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      _T-OESDAT , Mat 11 . v HOUSB Of -LORDS . —Sx _ teo *? t __ Com * Ba __ --. —The _Esrl of Hahdwic _ e ros * to put the _questions of wbich he bad given notice yesterday , on the subject of thequ-rotUyofcorn in the country , and the rie . ns of supply . He was _atro ' ngly impressed with the idea that there was not food enough to last till the nest harvest . He believed there was little probability of any corn bring received frora Poland , theBaltic , or the M < . diterraneaB . taxi onr only hope therefore remained in America , and _hebeHeved there wasia very small quantity of corn tocome from there . This prospect was dismal and a _)»* _* m , I , l > - indlndoalhaa

      The Marquis of _Lassdow- _** - sain every the same means which the government had of «»« " * _'" _*; ing the present . lock of com in the country , _^ and he -bonld therefore _» k * no statement on that subject buthe could tell _then _, bIeearI , for his satisfaction that a very _brge quantity of corn had been imported flu ve-r _^ d -twa- stiH _on the increase up to th , pr _ scn Lome " ( _fe hear . ) H _, agreed with the noble _enrl that the state of th . markets was _. nc _* . as to _mak . it the imperative dnty ofallpersons , as _farasthey had interest , o _ wer and authority , _toroairtain in tbeir families , as a inatter of _deling as well as economy , the . tn _. _tcrt rc-ti-1 «« 0- ; as to the consumption of food . lord _Ashbi-etos doubted the ability of the American " market to afford them a sufficient supply , ne feared that the anticipations ofhis noble Mend as to further -applies would not he realised . Lord _ B . i 0 . n _ H argued strongly for economy on the part of consumers . He deprecated the idea of in any way in terferingvriththe export trade . -

      The Marquis of _Lassoo w ss then proposed two amendments in thereportof the Irish Landed Property Bill , oue authorising the erection of grist-mills , and the other _aptdyin" the proposal ofthe Duke of Wellington _wspeeting the wages of labonr in general to aU labonr performed under the Landed Property BIU , and making it imperative that the wages of such labour should be paid iu the _sorrent coin of the realm . " The amendments were agreed to aiid the report receive-. . " _ -- ; , Their lordships then adjonrncd . HOUSE OF COMMONS . — _Wnrrsra _Ho-toa _. s asd Pcbmc _BcsLVESS . —Lord 3 . Russell gave notice that , on _Triday _. _theSlstC- May , he would wove thatthe house , at its rising , do adjourn to Friday , the 28 th . _ S _ sr _ xsiox ofthe Navioa-H _) _- * Laws . —In reply to a question from Mr MirCHEU ., Lord J . _RussEii stated that hemeant . to propose the _auspensionoftheSavigationLaws , but the precise mode of the suspenaon remained to be considered . with reference to the Health

      Lord _Mo-PI-th intimated , of To wns Bill , that he intended to proceed with the mea-_ ure so far as related to corporate towns in England and "Wales—not including the City of London-and t . aU other towns to which a majority of the rated inhabitants petitioned that it mis ht he applied ; and _ s regarded the constructing of . or contracting ¦ for , gas and waterworks , it wonld be proposed that their v _ ue should be esfcxnated as land w _ s estimated under the land Consolidation _dauseslAct , and the clauses would be ofa _comiiulsoiy C _____*__ _ __* Pooa B __» ov __ - _MtBakS-s ohtainedleaveto bring in ahfll to repeal thefiret clause of the Poor Removal Act . Sir G . Grey consented to the first reading with the understanding that Ministers were not in any way pledged to ihe p rin _' ples ofthe bill . - _ - Lo _ ..-DlSCOB-- OS I- CT _ _MEH . S .-T _ e . _SPEAKE-JUt ; ihe question that thereport be brought up , which was broughtupaccording ly and received , vrhen . nohon . member rising , the Speaker then put the further question of adjournment , andleft the chair . 1 The house rose at six o ' clock .

      WEDNESDAY , Mat 12 . HOUSE OF _COiUIOMS . —Fiona ahd _. hamtabl _. _Prar-SEsBit-. —Lord J . ___ _.- « . _* -, in moving ihe second reading ofthe bill , trusted he should be able to convinte the house that the Mortmain Act of 1136 , which he now sought to repeal , was based on false and wrong principles , w _ b subversive of the ancient spirit of the constitution from the time ofthe Reformation down to the data at which it was enacted , was subversive of the law and _jnrisprudence of England , and existed in no other civilised country in the world . ' In this view he was sure every one mnst concur -who had paid the least attention to the remarkable and conclusive evidence given by Sir _PranasPalgnive before a committee npon the subject , over which he presided . It was not till 173 S that it was disc-ver-d for the first time that unless a mortmain act

      were passed the whole landed prsperry of this country would piss out ofthe hands of its rightful owners , and would be swallowed np by benevdent __ slit _ t * o _ s . Previous to tbat year the word ¦• mortmain" was never beard . Bntbe denied that the principleupon whichthat bill was _baied had any foundation in fact . Lst the house take an instance . That noble charity Queen Anne _. Bounty had been exempted from the law of 1736 , and bad been permitted to receive land to any amount ; yet now , after ah existence of 145 year ., that great charity was in possession of landed estates worth about £ 160 , 000 a-year . an -mount exceeded by some and equalled by many of our English nobles . - Daring the years 1841 , 1843 , andl-4 _., Queen Ann . _. Boanty . received in monsy -31 _. 6 S 9 , _batinlando-ly £ 7 , 37-5 . If that were so , where was the danger of extending the iiber ty enjoyed by Queen

      Anne's Bounty to otber pious and _charitsWeinstitutionsi And . if ho evil had accrued to indiridnals from the freedom enjoyed hy that charity , let him ask if that charity bad not conferred immense benefits in the shape of education npon the church , and npon the people of this country ? ( Hear , hear . ) Ithad _puzxledlawyers , statesmen , and antiquarians to discover the real grounds of this revolutionary change , and it was only during the last winter , and by an accidental _cirenmstanee , that they bad been disclosed to him . Of all the friends and supporters of Sir Robert Walpole , none gave him more e §> _ctnal support than the famous Lord Hardwicke—and in aMS- _copyoftheMemolrs of Sir R . "Walpole and his Times , written hy Lord Hardnicke , which had come into bis bands , be had found the true reasons which induced tbe government of . that per' _. ato give their support to the

      measure in question . In describing the year -7 _ 6 , that historian said : — "AH the considerable debates that passed this year In Parliament were npon chnrch matters , and Parliament , like bull dogs , sticking close to any bold on which they have once fastened , the poor chnrch this winter was as much worried as Sir Robert had been any other . " ( Here follows the account ofthe Test and _Corporation Bill , and of a visit of the Bishop of London to Sir R . Walpole , to thank bim for the defeat of that _b-X . ) " The Bishop of London went directly out of Sir _-tabertW- lpole ' shouse to the Archbishop of York ' s ; and there , all the bishops having been summoned to concert what was to he done to defeat the 31 ortmain and Quakers Bill , then depending , it was resolved that the bubeps shonld ill sen . circular letters throughout their respective dioceses , to

      alarm the clergy , to notify to . them what was going on in . Parliament , to advise them to petitionParliament-, and to tell them tbe bishops thought it their duty to give them this warning and this advice . " — -Nowfor the animus ot the King and Queen : — -The Quean , when Bishop Sherlock carae to her , chid him ectremely , and asked him if he was not ashamed to he overreached in this manner a second time by the Bishop of London ; and , after all she had said to him to point ont his following the Bishop of London in Rnndle ' a affair , bow be conld be blind and weak enough to be running his nose into another ' s dirt again . The King , with bis usual toftotts in speaking of any persons he disliked , called the bishops , whenever he mentioned them in private on this occasion , o parcel of black , cantina , hypocritical rascals ; and said the government was

      likely to go on well if these seoundre . were to dictate to tbeir prince how far he should or shonld not comply with the dispositions of bis Parliament , and to be giving themselves these impertinent airs ia opposing everything tbat did not exactly suit with their sUIy opinions ; and , indeed , church power was so little relished at tbis time , and churchmen so little popular , tbat these cabals and combinations of tho bishops to oppose and influence the transactions of Parliament , and to irritate the passions of the inferior cle / gy _, were generally exclaimed against and condemned , The Mortmain Bill and the Quakers Bill were both passed in the House of Commons by great majorities , and everybody tbat spoke for them gave the bishops and the parsons very hard , as well ss very popular , slaps ; the young men all run riot on those topics , and tiiere were none to take the part ofthe poor

      chnrch bat a few old Tories and the Jacobites . Sir R . _TTalpole , however , who hated extremes , and dreaded the consequences of all intemperance in Parliament whatever , though ie toted for these bill * , endeavoured to quell and soften tiie zeal of those who voted with him , aud rather followed in every step tbat was taken in them than promoted them . " [ And when the bill was in the Lords , he says ' , — "My Lord Chii _. _ -sticeHardwicke struck deeper , as he expressly said tbere were many things in two books written by the Bishop of London , or by his order , that were contrary to law . . . . Lord Hervey laid open all the mismanagements in the fond called Qaeen Anne ' s Boanty , which was given for the _aigmentatioa of _smaU _ livin _ s , . . . This inquiry into the management of Queen Anne . Bounty came apropos by the bishops proposing this corporation to be

      excepted from tbe Mortmain Bill , bnt it passed the Honse of Lords withont this exception . When the Quakers Bill was debated , it was : lost by the two law oris , tbe Lord Chancellor Talbot and Lord Chief Justice Hardwicke , opposing it ; one reason these law-lords had for this conduct was desiring to make their peace with _tteclfrgy , and regain some of that favour they bad forfeited by their manner of espousing and pushing the Mortmain BiU . But , in truth , the reason that weighed most with them was the consideration of popularity with the men of their own profession ; for , as great men as these two Iawy rs were , and as . upright as they were esteemed , they-adethe spirit of preferring the power and profit of their own profession as much at heart as any parson in the kingdom , or set of men in the world . It was this spirit had made them and all thelawyorsinboth houses for the Mortmain BiU , as the fewer land 3 there were unalienable in the , kingdom , the more titles there would ba op _. n to be litigated . It was this spirit , too , made

      them against the Quakers Bill . Tbis Lord Hardwicke in one of his speeches , with great _inadvertenee _, and I dare swear therough rejentancs , plainly avowed , saying " that if this bill should pass , it would not only exclude the jurisdiction of tbs ecclesiastical courts from operating in the case of these tithes , but would also virtually Bhut ont the temporal courts , as it wonld make a justice of thepeace a tnrnpike to tbe temporal courts , where die _-pu-rnta # ? onl- be stopped -: th « very reason , begging Xord Hardwicke . pardon , tbat should have induced every m _. n in England but a lawyer or parson to be for this billl . But as long as money and power are reckoned of the good things of this world , it was no wonder tbe parsons -shonld oppose a bill that would abridge tlieir present capacity of worrying a Quaker , nor that the lawyers _should _j-iin the parsons when they mere to reap the profit from this equitable christian chase . Bat from what I have said , itis pretty plain that the lawyers , in promoting- the _Mortmain BiU , or opposing the Q takers ,

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      had nothing strongly in view but the enriching the har . vest of -Westminster Hall ; ' and that their popularity with the laity in tbe first , or with thedergy in the latter , was not their primary or . chief consideration , but a casual , , incidental consequence of their attachment t . the interest of their own burdensome profession . " Such were the reasons alleged to have indueed the" legislature to pass the bill , and , to use the , words of Lord Hervey , it was a feeling of hatred towards the church . The object ofthe 0 th Gee . II . was to prevent landor realties of any kind from being left for any charitable purposes , _» nd he wonld have little difficulty in showing that Its iatention had been amply fulfilled , and that charity had been violated , and the most benevolent intentions frustrated in consequence of its unjust operation .

      Why had _notuhe Asylum for the Indigent Blind iu Manchester been long 3 * mce built an . _opened ! Because of the ope ration of this law . Why had not the watermen of Lon _ _ eknritablc institutions for their . reception ? Becaus e 0 f the operation of thi * law . He had received a lctte r from . n old soldier in Reading , who possessed a small property in land and houses , which he said be nag desirous of leaving to the Berkshire Hospital- ' and was it not a greet cruelty that he was prevented from carrying his charitable intentions into effect , because his property consisted of land and houses ! He had received another letter , detailing a case where a tradesman in Liverpool was desirous of _bequeathing a part of bU property , consisting of railway shares , for the ' purpose of building almhouses for the poor , and was stopped

      from doing so because railway shares were held not to he personal property . Hehad aLsoreceived a letter from a clergyman of Bristol , stating that a person who bad hnd and _housn there , which he wished to bequeath in trust for the benefit of tbe poor , iras preren ted . from doing so by tbe operation of this law . It . was easy to say " let tbe rich roan divest himself during bis lifetime of the property which he wishes to bequeath for charitable purposes at his death , " but how could the j any to the poor man , " you must leave your property during yonr lifetime , or you shall not contribute at all to the wants ofthe poor on your death ! " One of the arguments in favour of tbe present law was , that it guarded the deathbed of tbe man of property from undue solicitations , He denied this entirely . Did the present law prevent the

      unworthy relative , tbepanderer , the mistress , or tho prostitute from having access to the death-bed of the rich , or from _participating in his property » No ; these were not prevented . The objects of charity alone— the poor , the wretched , and distressed— were excluded . ( Hear , hear . ) A Nicholas Suisse might rtceive the bequest of the Marquis of Hertford , but not the church or the almshouse . ( Hear , hear . ) This hypocritical and Inconsistent law left tbe death-bed open to every species of solicitation except that . of tbe Miserable . Butthough he . dH not much regard this argument , he provided againstit in the present bill ; for by it no landed prepfrt / could be bequeathed for charitable purposes unless the will was signed three months before the testator ' s death . Another argument was , that the prestnt law prevented land fro __

      being tied np in perpetuity . He could prove , tbat in point of fact charitable and ecclesiastical property at the present day was liable to all the incidents of all other descriptions of real property , and could as readily change hands . But forthe sake of peace , and to obtain what he considered a great boon , he conceded as much as he possibly could in this respect , and made provision in the bill tbat no land sbould pass for charitable purposes except what might be _considered necessary far 'building purposes . He knew tbe disadvantages nnder wh ' ch he laboured in urging this subject before the house ; bnt so confident was he in th . justice of his cause , that even if he were not supported , as he was supported , bp great legal authority , in his views , he would have felt it to be his dnty to sdrocateit to the best of his power . ( Hear . )

      In conclusion , he appealed to Lord J . Russell ,, who proved himself of late years so true a friend of his church and nation ; who had done so much to emancipate trade and commerce ; who had go earnestly endeavoured to promote the cause of civil and religious liberty , and invited him to add yet another' wreath to his brow , by assenting to this bill . ( Cheers . ) He also appealed to that house in the name of the poor , the halt , the blind , and the lame , in the name of those to whom the Gospel bad not been preached , in consequence of the operation of this mischievous and cruel act—he called on them in the name of English charity to give their assent to the second reading of the bill . . ( Cheers . ) . Sir G > _G-EV opposed the biU . He said the question was , whether the repeals of 9 Geo . II ., cap . 30 , was essential to the exercise of public charity ? He was sure that no one could answer that question in the

      affirmative . Lord J . Manners had spoken of the Mortmain Act of 1736 as if it had been the firs _^ act by which bequests of lands for charitable purposes had . been restrained . Bnt that was not so , for from the earliest period of our history a series of acts hadbeen passed to prevent alienation in mortmain , and those acts were not touched by the present bill . The act of _. 736 didnot actually prohibit the alienation of landed _property for charitable purposes ; it only prescribed certain conditions , which were to aUach to all alienations far such purposes . He eonsiderad that the propositions of Lord J . Manners wouldbe practically _inoperative , and would not carry ont his own intentions . This bill didnot come before it recommended byth- report of the comm ' ttee . . The committee thought some alteration of the law desirable , hut distinctly protested against that sort of alteration which was now proponed .

      Lord Clive observed , that the object of this bill was simply to restore the law to the state in which it stood before tb * 9 th of George IL , and not to alter the whole course of legislation since the Reformation up to that time . Sir R . Ikgiis regretted that a measure , having for its object to alter so " mrortant a branch of our statute law , should have been brought forward at a time wben so many members were necessarily absent . These Wednesdays sittings were exceedingly inconvenient for . the discussion of snch important matters , and he trusted the government wonld take steps to check thc prosecution of the existing system . ( Hear , hear . ) The fault which he found with the arguments of tbe supporters of the bill was tbat they considered the only alteration it

      necessitated was an alteration ofan act of Geo . If . He spoke on the authority of an eminent lawyer in that bouse , when he said that if tbis bill were passed , every debt incurred by a donor to a charity would be defeated by tbe act of gift by sneb donor , if sucb debt was incurred after the date of gift under the will . Kow , were the house , as bone 6 t men , pivparedjto assent to snch a proposal as that ! But then Lord _Hardwickt ' s Memoirs was quoted . He must say thathe _thought the character of tke author of that work stood scarcely sufficiently high to recommend tbe adoption of a law based . upon the statements contained in it . One of those statements was , that George II . bad declared the bishops of the Church of England " a set of black-coated , canting , hypocritical rascals "—a statement which he was glad to hear that one of . tbe

      noble lords opposite bad condemned as ' a petty _ebnHition of Hanoverian spite . " He must say to those noble lords , however , that he did not think the animus with which the measure had been brought forward ; at all _satisfjtctory . He had heard tbe words " sectarian and revolutionary" applied to tbe act of George II . words which he thought ought not to have been used . For his own part , he thought this bill only carried out a principle enunciated by a not very : charitable individual ,. that " was more pleasant to be charitable at the expense of others than at one's own cost . " ' ( Hear , and laughter . ) That was not a sort of charity , however , which he ( Sir R . H . Inglis ) was desirous of _encouraging ; and he should , therefore , decidedly oppose the bill _. Sir W . Heathcote supported the bill . .

      Mr __* _ wdeoate expressed his disapprobation of the measure , and denominated its three supporters Faith , Hope , and Charity . Lord J . Manners was the representative of Faith , and of one faith in particular . . ¦ Lord Clive was the repretentative of Charity , and hof ta charity which ¦ wa 3 so extensive as to cover anything ; and Sir W . Heathcote was the representative of Hope , and of that sort of hope which might be designated a last hope . After a brief reply from Lord J . Mannt-rs _, the house divided , when the numbers were—For the second reading 20 ¦ Against it _. _;; . . _,.. .. ••¦• . ••¦••••• . 166 Majority against it ...... —146 So the bill was lost .

      Aqbic . _ . o __ A - Tekast Right . —Mr _Poset stated that it was not his intention to proceed further , with the bill during thepresent session . ' He believed that the best mode of ensuring its ultimate success would be , " to permit such previous inquiry as would satisfy all parties concerned , both ofits justice and of its necessity . He had presented petitions signed by farmers holding 200 , 000 acres in favonr of the bill , and he was quite convinced tbat its becoming law was merely a question of time . Sir R . Peel congratulated Mr Pusey on the course he

      had taken in bringing this question under the notice of parliament . But it was a most delicate and difficult subject of legislation , and therefore he thought bis hon . ' friend had exercises a wise discretion , in sot attempting to carry the bill without the fullest previous , inquiry _. There was no donbt that its main principls , that of tempting the investment of capital to the cultivation of land , and the securing of that capisal when so invested , was one every way deserving the favourable consideration _, of _pariiamsnt . , __ *'' Order discharged , bill withdrawn .

      Pooa Rates ( Ib _. land ) Bi-t .. —On the motion of Mr S . Crawford the bill was committed pro forma . _^ 0 a the House resuming , Mr S . O'BaiES moved tbat the report be received that day six months as the principle of the bill was one which he trusted tbe house would never sanction . Sir G . Gbev observed , that as the bill had been committcd pro forma , it would be unusual to reject it without allowing tbe author of it to lay it before the house in an amended shape . He therefore hoped that Mr S . O'Brien would not press h * 3 amendment . After a conversation , tbe house divided , when the numbers were— ' ' For the amendment ... ' . 81 Againstit ' 55 Majority in its favour . 26 So the bill was lo-t . - . .. ¦ - ¦? The Seaman Enlistment Bill was lost on the second reading .

      Seduction asd P-ostitotiok . —Mr _Spoonee moved the second reading of the bill for the better prevention of seduction ; and prostitution . ' ' * ' ' Sir G . _Gbei showei that the bill , as it now stood , went very farbeyondits professed object . He admitted , bowever , thatthe offence of procuration was hot sufficiently within the _cognixance of the law , and stated his willingness to support a measure subjecting persons

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      guilty of that offence to penalties proportlohed _' to the crime . - 'He ' _doubtefl ; howBver ;**' wb-tber ' the clause 'In * _serted in this , bill , for . that purpose would effectually carry , but , that object ,. and was jCertain ; -that ;; the penalties which it _proposeiMo , inflict were , yery objectionable . He also objected to . the summary jurisdiction provided in this bill for the offences committed under it . Some of the . clauses , top , were of so sweeping a character that there wa 9 no knowing who might not become _sibjeet to a penalty under them . He _therefore suggested to Mr Spooner the propriety of withdrawing his present bill , and of obuining leave to bring in another , limited to the objoct to which be alluded . Mr Spooner _expressed bis _readiness to adopt thnt course ; and his bill wns accordingly withdrawn . He then moved for le . ve to bring in another , bill , limited to the _object mentioned by Sir G . Grey .

      To this proceeding MrC . B _. bke _. e . objected in point of form aud the Speaker informed Mr Spooner that as the objection was taken , he must give notice ofhis intention to bring in such a measure . ' _, . Health uf Towns BiL _*_ . --Vi 8 count _Mowmiu moved that the house should go into co _ ii _ it tee on this bill . pro forma , so that . itmight . be reprinted . No further steps would be taken with it before thc Whitsuntide _holidays . Col . _SiBinoBP wished to know , why the parts of the bill which relotcd to London , which required more care and supervision than any other . city , should be withdrawn any more than those which related to Lincoln or any other town t ' -.... ' Mr Spooner suggested that that part ofthe bill which was compulsory on municipal towns , should be made optional .

      Dr Bow-inq hoped that Lord Morpeth would uot carry the concessions with regard to ihis bill any farther ; for if much more was surrendered it would be of little yaiue . He . could assure . him thathe was supported in it by . opinion eut of doors , and especially by the _workingelasses _., _] V Tiscount Sai-do _** confirmed what had been just stated for a petition io favour of the bill in Liverpool had been signed by several hundreds of the workiag classes in a _fewhours . . Viscount _MuSpeth said hehad consented tothe exclusion of the . city of London , not because it bad less need of the provisions of such a bill than tbe city of Lincoln , but on account of its vast size and the mass of legislation with which it was connected , which could not be dealt with . this , session . He Vas not prepared . to adopt the' suggestion that the inclusion of . corporate towns in ; the . , provisions of . the biU should * be merely voluntary . He was glad to bear the exhortations of the

      hon . member for Bolton , and the noble lord the member _, fer Liverpool , nud they would see , and the house irould see , that they would not be needed . ' ¦ ¦ „• . On the motion that the Speaker do leave the chair , Col . _SinTHoRPmoved that the house be counted / and only 3 . members being present , the house stood adjourned at ten minutes to six . THURSDAY , Mat 13 . . . . . ' HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Case of Mb _OveM-D . — Mr T , _Dokco- »_ presented a petition , agreed to at a public meeting in Sheffield , which the major had refused to call , complaining of the conduct of Mr Overend as a magistrate of the borough , and charging him particularly _iritk having come to an unfair aad illegal decision in the case of three men . ho bad been committed under the combination taws . The petitioners prajed strict inquiry into the facts , and generally into the decisions of Mr Overend in accusations of workmen by their employers .

      Dott oh Wines . —Dr Bowbiko moved that the bouse should immediately resolve itself into a committee for the purpose of reducing the duties on foreign wines . He contended tbat a reduction of the duties on a large and liberal scale would infallibly produce an immensely increased consumption and a large revenue , and adducod statements in support of his views . TheC-ANCE _ LO _ of the Exchsq . eb said , in the pre . sent financial condition of the country , he ' could not think of mak ' tv ; any such experiment as tbat proposed . The motion was withdrawn . TiiE Law or . Masbia « e _;_ Mr S . Wortlet'inoved for an address to the Qaech praying for the appointment of a commission to inquire into the state and ope . ration of the law of marriage , as relating to the prohibited degrees of affinity , and to marriages solemnised abroad , or in the British colonies . > Sir G . Gbet , on the part of the Government , gave his full concurrence to tbe motion . > : * After some _discussion , tbe motion was agreed to .

      _lsiSH-FiSHEBiss .-Sir H . Tf . Babbon moved for a select committee to inquire into the means of improving the fisheries in Ireland , and thereby affording _profitable employment . . : .. ¦ ¦ . . _' ,.. Mr _LABoijcu _ BE said that many inquiries had _already been made , and abundant evidence was before the house oa tho subject of the Irish fisheries . '' After some discussion followed , ' * ' ¦ ¦¦ ' '¦ ' Sir H ., Bab-ion asked leave to withdraw his motion , * on the novel ground that he saw the house unanimous in its favour , and implored the house , ' with many gesticulations and amidst much laughter , to allow him to extricate himself from bis perplexity . *'

      Mr D * 5 Bae _ i reprobated the bringing forward of sham motiois , such as that made b y the Honourable Baronet , and severely condemned the government for allowing' the evening to be wasted with flash y ad caplandum speeches , while the real serious business of the country was thus indefinitely postponed . He recommended the government to grant this and every other committee that might be asked by any Honourable Member ; it would materially assist tbem in tbe coming general election to be enabled to say that they had refused nothing . " Mr Bankes and other Honourable Members persisted in _objecting tothe withdrawal of the motion _; and ultimately the House divided— - ' ¦'¦¦ _'¦' For tbe motion „ ....... ; .. ' . „ 22 Againstit ............. . _W ....... ; ...... ' 73 _, ; . Majority _againn the motion .., —51 Sir H . Babbon was understood to have voted . against his own motion . * ' ¦¦ "

      On Mr _Spooker . motion , for leave to bring in his amended bill for' the better protection of females , the house divided , when the motion was carried by amsjority of 4 S , the numbers being 57 to 11 . On the question that the bill be read a first time , the house again divided ; when only 21 members ' being present , the Speaker declared the house adjourned , ata quarter to one o ' clock . - FRIDAY , Mat 14 . HOUSE ' OF , LORDS .--Poor Reiief ( Ibeiahd ) Bul . —On the bringing ' up of tlie' repert on the Poor . Relief ( Ireland ) Bill , the Marquis' of LA . _sbowtiE * moved that the amendments made iri * committee on the motion ef Lord' _Menteaglej ' which '' limited the' duration of the Bill , be' *' not ' agreed to . After some discussion , in which ' - Lord 'Monteagie and t __» rest of the Irish landlords fought hardfor the preservation ef the ] " amendments" carried in committee , ,. Their lordships divided . _% . ' ' For rejecting Lord Monteagie . amendments—Contents ... ... " ¦ .... 5 .

      Bon-contents , ; . _; . ' .. ,. * 2 -. : Majority'for the government .. _^ .. 12 .. ' / , ' . ' The amendments limiting the duration ofthe bill were consequently struck out . The' report of the "bill ' was ultimately received , and tbeirlbrdsnips adjourned to Monday ., ¦ ' . '• . _' . ' . " HOUSEOF COMMONS . —In the House of Commons , Mr Hoke submitted a resolution to the effect ' that no railway company sbould in future , receive power to raise any additional capita " , by shares , loan , or mortgage , or to purchase or amalgamate other lines , unless the . whole of the capital authorised by existing Acts shall be realised . After a lengthened _diseussion , the debate was adjourned till Friday evening next . ' ¦ ' . ' _'" < L ..-K and ptsc * . _* - _-s _ Ik ... —O- tli . ¦ _• .- „>* ¦•¦* . _tliat tbe Speaker leave , the chair , to go into committee on the Loan Discount Bill , " . . .. _- •¦ .

      The Marquis _ofGEANnv reviewed tbe operations of the Bank restriction Act _of-1844 , ' and demonstrated that it had foiled ia attaining any ofthe results which itB proposers declared it would achieve , and that it had wrought aU the mischiefs prophesied by the bankers , who ' memorialised the government of tbe day againstit . He read extracts from Free Trade speeches to exhibit how miserably experience had falsified all the , predictions " of Free Trade orators . He expressed a hope that the ' go-. _vernmentwould'listen to the * prayers of the - manufacturers arid mi _* rch _ nts , and enable them ' to carry on their business and give employment to the pehple'by takirig _' off the restrictions imposed oa the Bank , and by expanding thecurrency . ' ' ¦'

      The _Cha-cel-ob of the Exchequer , ' at great length , entered into a defence of the ' Free . Trade policy , and of the Bank Restriction Act , and of himself , After some further discussion the bill and the third reading was fixed for Tuesday next , when the discussion on the Bank Act and Currency will be continued , The house then adjourned . ' ' : ' ' '

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      _Mos-. _Amebica _. B--evol _ nc _ . —Oa Saturday , the Express , a small barque , arrived in this port from New York , with a cargo of 2 , 075 sacks and barrels of Indian corn weal , 110 barrels and two sacks of Indian corn ; 10 boxes of clothing , st half barrel of fish , ono barrel of buck wheat , one bag of peas , and 13 bags of bread , _consigned to'the Central Association Society of Friends , for gratuitous distribution among the most destitute of * the poor of Ireland . In connection with these importations , theTrUity House , London , havo issued order , to the collectors of the various ' oiitports to suspend the demand for dues claimed by that corporation on aU vessels coming to this country freighted with the co ntributions of the charitable in America . '

      Floods is _Masouestbr . —On Saturday last , tor rents of raiu fell unceasingly for some hours _r the rivers became much _swollo ' n , aiid the lower parts ot the town were completely inundated ; The various manufactories suffered considerably , and bales of cotton were seen floating iii all directions . At Little Island , on the Oxford-road , chiefly inhabited by tho lowest ofthe Irishpoov , where men , women , children ' , and pigs , are found , frequently living together in one room , the effects , . f the storm wero very serious . Hundreds of thef , c occupants were early on Sunday morning disturbed irom their vesting plaoo , and obliged to _escape , almost in a state of nudity , while the pigs were carried down the stream . The household furniture of various ; kinds was also m _ ch damaged-, but we are happy , to say that W ) Uvea were lOat .- :: ' . ' -. ' _, ,

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      A _^/ _jLEpTip _^ M O _^ MBNT - - ¦ - _¦¦ - - ~ C . __*_ es _ BB . —Mr D . W . _'Harvej risited this torn on ' Saturday - , last , and called upon a number ofhis electioneering , friends . _; A report is preralen . tliat lie has still an itchin ? to become , one of the _borough representative , again _., _; . _^; :.. ,. : _^ f j . Ir * wic „ . —Mr Georgo Rennie has announced -himself a *) a candidate for this town on the occasion of the general election . He dates his address from the Reform Club , . ; xj Tiik IIrpkbsestatioi- ov _Knarksborotron . —Mr Ferrand has issued the following address to tho electors of this _boro' _-g- '—Thero is every probability of an early dissolution , of Parliament , when you will again be required to return two members to represent you in the House of , Commons . In asking you once

      more ta Belect me as one of your representatives , 1 court the roost rigid examination into my Parliamentary conduct . I haveno _baseapostaiy to answer for . no broken pledges to explain away . When honoured in 18 . 1 by jour confidence , 1 told yon that I would , to tlie utmost of my ability , maintain unimpaired the Protestant institutions ef our country ; that I would refuse to support a religion which , on taking my seat in Parliament , _Ishouldhav _. to swear contained a 'damnable doctrine . ' I also told you that every _interest , _excejit Labour , was amply represented ; and that I should , therefore , feel it my especial duty to . fight the battlepf the poor . Against fearful odds for seven year . I have assisted a small , but faithful band in Parliament , to compel the repeal ofthe New Poor Law , *— -a statute which has not only violated the laws of God and man , but has robbed theppor of their heritage , _nesoJated their humble dwellings , anil placed them beyond _thepalo ofthe

      British constitution . 1 have also . ; aided in drawing publio attention to the claims and condition ofthe factory-workers , and' in inducing the _legislature to sanction the Ten 'Hours' / Bill , — ' - law which , when carried , will . enable the operatives to enjoy the advantages , as well as the wages , ' of labour . Iliad the satisfaction of introducing into Parliament a General Enclosure Bill , wliich , although bitterly opposed by Sir James Graham , was , in all its essentia ! parts , adopted in the next session by the government of whieh he was a principal member ; " a law which ia now bringing Vast tracts of waste land into cultivation , and is providing employment for large masses ofthe people . Whilst in parliament I have known no party but my country , no interest but my country ' s weal ; I have neither a betrayed you , nor sold _, myself : —I , therefore , fearlessly ask you for a renewal of your ' confidence , and again to confer upon me the distinguished honour of being your representative . " " --

      A strong contest is anticipated in this borough . The new candidates will be the Hon . W . S . Lascelles and Mr J . P . _Wasthead , the extensive Manchester manufacturer , both of whom stand on the Liberal interest ; Mr La _* . on'is associated with Mr Ferrand , on the Conservative' interest . _LEiOKSisn . —Sir J . Walmsley and Mr R . Gardner , of Mahchotter , are likely to beconSe tho Liberal candidates for Leicester ; [ What . is to become of Easthope and Ellice ?] ' . * ¦ .- _; _.-... ¦ - . Nooth D . _rium .- Mr Robert Duncombe Sbafto , of Whitworth , has issuod an address to the electors , and has become -candidate on the Whig and Latnbtoii interest . Col . Beokwith is the other Whig candidate . Mr Liddell will bestanohly supported by the Conservativeparty . * :

      North No-Tn . M __„__ H _ . —The committee of Sir George Grey ' s friends have issued a handbill , dated Alnwick , May 8 tb , announcing that " an active canvass will be instantly cemihehced on behalf of Sir George Grey , and that the electors will be personally " waited upon by the relatives' and friends of the right hon . baronet . " ' ' ' ' North _Chksiiirb _.- —The only names as yet mentioned as likely to go to the poll are E . D . Davenport , Esq ., of Capest _ om , and J . Cheetham , Esq ., of Stalybridge , both Whigs . * Obkmby * and ' - * _Shbtla--d . —Mr Anderson has published an address to the electors of Orkney and Shetland . Although it Free Trader , he comes forward in opposition to the Dundas interest . ¦ ' _-,

      Oxford _UsiVERSim—There will be a contest for the representation of this Universit _^ at the approaching general election , Mr Estcourt having intimated his'intention of retiring from Parliament . ' The Right Eon . W ' . E . Gladstone will he a candidate , and Sir W . neathcote is spoken of . "' _Repr-sen-ation . of . _Athlone . —The repr ' esentation of this Irish borough , it is stated , will be ' _eontested at the next election by Mr William Keogh / a member of tlie Western Circuit . The present representative , Mr Collett , is an Englishman and a Repealer . ' ¦ ''' ' ' *¦•"'; ' * _Su-DE-UND . — -According to the Newcastle

      Guardian , the present representatives of the borough of Sunderland , David Barclay and George Hudson , _Esqs ., will be again returned without opposition . The Tower Hamlets . *—Mr 'Hutchison , who unsuccessfully contested this borough at the last election , has announced himself as a candidate on the approaching dissolution . "* _Warmsoto * _-. —Mr J . 1 . Blackburne , the present member for the borough , has _issued bis address to the electors , a step , ho intimates , rendered imperative on him , in consequence of Mr Allcard having announced his intention of becoming a candidate for the representation ; at'the ensuing election .

      Wist Norfolk . —An active canvass for the future representation of the western division of Norfolk is taking place on behalf of the Hon . E . Coke ; brother of the Earl of Leicester , and Mr Anthony Hamond _, of W estaore High House . Mr Hantond is an extreme I _^ adical , and , commenced bis political career as the follower , and ally of Cobbett . Mr Coke ( who has just attained his _majoritj ) has at present offered no exposition _oflhisprinciples ..- _-Mr-Bagge and "another gentleman of landed property ! ' are announced on the Conservative side . .: ¦ i ¦

      -. WALES ; . :. I _BnEcossniRB Mr J . Bailey , it is surmised , will be returned for this county , unless the power and influence of . the new Lord-Lieutenant raise up a rival for the honour of representing it in * Parliament . " ' _¦¦ '"'" Brecon . — -There cannot be the slightest doubt , we lenrn _. ' of the complete triumph of Mr Vaughan Watkins , who lias secured the golden opinions ofall . Carmarthenshire . —It is rumoured' that Sir John Madsel , ' Bart ., arid Mr Hughes , of Tregib , are likely to come forward . ' -. .. ¦• • _-,. ¦ ,- .-Carmarthen . *—Mr Morris will walk the course . ' Cardigan . —Rumour states that some gentleman on the Conservative interest is to take Mr Harford ' s place at the next eleetion , 'to conte-t the seat wit-Mr Pryse . It it thought to be either Lord Lisburne _, or a nephew of the late unsuccessful candidate . * *• ¦¦ - _"¦*¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ : ' _*•**' ¦ - * * ' ' _' ¦

      _Cardioanshire _.- —Colonel Powell will probably not be opposed unless Mr -Pryse should deem it more advisable to shift his battleground from the boroughs to the county . Iri tbis case Colonel Powell will probably lose his seat , the dissenting interest being very strongin the county . ' , ' ¦ _'* ¦¦ ' ¦ D enbigh . —It is' currently rumoured , and generally credited here , that Mr West , the son of the Hon . Frederick West / will' be returned without opposition fur the boroughs at the next general election . " Glamoroanshirb . —We have not heard officially that it is intended to disturb tbe pence of the county by opposing the sitting members , and , therefore , no great stir will be occasioned by the ensuing election . ¦¦¦ ' _'• .

      Haverfordwest . —Mr _Philipps , of Williamstpn , has also been mentioned as & ' . a „_ id „ t _. ' for these boroughs ; but' Sir Richard Philipps seems to have given his constituents satisfaction , and will _proba-Merthyr . —It has been said that Sir J . Guest purposes withdrawing : Himself from the _renresentation of thi 3 borough , ' and offering himself either for the county ov for Honiton , iri Devonshire ;; but we totally discredit the rumour . : - Pbmbrokeshirk . —Much dissatisfaction has been expressed towards the sitting member ( Viscount Emlyn ) , but we have not heard that ' any one is proposed to take the * field against the noble lord ; Mr Philipps , of Willianiston , has been talked of / but it is not probable that he will come forward _, bly bo returned without opposition , unless Mr John Evans , Q . C _.,. hould be put in nomination .

      Horrible Murdersin Yorkshire. Three Pers...

      HORRIBLE MURDERSIN YORKSHIRE . Three persons were horribly murdered at the quiet village of Mit field , near Dewsbury , at mid-day on Wednesday last . Tho victims are Mr James Wraith , his wife , and servant . The ¦ unfortunate gentleman wa 3 iormerly and for someyears bookkeeper to Joshua Ingham , Esq ., the extensive _coal-owner , of Mirfield , but has for Rome time past been living in independent circumstances at that place . 'About one o ' clock a _boVjiWho was , employed to work for the .,, deceased gentleman , went to * the . _houBo and found all the' doors fastened . - Blood . was issuing from under ¦ the . doors . The bo :

      gave an alarm , and an entrance was effected .. Ir _., most horrible scene _iwas presented . . In . tho kilcr i 61 the servant , a young woman , between ninet . eCi and twenty years , was laid with her throat Cut her , brains beaton . out , and herfacein a drea ufu |] . mangled . condition . On leaving tbe kitchf j 0 i ti „ body of Mrs Wraith was . found in the pass ? lge j ea ing to the sitting room . Her throat , was a _* 80 cut Ont going into the dining room , the nwU' _, ated bodi of Mr Wraith was discovered . His thw , a {; _was cut his jawbone broken , and his head sever j K * fractured A hawker of earthenware has beon arre 8 ted oi strong suspicion of being the n _, _vir ' '( . . _^ - Mrs Wraith were both upwards . & SQVenty yeara 0 age .

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      '• • Ths _PRorBSTANrAssooiw t , mni * _Tfl _^ mnS _zSVP' piace _» n _SSSS menced bv a . raver _• ' tUe , racotltl _ was coin Holloway The . w _f- _"" read b _- v the ReY' & racter ! P ediu _& 8 ' _w >» of the usual cha _cin _SK ' _. _"* ? s * been _* - *** » « ' _M t U _o-SroT r i 8 int _? that tll ° trAin * u _T . r ¦ ' . " the _ordinary _locomotiye engines .

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      . Poush „ Tr 8 Wuosu _ io , Lobd : _Duntit Stuart . — On Wednesday , a d . putation , composed of the member , of the Committee ofjthe Polish Emigrants m Great Britain arid' Ireland , accompanied by _se \ _-eral of their countrymen ! waited rip n Lord Dudley Stuart ; at his residence , 34 , St _James's-place , to presenthis lordship with a gold watch ; as a token of gratitude on the part ef the whole Polish emigration , for the services rendered by his lordship to the cause of their country . The watch , which was made by Messrs Patck and Co ., of Geneva , their _fellow-countrymen , i 8 a splendid piece of workmanship ; the dial ornamented with various emblematical devices

      of the history of Poland ,, and on the back are encraved the arms of his lordship , with the words—VNobili Domino Dndle > ' Coutts Stuart illiassiduo libertatis Polonia * _defensors ; ejus que _filioriim _pati-ia ( lrborum adjutori . —Die 3 Maii , 184 * 7 . " With the watch there was delivered an elegent and welldeserved address . On Wednesday , a Court of Directors wns'held at the East India House , when M . jor-General Sir John Hunter Littler , _1 .. C . B ., was appointed a Provisional Member of the Council of India . SA _. roaD . —A meeting will take place in the Large Riiom , _Bank-street , Great George-street , at two o'clock , on Sunday afternoon .. _.

      UTiLiTABiAi- ' SociETr _, ( Hall of Science , _City-road , near Pinshury-sgu . ire '—On Sunday evening , May 16 th , Eugene will lecture on " George _Sanfl . " The evening's reading will bo from Sharpe . letters , by G . J . Holyoake . The Earl ov Dondona _. d . —We bave extreme satisfaction in being enabled to announce that tardy Justice bas at last been rendered to one of the greatest of our naval heroes . Tbe government have , we are informed , upon a further investigation of Lord Dundonald _ case , recommended tbat be be reinstated in the Order ofthe Bath , which he eo gallantly won , and of which he was so unjustly deprived . We need scarcely add , that lier _Mtijesty has been graciously pleased to signify her ready _iicquii'Scenco in the recommendation of _ministers . — Times .

      _Lectore- bt Madahk _D'Abosmoht . —On Tuesday evening this lady commenced a course of lectures at Fox - Cbapel on the following subject : — " The _mission of Engiand considered with reference to the cirilizational history of modern Europe , and tho denouncement of the difficulties of the hour . " The present lecture was intended to be introductory , glancing Bbortly at the _whele , subject set down * for discussion / and explaining the manner in whicli it was intended to ba treated , as put forth in the printed programme—How , why , and in what the mission of England bas embraced Europe ahd the globe—Progressive governmental theories * whicli hare succeeded . each other through the past , the tame originating in the progressive conceptions of human sci ' _-nce . touching the principles regulative of the universe

      —Pundamental error in that still prevalent ,-and which gives the key to all other , even both in thought and prac . tice—Priuciples regulative _ofpolilicul science as supply _, ing tbe theory of government—Those suggested whieh will be fouud . regulative ef all human economy in a mora advanced order of _civlliziition . 'Tbe place was well filled . Madame D'Arusmont reasoned to prove that nations were great and influential because ot their maritime power that possession and comma-nil of the seas ; was the first and sure step towards Bocurlng possession and command of tbe land , _; England became great when she snatched the trident from Hblland , acquired and command of the ocean— -That her mission _ivai of the globe , because of ber power on the ocean . But England sbe would not defend—tbe jaws of tbe British Lion have been fed by tbo slime of the serpent . England ' s power had been exercised to destroy nations , carrying with her the curse of war—of wrong and injustice . Man had in all ages formed his government as he had built his

      houses , and regulated bis trade ; and changes of the theories of government were tbe result of changes of _thought , ' affecting not only government but all other circumstances and arrangements amongst men , His conceptions of human science bad ever been the leading model . And errors in science were ever followed by errors in government and society . Few indeed had in any age ever taught truth , anil the few bold enough to endeavour to do so had found but few followers —they bad brought wares to ;¦ market , but the many would not buy —indeed , there was little , very little , truth taught in this age ; little , indeed , from the pulpit , and a bard experience forced from her the confession that tbe members of tbe clerical and legal profession were strangers to its existence . Two great agents of tbe past and present were the generous and tbe selfish , the former of woman and tbe latter of man . Woman lived dependant and enslaved , but better do so than be mixed up witb the governments of men ; better suffer than be demoralized . Governments end nations

      had ever existed in the theory and practice of the balance of power . England existed by tbe balance of classes . Her trade and go ! d , her poverty and dependence , represented classes in all ages . The most influential class always took the lead , which , for the time being , represented tbe true interests of progressive science and human freedom . The globe bad been regulrted by the doctrine of equipoise , and bo bad nations relatively to each other . England bad long held supremacy , France being regarded as a _balance-wehbt . But a new rival had arisen . ; America , new in her thoughts and prac tices , had embodied within herself the free mind of Europe—the enlightened of the earth had rested on her shores , and ber institutions and laws embodied the rights of her adult population , excepting the red man

      and white woman , as well as her negro population . America was to the . old world a great rival , whether viewed as regard * ber commerce or her institutions , reflectihg new , thoughts and feelings , and , like her great rival , England , doing her share of good through much misconception : and error , and preparing the way for a more advanced and worthy appreciation ' of the truths of science , to , be followed by the inevitable blessings of greater freedom to man and increased happiness to all . Madame D'Arusmont was listened to with interest and attention . ¦ The above outline conveys but an imperfect ond fragmentary idea of her clearly logical expression , as well as her refined and deeply studied philosophy , . 'Her language is chaste and elegant ; and ber manner impressive and commanding .

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      CORN , 4 c . -. _'¦ _:.. . : ,. , - _'¦' . BE VIEW OF . TH j . BRITISH CORN TRADE . _( Jreat excitement' has prevailed ; in tbograin trade during the week , and at no .. former period of the , like duration since harvest has so important a , rise been established in prices . The excitement has not been that of speculation , but ' rather that of alarm ; " and the advance has been caused more by the extreme shortness of the supplies than , by any unusual extent of demand . Itis now admitted on all linnds that the stocks of com remaining tn the hands of the growers are fearfully small ; and it lias long been notorious that the merchants , millers , and dealers have been buying from hand to mouth , having little or nothing' to fall back upon in case the weekly supply proves inadequate , to 'satisfy the consumptive ; demand , to which point affairs appear to be rapidly approaching . . Without somothing like absolute scarcity such prices asareat present obtainable arc seldom or never reached , even in times when capital . is abundant and speculation rampant '; but for wheat to rise " progressively from ahout 44 s ., at which good qualities were selling _immedifttely after harvest ,, to 94 s . ( the _present worth oftlie

      same descriptions ) indicates but , too plainly tho position the country must be iu with respect to stocks . Where the upward movement will end . it is totally . impossible to foretell ; and if America and Russia should I e enabled to furnish ftilly the amount of bread-stuffs the most sanguine dare to calculate on , oven in that ease moderate prices are , wefear , out ofthe question for months to come . The probable result of tho next harvest has hitherto been wholly _disregarded , the grand point for consideration having been how sufficient food is to be obtained to feed the poople nntil such time as the produce of the present year can possibly be : availaWe . If a large portion of _continentnlEurope _u-erc not unhappily in precisely the sanie . plight as . Great Britain , there would be less reason foi' serious uneasiness ; but consideririK the state of tins _, tress already sufferedby the people in France , ' the interior _, portions of Germany and the Netherlands , we may well feel uneasy how our own inhabitants may fare during the next four months . The advices irom all parts ofthe kingdom' are of . the same character—short supplies and rapid '* ' rising prices have ' characterised the trade at all the leading provincial markets . —Mark-lane Express . ¦

      JI . ssbs S-UKGK ' s _ IoN _ n __ . o _ x-- _ i-. i _' - -.. —The foilowing is an ex tract from this document :. — ''Birmingham , 5 th mouth 5 th : _1817 .- _^\ Ye ,. tbink , therefore , there is fully sufficient ground forapprebension that tbe price of wheat may yet . ' go _considoraVily Vtigbbr ; ' indeed , woshould not be at aMsurprised to se " . it reach _UOs , to .. os ,. per qr ., as there is little doub _*'_ ut tbo scarcity wiU bo greatly . increased ,. and the v , ricc ' consequently enhanced , during the continuance of the . present attempts to depress it by means of tlie _pressure on ' the money market , tho stock of wheat being e ? _. coddingly light , wliicli conrso only greatly checks furth- ; r foreigh ' supplics . " '" - ' r _ N 01 t . _" 0 USlUSE OF PRICES !

      Marc L x e Monday , May W . — _To- „ r . y exceedingly little Eu _' _i- ' i wheat came to hand from any quarter , either ir oastwise or by laud carriage . The show of sum * _, pies be ' _mw very trifling , tho attendance of . both English and ( ' , refgn buyers unusually large ,, the demands for , all kind j of wheat of home produce was very brisk , at an ad * var ce in the * quotations paid on Monday last of . Vfrom Ei' j ' HT T 0 . mi sni . _ i . as per qr ., and at whicli the whole o ' ithesupply ivms . cleared oli' Essex white produced 1 Ms ' to loss per qr .. Foreign wheat also , sold from eight TO ten _shi-lings per quarter .-Indian corn . . from five . to eight shillings per quarter . Barley , from two to tlweo _slitllings per . quarter , and oats , . frohi . oue to three shillings per quarter . . _*'

      _Wednesdai , May 12 . —Notwithstanding the fineness of the weather the demand for all descriptions of wheat oi ' homo produce was brisk , at a further advance of from is to 2 s per qr . The best Essex white sold at * UOs to _H 2 s perqr . Foreign whent-the quantity of which on offer was small-moved off freely ' at Is per qr more monev . _iiiDAi , May H .-Since Monday , the . arrivals ' of English wheat have beeu on a very limited scale and tbe . show of samples , _hei-e to-dav was small . *> All kinds owing to the large attendance of _bu-ers , moved off stoa ' - _dity , at fully tbs late advance in the _quot-itiifiis . _^ _BniTisii .-Wlicat : Kent , Essex , and Suffolk , old red 9 os to 100 s , new red 98 s " to lots , old white -to _-,, w d !„ t 0 J . . * , *? > _Sor _& _ft ' aMd Lincoln old red 92 s to 9 d _" s , odivhitol 0 (| sto 104 s . Kye « Osto ( JSs . Barley : Grinding 4 . is _toibs , distilling 55 s to 58 s , malting 5 Ss to Cos . Malts _Hroiyn 75 s to 77 s _,. palo 73 s to 77 s , Suffolk and Norfolk 74 s to _119 s . Beans : Tick 47 s to 52 s . Pigeon 50 . to 51 s .-Peas : . yhito 5 Ss to GOs , grey and maple 55 s to 57 s . Oats : English teed 32 s to 3 _. s , Poland 8 Ss to 40 s , Scotch feed 37 s to S 9 * . Flour : Town made 75 s to 80 s , Essex- and KcntGls to 72 s , Norfolk and Stockton G 4 s to 70 s per 2 So lbs ;

      Vo's _. ign . —Free Wheat : Daut / . ic ami Konig _. _biii-g 94 s to _lO- ' s , Mecklenburg 90 s ' to 97 s , Russian 69 s to 94 s . Barley : grinding 4 7 s to 50 s , _inaUinsr 50 s to 57 s . Oats : llussian 33 s to 34 ° . Aiuoriean lloiir 45 s to 80 s per _lOG & j . - . _- ¦ . , ¦ _-...-Iiv _. _nrooi ., Monday , May . 10 . —Great excitement : has prevailed , in _onrgra'ii markot during the past week . Tbe daily transactions ia _Uruitswicls-sti-eet htwo been most

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      extensive to transit . into . the . interior , andfor _shi " coastwise and to Ireland , at advaneing ' prices" SniT a week ' s , drain of grain and flour was probablv _^ before experienced at this port , and th » stock' ) at L ie are in narrow compass . On Saturday and _to-d-iv _l dcrablc speculation has been _goings forward in v . ""'' flour and Indian corn , induced hy the report from _\

      CATTLE , & c Smith-I-M _) , Monday , May 10 . —For the time of VM the arrival of beasts from our own grazing ilis ' tri „' _tresli up tkis morning were good as to number , but »•!' quality was by no means first-rate . The attendance * both town and country buyers being large , theb . ef teJ was brisk , at an advance on last Monday ' s quotation * l quite 2 d per S & s , nt which a good clearance was elfer . _i 3 A few of the prime Scots produced 4 s lOd per 8 ! bs _W tho more general currency nas 4 s 8 d per 8 fts . y _^ Sorlblk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , we _received about l . lOu Scots , home breds , and short-horns ; fr < J , the northern , western , and midland counties , Ouu ' Here fords , runts . Devons , & c ; from other parts of _England 8 . 0 of various breeds ; and from S-icotUnd , 300 horned and polled Scots . The numbers of sheep were about nver „>_ ones , and of excellent quality . The priniest old dmvna were mostly disposed of , nt ful _' y last week ' s quotations the highest in tho wool being Gd per Slbs , but all other breeds moved off at barellate rates

      slowly y . Downs out of wool w ' ere selling at 5 s per 81 bs We were fairly supplied with lambs , 260 of wliich came to hand from the Isle of Wight , yet the trade was active , at an improve , ment in value of 2 d per 8 ft > s , the best down qualities proi ducing Gs 4 dper 8 Ri 3 . The supply of calves was good while the veal trade was heavy , at barely previous curl rencies . Pigs were in good supply and sluggish inquiry at late rate * . Thero were on sale to-day about 450 oxen and cows , 450 sheep , and 34 calves from abroad , the whole of which found buyers at very full prices . Coarse and inferior beasts 3 s 6 d to Ss Sd , second quality do 3 s lOd to 4 s , prime Iargeoxen 4 s 2 d to 4 s . d , prime Scots 4 s 6 d to 4 s 8 d , coarse and inferior _sht'cp 4 s 2 d to 4 s 6 d , second quality do 4 s 8 d to 5 s ; prime coarse woolled sheep 5 s 2 d to 5 s o'd , prime South down do , 5 s 8 d to 6 s , large coarse calves 4 s 4 d to 5 s , prime small do 5 s 2 d to 5 s 6 d , large hogs 3 s Sdto 4 s 4 d , neat small porkers 4 s Gd to 5 s 2 d , lambs 5 s 4 d to 6 s 4 d , per 81 bs , sinking the offal , sucking calves 18 s to 30 ., and quarter old store pigs 17 s to 31 s each .

      Fiiiday , May 14 . —Although the supply of beasts here this morning was again seasonably extensive , the beef trade was firm , and in some instances the _quotations were a trifle hi g her than on Monday . With sheep wo were fairly supplied , while the mutton trade was steady , at very full prices . In calves a full average amount of _. _ueincSB was doing , at iate rates . Figs were quite as dear , with a steady demand .

      POTATOES . BoBouon _aso Smta _. _he-Ds , Monday , May 10 . —Since Monday last the arrivals of potatoes at the water-side have been considerably on the increase , upwards of 700 tons having come to hand from ourown . coasts , and 3 , 000 bushels irom Guernsey , while an import of about 300 tons has taken place from Holland . The demand is very dull at _alraoit nominal quotations . York reds 210 s to 260 s , do Regents 2 . 1 _'s to 2 _** i _*_ ,. do Shaws 200 s to 220 s , Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire Regents 2 n ( . to 280 s , do kidneys 200 s to 220 s , Hutch 14 fls to IGOs per ton ,

      TEA . Tins Tea Tram , May lo . —The deliveries of tea last week were less than up to the date of our last report , being 49 fi , 7 l 31 bs . This article , no doubt , is affected , liko many others , by the denrness of provisions . WOOL . Since our last report the imports of wool into London have consisted of 1 , 437 bags from South America , 550 hales from Ifobart Town , 1 , 100 ditto from Adelaide , 780 dittofrom Sydney , 115 ditto from the Cape , 120 ditto from Lisbon , and 29 dittofrom Odessa . In the private contract market , exceedingly little is doing . COTTON .. Leeds , Tuesday , May 11 . —We . had an exceeding still

      market to-day , and less has been doing than for a long time past . The fearful rise of bread stuffs and provisions in general indicates the approach , of yet severer time _, than n-e have already witnessed . Liv-Rpooi .. —On Saturday , in tbe expectation that the extremo stringency ofthe money-market would in some degree relax , owing to therumoured investments about to be made in the funds by the Russian government , an impulse was given to the demand , and wily Jd per lb . advance was obtained upon all descriptions of American . MoNDA _., May 10 —There has beon no great increase of demand to-day , atthe same time the prices of Saturday nre steadily supported . The sales amount to 400 bag ., all to the trade .

      M-hcbestfb . May Jf . —We have had ns dreary and gloomy a week as any one of its predecessors for soma time past . Though the staple is lower merchants refuse to purchase either cloth Or yarns , except at a corresponding reduction ; and as manufacturers and spinners at prescut refuse to concede , the amount of business doing is comparatively _aii . MANCHKSTEn , Tuesday , May 11 . —Since Friday there has been no improvement whatever 'in the state of our market _liotli spinners and manufacturers show a disposition to accept lower prices than they were asking last week ; but buyers ' are not to be tempted by any concession in prices to enter into operations of magnitude , and confine themselves entirely to such purchases as are necessary for tbe supply of immediate wants . The amount of business done is , consequently , quite insignificant _. We hear that reductions of wages are taking pl _.. ce in some parts of the neighbourhood TnE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS . State or Trade . _—Extensive Failure atMancuesibr . More Milt _. s Stopped .

      Manciiestbb , May 7 . —The _dulness and . depression hi our market continue unaltered , except that the f » _ll in the price of cotton at Liverpool has produced a more decided and general-decline in tlio pi-ices of goods and yarn than had previously taken place . Tho most striking feature of the market , however , is an almost entire cessation of business , so that prices ave almost nominal .. We are sorry to learn the failure of a house in this town engaged in the American trade , the engagements of wliich are said to be _ bout , £ Go , 000 , partly here and partly in Yorkshire . On Tuesday evening , three more mills employing collectively about 2 , 00 i ) hands , ceased working . We understand that the employers proposed to one class of tlieir workpeople a reduction of wages , whicli the latter declined to accept , and consequently left their employment .

      _Eo-TOJ _* . —In the borough of Bolton , out ofa total number of 5 . factories , 25 are working full time , 24 short time , and three are entirely stoppped . Stockport —In that part of the borough of Stockport which is situated in Cheshire , two mills , with 105 Horse-power , and employing 625 hands , are working full iime ; five mills , with llGhorse . powei ' _. ' and previously employing 5 S 0 hands , entirely stopped ,- and 20 milts , with 1 , 783 horsepower , and employing 8 , 915 hands , are working some three , some four days per week . Bradford , May G . —There is nothing at all encouraging to . report concerning our to-day's market . The trade generally is in a depressed condition , and ! the intense pressure on the money market , combined with the high and still advancing prices of provisions , begins to tell severely . .-. : ¦ _. ¦ Leicester , , May 6 . —The prospects of any profitable business being done in manufactured goods seems even more gloomy than we reported last week . Some buyers have be .- in the market , 'but they have done little or nothing in the regular way ; any sales that are effected have been at most ruinous prices , to meet present contingencies . A great many frames were stopped last Saturday , and wo fear the number will be much increased .

      SEVERE DISTRESS IN NOTTINGHAM . The " prompt attention ofthe Guardians ofthe Nottingham Union tothe crowds of applicants for relief _during the whole of Tuesday last , has allayed the alarm which had taken hold ofthe minds ofa vast majority of the inhabitants , in consequence of the mob visitations on tho previous evening , to the bakers' shops in the town . Some idea may . be formed of the bustle at thc workhouse o » Tuesday afternoon , from tho circumstance of the crowd being so great , thatit was found necessary to have assistance from the Police-office , to keep the relieving officers _, frora pressure . How many received relief cannot at present be known , but during the . past week 146 were admitted into _ ie workhouse , and . since Saturday last 33 . ; nnd there are now more than 1 , 000 inmates , and 3 , 270

      receiving outdoor relief , besides the new applications on . Tuesday last . The increase in expenses of the quarter , endnig MaTC-last _, over that _endingJiarch , 1846 , was as much as £ 1 , 374 , and the expenses are now going on- at a rate of a fearful and rapid , increase - Pauperism is also _exte-. _i-g rapidly in the _neighbourhood , as well as in the town . ' There are many cases of fever in the Nottingham workhouse , brought in by the Irish , and during * thc last eight days nearly 200 Irish have passed through th * vagrant office . Unless extensive sanitary 'measures are speedily adopted , and special provision , -made for the Irish . emigrants , they will cause a pestilence to break out in tbe lower pa _.-t ofthe town , and the working classes will become , in ' addition to them , aproy topoveity , dis easo , and deatb .

      Samtvttpt*

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      ¦ '. ''¦ (From The Gazelle Of ^ Tuesday,...

      ¦ _' . ''¦ ( From the Gazelle of _^ Tuesday , May 11 . ) . Thonias George Webb , Tv _* obd . _sti-cct ,. Ciieapside , arti . ficialflower manufacturer—James Wilson Pearl , _Miltoustveet _, Dorset square , hoi . e dealer—DanielSyred , _Bloomfield-road , Paddington , market gardener-Edward May , _Oxford-street , lroi'monger - William Reynolds , Eldenstve _, t , Fiusbuvy , bookbinder—John Dyaioke Elliott * - Hemingford . place , _Bariisbury-road , . Islington , chemist-Robert Heathcote , Cl -phami-mmon , omnibus proprietor -Hams Watson , Wilso _ . - t _ e .-t , Finsbury , stove grate manufacturer-Joseph Bates , ' Leeds / Yorkshire , _sliarebi-oker-Simon Led- Trotman , Liverpool , nieichantlleiiry Wdham . l _ v „ g , Oldham , Lancashire , furniture _tS'ff _, _fes , Charlestown , Cornwall , eooper-JobnTto _ . ll . ond William Jeffery , _Buekfastleigh-Devonslure , woollen manufacturers - Robert Reed , Bishop _Middleham , Durham , common brewer "

      Bum*.—At Newark, The Wife Of Mr W." F Wa...

      Bum * . —At Newark , the wife of Mr W . " Walker , momber of the Land Company ; of a son . ' " . *' Death ok . a . Irish patriot . — Ou the 2- ' nd ult ., luchard Kelley ; was borne to his grave , in * tho Catholic Chapel , _Edg-ley , Stockport , according to his own request , by a body of the , Chartists of that town on tlie -Oth ult . He was a consistent democrat , and proved his devotion to his country 'Ireland ' , bv acting with the patriotic Emmett , and all the supporters of the Irish Rebellion , for which he was forced to quit his country , aid in disguise take refuge iu England , wl _.-ere he continued his exertions in behalf of Liberty . He was one of the Petcrloo victims , and narrowly escaped the greatest penalty the law could inflict , for the part he took during the in . morable days of Hunt and Cartwright , through tlie machinations of spies and traitors . He was a ' member of the National Charter Association from its commencement , and a _feai-U'ss opponent of that arch traitor to his country , Daniel O'Connell . His conduct was always so unimpeachable that even the foul breath of Calumny was never able to utter a word against his religious , political , or moral character . He has died regretted' -by all good and honest men . ¦ r _:- _™ ' ¦ ' &? _.-.: ¦' :

      Printed By Dougal M'Gowan , Of Ig, Great Windmill-

      Printed by DOUGAL M'GOWAN , of IG , Great Windmill-

      , -Iiiy--., In Tne Uity Or Westminster, ...

      , -iiiy--., in tne uity or _Westminster , at tna Office , in thc saute Street and Parish , for the Proprietor , FEARGUS O'CO . NNOR , Esq ., and published by Wi __ i- _ . Hewitt , of No . 18 , Charles . treat , Bran _, _don-strect , Walworth , in the parish of St . Mary , Newington , in the Ceuntyof Surrey , at fl . oOffice , No * * *» , Great Windmill .-treot , Ilayniarket , iu tho City _offf-. t _* jnitt-tcr , Sa t urday , May i 6 tb . 1847 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 15, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_15051847/page/8/