The Express. — London, England, 1850-01-21 00:00:00

at Court. WINDSOR, JAN. 19. The Qom walked this moraiai i 4 the Slopes aad Withal:web The recd family took walking eaeroise I. the grounds editeest to the Code. - g o' kw Higbee= Priem Albert weat out 'heeds( this senties, attended hy Sey mour, He. R. Doyle, Lard Charles r,,, e oy. Won't F. R. awl amoral B mtge. Tu., Earl of Ca/lisle arrived te.day at the Castle, oa a visit to the (Jena .ad the Priam. The medlars , party tkb meals, itieludwi the Esei of ( "w o k, Racily Seymour, Lady Fealty Howard, sad Camel the se. Charles sad Hn. Grey. ts. 20 —The Hama sad sßoyal Highness Priam hlh e rt, tier livyal Rightism the Primus Royal, the ladies "a pentlossof ei the mut, and the de nestle household, sttroded divine servile this msealogs tu it • private chapel. ye, Hon. and Rev. O. Wellesley - . The Duke of Cambridge minted the Dubose of Moterster on Satarday. Her Royal litglasse the Dashes, of CAnbridge visited the Royal Dachas yesterday at Glou cester House. A rub-committee of the coanniwrioa for the exhibi tion of 1851, situating of Earl OtaaviSe, Mr. Jones Loyd, sod Mr. T. F. Gibe" met at the Board of Trade on Satur day. The menshen of the caeca:ire committee were sum moned to confer with the salswonstainee. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Colvile, Mr. Rib bon, Mr. T. Monkey, Mr. C. Mamie, Mr. Night's, and Mr. A. Macgregor, had an interview with Viscount Palmer ston at the Foreign-office on Friday, on the subject of the blockade on the coast of Africa. A committee of the Lords of her Nfajetty's Privy Council for Trade acd Foreign Plantations lad a meting at the Baud of Trade on Saturday. There were premat the Right Hon. H. Lsboneliera, Earl Grey, Lord Campbell, Karl Gnusville, and Sir Edward 8y... The Marquis of Lansdowae (Lord President of the Connell) has issued invitations for a fall dress dinner party at Lansdowne House on the 30th iast. to the NOM and sesoadvr of as address is the Reuse of Lords and a party of peen. Despatches for the Governors of Malts, Ceyloo, and Bong Kong were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial•offce. Despatches were also sent off for the Lord Sigh Gommisoioavr of the lonian Islands. TAR OPENING OE PARLIAMENT.—On Saturday s commenced at the New Palace at Westminster L e tro dm opsaing of tte ensuing session. All the apparatus need In eionsplrting the interval decoration of the new Rouge of Lords was removed. The new fouls of Commons will not be ready for the memben until after the Raster reams. The admission of the pabl . to view the House of Lords will rev-memento on Saturday, the 2nd of February, by tickets, to be obtained at the Chunberlain's-ofle• on the 30th inst. The I 4serifrer men the Queen will not open parliament in r•non• Illlrll EXCITTIBERED ESTATES ACT.—We have nem& to believe that there is sow under the consideration ci the government • hill, to be introduced in the ensuing for the purpose of giving more efficient action to the Irish Esembered Baas, Act. TAE The DCTI Es.—ln order to give as much effect at poslible to the representations of the deputations who bare war had an audience with Lord John Russell on the satire et the enormous disproportion of the tea duties, vole of the moat eminent tea-merchants and inhere in the City of London are taking very active measures to have rtl, On. numerously signed, presented to parliament, with the view of having them imposts equalised before the close of the fcr.heoming session.— Wahl, Chronicle. I. 11 a. U It THE QUEEN DOWAGER'S SERVANTS. We announced at the time of the Queen Dowager's deco se that no provision bad been mid* for the domestics. W have since received 'moral letters emplaining that we es;ress -d an opinion on the alleirel hardships these per sica. whorie wages ought to have allowed of their went a complicacy for old see This is scarcely correct ; we expro.dy &Sneed that it was the opinion of a Done %on 15 ut —sot our own. We now learn that a printed form was recently handed to the whole of the principal servants, and those filling minor eapoiti s in the royal homeheld, to fill up, giving their serw's from their entry lito the establishment from the potixi of her manage with the Duo of Clarence, and Moir servi.arle while her /lalisty was Queen Coesort and Qum noemer, sad that mom the informatics thus ob tainer' the Earl of Denbigh Muter of the Hone to her late Maj sty) waited on Lord Jobs Russell in reference to their claims. Lord lola Unwell stated that he would take care to band the re?. eseatatiite of the several claimants to the Chancellor of the Eubequer for his consideration, after which it would become a matter for the lirmesi of Coalmen, to deal with. It fa seemly probable, however, that parliament will saddle the mintry with pensions for the late ,1 seen's domestics. PRICE OF FOREIGN CORN. itt TATIOX OF POOTICTIOXIST . AIIII2TIONS DT THIS " scoxoxin." The Economist fully and satisfactorily disproves what was so exultingly brought forward in Black- Maga:ine, and repeated by Lord J. Manner,. 'De assertion was, that for several years, and notably daring 1443, whilst the price tf wheat was 47,. • router, and the duty 20•, foreigners imported 1,m01,000 quitters of their wheat, which, course qurc:ly. they must have parted with, and gained up: n, at the selling price to them of 2:s. If foreigners c)ald do this in 1815, bow can English agriculturists compete with them in 1830? Such is the argument. To this the Economist re plies, that although upwards of a million quarters were impor'cd in 1843, there were but 316,000 en tered for onsumption. Of these two-thirds were Catadian, paying but one shilling duty, and but one fourth foreign, paying seventeen shillings average duty, and that moreover, the price, instead of being 4Ts., ranged fro. that price in June to 675. in De cember. During the fuer years stated, the average duty on foreign wheat was 11s. 4d., and Its price consequently th.t of 4,817,036 quarters of wheat (says the Economist), on which du/ was paid, the rate of 20s. was only levied on It' !40 quarters; while on about owe-halt of the wheat and four Shits of the flour • duty of Ss. only woo levied, when he oserage prim, the duty being paid, was 61e. to 655., lesvire • net prism to the importer of 665. to 575. the Tinter. Mere than half of tie remaining quantities psid c .•: s varying from 9.. to 14c, indicating • price to the im , iritr et from 41.15. to 631. The price of wheat in Prussia during 1845, which was a most abundant year, was 335. 91. the quarter. The best wheat, such as alone is exporttd, was dearer. To this let the cost of transport to the ports, and then tht =!1;p ping and freight be aided, and it could not be brought to England under from 445. to 45r. a (Inner. FIR( IN THE TILIRPI.I CHURCH. Yesterday aore.m, about b o'clock, a flee broke out in the furnace nom of the Temple Church, which, at the commencement, thrsstesed mime *jury to the edifice. A man named /imp, 'lam duty is to warm the church, after lighting the foam', which is la the basement story, went into the cho. mon' MIN immediately overhead, and was suddenly a:armed at hearing en explosion, which appsrently pro neelml from the room he had just left. On returning he kind the femme room filled with flame and smoke. He threw some pails of water on the fire, but was speedily overpowered by the smoke, and fell insensible upon the Hoer. Fortunately some persons connected with the Temple succeeded in draping the man out. The fire, by that period, had forced itself complete:y through the roof of the fumes room, and had penetrated the Markle of the chorister.' robin' room. )(meager' were sent to the brigade and West of Eagland 'tattoos, and the firemen apes arriving icustd the smoke 'muting forth in such volumes that they wen unable to eater. The engines having bens set to work from Fleebstrint, the bon were earnest round the church, and the firemen were enabled to scatter the water in the riiht direction, but some time eloped ere the flumes could be extinguished, and not sail a great part of the flooring in the ehoristm' rebing.rocm was destroyed and a valuable pianoforte much burned. The church did not receive any material injury. The beautiful organ, which stood immediately behind the wall on which the filmes destroyed the outer plaster, also escaped Wary. Immediately after the performance of Divine service in the morning Sir George Rose, Sir B. Cumming, sad the other 4enth , n, visited the place for the purpose of learning the muse of the outbreak; and it appeared that for some time past the man in charge of the ferasce-room had been in she hthit of piling bundles of wood over the boiler of the !cruet to dry. On Saturday lest a great quantity was peed there, and yesterday moenleg shortly alter the fires were lighted the heat of the boiler must have set the whole of the wood in flumes; and the explosion heard by the *an Cm no doubt caused by the bursting of the slats roof from the action of the are. Is ceder to prevent the possibility of wither outbreak, two firemen were left in charge of the wards dense the whole of lest night. FIRE IN ST. JaMVs'es.—Yesbentay afternoon. short'? Am 1 o'clock, a fi rs b ro k e out i n t h e prem i ses o f Mr. T. Gnat, a furniture dealer, No. 36, Princarstreet, St. Jamie's. I be Fuses were clothed to the destruction of the lower part of the building. The origin of the fire could not be seer. Weed. --- brran la TIM MlLLaaxx Paisoar.—On Saturday kqwist was talus by Mr. Bodford at the Millbank oe the body of Thomas Hartley, aged 91, a convict la that vel l'Nes the lestiameay of warders, it wowed that etcessed wee reealred la the prim ham Lewes, la the 3 1.reb of Out year, by the 'shrewish, Mr. Hall, who von ally merfued by the mai Pamela He wee employed La U.S titan, aad had the awned what he waled. re the 3rd of this south hi d Meshy of • rtethaig, sad was at eats takes to the lalssamy, aad t•-• , a4. 1 4 by Dr. Daly, the v t a yliolos, who !and he was 1 1'6urilis t ander at leg seas M esasamp• tr.a, lad he died ea the lath. Oa yeah. the bib_ a • 'eater of ulcers were Mail la Vie 11 width to as v.uLted hat the death. He was ea leatly-etteduated aad lad every attention paid to hi m . Th e J ur y its ~ n ed, a verdict of" Natural Death." ,p irm PROTECTIONIST MEETINGS. COUNTY MEETING AT . . EXTRAORD I NARY SGENI OF 1 BOUT OF THB PROTECTIONISTS. A aneeting wed ixt semis off a ristrid ligememeeeted se the /IN* SheeNf ( by wag ef • paned, lit Tam, DW I. penesdeni to Ber at ctare d Las boil at the Bides Wigwam en Mhos the boar laid when the chair was to be Wee, it bed bees privately Intimated to such as were blame to be *loudly to the " boded interest," as It is pihneed, that the remedials would take plus ia the crow. Man of the County-hall. This Is • small and somewhat lassanaleat room, with galleries; but in all probability not mere thee a thentsaad persona easkibe secommodated within It, about halt-past 11 o'clock this place had bosom Without the court, in the great bell, were some thanaind or fifteen hundred ethers vainly striving to gala At IS o'clock the chair was takes by the Hon. W. Cons. War (the High Sheriff, Mr. John Dent, being absent I. sea -1 essmenes indisposidon.) There were present the Hon. ffien. Dyson, M P., Mr. Bpooser, M.P., Mr. Knight, M.P. ; Kr. Best, M.P., Mr. B. Holland, late M.P. fur West War lissesretire, de. The promedings of the meeting Meng been formally opened, Mr. JAMES TAYLOR, of Moseley, a protectionist, pro ceeded to move the first resolution. He said—l could not hesitate for one Resent to move the resolution, the object of which is to bring before this meeting the pre•ent state of the country in respect of the changes which have taken place in our legialiesoa, sad their operation on trade gene ral/. When I said trade generally, I did so because the duties on manufactured goods have been reduced, and the duties on foreign oars have beim abolished altogether. Before I proceed further I ought perhaps to diode tone wording of that resolution, which is to prey her Majesty to dissolve parliament. Before I sanctioned that resolution I desired to know whether its object was to diseolve parliament, before the object which we are now met to promote had been considered by the present parliament ; and I received in ex *Banos am amaranse that the resolution wasoaly desired to be emend out in the event of the two houses of parliament reusing to carry out the object of our petition. (Hear.) I Wien that the object for which we are Met regards the interests of all, for that is so closely connected that there Lno idea of treaties It as a polifisal question. (Hear.) I believe, too, that the similes rencered to the country by the present g.verament have beset sash that few meet would wish a change of ministry at she present time. No one, indeed, I believe. would wish that they should be re moved tron office, it they would attend to the prayers of the people of Ingland. (Cheers) We must all feel deeply indebted to Lord Joke Russell for the ability with which he has governed this eicontry, so as to preserve it In the late disturbed times from the revelations which have convulsed the tranquillity of the eminent. (Cheers.) lam further hopetal, that, having been an advocate for a fixed duty on corn, his lordship will now attend to the earnest prayer of the people. (Hear, bear.) We are mat for the purpose of considering what has been the effect of free trade, and to compare the situation of the country at the present time witu that whisk existed previous to the passing of the free trade acts. I ask are we a more flourishing matey now than before? (" Yes," " No," end uproar.) Is agriculture more flourishing? ("Yee," and laughter.) Are the la bouring classes better er worse off than they were ? (" Better," " No," and mach uproar.) Individual classes, goalie/inn, may be b tter off; but Englishmen do not look at individual prosperity, they look to the general welfare. Mr. Taylor concluded by moving the first resolution, and saying that he was certain that no agriculnuist desired that those duties retained for manufactures should be discontinued ; all they desired was that labour should be protected ; that every man should earn sufficient for his family ; and they believed that that could never be secured unless they adopted a just, fair, sad equal protection for manufactures and agriculture. (Cheers.) Mr. T. G. CURTLER, the deputy chairman of Quarter Session., seeseded the resolution. He said—l perfectly agree with my boo. tread (Mr. Taylor) when he says that we have no desire whatever that there should be any change in the government of this country, or that Lord John Rosen should be prevented from presiding as be has done with great ability over the ministry of this coun try, provided that ministry will listen to the prayers of a Matinee' people—prayers which have been presented from evercorner of this kingdom—England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales—and all united in demanding a return to pro- WINS °intl. men, it ma, be that one class said be sacrificed before another—that while one clan is prospering, another will be decayng ; but the end will necessarily be the utter rain of all parties. (erne of " no," " Provo it.") It will, if we allow our ships , our c olonies, and oar commerce to pare into the hands of our enemies. (" Who are our enemies?" "We have none.") Let them get our markets, and they'il soon let you know whether they are friends or enemies. (Laughter and cheers.) We are not met here to-day for the purpose of advancing any dm or particular interest at the expense of ethers, but loudly to po led against and to cmplain of the treachery of which we bale bees made the victims. (Cheers and ironical laughter.) We are met to raise our voice spinet that treachery. Mel we are met to inquire whether the landed interest to be given over to the caprice and rapacity of the corn Lam League of Manchester. (Cheers.) Sr Robert Peel's arse, I think, tepee these occasions, ought always to he brought prominently forward—his sets and inconsis sidings* end treachery ought to be made the subject of our execration— (Inters uptios, cheers, and greens, aid trio from the gallery of "three, cheers for Sir Robert," which was heartily responded to) his inconsistaucier, I say, ought to bring epos him the reproaches which such coo Illet ought ever to beer. In 1541 Lord John Russell proposed that a fixed duty of 84. a quarter should bt imposed. (Cries of " You wouldn't have it," and other interruption, which Mr Baldwin, of Birmingham, the gentleman who led the oppo sition at the former meeting, endeavoured to quill, begging " the friends of free trade" to give a patient hearing to all parties.) if your think this interruption will answer the purpose of these who come here to oppose us you will be deceived. I've got plenty of time. (Laughter, loud cheers, and groans.) Ia 1541 Lord John Russell, knowing perfectly well that it would not do for the welfare of this great country to take away all protection from the favouring interest. (More interruption.) Knowing this I say, he proposed a fixed duty of Se. a quarter upon corn. (" Why didn't you take it ?") Sir Robert Peel then representing every clue, and every interest, said, " eight shillings fixed duty will set as —it will not sufficiently protect this large and premeds. rating interest •, we must not have a fixed duty of 51., we must have a sliding coals ." The parliament believed kr Robert Pool when he said this—the country was spiraled le —sad that said also that Sir Robert Peel was right and Lord John Russell was wrong. He was consequently tuned out of office, and the former was appealed to to ropoee new measures. He did propose a sliding male, which was to have the effect of steeping wheat up to 66e. a quarter, be cause he said the fanner ought to be able to commad that price. But he also proposed something else. He add—l find the Exchequer empty and I want an income tax, and the prAection I have granted you will enable you to pay that income tax ; but do you believe that if titers had been the slightest idea to remove protection, that the in come tax would ever have bees wrung from the pockets of the people ? [The interruptions, which had been increasing throughout Mr. Curtler's harangue, had now become so considerable, that it was impossible to hear a word he uttered : the free traders in the outer hall urged on such of their friends as were within the court to press for an adjournment to the ball. This they did by shouting out most lustily, and uttering every species of discordant sound, so that the pro ceedings were completely stopped, and for upwards of a quarter of an hour the meeting was in die order, not a sentence being listened to either on one side or the other. Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Laden, and other free-traders endeavoured to allay the storm, but they were met with the cry of " Adjourn "—" the hall," &e. The chairman said that they could not adjourn to the hall, inasmuch as there was no room for the reporters. The " dodge " was by this enervation made more apparent, in deed nobody could mistake its insincerity, and the row was renewed with increased vigour, and with unmistakable evi dence that the objectors did not intend to give In. In fact, the remarks about thenwims, de, was a mere rum, inas much as there was in tM hall a gallery large enough to accommodate both those gentlemen and the speakers. The free-traders saw clearly that the pupae was to make the meeting a snugly packed affair, end they were manitestly as determined to frustrate it. The hooting, and the bellowing and hedge was kept up for a long time, Mr. Curtler still eadeavouring to obtain a hearing, and ia the midst of the excitement, Mr. W. Dent (brother of the high sheriff) jumped up, apparently in a great porno, sad told the dis turbed that they cught to be ashamed of them selves. This observation was received with a shout oi derisive laughter; the speaker continued moving his lips and gesticulating violently for several minutes but no other sentence was beard, when Mr. Dent sat down again. The chairman rose and made a sort of appeal to the meeting " What tree (mid the hon. gentleman) is it going to the outer hall ; it is halt" This remark only seemed to inmate the clamour; but it was literally tree—the outer hall was now crammed with the free traders. It had become gaits evident by this time that no more rpoeches would be listened to la that pima, sad Mr. Gorilla quietly putting his notes in hie !NW, _NW " I second the reecilutim, ' and sat down.] It was es fellows:— "That the rash experiments mods on the interests mad happiness of the British people by the general abandonment of the principle of protection, and more especially hythe repeal of the corn and navigation laws, have signally hAlelle and have involved large classes of her Majesty's subjects in the manufacturing as well se the agricultural districts in distress and ruin ; and that no permanent relief from the existing and increasing suffering and distress can be expected until a system of just protection to domestic Ladish, spied unrestricted foreign competition be substituted fee the yew seat tree Wu policy." Mr. BALDWIN, a tenant farmer, at Singaporean, sal • large papermaker toss and add th en he had come plagatad with various statistics to show Irma mediate that the operation of the free trade system was productive of a very trifling pecuniary ices to the farmer; and that this night be easily removed by a proper errangemeet with the landlord, by an improved system of cultivation, sad by the tenant farmer exhibiting that Increased enterprise, AM. and 'a dmen which was is ameonenes with the spirit of the age; bat Kr. Baldwin said, I oreseider It unfair that I 'bead be listened to, as the ether slide have not had &Muhl, (dyes them. Unless you hear the other side I will not speak. This was followed by • renewal of the cry to adjourn to the heft, tad, In the midst of the tumult, Mr. Coen, a book seller of Penguin, in host of the large gallery, reed ea amesdmeat, all in dumb show, which we were afte rw ards told was a denouncement of the attempt to reimpose a tax spas bread--a• declaration that the di&em of the farmers EXPRESS, MONDAY fte KIN be the relation aft their hafted., sad that ft tat ~we ammo that the people theedi have easAeut mai ow ft Ogee of mob= yealimear. wee leeiaied b 7 K. Idaftbes takieKauter Woronter, whe bad Rade Wadi very eftepiseime ea the door of the wart, sad it woe dui to the diabase, bat ao farther modes wee takes of It. _ TM CBAIBYAN tMs attampasd W - w resolatiss bat sot a word be said was bawl, awl s swabs/ at loads. bevies beta held up la said it was sareisd ; and the two and sesolatiess wort MlNved, put, sad dasiered to be tar ried la s similar hallow • bet a tea* d vats from dm thairotan sot a seaman amid bohaardt ---- Mr. JO HN BEST, Ike sow 111. P. At MildiamineWr, tried a speak, he shouted eat " Where %Wane le bike, 'W filly to ho wise ; ' he get as farther—the and uproar was appea ainrenewed, MIA the has. gentleman sat down I. do . An was now made to the chairman by Mr. Taos. Warne, the Clerk of the Posse el the elty. He asked that la filmes the meeting might be adjourned to the hell. County mostingehri beenleM there badere, and they would he pertained le mask if they went them. To take a rote under the ssent thinmetaaces of the meeting wsa a faros. He was Da to meek, but The C MILAN said—l don't esa why you should be beard any film than the others. Mr. WAT2III—I expect the chairman to act hapertisity. I—[oat here the original uproar. swelled now by the groan ing of the farmers oho, put an effectual stop to his &spot more ] The Hon. W. W. Q. Tumor moved, and F. HOLLAND, Req., seconded, the fourth resolution, to the following effect : "That, trusting that parliament is beginning to gyms*. thise with the general feeling entertained by the nation at large on the subject of free trade, petition fa accordance with the rinolutinis adopted be presented to parliament, and be seat through the county for sigaathre • that Earl Bear asap be requested to present the 'tan to the Hone ei Lords, and Oencral Lygon to the Commeae ; and that the other county, sad also the borough members, be requited to support it." The resolutions, after having und • this room, ware handed over to Mr. Baldwin by the ehairawa, in order that he might make any reply to them h. wished. • The CHAIRMAN then vacated his seat, and General LYOON rows amidst great sheering from the body of the meeting. The noise, however, did not subside. He said—l shall say nothing that will offend anybody. (Tumult.) Now that you have bad your game, I hop* that you'll go' home and have your dinners. I beg to propose a vote of thanks to the Hoe. W. Coventry for his conduct in the chair, and I'm sorry I can't compliment you upon your conduct. (More none.) With respect to the object of this meeting, I think that the home producers ought to have the preference. (Cheers. hires, and uproar.) Mr. F. WOODWARD seconded the vote of thanks to the chairman, and said ho was sorry he bad had such an unruly set of fellows to deal with. The Hon. W. COVENTRY briefly acknowledged the compliment, and declared the menial; dissolved. It was some minutes, however, beton any one stirred; the uproar con. tiaued, and the people at tee hinder part of the gallery. sus pecting • ruse, .begto to set up the tune of " We won't go home till mor n ing Next a person in the body of the court, who said he was both a farmer and a Birmingham manufacturer, attempted to addrne the meeting. The noise and confusion were tee great to permit any one to hear his observations, but he was understood to be advocating an extension of the suffrage, and reforms in oar national expenditure. He denied that the manufacturers of Birmingham were suffering from the opera tion of free trade, and asked what the farmers could do with out a market for their produce. He was proceeding to re late a conversation which had taken plan between himself and the rector of his parish, when a disturbance took plan in the gallery between two men, who appeared very much inclintd to fight, and this put a stop to his speech. After the peace had been restored in the gallery by the int - linnet Mr. J. Wright, of Park Atwood, some person again called upon Mr. Laalett to speak; but he 'skied, on the ground that it would he unfair to do so, when the persons who called the meeting bed not been allowed to express thcr sentiments freely. He added that if they would allow these individuals to proceed, he would afterwards speak in behalf of both the farmers and the people. A man in the gallery here proposed that Mr. Lsslett, • large landowner and a free trader, should take the chair; and another voice from the nine quarter seconded this Tao tion,and called for a show of hands. About one-half of the people in the Hall complied, amidst much groaning and 'slighter. Mr. LASLETT, who spiv and rather amused at this incident, enquired whether they would have him act in en usgentlemaniy manner ? A lure of voices replied " No." " Well, then," he replied, " here are a number of gentle men who have called • meeting "—but before he could advance any further his voice was drowned in cries of— " Out of the hall !" When he bad another opportunity of making himself heard be aid—" You have got a good many friends here among the farmers and landowners—why don't you let the parties who called the meeting speak ?—your Mends would then have • chance of a hearing in their turn. I cannot think I OM in the best company in the world when I find persons acting in each a manner u this. You are only depriving your friends of the liberty of uttering their opinions. I attended here specially to testify my dissent from the principles of protection, end you will not allow me to give my reasons far dissenting. If you will not hear what both sides have to say, bow is the true lice to be drawn? (l to cries for en adjournment here became as loud as ever, and one man with very powerful lunge bellowed out—" It is no nee ro do it in a packed meeting " The Rev. J. PEARSON then addressed Mr. Laslett, and told him that se the meeting had been legally called sad legally dissolved, no other could be held in the hall ; Lulu% thereupon desisted from rearoniog with the free traders, and this put an end to the proceedings. Upwards of an hour elapsed, however, before either the protectionists or their opponents qoftted the ball. The place was crammed full, and both parties sat in mute array. Mr. Cutler and the Rev. John Pearson, of Suckley, kept telling the people that " it was all over," and that " the court had broken up," but u the gentry still lingered about the plea themselves, the free traders maniferly suspected some trick. At length the protectionist leaden took their departure, and then the meeting quietly broke up, having previously given three hearty cheers for "free trade," three fur " Mr. Cobden," three fur " Sir Robert Peel," and three groans for " the protectionists." TURBULENT MEBTLNG AT READING. The county of Berks was convened on Saturday by the High Sheriff, in pursuance of a protectionist requisition, "to consider what measures should be taken to meet the distress of the trading, commercial, and agricultural classes, in the Amiss Hall, Reading." Oa the platform were the lianmis of Downshire, Earl of Radnor, Viscount Barring• t-a, M.P., Mr. Palmer, M.P., Mr. Pussy, M.P. Mr. Stan ford, M.P., Mr. Mount, Mr. D. O. ifilth, Mr. D uffield,' and a large array of other county gentlemen. The Hion SHRIMP having been celled on to preside, Mr. MOUNT moved, and Mr. JOB LOUSLEY seconded, tee first resolution, to the effect that the agricultural, colonial, and trading interests of this eGuatry were suffaing from the adoption of free trade, and that remedial meamres were imperatively necessary The free traders in the hall were tolerably cony during the speeches of these gentlemen, and the protectionists were quite as elamenuens. As Mr. Lots ley's sentiments were expressed in an indistinct voice, and as they were not very palatable to the rreelnders, it rosy be imagined that not much of h:s address was heart At last _ _ Lord RADNOR rose and said, I am here to advocate your cause. If you will not listen to the gentlemen who advocate different opinions to mine, how can you expect throe gentlemen to listen to me when I speak on the other side of the question. I entreat you to let every gentleman have a fair and impartial hearing . Renewed uproar, after which Mr. LOUSLEY resumed. The attendance of that greet concourse in this inclement season showed the interest that wee taken. The increase of the income tax was derived from himself and others who were paying It out of their capital. (Renewed uproar.) Lord DOWNSIIIRE came forward. He said as the High Sheriff hadtailed to obtain a hearing, and his friend Lord Radnor had tailed, he should feel flattered filth could succeed when he begged them to give him a lair hearing. But if everything was to be put down by clamour, as it was at the County Down meeting, where the protectionists were beaten, he would advise them not to be beaten there. (Immense cheering.) He was the last man to appeal to physical force, but If there was any mere of this row, he would head eight or tea farmers and turn these rioters ow. (Loud cheep.) Mr. WEEDON roes to call the setae lord to order, but the High Sheriff declared Mr. Weedon had done much to disturb the meeting by his accusation against him (the Sheriff) of partiality ; and finally, the prone tionists, who were the most numerous party, resorted to physical force, and ejected the free traders, wham they kicked with more or lam energy into the street. The free traders revenged themselves by attacking the stray farmers about at the time, beating the police, and smashing the hall windows, so that the mayor was obliged to swear In a num ber of special constables to preserve the pesos of the town. When the • leas lad pined ask own way they re solved to vs no fair play to their epposants, and It became evident that the free trade Mynas, bad no chance of a hearing. On the resolution bowines semsded, The Earl of RADNOR rose, and, amidst antsiderable in terruption, spoke nearly as follows—l glumly regret that so much uproar and confusion have up to this time marked oar proceedings. I must thuefore say that if you will favour me with a ring hearing for a few minutes I shall feel the greatest obligation to you. (Hear, hear.) My object in coming here is not to set one clues/ain't another, nor is it to enter into any defence of Sir Robert Peel or Mr. Cobden, who will, I have no doubt, be perfectly able to defend themselves on the proper ocaaion. But my desire is to real the meeting to the nal object and purpose for which it has been convened. Neither the requi sition nor t h e resolution expresses, in my opinion, the real object or purport of this meeting; for every gentleman who bears me mast admit that the real object is to exhibit ade monstradon in favour of protective duties upon corn. (Cheers.) I understand that that is what this meeting is called for and it is to resist that object that I now address you. (Interruption— ales of " Turn him out," and " Shame.") I woe an advocate for the repeal of the torn , laws when they existed. They have been repealed. I re joice at It ; and I should regret exceedingly to see any attempt made to reestablish them ; sad It is to convince you, Patin mem, why you ought not to be protected that I now offer myself to you. (Hear, hear, hisses, irons, and "Who gave you your fad?") I read fa the newspaper yesterday a speech, made fry Ws. Maga, at a minting at Lewes, in ► whisk IMP &demand the gem view es Mr. Linsley, and said that we bad now.bad the ex wince of three years of free trade, and we saw the result. Now I deny the fact we have had three years albeit trade. JANUARY 21, 1850. We have at had than peig di tlMtipmel et ski ass lama Ths sad 1867, 11148 aM eie whisk Mr. UM 11r. Leafy aka 13 se 13 woes of them three Mem itaeaelhe slidiag meals. 1847 thil 1•111 were repealed. M greater meant la thaa they are now—artandy to a eidatst s toat this they were Is 1849 ; bemuse not only Ina thin se day whatever heed en the empeetatioa of ass Ws the somata, bee the whole of ea provides' of the naegasima laws with roma to sera was alto repealed. Prom the Ski January, 1847, tM the Ist Mari, 1848, then was then as satire repeal of the sees laws. What was the result Why seem ram item SIB sr die. a quest, to 211. a lead. (Hass, eel elms t f " Why dna% yea tell the Oak," "The hake peer," &A) ns there vies a revival elate eliding mesh, sad diens the whale of the re. Mb*/ year, Ma the le Mask 1848, till the le AL, 1849, eke sliding male was is eshmems. sad the amegallap was Is. T v Gs. a quarter. Mee, ea Me Ist dee eau laws en misled ; sal has hat Was to I F to yea that the piles alias his bees espy kw, th o u g h ts Ii M boo set Ass se low as has bias Bat sew, whet it is )dl Sal Sir R. Peel slid Tla. eight to be t he lowest Ries, It h steepled is Mersa arganhat hem that, le Ni tell yea what has nay lees the avenge pie of whist Mr the three years wide have hest erroneously slated le be "the three years of he. taro." In 1847, the pees was es. 9d. ; is 1848, 411 s. 9d. • and th e average of tins three years was 64a 9d. (The nobl e was hue assailed with hisies—coarse epithets were hurled at him from all quarters; sad the ales of " Turn him eat " beams so general, mad am eked is es mange a tea the at one time we fund the silver lain sad assay virtues of his lordship WWI lisray ems liks fist the indignity. Peen tt Iswesehis Is pressed farther, this noble earl handed up the tallawfiag masdessat to the chair). TAM absadesse, sae easeqesut cheapness, of ears, Is lied rt gesalse lasperal bismags that a nation.= enjoy, Obi OM le lobs say seeps by leghedvs or other mans to dhishli the sepply or Maass the cost of it is to intercept pinks mak for his ereatures by a greases Providence, and meat to the people." Kelm COMM seconded, and Mr. Wasaaw, late mayor, 14=athe amendment, but their °beryllium were made irow. NS STANFORD, the sew borough saber, next pre. Mae himself, NM was loudly °hatred. Heald that he was lb =es eihr in favour of protean, because he hat less that Est proteetioaist apneas essieed of Italia, IM dams sad abuse. After brieflyiladlag w Mr. Cob den. whoa he demeribed as as ignorant sea mamma of a sertain facility of epee*, bat who had sew distinguished himself it either oil the univenitise. sad *nit " therefore" be unlit to cope with politico, be went on to de imelhe the present ccosequenese of be. trade as as ruin of the agricultural speedily followed by the maaufactoring interests, and the remote eon ass as a seal revolution of the most bloody character. (This speech ;me general satisfaction to the agricultural minds, aid was badly npplanded throughout.) Mr. WEEDON again attempted to address the meeting Ma the other side, but with little better success than before, ant one word iu ten reaching the reporters. Mr. R. PALMER, M.P. then cane forward, and was well received by the agricultu rist.. He avowed himself as Ira a protectionist as he had ever been. [At this period considerable eon seriatim was occasioned la the meeting by a volley of stones coning crashing through Ike windows. • message was also delivered to the Mayor, sad he immediately left the hall ascompanied by two or three policemen. A cry of " help the police " was then bend from the stairs, and it was soon ascertained that the nlechesica and others who had been ejected or refused ed ibles's had now mustered in great number, and were the harriers guarded by the police. The farmers to the assistance of the police, and succeeded in hold the siege; but the equanimity of the meeting was agj aria perfectly restored.] • Viscount BARRINGTON, Y.P., next addreamed the meeting from the body of the hall. He said—l address you from this place because I have not been able to reach the platf,ras. From the same cause I have been unable to hear the arguments on either aide of the question ; but I made up my mind upon it some time ago, and I will only just say— The HIGH SHERIFF interposed and said he feared Lis lordship was ont of order in speaking from that put of the 1011. Viscount BARRINGTON continued—l have only just to say that, with regard to this free trade affair, I take it to be an 'kinetics, a humbug, and 'delusion. (Immense applause.) The resolution was then put and carried. Mr. VANSITTART than proposed the address to the crown. Tice Marquis of DOWNSIIIRE seconded the address, which was agreed to, and the meeting almost immediately afterwards broke up. On entering the street from the hall the agriculturists were met with tremendous yel:s and hootinge from the townspeople who had usembred outside, and retaliation was wreaked upon many of the fermate for the indignities previ• cutely put upon the freetra4en. Wherever two cr three farmers were seen alone they were pelted and hooted at in all directions, and we regret to say that the mayor of the town was severely maltreated by the mob. Altogether, such e day has never before been aeon m Reading within the re collection of the oldest inhabitant. EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES IN LEEDS. T. Kay. of 10, Pleasant-plac?, Weet-equere, Lam 2 be.h, and W. Green of Hanover-street, Walworth, the two prisoners apprehended in Landon, and in wham bouts a quantity of plate, cloth and other stokn property were found, underwent an examinatien before the Leeds Justices, on Friday and Saturday. They had been given up by the ma gistrates of Lambeth Police Office, and brought to Leeds on Thursday lest by Inspector Child of the Leeds police, and Sergeant Goff of the Lambeth police. In addition to these pri soners, six others, apprehended in Leeds, viz., Joseph Kitchin, Matthew Sellers, John Akeroyd, William Rhodes, Benjamin Wooller, and Christopher Petite, were at the same time charged with being concerned in several robberies which have recently taken place in Leeds. The examination was continued throughout tho whole of Friday and Saturday, the evidence taken against the prison en beieg of a very voluminous description. Three separate charges were entered into, with the view of showing t at one or other of the prisoners were implicated in them, either es the actual thieves, or as receivers of the stolen property. The first was the robbery from the house of Mr. William Wood, of Chapel Allerton, which took place on the after noon of Sunday, the 6th of January. Mr. and Mrs. Wood had attended church that afternoon, after which they called at the house of Mr. Shier", • relative; but at five o'clock Mr. Wood called at his cwn house, to OM if all was right, and when he lett to return to his rela tive's house, he desired Mr. Henderson, a neighbour, to look to his house. About half-past six o'clock Mr. Henderson heard some one breaking up the kitchen fire, and on his shouting " holloa," he heard the heavy footsteps of two per sons descending the staircase, and on going outside saw a light suddenly withdrawn from the back bedroom, he then ran round to the front door, and found it open. Mr. Wood was sent for, and it was found that from a tin box placed in a drawer in the back bedroom the following articles of silver had been stolen : 6 table spoons 6 tea spoons, one pair of sugar tongs, and a butter knife with a pearl handle. The second case gone into was the robbery of the warehouse ;of Mr. James Jackson, a commis sion agent for woollen cloths, situate is Bishopegate street. This warehouse was entered by means of skeleton keys between Saturday, the 6th, and Monday, the Bth of October lest, and three ends of rifle green and three ends of black woollen cloth, worth about 501., stolen. The third charge bad reference to the robbery of cloth from the warehouse of Mr. Benjamin Barker, cloth mer chant and manufacturer at Quebec. Between Saturday afternoon, Dec. 22, and Monday morning, Dec. 24, the ware house was entered by means of skeleton keys, and on ex amining the stock it . was found that 12 ends of woollen cloth, worth 1201., had been stolen. Mr. Heed, chief constable, produced all the articles found upon the prisoner Kay, and in his house; and also about twenty yards of woollen cloth, cut up into short lengths of about two yards, which had been found in the house of the prisoner Omen, and then the examina tion proceeded. As to the robbery of plate from Mr. Wood's bolas, no evidence was adduced to implicate the prisoners William Green and Benj amin Wooller. It seems that Mr. Read, bevies obtained information of stolen property having been sent to London, requested the superintendent of the Midland station, in Leeds, to inform him of any parcel which might be left for transmission to the address of Thomas Kay, Thomas Wright, or William Onu s in London. This led to the detention of the parcel containing plate on the night of Friday last, which waseddressed to lir. Thomas Wtight, Pleasant-plice,West-square,Walworth. This parcel, on being opened, was found to contain all the plate stolen from Mr. Wood's house, soldered up in a long small tin case. This parcel was forwarded by the early train on Saturday mornmg, delivered to Kay, and than taken by the police as statedabove. When Kay was taken into custody he said the parcel belonged to a lodger of his, but he neither pro duced or gave any other information respecting him. The large sem of money found in Kay's house was found in • woman's pocket, placed on the top shelf of a cupboard, against the door of which the bedhead wu thrust so as to render it inaccessible. This was the principal evident* ad duced against Kay. At the close of the examination, on Saturday, the Mayor said the evidence did not reach the ripener* Wainer and Petler ; and, therefore, they must be discharged. As to the prisoner Meade, the evidence was also very slight, and he would be dlscbez led oat of custody, on entering Into his own recognizance in the slim 0:601., to appear at any time when called for. All the other prisoners, Kay, Omen, Sellers, Aksroyd, and Rhodes, he should remand for further cunt nation till Monday, the 21st inst. BRIP-BUILDING AT HARTLEPOOL.—An agent of a largo ship builder at Hartlepool has visited Sunderland this week, for the purpose of engaging thirty shipwrights, for two years, at the current wags—Durham Advertiser. THE LIVERPOOL DOcKs.—The disposition of the Liverpool town council, in regard to the question of rating the docks, wu costaidond to be aimed on Saturday, when they nominated Mr. LittMiele, a eater, as c►airman, and Mr. Habord, also a rater, as a scuba of tho dock committee. THi HORRE-RACI IN EOTPT.—The Oriental Cont rary's steamer Indus, Soy, loft Southampton yester day for Alexandria with tM Ibs Slut had a number of splendid heroes on board, some of whisk, ft ergs stead, ware shipped to run spinet the Pasha of Egypt's bones when the len talked-of Taos eases off between Eighth and Egyptian kerns La Alexandria. IRELAND. Destax, Jeri. 18. ou Thereon no pr t retence for representiog the 'Net ts; 41 2 as a great popular demonstration. It liel aft melee element about it than any .. e t peilleamen~ ever held in this country for I and can only be considered as • fe lli CZWllers held in support of the special Mermen of their own body. The great speech of the Sty, in point of length, was that of Mr. Batt, who occupied nearly two tours in addressing the meeting, but the early departure of the mails prevented your reporter from giving it at length, and although I now send it entire I apprehend you will not think it of sufficient importance to publish now; Mr. Butt spoke merely as an advo cate, and attended, no doubt, for the purpose of com batting any free trader who might have ventured to defend his principles. However, his duties in that capacity were not required, for not the least indica tion of a desire to infringe on the conditions of admis sion was evinced by any person present. Two or three times the Orangemen, who were brought to fill a epos in the body of the hall, got up the Kentish fire, to the annoyance of some liberal and Roman Ca tholics gentlemen who were present, and who did not hesitate to express their disapprobation ; bat, with that exception, the proceedings passed off with per fect tranquillity. The day has not yet been fixed for the aggregate meeting of the citizens in favour of free trade; but the Freeman says it is probable that it will be held about the middle of the ensuing week. Some of the protectionist orators, among the rest Mr. Butt, have intimated their intention of attending the meeting for the purpose of discussing the question, and if they carry out this promise it will be one of the most in teresting that has been held in Dublin for a long time. The Mail boasts of the landlord assemblage at the Rotondo, where all dispersion was prohibited, as a " great national meeting," and exults in the elo quence displayed on the occasion; Mr. Fitzgibbon, the master tailor, and Mr. Boylan, the paperstainer— both, front the character of their callacge, as they themselves admitted, depending on aristocratic pa tronage for support—being put forward by the pro tectionist organ as Coryphei of their elm, with a vain effort to give the proceedings a popular character which they d.d not possess. The Saunders contradicts a report that Mr. James O'Ferrall, brother of the Governor of Malta, has been appointed a salaried commissioner of the National Weird of Education. Jas. 19. The suspension of Mr. Rea, the Belfast solicitor, by the assistant banister, has been removed. The case attracted much attention a couple of months since. CLERICAL. Rte. J. Rutherford, to Cratfield V , Suffolk, dio. Nor., value 1201., with residezoe ; patron, Rev. E. Roll, ad. Rev. 8. W. Hanna, w St. James P.C., Marylebone, di,. London, value 3,501. ; patron, the Crown. Rev. R. Barry, to Rarduwell R., Yorkshire, dio. York, value, 5901., with residence ; pst7on, Robert Barry, Esq., Park House, Fylinmdales, near Whitby. Rev. F. Fitspentk, to West Roathley V., Sussex, dio. Chichester, value 2611.. Rev. B Boger, to t►e Read Mastership of the Grammar ebool, Renton', Cornwall. Ray. J. A. Hasty, D.C.L., to the Preaehenhip at Gny'a Acv. G. d'Arty Irvine, to be Chaolain to the Marquis of Normanby. Rev. B. G. Johns, to the Profeassruhip of Latin at the Ladies' College, Sedford.square. ILY. R. Whittinston, to the Sunday Evening Lectureship at St. Peter's, Cornlull. TA CANCIES. Wins's& R., Baste, dio. Winchester, value 1641., with residence; patron, Lord ILlton ; Rev. J. Orde, deceased. &ahem V., count y and dio. Durham, value 6661. ; patron, Marquis of Londonderry ; Rev. J. Lambert, deceased. Scremerston P.C., Durham, dio Durham, value 1201., with residence ; patron, the Dean and Chapter of Durham; Rev. W. Mackay, resigned. Tuckingmill P.O , Camborne, Cornwall, dio. Exeter, value 1501. ; patrons, the crown and bishop alternately ; Rev. E. Crow, promoted. Aldridge C. Staffordshire, dio. Lichfield, stipend 1001. ; patron, the Rector of Aldridge. Warminster C., Wilts, die. Salisbury, stipend 1001.; patron, the Vicar of Warminster. Chaplaincy to the camellias at Woolwich ; Rev. S. W. Hanna, promoted. NAVAL. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 19.—APPOINTMENT..—To Terrible: Midahipmut, A. Traherue. Arrogant: Naval Cadet. D. M. W. Parry. Cambrian: Midshipman, F. A. C. Du maresq. Arethusa : Capt. T. M. Symonds; Lieutenants O. Cumberland, B. A. B. Riot, R. W. Courtney, A. W. A. Hood, and W. Bowden. Muter, D. Crafts. Second Master, J. R Dillon. Master's Alabama, A. Perry and D. 0. Burdwood. Punier, G. H. Graves. Midshipmen, C. J. Fitton, E. H. Murray, P. E. Luard, C F. Pocock, and W. M. Cornwall. Clerks, W. H. Arlidge, F. Wheeler, and W. H. Aggard. Naval Cadets, J. M. Crook and T. J. Dickin acm. A NEW SCREW STEAM CORVETTE.—The Admiralty have ordered Mr. Mare, of Blackwell, to construct for her Ma jesty's Sink* a new screw corvette of 1,300 tons, to be named the HightVer. She is to be built of wood, and is to have engines of 2!0-bone power. PORTSMOUTH. Jaw. 20.—The Terrible, steam frigate, Capt. Hope, C. 8., sailed from Spitheed this afternoon for Devouport, to be paid advance, after which sbe will leave in company with the Indefatigable, frigate, for Lisbon, as the United Service Gazette lays the Admiralty have determined to try, in • long run, the qualities of a pure exiling vessel against a steamer. The Indefatigable, new 50-gun frigate, and the Terrible, steam frigate, are ordered to leave Devon port together on Tuesday next for Lisbon, and they are to make the beet of their way to join Commodore Martin's squadron in the Tagus, perfectly independent of each other. Tho steamer will not use her coals if she bee a fair wand, but she is always to keep a forward course. Mr. Din nan is to proceed on board the Terrible, steam frigate, to Lisbon to be present, as inspector of ma chinery, during the trials about to take pleas with the steam vessels of the experimental squadron ordered to assemble at Lisbon. Divonroinr, JAN. 20.—The Crane, packet, !Lieut. Par sons, arrived on Thursday from Falmouth, and is ordered to have any defects made good at this pert. The Gladiator, steam-vessel, Capt. Adams, having been completed, was taken out of No. 6 Dock on Thursday, and is now in a state of forwardness for taking out the next Afrie:n mail The Aid, lighter, Smallmor master, sailed with stores for Ports mouth on Friday. The Tortoise, lighter, Skeannan master, arrived with stores from Portsmouth yesterday. The Arethusa, 60, was inspected yesterday by Rear-Admiral Sir John Louis, the superintendent of the dockyard, previous to bring reported to the Lords of the Admiralty ready for com mission. The Indefatigable, 60, Cep , . Smart, and Terrible, steam frigate, Capt. James Hope, are now in the Sound, and will have an advance of wages poid to their respective crews to-morrow (Monday) The Enterprise, Capt. Collinson, and the Investigator, Com. M'Clure, were on Friday and Saturday visited by parties of artinns from the dockyard, for the purpose of altering and adding to their fitments. It was reported that these vessels would sail this day : but as they have not been completed, they will not sail until to morrow or Tuesday. The Albion, 90, is expected to be commissioned at this port in a few days, for the Hag of Rear-Admiral C. J. Amster, appointed Commander-in-Chief of the China and East India station. The steam-frigate Vulture will be commissioned at this port in • few days. MILITARY. DECEASED COLONELS OF RIODIENTS.-.Dating last year eleven colonels of regiments died, via., tbzs• of cavalry, and eiett of infantry regiments. THE COMMANDIR-IN•CHIRY or INDIA.—It will be seen by the destatches received from India on Saturday, that so far from Sir Charles Napier intending to return home on the expiration of his first year's command (as was confidently stated would be the case by several contemporaries), the gat lent general does not express the least intention of giving up this lucrative and important appointment. THE COMUANDEII OP THE lORCES IN IRELAND.—Lient- General Sir Edward Slakeney has lately arrived in Dublin and resumed the command of the troops. Tea VACANT CoLorincras.—The colonelcies of the 68:h and 80th regiments are still vacant, although the latter has been vacant about six weeks. The Major Generale named in military circles fur these lucrative appointments, are Major-Generals Daubeney, Mercer, and 'Ferguson. The two first are now named a, the fortunate candidates. THE BAZHACIL-MASTIRSHIP AT STOCEPORT:PIiS ap pointment is just vacated by the death of Capt. Swine,. ROYAL Hone OCAIDS.—In the middle of this week this regiment (which la to move in three divisions), will arrive at Kids-park barracks from Canterbury. TUE AYLESBURY SAYINGS BANK.—A flat 1 / 1 bank ruptcy hsving been issued against Henry Stratton (clerk to Mr. Jumps James, solicitor, of Aylesbury, the secretary to the savings bank), who Is by this tame with his w ind d- mil In America , the property which he has left beh him, in cluding his furniture sad other available assets, will now be secured for the benefit of his creditors, as well as to nuke Tod. as far as it will r , the amount he has abstracted from • deposits in the savings bank. There will be two grounds for his hung claimed to be given op by the United States by the English government—first, for his having forged the names of several of the depositors in the bank to receipts ; aid secondly, for not surrendering taiga fiat. The Secretary if Stets hes consented to take the necessary steps to cause the apprehension of the fugitive in America and hia return to this country ; but declines, as Is customary in all similar oases, to bear the expenses attending sure a proceeding. The sods which Stratton adopted to mystify the accounts end ti " cook " the books of the beak, to deceive the Motets and managess as well is Mr. James, the Secretary, was of • character to disarm suspicion, and was only to be discovered by the closest investigation and the strictest scrutiny. RAILWAY MEETING. BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHEBHIRR JUNCTION. Oa Saturday an extraordinary meeting of this company wee held at Birkenhead, to consider the propriety of borrow ing a stun of money on mortgage or bond, in relief of the , gas necessary far the completioa of the woks. Thero war • numerous attendant*. Alderman JAI4IIB BANCROFT presided. He said it had been intimated to the directors that if money could he borrowed it would be acceptable to those on whom calls would shortly have to be mad*. The board had to suggest that in additift to the amount already obtained on mort gage, there should be the farther sum raised of 200,0001. The entire bead debt of the Chester and Birkenhead section of the undertaking was 138,5381. In addition to that there were two mortgages, in respect to pro perty, of 16,6001. The exact position was that they had 98,0001. to call up on the 221. skates, and they had a certain quantity of lead on the line of railway, and in Birkenhead and elsewhere, not required for the purposes of the company, which they could resell to liquidate a portion of the debt. This land was, he believed, of sufficient value, with the 98,0001., to pay off all the liabilities. (Applause.) As to the Cheshire Junction section of the company, the entire amount to be raised, in order to discharge the contractor's demands for work dons and to be done, and for other pur poses, amounted in the aggregate to 483,1301. Of that amount 219,8941. was yet to be paid to Mr. Braasey ; 26,8881. for the permanent way ; land, 43,0001.; station. and crossings not provided for under the contract, 1 10,0001; for land at Brideend, Birkenhead, and the construction of works there,83,7221.; for the Chester st•- Ition 9,6001. was yet to be paid ; interest cm the Birkenhead and Chester shares, 31,3441. ; interest on the Cheshire Juno ' time shares, 4,6001.; outstanding debts, 50001. These esti mates had been made with much care. The proposal of the board was, that 200,0001. should be borrowed, in addition to the amount of 138,0001. already borrowed on the 221. shares. The board had that morning resolved to make a call of 31. on the 311. shares, and 2/. on the 221. thous. That was ab solutely necessary, and must be paid independent of the sum proposed to be borrowed. The contractor had large claims upon the timpani; and of the 200,0001. to be bor rowed, Mr. Brmsey hid handsomely offered to take 100,0001. in bonds for two years, and the i board considered there would be no difficulty in ob taining the other 100,0001. in the public market. Thos dif ferent). would be 248,000.; that would have to be met by cals. The 200,0001. it was propmed should be raised in easement of both classes of the shares. He begged to move " That the company be authorised to borrow on mortgage or bond a sum of money not exceeding 200,0001." A PROPRIETOR 'Aced what rate of interest would be paid for the mon ? The CHAIRMAN said that reminded him of a vary im portant part of the statement which ho had omitted. The proposal of the board was, anticipating that a general power to borrow money, if unaccompanied by some terms, would be objected to, that calls should be made to cover the money borrowed, and that those calls should be sutjeet to tire per cent interest, not chargeable upon the company, but to be paid by those proprietors who took advantag of the money borrow. d to defer the payment of their calls W. JACKSON, Rig., said, after that explanation, he had great ileasuse in seconding the resolution. It was only fair that those who were relieved should pay the in terest which the company would incur in borrowing. Mr. RUMIRENS —lf the defaulting shuehrliers neither pay the calls nor the interest, what must be done ? Mr. CATTERALL, a director—Forfeit the shares. The CHAIRMAN stated that so aeon as the board ascer tained that they could obtain the money, they would itsue circulars to each shareholder reouiricg to know whether he wishes to take advantage of the loan. The board would be guided by the &Leavers as to the amount which they would borrow. Mr. LEE—Then the whole 31/. is to be called up ? The CHAIRMAN—Yes. About 25,000 sharehcHers are expected to pay up. That would realise the sum of 475,9411., which will rather more than cover the whcle esti mated liabilitits ; but there will still be the Chester and Birkenhead debt lett of 138,0001. After several questions had been put and satisfactorily answered, the !groin:ion wes put and unanimously carried. The chairman referred to the disputes with :he cunt,guous railways, and to the proceedings taken by ;:iste::tient st ..:e -holders in Chancery ; and the meeting soon afterwards broke up. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY. The following is an ►bstract of the rtport of the directors to be submitted to the meeting of the proprietor., to be bold on the 29th inst. The capital expended amounts to 7,046,1681, and the di rectors repeat the assurarcts given by them in Octobtr, 1818, that the sum of 7.209,0001. will be amply suffici , nt ter all the company's undertakings. There has been an increase in the traffic, since the corresponding period of last year, of 24,3701. Of this sum of 11,000!. was on paecger troth:. :end 8.3701. on goods traffic. The expenditure had been sliflitly diminished, though the mileage of the railway has been in creased bye few miles. On the othe r hand, owing to the reduc tion in the number of traios, the number of nries run during the half-year has been less than that in the corresponding half of last year. Tho amount of earnings for the calf-year was 187,9701., of which 60,7701. has been set apart for in terest on leans and dividendiou prefer.nce stock. Then it is proposed, in accordance with the report of last half-year, to set apart a reserve fur.d of 15,0007., which will leave 112,2001. available for dividend, out of which the directors proposed a dividend of 2s. 85. per cent. for the half-year, which will have a balance to the account of the current half year of 1,4161. The direotcrs recommend that the reserve fund and the interest accruing thereon, should be invested, from time to time, in the cumpary's debentures, or other approved secu rities, and kept quite distinct from the other secounts of the company ; and that no transfer from the reserve fund in aid of any account, should be permitted without a rpecial reso lution el a meeting of the proprietors. The total prevision against depreciation, made in the year 1819, including the sum actually expended and that pro posed to be set aside as • reserve, well amount to 34.9271. ice line is in good order, and the working stock is larger red more efficient than at any previous period. It has been suggested by some large proprietors, that in addition to !eking the referee fund cut of the revenue of the last half:year, it would be desirable to carry forward such a rest as would equalise the dividends of the two half-years. This course, which is adapted by most of the leading rail way companies, is considered convenient for permanent investors, and calculated to give additional stab:lity to the property. and to obviate a frequent sourer: of m.sapprthen 'ion on the part of the public, arising out of the very dif ferent rate of net earnings in the two hallyears. The directors feel that this is • point upon which they ought to be guided by the general wish of the proprietors, and that ample previous notice should be given before any change is made in the usual practice. Accordingly, they propose to take the opinion of the proprietors, at the ensuing general meeting, es to the expediency of adopting the propesed change in regard to the dividend earned i.e the halt-3 ear ending 31st December, 1850, and they will be glad if any proprietors who are unable to attend, will signify their opinion to the secretary, before the meetieg. The question of audit has been the subject of much consi deration on the pert of the directors. They have abstained from sending round a circular en the subject, as has been done by several other railway companies, because they felt that it was premature to ask the proprietors to cc mmit them selves to any opinion until the rerolutions emanating from the meeting of railway delegates had avowed a more definite shape, and until the directors were themselves prepared to state their views, and explain the course which they have adopted. The directors have felt that it was essential for the inte rests of the property entrusted to their management, that all the accounts should be subjected to a thoroughly independ ent and efficient audit. They have also fel; that such an audit wu in the highest degree desirable for themselves pier tonally ; and that, in fact, in the present state of public feel ing in regard to railway management, a body of gentlemen administering a trust of this magnitude hid a r;ght to require the existence of an independent authority, whose verdict as to the fairness and honesty of their aceeunts w Add be be yond suspicion. To secure an efficient audit, the directors La . ...eyed it to be essential to make arrangements for !using that audit con tinuous; and to secure its independence, they endeavoured to induce a high commercial authority, such as the governor of the Bank of England, to undertake the task of nominating • professional accountant to act in conjunction with the other auditors. Failing in this, they had no alternative but to make a p ovisional appointment theme...yes, and they accordingly selected Messrs. Quitter, Ball, Jay, and Crosbie, as combining professional eminence with experience in rail way accounts, giving them a general instruction to audit the , accounts of the current Lalnyear in precisely the same manner as if they had been appointed by an independent committee of investigation. This audit has been in progress during the half-year, and Messrs. Quilter and Co. will report to the meeting the result or their labours. un,hmichr.thaeudson ; ietnolp.:oarykaliffthatintwg: DIRECT MANCEISTLR, LEEDS, AND Tons .— The wind ing-up of this company's affairs came on Saturday, beforo the Muter in Chancery, 13roughece, at his court in South ampton-ouildinge, Chancery-lane, on the petition of Mr. U. Dawson, barrister, who states that the company was pro jected with a capital of 800,0001., in 40,000 shares, of 9 01. each, and that shares were alloted, but, in con s equence of the panic, few deposits were paid. Mr. H Harris, cn be half of several contributories, opposed pro:receding with the matter altogether, aid the master decided en adjourning the question for three months, to give the parties time for considering whether they should not petition the court to rescind the order for winding up, since he was of opinion that it was a case in which no order for the purpzse was necessary, and that it was apparently got un for costs. lie had been given to understand that the liabilities had bees paid off and applications ;of the kind could not ' be countenanced by the court. Yong, NEWCASTLE, AND HIEWICK.—PTITITION AUAINST Ma. HUDSON, M.P.—A petition to be presented to. the House of Commons in connexion with the affairs of thin personal snatol and e nd company is in course of signature, setting forth that the de preciated value of the property of the undertaking has im :gennvdeeriuraletshgeoudfffthmfiesinnlagyieinmehdii:inurtidanals, and cau p se e el tit g io r n ea u t committee of the House of Commons may be appointed in an ie s r t i et alla i in t y an u y thre o eg f arc* iiese eths cause, can be he may be expelled the hone*, or each other measures adopted tirceittrastiteilswellna'yst:oPiprmgriPpuerop4crakafiduct on the putt of the late chairman, as may be expedient.—Lads Hermit. ME LATE QUEEN Dowa.oan.—The general mourn ing for her late Majesty the Queen Adelaide mated yesterday. Her Majesty and the whole of the members of the royal family remain iu mourning much longer. ~~ s r(!. - 111 V, Az. 17s,i+