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      indicted for a burglary in . the dwelling-house oi Mary Morrison , with intent to steal her goods and chattels . —Mr , Ewart prosecuted , and Mr . Horry defended tho prisoners . —The charge was clearlv _established by tbe evidence . The prisoners were found upon the spot , when an alarm was given , and -one of them threw away a crowbar , and the other had skeleton keys and a life-preserver in his _possession . —Mr . Horry addressed the jury , and called a witness who said that Jones lodged in his house and he had never heard anything against his character . He also said that on the night of the burg lary that prisoner was very drunk , and he went out to take a "walk to sober himself . —The jury returned a verdict of guilty against both prisoners . —Michael Hajdon , -one ofthe Citv nolice . said he knew Jones as the

      constant associate of thieves ; and he likewise said that -the man who had been called to speak to his cha-. raeter kept a house which was open all night for th < - reception of badcharacters , and three ofhis sons were also convicted thieves . —The Common Sereeant , upon this statement being made , ordered the witness to character into custody , and he was placed In the dock by the side ofthe other prisoners . —Mr . Horry asked what offence the witness was charged -with " ?—The Common Sergeant told him he had no business to interfere . —Mr . Horry said he was _requested by the witness to do so , and on his behalf he wished to know what he was charged with ?—The Common Sergeant said that at present he was committed for contempt of court , and they would consider what proceedings should subsequently be taken . He remarked at the same time , that nothing was more mischievous than these false characters , for judges and jurors were so repeatedly deceived , that a really honest man was frequently deprived ofthe

      benefit of the character to which he was justly entitled . The prisoners , who had been convicted , were then sentenced to be transported for ten years . Robbery . —George Thomas Bember , a gentlemanly-looking man , surrendered to take his trial for stealing a sovereign , the property of Henry England . The evidence -proven that the prisoner , who was known to the prosecutor , had met him in a public-house ( where both parties were known ) , and asking the prosecutor to treat him , he did so , and put down a sovereign to pay the reckoning , which prisoner took up and put in bis pocket , first saying he had not got it , and then that he had no money . The police were called , and the sovereign was found in ids pocket . Both ofthe parties had been drinking , and the magistrate before whom the charge was beard refused to commit the prisoner , but left the prosecutor to go before the grand jury and obtain a bill of indictment for the offence , which he did . —The jury said , they believed the affair to have been done out ofa lark , and acquitted the

      prisoner . Thisterminatedthe business ofthe session , which has been an extremely heavy one , 350 prisoners having been tried . The _' wwrt 5 t » wl 3 adjourned until Monday , Mav the 7 th .

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      _MOSDAY , APBJt 16 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . - Tbe House re-assembled this day , after the Easter recess . The Speaker took the chair shortly before four o ' clock . _Kotices of Motion . — The following notices of motion were given : —Lord J . Russell , on this day week , to move for leave to bring in a bill to amend the Irish Poor-Law Act—The _Soucitob-Gensbal , on the same day , to submit a similar motion with respect to the act for facili _t ating the sale of incumbered estates in Ireland . —Mr . H . Drtjmmond , on Thursday , the 26 th instant , to move for a _committer of the whole House to consider the expediency of redistributing the taxation of the country , with a ¦ view to relieve the poorer classes . —Major Black all , on this day week , to call the attention of the House to the state of Ireland ; and Mr . H . Berkeley on "Wednesday , the 2 nd proximo , to move for leave to bring in a bill , enacting vote by ballot for tin election of members to serve in Parliament .

      _Colojjiai . AFiMms . — Mr . Scott , pursuant to notice , moved for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into « ne political and financial relations between Great Britain and her dependencies _, ¦ with a view to reduce the charges on the British treasury , and to enlarge the functions of the colonial legislatures . The honourable gentleman , in a speech of considerable duration , proceeded to refer to the large amount ofthe export trade from the mother country to her cdonies , to the increased amount of taxation levied on the colonists above that of thc fiime population , to the expenses attendant upon the governments ofthe colonies , all of which results were the consequence of home interference with the charters bv which the colonies were founded : and

      contended that at the period when they were so well and cheaply governed there was no colonial system , when they prospered there was no colonial officethat it was not until the folly and' madness of British statesmen had forced the mother country into a war with her own colonies , and that a " minister of war and for the colon es" bad been appointed , _« title which had been well sustained , lor by war _England lost the colonies which she once possessed , and by war she retained those which the now held , the two causes which led to thc former resn _' t be ' ns the imposition of taxes and altering constitutions with mt the consent of the colonists , the precise course in operation under the administration of the present Secretary of the Colonial Department

      towards those who were within the pale of the British dominions , nevertheless were without the pale of the British constitution . The constitution of the British colonies ought to be counterparts of that of the mother country , and indeed so they were ; they had charters , legis'ative counci's _, and assemblies , but the * e was this remarkable difference , that the practice was opposed to the theory , for _though such assemblies there were , tbose who presided in them were the nominees of the governor , many appointed by bim , and others holding situations at his pleasure , and who were often found in opposition to thc just claims of thc great body of the colonists . The hon .

      member , after referring generally to emigration aud other colotda' questions , concluded by expressing bis conviction that the colonists as a body were loyal subjec T s ; but if disaffection did anywhere exist it had arisen from the feeling that the trust reposed in the Colonial-office had not been exercised in such a manner as to merit the confidence or win the regard of the colonists , and called upon the government , ere it was too late , to pause in the course they were pursuing , or else the feelings of _thess communities _wou'd be alienated from her Majesty ' s rule , and they would seek for succour from some ether source . Mr . Hume seconded the motion .

      Mr . Ha wes expressed his regret that fhe House did not appear ( presumed from the very limited number of members present ) to take that interest in this important question which he could have desired , but he thought the hon . gentleman must take the blame to himself for having proposed a motion which was altogether beyond the grasp of a committee , involving as it d'd an inquiry the te-mination of which no member of the present House of Commons could ever hope to see . On this ground , therefore—not that he undervalued the importance of tha subject , or denied that a committee on special colonies might not be advantageous _' y appointed , but because it was perfectly impossible for a commit'ee ofthat House usefully to discharge functions so great and various

      as those now tuggested to be imposed upon it—he should give a decided negative to the motion . The hon . tentlemaa then proceeded to take what he termed a glance at the present colonial systcm ofthe country , but which in effect proved an elaborate review of the whole subject of colonial affairs , in reference to tiie existing system—to those colonies where free institutions existed , to those that were in a state of transition and progress for the development of such institutions , and to those to which , from the _peculiar ities of their state and condition , it was impossible to extend them ; the result of the details , showing that out of the whole colonies of Great Britain—forty-three in number—twenty-seven either possessed representative forms of government , or

      had had them recently conceded to them by the Secretary of the State . Throughout the whole of them , there was as free a preis without a single exception ; they had trial by jury generally , and in those possessing representative institutions they had the entire control of the public purse . The hon . gentleman then painted out subjects which had led to angry collisions between the colonial-office and various colonies _, but for which the House of Commons and the country at large , and not the colonial-office , was responsible , viz ., the abolition of slavery , five trade , and the waste lands question in New South Walt ? s ; and urged that the complaints of the colonies with respect to the operation of these measures upon them , were discussed unfairly when everything of which they complained was attributed tothe administration

      of colonnl affairs by the colonial-office , and nothing attributed to the policy which it ' wat the business of that office to carry out . After defending t _* e appointment of governors made by Earl Grey , and eulogising ' the conduct of the aristocratic _governors , Lo d Elgin , Lord Harris , and Lord Torrington ; and referring to the subject of emigration , the hon . gentleman concluded by expressing bis belief that if colonies were to exist , and the commerce of the country maintained it was absolutely neces ary to _k-ep up the police of the seas , and that the only effect of impairing the-naval force employed on this service -would be to expose the colonial trade to danger . He hoped he should never see tbe day when , from mere mercenary , considerations , anything should be done which won ' . d lead to the dismemberment of the tfolonial empire .

      The debate was continued b y Messrs . Gl . vbtonb , _Manglus , Hume , and Anstky , Sir W . _Moles--flroRTH _, and Major Blackall ; and after a reply from Mr . Scott , the House divided , when the motion was _negatived by 81 to 31 . A conversation took place upou a motion of Mr . Mackinno . v , for _tjie appointment of a select committee on the removal of Smiibfield Market , which was ultimately agreed

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      Upon the order ofthe day for going into Commit-* " _£ A _& _moiri , aa aa amendment that an ad * ress be presented to her Majesty , on the subject of certain illegal ordinances or acts of council for the taxation of the people of Van Diemen ' s Land the attem pts of Lieutenant-Governor Sir William Hemson to in timidate the judges of the supreme court of that island into declaring such ordinances or acts to be legal , and the grievances complained of by the colonists of that island in their petition presented last veir to her Majesty , and printed by order of this

      House ; and that her Majesty might be pleased to direct the local authorities in future to respect the independence of the judicial funcions of that court , and also to signify her disallowance of any ordinance or act subsequently passed by the said lieutenantgovernor in council ! for giving to such illegal ordinances or acts the force of law . ln support of this _motion , the honourable aud learned gentleman spoke for nearly an hour ; but no one seconding it , the original motion was put and carried , whereupon the House went , pro formal , into committee of supply . The House having resumed ,

      Mr . Hawjss said that the conclusion of Mr . Anstey _' s motion was unexpected by him , and he regretted it , inasmuch as he had wished to say _something in defence of the conduct of the lieutenantgovernor , in reference to which the conclusions at which he had arrived wore different from those expressed by Mr . Ansfey . He was sorry that the firms ofthe House _precluled him from replying to the honourable and learned gentleman . Mr . Duncan thought that if the honourable gentleman was so very anxv us to defend the governor , he might have seconded the motion , and in the midst of the merriment created by this suggestion the House adjourned , at _twelve o ' clock .

      TUESDAY , April 17 . HOUSE OF _COMMONS . _—LAxn-sn Property ( Ireland ) . —Mr . Sadleib , pursuant to notice , called attention to the legal impediments to the sale of landed property in Ireland , and to the facilities wliich might he afforded for its free transfer , which were indispensable , he observed , before capital and agricultural science could be applied to develope the resources and promote the industry of that country . All the circumstances which governed , and to a certain extent obstructed , the transfer of land in this eountry existed in Ireland in an aggravated shape , without their attendant advantages . There were , in addition , peculiar obstructions incideut to the

      transfer of Irish landed property , which exercised a most pernicious effect upon thc agricultural interests ofthe country , arising from the complex character of titles , tho absence ofa power to foreclose , the continuance of old encumbrances , the complication which these encumbrances , repeatedly transferred and subdivided , imported into _ Irish conveyancing , the imperfect system of registration , and tho want of any registration system for charges upon land . These and other embarrassments , and the litigation to which they gave birth , deteriorated the value of landed property n Ireland , and deterred prudent purchasers . The Encumbered Estates Act of last

      session imposed new burdens upon mortgagees who desired to transfer their securities , and every attempt to remedy the evils he had described by the operation of that act , and through the machinery of the Court of Chancery , must fail . He gave various examples of the tedious , involved , and costly nature of that machinery , at once oppressive and inefficient , and he recommended the appointment of a local board , or commission , with comprehensive functions , empowered to administer a simple system , whereby tho questions which hampered Irish titles might bo got rid of , and a parliamentary title be conferred on purchasers , the transfer and hypothecation of estates being made cheap , easy , and expeditious , so that land might become a

      readily convertible security . Mr . badlcir gave some curious examples of the extraordinary aud peculiar tenures under which land was held in Ireland , and the conditions upon which leases wero granted . Among other instances he adduced the following : — Honourable gentlemen wore under tho impression that all leases for lives in Ireland were renewable for ever , as in England , upon payment of a fine _gencnll y equal to half a year ' s rent , the delivery ofa pair of roast fowls , or a peppercorn ; but he had one in his possession renewable for ever upon the fall of each life , on the condition that the tenant

      deliver to the l andlord as much " parliament whisky" as would make one hundred and seventytwo glasses of strong whiskey punch . ( A laugh . ) He asked the House whether this was a description of tenure which ought to be tolerated , or permitted to exist for one hour , in a civilised country , where there had been a great temperance movement , peculiarly honourable to the Irish people . ( Hear , hear . ) The lion , member attacked the government upon its backwardness in devising measures of bold policy for the amelioration of the social condition of Ireland , and concluded by moving his motion .

      The _Solicitoh-Gexeral apprehended that the motion was intended for the purpose of calling the attention ofthe House to those subjects whichformed the staple of the speech with which it had been introduced , and that the hon . gentleman did not mean seriously to press the subject further . He freely admitted that the inconveniences which arose from the manner of conducting business at present in the Courts of Chancery , both in England and Ireland , ought to be remedied , and although considerable steps had been taken in this country , much yet remained to be done . With respect to the bill of which he had given notice of moving for leave to introduce , for facilitating the sale of estates , all he would now say was , that the attention of the government in preparing that measure had been

      earnestly and carefully directed to all the points to which tho hon . gentleman lved referred , as well as to various others which had not been particularly enumerated . There was a mistake , however , in supposing that concentrated evils could be removed by the production of one measure , but by a series of measures , aiding and assisting each other . His firm belief was that a foundation mi g ht be laid of great prosperity in Ireland , far exceeding that which was ever known in that country . Mr . J . O'Coxnell was glad to hear that it was intended to bring in a bill to remedy the evils complained of as to the sale of the landed property , as well as other measures , but could not draw an omen of the efficiency or success of them from the phraseology which the hon . and learned gentleman had used in reference to them .

      At the suggestion of an hon . gentleman the House was counted , when , only , thirty-one members being found present , it stood adjourned at half-past seven o ' clock .

      WEDNESDAY , Afihl 18 . nOTJSE OP _COMMONS . —Public Roads Bill . —Mr . Coknewall Lewis inovcd the second reading of thc Public Roads Bill . Mr . B . Desisos moved , as an amendment , that the bill be read a second time that day six months . He was as anxious as any one could be to have turnpike trusts and public roads p laced on a better footing than that now occupied by them ; but the present measure , introduced with that view , was so defective in the machinery by which it proposed to effect its object , that he felt himself constrained to offer it every opposition in his power . Mi * . Rice supported the motion for the second reading of the bill , regarding it as a measure forced

      upon the government by the exigency ofthe case . After speeches from Sir J . Paring-ton , SirW . Joliffe , and Mr . Bankes , Mr . C . Lewis proceeded at great length to detail the course which had been taken in the preparation of the last and the present bill , stating that , after due * consideration of all the arguments and opinions that had been offered on the one side and on the other , the government came to the determination that it was desirable , on grounds of economy as well as with a view to efficient management , that the two classes of roads should be consolidated under one general act . Turnpike-roads were nothing more than roads which had been taken arbitrarily by persons locally interested , for which private acts had been long before obtained , but which did not cease to be highways when the funds derived from tolls were found to be insufficient to maintain them , because , in th . it case , recourse was at once had to the highway rate . Since the

      introduction of railways , however , those roads , which were before the main lines of communication , had suuk in the scale , and had become mere means of communication between nei ghbouring parishes , whilst many hig hways abutting upon railway stations had become some of the most important means of communication in the country . On these grounds it was thought that the distinction between turnpike-roads and hi g hways had been effaced , and had rendered it expedient that the legislature , looking to the future , should do away with the distinction which , being founded on previously existing circumstances , no longer prevailed . The hon . gentleman then proceeded to review the monetary condition ofthe trusts , and the executive powers which controlled them contending that , if the officers who would be displaced by the present measure were entitled to _compensation , it could only be derived from the tolls : otherwise it would convert the con *

      templated economical scheme mto a very expensive proposition . In conclusion , the hon . gentleman said he was ready to refer the bill to a select committee . Sir R . Pbel considered that the House was under considerable obligations to the hon . member for the great attention he had paid to thc subject , for the bringing forward ofa measure not necessarily connected with the executive duties of his office , but which task he had undertaken in consequence of what he thought was expected from public men . The ri ght ion .-baronet then proceeded to state the objections entertained to the bill by those who were devoid of any personal interest whatever in thc question , and to point out the hardship which would result from one set of parties being made liable for the default of other parties , citing as his text two districts , the one agricultural , the other

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      manufacturing , in Lancashire *; stating th at he could not give his assent to a measure which in its present shape would inflict so much injustice . The House would be acting in opposition to a princip le which ought ever to be considered sacred , if tney Erevented parties who discharged their duties onestly from reaping the advantages resulting from their labours , but selected them as the parties who ought to he made responsible for the debts of the insolvent . He was of opinion that the honourable gentleman had not met the main objections preferred against the bill . He proceeded to take several exceptions to thc measure , but would vote for its second reading , on the understanding that the whole question would be open to the select

      committee to which it should be referred . Mr . Hume advised the withdrawal of the bill , satisfied that there was but little chance of its passage this session . —And after some further discussion , Sir George Grey observed that , as the progress ofthe discussion had shown that ihe opinion of the House was adverse to the princi ple ofthe bill , which was that of combined management of the trusts and highways , as well as _tcits details , no good could come from reading it a second time , and then referring it to a select committee . He would therefore propose the withdrawal ofthe bill , but , in doing so , could certainly hold out no hope that a substitute for it would be introduced during the present session . Tho bill was then withdrawn .

      On the motion for the third reading ofthe Affirmation Bill , Mr . Goclburn called the attention of the House to the dangerous princi ple ofa bill which left it optional to a man to be examined on oath or not * and distinguished between a general enactment and exemptions in favour of particular sects . He specified various practical evils likely to result from the bill , especially in the administration of justice in criminal as well as civil cases and he moved that it be read a third time that day six months . Mr . Wood , who had charge of the bill , explained the successive relaxations of the law with relation to this subject , and its existing position , which subjected conscientious objectors to an oath because they did not hold some particular heresy , and in such cases robbed the public of the benefit of evidence . The Legislature had dealt practically with

      this subject , providing a remedy whenever a grievance occurred , and the practical evils and absurdities of the present state of the law rendered this further relaxation absolutely necessary . Mr . Henley declared that the arguments urged by Mr . Wood in support of the bill had confirmed rather than removed his ( Mr . Henley ' s ) objections to it . Experience showed that men spoke ' loosely when not under the obligation of an oath . Mr . Wood had not placed the bill upon tho footing of a measure to relieve conscientious scruples . Tho next must be to do away with oaths altogether . The House having divided , the third reading was carried hy 70 to 46 . On the question that the bill do pass , Captain Harris spoke for the few minutes intervening betwixt the division and six o ' clock , when the House , by rule , adjourned .

      THURSDAY , Afbil 10 . HOUSE OF LORDS . — The Armv in India . — The Marquis of Lansdowne gave notice that on Tuesday next he would move the thanks of the House to the Governor-General , the Commanderin-Chief , and the officers and army of India , for the late successful operations in the Punjaub . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —TnE Army in India . — Sir < _T . C . Hobhouse gave notice that on Tuesday , the 24 th instant , hc should propose a vote of thanks to the Governor-General and the army in India , for their services in the recent military operations in the Punjaub .

      Navigation Laws . —The Navigation Bill was proceeded with , some amendments being agreed to , and others postponed or withdrawn , the third readin _» of the bill being fixed for Monday next . The Rate in Aid . — Tho House then resolved itself into committee , the Chancellor of the Exchequer concluding a speech descriptive of the state of distress existing in several of the unions , by moving , that a sum not exceeding £ 100 , 000 be advanced out of the Consolidated Fund , on the security of the rate in aid , for the purpose of being applied to the relief of the distressed unions in the West of Ireland .

      Mr . Home asked whether this sum was to be advanced before the Rate in Aid Bill had received the sanction of Parliament . Was thore to bo a rate in aid or an income tax ? Lord J . Russell replied to the hon . gentleman that it was the firm determination of the government to proceed with the Rate in Aid Bill . Should it be , however , thrown out , he must bow to that decision , but should not authorise any further advance from the Treasury , should such a result ensue . There was now about £ 0 , 000 of the £ 50 , 000 grant unexpended , which would all be gone before tho bill could receive the royal assent , *

      at the same time , it would be inconsistent with his duty to leave destitute those unions which now required £ 5 , 000 a week because of an accidental delay in passing the bill . Mr . H . Herbert , in a speech of considerable length against the principle of a rate in aid , moved to leave out all the words from the resolution after "distressed unions in Ireland , " with the view of substituting the following , " and , in consideration thereof , that an income and property tax be assessed on incomes and property in Ireland , not liable to income and property tax under the act 11 and 12 Vic , c . 8 . "

      Mr . F . French was opposed both to the original motion and to the amendment . Mr . J . _O'Connell condemned both propositions , as being most unjust to Ireland , but of the two would support that of the government , as calculated to afford more immediate relief , for even while these subjects were debating , human life was being sacrificed in that country . Captain Jones would support the amendment . Mr . R . M . Foxopposed both propositions , though he should prefer an income tax , because then they would have the chance of only one tax being imposed permanently instead of two . Colonel Rawdon said he should vote against both motion and amendment , because _, such were the peculiar circumstances attendant upon Irish property as to render it impossible that any additional burdens could be borne , or any increase of taxation paid by tho people .

      Mr . Horsman , in a powerful speech , also opposed both propositions before thc House ; hc could not support the amendment , and he was one of those who considered that what Ireland wanted was not a rate in aid , but a policy . Major Blackall cordially approved ofthe amendment , without which he should have abstained from voting . The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lord Jons Russell , replied to tho various arguments adduced in opposition to the rate , while Mr . Disraeli made an onslaught on both in particular , and thc government generally , after which Colonel Dunne moved the adjournment of the debate , some observations from Lord Castlereagh following , expressive of liis regret that the amendment was persevered in , although he was perfectly willing to enter into thc question of increased taxation for Ireland , provided it were imperial and not local assessment .

      On a division , thc motion for adjournment was negatived by a majority of 129 , the numbers being seventy-seven to 206 . Mr . Sadlier then moved that the chairman report progress , as many lion , members were desirous of speaking on the subject , to which proposition Lord John Russell yielded , but reminded Irish members , that by postponing their decision , they increased the difficulty of providing the means for the relief of the existing dist ' ess . The debate was then adjourned to this day . The further proceeding in the committee with the Landlord and Tenant Bill was postponed ; and a debate being about to arise on the question that the Affirmation Bill do pass , it stood postponed until Wednesday next , and the House adjourned .

      Friday , April 20 . __ HOUSE OF COMMONS , —After some explanations from the Chancellor of the Exchequer upon financial matters , and from Lord Palmerston respecting Sicilian affairs , the House went into committee of supply , and voted certain sums on account of navy estimates , Mr . Fitzroy having withdrawn a preliminary objection to " votes on account" generally , which led to a short discussion . The Rate in Aid . —The Houso went into Committee on the distressed unions in Ireland , whereupon the adjourned debate upon Mr . H . Herbert ' s amendment to tho motion submitted by the Chancellor of the Exchequer for an advance of £ 100 , 000 on the credit of the rate in aid , was resumed by Mr . Sadleib , who opposed both the motion and the amendment , regarding it as impolitic in the present state of Ireland , to lay any new tax upon that country .

      After some observations from Mr . Clements in favour of the amendment , from Mr . Rice in support of the rate in aid with some modifications , and from Mr . Scully and Colonel Dunne , who supported neither , Mr . Bankes explained his reasons for objecting to the Ministerial proposition of a rate in aid . ' Sir L . O'Brien followed in opposition to the rate but ready to vote for an income tax , if the government would say , on its responsibility , that it was necessary .

      Mr . M'CuLLAOn supported the proposition of the Government , and , in doing so , took occasion to refute the statements made , on the previous evening , by Mr . Horsman , to whom ho paid some very equivocal compliments , and to dissect thc evidence ot Mr . _Iwisleton , on which those statements were , in some _degree , based . He then , addressing himself to the general question , took a rapid survey of the present state and real wants of Ireland , expressing his conviction that no poor-law , however well digested , would alone suffice to meet thc evils of that country . The present property system of Ireland had much to do with the misery tfhich

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      _weighed upon it , arid he implored the landlords , for their ow well as for their country ' s sake , to make those exertions for their country ' s resurrection without which no legislative remedy would Mr Martin was in favour of the rate in aid , _thinking that tho time had arrived when Ireland should make a separate exertion for her own relief . Mr Stafford treated the income-tax as tho less of two evils , especially as it would press with but little severity on a class on which the rate in aid would weigh heavily . . . Mr . _Gbooas was opposed , on principle , to the rate in aid , and regarded the amendment submitted by Mr . Herbert as a flank movement at once objectionable and uncalled for . Both would meet with his ;

      opposition . Viscount Castlereagh was p laced , by the course pursued by the government , in an embarrassing position . He wished the noble lord at the head of the _"overnment to explain what additional taxation he intended to propose for Ireland in the event of the proposition for an income-tax prevailing in the House . Without such an explanation , he and others were called upon to take a leap in the dark . Lord John Russell declined giving any further explanation than had been already offered by him to the House . The Committee then divided , and the numbers

      were—For the amendment lid Against it 194 Majority against ... 48 The amendment was therefore rejected . Tho Committee then divided upon the original motion ( lor the advance of £ 100 , 000 on the credit ofthe rate in aid ) , and tho numbers were—For the motion ... ... ... 201 Against it 106 Majority for —95 The other business was disposed of , and the House adjourned .

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      DEPUTATION OF IRISH MEMBERS TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL . A numerous attendance of representatives from Ireland took p lace on Wednesday at Downing-street , pursuant to the request of Lord John Russell , to hear the views entertained by the government on the subject of Irish taxation and the rate in aid . Among those present were Lord Rildare , Lord Castlereagh , Sir D . Norreys , Sir A . Armstrong , Lord Milton , Sir J . Young , Lord Newry , Sir R . Howard , Colonel Rawdon , Sir E . M'Naghten , Lord J . Chichester , Sir W . Somerville , Sir h . O'Brien , Sir E . Hayes , Sir T . Burke , Messrs . Stieil , Herbert , Monsclt , Archdall , Dawson , R . Bourke , M'Cullagh , Tenison , Cole , French , Maxwell , Bateson , Tennant _, J . O'Connell , M . J . O'Connell . Devereux , Moore , Ffolliot , Keating , St . George , Bruen O'Flaherty , M . Power , Blackall , Jones , Sullivan , Dunne , Buller . Bellew , Fox , Browne , Magan , Scully ,

      Alexander , Green , Lawless , Meagher , Sadleir , Leslie . At a few minutes after eleven o ' clock , Lord John Russell , accompanied by thc Chancellor ofthe Exchequer , and Sir George Grey , entered the room . Before entering upon the business for which the deputation had been called together , Mr . J . O ' Connell complained ofthe treatment a deputation on behalf ol Mr . Duffy had recently received from Lord Clarendon , and also of the report of the meeting which appeared in the Times newspaper . Lord J . Russell , however , declined to g ive an op inion one way or the other . Mr . Tennant , and Mr . O Flaherty , supported the views of Mr . O'Connell , and Viscount Castlereagh added : — With reference to what fell from Mr , O'Connell , I believe people are now getting pretty well aware of the one-sided nature of the reports in the Times with respect to Irish matters .

      Lord J . Russell—I will now refer to the object for whieh I have requested the gentlemen present to meet to-day . It is an extraordinary step which I have taken thus to ask Irish members of all partics to attend me here . I have to apologise for any trouble which I may have given to them ; but I really thought it might be of great advantage to them and to their constituents that we should know as members of the government what the views of the Irish members are . You will recollect that in tlie early part ofthe session the Chancellor of the Exchequer moved for a grant of £ 50 , 000 to relieve distress in certain parts of Ireland , in which there was great suffering , and in which there did not appear to be local means sufficient for the relief of

      those districts . In doing so we followed the course which had been taken in 1822 , and some subsequent years , and which had been taken in 1840 , 1847 , and 1848 . It was objected , and objected not solely by members of one party , but objected by gentlemen whose names will occur to you , to whom I do not wish to refer as not being present , but members of the House of Commons of very different political parties , that it was plain that the evil was increasing —that it was not an occasional relief which was sought , but that it was a relief going on from year to year , to be paid out of the imperial exchequer for Irish distress . They therefore thought that there should be some explanation given , or some course adopted by wliich the House of Commons should

      be enabled to see what were the prospects for the future , and some of them expressed their hope that no further grants would be required . I was asked especially by a gentleman who is the leader on the opposite side of the house , to state that this was intended to be the last grant . I said I certainly could not pledge myself that this should be the last grant proposed by tho government , because we must act according to circumstances , and in any extraordinary degree of distress which could not be otherwise relieved , we would not preclude ourselves from asking for a grant for that purpose . However , the opinion , I think you will allow , in the House of Commons generally was that there ought to be some course adopted by wliich grants having been made for several years , and the prospect being very uncertain as to the sufficiency of local funds for the next year and the year after , there should be some

      contributions made from Ireland more than was made in the last year for the purpose ofthe relief ivf Irish distress . Now there were two ways by which this could be effected ; the one was , putting on a special tax or a special rate on Ireland for the occasion , making it limited in point of time , limited in point of amount , and leaving thc country at tho end of that time with the immediate want supplied , and without at all raising a precedent that should be injurious for the future . On the other hand , it was said that such a precedent would be most injurious—that it would be a separation of Ireland , wliich was contrary to the principies ofthe Union—that the way in which the rate was proposed to be raised would make it press more severely upon one class of persons and upon one kind of property than upon others ; and that the better course was to consider whether there were

      any taxes which were paid in Great Britain , and were not paid in Ireland , to wliich Ireland might be fairly called on to contribute ; and then in the contemplation of such taxes to make such grants as were required in peculiar exigencies , whether they occurred in the west of Ireland , or whether they occurred in-the Hi g hlands of Scotland , or in any other part ofthe United Kingdom , from the Imperial Exchequer . Tho proposal which the government made was founded upon the first of these two views ; but , upon the proposition being made , an amendment was moved by Major Blackall that there should be a property tax instead of that which was proposed . There was a very considerable division . The amendment was supported by a great number of Irish members , who were in favour ofthat view ; while , at the same time , I think many explained afterwards that what they wished to infer was , that they were against thc rate in aid , and not in favour of a property tax .

      Major Blackall . —Might I interrupt your lordship ? The question was , whether a rate in aid should be fixed upon all descriptions of property above a certain amount . Lord John Russell . —I quite admit that it might be considered that it was not in favour of an income tax , but in subsequent debates that view of the question has been very much pressed . Several gentlemen have said they should be ready to support an income and property tax , if it was thought advisable to extend it to Ireland , to be imposed upon thc same persons and to the same extent as it is in England , though they should not be willing to agree to the rate in aid . I may mention another suggestion which has been thrown

      out—indeed , I think a division was taken on it in the House of Commons—namely , that there might be a tax which would not be completely an income and property tax , but which would require contributions to be made from the funds and from the salaries of persons holding official situations , and not requiring any contribution from trades and professions . Now , I should say with regard to that proposition , that it has been always held , I believe , from the first imposition ofthe income and propertytax by Mr . Pitt in this country , and at all subsequent times , that you can take nothing in thc nature of a tax from the public funds , without a breach of faith , and that therefore the only way in which you can reach the public funds is by imposing a tax upon all kinds of income—income derived from the public

      funds as well as other sources . Therefore whatever m'ght be the expediency , and whatever might be the reasons in favour of such a tax as I have mentioned , it is one which I think no minister could propose for Ireland , indeed not for any part of the empire without immediately incurring on the part o tho fundholders an imputation of a breach ot faith and such objections it would bo impossible to over _, come . I therefore conclude that the alternative is cither a rate in aid of the nature wc have proposed , or some such proposition as I see notice has been given . of by Mr . Herbert , the member forthe county of Kerry , When wc propose a rate in aid , he proposes to leave out all the words after tlie words " distressed unions in Ireland , " in order to add the words , " And in consideration thereof , that an income and property tax be assessed on incomes and property in Ireland not liable to income and pro

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      perty tax under the act 11 and 12 Victoria , chap . 8 . ' That is that there should be a grant , and that that grant should not be charged on a peculiar income and property tax for Ireland , but that as there is such a grant to be made the income and property tax should be extended to Ireland . That I conceive is the meaning of that proposition . 3 _Sow , if this were a general tax affecting the United Kingdom , supposing the exigencies ot the public service required that there should be either a land tax imposed , or an income tax and property tax , it might be very fairly put before the House of Commons , they agreeing generally that the exigencies of the public service did require a tax to a certain amount , whether thoy would agree tothe one proposition , or j _, „ il . »« in < indl 2 Vio . _tnvia nhnn 8 "

      whether they would take the other . But in this peculiar case what I feel is that there might be a great majority of the Irish members in favour of Mr . Herbert ' s proposifion , that that mi ght in fact be the sense of the representatives for Ireland , but that the other proposition being supported by the government , being the government proposition , those who placed their confidence in the government voting for that proposition , there might be a majority of the House of Commons against that general sense ofthe Irish members . Such being the case , therefore , I wish to obtain f rom you some intimation , not immediately , but in the course of the next twentyfour hours , as to what would be the course of the Irish members , or tho majority of the Irish

      members , in respect to this proposition . I should not , however act fairly , and fully explain the intentions ofthe government , if I were not to say that , according to all the information which we have collected , both in the past year and the present year , with respect to an mcome and property tax upon the same classes and to the same amount as in England , if we were to make that proposition we should feel it necessary to accompany it with other propositions with respect to taxation in Ireland . When I so speak , I may at once declare that I do not conceive that there would be an objection in point of justice to the extension of the assessed taxes to Ireland , but I do think there would be an insuperable objection in point of wisdom and expediency , I think

      the reasons for which Lord Ripon thought it necessary to repeal the assessed taxes in Ireland were reasons which were very powerful at that time , but I think they are far more powerful at the present time . Therefore tho proposition I should make would not be an extension to Ireland ofthe assessed taxes , but we should , if we proposed to assent to Mr . Herbert's proposition for the extension of the income and property tax to Ireland , hold ourselves at liberty to propose an extension to Ireland of other taxes which are now paid in Great Britain , and which arc not paid in L'eland now , to a certain amount . The whole amount _. _vould not be more

      than we now expect to raise by the rate in aid . I have stated generally the view which the government take . I do hope by eleven o clock to-morrow morning , I may be informed of what thc course ia which at live o'clock the Irish members would generally take with respect to Mr . Herbert's motion . I shall now retire from this room , but it may occur to you that there may be some questions which you would wish to ask me , or some further explanation which you wish to have , and therefore 1 shall be in the room next to this , and if you will send me a message that you wish to see me any further , I shall be ready to attend you .

      An Hon . Member . —There is an answer at once to be given to your lordship . Lord J . Russell . —I think it better that I should

      retire . On Thursday , at a meeting of the Irish members convened for the special purpose of replying to the proposition of Lord John Russell , it was resolved * . — " That , as a body wo are not prepared to pledge ourselves to the adoption of any particular tax to be imposed upon Ireland . We are not unwilling to discuss any proposal for this purpose , upon its own merits , in the House of Commons ; but without hearing the arguments which might be adduced upon the question , and ascertaining the capability of Ireland to bear increased taxation , we could not be in a position to answer for our constituencies ; and , must , therefore , abstain from offering any opinion to the government as to the course which it might think proper to adopt . —( Signed ) Lucius O'Brien , Chairman . "

      Party Lying. To The. Editor Of The North...

      PARTY LYING . TO THE . EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sir , —Whigs and Tories are notorious liars . Falsehood and sophistry comprise their entire slock-in-trade . 0 / this there cannot exist two opinions . The one party differs not the shade of a shadow from the other . In corruption and misrule both factions live and move and have their being , while _patriotism and love of country ( much abused terms , ) are incessantly oozing from their polluted lips . A celebrated writer , who lived in the times when these * Bide and Tie men '

      did as they willed with poor Bull ( they not then having the fear of the Chartists before their eyes ) very appositely observed : — 'If a man might promote the supposed good of bis country by the blackest calumnies and falsehoods , our nation abounds more in Patriots than any other of the Christian world . ' Again , the same author says : — 'When we hear a Party story from a stranaer , we consider whether he is a Whig or a Tory that relates it , and immediately conclude they are words of course , in which the honest gentleman designs to recommend his zeal , without any concern for bis veracity , '

      I have been led to make these remarks from seeing in the - Star , ' of Sa : urday last , an old Partylie , extracted from a paper conducted , £ guess , by some drowsy we , ( cr fellow whh pigs in his belly ) who could not scratch anything original out of his box of cobwebs ; and , therefore , happening tofay his paw upon an old ' Leeds Mercury , ' he crawls out of his dilemma by thrusting into the hands of ihe wailing compositor a Par _' . y-lie , cut from that

      notoriously lying oracle , with full authority to said compositor to mould the same into a matter of fact . I am not finding fault with you or your assistants , for giving insertion to the fabrication ; because I know it is a ' clipping' from the shreds and patches of a contemporary ; and as the 'Northern Star * is the only paper that honestly chronicles both sides of a disputed subject , its insertion enables me to give a true version of the affair , and an expose of those * snoozing * dogs , aniwering to the name

      of * WE . The bit of _wu' history to which I allude is the following : — The Dog in Danger . —A . candidate for a seat iu parliament , entering the house ofa washerwoman in Yorkshire , shook hands with aU the inmates , not excepting a tittle Cinderella on the hearth , and nauseated Dame Suds with his fulsome courtesies . Kicking the dog which lay snoozing by the fire , "Get away wi' thee , " she cried : "he'llbo shaking- hands wi' thee next J " During the agitation of the Deform Bill , and subs ° quent to that spawn of Whiggery becoming the law of the land , 1 happened to be secretary to the Leeds Radical Reform . Association ; and as the

      vagaries of faction were then more than" ordinarily ludicrous , I could not avoid noticing the performance of their varied extravaganzas , which lacked nothing in the shape of falsehood , hypocricy , and malevolence . As will be remembered , Michael Thomas Sadler , the Anti-Malthusian , the opponent of the infernal New Poor Law , and the terror of the griping millocracy _, contested the election for the representation of the bricks and mortar of the borough of Leeds , against the nominees of Millowners and dissenting tub-men , of whom the

      'Leeds Muckery' was the mouth-piece . Amongst other equally veracious statements , ihe abeve cited story was communicated by the lying Editor to bis credulous readers , giving , in addition , the name of the candidate , and thc locale of - Dame Suds . ' On Sunday , the day after its appearance , I waited upon the recipients of the ' fulsome courtesies' and soon ascertained that « The Great Liar of the North ' had squeezed three thumpers into the brief space of half a dozen lines . 1 st . —The wife of the canvassed was ' not a ' washerwoman . '

      2 nd . —Neither she nor her children were accosted in the manner described . 3 rd . —No dog was ' snoozing by the fire . ' The good man of the house said he had not decided upon the candidate in whose favour he should tender his newly-acquired vote , until I read him the Mercurial , ' description of Mr . Sadler ' s visit , when he immediately exclaimed , ' At all events I cannot support a party driven to the necessity of inventing such barefaced and calumnious falsehoods . ' On the Monday our association bad convened a

      public meeting , when I took occasion to expatiate upon the rottenness of all systems requiring brute force , deceit , or falsehood , to sustain their exis tence , and instanced the above as indicative of the frail foundation on which faction rests , and the des-™ r . _»" . re 80 _" ed _^ by its adherents to accomplish their villanies . ' Mucker y . ' of course was dumb on th * Saturday _following He could n . _l _/ U a _-w _' t te h " 8 tor ? - anfl _^ _"fore silently pleaded _gu-lty to uttering a base lie to subserve a factious purpose .

      A . PARALLEL TO THE ' DOG IN DANGER . ' _aaitors employed on papers devoted to the service of party , seem to be all tarred with the same 0 n -3 h , Havirtg _exhausted ' their ignorance on the question of the Land , and proved beyond all dispute that I hey are as incapable of giving information on the subject as a cow is of dancing on the tight rope , they substitute lies for argument . It has recently gong the round of papers conducted b y these

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      ignoramuses that the Land Plan had proved an tire failure , and that the allottees on the n * _" * Dodford Estate had been necessitated to _appi / f * parochial aid ; while , the fact is , that not IL \ lottee is yet located on that estate , j s "' ' Northern Star' to one of those knowing « WE _' showing that none of the allottees had arrived Great Dodford—that the estate was not _prepay for their taking possession , and that , consequent ! ihe assertion reiterated by the ¦ plural umts , ' ¦> base , deliberate , and palpable lie . For pat , ' reasons tbe refutation could not be admitted it ? iftwrivnmnap * that _thu Land Plan had t ... _ . _j _^ _"

      their pure columns . No , ihe poor things are hiw to do dirty work . Their bread is purchased wi ? the wages of iniquity . They are trained in bias guardism ; but being too effeminate for the bro th . ' they play thc bull y armed with a goose _qi _{' mounted on a stool , and locked in a garret . ' I have seen several of those fellows who d ' j themselves ' public instructors , ' who , when _fy astray from their one idea , evinced tbe most co summate ignorance on the most ordinary topics .

      Talk of their giving instruction in agriculture ' Why , how many of them have set a potato , or ho- ( a turnip ? How many of these - Instructors' _coui _, distinguish a drill from a coffee mill , or a barro ' from a window sash ? Not many , I believe . As the Collective Wisdom is again sitting to de patch business , or kill time , I must not consun much space , but will conclude by another quotati : from thc * Spectator , 'illustrative ot the lying pt pensities of the wes' of his day , every word which is strictly app licable to tbe fraternity who the Party press in tbe year 1849 .

      He says , 'Party-lying is so very predomiti among us at present , that a man is thoug ht of princip les , who does hot propagate a certain sysi of lies . The coffee-houses are supported b y th * the press is choak'd with them , eminent authors ; upon them . ' What a moral nation ! Yours , truly , London , April 16 . W . Rider ;

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      Corn. Mask Lane, Monday, April 16.—The S...

      CORN . Mask Lane , Monday , April 16 . —The supply of _£ _„ _,- ., wheat this morning was very short , and taken off hst millers readily at a rise of t ' uUy 2 s pur qr upon last * u ! day's prices ; of foreign there was likewise less at _^ than tor some time past , and the Danish _blockade \? ' % German ports , caused a good trade in tine fjualit ' _ej ' _-. ' . similar advance . French flour readier s : ile , and ] S _[ , _' . per sack dearer . Grinding and fine _malting barley fj _, more buyers , anaMiy is hig her . j _*' mnll ratiler * Deans firmer , and white peas held « t _liij-her rates » without alteration . The arrival of forei gn oats ' la shorter , and likely to remain so for tlie present , we hail good trade at ls per qr more money than on Mond _. _tv h In cloversecd and tares very little doing . Linseed ' ca ! better sale . :

      Bbitish . —Wheat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red te * 5 s , ditto white , 40 s to 50 s , Lincoln , Norfolk , and y _? shire , red , 37 s to 44 s , Northumberland and Scotch ivt 37 s tolls , ditto red , 35 s to 4 L' s , Devonshire and Some * . shire , red , —s to —s , ditto white — to —s _, rye , _- ' ml barley , 25 s to 3 _o ' s , Scotch , 21 s _toi'b ' s , Malt ordinary J —s , pale 52 s to 56 s , peas , grey , new , 2 C 3 to Ms , inaj 4- 30 s , white , 24 s to 26 s , boilers ( new ) , 28 s to 30 s , beam l * > new , 21 s to 23 s , ticks _* 22 s to 24 s , harrow ,, 23 s to Wi j , ; . " 28 s to 30 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire , feed , ifis t , , ditto Poland and potato , 18 s to 22 s , Iienvitk ' ' Scotch , 18 s to 20 s , Scotch feed , 17 s to 2 is , Irish ftt , j f black , 15 s to 19 s , ditto potato , ISs to 23 s , linseed | _s- | 50 a to 52 s , rapeseed , Esses , new , _ilio' to jU _2 S per la ? i : raway seed , Essex , new , 20 s to 29 s per cwt , _rajw cut- ' to £ 4 10 s per ton , linseed , £ 0 10 s to £ 10 10 s per I _. ijiju ' ; per sack ot ' _- JSOlbs . ship , 32 s to 34 s , _tosvn , 4 Us to Us . Fokeig . v . —Wheat , — Dantzig , 4 Ss to 5 « s , Anha ! : Marks , 40 s to 45 s , ditto white , 44 s to 4 as _, _rumcriiniar

      40 s to 46 s , Rostock 42 s to 4 Ss _, Danish , _Ifolstuij Friesland , 36 s to 42 s , Pet « rsburgh , Archangel , and ' : ; 3 Ss to 42 s , _PoUsh Odessa , 3 Cs to 41 s , _Mariauojivli , anl ; dianski _, 35 s to 38 s , Taganrog , 34 s to 3 _ss , * 5 nuW { French , 38 s to 42 s , ditto white , 40 s to 43 s , _Salmica :: > 3 Cs , Egyptian , 24 s to 2 Cs , rye , 20 s to 28 s , barlev , _Wi-j _i and Itostock , 18 j to 22 s , Danish , 2 « s to 23 s , sial . : i 27 s , East Friesland , 17 s to 19 s , Egyptian , lCs tolls , _iW 10 s to _I 7 s , peas , white , 24 s to 28 s , new boilers ,:- 29 s , beans , horse , 'JOs to 2 Cs , pigeon , 25 s to 29 s , «¦ : tian , 21 s to 23 s , oats , Groningeii , Danish , _llreiuen . 1 - Friesland , feed and black , 14 s to 17 s , ditto , thick audi-17 s to 20 s , . Riga , Petersburg , Archangel , and . _Swedisli ' to 17 s , Hour , United States , per 1 ' JGlbs ., . _' _-. _!& w 25 s . ! ' . burg 21 s to 22 s , Dantzig and Stettin , 21 s to 23 s , _1 W 2801 bs ., 34 s to 36 s . Wednesdav , AprU 18 . —With very moderate _su-i ; , ' _:-grain , our market is very firm for every article — £ ¦ , country markets being on the advance . "

      Arrivals this week : —Wheat—English , 530 quarters reign , 8 , 79 U quarters . Barley—English , 1 . 140 ( matter ; reign 2 , 970 quarters . Oats—English , 5 , 550 quarters ; { 9 , 530 quarters . Flour , 1 , 170 sacks .

      CATTLE . _Ssi-TUFrEM > , Monday , April 16 ' . —Eren the time < i - considered , our market to-day was very scantily _su : ¦ - . with foreign stock , the general Quality of whieh wi £ rior ; yet the demand for it was in a very sluggish sv > barely last week ' s quotations . Tlie numbers of _bejg ceived fresh up from our grazing districts were agillL _^ tensive , and of very superior quality ; indeed , scare "'" ** ' second-rate bullock was on oft ' er . - Although the ar : ance of buyers was large , and the dead markets _ne-r ; cleared of their last week's supplies , the beef trade ,. i to the heavy supply , was by no means active . _llmtA ' _--. fair average portion ofthe beasts were dispose . ] ' ,. ' prices about equal to those obtained on Monday las :

      the highest general quotation for beef did not exceed per 8 ms . Beef is new selling at fully ls , mutton . lamb , 8 d , veal , Od to Sd , and pork , Sd to lOd , per it neath the prices obtained at thc corresponding pen 1848 . There was a decided increase in the numb sheep , most of whieh were in good condition ; y mutton trade was tolerably steady , at Friday ' s in !; ment in value . The primest old downs in the " wool , ; from 4 s to 4 s 4 d , out of the wool 3 s I'd to 3 s lOd _pe Lambs were in good supply aud fair request , at _fros to 6 s 4 d per 8 Ibs . We ha _' d a bet ter sale for calw value of which had an upward tendency . In pit's ti ingly little business was transacted . Prices remainaltered .

      Head of Cattle at Smithfikld . Beasts .. .. 3 , 8921 Calves .. ,, Sheep .. .. 20 , 800 1 l'igs Price per stone of Slbs . ( sinking the offal ! Beef ,. 2 s 4 d to 3 s 6 d I Veal .. 3 s tid » Mutton .. 2 s 8 _d .. 4 s 4 d \ Pork .. 3 2 „ Lambs .. .. 0 s 4 d to Gs 4 d . Per Slbs . by the carcase . Newgate and Leadenhall , Monday , April ? .-l beef , 2 s 2 d to 2 s 4 d ; middling ditto , 2 s Cd to 2 s ii ; large , 2 s lOd to 3 s Od ; prime small , 3 s 2 d to 3 s U pork , 2 s lOd to 3 s 4 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s III to middling ditto , 2 s lOdto os Id ; prime ditto , 3 s dlw veal , 3 s _4 d to 4 s 2 d ; suuiU pork , 3 s 6 d to 4 s ' 'J ; < 5 s 2 d to 6 s 2 d .

      _PROVISIONS _Losnox , Monday . —The cold weather in tlio _Wslightly improved the demand for Irish butter , and ' business was done , at prices for the most part corres ing with the views of buyers . Foreign wis dull . _* best 2 s per cwt . lower Bacon . —Irish singed _sfc not freely dealt in , nor prices quite so firm . — Anwrica - steadily , at full prices . Of scalded middles , _loiv'l- ' - and short rib-in , and tierces , the same » i : iy be _« ;¦ Hams and lard in moderate request , at steady wte > English _Bittek , April 1 _C . —>* ot _» _vitIistainlin * j thep cold and backward spring weather , our trade is" »; but active ; but one good effect oi the culd weather * it helps off our remaiuiug stock of old butter , win ' ™' otherwise go to grease . Dorset , fine new , Ms _P" * ditto , middling , 78 s to ! Ms ; ditto , old , nominal : Buckinghamshire , l > s to lis per dozen ; ditto , \ Ve 5 tU-8 s to 10 s .

      FRUIT ASD VEGETABLES . _Covent _Gabdes , —The market is well supp lied wi : tables and fruit , but trade is very dull . _lWapp sufficient for the demand . Hot-house grapes are _vw _* and more plentiful . Nuts in general are _suthcientdemand . Oranges and lemons are p lentiful . * j vegetables , carrots and turnips are abundant , caw .-and broccoli , sufficient for the demand . _M Freneh beans , rhubarb , and seukale , are p _lentuw toes remain stationary . New potatoes begin to _ms- _^ appearance . Lettuces and other _salauing are su **' the demand . Mushrooms are plentiful . Cut _Desists of heaths , pelargoniums , camellias , g anleiiu _* _- _' . hyacinths , cinerarias , troptcolums , fuchsias , _amii"

      _-POTATOES . _. ; Socthwabk Waterside , April 1 G . —Our market i \< _- . scantily supplied with English potatoes ; l »« t » H "'" ' j . supplied with foreign growth , there- is »< j mU Ljj ., in prices . The following are this day ' s qjw ' . ; . Yorkshire Regents , _I 30 s to I 80 s ; Scotch ditto , i- »» . ditto whites , _WOs to 100 s ; French _whidfi , M- * BeU-ian , SOs to 90 s ; Butch , 100 s to UOs . _COLONIAL PRODUCE . . Londoh , Tuesday .-The weight of the _puW' ! _- _^ sugar to-day has caused a dull market , but _w . _^ the importers of Bengal , of « _hk-h the bulk L _"" _-,,, ; vented a decline beyond Od ; but half ot the I " _^ was bought in . 5 , 000 bags sold ; « i ) hhtls . oi _^ , and 1 , 500 bags Mauritius , also sold a sluu <¦ ' _^ the buyers . The refined market lias been _tim > ( i _- are Gd lower than last week * , grocery _b"" _!' ' ' . , &; > Coffee continues to wear a dull _aPF-Jf _*"; , _^"; public sale of plantation Ceylon did » ot , , m _ba-i r'i it chiefly consisted of damaged . ' _¦ _" " . Li . ks _* ( foreign ) sold b y private contract at _'JTs . « " " _, . under the late lu ' ghest point of ( lie mark" . , _^> Cocoa sold freely in public sale ; good « to 43 s _6 d . *

      COAL . , lji 0 _^ Lokdoh , Monday . —The March return ot _tjJJ _^ of London shows the quentity delivem . s : , V _;^ Office to be 160 , ( 142 tons , and by private ' _^' die " _, _- This gross amount is short of the _drlne _* _- } _jsin _* ; _- ,. ponding month of last year by _So _' _. _OW » _' jj _^ tj ' gross deliver / of coals only _ending _^ " ' " tons . WOOL . . . _^ 1 Cur , Monday , April 1 C . The _in ' l _' _'* ,, " _, I * . I don , last week , were 1 , 324 bales fron " _" > _tvitw , few bales from Germany , & c . W c a ' ? "„ , '• this _^ ofthe last season ' s clip from Australia . " _rfcot' *' mto the Mny gales . In the meiiutinu' "

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 21, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_21041849/page/8/