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taage and of the number of our teamen since the adoption of the reciprocity system , hy which the rigour of lhe _Navigation Laws had been relaxed , proved that wc had nothing to fear from still more enlarged competition . He " would dread the results to tire Royal Savy if hc could be brought to believe that the measure before the House would prove detrimental to our commercial marine . But he had several reasons , which he detailed , for feeling convinced that such would not be the case . He then briefly defended the bill in --some of its detail * , concurring to a great extent \ n what had fatten from Sir J . Graham in respect to the retaliation cauie . He was not disposed to go along with those who despaired of _receiving anv compensating advantages
from foreign countries . In his opinion , with tne exception ofa few of them , corresponding advantages would be given by the nations of Europe to those which weald be conferred « pon them by the repeal of the Navigation Laws . ( Hear , _heanj H _& _dshfr-flslikcs " _auitatioi- _^ ' He said : lam reminded of what Sir James Graham , aid _^ m the _conclnuoBVef his speech , whoa he told us that wc Should be _-making agitators , * nd he called upon us not to _petrmit _.-notation to irritate thc minds of men . The _agnation rid irritation produced by our proposed repeal of the Navigation Laws are not very oonsidcrable . or very alarming , according to the _opinions of any one ; bat if you declare that you are about again to impose a tax upon food , that your
obietft is to make food dearer , and that youare not _sattsScd with the low price of food , there will be au agitation , and an agitation of a very difficult character- ( Hear , hear . } You will have the great mass of the people discontented , who are now quiet and contented—( ironical cheers from the Protectionist benches)—who arc , I again repeat it , now quiet and contented , and who silently rejoice that they are enabled—with regard to articles both of their necessary food and of those slight comforts which they are euablcd te purchase—to purchase them at a lower rate than , perhaps , has been the case during the memory of man in this country _^ - ( hear)—during the memory , I mean , of any one now living . ( Hear . ) Those who " are rejoicing in this state of things , if
you proclaim you are about again to impose a tax upon the importation of corn , would be agitated by the fear of the sufferings they may have to endure , ofthe scarcity which by your legislation you might attempt to expose them to . ( Hear . ) And where , let me ask , would he the benefit ? Many of the farmers and agriculturists are asking for a duty upon corn . If it were a small duty upon corn an advantage , no doubt , would he gained to the revenue . A protective duty , effective in the opinion of the farmers , would not be a gain to them , and they would be as dissatisfied as they now are . But if you _werc-tolay on a . high duty , does any one imagine you could retain it ? ( Hear . ) Does any one believe , in the present state of this country , that anything like a high duty upon corn , even if you obtained a Parliament with four to one in its favour , and it passed the _Houscof Lords without a dissentient voioe
—do you believe such a law could be maintained ; { Hear . ) Then , sir , I ask , do . not , by the rejection of this bill , give a signal for fresh and renewed agitation upon the subject . ( Hear , hear . ) _L like the ri g ht hon . gentleman the member for Ripon , rejoice in the tranquillity with which we passed through a year remarkable for its revolution and convulsions in almost every country in Europe . I believe there were three things that contributed mainly to the tranquillity , to the confidence , to the repose , and tho loyalty ofthe people . I believe the first was , attachment to the . forms of our ancient institutions . I believe , in the second place , it was very much owing to the removal of those grosser abuses in the representation of the people , which ¦ were removed by the Reform Act passed under the administration of Lord Grey . I believe , if you had had such flagrant abuses as Gatton and Old Sarum , there would have been a call for reform which would
have swelled mto a cry for revolution . ( Hear , hear . ) I believe the third reason why the people were so tranquil during the agitations of the past year was that the grievance which they had felt of the high price of food , caused by legislation , had heen removed ; and that by the act of 1846 , you had removed all impediments , by which they could procure food as cheaply as it could be introduced from foreign countries . ( Hear , hear . ) I believe that to these three circumstances are you indebted mainly for the position in which you stand—a position gratifying to every lover ofhis country , and which is conspicuous to all the natious ofthe world . ( Hear , hear . ) I ask you now to maintain that situation by the means by which you have acquired it . I ask
you not to refuse a reform which is pointed out by reason , which is the result of inquirv , which is in conformity with the principles which parliament has deliberately adopted . I tell you , if , upon the other hand , you are about to pursue a course of reaction , if you induce men to think that you doubt those principles which you have already adopted , and that the shipping interest is not to be left alone as the sole protected interest of this country , but that you are about , in favour of other interests , to restore that vicious system—I say , then , you will be giving the signal to agitation , of which ' indeed you may be proud of having commenced the operations , hut of which you will not see the end without the deepest regret and sorrow . " ( Cheers . )
Mr . Disraeli , who rose a few minutes after twelve o ' clock , observed that he did so only from two considerations—first the general desire" of the House to come that night to a division ; and , secondly , his own determination to occupy its tune but for a very few minutes . His chief object w _^ is to express the " general feeling" with which he would give his vote upon thc bill . Sir James Graham had characterised the measure as the capital which was to crown the pillar of past legislation . But if the column had disappointed all the expectations formedof it , why go to the eip ; ng * , or incur the risk , of crowning it with a costly capital ? The measure was introduced last year to consummate a theory . He then believed that that theory had failed , and said so , and
he was convinced of it now . Last year Sir James Graham had said that reaction was impossible , whereas now he admitted that progress and reaction were in actual antagonism , and Lord John Russell ¦ was now deprecating an agitation which had heen regarded as _impossible , but which was now recognised as springing from the distresses of the farmers . If the theory , which the bill was introduced to support , had failed , the case on which it rested was a fictitious ono . Thc theory liad blown up , and the case had broken down . It had certainly broken down so far as the colonies were concerned . The case of Canada was a serious one , and one which had , that night , been treated in a manner which would not speedily be forgotten . But there was
nothing m the case of Canada that was an argument in favour of the repeal ofthe . Navigation Laws , which was not equally an argument in favour of a return to protection . And this was what they had come to at last . They were told that they might look for rebellion in Canada , unless they protected the chief interest of Canada . But what would the people of England say to this ? Thev would say woe to the statesman who had plucked that jewel fromthe British Crown . The case had not only failed as regarded the colonies , for it had also broken down , so far as foreign states were concerned . Lord John Russell , had that evening called upon them to come to a settlement of the question . A settlement of what question ? A settlement of
one ofthe many questions which hc had assisted to unsettle . The whole policy of the Whips was to produce agitation , that they might have the honour and glory of appeasing it . . They had that evening gained a great ally in Sir James Graham , and -they seemed to be highly satisfied with him , Mr . Disraeli then commented upon what the Free Traders term " progress . " He said : —We have been told to-night by Sir J . Graham that he considered himself as standing between reaction and progress , and that , having to choose one , he decides m favour of progress . But progress to what ? Progress to paradise , or progress to the devil ? ( Laughter . ) The people of England do not wish to hear any longer about this windy phrase of
progress . They want to know where they are nrogressmgto . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) They want to know what yeu are at , what you mean to accomplish , and then they will calmly weigh what you state , and will . conclude that what they possess is more than your , promises can obtain . With the 'disciples of progress we have arrived at that point . We waist to know what you are after . ( Laughter . ) The Manchester sehool of men frankly tell us what they are after . They tell us that they will destrov the church ; that tiiey wiU destroy the landed tenure ; that they well completely change the elective law , _aed do manw other things which may be perilous or fatal to this country ; but , at least , from _tfcem we know what we are to expect . In their ease we deal with mania * facesand _Iitrust in God
, we shall defeat them . _^ Cheers . ) B * t dilettanti disciples of progress are _-sery dangerous . opponents ( Hear , hear , hear . ) And f must express my regret thai one so emiaently practical as the « ght Eon . gentleman is determined to fcike his stand where he is , because it requires no gift of prophecy to announce at this moieent that w _& ere tie is he _» likely fo remain . ( Laughter . ) The fight hon . gentleman the _mesaber for _Rigon says tfc * fc he cannot but admit that public opioion is against the measure of the _goretsment . He seems to hold the right of petition in great contempt He says , t find the members for these outport * votinz for thc _mea-turo I
_though _apparently their constituencies and the population of _tijisse outport * are calling upon the House to reject it . It is very possible . The right torn gentleman _eays , where are the two members tor Liverpool , an < Xthe member fir Glasgow ? Notwithstanding the petitions fromthese places against the _nu-asure , the representatives vote with the government . But it may happen that members may have been elected to represent constituencies without any frank or detailed exposition of their ' _views on particular questions _having been asked for Others havo boen sent to this House , as my own esperience ' unfortunately enables me to know / pledged to support a particular polk / , and yet _tfbes they get here . tbey hare opposed it . ( Hear . ) i
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As to what Sir Jam « Graham had said with . res peet to the corn-laws , and the challenge : why * i he had thrown out , he could assure tbe « g _btjMW _£ able gentleman that ample oppo _£ _. _* f \ h hewas given him to vindicate the policy for _* - _»<* f _™ , . pole had shown the _^ portance of the _' W _» g J » terest Mr . Disraeli amplified that point anu re Sewed the experience of the last three years : Let ZrVmindyou , also , of one statistical fact which _btrue and most interesting . Take all the male operatives mall the factories of Great Britain , both adulfand beneath eighteen years of age , add thenall up together , and the total computation will not in number amount to the number of the merchant seamen of England . ( Hear , hear . ) Well , , sir , the nt * - ™* thereforeis a ereat interest . Called upon
. , to effect this great change , let me remind you of some circumstances that have occurred since the commencement of that term of three years which has so often been referred to as a test of political and economical truth . Since that term commenced , tlie poor-rates of England have increased seventeen per cent . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Since that term commenced , it appears . by the last returns of the property-tax , that the capital of England ' has been diminished more than one hundred millions . ( Hear , hear . ) Since that term commenced , it appears that the average increase in the savings-banks has diminished exactly one-half . ( Hear , hear . ) There , too , are facts ; these , too are details of great interest in the discussion of these questions . ( Hear , hear . l Sir , if this be not the handwriting on the
wall , I know not where kings and senates are to seek the sources of warning and admonition . ( Hear , hear . ) Yes , there is more—I agree with the right honourable gentleman the member for Riponthere is more at stake in your vote to-night even than the navigation code of England , precious asmay be that prize . You can by your vote this night beat down that great statistical conspiracy that has so long tampered with the fortune * and trifled with the destinies of a great country —( cheers)—that great statistical conspiracy that commenced its labours by proving that tne English peasant was a serf , and concistently concluded them by demonstrations that
the British sailor was a sot . ( Hear , hear . ) Will you , by your vote to-night , commend these patriotic labours to the cordial sympathy of a grateful people ; or will you , by the recollection of your past prosperity—by the memory of your still existing power—for the sake of the most magnificent colonial empire in the world , now drifting amid the breakers—for the sake of the starving mechanics of Birmingham and Sheffield , —by all the wrongs of a betrayea agriculture - _^ - ( hear , hear , )—by all the hopes of Ireland—will you aot rather , by the vote that we are now coming to , arrive at a decision which mav to-morrow smooth the careworn
countenance of British toil , give faith and energy to native _labour—yas , and at last administer hope to the tortured industry of a suffering empire f ( The honourable member resumed his seat amid loud cheers . ) After ineffectual attempts by Mr . Campbell and Mr . MorriTtto obtain a hearing , the House divided , when the third reading was carried by 275 to 214 , showing a majority of 61 . Mr . Wawn moved a clause enacting that no British ship engaged in the foreign trade , which shall have discharged its cargo at any port in the United Kingdom , shall be compelled to take a pilot on board whilst proceeding in ballast to any other port ofthe United Kingdom . Mr . Labouchere opposed the clause , which was negatived . The bill then passed .. On the report of the Committee on the Poor Law ( Ireland ) Rate-in-Aid ( Advance of Money ) , a little debate took place ; bnt the report was at length brought up and agreed to . The other orders having been disposed of , the House adjourned at a quarter to two o ' clock .
Toeboat , April 24 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Indian Victories . — The Marquis of _Lakbdowke moved that the thanks of that House be presented to the Governor-General , the Commander-in-Chief , and the officers and soldiers of the army in India , for their recent distinguished services in the Punjaub . The motion was seconded by Lord Stanlet , and was supported by the Earl of Gallowat , the Duke of Weluxotox , the Duke of Richmond , and Viscount Hardikoe , and was agreed to nemine contradicente . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Indian Wab . —Sir J . C . Hobhouse moved the thanks ofthe House to the Governor-General , the Commander-in-Chief , and the Army of India .
The Marquis of Giusbt seconded the motion ; which , after a conversation , in which Sir R . Pekl , Sir J . W . Hogg , Sir R . H . Inglis , Mr . Hume , Mr . Gladstone , Lord John Russell , Lord Jocely . t , and Mr . Mangles took part , was unanimously agreed to . _Bbazii-i and . the Slave Trade . —Mr . Milnkb Gibson then called the attention ofthe House tothe present state of our relations with Brazil , and sub * _mitted a motion for the repeal of the Act 8 and 9 Victoria , cap . 122 . This act , which was passed in 1845 , enabled the courts of this country to treat as pirates sueh subjects of Brazil as were found to be engaged in the slave trade . He contended that this act was a violation of the rights of an independent state , and that it was the cause of __ great irritation to Brazil , deranging both our political and commercial relations with that country . He was aware that the object of the act was to enforce a convention entered into by the two countries for thc
suppression of the slave-trade ; but he questioned our right to enforce the treaty by extending our criminal jurisdiction over the subjects , and virtually over the territory , of another state . Sir F , Thesiger trusted that the House would give no encouragement to the motion , being satistied that if it adopted the course recommended it would not only destroy all the means of giving efficacy to the most important ofthe stipulations with Brazil in 1826 , bHt would also exhibit a weakness and vacillation on the part ofthe Legislature which would not tend to enhance its character in the estimation of foreign nations . Mr . Bright said , the primary question was , whether we had power to assume an authority over Brazilian subjects wliich the Brazilian government could hot exercise . He supported the motion . Mr . _ANsiEi supported , and Sir E . Buxton opposed , the motion .
Mr . Hume wished the House to consider whether the maintenance of the African squadron promoted the object in view , and whether it did any good . If the answer , was in the negative , then let members recollect that the amount ofthe window tax was paid to maintain that useless squadron . The debate was continued by Mr . J . O'Connell , Sir R . Peel , Mr . R . Palmer , and Colonel Thompson , who opposed the motion , and Mi . Cobden who supported it . Lord Palmerstox refrained from entering into the general question ofthe slave trade , further than to assure tht House that it was a mistake to suppose that public opinion had changed upon that subject , and that he denied that the measures adopted to prevent the slave trade had failed . With respect to the motion , those who had argued
against the act of 1 S 45 had confounded international piracy with conventional piracy . The slave trade was not piracy by the law of nations , but the two nations had agreed to treat it as piracy , and Lord Palmerston justified the act ofthe British Legislature by which that mutual stipulation had been carried into effect . He then entered into various explanations of the policy pursued by the British government towards Brazil , and of the commercial and _fiscal ' views of the latter state ; and , in conclusion , he contended that the act of 1845 was perfectly justified by the treaty of 1 S 26 ; and that , if abolished , the question whether tho slave trade should revive or not would be solved without discussion , and in a manner at which the country would revolt .
After a brief , reply from Mr . Gibbon , the House divided , when the motion was negatived by 137 against 34 . The other business upon the paper was briefly disposed of , and the House adjourned at one o ' clock .
WEDNESDAY , April 25 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Bribery at Elections Bill . —Sir J . _Pakinoton moved the committal of this bill . Col . _Sibthorp moved that the bill be committed that day six months , characterising it as a low , paltry measure , most unjustifiably exposing members returned and their agents before the election to a set of oaths which ought never to have been suggested in relation to gentlemen . Sir G . Gret thought it hardly fair on the part of the hon . and gallant officer to take this course , after the principle of the measure had been affirmed . For
himself , he was opposed to thc principle ; and although willing to go into committee , reserved to himself the full right of opposing the details . Mr . V , Smith was sure the House wished to prevent bribery , and the title of the bill was speciously framed to catch approbation ; he . was , however , too old a member to be entrapped by a mere title , and if the House should go into committee , should move that the first clause , containing the declaration , be struck out . Lord Mahox suggested the withdrawal of the amendment , and Col . _Sibthobp having consented , the House went into committee .
Upon the first clause , which was the declaration to be made by a member , before taking his seat , that he had not b y himself ,, or , with his knowledge , by any agent on his behalf , by any gift , loan , or reward , promise , agreement , bargain , or security , procured or induced , or endeavoured'to procure or mduce , any person _ttkgiye his vote to him , or to forbear giving it for any other person ; and that he would not hereafter make any such gift , _& c ., or discbarge any such promise , < fce _., ' Lord Mahon , who had Totedior the second read *
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lug of tho bill , avowed his objection to this declaration , which was defended by Sir F . _Thkbiger _, who was of opinion that it was an experiment worth a trial . Sir G . Giiei _, on the other hand , thought the experiment a dangerous one , and repeateu the objections he had offered so the principle of the bill at the second reading , declaring his bcliof that this attempt to deal with the evil would be impracticable . Sh J . Pakington , the promoter of the bill , defended the declaration , the principle of which was precisely in accordance with that of an oath introduced into Mr . Curwen's bill of 1809 , which had been supported by Mr . Wilbcrforce , Mr ; Canning , Mr . Tierncy , and Speaker Abbot . The only means
of putting ah end ~ to the wholesale bribery at _elecr _tionu was by exciting in the minds of candidates a sense of the danger . their-own character and . honour iucurred by sanctioning such a practice .. . , Mr . Hume said , that he was anxious to be allowed to say a few words on this subject , because ever since he had been in parliament lie had taken rather an active part with a . view to putting down bribery and corruption . He had been taunted with having brought in several bills on the . subject , and he had also given his support to the noble lord at the head ofthe government in his efforts in the . same direction ; but still he was . not ashamed to confess that his opinion had been very much altered of late , in consequence of having seen , from the
proceedings of last session , how difficult it was to say what bribery was in all cases , some men , who , he was convinced , were incapable of giving the slightest encouragement to bribery , having lost their soats in consequence of the acts of others , over whom they could have no control . ( Hear , hear . ) There was , in his opinion , only one way by which they could put an end to corrupt practices at . elections . First , let them extend , the suffrage ; and secondly , let them adopt vote by ballot . ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) In their clubs andother places honourable gentlemen made use ofthe ballot _themselvee ; and why should they not extend the same advantage generally ? The experience of voting . by , ballot on the _continent of Europe during the last ' two years
had , he was given to understand , proved that nothing like bribery _oivcorruption was likely to tak _« place under it . _.,... Mr . _Newdegaje considered that the effe ' et ofthe declaration would be to bring all declarations- into thorough contempt . • • - Lord J . Russell , on two grounds should vote against the clause—first ; because it was proposed , in consequence of the inefficiency of the oath tendered to electors , to transfer it tothe candidate , and make him declare that which it was not competent for him to know ; and secondly , because of the severe penalty of total disqualification which accompanied the declaration , and which might be undeserved . Sir R . Peel was induced to object to the clause , because he conceived that it was only leading the House to take delusive securities . * _-The right ; hon . baronet then proceeded to show how the provisions
of tho bill might be avoided by a clever solicitor in a small borough where he was a man of influence , and who chose to take his reward in the shape of a government appointment , instead of a money payment . Believing that there were many men ofthe highest honour and most scrupulous sense of right who would decline taking the declaration , and thinking also that its adoption would encourage bribery , by giving advantages to the dishonest candidate , he _Bhould vote against it . Mr . Buotjierton admitted that it was : difficult to make men honest by act of Parliament , but he thought it was necessary to show the country that they were desirous of putting down bribery . For himself , he could say he had committed'ho bribery , yet his election had cost him £ 4 , 000 , and he thought it would save the pocket ' s of hon . gentlemen at any rate if the bill were passed . ¦ " ¦ _- _-- *
After some further debate the House divided , when the clause was rejected by a majority of 92 , the numbers being 54 to 146 . Sir John Pahnoton moved that the chairman report progress . There were several clauses of the bill so intimately connected with that which had been rejected , that he must take tune to consider what course he Bhould adopt , and the House resumed . Sunday Travelling on Railwati . —Mr . Locke on moving the second reading of this' bill said its object was simply to compel railway companies to
attach to the trains carrying the mails on Sunday a sufficient number of first and second class carriages for the accommodation of the travelling public . He did not wish to add to the number of Sunday trains , or to the number of those employed in running them . His proposal , would not require that additional labour should be called for on the railways . The chief application of his bili would be to Scottish railways , some of which had been closed on thc Sundays . But before the introduction of railways , the travelling public of Scotland had all the accommodation on Sundays which the means and appliances of _travelling then in use could afford them .
Railways had always been regarded as the means of facilitating intercourse between communities . By what right , then , did railway companies'in Scotland make use of the power confided to their hands to deprive the Scottish public of the accommodation which they formerly enjoyed , under a less favourable system of inter-communication ? ( Hear , hear . ) Whilst the so-called saints in that country deprived the people of their means of recreation and healthy exercise on Sunday , they made ho scruple of making use of their own private carriages as freely as on the profane days of the week . Ho himself had counted ho less than thirty two-horse carriages , and upwards of 100 one-horse vehicles , which had been employed in carrying parties "to only two
churehes . And yet , whilst animals were thus made freely to work , and multitudes of footmen and drivers wero employed about them on Sunday , the railway-train—the poor man ' s carriage , in' fact—was denied to him on that day . Thc hon . gentleman , in illustration of the working of the absurd and tyrannical conduct of some railway companies in Scotland , cited the case in which the Duchess of Sutherland recently enacted so sad apart—a case which had justly excited the indignation of ninetenths of the community . He then , in order to show how the Scottish saints had managed to close for a time , the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway , explained to the House the devices to which they had resorted in order to induce parties , with views
as contracted as their own / to purchase stock , so as to be enabled to vote for a new directory , to be composed , in whole or in part , of saints : They succeeded in their' object—but * , how ? By appealing . to one of the lowest "' motives . which Could actuate humanity—the love of gain ; In orderfto work out what they conceived to be righteous ; they unreservedly appealed to Mammon , by taking care to apprise those whom they wished to buy stock , tha * . the stock ofthe Company was than low , and that it would be a good investment , as _seveW'per cent , had been guaranteed upon' it "by other powerful companies . ( Cheers and laughter . ) And—would the House believe it ?—this seven per cent was guaranteed by lines which were running trains on the
Sunday . ( Cheers and laughter again . ) He denied thc ri ght of any railway company to put such an impediment in the way of public accommodation . Besides , he proposed this measure , not as a Sabbath-breaking , but as a Sabbath-keeping measure . It was on Sunday , when they had most money to spend , and most leisure in which to spend it , that the operatives of a place like Glasgow were most cooped up in close contiguity to the whisky-shops and other places of equivocal resort -in the city . The consequence was , that Sunday , instead of being a holy day in Glasgow , was the most demoralised day ofthe week . To show that thuskeeping a toilworn and numerous population pent up in a large reeking town , on the only day on which they could seek health and innocent recreation : Was not a
Sabbath-keeping policy , he adduced the facts , that there were 80 , 000 persons in Glasgow who never went to church , and 10 , 000 ' who went _rto bed drunk every Sunday night . Those who could not be prevailed upon to go to church , . wero virtually sent to the whisky-shops , and scenes ofthe greatest demoralisation were the consequence . ' ( Hear ; hear , and cheers . ) He felt thankful for . the attention with wh hthe House had listened to the " remarks _whk-A F S * u " i i _- e * ir 3 t occas _* on ofhis addressing it , he had felt it his duty to make in moving the second reading of this bill The present measure was called for among others , by those : who : wished to put an end to the periodical discussion ' s " which took place upon this subject , and by tho vast masses of working men who filled the _citv of _G'i _«< _rmr _whn Ae .
sired , after sis days of toil , to be permitted to rc-! _"sittheir native home , and to spendthe Sabbath in the bosom of their family , or by tho fireside of their friends . He believed that granting such facilities as those sought by this hill would tend to implant in those classes the higher and nobler feelings always inspired by the contemplation of those magnificent landmarks with which Scotland was adorned , and would teach them " to look from nature un to nature ' s God . " ( Cheers . ) Mr . Cowan ( amid loud cries of " divide , " ) opposed the bill , which was aimed exclusively at / Scotland , and stigmatised it as a needless and tyrannical mea _^ ? ure ' which , to be effectual , should go further , and interdict accommodation by nost-chais « s and omnibuses .- This was a matter which should not be made a subject of legislation , but should be left to public opinion ; and He moved that the second , reading be ! deferred for six months .. -. H
Mr . _M'Gbsook likewise opposed the bill , as _beine repugnant to the traditional , social , , and . _reiieious sentiments of the people of Scotland . . Mr . Labouciierk speaking for himself , and for no other member ofthe Cabinet , threw a sop fo the Free Church , by opposing the bill , as one whi _. h would give a shock to tho religious feelings of a large section of the population of Scotland * If he wero a radway proprietor iri Scotland he should voto for Sunday travelling , but being differently situated , he-did not wish to act m opposition to an influential body of the Scottish people . (
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After a , few words from Mr . Flummm , in oppo-• itiori to the bill , . Mr . Hume gave his cordial support , to the measure , which applied not onl y to Scotland but to England . His belief was that the morals of the poorer classes in Glasgow were at a lower ebb than in any other town in Great Britain , that the only way to improve them was by education , and being permitted to participate in innocent recreation , and not by such restrictions respecting the Sabbath as the opposcrs ofthe _iill would establish . He would not go into the religious part ofthe question , but would support the bill on the parliamentary ground of affording those . facilities to the public which wow * contemplated by the establishment of railways .
Mr Hkald opposed , and Mr . Baillie Cochrane supported the bill . After which it received the support of Mr . _Peio and the opposition of Mr . Forbes Mackenzib . Mr . Fox Maule opposed it , as unnecessary , and hoped thc matter would be left with the public opinion in Seotl-nd . In his private capacity he was of opinion that limited accommodation should leafforded to the travelling public on Sunday . Mr . Cummixo _BrtCCB followed in opposition to it , looking upon it as a bill to compel , by law , the desecration of the Sabbath in Scotland . ( Oh , oh . ) Mr . Charteris also opposed the bill , and took occasion to remind the hon . member for Montrose of an old Scotch proverb , that " it was an ill bird that 'filed its ain nest . " Mr . Moore said a few words in support of the
bill . Mr . R eynolds admitted the general truth of the proverb quoted by the hon . member for Haddington , but did not admit its application to the hon . member for Montrose —( laughter );—because he believed that , b y the vote he was about to give , he would asssist in cleansing his own nest . ( " Hear , hear , " and laughter . ) He had heard this debate with feelings of surprise , mixed with regret , —surprise , because he had hoped that the bill would have passed unanimously , and regret , because he found the opposition to it mixed up with religious feeling . In order to justify his vote before the country , but more particularly beforo the religious community which he represented , he begged to call the attention of the House to the following statement respecting thc railways in that religious section of the empire called Scotland . ( A . laugh . )
There were sixteen railways in full _operation , eight of which , to the extent of 280 miles , did , while eight more , comprising 240 miles , did not , work on Sundays . The latter , by way of distinction , he might call the religious railways . ( Laughter . ) If _itwara sin to work railways ou a Sunday , what were they to think of the hopes of salvation of those persons who travelled by them ? ( A laugh and cries of " Oh ! oh !") On looking to the returns , he found that 1 , 262 , 000 persons had travelled by the religious trains and 1 , 572 , 000 by the other railways . Would the House , then , allow more than 1 , 000 , 000 of people to travel annually to a certain place which should be nameless —( laughter ) —while as many moro were going to salvation ? After some further remarks , he said he could not understand how a privilege enjoyed by one part of the empire should be denied to the other . ( Hear . ) The house then divided , when tho numbers
were : — Against ... ... ... 131 For 122 Majority against the bill 9 It was consequently lost . The result was received with loud cheers . On a motion for substituting certain members for others on the Smithfield Market committee , the House was counted out , a few minutes before six o ' clock . THURSDAY , April 26 .
HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Relief op Destitute Poor ( Ireland ) . —Lord J . Russell moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the acts passed for the more effectual relief of the destitute poor in Ireland , and explained the alterations ho proposed to make in the existing law . Themost important alteration he prosed was a maximum both with respect to thc rate upon separate electoral divisions , and the rate upon the aggregate divisions included in each union —a provision which , he admitted , was contrary to the general principle ofthe English Poor Law , but which was unavoidable in the peculiar circumstances of Ireland at present . He proposed that the rate should not exceed 5 s . in the pound in the year in anv electoral division without subjecting the other
electoral divisions in the union to contribute to the extent of 2 s . in the pound . Mr . Stafford regretted that the government should have proposed to legislate piecemeal—that they had not embraced all the objects in one bill , so that the people of Ireland might know what they had to expect In a speech full of violent invective Mr . Grattan imputed to Sir R . Peel , in his scheme for the settlement of Connaught , an apparent design to expel the Roman Catholic and substitute a Protestant population in that province . Sir R . Peel disclaimed in strong terms any such design , or any sectarian spirit in his suggestions , which , he observed , had been greatly misconceived . After some further _discussion between Mr . J . O'Connell , Mr . O'Flaherty , and Mr . Bright , leave was given . Encumbered Estates ( Irelaxd ) Bill . —The
Solicitor-Gbneral then moved for leave to bring in a bill to facilitate the sale of encumbered estates in Ireland . The plan proposed by the government waa to deal with the difficulties ofthe subject by means ofa Commission , that should perform the functions of the Court of Chancery , without the expense and delay attendant upon its cumbrous and antiquated machinery . It was proposed that this commission should consist of three paid comniissioners , empowered to frame rules , to be submitted to and sanctioned by thc Privy Council of Ireland ; to require the production of titles , and to sell property in such proportions as they deemed fit , but only when application shonld bo made to them by owners or incumbrancers . It was proposed that a conveyance should be made by the commissioners , by certificate , in a short form to the purchaser , which should be good against all the world , and be the future root of tho title .
After some further discussion between Mr . J . Stuart , Mr ' . Keogii , Mr . W . P . Wood , Sir Robert Peel , Sir J . Walsh , Mr . J . O'Connell , Mr . noRSMAN , Mr . Henley , Mr . Moxsell , and Mr . Bright , Leave was given to bring in the bill . The Solicitor-General , after a few words from Mr . J . STuart and Mr . Sadleir , obtained leave also to bring in a bill to enable persons having perpetual andlimitcd interests in land in Ireland to make grants in fee or demises for a long terms of years . This measure was brought in as an auxiliary to the Poor Law Amendment Bill . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the House adjourned .
FRIDAY , April 27 . HOUSE OF LORDS . — War in Sicily . — Lord Beaumont asked when the long-promised Sicilian correspondence would he laid before thc House . He also wished to know if the government had received any official information as to the atrocities which had attended the recent capture of Catania . The Marquis of Lansdow . ve replied that the correspondence would be laid on thc table as soon as tho labour and difficulty of sorting such an immense mass of papers had been overcome . He had seen despatches from Admiral Parker confirming the accounts which had been published respecting the sack of Catania .
Lord Stanley complained that the Noble MarquiB made precisely the same answer ten days go . "With regard to the atrocities committed ' at Catania , similar scenes occurred in all wars , more especially in civil wars , where the passions of thc contending parties were exasperated . While talking of atrocities he might observe that a more meagre rep j . t was never furnished than that sent in by the British Consul at Messina , and he trusted that , after the experience which the Houso had derived- from the first set of atrocity pa ' pers , the noble Marquis was not about to favour them with a second batch . The Earl of Aberdf . en agreed in thinking the answer of the Marquis of Lansdowrie most unsatisfactory , though it doubtless required thc exercise of some dexterity to manufacture the correspondence demanded by the House .
Lord Eddis . burt indignantly denied the insinuation contained in , thc observations of Lord Aberdeen . After some further discussion , in which Lord Brougham and Lord Minto took part , Lord Beaumont said that he would move for some additional papers respecting the Sicilian question . The motion was agreed to , and the matter dropped . Their lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Metropolitan Police . —Lord Dudley Stuart wished to know whether tho _noeeesity which had been' alleged to exist for keeping up tho police rate in tho Metropolitan districts at its prcsont amount still continued , parties having been led to believe a portion of this oppressive burden would be removed .
Sir George Grey roplied that when the police rate was first put on in the Metropolis- it was eightponoo in the pound , and was afterwards reduced to sixpence , tho government _making up the difference by a contribution of-. £ 90 , 000 from the Consolidated Fund . Last year in consequenco of' a new assessment of Middlesex producing sixpence in the pound upon a much larger assessment than before , it had been hoped it might be reduced to fivepence , but circumstances which immediately afterwards occurred had manifested , ho thought , to all parties tho necessity of extending the police force , nor did he see the probability that this force could be again reduced . It must be remembered also , that no fewer than 200 mile ' s of streets had been added to thc Metropolis , and hence the necessity of a _largerforce for their protection . A more equal assessment of the Metropolis , highly desirable no doubt , would produce a
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larger revenue from this source , a port on of wh oh would go-in diminution of the rate ; hut a portion must also go towards lessening the amount now contributed by the Consolidated Fund . The Poor Laws ( Ireland ) Rate in Aid Bill .-The House went into committee upon this biii , upon the first clause a discussion of some lengtn took place , which was not confined to the details oi thc bill , but embraced the policy and principle oi the measure . The amendment , proposed by Capt , Jonks , iu the body ofthe clause , was negatived , on a divisionby 81 to 28 . ~~ . _ . __* , •„„ „ r „ , •„» ,
, Mr . Fagan moved a proviso at the end of the clause to entitle yearly tenants or lessees for certain termB , or _su bject to certain contingencies , to deduct the _wholfcTate from their rent . After a long _^ debate , first upon a point of form , and then upon the merits ofthe proviso , it was negatived on a division by 101 to 13 . Colonel Dunne moved an amendment in the second clause—which enacted that thc guardians of each union shall provide for the sum leviable on each electoral division " in the rate to be made on
each electoral division" —to insert the words "by a separate rate to be made immediately subsequent to" such rate . After another long discursive debate , seasoned with a few personal allusions , the amendment was negatived on a division by 113 to 35 . Upon the third clause Mr . Crawford moved an amendment , to constitute a national representative board in Ireland , consisting of members elected from boards of guardians , with powers tO direct the disposal of monies levied for the purposes of the rate-in-aid , instead of tho Lords of Treasury .
The committee divided upon this proposition , which was negatived by 117 to 19 . Mr . Adair moved a clause similar in principle to the proviso proposed by Mr . Fagan to be added to tlie first clause , namely , to entitle certain occupiers to deduct the full amount of the rato , under particular circumstances , from the rent due to their immediate landlords , which was negatived without a division . Other clauses were moved by tlie same gentleman , which met the same fate , The bill was then reported . The House having resolved itself into a Committee of Supply , on the motion of the Chancellor of the _Exchequer a sum of £ 52 , 173 was voted to replace the escheated property of the late John Turner , which had been paid into the Consolidated Fund , in default of heirs , who had since appeared and established their claim .
The Ecclesiastical Commission Bill was read a second time . On the motion of Mr . Reynolds for the nomination of the select committee on Savings Banks , The Chancellor of the Exchequer , by way of amendment , moved tho re-appointment of the committee of last session , as the only means of terminating a difference between himself and Mr . Reynolds as to thc composition of the select committee . Mr . H . Herbert complained that he had heen unfairly treated by the government with reference to this subject , and supported the original motion .
After a discussion in which Mr . R . Fox , Mr . Goulburn , Mr . Keooh , Mr . Hume , Sir H . Willoughbt , Mr . J . A . Smith , Lord C . Hamilton ' , and Mr . Reynolds shared , an attempt was made to amalgamate the lists , emitting certain names ; but a division took place upon thc retention of Mr . Napier ' s name in Mr . Reynolds ' 8 list , which waB negatived by 111 to 74 , whereupon Mr . Reynolds gave way . The House adjourned at half-past one o ' clock .
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STRIKE OF THE LACE-ANKLE STOCKINGMAKERS . Hucknal Torkard . — Thc lace-ankle stockingmakers of this village are still on strike . They employ themselves bv fetching coal , lime , kids , Ac , for which they find a ready sale amongst the nei g hbouring farmers and tradesmen , who 3 eem to pity their deplorable condition . The farmers , grocers , butchers , and middle class generally , are rendering all the assistance in their power , to keep them from the grasp of their oppressors . On Monday , Mr . Beardall , proprietor of some like kilns , gave the turnouts ten quarters of lime , for which they found
a ready sale ; Mr . J . White , butcher , of the village , gave forty pounds of beef to make them a supper after their hard labour ; John Gadber , Esq ., Mr . John Trueman , and others , have behaved in a most praiseworthy manner to this united class of operatives . A general subscription is about to be raised amongst their more fortunate neighbours—and , no doubt , a goodly sum will be collected—to keep them out until they gain the price they seek for . The recipients return their thanks for the handsome presents they have received from their more fortunate neighbours .
STRIKE OF THE FRAMEWORK-KNITTERS IN THE MIDLAND COUNTIES . This important trade struck work on Wednesday week last , amounting to at least 12 , 000 hands . They have struck for the statement drawn up in 1828 , which if they gain will be about 2 s . per week . Some part of the largest hosiers in the trade have shown a disposition to give an advance , amounting to Is . per dozen , but the majority of the smaller houses would not comply , wliich has brought the workmen to the present crisis .
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The Cholera seems to have entirely disappeared from England , hut still continues to linger m Scotland . Outbreaks have been recently reported in Stornoway , in the island of Lewes , in Inverness , Perth , and Stirling . The reports from Ireland represents it as very severe in that unhappy country . By the latest information from St . Petersburg , it appears that the disease still continues there , and haa even shown signs of increase . Any symptom of this character in Russia would serve to assimilate the present with the former visitation of cholera in a very serious point of view , as threatening Europe
at large with a second attack of the pestilence . It has so far followed its old track as to reappear in Paris subsequent to its occurrence in England . In France the severity has been very great in certain localities ; but every precaution has been taken by the government to prevent a panic . The announcement of the fatal cases , however , among persons of note , indicates the wide-spread influenco of tlie epidemic poison . From several parts ofthe continent application has been made to tlie General Hoard of Health here for information and advice , and the notifications of the Board sent in reply have been translated for general circulation .
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THE POPULAR REMEDY . DAE R'S LIFE PILLS . J- Which are acknowlfged to be all that is required to conquer Disease aud Prolong Life .
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Pan * introduced to King Charles I . —( See " Life and Times of Thomas Parr " which may be had gratis of all Agents . ) Tbe extraordinary properties of this medicine are thus described by an eminent physician , who says : — " After particular observation of the action of Parr ' s Pills , I am deUrmined , in my opinion , that the following ' are their true properties : — "First—They increase the strength , whilst most other medicines have a weakening effect upon the system . Let any _« ne t » ke from three to four or six pills every twentvfour hours , and , instead of having weakened , they will he found to have revived the animal spirits , and to have imparted a lasting strength to th _« body . " Secondly—In their operation they go direct to the disease . After you have taken six or twelve pills you will experience their effect ; tho disease upon you will become less and less b y every dose you take ; and if you will persevere in regularl y taking Irom three to sue pills every day , your disease will speedily be entirely removed from the system
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CORN . _Mahk-lane , Monday , April S 3 . —We had a better _su , i of EnglUh wheat to-day than for some time past and the market opened heavily for all but the best _qualities which _werelaken off by the millers though at barely hn Monday ' s prices ; inferior sorts were full y Is cheaper There lias been * liberal » _upply of foreign wheat during the past week , and having : fewer country buyers _to-diy tbe trade was dull , and rathtr lower . In flour no alteration , For barlej and malts we had not so much demand unless for prime malting barley , wliich Bold fully as dear . Beans and peas were in rath « r more request , and fine dry _beane ls dearer . Having a good supply of oats coastwise in addition to the foreign arrivals , the best samples met a slow sale at a reduction of 6 d to Is per qr . Pine rye in . rather more demand . Tares and _cloversted almost nominal Linseed cakes « old pretty readily . The _current prices as _undsr .
_ British . _—Wheat—Esser , Suffolk , and Kent , red , 38 s to * 5 s , ditto white , 40 s to 80 s , Lincoln , Norfolk , and York _, shire , red , 37 s to 44 s , Northumberland and Scotch , white 37 s to 41 s , ditto red , 85 s to 42 s , Devonshire and Somerset ! shire , red , —s to —s , ditto white — to —s , rye , 22 s to 24 b barley , 25 s to 83 s , Scotch , 24 s to 28 b . Maltordiniuy , __ —s , pale 5 ' 2 s to 58 s , pea * , grey , new , 2 (! s to 28 s , maple 27 E j 0 30 s , white , 24 s to 26 s , boilers ( new ) , 28 s to 30 * , beans , lar ™ n « w , 21 s to 23 s , ticks 22 s to 24 s , harrow , 24 s to 27 s , _pijeou _' 28 s to SOs , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire , feed , 166 to 19 s ' ditto Poland and potato , 18 s to 22 s , Berwick and Scotch , 18 s to 23 s , Scotch feed , 17 s to 22 s , Irish feed , and black , 158 to 19 s , ditto potato , 18 s to 23 s , linseed ( _so-vinc 50 s to Ms , rapeseed , Essex , new , £ 20 to £ 28 per last , carraway seed , Essex , new 25 s to 29 s per cwt , rape cake , £ t to £ 410 s per ton , Unseed , £ 310 s to £ 1010 s per 1 , 000 , flour per sack of 2801 bg . 6 hip , 32 s to 3 < s , town , 40 s to 44 s .
_Fonaas . —Wheat , — _Dantzig , 48 s to 59 s , Anhalt and Marks , 40 s to 45 s , ditto white , 44 s to 49 s , Pomeranian red , 40 s to 40 s , Rostock 42 s to 4 Ss , Danish , Holstein , and Friesland , 36 Rto 42 s , _PeUri-burgh , Archangel , and _Uiga , 38 s to its , Polish Odessa , 36 s to 41 s , Marianopoli , and Ber _. dianski , 35 s to 38 s , Taganrog , 34 s to 38 s , Brabant and French , 38 s to 42 s , ditto white , 40 s to 4 * e , Salonica , 3 : 36 to 80 s , f gyptian _, 34 s to 26 s , rye , 20 s to 23 s , barley , _Wismar and Rostock , 18 s to 22 s , Danish , 20 s to 23 s , Saal , 22 s toils , East _FrUtland , 17 s to 19 s , Egyptian , lCsto 17 b , Danube , 16 s to 17 « , peas , white , 24 s to 28 s , new boilers , 26 s to 29 s , beans , horse , 20 s to 26 s , pigeon , 25 g to 29 s , _Xgy-v tian _, 21 s to 23 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , nnd Friesland , feed and black , 14 s to 17 s , ditto , thick and brew , 17 s to 20 s , Riga , Petersburg , Archangel , and Swedish , 15 s to 17 s , flour , United States , per _lKOlbs ., 23 s to 25 s , Hamburg 21 s to 22 s , Dauttug and Stettin , Sis to 23 b , French per 280 lus ., 34 s to 38 s .
Din-IBS . — Wheat , rye , barley , peas , beans , oats , and maize , Is . per quarter . Flour , 4 _^ d per cwt . Cloversecd , 5 _s per cwt . _Wednesday , April 25 th . —The supply of gralnfreshin this week is very trifling , but the trade is , on the whole , quiet , and prices have a downward tendency . Arrivals this week : —Wheat—English , 960 quarters j fo . reign , 1 , 100 quarters . Oats—English , 1 , 170 quarters ; Irish . C 00 quarters ; foreign , 1 , 200 . Hour , 990 sacks .
BREAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from . 6 _h-l to 7 d ; of household ditto , Od to 6 d per 41 bs . loaf .
CATTLE . SMrnmEXD , Monday , April 23 . —The number of _fortum beasts in to-day ' g market was limited , and of very middliiig quality ; that of sheep and calves was slightly on tlie in . crease . Saies were with difficulty effected , at considerably reduced prices . An immense supply of home-fed beasts , tvia thc time of year considered , was on oft ' er this mornin g— it exceeding 4 , 000 head , in admirable condition . Althou _^ -U the attendance of buyers was tolerably good , the beef trade , owing to the heavy supply—it amounting to more than 1 , 000 head above that exhibited at the correspoiidinr period in 1848—and the unfavourable state of the weather for slaughtering-, was excessively dull , at a decline in the quotations of 2 d ber 81 bs . The extreme value of the b _«* t
Scots was 3 s Ud per Slbs . At the close ofthe market lar |; c numbers of stock were turned out unsold . There was a very extensive increase in the numbers of sheep , and which far exceeded the wants of the butchers . AH breeds meet an unusually heavy sales , and prices receded quite 4 d i _> er 81 bs . The best old _llowns , in the wool 6 old with difficulty at only 4 s and out ofthe wool at 3 s 4 d ( per Wbs . There were about 10 , 000 sheep in tlie market more than at the same time last year . We had a fair demand for lambs , and prices were fairly supported . The arrival from the Isle of Wight comprised 135 head of sheep and _lanilis , la calves _exceedingly little business Was transacted , at a iVJ in the currency of 2 d per Slbs . Pigs were very dull , and ia some instanceb prices ruled somewhat lower than last week .
Head of Cattle at _Suithuibld . Beasts .. .. 4 , 3491 Calves .. .. l ; , 2 Sheep .. .. 25 , 320 1 Tigs 240 Trice per 6 tone of Slbs . ( sinking the offal " Beef .. 2 b 2 d to 3 s 6 d I Veal .. 3 s 2 d to 4 s 2 d Mutton .. 2 s 6 d . . 4 s Od | Pork .. 32 .. 42 Lambs .. .. 5 s Od to 6 s Od . Per Slbs . by the carcase . Newoate and Leadenhall , Monday , April 2 S . —Inferior beef , 2 s 2 d to 2 s 4 d ; middling ditto , 2 s Cd to 2 s Sd ; prime large , 2 s lOd to 3 s Od ; prime small , 3 s 2 d to 3 s 4 d ; _larpe pork , 3 s Od to 3 s 6 ( 1 ; inferior mutton , 2 s id to ' 2 s - _\ 1 .-middling ditto , 2 s lOd to 3 s 4 d ; prime ditto , 3 s 6 d to 3 s sd veal , 3 s 4 d to 4 s 2 d - small pork , 3 s 8 d to 4 s 2 d ; lambs , 4 s lOd to 5 s lOd .
PROVISIONS . London , Monday . —Since © ur last we have experienced a steady demaud for butter—Irish at prices varying from 50 s to 70 s ; and foreign at from 50 s to S 8 s per cwt , accord . ing to kind and quality . For Irish bacon the demand was good ; supplies small ; prices from 52 s to 60 s per cm , Hams rather more saleable at SOs to 72 s per cwt , and lard at 50 s to 60 s in bladders , and iu kegs at 40 s to 41 s per _nvt , American produce sold well ; singed bacon at 42 s to _4 , _' s . Short middles rib in at 40 s to 42 s ; long boneless , 41 s to 43 s ; tierces , 40 s to 42 s per cwt . English Butter Market , April 23 . —The cold _weath-r of the past week has kept the price of our best Dorset bat . ter tolerably steady ; but as , from this cause , the quali ;; has generally come of a poor and dry description , _mucinf thc supply is left over , aud will come to : t bad end . _Vi-Ji milder weather , we look for a serious reduction in pii « s . Dorset , fine new , M 4 s to 'Jfis per cwt ; ditto , middling , T > s to 80 s ; ditto , old , nominal ; fresh Buckinghamshire , ! ' < to lis per dozen ; ditto , West Country , 8 s to 10 s .
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES . Coy est Gakdes . —Notwithstanding the severity of thc weather , the market continues to be well supplied with u . getables and fruit , but trade is very dull . Pine apples-ire sufficient for the demand . Hothouse grapes are very _goid , nnd more plentiful , _xuits in general are sutliciunt l ' ur the demand . Oranges and lemons are plentiful . Amongst \ _t . getables , young turnips may be obtained at 3 s a buikh , aud carrots at Is Cd ; cauliflowers and broccoli , suftieic :.: for the demand . Asparagus , French beans , rhubarb , arj seakale , are plentiful . Potatoes remain stationary . _Ke » potatoes from Cornwall fetch ls per lb . Lettuces «; . j other salading are sufficient for the demand . Mushrueu .: are plentiful . Cut flowers consist of heaths , _pelargonium- _, camellias , gardenias , tulips , hyacinths , cinerarias , tro ' _si _* _. lums , _fuchsia . s _, and roses . _,
POTATOES . Southwark _Watekside , April 23 . —We have had in ..: . ' fresh arrivals since our last report , from Yorkshire , _Sti-f land , and the continent ; all of which have met a reaJj sale , which can only he attributed to the very cold _«« - ther , as the supply was large for the time of year . _T-vJaj _; the weather , is much milder , aud will affect the demand considerably . The following are this day ' s quotations :-Yorkshire Regents , _I 3 Us to 180 s ; Scotch ditto , litis to Hiditto cups , 110 s to 130 s ; ditto whites , 100 s to Ill's ; r ' reuci whites , lUOs to 120 s ; Belgian , 100 s to 110 s ; Dutch , _1-jf-s to 120 s .
COLONIAL PRODUCE . London , Tuesday . —The sugar market lias been min ' steady under the weight offered in public sale than was wticipated . Out of the 14 , 000 bags Mauritius ottered _fuly 10 , 01 ) 0 found buyers at about « d'decline , the nmr sort ' being least saleable ; 4 , 001 ) bags of Bengal _aNu _K .:. ' buyers at the same decline , the grocery sorts being « _ws : n demand ; 2 , 01 ) 0 bags Pcnaiig sold steadily at about |» to <' . ; : rates ; 150 hhds . _Barbadoes sold with spirit in public wk , 3 !) s to 41 s ( id good to tine grocery qualities ; and 2 W lih ' !( _- West India in the private contract market at about la _^ week ' s currency ; the result showing a large day ' s _lusiii--- ' at a trilling decline . Tlie London deliveries for home ii ' _- sumption have been very huge the last two weeks , ivliii . " has increased confidence in the article . Kefined , steac _; grocery lumps , 50 s tid to 53 s . Coffee . —Tlie public stiles of 2 , 500 bags of ordini' ! native Ceylon went oil' without spirit at Cd decline ; " 1 ; - half only sold _Uls ; ti small pile , rather superior , Sis i ' ti- 32 s .
WOOL . Cur , Monday , April 23 . — The imports of wool into ' _•' don during the past week included 1 _. 0 S 6 hales from V Diemen ' s Land , 600 from the Cape of Good Hope , «' ll ! : from Buenos Ayres . The market for wool is rather lw > owing to the duller state of things in the inamifw _' 18 11 districts . COTTON . . Liverpool , April 24 . —The market was well _attend day , but prices underwent no alteration . The sal" ' ,: about 4 _. 0 U 0 bales , including 1 , U « 0 taken on qn _^ and for export .
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» lAlti Ul ' - XllADE . Glasgow . —Cotton Wool . —Wehave had a dull _^ 'T all tlus week , which dulness has been increaseJ V * . news , per the Canada , intimating increased _uipp _li-13 a : '; American ports ! Prices are about one-eighth lo « e " _. , market here , is likely to suffer for some time , as tl" - ' * l _" ' tive power-loom workers , have resolved on a strike t « ' advance of wages , amounting ' to about ten per cent . _J'V hoped that tins dispute mi ght have been accouiuw * _* but at a great meeting held the latter end of hut •«* ' . operatives determined to persevere , and , as » _Wri 7 , 000 looms commenced standing idle on Mondn . . * f . _i number will be increased as tlie warnings of the _worsV-J ; . , expire . _^ There is a fair demand for goods for In _^ L ; otherwise , the cotton _marktit is dull . I'ig _Iw-- " _*'; ,: dulness has been the characteristic of our pig i "> " "' . v ; duriug the week . The state of matters in tl _« . _^ _„„
Europe , aud the unfavourable advices from Amen _d materially interfered with operations . ... _<> _Manchestek , Tuesday . —We are sorry to ha ve to _«* _I * continuance of dull trade . Not more business , it _••« " " _* has been transacted this week as for some _*«<»* ' p Depression is the characterising feature of our ma _^ j Danish dispute i . said to be operating most _I'lP _,, ;; : Heavy goods are dull in the extreme , and the to' ? L & _anCtt Of _OOld _wintry weather has seriously u «« a , spring trade , but it is hoped that the recent _gew * iK _iwill be beneficial . Our foreign buyers have U _« _^* * active , and seem disposed to wait till the fu «»' J _^ _-i of continental affairs are move promising I ' " j _^ li _* Amongst the Indian buyers there has been a sag ! ' j ; - _Heckjionuwixe , April 23 . —There was aP re ' . _* _- V '' tendance of merchants in the Blanket Hall ' _** _' _- j 1 < si ''' have nothing new to report of the transactions" , . s ket , as its geuural features were much the «"' Thursday ..
_qj _^ - ——. B 1 HTHS . _[¦¦ : _¦ - On tho 10 thult ., at Walsall , Mary , the \ vitv ° „ _JiVl _* bootmaker , ofa sou . The infant was baptist . '" <" inst . Ernest Meagher Washington Lutv . . ft " On the 25 th ult ., the wife of Andifcw _Dempf ) _^ _.,,, , _! _, * ton-place , Liverpool , ofa son . _Httytised at bt- ' $$ 1 * Church ou _the- _ft ' iid inst ., Thomas _Ftforg-w * Deuipsey , __^<;
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1 i fie ! d- ,, rc e " Printed by WILLIAM RIDER , of No . 5 , Macc _le-w „ _,:. in the parii . li of St Anne , Westminster , at tlie i «
Office, 10, Great Wiiulmih-Ssreet, >W'1 ...
office , 10 , Great _WiiulmiH-sSreet _, > _W ' _"ff , V ; yci / . ' < _. ' _' < _rfWe _* twiii « ter 1 fcrthel ' roi ) rietor , i ' £ AKt »! _-S" „ _, _„ , » : Esq . M . P ., and published by the said W » _s _^ r _' *! the Office , in the sums street _tmd _h" ' _'' _' "" _AuriT'JSth . 1849 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 28, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_28041849/page/8/
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