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      tent as to leave little of that pnn i pte of selt-governmeut which he —( E * rl Grey)—contended for . ( Ilear , hear . ) If the assembly was to decide npon thc internal affairs of the colony , and if when a difference of opinio a arose between the Secretary of State and the legislature , purely of _l-waleoncsrri / _the assembly , and not the Secretary of State , was to give way ; if that wis to be the rule , it followed that while you gave them representative government in name , you in _Bttustance refused . ( Hear , heir . ) He would not shrink from rtating that public opinion must govern in Nova Scotia as well as in England . Our fellowsubjectsin our North American colonies participated too much in our own feelings and spirit to tolerate in _Xbelongrunany othersystem . Toe noble Earl also _enirbaaks and

      tered ino the-case of Mr . _R- . contended thatthe Colonial Treasurer of Nova Scotia practically _hstdbisoffice _aithe p _leasureof the House Sf Assembly , *•*»« - * - _* thai bodyv _~ A * - « _£ \ ualVOte r _£ S £ ' _To'te _' cot _^ urioT the & _£ _. « _JS _2 & Z ** to _aontinne any v _? _«« . who was paid by the colony against the _SnTf _^ _lstnMyl ThebUIfor Mr . Fairbanks ' _SS _2 S _£ f not yet received the assent ofthe 3 _SwT « a the _correspandenee on the case was too _incomplete to be laid before tbe House . He should _fel deep regret if their Lordships , after hearing this exnlanation should be of opinion that he had acted erroneously ; but he could only repeat , that if be were again in the same situation , he should repeat the instructions which he had already sent forth .

      HOUSE OP COMMONS . _—Adjotjrjjmbnt for ihb Easieb Holidats . —Lord John Russell announced that if the Rate in Aid Bill should be read x second time by Friday , he should on that day move that the House resolve itself into a committee of the whole House , when he should further move that a sum not exceeding £ 100 000 be advanced on the credit of the Rate in Aid for the distressed naions in Ireland ; which resolution , if agreed to . lie ihoald propose to insert as a clause in tbe pill _, fiat on Wednesday the 4 th of April he should move _So journment of the House for tbe Easter recess until Monday the 16 th ; and on Monday next he ¦ hould move that on Thursday , the 19 th of April _, and every alternate Thursday after that day , orders _, should take precedence of nonces of motion . In answer to Mr . Slauey , the r . oble lord was understood to state , that he could not say when a bill -would be mtrbduced on the subject of the sanitary

      conditien ofthe metropolis . _¦; _Navigation Laws . —The House then went again into committee upon the Navigation Bill , beginning with clause 19 , the first of the reciprocity or retaliaiion clauses , and which enacts that the Queen may restrict the privileges of foreign ships in certain

      cases . , , Mr . J . L . Ricahdo objected to these clauses , contending that the scheme embodied in them was on principle obnoxious to all _tiw objections urged against Mr . _Bouverie ' splan . Mr . _Labocchehe defended the clauses , considering this portion ofthe bill to be an essential part of the whole measure . Mr . Herbiks attached no importance to these clauses ; they were , as be had said , a homage to the principle of reciprocity , but they would do no good , though they might do a great deal of harm . - The whole of tbe clauses ofthe bill having been gone through , after a slight discussion , Mr . Saxdars moved a new clause , the effect of which was to fix a period of three years before any retaliatory system was adVpted ; but Mr . Labouchere objectinghe withdrew it

      , The bill was then reported ; the report to __ be considered on Monday , upon the understanding that the bill would not bs read a third _tims until after Easter- _™ . „ Rate isr Aid Bill . —The House then proceeded to the order of the day for the second reading ofthe Poor Laws ( Ireland ) , Rate in Aid Bill . Mr . G . Hamilton moved thatit be postponed for six months , on the grounds that , _whilstthe relief proposed by the bill mig ht be afforded in a more constitutional manner , its principle was unjust ; that tiie measure would prove delusive and

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

      Mr . Cobby seconded the ' amendment , considerin ? that the bill was unjust in its principle , exacting a contribution from the people of Ulster , for example , who were perfectly ready . to support their own poor , but who knew that every farthing they paid would go to the poor of other provinces . He believed that a rate of 6 d . for two years , would be insufficient for the end in view , and if permanent or prolonged , it would break down the property and energies of _Iceland . Sir W . _SoMERviLL-t , assuming that relief was immediately called for to meet an emergency , had

      looked for some indication in tbe speech of Mr . Hamilton of the quarter whence such relief was to be obtained ; but he had looked in vaia . The hardship of imposicg this rate npon Ulster was complained of , and it had been asked what had Ulster to do with Connanght ? A . great deal } the misery of Connaught , unless relieved , would spread throughout the island . The mode of providing relief was the only question , and , as an Irish landlord , he preferred this to any other scheme proposed , regarding it at a temporary measure to meet what he hoped would be a transient evil *

      Lord _Jocslyk supported the amendment , not objecting to the _equal apportionment of taxation between the two countries , but objecting to a measure like this , unjust in its principle , and which he believed would increase—not

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

      - Mr . H . Herbert said , no one denied the existence of distress , in Ireland , or the necessity of relieving it , but he bad not heard one argument in favour of the mode in which it was proposed to afford relief . What he complained cf was , not taxation , but that ministers , with all their information , had . produced only this temporary measure to prop up a system , which , by their own confession , had failed . Mr . Herbert expressed his strong disapprobation of the language used in the north of Ireland ; but , in ex-! H £ e , ob 8 erved that the people- of that country had oeen taught oa many _occasions that this was the only language that would avail , and he advised tbe ministers not to screen themselves behind the disunions of the Irish people .

      Mr . P . Sckope defended the poor law against the attacks of Mr . French , and , with reference- to this bill , ' complained of the hurry which characterised the relief policy for ' Ireland ; and of which this was an example . ! Time wias neglected and palliatives were hastdy-applicd . -The evil of Ireland was-want of- employment ; the field of _employment _^ en in the vest , was tmlimited , yet make-shift measures were still resorted to . . He objected to a rate in aid on the ground that it was contrary to the principle ofthe poor law , which was local responsibility for local destitution . Take security from the lands of Connaught for the pauperism of Connaught , which would effect the great good of a change ofa nominal _fer a real proprietary .

      Sir J . Walsh reiterated tbe reply to the old arguments of Mr . Scrope , that his proposition was one for the confiscation of property . The insufficiency of this measure refuted the argument derived from its necessity ; the evidence before the committee showed that the rate must be permanent , and there was yet no symptom of remedial measures . Sir John discussed the plantation scheme of Sir R . Peel , suggesting objections to it as a remedy for the real evil , the bankrupt state ofthe occupiers . Sir George -Grey had thought that two points _Lsd been established in previous debates : first , that there was an amount of distress in some of the

      western unions of Ireland which required extraneous relief to preventthe people fromstarving . Secondl y , that _£ his relief should come not from imperial resource * ' _, butfrom Ireland . Tbe last point had not been fsogenecall yadmittedto-ni g ht ; those who opposed the bill had _proposed either to withhold all assistance , or to _deaw it altogether from the imperial resources . . Sir George then replied to the objections of-Mr . _Haaylton , asking if , as he argued , it was unjust that _Ulster should -relieve the poverty of Con-• naught , how « ould it be ju * £ that the taxpayers of lhe united kingdom should _contribute to that relief ?

      _Eagland and Scotland , however ,, did contribute a Tate in aid , in tbe shape of poor rates , ' on account Of & jfeh paupers . He replied to the objection , that no Mjaedial measures were proposed , by referring to the pled given fay the government to alter the poor laws , for which object committees wore now collecting evidence . He denied the averment of Mr . Herbert , that they were sheltering themselves behind the want of unanimity in Ireland , and he answered shortly some of the observations of Mr . _fisrope . Mr . Stafford , with reference to tbe scheme of Sir IX , Peel , which he acknowledged had occupied a considerable share of attention across the channel , thought it was due to the people of Ireland , that

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      before this discussion closed , » _W » _gffitS ! £ distinctly state whether _¦« uo _thehad any _^ tion to carry it out . Thw »/ gteff d from Sir George _^ , _^^ 1 _£ r _^ tepeJi peared to be somewhat . nettled - _^ of desti . his " ° A Z _cakukted amount ofthe rate . But tution , - _"l _^^ _rike a rate , and another to levy ? : .. Iflno 800 The g st of his opposition was , g in _2 _tlonS _iflk . _«* _^ levied they would be ruined , whilst tbe sum raised would be only a drop in the ocean of Connaught misery _SSfftae a Bloomy p icture of the future , he urged unon the House very emp hatically the injustice and T seriouVconSequences of determining merely the _Question of the facility of execution , and of levying a rate exclusively npon the most distressed claws of their fellow-citizens . Mr M . J . O'Consbll suggested that the tenant should be allowed to deduct the actual amount of the rate he paid from his rent , and the landlord to deduct the rate in proportion from incumbrancers

      on his property . . . Some explanations were interchanged between Sir George Gbet and Mr . Stafford , respecting the construction to be put upon the smile of the former ; after which , On the motion of Mr . Napier , the . debate was adjourned until Wednesday , The House then went into Committee of Supply to vote a sum for excess upon Ordnance expenditure beyond the grants . _,, ' ¦ „ _, ,. , The matter was explained by Colonel Anson ; and After a few words from Mr . Hume , the vote for £ 97 , 984 was agreed to . : ; * . The other orders on the paper having been disposed of , the House adjourned at half-past twolve o'clock .

      TUESDAY , _Mabch 27 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Petxt Sessions Bitt ,-Lord Campbell , in moving the second reading of the Petty Sessions Bill , explained its . objects to be to place cities and boroughs on the same footing as counties with regard to petty sessions , and to enable the . magistrates to secure suitable places in which to hold them . ' _,. ' . ' ¦ ; ' The Marquis of _Saiisburt _comp lained of rthe expense which the erection of court-houses ' would entail on the . ratepayers , contending . that the cost ought not to be paid out of the county rate , but should be made a charge on the consolidated fund , and moved , but subsequently withdrew the amendment , that the bill be read a second time that day six . months .

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

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

      Australian Constitution . —Earl _Gret m reply to Lord Monteaole , as to whether it was the intention of the government to introduce a bill in the present session for effecting changes in the constitution of Australia , said it was so mtended , and he had reason to believe that the contemplated measure would meet the views ofthe parties interested . Their lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OF _COMMONS . —Vancouver ' s Island . —Mr . Hawes , in answer to Mr . Gladstone , replied that the only measure contemplated at present by the government for Vancouver ' s Island , was a bill for the establishment of courts of judicature there . Intramural Interments . —Sir G . Ghey answered Lord Duncan by stating that the government had a bill of burials in

      m preparation on the subject large cities and towns . Penal Settlements in South Africa .: —Mr . Adderley moved '' That an humble address be presented to her Majesty , praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased , out of consideration for the honourable pride and moral welfare of her subjects the people of South Africa , to order that this hitherto unpolluted colony may be spared tbe disgrace and affliction of being made a receptacle for the convicted criminals of the mother country , whether as prisoners , frecexiles , or holders _oftickets of leave . " In moving this address he was anxious to guard himself against two misconstructions into which the House mi g ht fall . In the first place , It might uhder-estimate the importance of the subject ,

      from its being submitted b y hira to the House . This , he trusted , it would not do . In the second place , be feared that , from some unskilful handling on his part , the question mig ht be mixed up with other and collateral questions , instead of being left to stand upon its own merits . He would endeavour , as much as possible , to avoid falling into this mistake . The case which he charged against the Colonial Office was this , that Lord Grey , having decided upon a new experiment in reference to convict discfpline , had inaugurated that experiment by recemmencing the system' of transportation to New South Wales , with the consent of the legislature of that colony , and by embarking , for the first time , upon a system of transportation to the Capo of

      Good Hope , not only without the consent , but against the remonstrances , of the colonists . Thc justification preferred for this course , as regarded the Cane , was that , as we had incurred great expense on account of the Kaffir war , we had a right to expect something , by way of compensation , from the colony in return . The question which he raised was one of colonial policy , and was entirely aside of that of secondary punishments . Having narrowed the subject in dispute , by divesting it of all extraneous matter , and making several admissions to the opposite side , which did not materially affect his case , the honourable gentleman proceeded to make it good by showing , in thc first place , that convicts

      had recently been sent for the first time to the Cape ; secondly , that this was done against the wishes of the colonists , and in the teeth of their remonstrances ; and , thirdly , that the colony of the Cape had the strongest possible claim to exemption from such an infliction . He then went on to show that the justification put forth for this censurable course by tbe Colonial Office , was an insult to the colony , and derogatory to the honour and di gnity of the mother country . The main point of his whole position was , that if the House sanctioned the policy of the Colonial Office , it would do neither more nor less than give its countenance to aretrogade step in

      colonisation . Sir G . Gret admitted the importance of . the subject , and concurred in many of the principles , with regard to colonisation , laid down by the honourable fentleman . But he felt it is * his duty to warn the louse against the consequences of a hasty and illadvised adoption of this resolution . By its adoption , coupled with the arguments with ' which it had been accompanied , the House would pronounce a verdict against the whole system of transportation to any of our colonies . Was the House , or was the honourable gentleman himself * - prepared for this issue ? Me was surprised at the position taken by the honourable gentleman , to the . _effect-lbat this subject was' simply a * branch-of colonial policy , having no reference Whatever - to the question of secondary , punishments . The . arguments of the honourable gentleman / and ' the consequences to

      which the success of his resolution woula give rise , furnished additional evidence _^ if any more were wanted , of the intrinsic difficulty of the whole subject of transportation . All that he wanted was , that the House should look the matter fairly in the . face , and not consent to deal with it by a sidewind , as the adoption of this motion would do . If the system of transportation was , net to be abandoned , it was found essential tha _£ convicts should be sent to some other colonies than Van _Diemen's Land . Circular letters . were sent to the . Governors of different colonies , with a . view , to consult their opinions in reference to this matter . It was quite true that one ship had been sent , under . peculiar circumstances , which he detailed , with convicts to the Cape , before any reply had been received to the letter sent to the Governor of that colony , But no convicts had been sent thither since the remonstrances of the eolonists

      against the system had been received , and he did not believe that , after the receipt of these remonstrances , the . Colonial Minister would persist in sending more convicts to the colony in question . This much , at least , he would say , that if the colonists , after having had some experience of the convicts sent out to the colony under the circumstances which he had explained , still persisted in their remonstrances against the system of transportation to the Cape , the Colonial Department would not persevere in sending convicts thither . ( Hear , hear . ) It was unnecessary for him to state anything more to the House on the subject , and he trusted that he had said enough to induce the House not to entertain the resolution . Mr . Hume contended that under a proper system of classification , the transmission of convicts to consenting colonies might be rendered most beneficial to the colonies as well as to the conyicts . What was

      eminently needed was a minister of justice , one of whose leading duties should be to superintend the classification of prisoners . Something must be done in this respect , and in order to compel the government to do that something he should vote for the motion . Major Blackall thought the introduction of such a class of convicts as those described could not be injurious ; to the colonists of the Cape , but , on the

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      contrary , that they would , be benefitted by the accession . Mr . Aolionbt _, after referring to the class of juvenile offenders , urged that of the two methods of dealing with convicts , it Was by far the more dangerous plan to transport them , instead of-retaining thorn at home , where they would always remain under the surveillance of experienced and competent officers . Mr . F . _Scoir was of opinion that although the government might have the power of sending convicts to any of the colonies , it was not wise to exercise that power against the wish of the colonists .

      Lord J . Russell , referring to what had iauen from Mr . AgUonby , thought an observation of Sir G , Grey had been misunderstood , and that transportionwas . to be abolished . What * the right , hon . baronet _« _$ said waa , that if , alter convicts had been sent to the Cape , they were objected to , and if , when a trial had been fairly made , the colonists still continued to object to their reception , then , and in that case , it would not be deemed advisable to send convicts thither . Thinking that the * hon . mover had attained all he hoped for or intended by his motion , he trusted it would not be pressedto a division , for in that case of necessity the government must vote against it .

      After some observations from Mr . Disraeli and Mr . nEtwooD , Mr . Abbbblby expressed himself satisfied with the explanations given , and withdrew the motion . Ministers' Monbt in Ireland .- —Mr . W . Fagan moved : — " For a committee ofthe whole House to take into consideration the law relating to the rate or tax called - Ministers' Money' in Ireland , with the view to the repeal of so much thereof as relates to the said rate or tax ; and further , to take into consideration the Act 3 & & William IV ., c . 114 , called the' Church Temporalities Act , ' for the purpose of amending the same , so as to provide thereby a subsistence out of the revenues of . the Ecclesiastical Commissioners , as a provision for the Protestant Ministers in certain corporate towns in Ireland , in lieu of the annual sums now received by them under and by virtue ofthe Act 17 and 18 Charles ' II . "' Mr . J . O'Connell Seconded _the-motiom „

      Mr . Grooan , on the ground _Stnat ' Ministers Money was a statutory enactment , the ' repeal of which would leave 600 ministers _witnout . _provisioti or maintenance , cautioned the House against acs ceeding to the motion ,. ' "" .- -, v . Mr . Osborne hoped , that this would not be allowed to degenerate into a mere Irish debate ; but that the question would be discussed on the broad ground of religious liberty , which was the only ground on which it ought to be placed . ( Hear , hear . ) He wondered that the Roman Catholics bore with this grievance so patiently as they did . If he were a Roman Catholic , he would agitate this question in such a manner as would compel the attention of her Majesty's Ministers and the people of

      England to it with a view to the removal ot this degrading tax . ( Hear , hear . ) There was one point in the report on this subject from which he , as an English member , begged leave to dissent . He observed from the report , that the committee recommended that the consolidated fund should be resorted to as a substitute for this tax . . ( Cries of " No . " ) He was aware that they recommended in the first instance the surplus funds that mi g ht be in the hands ofthe Ecclesiastical Commissioners ; but it seemed to him that they pointed to the consolidated fund as the source from which to make up the deficiency . The consolidated fund seemed -to be the Pool of _Bethesda , from which all Irish cripples were expected to come out safe and sound . ( Laughter . ) If he were asked what he would propose , he would say that he would respect the right of existing incumbents , but that when they died out he would

      make no provision for more . ( Hear , hear . ) Ireland , especially in the south , was a Roman Catholic country . On what pretence , then , did they make provision for Protestant pastors when the great bulk of the people were Roman Catholics ? ( Hear . ) The hon . member for Dublin ( Mr . Grogan ) had said that the object of the opponents of this tax was to annihilate the Protestant church . If the Protestant church was a mere thing of pounds , shUlings , and pence , the sooner it was annihilated the better . But he ( Mr . Osborne ) had a stronger faith in the Protestant church than that hon . gentleman seemed to have . He believed that if such blots as this of Ministers' Money were removed _from-it , and if the church by the adoption of the congregational system were adapted to the spiritual wants ot-the people , Protestantism would make a greater advance in Ireland than it had ever been able to do under the

      existing system . ( Hear , hear . ) He would support the motion of the hon . member for Cork , as the avant courier , the first step to a reform ofa system which was a disgrace to the civilised world . The reform of the Irish church seemed to be of great importance in the eyes of her Majesty ' s present Ministers in 1835 ; but he regretted to say that they seemed to have forgotten it since . ( Hear , hear . ) When they were passing Habeas Corpus Suspension and Coercion Bills , why did they not bring in a bill to remove this grievance ? The report of the committee recommending its removal had been drawn np by one of the mo 6 t illustrious Irishmen ( Mr . Shiel ) , and if such reports were not to be considered a mere mockery , a bill founded upon it ought to be brought in . ( Hoar , hear . ) He felt strongly upon the whole subiect of the Irish

      church , and if no Roman Catholic member brought it forward he pledged himself that he would do so on an early day . ( Hear . ) Sir G . Grey condemned thc spirit in which Mr . Osborne had treated this question , and opposed the motion , being unwilling to take any step towards the abolition of the tax , until a substitute for it had been actuall y obtained . He would not meet the motion with a direct negative , but concluded by moving the previous question . ¦ Mr . Grattan said he was born a Protestant , was bred a Protestant , and it was likel y he would die a Protestant . But he did hope that better arguments could be produced in defence of the Protestant church than those which had been brought forward by the hon . memher for Dublin ( Mr . Grogan ); for a more miserable defence he had never heard in

      the whole course of his life . It appeared that the Protestants in the north of Ireland did not pay this tas , but that the Catholics of the south were obliged to pay it . What made the case worse was , that in many cases there was n © -service of any kind performed for this tax . It appeared from the report , that in fifty different parishes no Protestant service was performed for _threo-jyears before 1833 : He wondered how any hon . gentleman could rise to defend such a system without blushing . In his parish there was only one Protestant , and he was dead . ( A laugh . ) He had two wives , and of course , they killed him . ( Laughter . ) The Catholics of that parish paid the clergy £ 4 " 0 a year for saving the soul of a single Protestant-which was not worth saving . ( Laughter . ) Whilst the Protestant churches were mouldering to decay unused , the-Catholics

      were obliged to worship m stables and cow-houses , and to kneel in the mud after turning out the Protestant horses and cows . ( Laughter . ) Would Protestant gentlemen like then * wives and daughters to kneel in a muddy stable . ( Hear , hear . ) It was surprising that any man , calling himself a gentleman , should have the audacity to defend such a system . The Secretary for the Home Department had expressed surprise at the language which thc hon . member for Middlesex had made use of ; but What would the right lion , gentleman say when words should ripen into acts ? Thc Protestant church in Ireland existed only by the timidity of the people . He would some day astonish English gentlemen by proposing a vote of a million for the Catholic church . What he desired was to . strip the Protestant church of its errors—of its love of money , and to leave it in its beautiful simplicity .. :

      • Sir John _Youyd treated _v the motion as-another attack upon the" Irish Church , and _thought-tbat the government had taken the proper course tr _^ _th re- ' _gard ' tnif ; At least _nothing should be donetin . the direction of themotion uritiran' _adequatesubstitute for thetax hi _Question were' _found . ' . - t Mr . Kershaw observed that the sooner discussions of this kind were rendered ' unnecessary the better it would be for reli gion . -The Established Church was a ¦• nuisance' _^ in Ireland ( Oh , oh ) . At all events it had failed to fulfil its mission .

      ( Hear , hear . ) Reli gion in Ireland , as well as here , should be left to itself , the voluntary principle being , in his opinion , the onl y princi p le which would conduce to the true " interests of relig ion . . Mr . _HfEWDEGATE thoug ht that the course now taken by some of the Roman Catholic members of the House was inconsistent w _« th the oath which they had taken on taking their seats in the House . But he found , from research , that Catholics were not bound to keep oaths which were contrary to the interests of their church .

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

      Mr . _Natier took an historic view ofthe origin of the charge , which he contended involved , in its payment , no violation of conscience or infraction of religious liberty . The property to which it attached had been liable to it since the time of Charles II _nDlf _t rJ c f ! _i olic _,. wl 10 . came into the possession of property took it subject to the charges upon it . t _* M _^? rn _^* Ca { i upon the House to remove _MTO _^ _' _^ Tf _^ temporalities _wnild _„^ , ureh ; _-ff _^ tion witil respect to which S « untif that object vm thoroughly at-Sine _^ t rmS _° _S _' bnvin < * him that nli , lis-2 _£ _! n moda P _<^ _wn ofthe _Fijotcstant _reli-& . _K _* _# _£ , _«> . » ith a _eleai' . conscience , for the abolition of thai hn mt . In _eannSnnfith

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      this subject he related an anecdote of Dean Swift . Timothy O'Brien , a barber , having continually refused to pay ministers' money , was called before the dean and asked his reasons . The barber , being a Catholic _, replied that he refused to pay because he had received ho value . "Oh ' . " said the dean , "that is not my fault ; the cathedral doora are always open to you ; you can always get value and must pay . " Accordingly the barber paid the money , £ 3 10 s ., and immediately after sent the dean a bill lor a similar sum for _shftvin | f and dressing the wig of his reverence during the last twelve months . The dean ,

      on again seeing the barber , inquired how he dared to send him such a bill , since he had never once shaved him or dressed liis wig . The barcer acknowledged that he never had , but added that that was not his fault , for tho doora ofhis shop were always open , and the dean might get the _^^ » , ne _^ choiie to accept it . . ( Laughter . ) The dean then paid the money , but never sent to the barber again for ministers ' money . . ( Laughter . ) _ ' After some further debate , the House then divided on the previous question— " That the question be now put . " The numbers were : —• for putting the question ... 44 .

      Against it ... .. _» ••• 72 Majority ... - —28 The question on Mr . Fagan ' s motion was , there-: fore , not put . , . ' " , ' . ; ' .-A bill to make better provision for certifying tables of contributions of Friendly Societies , and for ascertaining the solvency of such societies , was brought in by Mr . Sotheron . The Mutiny Bill , and the Marine Mutiny Bul , as amended , were considered . : /¦ ¦ ¦ The report of the Committee of Supply ( Ordnance excess ) was received . The House adjourned at a quarter _pasi oho o ' clock .

      WEDNESDAY , March 28 . _; HOUSE OF COMMONS _.-Samrieb to Go ; vebnmbnt Officers . —Mr . .. Hume _gare notire that on Tuesday , the 24 th of April next , he should submit the following motion and resolution : _* - 4 First : That , as the prices of food , corn , and arti-. cles of general consumption , are as low : now as in the year 1797 , it is the opinion of this House , with the view of lessening the expenditure of | he country , and of affording relief from taxation , that in all # pbintments to office made after this date , at home andabroad , the salaries should be fixed , as far as possible , and without ; detriment to : the _pubheae ' r-

      vice _, according to the scale of salaries in the year 1797;—Second : Resolved , that it is the opinion of this House , that a careful and searching inquiry should be forthwith made whether the number of persons now employed in the several departments of the State , at home and abroad , may not be reduced , without detriment to the public service . " In answer to a question from Mr . Spooher , Lord J . _Russill stated that he would not proceed with the Parliamentary Oaths Bill until a fortnight after the holydays , and in reply to Sir H . Willoughby , the noble lord said , he hoped to be able to bring in a bill for altering the constitution of the Ecclesiastical Commission before Easter ,

      The Affirmation Bill , and Indictable Offences Bill passed through committee . On the order for gning into committee upon the Landlord and Tenant Bill , Mr , H . Herbert moved , by way of instruction , that it be extended to Ireland . , , , Mr . _PusB-r , who had charge of the bill , no longer resisted this proposition , which was supported by Mr . S . CRAwroRD , and assented to by the Irish members . The motion , after a reiteration ofhis objections to the bill by . Colonel Sjbtuorp , was agreed to , The House then went into committee on the bill .

      On the second clause , and on amendments moved thereto , long and desultory discussions arose , the effect of which was so to bewilder the committee that no two members could be got to agree as to what they were talkingabout or voting upon . This was so obvious to Mr . Henley , that he made it the pretext for moving that the chairman report progress , and ask leave to sit again . This was agreed to , and tho House resumed , the committee to sit again on the first Wednesday after Easter . _Insolvent Mkmbbrs Bill ..--Mr , _Memrr moved the committal of the Insolvent Members Bill pro forma , with the view of introducing amendments suggested by the select committee on the bill . Sir W . U . AT protested against proceeding with the bill at an hour wheu it could not be discussed .

      Mr . B . OsnoBNE concurred with the honourable baronet the member for the Tower Hamlets . The bill bad been greatly altered since its first introduction . Its present title was monstrous , being to the effect that it was a bill to facilitate the recovery of debts from certain persons having the privilege of Parliament , and to exclude insolvent members from their seats in that House . Now , did the honourable member for Dartmouth ( Mr . Moffatt ) mean to convert that House into a new Palace Court ? ( Laughter . ) Who , he would ask , wereto be the attorneys ? ( Laughter . ) He would just hint tothe honourable member that there was a rumour about town that

      this bill was pointed against a certain member of Parliament . If the honourable member could contradict that rumour , he ( Mr . B . Osborne ) should be glad ; but he thought it was only acting the part of a friend to state that such a rumour was afloat , If the bill had been brought in with such an object , he ( Mr . B . Osborne ) did not think that the House of Commons should become the tool of the honourable gentleman to assist him in carrying that object . Mr . Moffatt repelled the charge ; tbe measure was pointed at no individual in particular , but had been brought in by him on public grounds , thinking it a disgrace that the House should be made a sanctuary tor insolvent debtors .

      Mr . Henlby considered it unfair to proceed with a bill which had been so materiall y altered in the committee without an opportunity for full , discus

      sion . Mr . V . Smith desired to kmw , as the bill might interfere materially with the privileges of the constituencies , what was thc opinion of the government on the subject . Lord J . Russell said , his right honourable friend had wished him to state his opinions on this bill . He could only state that he thought its object a very good object , and one that he believed the House would wish to see effected . But it appeared to him that there were very great difficulties in the way ot

      doing so ; and - it would be a dangerous thing if a bill went up to the House of Lords in a shape which would not meet their lordships' support , and which they would not have the power to amend . It was his opinion that unless a bill went up there in such a shape a ? to have some chance of passing , it had better not go up at all . But with regard to the present measure , his opinion of . it would depend upon the shape into which the bill should Ultimately be put ; and if it did notmeet with his approbation , he would state his opinion on the third reading .

      Mr . _Anstby said the rumours referred toby Mr . Osborne were no secret . He had himself heard some of the supporters of the bill congratulate , each other , as it would enable persons to recover the debts due to them from certain other persons , who were mem bers of Parliament . '" Colonel Thompson was of opinion that if an alteration of the law were proposed , compelling members of Parliament to pay their debts , he did not think there were six gentlemen in that House , who would object to it ; but if the question was whether an

      additional and unconstitutional penalty should be incurred , that was entirely a different question , and required due consideration . There was something unfortunate in the title of the bill , for it appeared to be rather of a colourable character , and after the rumours tbathad been referred to as connected with the objects of this _measjire , it was surely required , for the credit of this House , that _Casar ' s wife should be above suspicion . ( A laugh . ) For the _? e reasons , he trusted-the House would apt proceedrashly . _^ nd hurriedly with this billi v . . _r / ' . .. v _% :, j .,

      . The Speaker recommended the honourable mem ber to withdraw . bis bill / , arid introduce ' an entirely new one , with ' all the amendments which " he wishid to make incorporated in it , as , the present bill had undergone so much alteration , and , encountered so much oppositi'n . _,,. '' _, ' Mr . moffatt said , that , with the greatest deference to the suggestion of the Speaker , he felt himself somewhat at a loss how to proceed , He had a strong conviction that if that suggestion were

      followed , the bill would be lost entirely for this session ; for experience proved to him that a bill brought in by a private member after Easter had not the smallest chance of being carried through . . After some little de ' ay , the honourable gentleman , however , said , that , contrary to his own opinion , he would bow to the Speaker ' s suggestion , and take the earliest opportunity of introducing another bill . Mr . Moffatt then , amidst much laughter , withdrew the bill , and moved for leave to bring in another .

      The bill was accordingly withdrawn , and the hon . member obtained leave to introduce a new bill on the subject . The Sequestrators' Remedies Bill was read a second time . The Larceny Acts ' Bi ! I , the Mutiny Bill , the Marine Mutiny Bill , and the Indemnity Bill , were severally read a third time and passed . And the House adjournod at six o ' clock .

      THURSDAY , March 29 . HOUSE OF COMMONS .-Imsh _Savinos Banks . —Mr . Reynolds moved for a Select Committee to inquire into and retort upon the circumstances connected with the failure of the St . Peter ' s Parish Savings Bank , in Cuffee-street , Dublin , and into any security or liability that may exist for the satisfaction of the losses thereby occasioned . From a statement ofthe bank accounts it appeared that , in 1832 , tbe profits over and above the expenses amounted to £ 4 , 476 10 s . 5 d ., but in the following year , in consequence of fraud and peculation , there was a deficiency of £ 3 , 071 12 s . 3 d ., and from that year it gradually increased until 1849 , when the deficiency amounted to nearly £ 33 , 000 . From 1832 to 1817 the Chancellors of the Exchequer were cogni

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      santof the fact that the bank . in toffee-street was insolvent , and could not pay 10 s . ia the pound , and yet tbey allowed the poor hard-working mechanics of Dublin , who denied themselves the necessaries of life in order that they might save something from their earnings , to be defrauded of their earnings . ( Hear , hear . ) A eomraittee sat in Dublin lor some days , the _deposi-ors were called before them , when it appeared that the sum of _£ 3 Z , _ouo was due to them , which was subsequently swelled on inquiry to £ 48 , 000 , and , in fact , £ 50 , 000 was due to 1 , 664 persons from the two trustees whose securities would not be taken in any bank in Ireland for £ 1 , 000 .. All the money placed to the credit of that bank in the Bank of Ireland was but £ 82 .

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

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

      Mr . H . Herbert moved , as an amendment , . to add to the case in question the cases of Tralee and Kiliarnep ,. and . of Auchterarder in Scotland . . ' . . Mr . Fagan seconded the amendment , and ; After . observations from several honourable members the House divided on the amendment that the _sayiniis * banks of ' ' Tralee . 'Kidaraey . and Auchterarder be in the motion ; " which proposition was affirmed by a majority of 7 , the numbers 49 to 42 . A second division took p lace on the motion as amended , which was carried by a majority of 3 , the numbers 51 to 48 . These divisions against the government were hailed with long and protracted cheers . Other business was disposed of and the House adjourned . FRIDAY , Mjincn 30 .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS .-Ratb m Aid Bill .-The adjourned debate on the Rate in Aid Bill was resumed by Mr . Napier , in opposition to the measure , and was followed on the same side by Mr . _Shafto Adaib _, Captain _Bateso . v , and Mr . IlEimr Gbattan . Sir Robert Pbei ,, in a speech of upwards of two hoursMuration , supported the measure , and repeated the principle of his plan generally shadowed forth _inthediscussionofa former evening , for the regeneration of Ireland , advocating generally such arrangements for the transfer of property as should encourage English capital in the cultivation Of Irish land ; and proposing to effect this object by means of a commission , appointed by the crown , rather than b y the interference of the Court of Chancery . The debate was adjourned to Monday , and the adjournment of the House followed .

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      Butterley . — -At a meeting of members of this branch , held at Swanwiek , on Sunday , March 18 th , it was resolved : — " That this meeting is of opinion that no member ought to be excluded till we know whether the Company can be enrolled or not , and that a general meeting be held at Swanwiek , on Sunday , April 1 st , at six o ' clock . " Lowbands , Snio ' s End , and Moat Estates or the National Land Compant . —At Lowbands , the allottees are working with the greatest energy . Owing to the favourable state of the weather , their operations are far in advance of what they were this time last year . If no misfortune befall the crops , the coming season ( let produce be ever ' so low ) , will give abundant evidence of the practicability of the

      Land Plan . It is truly delightful to behold the appearance ofthe allotments at Snig ' s End and thc Moat—the occupants there seem to vie with each other as to whose shall be done up with the greatest care . Their persevering industry does infinite credit to them , and , without doubt , the result of their exertions will , by and by , shame those revilers who cry out against the plan , and say it is impossible for mechanics , & c , to readily become agriculturists . It is p leasing in the extreme to observe the almost unanimous desire existing amongst them of aiding each other . On Monday , over thirty of them assembled at the copse on the Moat , to assist Mr . Pint in removing a number of stumps of trees , which were debarring him from cultivating his allotment . This they did effectually , with a thousand-fold more

      cheerfulness than if it were a paidjob . In political matters the allottees on those estates feel deeply—situated as they are at present , it is impossible for them to give the assistance which they would wish . In a few months they hope to do their duty . Stourbridge . —A quarterly meeting of the Land members was held last . Monday evening , at the Crown Rooms , and after the usual routine of auditing the books and electing officers , it was unanimously resolved;—•* That the rule contained in the printed circular issued last quarter should be strictly carried out ; and that all members who are or may be six months in arrears of local levies , would be excluded from this branch , and members thus excluded cannot again join without paying a fine of Is . 6 d . "

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      _Natioimij _Charteb Association . —The Executive Committee met at its rooms , 144 , High Holborn , on Friday evening , March 23 rd . Present—Messrs . G . J . Harney , Stallwood , Grassby , Kydd , Dixon , and M'Grath . Mi ' . James Grassby in the chair . On the motion of Messrs . Stallwood and M'Grath , it was resolved , " That in order to elicit the opinions of members of Parliament , and the press , Mr . O'Connor be requested to furnish the committee with the words ot his intended motion for leave to bring in a bill for the enactment of the ' People ' s Charter , with a view to their being printed in circular shape , and distributed in the proper quarters . " Mr . Dixon was appointed a' deputation to Mr .

      O'Connor for that purpose . A letter was readfrom the Kentish Town locality , apprising the council that they had taken the Teetotal Hall , Wilstcadstreet , Somors Town for the purpose of a public meeting , and requesting the services of some of the Executive to assist at such meeting . Messrs . _M-Grath and Stallwood were appointed . Mr . Kydd delivered in a report of his missionary tour in Lancashire , and gave an awful account of thc depressed state of the manufacturing districts , but said that political feeling was gradually getting up , and that the halls' were becoming better attended . Mr . Kydd , with the consent ofthe Council , returns to the North to renew his labours , and aid and assist

      in getting up petitions in that quarter . The Council then adjourned . ... Re-organisation of Cuartism . —Apublic meeting , convened by the Kentish Town Locality , was held on Tuesday Evening , at the Old Teetotal ' Hall ; _Wstead-street , Soinets Town . Mr . _Charley Utting was called to the shall ! ,-and having briefly opened tho proceedings , Ml * :.-Wright stated -the . objccVof the meeting . After a few words from Mr . Luhn , Mi * . Stallwood pointed out the awful condition of destitution and misery of the people , ; which he traced to class representation and . domination , and showed that by a wise system of legislation , by and for the people , our capital , skill , labour , and land , were ample to mako all comfortable , and happy , and

      that we could not expect to obtain the wise system of legislation until all were represented under the frinciplos laid down in thc document called the _-eople ' s Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Stallwood concluded by moving the followingresolution , vfhich was seconded by Mr . Arnott , and after a few words from Mr . Munden , carried unanimously : — " That this meeting is of opinion that the present so-called representation of the people is a monstrous injustice on the nation at large , and a violation of the British Constitution , embracing , as it does , only one out of every seven ot the adult male population of these islands , thus leaving the other six-sevenths to be taxed without their will or consent ; this meeting is therefore of opinion , that such . a parliamentary roform should immediately take place as will embrace the whole male adult population , who shall be at the time of election of sound mind and

      not suffering under conviction for crime ,- that the property qualification of members should be abo . lished ; that parliaments should be annual- that the electoral districts should be equalised ; that elections should be taken by way of ballot , and that members ol parliament should be remunerated for their services . The Chartist petition recommended by the Executive Committee was then read . Mr . Lunn _Si i ? _£ pt ° ' Mr - Merry seconded the motion , which was most eloquently supported by _fiV ; r ' _^ tqetotaIcr ' _and carried with one dissentient . It was resolved , "That Lord Dudley C . _S uTitk etiti , ) I 't ' * House , and that mL i I ' _V _® otner _member for the borough of ftiaryiebone , be requested to support its prayer . " It was then resolved ,- « That another meeting be a _M - ! ln tlie ah ° ve Hall on Tuesday evening , April the 3 rd . " A vote of thanks was given to tbe chairman , and the meeting dissolved . _» _BSTMiNBTER . _^ . Atthe _adjoBiuuEd meeting of the

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      members at their room , 17 , Ryder ' s-court , Leici tcr-square , it was resolved , " That at their ne meeting , on the 31 st instant , they will take in consideration the adoption of the petition for t People ' s Charter , and make arrangements f holding a public meeting . " After the business disposed of Mr . T . Clark is expected to deliver lecture on " The Life of Charles the First . "

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      WESTMINSTER _LOCALITV . TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE _NOBTHERIf _STAH . Sir , —Will you permit me through your column to acquaint tho few members who attend the meel ings of this locality on Sunday eveningsj that it i not my intention to attend the meeting on Sunda evening next , for the purpose of lecturing as an nonnced , nor in future , unless there is some proba bility of a numerous attendance . I solicit this fa your of you , sir , as the only means of informing thi members of my intention previous to their assem bling again and in order to prevent disappointmen t I ani , sir , respectfully yours , Thomas Ciark . London , March , 20 .

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      TO THE PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR OP TBE NORTHERN STAR . Gentlemen , At a meeting of the Ernest Jones locality , held on the evening of the 25 th inst ., the late unhappy disputes which occurred between you having been mentioned , a resolution was passed , thatacommittee be appointed to express the opinions of the members on the subject , of which the following is a copy * . —* " Bearing in mind the hi gh and important truth that' Union is Strength , ' we , the members of the Ernest Jones locality of Chartists , consider the letters written by Messrs O ' Connor and Harney if any further persevered in , will not lead to that consummation ; therefore we would respectfully intimate that these very unseeml y , and , to our cause very injurious bickerings , should no longer be con _^ tinued . It is also our wish that the communications 6 ighcd " L'Ami bv Peuple" be continued in the pages of the . Star as heretofore , feeling as we do that their discontinuance must cause considerable dissatisfaction . ' . ' . ;

      • Signed on behalf of the committee , •• ' _, ' John M'Veio h . ' _j _**^ " we _tyhe . Editor ] must hold ourselves guilt _, less of anything like . " bickering . " Preferring that Mr . O'Connor should have the last word , we offer no comment on that gentleman ' s letter in this day ' s paper . The feeling which dictates this course wag that which prompted us to withhold the second adi dress from Nottingham ; and which induces IIS ( 0 withhold similar communications received this _waek , We except the above resolution because of i ts peculiar character . __ Thc letters of " L'Ami du _Peupie" will be continued , although for this week suspended , in consequence of the ill-health of the writer .

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      CORN . Mam-lane , Monday , March 2 B . —There was a very small show of land-carriage samples of wheat to-day , or of any English grain coastwise , but the arrivals of forei gn wheat barley , and oats , since this day le _' _nniglit . have been vary _exteneiv « . The best dry samples of English wheat sold pretty readily at last week ' s prices , but though we had a great many country buyers at market , very little progress could be made in sales of _foreijjn , without giving nay is per quarter . Good flour met more buyers . Th * Je . nan < i for barley wa g very limited , and inferior qualities vmU « cheaper . Malt very dull . Peas and beans went off slowl y , and grey peas fully ' 2 s lower . Bye dull and rather cheaper . The oat trade was heavy , owing to the foreign supply , and the best Qualities ful y Is cheaper . Tares were oil ' ereJ at 2 s reduction without many buyers . Cloversceds dull and offered at less money . Linseed cakes very slow sale and cheaper . The current prices as under .

      British . —Wheat—Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , _Stis to i 3 s , ditto white , 37 s to 17 s , Lincoln , Norfolk , and York . shire , red , 35 s to 42 s , Northumberland and Scotch , white , —s to _—s , ditto red , —s to —s , Devonshire and Somersetshire , red , —s to —s , ditto white , — to —s , rye , 21 s to 26 s , barley , 24 s to 29 s , Scotch , 23 s to 27 s , Malt , ordiiwrv . _ to —s , pale 52 s to 56 s , peas , grey , new , 26 s to 28 s , maple , 27 s to 80 s , white , 23 s to 25 s , boilers ( new ) , 26 s to 28 s , beans , large new , 21 s to 23 s , ticks 22 s to 24 s , harrow , 24 s to 28 s , pigeon , 30 s to 32 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire feed , _ltls to His , ditto Poland and potato , 18 s to 21 s , _Dern-fck and Scotch , Ms to 23 s , Scotch feed , 18 » to 21 s , Irish feed and black , - lGs _^ to 19 s , ditto potato , 19 s to 21 s , linseed ( soiling ' , 50 s to 52 s , rapeseed , Essex , new , £ 26 to £ 2 S per last , carraway seed , Essex , new , 25 s to 29 s per cwt , rape cake , _SA to £ 5 5 s per ton , linseed , £ 1110 s to £ 12 per 1 , 0 U » _, Hour , per sack of 2801 bs . ship , 30 s to 32 s , town , 38 s to 42 s .

      Foreign . —Wheat , —Dantzig , 47 s to 54 s , Anhalt and Marks , 40 s to 44 s , ditto white , 43 s to 17 b , Pomeranian red , 40 s to 44 s , Rostock 42 s to 45 s , Danish , Holstein . and Friesland , 3 Gs to 41 s , Petersburgh , Archangel , and Iliea , 36 s to 38 s , Polish Odessa , 38 s to 42 s , Mari . inopoli and _lierdianski , 36 s to 40 s Taganrog , 34 s to 37 s , Brabant and French , 38 s to Us , ditto white , _iOs to 43 s , _Salonica , 33 s to 36 s , Egyptian , 24 s to 20 s , rye , 22 s to 24 s , barley , Witinar and Rostock , 20 s to 22 s , Danish , 21 s to 25 s , Saul , ' JU K 26 s , East Friesland , 17 s to 20 s , Egyptian , _I 5 s to 18 s , Danube , 15 s to 18 s , peas , white , 21 s to 23 s , new , boilers , 25 s to 26 » , beans ) liorsCj 22 e to 24 s , pigeon , 2 Gs to 30 s , EgJV tian , 21 s to 23 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and Friesland , feed and black , 14 s to 17 s , ditto , thick and _lircw , 178 to 20 s , Riga , Petersburg , Archangel , and Swedish , l . ' j to 17 s , flour , United States , per 1961 bs „ 22 s to 21 s . . Ham . burg 21 s to 22 s , Dantzig and Stettin , 21 s to 23 s , French , per 280 lbs ., ' 31 s to 33 s .

      . Wednesday , March 28—We have this week had a _Iarje supply of foreign grain , particularly oats , but of Knglist the quantity lresh in is very trifling . A few sales ait making of oats in good condition on about the same term ! as last day , but for other articles the inquiry even is _ver ; trifling , . Arrivals this week . - —Wheat — English , 420 ; foreign . 15 , 430 quarters . Barley—English , 1 , 140 quarters . ; foreign 12 , 850 quarters . Oats — English , 530 ; foreign , 4 S , _si . quarters . Flour—English , 610 sacks .

      CATTLE . _SfflinFiELD , Monday , March 26 . —Our market to-day inbut moderately supplied with foreign stock , at least _t * v thirds of which were of inferior quality . The prinif ? beasts and sheep sold at 1 ' _uU prices ; otherwise tlie trad- " was heavy . From our own grazing districts the arrivals •" beasts fresh up this morning were again somewhat eitc _* . sive , and of very prime quality . The attendance _ofbuwbeing good , Newgate and Leadenhall markets well chw . ; of their last week's arrivals , and the _weatjjer more fSW _' able for slaughtering , the beef trade was tolerably sk . _1 ' _. ' though far from brisk , and , in some instances , the pr » ruled 2 d per 81 bs . higher than on Monday last . The liKho

      figures for the best Scots were from 3 s Cd to 3 s 8 d per _sll'j The number of sheep were again seasonably good . Gw rally speaking , they came to hand in good conditio !! . Ithe whole , the mutton trade was in a sluggish stare . ! : prices we have no change to notice from those paid on tk day se'nnight . The primest old downs , in the wool , sold ; froth 4 s 2 d to 4 s 4 d ; out of the wool , 3 s 8 d to 3 s 10 d \ _-: 81 bs . Nearly a moiety of the sheep were shorn . I « _im- moved off slowly , at from 6 s 4 d to 6 s 6 d per _Slhs . The _simply was by no means lurgu . The veal trade was in _avtrr inactive state , and prices were quite 2 d per _SIbs . lower tlf on Monday . last . The sale for pigs -was very heavy . T * quotations , however , were fairly supported .

      IlEiD or Cattle at Sjutiifield . Beasts .. .. 428 Calves Sheep ... .. 20 , 350 Pigs ' Price per stone of _Slbs . ( sinking the offal ) Beef .. 2 sGdto 3 s 8 d lYeal _,, 3 s _Sd to _* Mutton ,. 2 _sI 0 d .. 4 s _4 d [ Pork .. 3 2 .. * Lambs .. .. 0 's 4 d to 6 ' s 8 d . Per Slbs . by tlie carcase . Newgate and Leadenhall , Monday , Mar . 2 _(! . _—Infr _" beef , 2 s 2 d to 2 s 4 d ; middling ditto , 2 s fid to 2 s _& 1 ; } _f large , 2 s lOd to 3 s Od ; prime small , 3 s 2 d to 3 s Id ; la ' pork , 2 s lOd to 3 s lid ; inferior mutton , 2 s Id to is * middling ditto , 2 s lOd to 3 s 4 d ; prime ditto , 3 s lid to 3 s I' - veal , 3 s 6 d to 4 s Cd ; small pork , 3 s 8 d to is - J-

      PROVISIONS London , Monday The demand for Irish butter- ' week was on a moderate scale , and prices nonrirf ' last quoted . Foreign a slow sale , and the best Fri « ' _^ 8 s to 10 s per cwt . lower . Iu Irish bacon the _dealuit ;" _;; unimportant . Prices stationary . Hams and lard _fi _" _^ change . For American provisions the demand wa _;^' tive , and nearly - all kinds the turn cheaper _. Cheese Maiiket , March 26 . —The trade continnos f _*; tive , bat little " doing in aiiy kind ; the demand _ruu'V . - good things at a low figure , and on superfine : the ' _^ article If very scarce , and therefore its value is " ' _. , _iiXv obtainable . Cheshire is plentiful in the miirf' - . ™ J w _~»— .......... _W _.......... W . H _^/ . _^ ... u _^ . .. . ... _" _J-UI

      at moderate rates . The stock of west country g _^* j means large . . Foreign is still in fair demand : _wJ . y to 38 s , * Edams , 38 s to 45 s . American : there is _wK fine now remaining , and sells slowly at 38 s to Us- . *"' portation there is scarcely any business doing . . „ , English Buiteb " Market , March 26 . —Our supply 0 _^ , ; butter is much on tlie increase , and as foreign _liasi _* ; more than 20 s per cwt . in theiast fortnight , we !'»•* : i ; difficulty now in giving quotations for price . The ' * * . cold weather assists us in tlie sale of old butter , »» ' , rably low rates are accepted . Dorset , line i «" fe- .. *«? 104 S per cwt ; ditto , middling ., 84 _' s to 'JOs ; ditto . ¦ . _*^ 70 s ; freSh Buckinghamshire , 9 sto 13 s per _* _" _"' West country , 8 s to lis .

      FRUIT AND VEGETABLES . _< Covent Garden Mabket _. —Thc market _t ' 0 ,, ti _"SjV well supplied with vegetables and fruit , _t'"' _* _' } . _* - _Insufficient for the demand . A few ho thouse _gw * _£ > made their appearance . Rhubarb , 6 d to is _w I . " A , f S * to 2 s ; and forced asparagus , 4 s to 7 s per »" ji _W Is 3 d to 4 s ; pears , 10 s to 15 s ; onions , ls 3 d to Uf < _^ ¦ sprouts , 0 s to 0 s ; spinach , 4 d toCd ; and V MSle ; ' , _J-. j 6 d per half sieve ; red cabbage , 2 s tid to 4 s ; w _,- ;¦ > Od ; celery , Gd to ls 3 d ; and horseradish , 1 , % * _W ; per _doeen heads ; turnips , ls 3 d to 2 s ; carrou > . . _^ 6 d ; and greens , 2 s to 2 s Cd per dozen _f" _^ , l > !" . : grapes , ls to 2 s ; pine apples , 5 s to 7 s ; and n * o <; _' 2 s per lb . ; oranges , 4 s to 12 s ; lemons , » _^ _^ »•' forced French beans 3 s to 4 s per hundred ; ' _, | |[ i )' ! . < 2 s ; mushrooms , 6 'd to Is ; and new _po'f _f _^ ii - _'fft punnet ; turnip greens , Gd to 8 d , and _^ ' » _jto _* ,,: lOd to ls 3 d per bushel basket ; young _radirfK hand .

      POTATOES . , : j Southwark Waterside , March 26 . —Our " _^ _-o _^ mies to be well supplied ; and potatoes , " ' < " 5 a ie J ' ¦ thcr of last week , are meeting rathe * a « a _<* _- i [( 1 . _» % following quotations *—Yorlcsliirc Kcgf _* ' _•«* > Scotch ditto , 100 s to 110 s ; Ditto cups , _H" . ; IK - wliites , 80 s to 80 s ; Fveueli whites , 80 s _w 80 s to 90 s : Dutch , 80 s to 100 s . _j

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 31, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_31031849/page/8/