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:7? SPEAK NO ILL.—BY CHAKLKS SWAIN. I Nay, speak no ill! a kindly word Can never leave a sting behind; And oh I to breathe each tale we've heard Is far beneath a noble mind. Full oft a better seed is sown Bv choosing thus the kinder plan; For if but little good be known, Still let us speak the best we can. Give me the heart that fain would hide- Would fain nnother's fault efface; How can it pleasure human pride To prove humanity but base ? No let us reach a higher mood— A nobler estimate of man Be earnest in the search for good, And speak of all the best we can. Then speak no ill, but lenient be To others' failings as your own If you're the first a fault to see, Be not the first to make it known. For life is but a passing day, No lip may tell how briet its span; Then oh, the little time we stay, Let's speak of all the best we can.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4. The House of Commons met at twelve o'clock, and was occupied during its sitting chiefly with private business. In reply to a question from Mr. Kemble, Sir James Graham said there was an intention on the part of the Government to extend the jurisdiction of Courts of Request throughout the country to £ 20. It was a mea- sure, however, which required great caution in the pre- paration, and it would be sometime, therefore, before he would be enabled to lay the bill upon the table. The right hon. baronet laid upon the table the report of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the potato disease in Ireland, made by them in the month of No- vember last. In reply to a motion for papers made by Captain Pechell, relating to the pounding and grinding of bones in poor-law unions, Sir James Graham said that a general order had been issued by the poor-law commissioners to put a stop to the practice. Subsequently, representations were made by several unions for permission to continue it until some other employment could be found, and until the stock on hand was got rid of. In nine instances only had this permission been given, and even in those cases it was limited to three months, so that on the 1st of April this sort of employment, which was certainly inex- pedient in workhouses, would cease altogether through- out England and Wales.—The House adjourned early. THURSDAY, FEB. 5. Mr. Frewin, the new member for East Sussex, in the room of Mr. Darby, resigned, was introduced, and took the oaths and his seat. The sheriffs of London, Messrs. Chaplin and Laurie, appeared at the bar in their official robes, and presented a petition from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Common Councilmen of the City of London, praying for a coal market and a second petition, in favoui of a market at Billingsgate both of which were referred to a select committee on petitions. Lord G. Somerset brought up the report of the com- mittee on railway business, which was laid upon the table. On the motion of Col. Hall, a new writ was ordered to be issued for the election of a member for Buckingham, in the room of the Right Hon. Sir T. Fremantle, who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds and on the motion of Mr. S. O'Brien, two new writs were ordered for Dorset- shire, in the room of Lord Ashley and Mr. Sturt, who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. THE MINISTERIAL MEASURES. In reply to a question from Mr. Wodehouse, Sir R. Peel said that a portion of the expense of medical relief in poor-law unions was to be still left as a local tax, the Government thinking it desirable that there should exist a local check on the expenditure. Dr. Bowring inquired whether the Government were informed of any retaliatory measures contemplated by Spain, with a view to obtain the introduction of the sugars of Cuba on the same terms as those of Manilla, Veneuela, and the United States ? Sir R. Peel said he had received no such intimation, and he believed at no period were our relations with Spain upon a more friendly footing. In reply to a question from Lord John Russell, Sir R. Peel said there had been a further correspondence with the Brazilian Government. One letter on each side had passed on the subject of the sugar duties, and he could assure the noble lord that they would be laid on the table time enough to be in possession of members before any discussion on those duties should be brought forward. In reply to a question from Mr. Pattison, Sir Robert Peel said that it was the intention, in reducing the du- ties on our imports, that such reduction should take place as soon as the resolutions should be agreed to by the committee and reported to the House. Mr. E. Ellice said that his constituents were generally satisfied with the measures proposed by the Right Hon. Bart., but they had doubts as to the propriety of reducing the duties on silk before July. In reply to a question from Lord John Russell, Sir R. Peel said that the reduction of the duties on corn should, like all the other reductions, be immediate on the reso- lutions being reported. The Government, however, would he open nevertheless to consider any application in reference to any particular nrticie of import. In reply to a question from Sir H. W. Barron, Sir 11. Peel said it was not intended to make any alteration in the duties on the introduction of Irish spirits into the British market. ROMAN CATHOLICS. Mr. Watson J!1o,-e(\ for leave to bring in a bill for the further repeal of enactments imposing pains and penalties upon her Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects on account of religion. Sir James Graham would not offer any opposition to the motion if the hon. gentleman thought proper to per- severe, but the criminal law commission had framed a bill which Government would use every effort to pass. It was now in the other house, and he would say that it was quite as comprehensive, he believed, as was ne- cessary. After some observations from Sir R. H. Inglis, Lord J. Manners, and Lord J. Russell, Mr. O'Connell took occasion to condemn as an out- rage upon humanity the barbarities perpetrated on the Dazilian nuns by the orders of the Emperor of Russia. The Christian world ought in some manner to mark its sense of those atrocities.—Leave was ultimately given to bring in the bill. Mr. Bankes, in moving for various returns relative to the applications for the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds and of the forms of grants, &c., said it was important that inquiry should be instituted into the motives which led members of the House to make appli- cations for the office. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that in all cases he granted the applications, but delays sometimes oc- curred owing to the circumstance that only one appoint- ment in a day could be made, and they had frequently several applicants. Mr. Williams said it would be more important to in- stitute an inquiry into the influence exercised by Peers to prevent the re-election of members who had thus ac- cepted the Chiltern Hundreds. The remaining routine business was disposed of, and the House adjourned. FRIDAY, FEB. 6. The Speaker took the chair at 4 o'clock. This being the first day for receiving petitions for private bills, a large number, principally for railway bills, were presented. Lord Rendlesham moved for a new writ for the east- ern division of the county of Suffolk, in the room of Lord Henniker, who has accepted the stewardship of the Chil- tern Hundreds. RAILWAYS. Lord G. Somerset called attention to the first report of the Railways Committee, and said he quite agreed in the recommendation of the committee to give increased facilities to Irish railway bills. The noble lord spoke in so low a tone of voice that it was quite impossible to hear much of what he said; but we understood him to move that in any bills which might come down from the House of Lords, the House would insist upon its privi- leges with respect to the proofs of tolls, &c. Mr. French said the only boon that could have been acceded to railways was overlooked-that of allowing the proofs of notices, &c., adduced in one House of Parlia- ment to be received as evidence in the other. Mr. Bernal thought great injustice might be done by giving this preference to the Irish over English and Scotch railways. He believed the capital paid in the shape of deposits on English railways alone amounted to eleven millions and a half, and it would be unjust to those schemes to give a preference to others. Their course ought to have been to reduce the enormous ex- penses attending the passing those bills through the House. The O'Connor Don believed that the suggestion of the committee to give precedence to Irish bills would be productive of the best effects, as its adoption would give employment to the Irish labourers, at their own doors, which they so much wanted. After some further discussion the report was agreed to. Mr. Busfield brought in the Leeds and Bradford Rail- way bills, which were read a first time. Mr. Miles, amidst loud cheering, gave notice that, on Monday, upon the question That the Speaker do leave the chair," an amendment would be moved, That the House do resolve itself into a committee that day six months." Mr. O'Connell postponed his motion on the state of famine and disease in Ireland, Sir J. Graham having promised to lay on the table a considerable portion of the last report on the potato rot, dated the 22nd day of January. In reply to Mr. Labouchere, Sir R. Peel stated that in January, 184.5, the Brazilian Legislature passed a law which empowered the Brazilian Government, at its discretion, to impose on the vessels of those states which had not given the Brazilian vessels the same facilities of intercourse which were given to the native vessels, dis- criminating duties and also empowering the Govern- ment to impose such duties on the produce of those countries which did not admit the Brazilian produce on the footing of the most favoured nations." But the Brazilian Government had not acted upon those mea- sures, nor had the Government of this country any reason to imagine that there existed any intention to act upon them. The House adjourned at seven o'clock. ■»

DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT ? [From the Atlas.] A dissolution of Parliament continues to be spoken of; but as a possible rather than a probable occurrence. That Sir Robert Peel has secured a very considerable majority for his measures in the House of Commons seems certain; rumour speaks of it as varying from forty to sixty but whether the Lords will be squeezed into acquiescence by such a majority without the pre- vious'formality of a dissolution, is the point of debate with our political quidnuncs. Much, it is generally surmised, depends on the course likely to be pursued by Lord Stanley; their lordships will not, it is said, follow the leadership of either the Duke of Richmond or the Duke of Buckingham, or both, in such numbers as to reject a tariff sanctioned by the House of Commons; but should Lord Stanley choose to rally the dissentient peers against the Government, it can hardly be doubted that an appeal to the constituency of the country will become inevitable. What Lord Stanley will do is consequently a question of considerable interest. Perhaps the readiest means of speculating upon it with any chance of success is to en- deavour to find out why his lordship resigned the seals of the Colonial Department. Lord Stanley has not at any time been remarkable as an Teltra-protectionist like other leaders of his party, he has supported protec- tion; but with more discretion than he usually displays. An improving landlord himself, he has during the last three or four years repeatedly urged the farmer to rely more on agricultural enterprise and science than on fiscal regulation. So that no one could have been at all surprised had he remained in office and supported Sir Robert Peel through the present crisis. Lord Stanley has, to be sure, a morbid sense of what he deems to be personal honour and it has more than once misled him into quixotic courses and rude ungracious speeches as witness his conduct to Earl Grey but when impelled by it into mistakes, he concurrently exhibits temper—if not spite. Now, though he has seceded from the Peel Administration, he has not accompanied his secession by any offensive exhibition of this sort and the fair inference to be drawn from its absence is, that the real reason of Lord Stanley's withdrawal is not to be found in that peculiarity of personal feeling for which he has been notorious. Where, then, is the cause to be sought ? Obviously, it may be replied, in a profound consciousness of his own failure as a Colonial Minister. His position in that department had become desperate it was a source of weakness to his colleagues, and of constant irritation to himself. Twice last session his colonial administration was only saved from censure by Sir R. Peel beating the tattoo of party; and the prospect before his lordship this session, had lie remained in office, was most uninviting. Lord Stanley, it is there- fore no rash surmise, took the first opportunity of retreating from a post, whence, had he remained much longer, he must have been driven and this the late ministerial crisis gave him the means of doing without abandoning his arms. If this solution of his retirement be correct, it is unlikely that his lordship will disturb the repose he has sought by attempting to rally a party, out of which he has admitted no possible administration can be formed. Besides, to do Lord Stanley justice, it is understood that his lordship has for some time past resolved to curb that impetuosity of temper for which he was unenviably distinguished. Upon both these grounds, moderation in his opposition to the new tariff is to be expected. And from his moderation, a corresponding influence upon a large body of hostile peers may be anticipated. The larger the majority in Sir Robert's favour in the Commons, the more hope will there be in the Lords, and the less fear of a dissolution. And looking at the Con- servative conversions to free trade measures at the hands of a Conservative Minister which the past week has witnessed, there is reason to believe that the majority will be even larger than the Treasury runners have calculated. It is, indeed, boldly stated by many well-informed politicians, that the House of Commons will not, on a division, exhibit 150 members voting for the continuance of the present corn-law And, if this be so, the prospect is most encouraging, and a dissolution most unlikely. But success achieved, an early dissolution thereafter is certainly far from improbable for while Sir Robert's triumph will not have mitigated, in any useful degree, the hostility of the opposition, it will have shattered to pieces the great party which formerly supported him and, how under such circumstances, he can long continue months elapse, will Minister, is a point that, ere six months elapse, will I become one of surpassing interest. His victory may yet be his destruction. .—

CORK CITY ELEC-rio-On Saturday, Alexander M'Carthy, Esq., was elected a representative for the city of Cork, in the place of Serjeant Murphy. There was no opposition. EAST SCSSEX ELECTION.—The election of a member in the place of Mr. Darby took place on Tuesday in front of the Town Hall in Lewes. Mr. John Ellman, of Glynde, proposed, and Mr. L. Shadwell seconded, Mr. Frewcn, as a staunch supporter of protection. There being no other candidate, Mr. Frewen was declared duly elected. INGENIOUS DEVICE, OR A NEW WAY TO GET MAR- RIED.—A short time ago a young lady, out of her teens, was travelling in a first-class railway carriage from Lon- don to Birmingham. There was only one other passen- ger, a gentleman, who became very agreeable by con- versing politely on various subjects. Before the arrival of the train at Birmingham, the gentleman displayed such interest in the fair damsel's welfare, that he out- stepped the bounds of decorum and stole a kiss from her roseate cheeks. This liberty gave such offence, that at Birmingham our gentleman was given in custody of a police-officer. A scene in the police court followed— a fine was imposed and paid but our hero had been siiiitten-by this police procedure he learned the name and connexions of the fair maiden adopted means to be introduced cotame ilfaut, plied his suit, was accepted, and the couple" were soon afterwards joined together in the holy bonds Qf matrimony. We vouch for these f..cts.-IIereford Timet.

LORD MORPETH'S ELECTION. I Lord Morpeth was on Wednesday elected for the West Riding of Yorkshire without any opposition; Mr. Ferrand, after all his bluster, not daring to show his face on the hustings. Of course the withdrawal of opposition tended in no considerable degree to diminish the interest attached to the election nevertheless, the crowd was immense, and the excitement very consider- able. His lordship was proposed by Mr. Fawkes, of Farnley-hall, and seconded by J. G. Marshall, Esq. In the course of his address, Lord Morpeth said-I shall go into the House of Commons as the member for the West Riding, to vote for (an enthusiastic burst of cheering drowned Lord Morpeth's voice. When it had subsided, he exclaimed)—I think you must be aware that the sentence was intended to have concluded with the total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws" (cheering repeated.) [From the Times.] Lord Morpeth has achieved a great, and what is more, a merited triumph. He lias been borne into Parliament by the almost unanimous suffrages of the most important and most varied constituency in the empire. At a crisis of momentous interest a vital ques- tion of our social economy possesses and divides the minds of the people, and on the public answer to that question his return depends. He is sent into the Legislature to take his share in an immediately impen- ding debate, and to record his vote in a decision which his return has signally forestalled. To all intents and purposes it happens to be the only appeal to a constitu- ency which the crisis has afforded. The half-dozen other instances of that constitutional form merely serve to show by contrast the reality of a West Riding election. A few country or borough puppets have been shifted without difficulty and without result. The nominee of a peer or an oligarchy gives place to a more subservient, though perhaps less respectable tool. But these are merely the mimicries that serve to set off the thing that they imitate. The West Riding, with its 30,000 voting men, and its unequalled concentration of interests, is beyond the reach of all influences but those which appeal to the conscience and the mind of man. No threats, no frowns, no quarter-day, no Christ- mas bills, no m(,ney or money's worth, can avail to corrupt so vast and various a legislative army. Here, if anywhere, is a free election;—here, on a field re- nowned for its constitutional triumphs, where -princely fortunes have been spent, and spent in vain, and where once a comparatively unknown man of mercantile origin, speaking a few eloquent words in the cause of Christian philanthropy, broke and overthrew the phalanx of an ancient, wealthy, and imperious aristocracy —on such a field, the fairest and the noblest in a land of constitutional freedom, it has been Lord Morpeth's good fortune and honourable desert to try, in one appeal, his own standing in the affections of his countrymen, and the merits of a great social cause. Lord Morpeth's is no vulgar triumph, not merely because the arena, the judges, the man, the issue, and the stake are great, but because he has both suffered and denied himself in the cause. Five years ago he was rejected for his zealous, though still qualified opposition to the restric- tive system. On the question of revenue or protection" turned that crisis, and Lord Morpeth allowed himself to be beaten by a man of less power and standing, because he would not pledge himself to the whole extent of the existing agricultural monopoly. After a severe and close-run contest, and in the hard moment of defeat his lordship, in an address which all England read with something more than admiration, acknowledged the gravity of the crisis, the significance of his rejection, and the worth and virtues of his more successful rival. To this he added the greatest proof which any man, especially a rising man and a statesman, could offer, to show the sincerity of his devotion to that constituency which had just rejected him. He declared his resolu- tion never to be returned for any other seat and to that resolution for these five years he has faithfully adhered. His constancy has been rewarded. At the great and final trial of the question which then had only, as it were, a preliminary hearing, the seat to which Lord Morpeth bound himself has been vacated just in time to repair the injury of that long separation.

INDIA AND CHINA. An express, viu Trieste, reached the Times office on Thursday morning, in anticipation of the Bombay Over- land Mail of the 1st of January, containing the important news that the Sikh army had crossed the Sutlej, and that they having thus declared war against the British, the Governor-General had issued a proclamation on the 13th of December, announcing that he must take measures for effectually protecting the British provinces, for vindicating the authority of the British Government, and for punishing the violators of treaties, and the disturbers of public peace declaring the possessions of Maharajah Dhuleep Singh on the left or British banks of the Sutlej confiscated and annexed to the British territories; that he will respect the existing rights of all Jagheerdars, Zamindars, and tenants in the said possessions, who, by the course they now pursue, evinced their fidelity to the British Govtffiment; and calling upon all the chiefs and Sirdars in the protected territories to co-operate cordially with the British Government for the punishment of the common enemy, and for the maintenance of order in these states." The Sikh troops, inflated with vanity, and desirous of plunder, notwithstanding the reluctance of their Government, marched in the end of November and the beginning of December to the banks of the Sutlej, a distance of about fifty miles from Lahore. They forced the Queen Mother's paramour, Lall Singh, to accompany them as a hostage for her behaviour during their absence. On the 28th of November one division of them reached Manihaly, on the 28th Behrana. The other divisions moved in parallel routes, and on the 8th of December the whole force reached the banks of the Sutlej, forming a line extended from Kussoor, opposite to Ferozepore, to the Hurreeke Ghat. Tej Singh, who was to be one of their principal leaders, endeavouring by various excuses to delay his departure from Lahore, the Punt or Council of officers guided the troops in their proceedings. The Governor-General left Delhi on the 19th of November, and reached Kurnaul on the 26th, when he had an interview with the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Hugh Gough, and with Major Broadfoot, both of whom had come by dak from Umballa. It was at this meeting that the Governor-General expressed his disapproval of the measures adopted by the military authorities in hastening troops to the river's bank. On the 27th the Governor-General again began his march, and on the 2d of December he arrived at Umballa, where he re- mained until the 7th, busy in reviewing the troops and on that day he moved out of the fort as if to pro- ceed to Ferozepore. On the 11th he rode from his camp, sixteen miles distance, to Loodiana, to inspect the troops. On the 9th the determination of the Sikh soldiery to cross the Sutlej became known, and orders were issued for the assembly of the army, and the Vakeek of the Lahore Government was desired to retire from the Company' territories. The proclamation was issued on the 13th, and on the 17th the Governor- General's camp was at Basseean, within thirty-seven miles of the Sikhs. The Commander-in-Chief was stationed on that day within five miles of the Governor- General's camp. On the 12th ten thousand Sikhs, with twenty-seven guns, crossed the river by a ford about twelve miles above Ferozepore and on the 13th they were about seven miles from it, still crossing men and guns by a bridge of boats. The number of Sikhs that crossed the river before the 14th was said to amount to thirty thousand, with seventy guns. News of the invasion of the British territory had reached Sir Charles Napier on the 24th of December, and her Majesty's 86th Regiment and the 12th Regi- ment Native Infantry, and all the other disposable forces there, were instantly ordered to prepare for marching to the frontiers of the Punjaub. The 1st Regiment Bombay Europeans, her Majesty's 15th Regiment and the 4th Rifles, 3rd and 11th Regiments of Bombay Native Infantry, were under orders for starting in the steamers from Bombay for Kurrachee, en route for Scinde, to reinforce the Scinde army. The latest news from Cabul describes a feud between Akbar Chan and Sultan Tan, which induced the latter to excite disturbances. Dost Mohammed had grown suspicious of all persons except his sons, to whom alone he confided the command of his troops. LATEST INTELLIGENCE.—DESPERATE ENGAGEMENT AND ROUTE OF THE SIKHS.—Under date of Alex- andria, January 22, we have an account of a severe engagement which took place immediately after the invasion of the British territory by the Sikhs. The news is that the battle took place at Ferozepore the Governor-General led the centre, the Commander-in- Chief the right, and Sir John Littler the left. The centre and right held their ground well; the left was hard pressed. The troops had stormed one position, and were preparing to attack the other, when the des- patch left. The slaughter was very great. The Sikhs lost sixty-five guns. The fighting was for three days, day and night. The British occupied the Sikh camp. A Bombay Times Extra, dated January 3, 12 o'clock, a.m., thus communicates the intelligence A despatch arrived this morning from the Governor- General from Ferozepore, which mentions that a battle had taken place at that place. Our forces had stormed one of the enemy's positions, and were preparing to storm the other when the despatch left. Sir H. Hardinge led the centre, Sir H. Gough the right, and Sir John Lit- tler the left. The slaughter was very great. Further par- ticul ars have not yet reached us. The steamer "Vic- toria" had made considerable way out of the harbour when the above despatch arrived, when she was recalled, and returned into port about half-past 10 o'clock." The despatch it was understood was dated from Um- balla, the 26th of December. Another account was that the Sikh force of more than 50,000, and 150 pieces of artillery, invaded the British possessions on the 21st of December. A battle was the immediate result, which lasted till the 23rd, and was not over when the express left. The loss was great on both sides, but the enemy suffered most, and lost 65 pieces of cannon. It is also said that Sir John Littler was forced to retire on the first attack, and that the enemy were only rout- ed on the advance of the Governor-General and the Commander-in-Chief. No doubts were entertained that the enemy would shortly be driven across the Sutlej. I The steamer set sail again from Bombay as soon as pos- sible after receiving the despatch on board.

DREADFUL SHIPWRECK.—LOSS OF FOUR I HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN LIVES. Intelligence has just been received at Lloyd's of the loss of the emigrant ship Catarque," on the iron- bound coast of King's Island. Full particulars are given in the Port-Philip and Hobart-Town papers, as furnished by Mr. Guthrie, the chief mate, who, with eight other survivors reached the shore. It appears that the Catarque," Captain C. W. Finlay, sailed from Liverpool on the 20th of April, with 369 emi- grants and a crew, including two doctors (M. C. Car- penter and Edward Carpenter, brothers), of 46 souls. The emigrants were principally from Bedfordshire, Staffordshire, Yorkshire, and Nottinghamshire. About 120 of the passengers were married with families, and in all 73 children. On the 3d of August, at 7 o'clock in the evening, the ship was hove to, and continued lying to until 3 a. m. of the 4th. At half-past four, it being quite dark and raining hard, blowing a fearful gale, and the sea running mountains high, the ship struck on a reef situate to the west coast of King's Island, at the entrance of Bass's Straits. No opportunity had offered for taking an observation to enable the captain to ascertain the ship's course for four or five days prior to the ship's striking, and from the dead reckoning kept it was presumed that the vessel was in 141 deg. 22 min. E. longitude, and 39 deg. 17 min. S., which would make her between 60 and 70 miles from King's Island. Immediately after the ship struck she was sounded, and 4 feet water was in the hold. The scene of confusion and misery that ensued at this awful period it is impossible to describe. All the passengers at- tempted to rush upon deck, and many succeeded in doing so, until the ladders were knocked down by the workings of the vessels, when the shrieks of men, women, and children from below were terrific, calling on the watch on deck to assist them. The crew to a man were on deck the moment the ship struck, and were instantly employed in handing up the passengers. Up to the time the vessel had began breaking up, it is supposed that between 300 and 400 were got on deck by the extraordinary exertions of the crew. At this time the sea was breaking over the ship on the larboard side, sweeping the decks, every sea taking away more or fewer of the passengers. About 5 a. m. the ship careened right over her larboard side, washing away boats, bulwarks, spars, and part of the cuddy, and literally sweeping the decks. At this critical period the captain gave orders to cut away the masts, hoping the vessel would right to enable the crew to get on deck the passengers left below. Everything was done that could be under the circumstances to get the vessel upright, but all to no purpose. The passengers below were now all drowned, the ship being full of water, and the captain gave those on deck directions to cling to that part of the wreck then above water until daylight, hoping that the spars would be of some ser- vice in making a breakwater under lee, and thus enable the survivors to get on shore in the morning. When day broke we found the stern of the vessel washed in, and numerous dead bodies floating around the ship, and some hanging upon the rocks. Several of the passengers and crew (about 200 altogether) were still holding on to the vessel, the sea breaking over, and every wave washing some of them away. About four o'clock in the afternoon the vessel parted amidships, at the fore part of the main rigging, when immediately some 70 or 100 were launched into the tumultuous and remorseless waves. The survivors ran ridge lines along the side of the wreck to enable them to hold on. The remains of the upper deck then began to break up and wash away. A buoy was now made and floated towards the shore, but it could not be got nearer than 20 yards from the shore, owing to its getting entangled with the sea weeds on the rocks, and there was no one on shore to catch it and secure it on the sand. The fury of the waves continued unabated, and about 5 o'clock the wreck parted by the forerigging, and so many souls were submerged in the water that only 70 survivors were left crowded on the forecastle, who were then lashed to the wreck. The sea continued breaking over them, the wind raging, and the rain heavy all night, and thus the poor creatures continued. Numbers died and fell overboard and sank and were drowned at the place where they were lashed. When day broke the following morning, it was discovered that only about 30 were alive. The sea was now making a clean breach into the forecastle, the deck of which was rapidly break- ing up. About this time, whilst numbers were help- lessly clinging to the bows and continued dropping off without the possibility of succour, the captain attempted to reach the shore, but was unable, and with some assistance regained the wreck. The lashings of the survivors were now undone, in order to give them the last chance of life. Mr. Thomas Guthrie, the chief mate, now on the spritsail-yard, was washed out to the bowsprit. He saw the captain and second mate and steward clinging at the bows with about 18 or 20 dead bodies on the fragment of the wreck. Mr. Guthrie was now driven to a detached part of the wreck, but soon found it impossible to live with such a sea breaking over, and seizing a piece of plank under his arm, leaped into the water, and was carried over the reef, and got on shore. He found a passenger who had got ashore during the night, and one of the crew, John Robinson, plunged into the water when he saw the mate ashore, and partly swimming and partly diving, reached land. Five other seamen followed, and landed dreadfully ex- hausted. Almost immediately after the vessel totally disappeared. Thus out of 423 souls on board, only nine were saved. The names of those saved are Mr. Thomas Guthrie, chief mate Solomon Brown, emigrant; John Roberts, William Jones, Francis Millan, John Simpsen, John Robertson, and Peter Johnson, able seamen; and Wm. Blackstock, apprentice. They had neither food nor drink from the time the vessel struck (Sunday) to Tuesday afternoon, when they found one small tin of preserved fowl; after eating which they went and lay down in the bush, having got a wet blanket out of the water for their only covering, and being almost destitute of clothes. The beach was strewed with pieces of the wreck and portions of dead corpses in horrible pro- fusion. After a vain search for water, and without finding any other survivors, they slept that night on the beach. The following morning they found a cask of water on shore, but were unable to make a fire. However, about 9 or 10 o'clock in the forenoon, they observed a smoke, which, presuming they were on the main land, they imagined was a fire of the natives. Shortly after they saw a white man approaching, who turned out to be Mr. David Howie, residing upon the island. It seems Mr. Howie, observing a portion of the wreck, arranged to reconnoitre the whole island. As Mr. Howie's boat was wrecked, there was no possibility of his leaving the island. The party therefore constructed a hut and remained five weeks, during which time they were most hospitably provided for by Mr. Howie and his party, according to their means, the supplies having to be carried 40 miles over a most difficult road. On the 7th of September they saw the "Iudge" beating for the island, which took them off with much difficulty, and by the aid of Mr. Howie, on Tuesday, September 9, they landed at Hobson Bay (September 13).

Dit.Pusny AT OXFORD.—Dr. Pusey appeared in the pulpit of Christ Church last week, for the first time since his suspension by the board of heresy upwards of two years since. The cathedral was thronged, and large crowds of members of the University, citizens, and strangers were assembled before the doors were opened. By some it was thought that this would be the last appearance of the Hebrew professor as a preacher in the established church. The subject of discourse was, the power of the keys the text being John xx, v. 23, Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted, &c. &c." Dr. Pusey commenced by referring to the fact of his suspension, suggesting that it was permitted by the providence of God on account of secret sins. He then re-stated the doctrine of the condemned sermon, and the motives which had induced him to preach it. The present discourse was supplementary to the last, and as he had then taught the doctrine of pardon by means of the Eucharist, he now sought to sustain that doctrine by asserting the authority of the priest to for- give sins, quoting several of the fathers in support of the dogma that God, who alone can forgive sins, does what his priest does. He maintained that this was the doctrine of the English Church, that it was seen in the confession and absolution, and more particularly by the office for the visitation of the sick, in which the priest does not merely declare a pardon, but speaks by God's authority, committed unto him. He argued at great length for the practice of confession, and urged it as a solemn duty incumbent upon priests to lead their people to the practice. He encouraged those who were hoping and desiring that the church should have what it had not now. He bade them wait there could be no sudden restoration, but God had given them the desire for these things, i. e. confession, penitence, dis- cipline, and if they would wait all would be well; thus intimating that he and they would wait to have in the English church what Mr. Newman and others have sought in Rome. In this part of his sermon Dr. Pusey made reference to some foreign writers, whom he cha- racterised as infidel, and impure, who had written against the confessional and its abuses. He said sin was an awful thing to handle, and drew a picture of an ideal priest, one who bv his humility and holiness would be qualified for the office of confessor. The whole tenor of the discourse was what is popularly understood to be Catholic, in opposition to Protestant ideas, and yet the support which the Regius Professor drew from portions of the English ritual will be not a little embarrassing to those who may be disposed to controvert his dogmas. Rarely has the cathedral been so crowded, and though the pressure was considerable, the utmost stillness pre- vailed. Dr. Pusey spoke with more clearness and power of voice than usual, and was well heard throughout. PREMATURE INTERMENT.-The Cunstitutionncl states that the cases of premature interment prevented by for- tuitous circumstances amount in France since the year 1833 to 94. Of these, 35 persons awoke themselves from their lethargy, at the moment the funeral ceremony was about to commence 13 recovered in consequence of the affectionate care of their families; 7 in conse- quence of the fall of the coffins in which they were en- closed 9 owed their recovery to wounds inflicted by the needle in sewing their winding-sheet 5 to the sensa- tion of suffocation they experienced in their coffin; 19 to their interment having been delayed by fortuitous cir- cumstances and 6 to their interment having been delayed in consequence of doubts having been enter- ta.ined of their death. When Sir Walter Scott was dying, he called his son-in-law, Mr. Lockhart, to him and said, "Lockhart, I may have but a minute to speak to you. My dear, be a good man, be virtuous, be religious, be a good man. Nothing else will give you comfort when you come to lie here. The death-bed is a revealer of the heart. No man gives unwise or bad counsel here."

MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. I We hear, from a source which leaves no doubt of the truth of the statement, that the most illustrious per- sonage in the kingdom, takes a lively interest in the repeal of the corn-laws, and has, on more than one occasion, warmly advocated the measure, against the opinion of certain noble lords, who are as strongly opposed to it.-Daily News. 0 Thursday last was the anniversary of the natal day of Sir Robert Peel, who has now completed the 58th year of his age. We are assured that Earl Talbot has signified his intention to give his cordial support to the measures proposed by Sir Robert Peel. Lord Talbot, we believe, farms from 1.500 to 2000 acres of land, chiefly arable. Times. Sir John Hanmer, M.P. for Hull, has become a free-trader. We learn from the Hull Advertiser that in the rush of the Commons to the House of Lords, to hear the Queen's speech, Sir John was thrown down, and sustained a fracture of one of the smaller bones of the leg.— Gateshead Observer. It is rumoured that Mr. Gladstone will come into Parliament for Cardiff, in the room of Dr. Nicholl. Lord Jocelyn has announced his intention of retiring from the representation of King's Lynn, and Mr. Ben- jamin Bond Cabbell has consented to come forward; Mr. Wolverley Attwood having declined on account of ill health. 0 Mr. Wolryche Whitmore has published a letter to the agriculturists of the county of Salop on the general subject of corn-law repeal. He shows them that they have derived no real benefit from the restrictive duties and that they need fear no injury from perfectly free- trade. His letter is calculated to convince, by its plain, lucid, and temperate language, and its practical illus- trations derived from farming experience. Yesterday was the last day for the payment of deposits to the credit of the Accountant-General. The total amount paid has been ascertained to be £ 11,492,000. Of this sum one eminent banking firm alone supplied as much as £ 3,000,000. The payments of deposits con- stituting this aggregate amount were made by cheques, and without the intervention of a single bank note, the former being accepted as a valid and satisfactory medium of payment to the Accountant-General. A branch line of railway from Ashford, on the South- Eastern line, to Canterbury, was opened yesterday. At the dinner which was afterwards given at Canterbury to celebrate the event, Mr. Macgregor, of the Board of Trade, stated quasi-oiffcially, that upwards ofLll,000,000 had been paid as deposits into the office of the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery, at the closing of the office. France, with a population of 34,000,000 has only 250,000 electors! The amalgamation of the Welsh Midland scheme with the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford, is officially announced. We learn from Breslau, that the Abbe Ronge had just proposed, at a meeting of the members of the new church that he founded in that city, that in future the persons who profess his creed shall call themselves Mem- bers of the Universal Christian Church, and not German or Christian Catholics, as hitherto. The Prussian government has just prescribed to all branches of the army the study of horticulture. Encou- ragements are accorded to all the young soldiers who go out to work in the horticultural establishments about Berlin. The object is that when they have served out their time they may carry home some knowledge of horticulture. It is stated in the report of the commissioners of inquiry into matters connected with the failure of the potato crop, which was laid on the table of the House of Commons on Friday night by Sir J. Graham, that of 32 counties in Ireland, not one has escaped failure in the potato crop of 130 Poor-law unions, not one is exempt; of 2,058 electoral divisions, above 1,400 are certainly reported as having suffered and that there is no certainty until the receipt of the more minute returns now in progress of completion, that the remaining 600 have altogether escaped. The rectory of Islip, near Oxford, having become unexpectedly vacant by the presentation of Mr. Bagot to a family living, it is supposed that Dr. Buckland, the Dean of Westminster, will be the new incumbent. The new batteries which are about to be erected at the northern extremity of the Liverpool Docks will be so situated as to cross their fire with that of the fort on the Rock Perch, and to command both the narrow channels by which alone Liverpool is accessible to a hostile force. Mr. Marcus, of Leeds, chairman of the Sharebrokers' Association, has been charged with forgery. On being arrested he made an attempt to swallow a phial full of laudanum, but was prevented by the constable. The Norden," a large Russian vessel, has been seized at Newcastle, under a writ from the Admiralty Court, by the owners of the Countess of Errol," for the alleged running down of that vessel, a few days ago, on her passage from Newcastle to London. A mutiny took place on board the Sir R. Peel, transport, with 200 troops on board, on her voyage to Bombay. The ship's crew supported the military officers. One soldier was killed, and several others overpowered and placed in custody to take their trial for the offence. The announcement of Sir Robert Peel's intended change in the corn-laws has produced scarcely any effect in the corn market. The price of wheat, instead of going down with a run, as it ought to have done according to the confident assertion of monopolist writers and speakers, has slightly risen in several mar- kets and remained stationary in most, and has not anywhere sunk to a serious extent. In London the price of potatoes has advanced 6d., and on some kinds Is. per cwt. A pound of good potatoes cannot now be purchased under Id. & ld. and for one pound of the best bread the charge is, with very few exceptions, 2'd., or S^d., to lOd. per four pound loaf, the price having advanced -id. within the last two or three days. At a meeting held recently at Cambridge (hitherto regarded as a strong hold of protection) Mr. Deighton, the mayor, the famous University publisher, and a stanch Conservative, in the chair, at which about two thousand persons were present, speeches were made and resolutions were passed in favour of Sir Robert Peel's plan of settlement. A petition to Parliament to the same effect was also agreed to. The Swedish government, in order to put a stop to the increasing progress of drunkenness in Norway, has appointed a missionary for each of the four provinces of that kingdom, to travel through them preaching for- bearance from strong liquors, and promoting the estab- lishment and extension of temperance societies. Compensation is again offered to all such distillers as shall resign their licences for making brandy, and entirely relinquish their business. During recent proceedings in tjie Lord Mayor's Court, against Messrs. Eagles and Bisgood, the projectors of the London and Norwich Direct Railway Company, it was stated that the two defendants constituted the whole company—chairman, deputy-chairman, directors, secre- tary, engineer! The sheriff of Tipperary having recently made a large seizure of cattle for rent, near Thurles, was obliged to bring a force of 400 military, before he ventured finally to remove them. Some of the newspapers are getting absolutely dement- ed in their attempts to struggle into fame and circulation. One has offered to give globes to their subscribers; a second piano-fortes, and a third two thousand pounds. A new Militia Company has been organised in New York, called the Oregon Guards! At the Stafford sessions, last week, the chairman was about to discharge a boy accused of stealing, when the boy, in reply to the magistrates, stated that he had no father, and in a flood of tears, said that his parent had been transported for seven years. On this a voice was heard,—" I'm his father," and a decently dressed me- chanic stepped forward, and was rejoiced to claim his son. The father had returned from transportation, and he and his son were made known to each other in this romantic manner. The two left the court together, the father saying he had employment for his son. A letter from Tahiti, of September 10, in the National, states that Admiral Hamelin and Admiral Seymour, having appointed commissioners to regulate the indemnity due to Mr. Pritchard, it has been decided that the English minister was entitled to a thousand and odd piastres. Admiral Seymour refused to abide by this decision, and the negotiations were broken off. The question is to be submitted to the Governments of England and France. Admiral Seymour, adds the letter, consented to salute the flag of the Protectorate, but refused to salute that of France. Pomare had not decided to return to Tahiti. —————— ——————-

CAPE OF GOOD HorF,We have Cape of Good Hope papers to the 14th December. They contain little news of interest as respects the social or financial improvement of the colony. The hard road across the Cape downs had just been completed. The Caffres on the frontier were very troublesome; they had again commenced their depredations, and one of their mid- night excursions had resulted in a most barbarous murder, the particulars of which are thus described in the Frontier Times of the 4th of December:— "Three newly arrived missionaries of the Berlin Society were proceeding to their station in Caffreland. On Friday they reached the top of the Fish River Bush, about seven miles from Port Peddle, and outspaiined' for the night. All had retired to rest, when about two o'clock on Saturday morning the people in charge of the waggons heard a rustling among the bushes, and imagined that some wolf or beast of prey was about. Two of the men went to the spot, where they were imme- diately attacked by three or four Caffres, who rushed at them with their assagais, and stabbed one of the men, a servant of Mr. Shepstones. At this juncture the missionaries, who were sleeping in one of the waggons lieara a noise, and two of them leaned over the waggon chest, when one was immediately stabbed in the abdomen with an assagai." The person thus wounded proved to be the Rev. E. Scholtz, who shortly afterwards expired, though an attempt was made to reach Port Peddle, to procure proper aid. Every exertion wa.s being made to discover the parties implicated, whose design was evidently robbery, as they carried away a coat and a counterpane, the property of those who were journeying in the wag- gons. From Port Victoria the melancholy intelligence had been received of the death of Captain Shepherd, of the Royal Artillery, who, it appears, had been shot by a private of the name of Long. The culprit was in custody at Graham's Town, and the affair was already under investigation. PERSECUTIONS OF THE NUNS OF MINSK.-The Univers of Monday publishes the interrogatory to which the abbess of the Basilian convent of Minsk, Macrena Mieczyslawska, who was persecuted in Lithuania for holding the Catholic faith, has been subjected by order of the pope. We extract the following passages from this horrifying document. It is known that, after having been arrested by order of a bishop of the Greek church, the abbess and her companions were shut up in a convent of schismatic nuns. This is a portion of the treatment they there underwent. The labours of the day over, we were locked up in our dungeon, still chained and fettered. The only furniture of this prison consisted of a little straw to serve the purpose of beds. Our food was so wretched that hunger often compelled us to support ourselves on the grass of the fields during the summer, and the fudder of the cows and the pigs during the winter, in spite of the blows and menaces of the Czernicians, who brutally told us, You do not deserve the food of our pigs In winter, notwithstanding the intense cold, no firing was allowed us our limbs were often frozen, and our wounds became more acutely painful in consequence. At the end of two months (1838) began the punishment of flagellation, which was inflicted twice a-week, the order of Siemaszks enjoined 30 lashes with the rod, but Michaelwiez added 20 more of his own accord. We were scourged in the yard, under a sort of shed, uncovered on all sides, in the presence of Michaelwiez, the Czernicians, priests, deacons, church-singers children, and everybody who lived and blasphemed in this house, consecrated to the retirement and piety of the spouses of Jesus Christ. After the decree had been read, I was the first to pros- trate myself to receive the lash; there was no necessity to hold us, the cross of Christ held us tightly enough to prevent us from flinching from the lashes which tore our bodies. We seemed to see our Lord scourged all the time, and this took away every sensation of pain. We only experienced one-that occasioned by seeing our- selves whipped in a state of perfect nudity But we united this pain to those suffered by our Saviour. The flagellation over, we sang the Te Deum, and were led back to hard labour, without an instant being allowed for repose. We could be tracked by our blood, and often we observed on our bodies the strips of flesh which had been torn away by the rods. If any sank from exhaustion, a sound drubbing with sticks soon forced them to rise again. One of our sisters, Columba Gorsukaona, swooned after she had been scourged. Michaelwiez administered a vigorous blow as a res- torative she dragged herself to her barrow, and filled it, but on attempting to drag it away, she fell and expired. Baptista Downar was burnt alive in a large stove, in which she was shut up by the Czernicians, after they had ordered her to light the fire. Another nun died from a terrible blow inflicted by the igumena, or abbess, of the Czernicians, who cleft her head in two with a billet of wood, for having dared to use a knife to scratch out a spot of pitch from the floor, not having been able to remove it otherwise Two other of our sisters fell victims to fresh flagellations one died on the very same day of punishment." The venerable abbess, after long and frightful details of the tortures undergone at Polock, relates her escape, and thus concludes, two hundred and forty-five nuns, who composed this order, all, without one exception, sealed with their blood their inviolable attachment to their faith and the church, and their fidelity to Jesus Christ and his Vicar. To God alone be the praise ascribed." A SENTENCE OF PETER THE CRUEL.—A canon of the cathedral church of Seville, who was exceedingly vain of his feet, was so exasperated with the non-fitting of his shoemaker, that he struck him to the ground (when in the act of trying on his shoes) and killed him on the spot. The affair was investigated, and the culprit condemned not to appear for the length of a whole year in the choir. The son of the murdered man grew up, laboured, but with small success (for the clergy had withdrawn their patronage) to support his mother and family. One un- fortunate anniversary of the Corpus Christi day, he saw the guilty canon, the author of all his woes, pass in the procession with the other priests. Spanish blood could not bear it-he leaped upon him and stabbed him to the heart! Another investigation—but this time the crimi- nal did not get off so easily he. was condemned to be quartered alive. Peter chanced to be at Seville at the time, and was made acquainted with all the circum- stances; he revised the sentence, and decreeed that during a whole year the young man should itotmakeasltoe. YES, GET MARRIED.—Young man if you have ar- rived at the right point of life for it, let every other con- sideration give way to that of getting married. Don't think of doing anything else. Keep poking about among the rubbish of the world till you have stirred up a gem worth possessing in the shape of a wife. Never think of delaying the matter for you know delays are dangerous. A good wife is the most constant and faithful companion you can possibly have by your side, while performing the journey of life. She is of more service, too, than you may at first imagine. She can smooth your linen and cares" for you—mend your trousers, and, perchance, your manners-sweeten your sour moments, as well as your tea and coffee for you-ruffle, perhaps, your shirt bosom, but not your temper and instead of sowing the seeds of sorrow in your path, she will sew buttons on your shirt, and plant happiness instead of harrow-teeth in your bosom. Yes—and if you are too confoundedly lazy or too proud to do it yourself, she will chop wood, and dig potatoes for dinner: for her love for her husband is such, that she will do anything to please him-except receive company in her every-day clothes. Get married by all means. All the excuses you can fish up against "doing the deed," arn't worth a spoonful of pigeon's milk. Mark this if blest with health and enjoyment, you are not able to support a wife, depend upon it you are not capable of supporting yourself. Therefore, so much the more need of annexation, for, in union, as well as in an onion, there is strength. Get married, young man, I repeat! Concentrate your affections upon one object, and not distribute them, crumb by crumb, amongst a host of Susans, Sarahs, Marias, Loranas, Olives, Elizas, Augustas, Betsies, Peggies, and Dorothies-allowing each scarcely enough to nibble at. Get married, and have something to cheer you as you journey through this lonely vale of tears" —somebody to scour up your whole life, and whatever linen you possess, in some sort of Sunday-go-to-meeting order. Get married while you are young and then, when the frosts of old age shall fall and wither the flowers of affection, the leaves of con- nubial love will still be green, and perchance, a joyous offspring will surround and grace the parent tree, like ivy twining and adorning the time-seated oak.-Ameri- can paper. PERSONAL BEAUTY!—Among the most valuable at- tributes of beauty, whether regarded as conducive to manly purity and grace of aspect, or as auxiliary to feminine loveliness, a beautiful set of teeth must ever rank among the most important elements of a favorable personal appearance. The embellishment and preserva- tion of the teeth and gums have therefore ever been regarded with peculiar interest, and among the mass of preparations suggested for these desirable purposes, we could particularize ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or Pearl Den- tifrice," as unrivalled for its excellence in purifying, embellishing and preserving these important and attrac- tive objects.-See Advt. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT.—EXTRAORDINARY CURE.— A NEVER-FAILING REMEDY FOR ALL CASES OF SCURVY, SCORIIUTIC HUMOURS, AND ScitOFULA.-Ilenry Hill, now a footman to Lord B., was lately discharged from the Duke of D.'s service, in consequence of his having large scorbutic blotches all over his hands and face, to his great disfigurement. For twelve months he was treated by his master's medical attendants, but to no purpose; and the case was at last declared incurable, and he was discharged. The poor fellow then, as a for- lorn hope, commenced using Hollo way sOintment, which effectually eradicated the disease from his blood in less than three weeks.

I WEEKLY CALENDAR. THE Mood's cil x,,Gr,Last Quarter, on the 19th of February, at 4h. 44m. morn. The Moon rises, Feb. 14.- 9h. Om. P.M. Feb. 17. Oh. OM.A.M. 1.5.- 10h. 8m. 18. Oh. 25m. 19. Ih. 33m. 16- llh. 16m. ?. Ih. 33m.- The Sun rises. Clock before Sun. The snn sets. Feb. 14. 7h. i 6 ? c 10 C I before Sun. The Siin sets. Feb. 14. 7h. 19m. 14m. 28 sec. oh. 11m. 19. 7h. 9m. 14m. 7 sec. 611. 20m. Feb. 14.—Valentine Day. Feb. 15 —Sexagesima Sunday. Feb. 16.—Length of day, 10h. Om. day's increase from the shortest day, 2h. 16m.; day breaks, 5h. 21m.; twi- light ends, 7h. 9m. HIGH WATER AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES, FOlt THE ENSUING WEEK. -1 Llanelly Cardigan Tenby DAYS. Carmar- and and Aberyst- then Birr. Bristol. Milford wyth. FEB H. M H. M. H. M. H. M. Saturday. 14 8 3 9 240 8 24 9 54 Sunday. 15 8 34 10 12 9 12 10 42 Monday. 16 9 5 11 0 10 0 11 30 T?sdav.I7 9 38 11 48 10 48 12 18 Wednesday. Hi 10 14 12 36 j 11 36 1 6 1 hursday. 19! 10 57 1 44 12 24 1 51 Friday. '20? 49 2 12) 1 12 2 42

AGRICULTURE, MARKETS, &c. j (From the "Iark Lane Express" of Monday). The debate on the Corn Laws commences this evening, we need scarcely say that the utmost anxiety is felt by all parties as to the result. The general opinion in the metropolis is, that the Premier will succeed in obtaining a majority in the Commons, but that there will be con- siderable opposition to his measures in the Lords. It appears by the reply given by Sir R. Peel to a question put by Lord J. Russell, on Thursday, that it is the inten- tion of the Government that the new scale of duties shall come into immediate operation, should the resolutions be passed and reported to the House it seems, however, that the new duties would, in that case, only be received with the understanding that if the proposed alteration in the laws should not be carried, the parties availing them- selves of the permission to liberate Wheat or other mer- chandize out of bond at the reduced rates, would be liable for the difference between the rate paid and that charge- able under the existing scale, security for the fulfilment of which undertaking would be required. The trade in Wheat has, since our last, maintained a very firm tone. In the agricultural districts the rise has been somewhat greater than at the chief consuming markets, farmers having generally brought forward moderate supplies- The market has been plentifully supplied with Barley, upwards of 10,751 qrs. having been received from our own coast. The inquiry for this grain has in no degree im- proved. The demand for Malt has been almost equally as languid as that for Barley, and buyers have in most cases had the turn in their favour. In addition to a very good arrival of Oats from the East Coast and from Scotland, 4520 qrs. have been received from Ireland, and 15,678 qrsv from abroad. This increase in the supply has not been met with a corresponding improvement in the demand, and the extreme rates of last week have been barely supported. s. s'l s. s. Wheat, Engl., red 51 to 59 Oats, English feed 21 — 23 White 56-67 Potatoe. 27-29 New, red 49 —58 Youghall Black. 20 — 21 Do white 56-61 Scotch feed. 2:3 26 Barley, Malting 32-34 Irish Galway. 20—23 Chevalier te — 37 Dublin 22-21 Grinding 23 25 Londonderry 22 — 24 Iris li 27-28 Waterford white 22 — 24 Scotch 25 — 26 Clonmel 22 24: Beans, Tick new.. 30- 2 SEED, Rape 24Z. 26s. Harrow. 32-36 Irish -1. —I. per last Peas, Boiling 39 — 40 Linseed, Baltic. 40-44 White 39-40 Odessa. 45 47 Blue. 47-.Sï Mustard, white 10-12' Maple 31 — 33 Brown.. per bush Malt, Brown 46—43 Flour, Towll-made Chcn.lirr. ;39 6? and best country Kingston & Ware. 56 — 59 marks. 30 56 Suffolk & Norfolk 51—52 Stockton 37-39 Rye, new 31—33 Norf. & Suffolk.. 39 41 Indian Corn. 31-32 Irish 44-46 GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN. Week ending Feb. 6.-Iniperial-General Weekly Average,—Wheat, 54s. 8d; Barley, 31s. 3d; Oats, 21s. IOd Rye, 32s. Od Beans, 35s. 6d Peas, 35s. 8d. Aggregate Average of six weeks which governs Duty. —Wheat, 55s. Gd.; Barley, 31s. IOd. Oats, 22s. 2d.; Rye, 34s. Id.; Beans, 36s. IOd.; Peas, 38s. 3d. Duty on Foreign Corn.—Wheat, 17s. Od; Barley, 7s. Od; Oats, 6s. Od; RyJ e, 8s. 6d; Beans, 6s. 6d; Peas, 4s. 6d. LONDON AVERAGES. £ s. d. f £ s. d. Wheat. 6,155 qrs.2 18 8 Rye. i'G qrs.1 17 8 Barley. 3,509 1 12 8 Beans.. 1,639 1 17 4 NVheat 3,509 1 1 12 4 2 8 ? Pe-,Is 767 1 19 0 Oats. 5,905 1 4 2 Peas.. 767 1 19 0 PRICE OF BREAD. The prices of wheaten Bread in the metropolis arc from 9d. to 9Jd.; of household ditto, 6d. to Sid. per 41bs. loaf. SMITHFIELD MARKET. Since Monday last, the imports of live stock from the Continent for our market have been on a very liberal scale, the time of year considered. To-day we had on offer 250 Beasts and 310 Sheep from Holland, with which the trade was in a sluggish state, and previous quotations were not supported. From our own grazing districts, the arrival of Beasts fresh up this morning were on the increase, and of very superior quality. The number of Sheep were again unusually limited, the deficiency in them, compared with those exhibited at the corresponding market day in 1845, being about sixteen thousand head hence the Mutton trade was again brisk, and last Mon- day's advanced prices were firmly supported. The best old Downs readily produced 5s. 6d. per 81bs. The few prime Lambs on sale this morning sold readily at 7s. per 81bs. Calves (the numbers of which were small) moved off steadily, at full prices. The Pork trade was very steady, at last week's quotations. The supply of Pigs was moderately good. A STATEMENT & COMPARISON of the SUPPLIES and PRICES of FAT STOCK, exhibited and sold in SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET, on Monday, Feb. 10, 1845, and Monday, Feb. 9, 1846. Per Slbs. to sink the offal. Feb. 10,184-5. Feb. 9, 184ff' s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Coarse & inferior Beasts. 2 4 to 2 6 2 8 to 2 10 Second quality do. 2 8 3 4..3 0 3 4 Prime large Oxen. 3 6 3 10 3 6 3 10 Prime Scots, &c., 4 0 4 2 4 0 4 4 Coarse & inferior Sheep.. 2 830310 44 Second qualitydo. 3 23446 4 S Prime coarse woolletl do.. 3 6310410 5 0 Prime Southdown do. 4 04452 -5 0 Large coarse Calves. 3 4 4 0..4 8 54 Prime small do. 4 24456 58 Large Hogs. 3 0 3 8..3 10 48 Neat small Porkers 3 1') 4 2 4 10 5 2 BUTTER, BACON, CHEESE, AND HAMS. IrishButter,new cwt.s s I Cheese, per cwt. s. 8. Carlow, 98 — 1 Double Gloucester.. 62 64 Slisro 92 — Single ditto 48 52 B,-tiibridge — Cheshire 56 76 Cork, 1st 98 — Derby. 56 60 Waterford 90 — American -50 56 Waterford 590 7 Foreign ditto 46- English Butter, Foreign 46 Dorset, per nrkin.. 57 — Bacon, new. 48 54 Foreign Butter, cwt Middle — —• Prime Friesland.112 — Hams, Irish 56 64 Do. Kiel 112 — Westmorcland.6? — Fresh Butter, 16s per doz. York 66 70 PRICE OF TALLOW, &c. 1842. 1843. 1844. 1845. 1846. Stock this day 31,323..26,114..28.398..29,021..22,047 Price ofY.C.. 48s.0d..44s. 6d..41s.0d..39s.6d..42s.6d. to to to to to 48s.3d..45s.Sd.s.Od..40s.0d..42s.9d. Deliver.lastweek 2,15'?.. 2,319.. 2,3 '3.. 2,501.. 1,255 Do.from 1st June73,664..71,093..65,578..65,461..69,357 Arriv. last week — 289.. 190.. 46.. S76 Do.from 1st June92,859..77,957..74,977..75,491..75,600 Price of Town. 50s.0d-50s.0à-Hs.6d-43s.6d-45s.6d. METALS. £ s. d. £ s. d. IRON—bar Wales per ton 0 0 0 to 9 0 0 London. 91.5 Oto10 0 0 Nailrods. 10 10 0 to 10 15 0 Hoops (Staf.). 11 10 0 to 12 00 Sheets 12 10 0 to 13 0 0 Bars. 0 0 Oto11 0 0 Welsh cold-blast foundry pig 5 0 0 to 5 100 Scotch Vig, Clyde. 4 0 Oto 4 00 Russian, c, CND 0 0 0 to 15 0 0 rsi 0 0 0 to 16 0 0 Gourieff. 0 0 0 to 14 100 ArehangeI. 0 0 0 to 13 12 6 Swedish, on the spot. 11 10 0 to 11 I -) 0 S?eel, faiz 0 0 0 to 16 5 0 kegs 15 0 0 to 15 5 0 COPPER—Tile 0 0 0 to 92 0 0 Tough cake 0 0 0 to 93 0 0 Best selected 0 0 0 to 96 0 0 Ordinary Sheets .Ib. 0 0 0 to 0 0 104 bottoms. 0 0 0 to 0 0 11 TI:Com. blocks.cwt 0 a 0 to .5 0 0 bars. 0 0 0 to 5 1 6 Refined 0 0 0 to 5 3 0 Straits. 0 0 Oto 4 8 0 Bane,i 0 0 Oto 4 100 TI PLATES-Ch., IC.bo 0 0 0 to 1 13 0 IX 0 0 0 to 1 19 0 Coke, TC 0 0 0 to I 8 0 IX 0 0 0 to 1 14 0 LEAD-Shcct.ton 20 5 0 to 20 10 0 Pig refined 0 0 0 to 21 10 0 common. 19 5 0 to 19 100 Spanish, in bd 17 15 0 to 18 0 0 American. 0 0 0 to 17 15 0 SPELTER.—(Cake) 20 0 0 to 20 50 QUICKSILVER lb 0 0 0 to 0 4 6 REFIXED METAL. ton 0 0 Oto 7 2 6

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. I HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY, FER. 5. I THE POOR LAW IN IRELAND. I The Earl of Clancarty moved tor a committee to in- quire into the manner in which medical relief was afford- ed under the poor law in Ireland. He considered the present system as being very defective. The diseased poor were neglected, and a much better system might be provided without throwing any additional burden upon the poor rates. He advocated the institution of local fever hospitals and dispensaries in every union. County fever hospitals might then be dispensed with. The board would be better attended to the valuable time of the professional man would be much spared, and disease would be greatly diminished, thereby greatly saving the poor rates. He would propose that the go- vernment of these new institutions should be placed in a board, to be composed of the largest rate-payers, with those who were subscribers to the extent of £ 20 or £ 1 a year. At the same time, for general purposes, for the purposes of inspection and appeal, and for the purpose of reporting to the Government, he would propose that the General Board of Health in Ireland should be con- stituted a Central Board, and with the powers necessary for those purposes. He did not believe that there was any one man in Ireland who was anxious for the repeal of the poor law in Ireland. Many had given him valu- able suggestions for its amendment; but, throughout a long and varied correspondence, not even one hinted at its being abrogated. Altogether, that law bad worked very well, and experience had proved that the fears of those who were opposed to the introduction of the sys- tem were utterly groundless After some observations from Lord Brougham on the lamentable state of things in Ireland, The Duke of Wellington said there was no objection to the motion, which was accordingly agreed to, and their lordships adjourned. FRIDAY, FEB. 6. I Lord Shaftesbury (in the absence of the Lord Chan- cellor) took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. Lord Campbell moved that a copy of the report of the Criminal Law Commissioners be laid on the table of the House. Lord Beaumont wished to call the attention of the noble earl (Aberdeen) to the improper detention of a gentleman of the name of Graham, by the Sardinian Government, when travelling in that kingdom last year, and whether or not the noble earl had had any corres- pondence with the Sardinian Government on the subject. The Earl of Aberdeen said that he had had a corres- pondence with the Sardinian Government on the sub- ject. He ascertained that the detention arose from a suspicion that Mr. Graham was one of that name who had carried on an extensive system of swindling in Bel- gium. He did not think that there was any real ground of complaint, as the matter was purely a mistake. Lord Dalhousie called the attention of the House to the report of the committee appointed to consider the best mode of carrying on the railway business of the House. Their lordships were aware that great inconvenience had arisen from the practice of originating all railway busi- ness in the House of Commons. The result of the consideration of the subject was that during the present session a certain portion of the railway bills should originate in the House of Lords and in particular such as were connected with Ireland. (Hear, hear.) But a particular difficulty arose with respect to the amount of deposits and the manner of making them. The rules of the house required that 10 per cent. should be paid on all railway bills, which was felt to obstruct the ma- nagement, and it had consequently been recommended that a per centage of 5 per cent. should be paid at a certain stage, and an additional 5 per cent. at a subse- quent stage. He therefore hoped the House would adopt the course suggested, and moved that such por- tion of the standing order, No. 4, as was inconsistent with the proposed alteration, should be suspended. Lord Monteagle concurred in the proposed alteration, which he contended would confer a great benefit on Ire- land, inasmuch as it would bring the railway works into operation at an earlier period. After a few words from the Earl of Stradbroke, the motion was agreed to. Lord Denman brought in a bill to give the courts of law power to mitigate penalties in criminal cases, which "as read a first time. Lord Beaumont gave notice of a motion for next weet, for a select committee to consider the peculiar burden on landed property, &c.-Their lordships then adjourned.