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* . AM »« ari in tiie cause he was vindicating , to seek sSsKhMstM ^ SSSs ^» S ?? T ? r Sefinthe discussion had deemed it advisable to V ^ in lie ( Lord Stanley ) should confine himself fe « es " oK . eSJv before their lordship . He would notinquire ^ etW the aboli tion of the com laws was i wise measure or . not . He would rotdiscusswith the noble earl whether all the interests affected by that measure had perfect reason to be -satisfied with the range of prices £ agrumttuni produce ; or even whether any steps that might Je taken with reference to that measure wouW have the effect of rising or depressingthe | value . of g ov of agricultural produce . He should «» finehunsej as & had said , to this quesUon before the r lord
Bbips-vU ., whether upon gyj ^ TO « rf . domestic , foreign , and <^ f ** . ? S of this bUl visable now , by adopting the P >»^ i 6 m and andgivmg itasecond r ^ g to ^ aw wh . destroy utterly » J WSf fc $ been lookedupqn for 200 years , towge toasMB ^ basis of their bythe people , d ^^ Thefoundation of their naval national greatness , ana * a wn 0 generally glOry' fflffi ^^ niSwfth c ^ siderableconfidence , pronounced hi opinion as barbarous iadd ^ cterY ^ the ° « gau himself / for S Kin Ms tod aSpU n delivered by the noble Sdto " o ndemnatWoF those relations j kieh Mr Huskisson had proposed and which yet the Se Earl now applauded . Be described the extent and importance of the shipping intercst , ite peinmarr and national ereatness , all which they were bow called hastilyandwith an astonishing
upon , , want of cause shown , to put in peril . la the past , the present , or thefuture , the Ministers of theCro-vn hadshown noground whatever for so great a change . The petition from Liverpool was signed by 47 , 000 persons , three-fourths of the male population ; and Le asked whether one great shipping town had petitioned in favour of the present bill . The noble Earl had taunted them upon the machinery by which their petitions had been got up , and he was rather surprised at such a reproach from a member of her Majesty ' s government , which had taken such usual measures for securing support in their lordships House . The main argument upon which the noble ¦ Rarlrestedhiscasewasthenecessity which existedtor
repealingthese laws on behalf of thecolomes , and secondly , on accountofthedemandsofforei ^ ncouotnes . Asto the colonies , Canada , he thought , was an exceptional case , justifying the relaxation of the navigation Laws with regard to her . He could not help Inspecting the sincerity of all the anxiety which had teen expressed to meet the wishes of the colonies , and the more so that it squared so exactly with the wishes of her Majesty ' s government . He did not find that in other cases the Colonial-office opened its ears so wide to the prayers of Ifew Zealand , Australia , the Cape of Good Hope , or the West Indies . Ueadmitted that the claims of tho Canadians were peculiar , but he attributed the disadvantages oftheirnositionnottothe navigation laws , but to
the climate , which during half the year closed the St . Lawrence , and to the shortness of the passage from this conntry to Ifew York as compared with that to Quebec . The noble lord amused the House by showing that a mercantile firm , whose authority Earl Greytad appealed to in support of the bill , so far from being the advocates of British connexion , was in favour of annexation with the United States . He then having pointed out the wants of the West Indies , proceeded to the foreign view of the question . Foreign nations , in their relations with other countries would in " the main ever look to their own advantage , and under such circumstances the best plan of dealing with them was by fresh treaties made upon equitable terms . He would ask
their lordships what the result would be upon the conntry if the presentmeasure was carried and it was found to nave injuriously : affected , the conir znerc » l marine—what temptations would a merchant have to sail under a British flag at all if the navigation Laws were to be abolished ? He declared that a large number of shipowners in this country were prepared to give up * their registers and sail under a foreign flag if such au event took place . The noble lord after stating that Parliament -was gratuitously asked to destroy an important home-interest , thus concluded : You are doing it against the sense of the country . You are supporting the opinion of a majority of the House of Commons , that is dwindling down from what it
was last year ; it has been diminished to about one half , and the members of that majority , or a considerable number of them , I take leave to say , not representing the feelings and views of their constituents —( cheers )—as they will be very likely to find whenever , sooner or later , that dissolution of Parliament , to which the noble carl looks with ' such alarm , shall come . ( Cheers . ) My lords , I have to express many apologies to your lordships for -trespassing npon you at so much length . But I do bo feel the importance of this question to be decided to-night , that it was impossible for mo to have abstained from going thus through a portion of the arguments—for they are only a portion—on which the opposition to this measure is founded .
The noble earl adverted to the state of the country , ¦ andsaid "Beware hpw you raise questions—how you again raise questions between different classes of this country . " I beg leave to say that it is not ' we who are doing that—we are not those who have arrayed one class against another on this occasion , at aU events . Your lordships may exercise an independent judgment , for there is not a man amongst jou who has personally—hardly a man amongst you who personally has any pecuniary interest in the issue of the question we are now about to decide . If you are fighting for the interest of one class , you are fighting for the interest of a class with which you have no connexion . If you are fighting for their interest , it is a class
on whose support and mam prosperity depends the stability of the empire at large . It is not for the wealthy—it is for the humble labourer and mechanic { hat you are fighting . ( Cheers . ) Do not delude yourselves into the imagination that the people of this country are indifferent as to whether the commerce of the country is carried on in British or foreign ships . I have had papers put into my hands , showing me the course taken by a shi p returning , we will say , to the port of Liverpool , with a freight f £ 4 , 000 . Of that £ 4 , 000 freight , considerably above one half , say £ 2 , 500 , is forthwith distributed In wages to seamen , in provisioning the ship , in repairing or refitting , in paying dock-dues , and other expenses . About £ 1 , 300—I have heard it placed
lower , from £ 1 , 000 to £ l , o 00—may remain as profit to the British shipowner , and that profit , whatever it may be , is almost immediately and certainly reinvested in the same trade , for the employment of more British labour and more British industry . The foreign vessel comes with a similar freight—the dock-dues she pays because she cannot help it—she pays no wages , pays no labourers , she purchases no stores , she never repairs , she never refits , if she possibly can prevent it , but returns to her own country with at least £ 3 , 500 out of the £ 4 , 000 ; she quits the country without having circulated any of the money amongst British labour , whereas the British ship circulates £ 2 , 500 out of the £ 4 , 000 at the port she reaches . I say , therefore , it is not only the wealthy ,
not great national interests , but that which you have to look at in all questions of this kind , and which , in my view , is of paramount importance to the permanent national interest , namely ,-the furnishing increased , and additional means of employment for the labouring population . ( Cheers . ) .. I hold this question to be altogether separate from the question of free trade . I trust , with the noble earl , that none of those questions will be revived , or at least no animosity will arise out of the questions to which recent legislation has led . But you mistake if yon think a vote of this kind will settle this question . You much mistake if you think this is to be the end all and the be all—that the British merchant , the British shipowner , the British seaman , the
British , mechanic will be satisfied with this bill being passed by 3 bare majority of this House , under a menace sueh as I heard , and which . I , wonder the noble marquis opposite should have thought becoming in him to throw out . But , my lords , this question , I say , will not be settled by the vote of this night , unless you should happily reject this bill . It was the complaint of the greatest -general , except [ one , . of modern times , the greatest opponent this country ever had , that British troops could , not . know when they were beaten . The practical result , in the long run , we all know ; andrely upon it , that -on this question the people of this maritime country will not know when they are beaten , although they have a government ready to sacrifice-their best
in--tcresfc . " ( Ciieers . J They -will renew-the : struggle again and again—not for protection , but for the maintenance of the naval power , of the commercial arid mercantile interests of this country ; and ,- my lords , the mention of that great general , that illustrious man , makes it impossible for me to forbear 4 ) n this occasion from expressing the deep regret which I feel [ the noble lord here turned his" back on Hie gallery , and depressed hia voice]—that one who ias attached to him men staunch , with hearts devoted as ever bled under his command , and died to iaise his glory int the field , should now , while they are struggling for , the maintenance of the honour , the glory , and the existence , of the country—should now , while they are fightinfr for the principles which
I will not but beueve the noble and gallant duke in Ks own heart approves , should stfil find him , to . whom they looked up . to with admiration and ??? Pf& ~?! 3 S ? g . atot > ffrom the great battle they axe fi ghting , and throwing the weight of his ; influ-Snt ^ rt ^ S ^^^ " ? ? 01161118 - "Whatever S , » .. % and gallant duke " should talaf no SLSE ^ fT ^^ ' taVmy lords , I may . be l !^ iT * ° i W ? 8 wLat * « "wei « to be an 57 * - ' myJ , ords ' let » ot my noble and gallant . *« % «¦ , ^ ° ? We" lord persuade himself that this ^ utefato once disposed of , that war of parties which xjbw years agoJunbappUy ^ split . warm . political fcenfo-will at once , be removed arid leave ' notrace Jehad ; and . that , there TFiUfoTBo obst ^ ttf ^
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renewal of those political friendships . My lords , this cannot be . We may deplore our « £ »* " ? from those with whom it was our pride R ** WJ , ™ act ^ -wemay deplore the prevalence of principles which we think fatal and . dWrom .. But in ^ ge sskais ^ BtSS * SpgSBSrSsS XSte K »« , and lengthen that reaction , as S passing of this fatal measure ; because to the Sers-to the colonists , to the various interests Sfcelthems ^
^ IXre ^ legislation ; V will add yet another cfass and that a most important one , and onemor t £ to thenation-you will attach the shippm * interest of this country , and if they desire themselves to be protected , they , will associatethemselres with their fellow sufferers , . and combine in a united effort toobtaih that which they think to be justice . My lords , I don't desire this course ; but I tell you it will take place—naturally , necesanly will take place . I may not look with wild anxiety to the consequences of that ; but what I do look with anxiety at is the consequence of passing this measure at this tame— -repealing at once and without further consideration the whole of that great system of laws , and + w . -with scarcely from any foreign nations the
slightest assurance that they will reciprocate the advances which you are making to them , that they would even if they can—which they cannot , for they have no colonies like yours—that they wouloVafford vouany advantage similar to that they call upon you to give . I cannot but express the deep anxiety , and the deep alarm which I feel at the possible result of your lordships' legislation on this subject . I look with anxiety , for I think the fate of the country rests upon it ,-- { cheers , )—and I can only pray that that Almighty Providence which has hitherto raised this nation ; to its proud state of eminence and prosperity , and which has blessed it with unnumbered blessings , that He who , we are taught , rules the hearts of kings , and directs the councils of
legislators very often for far different ends and far different conclusions to those contemplated by those legislators themselves—that He may in this awful hour raise the country—direct your lordships' judgment and decision to that course which may be most conducive to . the safety , honour , and welfare of our sovereign and her dominions—the maintenance of the great fabric of our mercantile commercial system , most essential as it is in itself for supplying the many wants and comforts of this great people , and yet more important still , in directing , in supporting , and in upholding that maritime navy , that great force of this country in-which , under God , not the wealth alone—not the greatness , not the glory ~ but the very independence and the very existence of
this country among nations depends . ( The noble lord sat down amidst loud cheers . ) The Marquis of Lansdowne replied , commencing with great energy and vehemence by a reference to the matter which was uppermost in his mindnamely , the possibility of a turn outof the ministry . There were some observations made by the noble lord who spoke last , which called , and called emp hatically , for remark . ( Hear . } That noble lord , m the course of his speech , had made a charge against some one of menaces —( hear , hear)—yes , of menaces . ( Hear , hear . ) He now called upon that noble lord to prove them —( cheers)—to state where and in what language they had been made . ( Cheers . Yes . the noble lord said menaces . ( Loud cheering .
There was a general curiosity throughout the House to know where these menaces had been uttered , whether in public or in private—whether openly or in secret , and he ( theMarquisof Lansdowne ) was all attention to hear the solution of this extraordinary assertion . By and by he heard his own name alluded to , und he immediately perceived that this extraordinary—this unconstitutional menace was a simple declaration made by himself . ( Loud cheers ; which drowned the rest-of the sentence . ) He took upon him to say , upon his honour , that he never would have uttered it if the noble lord had not first set him the example . ( Loud cheers . ) Some days ago the noble lord came down to that House , he said , manfully , but he might have said somewhat
ostentatiously—( great cheering)—he came down to that House and declared that for the consequences ofthe vote which would be given on this measure he wa 3 prepared . ( Hear . ) On a subsequent day , he ( the Marquis of Lansdowne ) humbly ventured to state in a single sentence —( cheers)—that if the noble lord was prepared for the consequences of a victory upon this question , 'he was prepared for the consequences of a defeat . That was the unconstitutional menace unheard " of in the annals of Parliament , or , rather , that was the simple declaration which the noble lord with an excess of exaggeration had been pleased so to describe ' . ; ( Hear . ) . After the declaration made by the noble lord—unnecessarily made by the noble lord—but having made it no doubt for the purpose of influencing the votes ,
because with such an appeal to individuals as he made , some might not dare —( Cries of" Oh , oh , " from the opposition benches . ) He was in the recollection . Of the House . The noble lord said , " I hope no man willfear to do his duty . " ( Hear , and great cheenng . ) He ( the Marquis of Lansdowne ) understood , and the House understood , the meaning of these terms and the intention of it . He should have felt it a dereliction of his duty to have left the House and those . who ' honoured her Majesty ' s government with their confidence in ignorance of these menaces , and the meaning of the noble lord . After travelling over the topics introduced by various speakers , the noble lord concluded by adhering to tuebilL Their lordships then divided , when there appeared—Contents—Present 105 \ -im Proxies ... 68 | u ? 2 fon Contents—Present 119 \ icq - * Proxies 44 / 1 M Majority for the second reading ... 10 The House did not adjourn till ten minutes to five o ' clock . HOUSE OP COMMONS . —Joint-Stock Bankb . —Mr . Headum moved for leave to bring in a bill to legalise incorporated joint-stock banks , based upon the principle of a limited liability . of tho shareholders . The time , he observed , was favourable for the introduction of such a measure . Ho adverted to the social , economical , and commercial advantages attending a system of banking based upon sound principles and carried out witli ordinary caution , the evils arising from mismanagement alone ; and he described the calamities which , under the existing law , impended over small shareholders , deluded , perhaps , by a misrepresentation of , their limited liability , who might be selected at the caprice of any creditor , and rendered liable for the losses of a bank to the extent of their whole property . He enumerated various other practical mischiefs
trowing out « f the principle of unlimited responsiility , and traced the act 7 George IV ., c . 46 , to the jealousy of the Bank of England , which had since relinquished all other restrictions upon joint-stock banks , and he believed it would no longer desire the continuance of this . He then stated the nature of the provisions be proposed to embody in his bill , namely , that individuals should not be allowed'to form banks without the sanction of the government ; that prior to a grant of letters patent a certain sum should be paid up and invested m the public funds ; that accounts in a particular form should be published four times a year ; that in the case of any material violation of its provisions , the parties cognizant of it should forfeit . the benefit of the act ; and that the Court of Chancery should have large powers of control for the security of creditors . The Chancellor of the Exchequer was wholly opposed to the principle of limited liability in banking , and would state at the outset that it was his intention to take the sense of the House on the
broad question of limited ; or unlimited liability . The right ; hon . baronet then proceeded to refer to the evidence taken before the committee ( appointed consequently upon the speech on this subject by Sir William Clay in 1836 ) in support of the propositionof unlimited liability , contending that when persons were liable to the whole extent of their fortunes there was more security for the public than in a limited liability , and as regarded management , when the consequences of bad management would
be utter ruin to the " shareholders they were far more likely to look after the management than' if their liability had been limited to a certain stipulated amount . Railway companies were concerns with limited liabilities , and did not their managers do extraordinary things . ? On these grounds- he wished to join issue with tuo hon . and learned gentleman , on the" principle of limited liability , by opposing the introduction of a bill founded on that principle , without entering into further , details . . The motion was withdrawn , after some further
discussion . - '"' ' ' ' .:. " ' Major Biickia then brought forward a resolution to the effect that the peculiar circumstances of Ireland required the immediate adoption of measures to assist individual exertion and promote industry , and that all grants or loans to districts should be . applied to . purposes '; that would enable them tojapport themselves from ttioir . ordinary resources . He was proceeding with hia motion when notice was taken that forty members were not pretant . Upon counting , the number being only thirty three , the House adjourned at ^ eight o ' clock . , . ; ; : - ¦ ' ; ' ' :: TraDNESDAY / MAf 9 . ^ " .: " . - ' a !
-. , . SOUSE ; OF COMMONS . ^ raiPLOTMEiiT . o * La-BpyB ( Ireland ) . —Mr . P . jScBOPs . moved the second reading ofthe bill for Encouraging the Employment of Labour in Ireland .: The honourable gentleman , said that , ^ without , cjaimipgifor tftis . bifl ; the character of a great and comprehensive measure , he expected-it would-prpdnce-considerable improvement in the condition of . the working ' iclasses , in Ire-LnndbystunulaitingemploynientV He propbsedi . it not as a substitute , for , but as an adjunct to , the rooriaw , iu the view of relieving . tjiatlaw itm tile
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it imna of operating as a discouragement to the employment of labour . . AU parties were united in one belief as to the great advantages which would result from the employment of labour , and the inadequacy of the existing means for effecting that object . Was it that the labourers were unwilling to earn their own livelihood ? Was it that they preferred idleness and parochial assistance to work and wages ? The right honourable baronet the member for Tamworth had vindicated the character of the Irish labourers from that charge ; ' and it had been proved by experience that the labourers were willing to work rather than have recourse to parochial relief . He confidently referred upon this point to the evidence of Colonel Knox Gore before a committee of the
House of Lords upon the Irish Poor Law . That gentleman stated that . employment had produced a marked improvement in point of feeling , and that though he at first found a difficulty in getting them to work , they worked . satisfactorily in the course of a month , so that now he found that when they did a good day ' s labour they were greatly pleased to receive their small stipend , which was paid to them every evening in cash . It was , after such experience , a harsh , cruel , and inhuman calumny against these men to say they would not labour , the fact beingthat they were willing to work for the smallest possible amount to maintain themselves ; and their families . ( Hear , hear . ) Ireland presented an ample field for the employment of . all her labouring
population , not only in the permanent improvement of the land , but in the better cultivation of the soil . The union ofPlenties in the ' eounty of Donegal , contained a population in the proportion ofonesoulto every 7 s . of annual value , and this was quoted as an instance of excessive population beyond the power of the soil to maintain . ' But the principal proprietor in the union , stated he had reason to know that in twenty years he should not be able to put his land in a state to . be properly farmed , adding that there was not labour enough to carry on the improvements which would be' most profitable . ; What was the impediment to the carrying out of the profitable employment of labour , of which this was one among many instances ? It proceeded from employers
being heavilyrated for the support of poor belonging to other properties ; the consequence of which was , that not an inch of land could be . let , and large quantities remained unproductive . The same proprietor stated , that in one case he was obliged to pay 10 s . 6 d . in the pound for poor rates , besides six and a-half per cent , instalment for the , advances of government , whilst he was not receiving anything from the land , because he could notlet it . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , he ( Mr . P . Scrope ) proposed to introduce the principle of individual responsibility in such cases . It "might be objected that m aking each proprietor responsible for , the poor upon , his own estate , would operate as a greater , encouragement to clearances than to improvements ; but he extend
would make the . individual responsibility over a limited area , which would Obviate that objection . He proposed , however , to make no alteration in the lair , with regard to area , or in the-general congregated responsibility . ^ of owher 3 and occupiers m the electoral division . He took that as it stood ; but if the owners and occupiers . of a limited district , whether , a town land , '' or part of a town land , were able to give employment , he , proposed to exempt them from the liability to ' maintain the able-bodied population upon their giving employment to their fair proportion of that population . For this purpose , he should propose a census to betaken . The plan which he proposed secured not only the means of employing labour ,
but it Tfas the only way of giving protection to the improving landlord . Some of the witnesses were' asked before the committ jenow sitting , what they would think of paying their rates in work , and the reply was— " w [ e nowpay 6 s . in the pound ; if you adopt that principle , you may make the rate 12 s ., if you like . " Mr . Napier ^ of , ' . Loughcroo , and other gentlemen of the . highest experience and authority in Ireland , ' had declared that the principle of this .. bill might be successfully carried into practice . He might statey as another excuse , why ne , an English ' ihember , should bring in a bill affecting Ireland , that he was himself , aware of the principle which he wished to have adopted , having been inost successfully acted upon in a" parish in' this country . ' Thehon . member here read extracts from letters referring to
the beneficial results which attended the apportionment of labour according to property in the parish of Farnham , where a saving of £ 50 a week followed the introduction of the system , while ratepayers and labourers were alike benefittcd . He quite admitted that this bill should only be tried as an experiment , and he therefore proposed to limit its operation to two years . " There was at present a perfect paralysis in the labour market of Ireland , and before they could expect the proprietors to ' employ the labourers on their estates , they should give them some security against being overwhelmed with poor rates for the support of the paupers on adjoin ,-iig properties where no employment was afforded .
He would ask the House to compare the effect on a person , about purchasing property in the west of Ireland ; between- telling him that his poor-rates would not exceed 7 s . a pound , and telling him that if he purchased an entire townland , and employed a certain number of labourers upon it , he should have no poor-rate to pay at all , except what was required for the relief of the sick ' poor . ( Hear , hear . ) He " trusted that the . House would not hastily or contemptuously reject this measure , and he would add that he had no objection to its being referi-ed . to the select : committee now sitting on the Irish poor-law . ' " . On tkehonoiirable gentleman ' s . resuming his seat , the question was put in the usual form , and no one rising to oppose it , it was declared carried without a division . J '
The Bill was therefore read a second time , much to the surprise of Sir "Win . Somerville , who had intended to oppose it , and not a little to the amusement of the House , the right honourable : baronet , m rising to resist it , being just too late for his purpose / On the motion that the Bill be committed on a future day , \ Sir Wm . SomervilIjE opposed the further progress of the bill as a measure-pregnant with manifold evils , and not calculated to affect the benevolent objects which Mri Scrope ^ ad in view . The princip le of a labour-rate haa been generally condemned in this country as most pernicious and demoralising :
to the labouring population , ' and Mr . Twisleton had declared that its evils will , operate with tenfold force in the abnormal condition : of Ireland . ' - . The proposition was at direct variance with the wholesome rule of keeping labour and relief quite distinct . The right honourable baronet then moved that the bill be read that day six months . - ¦ - A discussion ensued , in which Mr . Slaney , Mr . R . Fox , Mr . S . Cbawpobd , Mr . E . Denisoh , Sir G . Cbet , Mr . SrAFFpRD , Colonel Duknb , Lord Ber-NABn , Mr . Reynolds , Sir Arthur Brooks , Mr . O'FiAHEBiT , Sir H . W . Babron , and Mr . Lawless took part . , : ¦ . ; :.
Sir George Grey said , it was desirable th « it the House should express a distinct opinion upon the principle . involved in this bill , which was that of reducing all labour to the standard of pauper labour , and its remuneration to a minimum . This principle had been found in England a most pernicious one , and had defeated the very end in viewj In reply to Mr . Denison , he observed that government had ho suggestion to . offer by which , through its direct interference or that of the legislature , it could repair the evil he referred to
the remedy was in the hands of parties on the spot , with capital , and he believea there were Bome prospects of an improved state of things in the most destitute parts of Ireland by the onlv effectual process—the establishment of a class of tenan ^ farmel s , between the landlord and the labourer . He believed this bill would not effect the object of its author , arid that the House would do best by rejecting it , v " , ' After which the House divided , and the amendment was carried by a majority of 186 to 41 , The bill was consequently lost . - . ' ' ¦ '
Bribery at EtKciioNfl Bill . — Sir J . PAKWaioN postponed the Bribery at Elections Bill to a future day , intunatirig that , after the division in committee upon . the ; subject on a former day , he should only press one portion of it on the attention of the House . , . . ; .......-SS : ' S' » W *§ ; V »«»» eM .. was then disposed of , and the House adjourned . . , > , _ ( From ourSecond Edition oflastwetk . ) .: .-. THURSDAY , May 3 v H ° . H SE 0 FLORDS . Lord Brouoham presented a petition from the delegates of the MetropoUtan Trades m London , from the prayer' of -which he utterly diggented . ¦ ' i- , ¦
HOUSE OF COMMONS . -Lord Johm RussEii ave notipe thatJie , should this day move that the House go into committee for , the purpose of considermg . a resolution proposing-to grant a aum of money out of the consolidated fund with the View Of enabling landholders in Ireland to improve their estates , and also to defray the cost of arterial and other drainage , for . the improvement of landed properties m that country ' ... - .. _ •';; . , ; . ; . ;; , ; , ;; .,. . ; r ,. . . ¦ ,. * ... : Mabbia « e , Biix . —; The order of the day for the second readingiof the-Marriage Bill : having been » . - ,. .: 'i . K '¦" . ; :.:: :. 'v . « . ' .- A - ; : L .- _ -i . ' - - i .-r- " : ¦ , A Mr . Goulburk rose and moved that the bill b . e re » d a second time that- day six months . , In rsubmittmer that motion , thp ficrht linn no ' ntlaman aaiA
. ** . .. - r--- ~—T-F . «•— «» Q . » W - MV «« . KVUIIV 1 UMU MM » U he had . imposedji painful taskupon himself , opposed as no found himself on a question of religious ohli-5 i 9 ; to many , ; persons .-for whom he had the highest respect , andnot the less because he was opposed to the mover of the measufe 7 The question wa .. P l ? ch parliament could scarcely deal with in a satisfactory manner , being a reli gious one , and net calculatedfor discussiTO in a popular Assembly , ^• whole i questionoft elaw ofm . wi 4 ge-Was -involved in the present ^ debatei ; forthouffh ifc wasfriie tosbulto , ^ o particukr ^ miss ofa feofiaweiel wifc '« «^ W 4 ww&Se ^ was
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impossible to limit the future effects of the bill if it should be passed into a law . _ A long discussion then took place between Mr . HAGOEif , Mr . Ker Seymer , Mr . R . Palmer , who SposS the measure , and Mr . ^ ^ M . Milne * . Lord Bracelet , Earl of Arwdbi and , Surrey and Mr . Cockbobn , who supported it , when the debate was ^ KmEE ^ &os ^ BAN ^ . -The adjourned debate on the nomination of the committee on savings bank , was then resumed , and : af eraojie discussion on the name of Mr . Grogan being put , hat of Sir George Clerk was proposed instead , on which Question the House divided , when there ap-SredSu < J . Clerk 123 , for Mr . GroeanSlmaioi « ity , 42 .. The next name was that of Mr . G . A ^ HanJlton when that of Mr . Hemes was pro-— - ^ - ^^
, nosed in lieu thereof ; the Houao again awitting , when there appeared for . Mr . Herries 120 , for Mr . ^ SrS ^ SafS theBe divisions he should not take the sense of the House on the ^ emaimng names , but felt that his constituents had a just right to complain . As the committee would now be not his , but that of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , the eyes of the House and the country would be more steadily fixed upon it . The remaining names of gentlemen who were on the committee of last year were then agreed to ; when some further business the House adjourned .
( From our Third Edition of last week . ) : : FRIDAY , May 4 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . — The Housewentinto committee of the whole Hou 3 e , on tho subject of Advances for Land Improvement and Drainage The Chancellor of the Exchequer observed , that having made provision for tho distress now . so prevalent in some districts in Ireland , it was time to devise measures for the permanent improvomenl of the country . The great desideratum in Ireland was employment for the people . For the purpose of furnishing them with employment he first proposed that ' further advances should be made under the Land Improvement - Act , these
advances being such . as admitted of the smallesi government interference , and least impaired the relations subsisting between landlord ard tenant . The amount applied for under , the act , was £ 3 , 074 , 000 . , The amount authorised to be advanced by parliament was £ 1 , 500 , 000 . The application had , therefore been for double the amount sanctioned by parliament . The amount sanctioned by the government under the , applicationsi was about £ 1 , 540 , 000 . Of this sum a portion . hadbeen , returned , leaving the sum sanctioned hy the government , and borrowed under the act , at £ , 1491 , 000 . About £ 9 , 000 were thus left of the sum sanctioned bv parliament . --Of the amount Banotionea , the
sum already issued was £ 548 , 000 . This . leftyet to be issued , as a fund for the employment of labour for the ' next four years , the sum of £ 952 , 000 . To this latter sum he now proposed to add a further advance of £ 300 , 000 , making the whole : sum to be available for the future employment of labourunder the ' Laud Improvement Act , £ 1 , 252 , 000 .. Ho also proposed to make some further advances for the purpose of arterial drainage . The sum which he thought , could be advantageously expended : m this way this year was about £ 270 , 000 . It would be recollected that , by virtue of an . act passed last year , he was impoweredto re-issue £ 100 , 000 of the # ann nrin Wnniri nf nnvannes alreadv made . With
this sum in hand , re-issuable under the , act alluded to , he would only now ask the committee to advance £ 200 , 000 of the £ 270 , 000 , which might bo advantageously expended in this way . To sum up , therefore , his proposal was to make a further advance of £ 300 , 000 under the Land Improvement Act and of £ 200 , 000 for the further prosecution of arterial drainage . The right hon . gentleman concluded by proposing resolutions in conformity with the proposition submitted by him . . After some discussion the resolutions were agreed to , and the adjourned debate on the Marriage Bill was then resumed , by
Mr . " Bunbury , who spoke , at some length in favour of the bill . Mr . Hope followed , in opposition to it . gir George Grey stated the reasons which induced him to vote for the second reading of the Bill . •' ... ¦ ¦ ,- ¦ . - ¦ . Sir R . H . Inolis implored the House to reject the bill , as contrary to the . Scriptures , contrary to the Jaw- of tho Church of England , and of the sister Church of Scotland , and , repugnant tothe feelings of the people throughout the country . . On the motion of Mr . Napier , the debate was adjourned till Tuesday next . ' ; The other business was disposed of , and the House adjourned . . .
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The following appeared in our Town Edition of last week : — THE LATE FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE IN THE CITY . Inquest . —On Friday evening ,, at six o ' clock , Mr . William Payne , the coroner , and a jury assembled at the City of London union-house , Cannon-street , for the purpose of inquiring into the circumstances connected with the deaths of Mr . Sophia Devereux , aged 38 ; Emily Dovereux , aged 15 ; and Lucy De « vereux , aged 7 , who lost their lives at the fire which occurred at No . 57 , King William-street , London Bridge . —The jury having been sworn , proceeded to view the bodies , which were lying in the porch of St , Martin ' s-church . The two younger deceased were terribly burned . Tho elder female had her Dro&en iuu wrist irautureu
rignii arm near , a thigh , and an extensive fracture on the right side of the skull . After viewing the bodies , the jury proceeded to make an inspection of tho premises , and upon their return to the inquest room the evidence was taken . —James Bradley , one of the London five-brigade , deposed . that on arriving with his engine he made his way into the shop , which he found on fire . He succeeded in extinguishing it by means of the branch which he carried . After the fire was got under , he entered the third floor , and on going to the window he trod upon the two deceased children . Mr . VV . Tate , of Hunter-street , Dover-road ,
said that he was the father of the elder deceased . On Wednesday evening he left the premises about five or ten minutes past . . nine o ' clock . The shop was lighted with gas .. A girl , named Staples , partially turned the gas off before he went , but two burners were left alight . The girl Staples left before he did . There were bodies of hats in the back room which would ignite sooner than anything in the common way . There was a . gas meter in the shop next the street , which was always turned off between ten and eleven o ' clock . —Mr . Leonard Sedgwick , surgeon , of St . Thomas ' s Hospital , said that when the elder deceased vras admitted into that institution she was
insensible from concussion of the brain . She had several fractured limbs , and expired in three-quarters of an hour after her admission . —Dr . Fuller , of King William-street , said that whilst sitting in his parlour he heard the alarm , went out into the street and saw the premises on fire . Saw the eldest female falling , and if she had been a child he-should have attempted to catch her . He saw the two bodies found in the ruins . They had died from suffocation . The youngest child had told him that she asked permission of . her mother . to sit up to-supper , and when she was going to bed she dropped a spark on the floor , when her mother scolded her and told her if the house was to bo burned she would lose her own life . The child then said , "Mother , I do smell firenow . '' The mother said , "Oh , nonsense , child , go to bed . " She afterwards went up stairs again and returned , when she said , " Mother , lam
sure thereis ; a fire . " She again scolded herandtold her to go to bed , as there was no fire . She then went up stairs and undressed herself , but again returned and made her escape through a window to the next house . Her mother , she stated , was the last person in the shop . — Mr . Braid wood said he could not tell how the fire occurred , but it commenced in the shop . — George Cooper said he was a fireman in the brigade , and whilst on duty , after the fire was extingusihed , he found that the gas was turned on full into the meter . —Mr . Hodgsale , the superintendent , and Mr . Todhunter , an inspector of the City police , said that the , escape sheet was brought to the spot in a few minutes , but by that time the parties had jumped out . — The coroner having summed up , the jury returned a verdict to the effect , that the deceased persons met their death by the fire , which arose ¦ from accident . ' : :
. Suicide , —An inquest was held on Friday before Mr . Higgs , at 42 , Essex-street , Strand , on the body of Mr . Richard Dalton , aged 72 years , who committed suicide under the , following circumstances : —It appeared that ^ omeyears / since the deceitsed carried on business as a hosier in the Temple , but had latterly resided with his son and daughter iii Essexstreet . He had been in a . very desponding state for some months past , and a short time : since his mind became so much impaired , that at intervals he was considered insane , and he oncemade an attempt on his life by cutting nisi throat with a razor . Since that period a young-man had -been engaged to be constantly in attendance upon him . On Wednesday morning last his attendant left the room , and during his temporary absence he closed the door : and fastened it . When the attendant returned he wag linable to . obtain , admission , and > he ' knocked several
times at , the ; door but received no . answer . . sThe door-was ; , broken open , and on entering the room the deceased was found : suspended by his handkerchief to a rail of the bedstead . — Verdict , " Temporary Insanity . " : : ^; . , . , — . - ¦ ; .: ., ;;; . ¦ .-,: J . -SHocKiNQ . SuicinB .-. On Friday morning , between the hours . of six and seven , a middle-aged man , named . Henry . Ford , a compositor , in full employment' on the ' Morning . Chronicle committed suicide by > recipitating hjmself over the balustrade bf . Wateroorbndge , his head striking with fearfur . violence n the descent against the stone abutments ; of the > ridge . f - His body was immediately recovered , , but luVhad ceased to exist ; it wasI ' cbnveyed ' td-the en ^ n ' e-house . adjoining Vihe churcK of St . i "Mary-iewrand ^ where it ; : 0 m xmm ^ s ' in < iue > fc yjffi ? ; : ¦ ¦ • • • < •! - ' . i-. - ..= ¦¦¦¦? ;¦ - . - ; : . ¦ ,: :: vr .:: : r ;«¦ ¦! . „ ., . ; -:.., „
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"dece ased had been drinking , but was not intoxicate J . previous to his committing the rash act . He has left a wife and four children to deplore his untimely ° Sudden Death of Mr . Horace Twiss . —This gentleman expired on Friday , between the hours of two and three o ' clock . Mr . Twiss , as a member and proprietor of the Rock Life Assurance Company , in which he took great interest , was at the annual meeting , held at Radley ' s Hotel , Bridge-street , Blackfriars , in the act of addressing the chairman upon the general management of tho society ; and although he did not appear to be in the least excited he-was seen to falter , and gradually sink , and ultimately to fall down in his chair . Several of his friends present removed him from the room ,. but in the course of their doine so he expired without a struggle . Mr . Farr and other medical gentlemen ^^ r- ^
were sent for ; but , on their arrival , it was found that their assistance was of no avail . Thehon . gentleman had , for a long time , been impressed with the idea that he should , one day or other , die suddenly , as he laboured under the frightful disease of ossification of the heart , and , strange to say , withb two hours of his death repeated the same fast . T Sheffield Election . —The election took place on Thursday at ten o ' clock , and was conducted or a spacious and commodious hustings immediately in advance of the enclosed area ot the Corn Exchange . Precisely at ten o ' clock , the mayor and town-clerk having taken their places upon the
hustings , Mr . Roebuck arrived ana ascended the platform , - accompanied by Mr . Fisher , Mr . Dunn , and other gentlemen . After the usual formalities had been gone through , Mr . Fisher proposed John Arthur Roebuck , Esq ., as a fit and proper person to represent the borough in parliament . The motion was seconded by Mr . E . Smith ,, and as there was no other candidate , the mayor declared Mr . Roebuck to be duly elected . The honourable and . learned member , then came forward ; and was received with loud cheers , and returned thanks in a long and eloquent speech . - Thanks wero then voted to the mayor , and the proceedings terminated .
. The Poisoning at Bath . —The inquest on this case was resumed on-. Wednesday morning . The inquiry occupied ten ; hours , and was again adjourned . . • ¦ The Alleged Embezzlement of nearly £ 5 , 000 at Leeds . —On Thursday at the Court-house , Leeds , Mr . Peter Mann , late chief clerk ; of the Leeds Waterworks Company , was brought up for further examination , on > the . charge of having-embezzled nearly £ 5 , 000 of the moneys of the company , since February , 1847 * Some additional evidence . having been given for the prosecution , Mr . J . M . Barrett addressed the bench on behalf of the accused . Mr .
Carbutt said , that the evidence adduced did not go far enough to show that there -was a fraudulent intent on the part of Mr . Mann in keeping back the money ; on the contrary , the evidence which had just been given rather negatived the intent , for it went to show that on account of the large deficiency of £ 1 , 312 12 s . Id ., which occurred in 1847 , special payments had been made to a considerable amount , both in 1848 . and 1849 ; : They , therefore , gave Mr . Mann the benefit of the doubts which existed in their minds , and considering that the fraudulent intention to embezzk was not sufficiently proved they should dismiss the case . > ,
, Recafihre of a Convict . —Charles Lankey , one of the prisoners who escaped from the Hebe , convict hulk , on Tuesday morning , was recaptured on Thursday at Barnet by two constables of tne S division of police . The ¦ other prisoner , Bradbury , is supposed to have been drowned . Lankey has been placed in double irons . .:. . Embezzlement . —On Thursday a man named Thorburn , a clerk in the goods department on the Lancashire and-Yorkshire Bail way , was brought up at the Borongh Court , Manchester , ; charged ; with embezzling several sums of money , amounting to upwards of £ 20 , belonging to the Company . He had also been guilty of fraud by overcharging , for the weight of the goods , and pocketing the- difference , lie was committed for trial at the sessions .
, Death from Foul Am in a Coal Pit . — A colliery accident , attended by loss of life , occurred at a coal mine on the estate of his Grace the Duke of Beaufort , at Fishponds , near Bristol . On Saturday some of the men engaged in the mine got into a part of the cutting where there was some ioul air . One of the men hamed Turner was so much affected that he was taken out dead on Sunday , and a second named Braine was found almost at his last gasp . With some difficulty ,- he was dragged out , and a third man was found , suffering greatly , but happily not in so desperate a state as Braine . Dublin , Mat 3 rd . — There is to be a meeting to-day at the Royal Exchange , called by a popular Catholic Clergyman , Dr . Spratt , in order to devise means for assisting the' miserable population in the ¦
west . ¦ ¦ "¦• ]¦¦ On Monday ; last there was a bread riot at Cork ; 300 unemployed labourers paraded the streets and attacked some , bread stalls . Some of the leaders were seized by the police , Dublin , Friday . —Salb of a Fee Simple Estate . —The Kilmacud estate , consisting ^ chief rents derived from lands and villas in the immediate vicinity , of Dublin , was sold yesterday to an English capitalist , and did not realise quite twenty-one years' purchase . - Four years ago , this property would have . commanded at least thirty years pur chase . The depreciation in this property , however , is much less in proportion than has been experienced in the south and west , or even in some midland counties . There are further announcements of
reductions of rents . The Earl of Straabroke has made an abatement of fifty per cent , to his numerous tenantry in the counties of Tipperary and Waterford . The Famine is the West and South . —A meeting of citizens _ oi Dublin was held yesterday at the Royal Exchange , convened by the llev . Dr . Spratt , to promote a subscription for the alleviation of the famine in the west and south . Alderman Kinahan presided , A committee , including the Protestant and Roman Catholic Archbishops of Dublin , Cloncurry , and a number of leading citizens , was appointed , to receive contributions ., Ifc was resolved to transmit at once the sum of £ 114 to Archbishop M'Hale , to assist in relieving pressing destitution in Mayo . : :
PARIS , Friday The . anniversary of the proclamation of the Republicby the National Assembly was" celebrated this day with great pomp and solemnity . The President of the Republic , the members of the . National ' Assembly , and corps diplomatique assisted at Te Deum ,. which was chanted on the Place de la Concorde . The French : Invasion op Italt . — The news from Italy to-day . is very important . The French government has received a telegraphic despatch , which announces that the French troops , to the number of six thousand , had arrived at the gates of Rome , and that the triumvirate had opened negotiations with the Commander-in-chief for their admission without opposition . The . army had not met with the slightest resistance anywhere . . ' ¦ - ¦ : ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
The same telegraphic despatch brings notice that the Neapolitan army has taken possession of Ancona , and that the Austrians have entered Tuscany , and are marching on Leghorn . . . . WAR IN HUNGARY . —Pesth has been taken posssesaion of by some battalions of Honveds and Hussars . They were received with frantic enthusiasm , and crowds of young men from Pesth and the environs are hastening to enrol in the ranks of M . Koasuth ' sarmy . >< ::. . GERMANY . —Up to the 30 fcb , " order" reiraed in
ierlm . f he Chambers of Saxony were dissolved by Royal decreeo . From Cologne we hear that the town council and the governor of the province are now at open variance , the former having positively refused to withdraw , at his demand , the invitation addressed by it to all the members of the town councils of the province to forward a deputation to this city , in order to discuss the present state of affairs , and to express disapprobation of the conduct of the present ministry ., An . immediate revolution in Germany is extremely probable .
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. American Crimcism . —A Boston critic comments on Mr . Emerson ' s lectures after the following manner;— .: ; - i . : ¦¦' ' . :, ' . - > ' . : r . ¦ - ¦ .. " - •¦ : ¦ ¦ . ' : . ¦ ¦ . - . '¦ . . ¦ , "It is quite out of character to say Mr . Emerson lectures—he does no such thing . He drop ' s nectarhe chips out spares—he exhales odours—he lets ott'mental sky-rockets and fireworks—he spouts fire and , conjurer-like , draws ribbons out ofhismoiith . He smokes , he . sparkles ^ he improvises , he shouts , he Sings—HE EXPLODES LIK ^ A BUNDLE OF CRACKERShe goes off in fiery eruptions like a volcano , but- he does : not lecture . .. ¦ ; : J ? -. He went swiftly' over the grouna . ofhnowledgewithaDamaacus Wade , serormg everything from its bottom , leaving one in doubt wnether . anytninff . would ever erow acain . Yet h «
seems a 3 innocent as a little . child , who goes into a garden andpulls up a whole bed of violets , laughs over their , beauty , and throws . them : down again . So that , after all ,, wo are inclined to think that no great . harm has been done . He comes and goes like aspirit of whom one just hears the rusUe of his wings . He-is a vitalised speculation—a talking essence-r » bit of ^ transparency ^ broken from the spheres ^ -a . spiritual prism through which we see all beautiful rays of immaterial . existence . " Hia ' leaning fancy . mounts upward like an india-rubber ball and drifts and'falls like a snow-flake . or . a feather ? He moves jm ;; the regions \ of ( similitudes . wa ¦ L ~ Z
throughthe air like a cherubim with a goldentrumt pet in . his mouth , out of . which he blows SodSS IfvlR ^ SffiSitSS ^^ fcssasffi and now clapping hi 5 hands ; among the jEP ' -W wfc ^ S ^?^ ^ !^ ^ Ifaafia faSnvS- ? v : ^ anscea . ^ tal and unintelligible " wrSt ' ^ a ^ H ®* * ' ^ ** W tha' 3 W 6 t »» e * . writes most . dMzbngly ., of , pne ;(^ . Emewon ' s del
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lightfullectures . We can hardly call it cMticifm , for he does not properly criticise—he ^^ plays arounJ the subject like a humming-bird round a hon 7 v suckle—he darts at it like a fish-hawk after a niko He looms up like a thunder-cloud , comes down a shower ot tinkling sleet and rolls away like fire in the prairies . Replays with figures of speech like a juggler , balancing the sentence on his chin and keeping up six with each hand . His fancy oZi up like the jet of a fire-engine , and comes down in a spiral ecstacy like a Peruvian condor . He jg \ detonating mixture—a percussion cap—a metcorin shower—a spiritual shuttle , vibrating between th « Unheard-of and the Unutterable . Like a child ha shakes his rattle over the ed g e of Chaos and swinsa on the gates of the Past—ana he sits like a nichtin . gale in a golden r ' ms , suspended by a silver cord from a nail driven into tne zenith . " ^ ^ a » i * 5 KS £ tfASSs
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CORN . Mask Laki , Monday , May 7 th . —We had only a moderate show of wheat samples this morning from Essex and Kent but the arrivals from abroad , both of wheat and oats , have increased considerably since Monday last . Fine English wheat , particularly white , was taken off pretty readil y { it the millers , at fully last week ' s prices , but middling or in . ferior Boris , and foreign wheat were Is to 2 s cheaper though we had more buyers of the latter . Flour was slow sale , and Is per sack and barrel cheaper . Barley was in more request , but without any advance in price . In Malt little doing , Good English ' and tine foreign beans and grej peas sold Is to 2 s dearer , but white peas held much the same . Fine foreign rye is inquired after . Owing to the large supply of foreign oats , the buyers held off , but good qualities could not be got under last week ' s prices . Tares only saleable on low terms fur feeding . " Linseed cakes sold more freely . The current prices as under , ;
Bitmsir . —Wheat—Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , 38 s to 45 s , ditto white , 40 s to' 503 , Lincoln , Norfolk , und Yorkshire , red , 37 s to 44 s , Northumberland and Scotch , white , y 7 s to 41 s , ditto red , 85 s to 42 s , Devonshire and Somersetshire ,, red , —s to —s , ditto white — to —s , rye , 22 s to 24 s , barley , 25 s to 3 Ss , Scotch , 24 s to 28 b , Malt ordinary , — sto —6 , pale 02 s to 56 s , peas , grey , new , 27 s to 30 s , mupia 28 s ta 30 s , white , 24 s tb 2 flg , boilers ( new ) , 28 s to 30 s , beans , larg « , new , 23 s to 25 s , ticks 24 s to 2 Cs , harrow , 25 s to 29 s , pigeon , 28 s to 32 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire , feed , 16 s to 19 s , ditto Poland and potato , 18 s to 22 s , Berwick and Scotch , 18 s to 23 s , Scotch feed , 17 s to 21 s , Irish feed , and Muck , 15 s to 19 s , ditto potato , 18 s to 23 s , linseed ( sowing ) 50 s to 52 s , rapeseed , Essex , new , £ 26 to £ 28 per last , car . raway seed , Esses , new , 25 s to 29 s per cwt , rape caUe , \ &L to £ 410 s per ton , linseed , £ !) 10 s to £ 1010 s per 1 , 000 , flour per sack of 2601 bs . ship , 31 s to 32 s , town , 40 s to 43 s . Foreign . —Wheat , —Dantzig , 48 s to B 6 s , Anhalt and Marks , 40 s to 45 s , ditto white , 44 b to 49 s , Pomeranian red , 40 s to 46 s , Rostock , 42 s to 48 s , Danish , Holstein , and li ' rieBland . SGsto 42 s , PeUrKburgh . Archangel , and Riga .
38 s to 42 b , Polish Odessa , 3 Gs to Us , Marianopoli , and Ber . dianski , 35 a to 38 s , Taganrog , 34 s to 38 s , Brabant and French , 88 b to 42 s , ditto white , 40 s to 44 s , Salonica , 33 s to 36 e , Egyptian , 24 s to 20 s , rye , 21 s to 24 s , barley , Wismar ana Rostock , 18 s to 22 s , Danish , 20 s to 23 s , Saa ] , 22 s ta 27 « , East Friesknd , 17 s to 19 b , Egyptian , 16 s to 17 s , Danube , 10 s to . 17 s , peas , white , 23 s to 26 s , new boilers , 26 sto 28 s , beans , ! horse , 22 s ' to 25 s , pigeon , 26 s to 30 s , Egyptian , 21 s to 23 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and FrieBland , feed and black , 14 s to 17 s , ditto , thick and brew , 17 g to 20 g , Riga , Petersburg , Archangel , and Swedish , 158 to 17 s , flour , United States , per 1961 bs ., 22 s to 24 s , flnraburg 21 s to 22 s , Dantzig and Stettin , 21 b to 23 s , French per 2801 bs ., 32 s to 34 s . . v . Wednesday , May 9 . —We are well supplied with foreign grain this week . The trade generally is firm to-day , having buyers at Monday ' s prices . , Arrivals this week : —Wheat—English , 330 quartersforeign , 15 , 550 quarters . Barley—foreign , 5 , 880 quarters ! Oats—English , 50 quarters ; foreign , 16 , 310 quarters , Flour , 890 sacks .
BREAD . The priceB of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7 d to 7 } d j of household ditto , 5 $ d to 6 id per 41 bs loaf .
CATTLE . Smitufield , Monday , May 7 . —With foreign stock ovur market to-day waB veiy moderately supplied as to number ; mt there was a decided improvement in its quality . All breeds moved off slowly , and the quotations had an upward tendency . Comparatively speaking , the arrivals of homefed stock fresh up to this morning ' s market were very moderate ; yet the supply was seasonably extensive , and of excellent quality . The weather having become colder , and tha attendance of both ' town and country buyers being . on the increase , the beef trade was steady , at an advance i » the quotations of Monday last of quite 2 d per 81 bs . The primest Scots sold readily at from 3 s 4 d to 3 s 6 d per 81 bs ..
and at which a good clearance was effected ...- The number of sheep were considerably less than those exhibited , on Monday last , hence the mutton trade was steadier tlianfor some weeks past ; ana prices advanced from 2 d to ( in some instances ] 4 d per 81 tis .. There were very few sheep in the wool , and it must be observed that our quotations refer solely to those shorn . The top price for the best old Downs was 3 s 8 d per 81 bs . With lambs we were tolerably well , but not to "Bay heavily supplied . Most breeds moved off steadily , at full prices—viz ., from 4 s 8 d to 6 s per 81 hs . From the Isle of Wight 290 head came to hand . A Ml average amount of business was transacted in calves , the prices of which improved 2 d perSlbs , There was more inquiry forpigs , at a trifling advance in the quotations .
Head of Cattle at Smithfield . Beasts .. .. 3 , 2791 Calves , ., 1 S 7 Sheep .. .. 20 , 380 1 Pigs !!! ' » Price per stone of 81 bs . ( sinking the offal ) Beef .. 2 s -id to 3 s G < 1 I Veal .. 33 4 d to is 2 d Mutton .. 2 s lOd . , 3 s 8 d | Pork .. 32 .. 42 Lambs .. .. 4 s 8 d to Gs Od . ¦
¦• - ;• PROVISIONS . LoNDoVMay 1 . —During last week nothing of importance was done in Irish butter ; prices nominal . Foreigu a slow sale , at a decline of 10 s per ewt . on . best quality . For Irish singed bacon the demand was nearly equal to the supply , and prices Is to 2 s higher ; for American extensive , and aa advance of from Is to 3 s per cwt . , ^ according to size and quality . Middles respectabl y dealt in , at no advance , Ifama and lard steady in price aud demand . English Butter , Hay 7 . —Since our last report , we have experienced a dull trade , and prices gave way 6 s to 8 s per cwt , and we look for a still further reduction . Our prosent quotations are as under , but it must be added that all are nominal , except for first-rate quality . Dorset , fine weekly , 8 Gs to 88 s per cwt , ; ditto , middling , 00 s to 80 s ; fresh , Buckinghamshire , 9 s to 12 s per dozen ; ditto , West country , 8 s to 10 s .
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES . Covent Garden . —The supply of vegetables has been well kept up , and most kinds are sufficient for the demaiitfi Fruit has altered little since our last account . Pine-applcs fetch from 6 s to 10 s per 1 b . Hot-house grapes are very good , and more plentiful . Nuts in general are sufficient for the demand . Oranges and lemons are plentiin ) , Amongst vegetables , young turnips may be obtained at from 2 s to 3 s a bunch , and carrots at from 9 d to 2 s . Cauliflowers and broccoli are sufficient for . the demand . Asparagus , French beans , rhubarb , and seakale , are dearer . Potatoes were also dearer . New potatoes fetch from 6 d to 2 s per lb . Lettuces and other salading are sufficient for the demand . Mushrooms are plentiful . Cut flowers consist of heaths , pelargoniums , camellias , gardenias , tulips , hyacinths , cinerarias , tropxolums , fuchsias , and roses .
; POTATOES . Socthwark Waterside , . May 7 . —The continental arrivals the last week have been very extensive , which have met a dull sale at a considerable reduction from our former quotatione . The following we this day ' s quotations ;—forkshire regents , 160 s to 200 s ; Scotch ditto , 13 Us to 140 s ; ditto whites , 90 s to 100 s ; French whites , 100 s to 110 s ; Belgian , 90 s to 100 s ; Dutch , 90 s to 100 s .
COLONIAL PRODUCE . Londoh , Tuesday , May 8 . —The sugar- market opened tony with great spirit ; a . large amount of business has been done , at a general » dvanc « of 6 d to'Is , the brown strong refining qualities commanding tht highest advance , anil also the grocery descriptions of Barbsidoes ; 1 , 500 hogsheads of West India sold , two-thirds of which w « ro by private contract ; 5 , 000 bags Mauritius w « re offered ift public sale , and all found re « dy buyers at the advance quoted ; also 2 , 000 bags Bengal . The refined market has > een steady , 6 d higher than Friday ' s close ; grocery lumps , fair to fine , 51 s 6 d to 54 s . Coffee . —There has been a good doiaand for natne Ceylon , partly on speculation ; about 1 , 000 bags good ordinary sold in public sale 311 to 31 s 6 d , a pile superior 32 s 6 il to 33 i , which wero a shade higher prices ; but plantation kind was neglected by . the trade , and prices were with difficulty supported . Rice went off steadily .
COAL . London ,: May 7 . —We quote the following from tiic monthly return of the Coal Meter ' s Office : — Total of coals , coke , and culm , delivered by official meters .. .. .. .. 151 , 874 Total delivered by private meter * ., 43 , 987 n . -iiT . v Gr 0 B 8 total .. .. 195 . 8 H It will be seen by this return that a check has been giv » to the system of private wei ghers which is so calculated to be prejudicial to the interest of the trade , and Muntry dealers in particular . The return shows that the delivery of coals this mouthi « short the corresponding . month , 1848 , 61 , 984 ton * ; short le gross delivery ending April , 1848 , 205 , 828 ; and filwrt tho average of five years , 1 U . 16 L tons .
( Price of coals per ton at the close of the market . ) -Chester ; Main , 13 s Gd ; East Adairs Main , 12 s 6 d ; [ astiiigs ' Hartley , 13 s fid ; Holy well Main , 13 s 6 d ; XeW Tanfield , 12 s 6 d ; Ord ' s Kedhsugh , 12 s Gd ; 'Ra-rensworui West Hartley 13 b ' ; Tanfield Moor , ; i 3 s 6 d , Wall ' s-end - Acorn Close , 14 s 6 d ; Bewicke and Co ., -14 s-6 d ; Brown ' s gai , 12 s 6 d ; Elm Park , 14 s Sd ; Gibson , 13 s 9 d ; Killingr / orft , Us ; Parey Bensham , 13 a 6 d ; Ramsay ,. Vig 6 d ; South KJlingworth , 12 s ; Eden . Maiu , ; 156 ; Braddyll * letton , 16 s 6 d ; Bell , 15 s ; Hetton , 17 a Hawell 17 s 6 d ; Lambtoril 66 6 d ; KuaseU ' s Hetton , 16 b 6 d ; Whitwell , Ks o 148 6 d ; Benson 14 s ; Caradoc , 15 b 3 d ) Hartlepool , 1 "»; Hudson Hartlepool , 14 s 3 d ; Kelloe , 15 s 6 d ; South hua » - pool , 14 s 9 d ; Thornley , 15 s : Whitvrorth , 12 s ad ; Adelaide reea 16 s y BJsbop Tees , Wsj Tees , jgg . yfesi , jeitoD , 4 s 6 d jCowpen Hartley ; 13 s Cd ; Hartley , 12 g 6 d ; 'SydntjV Hartley , 13 s 6 d ; HUdu , - 13 s 9 d . _ ShipB at market , M-
• ¦ --., ' . ' :.: ¦;¦¦• , ¦ .. . W ) pL .: ' . , - . Crrr , Monday , May 7 . ~ Th « -public sales of wool commence on Thursday h « xt . and already about 20 , 000 b « le £ are adrerthsed . The importB into London ore considerable from the Auitrulian colonies and iwlude 2 , W 3 ba from South Australia , 1 ^ 209 from Port Philip , WU from th « Cape , and 2 , 167 from Sydney , since tail day W «»»
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 12, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1522/page/8/
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