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      MONDAY , Aran . 8 . . _IIOUSB OF COMMONS . —This house reassembled after the Easter recess . " Committee ok Public Salabies . —Mr . Disraeli said that , with reference to the notice of motion given by the noble lord , the first minister of the crown , forthe 12 th inst , tor a committee to inquire into public salaries , it was his intention to move the following resolution , by way of amendment : — 44 That this house h in possession of all the _inforina tion _requisite to regulate these salaries ; that a committee of inquiry , under such circumstances , -would only delay such regulation ; and that it 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 tbe efficient discbarge of the public service . " ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . _UousMAX gave notice that , iu the event of the motion of Mr . Disraeli being defeated , he would move , as an amendment , that " the iuquiry extend to ecclesiastical as well as other salaries . " ( Hear , hear . ) _Kavai , _Assiaiisi-SuEOEoss . —Capt . Boldeko proposed a resolution , declaring that the accommodation provided in ships of war for the naval assistantsurgeons was insufficient and inadequate for officer .-of their rank and qualifications . The distinction now made in thc treatment of ihe assistant-surgeons and of other officers on board her Majesty s

      fleet were not only invidious and unjust , but _subtracted from then * efficiency , as affording them no proper opportunity for prosecuting their professional studies . What was a cockp it ? A cockpit -was a place in the hold of a ship , where the sun never penetrated . Its inhabitants lived in an impure atmosphere , and in an artificial condition . Who could study in the midst of middies ? That was not a , propor position for a medical man to be placed in ; in sucb a position he was liable to perpetual interruptions , which were an antidote to study . This broke his spirit , destroyed his self-re _^ spect and self-confidence , took away all stimulus to exertion , and led ardent spirits to leave the service on the first opportunity . Don . members might call this a petty grievance . It mig ht be called a petty grievance if a drop of water were to fall from tbe

      lamp above on Mr . Speaker ' s head ; but if a drop ¦ were bo continue falling at intervals during tbe ten Lours that Mr . Speaker sat in his chair , the consequences would be serious . ( Laughter . ) Properly qualified surgeons were prevented from offering their services by the inconveniences and discomforts to which they were exposed , lie would state an anecdote , bearing on that point , which was told Mm 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 tbat the limb should be amputated . The captain said " No ; bandage menp , keep me together as well as you can ; I'll run for port , and risk all . " The leg was not amputated ; and be was told that this gentleman was walking about with two legs at that moment . ( Laughter . )

      Admiral Db . vbas said the gallant member had stated that there were no candidates for the office of assistant-surgeons . " Sow in the last two years there had been ITS applications , aud at that moment there was a list pf 263 , on half-pay twentythreo , candidates eligible and in -waitingthirty-nine , only eleven bad been taken since March last . The statement tbat there were no candidates must therefore fall to the ground . Since the increase of the pay there had been no difficulty in obtaining candidates . His hon . and gallant friend was not justified in speaking disparagingly of the naval surgeons ; they -were , he believed , as a body , as well qualified as those of tbe army . Within the last two years an order had emanated from the Admiralty , to the effect tbat in every ship above a six-rate , there

      shonld be a cabin of twice the size of other cabins , for the accommodation of mates , assistant-surgeons , aud 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 be had thus associated as a boy bad continued his firm friends , and it appeared to Mm most desirable that the older should associate with the younger . He saw no reason forthe proposed alteration . He was certain that the general feeling ofthe navy was not iu favour of it . "Sot that he supposed for a moment that the other officers of the navy were against the assistant-surgeons ; but he believed that the best surgeons which the navy had at present were those who had been brought up in the cockpit .

      MV . Hume said , there might be candidates enough forthe office of assistant-surgeon , but the question was whether the navy was not entitled to have as able men as the army . _3 * o medical man wbo 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 tbe alteration was not wished for Vy 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 what they felt to be a state of degradation .

      The motion having _befn on the question that the Speaker leave the chair , to go into Committee of Supply , the house divided on that question , when Captain Boldero ' s point was carried by a majority of S , the numbers being 48 to 40 . On the resolution thus carried being put from the chair , Admiral _Berklet contended that the ehaDge proposed in the _treatment of assistant surgeons would be troublesome and distasteful to the very officers whom it was intended to accommodate .

      Sir F . Baring stated , upon the authority of the " best informed parties , " that great practical difficulties existed in the way of providing separatecabin accommodation for the junior medical officers in ships of war . De did not intend to divide the bouse again 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 wbich the construction of our vessels of war rendered impracticable . Mr . Heme denied the impossibility of providing for tbe assistant-surgeons all tbe comfort tbat was now asked . If there were tbe will , tbe Admiralty could find a way to accomplish it .

      The resolution was then agreed to . The motion that the Speaker should leave the cnair was put for the second ti _» ne . Reprisais : Affairs of Greece . —Mr . C . Assist called the attention of tbe Louse to the _illeir-ility of reprisals upon the _subjects of other countries when made by British officers on service , without the authority of the Privy Council . After detailing some of tbe incidents , and referring tothe correspondence that had signalised the recent proceedings of the "English Fleet on the shores of Greece , tbe hon .

      member argued that the transactions involved the actual question of peace or war , which w . _-ts placed by tbe British constitution solely in the authority of the Privy Council . Tbe Greek blockade was an thorised merely by a despatch addressed to the admiral in the Mediterranean by the Foreign Secretary , who had thereby violated the constitution , and sanctioned acts tbat were illegal and piratical . Actions for damages would lie against Sir William Parker and his officers , on behalf of all tbe Greek merchants whose property had been seized during ths blockading operations .

      Lord Palmekstox 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 affair the proceedings had stopped at the first-mentioned stage , and were , therefore , according to the opinions of the law officers of Crown just one step snort of that degree which necessitated au order in council . Mr . IIume inquired what prospect existed of a speedy and amicable settlement of the dispute between this country and Greece . Lord PAareKsio * s h _« p _* 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 . Ordnaxce Estimates . —The 5 house having gone into Committee of Supply ,

      Colonel Assox gave a preliminary explanation of the nature of these estimates . The gross sum required for the service of this department in tbe present year would be- £ 2 , 434 , 417 , presen ting a decrease of - £ 193 , 194 , as compared with tlie expenditure oi 1849 , while it was less by £ 557 , 726 th . in the outlay of 1848 . From the years 1 S 44 to 1848 an increascil expenditnre had been incurred , amounting to £ 990 , 000 . For this increase the present government were not wholly responsible , but be considered that the necessities of tbe times bad perfectl y 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 np the aggregate of economy in the present estimates indicated , he submitted , a wise and saving spirit on thc part ofthe government .

      Mr . Hume commented upon the proofs of extra-Tagancein bygone years ; and , admitting that some tokens of improvement were now perceptible , believed tbat the amount of expenditure was still much too large . Since 1828 the number of men _vptedforthe artillery service had increased from 8 , 000 to 14 , 000 . The numhor and amount of our military establishments remaining after years of _P - _? S , _""**' 1 improved education , were nothing less than a » sarcasm on civilisation . " There were vast stores and numerous batteries of cannon kept up at a great expense and wholl y unnecessary The ordnance , department ought to be abolished , and tbe artillery service being reduced to one-tenth of its existingeost , merged into a branch of the ordinary War-Office duties . _^ _' : - ;; .-. ; - _; vf Colonel _CflATifiBTOs , as a militaiy officer , said bo

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      wished to see the ; amount of the artillery supplies increased rather , _thandiminished , -. : i . - '¦ The vote of 14 , 569 men for the ordnance services of thc ensuing year was then passed , followed by several votes of money for commissariat ; . barracks , storekeepers , , & c ., Mr . Hume interjecting a remonstrance upon the proposition of several of the items , ind calling forth somewhat animated _rejoinders from Col . Anson . _Navs Estimates . —The house having resumed , immediately afterwards went into committee on these estimates , on whieh several votes of supply were passed without opposition . On a vote of £ 137 , 100 being proposed to detray the expenses ofthe Admiralty , ¦ ¦¦ - ' ¦ .

      _ Colonel Sibthokp moved a resolution for reducing the cost of tbat establishment , and especially for diminishin-j ; the number and salaries of the Lords of the Admiralty . The propriety of reducing the incomes of those officials the gallant nietaber based upon the enormous diminution in the price of corn and all other necessaries of life , consequent upon our free trade policy . Instead of six " first lords , he proposed to appoint four , which was quite _enou <* h for a time of peace , and from the £ 4 , 500 of income he would strike off £ 1 , 500 per annum , which would still leave a respectable salary . From the £ 2 , 000 per annum paid to the Secretary of the Admiralty he wou'd deduct £ 500 , and make a

      variety of other reductions from the surveyor , comptroller , and house allowances . On the whole , he proposed to reduce the annual cost of the establishment by £ 20 , 250 a year . Sir F . Barixg vindicated the deserts of the admiralty functionaries , pronouncing them to be full y worked and not overpaid . In 1 S 2 I there wore seven lords and sixteen commissioners to do what was now done by the admiralty board , and the cost was £ 39 , 000 a year , while it was only £ 18 , 000 at present . "Very onerous duties were now performed by the Admiralty , and the public service would suffer materially if the efficient strength of that board were diminished .

      Col . SiBTnoRP explained that he had no intention of interference with the subordinate clerks and really working staff of the department . Col . Fitzuot believed that the permanent officers of the Admiralt y were not unduly remunerated , but he thought some economy might be accomplished in the costs ofthe First Lords , because so much ofthe work which they were supposed to perform was only " make believe . " Mr . _Arkweight 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 tbat the first lord examined a bakehouse , and that in the evening he honoured the table of the admiral

      superintendent with his presence . On another day , it . appeared ,-that the lords embarked in the Lightning steamer , under salutes from the Impregnable and the Dragon , and proceeded 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 the © 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 ofthe seats of Lord Bdgecumbe , aud made most important inspections there , no doubt . On the 21 st the Black Eagle arrived at Portsmouth and waited for the First Lord . They then went to Pembroke , and no doubt walked through the dockyard and dined with tbe superintendent . Onthe 28 th August be found them at

      Portsmouth , when salutes ofthe flag ship announced tbeir arrival . In short , the movements of the board became so hacknied , that the reporter said it was high time that the chronicling of dining shonld give place to the more sensible chronicling of business . On the 31 st of August , the Admiralty were employed a day in inspecting the Excellency , where a few friends were entertained , and this might be considered as the close of the tour . Instead of the Board of Admiralty going down and making this fuss , if one or two of their lordships went down to make these inspections without giving notice , there would be a great saving in time and expense , and a smaller number of lords might perform the duties . On these grounds , if the lion , and gallant colonel took the sense of tbe house as to the reduction ofthe lords ' salaries , he should certainly support him .

      Lord John "Rossell explained that his proposed select committee was not desigued 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 Sibthorp persisted in his amendment , so far as it related to the reduction of two out of the six Lords of the Admiralty . The committee divided—For the amendment S 3 Against it 110—77 The vote was then agreed to , as were several subsequent items of charge , after some _miscella neous discussion . £ 609 , 973 beingasked for on account of wages ,

      Mr . Hume inquired how many shipsof-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 . nusre said that 229 ships had been broken up whicb were better than those that had been built . Since 1828 . when our naval complements were full , £ 5 , 900 , 000 had been spent at home and abroad in building ships-of-war , while all the time there were vessels allowed to lie rotting in the dockyards that had never been at sea . Sir F . Barixg quoted returns showing that the ships broken up were invariably old and worn out . The Canopus and Implaeible , 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 . _Fitzrot commended the dockyard artificers as having formed a very efficient brigade for military purposes . Mr . Hume declared his intention of taking the sense ofthe House on the subject , and thc committee divided , on the question that the sum of £ 10 , 409 for training the dockyard brigade should be disallowed—Ayes _••• ••> ... ... ... io Noes 66—51 . Several votes were agreed to , when the Chairman reported progress , and had leave to sit a <* _aiu The Exchequer-bills ( £ 9 , 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 Religious Congregations Bill went through committee . Leave was given to bring in a bill for promoting public health in Ireland , and a bill to amend the laws relating to parochial asspssments in England . The house adjourned at a quarter to one o ' clock .

      TUESDAY , April 9 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —National La > d _Compact . —Sir G . Pkchell presented a petition from eighty-nine members of this Company at Bri ghton , 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 oi its objects . Repeal of the Window 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 tbat 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 tbe Exchequer had secured unfair exemptions frora this impost in f avour of Ireland , the public offices , farm houses , churches , manufactories , shops , and countinghouses . Notwithstanding the enormous number of houses now annually built , the amont received from the tax had diminished since 1842 , showing the shifts to which the builders had resorted in order to

      avoid or reduce the window du > y . The various attempts to promote sanitary reform made during the last few years had been seriously impeded by the operation ot this tax . Sir De Lact Evass seconded the motion , which was framed so as to carry tbe exemption from duty to houses not having more than twelve windows , and added many instances ofthe unwholesome style of building which had grown out of the . window du . ties . The tax was of the nature of a property tax , but was most unequal and injurious in its incidence . The Chascbllor of the Exchequer said that as

      the law stood , all farming , trading , and manufacturing industries enjoyed exemption ; and the , same might practically be said of all the dwellings occupi . _^ by agricultural labourers ., The . tax , therefore , fell in a great-measure Upon the classes most able to support it . As a question of finance , he could not consent to abandon the tax without securing , some substitute , which be doubted the willingness of the house to sanction , or . their ability , to find a source of revenue likely to prove less irksome to the 6 _ontributorsj I'i : , - " - \ V .-.: ¦ ; . 7 - . .. . , ] ' . _ _.-¦ : \ " . . ' . ' ,. ' ., ' _, ' .. ' . : ' i Lord Hedlsx ; _Siuutt quoted precedent * - !' to . show

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      tbat whenever ; the ; House of /; Commoh _8 lvig 6 rousIy resisted the imposition of a-tax ,-the ministry always contrived somehow to ' do without ' it . They had been promised an abolition of , the brick duty and a reduction . on . stamps ,. From the former , measure some relief to . industry might be expected . * ; ' but the latter , would neither , . do good to thb country , hor diminish the amount of revenue , and could not therefore be alleged by the government _^ whon seeking to exonerate themselves from the duty of further remissions . v . ;« ¦ Capt . _PBcnuLL enlarged upon the injurious character ofthe window tax , and called to the recollection ofthe house the occasions when an absolute promise of its repeal had been held out by the Chancellors ofthe Exchequer ofthe 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 groat towns . He characterised the impost as abominable and unbearable , and attributed much of the virulence of the late visitation of cholera ' to its deleterious influence . Mr . 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 . _Geosvennor reminded the government of their frequent professions and of the repeated recommendations of committees appointed by themselves in 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 Duncan briefly replied , and tho houso divided—For the motion _** 7 Against it ... 80-3 Loud cheers accompanied the announcement from the chair of this close run division . Encummkbd 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 explained the object of bis bill to be the enactment of a sort of land certificate analogous to the debentures on which money was borrowed by railway companys , but the house having then been counted out , the motion dropped , and was now again brought forward . He explained at considerable length the provisions of the bill , whose designs he stated to be the facilitation of applying capital to land in Ireland .

      Col . Dunne , although he abstained from opposing he introduction of the bill , disliked the favouritism which it manifested towards speculative purchasers of estates at the expense of the existing landowners of the country . After some remarks by Sir O . O'Brien , Mr . French , Mr . Napier , Mr . Sadleir , and Mr . Stafford , and seme explanations from the Sollicitor . General , _leavje was given to bring in the bill . The report of various votes passed in committee of supply forthe ordnance aud naval services was then brought up and agreed to . On the second reading of the Charitable Trusts

      Bill , Mr . Goulborx 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 tbe subject was to reform the proceedings of the Court of ' Chancery , so far as they affected the _adminstrntion 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- Ge . vkral replied , * and , after some further discussion , the bill 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 . Grey admitted that there was a great desire throughout the country for an extension of the jurisdiction of the County Courts , but warned the house to be cautious in entertaining this Bill . The existing limitation of that jurisdiction to £ 20 had been maturely considered , at various times , by different governments , and , although not final , its extension should not be hastily adopted , especially if accompanied by other alterations which would destroy the essential character of tho original measure , as a means of recovering small debts , by ap . proximating these courts to the superior courts of law , where the expenses had proved a bar to justice . This Bill proposed at once to extend the limit to

      £ 50 , and to enlarge the jurisdiction of the County Courts in cases of tort ; in fact , the bouse was called upon to assent to a prinoiple wbich 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 . _EvAjfs _, in supporting the bill , said the question was , whether the house would comply with the almost unanimous desire of the country for an extension of these local jurisdictions . If no man of prudence would attempt to recover a contested debt of £ 50 in tbe 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 aa valid for the indefinite extension of these local jurisdictions , and trial by jury might then be abolished altogether . He did not believe that the expense of the courts of law in this country was so peat 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 might not be amended ; but this should be done by the Government alone , and he believed that the Courts _, at Westminster mightbe rendered as cheap as any tribunals in the world .

      Mr . _CnRisioFHER considered the admissions of Mi * . Martin , of the evils and abuses existing in tbe superior courts , to be the best argument in favour of this bill , which went a great way to remedy those abuses . The lact that the bill was called for by the almost unanimous voice of the country , was alone a sufficient reason for passing it . The question of salaries ( on which he concurred with Sir G . Grey ) was a matter of detail . Mr . Clay thought that at least the jurisdiction of these Courts should be co-extensive with tbe limit below which no sane man would venture into the superior courts ; and if so extended , the bill might work so well as to be thc precursor of larger legal reforms .

      Mr . B . Denison recommended the house to be exceedingly cautious as to the manner in whicb , by 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 of the 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 , he _shoujd vote with Sir G . Grey . Mr . Mitchell supported the bill , urging tbe 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 the existing County Courts , which were now working well , by overwhelming them with business . . The condition of the superior courts furnished a good argument for their reform , but not for transferring their business to other tribunals . Mr . Cocrburn gave his cordial support to the bill . He agreed in the propriety of dealing cautiously with such a subject ; but the _extr-nsion of the jurisdiction of these Courts which worked so well to £ 50 , was called for in all parts of the country . - With regard to trial b y jury , no doubt , in certain cases and certain localities , the intervention of a jury was a great advantage ; but his experience of juries at assizes did not tend

      to raise his opinion of them ; on the contrary , he thought a man of intelligence and knowledge would decide a great deal hotter . The present act allowed parties to call for juries ; yet this was never done . Tho bill provided for the admission of barristers and also an appeal ; so thatthe judges would be kept in check ; The right of appeal , and the power of removing cases of importance to the superior courts , would practically restrict these inferior tribunals to cases where a cheap and speedy remedy was necessary . However high the character of our judges , tbe state of tbe law could not be eulogised ; and lawyers in this country were becoming deeply sensible of its imperfections . _-i ;; M _;^ The Attorney-General was so satisfied tliat this bill would entirel y destroy a system which now worked well that he should not discharge his

      duty if he did not Openly state his objections to it ; leaving te the house the responsibili ty of passing it , and to meet the general Outcry that would be raised thereby . Everyargument urged in favour of the bill was directed to tho-general extension of tbe jurisdiction of ,. the inferior courts . Ho admitted that the County Courts , as now limited , were popular ; but he suspected that the inCrease of salaries which he proposed had iriiioh to do with this bill . The _Attorney-Generaj hero read a circular , which he stated had been sent round ; by a clerk of a ec-urity court to' mayors of towns ' ' enclosing a form of _peti--tion in favour of the bill ; ' with especial reference to the expediency of _paying tkeclcrks of the courts by salaries .. / The . bill , as it _stoodjfwould gWo these inferior _courta'juriMiet _^ o ' _tmercantUe _) aw , !; of contract , in actions or asstfailt and battery : ; and it would . _Undirectly ' sweepaway

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      every '"' other fodal * _edurt _^ jurisdiction ; ' a bonstant'bar _' wovld be required Ho ivatch , inform , and oheck ' the judge ;; The bill , _«; hi 8 horfc , ; was full ! of objections and fraught with mis-Chief .--, '• ¦; -.., ¦ * .- •" ¦ ¦ , : ¦ ' " , V- '• • : ¦• • ::. _' . " i _> _- \ -.. _; _:: ' _¦!;' . (¦ - . {¦ ' ;' ¦ '' Mr . Aolionby observed that _^ the two main _pbjec-, tions to the . bill . which ' were _antagonistical were , that ii 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 the County Courts , or they would not ask for it . , ¦ : ' "__ __ : _''• " _•' ; • : ' ¦ '

      __ .. . ; Mr . Mullins and Mr . Hume spoke shortly in support ofthe bill ; and . ' . t ' 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 co mihittee . , ' / . The house having divided-, the second reading was carried by 144 against 67 . ' , _"'"' , ... Mr . Ewart tben moved that tho house should go into committee on tho Public Libraries and Museums Bill . Ha said that certain amendments had been mado in it , whieh he hoped would disarm the hostility of its opponents .

      Colonel Sibthorp said that they would not disarm his hostility , as this was ft bill for imposing a fresh tax , and he moved thai it be committed that day six months . Mr . Nbwdkoatb opposed tho 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 spoke briefly , tho former for , and the latter against , the bill . Mr . Bursal thought that the consent of twothirds of tho inhabitants of any locality should be _necessary to its introduction there .

      Mr . _BROinERioN supported , and Mr . Buck opposed the bill . Mr . Waltbr wished to know whether it was intended that tho 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 ? Inthe latter case the libraries would be of very little use , as only a small number of the inhabitans could be accommodated , while at the same time such a system would be opposed to the domestic habits of the humbler classes , to which we owe so much ofthe benefits of our social

      system . Lord John Manners complained tbat libraries and museums should be put on a better footing than churches , schools anu hospitals . Mr . W . J . Fox thought that there were great advantages in tbe bill , one of which was the providing an enduring receptacle for the books , which , he believed , would be g iven in great numbers as soon as tlie possessors were sure that their gifts would be safe . After a short discussion , the house divided , when the numbers were—For gping into committee ... 99 For Col . Sibthorp ' s amendment 64

      Majority —35 The houso then wentjnto 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 tho 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 tho 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 boon 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 the objections to which they wero severally open , and observing that tho whole subject required serious consideration , ho recommended that it should be reserved for a future session , and that the bill should be adopted as it stood . All the clauses contained in the bill were got through without any material alteration ; as well as the new clauses and schedules , and the bill was reported . .

      On the order of the day for the second reading of the Distressed Unions Advances and Repayment op Advances ( Ireland ) Bill . Colonel _SiBinoRP objected to the progress of this bill , in the absence of certain returns , of the nonproduction of whicb he complained ; he likewise objected to the grant itself , and moved that the House should adjourn _. After some timo spent in discussing this motion , the _Chai-cellor of the 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 . The bill was then read a second time . The Judgments ( Ireland ) Bill was read a third time and passed . Other bills were advanced a stage , and the House adjourned at a quarter past 1 o ' clock .

      FRIDAY , April 12 . HOUSE OF LORDS . — Tho Convict Prisons Bill was read a third time and passed , after some discussion , iu which Lord Lyttlmon , Lord Wodeiiouse , the Earl of Ilchester , Lord Stanley , and Lord Monteagle took part . The house then adjourned . ' HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Salaries of Public Officers . —Lord Joun Russell moved for a select committee to inquire into the salaries and emoluments of , offices held during the pleasure of the Crown , by Members of either House of Parliament , voted in the annual estimates ; and also into the salaries and emoluments of judicial offices in the superior courts of law and equity in the United Kingdom ; and into the retiring pensions allotted to the judges ; and also into tho expense pf diplomatic _establishments charged on the consolidated fund .

      Mr . Disraeli opposod the motion , and moved tho following amendment : —'• That this house is in possession of all the information requisite to revise and regulate public salaries : that parliamentary committees of inquiry , under such circumstances , would only lead to delay ; and that it is the duty of the government , on their own responsibility , forthwith to introduce the measures that may bo necessary for effecting every reduction in the national establishments consistent wiih the efficient discharge of tho public service . " A long discussion ensued , when thehouse divided _.

      For the amendment 139 Againstit ... ... ... ... 250 Alajority against Mr . Disraeli Alnjority against Mr . Disraeli

      91 Mr . Horsman then moved a second amendment to extend the inquiry of the committee into the incomes of ecclesiastical dignitaries . The hon . member proceeded to givo a variety of details showing that the prelates were paid more highly , and every way more lavishly endowed , and less severely worked , than any of the judges or ministers of thc crown . The whole system called for a strict investigation . Sir G . Grey opposed the amendment , and said that the lay and the religious questions were totally distinct , and ought not to bo confounded in the same inquiry , which would thereby bo rendered unpractical and useless . The house divided—For the amendment—¦ 95 Against ... 208 Majority against Mr . Horsman 113 The motion for appointing tho solect committee was then put and carried , and the houso adjourned .

      National Chart Kit League.—The Council O...

      National Chart Kit League . —The Council of the League met on Monday evening for the transaction of business . There were present , Messrs . M'Grath , Dixon , Side , Fairchild , Allnut , Nobbs , Holden , and the secretary , Mr . Clark . Tbe minutes of a former preliminary meeting were read and confirmed . The sum of £ 1 17 s . was handed in , as the commencement of members' contributions . The Address of thc League , as it appeared in the Northern Star of Saturday last , was presented to the Council , nrinted in _tllHjform ofa circular , for distribution .

      • It is related ? iu reference to the late gunpowder explosionat llpmislow , that some _yearB ago one of tb ' e- _^ vtii _& _i'si ' oiiBWing tho factory suddenly , found one of the men smoking a pipe . The man thrust it swiftly into his waistcoat pocket ; and almost as . swiftly the self-possessed principal showed hinvthe door . A moment after , thc powder dust . with which the man ' s . clothes- were saturated ; _ign _& ed , and he was severely burnt . Subsequently thfe pipe was hungup in the establishment as a * a ; atning memento .: ' '¦ ' > ' ¦ '•• • : ' , <

      A ; _REHAi-EAi-rj * _oratE _/ _iM Hooart Town by _SfeWowAY ' s Piu _. _3 and OiNTMENT .- _^ Alujor Walcli , of _\ YelliBgton . _bi , iu * t * e _UohartTowii , writes that _Hollowiiy's ' Pills ' , enjoy high rcpu-Utibh In _VaiiI ) _iL'in (! ii ' s I , aua . lI ( i speaks of * ono man who had been fov _ycai-a unHvr the ' . treatment ; ' 'bf ' _- _$ _htf ' _meaicaj ' practitioners , ' and . ' was . 'discharged fr _wja-the ' _hiisWi RV as ' incurable , - and _hai _" _, : _becomei' 6 p _mLsexftbly emaciatgSi aml _weak . that be _cquWonly niove abouS with _tf . o _asslsttSos of _persuiissup _aottio _^ nauK , _themmcdiciues , wldch l . avo so completeJy , _S vatea hUhealtlvthat , he _s . now _^^ a _^ _^ _Xl lthV ' ' . '" A :--- T '•¦ : '•• .: ' -i "¦' -. ' , ' " . _. ''"' . '¦ ' ' . " ' " V " .

      To The Editor Of The^Nohthem Stari ; ;• ...

      TO THE EDITOR OF THE _^ NOHTHEM STARi ;• ¦¦¦ : ¦¦ ; *• .. _' . ¦ :- " :. ; Kit _,- ;>& _!^ Li \ cn < f _s' ? Jk- ; - 'y _> i _vb-r ; j _n > " ¦ : ; 4 , - ¦¦ Bell-yardj _Gracechurch-streeV-City _* ; _:. '¦ i- _'i _^ ' ' ' , _* ' _' ' " " _;; "April 8 th •¦! l 850 . v , ] _H-lm -i iSm _,- —With , feelings _ofspity and surprise I read- a letter in your fpaper . headed , » Pottersvillej " ' , and purporting to emanate ; from "¦' a . person -vfho state ' s himself to be a member of the National Land Company , and of the Potters' Emigration Society ' but which appears to hie to be all moonshine ; intended as a bait to catch a few discontent Larid men , to fleece , expatriate , and leave them-to starve in a foreign land . I say with pity , for I _considei ; -if the writer of that letter bo honest , he is an object of pity on account of-his . ignorance-of the _Cotters *

      juggle . Surprised that he should have belonged to the Potters' Society for ' eighteen months , and a member of the National Land Company , and should have tho impudence to put Evans's juggle in comparison with the Land Company . What ! compare the noble , the generous , tlio disinterested O'Connor , with tbe grasping , avaricious ; and drunken crew , who call themselves the Potters' Emigration Society ? What is this precious piece of humbugthe Potters' Emigration Society ? A number of persons join together , and each pay . £ 12 s . 6 d ., and a trifle for expenses in addition ; they then have a chance in a lottery of obtaining a farm , or rather entitles them to squat on land which is not theirs , and , most likely , never will be theirs ; they simply

      buy a ticket in a lottery , in which there are 20 C blanks for one . prize , instead of obtaining a farm ; ninety-nine out of every hundred net nothing but disappointment and misery ; a man may belong to this precious piece of fraud , and pay in bis £ 1 2 s , Gd ., and never get a penny piece—even if lie 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 Messrs . Taylor , Griffith , and _myself and which was published in No . 89 , of The People , and of which the following is an extract : _—*}•—Is thero 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 , < fec , from its members , to purchase land , to build houses , -Sic , for the use of British operative potters ! > . Q . —Will those rules apply to other trades than British Operative Potters ? _Ji . —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 manuscri pt rules deposited _wichhim . )—No ; certainl y not . Rule 24 , which would have enabled them to establish branches , I disallowed —( it stands crossed through in tho original . ) Q . —Then all branches established in

      connexion with the Potters' Society are illegal ? A . —They aro illegal . The rules apply exclusively to British Operative Potters . It is a local Benefit { Society , and enrolled under tlio 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 tlie public ; such attempts to cheat poor people out of their money , such , mean deviaea for obtaining the hard-earnt 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 , in truth , one of the worst manaeed lotteries ever set on

      foot . I am a member both of the National Land Company and tho Potters'jugglo , 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 hot 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 tho National Land Company , having been appointed o » e of the _delegates to the Snig ' s End Conference , and was , by that Conference , selected , with eight others , to audit the estate accounts ; and , I am certain there was not one on that committee but will refer to that night's work with pride and pleasure ; atthe same lime 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 thisstae on purpose , because those slugs connected with the fraud was afraid of . the light , because their deeds were evil . Mr . Scott , the party alluded to in your

      correspondent ' s letter , was at that Conference , and saw clearly the necessity of an independent committee on the estate ; for if there be rottenness and corruption at home , what may we not expect from their minions 0 , 000 miles hence ? . Afterthis , a special audit ( as tbey 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 , to '» k to dog fancying , and keeping a pot-house of the lowest description ; 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 meeting of tbe London dupes at his house , to receive

      his report—for 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 wat , 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 tlieir balance sheets . As a sample of how careful they are of money entrusted to them for emigration purposes , I find a few very curiou _< items , " Spittoons for the use of the Committee ; " " repairing ballot table , £ 6 19 s . 3 d ., since inoreased to £ 9 ; " £ 230

      lecturing and travelling . Evans is in the receipt of £ 2 2 s . per week , and has charged for every mile he has travelled , even from Hanley to Stoke-Evans has 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 tbe above-mentioned sum . The fact is this , sir—tbey induce peoplo to invest their hard earned pence with them , under pretence of purchasing lands , instead of whicli it is to enable themselves to trade aud charge the parties advancing them the money some seventylive per cent , more for the articles than the market price . I find , in a letter from Enoch Pickering , residing at Fort Winnebago , published in No . 89 of

      the People , tho following : _—' 'Flour , for which he ( Twigg ) gave three and three and a half dollars per barrel , ho has charged them ( the members ) six dollars ; pork , for which he gave five and six cents per pound , he has charged them nine or ten cents ; cheese , for which be gave six cents per pound ,. be charged them eighteen , * and the groceries he has sold in thc same manner ; " purchased , mark you , with tho buyers own money in the first instance ; in addition to that they havo now . adopted a paper currency , so that every individual drawn out there , will be called upon to surrender his cash , which will pass current in any part of the Union , for their worthless paper ; that will pass current only at their _own shop , which , after taking out seventy-five per

      cent , for their trouble , will return him the _diuerence , as per above . These Potting humbugs also wish to mako thc 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 Hanley , when the plan of Squatting was objected to by Mr . J . Taylor , on the ground that the Society would not be able to complete the purchase . Mr . Scott agreed with Mr . Taylor ' s . objection ; and to use his own words , said : sto

      that " when you have built your mill , your re and houses , the land may be brought into the market , ' and if you are not prepared with the hard cash , off you will go , aiid art your improvements taken from you by tbe purchaser of the land , and there will be plenty on tbe lookout ior them . " What think you was the heartless reply of Evans ? " If we can only secure , enough to buy the Grist Mill , the Ferry and the River frontage , a fig for the rest ; " so much for his _jhilanthropy . ' Trusting you will pardon my intrusion upon your valuable time , I am , Siif , yours _yery respectfully , S . Dowlino .

      Sixteen Nu&W* Skeletons, Of Apparently F...

      Sixteen nu & w * skeletons , of apparently _fulk ¦ jrown persons ,, have lately , " been discovered in , _i ( Sold belonging . So Mr . "VYflitam Nigan , ot Upton ,, in the parish oS * L 6 ng'Sutt 6 a by . a man _employed ! in cutting a diioh . They -i _^ -ired ' to bave been buried in nearly , a straight liae , * . ranging from nort'b to south , a » _fi tbey were " laid in cavities about , three foot in _de-jth , cut in solid rook , at irregular distances from each other . 3 k is but a few years sinoo that several ! human , bones were discovered in a field aboiii . 200 _yardsfsom this spot . Thevecan be no doubt of thoir being tho romairis of ' sonie

      unfortunate warriors , who fell , probably , iii battle _centuries ago biit on what occasion history does not record . _Jtamsii Cqlmg ' b w . ' ; riEALTH ' n _» w ioAD , *' _londox _,-Fellow GoilNiRTiiEN , —In tbename of humamtv _and-jo _* - - tice ' wo ask how much-longer ave the -remains , ot tho : jaoor to be out up in tlie hospitals , in ardor to put guineas : into tho "doctors ' pockets "? Oii V the _liVmiiij ! Ave the poor who ( lie in hospitals aware that doctors ml » * _noney-by selling their remains to . _** aedical _, _studente _, who , pay . them so _. rimch for a leg , another , fl > r a _> 1 _-, ' , ! i . « _P- » & e \ ' . " JOw _^ i & S 6 _» foctly _ijseleasitf Oicj' _«\ _jj oof any _dfefjase" . People & _nstX _l-jf * _. W'i ' j * ? . _v-:- ' , r _* li ' % X _bwMll . i / X _^ _Xfiu

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      _w--i | BRITISH _liC _^ I _^^^ - _BEALiS _^ ' _^! , _Naw Road , London . ' ' " •' "' " : ¦ > : ] [ ARSENIC IN . CikOLEUA ! : lj ' . pH _| OH * _oirr :: _FoiOw-CouOTjmtEN . ;— : What to & J \ _w . Arse ' nic ' m cholera ! 6 h ! Oh ! Well , 'JA _* ' this « trouble of looking into the MediCaV _TimeF 1 take the printed an . large letters , "Case of As , S _&"" 11 fi _(• ESSFOXLY THEATER WITH _ABSENIC' A _dootol' _^ V _** _- « 'e . _yismgarsenic : in cholera-the , case is also r _^ ? Tel ' aft . length in the" 80 th number' of the _ITMeist l 0 b » i _^ -l at office , 368 , Strand , price Id . or 2 _ijf _^ ° _^ ad the he Rtirnrrspd . mv _iripml « _thif „ . „ . if ...,, . " ' , can « ... — —¦ " ¦»» uiu

      r » , ' . « . _"couo havA » . _'"H cases of felonious _poisoning throughout th » n ° "" _•*)» arsenic ? What isthe real difference betwe _™ . ? . _"" _' _- _" _? " *» and the doctorl Why , ' that in . one case ' th « _n „ prisone r he dies , is said to have been murdered bv _LlT- " ' ' ""' hen the other , to _haves died . of some disease qr Otkri _^ ' _^ * l we say be called by their pr , per names ; The Ii .. tl , in gs , made the public softimilTar with poisonsi ftT _^ , - » w classes think there is . no harm taking a _le _« 2 „ 5 lo » fer Guinea trade gentlemen r * and , for our own m _« rom _«» see any real difference between the _felonious 5 . " ' n <> t the doctor-the only difference is , that tho di , ' ? and caseB _, gives the poisim in such doses as no ' ?„ ,. !! "" 8 oro m-many he does kill , but then don't you _ZLtP * tho '" 8 " _i 'death or disease ' and not ' murder' u , s called Now , fellow countrymen , can you be surprise , ] « , t was called cholera last year , should have , h _™ _* . at wI ) a whilst such poisons were given for its cur .. _« s ? ** _* ai , opium , & c . That-this doctor's advice wa 3 j » i , M about arsenic in cholera We will notsav b m ? y , aW "• _-Aedinthe _' columnsofa _wi-7 _*^ and ansmnvfA the . _iwnviu - _„•*»'* - „ . ..... "" _"W nam-. .. _jm _^ _v _iittMiitu li vi 7

      ,. _„„„ „„ _. _. . . mwnw . . n _*^ i CLA _1 MIHO DEADLY POISONS AS COEES FOR _CIIOtEni' _f **<> What a pity that the aqua tofana is unknown tn , 7 ' ° " ' . they might just give a little of it to some Inf _. . ' - patient , and then publish to the world with . _"•"'•¦ _e tongue , ' that the acqua tofana was an excellent _^ _""P" * ' _- some disease or other , ' and the poor i gnorant ami _^ - _"i _* " fixpublic would swallow all . We should then J _^» g fcofana . _f marked on fine bottles in the chemists' . „ i ?" 1 UI > _^ _ayy , ! thisfa" _- _*" _- ' - _^ _p-SSte The members of Hie British College of Health n , , call for the total prohibition of the Mo « i „ f deaIn - 5 _? for 6 as medicines : — s eaui ) Poisons 1 . Arsenic in all its forms . 2 . PrusicAcid in all its forms . ' i . Opium in all its forms . 4 . Mercury in all its forms . 5 , Nux Vomica in all its forms . # G . The different metals in all their chemical _options , which , being wholly indigestible do _. _mf" _* _" _* never can , _assimulute with flesh and blood '

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      Corn. •.Iajmc-Lane, Monday, April 8.—Our...

      CORN . . iajmc-lane , Monday , April 8 . —Our market T-as _, » . „ dull to-day for _ivhe-it ( though the supply of _Ent-liah _« short ) and prices ls to 2 s lower than on Monday last , n sales of foreign wheat were very limited at the same _reduT tion , and flour was Gd to ls per sack and barrel _cJieauer For barley , both English and Foreign , we had rather more _demandi _» t the late reduced prices . Malt continues stow sale . Beans and pea ' s were without variation , but both very unsaleable . Foreign oats were in large supply , but at a reduction of Cd per qr . there was a fair sale lor good l _^ l ' tics . Tares nominally tbe same . Linseed cakes verj dull , rhe demand for cloverReed is drawing to a close for the season . The current prices as under . -

      _BaiTisn . _—TVhcat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , new 34 s to 38 s , ditto white 38 s to 45 s , Lincoln , Norfolk , and York SSfir" red 3 ° 3 t 0 35 s ' Northumberland and Scotch , white _JOfto 3 es , ditto red 30 s to 31 s , Devonshire and Somerset . Slure , red , —s to —a , ditto white — to —s , rye , 21 s to 2 _Sj , barley , HOs to !> 3 s , Scotch 19 s to 21 s , Angus —s to —s ! Malt ordinary , — s to —s , pale 4 Gs to 49 s , peas , grey , new 20 s to 22 s , maple 23 s to 25 s , _% vhite 22 s to 23 s , boilers new iis to 25 s , beans , large , new _^ _lOs to 20 s , 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 16 s , ditto Poland and potato , 10 s to 18 s , Berwick- and Scotch , lGs to 10 s , Scotch feed , 14 s to 16 s , Irish feed and black , 12 s to 14 s , ditto potato , 15 s to 16 s , linseed ( solving ) 50 s to 52 s , rapeseed , Essex , new-ISO _toJESl per last , carraway seed , Essex , new 27 s to 323 per cwt , rape cake , £ 4 to £ 4 Ws per ton , lin . seed , £ 9 0 s to £ 9 10 s . per 1 , 000 , flour , per sack of 28 l ) lbs ship , 24 s to 26 s , town , 35 s to 37 s . . '

      Foreign . —Wheat . — Dantzig , 40 s to 44 s , Anbalt and Marks , , 8 * to 38 s , ditte white , 38 s to 4 . 0 s , Pomeranian red , 3 Gs to 38 s , Kostock 40 s to 43 s , Danish , Holstein , and Friesland , 30 s to 34 s , Petersburgh , Archangel , and Riga 30 s to 32 s , Polish Odessa , 30 s to 35 s , Mariauopoli , and Ber dianski , 30 s to 33 s , Taganrog , 30 s to 32 s , Brabant and French , 34 s to 36 s , "ditto white , 36 s to 40 s , Salonica , 30 s to 32 s , Egyptian , 23 s to 25 s , rye , 19 s to 21 s , barley , Wismar _andltostock , 16 s to 19 s , Danish , 16 s to 22 s , Saal , _ITsto 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 a , new boilers , 24 s to 25 s , beans , horse , 18 s to 22 s , pigeon , SSs to 24 s , Egyptian , ISs to 20 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and Friesland , feed and black , 10 s to 13 s , ditto , thick and brew , 14 s to 17 s , ltiga , Petersburgh , Archangel , and Swedish , 13 s to 14 s , flour , United States , per _lUfilbs ., 20 s to 22 s , Ham . burgh 19 s to 2 ls _, Dantzig and Stettin 20 s to 21 s . French per 2801 bs ., 28 s to 30 s .

      Arrivals tiiis week : — Wheat—English , 1 , 120 quarters ' foreign , 2 , 290 quarters . Barley—English , 650 quarters ; foreign , 1 , 570 quarters . Oats—English , 1 , 740 quarters t foreign , 10 , 310 quarters . JFlour—1 , 550 sacks . Richmond ( Yobksiiibe , ) April 6 . — We had a fair supply of grain in our market this morning . Wheat sold from 4 s 3 d to 5 s Cd ; oats , ls lOd to 2 s 3 d ; barley , 3 s Od to 3 s 3 d ; beans , Ss tid to 3 s 9 d per bushel .

      BREAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from fid . to 7 d . * of household ditto , 4 d . to Sid . per 4 lbs . loaf .

      CATTLE . Smithfield , Monday , April 8 . —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 overage quality . Owing , in some measure , to the prevailing warm weather , the beef trade ruled excessively heavy , at a decline in ' the quotations obtained on Monday last at quite 2 d per 81 bs . The very highest figure for the best Scots was only 3 s 4 d per Slbs ., 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 , and prices gave way 2 d per Slbs . The primest old Downs , in the wool , 4 s to 4 s 2 d per Slbs . From the Iste of Wight , 450 lambs came fresh to hand . The arrivals from other quarters were good . . The lamb trade wa 9 dull in the extreme , and the currencies were 4 d per Slbs . lower than on this day se ' ght . Notwithstanding that the supply of calves was limited , the veal trade ruled heavy , at barely stationary prices . Tigs were Tery dull , at almost nominal figures .

      Head op Cattle at Smithfield . — Friday . —Beasts , 748 ; sheep , 3 , 920 ; calves , 195 ; pigs , 280 . Monday . — Beasts , 3 , 795 ; sheep , 23 , 950 ; calves , 111 ; pigs . 250 . Price per stone of Slbs . ( sinking the _offiiU—Beaf , 2 s 2 d to 3 s 4 d ; mutton , 2 s 8 d to 4 s 2 d veal , 3 s Od to 3 a lOd ; pork , 3 s 2 d to 4 s Od . _Newgate and Leadenhall , Monday , April S . —Inferior beet ; ls lOd to 2 s 2 d ; middling ditto , 2 s 4 d to 2 s 6 d ; prime large , 2 s Sd to 2 s lOd ; prime - . mail , 3 s Od to , Ss 2 d ; large pork , 2 s lOd to 3 s 4 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s 2 d to 2 s Cd ; middling ditto , 2 s Sd to 2 s lOd ; prime ditte , 3 s 0 d to 3 s 4 d ; veal , 2 s lOd to 3 s lOd ; small pork , 8 s 6 d to 4 s Od ; liunbs , 4 s 3 d to 5 s lOd ; per Slbs . by the carcase .

      : PROTISIOIfS . " London , Monday During last week there was a respectable quantitv 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 _fromfls to 74 s per cwt ., and tlie stock reduced to a manageable compass . Foreign found ready buyers of good to tine at 66 s to 86 s per cwt . Of bacon there was no increase in the demand for siiiged sides ; prices ruled for Irish at 40 s to 40 s , and for American at 3 is to 3 Ss per cwt . Haras sold slowly at 60 s to 70 s per cwt . Lard , in bladders , 40 s to 52 s ; in kegs , SOs to 42 s per cwt . English Butter , April S . —As there is a considerable increase in the arrival of Dutch butter to-day , awl lhe article in slow sale at 80 s per cwt ., our prices for Dorset is nominal , and to effect a clearance this week very much lower prices must be taken . Fresh butter also has fallen Is per dozen . Dorset , line weekly , 92 s to 90 s per cwt .,- ditto middling , SOs to 84 s ; ditto old , nominal ; Fresh 8 s tol-s pes doz . lbs .

      POTATOES . _SorjTHWAKK Waterside , April S . —Since last week ' s report tbe arrivals from the continent have-been vevj _extensive-above 4 , 000 tons . So large an arrival has caused a depreciation in the value of foreign potatoes . _\ orks being scarce , are selling at better prices . The Mowing are this day ' s quotations --Yorkshire Regents SOs to 11 _^ per ton _, Wisbech ditto 70 s to SOs ; Scotch ditto 70 s to-SOs ; Ditto Cups 50 s to 60 s ; Ditto Whites 40 s to 4- _» s ; ittilGli Whites 55 s to 05 s ; Rhenish and Belgian 40 s to-ays . Duten 40 s to 45 s .

      COLONIAL PRODUCE , _Zoxdos , Tuesday Evening . —StjGAn . —SOS hhds . West India have been sold , including 150 hhds . new Barbauoes and 70 hhds . chrystaliscd Demernra ; the former sola _M stiff prices—39 s to -12 s 6 d for good to tine jello _n- ; _*> 6 s w SSs 6 d for low to middling . .. . Coffee continues dull , and ofthe quantity _oftereo ror sale , 414 bags and 122 casks plantation Ceylon , only about one third of the bags and a few of the casks met with purchasers , nt prices-which do not form amy fair criterion « . the market . , 1 ( . . _„• ,- ¦ , Salttetiib . —3 , 424 were brought fonward ; one-haii soiu . at a decline of Od to ls per cwt . —25 s . _to-26 s 6 d for 11 to »* per cent , refraction ; the rcmaindeiv was boug ht in _auoit * tlie market val * e . . _Safi-lowisb . — 122 bales ofmiddlingtogood quality sola thi « morning at full prices compared with the previous eft }*** in February *!* from £ G 17 s _Cd _. to . _^ 8 per cwt .

      ,.., Indigo . — "Ehe market for Bengali indigo is very firm , . and there are bujevs at the _Februosy sale prices . Safer * * - parcels , * amounting to 700 chests Oil speculation ,. 31 * reported to . have-been sold within the last few dajs a ' very fuU . _Twsces , besides small . parcels for export orders '

      _COi _& S . Lot-Bos , Monday , April 8 th .-Owing to tbe s "* iS >** _**? _$ factoia-succeeded in getting an advance of is . sa on yus day ss * anight . Tees , 19 s . ; Hartlepool , ISs 3 d ; _£ eU _(* _' 18 s 3 d , j Caradoc , 18 s 3 d _;¦ $ . Durham , 17 s 9 d . r _» -i « s'' vals _^ _ai * , leitfrom last _-J-w , G . —Total , 30 .

      TALLOW ,, HIDES , AND OS'S . Monday , April 8 _.-JIho transactions i % foreign tallow ,. ' . _siuee Monday last , _heve been very raodeirs , te . Iu Prl _^ _- Srwever _, no changehas taken place— _"ATCC . on 'the spw . ! selling to-day at 36 » 9 d to 37 s vP er c _*** t . 1 ' ov ftMWM * ; delivery , numerous . _oftei-s are on tlie warket , at 88 s 8 tl W the last three _urNOu . Town tallow , has declined le . per cwt ., the _preset net cash price . . _Vewg ? ps' 51 ? e _™^ _Rou-jV _' fay _- ' _" * per Slbs ., with au _abuudant su _* 3 _** 0 f _LSHAT _* -Market hides SfiSw to Glib ., ljd _tqMper lb . ; _dittftTlb . to . 72 _) b , lid _tolja ; ditto 72 ft ) . to _JW-vf "d to 24 _il ; ditto 801 b . to 8 _S-b , ; 2 Jdto 3 d ; ditto 88 ft » 9 filb ., sa fo 3 Jd ; ditto 961 _"* v to 104 . 1 b .,- 3 id tola * . _¦!«¦«* _lotib . to . _llS _. fc _.-SJd _told-j calf-skins each 2 s 3 d to 3 s 06 Horse , hides 6 s Cd . . L * aseed per cwt . S 2 s 3 d' to —s ;• rapeseed Enghsi _reftued 40 s Od to _—^ < brown . 39 s Od ; _GallipoU per _*> _J 5 ® . ; Spanish'SO " , j Sperm 821 ' . ta . _^ _-1 . ; bagged S 3 ' .. ; _SouOSea S 3 ! . Os to 84 J . Seal pale 39 J . 10 s to ' _^ 4 ' , ' : do- ' , eoloure « i . , 331 . ; cod 30 * . to 31 / ..: cocoa nut per ' ton 3 S _" . to *«•> palm , S 2 * . ' " ¦ ' ¦ "¦ ; _- " : , f , . -

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  • 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/ns3_13041850/page/8/