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      tent as to have ttttfeof thatptin ip ' e of sel .-goverament winch he—( Earl Grey)—coitentled for . ( Uear , hear . ) If the assembly was to decide upon the internal affairs of the colony , and if when a difference of opinion arose between the Secretary of State and the legisl : tu-e , parc' . y of 1 -cal concern , the assembly , and not the Secretary cf State , was to give way ; If lhat was to be the rale , it followed that while you gave them representative government in name , you in substance refused . ( Hear , he < r . ) He wou'd n t shrink from stating that public opinion must govern in Nova Scotia = s well as in England . Our fellowsubjects in our North American colonies participated too nsich in our own feelings and spirit to tolerate in

      t' e ' . onjruaanv ofter system . Tec nowe **» ™»™ ter . d ino the case of Mr . Fairbanks , and « ° " tended that the Colnial Treasurer of Now Scntta practically heldhisoffice atthe pleasureof the llou » e ef Assemblv , inasmuch as thai bedy passed an an nnal vote for his sa ary , which it might reluse it U chose , and according to the CoBstttatan the Crown , did not possess the power « ° °° ™ ™ £ one in l-ffiee who was paid by he c lon > aginst te ?^ ££ a it £ Zr ^ , ^ \* f * this S ^ -t b ^ nr ^ £ fne ra ^^^ ss&t ^ sr

      HOUSE OF COMMONS . — Adjournment ide Easter HoUD-WS .-Lord John Russell annoanc ^ d Uwfc if the Rate in Aid Bill should be read a second time by Friday , he should on that day move that the House resolve itself into a committee O th * whole House , when he shonld further move that a sum not exceeding £ 100 000 be advanced on the credit of the Rate in Aid for the distressed unions in Ireland ; wttcb resolution , if agreed to , he should propose to insert as a clause m the bill That on Wednesday the 4 th of April he should move the adjournment of the House for the Easter recess until Monday the 16 th ; and on Monday next he shonld move that on Thursday the 19 th of April , and erery alternate Thursday after that day , orders should take precedence of no-ices of motion . In answer to Mr . Slaney , the i oble lord was understood to state , that he could not say when a bill would be introduced on the subject of the sanitary

      condition of the metropolis-Navigation Laws . —The House then went _ again Jnto committee upon the Navigation Bill , beginning with clause 19 , th- ; first of the reciprocity or retaliation clauses , and which enacts that the Queen may restrict the p ; ivileges of foreign , ships in certain

      cases . Mr . J . L . Ricardo objected to these clauses , contending that the scheme embodied in them was on principle obnoxious to all tlw objections urged sgainst Mr . Bouverie ' splan . Air . Labotjcqerb defended the clauses , considering this portion of the bill to be an essential part of the whole measure . Mr . HERBIE 3 attached no importance to these clauses ; they were , as he 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 whoie of the clauses of the bill having been gone through , after a slight discussion , Mr . Sasbabs moved a new clause , the effect of * luck was to fis a period of three years before any retaliatory system was adopted ; but Mr . Labouchere objecting , he withdrew it

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

      ineffectual , would increase pauperism , and aggravate Dearly 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 & 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 according to the share which each country bore of imperial taxation .

      Mr . Corrt seconded die amendment , considering that the bill was unjust in its principle , exacting a contribution from the people of Ulster , for example , ¦ who were perfect' ? 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 rat * 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 Ireland . Sir W . SoMERVRLt , assuming that relief was immediately called for to meet an emergency , had

      looked for some indication in the speech of Mr . Hamilton ui the quarter whence such relief was to be obtained ; but he had looked in vain . The hardship of imposing this rate upon Ulster was complained of , and it had been asked what had Ulster to do with Comranght ? A great deal ; the misery of Connanglit , unless relieved , would spread throughout the island . The mode of providing relief was the only < qu-stion , and , as an Irish landlord , he preferred tins to any other scheme proposed , reprding it as a temporary measure to meet what he hoped would be a transient evil .

      Lord Jocely . v supported the amendment , not objecting to the equal apportionment of taxation between the two countries , but objecting to a measnre like this , unjust in its principle , and which he believed wonld increase—not diminish

      -paup . Mr . French treated the measure as unjust , impolitic , ungenerous , unwise , and , as a measure of relief , valueless . He denounced the existing Irish Poor Law and its administration , and after expo ing its neglect and abuses , asked Ei glish members whether this was a system in the support of which they would ¦ violate every principle of justice ? Mr . Fagav , in the name of his constituents , supported a . rate in aid , though he thought the Imperial resources ought to be applied to the relief of the fami-liing people of Ireland . The proposition of Sir R . Peel had taken hold of the feelings of the Irish people , mho 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 moremrtmalCTel .

      Mr . H . Herbert said , no one denied the existence of distress in Ireland , or the necessity of relieving it , but he had not heard one argument in favour of the mode on which it was proposed to afford relief . "What he complained of was , not taxation , but that ministers , > with all their information , Lad 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 exfnsc ^ oDserred that the people of that country had oeen taught -on urnny occasions that this was the only language that would avail , and he advised the ministers not to screen themselves behind the disunions of the Irish people .

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

      Sir J . Walsh reiterated the reply to the old arguments of Mr-. Scrope , thai his proposition was one lor the confiscation of property . The insufficiency of this meassre refuted the . argument derived from its necessity ; . the evidence before the committee showed that the rate must be permanent , and there was yet no sfanptom of remedial measures . Sir John discuss&d the plantation scheme of Sir R . Teel , suggesting objections to fc as a remedy for the seal evil , the bankrupt state of £ lie occupiers . Sir GfOBGE Gsey had thought that two points Ltd been established in previous debates : first , tbatthere was an amount of distress in some of the western unions of Iceland which retpired extraneous relief to prevent thepeople from starring . Secondly , that ithis relief shoiaid come not frose imperial rcsoure&s . butfromlreknd . TkelastpoMhad notbDen sogeo ^ aUyadinittedto-ni ght ; those wae opposed the bill hag proposed either to withhold al . assistance ,

      or to £ saw it altogether from the imperial resource 3 / Sir George tbea replied to the abjections of Mr . Hamilton , asking % as he argued , it was unjust that Sister should relieve the poverty « of Consaught , hov could it be jusj jfchat the taxpayers of fthc unitedkiegdom shouldeiaaribute to that aslief ? gngland and Scotland , howexier , did contribute a rcte in aid , ia &e shape of poor rates , on account of jr&n paupers . He replied to i&e objection , that no remedial measures were proposed , by referring to the pled g * gives by the goreratnent to alter the poor laws , for which object commiiiees were now collector evidence . He denied the srermenfc ot r £ - ¥ ' that they * sheltering diemselves oenind the want of unanimity in Ireland , and he answered sUrtij some of the observations of Mr . Sernpo . Ifr- Staffopp , with reference to the scheme of »> F B » Peel , which be ' acknowledged had occupied a considerable share of attention across the channel , thought fc jw « -due & $£ people of . Ireland , that

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      before this discussion closed , the government hould distinctly state whether or no they had any intention to carry it out . This ^^\^ J 0 VfZ from Sir George Grey , ' **«* " * jj ™ 1 S pearedto be somewhat ««*^ - *^ £ J of destihis eallTor an exp lanation of tto ^ W * t But tution , andt \ ecalculated nmount oftho j ^ it was one thing to " ^ . ^ jWStoio November ? ; % K 5 '" nKSrf to opposition was , last was £ 800 ' "" . _^ if ^ he rate were levied they ^ JTuSSSA the sum raised would be ^ . tajh the ocean of Connaught misery tLLTrioomy picture of the futuro , he urged

      uDon the House very emphatically w » uyuouw , mm ff « Sow consequences of detcrmmmg merely the question of the facility of execution and of levying a rate exclusively upon the most distressed classes ° Jfr ^ M J O'GomsBLL 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 Gret and Mr . Stafford , respecting the construction to be put upon the smile of the former rafter which

      , „ ... On the motion of Mr . Kapier , 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 Assos ; and After a few words from Mr . Humk , the vote for £ 97 , 984 was agreed to . The other orders on the paper having been disposed of , the House adjourned at half-past twelve o ' clock .

      TUESDAY , March 27 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Petty Sessions Bill . — Lord Campceli-, 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 Salisbury complained of the expense which the erection of court-houses would entail on the ratepayers , contending that the cost ought not to be paid out of the county rate , but should be made a charge on the consolidated fund , and moved , but subsequently withdrew the amendment , that the bill be read a second time that day six months .

      The Earl of MALHESBtm * was not inclined to give magistrates a further discretionary power to increase the county rates , until the whole system of local taxation , which now pressed so heavily , bad 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 Stanlet 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 view to guard against lavish expenditure , he would recommend that the clause authorising the magistrates to erect buildings should be struck out , and that they should be restricted to hiring suitable p laces in which to hold the sessions , and that they should give public notice of their intention to provide them . Lord Beaumont , as the bill was only of a permissive , and not of a compulsory , character , should give it his support . The bill was read a second tune .

      Australia ?; Con-smtution . —Earl Gees' m reply to Lord Mokteagle , as to whether it was the intention of the government to introduce a bill in the present session for effecting changes in the constitution of Australia , Said it was so intended , and lie had reason to believe that the contemplated measure would meet the views of the parties interested . Their lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Vancouver's Island . —Mr . Hawes , in answer to Mr . Gladstone , replied that the only measure contemplated at present by the government for Vancouver ' s Island , was a bill for the establishment of courts of judicature there . Intramural Interments . —Sir G . Grey answered Lord Doxcan b y stating that the government had a bill in preparation on the subject of burials in large cities and towns .

      Pexai Settlements in South Africa . —Mr . Adderlet moved " That an humble address be presented to her Majesty , praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased , out of consideration for the honourable pride and moral welfare of her subjects the people of South Africa , to order that this hitherto unpolluted colony may be spared the disgrace and affliction of being made a receptacle for the convicted criminals of the mother country , whether as prisoners , free exiles , or holders of tickets of leave . " In moving thi 3 address he was anxious to guard himself against two misconstructions into which the House might fall . In the first place , It might under-estimate the importance of the subject .

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

      justification preferred for this course , as regarded the Cane , was that , as we had incurred great exponSQ 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 the first place , that convicts bad 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 the Colonial Office , was an insult to the colony , and derogatory to the honour and dignity of the mother country . The main point of his whole position was , that if the House sanctioned the policy of the Colonial Office , it would do neither more nor less than give its countenance to aretrogadestep in colonisation . Sir G . Gre * admitted ihe importance of the subject , and concurred in many of the principles , with regard to colonisation , laid down by the honourable gentleman . But he felt it is his duty to warn the House against the consequences of a nasty 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 ? He was surprised at the position taken by the honourable gentleman , to the effect that 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 would 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 side wind , as the adoption of this motion would do . If the system of transportation -was not to be abandoned , it was found essential that 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 colonists Against the system had been received , and he did not believe that , after the receipt of these remonstrances , the Colonial Minister would persist in . sending more convicts to the colony in question . This much , at least , he would say , that if the eolocists , after having had some experience of the convicts sent out to the colony under the circumstances wkich he had explained , still persisted in their remonstrances against the system of transportation to the Cape , the Colonial Department would not perse vers in gending convicts thither . ( Hear , hear . ) It was unnecessary for him to state anything mos-e to the House on the subiflet * and he trusted that he iad said enough to induce the House not to

      entertain the resolution . Mr . Tims contended that under a proper system of classification , the transmusion of convicts to consenting colonies' mig ht be rendered most beneficial to the colonies as well as to the convicts . What was eminently needed was a minister of justice , 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 io ao that something he should vote for ihe motion . Major Bi-AAKATj . thought the introduction of such a class of convicts as those described could not be injurious to ihs colonists < rf tJw Cape , but , 0 fl t « e

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

      from Mr . Aglionby , thought an observation of Sir G . Grey had been misunderstood , and that transportion was to be abolished . What the rig ht , hon . Jaronet had said was , that if , alter convicts had been sent to the Ca pe , 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 pressed to a division , for in that case of necessity the government must vote against it . After some observations from Mr . Disraeli and Mr . Heywood ,

      Mr . Adderlet expressed himself satisfied with the explanations given , and withdrew the motion . Ministers' Monet in Ireland . —Mr . W . Faqan moved : — " For a committee of the 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 & 4 William IV ., c . 114 > called the' Chuvch 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 of the Act 17 and 18 Charles II . " Mr . J . O'Coxnelii seconded the motion .

      Ml " . GROOAN , on the ground that Ministers ' Money was a statutory enactment , tho repeal of which would leave 600 ministers without provision or maintenance , cautioned the House against acceeding to the motion . Mr . Osborne hoped that this would not be allowed to degenerate into a mere Irish . debate ; but that the question would be discussed on the broad ground of religious liberty , which was the only ground on which it ought to be placed . ( Hear , near . ) 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 01 this degrading tax . ( Hear , hear . ) There was one point in the report on this subject from which he , as an English member , beggedleave 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 might be in the hands of the 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 tho 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 , shillings , and pence , the sooner it was annihilated tho tietter . 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 of the people , Protestantism would make a greater advance in Ireland than it had ever been able to do under the existing system . ( Hear , hear . ) He would support the motion of the hon . member for Cork , as the avant courier , the first step to a reform of a system which was a disgrace to the civilised world . The reform of the Irish church seemed to be of great importance in the eyes of her Majesty ' s present Ministers in 183 d ; but he regretted to say that they seemed to have forgotton it since . ( Hear , hear . ) When they were passing Habeas Corpus Suspension and Coercion Bills , why did they not li »» in # v i »» o liill tr \ v ** imsMm tlita rmiaironnn 9 T'hn ^» rt iui viu tv iviuvrv uuia iic ic

      viAiig u guisrciiiuu ; x port of the committee recommending its removal had been drawn up by one of the most illustrious Irishmen ( Mr . Shiel ) , and if such reports were not to be considered a mere mockery , a bill founded upon it ought to be brought in . ( Hear , hoar . ) He felt strongly upon the whole subject ot 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 6 . Gret condemned the spirit in which Mr . Osborne had treated this question , and opposed the motion , being unwilling to take any step towards the abolition of the tax , until a substitute for it had been actually obtained . He would not meet the motion with a direct negative , but concluded by moving the previous question .

      Mr . Grattan said he was born a Protestant , was bred a Protestant , and it was likely he would die a Protestant . But he did hope that better arguments could be produced in defence of the Protestant church than those which had been brought forward by the hon . 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 tax , but that the Catholics of the south were obliged to pay it . What made the ease worse was , that in many cases there was no service of any kind performed for this tax . It appeared from the report , that in fifty different parishes no Protestant S 6 l'vi «< i Wa 3 performed for three years Wore 1 S 30 .

      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 de&d . ( A laugh . ) He had two wives , and of course , they killed him . ( Laughter . ) The Catholics of that parish paid the clergy £ 400 a year for saving the soul of a single Protestant , which was not worth saving . ( Laughter . ) Whilst the Protestant churches were mouldering to decay unused , the Catholics were obliged to worship in stables and cow-houses , and to kneel in the mud after turning out the Protestant horses and cows . ( Laughter . ) Would Protestant gentlemen like their wive » 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 the hon . member for Middlesex had made use of ; hut what would the right hon . gentleman say when words should ripen into acts ? The Protestant church in Ireland existed only by the timidity of the people . He would some day astonish English gentlemen by proposing a vote ofa 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 Yoottc treated the motion as another attack upon the Irish Church , and thought that the government had taken the proper course with regard to it . At least nothing should be done in the direction of the motion until an adequate substitute for the tax in question were found . Mr . Kershaw observed that the sooner discuslions Of this kind were rendered unnecessary the better it would be for religion . The Established Church was a " nuisanco" in Ireland ( Oh , oh ) . At all eveats it had failed to fulfil its mission .

      ( Hear , hear . ) Religion in Ireland , as well as here , should be left to itself , the voluntary princip le being , m his opinion , the only principle which would conduce to the true interests of relifion . Mr . Newdbcwtk thought that the course now taken by some of the Roman Catholic members of the House was inconsistent with 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 Arundbl and Sumiev said that the oaths which men were not bound to keep were illicit oathc , which it was unlawful for any one to take , and proper for any one to break if taken . The motion submitted by Mr . Faganwas not an attack upon the property of the Protestant clergy , inasmuch as he did not propose to diminish the incomes of the parties now receiving the proceeds of the tax . Mr . Hums thought the feclingof the House ought to have been tested by going to a division , and was of opinion that there would be no peace in Ireland until the dominant church establishment was modified in some form or other .

      Mr . Napier took an historic view of the origin of the charge , which he contended involved , in its payment , no violation of conscience or infraction of reigious liberty . The property to which it attached had been liable to it since the time of Charles II and every Catholic who came into the possession of property took it subject to the charges upon it Mr . Reynolds called upon the House to remove the Plague-spot consequent upon the temporalities wo J nnr < *""*' «§*»*» ^ ^ SpOOt tO which hS Vf * J ^ tfaat otyeet was thoroughly at-KJ i ^ Gy °° - CDnTbco him that minis-££ n h ? l n ? anort «>? ?^ e Protestant religion he would vote also , with a' j daav ^ science , wtueaDolitionofthatimpost . foaauKata , ^

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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 Caholic , replied that he refused to pay because he had received no value . " Oh \ " said the dean , " thai is not my fault ; the cathedral doovs are always open to you : you can always get value and must pay . " Accordingly the barber paid the money £ 3 ids ., » nd immediately after sent the dean a bill lor a similar sum for shaving and dressing the wig of hia reverence during the laet twelve months . The dean , " 77 . „ . tn ,. oinfHJ ftn anecdote of Dean Swift ,

      on acain seeing the barber , inquired how he dared to se ° nd him such a bill , since he had never once shaved him or dressed his wig . The barcer acknowledlted that he never had , but added that that waa not his fault , for the doors of his shop were always open , and the dean might get the value it he chose 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 * . — 44

      For putting the question ... Against it ... 72 Majority ... iVl The question on Mr . Fag « in ' s motion was , therefore , not put . A bill to make better provision for certifying tables of contributions of Friendly Societies , and for ascertaining the solvency of such societies , was brought in by Mr . Sothkron . The Mutiny Bill , and the Marine Mutiny Bill , as amended , were considered . The report of the Committee of Supply ( Ordnance excess ) was received . The House adjourned at a quarter past one o ' clock

      WEDNESDAY , March 28 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Salaries to Government OFFiCKRS .-Mr . Humk gave notice thtton Tuesday , the 24 th of April next , he should submit the following motion and resolution : — ' First : That , as the prices of food , corn , and articles of jeneral 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 the country , and of affording relief from taxation , that in all appointments to office made after this date , at home and abroad , the salaries should be Axed , as far as possible , and without detriment to the public service , according to the 6 cale of salaries in the year 1797 [ --Second : Resolved , that it is the opinion of this House , that a careful and searching inquiry should be forthwith made whether the number of persons now employed in the several departments of the State , at home and abroad , may not be reduced , without detriment to the public service . "

      In answer to a question from Mr . Spooner , Lord J Russxll stated that he wouli not proceed with the Parliamentary Oaths Bill until a fortninht after tho holydays , and in reply to Sir U . Willoughby , the noble lord laid , he hoped to be able to bring in a bill for altering the constitution of the EccleBiastieal Commission before Easter . The Affirmation Bill , and Indictable Offences Bill passed through committee . On the order for going into committee upon the Landlord and Tenant Bill , Mr . H . Herbert moved , by way of instruction , that it be extended to Ireland . Mr . P 08 KY , who had charge of the bill , no longer resisted this proposition , which was supported by Mr . S . Crawford , and assented to by the Irish members .

      The motion , after a reiteration of his objections to thebill by Colonel Sibthorp , 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 talking about or voting upon . This was so obvious to Mr . Qbhlby , that he made it the pretext for moving that the chairman report progress , and ask leave to sit again . This was agreed to , and the House resumed , the committee to sit again on tbe first Wednesday after Easter .

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

      Laughter . ) Who , he would ask , were to be the attorneys ? ( Laughter . ) He wouldjusthint 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 pait of a friend to state that such a rumour was afloat . If the bill bad 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 thai' object . Mr . Moffatt repelled the charge j the measure was pointed at no individual in particular , but had been brought in by him on pubic grounds , thinking it a disgrace that the House should be made a sanctuary for insolvent debtoN .

      Mr . Henley considered it unfair to proceed with a bill which had been bo materially altered in the committee without an opportunity for full dieous

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

      doing so ; and it would be a dangerous thing if a biU 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 hia opinion that unless a bill went up there iu such a shape ai to hare some chance of passing , it had better not go up at all . But with regard to the present measure , bis opinion of it would depend upon the shape into which the bill should ultimately be put ; and if it did not meet with his approbation , he would state bis opinion on the third reading .

      Mr . ANSTETsaid the romours referred to by 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 memberg of Parliament . Colonel Thompson was of opinion that if an alteration of the law were proposed , compelling members of Parliament to pay their debts , ' e 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 that had been referred to as connected with the objects of this measure , it was surely required , for the credit of this House , that Ccesar ' s wife should be above suspicion . ( A laugh . ) For these reasons , he trusted the House would not proceed rashly and hurriedly with this bill .

      The Speaker recommended the honourable member to withdraw his bill , and introduce an entirely new one , with all the amendments which he wish-id to make incorporated in it , as the present bill had undergone bo much alteration , and encountered so much opposition . 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 wei-e

      followed , the bill would be lost entirely for this session ; tbi * 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 ovrn 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 anew Will on the subject . The Sequestrators' Remedies Bill was read a second time . The Larceny Acts Bid , 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 . —Irish Savings BANKS . —Mr . Reynolds moved for a Select Committee to inquire into and report upon the circumstances connected with the failure of the St . Peter ' s PansJi Savings Bank , in Cuffee-street , Dublin , and into any security or liability that may exist for tho satjsfactaon of the losses thereby occasioned . From a statement of the bank accounts it appeared that , in 1 S 32 , tftf profits over ^ d above the expenses amounted to £ 4 , 476 IOs . Sd ., but in the following year , in consequence of fraud and peculation , there was a deficiency o £ . £ 3 , 671 12 a . 3 d ., and from that year it gradually increased uniil 1 «( 9 , when the do ^ iciency amounted to nearly £ 33 , < QQ ( l Fcom 1832 to 1817 thoCnancelloraofilie Exehaauer w ^ re cogni

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      santofthefasUhat the bank in Cuffee-street was insolvent , and could not pay 10 s . in the pound , and yet thp / y 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 committee sat in Dublin for gome days , the depositors were called before them , when it appeared that the sum of £ 32 , 000 was due to them , which was subsequently swelled on inquiry to £ 48 , 000 , and , in fact , £ 50 , 000 was due to 1 , 064 persons from the tm ) 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 gant of the fact that the bank in Cuffee-street was

      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 , be believed , unparalleled in the history of human suffering , ( llear . ) He knew ; m industrious bookseller who had contrived by great selfdenial to SiVea little innney , and a man with a wife and seven children . That poor man had lodged about £ 150 in the bank , which was his whole a ! l . His anxiety of mind consequent upon the failure ot the bank , brought on brain fever , which ultimately turned to typhus , and he died , leaving his wife and seven children penniless , and five of those children were now ill of typhus . ( Hear , hear ) He kmw , too , of some coses of suicide which had occurred from the same cause . He would just recapitulate the facts connected with this bank . It was es "

      tablished in 1818 , continued prosperous until 1831 , but it was insolvent from that period until 1844 , as the return of the trustees to the Commissioners of the National Debt showed that at the first 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 imp ' oring the House to ogree to the appointment of a . Committee , ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Napier seconded that motion .

      ( Left Speaking ) ( From , our Second Edition of last week . ) THURSDAY , March 22 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Oui-door Pauper Bra . passed through committee on the motion of the Earl of Carlisle . Italy . —The Earl of Aberdeen then brought forward his motion on the renewal of the war in the North of Italy . So long as any reasonable hope remained of preserving peace in Upper Italy , he felt it his duty to abstain from any observations which might embarrass the government in its efforts to promote so desirable a result j but now the armistice had been terminated by the King of Sardinia , and hostilities wereontheeve of coramencinir .

      he thought it right to move that all such correspondence as had passed between the Court of Great Britain and the representatives of any foreign Powers should be laid on the table of the House , in order tftafc their lordships might have some information as to the steps taicen by Her Majesty ' s government to prevent the renewal of war . The Marquis of Lansdowne said , the production of the papers for which he had moved would at the present moment be attended with the greatest inconvenience . It was not , in fact , until all negotiation was at an end , and hostilities had actually recommenced , that the government would feel justified in making those explanations , which , if made at all , should be most ample and comprehensive ,

      giving m the minutest detail all the negotiations which had been entered on . The noble Marquis concluded by insisting on the warm desire of the government to maintain our ancient friendship with Austria , but at the same time to preserve the closest relations with France , and sat down after assuring Lord Aberdeen that every paper connected with the affairs of Upper Italy should t » e laid before the House at no distant period . Lord Brougham expressed his delight at the declaration just made by the Marquis of Lansdowne , foi * he thought that Austria and France were our best allies .

      The motion was then withdrawn , and their lordships adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . — Various questions were put to the President of the Ixdia Board , the answers to which were of much interest , Mr . Shaw—( A CirARriiT Prisoner . )—In reply to questions from Mr . F . O'Cokkor , Sir George Gret wa * understood to say ( for his voice was scarcely heard in the gallery ) , that the prisoner Shaw was subject to no special regulations with respect to his confinement in Newgate . A regulation was made at the last court with respect to mm , but it would be reconsidered at the next meeting of the justices . Some of the books sent to Shaw by his friends were deemed by the chaplain of the prison improper books for his perusal , and were therefore rejected by him .

      Occupation of Moldavia and Wallaciha . —Lord Dudley Stuart , in moving for an address for copies or extracts of any correspondence between the government and the governments of Turkey and Russia , relating to the occupation of Moldavia and Wallachia by Russian troops , pressed the question upon the attention of the House , as one of high national concern , and which . affected the commercial interests of this country , and observed that he merely wished Lord Palmerston to put the House in possession of information , showing whether he had interfered , and to what extent , in relation to the occupation of these Turkish provinces .

      Colonel Thompson seconded the motion , and advocated the policy of assuming for this country a high Ittftl'al position , and of oui' making friends who should help us in the coming struggle between civilisation and liberty on the one hand , and barbarism and despotism on the other . Lord Palmkrsion retained the opinion ho had before expressed , that it was desirable for the interests and honour of this country that the House of Commons should take a lively interest in the foreign relations of this country ; but he did not think it consistent with his duty to agree to the motion , as the papers were connected with discussions now goin » on . Ho assured Lord Dudley that her Majesty s government , attached great

      importance to the independence of the Turkish empire , both in a political and a commercial view ; and other Powers of Europe were as sensible as we -were of the great importance of maintaining the independence and the integrity of Turkey . Mr . Anstet gave a long history of the arbitrary , oppressive , and insidious proceedings of the Russian government towards Turkey since the treaties of Akermann and Adrianople , and contended that the plea for the occupation of the two provinces was groundless , there being no disorder there save the disorders produced by the presence of the Russian troops . A discussion took place between Mr . Milxes , Mi . Urquiiart , Mi . Hume , Mr . Disshaeli , and Sir H . Verney , after which Lord Dudley Stuart withdrew his motion .

      Court-Martials in India . —Mr . Anstey then moved for copies of proceedings in the Court of Inquiry and Court-Martial at Arcot , in 1844 , in the oase of the mutineers of the 6 th Regiment of Madras Light Cavalry , and of other papers relating to that subject . He explained the circumstances of the case , which he characterised as one of downright tyranny . Sir J . lloBiiousE , premising that there had been but one instance in which a court-martial had been made a subject of inquiry in that House , proceeded to develope what he considered to be the origin of

      this attack upon the Marquis of Tweeddale , which he traced to a difference between tho Marquis and Mr . M . Lewin , a provisional member of council at Madras , who was removed from that office , and who had presented a petition to the House upon this subject , which the committee of petitions had found to be so libellous that they refused to place it on the table of the House . Sir John then justified the proceedings against the mutineers by detailing . ill the particulars of the mutiny , and objected to the production of the papers .

      After some observations from Mr . Jon . v O'Co . v nell , Mr . Hume , Mr . Elliott , and Mr . Aglioxby , Sir R . Peel thought that the House of Commons should not be compromised by the imprudence of an individual member , and engage in such an unusual inquiry as this . Great allowance must be made foi * persons charged with the duty of enforcing military discipline , and , for all lie knew of Lord Tweeddale , ho believed him to be the last man who would be guilty of excess in that duty . The Attorney-General suggested various reasons why the motion should be withdrawn .

      Mr . Anstby made a spirited reply , and refused to withdraw his motion ; upon which the House divided , when it was negatived by 5 i to 14 . Protection ov Justices ( Ireland ) Bill . —On the motion that the Protection of Justices ( Ireland ) Bill , as amended , be considered , a division look place on an amendment moved by Mr . J . O'Connell , that the third reading be postponed for six months , which was negatived by 38 to 2 . The other oi ' dei' 9 having been disposed of , the House adjourned at a few minutes after eleven o ' clock .

      ( iron our Third Edition ofhitvitth , ) FRIDAY , March 23 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Lord Monteaqle moved for an estimate of the sum which it was calculated would be raised under a rate of 2 J per cent on rateable property in Ireland . The motion was agreed to and the House adjourned HOUSE OP COMMONS . -Navigation Bill .-On the motion that the House should jro into committee on the Navigation Bill Mv . Lmueusiut said , he ' had to state to the House an important alteration which had been uuido in tins bill . When introducing the measure , lie had proposed to admit forei gn vessels , under certain ^^ ncation s , into our coasting trade , in order to establish a perfect equality with maritime nations , and to avoid all cavil and dispuf e with the United

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      States . The Chan-man of the Board of Customs had been of opinion , in the first instance , that the difficulties attending this relaxation , and the danger to the revenue , were not such as should obstruct a measure of gnat national policy and upon that * surance he ( Mr . Labouchere ) had made the nroposal ; but he had since received a communication rom Sir T . Fi-oemantle , stating that , on KOinr further into the necessary details , he had come to the conclusion that , if not absolutely impossible , it would be extremely difficult , to frame regulations tatea . The Chairman of the Board of Cinetrm ,- wi

      wiiit would not leave the revenue exposed t 0 the greatest danger , if we allowed foreign or British ships to combine foreign with coasting voyages ; and he , therefore , did not mean to ask the House to relax the laxra upon this point ; so that the bill would revert very muchto that of last session ! Mr . Gladstone said that having objected to thesi clauses on account of danger to the revenue he should say no more than that Mr . Laboucheve ' had been more successful in justifying their omission than ho had been iu finding reasons for their intro * uction .

      The House then resolved itself into committee where , upon the first clause , ' Mr . Bouverib moved the addition of a proviso to tho following effect : —That the restrictions upon the ships of any foreign country as to our trade with the colonies , our coasting trade , or the trado between our colonial possessions be not removed until British shi ps were declared to be exempt from the hko restrictions in such forei gn country . After a lengthy debate a division took place , when the amendment was negatived by 132 to 15 . . The 14 th and 15 th clauses , which gave to our colonies the power of regulating their own coasting trade were discussed at considerable length and a division taking place , were carried . °

      On arriving at clause 19 , Mr . Disraeli moved that tbe chairman report progress , and in doing : made a fierce nttack on Mr . Gladstone and Mr . Labouchere , which having been repriled by tho hon . members in question , tho Houseresumod and adourned .

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      CORN . Mabk-ianb , Monday , March 2 G . —There was a very small shoivof land carriage samples of 1 rl 1 e . 1 t to-day , or of any English grain coastwise , but the arrivals of foreign wheat , barley , and oats , since this day se ' nnight , have been very eitensire . 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 foreign , without giving way lg per quarter . Goou flour met more buyers . The demand for barley was very limited , and inferior qualities rather cheaper . Malt very dull . Peas and beans went oft" slowlj and grey peas fully 2 s lewer . Rye dull and rather cheaper ' The out trade was heavy , owing to the foreign supply and the best qualities fui : y Zs cheaper . Tares were otti'VL'd it 2 s reduction without many buyers . Cloverseeds dull nnd offered at less money . Linseed cakes very slow sale and cheaper . The current prices as under .

      BRrriaH ,--Wheat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , 3 Gs it > < 3 s , ditto wliite , 37 s to 4 fs , Lincoln , Norfolk , and York . ghire , red , 35 s to 42 s , Northumberland and Scotch , white —s to —s , ditto red , —s to —s , Devonshire and Soinerset-« hire , red , —s to —s , ditto white , — to —s , rye , 24 s to 26 j , barley . 24 s to 29 s , Scotch , 23 s to 27 s , Malt , ordinary , _ to —s , pale 52 s to 56 s , peas , grey , new , 26 s to 28 s , maple , 2 ? s to 30 s , white , 23 s to 25 s , boilers ( new ) , 26 s to 28 s , bt ;« iS iariw new , 21 s to 23 s , ticks 22 s to 24 s , harrow , 2-ts to 2 tfs , piecon 30 s to 32 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire feed , lfi » to j 9 g ditto Poland and potato , 18 s to 21 s , Berwick and Scotch , 19 s to 23 s , Scotch feed , 18 s to 2 Is , Irish feed and black , 16 s ; to 19 s , ditto potato , 19 s to 21 s , linseed ( sowing ) 60 s to 52 s , rapesecd , Essex , new , £ 2 G to JK ! S pei- last , carraway seed , Essex , new , 25 s to 2 Us per cwt ., va ]> e cake , JE 5 to £ 5 5 s per ton , linseed , £ 1110 s to £ 12 per 1 , 000 , flour per sack of 2801 bs . ship , 30 s to 32 s , town , 38 s to 42 s .

      Foheiqn . —Wheat , —Dantzig , 4 is to 64 s , Anhult &nd Marks , 40 s to 44 s , ditto white , 43 s to 4 Ts , Fomevauiaw ted , 40 s to 44 s , Kostock 42 s to 45 s , Danish , Holstvin , anS Friesland , 36 s to Us , 1 ' etersburgh , Archangel , and Iligs , 36 s to 38 s , Polish Odessa , 38 s to 42 s , Marianopoli and lierdlanslcl , 9 Gs to 40 s , Taganrog-, 34 s io 87 s , isrubant null French , 38 s to 41 s , ditto white , 40 s to 43 s , Saloniea , 33 s to 3 Gs , Egyptian , 24 s to 26 s , rye , 22 s to 24 s , barley , Wismar and Rostock , 20 s to 22 s , Danish , 21 s to 25 s , Saul , > U to 26 s , East Friesland , 17 s to 20 s , Egyptian , 15 s to ISs , l ) iuu \)» , 15 s to 18 s , peas , white , 21 s to l ! 3 s , new , boilers , 2 Ss to 26 ( , beans , horse , 22 s to 24 s , pigeon , 26 s to 30 s , Egyptian , 21 s to 23 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , anfl Friesland , feed and black , Its to 17 s , ditto , thick and brew , 17 s to 20 s , Biga , Petersburg , Archangel , and Swedish , 15 i to 17 s , flour , United States , per Wblbs ., 22 s . to 24 s ,, Hamburg 21 s to 22 s , Dautzig and Stettin , 21 s to 23 s , French , per 2801 bs ., 31 s to 33 s .

      WEDSEspiy , March 29 . —We have this week had a large supply of foreign grain , particularly oats , but of English the quantity iresh in is very trifling . A few sales are making of oats in good condition on about the same terms as last ' day , but for other articles the inquiry even is very trifling . Arrivals this week : —Wheat — English , 4 : 'O ; foreign , 15 , 430 quarters . Barley—English , 1 , 140 quarters . ; foreign , 12 , 850 quarters . OatS — English , 530 ; forei gn , 43 , 830 quarters . Flour—English , t' 10 sacks .

      CATTLE . Smithfield , Monday , March 26 . —Our market to-day was but moderately supplied with foreign stock , at least ' twothirds of which were of inferior quality . The primeet beasts and sheep sold at full prices ; otherwise the trade was heavy . From our own grazing districts the nrrivate oi beasts fresh up this morning were again somenliat extc-n sive , and of very prime qusdity . The attendance ofbujcrs being good , Newgate and Leadenhall markets well cleared of their last week's arrivals , and the weather more favour , able for slaughtering , the beef trade was tolerably steadj though far from brisk , and , in some instances , the pricei ruled 2 d per Slbs . higher than on Monday last . The highest

      igures for the best Scots were from 3 s 6 d to 3 s 8 d per 81 l ) f . The number of sheep were again seasonably good . Gene , rally speaking , they came to hand in good condition . On the whole , the mutton trade was in . a sluggish . state . la prices we have no change to notice from those ' paid on thi » day se ' nnight . The primest old downs , in the wool , sold at from 4 s 2 d to 4 s 4 d ; out of the wool , 3 s 8 d to 8 s lOd per 81 bs . Nearly a moiety of the sheep were shorn . Lambi moved off slowlj , at from 6 s Id to Cs 6 d per Slbs . The supply was by no means large . The veal trade was in a very inactive state , and prices were quite 'id per Slbs . lower than on Monday last . The sale for pigs was very heavy . Tb « quotations , however , ivere fairly supported .

      Head of Cattle at Smitjifi £ m > . Beasts .. .. 4281 Calves .. .. 55 Sheep .. .. 20 , 350 1 Pigs i' * 9 Trice per stone of Slbs . ( sinking the offal ) Beef .. 2 s 6 d to 3 s 8 d I Veal .. 3 s 8 d to 4 s fd Mutton .. 2 sl 0 d .. 4 s 4 d | Pork .. 3 2 .. 4 2 Lambs .. .. es 4 d to 6 s 8 d . Per Slbs . by the carcase . Newoate and Leadenhall , Monday , Mar . 26 . —Inferior beef , 2 s 2 d to 2 s 4 d ; middling ditto , 2 s 6 d to 2 s 8 d ; prhm large , 2 s lOd to 3 s Od ; prime small , 3 s 2 d to 3 s 4 d ; large pork , 2 s 11 M to 3 s ticl ; inferior mutton , 2 s 4 d to 2 s id ; middling ditto , 2 s Wu" to 3 s 4 d : prime ditto , 3 s Cd to 3 s luil voal , 5 s 6 d to 4 s Gd ; small povk , 3 s 8 d to 4 s 2 d .

      PROVISIONS . Ion-don , Monday . —The demand for Irish butter l . - . st week was on a moderate soalo , and prious notuiuAlIy . « last quoted . Foreign a slow sale , and the best JMesland 8 s to 10 s per cwt . lower . In Irish bacon the dealings were unimportant . Trices stationary . Hams and lard without change . For American provisions the demand was inactive , imd Utt&rly all kinds the turn cheaper . Cheese Market , March 26 . —The trade continues inactive , but little doing in any land ; the demand runs upon good things at a low figure , and on superfine : the latter article is very scarce , and therefore its value is vwv rrsdily obtainable . Cheshire is pleutiful in the market , and

      iit moderate rates . The stock of west country goo ( U by so means large . Foreign is still in fair demand ; ( jondii . S 8 » to J 8 s ; Edams , 3 Ss to 45 s . American : there is but little fine now remaining , and sells slowly at 38 s to -14 s , In Mportation there is scarcely any business doing . Esolisu 1 $ utte » Matulct , March 20 . —Ouv supply of tit " butter is much on the increase , and as foreign lias receded more than 20 s per cwt . in the last fortnight , we hare much difficulty now in giving quotations for price . The tontinuco cold weather assists us in the sale of old butter , but miserably low rates are accepted . Dorset , fine milk , K " * 104 s per cwt ; ditto , middling , 84 s to 90 s ; ditto , old , 50 s to 70 s : Irtish Buckinghamshire , 0 s to 13 s p « f ilo 2 im ; dii'J , Westcouutiw . 8 stolls .

      FRUIT AND VEGETABLES . Covent Gabdex Mabxet . —The market continues to M well supplied with vegetables and fruit . Pine-applet nr ! sufficient for the demand . A few hothouse grape * l » aT * made their appearance . Hhubarb , (> d to Is 3 d ; brocoli . a to 2 s ; and forced asparagus , 4 s to 7 s per bundle . App > Is 3 d to 49 ; pears , 10 s to 15 s ; ouions , Is ad to Is 9 d ; HtuaU sprouts , 0 s to 0 s ; spinach , 4 dtotid-, and parsley , Is 3 d WjJ fld per half sieve ; red cabbage , 2 s « d to 4 s ; savoy * , w !! 0 d ; celery , Cd to Is 3 d ; and horseradish , Is ( Id to is " per dozen heads ; turnips , Is 3 d to 2 s ; carrots , l ' s ( M ' *' ( id ; and greens , 2 s to 2 s Cd per dozen bundles ; » i'rt * J grapes , Is to 2 s ; pine apples , Ss to 7 s : and filbert ? , H »• 2 s per lb . ; oranges , 4 s to 12 s ; lemons , 5 s to ! ' 5 '• f forced French beans 3 s to 4 s per hundred ; sea k : i !> - ' , k ' 2 s ; mushrooms , Gd to Is ; and new potatoes . iMtolsF punnet ; tuiiii j > greens , Utl to 8 d , and lnwoli sj' ^ iOd to Is 3 d per bushel basket ; young radishes Jd to 3 » i " hand .

      POTATOES . SoimiWAMt Waterside , March 26 . —Our market C * l mies to be well supplied ; and potatoes , from the fcla *" therof last week , ave meeting rather a ready saic at * . following quotations : —Yorkshire Regents , 1 W t 0 , m Scotch ditto , 100 s to 110 s j Ditto cups , 110 s to 1 * I ^ whites , 80 s to 90 s ; French whiteB , 80 s to M < te J tJeB ; 60 a to 90 s ; Dutch . 80 s to 100 s .

      COLONIAL PRODUCE . Losdox , Tuesday .-The quantity of sugar offercd "" £ , he sale to-day has not been large , and aU found . J V Friday ' s price , say 8 , 000 bags Mauritius , low to tine ) .. 3 ( is 6 dto 40 s 6 d , the tine sorts least in denial" } - » ' y 7 , 000 bags White Ik-uares , 40 s to Hb Ai ; ^ V ^ W Ceylon brown 30 b to 34 s Cd . 150 hogsheads " , ,, '„»» - sold iu the private contract market , which is a SI " !" lllrt < . titj . Kefined firm , at last week ' s currency . fcroe « 7 ' 80 s to 52 s 6 d . Bengal molasses sold at l « s . tK { ii » Cofke remains dull and inactive ; cliere J > aS u public sale to-day . COAL . Of it Lo . woif , Mondaj-.-Weliavc to notice a" "JUuity o . ' per ton from this day se'nnight , with every . P ' " , ; ut S ' further rise unless we have a change of win ° . ^ . 5 ti - ui " 17 s ; Hettons , 17 s ; Tees , 17 s ; Wylam , 13 s od- ~ last day , 19 ; fresh arrivals , 1 G 8 . —Total , 1 »<« WOOL . ,, cck tw Cm " , Monday , March 20 . - During the past ,, civool market has been rather duller . i ? $ # foreign and colonial have been limited , mw " " Germany , and 15 ( J from the Cape of Good iW '

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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/vm2-ncseproduct1516/page/8/