produced by the altered aDDBi _*' of her husband . —A witness named Cha 8 declared he had never seen the complainanf" _?? _' ' worse for liquor in his lifo . —The defendant A - the charge in toto . He had no intimation _thTfl complainant intended to call at his shop _inj c could not have propared a handkerchi ef as deae V Ho denied having applied a handkerchief and _k would be able to prove that the charge _,- _* •" .: " 8 was unfounded . The case was postponed till wi _? nesday next for the production of other witness _^ "

      The Approaching Execution Op Iv, • Merri...

      THE APPROACHING EXECUTION OP _iv , MERRITT . ' _^ Fellow _Cowntrimen _, —Will yon allow this _<* tion to take place on tke mere humbu » opinisn j" " Doctor * This ease shows how the poor are treat / The fact is , that doctors have got into a rem ) mess on account of the poisons with which tl have filled the chemists ' shops , in order to ch ' the public , and now tbat they see so many cas » , , poisoning they are ready to hang a poor defence ! -., woman upon mere surmise , or opinion . Ther *> not the least proof that the poor woman intend _^ the death of her husband , or that she gave him th arsenic ; besides , he was just as likel y to die fro the opium and mercury given him by the Doctor _™ by thearsenic . Why , good God , amnio is n- > _t i ? i j i il _ii llu 10

      . _ . _ :. u . _~ . : . . « be compared with the other poisons in chemists ' shops , which are fifty times more subtle ; but wfo is nothing said about them ? Why , because i t n only the Doctors ' at present who use them . Oh no , they may poison as many as they please with ' impunity ; but wait—by-and-bye the peoplo will know as much as the Doctors about their poisonssuch as strychnine , morphia , prussic acid , tc which leave no trace behind them ; and therefo re cannot be detected , and we shall then see how mat . _ters stand—they wilf then take precious lessons from the Doctors .

      Why , fellow-countrymen , don't you remember the case of the two poor sailors , Robert Scott and Joan . Abbott , who , having taken rather too much to drink , the Doctor was called in , and he declared it to be cholera , and gave them forty drops of laudanum each every hour ; the consequence of which was , that as a matter of course they both died . But , then , don ' t you see , it was called cholera , and tho murderes escaped scot free ! . ' " Don't think that this ia not all true , fov we can tell you that the inquest was held before Mr . Baker , at tbe Duke of York , Salmens-lane , Ratcliff , and yoil will find a report of it in the Globe of the 16 th of

      October , 1848 . Well , fellow countrymen , after such cases do you think that poor Ann Merritt should be hanged on the mere opinion of any man ? There is not a tittle of evidence worth a rush against her . I therefore advise , my dear friends that on some lino evening you proceed to tlie _prfl vate residence of Sir George Grey , 14 , Eaton-place the Secretary of State fer the Home Department ' and , with stentorian voice , let us cry , " No execui tion for Ann Merritt ! ! I He is an honest man and will listen to this ; for I veril y believe that _sucl ! is the blindness of people , as regards the infamous doings of Doctors , that they would rather see this

      poor woman go guiltless to the scaffold , than que 3 tion their humbug doctrines and theories . Yours , Ac , An Englishman * .

      "Sxtbnsivb Fire At Martlbbonb.—On Thursd...

      _"Sxtbnsivb Fire at Martlbbonb . —On Thursday morning , between one and two , a fire broke out in No . 16 , Crawford-street , St . Marylebone , in the premises of Mr . John Giblett , a hosier and linendraper . In a very short time the Royal Society ' s escapes , with several-engines , attended . The _flameg by tliat timo had extended to the whole of Mr . Giblett ' s stock in the shop and also to the upper rooms . The engines were got ready to work , but by the timo water could be got , the adjoining shop , belonging to Mrs . Sarah Hodges , a milliner , became ignited , and before the least impression could be made oa tho flames , they had fired also the shop and contents belonging to Mr . G . D . Warren , a toy dealer and fancy stationer . The heat at that time was so intense that the glass in the back windows of _ITos-. 75 and f 6 , Gloucester-place , occupied severally by Mr . E . Clowes and Mr . J . F . _Arclibold , were

      cracking , and the premises were exposed to great danger . The firemen eventually succeeded in extinguishing the fire , but not until the shop and con « tents of Mr . Giblett were consumed , three rooms on the second-floor burned out , and most pavt )" the roof destroyed . The shop and stock in trade of Mrs . Hodges are also destroyed , and the furniture in two front rooms on first-floor burned . The stock in trade of Mr . Warren is also consumed , the staircase burned away , and great damage done to his furniture in the upper room . The sufferers , with one exception , are uninsured . Munificent Bequest . —The late Mr . Allan Glen , of Glasgow , has bequeathed the " greater part of his fortune , amounting to £ 20 , 000 , " for the endow _, ment of two schools at Glasgow ; one for fifty boy * , who aro to receive clothes , books , die . ; theother for an industrial school for girls ; and both to be "free from all sectarian trammels . "

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      Corx. Mark-Lane, Ilincn Is.—The Supply O...

      CORX . MARK-LANE , _ILincn IS . —The supply of wheat at market by land carriage samples from tlie near counties was again rather a short one . and the condition being good , it was readily taken off by the millers at the full prices of Montoy last- In foreign a limited amount of business was transacted at former rates . . Flour a slow sale , without alteration in value . The inquiry for barley was far from lively ; at the same time quotations are not lower . The supplies of oats are now beginning to come forward from abroad ; and , up to tlie present time , the demand lias been sufficient to _tak e off the supply , without its being found _neccssar vto submit to any decline . Beans wero ls . _cheajwr . White boiling peas were fully as dear .

      Wednesday , _AIauch 20 . —The fresh supply of Eng lish _, wheat this morning , was verjr small , Monday ' s prices , therefore , were readily obtained . In foreign there was not much business passing , but the prices were held with considerable firmness , in consequence of an _improred feeling beinf * manifest in most of tlie country markets , Barley , continues very dull , from the holders pressing sales of Foreign , ex-ship , to save lauding charges . Oats went off rather more freely , from the fresh supply being very moderate . In otherarticles there was no variation . ' Arrivals this week : — Wheat—English , 770 quarters ; foreign , 1 , 140 quarters . Barley—English , 2 , 490 quarter- ; foreign , 2 , 210 quarters . Oats—English , 1 ,-160 quarters 5 foreign , 3 , 190 quarters . Irish , — quarters . Flour—810 sacks . Richmond ( Yokkshire , ) Starch 1 G We had a tolerably supply of grain this morning . Wheat sold from 4 s 31 to 5 s Od ; oats , ls Sd to 2 s Gd ; . barley , 3 s Od to 33 _<&; beans , 4 s Od to 4 s Od per bushel .

      BREAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the-metropolis arefiw 6 d . to 7 d .-, of household ditto , _-tld . _toSid . per libs . loaf .

      _.,-. CATTLE . _Smitiu-ield , Monday , March 18 , —The arrivals ot h ? _asts and sheep from the continent into- the port of Loa ' _" > E > during the past week , has been to- a pretty fair extent , _covaprising'UG oxen , 2 H cows , 20 S calves , G 53 sheep , ail * . *» _pijrs , making a total of 1 , 529 head . The trade at Smithfield to-day was very slow for . O ver . * thing , at the prices of last week ; The supply of meat ' rather moderate than otherwise . The supply of _ilaefe oin prised 8 , 120 head ; the demand , was rather &\ uggis \* j . _"» t w > reductioa was submitted to ; prime beef _therefore- _** etit at 3 s Gd , aad inferior from 2 s . Gd per stone . Of sheep , tne supply comprised 20 , 000 head , which went off ! slowly at 4 s 2 d _ftwr Downs , and from 3 s 4 dto 3 s lOd fcv .-Polled » " Half-hreds . In veal there-was not the least change , _either in price or trade ; and gork continues stead--.- at previous _, rates .

      Inewoate and lead * -- **! - . ! . * ., Monday , _Marsli 18 . —Infcno *; beef , 2 s 8 d to 2 s lOd ; , middling ditto , 8 s 00 . to os 2 d -priraa ditto , ' 3 s 4 d to 3 s 64 j inferior mutton , 2 s . 3 d t 8 2 _sMU middling ditto , 3 s Od ; * jo . Ss' 2 d ; prime ditto _^ Ss Gd to 3 s 3 d ' * veal , 3 s 4 d to _% = . Sd ; large pork , i **} 8 d to 2 s ! 3 d ; ditto small , Ss _HUi to 4 s Od ; per Slbs . by tho carcase _*

      "POTATOES . Soothwark . Waterside , Monday . March IS . _^ I " } stock on hand ; at this market is abundant , audi . trao very dull . The following are this day ' s quotations _y-Yorkshire Regents 90 s to 100 s per ton ; Lincoln , ditto _n ' to 80 s ; Wisbech ditto 70 s to SOs ; Newcastle _dj , t . to TOiit " SOs ; Scotch ditto 70 s to 80 s * . Essex Ditto ZOs to S 0 =. Scotch Cups 50 s to GOs ; Gommou Whites .- 83 s to ! _W ' _FrenehlUttoflOs to "" 0 s ; _l * elgian 35 s to _GOajocs-ton .

      HOPS . _BoiwuGn , March 20 , —There was a steady trade doii'S _f ° fiuft coloured hops , at full as much money . COALS . Mabcii 20 . —Ships at market , 130 : sold 59 _,-Ca' ;"'" Hartley ,: i 5 s Ud ; New Tanfield . 13 s 3 d ; Walls I ' "; Northumberland , 15 s 3 d ; Walls . End Brown , IU ; '"" ' . Wjlaia , _1-is 3 d ; East Adairs _JO-iin , 12 s Gd ; Edeu " *•• ¦' * lGs 3 d ; Walls End Lambton _, 17 s ; Walls End Iletton . 17 s Gil : Wall j End Tees , 17 s 3 d ; Walls End JoH ! issu _* |«" 14 sGd ; Walls End Thomley , l « s 3 d ; Walls End W' ' ' , worth , Ws 3 d ; Walls Hnd Stewart ' s , 17 s 3 d ; Walk ' s _llartlepool , 17 s Gd * , Walls End _Cavadoc , lGs * . ft ' alls **•" Maclean Toes , lis _vd ; Cowpen Hartley , 15 s .

      Ttj Tinted B Y William Kidell, Ofno. 5. Macclesfield-?'* 6 !*

      _ttJ _tinted b y WILLIAM KIDEll , ofNo . 5 . Macclesfield- ? ' * !*

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 23, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_23031850/page/8/