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      • whicfe had been entrusted to him . -Nojloubfcmany a wealthy banker and merchant in the city regards Mr . O'Connor ' s institution with feelings of Bcorn aid disdain ; but , oh , how few of them are thtw who would consent to let their accounts be subjected to the same rigorous examination as that to "Which Mr . O'Connor ' s accounts have been submitted . How few of them aro there who would come out n nscathed from such an ordeal . If the day were to arrive when man would be weighed against man , on the score of conduct and character alone—if the day were to arrive when , it being acknowledged throughout the world that " Rank is but the guinea stamp , Tkc man's th'gowd for a' that i "

      it shall be agreed on all hands that man should bo weighed against man , irrespective of extreme differences , and the adventitious advantages of social position and aristocratic lineage—if such a day shall ever arrive , it will then be revealed to the imiverse how much better a man was Air . 0 ' Connor than the men who persecuted and assailed him . If Mr . O'Conuor be an impostor , how come 3 it that , of the 70 , 000 shareholders "who have confided their fortunes to his charge , not one has called upoa him to resign his trust ? Here is a man who has done every thing to invite attention and defied scrutiny . Hu scheme may have failed and his wishes may not be realised , but that is not the question ; it is whether he knew they

      • would fail . Unless that was the case we cannot s :. y le was dishonest , and unless be were I am entitled to your verdict . I will call your attention to another letter published in the &ar of July 10 , 1 S 47 , to Mr . T . A . Barnsley Since that time thousands have enrolled themselves as members of the society , and yet we are told that the people have been induced to take that step because there was a bank having the security of the land of the Company . " With regard to the increase of the sale of tiie Xorthcrn Starl'lvmt ask whether it followed that because he discovered that the Land Plan would : dd another important undertaking

      in which he had an interest , he was dishonest . Let them see how that cut both ways . Did he anticipate the circulation would increase to 20 , 000 ? If he did he must have known how dangerous it would be to attempt to impose upon so large a number of persons . If the paper increased tenfold so did the difficulty of cheating anybody . It was said that his declarations are of no value : that is doubtful—but one thing is clear , viz ., if he had intended to keep this property he would not have made those declarations . I " will next call attention to the lank circular of which my learned friend would only ¦ use a part , because , in fact , it was an answer to his whole case .

      Mr . Koebuck . —The whole was read yesterday . Mr . Serjeant Wilkess . — Aly learned friend fell into the trap yesterday beautifully . When the witness spoke of it , he said triumphantly , " Where is that letter ? " " Ilere it is , " said I . lie did not know there was such a letter in the world . The plea says , —" And the defendant further saiththat at the time of the publication of the said books mentioned , the said Conipapy had an office of business in aceitain house : plaintiff had last an office for carrying on the business of the bank , called , < tc , the same being not the bank of the said Company but the bank of him the plaintiff , " &c Here is my answer : —[ This letter having appeared at leugth in the Star of the 23 rd February , it is not necessary to

      repeat it . ] That was sent to every depositor in the bank , and . is dated the loth of September , 1 S 48 . The learned Sergeant then went on to ask what document could he have produced , which furnished a more perfect answer to the whole case . He had produced O'Connor ' s receipt book for 1847 . and lad proved that up to the receipt of £ 26 , 000 Roberts had performed the office of treasurer . lie Lad shown why Mr . O'Connor had taken it . He had produced balance sheets , headed " Feargus O'Connor , treasurer in ? ccoun £ with the Land Company . " He had proved the audit of the accounts , and the expression of gratitude awarded to him by the Company for the way in which he conducted their business . Th 3 defendant had not

      shown one person in the world who could produce a well founded complaint . Were they then to suppose that these 70 , 000 subscribers were demented ? If Mr . O'Connor was an impostor , and his imposture was so palpable , how in the name of the common instincts of our nature out of all these 70 , 000 , wasit thatuotone should c-verask Mr . O ' Connorto give up his interest?—how was it they did now come forward to say he was an impostor ? If the imposture were so palpable that a child might detect it , by what magic art , unknown to all other men , did Mr . O'Connor keep these 70 , 000 subscribers in quietness ? Really what was there in this case , even when aided by the beautifully rounded periods of his learned friend ?

      His learned friend had appealed to thenwis the protectors of the poor—he appealed -to ^ their -reason and understanding . His learned friend _ had spoken in praise of the press—but no man had a higher respect for the press than he ( Sergeant Wilkins ) . He believed that the cause of liberty owed to it the deepest obligations , and he thanked lleaven that there was ufthis free and happy land such an organ of opinion , which would inflict condign punishment on all who would dare to invade the rights of the Constitution or to inflict an injury on the poor He respected and reverenced the-press , because it pro . noted civilisation , enlightenment , and rational ireedom ; and he should always desire to see the legitimate rights and privileges of that great censor

      of the age preserved intact und inviolate ; but surely it could not be contended that Job Bradshaw ¦ was the representatire of the press in this country , or that the pitiful and malignant hand-bill he had posted about the walls of Nottingham came within the - legitimate province of the press , or was to be classed ' iu . the . Category of editorial comments . Mr . Roebuck-ivadj s $ a > ted . that Mr . O'Connor ' s composition savoare 4 ^ : T * fy strongly of the Macassar oil style of lit « riurD . T - but most assuredly the defendant's handb ' illjjayoared as stronly of that delectable school i « . = any-. pje $ ejbfi composition that had i ' allen under his noi ^ s ^ -The objects of the writer were twofold—firstly ^ to give vent to his own private spleen , under . the * retext of protecting the rights of

      the public . - ;^ and ^ secohdly , to puff off his own newspaper . Every sentence professed to be dictated by a feeling of-phila ^ thropy and patriotism , but the wholedocumsjifc enjted with an exhortation to buy * he NottmgMrn'Journal , and at the end of every sentence might have been printed the words " Fourpance halfpenny . " There never was a showman at Greenwich fair " who revelled in such eloquent bom-Twst . The whole document , if translated into showman ' s parlance , might be read thus , " Walk up , walk up , ladies and gentlemen , walk up , and see low the great giant Feargus O'Connor will be polished off by that redoubtable champion Job Bradshaw , for the low charge of fourpence halfpenny . " 2 vot a tittle of evidence had been adduced to show

      that Mr . O'Connor had acted otherwise than as a faithful steward ; and he , therefore , implored the jury to come and stand between him and his slanderers . In his desire to benefit his race , he had familiarised himself with scenes of wretchedness and woe , and had subjected himself , from choice , to evils to which the poor bad to submit through necessity . A jury of honest Englishmen were bound to throw the shield of their protection around such a man . They should not forget that the interests of the public might be wounded through the side of an individual , and the present was precisely such a case . They should take care how they permitted themselves to be used as an instrument to allow one man to vent . his private spleen against another , under the plausible pretext of exposing an imaginary imposture . The learned Serge : int concluded his address by imploring the jury to bring to the consideration of this most important ease minds unbiased by prejudice and unswayed by passion .

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      ibi English Ship of "War at Japan . —In obedience to orders from the Commander-in-Chief , Commander , Mathison proceeded in H . M . S . Mariner ( twelve guns ) to the coast of Japan , and anchored off the town of Oragatva , twenty-five miks from the capital of the empire , and three miles farther than any other vessel of a foreign nation had been allowed to proceed . The Mariner sounded all the way across and along the shore . " The Japanese interpreter on board haying informed the authorities of the object of my visit , I sent my card , written in Chinese , ashore to the Governor , requesting Mm to receive my visit ; to which he replied , that , out of courtesy to me and curiosity to himself , he would have been delighted to pay me a visit , and also entertain me ashore , but that it was contrary to the laws" of the country for

      any foreigner to land , and that he ( the Governor ) would lose his life if Le permitted me to proceed any farther up . the bay . When about eight miies from Cape / Misaki , which forms the south-west end of the bay , ten boats , manned with twenty armed men and five mandarins in each ,, catflft alongside . I attowed the mandarins to come onboard , when they presented me a paper , written in French and Dutch , directing me not to anchor or cruise about the bay . Finding , however , that I was determined to proceed , they offered , when within two miles of the anchorage , to tow me up , which I accordingly accepted . Several boats were stationed around us during the night , forts were lighted up , andseverallmndrecl boats were collected along the shore , all fully manned and armed . In return , I had my guns loaded , aud requested , their

      . -jlmta to keep at a respectful distance during the night . . Othosan , the interpreter , was in great dread saying t " iat in case we landed , the Japanese would murder us all , and as for himself , lie would be reserved for a lingering death by torture . Oragawa appears tp . be the key of the capital of the empire , . aud contains 20 , 000 inhabitants . All the junks goihg k .-rf ^ v wtBrnirig t o'Jedd . o icust pass the custom-house , here 5 and tciffi V moderate force the whole trade of . the capital might be coaplete ' y stopped . With an i . armed , steamer the passage up to Jeddo might be ¦ surveyed ; agi I .. was informed that a ship could iip-^^ -S ^^ - ^^^ t ? ie ' - ' feeeothe ; '" - « SPf-. ^ U liie ; p ? rtMi . jacfellent road exists . ' i'lhe : > * 595 ^ £ «?»* jjww ofw inferior class , treated us ¦ - S is '}* lli * ~ "V- * i ; - ' ¦ - •; ..-- - ¦ -. ' - ' ' *'" - ¦ '

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      civilly , and were anxious to gain' any informatio from us , but would give none in return . TJiey took sketches of different parts of the ship , sent us some water , vegetables , and eggs , and then were continually inquiring when I intended to depart . ; Mr . Ilolloran , the master , having made a survey of the anchorage , I weighed , and proceeded to Semodi Bay , of which an accurate survey was made . I landed at this place , but the mandarins immediately followed , entreating me to return on board ., They supplied us with plenty of fish , and sent fifty boats to tour m out . The governor of the province came on boanl at this place . He livss at a town caUed Miomalu , thirteen miles off . and was evidently , a man Ot high iue

      rank , from the respect shown him by his suite . Dutch interpreter from Oragawa likewise came on board with two mandarins to watch our proceedings . They were , however , doubtless acting as ^ spies on each other , " &c . « vc .-Dr . Gutzlaff hoped that the time was rapidly approaching when the commerce ot these two empires would be open to the world , lo Russia the Chinese Emperor , in a secret treaty , has granted the free navigation of the Amur , which will greatly facilitate the communication betwieu the American and Asiatic possessions of Russia on the Northern Pacific and St . Petersburg , via Kiakta .

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      MONDAY , March 11 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Railwat Audit . —Earl Granviixe moved the second reading of the Railway . Audit Bill , and after recapitulating the details of the measure , alluded to the bill prepared by certain shareholders of the North-Western Railway , to which the government could not give their support , because it would not secure a continuous and independent audit . Lord Stanley would not oppose the second reading of the bill if the government would promise not to pres 3 jt forward too rapidly . The reason why he wished for delay was to be found in the fact , that he had been requested to take charge of the other Audit Bill , to which Lord Granville had alluded , and though he was little versed in railway matters himself , he hoped the house would not object to have the bill printed , and trusted , though the government bill might be read a second time , yet its rival would receive a due share of consideration .

      Lord Monteagle again expressed his satisfaction that the government had taken this question up , and hoped the house would remember the immense amount of property sunk in railways , as well as the fact that the accounts of those companies had got into such confusioa that no confidence was placed in them . After some further discussion , Lord Granville undertook not to hurry the bill on without affording time for duly considering the question . With regard to the proposition for a select committee he would give his opinion to morrow . The bill was th-n read a second time , and their lordships adjourned , after disposing of some other business .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The Lords' amendment of the Party Processions ( Ireland ) Bill were agreed to . ' ¦ Armt Estimates . —Tl e house then went into Committee of Supply on the Army Estimates , when Mr . F . Maule renewed his motion—made on Friday—for a vote of 99 , 128 men for the land forces for the service of the present year , and entered into a detailed explanation of the state and expenditure of the array . H stated the distribution of the forces—59 , 393 at home , 39 , 730 in the colonies—replying , as he proceeded , to objections offered in the debate "f Friday by Mr . Cobden and Mr . M . Gibson , observing , that the officers in the army were the worse paid and the hardest worked of any of our public servants ,

      and that a very small proportion of the commissions in the army were held by the aristocracy . With regard to the proposed number of the forces , considering the strength of the continental armies , the French being 430 , 000 , besides National Guards ; that of Prussia 325 . 000 , exclusive of Landwehr ; that of Austria 539 , 000 ; it would ill befit the position which this country holds amongst nations , he observed , to maintain only a sufficient number of troops to furnish reliefs for those in our colonies , without regard to the protection of our interests at home . The charge for the land forces this year was £ 3 , 562 , 430 , being a reduction of £ 93 , 158 in comparison with the charge of last jtar : and , including the effective and non-effective service ? , the aggregate decrease was £ 122 , 814 .

      The internal condition of the army had greatly improved , if measured by the number of men committed id military prisons , and , in particular , that of young men so committed had been gradually diminishing for the last few years . The health of the army was greatly ameliorated , as shown by the returns of mortality in corps serving abroad . Education was making progress in the regimental schools , and measures were taken to secure a higher standard of education among the officers , the Commander-in- Chief having insisted upon gentlemen" undergoing examination before entering the service . He ( Mr . Maule ) bad been assured by the highest authority , that with respect to both eflicers and men , the British army was at present in a state of which the country might well be proud . Mr . Hume concurred in believing that the army was well managed and in a state of high efficiency .

      He did not think that the individuals , whether men or officers , were paid too highly , but he was convinced that their numbers were two great . Referring back to the year I 82 S , when tbe annual outlay of the country was JE 55 . 000 . 000 , Mr . llume recorded the results of the scrutiny instituted by the committee appointed in that session , and which led ultimately to the minimum expenditure of 1835 . Since then the charges had again expanded until they had actually exceeded the amount voted twenty yearo ago . This fact proved the necessity for renewed efforts of retrenchment . The lion , gentleman founded upon his calculation a proposal to reduce the number of men to he immediately voted to 89 , 000 ; as the first step towards reforms- winch he "intended to enforce uDtil a sum of ten millions annually had been struck off the national burdens . . .. -.. ;

      . The amended vote , as suggested by Mr . Hume , having been put , Major BiiCKALL , who opposed the amendment , remarked that the hon . member had proposed a reduction often thousand men , but had not explained from what regiments they could be spared . - He argued that there was no branch of the military force that was not already overtasked by the duties assigned to it . Sir W . Molbswohth treated the military expenditure chiefly as a colonial question . Out of £ 6 , 600 , 000 which was the whole cost of the effective services , no less than five millions , being five elevenths , was incurred on ace unt of the colonies . Was this enormous outlay necessary ? On this question the hon .

      baronet entered into a detail ef the military forces engaged in the various dependencies distinguished into garrison colonies , plantations , and colonies proper . Many incidents proving the extravagant charges for fortifications , and the unnecessary number of troops employed were adduced , and the conclusion enforced that the colonies to whom we were giving free constitutions ought to provide for their own defence . From New Zealand , New South Wales , and the Cape we might thus withdraw no less than 7 , 000 men , enabling us to dispense with a much larger number from our army . Captain Bolbero argued that the state neither of the colonies , of Ireland , or of Europe generally , justified any reduction in our military

      establishments . Mr . Macgbe g or pave the government credit for the reductions they _ had already accomplished , and relied upon sincerity in prosecuting the work of economy . Previously to the last session , he had calculated that about four millions could be saved out of the eighteen millions spent on the army , navy , and ordnance .. He now found that £ 2 , 600 , 000 had been actually reduced , ana more was promised . ' Hewa ' s convinced that further retrenchments were possible , especially in the colonies , but he objected to pass a sweeping vote which might prove embarrassing to the public service and unjust to tbe gallant men

      composing our armies . Mr . Bbenai- Osborne contended that by improved management we could combine a large saving with increased vigour in the army . He suggested the combination of the three distinct departments of the Horse Guards , ordnance , and commissariat , and placing them under the control of a minister of war , who shall be duly responsible to the house . In the clothing system for tho army a fair field was offered for reform . " A saving of £ 40 , 000 a year might be effected with an enhancement of the respectability of the colonels of regiments , who now shared the tailors' profits . A protracted discussion ensued , which was terminated by brief replies from Mr . Fox Maule , and Mr . Hcmk , and a division .

      For the amendment ... ... 50 Against ... ... ... ... ... 223 Majority against it ... 173 . The vote asked by the government was then agreed to . On the grant of £ l , Y 00 , 000 to defray the charge rendered necessary by the preceding vote , Sir- HtaiE , observing that be had done bis duty towards the cause of reti-enehnienl , said that he would not delay the committee with any further opposition . . " ' . ' ¦¦• ; The vote , after some miscellaneous conversation ,

      was agreed to . Sir F . BaiuKg then brought forward the navy estimates . As a preface to them , but promising that it should be the last occasion on which the item should appear ; the right hon . baronet placed a sum '' £ 211 , 000 as the excess of the past two years beyond the sums granted by the house . The sums requited for the ensuing year were—For the effective services , £ 4 , 325 , 000 ; non-effective ,: £ 1 ; 188 , 000 ;• making , with the additions required for the conveyance of troops , mail-packets , &c , a total of £ 6 , 613 , 000 for thn naval service .. This amount presentelareduc 1 tiba of £ 480 : 000 from the expenditure of JasfcJy ' ear .

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      ^^ M ^^^^ " ^» ^ i - . ¦ — Com pared with 1848-9 , 'the saving' waaTrioless"than £ 1 , 333 , 000 . The retrenchment .. : had extended through all the departments , the number of seamen , marines , officBrs , ^ and dockyard workmen , the vessels in commission ! having all been reduced with a corresponding saving in provisions and supplies ot all sorts . In Btores , works , &c , large economy had beeneffected . ....., ' A vote of 30 , 000 men was then proposed for the naval serviced Mr . I 1 ume referred to the average of the six years ending with 1839 , to show that 31 , 400 men had then been found ample for ; every , duty . He did not wish to persevere in an unavailing opposition , but desired to record his protest against this extravagance . The vote would make an amount of' twelve millions granted in one night . He placed before the committee an amendment to reduce the vote to tlie ' number he had stated .

      Captain Pkcueix signified his intention to vote for the amendment if it were carried to a division . The existing condition of the navy was , he added , highly satisfactory , b j ithe remonstrated against the proposed diminution in the allowance ot gro& ' tb the sapors . Colonel Sibthobp , regretting that the lateness of tbe umir forbade his doing justice to the subject , took the opportunity of suggesting some reductions in the income of the First Lord of the Admirulty , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , and some other official salaries . Captain PetHAM spoke a few words in favour of

      economy . Mr . Bakkes made some inquiries as to the deBtiny which awaited the prizes taken off the shores oi Greece , by Admiral Parker's squadron . Lord Pamierston said the Greek ships were detained as pledges , not as prizes , but would be Bold to furnish compensation for the dangers suffered by British subjects , if there was no other way of securing it . . ' . ' .... ' On a division there appeared— . . For the amendment 19

      Against it i ... 117—93 The vote of 39 , 000 men was then agreed to . The Chairman then reported progress , and the house resumed . Lord J . Russrll brought in a bill to reduce the salaries of the Chief Justices of Queen ' s Bench and Common Pleas to £ 8 , 000 and £ 7 , 000 respectively . The house adjourned at one o ' clock .

      TUESDAY , March 12 . HOUSE OP LORDS . —The royal assent was given by commission to the Party Proce « sions ( Ireland ) Bill . Lord Stanley introduced the rival bill for the audit of railway accounts prepared by the shareholders in opposition to that of the government . . AgiucolturaIi Distrkss . — -Lord Rbdesdalb , pursuant to notice , presented two petitions praying for agricultural protection—one from Northumberland signed by 4 , 700 persons , and the other from the county of Worcester , numerously and respectably sifned . Parliament had now met about six weeks , and no notice had been taken in that house of this important subject . He considered , therefore , having these petitions to present , that it was his duty to do

      so . The noble marquis opposite , in the debate on the address , gave that house the comfortable assurance that the worst had arrived , and he hoped an improvement would take place in agricultural prospects ; six weeks , however , had elapsed , and so far from those expectations being realised , there had been a constant tendency downward in the market . Let' them see how this matter affected the poorer classes , from whom a large portion of the national income was derived . ( Hear , hear . ) Wages had been reduced'in all classes of labour , from the most skilful artisan down to the- agricultural labourer ; and taking ten millions of the population of this country to be employed in labour , he was safe in saving there had been , on an average , a reduction

      in their wages of 2 s . per week . If that was tho case , there had been a falling off of £ 52 , 000 , 000 a year in the income of the people . ( Hear . ) On the ' other hand , our boasted saving by buying in the cheapest markets had not covered that loss . He would take the average price of corn when Sir 11 Peel introduced his measure in 1842 , as compared with the present time , and it would appear that there had been a saving of £ 16 , 000 , 000 in wheat , £ 4 , 000 , 000 in barley , and £ 500 , 000 in oats , which with the saving in butter , cheese , and other articles of food , made a total amount of £ 40 , 000 , 000 , only as a set-off against the £ 52 , 000 , 000 loss in the income of xhe people . ( Hear , hear . ) The doctrine of buying in the cheapest and selling in the dearest market the labouring man could not avail himself

      of . ( Hear , hear . ) The labouring man had nothing but his labour to sell , and he must sell it before he could buy anything . Now the object of the present system was to make wages low ; there could bo no doubt of that ; and the only people who were not able to go into any other market were the agricultural labourers , and yet the free traders found fault with the reduction of their wages . ( Hear , hear . ) The noble lord after enumerating the grievances of the agricultural interest , concluded by asking the Marquis ef Landsdowne whether there was any chance of a considerable alteration in the prico of covn ; whether , supposing there was no alteration , the present extent of land could be cultivated ; and ,

      Lastly , whether the government had been able to frame any calculation as to the future average price of corn . Marquis of Lansdownk replied that he was not one of those who had anticipated that the abolition of the Corn Laws would bo effected without difficulty or pressure . In his opinion , the abrogation of these laws was inevitable , and he was firmly convinced that the change would ultimately be most beneficial for the prosperity of the country . While he regretted the temporary distress of the agricultural interest , he would add that the experiment now in progress ought to be allowed every fair chance of success , and it certainly could not be said to have failed . Ho declined to answer either of the

      above questions . Earl of Malmesbury contended that the oxperimentoffree trade had not worked well , and that the only result which had at present attended it was that the interests of the rural districts were sacrificed to the prosperity of the towns . Earl Grey said that if free trade was merely regarded as an experiment , still it must be regarded as entirely successful . In fact , the country eould never have gone through the past four years without the abolition of the Corn Laws . The petition was ordered to lie on the table , and their lordships adjourned , after despatching some other business . nOUSE OF COMMONS . -ArcticExpedition .-

      Sir P . Bahing stated that the new expedition about to be despatched to the Arctic Regions m search of Sir J . Franklin , consistnd of two ships , manded by Capt . Penney , and two steamers commanded by Captain Austin . The squadron , it was expected , would be ready to sail in tho first week of April .

      THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY .-Mr . F . O' Connor gave notice that immediately after Easter he should bring in a bill to wind up the afiairs of the National Land Company . Sir B . Hall said he questioned whether this would not be taken as a private bill , and he suggested to the hon . member for Nottingham whether he should not take steps to obtain the sanction of the house to the bill before Easter . Mr . F . O'Connor said he hardly understood what the hon . member meant ! He intended to take the advice of the best conveyancer , the best equity lawyer , and the best common law lawyer , as to tho best means of effecting the object he had in view .

      Taxation and Expenditure . —Mr . H . Brummond moved a resolution , that whereas the present taxation depresses all classes , by diminishing the funds for th ' e employment of productive labour , adequate means should be forthwith adopted to reduce the expenditure . He gave a rapid sketch of the history 6 f the last few years ; the lavish profusion in the time of war , the command wo obtained by the war over the commerce of the world , and the stimulus which this prosperity received from a gradually depreciated currency . The peace , he observed , changed the aspect of affairs ; the demand for agricultural produce fell off ; the currency measure of 1819 augmentedthedifficulties of the landed interest , and the corn law was given as an equivalent .

      lhat law was now repealed , and , although he did not ask the house to . reverse its policy , ho called upon it not to halt midway ; he demanded a reduction of expenditure in the matter of salaries , and that all burdens should be revised which checked the growth of raw produce , When salaries were increased on account of tho dearness of the necessaries of life , it was never supposed that they should bo mamtained . at their high scale when prices became low ; and whilst the value of produce had been lowered , the cost of production remained the same . By what right , ho asked , were the yeomen of this country prevented from growing what they pleased upon their land ? and why wero they subjected , in their rural affaira , to nn interference from which other trades were exempt ? IIo should 1

      contiuuo to ' press this , matter on the attention of tho house so long as ho sat there ; and ho would give" every constituent in the bountry an opportunity of knowing how his representatives voted on this matter . ( Hear , hear . ) To the demand he now made " for a removal of all the burdens pressing alike on the labourer and the owner of tho soil , it was no answer to tnlk of faith being kept with tho public creditor . . They had not kept faith with the public debtor . ( Hear , heav . ) They had taught tlic public debtor to have no respect for faith with tho public creditor ; and whether they might like it or not , the langurtge of the farmers at the present moment yas . this ( he had jjg ar ( j it from more than one of th 6 m ) , ; . " Whatever ' were oui politics , we were faithfuland loyal men , and we respected the " insti-

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      tutions 6 f ^ our countryY we have not found those institutions to protect our property ; and we care not a rush whether they are maintained or not . ( Hear ; hoar , and laughter . ) Hon . members might not think it a laughing matter when these throats were carried into effect . What was worse , amongst the labourers who had been made to Buffer by the recent changes , a very common sentiment had begun to prevail—they did not see why there should be such a difference between the rich and the poor . He confessed that was a question which ho could not answer : but it was a fearful condition of things

      with which they had to deal . To avert . the evu they must act justly and honestly , by diminishing the salaries of all the servants of the crown , and by removing every impediment in the way of the cultivator of the soil doing what ho . pleased with his produce . ( Hear , hear . ) These were the two points on which he should insist . He wished not to screen the rich—not to protect the landlord against the labourer . Let them put a property tax on the landlord if they pleased ; but , whatever they did , let them remove tho burdens which oppressed the labourer . ( Hear ,. hear . )

      Mr . Catley seconded the motion . The object of the Legislature for some years past had been to create a fall in prices . ' Cheapness was their object , and cheapness they had got . The advantage proposed was the adv < antago of the consumer—meaning tho working ! classes ; but were they as a class better off ? Try to delude themselves as they might , it was in vain to conceal that both in the country and in that house a doubt of the eventual success of the free trade system inoreasod daily . Free trado had produced so Iowa price of agricultural produce that tho very advocates of cheapness were frightened at their own work . For the motion of Mr . Cobden he

      felt himself bound , in" duty to his constituents , to vote ; for the motion of the hon . member for Montrose , for the reduction of the army , he also felt bound to vote . Tho necessities and safety of the government were one element in the present question , but there was another element , which he could not but remember—the necessities and safety of his constituents . ( Hear , hear . ) On similar grounds he should support the motion of his hon . friend , the member for Surrey . But was this impatience of taxation which was now evinced the only thing of evil import in prospect for his noble friend ? It was but the beginning of the end ' . Did he imagine the system of free trade established ? They were scarcely at the end of the first stagechanging horses at Barnefc on the road to the north . Sincerely did ho wish that tho impatience

      of taxation already expressed was all that his noble friend would have to contend with . ' At each stage he would be met by obstructions and resistance— - not voluntary and hypothetical ^ but arising from dire necessity , and out of the nature of things . " War to the knifo" would he have to encounter between British wages and foreign wages—war to the knife between white bread and black bread—war to the knife between poor laws and no poor laws—between a nation with poor laws , and a world without them—war to the knife between the lawful insanity of an abstract dogma , and the lawless insanity of the lucifer match . And well would it be if , in the prosecution of the ruthless 3 cheme to make the rioh richer , and the poor poorer , the walls even of the house in which they sat were not shaken to their very foundation . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr . Fox Maule gave his full assent to the premises laid down by Mr . Drummond , but disagreed with his conclusions . He agreed that taxation was an evil , and that the labourer should be relieved , as far as possible , from its burden . He did not , however , believe that the labourer ' s position would be improved by sweeping resolutions which might damage the credit of the country . Free trade , he was convinced , had led to a great and nearly universal increase of public prosperity , and the government were willing to abide by all the contingencies that could result from that great experiment . It was a fallacy to argue about labour as if the

      agriculturist was the only , or indeed the most numerous , class of labourers . ' It was no true economy to reduce tho salaries of public men , and especially of judicial functionaries , at the risk of sacrificing their efficiency and trustworthiness . Retrenchment had already gone a great way . There was no head of expense which offered a margin for reductions so great as were proposed by the resolution before the house . That proposition he declared was merely a trap sot to catch the votes of every advocate of economy of whatever colour . The right hon . member concluded by moving the previous question . Mr . Mangles seconded tho amendment .

      Sir R . Pbel said , the motion must be looked at either in a commercial or financial point of view , Mr . P . Maule had supposed that Mr Drummond intended that the house should imply an opinion unfa vourable to the' commercial policy of late years j but he ( Sir R . Peel ) believed if this had been his intention , he would have said so in plain and direct terms ; and , moreover , such an intention was incompatible with Mr , Drummond ' a avowed opinions and with the legitimate inferences from the terms of the motion . What that gentleman meant was , that the taxation which remained pressed heavily upon industry , and therefore it was desirable to adopt , all practicable economy . He agreed with Mr . Cayley that the merits of our recent commercial policy lay in the answer to the question . Had tho social condition of the labouring classes generally been improved thereby ? Had their command over the necessaries of life been increased ? And

      so far as a judgment could be formed , we had at least no right to infer that the comforts of even the agricultural classes had been curtailed by the legislation since 1842 . In various years , under protection , agricultural distress had been . most severely felt , even co-existent with high prices . Mr . Drummond had claimed for the farmer exemption from restrictions ; that he might , for example , grow tobacco ; but if the foreign duty on that article was maintained , and an Excise duty was imposed upon British tobacco , agriculture would reap biit a slender benefit . Ho had not been able to vote the other night with Mr . Cobden , because he thought the principle of bringing the expenditure down to the standard of any particular year was a fallacious one , and he had more confidence in the progressive

      and reflecting retrenchments of a government than in the varying and vacillating declarations even of a reformed House of Commons , which had its hot as well as cold fits . How could the house adopt this resolution , which must exeito expectations of a large reduction of taxation , immediately after rejecting by large majorities propositions for reducing the army and navy estimates ? He believe'd that there wero many taxes , the reduction of which consistently with good faith and public security , would confer inestimable benefit ; and he advised the house to apply itself to economy in every practical form , but not one day vote large estimates , and the very same day agree to a general resolution justifying the expectation of a largo reduction of expenditure , and thereby propagating a delusion . '

      In the further discussion of the question , Mr . Newdegate , Col . Sibthokp , Mr . Stafford , Lord J . Manners ; Mr . Bright , Mr . Henley , Mr . Heyworth , Mr . Hume , Mr . Bbmnett , Capt . Harris , Mr . Muntz , and Lord Duncan spoke in support of the motion . Col . Thompson , Lord J . Russell , Mr . B . Osborne , Mr . Labouohere , and Mr . Brotherton , opposed it . Mr . Osborne and Mr . Brotherton looked upon the motion as a Protectionist trap , and refused to walk into it . Mr . Druumond having replied the house divided , when the previous question . was carried by 190 against 156 . County Rates . —Sir H . Halforp moved for leave to bring in a bill to relieve occupiers of lands and tenements , not being owners , from county and police rates ; which , after somei disparaging remarks by Mr . Miles and Mr . Aolionby , and a qualified consent from Sir G . Grey , was given .

      Jews in Parliament . —Mr . Wood moved for a committee to search the journals and report upon such precedents or acts as relate to the question of Jews or others being admitted into . Parliament without being sworn upon the Holy Gospel ; and also in what manner Mr . Pease , in 1833 , made affirmation to tho effect of the oaths required . from members ; and further , in what manner Jews and others , not professing the Christian religion , ' are permitted to make oaths in courts of Justice and elsewhere . He referred to the circumstances connected with the election of Baron Rothschild , and stated that he had made # iis motion with a view of inouirinsr into all the circumstances which would

      enable the house to arrive at a right determination , following a precedent he had found in the journals in the case of Mr . Pease . Sir R . Peel was still ready to give his cordial support to any legislative enactment for . the admission of persons of the Jewish persuasion into that house ; but no gentleman opposed to their admission would watch with more jealousy than he should any attempt by the House of Commons to supersede the authority of the , House of Lords . Lord J . Rosbell considered that the House , by ngroeing to the committee , would not signify any opinion as to the admission of Jews into the house ; but ho thought it of very great importance that thero Bhouldbe a committee . . . .

      A few remarks were made by Mr . Stuart Wortley . Mi . Anstey , and Mr . Walpqlk , and the motion was agreed to . . , . ' : : . Mr . Deedes obtained loaveto bring in a bill to amend the act 5 th Victoria , chap . 109 , for tlieappointment of parish constables . Tho remaining orders were disposed of , and the house adjourned at a quarter to one o ' clock . ' WEDNESDAY , March 13 . : HOUSE- OF-COMMONS . — County Ratks . — The debate , upon the second reading of this bill adjourned on the 13 th of February ) , was resumed by ., ¦ .. ' ; ' . ' ., . .... .. ' ¦ ¦ Sir J . Pakinoton , who . movedjas an ' amendment ; fora select committee to inquire . into-the present mode of levying and expending tho county rate , with a view to ascertain . whether any . more satisfactory mode can be . adopted of levying the rates , and

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      of giving the ratepayer ? more effectual control over their expenditure . ¦ - ¦ ¦ A bond fide inquiry , he thought , was an essential preliminary to legislation upon so essential a subjeot , and he was averse to sanctioning the principle of a bill so objectionable in its details , which had originated , he believed . in a local squabble between two large towns in Lancashire . ' He vindicated the conduct of the magistracy , with reference to local finances ; he showed over how small an amount of expenditure the proposed county boards could exercise a control ; and he contended . that , if grievances did exist under the present system ; this bill , which was ; adapted to Lancashire , would not afford an effectual remedy for them in other counties . " ¦

      After a long debate the amendment was negatived , and the hill read a second time . Public Libraries , —Mi * . E wart then moved the second reading of- the Public Libraries and Museums Bill , explainining that it proposed to give to town-councils a permissive authority , to levy a small limited rate for the purposes of the bill . Colonel Sibthorp opposed , ; upon , constitutional grounds , the second reading of the bill without the previous sanction of a committee ; but Sir 6 . Grey having shown that there was no constitutional impediment to the progress of the bill , Colonel Sibthorp resisted it upon the ground that it increased public taxation , and moved that it be read six

      months hence . Tho second reading was supported by Mr . Bro-MEnTON , Mr . Home , Mr . G . A . Hamilton , Mr . Laboucherb , Mr . Bright , Mr . Slaney , Mr . Heywood , and Mr . Wyld , several of whom objected to parts of the bill ; which was opposed by Mr . Buck , Mr . Goulburn , Mr . Bernal , Mr . Miles , Mr . Spoon ' ur , Mr . Roundley Palmkr , Sir B . Inglis , Mr . P . Howard , and Mr . Oswald , most of whom , however , severed in their grounds of opposition . Mr . Ewart having replied , Sir J . Graham inquired whether he would adopt the suggestion of some members , to require the consent of a majority of the ratepayers . Mr . Ewart had no objection to such a general principle , but declined to pledge himself . to its adoption . Sir G . Grey thought there ought to be such a check : and ,:

      Mr . Law said , without an express provision withe consent of three-fourths of the ratepayers , he would oppose the bill . The house having divided , the second reading of the bill was carried by 118 against 101 . At six o ' clock the house adjourned . THURSDAY , March 14 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . — Mr . F . O'Connor presented a . petition , signed by members of the National Land Company' resident in Manchester , against the winding up of the Company ; also

      petitions from places m Nottinghamshire , and from Lincoln ' s Inn , praying for a repeal of the taxes on knowledge . . ' Irish Magistracy . —Mr . F . O ' Connor wished to ask the . noblo lord , the Prime Minister , if ho had any objection to . submit to the house copies of tho correspondence' which had passed between him and Di \ Grattan , who had lately been deprived of the commission of the peace in Ireland for presiding over a public meeting . Lord J . Russell had no objection , Mr . F . O'Connor gave notice , then , that on an early day he should move for . its production .

      FACTORt Acts!—Lord "Ashley rose to move for leave to bring in a bill to declare the intentions of the Legislature in reapecfc of the hours and mode of working under the Factoi-y Acts . The circumstances which led him to do so , he said , were very simple , and he would be brief in stating them . In 1847 a bill for regulating the time of labour in factories was introduced . By the Act of 1845 it was enacted that labour in factories should be confined between the hours of half-past five in the morning and eight in the evening—a period of fifteen hours ; but by a clause it was provided that the labour of all ' young persons should be calculated from the tithe when they first commenced in the morning and that none should work for more than ten hours .

      Tho result was that under the interpretation of that Act , the system of relays and sliifts were altogether impossible . After the passing of the Act of 1847 , it was discovered that the section limiting the labour of young persons , was not so stringent as to entirely exclude the system of relays . Great . discpntent was consequently produced among factory operatives ; cross and contradictory decisions were given by magistrates on the clause , and no one knew exactly what the clause was . To prevent further litigation , a case was referred to the Court of Exchequer for its decision , and the result was , a decision adverse to the interpretation put upon the Act by . the factory inspectors ; and Mr . Baron Parke declared that the words of the Act were not

      sufficiently strong to carry into effect-what the court strongly ' suspected wa 3 the intention of the Legislature . ( Hear , hear . ) Believing , himself , that tho object of the Legislature in passing the Act was to interdict sliifts and relays , he now asked for leave to bring in a Bill to more effectively carry out that object . Mr . Baron Parke gave it as bia opinion that the intention of the Legislature was that relays and shifts should not be allowed , but tho words of the Act were not sufficiently stringent to prohibit them . But that was not all , for Mr . Inspector Horner , in his . report of December , 1849 , stated that he knew , of his

      own knowledgo that that it was the intention of the framersof the bill of 1844 , that the working by shifts as had been practised in 1833 should be prohibited . In 1844 the inspectors were called upon to suggest an enactment which should remedy the defect in the Act of 1833 ; and in the following yeiir , doubts having arisen as to whether the Act of 1844 really did prohibit relays , the Secretary of State wrote to the inspectors , telling them that as he interpreted the law the relay and shifo system was interdicted . ( Left Speaking . ) • ¦ ( From our Second Edition of last iveek . ) . THURSDAY , March 7 .

      HOUSE OF LORDS . —The report of the Party Processions ( Ireland ) Bill was brought up and received . The discussion on the clause relative to the possession , or carrying , of arms , proposed by the Duke of Wellington , was postponed until the debate on the third reading of the measure . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —KitRosn Union-. —Mr . Poulett Scrofb , in . moving for a special commission to inquire into the state of Kilrush union , entered into a detail of the sufferings of the poor in that union , and the inefficient relief afforded by the

      guardians . The union had been subject to the most frightful calamities . Evictions had rendered hundreds of families houseless whom tho workhouse accommodation was insufficient to shelter . Government assistance had been doled out in quantities just enough to keep tho people alive , but . the district remained in a deplorable state of poverty , and required the most active interference to render it , what . it ought to he , self-supporting . . After some discussion'the house divided ; for appointing t ' ae commission , C 3 ; against it , 76 ; majority , 13 . .

      The Ballot , —Mr . H . Berkeley then moved for leave to bring in a bill to protect Parliamentary electors from undue influence by the use of the ballot . He hoped he should not be called upon to reiterate the arguments he had urged oh a former occasion ., He considered the ballot to be the most popular of all measures of Parliamentary reform submitted to the house ; it was the primary step to all other measures , and should be the least objectionable to the generality of members , since it altered no institution , but merely protected the electors in the discharge of a duty imposed upon them , and which was obstruct * - y tleabuses that had notoriously crept into tho system . He undertood he was to have anew opponent in Sir G .

      Grey , and ho called upon that right hon . baronet for a fuller explanation of his reasons ior a change of opinion upon such a question . The atateof corruption and demoralization at elections described by the committee of 1836 still continued ; electors were deterred from voting by intimidation , and by exclusive dealing , the light arm of intimidation ; tenants were ejected ; and he asked Sir G . Grey to show where was the increase of virtue in the upper classes , upon which he professed to found his change of opinion ; and why , if the ballot was expedient in 1838 and 1842 , it was bad and inexpedient now . He briefly noticed some of tho objections against the ballot , and contended that , under tho present system , an appeal to the

      country was an appeal to strength to dictate to weakness , to wealth to dictate to poverty , and to the House of Lords to . elect a House of Commons . By the law of agency it was impossible to stand against rascality and treachery otherwise than by the ballot . . ' Lord D . Stuam seconded the motion ,, believing that the" ballot " was the darling measure of the people , and it was one to which they , were moat justly entitled , as a protection against the tyranny of those who abused the power and' privileges of property . . ¦¦¦ ' . ¦ . ' ., ' .. ' . Sir G . Grey believed that both the good and the evil ; of the ballot had beoen greatly , exa ^ gfrated . There were cases in which" ifc . might shiela the conscientiouavoteivbut in" tho . vast majority ' of instances it would be found totally inoperative . Publicity

      lay . at the root of . our whole political system , and would ' exist at elections even if tlic ballocwere introduced . ' , Ho had himself voted for it in deference to liisconstituents , but with a very different appreciation of its importunco . At present , he did not believe the small advantages it could ' confer worth purchasing by the concomitant inconveniences . . Mi * . M . Gibson wbiild ' givo ;' the ballot , in . order that the tenant-farmers " might bo enabled to give an honest Vote . . It . was required as a protection for those—a minority it might be—amongst whom influence could be exercised ; and to say it would bo inoperative in a . vast majority of case ' s was to say nothing . The question was , whether it . would not operat ! in cases requiring protection . " - If a

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      restriction - was-imposod upon a mSS ^ a ^ t ^ tion of publishing his ; vote—the necessity TV $ compulsory publicity should be shown n » * '"** injury to him . , „ . : ,- .... . . | Or ll w as an Mr . J . WiuiAMs supported the motion '! ¦ " Mr . HEALDdid hot admit that the' ballntbe a protection ; but if it were , the ' dfiLW did not desire such a-protection . It WaR » £ v that required it ; in his borough ( StfaknoJn ^? tenths of the constituents did not want tha l i ' i * That small minority consisted of a riondescri i " lot tion of the constituency , on whose account ^' country was . not prepared to part with , the established system : l mth *» old . m Bright challenged the House to aay hon ^ , whether , when party-spirit ran high . ihflffi ? %

      not constantly exercised by employers nfTu . cal parties The - "borou ^ of Stock por&'f markable for its purity , the little cost of itTnl " tions , or the peaceableness of its proceeding ecno exception . . vouul 6 S « - » aj Mr . Mastermatt and Colonel Sibthorp , ^ against the motion , which Mr . Muntz ami ^ iTume supported ; and ' the House havin / Jivi the motion was negatived by 170 againstVi ed < The remaining orders having been diqn » i" j the House adjourned at a quartfr-pS 12 K 5 ( From our Third Edition of last wwjj Cfe l FRIDAY , March 8 . '

      HOUSE OF LORDS—Paiitt Procession land BiLL . ) -This bill was read a tffrd S ( lRfc passed , the Duke of Wellington , at theTsZ * 3 ni of Lord Brouoham , withdrawing the clause 0 & he had given notice , rather than risk the 1 hlct being delayed in the other house beyond thl ^ instant . * uie Ut \ Their lordships then adjourned . liOUSE OF COMMONS .-i \ atioxal ExPm TURE .-Mr . Cobden moved "that the net ex 2 ! % ture of the government for tho year 1835 , ? to £ 44 , 422 , 500 ; that the net Mpendftu ^ H year ending the 5 th day of January , 1850 amnl& to £ 50 , 853 , 000 ; -the increase of UpS' ffi flnn / win u . _ : _ . i . . . P » ara 3 of

      ~ v ,, wV , wU jumng ueeH Causeu principal v bv « ., „ cessive augmentations of our warlike establil ments , and outlays for defensive armSt that no foreign danger , or necessity i of the civil ; government , or in 7 hLnfu disbursements forthe service in ° Sjjjgj abroad , warranted the ( continuance ofthiV bcS of expenditure . -that the taxes required oSX present expenditure impeded the operations of agriculture and manufactures , MiddlminVshed thP ^^^^ ff *^ - !^ « ? . * tranche of productive industry ten

      , thereby ding to produce pauperism and crime , and adding to the local and general burdens of the people ; that , to diminish these evilB , it was expedient that the house should take steps to reduce the annual expenditure , with all practicable speed , to an amount not exceeding the sum which , within the last fifteen years , hat been proved to be sufficient for the maintenance of the security , honour , and dignity of the nation . " In an exceedingly long speech he argued that in every branch of our national expenditure there was ostentation , waste , and jobbing .

      The resolution was opposed by lord John Russeh and Mr . Labouciiere . The house then divided , when the numbers were For the motion' " 89 Against it ... * ... ... 272 Majority against ;" .. ... ... —183 The house then adjourned .

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      COlUs " . Mark Lane , March 11 . —In all kinds of grain the market was dull to-day , at barely last week's prices . Richmond ( Yorkshire , ) March 2 . —We only had a thin supply of grain . this morning . Wheat sold from 4 s 3 d to 5 s 0 d ; oats , Is Gd to 2 s Gd ; barley , 3 s Od to 3 s 6 d ; beans . 3 s fid to 4 s Od per bushel .

      BREAD . The prices of wlicaten bread in the metropolis are frcm 0 d . to 7 d . ; of household ditto , iU . to 5 id . per 4 ffis . loaf .

      CATTLE . SsirrnFiEtD , Monday , March 11 . —The supply ef foreign stock here to-day was somewhat on the increase . Amongst it , we aoticed twenty-three oxen from Spain , which formed a portion of the cargo noticed here . From our own grazinj districts , the receipts of beasts ft-esh up to this morning ' s market were seasonably good , and of full average quality , Notwithstanding that the attendance of buyers was toler . ably good ,. the beef trade was heavy in the extreme , at a decline in the prices of Monday last of 2 d . per 8 tt > s " . The highest figurefor the best Scots was only 3 s . 6 d . perSfta , and a large number of beasts left unsold . We were toler . ably well , but not to say heavily , supplied with elieeep . Prime Down qualities sold steadily at full prices , viz ., 4 s , 2 d , to is , 4 d . per 8 Ibs . In all other breeds only a moderate business was transacted , at barely late rate . ' , Lambs were in good supply and fair request at from Ss , to Gs . per 81 bs . ' Head of Cattle at SsnrnFiELD Friday . —Beasts , 845 ; sheep , 3 , 100 ; calves , 291 ; pigs , 280 . Mondaj . — Bearts , 8 , 600 j sheep , 20 , 228 ; calves , 108 ; pigs , 185 .

      Price per stone of Slbs . ( sinking the offal . )—Beef , 2 s fid to 3 s Gd ; mutton , 3 s 4 d to 4 s id ; veal , 3 s Od to 3 s lOd ; pork , 3 s 2 d to 46 Od . - JNewoate and Ueadenham ,, Monday , March 4 . —InferiM beef , 2 s 2 d to 2 s 4 d ; middling ditto , 2 s 4 d to 2 s Gd ; prime large , 2 s 8 d to 2 s lOd ; prime small , [ 3 s Od to 3 s 2 d ; large pork , 2 s lOd to 3 s 4 d ; inferior mutton , 2 sSd to 2 s lOd ; middling ditto , 3 s Od to 3 s 2 d ; prime ditte , 3 s 4 d to 3 s ti \ veal , 3 s Od to 3 s lOd ; small pork , 3 s Cd to 4 s Od ; per Slbs . by the carcase .

      PROVISIONS . Losdon , Monday . —Although the demand for Irish butta in the past week was not lively , a fair amount of business was done at steady prices . ' Friesland was not so much in request : prices 4 s to Gs per cwt . lower ., For . Irish singM bacon the demand was slow and limited , and the turn cheaper ; for American good , at full prices . Of middles , haras , and lard nothing new to repart . : English Butter Maiiket , March 11 . —Our trade for new Dorset butter is not so brisk as it was last week . The price of Dutch having fallen 10 s per cwt ., and a still further reduction looked for . The small stock of old Dorset butter here remains neglected . Dorset , fine weekly , lOGs to 10 S& per cwt j ditto old 56 s to 70 s ; Fresh 8 s to 13 s per doz . lbs ;

      FRUIT , ' VEGETABLES , Ac . Coteo t Gaxden Mabket . —YegetaUes are plentiful , tort many kinds of fruit are still scarce . Hothouse grapes , «• cepting the Barbarossa , ore over , and ' jine-apples 'lire anything , but plentiful , as are ulso pears and apples-Walnuts , and chesnuts are abundant , more especially the latter , and oranges and lemons are sufficient for the demand . ' Amongst vegetables , turnips and carrots are good , and thevo is some fine Cornwall broccoli in the market . Potatoes are unaltered since our last account : foreign ones fetch-from 50 s to 80 s per ton . Lettuces and other salading are sufficient for the demand , and so are mushrooms ,. French beans , asparagus , soakale , and rhubard , may be obtained at last week's prices . Cut ^ owes consist of henths , pelargoniums , bignonia , venustn , primulas , camellias , cinerarias , Christmas roses , azaleas , lilacs , lilies of the valley , epacrises , acacias and roses .

      POTATOES . Socthwark ¦ Water side , March 11 . —The arrivals from the continent continue to be very extensive , much tejond the demand , consequently maybe obliged to be stored . Trade is very heavy , and it is with difficulty prices are maintained . The following are this day ' s quotations : — Yorkshire Regents 80 s to 100 a per ton ; Wisbech ditto ^ to 80 s ; Scotch ditto 60 s to 70 s ; Ditto Cups fiOs to 70 s ; French Whites G 0 a to 70 ; Belgian 5 as to COs . ; EbcnistJ 50 s to 55 s . ¦ ...,.

      WOOL . , Cm , Monday , March 11 . —The imports of wool into London last week included 565 bales from the Cape o ' Good Hope , 321 bales from Mogadore , 200 from Alexandria and 26 from Germany . The market tor wool continues very quiet -. .- - " Liveupool , March 9—Scotch—There is no alteration to notice this week in the demand for any kind bf Scotclinw Although the demand is not good ( the stocks" being exceed ijigly light ) , holders are . firm at late rates . Foreign . —Since our public sale here last week , there has been little doing by private contract ; but has the trails have got a fair supply at the last public sales hett i " London , there will be less doing fur some time ,-Imports for the week 2 , 3 G 2 bales ; previously this yoai 7 , 309 bales .

      TALLOW , HIDES , AXD OILS . Monday , March 11 . —Since our last report this niarW has ruled steady . Although only a moderate quantity ° i tallow has changed hands , prices have advanced 6 a IJ cwt . To-day P . Y . C . on the spot is quoted , at 37 s to oi ^ per cwt . There were ofters for the delivery of new durwb the last three months at 88 s lid per cwt Town tallow Ms improved Is per cwt . The net cash price is 37 s per en 1 * Hough fat , 2 s Id per 81 bs . Our St . Petersburg letur st » ; « th « t the total supply for the season will be nearly W casks , including the quantity left over last . year . J LEADESiULi . iMar ] : ethides fiaib . to 04 b ., l | d tolMF * lb . ; : ditto 6 « b . to 7 aib , Jja to i * d ; ditto 72 ib . to sofc . 'd to 2 ? d ; ditto S 0 R > . to SSlb ., 2 id to . 3 d ; ditto SSlb » 9 filb , 3 d to 3 ? d ; ditto' OClb . to 104 tt > ., 3 id to 4 d ; ' ** ¦ lOift - tolia fi > . 3 id to 4 d ; calf-skins each 2 s 3 d to 3 s Oi , Horse Hides 53 to 5 s Od . ... . - . ; - . Unseed per cut . — S Oil to 33 s Oil ; rapeseed EnP " refined 41 s 6 d to -s '; brown .. 41 s . Od ; Gallipoli per <»"' 501 . : Spanish 501 . ;• Sperm 8 a to —I . ; bagged 831 .: So * Sea m . 0 s to 34 / . ; Seal pale M , 10 s to - { .: do ., eoloufff ' . Ail . ; cod 301 . to 31 / . ; cocoa nut per ton SSJ . to *»•' Ililllll , 3 i !{ ,

      - . COAL . f . Monday , March 11 . —Market very heavy , turn i ' ' ^?? . of the buyer . —Stewart ' s ¦ 17 s ; lletton ' s 17 s ; Kellpe !<>• ' Tees 17 s ; BrtiadylVs lGs ; Fresh arrivals S 3 ; leftfiom " - ' diiy 223 . Total SOfi . ; . . .. ¦ ¦

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      BRITISH COLLEGE OP HEALTH , JS EVT-ROAD , LbXDOJf . TO THE FINANCIAL & SOCIAL REFORMERS THROUGHOUT GREAT BRITAIN . Fellow-Coustktmen , —Prove , as most easily you can , how doctors have for ages cheated the people on the question of their health , and all the reforms that you demand must follow , and that , too , in quick succession . ¦ . The dishonesty of the medical body can he most easily established . We are , Fellow Countrymen , Tours , in the cause of Salutary Reforms , The Members of the British Com / ege o ? March 6 th , 1850 Health . —n

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 16, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1565/page/8/