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MONDAY , . Apml 8 . _ , HOTJSE OF COMMONS- — This house re-as ^ ambled after the Easterrecess . CoiaaxiBB ox Pbbuc Salabikb . —Mr . Dbbaiili said that with reference to the . notice of motion given br the noble lord , the first minister of the crown for the 12 th inst ., tot a committee to inquire into public salaries , it was his intention to move the following resolution , by way of amendment : — « That this house is in possession of all the information requisite to regulate these , salaries ; that a committee o f inquiry , under such circumstances , would only delay such regulation ; and that it is tfie duty of government , on their own responsibility , to introduce forthwith a measure necessary
to effect every reduction in the national establishment consistent with the efficient discharge of the public service . " ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Hobshah gave notice that , in the event of the uotion of Mr . Disraeli being defeated , lie would move , as an amendment , that" the inquiry extend to ecclesiastical as well as other salaries . " ( Hear , hear , ) Kayal Assbtasi-Stogeons . —Capt . Bozdbbo proposed a resolution , declaring that the accommodation provided in ships of war for the naval assi ^ antgurgeons was insufficient and inadequate for officers Of tueir ranfe and qualifications . The distinction now made in the treatment of the assistant-surgeons an A of other officers on board her Majesty s
fleet were not only invidious and unjust , but sub-Btractedfrom their efficiency , as affording them no proper opportunity for prosecuting their professional studies . "What was a cockpit ? A cockpit was a place in the hold of a ship , where the sun never penetrated . Its inhabitants lived in an impure atmosphere , and in an artificial condition . Who could study in the midst of middies ? That was not » propor position for a medical man to be placed in ; in such a position he was liable to perpetual interruptions , which were an antidote to study . This broke his spirit , destroyed his self-respect and self-confidence , took away all stimulus to exertion , and led ardent spirits to leave the service on the first opportunity . Hon . members might call this a petty grievance . It might be called a petty grievance if a drop of water were to fall from the
lamp above oa Mr . Speaker ' s head ; but if a drop ¦ were to continue falling at intervals during the ten hours that Mr . Speaker sat in his chair , the « onseqnencea would be serious . ( Laughter . ) Properly qualified surgeons were prevented from offering their services by the inconveniences and discomforts to which they were exposed . He would state an anecdote , bearing on that point , which was told him by a captain in the navy . In an action a captain commanding a British vessel received a severe wound in one of his legs . The surgeon recommended that the limb should be amputated . The captain said " If o ; bandage me up , keep me together as well as you can ; M run for port , ; vnd risk all . " The leg was not amputated ; and he was told that this gentleman was walking about with two legs at that moment . ( Laughter . )
Admiral Dhsdas said the gallant member had stated that there were no candidates for the office Of assistant-surgeons . Sow in the last two years there bad been 173 applications , and at that moment there was a list of 263 , on half-pay twentythree , candidates eligible and in wailin < j ; thirty-nine , only eleven had been taken since March last . The statement that there were no candidates must therefore fall to the ground . Since the increase of the Say there had been no difficulty in obtaining canhiates . His lion , and gallant friend was not justified in speaking disparagingly of the naval surgeons ; they were , he believed , as a body , as well qualified as those of the army . "Within the last two years an order had emanated from the Admiralty , to the effect that in every ship above a sis-rate , there
should be a cabin of twice the size of . other cabins , for the accommodation of mates , assistant-surgeons , and second masters . He roust say that he thought the presence of die surgeons tended greatly to koep the conduct of the young men correct . Many of those with whom he had thus associated as a boy had continued his firm friends , and it appeared to him most desirable that the older should associate with the younger . He saw no reason for the proposed alteration . He was certain that the . general feeling of the navy was not in favour of it . Xot that he supposed for a moment that the other officers of the navy were against the assistant-surgeons ; but he believed that the best surgeons which the navy had at present were those who had been brought up in the cockpit . h
3 Ir . Hume said , there might be candidates enoug for the office of assistant-surgeon , but the question iros whether the navy was not entitled to have as able men as the army . So medical man who could obtain a situation in the army would ever go to the navy . Only those who failed elsewhere had recourse to the naval service , and therefore the navy was in an inferior position . The gallant admiral was mistaken in supposing that thealteration was not wished for fcy medical men . If medical officers were allowed to complain they would do so ; but when they saw admirals snubbed by heads of office for making complaints they were naturally afraid to speak . ( Laughter . ) He would undertake to show the gallant admiral the signatures of three-fourths of" the naral surgeons , who were anxious to be released from what they felt to be a state of degradation .
The motion having been on the question t . ' iafc the Speaker leave the chair , to go into Committee of Supply , the house divided on that question , when Captain Boldero ' s point was carried by a majority of 8 , the numbers being 4 S to 40 . On the resolution thus carried being put from the chair , Admiral Bebklet contended that the change proposed in the treatment of assistant surgeons would be troublesome and distasteful to the very officers
• whom it was intended to accommodate . Sir F . Barixg stated , upon the authority of the " best informed parties , " that great practical difficulties existed in the way of providing separate cabin accommodation for the junior medical officers in ships of war . He did not intend to divide the house ajrr . in on the point , but suggested that it would be a lunJ of stultification for boh . members to pass a resolution , declaring that a degree of accommodation should be furnished which the construction of our "vessels of war rendered impracticable .
Mr . Heme denied the impossibility of providing for the assistant-surgeons all the comfort that was now asked . If there were the will , the Admiralty conld find a way to accomplish it . The resolution was then agreed to . The motion that the Speaker should leave the chair was put for the second tfr'e . itHpHisAis : Affairs of Greece . —Mr . C . Asstet called the attention of the house to the illegality of reprisals upon the subjects of other countries when made by British officers on service , without the authority of the Privy Council . After detailing ' so / ne of the incidents , and referring to the correspondence
that had signalised the recent proceedings of the English Fleet on the shores of Greece , the lion , member argued that the transactions involved the actual question of peace or war , which was placed T ) y the British constitution solely in the authority of the Privy Council . The Greek lilockatle was au thorised merely by a despatch addressed to the admiral in the Mediterranean by the Foreign Secretary , who had thereby violated the constitution , and sanctioned acts that were illegal and piratical . Actions for damages would lie against Sir William Parker and his officers , on , behalf of all the Greek merchants whose property had been seized during the blockading operations .
Lord Paimeestos drew a distinction between the reprisals intended merely to detain foreign vessels or property as pledges , an 4 those where the seizures were followed by confiscation . In the Greek affair the proceedings had stopped at the first-mentioned stage , and were , therefore , according to the opinions of the law officers of Crown just one step short of that degree which necessitated an order in council . Sir . Hume inquired what prospect existed of a speedy and amicable settlement of the dispute hetween this country and Greece , Lord pAtUEKSTox hop d that aflairs were progressing favourably towards that consummation , which Baron Gros , on the part of France , had contributed the most friendly offices in facilitating . Ordnance Estimates . —The house' having gone into Committee of Supply ,
Colonel Axsos gave a preliminary explanation of the nature of these estimates . The gross sum required for the service of this department in the present year would be £ 2 , 434 , 417 , presenting a decrease © f £ 19 S , 19 i , as compared with the expenditure of 1 S 49 , while it was less by £ 557 , 720 than the outlay of 1848 . From the years 1844 to 1848 an increased expenditure had been incurred , amounting to JEQDO . OOO . For tbis increase the present government were not wholly responsible , but he considered that the necessities of the times had perfectly warranted the expanded outlay , while he claimed credit to the administration for the rapid diminution that had since been accomplished . The separate items which made up the aggregate of economy in the uresriit estimates indicated , he submitted , a wise and saving spirit on the part of the government .
ilr . IIdme commented upon the proofs of txtra-Tacauee in bygone years ; and , admitting that some tokens of improvement were now perceptible , believed that the amount of expenditure was still much too large . Since 1828 the number of men Toted for the artillery service had increased from 8 , 000 to 14 , 000 . The number and amount of our military establishments remaining after years of peace and improved education , were nothing less than a " sarcasm on civilisation . " There were vast stores and numerous batteries of caucou kept up at a great expense , and wholly unnecessary . The ordnance department ou < rbt to be abolished , and the artillery service being reduced to one-tenth of its existing cost , merged into a branch of the ordinary War-off co duties . Colonel Qeattkhiox , as a military officer , said he
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wishes to see the amount of the artillery supplies increased rather than diminished . The vote of 14 ) 569 mH foYin ^ ordnance servicel of the ensuing year : was then passed ? followsdby several vbtes- . of money for-edmmissanatJbalrracJts , storekeepers ; &Cii : Mr . . HraiBiinterjectin * « : r » mbhstrance upon the proposition iof severalionhoitems , and calling ' forth-somewhat animated ^ rejoinders from Col . Anson . if .-.-: ¦ ¦! ' - : ; ; : -: xp . ^ lzv ™} ' ; i ' , " NiVTrEsTiMAXES . —The house ilhsving-reaumed ; immediately afterwards we nt into committee on these estimates , on which several'rotes of supply were passed without opposition . ;;¦ : ^ . < . " jj- P ! On a vote of £ 137 , 100 being proposed to defray the expenses of the Admiralty ,. ¦ ¦ ¦ - - ; : V- »^ , ; L Colonel Sibihobf movedn resolution for reduomg the cost of that establishment , H ? jK ?? 21 J 5 diminishing the number and salaries of the Lords Ot the Admiralty . The propriety of fencing the incomes of those officials the gallant memberbased HDon the enormous diminution in the price of . corn S other necessaries of life , consequent upon our free trade policy . Instead of six " first lords , he proposed to appoint four ^ whietr was quite enough for a time of peace , and from the £ 4 , 500 of income he would strike off £ 1 , 500 per annum , which would still leave a respectable salary . From the £ 2 , 000 per annum paid to the Secretary , of the Admiralty he wouid deduct £ 500 , and make a
variety of other reductions from the surveyor , comptroller , and house allowances . On the whole , he proposed to reduce the annual cost of the establishment by £ 20 , 250 a year . ! Sir F . Bamkg vindicated the deserts of the . admiralty functionaries , pronouncing them to be fully worked and not overpaid . ' In 1821 there were seven lords and sixteen commissioners to do what was now done by the admiralty board , and the cost was £ 39 , 000 a year , while it was only £ 18 , 000 at present . Very onerous duties were now performed by the Admiralty , and the public service would suffer materially if the efficient strength of that board were diminished .
Col . Sibtboiu ? explained that he had no intention of interference with the subordinate clerks and really working staff of the department . Col . Fiizrot believed that the permanent officers of the Admiralty were not unduly remunerated , but he thought some economy might be accomplished in the coats of the First Lords , because so much of the work which they were supposed to perform was only " make believe . " Sir . Abkwbight said many necessary duties were performed by the Lords of the Admiralty . Shortly after the prorogation of parliament in August last the board were at Plymouth , and he found it stated that the first lord examined a bakehouse , and that in the evening he honoured the table of the admiral superintendent with his presence . On another day ,
it appeared , that the lords embarked in the Lightning steamer , under salutes from the Impregnable and the Dragon , and proceeded to the Queen , which they closely inspected . It was , he believed , well known that the right hon . gentleman the first lord was no sailor . He believed that these tours of inspection were merely an excuse for very jovial parties . The next party , consisting , amongst ethers , of Sir Francis Baring , proceeded on an excursion to one of the seats of Lord Edgecumbe , aud made most important inspections there , no doubt . On the 21 st the Black Eagle arrived at Portsmouth and waited for the First Lord . ; They then- went to Pembroke , and no doubt walked through the dockyard and dined with ; the superintendent . On the 28 th August he found them at
Portsmouth , when salutes of the flag ship announced their arrival . In short , the movements of the board became so hacknied , that the reporter said it was high time that the chronicling of dining should give place to the more sensible chronicling of business . On the 31 st of August , the Admiralty were employed a day in inspecting the Excellency , where a few friends were entertained , and this might be considered as the close of the tour . Instead of the Board of Admiralty going down and making this fuss , if one or two of their lordships went down to make these inspections without giving notice , there would be a great saving in time and expeuse , and a smaller number of lords might perform the duties . On these grounds , if the hon . and < rallant colonel took the sense of the house as to the
reduction of the lords salaries , he should certainly support him . . ¦ , Lord John Russell explained that his proposed select committee was not designed to interfere with the appointments or salaries of the permanent officers of any public department . Such alteration must be Jefc to the ofSej . il heads of the departments who had already contrived very large reductions . Colonel Sibthorp persisted in his amendment , so far as it related to the reduction of two out of the six Lords of the Admiralty . The committee divided—For the amendment ... ... 33 Against it 110—77 The vote was then agreed to , as were several subsequent items of charge , af ter some miscelia ner . us discussion .
£ 009 , 973 being asked for on account of wages , Mr . Home inquired how many shipsof-war had tieen built , and then allowed to rot in dock without even going to sea . Jlr . S . Herbert replied that the ships built had wiiisu ' tuteda reserve , highly necessary as a precaution against war , and therefore useful , although never used . iJr . Hume said that 229 ships had been broken up which were better than those that bad been built , Since 1828 , when our naval complements were full , £ 5 . 900 , 000 had been spent at home and abroad in building ships-of-war , while all the time there were vessels allowed to lie rotting in the dockyards that had never been at sea . : Sir F ; Barisg quoted returns showing that the ships broken up were invariably old and worn but . Tiie Canopus and Implacable , two prize ships still retnined on our navy list , had cost as much in repairs as would have defrayed the cost of building " our new ships of corresponding rates .
Mr . Hume , alluding to the vote for training the dockyard artificers , said that the practice of turning good carpenters into bad soldiers had been con > menced in a time of panic , but ought to be discon- tinued now we had come to our senses . Col . Fitzrot commended the dockyard artificers as having formed a very efficient brigade for military purposes . Mr . Hume declared bis intention of taking the sense of the House on the subject , and the committee divided , on the question that the sum of ; £ 10 , 408 for training the dockyard brigade should be disallowed—Ayes 15 Noes ... 66-51 . Several votes were agreed to , when the Chair max reported . progress , and had leave to sit again . The ExehQquer-uills ( £ 9 , 200 , 000 ) Bill , went through committee .
The Brick Duties Bill _ as amended , was considered . The Stamp Dnties Bill was read asecond time , pro forma , in order that certain alterations might be printed . ' . The Titles of Religious Congregations Bill went through committee . . . , Leave was given to bring in a bill for promoting public health in Ireland , and a bill to amend the laws relating to parochial assessments in England . The house adjourned at a quarter to one o'clock .
TUESDAY , April 9 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —National Land Company . —Sir G . Pechell presented a petition from eishty-nine members of this Company at ; Brighton , praying the house to assist Mr . O'Connor in obtaining a bill to legalise the Company , seeing that he so disinterestedly devoted his time and his money to the furtherance o its objects . Repeai op the Wisdow Tax . —A large number of petitions were presented in favour of a repeal of the window tax , which Viscount Duncan followed up by a motion on the subject , declaring that the abolition of taxes upon air and light was expedient , on account of their acting prejudicially upon the health and moral condition of the people . The noble lord contended
that , upon an . Exchequer rich enough to : ifiord a remission of taxation , the window duties possessed claims at least equal to those of bricks or stamps . Beyond the inevitable weight of this duty , the scale according to which it was levied rendered it peculiarly and unjustly oppressive to certain classes of householders . Class interests , possessing influenco over successive Chancellors of the Exchequer had secured unfair exemptions from this impost in favour of Ireland , the public offices , farm houses , churches , manufactories , shops , mid countinghouses . Notwithstanding the enormous number of houses now annually built , the ainont received from the tax had diminished since 1842 , showing the . shifts to which the builders had resorted in order to avoid or reduce tlie window duty . The various attempts to promote sanitary reform made duringlhe last few years had been seriously impeded by the operation ot this tax . Sir Dr Lacy Evans seconded the motion , which
was framed so as to carry the exemption from duty to houses not having more than twelve windows , and added many instances of the unwholesome style of buildin" which had grown out of the window duties . The tax was of the nature of a property tax , but was most unequal and injurious in its incidence . The CnASCELUin of the Exchequer said that as the law stood , all farming , trading , and manufacturing industries enjoyed exemption ; and the same iiii « ht practically he said of all the dwellings occupi " i by agricultural labourers . The tax , therefore , t-11 in a great measure upon the classes most able to support it . As a question of finance , he could not consent to abandon the tax without securing some substitute , which he doubted the willingness of the house to sanction , or their ability to find a source of revenue likely to prove less irksome to the contributors . ¦ Lord Dudley Sieart quoted precedents to show
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that whenever tfie Houjb $ f Co ^ njoni 3 jj ^ oro ^ t ye ^^ t ^^!^^^^ SSi ^^ h £ " cbntiived somehow to do without it . They had beenipf Otriiaea SK&MUMOMtheOmck iattiyTand ; » reduction on stampBiT ^ Qm the former measure some relief to industryjnight'be expected ; but the latter-would neither do , gopdUto , the . country , n ' or diniiniah ^ el-amount of reven ue , and ^ could . ^ H th 6 reio ' re ; b e ' ail ] ie | ed by the . government , -wnen seek-; ing to ' ekpHer ^ tethemselves'from the . duty , of fur " - ther remissions ; ' •• ' ' :: ¦ ' - ¦ i Gapt . PBOHKLii enlarged upon the ' injurious character of the window tax , and . called to the recollection of the house the occasions when an ¦ absolute
promise of its repeal had been held out by the Chancellors of the Exchequer of the day . ; > > : ' SirB . . Ham rebuked the impatience which the house had for some time ; shown under the discussion of a subject so'important to the country , and especially to the inhabitants of great ¦ ¦ town s . He characterised : the impost : as abominable and unbearable , and attributed much of the virulence of the late visitation of cholera to its deleterious influence . ¦¦ : ¦¦ . , , ' ! Mr . Home coninoided in the opinion that the window tax was most noxious , and treated it as a fresh incentive to his often-urged propositions for economy
in the public expenditure . Lord E . Ghosvknnob reminded the government of their frequent professions and of the repeated recommendations of committees appointed by themselves in favour of the abolition or reduction of the window tax . Their obstinate refusal now to fulfil those professions had involved them in a serious loss of character . Yiscount Duncan briefly replied , and the house divided—For the motion 77 Againstit ... ... 80 r 3 Loud cheers accompanied the announcement from the chair of this close run division .
Encumberbd Estates Bill . —The Solicitor-Gekebal repeated hia motion for leave to bring in a bill providing more simple and ample securities to purchasers of encumbered estates in Ireland . f On a former occasion the . right hon . member explained the object of his bill to be the enactment of a sort of land certificate analogous to the debentures on which money ! was borrowed by railway companys , but the house having then been counted out , the motion dropped , and was now again brought forward . He explained at considerable length the provisions of the bill , whose designs he stated to be the facilitation of applying capital to land in Ireland , v . Col . Dunne , although he abstained from opposing he introduction of the bill , disliked the favouritism . which it manifested towards speculative purchasers of estates at the expense of the existing landowners of the country . •; ¦ ¦ ¦; , by
After so ^ e remarks Sir O . O'Brien , Mr . French , Mr . ' Napier , Mr . Sadleih , and Mr . Stafford , and seme explanations from the Solucitor-GeneraI / , leave was given to bring in the bill . The report of various votes passed in committee of supply for the ordnance and naval sex-vices was then brought up and agreed to . On the second reading of the Charitable Trusts Bill , - Mr . Goulbokn objected to the narrow limits of the jurisdiction over the various charitable funds assumed by the bill , which included only the trusts that happened to be below £ 100 annual value . A better method of dealing with the : subject was to reform the proceedings of the Court of Chancery , so far as they affected the adminstration of charitable truits . - . . ;
Mr , Turner also opposed the bill ; . . The number of charities below £ 100 which would be affected by the measure was no less than twentyrfour thousand , and the aggregate income more than one million sterling . " : ' ; Tho Solicitor-General replied ; and , after some further discussion , the bill was read a second time . The house adjourned at twenty minutes to twelve o ' clock .
WEDNESDAY , Apbil 10 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —County Courts Extension Bill . —On the order for the second reading of this Bill , 4 Sir 6 . Gbey admitted that there was a great desire throughout the country for an extension of the jurisdiction of the County Courts , but warned the house to be cautious in entertaining this Bill . The existing limitation of that jurisdiction to £ 20 had been maturely considered , at various times , by different governments , and , although not final , its extension should not be hastily adopted , especially if accompanied by other alterations which would destroy the essential character of the original measure , as a means of recovering small debts , by approximating these courts to the superior courts of law , where tho expenses had proved a bar to justice .
This Bill proposed at once to extend the limit to £ 50 , and to enlarge the jurisdiction of the' County Courts in cases of tort ; in fact , the house was called upon to assent to a principle winch would abolish nil restriction upon the jurisdiction of these Courts , and to increase the salaries of the Judges and Other officers . Sir George pointed out various provisions of the Bill to which he objected , and , with a view of testing the opinion of the house , moved that the Bill be read a second time that day six months . Mr . < T . Evans , in supporting the bill , said the question was , whether the house would comply with the almost unanimous desire of the country for an extension of these local jurisdictions . If no man of prudence would attempt to recover a contested debt of JE 5 . 0 in the superior courts at Westminister , we were in the same condition as before the latoact . .. , . ;
Mr . S . Martin said , the arguments-urged in favour of this bill were as valid for the indefinite extension of these local jurisdictions , and trial by jury might' then be abolished , altogether . He did not believe that the expense of the courts of law in this country was so great as . io justify a departure from the old principle of haying the law decided by the judge and the fact by a jury . He was far from maintaining that the adminstration of the Jaw in the superior courts might not be amended ; but this should be done by the Government alone , and he believed that the Courts , at Westminster might bo rendered as cheap aa any tribunals in the world . Mr . Curistophek considered the admissions of Mr . Martin , of the evils and abuses existing in the superior . courts , to be the best argument in favour
of this hill , which went a great way to remedy those abuses . The -iacfc that the bill was called for by the almost unanimous voice of the country , was alone a sufficient reason for passing it . The question of salaries ( on which he concurred with Sir G . Grey ) was a matter of detail . Mr . Clay thought that at least the jurisdiction of these Courts should be co-extensive with the limit below which no sane man would venture into the superior corn-is ;' and if so extended , the bill might work so well as to be the precursor of larger legal reforms . . ; . . ¦ . . Mr , B , Denison recommended the house to be exceedingly cautious as to tho manner in which , by this and other bills , it dealt with the existing system of administration of the law . His objections to
the . bill vrete , that it would do away with many oi the advantages of tho local courts as now constituted , and that a measure of such magnitude ought to be brought forward by tho government on their own responsibility . Though not averse to a safe extension of the ^ jurisdiction of these courts , he should vote with Sir G . Grey . " Mr . SIitchell supported the bill , urging the dilatory and expensive nature of the forms of procedure in the superior courts . v All-. Henley should vote against the bill , beeause it would -most effectually destroy the existing County Courts , which were now working well , by overwhelming them with business . The condition of the superior courts furnished a good argument for their reform , but not for transferring their business to other tribunals . ¦ ¦
Mr . Cockburn gave his cordial support to the bill . He agreed in the propriety of dealing cautiously with such a subject ; but the exti-nskm of the jurisdiction of these Courts which worked so well to £ 60 , was called for in all parts of the coujjtry . With regard to trial by jury , no doubt , in certain cases and certain localities , tho inter- ' vention of a jury was a great advantage ; but jiis experience of juries at assizes did not tend to raise his opinion of them ; on the contrary , he thought a man of intelligence and knowledge would decide a great deal better . . The present act allowed parties to call for juries ; yet this was never done . The bill pro \ idod lor the admission of barristers and also au appeal ; so that the judges would be kept in check . The right of
appeal , and the power of removing cases , of importance to the superior courts , would * practically restrict these inferior tribunals to cases where a cheap and speedy remedy was necessary . However high the character : of our judges , ! the state of the law could not be eulogised ;¦ and lawyers in this country were becoming deeply sensible of its imperfections . The Attosney-Geneual was so satisfied th . it this biil would entirely destroy a system which now worked well that he should not discharge his duty if ne did not openly state his objections to it ; leaving te the house the responsibility of passing it , and to meet the general outcry that would be raised tberebv . Every argument urged in favour of the
bill was directed to-the general extension of the jurisdiction of the inferior courts . Ho admitted that the County Courts , as now limited , were popular ; but lie suspected that the increase of salaries which he proposed had much to do with this bill . The Attorney-Generaj h .-re read a circular , which he stated had been sent round by a clerk of a county court to mayors of towns , unclosing a form , of petition in favour of the bill , with especial reference to the expediency of paying the clerks of the courts by salaries . The bill , iis it stood , would give tlieso inferior courts jurisdiction in complicated questions of mercantile law , of contract , in actions of assualt and battery , and it would indirectly a eop away
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ksm e ? ei ^ othe r ? locjaf ! court . With such an enlarged watch , inform , and check the judge . The bill , m short , ' was full of'objectiohs and fraught with misichief . mzh - A'JV ' V- ;' - ' !• - ¦• ¦''• liri' ! , :. ' ' ;" - ' ! ' !" ^ Mr . ' . AowoHBT ; observed that the two-main Objec-, ' tions to the bilL which ^ were antagonistical-were , tliat itwould destroy the superior courts and ruin the inforior courts ; but the former . couid be destroyed only tiy the substitution of better'tribunals , and the public could hot believe that the bill roula ruin the County Courts , or they would not asK Mr . Molhns and Mr . Hume spoke shortly in support of the bill ; , . and . : ^ _ . ' Mr . Fitzroy , who had charge of it , said , all ne ashed was that the house should affirm its principle ; its "prbtisioriij were properly debatable in the committee ' . " . ' ' . . < .
' The house haying divided , the second reading was carried by 1 U against 67 . Mr . Ewaut then moved that the house should go into committee on the Public Libraries and Museums-Bill . He said that certain amendments had been made in it , which he hoped would disarm the hostility of its opponents . ,. ; Colonel SinTHOBP said that they would not disarm his hostility , as this was a bill for imposing' a freshtax , and he moved that it be committed that day six months . ' ¦ Mr . Newdegate opposed the bill as unnecessary . Mr . Stanford objected to it as disrespectful to the clergy , and suggested a provision for making each rector , vicar , or incumbent , an ex officio member of the committee . , ! Mr . Home and Mr . Law spoke briefly , tho former for , and the latter against , the bill . i . Mr . BE . RffAi' though" t that the consent of twothirds of the inhabitants of any locality should be necessary to its introduction there . ]
Mr . Brothbrton supported , and Mr . Bock ; opposed the bill . i . Mr . Walter wished to know whether it was : intended that the public should tako tho contents , of the libraries to read by their ow . n fire-sides , ! or whether they were to be allowed ; to read only in the libraries ? In the latter case , the libraries would be of very little use , as only a' small number 6 f the inhabitant could be accommodated , while at the same time such a system would be opppaed to the domestic habits of . the humbler classes , to wh'oh we owe so much of the benefits of our social
system . > >•¦ : > -. Lord John Manners complained that libraries and museums should be put on a better footing than churches , schools and hospitals . : Mr . W . J . Fox thought that there were great advantages in the bill , one of which was the providing an enduring receptacle for the books , which ; ho believed , would be given in great numbers as jsoon as the possessors were sure that their gifts would be safe . . ¦ ,:,..,, ; , After a short discussion , the house divided , when the numbers were— , -, IVrjoinginto committee ... 99 ; . . . For Col . Sibthorp ' s amendment . 64 Majority ... ... —3 ?
Tho house then went into committee , and proceeded to discuss the first clause , to which various amendments had been proposed . ' . ' On the addition to the clause respecting . " notice , a prolonged conversation ensued as to the means of making the information . to be given to the ratepayers full and timely . ^ Finally , it was settled that the notices of the preliminary meeting should be posted on the doors of churches and chapels in the district , and advertised in some of the local newspapers . The Chairman then reported progress , the first clause being still left unfinished , and the house , at a few minutes to six , resumed , and baring disposed of the orders of the day , adjourned . ¦ ¦ i
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¦¦ ¦ . —^—— ' — ¦ CORK BRANCH OF TnE IRISH DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION ; . The usual weekly meeting of this body was held on Monday , the 25 th . There was a numerous attendance . Mr . Peacock , a Fraternal'Democrat , and delegate from Greenock . to the-great National Assembly , convened in London in May , 18 i 8 , was called ' to the chait * . In the course of his observations the chairman remarked , that he had seen the people of many nations , but so trodden down a people as the Irish he had never witnessed . With a climate and soil unequalled , the Iriah people were the most miserable on earth . It was to class legislation all this was attributable ; it was class ilegislation made : Irishmen outoasts on the soil which God gave them , and forced them to emigrate to other : Iands , less favoured by nature , to gain that subsistence which was denied tliem at home , lie had anxiously watched the progress of Democracy on the continent , and had listened to great truths enunciated by some of the greatest men of his time , but something was now required in action . The speaker then adverted to Mr . Feargus O'Connorsaid he know him intimately , and believed in his soul that an honester man nor a purer patriot never existed . He only required to be invited among his countrymen to advocate their cause , with that honesty and fearlessness which had ever characterised him . : The speaker concluded a very able and eloquent address , amidst erthusiastic cheers , by
asserting that his countrymen , the Scotch , as well as English ( who were as much oppressed by cottonlords and monopolists as their brethren in' Ireland were by landlords ) , were ready to stretch the right hand of fellowship to all Irishmen . Organise and spread your principles , for the sovereignty of labour will some day come . Several staunch Democrats ¦ we admitted . ¦ : • • ¦ ¦¦¦ . . Mr . R . Ormond proposed a resolution , which was seconded bj Mr . Thos . Carey , to the effect that an address to the Nationalists of Cork-be prepared , and that' a subscription list be opened to defray the expenses nttendant printing and distributing , s ;\ me , Mr . Edward Q'Sullivan , Yice-Presuient of the Bantry Donald Combh Club in ' 48 , and personal friend of many of the martyrs and exiles , was then unanimously admitted a member . He said lie had been in P ; iris , and had seen John O'Mahony and Stephens there . ( The mention of the names -of the glorious exiles was the signal for a burst of appliiuso , which showed how their sufferings fpr . the poor old country was appreciated by the Democrats of Cork , and many fond and anxious questions were asked relative to their appearance and health . ) Mr . O'S . said that the contrast between his unfortunate countrymen and the Parisians was , indeed , disheartening . While there he had not seen' a drunken man . nor one with his coat in tatters . He had witnessed more vice one night in the Newstreet , inGork ; than In all Paris for a week . The Democracy of Ireland must give up such vicious habits , if they intended ever doing any good for their country . He joined the last movement , because he believed it to bo one calculated to benefit the country ; he had always taken the part of the peoplej and joined them now a thorough Democrat . Other matters were gone through , after which the meeting separated .
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— " * ¦ — - ' TO FEAltGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P . Dear Sib , —No doubt the result of the proceedings in the Small Debts Court , Tyler v . 0 ' Conner at Upton , - on Friday last , has reached you , ar . <" alike to yourself as to mo , concluded to our mutuai satisfaction . I have thought it right , in this case , to inform you who the plaintiff was ; . he is one of those , . who " having received a good snare of the Company ' s , patronage , like all others similarly situated , seems to think he has just cause to complain ; this very plaintiff was one of the waggoners employed by you for several months , and yet , in court , had the lying audacity to say ho scarcely ever saw or spoke to you . I remember his coming to me and saying he was out of . employ , and should be glad if . I could intercede in his behalf . I wrote him
u certificate of recommendation , and ho obtained employment for some months at hi g her wages thai . he had been in the habit of receiving , and now his gratitude : is abuse of . Feareus O'Connor . But , very unfortunately for him , his ' attorney thought fit ,-to aubpeena . me , to prove the connexion between him , as a member , and you as tho receiver of his cash ; when after asking some few questions , to some of which I had occasion to tell him I could not understand , as they were not pertinent to the case , which drew upon him the laughter of his profession , when he sat down and said that was his case . The Judgo told him he did not understand it . H «
tiien turned to me , and said , " perhaps , .. Mr . Harding , you will give us some explanation of this case ; - ' 1 nodded assent , and gave a general digest of the , objects , rules , and intentions of the Land Company and its legal position ; at the conclusion of which , the Judge asked if tho plaintiff ' s attorney had any answer , he said he had not , when the Judge told him ho was out of court , as he had no ease , and must pay tho expenses of tlie day , adding , in reference to my statement , that to prove Ins position , he must procure the registrar . You are at liberty to make what use you please of this , and believe me to remain , Yours faithfully , James Harding . City Arms , Worcester , March 18 th . [ This should have becn ' pu blishod last week . ] .. —; —muss— .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . 4 , Ben ^ yardVGracechurch-street , City , — ; .- '>¦ - ;; : ?<* ^ ndi % ; c ..-: ;! , ; Apfil 8 tb ;« l 850 ; hsh ' -aw ; : : , 'SiB , rT-With ; feelings ., pf ,: pity .. ¦ a&d ) surprise I read ; a iletter , in . yourH < , paper , headed . ' , '; Jjottersv ^ lle ,,,,,, and . . purporting to ; emanate / fr , bm . > , person , who states himself . to . be , a ' member , of . the . NatiorihlLand Company , " akd , ' of the ' Patters' Emigration Society , ' hut which appears toTne io > be all moonshine , intended as ' a bait to . ' catch a" few discontent "Land-menj to fleece , expatriate , and ' leaye ' them to-starve in ; a foreign land . I say with pity , for I consider if the writer of that letter bo honest , he is an object of
p ity on account of , his / ignorance of , the Potters fuggle . Surprised that he should have belonged to ' the Potters' Society for eighteen months , " and a member Of the National Land Company ; and should have the impudence to put Evans ' s juggle in co ' mparisbri with the Land Company , what ! compiro the noble , the generous , tho disinterested O'Connor , with the grasping , avaricious , and drunken crew who call themselves the Patters' Emigration Society I What is this precious piece of humbugthe Potters' Emigration Society ? Anufflber of persons join togeth , er ,, and eaoh pay £ 12 s . 6 d ., and a trifle for expenses in addition they then have a chance in a lottery of obtaining a farm , or rather entitles them to squat on land which is not theirs , and , most likely , never will be theirs ; they simply in which there 200
buy a ticket in a lottery , are blankaforone prize , instead of obtaining a farm ; ninety-nine out of every , hundred t ? et nothing but disappointment and misery ; a man may belong to this precious piece of fraud , and pay in his £ 12 s . 6 d ,, and never get a penny piece—even if he should live till he is lW years of age ? Again , the public are made to believe that there is some ^ e .-gree of security on account of the Potters' Benefit Society being enrolled . The following is the result of an interview with Mr . Tidd Pratt , the revising barrister , by Messrs . Taylor , Griffith , and myself , and which was published in No . 89 , of The People , and of which the following is an extract : —Q . —Is there an enrolled society in Staffordshire called the Potters' Emigration Society I A . —Yes . Q .- ~ What
are ' the objects : of that Society ? A . —( Mr . Tidd Pratt referring to , rule I . ) Its objects are to raise a fund by subscriptions , &c , from its members , to purchase land , to build houses , &c , for the we o f British operative potters !! Q . — Will those rules apply to other trades than British Operative Potters ? A—Certainly not . § . —Can the Potters Society establish , branches of other trades in connexion with themselves as apparent society ? A . — ( Mr . Pratt referring to rule 24 of the manuscript rul » s deposited withhim . )—No ; certainly not . Rule 24 , which would have enabled them to establish branches , I disallowed —( it stands crossed through in the original . ) &—Then all branches established in connexion with the Potters ' . Society are illegal ? A , Thev are illegal . The rules apply exclusively to
British Operative Potters . It is a local Benefit Society , and enrolled-under the Benefit Society ' s Act , andthey cannot , by any system of legerdemain , make those rules ' apply to you , or any other trade , than British Operative Potters . " You will perceive from this' what a base cheat is practised upon the public ; such attempts to cheat poor people out of their money , such mean devises for obtaining the hard-earnt pence of the poor , cannot bo too severely censured , or too sternly denounced ; this society , as it is called , is an imposition and a fraud ; and , at best , is but a lottery , and , in truth , one of the worst managed lotteries ever set on foot . I am a member both of the National Land Company and the Potters ' juggle , and hare been a careful observer of both ; the former , propounded
a plan of universal benefit and application , the latter , a scheme , at best , but sectional and selfish . Mr . O'Connor has spent a fortune travelling , lecturing , and superintending the operations of his Plan , without receiving one shilling of the people ' s money for his trouble . Ivans and his Crew have never travelled a single mile but they charged enormmsly for it . Mr . O ' Connor has received £ 120 , 000 as ' a land fund , every shilling of which he has carefully expended . ' I having audited the books at the Land Office ; venture to affirm that there is not a sod of books in-any office in London that is more correct than they are . I have seen the Estate Director ' s book of the National Land Company , having been appointed one of the delegates tp the Snig's End' Conference , aud wag , by that Conference ,
selected , with eight others , to audit the estate accounts ; and , I am certain there was not one on that committee but will refer to that night ' s work with pride and pleasure ; at the same time a Conference was sitting at Hanley ; the delegates appointed to audit the books there , after spending hours in fruitless attempts to understand them , gave up the job in despair ; of course the books were made in this stae on purpose , beeause those sings connected with the fraud was afraid of the light , because their deeds were evil . Mr . Scott , the party alluded to in your correspondent ' s letter , was at that Conference , and saw clearly the necessity of an independent committee on the estate ; for if there be rottenness and corruption at home , what may we not expect from their minions 6 , 000 miles hence ? After this , a
special nudit ( as they called it ) was appointed , and a man of the name of Robinson—Evans's secretly accredited agent in London —( and a pretty sample ho is ) , a man wko is , by trade , a tailor ; he carried on the smuggling trade for some years , and , when that failed , to ik to dog fancying , and keeping a pot-house of the lowest description ; and , as a rewavd for the dirty work performed by him , is sent off as estate secretary , at a salary of . one dollar per day , At a meeting of the London dupes at his house , to receive , his report—tor he could uot bring . a balance sheet—I referred him to the report appended to a former balance sheet , in which the Parent Society ( as they call themselves ) state , ' . thiit " they '" had purchased , in addition to'Pottersville , 2 , 000 acres of land on the Fox River , hear Fort Winnebago . I inquired the
price paid for it ; his reply was , that no such land had been purchased , although Evans kept up the allusion to the last . Your correspondent , before he * compared the men , should have compared their balance sheets . As a sample of how careful they are of money entrusted to them for emigration purposes , I find afew very curiom itemsj " Spittoons for the use of the Committee ; " " " repairing ballot table , £ tf 19 g . 3 d ,, since inoreased to £ 9 ; " £ 230 lecturing and travelling . " Erans is in the receipt of £ 2- 2 * . per week , and has charged for every mile he has travelled , even from Hantay to- Stuke-Bvans has collected some £ 7 , 000 , to purchase land , put of which ho has purchased Pottersyille for about £ d 00 , with this exception—they have not a aingle inch of land to represent the
above-mentioned suni . . The fact is this , sir—they induce people to invest their hard earned pence with them , under pretence of purchasing lauds , instead of which it is to enable themselves to trade and charge the parties advancing them the money some seventytive per cent , more for the articles than the market price . land , in a . letter from . Enoch Pickering , residing at Fort Winnebago , published in So . 89 of the People , the following : — " Flour , for which he ( Twigg ) gave three and three and a half dollars per barrel , he has charged them ( the members ) six dollars ; pork , for which he gave five and six cents per pound , he'has charged them nine or tea cents ; cheese , for which be gave six cents per pound , ha charged them eighteen ; and the groceries lie has sold in the same manner ; " purchased , mark you ,
withthe buyers o \ vn money in the first instance ; in addition to that they have now adopted . a paper currency , so that every individual drawn out thure , will be called upon to surrender his cash , which will pass current in any part of the Union , for their worthless paper ; . that will pass current only at their own shop , which , after taking out seventy-five per cent , for their trouble , will return him the difference , as per above . These Potting humbugs also wish to make the world believe that they have se > cured 50 , 000 acres of land ; but the fact is , they are only doing what any other person can do , squatting upon land which they have not the remo&est prospect Of purchasing , Your ' correspondent , Mr .
Scott , was present at Hanley , when the pl » n ot Squatting wasobjected to by Mr . J . Taylor , on tho ground that tho Society would not be able to complete the purchase . Mr . Scott agreed with Mr . Taylor ' s objection , and to use his own words , said : that " when you have built your mill , your store and houses , the land may be brought into tho market , and if you are not prepared with the hard cash , off yoii will go , and all your improvements taken from you by the purchaser of tho land , and there will be" plenty on the look out'tor them . ' . ' What think you waB tho heartless reply of Evans ? " If we can only secure enough to buy the Grist , Mill , the Ferry and the River frontage , a fig for tke ; rest ; " so much for his philanthropy .
Trusting . you will pardon my intrusion upon your valuable time , I vim , Sir , yours yery respectfully , S ; Dowung .
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BRITISH ^ OLLEGE ; O ^ HEALTI ^ AR 9 ENIQ W < 4 CH 03 DE ^ Mj : , O HroH . ro ? f " Fhiow-Codntbtme » . sJYhat to do" thho-Arsenicin cholera ! fih ! Oh ! Well , ifVon , -i , this « VrbuUle of looking ifto ' the ^ dte' ^ W takg J prints in- ] a ^ iene »/; CJ . s » cop ; AS ; (;) S « U fin | OKOTOLf * TREATED WITH AbSENU ,. ' , , A doctorpfe . « 0 . rising arsenic in eholera ^ the case { a also ? - ITelv ad length in the 89 th number ' of the ^ , j W , P ° rte d at ' office , 388 , Strand ; price Id . or 2 d , by post W »^ he be surprised . niy fnends , that we should wIlCan Jou cases of felonious , poisoning throughout th . T ¦ «> an » aWe ' nici ; What is'thereal differenced : bZlt ^ % b , ah ' d the' doctor ? Why / that in one easeZ ' « Pr « onw he dies , is said to have been murdered bv »!¦ . •'' ^ hen the otker , to have died of some disease or other i > and in we gay , be called by their pr . per names Tho a ^ ei mad / thepublic ofomiliar ' wUh Ao !^ S ^ ^ classes think there is no harm taking a 1 < . «» T Wer ' Guinea trade gentlemen ; ' and , for our ownW ron » Hi sac » nr rpal difference ! hetwfipn f J >« j . i" T"P ' lrt , Wed * . ' !
the doctor-the only difference is , thatZiL > t 2 c « e 8 | t ires the poisou in such UoUs « | g tn % *>* in ; many he . does kill , but then don't you ^ i O ' death or disease' and not ' murder' u la cali ' j How , fellow countrymen , can you be surnriwd „ was caUed cholera last year , should haws j , a '* ta whilst such poison ^ were given for it 3 curft" ? ^ opium . 4 c . _ That tins doctor's advice ma een ^^ te about arsenic m cholera we will notsav W » taken lishedin the columns of u widely circulated S ' as and . answered the pwpoat intended mioity , f : ™ Mj « r CLAIMIMO DEADLY POISONS AS CUHES FOR -,, *¦« Of Jto What a pity that the aqua tofana is unk nSJJW ' * they might jut give a little of it to « Z J " 3 ° <* ftK patient , ana . then publish to the world win nfoHu » at « tongue , ' that the acqua tofuna was an Ktcellwfl tl % Un » ptt . some disease or other , ' and the poor i » nom « r , emedy ( u public would swallow aU . We sho ° uM Zl" * COnfi < % i ofana t marked on fine bottli s in the ih'S *\ '* % gists ' shops ot this fair island . ' let the nJm . it a . J « n& their lethargy ! e Wean ,, ' - %
The member * of the British Colleee of Ti » , » . i . call for the total prohibition of the following Si Wefoi « as medicines : — b ueaul J poi IOI )| 1 . Arsenic in all its forms . . 2 . Frusic Acid in all its forms . 3 . Opium in all its forms . 4 . Merciiry in all its f 6 rm , s , 5 . Nux Vomica in all its forms . 6 . fhe different metals in all their chcmii » . l „» , tions , which , being wholly indigestible a « ' Ombin » - ne ? er can , assimulate with flesli and blood ' aul
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CORN . Majik-laws , Monday , April 8 .-Our market wi , , dull to-day for wheat ( though the suppl , of | nS * rtiort ) and prices Is to Sis lower than on Momlas " {" as ? ??' tales of foreign wheat were very limited at the same im ' tion , and flour was 6 d to Is per sack and barrel S ,. ' for bariey , both English find Foreign , we had rather ? ' demand at the late reduced [ prices . Halt continues ti ° ra sale . Beans and peas were without variation but wH very unsaleable . Foreign oats were in large sunph ¦ V ? , a reduction of 6 d per qr . there was a fair sale for ™^ qualities . Tares nominaUy the same . Linseed cakes » dull .. The demand for cloversced is drawing to a closer the season . The current prices as undtr . ¦ ™
British . —Wheat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red npn-oj , ti 393 , ditto white 38 s to 453 , ^ Lincoln , Norfolk , and Vn * shire , red 30 a to 35 s , Northumberland and Scotch v *?' aos to 36 s ditto red 30 a to Sis , Devonshire andSoCj shire , red , —s to —s , ditto white — to —s , rye , 21 s t . v' 1 . barley , 20 s to 23 s , Scotch 10 s to 21 s , ' Angus -s to , Malt . ordinarj , —s to -s , pale 4 Gs to 49 s , peas / grev iU 20 s to 22 s , maple 23 s to 25 s , white 22 s to 23 s , boilers iS 24 s to 25 s , bGitns , large , ne \ v . l 9 s to L'Os , ticks 20 s to " , harrow , 23 s to 23 s , pigeon . 25 s to 26 s , oats , Lincoln i Yorkshire feed , 14 s to 16 s , ditto Poland and potato 16 s to 18 s , Berwick and Scotch , lfis to 19 s , scot i feed , 14 s to 16 s , Irish feed and black , 12 s to Us , ditto potato , 18 s to 16 s , linseed ( sowing ) 503 to 52 s , rnpcsN Essex , new £ 30 to £ 84 per last , caraway seed , Essex ne » 27 s to 323 per cwt , rape cake , £ 4 to £ 4 18 s per ton tin seed , £ 'J Os to £ 9 10 s . per 1 , 000 , flour , per sack of 2 Sultn ' ship , 24 s to 263 , town , 8 jjs to 87 s ,
Fobhqn . —Wheat . —Dantzig , 40 s to 44 s , Anlialt aci Marks , 34 to 38 s , ditte white , 38 s to 40 s , Pomeranian red . 36 s to : 33 s , Rostock 40 s to 43 s , Danish , Ilolstein aOj Friesland ,, 30 sto 34 s , Petersburg ]] , Archangel , and itt » 30 s to 32 s ; Polish Odessa , 3 lls to 35 s , Marlanopoli , ajidlU dianski , 30 s to 33 s , Taganrog , 80 s to 82 s , Brabant an ! French , 34 s to 36 s , ditto white , 36 s to 40 s , Salonica , 30 sta 32 s , Egyptian , 23 s to 25 s , rye , 19 s to 21 s , barley , Ylkms and Rostock , 16 s to 19 s , Danish , lCsto 22 s , Saal , nj ti 19 s , KastPrlesland , 13 s to 14 s . Egyptian , 12 s to 19 s , Banuti , 12 s to 14 s , peas , white , 22 s to 23 s , new boilers , 21 iti 25 s , beans , horse , 18 s to - ' 2 s , pigeon , 23 s to Us Esw tian , 18 s to 20 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen asi Friesland , feed and black , 10 s to 13 s ; ditto , thick and key , Us to 17 s , Riga , Petersburgh , Archangel , and Swedish is ! to 14 s , flour , United States , , per 19 filbs ., L'Os to i ! 2 s , Han . burgh 19 s to 21 s , Dantzig and Stettin 20 s toils , Frenchta 2801 bs ., 28 s to 30 s . f
Arrivals tliis weelc : — "Wheat—English , 1 , 120 quarters ' foreign , 2 , 290 quarters . Barley—English , 050 quuners ' foreign , 1 , 070 quarters . Oats—English , 1 , 740 quartmforeign , 10 , 310 quarters . Flour—1 , 550 sacks . Richmond ( Yorkshire , ) April 0 . — "We bad a fair supplj of grain in our market tbis morning . Wheat sold fioa 4 s Ud to 5 s 6 d ; oats , Is lOd . to 2 s 3 d ; barley , 3 s Od ti 3 s 3 d ; beans , 5 s 6 d to 3 s 9 d per bushel .
BREAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis arefren Gd . to 7 d . ; of household ditto , 4 d . to Sid . per 4 lbs . loaf .
CATTLE . SuiTHciEU ) , Monday , April 8 . —The supply of ftrefp stock on offer this morning was very moderate ; but tbi arrival of home-fed beasts were again on the increase , ail of full average quality . Owing , in some measure , to tli pvevailiug warm weather , the beef trade ruled cxecsiirelj heavy , at a decline in tlie quotations obtained on Moniij last at quite 2 d per 81 bs . The very highest figure for tin best Scots was only 3 s 4 d per 81 bs ., and a large nnmba left ihs market unsold . For the time of year the mimbflt of sheep were large . All breeds commanded scarcely atj attention , and prices gave way 2 d per Slbs . The I'limeS old Downs , in the wool , 4 s to 4 s 2 d per 81 bs . From the Is !} of Wight , 450 lambs came fresh to hand . The arrira ' j from other quarters were goofl . The lamb trade wasiM in the . extreme , and the currencies were 4 d per Site . low than on this day se ' nnight . Notwithstanding that the supply ' of calves was limited , ¦ tlie veal trade ruled iieavv , at barely stationary prices . Pigs were very dull , at almost nominal figures .
Head of Cattie at Smithfield . —Friday . —Bensts , US ; sheep , 3 , 920 ; calves , 195 ; pigs , 280 . llond . ij . - lieaM , 3 , 795 ; sheep , 23 , 950 ; calves , 111 ; pigs , 250 . . Pi-ice per stone of 81 bs . ( sinking the offal . )—Beef , 2 s Jilt 3 s 4 d ; mutton , 2 s 8 d to 4 s 2 d ; voal , 3 s Od to 3 s IMi pork , 3 s !> d to -ls Od . SiEwgate and LuABEsnAtt , Alonday , April 8—Inferior beef , Is lOd to 2 s 2 d ; midillinjr ditto , 2 s ii to 2 s Gil : yrtai large , 2 s 8 d to 2 s lOd ; ' prime ' small , 3 s Od to 3 s id ; law pork , 2 s lOd to 3 s 4 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s 3 d to 2 s 8 «! middling ditto , 2 s 8 d to 2 s lOd ; prime ditte , 3 s 01 to $ t i \\ veal , 2 s lOd . to 3 s lOd ; small pork , 3 s fld to Is Oi ; lambs , 4 s Sd to us lOd : per 81 bs . by the carcase .
phovisioks . London , Monday During last week there was a r < - spectable quantity of Irish butter taken for the northern and other dinners' of England , some for Ireland , and to » limited extent for local use , at prices graduating ivomw to 74 S per cwt ., and the stock reduced to a mauaseaOB compass , foreign found ready buyers of good to line m 60 s to 80 s per cwt . Of bacon there was no increase in tne demand for siuged sides ; prices ruled for Irish at 40 s to 4 Gs and for American at 34 s to 3 Ss per cwt . Hams sok slowly at 60 s to 70 s per cwt . Lard , in bladderi , 41 ) 5 tO M i in kegs , 36 s to 42 s per cwt . English Butter , Aprils . —As there is n considerable increase in the arrival of Dutch butter to-day , and the ar&ne ill Flow sale at 80 s per cwt ., our p rices for Dorset is nominal , and to effect a clearance this week very mjlon iUMi prices must be taken . Fresh butter also has fallen » R ? dozen . Dorset , line weekly , 92 s to 90 s per cwt . ; ditto nucdling , 80 s to 84 s ; ditto old , nominal ; Fresh 8 s iol . » F doz . lbs .
POTATOES . Soothwabk Watekside , April 8 . —Since last week ' s « port the m-rivals from the continent have beeni very ea «> sive-above 4 , ouo to » . s . So large un arrival has » e ?| depreciation in the value of foreign potatoes . \ OrKs m soarce , are sbllingat better prices . The Momwm ' *| day ' s quotations :-Yorkshire Regents 80 s to 110 s pr ton , Wisbeeb ditto 70 s to 80 s ; Scotch ditto 70 s to 80 s ; BiW Cup . 50 s to 60 s ; Ditto Whites Ms to 4 Mi *' " ? Whites 55 s to 6 as ; llhenish and Belgian 40 s to a 5 s . C « 40 < to 45 s .
COLONIAL PRODUCE . Lo . vdo . y , Tuesday Erenin (; .-5 DOAii ,-505 hhte w-India have been sold , including 150 Wide . new BatDW and 70 Wids . chrystiilised Demerara ; tlie former sou stiff prices-SOs to 42 s Od for good to fine yellocr ; ofc > 3 b ' s 6 d for low to middling . „ , , $ Coffee continues dull , and of die quan lty oflend » sale , 414 bags and 123 casks planta tion Ceylon , onb «» one third of the bugs and a few of the casks met \ jitni \ % chasers , at prices which do not form any fair criterion the market . , _ . linif soil to « a » -i , i 9 ( xtm tewigM forwari i weJBj ¦ at a decline of fc'd to Is per CWt .- ' - ' jS to 2 l ) S Oil W " perceht . i-efraotion ; the remainder was bougM " tlu market value . ... ^ . . Saffioweb . —122 bales of middling to gooil q « a » J - ^ tins morning at lull pi-iees COmpill'ed With tllO " 1 W « in February , viz ., from ^ "fi 17 s fld to £ 8 pei'CWt . j Indigo . —The market for Bengal indigo is very hrni , , there are buyers at the February sale prices . . "' parcels , amounting to 700 chests on speculation ^ ., , reported to have been sold within the last few m ' very full prices , besides small parcels for export 0 iw
COALS . . , Londos , Monday > Apvll 8 tli . _ OwinB to tlio sto' < *> % factors succeeded ia getting an advance of Is *» ° ,, day se ' nnight . Tees , 19 s ; Havtlepool . ISs 0 d ; . ^ . [ lSs 3 d ; CarnUoc , 13 s 3 d ; J . ' Durham . Hs ad .-t'e » » * itals , ; leit from last day , C—Total , 30 . TALLOW , HIDES , AI ® ° f& m Monday , April 8 .-The trausac tions in ¦ f « ' ^ sinceltonday last , have bccnvrry wodei ate . ^ 11 ^ ^ however , 110 uiiange has taken p lace—i . j- •„ lor ,, - ^ selling to-day at 30 s oa to , 37 s v C 1 | , L , a 35 s 5 lI ' delivery , numerous offers ^ oon themaU « -. ' « Js , rf tho luit-thxee months . Town tallow . ha ** tnnt . feVTp « t ^ S ^ * -i Of S ^ H ^ -Ma , ^ thides ^• ft ^ 'Sfe Ib . ; ditto 6 « b . toWto , ^ l ^ M - aitto ««» J 2 d to i > i < l ; ditto . HOKh to S ^ -. -M ' ° J \ d told ; « tf 0 &S ^ 8 d to ijd j ditto % lt > . to lWfo ., J « jjttJit * lOAJb ' to 119 ib . Sid to 4 d ; eaffiataM «* Horse hides GsM . " r . « d EK Linseed ' per . e » vt . 32 s 3 il to -s ; » V ,. tr j * rcfincHOs oa to -. ; brown SOs 0 d ; O *^ -g 50 J . ; Spanish 501 . ; Sperm Sat . to -I . ; ba f = r \ 0 > i P « Sea 331 . Os to 34 / . j Seal y > al « 391 . 10 s to -j S W * " 33 £ . ; cod 30 J . to 31 / . ; cocoa nut per W » . palm , 828 . ' " . ^}
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Destructive Fibe at ^ ewinsxon . —On Friday night , about a quarter pust eight o ' clock , a very alarming fire broke out in the extensive range of workshops belonging to , Messy ? . Holland , . the general outfitters , upholsterers , and cabinbt-inakei-s , uarrying on , business at Nos . 58 , 59 , 60 , and 60 a , Nowiugton-oauseway ; Iu spite of the mo ' sl ; strenuous excrtjona , it was nearly ten o ' clock before the firemen could get tho mastery oyer the conflagration , by which hornvtiie workshops and all they 60 D . ta 1 n . 6 d yreie levellod" Avith tho ground , and all the valuable contents , including the workman ' s tools , entirely destroyed ' , ' Several of the surrounding hQ ^ eg wWe also watevially injured ,.
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Sixteen human skeletons , of apparently fu 3 lgrown persons , havo lately been , discovered in a field belonging to- Mr . William Kigali , ot Uptoa , in the parish of Long Sutton , by a man employed in cutting a ditch ... They appeared to have been buried in nearly a straight line , ranging from aovtb to south , and they were laid in cavities about three feet in deptb ,, out in solid rock , at irregular distances from each other . It is but . a few years since that several human bones were discovered in a field about 2 ( K > yards from thi 3 spot . There can bo no doubt ot' their being tho remains of some unfortunate warriors , who fell , probably , in battle centuries »; o , b ' utbri what occasion history does r . ot record . i .
Bjmtish College of Health , NewhoAD , LONDON . — PiiAow CooNTiiiMEN , —In tbo name of humanity and jus : tice wo ask how much longer ave the remains oi tho poor to be cut up in the hospitals , in order to put guineas into the doctors ' pockets ! Oh ! the infamy ! Are the pi ' or who die in hospitals awave that doctors make money by selling their remains to medical students ,. Who pay them so much for a leg , anothor for an arm , 4 c , &c . ! Down with the odious traffic , say all Hygeists . Aiiatomy is perfects useless inth « : «« re oi any disease , People nose !!
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8 THE NORTHERN STAR . April 13 , 185 q
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 13, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1569/page/8/
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