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      MONDAY , Aran , 8 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —This house re-assembled after the Easter recess . Committee os Pobuc Salaries . —Mr . Disraeli said that , with reference to the notice of motion given by the noble lord , the first minister of the crown , for the 19 th inst , for a committee to inquire into pnbb ' c 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 of inquiry , under such circumstances , would only delay such regulation ; and that ifc is the 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 . llonsMAS gave notice that , in the event of the motion of Mr . Disraeli being defeated , he would move , as an amendment , that" theinquiry extend to ecclesiastical as well as other salaries . " ( Hear , hear . ) Kaval Assistast-Surgeoss . —Capt . BoiDERo proposed a resolution , declaring that the accommodation provided in ships of war for the navalI assistant-BUTgeons was insufficient and inadequate for oflicers Of their rank and qualifications . The di ^ tiaetion now made in tho treatment of the assistant-surgeons and of other officers on board her iVlajestv s fleet were not only invidious and unjust , but substractedfrom tbeir 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 m an impure atmosphere , and in an artificial condition . Who could study in the midst of middies J That -wasnotapropor 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 bis 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 ibis a petty grievance . It mi g ht- be called a petty grievance if a drop of water were to fall from the . Samp above on 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 consequences would be serious . ( Laughter . ) Properly . qualified surgeons were prevented from offering their services by ihe 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 " No ; bandage me up , keep me together aswell as you can ; PU run for port , and 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 Bcvdas said the gallant member bad stated that there were no candidates for the office of assistant-surgeons . Row in the last two years there had been ITS applications , and at that moment there was a list of 203 , on half-pay twentythree , candidates eligible and in waiting 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 pay there bad been no difficulty in obtaining candidates . His bon . and gallant friend was not justified in speaking disparagingly of the naval

      surgeons ; tbey were , he believed , as a body , as well qualified as those of the army . Within the last two years an order bad emanated from the Admiralty , to the effect that in every ship above a six-rate , there should be a cabin of twice the size of other cabins , for the accommodation of mates , assistant-surgeons , and second masters . He must say that he thought the presence ofthe surgeons tended greatly to keep 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 ofthe navy was not in favour of it . Not that he supposed for a moment that the other officers ol 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 Mr . Uc-me said , there might be candidates enough for the ofiice of assistant-surgeon , but the question was whether the navy was not entitled to have as able men as the armv . No 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 gal ' ant admiral was mistaken in supposing that the alteration was not wished for by 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 naval surgeons , who were anxious to be released from wbat they felt to be a state of degradation .

      The motion having been on the question that the Speaker leave the chair , to go into Committee of Supply , the bouse divided on that question , when Captain Boldero ' s point was carried by a majority Of S , the numbers being 43 to 40 . On the resolution thus carried being put from the chair , Admiral Berkley , 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 . Bamxg 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 a _« jain on the point , but suggested that it would be a kind of stultification for hon . members to pass a resolution , declaring that a degree of accommodation should be furnished which the construction of our

      Tessels of war rendered impracticable . Mr . Heme denied the impossibility of providing for the assistant-surgeons all the comfort that was now asked . It there were the will , the Admiralty could find a way to accomplish it . The resolution was then agreed f o . The motion that the Speaker should leave the chair was put for the second time . Bepmsak : Affairs of Greece . —Mr . C . Axsiey called the attention of the house to the illegality of reprisals upon ihe subjects of ntber countries when made by British officers on service , without the authority of the Privy Council . After detailing some of the incidents , and referring tothe correspondence

      that had signalised the recent proceedings of the English Fleet on the shores of Greece , the hon . member argued that the transactions involved the actual question of peace or war , which was placed bj the British constitution solely in the authority of the Privy Council . The Greek blockade was au tborised 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 oflicers , on behalf of ail the Greek merchants whose property had been seized during the blockading operations .

      Lord Palmekston drew a distinction between the reprisals intended merely to detain foreign vessels or property as pledges , and those where the seizures were followed by confiscation . In the Greek aftair 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 . Mr . IIume Inquired what prospect existed of a speedy and amicable settlement of the dispute between this country and Greece .

      . Lord Palmesston nop 2 d that affairs were progressing favourably towards that consummation , which Baron Gros , on the part of France , had contributed the most friendly offices in facilitating . Oednaxce Estimates . —The bouse having gone into Committee of Supply , Colonel JLvsox g . ave 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 of ^ 105 , 194 as compared with the expenditure of

      1649 , while it was less by £ 557 , 726 than the outlay of 1 S 4 S . From the years 1844 to 1 S 4 S an increased expenditure had been incurred , amounting to £ 000 , 000 . IV this increase the present governmeat 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 present estimates indicated , he submitted , a wise and saving spirit on the part of the government .

      Mr . Hume commented upon the proofs of extva-T . igance 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 1 S 2 S the number of men voted 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 cannon kept up at » great expense , and wholly unnecessary . The ordnance department ought to be abolished , and the artillery service , being reduced to one-tenth of its existing cost merged into a branch ofthe ordinary War-offiae duties . " Colonel Chatkktox , as a military officer , said he

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      wished to see the amount of the artillery supplies increased rather than diminished ^ ! ; ; * !¦ - ' "' •' : The vote of 14 , 569 men for the' ordnance services ofthe ensuing year was then passed / followed by several votes of money for commissariat ; barracks ; storekeepers , & c , Mr . Home interjectinjf a remonstrance upon the proposition of several ofthe itemsi and calling forth somewhat animated " rejo inders from Col . Anson . ' ~ , / . "' _ . Navy Estimates . —The house - having resomea , immediately afterwards went into committee , on these estimates , on which several votes of supply were passed without opposition . A » rMv On a -vote of £ 137 , 100 being proposed to defray the expenses ofthe Admiralty , rpduein " Colonel Sibtuobp moY edar ^ ^ ° " ! nLiXfor the cost of that establishment , and esP < f' ™/ ds" £ j .- . ^ i . in . r th . number and salaries of the Lords ol

      the AdmiraW . The propriety of reducing cue m-Smefofffi officJs / he «^ t ™ jjV £ onnn the enormous diminution in the price oi corn ffiT ^ ' »^ « ffi £ SfiS ^ our free trade policy . Instead of sue'hist torus he proposed to appoint *>« " > , whu M ** enough for a time of peace , and from the £ 4 , 500 of income he would strike off £ 1 , 500 per annum , whi 6 h would still leave a respectable salary . From the £ 2 , 000 per annum paid to tho Secretary ofthe Admiralty he wou ld deduct £ 500 , and make a variety of other reductions from tho surveyor , comptroller , and house allowances . On the whole ; he proposed to reduce the annual cost of the establishment by £ 20 , 250 a yenr .

      Sir F . Baring 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 £ 30 , 000 a year , while it was onl y £ 18 , 000 at present . Very onerous duties were now performed by the Admiralty , and the public service would suffer materiall y if the efficient strength of that board were diminished . Col . SiBinonr explained that he had no intention of interference with the subordinate clerks and really working stiff of the department .

      CoL Fiiznot believed that the permanent officers of the Admiralty were not unduly remunerated , but he thought some economy might be accomplished in the costs of the First Lords , because so much of the work which they were supposed to perform was only " make believe . " Mr . Akkwhight 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 tho Impregnable

      and the Dragon , and proceeded tothe 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 scats of Lord Bdgecumbe , and 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 ofthe flag ship announced their arrival . In short , tho 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 ofthe tour . Instead of the Board of Admiralty going down and making this fuss , it one or two of their lordships went down to make these inspections without g iving notice , there would be a great saving in time , and expense , and a smaller number of lords mi ght perform the duties . On these grounds , if the hon . and gallant , colonel took the sense of the house as to the reduction ofthe lords' salaries , he should certainly support him .

      Lord John Rcssell 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 left to the official heads ofthe departments who had already contrived very large reductions . Colonel SinnroRP 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 Ag ainst it ... . 110—77 The vote was then agreed to , as were several subsequent items of charge , after some miscclla neons discussion . £ 000 , 073 beingasked for on account of wages , Mr . Hume inquired how many ships-of-war had been built , and then allowed to rot in dock without

      even going to sea . Mr . S . Herbert replied that the ships built had constituted a reserve , highly necessarv as a precaution against war , and therefore useful , although never used . - Mr . -Heme said that 229 ships had been broken up which were better than those that had been built . Since 1825 J 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 . Babix g quoted returns showing that the ships broken up were invariably old and worn out . The Canopus and Implacible , two prize ships still retained on our navy list , had cost as much in repairs as would have defrayed the cost of building four 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 commenced in a time of panic , but ought to be discontinued now we had come to our senses . Col , Fitzkot commended the dockyard artificers as having formed a very efficient brigade for military purposes . Mr . Hume declared his intention of taking the sense of the House on the subject , and the committee divided , on the question that the sum of £ 10 , 400 for training the dockyard brigade should be disallowed— .. .

      ¦ ajcS «•• • * * * « 0 10 Soes ... .... 00—51 . Several -votes were agreed to , when the Chaibjux reported progress , and had leave to sit again . The Exchequer-bills ( £ 0 , 200 , 000 ) Bill , went through committee . The Brick Duties Bill as amended , was considered . The Stamp Duties Bill was read a second time , pro forma , in order that certain alterations might be printed . The Titles of Reli g ious 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 COMMOXS .-lVATioJfAu Lasd Company . —Sir G . Pechell presented a petition from eighty-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 of its objects . Repeal of the Wisnow 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 afford 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 influence over successive Chancellors of the Exchequer had secured unfair exemptions from this impost in favour of Ireland , the public offices , farmhouses , churches , manufactories , shops , and countinghouses . Notwithstanding the enormous number of houses now annually built , the amont received from the tax had diminished since' 1812 , showing tho shifts to which the builders had resorted in order to avoid or reduce the window duty . The various attempts to promote sanitary reform made during tho last few years had been seriousl y impeded by tho operation ol this tax .

      Su- De Lac Evaxs 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 building 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 Ciia . ncku . ok of tlio Exchequer said that as the law stood , all farming , trading , and manufacturing industries enjoyed exemption ; and the same might practiciilly be said of all tho dwellings occupied by agricultural labourers . Tho tax , therefore , lell m a great measure upon the classes most able to support it . As a question of finance , ho could not consent to abandon the tax without ' securing some substitute , which be doubted tho willingness of the house to sanction , or their , ability to find a source of revenue likely to prove legs irksome to the contributors . Lord Dr / DLEr Stuart quoted precedents to show

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      whenever the House of ... Commons vigorously ^ stedthe imposition of a . tax ,, thenunistry ( always resiswov tne ^ mpv « . wit h 0 ut-it . ; . Theyjbad : « fflSd SSSSn of ; the ; brIckdut / anda S ' rkef to industry ftight be expected ; but the latter would ' neither d ' oKgo . odio' the country , nor diminisKthe amount of revenue , and could not therefore be alleged'by the government , when seeking to exonerate themselves from the duty of further remissions . . ' . "';' ' ¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦ CaptPBCHKLL enlarged upon the injurious character of the , window tax , and called to tho recollection of tho house the occasions when an absolute promise of its repeal had been held out by the Chancellors of the Exchequer of the day . Sir B . Hall 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 towns . He characterised the impost as abominable and unbeatable , and attributed much of the virulence of tho late visitation of cholera to its deleterious influence . Mr . Hume conincided 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 R . GnosvKNNoa reminded tho government of their frequent professions and ofthe repeated recommendations of committees appointed b y themselves iu favour ofthe abolition or reduction of the window tax . Their obstinate refusal now to fulfil those professions had involved them in a serious loss of character . Viscount Dgncas briefly replied , and the bouse

      divided—For the motion 77 Againstit ... 80—3 Loud cheers accompanied the announcement from the chair of this close run division . Encumbered Estates Bill . — -The Solicitor-General repeated his motion for leave to bring in a bill providing more simple and ample securities to purchasers of encumbered estates in Ireland . On a former occasion the right hon . member exp lained 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 app lying capital to land in Ireland . Col . Bvske , although ho 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 tho country .

      After some remarks by Sir O . O'Brien , Mr . French , Mr . Napier , Mr . Sauleir , and Mr . Stafford , and seme explanations from the Sollicitor-General , leave was given to bring in the bill . The report of various votes passed in committee of supp l y for the ordnance and naval services was then brought up and agreed to . On the second reading of the Charitable Trusts Bill , Mr . Goulborn 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 tho Court of ' Chancery , so far as they affected the adminstration of charitable trusts .

      Mr . Turner also opposed the bill . The number of charities below £ 100 which would be affected by the measure was no less than twenty-four thousand , and the aggregate income more than one million sterling . The Solicitor-General replied ; and , after some further discussion , the hill was read a second time . The house adjourned at twenty minutes to twelve o ' clock . WEDNESDAY , April 10 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —County Courts Extension Bill . —On the order for the second reading of this Bill ,

      Sir G . Gret 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 , especiall y if accompanied by other alterations which would destroy the essential character of tho original measure , as a means of recovering small debts , by approximating these courts to the superior courts of law , where the expenses had proved a bar to pstice . This Bill proposed at once to extend the limit to £ 50 , and to enlarge the jurisdiction of tho County

      Courts in cases of tort ; in fact , the house was called upon to assent to a principle which 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 . J . Evaks , in supporting the bill , said the question was , whether . tho 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 £ -50 in the superior courts at Westminister , we were in the same condition as before the late act .

      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 ofthe courts of law in this country was so great as io justify a departure from the old principle of having ' the law decided by the judge and the fact by a jury : He was far from maintaining that the adminstration of the law in the superior courts mig ht not be amended ; but this should be done by the Government alone , and he believed that the Courts ; at Westminster might be rendered as cheap as any tribunals in the world . Mr . Christopher considered the admissions of

      Mr . Martin , of the evils aud abuses existing in the superior courts , to be the best argument in favour of this bill , which went a great way to remedy those abuses . The fact that the bill was called for b y the almost unanimous voice of the country , was alone a sufficient reason for passing ifc . 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 courts ; and if so extended , the bill mi ght work so well as to be the precursor of larger legal reforms .

      Mr . B . Denison recommended the house to be exceedingly cautious as to the manner in which , l ) y this and other bills , it dealt with the existing system of administration ofthe law . His objections to the bill were , that it would do away with many of the advantages ofthe local courts as now constituted , and that a measure of such magnitude ought to be brought forward by the government on their own responsibility . Though not averse to a safe extension of the jurisdiction of these courts , ho should vote with Sir G . Grey . Mr . Mitchell supported the bill , urging the dilatory and expensive nature of the forms of procedure in the superior courts .

      Mr . Henley , should vote against the bill , because it would most effectually destroy tho existing County Courts , which were how 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 can ? tiously with such a subject ; but tho extension of the jurisdiction of these Courts which worked so well to £ 50 , was called fot- in all parts of the country . With regard to trial by jury , no doubt , m certain cases and certain localities , the intervention of a jury wasagreatadvantajre : hut his

      experience ol juries at assizes did not tend to raise his opinion of them ; on the contrary , he thought a man of intelligence and knowledge would decido a great deal hotter . The present act allowed parties to call for juries ; yet this was never done . Tho bill provided for the admission of barrister .- ) and also an appeal ; so that the judges would bo kept in check . The right of appeal , and tho power of removing cases of importance to tho 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 , tho state of the law could not he eulog ised ; and lawyers in this country were becoming deeply sensible of its imperfections . ,

      The Attorney-General was so satisfied that this hill would entirely destroy a system which now worked well that ho should not discharge his duty if he did not openly state his objections to it ; leaving to the house the responsibility of passing it , and to meet the general outcry that would be raised thereby . Every argument urged in favour of tho hill was directed to ' the general extension of the jurisdiction of the interior 'courts , lib admitted that the County Courts , as now limited , were popular ; but he suspected that the increase , of salaries which he proposed had much to do with this bill . The Attorney-General here' read a circular , which be stated had been sent round by a clerk of a county court to mayors of towns , enclosing a form of petition in favour of the bill , with especial reference to the expediency of paying the clerks of tho courts by salaries . The bill , as it stood , would give these inferior courts jurisdiction in complicated questions of mercantile law , _ of contract , in actions of assualt and battery , and it would indirectl y sweep away

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      everyJotherdocaloourt . With'such an enlarged jurisdiction ; a constant bar wovld be required to watch j inform , and check therjudge . The bill , in short , was Ml of objections and fraught with-mischief . . . ..., ¦ . " Mr . AoLioNBY observed that the two main objections to the bill ¦ which . were antagonistical were , that it would destroy the superior courts and ruin the inferior courts ; but the former could be destroyed only by the substitution of better tribunals , and the public could not believe that the bill would ruin tho County Courts , or thoy would not ask forit .

      Mr . Mullins and Mr . Hume spoke shortly in support ofthe bill ; and ; . . . . ... Mr . Fitzroy , who had charge , of it , said , all he asked was that the house should affirm its principle ; its ' provisions were properly debatable in the committee . The house having divided , the second reading was carried by 144 against 67 . Mr . Ewart then moved that the house should go into committee on the Public Libraries and Museums Bill . Ho said that certain amendments had been made in it , which he hoped would disarm the hostility of its opponents .

      Colonel Sibthorp said that they would not disarm his hostilit y , as this was a bill for imposing a fresh tax , and he moved that it bo committed that day six months . Mr . Newoegate 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 . Hume and Mr . Law spoko briefl y , the former for , and the latter against , the bill . Mr . Bernal thought' that the consent of twothirds of the inhabitants of any locality should be necessary to its introduction there . Mr . Brotherton supported , and Mr . Buck opposed the bill . .

      Mr . Waiter wished to know whether it was intended that the public should take the contents of the libraries to read by their own fire-sides , or whether they were to be allowed to read only in the libraries ? In the latter caso tho libraries would be of very little use , as only a small number of the inhabitans could be accommodated , while at tho same time such a system would bo opposed to tho domestic habits of the humbler classes , to which we owe so much ofthe benefits of our social system , Lord John Manners complained that libraries and museums should be put on a better footing than churches , schools una 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 , he believed , would be given in great numbers as soon as the possessors were sure that their gifts would be safe . After a abort discussion , the house divided , when the numbers were—For going into committee ... 99 For Col . Sibfchorp ' s amendment 64 Majority - ... : ... —35

      The 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 having disposed of the orders of the day , adjourned .

      THURSDAY , April 11 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —National Land Company . —Mr . G . Berkeley presented a petition from Gloucester stating the confidence of the petitioners in Mr . F . O'Connor ' s Land Scheme . ' Parliamentary Voters ( Ireland ) Bill , —The house having resolved itself into committee , Lord J . Russell , with reference to a proposition made by Mr . Monsell , when this bill was last under consideration in committee , for the union of towns and boroughs for the purposes of the bill , stated that it had been attentively considered , and the

      result was that there were many objections to entertaining the proposition in the present bill . He reviewed the different plans suggested for carrying the proposition into effect , pointing out : tho objections to which they were severally open , and observing that tho whole subject required serious consideration , ho recommended that it should he reserved lor a future session , and that the bill should be adopted as it stood . All the clauses contained in the bill were got throug h without any material alteration ; as well as the new clauses and schedules , and the bill was reported .

      On the order of tho day for the second reading of the Distressed Unions Advances and Repayment of Advances ( Ireland ) Bill . Colonel SiBTiioRP objected to the progress of this bill , in the absence of certain returns , of the nonprbduotion of which he complained ; he likewise objected to the grant itself , and moved that the House should adjourn . After some time spent in discussing this motion , the Chancellor ofthe Exchequer made ' an earnest appeal to Irish members and the House to allow the bill to proceed , this loan ( for it was not a grant ) being greatly needed in Ireland , and on a division the motion for adjourning was negatived by 131 against 23 . Tho bill was then read a second time .

      The Judgments ( Ireland ) Bill was read a third time avid passed . Other bills were advanced a stage , and the House adjourned at a quarter past 1 o ' clock .

      . The Honesty Fund. To F. 0 ' Coxnoh, Es...

      . THE HONESTY FUND . TO F . 0 ' COXNOH , ESQ ., M . P . Honoured Sir , —Several paid-up Land members and Old'Guards of Truro , desirous of convincing your base calumniators of thoir folly in attempting to break ; or in any way injure your reputation with the working classes of this country , join issue with our political brethren from all parts , in bearing our portion of the burthen , so shamefully thrown on

      you by a partisan judge and a splenetic lawyer . We here enclose £ 1 as our first instalment to the Honesty Fund , trusting , as we feel fully assured , that Penzance , Helstone , and St . Austle , will feel it their duty to show their attachment to justice and common sense , and devotedness to one who is made the scape-goat of parties for his disinterested conduct towards the working classes , We remain , dear sir , Your affectionate adopted children , E . Treoenzab , Sec .

      TO P . O ' CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P . ' Honoured and Persecuted Sir , —We , tho juvenile and veritable Chartists of Todmorden , feel with strong indignation the injustice and persecution which you have received from the enemies of freedom for endeavouring to ameliorate and improve the condition of the working classes . Respected sir , notwithstanding the slander and abuse which have been heaped upon youby a vile and corrupted press , the decision of prejudiced juries , and the puerility of partial judges , to destroy your reputation , you have risen in tho estimation of all good and honest men . We are of opinion that it is the duty of every true Chartist to do what lies in his power to lessen the burthen which now presses so heavily on your exchequer , and we hereby deposit in your hands the sum of £ 1 Is . as our first contribution towards liquidating the expenses incurred in the libel case . On belwlf of Committee , Thomas Fielden , Chairman .

      TOTHE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sib , —Enclosed you will : find 2 s . 6 d . worth Of postage Stamps , which you will please to receive as my contribution i towards reimbursing you the amount you are out of pocket in the action against Bradahaw , of Nottingham . I regret that my means will not allow me to contribute more just now but being a paid-up three-acre shareholder in the Land Company , and believing in the practicability of the scheme , if rightly supported , and being determined , as far as tho exertions Of ono individual is

      concerned , that you shall not be put down in your designs by . your enemies . I shall hold myself in readiness to repeat- tho dose , and if that does not do , you will ho at perfect liberty to make what use vou think proper of my share in the said Company to ; enablo you to beat down your persecutors . Hoping , sir , that you will press forward iu your holy mission of effecting political and social redemption of mankind . I beg to subscribe myself , with every feeling of sympathy and regard , John Adams . Leicester-street . Jforthampton . !

      The! Chalttist Trials Of Isis. Wo Are In...

      THE ! CHAltTIST TRIALS OF ISIS . Wo are informed that Mr . Kixbh ,. solicitor , has threatened to , commence legal proceedings against Mr . Vernon , unless the costs of his defence were paid on Wednesday last , April lOblt . .

      A .Ltemankable Coke In . Hoiullt Town By...

      A . ltEMAnKABLE COKE IN . HoiUllT TOWN BY llOLLOWAl ' s Pills and Ointment . —Major Walcli , of Wellhigton-bvidse Hobart Town , writes that lloHqwiy ' s l > ilis enjoy high rcmil tu ' tion In Van Dlemen's Lund . ' ' Hc ' speiiks of one jnuh who had been for years under the treatment of the medical practitioners , " avid-was discharged from the-hospital as incurable , -and had become so miserabl y emaciated and weak that ho could onl y move about with the assistance of persons supporting him . In this condition he commenced using these medicines , which have so com pletely renovated hishealththat ho is now become a stout and Shyleokmg man , andhis cure . s solel y to the usc ' of IIoUo " ya / 6

      A .Ltemankable Coke In . Hoiullt Town By...

      TO THE EDITOROFTHENOETHERNiSTAB' . .- .: lijiBell-yardjvGracechurchTStreetji . Cityi ::. - . ¦/ : --.-fi , w !; :. April 8 th , l 850 . If ? 0 i : u ^ Sib , —With feelings ; of pity and surprise Iread , a letter in your paper ; hbaded " Pottersville , " and purporting to emanate ' from a person who states himself to be a member of ' the National Land C 6 m : pany , and of the Potters' Emigration Society , but which appears to me to be all moonshine , ' intended as a bait to catch a few discontent Land men , to fleece , expatriate , and leave . them to starve in a foreign land . I say with pity , for I consider if the writer of that letter be honest , he is an object of nitv on account of his ignorance of the Potters '

      juggle . Surprised that he should have belonged to the Potters' Society for eighteen months , and a member ofthe National Land Company , and should have the impudence to put Evans ' s juggle in comparison with the Land Company .. What ! compare the noble , the generous , the disinterested O'Connor , with the grasping , avaricious , and drunken crew , who call themselves the Potters' Emigration Society ? . What is this precious piece of humbugthe Potters' Emigration Society ? Anumber of persons join together / and each pay £ 123 . 0 d ., and a trifle for expenses in addition ; they then have a chance in a lottery of obtaining a farm , or rather entities them to squat on land which is not theirs , andmost likely , never will be theirs ; they simply

      , buy a ticket in a lottery , in which there are 200 blanks for one prize , instead of obtaining a farm ; ninety-nine out of every , hundred get 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 100 years of age ? Again , the public are made to believe that there is some degree 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 Sfessrs . Taylor , Griffith , and myself , and which was published in No . 89 , of The People , and of which the following is an extract t— Q . —Is there an enrolled society in Staffordshire called the

      Potters Emigration Society ? 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 tho use of British operative . potters !! Q . —Will those rules apply to other trades than British Operative Potters ? A . —Certainly not . Q . —Can the Potters ' Society establish branches of other trades in connexion with themselves as a parent society ? A . — ( Mr . Pratt referring to rule 24 of the manuscript rules deposited withhim . )—No ; certainly not . Rule 24 , which would have enabled them to establish branches , I disallowed —( it stands crossed through in the original . ) 6 . —Then all branches established in

      connexion with the Potters' Society are illegal ? Al— They are illegal . The rules apply exclusively to British Operative Potters . It is a local Benefit Society , andenrolled under the Benefit Society ' s Act , and they 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 tho . hard-carat pence of the poor , cannot be 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 , io 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 have 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 . Evans and his crew have never travelled a single mile but they charged enormously 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 set 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 to the Snig ' s End Conference , and was , by that Conference , selected , with eight others , to audit the estate accounts j 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 , because those slugs connected with the fraud was afraid ef 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 necessit y 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 ? Afcerthis , a special audit ( 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 he is ) , a man who is , by trade , a tailor ; he carried on the smuggling trade for some years , and , when that failed , took to dog fancying , and keeping a pot-house of the Iqwest'descrirjtion ; and , as a reward for the dirty work performed by him , is sent off as estate secretary , at a salary of one dollar per day . At a meetingof the London dupes at his house , to receive

      bis report—lor he could not 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 , that they had purchased , in addition to Pottersville , 2 , 000 acres of land on the Fox River , near Fort Winnebago . I inquired the price paid for it ; his reply waV , 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 a few very curious items , '' S p ittoons for the use of the Committee ; "' " repairing ballot ' table , £ 6 19 s . 3 d « since increased to £ 9 ; " £ 230

      lecturing and travelling . " Evans is in the receipt of £ 2 2 i . per week ; and has charged for every mile ho has travelled , even from Hanley to Stoke-Evanshas collected some £ 7 , 000 , to purchase land , out of which he has purchased Pottersville for about £ 400 , with this exception—they have not a single inch of land to represent the above-mentioned . sum . The fact is this , sir—they induce people to invest their hard earned pence with them , under pretence of purchasing lands , instead of which it is to enable themselves to trade and charge the parties advancing them the money some seventyfive per cent , more for the articles than the marketprice . I find , in a letter from Enoch Pickering , residing at Port Winnebago , published in So . 89 oi

      the , People , the following : — " Flour , for which he ( Tvvigg ) 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 ceiits per pound , he has charged them nine or ten cents ; cheese , for which he gave six cents per pound , he charged theni eighteen ; and the groceries he has sold in the same manner ; " purchased , mark you , with the buyers own money in the first instance ; in addition to that they have now adopted a paper currency , so that every individual drawn out there , will be called upon to surrender liis 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 tho difference , as per above . These Potting humbugs also wish to make the world believe that they have secured 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 remotest prospect of purchasing . Your correspondent , Mr , Scott , was present at Iliinley , " when the plan of Squatting was objected to by Mi \ J . Taylor , on the ground that tlie Society would not be able to cotar plete ' the purchase . Mr .-Scott agreed with Mr ; Taylor ' s objection , and to use his own words , said : that " when you have builfcyoui- mill , your store and houses , the land may be brought into the market , and if you arc not prepared with the hard cash , off you will go , and all your improvements taken from you by the purchaser of the land , and there will be plenty on the look out for them . " What think ' you was the heartless reply of Evans ? "If wo can onl y secure enough to buy the Grist I Mill , the Perry and the River frontage , a * fig for the rest ; " so much for his philanthropv .

      Trusting you will pardon my intrusion upon your valuable time , I am , Sir , yours j'ery respectfully , S . Dowuso .

      ¦ ¦ Sixibsn Human Skeletons, Of Apparent...

      ¦ ¦ Sixibsn human skeletons , of apparently fullgrown . persons , have lately been discovered in a field belonging to Mr . "William . Sigan , ot Upton , in the parish , of Long Sutton , by a man employed in cutting a ditch . They appeared to have been buried m nearly ft straight line , ranging from north to south , and they were laid in cavities about three ieet in depth , cut in solid rock , at irregular distances trom each oth ' er . It is but a few years since that several human bones were discovered in a field about 200 yards from this spot . : There can bo no doubt of their being tho remains of some unfortunate warriors , who fell , probably , in battle centuries ago , but on what occasion history does not record .

      IhilTlsn Colmge of Health , Ks-n-aoAD ^ tosnoN . — Fellow ' 'Countrymen , —In the name of humanity and justice we ask how much longer are the remains o £ tho poor to be cut up in the hospitals , in order to put guineas riuto ' tho'doctors' pockets ? Oh ! the iiifaniy ! Are the puor who die in hospitals nwarc that doctors make money by sellingtheir remains to medical students , . who pay them so mucli-for a leg , another for an arm , Sic , iic . 1 . Down with tlie odious traffic , say all Iiygeists . Anatomy is perfectly useless in the cure of any disease . " People arise !!

      ¦ ¦ Sixibsn Human Skeletons, Of Apparent...

      - ; ,:-. BRITISHi COLLEGE OF HEALTII y \' ' r , r' ^ ^>^ , Jmim ,:. ' , ; , ; ' . "' : ' i W " ARSENIC IN CHOLERA ! nrjHi 0 n . oiI , ; ; FEULOw-CooNranoaf . - What to do ' « . " i " Arsenic in cholera ! Oh ! Oh ; WelT "i f J 3 -.. of thi = b trouble of looking into the Medical t ^ T %£ ¦*?*& printed in large-letters , 'Case of / ft g ^ fi CESSFCMTTBEATBDWITII ASSENIC . ' . A dfM >! m . „ *?** 61 JP vising arsenic ' in cholera-the cast ? f 8 ^ P 08 iti vel y m length in the 89 th number ^ f the mJL &* ¥ **<* * office , 368 , Strand , price Id . or 2 d h § tm & J ? « i & be surprised , my . Iriends , that wa should w ' Can Joa cases of felonious poisoning throuijhoi . Mi 8 o mint arsenic ? What is the real dWrenee betw / i ^^ "" ^ b » and the doctor ? Why , that in oSm fe < S he dies , w said to have been murderedHi v ?» - * nen the other , to haye died ofsom dum !„ Z hTW ™& we say , be called by their pruper names vul \ tWnes

      made the public so familiar with nois ; na i Uoctor s C * classes think there ia no harm ti ^ * ' £ ' > W r Guinea trade gentlemen ; ' and , for our own ™ ? fr < m » tto > see any real difference between the felon „ , P ' - donot the doctor-the only difference is , that th ° "L , ni 0 Qer and cases , gives the poisoa iu such doses as not t ? $ & ln mi many he does kill , but then don' ? you & W thotg death or dwm' and not ' murder' ' called Now , fellow countrymen , can you he suvm-is ,, ! « , was called cholera last year , should huvc Zz that *!* whilst such poisons were given for its cure ? S ? * K opium , & c . That this doctor ' s adviee n . Sl . M about arsenic in cholera we will notsav h " u ? , a '' en lished in the columns of a widely circulated S > WU and , answered the purpose intended miahlV , T ^ Pft-CLAIMI 3 IG DEADLY POISONS AS CORES Poll C'ft . 7 ™ ' »« ol What a p ty that the aqua tofana is unknoKr ' ° T they might just give a little of it to som " „ J ^^ patient , and then publish to the world witv . r * > ate

      tongue , tnat tne acqua tofana was an excdW tru mpet . some disease or other , ' and the poor icnor-int , , edy f 0 P public would swallow all . W P e should the „ t ^ S tofana „ marked on line bottles in tho chemhw !* , ' a 1 < £ gists' shops ot this lair island . ' let tl . e nS ^ < C their lethargy » " e peoPJe ansa froa The members of the British College of IImM , ,,, call for the total prohibition of tho folWu ,, " aSii ? ?*** as medicines : — ° uertdl y poisons 1 . Arsenic in all its forms . 2 . PrusicAcidia all its forms . 3 . Opium in all its forms . 4 . Mercury in all its forms . 5 . Nux Vomica in all its forms . G . Che different metals in all their chem !* -. ! . turns , which , being wholly indfcesfiWc dnnT ^ - never can , assimulate with flesh and blood f > a ^

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      Com. Mark-Lane, Monday, April S.-Om- Mar...

      COM . Mark-lane , Monday , April S .-Om- marW ~ ., dull to-day for whe-U ( though the suppk of SfoSS ver > short ) an / prices la to 2 s lower than on Mondayll t ?? sales ot foreign wheat were very limited at titesamL , ! tion , and flour was Cd to Is per sack an barrel Z ^ For barley , both English andForeign , w $ toArtd £% ? demand at the late reduced prices . Malt continues « i » sale . Beans and peas were without variation , but ffi very unsaleable . Foreign oats were in large supply w ^ a reduction of Gd per qr . there was a lair sale forTn ^ qualities . Tares nominally the same . Linseed cakes v ° „ dull . Ihe demand for cloveruecd is drawing to a close for the season . The current prices as under .

      British . —Wheat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , new 34 * to 3 Ss , ditto white 38 s to -log , Lincoln , Norfolk , and York shire , red 30 s to 35 s Northumberland and Scotch , whlta 80 s to 30 s , ditto red 30 s to 3 is , Devonshire and Somerset slnre , red , —s to —s , ditto white — to —s , rye , 21 s to 23 « barley , 20 s to 23 s , Scotch 19 s to 21 s , Angus-sto-, ' Malt ordinary , —s to -s , pale 46 s to 40 s , peas , grey , new 20 s to 22 g , maple 23 s to 25 s , white 22 s to 23 s , boilers neB Ms to 25 s , beans , large , new'lOs to 2 Us , ticks 20 s to 22 s harrow , 23 s to 25 s , pigeon , 25 s to 26 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire feed , 14 s to lGs , ditto Voland and potato lGs to 18 s , Berwick and Scotch , 16 s to 19 s , Scotch feed , 14 s to lGs , Irish feed and black , I 2 s to Us , ditto potato , 15 s to lCs , linseed ( sowing ) 50 s to 52 s , rape = eed Essex , new £ 30 to £ U per last , can-away seed , Essex , new 27 s to 32 s per cwt , rape cake , £ 4 to £ 410 s per ton Vm seed , £ 9 0 s to £ 0 10 s . per 1 , 000 , flour , per sack of 2801 b < ship , 24 s to 26 s , town , 35 s to 37 s . ''

      Foreign . —Wheat . — Dantzig , 40 s to 44 s , Anhalt ana Marks , 34 to 38 s , ditto white , 38 s to 40 s , Pomeranian red 36 s to ; 38 s , Rostock 40 s to 43 s , Danish , Holstein , and Friesland , 30 s to 31 s , Petersburg !! , Archangel , and Riga , 30 s to 32 s , Polish Odessa , 30 s to 3 as , Marianopoli , and litr ! dianski , 30 s to 33 s , Taganrog , 30 s to 32 s , Brubant awl French , 34 s to 36 s , ; ditto white , 36 s to 40 s , Salonica , SOsto 32 s , Egyptian , 23 s to 25 s , rye , 19 s to 21 s , barley , Wismat and Rostock , 16 s to 19 s , Danish , lGsto 22 s , Sual , Ilsto 19 s , East Friesland , 13 s to 14 s , Egyptian , 12 s to 13 s , Danube , 12 s to 14 s , peas , white , 22 s to 23 s , new boilers , 24 s to 25 s , beans , horse , 18 s to 22 g , pigeon , 23 s to 24 s , Epp . tian , 18 s to 20 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and Friesland , feed and black , 10 s to 18 s , ditto , thick and brew , lis to 17 s , Riga , Petersburg !! , Archangel and Swedish , 13 j tolls , flour , United States , per lOClbs ., 20 s to 22 s , Ham . burgh 19 s to 21 s , Dantzig and Stettin 20 s to 21 s . French per 2801 bs „ 2 Ss to 30 s . *

      Arrivals this week : — Wheat—English , 1 , 120 quartersforeign , 2 , 200 quarters . Barley—English , CD 0 quartersforeign , 1 , 570 quarters . Oats—English , 1 , 740 quarters foreign , 10 , 310 quarters . Flour—3 , 550 sacks . Richmond ( Tokksiiiiie , ) April 6 . — We had a fair supply of grain in our market this morning . Wheat sold from 4 s 3 d ta 5 s Gd ; oats , Is lOd to 2 s 3 d ; barley , 3 s Od to 3 s 3 d ; beans , 3 s Gd to 3 s 9 d per bushel .

      BREAD . The prices of wlieaten bread in the metropolis are froa Gd . to 7 d . ; of household ditto , 4 d . to oid . per 4 lbs . loaf .

      CATTLE . Ssmthfieu ) , Monday , April S . — The supply of foreign stock on offer this morning was very moderate ; but the arrival of home-fed beasts were again on the increase , and of full average quality . Owing , in some measure , to the prevailing warm weather , tho beef trade ruled excessively heavy , at a decline in the quotations obtained on Jlonday last at quite 2 d per 81 bs . The very highest figure for the best Scots was only 3 s 4 dpcr 81 bs ., and a large number left the market unsold , For the time of year the numbers of sheep were large . All breeds commanded scarcely any attention , andpnees gave way 2 d per Slbs . The . primest old Downs , iu the wool , 4 s to 4 s 2 d per Slbs . From the Isle of Wight , 450 lambs came fresh to hand . The arrivals from other quarters were good . Tlie Jamb trade was dull in the extreme , and the currencies were 4 d per Slbs . loner than on this day se ' nnight . Notwithstanding that the sup . ply of calves was limited , the veal trade ruled heavy , at barely stationary prices . Pigs were very dull , at almost nominal figures . ;

      Head of Cattle at Smithfield . —Friday . —Beasts , 713 ; sheep , 3 , 920 ; calves , 195 ; pigs , 280 . Monday . - Beasts , 3 , 795 ; sheep , 23 , 950 ; calves , 111 ; pigs , 250 . Price per stone of 81 bs . ( sinking the offal . )—Beof , 2 s 2 d to 38 W ; mutton , 2 s Sd to 4 s 2 d ; veal , 3 s 0 J to 3 s IM ; pork , 3 s 2 d to 4 s Od . Aewgate and Xeadenhaia , Monday , April 8 . —Inferior beef , Is lOd to 2 s 2 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 s 2 * 1 to 'is U ' , middling ditto , 2 s 8 d to 2 s lOd ; prime ditto , 3 s Od to 3 s id veal , 2 s lOd to 3 s lOd ; small pork , 3 s Gd to 4 s IM ; lambs , 4 s Sd to 5 s lOd ; per Slbs . by the carcase .

      PROVISIONS . London , Monday . —During last week there was a « - spectable quantity of Irish butter taken for the northern and other districts of England , some for Ireland , and to a limited extent for local use , at prices graduating from o :. s to 748 per CWt ., and the stock reduced to a maMJMlMe compass . Foreign found ready buyers of good to fine at GGs to SSs per cwt . Of bacon there was no increase in iM demand for singed sides ; prices ruled fov Irish at 10 s to 4 tfs , and for American at 34 s to SSs per cwt . Hams sola slowly at 60 s to 70 s per cwt . Lard , in bladders , 40 s to n ' . i i in kegs , 3 Gs to 42 s per cwt . English Bc-tieu , April 8 . —As there is a considerable Increase in the arrival of Dutch butter to-day , and the article in Slow sale at 80 s per CWt ,, our prices for Dorset is ww nal , and to effect a clearance this week very mucii WHer prices niuit he taken . Fresh butter also has taVteftlS * t dozen . Dorset , line weekly , 92 s to 9 « s per cwt . ; ditto mwdling , 80 s to Sis ; ditto old , nominal j Fresh Ss to l . s P cr dozlbs

      . . „ POTATOES . SocTHWAMt Waterside . April 8 .-Since last wde ' s" - port To arrivals from the continent have been very o » give-above 4 , 000 tons . So large on arrival bascauseda depreciation in the value of foreign potatoes . \ orte b u scarce " are sclUngat better prices . The Mowing are *« ( Lav ' s Quotations --Yorkshire Regents 80 s to U 0 a per t » . WUheeh ditto 70 s to 80 s j Scotch ditto 70 s to , Ms : Dg Cups 50 s to GOs ; Ditto Whites 40 s to ^ 5 * S ? Whites 55 s to 05 s ; Rhenish and Belgian 40 s to aas . U ^ a ¦ 10 s tolas .

      COLONIAL- PRODUCE . London , Tuesday . Evening .-5 iiCAn .-S 05 Wids . J > « India have been sold , including 150 hlids . new barb . i « o » and 70 hhds . chrystalised : Demerara ; the former sow « Stiff prices—39 s to 42 s Gd for good t < f hue yellow ; •><» lv 8 Ss Cd for low to middling . J ., Coffee continues dull , and ofthe ouan ity ofiei <« ' « sale , 411 hags and 122 casks plantation Ceylon , on } new one third of the bags and a few of the casks me ; ni j I . chasers , at prices which do not form any fair ciuu «» the market . „ . „„„ , , „ if ! 0 lil t fiLTrETBE .-3 , 121 were brought forward ; one-hait •« at a decline of Gd to Is per cwt . —25 s to 2 bS bJ M " ¦" per . cent , refraction ; the remainder was boug" - ' » au the market value . . . . 1 ( j Safflower . —122 hales of middling , to good quallt } - « this morning at full prices compared with the previous - in February , viz ., from £ S 17 s Od to £ S per cwt . . Inmco . —The market for Bengal indigo is very firm , a » there are buyers at the February sale prices . SB' ^ parcels , amounting to 700 chests on sncculation , _ * reported to have been sold within the last few < W '" very full prices , besides small parcels for export

      orders-COALS . ,. London , Monday , April 8 th .-0 win « : to Awilw" ^ factors succeeded iu getting an advance of Is i > u m day se'nnight . Tecs , 19 s ; Hartlepool . 18 s M ive 18 s 3 d ; Garndoc , ' 18 s 3 d ; J . Durham , i . s Su .- " *" vals , 24 ; lcit from last day , C—Total , *>• TALLOW , HIDES , ASD ° nfi ^ , MONDAY , April 8 . —The transactions intoi ^ jce 5 l since Monday last , have Ueen very >» ™ "A U tlie sp » ' however , no change has taHcn r lac & -L , ; V p . j 0 r «« selling to-dny at 30 a 0 d to 37 s per c t . i » , afcl - s » fl 5 ^^ f i ^^ Hv 4 feWtftf ^ W ^ 5 r « ^^ VKId told ; ' dK-y 9 « Ib WtoiWd ; ditto Oflb . to 1041 b ., 3 id tort . ^ loiib . to 112 lb . 3 . } d told ; cattskias each 2 s d > ° * Horse hides 6 s . e < 3 . " , EtiS lis ! l linseed per cwt . 32 s 3 d to - *;«!•«« . * > - refined 40 s 0 d to-s ; . luwn 30 s 0 , 1 ; Gaiiipoh V ^ ffi [ h 50 J . ; Spanish 501 , ; Sperm 821 . to-J . ; baggwl ^ - . lirP l , Sea 33 i . 0 s to 34 / . ; Seal pale 39 ? . 10 s to -4 . : do- ' '" $ . ; 3 ? , l . ; cod 301 . to 31 * . ; cocoa nut per tou ob ! . i " lialm , 32 { . ' '¦ '¦¦ ¦

      . Mintedhy Wiliiumrtdett; Oflso. 3, ^M^^Ri Ltitis

      . Mintedhy WILiiUMRTDEtt ; oflSo . 3 , ^ M ^^ ri ltitiS

      111 Iu« Uillie" . M ...— ; Jl. £ K'V Off...

      111 IU « Uillie" . m ... — ; jl . £ K'V office , 1 « , GreataYMmm-streer , ll » y » , " ^ V , pov 5 l ) W of West > uhi £ ter . fortliel ' roprietor , FJiA' * ; ' *" V , Vi . pEF , » Esq , M . P ., and published by the said W « -t , tf i '" . j < the - Oflice , - in- ' the ' same-street * D < t vansu-April 13 th , 1850 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 13, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_13041850/page/8/