Current:

Northern Star (1837-1852), 19th May 1849, Edition 1 of 3, Page 8, Untitled Article

Page 8
Page 8
8 of 8

On this page

  • Departments (2)
    • iKarlift^ «c.-.
    • Priiitedbv WILLIA"5l'«.it)ER. of Nd: 5. Macdesfiuld- Stre '':'
  • Text (5)
  • Transcript

    • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

      Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

      Untitled Article

      dangerous a character as many Irish members supposed him to be . Hu had spoken against the bill , trai made no motion in conformity with" the views vhk-h he had expressedTho Sheffield blade was not , after all , so dangerous a -weapon . He might speak warmly in reply to the honourable and learned gentleman ; " but he trusted that the House / would Sistiuffaish between the " honest indignation of a patriotic senator , " and the " billows acerbity of a spiteful self-tormentor . " ( Laughter . ) "After some observations from Colonel Duxse , ¦ who would not be tempted by Mr . Roebuck into unseemly personalities , Mr . Moore characterised the speech of the hon . and learned gentleman as a distillation of the worst passions of the lowest order of the people of both countr ies . The episode then terminated , and the House went into committee on the bill VVUUtUVlVV

      . , * "W VU VUVs «/***• _ , ,. m 3 u committee , Mr . IIorsmax renewed hia attacK upon the gov ernment , charging it with being resensible for the deaths which had taken place m ^ St ^ obse Gbht a-ain repelled the attack , and aecused Mr . Horsman of having himseWimpend the efforts of the government . for the relief of Ireland , bv obstructing the Rate in Aid BdL . Ito Roebuck replied to the attacks upon his " small height and bilious temper , and then proceeded to re-arraign the policy of the government , and to denounce the useless , if not mischievous , ^ ray in which they had squandered the grants given bv Parliament . Government had ten millions of nioney at their disposal almost in one day—they laid it out in one year . He asserted that by the employment ofthatsnm properly they could have set the people to work on their own fertile soil , and have

      replaced the lost potato by the produce of their labour . "What had they done with the ten millions ? They had flung them away in every possible manner . It was that which pressed on the right hon . baronet _^ i ot the amount of tlio sum , but that , large as it was , it had been expended so injuriously that it had left the people worse off than it had found them . ( Hear , hear . ) 2 fow , was there anything improper in his making that statement ? Then he went further , and asked why the educated body of Irish gentlemen had not stood forward and set the example of virtue in the appropriation of that sacred fund of charity ? "Why ( said the hon . member turning to the . benches behind him ) could you not keep your hands out of it ? ( "Hear , *\ and cries of "Oh , oh .- ! " ) I only asked your forbearance , and that you should have kept your fingers from that sacred fund . ( Hear , hear . )

      This renewed attack brought out lord Jons Russell in an elaborate defence of his policy , which , when disencumbered of mere verbiage , amounted to this , that the government did not know what was likely to be the extent of the evil , and acted on the " rule of thumb . " Shortly afterwards , 3 Ir . Baskes took occasion to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the budget of the year would be submitted to the Honse . The CnASCEtMiiof the Exchequer expressed a hope that he would be permitted to delay a little longer his financial statement for the year . Had it teen submitted at an earlier period , it would have been of a more favourable character than , he feared , it would now be , owing to the blockade of the northern ports , and other circumstances tending to check that commercial enterprise -which had appeared io be revivingat ihe commencement of the year . . . * . ¦ ¦ _

      The bill went through committee , and the House resumed . Lord J . Russell then moved that the House go into committee on the Parliamentary Oaths ( Jewish Disabilities ) Bill Admission of Jews to Parliament . —On going into committee on this bill , Sir R . Peel drew theattention of Lord J . Russell to the effect which , the bill , as it now stood , would have upon the position of that portion of her Majesty ' s subjects professing the Jewish religion , who ou < rlit to be placed hi the same position as all other classes . He explained the existing law as applied to the Jews , aad the effect which the present bill wonld have upon it . The bill would relieve the Jews from the practical obstacle to their sitting in Parliament : but there would remain a disqualification

      for civil and military offices under the Crown in the oath against transubstantiation , which was obviated by the annual Indemnity Act ; but he thought the measure would be incomplete if the Jews were not placed in respect to qualification for civil offices , as weir as for sitting in Parliament , on the same footin ? as other classes of her Majesty ' s subjects . Lord J . Russell said , the main object of this bill was-to regulate the oaths to be taken by members of Parliament , and he did not think it would be expedient to provide in this bill for the admission of Jews io civil offices , though , if the bill passed , there COuld » -e no difficulty in carrying through a measure for placing Jews , who are now admissible to niunicifel oiSces , on the same footing as other classes ¦ with " respect to all civil offices .

      A . brief conversation followed , in which Mr . Baxe . es , Mr . Law , and Mr . P . Howard took part . The House went into committee on the bill . A desultory discussion ensued in committee , apropos to an amendment submitted by- Mr . V . Smiih , for the omission of certain words frein the ProtcVuuit oath , the result cf which was that Lord John If ussell expressed Ms readiness to omit" the words \ rhieh referred to the " Pope of Rome , " and to the settlement of property as by law established , but he declined to omit the words , " on tho true faith of a Christian . " After some further discussion ,

      Mr V . Smith , satisfied with the concessions made by Lord John Russell , observed that he would not pres 3 ; that portion of his amendment which proposed to omit the words " on the true faith of a Christian . " He would be contented" to confine his amendment to the omission oi the words referring to the Pope of-Rome and the settlement of property . _ The galleries were about being cleared for a _ di-Tision . when a desultory and animated discussion aroscjus to the precise purport of the amendment , and tlje form in which it was to be put , during the progress of which Sir : Spooxek moved that the chairman report progress , and ask leave to sit again . and

      This was made a fresh starting point , « - new discussion ensued j when it appeared that the longer it was continued the less were honourable members agreed as . to what the amendment really was , or how it was to be submitted . This led many to support Mr . Spooner ' s motion for reporting progress , on which the committee at length divided , and tfonuniberewere—For reporting progress 122 Against - ~^\ in Majority against —119 It-wss then moved that tho Chairman leave the chair .. The committee divided , and the numbers were—For the motion ¦•• 111 Against it 225 ~ 3 tijority-against ... ... —11 * It was finally arranged that the Chairman should report ^ progress , and ask leave to sit again , whereupon the House resumed .

      The " Encumbered Estates ( Ireland ) , and the Estates I / easing ( Ireland ) Bills , passed through committee , and the St . John ' s , Newfoundland , Rebuilding Bill , was read a third time and passed . " Lord Palmehstox brought . in a bill for legalising marriages celebrated in consuls' houses abroad , ¦ whieh -was read a first tin « and the House adjourned a fav iniuutes before one o ' clock . TUESDAY , Mat 15 . HOUSE OF LORDS . — Affairs in Caxada . — Lord Staslet called the attention of Earl Grey to the alarmin ? accounts which had arrived from Canada . After reminding the government of the heavy responsibility which would rest upon them in this matter , the noble lord said that he should for the present content himself with putting two questions—first , whether the Governor-General of

      Canada , had acted without advice or instruction from her Majesty ' s government at home , and had been allowed so to act ; and , secondly , whether her Majesty ' s government had any explanation to offer as-to the present condition in Avirich Canada appeared to be . Earl Ghet replied that he had just received a despatch from Lord Elgin which would be laid before the House when it next met . It would appear from that communication , that Lord Elgin had acte 2 throughout with his accustomed judgment and good sensefsnd that , although a riot of a very aggravated nature had certainly taken place at Montreal , there was no-reason to apprehend a war of races in Canada .- As for the question of responsibility , in his opinion it rested quite asinuch with the noble lord and with the Opposition aa with tie

      government . . . ... _ -. ifox-IXTEKFEnERCE . —The Marquis of La ^ dowse , in answer to Lord Brougham , stated ; that though considerable bodies of Russian troops had crossed the Austrian frontier at the request of the Austrian government ^ he did not think , ' nndcr the circumstances , that England was bound to interfere in the matter .- - " . - - " - '• -. Agrioulturai . Distress . —The Duke of Riciimoxd then brought forward the question'of agricultural distress , aud in the course of his speech drew a lamentable picture : of the ruin . which had been broughton the agricultural part of thel population

      by iree- ^ adi measures ; * Thegovernment now . said that theylcould not retrace their steps , and for that reason the farmers wished to ; see apothier . administrationffipower . - . Tor hislowi part , though , the resignation . of the ministry was sometimes held up interrorem over the country , he wished' they would resign , for he was convinced there would b ' e . no ' difficulty in finding better men to * fiirtheir . places . His reason for . oriiiging this" subject before ; the ' Bonso was io aspertjun whether the government ¦ admitted the existence . of ^ agricuttur al "distress ,. and . if so , trhetherlfteylwereprepared with ., any measures to alleviate itV-. ' . " : /; . " . : ' - " . ? - C -

      Untitled Article

      The Earl of Wixchilsea could not remain silent on the present occasion , for he thought that a continuance of the existing state of things would sewously affect the prosperity and trannuilli y of the country . For yearsthoy had pursued a fatalcourse whereas if native and colonial industrylndbeen trsssA ^ ts ^^ s ~ $ sr ^ s « « atessw = J = ra h ^ t s ^^^ F ^ ssr it amui to

      country in consequences waien was con-^ EarfGRET did not think the present a fitting occasion to re-open the question of free trade . "With re « ard to the question put by the Duke of Richmond , he was quite aware of the existence of great distress in- the agricultural districts , and ho could assure the noble duke that he sincerely deplored it ; but , looking at what had occurred in former years , when similar distvess had been brought under their attention , his firm conviction wns , that any measures that might be adopted in the vain hope of relieving distress which arose from circumstances beyond their control , would do far more harm than good .

      After some explanatory observations from the Duke of Richmond , the matter dropped . Their lordships then adjourned to Friday . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The Irish Church . —Mr . B . Osborke gave notice that on Tuesday , the oth of June , he should move for a committee of the whole Ilouse to inquire into the temporalities of the Church of Ireland . . '" . ' . THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER . —Mr . F . O'Coxsor gave notice for the same day of his intention to submit a resolution pledging the House to adopt the principles of the People ' s Charter , Parliamentary Reform . —Sir J . Walmslev , on behalf of Mr . Hume , absent through indisposition , postponed that hon . member ' s motion , on the subject of parliamentary reform , until the day above mentioned , when it will take precedence ol other motions . .. - ¦• ¦ ..

      Canada . —Tho subject of the outbreak in Canada , at the instance of Mr . Hekries , involved a discussion , in which Mr . Roebuck , Mr . Disraeli , Mr . Hawes , Sir J . Pakixgion , Mr . Bright , and Lwd J . RussELiitook part . Irish Emighatiox , —Mr . Moxsell , pursuant to notice , called the attention of the House to tho question of emigration with reference to the necessities of Ireland . He adverted to the too well established fact of the abject social state of that unhappy country , and contended that , unless the remedy of emigration were applied , in conjunction with other measures , districts not yet in the prostrate condition of the western unions would be soon

      drawn into the vortex of misery . Wherever . * the remedy had been tried it had succeeded ; and from the comparative numbers of the population in proportion to the number of arable acres in Ireland and in other countries , it was plain that there , must be a congestion of superfluous labour in the former , creating a mass of pauperism that was eating up the vitals of the country . For this state of things emigration would provide the only remedy , aud it need » ot be upon a large and expensive scale . It would he objected that the voluntary emigration already going on was excessive ; hut this was owing to the class of the emigrants , whose flight from the country

      augmented the evil , increasing me disproportion between capital and population . He described , on the other hand , the vast absorbing power of our colonies , in which the labour of emigrants might be profitably applied to public works , as well as to the improvement of the land . He . then suggested the modes by which emigration from Ireland might be encouraged , namely , g iving greater facilities to Poor Law hoards to borrow money for that purpose , and enabling landed proprietors to , raise loans on the security of their estates for a limited time , the fund for making the advances to be created entirely from Irish resources . He concluded by moving an address to the Growa for papers .

      * Mr . J . O'Connell moved , as an amendment , f ' solution , to the efiect that emigration was a taiW and expensive remedy at best , and that the emiS " tion or farmers , and small capitalists should' . te checked by securing to them the fruits of their " dustry ; that the most pressing object wa 3 tlie frkhtful progress of distress m Ireland , whwn called for further assistance from the State . He moved this amendment in no spirit of hostility , to J ! Ur . Monsell , ' but he opposed a scheme of State emigration on various grounds : it would involve an enormous expense , and Mr . Monsell , who had offered no specificpian , Had not indicated the sources whence he proposed to get the money , which would and

      be better spent at homey in promoting industry relieving the terrible distress which was now depopulating the country . -....- ¦ Mr . Moore considered the first proposition involved in the amendment , as most iu-t ' uned and injudged , and the arguments used in support of it most inconsistent and out of place . It . was no longer a question of emigration , because the people had already decided that they would do so , and if something were not done beyond out-door relief , they would be only helping thousands on their joarney to the grave . Sir G . Grey thought the-question . brought forward by the honourable member for the county of Limeriek well deserving the consideration of the Houseand undoubtedly one of the speediest

      reme-, dies for removing what the honourable gentleman termed congestion of the population , would be partial emigratioH . "With regard to the precise proposition of the honourable gentleman , that increased power should be given to the boards of guardians to advance money put of the rates , or out of money borrowed on the security of the rates , "for the purpose of emigration , he could only say , on the part of the government , that there existed every disposition to consider such a proposition , particularly as lie understood that the honourable gontleman stated from liia own knowledge that persons in Ireland were ready to advance money on the security of the rates for carrying out that object . Mr . E . Roche supported the amendment .

      Mr . O'Connor said that he had studiously avoided talcing any part in the recent Irish debates , and for two very cogent reasons ; firstly least he may for a single hour lie the means of -withholding timely relief from his starving countrymen ; and , secondly—least by putting the saddle upon the right horse , — namely , the Irish Landlords—he might have led to an angry and protracted debate . ( Hear , hear . ) 'Now , however , as there was a very large question before the House , namely—the expatriation , nay—the transportation of the Irish people , he could not allow that

      opportunity to slip of placing Irish grievances upon the proper shoulders . . He had listened with some pleasure , and with no little pain , to the speech of the hon . member for the county oi Cork , relative to the present state of Ireland , and to the effects likely to be produced by the proposed systemofemigration . [ Hereamessenger from the Lords was announced , and the lion , member for Nottingham was called upon to sit down . ] He continued to say that the hon . member for the county of Cork had truly described the objects of the advocates of emigration . It was not to secure comfort for the

      emigrant in a foreign ¦ land , but it was to transport him like a criminal froni the land of his birth , where he was rendered surplus and useless by the tyranny of his landlord . These humane gentlemen reminded -him of the manner in which the kind-hearted ' owner of a faithful old dog disposed of him when he ceased to bo . useful . Unwilling , to destroy him himself , he got a servant to lose him , that he might be destroyed by a stranger . And what , the landlords now seek is , to lose their slaves , that they may perish in other lands . He had taken do notes of the

      statistical details relied upon by the hon . member for the county of Limerick , but he ventured to say , that he would quote them accurately from * memory . The hon . gentleman / in order to prove the excess of population in Ireland , as compared with that of England , has told , the House that the population qfliincbliisllire ^ -an agricultural county—amounts- to only : nine to one hundred acres , while the population of Connaught amounts to seventy-ei g ht to the hun- dred acres . But the ' hon . gentleman had

      not the candour to inform those who are " \ yhblly . ignorant of Irieh affairs , / ' that , ^ where as ^ Lincolnshire is ; an agricultural county , Con- , naught is a grazing and a ^ feeding province , with but ' little agriculture ; consequehtly . mjcreasing . ' the population ,. app licable to agrir culture m ; that . ^ province , because he applies the division of ; the whole population to , a „ very limited area of agriculture- ' '¦' ¦ ( Hear , hear . " ) The nest argument relied upon was , ; ; that whereas over six ¦ hundred thousand persons were employed in : riian ^ acturesm Belgium , ^ Mr .: JMo 3 Jsell .- ^ Istated more . : v ' :. ' ,.

      : ;; Mr . ' O'Coxnou : said , ; he had . taken- . tlio numbers stated by the hon . ' gentlemaii to'be employed ; in _ ttie seVeial 'br ^ clie ¥ '' pf man u&i ^ taresiin , thatVuhtry , ^ nd in the gross . they " amounted ¥ io . ' ~ litfle ; more tUan six ;; , huw ^

      Untitled Article

      ^ thousand , but he would take his addition , and say , let them deduct that larger amount from tho gross population of Belgium , and still it would leave in that country a larger population , according to their respective sizes , than there is now in Ireland ; aud how , he would ask , in the face of such facts , could the hou . member propose the expatriation of the Irish people , rendered surplus by landlords' neglect of duty , while the land of their own country was loudly calling for their labour ? ( Hear , hear . ) But the lion , gentleman agreed with the hon . member for Manchester , for he admitted that Ireland was not over-populated , and in the face of such an admission who | ' but the landlords , -were responsible for those dire calamities and shocking deaths—nay , murders

      —which were daily taking place in Ireland . [ At this point of the hon . member ' s speech Lord Marcus Hill was engaged in a laughing conversation with Mr . John O'Conneix , which arrested the attention of the . House , when Mr . O'Connor said , " Sir , if I cannot command the attention , I request the silence of the noble lord . " ] He would now call the attention of the House , to the real grievance under which Ireland laboured , and he had as good a right to take part in that debate as any member in the House , because his family were amongst the largest fee-simple landed proprietors in the kingdom—not middlemen , but proprietors ; and let the House now mark what was the real

      cause of Irish distress , dissatisfaction , and death . The Irish landed proprietors , as Sheridan truly described them , were /• merry , poor devils . '' ( Hear , and laughter . ) According to custom , they managed their estates according to the science of patronage , and not' according to the science of agriculture . If a man had a thousand a-year , oi tenthousand a-year , he with the ten thousand a-year became the servile slave of the Minister in this House , bartering his agricultural interest for political patronage . He was an absentee , spending his money here , while the domestic serf , with his thousand

      a-ypar , dispensed all local patronage . He became the representative , of the Lord in fee—he was a : Justice of the Peace , distributing his own law—he was a Grand Juror , distributing his own patronage in the shape of road jobbing , gaol jobbing , and workhouse jobbingand , still further , ho was tho charmed oracle from w ^ ich theHou so and the country received their Irish information . The hon . member for the county . of Cork has told the House , that in ' the midst , of the present distress , there arc £ 400 , 000 locked up in the Cork Savings Bank , while the land is . waste for want of .

      cultivation , and thepeople are dying of starvation for want ofemployment . ( Hear , hear . ) He remembered , when discussing tlie Repeal of the Union in 1834 , the then Chancellor ef the Exchequer—now Lord Mpnteagle—attempted to base the prosperity of Ireland upon the increasing deposits in the Savinga Banks—and he ( Mr . O'Connor ) answered his argument then , as he would the same argument now—that the fact is but proof of want of confidence in the Irish landlords .- In the good old days of corruption and patronage , the Irish proprietor with a thousand a year received £ 1 , 500 or

      £ 2 , 000 from jobbing ; he mortgaged . his £ 1 , 000 a year , which was then of comparative insignificance , according to its value established by protection . The mortgagees , thanks to free trade , had now swallowed up the whole rents of the property , and , hence , he was apathetic as to its management , and neither would or could give any encouragement to tenants ' with capital . And although the hon . member for the county of Limerick had but lamented the expatriation , of men with money , he had wholl y lost sight of the fact , that it was the men with arms , whom ho

      wanted to transport , thathad made that money for them . ( Hear , hear . ) The . hon . member for Roscommon had told the House in a previous debate , that the farmers who had emigrated , had taken ten millions of capital with them . And Avhy ? Merely because they could not expend it with profit or ^ security upon Irish property . But let him remind the House , that in 1834 he made a much more extensive and workable proposition than that now submitted by the hon . member for Limerick ( Mr . J . O'Connell ) ; his proposition was to compel the Irish landlords to give

      leases for ever at a corn-rent , and then every available farthing , and the skill and industry of the country , . would be applied to the cultivation of the soil . English manufacturers would then find the Irish people better customers for their produce , and the English workmen would find them better producers of their food . In 1834 he had predicted what the consequences of free trade would be to Ireland and to England ; the Irishlandlordsasyet had got but a taste of it , but the English landlords had not even tasted it yet . If the noble lord ( Lord J . Bussell ) had not gulled them

      in his Edinburgh missive with his promised timely and prudent concessions , but had let those measures go on contemporaneously with free trade , then this dire calamity might have boon averted ; but he had not the courage . And now the country is reaping the consequence . That House appeared to have a dread of dealing with lauded 'property , while it bad no objection to deal with Church property , which was considered the highest description of property , as all land was subject to tithe ; and yet , as a sop to the Irish landlords , that

      House felt no hesitation in relieving . Irish land of twenty-five per cent , of its burthen . Now , what could be more ridiculous than to compel a man to pay the same amount of rent for fourteen , twenty-one , thirty-one , or even ninety-nine years , when it was in the power of that House to alter the price of the produce , and in the power of Providence to destroy it ? The produce "was , of the year ; the landlords ' necessities , if not incmnberod by gambling debts , and speculation , should be of the year ; and what so fair a standard of rent as the

      value of . produce for the year ? . What manufacturer that would not laugh to scorn the proposition that he should pay a certain stipulated price for raw cotton for thirty-one years ? Well , it would not be a bit more ridiculous than that the fanner should pay the same amount of rent each year during that period . Let him now test the value of the principle of leases for ever , at a corn rent , while at the same time he would satisfy the emigration gentlemen as to the cause of capital leaving the . country . Suppose a farmer to hold a hundred acres , ' or a thousand acres , ; upon a capricious

      lease ,: and suppose him to have capital to the amount often pounds ; an . acre ,, and suppose the land to want draining and to . require the expenditure of capi tal for other improvements :- — -who , ' he would ask , upon such a frail tenure , would be foolish enough to expend liis capital ? Upon the ' other hand , suppose the man toget a lease for ever ,, even at a high rent ; instantly the whole of the capital is applied , to reproductive labour in the cultivation of the ; soil . ( Hear , hear . ) Well , but then not ; an " able bodied labourer , much less T farmers > vith capital , need . emigrate . Wlib can hear ., or read ; the daily accounts of . Irish misery without feeling his . heart . sick and his blood curdling ?; Was there over such an ' anomal y as a !

      . country with a fertile soil , a " genial climate , and aliardy ^ and industrious ^ people / becpming a'perfecf . charnelhouse , ? The . hon .. member for the . University , of Oxford reminded the House , ,: rather ; tauntingly , that , the Irish made th 6 « best ; hodmen . True ; 'they . 'did so '; -but if they carried ; the hod to tho ^ copingstone of the gorgeous mansion—if Ireland had p ^ ° * herii scavengers , wharfingers ^ -and hodirien ;' she had : also given themvtheirbest' soldier ^ ( which he : regretted ); -their ; a >' esfc sailors aflol-generals "— -their ablest sta | esiricn ; if they hadadoriiedtheii : streets , they had also adorned their ; senate , "their bar , their ; pul pit , .: aud their stage . ; They had . given . them all . these -as Well- ^— - < ¦* : X )' : -:- !;' : j ¦ !^ j .:, i ! i : ;;;; j ,., i - :. ; . ; : Mr . John O'CoNXEn ,- ^ Md agitators . '

      Untitled Article

      Mr . O'Connor . — The hon . gentleman reminded him of another class ; but it would have been far better for Ireland if she had never furnished such a tr ibe —( liear . ^ hear ) - for from Irish agitation may bo traced all Ireland ' s woes—that ag itation which pandered to the prejudices of the people , but never marshalled opinion to achieve a single Irish victory . The excited masses became serfs and tools in the hands of those who used them to acquire patronage , . for : ' tltonsdyes . ^ ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) &r ( said Mr . O'Connor ) , as is my custom , I have cleared the ministerial benches—( laug hter)—as tho members of

      the government were sure to come in for thenshare of the blame for the present state of Ireland . [ Here Sir Geokge Grey and the Ch ancellor of the Exchequer rushed from behind the Speaker's chair to their seats , amid great laughter . and cheers . ] I have them again ( continued lit . O'Connor ) . He was not going to taunt a single Irish landlord with a single act of oppression . There was not a bad Irish landlord in the House . ( Laughter . ) He saw the right hon .- Secretary - for Ireland opposite , and surely ho had never heard of an Irish landlord ejecting thirty tenants in

      one day ; and surely no Irish landlord in that House had ever cleared his estate of 1 , 400 miserable creatures .: No wonder that tho country was overpopulated under such management ; and no wonder that Irish landlords were placed hi the humiliating position of puling beggars , coming to this House for alms and doles to compensate for their own acts of tyranny and cruel injustice . Let him now state two great causes of what was called overpopulation . The first was the eviction of hundreds of thousands of Forty Shilling Freeholders , cheerfully sacrificed to . secure , as they

      thought , religious liberty , but who were used as an engine to secure power and patronage for the more wealthy and designing of their faith . That was the first crop ; and next came your Reform Bill , which conferred the right of voting upon tenants having a £ 10 interest in a . fourteen years' lease . Well , what was the result ? Why , that the landlords , still clinging to the remnant of patronage produced by political power , made fourteen years' leases in the hope of inducing their slaves to vote for them . This hope failed—those leases were made at the close of 1832 and expired' in 1847

      —tliis tenure-franchise died , out , and now ministers were compelled to have recourse to a new enfranchisement bill , to substitute living for dead voters ; the landlords had ejected the survivors , and now they came like cringing , crouching slaves to that House , asking for doles , and grants , and alms , and proposing to transport a-population too scant to till the land if the landlords did their duty . ( Hear , hear . ) He did not deny that there were some good landlords in Ireland , but they were the exception , not the rule . The hon . member for the county Kerry was an ¦ excellent

      landlord , and SO was the hon . member for Staffordshire , whose admirable letter he read , some time ago , in the "Times'" newspaper , with , exceeding pleasure . But how could the government , who wero dependent upon the support of . those slavish hacks and tools , dare to propose any sweeping measure ? True , they had proposed a sale of Encumbered Estates Bill , but what would be the result ? Why a conflict between owner and mortgagee . The estate would fetch nothing for the owner , after discharging the demands of the mortgagee , and the owner would offer , every

      obstacle in his power to the sale of the estate . But if he required further proof of the tinkering policy of the government , they would find it in the tact clearly put before them by the lion ; member for Carlow ; that lion , gentleman told them , that if they attempted to impose , a tax upon the claim of the mortgagee , all mortgagees would at once foreclose . Well , then , could there be a greater proof of ministerial imbecility , and incapacity to deal with the Irish "difficulty , " than the fact that , they were afraid to administer national justice , least they should create a feud between mortgagor and

      mortgagee , while the people were dying- ? He would ask any member in that House , if it was not more than an absurdity , under such circumstances , to hope to relieve Irish distress by the transportation of the people ? One of the maxims of Free Traders and Political Economists was , that not only England , but Ireland , was over-populated , and that population pressed hardly upon the means of subsistence ; but now , when Irish immigration to England nolonger constituted an idle competitive surplus reserve to enable manufacturers to cut down the wages of their hands , the lion ,

      member for Manchester admitted that Ireland was not half populated . ( Iloaiyheai . ) But if he required any proof of the necessity , and of the value of improving tho land , it was to be found in the Bill of the noble lord , in which all tenants . were exempt . from . an increase of rates for improvements made within seven years .: \ Last year at the end of April he had ventured to make two prophecies in thai House ; the one was , that the harvest of last year would ho deficient in-yield , and inferior in sample . The other was that within twelve months they would lose Canada ,

      and however non . members may now sneer or laugh , he told them that within less than twelve months they would lose Ireland and England too if they did not look sharp . Did those gentlemen opposite hope to rock their little cradle in quiescence in the midst of those convulsions which were now passing around them ; and had , the Free Traders lost sight of the fact that Ireland , properly governed and properly cnltivated , would be a better market for English produce than India , China , aud all their colonies and crimped markets put together . During the present session every Irish debate resolved itself-into a . conflict between

      commercial and lauded interest in that House . The gorge of the commercial gentlemen rising at the very mention of an income tax , and supporting tlio Rate in Aid upon no other pretext than to save their own purses , while the landlords were roused to madness at the idea of an additional-tax of sixpence in the pound . He ( Mr . O'Connor ) had voted for the Kate in Aid Bill in its every stage , and his only regret was that ii was not five shillings instead of sixpence in the pound . ( Hoar , hear , and laughter . ) Many Irish members , Who had voted for free trade , told him ( Mr .

      O'Connor ) that they would not now repeat the folly . . ( "No' no / ' ) Who said " No ^ no ?" , '¦ •• He : asserted it , and . unless all other circumstances were now managed upon the same free principle , they would- very speedily discover their error . . Let ' , any honourable member ,. who proposed tho transportation of the Irish people , accompany him from , any railway terminus , in England or in Ireland , and show him twenty acres of land , lying together , cultivated to one-fifth part of its capabilityof bbaririg , and all for the want of the applicationoi the ' industry , of the country to ' the

      better cultivation of the , soil of the country ; ( Heaii hear . ) ¦ ¦¦ ' But the landlords were not the only . : tyrants—for ^ as the honourable ' member for . West ; Surrey ^ told , . thenv-in his admirable speech , the . / grbatest ' tyrunHy ^ a ^ labour had . to ; contend , ; was the power . aiid'influeuce . of the capitalist . ( Hear ; hear . ) . Gentlemen were'asked to propose a remedy for Irish grievances . He had submitted many to tliat House ,: and , 'amongst others , ' he asked the government to' make Irish resident landlords

      perform their duties by subjecting them to vigilant popular control , for to expect justice ¦ from tho -motley system . of representation that that House ; presented , was impossible . ; Before the Easter . ' i'ecess , he ( Mr . Q'Connor ); had / requested . of ; the , Chancellor of the Exchequer to 'giyeyup . Easter Saturday to the Irish gentlemen to discusS'ilrish- ' iiffau'si -and ; to promise them tliat .. goVGrnm&twoWd giyo its ' assentto any : measure ; they . > gretdupon . ¦ ( Hear , liear , and laughter , ) " ,, ; ^ Y . ell ,... that . would have :: saved much ; time , ¦ but' would have - led to no

      Untitled Article

      conclusion . ( Laughter . ) , ^ Now let him dissect the composition - of that Bousehere sat a party against the rate in aidthere sat a party against the income taxthere sat a party against , any tax—there sat a party for transportation—and opposite sat a party confident and firm in their seats from their conflicting and varying . elements . ( "Heai , hear , " and laughter . ) N < wi . then , that was the construction of the English House of Commons while the Irish people were hourly dying of starvation , wholly arising from landlords' neglect of duty , He told them again , and again , that government's only resource was to coerce them—to lash them into theperformanceof their duty ; but so long as the ,. _ / T . o ,, » li + or ^ TNTnw . lot . him

      government could ensure the slavish support of Irish members they dare not legislate honestly for that country . ( Hear , hear . ) Let not the landlords suppose that they can now return to protection , but let them measure their future conduct by altered circumstances ; let them cultivate their land by the science of agriculture and not by the science of patronage , as it was a scheme and a scandal that any class in Ireland should ; be living luxuriously or even comfortably while the mass of the people were dying of starvation . In conclusion , he would give his continuous opposition to any measure which had for its object the . . transportation of his countrymen from the land of their birth , while the poverty of all was ' consequent upon their non-employment .

      Sir J . Young denied . that Ireland had sustained any injury from free trade , attributing the distress of that country to the va 9 t disproportion which the numbers of agricultural labourers bore to the quantity of arable land , causing a congestion that could only be relieved by the outlet which a system of emigration would provide . Mr . Scully supported the amendment , and Mr . Bukkk the original motion . > , The House divided , ' when the original motion was carriedby 45 against 10 . '

      Prison Discipline . —Mr . C . Pearson then rose to introduce this subject , which , he said , was one of very great importance . ' It appeared that the prisons of tins country cost ; ori anaveragc , £ 400 , 000 a year , irrespectiye of the cost to the government for the punishinent'bf erhrie by means of the hulks and transportation . He would undertake to prove that the criminal class of this cpuntn might be made to maintain itself without a single shining of expense either to . th ' e nation or to the counties which now had to bear that enormous charge . He undertook

      also to prove that this should be done' by means of a reformatory character , ; without slave-labour—that the means of dieting and clothing the prisoners , and paying the expense of their prisons , could be obtained by means that were reformatory ^ without . interfering with the just ' , rights of free labour . It was now twenty-five years ' since his attention was first directed to this subject as . imember of tlio Prison Discipline Society , arid since that time he had held various public employments , ^ Yhich had placed him in constant communication as well with prisoners as with those entrusted with the administration

      of prisons . He therefore stood there with , some reputation on his head on . this question ; and he affirmed , if the House would grant him a committee , that he undertook to prove the propositions ho was then statin * . His first proposition was , " ho sought a uniform s ) stem . " Might he state to that House that the cost of our , prisons varied to an extent which in itself alone demanded correction ? He saw by the inspector ' s report of the northern district that we had recently had a prison erected and enlarged in this country at an expense of £ 1 , 200 per prisoner , no would state that the Millbank prison cost £ 500 per prisoner ; that the new prison —the new model prison of England , under the new system , at Reading , for instance , cost £ 220 per ¦

      prisoner ! Hewmldask whether , in enunciating that fact alone , he had not done sufficient to induce the House to grant a committee of / inquiry , to ascertain whiit were the circumstances tiiat had led to such a result ? He would further affirm that if that system of separate imprisonment were to be extended throughout the country , it would require six millions of money to adapt our present prisons , or erect new prisons to receive the amount of prison population that . would be required for the purpose . Painful as was the necessity of bringing forward statements affecting the present system of discipline—painful especially us it must be to him to make . these statements unaccompanied by the proofs , if a committee were hot granted to him—still it was

      absolutely necessary for him to lay them before the House , as the statements on which his proposition was founded ; but the moment any member of tho government told him they were willing to give him the committee , that moment he ' would desist from proceeding any further . The enormous increase of crime of recent years was enough to startle any reflecting mind , ' lie had examined the' statistics , and would not throw the responsibility upon any writer : he would be answerable himself for the accuracy of every figure he quoted . The number of commitments and recommitments in England and Wales for trial on . criminal charges had increased within the last forty years upwards of 400 percent : ;

      whilst the population had increased only sixty-five per cent . The literal statement of the figures , as rendered io the Home-office by the prison inspectors , aHd by committees of that House at various times , gave a result of even greater magnitude than that . The committals for trial in England and Wales , in the . year 1 S 10 , were 5 , 146 ; and in the year 1 S 4 C they were . 26 , 851 , being an increase of 428 per cent ; Ho did not pretend to say that crime had increased in that proportion in this country ; he believed the reverse was the fact—he believed the enormous increase of crime could be accounted for by circumstances totally irrespective of increasing criminality on the part of thepeople . ( Hear , hear . ) There were now thousands of acts which in 1810 were not

      visitable by law , and which are now punishable as crimes by imprisonment . ( Hear , hear . ) He was just informed that if he did not move for his committee at once , he should lose Ms house . ( Laughter . ) Sot havhig had the privilege of frequently heaving his voice in tho Ilouse , lie would not say he would . rather lose his committee than lose his speech , but on a question of this importance ho felt it to be his duty to devclope all the circumstances of the " ease . " ( Hear , hear . ) However , honouvable gentlemen ' . opposito , if they had any measure of importance to bring on , ' might easily procure his silence by . granting him the committee . ^ Laughter . ) It appeared that eighty per cent , of all the commitments and summary convictions were' for larcenies , vagrancies , misdemeanors , juvenile delinqencies , and other petty offences , punishable by short periods of imprisonment , varying from seven davsto six months . The committals for trial in

      England and Wales were , m 1846 , 26 . S 51 ; and the summary convictions in the . same year were 60 , 092 ; making a total of 92 , S 43 . There was an important circumstance , to which was to be ascribed the enormous increase of petty : offenders ; that was the great degree of comfort enjoyed in the gaols . The prisoners . were better feel , clothed , lodged , ana " taught , than were the class to which the great majority of thein belonged out of prison . ( Hear / hear . ) They there enjoyed a greater degree of comfort than they could ever enjoy by honest industry . They also got a taste for luxurious indulgence , which it was impossible for . them to gratify when they got out . ( Hoar , hear . ) By this means they did not make prisoners better , but made them worse . They did them ,. a positive injustice . and injury , and inflicted a great evil ¦ on the rate-payers , many of whom were not themselves so well fed , "clothed , and lodged . ( Hear , hear . ) .: c : :

      An Hon . Mkmbeb ; here proposed that the House should be . counted . : Tho result showed that a sufficient number of members were present . Mr . Pearson resumed liis speech by referring to the evils of idleness , which he conceived to bo the great incentive to crime . It was true that , it was said that four-fifths of the crimes committed were the result of intemperance ; but admitting it to be so , was not that intimately associated with' idleness ? ' It was the want of continuous industry that led to the commission of crime , and if they : wan ted to resist the progress ofcrimn , it must be by an entireireyersal of the principle on which they had hitherto aoted ., ( Hear , hear . ) The next circumstance to which he would call the attention of the

      House was , . that'eighty-one per cent , of the male criminal . population ; were bet ween the . ages of sixty and forty-five , and ' therefore , ; : at that-period of life when they should-be-engaged'in . ; supporting , themsclves and those dependent . ; upon them , and fortyseven . per , cent , . jnoro . between'the ages of twenty and .. thii'tx iiye . ' . It . might be . jc a ^ ily . inferred jrom lm . ' observatipns , that tlic . foundati 6 njof . his propo ^ ' sition would be that cohtinuous . labour should be the means , adopted'for 7 punishing itlie " . criminal , and making him . support himself without being- a b . urdeii uppii ihe . h ' oncst portion ' of the . community ! . Tho objection made ' . to ' that proposition was , that this is a tree country , ' and ; they could riot endure . slavery ; ¦ Tlio . Scripture , was founded a part Of the ' laws-of . the ' '

      country ; wKeu was' ' this declaration repealed ,, 1 He who-stealeth shall be spld . irito bondage ?' , ' . But without reference ' tq Scripture at all , they were ' entitlcd ,: heithought , to evoke ' from the prisoner the whole of ; his [ powers of'industry : ' There ' ' wasi no novelty in the proposition , because in tlie States of America ( for instance TUassachusets ) tlio ' prisoners miiintsaiied'themselves . 'They paid for their diet ' clothing , teaching , m tKd . repair' ; o'f thVprison lu ^ M ? hfc ;^ M ' . l ( rtgcd : ;^ The . iwiartW : iiaaneaof ¦ f ^ , ° .. w : r from the goyernor ^ bwiilto the Invest n ° towy , tliat , buUy their' surplus Iab 6 'i 4 v , i « ey were ^• . ^ jP" ™^ swt ; of clo thes . for every ' prisoner on hisidischarge , and put five ddllfiW iritis pocket . A sum was also iipplujd . { o the . liijiudatio ' a of the

      Untitled Article

      debt for originally building the prison , and also f the support of the Prison Discipline Society I ? did not introduce this as a model for imitation h ? only adduced it as : evidence to show that there wa a power of calling forth from persons in prison th full amount of the labour of which they werc ciDi ble . He begged also to call attention to the system adopted in Belgium and France , but the m 0 ( u thoir adopted was not to be imitated ; and he trusted this country would show the example of a betted modo . His objection to tho Amovioan system wag this—that it was not suited to this country . JN ' eitlJ ! did he offer the Belgian or French system as a model for imitation . One great portion of their in . dustry was in tailoring , and making shoes and shirts " and articles of that kind , yet a largo portion of tho ^ debt for originally building the prison , and ni *» ,

      labour was machine labour , weaving and spinning that require the use of machinery , lie objected to that plan , for if they took a labourer to make him a spinner spinner or weaver , what was to become of that man when he was thrown again on society ? ( Hear , hear . ) However , they did all these th- ' noj m this country without deriving from them the benefit they ought to derive from them . After pay . ing £ 470 , 000 a year , the expense of their gaols , mstead of producing the amount that the Belgian and American gaols produced , they only produced in this country about £ 40 , 000 a-year . " That was produced in the Millbank , Pentonville , and s ome other prisons . They adopted the American principle with all its evils , ' - without any of its advantages i rt . nil 1 ltti « . . C ? After further remarks

      some elucidatory of his ( Mr . C . Pearson ' s ) views upon this subject , the hon . gentleman concluded by moving for a " select committee to inquire and report upon the practicability of establishing a uniformity of discipline , punitive , reformatory , and self-supporting , to be applied to all persons sentenced to imprisonment for crime . " Sir G . Gbey replied generally to the arguments of the hon . member , and , in conclusion , said he should not object to the appointment of a committee to inquire into the plan of building prisons , and into tho treatment of prisoners , provided that inquiry extended over a limited period , and was confined to a comparison of the present with the former systems , but to tho indefinite motion of the lion , gentlemau he could not consent .

      After some observations from Mr . Roundelu Palmkb in favour of the management of Reading gaol , . Mr . Brotherton suggested the adjournment of the debate , on the ground of its importance , which motion was agreed to , and the House adjourned . WEDNESDAY , May 15 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Mr . Hawes laid upon the table of the House some papers respecting Canada .

      Mr . Roebuck took occasion tosfcntotho substanco of private letters received from the province , which showed that there was no foundation for the supposition that the present excitement there partook of the character of a war of races . The Indemnity Bill was a money bill / providing for the appropriation of local funds , and he thought that the Imperial Parliament should not interfere with the Canadians in disposing of their own money . Such interference would give rise to a real cry for annexation , there being nothing but a sham cry for ifc in the

      pronow . . Mr . Hawes deprecated discussion upon the sul )« ject , until the Ilouse had had an opportunity of tho * rouglily appreciating the whole question . Mr . Gladstone concurred with Mr , Haives , bu £ protested against the inference which might be drawn from what fell from Mr . Roebuck , that the Imperial Parliament had no right to interfere with the disposal of the colonial revenues , lie admitted that it should not interfere on light grounds . ' Sir G . Ghey did not regard such an inference as deducible from what had fallen from the honourable and learned gentleman . He trusted , however , that discussion would be avoided until the Houso was in possession of the whole case . Tho matter , after some observations from Mi * . Newdegate and Mi . E . Denison , wa 3 dropped .

      The House then went , into committee on the Landlord and Tenant Hill , which occupied the remainder of the sitting .

      Untitled Article

      COltN . Mabk-lane , Monday , May H . —The arrivals of English wheat were very moderate this morning , and were bought by the millers at fully last Monday ' s nriues . Of Foreign , wo have had . a largo supply during the week , prices nevertheless were well maintained ; we have had a good rutail trade to-tlnj ° . I'lour dull and rather cheaper . Barley went off slowly , the demand for malting drawing to a close . Malt sloiv sale , unless fine . Deans and grey peas were Is . dearer , llye saleable at our quotations . Wo had u large supply of Foreign oats ; but rery few English ; the trade to-day was very liriu , with a good dum ; md . Linseed cukes unaltered . The weather has become very mild and wiu'in to-day , l'lus current prices as under : —

      CATTLE . Smithfield , Monday , May 14 . —The arrivals of Beasts fresli up for this morning ' s market from our grazing districts ware but moderate compared with those of some preceding weeks . ' Although the weather has become milder , the beef trade , owing to the limited supplies of meat in the hands of the butchers , was somewhat active at fully Friday ' s advance in the quotations . The [ inmost Scots sold freely ut from 3 s 3 d to os llkl per bibs ., being a rise in tho prices of Monday last of fully id . per Slbs . Prior to tlio close of business a good clearance had beeii effected . Notwithstanding the . number of sheep was slightly on the

      increase , there was an improved inquiry for that description of stock , and prices further advanced upon those of Friday ild per Slbs . The best old Downs sold at 4 s -d ; being quite Gd per 8 lbs . more money than was realised on this Jay se nuight . The sale of-lambs , thir'sunply of which was moderate , and amongst which were about 300 head from the isle of Wight , was active , at u rise in value at fully 4 d per Slbs . Prime Down qualities sold at from Us to fully ( is 2 d . per Slbs . In calves a full average amount of business was transacted , at a rise in the quotations of 2 d per SJbs . There was rather more doing in pigs , the prices of which were fully supported .

      . Head of Cattle at Smitiifield . Beasts .. .. 3 , 0021 Calves ISO Sheep .. ... 21 , « du J Pigs .. .. .. ' . J 30 Prive per stone of olbs . ( sinking the offal ) Beef .. is Ud to lis 10 d I Veal .. 3 s lid to 4 s Gd Mutton .. 3 s 4 d .. 43 2 d 1 Pork .. 32 .. 42 Lamb .. .. as'id to Cs 2 d . Per Slbs . by the carcase . Newgate asd Leadg . mi . ul , Holiday , May 14 . —Inferior beet ; 2 s 2 d to 2 s ( id ; middling ditto , 2 s Sd to L ' s lOd ; prima large , 3 s Od to os 2 « l ; prime small , os ii to os fid ; largo pork , as 4 U to 3 s Sd ; inferior mutton , 2 s Scl to 3 s Oil ; middling , ditto , 3 s 2 d to 3 s tid ; prime ditto , 3 s Sd to 3 s lOd j veal , 3 s id to 4 s id ; small pork , 3 s Hid to 4 s I'd ; lamb , 4 s lOtl to Us :

      PllO VISIONS . London , May 14 . —Our markets were quiet all last week , There was a moderate demand . for old Irish butter , at prices varying from -DOs to GUs , aud for new in retail quali lies at from 70 s to 80 s per ewt . Foreign rather morn saleable at DOs to 70 s per cwt . — -Bacon . —The ungcuial weather operated against a free sale . "Of Irish aud American singed sides prices , however , were firm , and ruled for tlio former at D 2 s to ( tts , aud for . the latter at 44 s to 50 s . Hid . dies : The transactions were limited at 3 lis to 42 s per cwt . Hams ; in steady request , at COs to 74 s . Lard , of prime quality in bladders , o ( is to His ; in kegs and pails , 38 s W 44 s ; and for inferior in proportion . English Butoek , May 14 . —We have to note a dull trade , and to ett ' ect sales lower prices have to be submitted to . Fine l ) orset , Slis to 88 s per cwt . ; ditto middling , 76 s to 80 s ; fresh butter , 8 s to VJs per dozen ,

      FltUIT AND VEGETABLES . Covest Garde . v Mabket . —The weather having taken a favourable change , the supply of vegetables has been well kept up , and most kinds arc sufficient for the demand , Fruit has altered little since our last account , l'ine-npules fetch from us to ios per to , Hut-house grapes arc very good , aud more plentiful . Nuts in general are sufficient for the demand . Oranges and lemons are plentiful . Amongst vegetables , young turnips may be obtained at from 2 s to ts a bunch , and carrots at from 9 d to 2 s . Cauliflowers and broccoli are sufficient for the demand . Asparagus , 1 ' rench beans , rhubarb , and sealcale , are doarer . Potatoes wero also dearer . New potatoes fetch from Gd to 2 s per lb . LetJ tuues and other snlading are sufficient for the demand . Mushrooms aire plentiful . . 'Cut flowers consist of heaths , pelargoniums , camellias , gardenias , tulips ,- hyacinths , cine * ravias , tropajoiums , fuchsias , and roses .

      POTATOES . = ¦ ¦ : •¦ , . Soumiwauk Waterside , May 14 . —Notwithstanding the few arrivals coastwise , we : have such an abundant supply from the continent , that we have to quote lower prices than last week . " The following are tliis day ' s . quotations ;—Yorkshire regents , IStIs ' to 'i ' -JOs ; Scotch ditto , 14 is to 15 l ) s ; ditto whites , 90 s-to 100 s ; French whites , 90 s to 100 s ; Belgian , 80 s toUOs ; Dutch , 90 s to lOOsi '

      COLONIAL PRODUCE . Londox , May 15 . —The sugar market opened for the week with a firm appearance , and a large business has beendone —W 0 hhds West India sold ; The public sales went off freely ; 3 , 700 bags Mauritius found buyers at full pvices w Gd advance , jine qualities being least in demand ; browu , 31 s , 31 s ( Sd : yelUwj 373 . 40 s ; 3 , 500 iladras . also found buyers at full prices ; brown , 32 s ,: 33 s ; yellow common to fine grainy , 35 s ( id , 40 s ; 5 , 000 bags Bengal also sold , but the full prices of Friday were scarcely supported ; white Benares , 3 tfs ,- 43 s . -Refined firm , at last week ' s currency ; grocery lumps , Sis ( id , 039 Gd . :: . ft . : ; . , ; : ;? Coffee . —1 , 000 ; bags of very good ordinary native Ceylon were ottered , held for high prices , : and boughtin 33 s , 33 s tid ; a part reported to haye been subsequently sold 30 s . Uice . —Good and fiue white ' sold in public sale at about oil advance , ; 11 s , 12 s ; interior sold ' at about previous rates , 9 S ; 10 s ( id . - :-i . !; i ';¦! -i . 5 ' , V . ' - [ : !•• - ., ' .. ¦ •; _ CoTiosi . —The demand became active < m Change ; 2 , 000 bales sold at a shade advance . ;• ¦ ¦ Tallow dull , 3 Ss 9 d ; . ' ,- ,, . . , ,. , 1 ' ea . —The quantity' declared for . saleT on Thiu-sdaj " 2 o , l ) 0 U packages . ¦"¦• :., " ¦ , ¦ ' ' : - ' ' ' .

      • ( Price of coals per ton at the close of the market . ) London ; May 14 , —Market to-day very heavy , -without a » J alteration in price from this day se ' imigiit . Stewarts , I "*; Uetton's , 17 s jBrada . vll ' s / lCsM ; Tees . lGsaa ; Eden , if Ke , Uoe , 15 s 6 fl , ; Left from laa « dayj 115 j- frodi arrivals ) ¦* - total , U 0 . ¦ : ; ^; . :, ;• ,:.:.-., ; , ¦¦ :: \ ,:-. ^ : : - : ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' ¦ ' '¦ - ¦•' ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ > - ¦ : ¦ > - ' ¦ ¦ ' v- > lv : r :- ¦ ; "¦ ¦ : ^^ ^ g .

      Untitled Article

      in ' thu piu-ish of St . Airnej Wcstiaihster , at the . Vf " % : ¦ office , lGi Great Wiadaaill ^ trcet , Hajinu-ket , in Bie ., X , / : of Westsniustoi ' . fbrthe Prapinetor . PEAKGUSO'CO . VA" . - Esq . 'MiP . ^ aud pubuiilwdlby the said Wouam .. ' the oa « 8 , iu tUa . HKfte .. street and va « -isll ' ~ ^' ^ M » y'Wfli , - W 49 ,: , ; .. - ,. , ; .. ,. . ;

      Ikarlift^ «C.-.

      iKarlift ^ « c .-.

      Untitled Article

      * nv . MnPTHERN STAR _ Mav 19 , 1849 . 8 . - . — - ——i » ii ¦ " r ^ r ^ ST ——*— " ^ - ¦¦¦

      Priiitedbv Willia"5l'«.It)Er. Of Nd: 5. Macdesfiuld- Stre '':'

      Priiitedbv WILLIA" 5 l '« . it ) ER . of Nd : 5 . Macdesfiuld- Stre '' : '

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 19, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1523/page/8/