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      tent as to leave little of that principle of self-government which be- { Ewl Grey ) -coutendedfor . ( Hear , hear ) If the assembly was to decide upon the internal affairs of the colony , and if when a difference of o pinion arose between the Secretary of Slate and the legislature , purely of local concern , the assembly , and not the Secretary of State , was to give way ; if that was to he the rule , it followed that while you gave them representative governmentin name , you in Stetance refused . ( Hear , hear . ) He would n , t Sfrom statins that public op inion must govern

      STNova Scotia as well as in Eng land . Unr « uw-Objects in our NorthAmeriean c / omes partopate IOOWoeTiinoBro « uf « top | ^ » I ^ to fo !^ e m thelongrnuany otbersystem . Toe noWe Eari alsoen tered in ' o the case of Mr . F ^^ 'ifV ^" iended thattheCobnial Treasurer of ^ Nova Scota practically hcldhis office at the p leasure of the House Sf Smhlv , inasmuch as that bndy passed an annual vote for his sa ' ary , w * " ***™ ^* Sf th ' chose , and according to the Constitution the Crown , did not possess the power to continue any OTe ^ mce whowaspaid by the colonyagmnst g wfll ofthe Assembly . The bill *» r Mr . J *™ ^ dismissal had not yet received the assent ot tiie Crown , and the correspondence on the case was too ^ complete to be laid before the House . He . should jEd 5 > regret if their Lordships after hearing thos Slanation should be of opinion tbathe had acted erroneously ; but he could only repeat , that if he were again in the same situation , he should repeat the instructions which he had already sent forth .

      HOUSE OP COMMONS . — Ajmoubsment tob km Eastee Holidays . — Lord John Russbll announced that if the Rate in Aid Bill should be read a second time bv Friday , he should on that day move that the House resolve itself into a committee of the whole House , 'when he should further move that a sum not exceeding £ 100 . 000 be advanced on the credit of the Rate in Aid for the distressed unions in Ireland ; which resolution , if agreed to . he should propose to insert as a clause in the bill . That on Wednesday the 4 th of April he should move the adjournment ofthe House for the Easter recess until Alonday the 16 th ; and on Monday next he should move that on Thursday the 19 th of April , and every alternate Thursday after that day , orders should take precedence of no'ices of motion . In answer to Mr . Slaney , the noble lord was understood to state , that he could not say when a bill would he introduced on the subject of the sanitary condition of the metropolis .

      Havioatiov Laws . —The House then went again into committee upon the Navigation Bill , bvginnuig with clause 19 , the first of the reciprocity or retaliation clauses , and which enacts that the Queen may restrict the privileges of foreign ships in certain

      cases . Mr . J . L . Ricahdo objected to these clauses , contending that the scheme embodied in them was on principle obnoxious to all tin objections urged against Mr . Bouvcrie ' splan . Mr . Laboucueke defended the classes , considering this portion of the hill to he an essential part of tiie whole measure . Mr . Heebies attached no importance to these clauses ; they were , as he had said , a homage to the principle of reciprocity , hut they would do no good , though they might do a great deal of harm . The whole of the clauses ofthe hill having been gone through , after a slight discussion , Mr . Saxdabs moved a new clause , the effect of which was to fix a period of three years before any retaliatory system was adopted j but Mr . Labouchere objecting , he withdrew it .

      The bill was then reported ; the report to be considered on Monday , upon the understanding that the bill would not he read a third time until after Easter . Bate vs Am Bill . —The House then proceeded to the order of the day for the second reading ofthe Poor Laws ( Ireland ) , Rate in Aid Bill . Mr . G . Hamilton moved that it be postponed for six months , on the grounds that , whilst the relief proposed by the bill might be afforded in a more constitutional manner , ita principle was unjust ; that the measure would prove delusive and

      ineffectual , would increase pauperism , and aggravate nearly all the evils of Ireland . He urged that the people of Ulster would look upon this tax as an ungrateful return for their industry and good management ; that the measure would create separate national interests in England and Ireland , and was . therefore , founded upon an anti-union princip le , whereas England had a direct interest in mitigating pauperism in Ireland , and Irishmen would not object to this being treated as a general fiscal question , or to the burden being apporlianed according to the share which each country bore of imperial

      taxation . Mr . Cobey seconded the amendment , considering that the hill was unjust in its principle , exacting a contribution from the people of Ulster , for example , who were perfectly ready to support their owo poor , hut who knew that every farthing they paid would go to the pcor of other provinces . He believed that a rate of 6 d . for two years would he insufficient for the end in view , and if permanent or prolonged , it would break down the property and energies of Ire . land .

      Sir "W . SoMERVlLLt , assuming that relief was immediately called for to meet an emergency , had looked for some indication in the speech of Mr . Hamilton of the quarter whence such relief was to be obtained ; but he had looked in vain . The hardship of imposing this rate upon Ulster was complained of , and it had been asked what had Ulster to do with Connaught ? A great deal ; the misery of Connaught , unless relieved , would spread throughout the island . The mode of providing relief was the only question , and , as an Irish landlord , he preferred this to any other scheme proposed , regarding it a * a temporary measure to meet what he hoped would be a transient evil . Lord Jocelyn supported the amendment , not objecting to the equal apportionment of taxation between the two countries , but objecting to a measure like this , unjust in its principle , and which he believed would increase—not

      diminish—pauperism . Mr . Feench treated the measure as unjust , impolitic , ungenerous , unwise , and , as a measure of relief , valueless . He denounced the existing Irish Poor Law and its administration , and after expo ing its neglect aud abuses , asked English members whether this was a system in the support of which they would violate every principle of justice ? Mr . Pagan * , in the name of his constituents , supported a rate in aid , though he thought tbe Imperial resources ought to be applied to the relief of the famishing people of Ireland . The proposition of Sir R . Peel had taken bold of the feelings of the Irish people , who would see it carried out ; and , in his opinion , if something of that kind were adopted , the population and capital of Ireland would be brought more upon a level .

      Mr . H . Herbert said , no one denied the existence of distress in Ireland , or the necessity of relieving it , but he had not heard one argument in favour of the mode in which it was proposed to afford relief . "What he complained of was , not taxation , but that ministers , with all their information , had produced only this temporary measure to prop up a system , which , by their own confession , had failed . Mr . Herbert expressed his strong disapprobation of tbe language used in the north of Ireland ; but , in exlt 3 Sre , observed that t | ie people of that country had oeen taught on many occasions that this was the only language that would avail , and he advised the ministers not to screen themselves behind the

      disunions of the Irish people . Mr . P . Sckope defended the poor law against the attacks of Mr . Trench , and , with reference to this bill , complained of the hurry which characterised the relief policy for Ireland , and of whieh this was an example . Time was neglected and palliatives were hastily applied . The evil of Ireland was want of employment ; the field of employment , even in the west , was unlimited , yet make-shift measures were still resorted to . He objected to a rate in aid on tbe ground that it was contrary to the principle of the poor law , which was local responsibility for local destitution . Take security from the lands of Connaught for the pauperism of Connaught , whieh would effect the great good of a change ofa nominal ftr a real proprietary .

      Sir J . "Walsh reiterated the reply to the old arguments of Mr . Scrope , that his proposition was one lor the confiscation of property . The insufficiency of this measure refuted the argument derived from its necessity ; the evidence before the committee showed that the rate must be permanent , and there was yet no symptom of remedial measures . Sir John discussed the p lantation scheme of Sir R . Peel , suggesting objections to it as a remed y for the real evil , the bankrupt state ofthe occupiers . Sir George Grey had thought that two points had been established in previous debates : first , that there was an amount of distress in some ofthe western unions of Ireland which required extraneous relieftopreventthepeoplefromstarving . Secondly , that this relief should come not from imperial resources , butfromIreland . Thelastpointhadnotboen so generally admitted to-ni ght ; thosewho opposed the bill had proposed either to withhold all assistance ,

      or to draw it altogether from the imperial resources . Sir George then replied to the objections of Mr . Hamilton , asking if , as he argued , it was unjust ' that Ulster should relieve the povertv of Connaught , how could it be just that the taxpayers of tiie united kmgdom should contribute to that relief ? England and Scotland , however , did contribute a ^^ il ' " tue sha P Poor rates , on account of Irish paupers . He replied to the objection , that no remedial measures were proposed , by referring to the pled ge given by the government to alter the poor laws , for which object committees were now collecting evidence . He denied the averment of Mr . Herbert , that they were , sheltering themselves behind the want of unanimity in Ireland , and he answered shortl y some of the observations of Mr . Scrope , . . . Mr- Stafford , with reference to the * scheme of Sir R . Peel , which he acknowledged had occupied a considerable share of attention across the channel , thought it was due to the peopl Ireland , that

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      before this discussion closed , the government should distinctly state whether or no they had any intention te carry it out . This rcmark drew a smile from Sir George Grey , at which Mr Stafford appeared to be somewhat nettled . He then repeated his call for an exp lanation of the extent of destitution , and the calculated amount of the rate . But it was one tiling to strike a rate , and another to levy one The amount of uncollected rate in . November last was £ 800 , 600 . The g ist of his opposition was , that in some unions if the rate were levied they would be ruined , whilst the sum raised would be only a drop in the ocean of Connaught misery

      Drawing a gloomy p icture of the future , he urged upon the House \* ery emphatically the injustice and the serious consequences of determining merel y the question of the facility of execution , and of levying a rate exclusively upon the most distressed classes of their fellow-citizens . Mi * . M . J . O'Connell suggested that the tenant should be allowed to deduct the actual amount of the rate he paid from his rent , and the landlord to deduct the rate iu proportion from incumbrancers on his property . Some explanations were interchanged between Sir George Grev and Mi * . Stafford , respecting the construction to be put upon the smile of the former : after which

      , On the motion of Mr . Napier , the debate was adjourned until "Wednesday . The House then went into Committee of Supply to vote a sum for excess upon Ordnance expenditure beyond the grants . The matter Avas explained hy Colonel Axsos ; and After a few words from Mr . Hume , the vote for £ 97 , 984 was agreed to . The other orders on the paper having been disposed of , the Houso adjourned at half-past twelve o ' clock .

      TUESDAY , March 27 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Petit Sessions Bill . — Lord Campbell , in moving the second reading ofthe Petty Sessions Bill , explained its objects to be to place cities and boroughs on tho same footing as counties with regard to petty sessions , and to enable the magistrates to secure suitable p laces in which to hold them . The Marquis of Salisbury complained of the expense which the erection of court-houses would entail on the ratepayers , contending that the cost ought not to be paid out of the county rate , but should be made a charge on the consolidated fund , and moved , but subsequently withdrew the amendment , that the bill ho read a second time that day six months .

      The Earl of Malmesburt was not inclined to give magistrates a further discretionary power to increase the county rates , until the whole system of local taxation , which now pressed so heavily , had been amended ; and suggested , that as personal property was that which was generally stolen , personal as well as real property ought to be assessed , for at present the cost of mamtaining gaols was thrown entirely on the land . Lord Staslet referred to the great increase which had taken place in the county rates of Lancashirerates which were levied by tho magistrates without

      any constitutional check , a matter which required grave consideration . "With a view to guard against lavish expenditure , he would recommend that the clause authorising the magistrates to erect buildings should be struck out , and that they should be restricted to hiring suitable places in which to hold the . sessions , and that they should give public notice of their intention to provide them . Lord Beaumont , as the bill was only of a permissive , and not of a compulsory , character , should g ive it his support . The bill was read a second time .

      Australian Constitution . —Earl Gret . in reply to Lord Monteagle , as to whether it was the intention of the government to introduce a bill in the present session for effecting changes in the constitution of Australia , said it was so intended , and he had reason to believe that the contemplated measure would meet the views of the parties interested . Their lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Vancouver ' s Island . —Mr . Hawes , in answer to Mr . Gladstone , replied that the only measure contemplated at present by thc government for Vancouver ' s Island , was a bill for the establishment of courts of judicature there . LvTRAMURAL Interments . —Sir G . Grey answered Lord Duncan b y stating that the government had a bill in preparation on the subject of burials in large cities and towns . Penal Settlements in South Africa . —Mi * .

      Adderley moved " That an humble address be presented to her Majesty , praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased , out of consideration for the honourable pride and moral welfare of her subjects the people of South Africa , to order that this hitherto unpolluted colony may be spared the disgrace and affliction of bein jj " made a receptacle for the convicted criminals of the mother country , whether as prisoners , free exiles , or holders of tickets of leave . " In moving this address he was anxious to guard himself against two misconstructions into which the House might fall . In the first place , It mig ht under-estimate the importance ofthe subject , from its being submitted by nim to the House . This , he trusted , it would not do . In the second place ,

      he feared that , from some unskilful handling on his part , the question might be mixed up with other and collateral questions , instead of being left to stand upon its own merits . He would endeavour , as much as possible , to avoid falling into this mistake . The case which he charged against the Colonial Office was this , that Lord Grey , having decided upon a new experiment iu reference to convict discipline , had inaugurated that experiment by recommencing the system of transportation to ~ Sew South "Wales , with the consent of the legislature of that colony , and by embarking , for the first time , upon a system of transportation to the Cape of Good Hope , not only without the consent , but against the remonstrances , of tho colonists . The

      justification preferred for this course , as regarded the Cape , was that , as we had incurred great expense on account of the Kaffir war , we had a right to expect something , by way of compensation , from the colony in return . The question which he raised was one of colonial policy , and was entirely aside of that of secondary punishments . Having narrowed the subject in dispute , by divesting it of all extraneous matter , and making several admissions to the opposite side , which did not materiall y affect his case , the honourable gentleman proceeded to make it good by showing , in the first place , that convicts had recenr . lv been sent for the first time to the

      Cape ; secondly , that this was done against the wishes ofthe colonists , and iu the teeth of their remonstrances ; and , thirdly , that the colony of the Cape had the strongest possible claim to exemption from such an infliction . He then went on to show that the justification put forth for this censurable course by the Colonial Office , was an insult to the colony , and derogatory to the honour and dignity of the mother country . The main point of his whole position was , that if the House sanctioned the policy ofthe Colonial Office , it would do neither more nor less than g ive its countenance to a retrogade step in colonisation .

      Sir G . Grey admitted the importance of the subject , and concurred in many of the principles , with regard to colonisation , laid down by the honourable gentleman . But he felt it is his duty to warn the House against the consequences of a hasty and illadvised adoption of this resolution . By its adoption , coupled with the arguments with which it had been accompanied , the House wosld pronounce a verdict against the whole system of transportation to any of our colonies . Was the House , or was the honourable gentleman himself , prepared for this issue ? He was surprised at the position taken by the honourable gentleman , to the effect that this subject was simply a branch of colonial policy ,

      bavin" no reference whatever to the question of secondary punishments . The arguments of the honourable gentleman , and the consequences to which the success of his resolution would g ive rise , furnished additional evidence , if any more were wanted , ofthe intrinsic difficulty ofthe * whole subject of transportation . All that he wanted was , that the House should look the matter fairly in the face , and not consent to deal with it by a sidewind , as the adoption of this motion would do . If the system of transportation was net to be abandoned , it was found essential that convicts should be sent to some other colonies than Yan Diemen ' s Land . Circular letters were sent to the Governors of different

      colonies , with a view to consult their opinions in reference to this matter . It was quite true that one ship had been sent , under peculiar circumstances , which he detailed , with convicts to the Cape , befoz-e any reply had been received to the letter sent to the Governor of that colony . But no convicts had been sent thither since the remonstrances of the colonists against the system had been received , and he did not believe that , after the receipt of these remonstrances , the Colonial Minister would persist in sending more convicts to the colony in question .

      This much , at least , he would say , that if the colonists , after having had some experience of the convicts sent out to the colony under the circumstances which he had explained , still persisted in their remonstrances against the system of transportation to the Cape , the Colonial Department would not persevere in sending convicts thither . ( Hear , hear . ) It was unnecessary for him to state anything more to the House on the subject , and he trusted that he had said enough to induce the House not to entertain the resolution .

      Mr . Hume contended that under a proper system of classification , the transmission of convicts to consenting colonies mig ht be rendered most beneficial to the colonies as well as to the convicts . What was eminently needed was a minister of justice , oneol whose leading duties should be to superintend tho classification of prisoners . Something must be done in this respect , and in order to compel the government" to do that something he should vote for the motion . Major Blackall thought the introduction of such a class of convicts as those described could not be uijurioua the colonists of the Cape , but , < a the

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      contrary , that they would be benefitted by the accession . Mr . Aoxionbt , after referring to the class of juvenile offenders , urged that of the two methods of dealing with convicts , it was by far the more dangerous plan to transport them , instead of retaining them at home , where they would always remain under tho surveillance of experienced and competent officers . Mr . F . Scon was of opinion that although the government might have the power of sending convicts to any ofthe colonies , it was not wise to exercise that power against the wish of the colonists . Lord J . Russell , referring to what had fallen

      fr om Mr . Aglionby , thought an observation of Sir G . Grey had been misunderstood , and that transportion was to be abolished . What the rig ht , hon . baronet had said was , that if , alter convicts had been sent to the Gape , they were objected to , and if , when a trial had been fairly made , the colonists still continued to object to their roception , then , and in that case , it would not be deemed advisable to send convicts thither . Thinking that the hon . mover had attained all he hoped for or intended b y his motion , he trusted it would not be pressed to a division , for in that ease of necessity the government must vote against it . After some observations from Mr . Disraeli and Mr . He y wood ,

      Mr . Adderley expressed himself satisfied with the explanations given , and withdrew the motion . Ministers' Mone y in Ireland . —Mr . W . Pagan moved : — "For a committee ofthe whole House to tike into Consideration the law relating to the rato or tax called ' Ministers' Money' in Ireland , with the view to the repeal of so much thereof as relates to the said rate or tax ; and further , to take into consideration the Act 3 < fc i William IV ., c . 114 , called the * Church Temporalities Act , ' for the purpose of amending the same , so as to provide thereby a subsistence out ofthe revenues of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners , as a provision for the Protestant Ministers in certain corporate towns in Ireland , in lieu of the annual sums now received by them under and by virtue ofthe Act 17 and 18 Charles II . " Mr . J . O'Connell seconded the motion .

      Mr . Grooan , on the ground that Ministers ' Money was a statutory enactment , the repeal of which would leave 600 ministers without provision or maintenance , cautioned the House against & eceeding to the motion . Mr . Osborne hoped that this would not be allowed to degenerate into a mere Irish debate ; but that the question would be discussed on the broad ground of reli g ious liberty , which was the only fround on which it ought to be p laced . ( Hear , oar . ) He wondered that the Roman Catholics bore with this grievance so patiently as they did . If he were a Roman Catholic , he would agitate this question in such a manner as would compel the attention of her Majesty ' s Ministers and the people of

      England to it with a view to the removal ottnis degrading tax . ( Hear , hear . ) There was one point m the report on this subject from which he , as an English member , begged leave to dissent . He observed from the report , that the committee recommended that the consolidated fund should be resorted to as a substitute for this tax . ( Cries of "No . " ) He was aware that they recommended in the first instance the surplus funds that mi ht be in the hands ofthe Ecclesiastical Commissioners ; but it seemed to him that they pointed to the consolidated fund as the source from which to make up the deficiency . The consolidated fund seemed to be the

      Pool of Bethesda , from which all Irish cripples were expected to come out safe and sound . ( Laughter . ) If he were asked what he would propose , he would say that ho would respect the right of existing incumbents , but that when they died out he would make no provision for more . ( Hear , hear . ) Ireland , especially in the south , was a Roman Catholic country . On what pretence , then , did they make provision for Protestant pastors when the great bulk of the people were Roman Catholics ? ( Hear . ) The hon . member for Dublin ( Mr . Grogan ) had said that the object of the opponents of this tax was to annihilate the Protestant church . If the Protestant

      church was a mere thing of pounds , shillings , and pence , the sooner it was annihilated the better . But he ( Mr . Osborne ) had a stronger faith in tho Protestant church than that hon . gentleman seemed to have . He believed that if such blots as this of Ministers' Money were removed from it , and if the church by the adoption ofthe congregational system were adapted to the spiritual wants of the people , Protestantism would make a greater advance in Ireland than it had ever been able to do under the existing system . ( Hear , hear . ) He would support the motion of the hon . member for Cork , as the avant courier , the first step to a reform of a system which was a disgrace to the civilised world . The reform of the Irish church seemed to be of great

      importance in tho eyes of her Majesty ' s present Ministers in 1835 ; but he regretted to say that they seemed to have forgotton it since . ( Hear , hear . ) When they were passing Habeas Corpus Suspension and Coercion Bills , why did they not bring in a bill to remove this grievance ? The report of the committee recommending its removal had been drawn up by one of the most illustrious Irishmen ( Mr . Shiel ) , and if such reports were not to be considered a mere mockery , a bill founded upon it ought to be brought in . ( Hoar , hear . ) He felt strongly upon the whole subject ol the Irish church , and if no Roman Catholic member brought it forward he pledged himself that he would do so on an early day . ( Hear . )

      Sir G . Qheycondemned the spirit in which Mr . Osborne had treated this question , and opposed the motion , being unwilling to take any step towards the abolition of the tax , until a substitute for it had been actually obtained . He would not meet the motion with a direct negative , but concluded by moving the previous question . Mr . Gratian said he was born a Protestant , was bred a Protestant , and it was likely he would die a Protestant . But he did hope that better arguments could be produced in defence of the Protestant church than those which had been brought forward by the hon . member for Dublin ( Mr , Grogan ) ; for a more miserable defence he had never heard in the whole course of his life . It appeared that the

      Protestants in the north of Ireland did not pay this tax , but that the Catholics of the south were obliged to pay it . What made the case worse was , that in many cases there was no service of any kind performed for this tax . It appeared from tho report , that in fifty different parishes no Protestant service was performed for three years before 1833 . He wondered how any hon . gentleman could rise to defend such a system without blushing . In his parish there was only one Protestant , and he was dead . ( A laugh . ) He had two wives , and of course , they killed him . ( Laughter . ) The Catholics of that parish paid the clergy £ 4 : 00 a year for saving the soul of a single Protestant , which was not worth saving . ( Laughter . ) Whilst the Protestant churches were mouldering to decay unused , the Catholics were obliged to worship in stables and cow-houses ,

      and to kneel in the mud after turning out the Protestant horses and cows . ( Laughter . ) Would Protestant gentlemen like their wives and daughters to kneel hi a mudd y stable . ( Hear , hear . ) It was surprising that any man , calling himself a gentleman , should have the audacity to defend such a system . The Secretary for the Homo Department had expressed surprise at the language which the hon . member for Middlesex had made use of ; but what would the ri g ht hon . gentleman say when words should linen into acts ? The Protestant church in Ireland existed only by the timidit y of the people . He would some day astonish English jrentlemcu by proposing a vote ofa million for tho Catholic church . What he desired was to strip the Protestant church of its errors—of its lovo of money , and to leave it in its beautiful simplicity .

      Sir Jou . v Youxc treated tho motion as another attack upon the Irish Church , and thought that tho " government had taken the proper course with regard to it . At least nothing should be done in the direction of the motion until an adequate substitute for the tax in question were found . Mr . Kershaw observed that the sooner discussions of this kind wero rendered unnecessary the better it would be for reli gion . The Established Church was a " nuisance" in Ireland ( Oh , oh ) . At all events it had failed to fulfil its mission .

      ( Hear , hear . ) Reli g ion in Ireland , as well as here , should be left to itself , the voluntary princi p le being , iu Ins opinion , the only principle which would conduce to the true interests of reli gion . Mr . JSewdegate thought that the course now taken by some of the Roman Catholic members of the House was inconsistent w ' th tho oath which they had taken on taking their seats in the House . But he found , from research , that Catholics were not bound to keep oaths which were contrarv to the interests of their church .

      The Earl of Arundel and SimitKV said that the oaths which men were not bound to keep were illicit oaths , which it was unlawful for any one to take , and proper for anyone to break if taken . The motion submitted b y Mr . Fagan . was not an attack upon the property of the Protestant clergy , inasmuch as he did not propose to diminish the incomes of the parties now receiving the proceeds of the tax . Mr . Hume thought the feeling of the House ought to have been tested by going to a division , and was of opinion that there would be no peace in Ireland until the dominant church establishment was modified in some form or other .

      Mr . Napier took an historic view ofthe origin of the charge , which he contended involved in its payment , no violation of conscience or infraction Of 1 ' 0-ligious liberty . The property to which it attached had been liable to it since the time of Charles II and every Catholic who came into the possession of property took it subject to the charges upon it Mr Reynolds called upon the House to remove the pla-ue-spot consequent upon the temporalities of the Irish church , agitation with respect to which would not ; cease until that object was thoroughly attained . Unless they could convince him that ministers money formed a portion ofthe Protestant religion he wmild vote also , with a Clear conscience , for the abolition of that impost . In connexion with

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      this subject he related an anecdote of Dean Swift . Timothy O'Brien , a barber , having continually refused to pay ministers' money , was called before the dean and asked his reasons . The barber , being a Catholic , replied that he refused to pay because he had received no value . " Oh ! " said the dean , "that is not my fault ; the cathedral doors are always open to you ; you can always get value and must pay . " According ly tho barber paid tho money , £ 3 10 s ., and immediately after sent the dean a bill lor a similar sum for shaving and dressing the wig of his reverence during tho last twelve months . The dean , how ho dared

      on a ^ ain seeing tlie barber , inquired to send him such a bill , since he had never once shaved him or dressed his wig . The barcer acknowledged that ho never had , but added that that was not his fault , for tho doors of his shop were always open , and the dean might get the value if he chose to accept it . ( Laughter . ) The dean then paid the monev , but never sent to the barber again lor ministers ' money . ( Laughter . ) After some further debate , the Houso then divided on the previous question— " That the question be now put . " The numbers were : — For putting the question ... 44

      Against it •« ... ••« «<• '" Majority 28 Tiie question on Mr . Pagan ' s motion was , therefore , not put . A bill to make better provision for certifying tables of contributions of Friendly Societies , and for ascertaining the solvency of such societies , was brought in by Mr . Sotheron . ^ ( The Mutiny BUI , and the Marine Mutiny Bill , as amended , were considered . The report of the Committee of Supply ( Ordnance excess ) was received . The House adjourned at a quarter past one o'clock . WEDNESDAY , March 28 .

      HOUSE OP COMMONS . -SalaMes to Government Officers . —Mr . Hume gave notice that on Tuesday , the 24 th of April next , he should submit the following motion and resolution : — ' First : That , as the prices of food , corn , and articles of general consumption , are as low now as in the year 1797 , it is the opinion of this House , with the view of lessening the expenditure ofthe country , and of affording relief from taxation , that in all appointments to office made after this date , at home and abroad , the salaries should be fixed , as far as possible , and without detriment to the public service , according to the scale of salaries in the year 1797 }—Second : Resolved , that it is the opinion of this House , that a careful and searching inquiry should be forthwith made whether the number of persons now employed in the several departments of the State , at home and abroad , may not be reduced , without detriment to the public service . " In answer to a question from Mr . Spooner ,

      Lord J . Russbm , stated that he wouM not proceed with the Parliamentary Oaths Bill un'il a fortnight after the holydays , and in reply to Sir II . Willoughby , the noble lord said , he hoped to be able to bring in a bill for altering the constitution of the Ecclesiastical Commission before Easter . The Affirmation Bill , and Indictable Offences Bill passed through committee . On the order for g"ing into committee upon the Landlord and TenantBIU , Mr . H . Hbbbert moved , by way of instruction , that it be extended to Ireland . Mr . Pusky , who had charge of the bill , no longer resisted this proposition , which was supported by Mr . S . Crawford , and assented to by the Irish members .

      The motion , after a reiteration of his objections to the bill by Colonel Sibthor p , was agreed to . The House then went into committee on the bill . On the second clause , and on amendments moved thertto , long and desultory discussions arose , the effect of which was so to bewilder the committee that no two members could be got to agree as to what they were talking about or voting upon . This was so obvious to Mr . Hunlhy , that he made it the pretext for moving that the chairman report progress , and ask leave to sit again . This was agreed to , and the House resumed , the committee to sit againon the first Wednesday after Easter .

      Insolvent ( Members Bill . —Mr . Moffat ? moved the committal of the Insolvent Members Bill pro forma , with the view of introducing amendments suggested hy the select committee on the bill . Sir W . Ciav protested against proceeding with the bill at an hour when it could not be discussed . Mr . B . Osbobxe concurre i with the honourable baronet the member for the Tower Hamlets . The bill had been greatly altered since its iirst introduction . Its present title was monstrous , being to the effect that it was a bill to facilitate the recovery of debts from certain persons having the privilege of Parliament , and to exclude insolvent members from their seats in that House . Now , did the honourable member for Dartmouth ( Mr . Moffatt ) mean to convert that House into a new Palace Court ? (

      Laughter . ) Who , he would ask , were to be the attorneys ? ( Laughter . ) He would just hint to the honourable member that there was a rumour about town that this bill was pointed against a certain member of Parliament , if the honourable member could contradict that rumour , he ( Mr . B . Osborne ) should be glad ; but he thought it was only acting the part of a friend to state that such a rumour was afloat . If the bill had been brought in with such an object , he ( Mr . B . Osborne ) did not think that the House of Commons should become the tool of the honourable gentleman to assist him in carrying that object . Mr . Moffatt repelled the charge ; the measure waa pointed at no individual in particular , but had been brought in hy him on public grounds , thinking ita disgrace that the House should be made a sanctuary for insolvent debtors .

      Mr . Henley considered it unfair to proceed with a bill which had been so materially altered in the committee without au opportunity for full discussion . Mr . V- Smith desired to kn-w , as the bill might interfere materially with the privileges of the constituencies , what mis the opinion of the government on the subject . Lord J . Russell said , his right honourable friend had wished him to state his opinions on this bil l . He could only state that he thought its object a very good object , and one that he believed tbe House

      would wish to see effected . But it appeared to him that there were very groat difficulties hi tho way o * doing so ; and it would be a dangerous thing if a bill went up to the House of Lords in a shape which would not meet their lordships ' support , and which they would not have the power to amend . It was his opinion that unless a hill went up there in such a shape «* n to have some chance of passing , it had better not go up at a'l . But with regard to the p > esent measure , his opinion of it would depend upon the shape iuto which the hill should ultimately be put ; and if it did not meet with bis approbation , he would state his opinion oa the third reading .

      Mr . ANSTKYsaid the rumours referred to by Mr . Osborne were no secret . He bad himself heard some of ihe supporters ofthe bill congratulate each other , as it would enable persons to recover the debts due to them from certain other persons , who were members of Parliament . Co ' . onal Thompson was of opinion that if an alteration ofthe law wereprop-sedi compelling members of Parliament to pay their debts , tie did not think there were six gentlemen in that House , who would object to it ; but if the question was whether an additional aud unconstitutional penalty should be incurred , that , was entirely a different question , and required due consideration . There was something unfortunate in the title of the bill , for it appeared to be rather of a colourable character , and after the rumours tbat had been referred to as connected with

      the objects of this measure , it was surely required , for the credit-of this House , that Caesar ' s wife should be above suspicion . ( A laugh . ) For the . « e reasons , he trusted the House would not proceed rashly and hurriedly with this bill . The Spkakrr recommended the honourable member to withdraw his bill , and introduce an entirely new one , with all the amendments which he wished to make incorporated in it , as the present bill had undergone so much alteration , and encountered so much oppositi n ,

      Mr . Moffatt said , that , with the greatest deference to the suggestion of the Speaker , he felt himself somewhat at a loss how to proceed . He had a strong conviction that if that suggestion were followed , the bill would be lost entirely for this session ; for experience proved to him that a bill brought in by a private member after Easter had not the smallest chance of being carried through . After some little de ay , the honourable gentleman , however , said , that , contrary to his own opinion , he would bow to the Speaker ' s suggestion , and take the earliest oppoitunity of introducing another bill . Mr . Moffatt then , amidst , much laughter , withdrew the bill , and moved for leave to bring in another . The bill was accordingly withdrawn , and the hon . member obtained leave to introduce a new bill on the subject .

      The Sequestrators' Remedies B . ll was read a second time . The Larceny Acts Bi'I , the Mutiny Bill , the Marine Mutiny Bill , and the Indemnity Bill , were severally read a third time and passed . " And the House adjournod at six o ' clock .

      THURSDAY , March 2 D . HOUSE OF COMMONS . - Irish Savings Banks . —Mr . Reynolds moved for a Select Committee to inquire into and retort upon the circumstances connected with the failure of the St . Peter ' s 1 arish Savings Bank , in Cuffee-street , Dublin , aud into any securit y or liability that may exist for the satisfaction of the losses thereby occasioned . From a statement ofthe bank accounts it appeared that , m 1832 , the profits over and above tbe expenses amounted to £ 4 , 470 103 l 5 d „ but in the following year , m consequence of fraud and peculation , there was a deficiency of £ 3 , 671 12 s . 3 d ., aud from that year it gradually increased until 1849 , when the dehciency amounted to nearly £ 33 , 000 . From 1832 to w 17 the Chancellors of the Exchequer were eogui

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      sant of the fact that the bank in Cuffee-street was insolvent , and could not pay 10 s . in the pound , and vet they allowed the poor hard-working mechanics of Dublin , who denied themselves the necessaries of life in order that they might save something from thenearnings , to be defrauded of their earnings . ( Hear , hear . ) A committee sat in Dublin tor some days , the depositors were called before them , when it appeared that the sum ef £ 32 , 000 was due to them , which was subsequentl y swelled on inquiry to £ 48 , 000 , and , in fact , £ 50 , 000 was due to 1 , 604 persons from the two trustees whose securities would not be taken in any bank in Ireland for £ 1 , 000 . All the money placed to the credit of that bank in the Bank of Ireland was but £ 82 .

      He was not anxious to harrow up the feelings of the Member of that House , but he was bound to say that the scenes of human misery which be had witnessed within the last eighteen months in the city of Dublin , and which had grown out of the failure of that bank , were , be believed , unparalleled in the history of human suffering . ( Hear . ) He knew an industrious bookseller who had contrived by great selfdenial to save a little money , and a man with a wife and seven children . That poor man had lodged about £ 150 in the bank , which was his whole all . His anxiety of mind consequent upon the failure of the bank , brought on brain fever , which ultimately turned to typhus ; and he died , leaving his wife and seven children penniless , and five of those children

      were now ill of typhus . ( Hear , hear . ) He knew , too , of some cases of suicide which had occurred from the same cause , He would just recapitulate the facts connected with this bank . It was es « tablished in 1818 , continued prosperous until 1831 , but it was insolvent from that period until 1844 , as the return of the trustees to the Commissioners of the National Debt showed that at the first th- 're was a deficiency of £ 3 , 700 and in 1847 of upwards of £ 32 , 000 , and yet the Commissioners had not the courage to put a stop to the proceedings of the managers . The Hon . Member concluded by imp ' oring tho House to agree to the appointment of a Committee . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Napier seconded that motion .

      Mr . , ' ,, Hebbebt moved , as an amendment , to add to tbr ' tee iu question the cases of Tralee and Killart jV and of Auchterarder in Scotland . Mr . Faoan seconded the amendment , and After observations from several honourable members the House divided on the amendment that the savin's banks of Tralee , Kilarney . and Auchterarder be in the motion ; which proposition was affirmed by a majority of 7 , the numbers 49 to 42 . A second division took place on the motion as amended , which was carried by a majority of 3 , the numbers 51 to 48 . These divisions against the government were hailed with long and protracted cheers . Other business was disposed of and the House adjourned .

      ( from our Third Edition of last week . ) FRIDAY , March 23 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Lord Monteagle moved for an estimate of the sum which it was calculated would be raised under a rate of 24 per cent , on rateable property in Ireland . Tho motion was agreed to and the Houso adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . -Kavmamom Bill .-On the motion that the House should go into committee on the Navigation Bill , Mr . Labouchere said , he had to state to the House an important alteration which had been made in this bill . When introducing the measure , he had proposed to admit foreign vessels , under certain modifications , into our coasting trade , in order to

      establish a perfect equality with maritime nations , and to avoid all cavil and dispute with the United States . Tho Chairman of the Board of Customs had been of opinion , in the first instance , that the difficulties attending this relaxation , and the danger to the revenue , were not such as should obstruct a measure of great national policy , and upon that assurance he ( Mr . Labouchere ) had made the proposal ; but he had since received a communication from Sir T . Freemantlc , stating that , on going further into the necessary details , he had come to the conclusion that , if not absolutel y impossible , it

      would be extremel y difficult , to frame regulations that would not leave the revenue exposed to the greatest danger , if we allowed forei gn or British ships to combine foreign with coasting voyages ; and he , therefore , did not mean to ask the House to relax the laws upon this point ; so that the bill would revert very much to that of last session . Mr . Gladstone said , that having objected to these clauses on account of danger to the revenue , he should say no more than that Mr . Labouchere had been more successful in justifying their omission than he had been in finding reasons for their introduction .

      The House then resolved itself into committee , where , upon the first clause , Mr . Bouverie moved the addition o f a proviso to the following effect : — -That the restrictions upon the ships of any foreign country as to our trade with the colonies , our coasting trade , or the trade between our colonial possessions be not removed uatil British ships were declared to be exempt f rom the like restrictions in such foreign country . After a lengthy debate a division toc-k place , when tho amendment was negatived by 132 to 15 . ' The 14 th and loth clauses , which gave to our colonics tho power of regulating their own coasting trade were discussed at considerable length , and a division taking i > lace , were carried .

      On arriving at clause 10 , Mr . Disraeli moved that the chairman report progress , and in doing made a fierce attack on Mr . Gladstone and Mr . Labouchere , which having been repelled by the hon . members in question , the llouscresumed and adjourned .

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      TO THE PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR OF THE JS'ORTHERIV STAR . Oentlejikx , At a meeting of tho Ernest Jones locality , held on the evening of the 25 th inst ., tho late unhappy disputes which occurred between you having been mentioned , a resolution was passed , thatacommitteo be appointed to express the opinions of the members on the subject , of which the following is a copy : — " Bearing in mind the high and important truth that' Union is Strength , ' wc , the members of the Ernest Jones locality of Chartists , consider the

      letters written by Messrs O'Connor and Ilarnev , if any further persevered in , will not lead to that consummation ; therefore we would respectfull y intimate that these very unseemly , and , to our ' cause , very injurious bickerings , should no longer bo continued . It is also our wish that the communications signed " L'Ami » u PEur-Lt- " be continued in the pages of the Star as heretofore , feeling as wo do that their discontinuance must cause considerable dissatisfaction . "

      Signed on behalf of the committee , Join M'Tuic-u . £ 3 T We [ the Editor ] must hold ourselves guiltless of anything like " bickering . " Preferring that Mr . O'Coxxor should have the last word , we offer no comment on that gentleman ' s letter in this day ' s paper . The feeling which dictates this course was that which prompted us to withhold the second address from Nottingham ; and which induces us to withhold similar communications received this week . We except the above resolution because of its peculiar character . The letters of " L'Ami nu PittTMi" will be continued , although for this week , suspended , in consequence of the ill-health of the writer .

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      Dbstructio . v of the Olympic Theatre n \* Fire . — Shortly after five o ' clock on Thursday afternoon , smoke was observed to issue from the Olympic Theatre , and immense crowds of people immediately congregated together , blocking up all the neighbouring lanes aud streets . Expresses were at once sent oft to the different lire stations for the engines , but before they arrived the destructive element had progressed with so much rapidity , that tho interior ofthe theatre was completely consumed . The heat was so intense in the neigaVjo-uvhoDu that n \\ the inhabitants became alarmed . At six o ' clock the

      roof fell in with a loud crash , and an immense body of flame issued forth , catching the adjoining houses * . By this time the engines arrived , and commenced at once to play upon the burning mass ; there was a plentiful supply of water , and the firemen used every exertion to stop the progress of the flames , hut without success , for the house of Mr , Giles , the baker , the King of Prussia public-house , and other houses became in a blaze . Fortunately , no injury or destruction to human life was occasioned , but the destruction of property has been very great . The houses are held upon leases under the Earl of Craven . The cause of the fire was the ignition ofthe

      curtains . The folWing appeared in our Town Edition of last week : — A Gbntlemax fouxd Drowned is St . James ' s Paiik . —On Friday , at the Feathers , Dean-street , Tlcstmmster , before Mr . Bedford , on the body of a gentleman , name unknown , found in the ornamental water , St , James ' s Park . William Shearlock park-keecper of St . James ' s park , said that on Tuesday afternoon , last he saw the body of the deceased floating at the south side of the lake

      onnnsite tno htationery-omce . Witness took the bodv ashore , and on searching his dross found a pocketbook- , four keys , aud a Wast pin . The dress was very respectable , consisting of a black frock coat , trousers waistcoat and satin stock , with linen and J * Wrteh of £ } - T Vhite llid S ° ™ ir . SL 7 WK *' and f , d lfc considerably decom--rh . LS , ? S 1 ? ? ° * ° ti > t the result of lowing , mil thpi ° K , t COaScd ™ s fivo feet ten inches , ; uiS , i ab 0 Ut % For fche ^ nt of concluretur ed ' ™ r 4 lcfc of "Vouad drowned" was

      South Derbyshire Election-On Fridav , Mr . iuundy was accompanied to the hustings ' bv a large aumbor of lory gentlemen . - E . S . Q , Pole

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      Esq ., proposed , and the Hon . and Rev . A . Curzon seconded . —No other candidate being nominated , the High Sheriff declared Mr . Mundy elected . Chilo MunoKR . —On Friday , at Lewes , Hannah Sandles , aged 47 , widow , was indicted for the wilful murder of her son , Thomas Sandles , by drowning him in a well . . The jury returned a verdict of " Guilty , " but recommended the prisoner to mercy on the ground that her conduct to her children had formerly been kind and affectionate . Jud gment was then passed in tho usual form . The wretched prisoner , who had previously been almost in a fainting state , was then carried away by the gaolers quite insensible . Essex . —Strktiiall Burglary . — The suspected robbers , W . Palmer and W . Goodywere

      re-ex-, amined on Monday , at Newport , on a charge of being in company with the man "Little Ab y , who was shot dead by Mr . Perry , when attempting to rob his houso at Strethall . The proceedings occupied several hours , and ended by the committal of the prisoners for trial . The prisoner Palmer afterwards made a full confession of the whole transaction , stating that Goody had nothing to do with the affair , and implicating other parties , who it is believed are still at large . Gloucestershire . — -Highway Robbery a . vd Murderous Attack . —Aferocious attack by highwaymen occurred on Tuesday morning at Mickleton . The party attacked was Mr . S . Reeves , a farmer , acred

      about 50 years , who was returning home from Badsey , near Evesham , in a gig drawn by a pony . On arriving at a retired part of tiie road , Mr . lleeves was met by a man , who asked him for a ride , and beforo he could make any reply he received a most violent blow ou the head from behind , which laid open Jus skull just above the car . He was then seized by the heels , dragged out of the gig and along the road , beaten in a brutal manner , kicked with violence , his head cut , his face mangled , and his nose so shockingly mutilated , that a portion of it bun" ; down upon his face , The villains having robbed him , decamped , and the poor man is now lying in a hopeless condition .

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      COM . Mark-lxse , Monday , March 20 . —There was a very small slion-of laud carriage samples of wheat to-day , or of any English grain coastwise , but the arrivals of foreign wheat , barley , and oats , since this day au'miight , have been very cxtensivo . The best dry samples of English wheat sold pretty readily at lust week ' s prices , hut though we had a great many country buyers at market , very little progress could be made in sales of foreign , without giving way is per quarter . Good flour met more buyers . The demand for barley waa very limited , and inferior qualities rather cheaper . Malt very dull . Peas and beans went off slowly , and grey peas fully 2 s lower , ltye dull and rather cheaper ! The oat trade was heavy , owing to the foreign supply , and the best qualities fitly Is cheaper . Tares were ottered at 2 s reduction without many buyers , Cloverseoils dull and offered at less money . Linseed cakes very slow sale aud cheaper . The current prices as under .

      Burns !! . —Wheat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , 36 s to 43 s , ditto white , s 7 s to 47 s , Lincoln , Norfolk , and York . shire , red , 35 s to 42 s , Northumberland and Scotch , white , —s to—s , ditto red , —s to— s , Devonshire and Somerset ' , shiro , red , —s to —s , ditto white , — to —s , rye , 24 s to •»«« , barley , 24 s to 29 s , Scotch , 23 s to 27 s , Malt , ordinarv , —s to —s , pale & 2 s to & 6 s , pens , grey , new , 2 ( is to 28 s , maple , 279 to 30 s , white , 23 s to 23 s , Itoilers ( new ) , itSs to iis , Leans , lav ^ e new , 2 ls to 2 Ss , ticks 22 s to 24 s , harrow , 24 s to 2 Ss , pigeon 30 s to 32 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire feed , 16 s to Ms , ' ditto Poland and potato , 18 s to 21 s , Ik-rivick and Scotch , 19 s to 23 s , Scotch feed , 18 s to 2 ls , Irish fccd and black , ICsJo 19 s , ditto potato , 19 s to 2 Is , linseed ( sowing , 50 s to 52 s , rapeseed , Essex , new , £ 2 « to £ 28 per last , car ' . raway seed , Essex , new , 25 s to 29 s per cwt ., rape cake , £ 5 to £ 5 5 s per ton , linseed , £ 1110 s to £ 12 per 1 , 000 , flour ner sack of 2801 bs . slup , 30 s to 32 s , town , 3 Ss to 42 s . '

      Foreign . —Wheat , —Dantzig , 47 s to 54 s , Anhalt and Marks , 40 s to 44 s , ditto white , 43 s to 47 s , Pomeranian red , 40 s to 44 s , Kostoclc 42 s to 45 s , Danish , Holstiin , and Friesland , 30 s to lis , 1 'etcrsburgh , Archangel , and Kiga 3 Gs to 38 s , I'olish Odessa , 38 s to 42 s , Mariauopoli and lifcrdianski , 3 ( js" to 40 s , Taganrog , 34 s to 37 s , Brabant and French , 38 s to 41 s , ditto white , 40 s to 43 s , Salonica , 33 s to 30 s , Egyptian , 24 s to 2 fis , rye , 22 s to 24 s , barley , Wismar and llostock , 20 s to 22 s , Danish , 21 s to 20 s , Saal , 21 s to 20 s , EastFriesland , 17 s to 20 s , Egyptian , 15 s to ISs , Danube , 153 to 18 s , peas , white , 21 s to 23 s , new , boilers , 25 s to ilia , beans , horse , 22 s to 24 s , pigeon , 26 s to 30 s , Egj-jitian , 21 s to 23 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and Friesland , feed and Mack , Us to 17 s , ditto , thick and brew , 17 s to 203 , Kiga , Petersburg , Archangel , and Swedisii , 10 s to 17 s , flour , United States , per MOlbs ., 22 s to 24 s , Ham . burg 21 s to 22 s , Dantzig and Stettin , 21 s to 23 s , French , per 280 lbs ., 31 s to 33 s .

      AVEDSE 3 D . VY , March 28 . —We have this week had a larj « supply of foreign grain , particularl y oats , but of English the quantity trcsh in is very trifling . A few sales mv ranking of oats in good condition on about the same terms as last day , but for other articles the inquiry even is very triftivig . Arrivals this week : —Wheat — English , -l-JO ; foreign , 15 , 430 quarters . Barley—English , 1 , 140 i . uavter * . foreign , 12 , 850 quarters . Oats — English , 530 ; foreign , 48 , 83 !* quarters . Flour—English , 010 sacks .

      CATTLE . Smith-field , Monday , March 20 . —Our market to-day was but moderately supplied with foreign stock , at -least " twy . thirds of whieh were of interior quality . The primest beasts and sheep sold at lull prices ; otherwise the trade was heavy . From our own grazing districts the arrivals oi beasts freah up this morning were again somewhat extensive , and of very iirhiie quality . The attendance of buyers being good , Newgate anil Leadenhall markets well cleared of their last wcelc ' s arrivals , and the weather more favour , able for slaughtering , the beef trade was tolerably steady , though far from brisk , and , in some instances , the prices ruled 2 d per Slbs . higher than on Monday last . The highest

      figures for the best Scots were from 3 s Cd to 3 s Sd per bibs . The number of sheep were again seasonably good , Gene , rally speaking , they came to hand in good condition , On the whole , the mutton trade was in a sluggish state . In prices we have no change to notice from those paid on this day se ' nnight . The primest old downs , in the wool , sold at from 4 s 2 d to is 4 tl ; out of the wool , 3 s 8 d to 3 s lOil per Slbs . Nearly a moiety of the sheep were shorn . I . auibs moved off slowly , at from (! s Id to Os Gd per . Slbs . The suplily was by no means large . The veal trade was in a very inactive state , and prices were quite 2 d per Slbs . lower than on Monday last . The sale for pigs was very heavy . Th « quotations , however , were fairly supported .

      Head or Cattle at Smitiiheld . Beasts .. .. 4231 Calves .. .. 71 Sheep .. .. 20 , 830 1 Tigs 2 W Price per stone ofb'lbs . ( miking the offal ) Deef .. 2 s ( Id to 3 s Sd I Veal .. 3 s 8 d to 4 s 8 il Mutton .. 2 s lOd . . 4 s 4 d | Doric .. 32 .. 1 2 Lambs .. .. Us 4 d to Us Sd . Per Slbs . by the carca .-e . Newgate a . vo Leade . vuall , Monday , . Mar . 2 o ' . —Inferior beef , 2 s 2 d to 2 s 4 d ; middling ditto , 2 s

      mo visions . Iondos , Monday . —The demand for Irish butter last week was on a moderate scale , and prices nominally as last quoted . Foreign a slow sale , aud the bust I ' rieslaiid Ss to IDs per cwt . lower . Iu Irish bacon the dealings were unimportant . Drices stationary . Dams ami ' aril wirlH / tit change . For Avuevk-. vii provisions the demand was inactive , and nearly all kinds the turn cheaper . Cheese . Market , . March I'll . —The trade continues inactive , but little doiiii ; in iiuy kind ; the demand runsmwii good tilings at a low figure , mid on siipcrtiiiu : the latter article is very scarce , and therefore its value is very readily obtainable . Cheshire is plentiful in the market , anil At moderate rates . The stoelc of west country goods hv »" means large . Forei gn is still iu fair demand ; Uoiula * . 3 : i > to 38 s , - Edams , 38 s to 45 s . American : there is but little hne now remaining , and sells sluwlv at oSs to 41 s . In exportation there is scarcely any business doiii " .

      IvSGLISII BlTl-EK AfAKKKT , March 2 ( J . _ Our supp ly ot' now butter is much ou the increase , and as foreign l > asrce « k > . l more than m <; per cwt . in the last fortnight , we have mueh dithculty now iu giving quotations for price . The toiuimwd cold weather assists us in the sale of old butter but miserably low rates arc accepted . Dorset , Hne milk i »»* *» Wis per cwt ; ditto , middling , 84 s to'JOs ; ditto old win 70 s ; fresh Duelviughamshirc , 0 s to I 3 s per dozen ditto . West country , S ' s to lis . '

      FRUIT AND VEGETABLES . Covent Garden- Makkkt . —The market continues to hi Well supplied with vegetables and fruit . Fine-apples ur . sutticient for the demand . A few hothouse grapes have made their appearance , llhubarb , Gd to Is 3 d ; broeoli . id to 2 s ; and forced asparagus , 4 s to 7 s per bundle . Ajiples , Is 3 d to 4 s ; pears , 10 s to las ; onions , Is 3 d to Is Oil ; I'iusji'Is sprouts , Os to Us - spinach , HX tolid ; and parsley , lsJil to Is ( id per half sieve ; red cabbage , 2 s Od to 4 s ; savoys , Oil 1 " 0 d ; celery , ( id to Is 3 d ; and hum-radish , Is Oil ' to IS hi per dozen heads ; turnips , Is 3 d to 2 s ; carrots , 2 s Oil to Is Oil ; and greens , 2 s to 2 s 0 d per dozen bunches ; foreieu grapes , Is to 2 s ; pine apples , 5 s to 7 s ; aud filberts , Is CJ t " 2 s ue . v . IU . * , ranges , 4 s to- 12 s ; lemons , os to i's ; an' * forced French beans 3 s to Is per hundred ; sea kale , Is w 2 s ; mushrooms , Od to Is ; and new potatoes , Oil to Is per punnet ; turnip greens , Cd to Sd , and broeoli spniu ** lOd to Is 3 d per bushel basket ; young radishes 2 d to Sd F ' hand .

      POTATOES . . Southwark Waterside , March 20 . —Our marke t eonu nnes to be well supplied ; and potatoes , from the cold » wther of last week , are meeting rutlwr a vuady side at the following quotations : —l ' orkslure Regents , 110 s to Wis ; feeoteh ditto , 100 s to 110 s ; Ditto cups , 110 s to 120 s ; ditto whites , 80 s to ' JQs ; French whites , SOs to lOUs ; liei-i : " * 80 s to 00 s ; Dutch , SOs to 100 s , COLONIAL PRODUCE . Loxdo . v , Tuesday . —The quantity of sugar offered in public sale to-day 1 ms not beeiUarge , and all found buyers : " i I'lllav s price say 3 , 000 bags " Mauritius , low to fine ?^*' , ^ S ^ to ^ s Gd , the fine sorts least in demand . ^ i % : 7 , 000 bags white Benares , 40 s to 41 s ( id ; and hWca *' Ceylon brown , 30 s to 34 s Od . 150 hogsheads \ ftst In * sold in the private contract market , which is a small quantity , ltefincdfirm , llt iast „ eck ' s currencv . Utuce'y lim'l' * oils to . 52 s Gd . Bengal molasses sold at 16 s . . Covfee remains dull and iuactive ; there has not been ' public sale to-day .

      C 0 A 1 f , s Lo . vooy , Monday . —" . Ve have to notice au advaae *; w * per ton from this day se ' nnight , with every probability ^¦ * further rise unless we have a change of wind . st . '' [' .,, " i 178 ; UcttoiM . 17 s ; Tees . 17 s ; WvL , 19 * 9 J . Slui « I "" last day , l \); fresh arrivals , l ( 58 .-l-Total , 1 S 7 . W 00 L' ,-tl .. * Cm-, Monday , March 26 . — During the past " - . „ , woof market has been rather duller . The •" l ! . „ i foreign and colonial have been limited , including *" Germany , ; v & d 150 from the Cape of Good Hope .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 31, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_31031849/page/8/