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A deputation of Irish Members waited upon Lord John Russell on Thursday, to present the resolutions passed at the meeting in Dublin and printed in our last number. The conversation added little to the information to be collected from the speeches in Parliament. Lord John Russell stated, that, according to the official estimate, aid would be required by twenty-two unions in Ireland, con- taining a population of 1,200,000; and it is calculated that Government, aided by the Poor-law, are provided with subsistence for 600,000 persons during four months. It would be pernicious to allow the Irish people to think that they could always rely on alms from the United Empire; already the ill effects of such reliance are observed; and therefore measures of temporary relief would be limited to those twenty-two unions. Several of the deputation urged "remedial measures"; and Mr. John O'Connell urged "an occasional session of the Impe- rial Parliament in Dublin." Lord John regretted that coercion should be neces- sary, even partially; but it would be accompanied by remedial measures. The deputation then withdrew, thanking Lord John for the courtesy of his reception.

As three Members of the present House of Commons were returned for two places each, new writs will have to be issued for South Lancashire, Stockport, and Kilkenny. A fortnight from the assembling of Parliament must elapse in order to give time for petitions against the returns to come in.

The Protectionist Members of the House of Commons met on Tuesday, at Lord Stanley's residence. The muster comprised sixty-eight Members, including Lord George Bentinck and the other notables of the party. On Wednesday, there was a meeting of Peers.

The Morning Post states that the question of the admission of the Jews to seats in Parliament will be an open question, as the Catholic question was under the Government of Lord Liverpool.

The North of Scotland Gazette publishes a letter from Mr. Davidson of Aber- deen to Mr. Cobden, and the reply, indicating the position which Mr. Cobden will probably take up on " the Money-laws." Mr. Davidson says—" Sir Robert is still swayed by his false financial theory. It is high time that the Currency question should now be taken up in the same resolute spirit as that of the Corn-laws, and that it should be urged on Parliament in the same powerful and persevering way. Now that restrictions on corn have been removed, why should they remain on currency? Free trade surely means trade free, not in one branch only, but in every branch. To this Mr. Co en answers—" So many persons who take an interest in the Currency question are calling my attention to it, that I feel it quite im- possible to enter upon the discussion of the subject in a private correspondence, It will give me pleasure to find, when I have occasion to state my views publicly, that they are in accordance with those which you entertain."

Previously to the meeting of Parliament on Tuesday, the First Lord of the Treasury withdrew the recent letter to the Bank of England, in the following terms- " Downing Street, Nov. 23, 1847. " Gentlemen—Her Majesty's :Government have watched with the deepest Interest the gradual revival of confidence In the commercial classes of the country. " They have the satisfaction of believing that the course adopted by the Bank of England on their recommendation, has contributed to produce this result, whilst it has led to no Infringement of the law. " It appears from the accounts which you have transmitted to us, that the reserve of the Bank of England has been for some time steadily increasing, and now amounts to 5,000,0,01. This increase has in great measure arisen from the return of notes and coin from the country. "The bullion exceeds 10,000,0001., and the state of the exchanges promises a further Influx of the precious metals. " The knowledge of these facts by the public is calculated to Inspire still further con- fidence.

In these circumstances, it appears to her Majesty's Government, that the purpose which they had In view in the letter which we addressed to you on the 25th October has been fully answered, and that it Is unnecessary to continue that letter any longer in force.

" We have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your obedient humble servants,

" J. RUSSELL.

• "CHARLES WOOD. " The Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England."

In the course of Saturday, it became known that Mr. John Williams junior, a highly respected member of the Stock Exchange, had suspended payments. The differences against him amount to about 20,0001., and his assets are expected to pay 158. in the pound. On Tuesday, the drafts of the West India Bank were refused by their agents, the Union Bank of London. The capital of the bank is only 120,0001.; but its liabilities are very large, indeed wholly out of the proportion to the amount. The head office of the bank was at Bridgetown, Barbados; and it had branches at St. Christopher, St. Vincent, Grenada, Antigua, Tobago, and Trinidad.

It was announced on the same day, that Messrs. J. and H. Rosy. an old and respectable firm in the wine-trade, had stopped payment. The actual debts, it is said, do not exceed 20,0001.; but from the extent of the dealings, the liabilities in the shape of endorsements on bills are considerable, and it is from the default of the parties primarily responsible upon these that the necessity for stoppage is understood to have arisen.

Messrs. Lackersteen and Co., East India merchants, whose acceptances were temporarily dishonoured on the 23d October, and who have since made great efforts to sustain themselves, were finally compelled, on the arrival of the Indian mail, to give in. The remittances then received were in bills on Cockerell and Company, and the Union Bank of Calcutta; whose drafts were declined by Messrs. Glyn and Co. about a month ago. Another East India firm, that of Thompson and Co., failed at Liverpool on Monday. The head of the house is Captain Thompson, the hero of Ghuznee. There are said to be ample resources to meet the liabilities. On Thursday were announced the failures of three brokers—Mr. Henry Whit- more, Mr. William Eykyn, and Messrs. Secretan and Capper (sacrificed by a prin- cipal); of a stock-jobber, Mr. William Abbott; and of Messrs. Tanner and Ward, leather-sellers. Mr. Whitmore's liabilities are 12,0001., his assets 68. 8c1. in the pound; Messrs. Tanner and Ward are liable for 55,0001.

Mr. Ashbunaer, a Liverpool leather-factor, failed on Thursday: liabilities 30,0001. or 40,0001.

From Newcastle-on-Tyne, we hear of the failure of Messrs. Carr and Co., general merchants, for about 70,0001.

The stoppage oft Messrs. Walker and Co., spinners of Leeds, was announced on Tuesday.

In Glasgow, on Wednesday, Messrs. A. and J. Downie, drysalters, suspended payment: liabilities, 150,0001. or 170,0001. From Rotterdam we learn the stoppage of two houses—Biewit and Sangeveldt, and B. Bouffaer and Sons; the amount in both cases small.

From Mons, the temporary suspension of He.nnekine Briard; but the assets greatly exceed the liabilities.

The indisposition which prevented the Lord Chancellor from being present at the opening of the session turns out to have been very serious. A severe cold, attended with great inflammatory irritation, led to the rupture of a small blood- vesseL The malady, however, was sufficiently mastered on Thursday to enable Lord Cottenham to sit up for some hours, and he is pronounced convalescent.

A dispute has been going on among the papers as to the state of the Bishop of London's health. The Church and State Gazette announced that the Bishop was most seriously ill: other papers pronounce this statement to be untrue; some adding that his Lordship has been at Brighton for three weeks taking horse exercise. It may be observed, however, that the Bishop's absence from the meeting relative to the Borneo Missions, on Monday, was ascribed by the chairman to ill health.

Accounts from Munich described the Countess of Landsfeldt (Lola Mentes) to be labouring under a pulmonary complaint, which will compel her to visit the South of Italy.

Tuesday's Gazette announces the appointment of Mr. John George Shaw Le! ferre as an Ecclesiastical Commissioner, in the room of the late Earl of Bes- borough.

The same Gazette notifies the Bishop of Oxford's appointment as the Queen's High Almoner; a post lately filled by the Archbishop of York.

At a general assembly of Royal Academicians, on Tuesday, Mr. John Prescott Knight,-R.A, and Mr. Charles Robert Leslie, RA., were unanimously elected, the former to be Secretary, and the latter Professor of Painting to the Royal Academy of Arts. Both these offices were held by the late Mr. Henry Howard. It is intended for the future to keep apermanent naval force at New Zealand. It will consist of one frigate, one sloop of war, and a steam-sloop. Orders have been sent out to form a naval depot at Auckland; and such stores and provisions as cannot be procured at that colony will be sent out from England.—United Service Gazette.

The result of Lord Clanricarde's visit to Paris has been an arrangement for a speedier postal communication between London and Paris. There are to be two mails a day each way. One mail is to leave London every day at half-past eleven o'clock in the morning, to arrive in Paris the following morning at hall-pastfour o'clock: this mail to be conveyed rid Dover and Calais. The other mail is to leave London with the ordinary mails at half-past eight at night, and to be con- veyed rid Dover and Boulogne; it will reach Paris at half-past ten the following morning. From Paris a mail will be despatched daily at noon, to reach London at half-past four in the morning: this is to come rid Calais and Dover. The other mail from Paris will set out at seven o'clock in the evening, and reach London at half-past ten on the following morning: this will be conveyed rid Boulogne and Dover.

A letter from Kinigsberg, of the 1811, announces that the cholera had made

its appearance in a mild form at its and Georgenburg on the Russian- Prussian frontier. From Constantinople the accounts to the 8th instant report the unequivocal appearance of the disease in that city; and official accounts from St. Petersburg announce ts reappearance at Moscow. The most Western is it has yet reached are the town of Alexandrof in the Government of erson, and in Olgapol in Podolia. Three cases of cholera are reported from Sligo; but there appears no reason to suppose the disease to be other than English cholera. One man, a tailor, died in two hours.

The Lady Kennaway East Indiaman, with a cargo valued at 210,0001., has been abandoned in the Bay of Biscay in a sinking state. While homeward-bound, she encountered a violent storm in the Bay; her redder was destroyed, and she sprung a leak. As the case appeared desperate, the officers and crew were obliged to abandon the ship; and they successively got on board two vessels.

week ending on Saturday last- Results of the Registrar-General's return of mortality in the Metropolis for the Number of Autumn

deaths. average.

344 . 211

zymotic (or Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious) Diseases. Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat 89 104 Diseases of the Brain, Spinal Marrow, Nerves, and Senses 132 167

Diseases of the Lungs, and of the other Organs of Respiration 293 333 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels . 30 34

Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion es 74

Diseases of the Kidneys, Ac. 16 Childbirth, diseases of the Uterus, he. 13 14

Rheumatism, diseases of the Bones, Joints, ea 13 7

Diseases of the Skin, Cellular Tissue, de. 2 2 Obi Age 40 65 24

Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ae

Total (including unspecified canoes) loos 1046

The lowest temperature of the thermometer in the shade was 18.0°; the mean temperature by day being colder than the average mean temperature bfircliteen°.. The thermometer whose bulb was placed in the fall rays of the sun was The general direction of the wind for the week was South-west.