The Sun. — London, England, 1860-01-21 00:00:00

• JANUARY 21 1860 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, . f • - -- - - ------ • .....__ ( 1.111 ,,, h ) And when men listen, as you streets of London when the Queen of England was authority for my statements. (A laugh.) They RAILWAY INTELLIGEKCE; --- showing an increase of £17,459 in favour of the G NR. BRIGHT AT -41A1V - CHESTER. Pe ace ' s A '' ' • ' les eoin to -the theatre, or any other place of public likewise have the same language, which the are listening here, calmly, disturbing yourse v e g y say • ' only occasiona hariot Queen the s enle in a urer manner h n • lly by violent cheers, and if they then resort, endeavoured to blow up c , . , yp e p _tawe do ourselves. LONDON • BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST. past half-year. ti The annual meeting of the Lancashire Reformers uietl home and no windows are broken, or no- Prince, and whoever there might be of the highest (Laughter.) They have the same literature; and . ' -- Union was held in the Assembly-room of the Free- go q . _ y ht ttl 1 . office, they tell rank surrounding the person of the Queen? Don't every author of eminence in England finds, I be- The report of the directors of this company states - ULSTER. ri Mr. body is broug up o ie po ice lc trade Hall, Manchester, yesterday afternoon. b o eu the people don't care in the least about the you suppose the people of England would have lieve, two readers in America for every one in his that the cepital raised to the 31st December last l .e t o t r h the half year ending the 31st of December Bright attended on the occasion, and took t e p t - e tt (Laughter ) Surely it must be something been j e alous an d i rr it a t e d, th a t th e i r l anguage own coun try. It is fair, therefore, to make a little amounted to £9,301,115, of which £1,901,275 con- a h s e re . ceipts on this line amounted to £45,616, E the presen ma er. . portunity of expressing his views on t e working expenses to £l6 867 and the interest k ds of 1,000 in our f avour w h en t h ere are ne , plots, no r i ots, no m i g h t not h ave accommo d a t e d it se lf exac tly t o the ' comparison between the English nation that has sists of mortgage debt, £ 469 ,400 debenture stock, to £5,004, 1 • hb 1 ' ' state of public affairs. There were upwar ie by Mr. combinations, no taking of oaths legal or illegal style of the drawing-room .(A laugh.) But it gone abroad and the English nation that stays at eaving te a hnce of profit £23,745. , £2,314,886 preference ca •t 1 d £ " 0l• • persons present. The chair was oc . cup d and amone (a laugh)-and yet this great question goes on its required nothing but the most moderate conduct home. (A laugh.) If you take the oldest man now if , pi a, an 4,618,004 con- us of this amount the directors have resolved to G. Wilson, President of the Association ; TB ' d h til at length even those who were on the part of our Government-conduct in which alive in Manchester and imagine him to be a little so mated stock. The purchase of the West Lon- recommend the proprietors to declare a dividend b e -Mr. . az- gran mare ,un the gentlemen on the platforn,‘). wer _ h _ clip,,, Mr. d Ali- • • " -oualso icture to ou don end Cr - .nal Palace P • at the rate of 5 1 Per cent ner annum less income 1 our bitterest opponents and were most afraid of our they were followed, I admit, by Lord Dub ) s , c h i ld , i f 3 , p y rselves hisdittle hand . 3- -allway between Batter- . 2 r • r f i Is. It.N• n I tax, leaving a balance of £5,018 to the credit of the I ley, M.P., Sir E. Armitage, T, kh s dof the man who e• \le. 11. Ash- proposals are actually coming about us and hoping nistry when it came into office, to Put an end to any liit the withered han . , a e am, was the sea and Norwood having been completed, that por• T. B. Potter, Alderman AN at io , Mr P t 1 t • 1 11 allow them to make some settlement difficulty on that scor e. wh a t i s it, t h e „ , t h at r oldest ma. , a s M anc h es t er w h en t h e p erson I have tion of the line has become amalgamated with this reserve fund and next account. tt Oldham ; .. . . la ncs la I worth Boltou ; Mr. 3. Pla , d I• - - f th• luestion. (Cheers.) But there are great people here mean ? I don't speak of persons such , first imagined were a mere infant, those two lives undertaking. The payment of the dividend - nd Al ernran sieeeey, 0 is ( RAILWAY BILLS RylanCls, Warringtoh ; b k to a cried when h -c - a l sseiah l an ., M c . B r i g ht e ff or t s to mislead. Only yesterday I saw iu a Lon- as you and I, who are very likely to be mistaken will carry you i -ae P telnas no on the £220,000 fo ur p er cen t. s t oc k i s d e f„ re d 1 Rochdale. On entering tie a he En land and when -our don newspaper an extract from a speech that was in these matters-(a laugh)-but what is it that national debt g , 3 whole until June, 1865. The interest or dividend upon The e • * xaminers sat yesterday and disposed of the t ceived. fll ' bll o owing 1 s:- I was very warmly re ffairs mean b s readine all revenue did not exceed two millions sterlin ced by the secretary, delivered by a member of the House of Peers as long men at the head of a l y i p . ~ . . . g. the remaining capital and on the mortgage debt for (Before Mr. Smith.) The proceeding were commen t ago as the year 1793. These questions of reform these alarms among the peep ooft ii g . , 's kin dom 7 I et that fact sink into our minds for a moment the past half-year has been placed to debit of the Robinson, reading the first annual repor 1 fi tlf y 1 i • * Due W F 1 • 1 LIN AND ICKLOW.- or a terations of the Mr S. P. -ery much discussed by our fathers of that If it be not war it must be a pretence to exc ite the If we d ro p tie ... rs ie, t net wll bring the time revenue account. The issue of the 4 per cent. de- 1. ' ' •1 detailing the operations of the asso- were N ( of the counci , T 1 -e ott concluded as day. There were men then as zealous and intelli- people for some specific purpose, or for some gene- from me • passed the standing orders 1688 to I i 60, the date of the accession of benture stock extends rapidly, beina now £530,000. L' • * 1 ciation for the past year. se i p gent as any of you are on this subject, but they ral courso of policy. Do you think it possible that George 111. In that eriod no man doulsts that ETTERKENNY.-A bill for the formation of a follows t- - t f E P I The gross revenue for the half-year has been le question snatched from their grasP, it can be done to mak° US fancY that it is alwaYs the Governmen o ng and was a Government by X476,607,being £29,183 in excess of the correspond- r'l •th tf D 1 dhl al way in e coun y o onega ; I not pass. I '1 cannnt conclude their report without offer- found the who f‘" The counci , (Before Mr Frere ) f h Unio their warmest cono-ratula- and the cup dashed from their lips by every ki.nd necessary t° pay 170,00 , 0, " of taxes , and to in - the great aristocratic families who contended for ing half-year of 1858. The revenue for the ear has T ' r ' m'' ...1.. ~ ' j u g to the members . ot 9 n t .L.,LANGOLLEN AND vORWEN..-...10 mime a ranway , I - hech'Parlia tions on the auspicious eircums ances um er wi..,of f d I t t d b f * ein ohcy duce US to carry our ourden as if we liked it ? power around the Throne. In 1760 the taxes had been- 11842,293, being £50,300 in excess of y that of rau uen pre ence, an y a orei e p 11 be opened on Tuesday next, when, in addition to which for 40 years did nothing but postponereform, There never has been a psnic of this kind, false risen from £2,000,000 sterling te upwards of 1858. This increase may be attributed to thegene- from the Llangollen Railway to Corwen. The ] m ent wi uncement of the almost unexampled industrial le £l9 000 000 . instead of havine no debt at all ou • standing orders were complied with. the anno add to your debt and taxes, and impoverish the alarm, unfounded thrrors, diffueed among a peop „ , . , , y sal prosperity of the country, to the opening, on "ty of the country, her Majesty will be able to de- EWCASTLE AND ERWENT ALLEY.- oma e N . D V T k authority, but it has been done for had incurred a debt of 1,140,000 000 and all for pros , p le. Lord Lauderdale, speaking in the House by those in , , Oct. 10 last, of the Mid-Sussex line, which pro d e th n e feet that her Iniperial ally, the head of the Freneh peop tl ' t tf th l• 1• h leaves tl • a railway from the Stockton and Darlington Rail- , GaLernment, has resolved upon the inauguration of a policy o f Lords a little later, said-" Is there a man in some sinister object adv G erse to ie t in f e i res d n o b e apo ley f N b v t i t le ling to England, that I mises to remunerate the proprietors ; and to the the re ut tio ti way, in the parish of Lanchester, to the Newca tl s e of free trade-a resolution which cannot fail to dispel what- England who is ienorant that the most wicked arts co untry. (Cheers.) The overn . m . en 0. j or . e r y k no w o , h i . _ t p a on of the Duke of Marl- receipts from the West London and Crystal Palace 0 and Carli 1 R . 1 s e al way ; also a railway in Newcastle. . ever painful apprehensions may have been recently excited, have been practised to irritate and mislead the mul- began it. They knew the position in which they borough, w ich, o use a yeryb onse ly ph ras e, would, Railway, which now appears as a portion of the and a policy which must, in its results, prove the best, the . „ ... he most infamous handbills and stood to the French Government, and their sympae I believe, he a very bad thing indeed for our work- general revenue ; and it affords the directors satis- The stand" d t 1.• d *th. mg or ers were no comp ie wi titude e nave not t NFWCASTLE AND CARLISLE, AND PORT CARLISLE surest, and the most lasting guarantee of the future peace- dd f ator ara- thies were with Austrid. They knew at the same ing population to put a knife and fork into Cheers faction to be bl ful relations of England France. The oouncil do not doubt pamphlets, the most false an eam yp . . ( . ae to state, that their expectations as 1 t • • h• - 1 ht • ) I d . 1 * siduousl circu- time that t iere were cer am persons in e is cella _ an d aug ei. mme late y after the accession of re ards the latter li h b . AND CARLISLE AND SILLOTH BAY COMPANIES.- that the nation will render due honour to those who have graphs in newspapers, been mos as . . g . ne aye eon fully realised. The contributed to bring about so cheering an event." Y f tie' t ne whom a eneral ar lated, all tending to rouse the indignation o is ry amo , .ge . , u . v eorg ming wold ha e G e 111. beean that sst f tt t . t yem o a emp mg o total ordthary expenses for the past half-year To raise additional capital, and to use the Newcastle a E ''' 1 . h h w h om it has long been some charms, and with whom a little popularity was do towaras 'ng is men in America what they amounted to £lBO 4eo d h and Carlisle Railway. Th td" d e s an ing or ers were The paragraph referring to the new commercial country against France,wit , ,i,an t o renewals and addi- not complied with. h l'h 1t b • d 111 d t dth t I t• th d t ' millions of F 1 . h • t - 1" tl d b th Em eror of the determined, I fear, t o go t o war e . H e t en goes iee y 0 0 game . n ers an a am n 0 in e 0 0 six _Aug is men now-viee -0 tions to 137,948, together, £218,418, being at the po ley recen y announce y e p d that one of the stories set afloat was that least discussing the Propriety of everybody bearing tax them without giving them any . repre- rate of 3s. 4d. t• • 1 46 1 f h - French was greeted with marked applause, an on to say . e per lain me e, or e per cent. ot e • the New River water had been poisoned with arms, as men may do in th e u n it e d s ta t es o f A mer i ca sen t a ti ma The Englishmen in America re- traffic receipts. For the corresponding period of TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE W EEK. was followed by three cheers for Mr. Cobden. e ' ri'L n ; ; h adoption of the arsenic by French emissaries-(laughter)-and that and also in , . Switzerland lam not discussine the sisted. that attem t Whether he time - 0 . . _ ,p • t 1808 the ordinary expenses amounted to £171,482, 1.110 vHAIRMAN, en movAng t e Miles Opened . Receipts. ' les of the Union, by th e se an d s i m ilar m eans a frantic rage against question whether you should have the country de- will come when Englishmen here will no longer be and the renewals and additions to £28,427, total, Railways. ,______--..-______, .-----^---. report, exp : . lained the princip a ll lassos o f R e formers and F r ance was begotten in the public mind. Now, let fended bY a Permanent, well-trained standing army, content to Pay taxes, and have no representation, £199,909, being at th e ra t e o f e s. eld . per tra i n which he said admitte a c . ___ _ that there us t a ke c are that as France was made such a raw- or by a militia or volunteer force, including all the must be left for the decision of a future day. But mile, or 451, per cent. of the traffic recei A b excluded none. Important as it was . . pts. ta u- X X ' f the franchise, it was h ea d_ an d_bb ee dy.b ones i n th a t d a y, the same effect young men of the country. That is not the question. our troubles with our American colonies then com- lar statement shows the progress of the traffic. In Ballymena and Portrush... 35 35 - - be an extension o should . 10 10 - - h th necessit for a re-dis- m ay no t b e p ro d uce d i n our times. Everybody ac- Let us keep ourselves to the question which has been menced, and very soon after that they established a 1848 the number of passengers conveyed was i t ia t te t a a i n id d l if yrrn nothing compared wit e , y 1 tribution of seats. There were tnose, lowever, quain e wi my opinions or y p -t d •th • ' m s eeches will bear before the country. The Government now in power Government of their own. Look at the course of the 2,485,778, and in 1859, 8,395,615. In 1848 the re- Belfast and Co a uLry e lL a wn 2O 20 494 383 ht the pocket boroughs should be re- me out, that I has t e never s t e pp e d f orwar d,in pu b_ h as cont i nue d w h a t L or d Der b y and h i s co ll eagues two G overn ments since that period. The two peo- ceipts for passengers amounted to £349,977, and in . Birkd , Lane., &Ches. Junc. 32 32 2,180 2,289 who thong Blyth . and Tyne 2O 20 1,127 686 din our representative system. But Messrs. lie or private, to compliment the Emperor of the began, and you may well discover wh The Go- lee are of the same race the same lan uaee tho - y. p . , . g a , 1809 to £580,913 ; in 1848 the annual season taine r i stol and Exeter 125 119 5,781 5,292 Cobden, Bright, and Milner Gibson, when rejected French, or to utter language defamatory of him : . I vernments are all alike really. (A launh.) They same ideas, the same almost in ever thin e exce t tickets amoun ' -t' 'I; 'en h•h b• • y 1,, p ted to £10,427, and in 1859 to di n Clies.&Holyhead(withMold) es 1 : 8 4 - - through the passion and prejudice of misguided have treated him as the ruler of the French nation, may advertise, as you see 80M0.1Me8 wit- pu___ng that teyin a it opposite shores of the Atlantic. X 40,218 ; the goods traffic in 1848 amounted to Cockermouth & Workington 8 8. 19S 203 lar constituencies, had not found it necessary a nd have left all questions as to the position he holds shopkeepers, that they have no connection with the There is„ however this difference between thorn- • ' £61,493, and in 1859 to £157,636. The gross reve- 262 286 popu .e o r r i i s c, a i s t l i d u l i l cr a oe nd i r & rassa . 20 20 to take refuge in any nomination borough. (Cheers.) to himself and to the people over whom ho ru . les. establishment over the way--(laughter)-but it is that here we have had the happiness to be overned nue in 1848 • - v ' b t f . 1 . h g amounted to £453,408, and in 1859 to ge el Deeside l7 17 61 200 251 267 266 . Havine °danced at some of the anomalies in the s o me may think that this isnot a fitting opportunity not true. When the bubble bursts, and there is an y grea ami les, men w ose blood goes back no- £842,293, showing an increase of £388,886 in eleven Dublin & Belfast Junction 'sting system, Mr. Wilson concluded by recom- to allude to this subject ; but when I see the mea- auction sale, you find that exactly the same partners body knows how far and nobody knows how thick ' s tdl f • ' - years, or 86.4 per cent., being at the rate of £35,353 Dublin and Drogheda 63 1,539 1,456 t Dub. & Wicklow(in.Kingst ) 404 4 1 4 1,375 1,246 Z l llding a general agitation in support of the ob- sure s th a t are b e i ng ta k en , t h oug h h app il y t h ey are b elong to b oth concerns. (Renewed l aug h ter. ) s o , g grea ea oit has become. (A laugh.) In the or nearly 8 per cent. per annum. The number of Dundalk and Enniskillen jects of the association. frustrated, perhaps, just now-measures forming an the Government which now exists is aristocratic, i United States they have not been a) governed. miles run increased from 1,119,308 in 1848 to Dundee and Arbroath l7l 171 5:9 503 Sir E. Altera:inn seconded the motion for the exact counterpart to what took place in 1793-I though not so unpopular as the Government w y hich The have been overned b a Washineton an g y e , , 2,499,828 in 1859. The total expenditure increased Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l East Anglian 3l 674 674 853 1,030 866 842 - d ption of the report, which was unanimously cannot help dwelling for a moment on this point. it succeeded. And the aristocracy of this co . un y , tr , Adams, a Jefferson a Maddisoe and a Mon a o e, from X 187,087 in 1848 to £398,206 in 1859, Ve t .vties,Nrik.,&E.Union 499 489 24,gg 23,013 If there be any man who complains ef the step bY whatever they may have been compelled at times to roe, and some of these great men were showing an increase of £211,119, or £19,192 _ agreed to. is a l.anc e a n sLe(in.Blackburn) X i -- 105 - _ Mr. T. RIZLEY, M.P., in moving the re-election which Louis Napoleon became ruler of France, I concede, have always steadily looked for all those advised, counselled and assisted b the immor y per annum. The preferential charges increased Edinburgh and Glasrrow 1 •t ' ' .of the officers of the Union, denied that the country thi n k n 0 man i n an E ng li s h Government, at least, opportunities by whist,. they can defend their power ta prhn . er s boy whose name will endure for from £104,041 in 18-18 to ka66,052 in 1859 ; and e- 3cl ort u s r A Pder.tPin&clu n udee 7 2 8 78 3,2 8 6 3,0 2 6 6 1 d•ff eren t t o the question of Reform. The and hardly any Englishman, has a right DOW to and prevent your gradual march upon them. And ever. (Uneers.) A . Yell, what happened ?We started the dividends increased from £3 1 9 s. to £6 per Furness Y • • 22 1 2 1 1,157 961 was in 1 'fie and dignified attitnde of the people on this quarrel with him on that matter. He was congra- they know, every man of them, that they is not . .g hin 100 years a o with £l4O 000 000 of debt Since ,_ g , , • cent. per annum, at which latter rate they have Glasgow & South-Western , 1831 1831 :6,296 5,6 6 pact . . subject was misi epresen e as apa y t d th and supineness, t u lated on what he had - done at the time by one on earth so adverse to freedom as the militarY sPirit. then we nave added X 650,000,000 more to the bur- been.stationary for four years. The i ncre a s e in the Great Northern 283 2 83 23,574 21,896 Great North of Scotland ~ 5B 58 1,572 1,253 den We have sen • • Mr. T. B. POTTER seconded the resolution. .He who was then our Foreign Secietary, and who is (Loud cheers.) Making allowance for hundreds, and . . p t within the same period two expenditure during the past half-year arises from (4t.Southn. &Westn.(lrina.) 226 226 6,278 5,891 ' had seen Mr. Cobden on the eve of his departure our present Prime Minister. He subse quen tly pro b a bly thousands, as zealous for liberty as I am, or three tunes as much besides, which was raised the cost of working the branch lines recently opened, =l l il7ll2lerness 18 18 173 180 for France. He knew o f th a t gen tl eman ' s great came to this countrY, and was received with a de- who may still join some military force, whether the by taxes, and not by way of loans, and which thero- as well as, to some extent, from the competition inverness & Aberdeen June. 55 55 726 552 anxiety to succeed, and he had wished him God gree of amity which is not usual by the Sovereign yeomanry, the militia, o b r a . rile corps vou may rely fore does not a ) ear in the sha eof debt Our • - ,- ..d - f - t t• h• I P P • with the South-Western Company during the first Irish South-Eastern Killarney Junction 255 255 41 41 242 171 315 214 speed in his mission as the Apostle of Peace. It was of England, and with a wonderful amount of en- upon it that as it has een in past perm so . oh l r p : 7 0 1. 0 o o n 00 as in . creased from £19,000,000 to nearly portion of that half-year. The excess of outlay in Lancaster and Carlisle (in. . matter for great rejoicing that that mission had thusiasm by scores of thousands of Englishmen who history for the last 100 years, so probably it wi 1 E , .„ 0-its present amount. Your English the locomotive department is caused by the in- Kendal and Windermere) 100 100 _ _ . succeeded. (Loud cheers.) h of ever 10 men nation west o assembled to welcome him in the streets of London. be for the next 100 years, tat y f the Atlantic have still no debt- • et eased number of miles worked, and by the larger (} Lane. & Yrks. in. Blackburn) 289 289 - _ . The motion was then carried. Therefore, as regards that question, we may pass it who are induced to try, nee . y . dlessl as most of us nothing that re uires to be s oken of At least q p • , amount of renewals and additions; five new power- Limerick and 'oynes Llanelly 2 26 4 4 127 115 366 436 h t • Mr. It. N. PHILIPS moved, and Alderman RY" by as a thing of the past, with which we at least believe, to connect themselves wi th th ese orga nn w h a ever it is, it could be paid at any time ful engines having been built at the cost of revenue, Londsn & yo i r j r- w vexern . 917 891 70,618 66,152 LANDS seconded, the following resolution, which are not called upon to deal. He against his own sations, at least nine will come out m h uch less wen they choose to buy it off. Their ta . xation while only three have been broken up. This forms Ifo n ne l lo on n a i n Soutr-Western . 339 34 1 1 4' 3 3 7 8 9 0 11,11: was carried hy acclamation, viz.:- e were. for their e Government a cor in o • dement and his own anxious ' desire to avert it, of real reformers than they thought t y g neral , c d g t . eu e an addition of two engines to the working stock, Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast. 2231 1904 11,965 11,391 . " That this meeting would express its deep sense of the entered with us into that war into which this coun- (Cheers.) It is a very old trick with t . e . he Enelish Mr. Buchanan's recent Messa e will amount g f making, with those previously so added, 14 locomo- le,o 'd n e ci r Ylib d u rv h , "nniskillen .. 60 & Southend: 45 60 45 730 781 984 690 value of the services rendered to the cause of Reform by try was drifted by a Government of factions and Government to take advantage of these panics and this year to 61,000,000 dols., or X 12,000,000 ster- tives built at the expense of revenue in anticipation Man.:Sheffield, & Lincolnsh. 173,1 1734 10,489 9,479 Mr. J. Bright, its confidence in his political judgment and an imbecile Foreign-office. (Cheers.) He gave moments of excitement. I found not long ago, in ling. That includes a million and a half for of the period when others may be expected to be- Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 91 91 934 855 ' interPrity, and its hope that he will render his co-operation ever assistance which men and funds could reading the " Pictorial History of England," a note the Post-office--a most expensive and not very come unserviceable. The past outlay for improving Mrport and Carlisle in Arliament for tbe establishment by law of the principles yc . ni . y . . ei eland give in the prosecution o t a war, in w fh t • hich you describing the particulars of a paper w hich Lord remunerative service in so large and scattered and fish-• • • h t • d Joining t e permanen way is now pro tic- 1 d ' • Midland Gt.ll , estn. of Ir n • 177 177 4,099 3,919 of the Lancashire Reformers' Union." • • to address the meeting, would not have embarked without him,Eand out of Somers, once Lord High Chancellor, wrote to King a community. It may be said that, besides ing economical results, the account showing a savin - Mr. BRIGHT, on rising g No o n n k m l o a u l sh. Rath & Canal V .52 1,481 1,567 illiam 111 advisine him at that articular mo- the eneral taxation of the American Union here d *th loud and prolonged cheering. which you could not have well come if you hadnot AV ~ ,:, . p . g . - , t of £2,331 as compared with the corresponding half 44 ; ,073 2 062 was greete wi Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 78 2,650 2,813 •d Mr Chairman and Gentlemen,-It is had the aid of France. After that what took p . lace P ment to call a new Parliament The passage runs is the taxation o each separate State to be consi- year, fully confirming by experience the advantages 60 1,454 1,359 He sat --s . 'Hde f * • - - - - d d f - Is ( l e ce ` e v ggiti b s e lit;l 34 l l, a e i r ietei 1 5 2 • Ay I say that I feel almost op- I went abroad in the autumn of 1856. I recollect thus :-.-, e a - 0. arguinn t s t o in d uce th e king ere . Whatever may be said of the expense of the expected from improving and maintaining the rail- 4 144 5,582 5311 with great sinceri North Devon 35 35 102 441 1 a new Parliament in the resent ferment and 'several State o , nments none of he dby the kindness with which I have been at that time the papers in England, the Govern- to cal . h . p G Ner , t m maintain way in the best possible manner. The directors . presse t r r t tllt st d ern received here to-day, and by the responsibility me nt pa p ers , an d esp „i a ll y t h„„ a ll e d R a di ca l, di spos i tion o pt e a•a t ion ; eel. Th e ar t o f govern i n g any army. I should say very few persons in them have therefore continued the relaying and reballast- 9 9 2,303 3,320 North Staffordshire 233 233 7,683 6,805 . which, judging from the speeches of those who were discussing the propriety of ma y 0. , e, . kin chanaes Eneland in watchme and usin such o ortunities wet a salar of £1 000 a ear and that the whole ' a ' P d g pp 'gt t G y ' y ' in, of other portions of the line, and during the Nor y th r -Z%ltern l - - have preceded me, is attempted to be laid on mY in the Governments of Italy, and pa r t i cularly in e . q h ese oppor t uni t ies 0 ne t l as t . (L aug ht er .) a e overnments of the United States added to- past year £11,484 has been so expended, and placed IN a 4 1 .1 C v eveland 101 _ - _ Oxford, Wore., olver lO2 94 4,419 4,237 . s h eu ld„ s . (A l aug h.) But lam cheered, and the Government of Naples. You remember that 3. The neglect of making use of them must always gether will not show a cost of much more than the t o the debit of the permanent way improvement Peebles esse 181 175 172 ~ s h a ll b e c h eere d in every step I may take in connec- England and France withdrew their Ambassadors turn to disadvantage. 4. The like opportunities amount paid for poor rates in the United Kingdom. account. OD the other hand, the increased re v enue ail I==V & R way gg se 1,935 2,079 ta m w ith thi s great question of reform, by the sight from the Court of Naples. In that particular step, not to be had again, there being no like occasion in Bear in mind there is the same population and in- admitting of a larger amount b e ing pla ce d to its s 50 2,804 2 555 Scottish North-Eastern ll5 115 3,439 3,250 , Now , an d by the recollection hereafter, of the enthu- then, the Governments of England and France view." (A laugh.) You will observe, if you trace dustrY to all this vast difference in burden,-that credit, L 17,000 have been so placed, making, wale Shrewsbury & Birminghazn 29i 294 1,672 1,643 heir 30 000 000 of eo le will r Ise xation for '3 000 contribu - siastic zeal which you have manifested with regard acted together. And, judging from the tone of the our history from that day to this, that it has always t . „ p p a ta 1, ted in the previous half-year, s Shrewsbury and Chester hrewsbury & Heref d 51 or • to it. It is now about a year ago that we met in press here, what was more rational than that the been the cue of the Court and the Ministry for the their general government this year of £12,000,000 L 20,000 applied during 1859 towards the extine- shropshire Union 294 291 745 711 thi s ver y room as m embers of this same association Italians should have thought that England was time being to have Parliament dissolved at a june- sterling, while your 30,000,000 will raise taxation tion of that amount, being £13,000 i n excess o f th e South Devon • - to discuss this same question, and looking over the ready to assist them, or that the French Govern- tura favourable to themselves, either when the people to the amount of £70,000,000 stoning. And what sum originally proposed to be so annually ap- , S . o_ _u Ili -i' v , a a s l t e e s r n 306 302 15,480 15,145 1711 1711 6,826 6,219 - le mon th s w hich ha v e since intervened, and remem- ment and nation should have believed the.t if they are in total anathy on some important political je the foundation of all this . ? Just this, that in plied.. The total amount now expen d e d i n t h ese r ut Yorkshire and River Dun 108 108 3,680 3,156 En land ou have had a olic of war of con nest .. bering the events which have marked that period, crossed the Alps to help the Italians, if they might ques ti o n, or w h en th ey are „ c i te d i n f avour o f g y p y , q , improvements is £137,341, of which £102,921 has ,e s teeh e the and Darlington I thi n k l am no t m i s taken in arriving at the con- not count upon the active co-operation, they something that is wrong. I say, witnessing the of expenditure, and of Patronage, while in the Eng- already been paid out of r evenue , Th e wor k s n a te v r ale 54 4,603 4,062 52 52 1,562 1,67 g Hsh nation on the other side of the Atlantic ou • el u sion that our position as the friends of Parlia- might at least rely upon the sympathy and moral disposition of the French Government, and observ- -- y of the Victoria station and Pimli co R a il wa y are Illv l erstone and Lancaster men t ar y R e f orm has not lost, but has gained much support of this country! Well, the Italian war ing the enormous expenditure on armaments voted have had Preached by every statesman who has left proceeding most favourably, an d th e di rec t ors v f Neath 5l 1 501 1,172 Warrinoton and Stockport l gi 2 .. ' _ in that interval. (Cheers.) At that time we had in broke out, and everybody who was anxious for by Parliament, that this attempt to alarm the a name that is ever quoted in America, commercial have received renewed assurances that they will Waterford and Kilkenny 3l - 31 - 231 277 o ffi ce a G overnm ent p res ided over by Lord Derby peace much blamed the French Government for people and frighten them all into becoming:soldiers, alliance if you like with all the nations of the earth, be c ompl e t e d by th e I s t o f J une next , a , or i g i_ W w at f C ford anc t i l Limerick a Government which had not the love o f freedom th e h os tiliti e s. B u t on th e conc l us i on o e the strifo under the pretence that the country requires to be but Political alliances and entanglements with none. nany stipulated. The net amount at the credit w e .ria4lep w oo a lHarbr.&Rail. 384 274 6 74 452 39 3.718 3,169 , to induce them fairly to espouse the cause of reform, we immediately heard the very same men just as defended, is just one of those tricks which rord (Cheers.) u n d ers san, t h at I a tt r ib u t e whatever dit- of the revenue account, after providing for all IN,',„ hitehaven Junction l2 12 548 ;go : mi d - yet „hi c h h a d no t th e manly courage to enable loud in their blame of that Government because the Somers told William 111. it was necessary to resort ferenee there is chiefly to this fact, that in one p re f er enti a l c h arges , i s £163,753, out o f w hi ch th e w h Ir y e a n va& a t F . Liz s g s J u n n t: 3.; 35 5 •5 445 7 29 0 298 theni to oppose that which they really hated. 'The war was not Parried on cent longer. (A laugh.) to in seasons nf oreitemont, because Governments country there has been the most complete . control directors recommend the payment of a dividend of FoltrlGN AND r COLONIAL. ftl at Government was discovered en hat has been the result of that war ? As much can then do much which the people in their calmer on t p he art of all the eo le over the taxation and ' 1 52 905 698 P P - 3 3 - per cent. for the half-year amounting to £161,649, / i n us ti t ir r •e ia rr i and Rotterdam... 52 true cheracter o 1 ; to the country the moment they were obliged to good at least as comes from wars generally. Put- moments wi . ( 11 not allow them to do Cheers ) If expenditure of the State -that no war can be de- leavine a belance to th e , e credit of the current half- Belgian Eastern Junction 264 261 251 212 1 their Reform Bill on the table of the House ting aside the bntchery, the blood, and the untold I wanted another argument I might tell you that - ." 1 d • l•f li ' d h • c are ,no min ne can e one tat is past remedy, year of 112,104, and makin,g a dividend of 6 per Buffalo and Lake Huron p ace , 185 1,471 1,338 o r lline o ere without the consent of at least one of their Houses f Commons ; and their measure was no sooner agony to those concerned in such carnage-and when Sir H. Peel and the Duke of 11 e o t n w cent, for the year 1859. Detroit and Milwaukie Dutch Rhenish P fRe reseutation In this countr ou have ex laced there than its pretensions were exposed, and cer tainly when men talk of vvars, especially if they in power, in 1835, the sum voted by Parliament for o 1 p h . . y y Grand Trunk of Canada BBO 880 11,050 6,8 85 the Cabinet which was the author of it overturned are in favour of them, which lam not, they usually the army and navy was not one-half the sum which act yt . e opp d osite system ; you have no real repre- MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND Great Indian Peninsula 1941 1304 3,643 2,7 76 Great Luxembourg l2l 122 1 912 1,758 and destroyed. At this moment we have a Govern- 410 put these things aside-you have Lombardy de- was voted in 1959. If I needed a yet further illus- d sentation i , an you have had in your . llo . use of Lords . LINCOLNSHIRE. Great Western of Canada 345 294 7,016 6,740 ment of a different character-not exactly the one livered from Austrian domination, which people tration, I might say that in this very year we are _ uriv t hundred ears when this /600 000 000 t ldd to Y , , The directors of this company have just issued. Lombardo-Venetian L ons and Geneva 285 285 - - . we should like, hut one which owes its advent to supposed was a great thing to be accomplished ; spending .E 10,000,000 more upon armarne . nts alone h o as en t d e debt no less than 250 eer- thei P. e r report. It states that the want of Parliamen- 142 142 3,446 3 096 3(ad . rid, Saragossa &Alicant 310 281 5,905 r:1196 power main y, • 1 if not solely', to the difference which we have three small States formerly governed by than all that your armaments and your civil govern- I sir i L h 1 it e es crea e y ! en, t at un ess we aro dit- tary powers has to some extent prevented the com- 3 N ana Antonia' 2l 21 - _ it was able to say existed between its policy and its certain dukes and duchesses, and . anot , f , h , her State ment toeether cost the country in 1838. All the eco- f erent to the Americans-unless the climate and pletion of arrangements for the convenient working orthern of b ranee . NoTegian Trunk 602 574 46,101 43,368 ff td d btl f • t ' ' les on this question and the policy and the constituting a part of the domimons of the Pope, nosily o t oseyears . was ecc e , ou . ess, tom wo the soil are different, and unless there be eircum- - e d dt t• • of the traffic through Lon on-ro d a L s . a ion, paitieu- F . a a r r r s , Ly d oas i & Mediterrn 44 44 601 478 prlncip stances which are altogether he o t 1 879 840 65,495 61,513 • • les of its predecessors. I take it for granted, emancipated from their old rulers, forming sources-the suffering and exhaustion of the nation y n our . con ro ~ we larly between Manchester an . iverpool. The r princip are •ustified in seeing edi t Paris a a i n id Sfr e as a b l u s rg and. always have done since this Government was themselves into one State, abolishing the cus- after such long wars, and the control v;hich the ..) a g•reat nation of thirt directors re ret the amount of inconvenience o Y g . t the 1,032 1,016 - - llions of eo le ea 1: a d • • Royal Danish 69 69 428 334 ' formed, that the offers which were made before its tom-house regulations which heretofore sepa- people had over the expenditure in the fi-st fresh- mi . . _ p . _ p t n e governe by, and in feeling public and to the company which has arisen, an d Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,165 1,203 accession must necessarily be to honourable men dis- rated them, and anxious to be united to that ness of the reformed Parliament. Nothine at this humiliated, if no exasperated, that we have been so have cause to be dissatisfied with the want of regu- =r ) ..-! t eV: r 'l n a ntFrrance 777 773 15,669 13,521 71.1 f tinct pledges to the country with respect to kingdom for which we have professed great sym- moment proves the necessity for a thoroue re orm foolish as to allow our Government to tax to an ex- 1 e • 8 , may in the service. They trust that these difficul- w. and N.W. of France 743 75 799 717 721 32,832 30,124 the course they ehould pursue on this matter. pathy, Sardinia. What has occurred since that of the llouse of Commons more than the unparal- h . th t unkno - h tent 1 e d r o e t e i v i n in t e world (except among a ties will be removed wilt n all the arrangements are - Their Suffrage Bill-I mean the plan which was t rea ty was made ? Louis Napoleon has shown in leled profusion with which the products of your in- cong l uere l pe l hpl ), th e most hard-working and docile placed'under the sanction of Parliament. The direc- IROIII THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGH.'4 . sketched by Lord John Russell-is so moderate everything that he has done, if we are to judge by dustry and skill have been squandered by FilleCOS- peep e, L be d es h , e, at exists on the face of the tors have concluded and sealed an agreement with LORD GREAT CHAMBEALAIN'S OFFICE J .20 that I have on all occasions to make some kind all that enters into the papers, or from anything that sive Governments in late years. (Cheers.) And earth. ( ou . c eers.) If any man disputes these the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company for the use All Peeresses wishing to be present on the occas'ion AN of th, : of an apology when I say something in its fav- we know beyond that, a desire to accommodate his after all this alarm-after these, what shall I call facts let him give hs the contrary facts. If any man of Barnsley station and for other purposes, and•they opening of Parliament, on Tuesday, the 24th January, wil our. (A laugh.) For although in the 40 or 50 great policy as far as possible to the policy and the wishes them 9-these " sulphurous" leading articles in your says I have not a right to propound these doctrines have also agreed with the South Yorkshire Com- have places reserved for them in the House of Lords, if th, - towns - of the kingdom it will give a large and not of the Government ef England. Whether it be in leading journals, after all the wretched oratory and make these statements to my countrymen, then pany to work the traffic betweeußarnsley and Don- announcement be made at tho Lord Great Chamberlain's unsatiSfactory addition to the borough franchise, Europe, in Italy, where you sympathise with free- poured forth by speakers at your rifle corps meet- he s . ays l tha h t we h are not a free people, and it is not caster, thereby establishing a better. through ser- t o . fliabef o o t re tr 3 an o' s c f l o o r c o k blo on _ o lk r ionday, the 23d instant, ant . twe must never conceal from ourselves the fact dom, or whether it be in the distant empire of China, ings, after a succession of stimulating letters from advisab etat t e people of England should hear vice between Doncaster and places north and east f the Peeresses'. bench will b, ye forwarhe n d to them. that in the small boroughs, which are by far the where you have no right to be as a power carrying the Secretary at War, and the hints that you don't t the truth. I have said re eatedl - n he more p y ad t thei eof and Liverpool and Manchester. The ac- Peers' eldest sons will have tickets for the Peers' eldes most numerous, and return far more than half the on war-( c h eere )._ w hether it be in the right in know whet that man over the water is going to do , I hi k f•t th t n o 1 e more lam convinced-that if we counts of the half-year show a total revenue from sons' box forwarded to them, upon a written or persona boroueh members, a £O, rental franchise will add Europe, or in the wrong in Asia, you flied the policy -after all this you find the man over the water re- had any hone d st and real representation of the peo- all ... sources of £339,819, a total expenditare of application at the office. very little indeed to the constituencies where rents of the Fren c h Government most anxious to square ceiving one of your fellow-citizens-(loud cheers, lile we . sho h ul i h t ave morality in our Government. £1 i i,607, and a balance of net profit of £162,012, H No pe f lr, d except b those entitled to be present in t th : are so low, and where there are so few persons be- itself with the policy of England. I am not dis- the whole meeting rising up and waving their hats) Why, if t e e v rhe of the English people at this which, with the balance of £942 hroueht forward LoN e Great Ch s a , n ez rla e in admitted without a ticket from h ; longing to th e w o r kina classes who occupy houses cussing this policy now ; lam only stating facts -discussing with him the great questions of com- moment wer h fair . ly represented in the House of from the previous half-year, gives a total sum of Tickets for the interior of the House of Lords will be ad of so high a value as 116 a-year. Now, if we as Re- which we all ought to know, and I ask, where is merce and of peace (not the matters about which Commons, , sT crimes against Heaven and against 11102,954 available for interest and dividend. The milted at the Peers' entrance. formers feel it o ur d u ty ou t of doors and in Parlia- the foundation for the statement that the man whom your diplomatists generally concern themselves), the na . tion onour . a! the English Government has debenture and other interest charges against the Tickets for the Royal Gallery at the Victoria Tower on - ment to support thi s m easu re when it is brought you call your ally is your greatest and most secret obtaining information, considering what will be for c . , ommitted, and as it is said the are ae in about to trance y e a half-year amount to £60,730, the canal annuities to T ' forward, let it never for a moment he understood foe ? When the Derby Government was in office I the advantage of the great nation over which he Chi commit in na, would be absolutely impossible. X 13,780, the dividend on debenture stock to £950, he doors will be opened at 12 o'clock. that we have relinquished ti le doctrines which we grant you that war with France might have been rules, and of Europe and the world, of which Eng- I believe th (Cheers.) e systematic misleading of the dividend on the £6 preference shares to £23,690, WILLOUGHBY DE ERESBY, G. C. have hitherto held and. still hold, We have always possible, and was not improbable. Speeches were land and France form alvrays so large a part. You t e h people by repeated panics such as I have re- the dividend on the 31 preference stock to £5,959, The Queen has been rac FOREIGN-OFFICE Jew 12 iou. lypl 'and tO apPoint - Milian - acted on this principle-to accept and to carry that made by Lord Derby which, as I know, were felt to find him propounding in a document which deserves ferred to could not . by any possibility be practised, the dividend bn the 6 per cent. preference stock to Richard Holmes, Esq, g , now her M e ajesty's Consul at Diar which is at the time possible, but still to look ahead, be grievously insultine and irritating to those who to be written in letters of gold a new commercial that the squandering of the nation's money, such £26,160, and the dividend on the new £lO redeem- bekir, to be her Majesty's Consul in Bosnia. ' and cherish the hope that, if not we ourselves, others were highest in authOrity in France. There was policy for France, and, if for France, for the world. as the world has never before witnessed, would be able 6 per cent. shares to £9,500, making a total FOREIGN-OFFICE, J AN. 18. who come after us will complete the ( -, reat, the holy neutrality on theirlips, but if not war in their hearts, (Cheers.) And I, who have no regard for that absolutely checked. and that whatever taxation charge against the above net balance of £162,954 of The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Froderiel work in which we feel it an honour t . o be engaged. there was a course of prooeedine on their part which which men call fame, venture to say that for cen- was necessary for the service of the State would be 1:140,769, and leaving £22,185 9s. sd. available. Out B. Wells as Consul at Bermuda for the United States o (Cheers.) I stated at a meetingein Birmingham the led almost directly to the perirof war. Why were turies to come, if that policy be carried out by the levied with some regard to the means of those who of this sum the directors:recommend that a dividend A) 4` l ja rica, e d t rove of Mr Claim other day my opinion that the proposition to be all those preparations made? Did they suppose, Emperor of the French, the blessed renown which are to bear it. I believe, finally, that if we had a be paid after the rate of one per cent. per annum on Lara e Que s enr also be . en pleas o app f th It . bl" ul t Kingston, Jamaica, or e epu n submitted by the Government would not add more because a particular Sovereign was carrying on war will attach to his name will eclipse all that sangui- fair representation in the House of Commons, such the original stock of the company, which will leave a of Hi f; t e i. a C s a than 30 per cent. of voters to the county constituen- w ith a grea t em pi r e in Italy, that therefore, at that nary glory which encircles the founder of the is the intelligence, the virtue, the goodwill of the b dance of £2,641 to bo carried to the next half- WHITEHALL, JAN. 20. , cies, nor more than 00per cent.to borough constituent pa r ti cu l ar moment, he was likely to make an enemy dynasty to which he belongs. (Cheers.) But, re- People of this United Kingdom, that we should no year's account. The debenture debt of the coin The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant Georg, cies. In the larg,e boroughs there might be consider- of England by declariugwar against her also ? Why turning . to the question more immediately before longer be two nations as we are now-the privi- pany, falling due on the 31st of December, has --- B • d Potts to bo Adjutant, with the rank of Captain 0 nnewoo - ably more than that; in the very numerous small was ft that your First Lord of the Admiralty glen- this association, we cannot disguise from ourselves leged few and the excluded many-but we should been renewed on very favourable terms, a large pro- f p h e e V e t? i ao s inp l a s i o ly i been of London, vice Snell 0 pleased to appOiPlinPetteedi boroughs coneiderably less ; and I said the measure fied himself in every speech on the profuseness with the fact that we who ha ve accomplished in past times become one people, greater far than we have ever portion being at 4 per cent. The company's share Mathews, Gent., to be Assistant. Quartermaster of the would probably add 500,000 electors to the whole which he was pouring out your taxes for the in- the great work of limiting the monarchyof England yet been in everything that constitutes the true of the profit in connection with the South Junction Artillery Company of London. list. Mt? calculation, mind, is more generous than crease of a. navy already as large as all the navies of within constitutional bounds-b ounds at i e „ t „ grandeur of a nation. (Great cheering.) Railway has been Z 7,124, against X 4,596 in the BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 20. that made hy many other persons. The total number all the other nations of the world ? Why was it happy for the monarchy as for the people-are now f thanks to the chair A l vote o man was proposed corresponding half of 1858. The receipts of th The . Right Hon. the Lords of the Comm' ittee of Privy would thus be raised from 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 ; that that same Government sought to infuse appre- also endeavouring to limit the power of the English by e Ir. H. ASHWORTH, seconded by Mr. J. O. dPI t • e Council for Trade an an ations have received f r , om the canals show a ' steady improvement ; the increase secretary of State for Foreign. Affairs, a and nevertheless such a scheme, which some timid hension into the minds of the people by talking of aristocracy to its own house, by admitting the real DYER, and passed. by acclamation, when tho pro- during the half-year amounted to £5,316, while the Imperial Decree, fixing as follow the duties u copy of a French • 1., --mio. oven vet think periloui-(a emergencies that might arise ? Ido not want to representatives of the real neonle to fill the ceedings terminated. expenses were increased by £4.658. The main_ and whalebone :- . pon lime streets of London when the Queen of England was going to -the theatre, or any other place of public resort, endeavoured to blow up chariot, Queen, Prince, and whoever there might be of the highest rank surrounding the person of the Queen? Don't you suppose the people of England would have been jealous and irritated, that their language might not have accommodated itself exactly to the style of the drawing-room ? (A laugh.) But it required nothing but the most moderate conduct on the part of our Government—conduct in which they were followed, I admit, by Lord Derby's Mi nistry when it came into office, to put an end to any difficulty on that score. What is it, then, that people here mean I don't speak of persons such as you and T, who are very likely to be mistaken in these matters—(a laugh)—but what is it that men at the head of affairs mean by spreading all these alarms among the people of this kingdom ? If it be not war it must be a pretence to excite the people for some specific purpose, or for some gene ral course of policy. Do you think it possible that it can be done to make us fancy that it is always necessary to pay £70,000,000 of taxes, and to in duce us to carry our burden as if we liked it P There never has been a panic of this kind, false alarm, unfounded terrors, diffused among a people by those in authority, but it has been done for some sinister object adverse to the interest of the country. (Cheers.) The Government of Lord Derby began it. They knew the position in which they stood to the French Government, and their sympa thies were with Austrid. They knew at the same time that there were certain persons in this coun try among whom a general arming would have some charms, and with whom a little popularity was likely to bo gained. understand that lam not in the least discussing the propriety of everybody bearing arms, as men may do in the United States of America and also in Switzerland. lam not discussing the question whether you should have the country de fended by a permanent, well-trained standing army, or by a militia or volunteer force, including all the young men of the country, That is not the question. Let us keep ourselves to the question which has been before the country. The Government now in power has continued what Lord Derby and his colleagues began, and you may well discover why. The Go vernments are all alike, really. (A laugh.) They may advertise, as you see sometimes with puffing shopkeepers, that they have no connection with the establishment over the way--(laughter)—but it is not true. When the bubble bursts, and there is an auction sale, you find that exactly the same partners belong to both concerns. (Renewed laughter.) So the Government which now exists is aristocratic, though not so unpopular as the Government which it succeeded. And the aristocracy of this country, whatever they may have been compelled at times to concede, have always steadily looked for all those opportunities by whist, they can defend their power and prevent your gradual march upon them. And they know, every man of them, that there is nothing on earth so adverse to freedom as the military spirit. (Loud cheers.) Making allowance for hundreds, and probably thousands, as zealous for liberty as I am, who may still join some military force, whether the yeomanry, the militia, or a rile corps, you may rely upon it that as it has been in past periods of our history for the last 100 years, so probably it will be for the next 100 years, that of every 10 men who are induced to try, needlessly as most of us believe, to connect themselves with these organi sations, at least nine will come out much less of real reformers than they thought they were. (Cheers.) It is a very old trick with the English Government to take advantage of these panics and moments of excitement. I found not long ago, in reading the " Pictorial History of England," a note describing the particulars of a paper which Lord Somers, once Lord High Chancellor, wrote to King William 111., advising him at that particular mo ment to call a new Parliament. The passage runs thus :—" Heads of arguments to induce the King to call a new Parliament in the present ferment and disposition of"the nation :-1. The art of governing England in watching and using such opportunities. 2. These opportunities do not last. (Laughter.) 3. The neglect of making use of them must always turn to disadvantage. 4. The like opportunities not to be had again, there being no like occasion in view." (A laugh.) You will observe, if you trace our history from that day to this, that it has always been the cue of the Court and the Ministry for the time being to have Parliament dissolved at a junc ture favourable to themselves, either when the people are in total apathy on some important political question, or when they are excited in favour of something that is wrong. I say, witnessing the disposition of the French Government, and observ ing the enormous expenditure on armaments voted by Parliament, that this attempt to alarm the people and frighten them all into becoming soldiers, under. the pretence that the country requires to be defended, is just one of those tricks which Lord Somers told William 111. it was necessary to resort ) to in seasons of excitement, because Governments I can then do much which the people in their calmer • moments will not allow them to do. (Cheers.) If I wanted another argument I might tell you that when Sir R. Peel and the Duke of Wellington were in power, in 1835, the sum voted by Parliament for the army and navy was not one-half the rum which was voted in 1959. If I needed a yet further illus tration, I might say that in this very year we are spending £10,000,000 more upon armaments alone than all that your armaments and your civil govern ment together cost the country in 1838. All the eco nomy of those years was effected, doubtless, from two sources—the suffering and exhaustion of the nation after such long wars, and the control which the people had over the expenditure in the fist fresh ness of the reformed Parliama.nt. Nothing at this moment proves the necessity for a thorough reform of the House of Commons more than the unparal leled profusion with which the products of your in dustry and skill have been squandered by succes sive Governments in late years. (Cheers.) And after all this alarm—after these, what shall I call them 9—these " sulphurous" leading articles in your leading journals, after all the wretched oratory • poured forth by speakers at your rifle corps meet , ings, after a succession of stimulating letters from the Secretary at War, and the hints that y ou don't know what that man over the water is going to do —after all this you find the man over the water re ceiving one of your fellow-citizen s —(l ou d c h ee rs, the whole meeting rising up and waving their hats) —discussing with him the great questions of com merce and of peace (not the matters about which your diplomatists generally concern themselves), obtaining information, considering what will be for the advantage of the great nation over which he rules, and of Europe and the world, of which Eng land and France form always so large a part. You find him propounding in a document which deserves to be written in letters of gold a new commercial policy for France, and, if for France, for the world. (Cheers.) And I, who have no regard for that which men call fame, venture to say that for cen turies to come, if that policy be carried out by the Emperor of the French, the blessed renown which will attach to his name will eclipse all that sangui nary glory which encircles the founder of the dynasty to which he belongs. (Cheers.) But, re turning to the question more immediately before this association, we cannot disguise from ourselves the fact that we who have accomplished in past times the great work of limiting the monarchy of England within constitutional bounds—bounds at least as happy for the monarchy as for the people—are now also endeavouring to limit the power of the English aristocracy to its own house, by admitting the real representatives of the real people to fill the benches -of the House of Commons. (Cheers.) And I venture to assert, if the limitation of the mo narchy was happy for the monarch, that the limi tation of the aristocracy to its rightful, acknow ledged, and legal place in the constitution will be much more happy for that aristocracy than that they should continue for any long period to jostle the free r epresentatives of the people from the seats in :the people's own house. (Cheers.) It is a ques tion whether you will go on paying £70,000,000 of taxes, and that imposed by the voice of less than 1,000,000 among you, not chosen by a fair repre sentation of that million, but by a /weirs peens which destroys oven their power ; whether you will allow that vast sum to be dealt with in expendi ture and in patronage by an order of society which has in the constitution its right place, but has no more claim to its right place than we and you have to ours. (Cheers.) Can we find a case by which we can illustrate the contrast between a " sham" representation and a real representation ? I was told the other day by a judicious friend that it would he much better if I would never allude to the United States. (A laugh.) In the letter of the Emperor of the French, to which I have just referred, does not the writer refer in a significant manner to the assertion that the manufacturing population of England are in a condition of greater comfort than the French manu!Ucturing population? And if the Emperor can do that, and if you read it with plea sure, and see that there is a magnanimity in it, I ask, are we not to be allowed to look across the broad Atlantic at our friends and relatives, men of our own blood and ancestry, and to see whether it is not possible to pick up some grains of wisdom— for there are some CCM there—that we may make use of ttem among ourselves ? Let it be understood that this is no question between monarchy and rspub- I icanism. It is a question of policy, principally of foreign policy, and a question of the existence of u real control over the expenditure of the public funds by those who contribute them. In the United States t n h a e t i s o a n in w e ' e r s e t l w i g a i r o You re t t o o l d a 3c'oonus have t e ly t ' h t e h E e y n h g a l i s s - e h great extent the same laws, only much consolidated, much simplified, and improved, as Lord J. Russell stated before the Social Science Association at Liver pool. You observe, lam obliged to give some high peace. (A laugh.) And when men listen, as you are listening here, calmly, disturbing yourselves only occasionally by violent cheers, and if they then go quietly home and no windows are broken, or no body is brought up to the police office, they tell you the people don't care in the least about the matter. (Laughter.) Surely it must be something in our favour when there are no plots, no riots, no combinations, no taking of oaths legal or illegal —(a laugh)—and yet this great question goes on its grand march, until at length even those who were our bitterest opponents and were most afraid of our proposals are actually coming about us and hoping that we shall allow them to make some settlement of this question. (Cheers.) But there are great ettbrts to mislead. Only yesterday I saw iu a Lon don newspaper an extract from a speech that was delivered by a member of the House of Peers as long ago as the year 1793. These questions of reform were very much discussed by our fathers of that day. There were men then as zealous and intelli gent as any of you are on this subject, but they found the whole question snatched from their grasp, and the cup dashed from their lips by every kind of fraudulent pretence, and by a foreign policy which for 40 years did nothing but postpone reform, add to your debt and taxes, and impoverish the people. Lord Lauderdale, speaking in the House of Lords a little later, said—" Is there a man in England who is ignorant that the most wicked arts have been practised to irritate and mislead the mul titude ? Have not the most infamous handbills and pamphlets, the most false and defamatory para graphs in newspapers, been most assiduously circu lated, all tending to rouse the indignation of this country against France,with whom it has long been determined, I fear, to go to war ?" He then goes on to say that one of the stories set afloat was that the New River water had been poisoned with arsenic by French emissaries—(laughter)—and that by these and similar means a frantic rage against France was begotten in the public mind. Now, let us take care that as France was made such a raw head-and-bloody-bones in that day, the same effect may not be produced in our times. Everybody ac quainted with my opinions or my speeches will bear me out, that I have never stepped forward, in pub lic or private, to compliment the Emperor of the French, or to utter language defamatory of him. I have treated him as the ruler of the French nation, and have left all questions as to the position he holds to himself and to the people over whom ho rules. Some may think that this isnot a fitting opportunity to allude to this subject ; but when I see the mea sures that are being taken, though happily they are frustrated, perhaps, just now—measures forming an exact counterpart to what took place in 1793—1 cannot help dwelling for a moment on this point. If there be any man who complains of the step by which Louis Napoleon became ruler of France, I think no man in an English Government, at least, and hardly any Englishman, has a right now to quarrel with him on that matter. He was congra tulated on what he had - done at the time by one who was then our Foreign Secretary, and who is our present Prime Minister. He subsequently came to this country, and was received with a de gree of amity which is not usual by the Sovereign of England, and with a wonderful amount of en thusiasm by scores of thousands of Englishmen who assembled to welcome him in the streets of London. Therefore, as regards that question, we may pass it by as a thing of the past, with which we at least are not called upon to deal. He, against his own judgment and his own anxious desire to avert it, entered with us into that war into which this coun try was drifted by a Government of factions and an imbecile Foreign-office. (Cheers.) He gave you every assistance which men and funds could g ive in the prosecution of that war , in which you would not have embarked without him,l:and out of which you could not have well come if you hadnot had the aid of France. After that what took place ? I went abroad in the autumn of 1856. I recollect at that time the papers in England, the Govern ment papers, and especially those called Radical, were discussing the propriety of making changes in the Governments of Italy, and particularly in the Government of Naples. You remember that England and France withdrew their Ambassadors from the Court of Naples. In that particular stop, then, the Governments of England and France acted together. And, judging from the tone of the press here, what was more rational than that the Italians should have thought that England was ready to assist them, or that the French Govern ment and nation should have believed that if they crossed the Alps to help the Italians, if they might not count upon the active co-operation, they might at least rely upon the sympathy and moral support of this country 'Well, the Italian war broke out, and everybody who was anxious for peace much blamed the French Government for the hostilities. But on the conclusion of the strife we immediately heard the very same men just as loud in their blame of that Government because the war was not carried on still longer. (A laugh.) - What has been the result of that war? As much good at least as comes from wars generally. Put ting aside the bntchery, the blood, and the untold agony to those concerned in such carnage—and certainly when men talk of wars, especially if they are in favour of them, which I am not, they usually do put these things aside—you have Lombardy de livered from Austrian domination, which people supposed was a great thing to be accomplished ; we have three small States formerly governed by certain dukes and duchesses, and another State, constituting a part of the dominions of the Pope, emancipated from their old rulers, forming themselves into one State, abolishing the cus tom-house regulations which heretofore sepa rated them, and anxious to be united to that kingdom for which we have professed great sym pathy, Sardinia. What has occurred since that treaty was made ? Louis Napoleon has shown in everything that he has done, if we are to judge by all that enters into the papers, or from anything that we know beyond that, a desire to accommodate his policy as far as possible to the policy and the wishes of the Government Of England. Whether it be in Europe, in Italy, where you sympathise with free dom, or whether it be in the distant empire of China, where you have no right to be as a power carrying on war—(cheers) —whether it be in the right in Europe, or in the wrong in Asia, you find the policy of the French Government most anxious to square itself with the policy of England. I am not d: cussing this policy now ; I am only stating facts which we all ought to know, and I ask, where is the foundation for the statement that the man whom you call your ally is your greatest and most secret foe ? When the Derby Government was in office I grant you that war with France might have been possible, and was not improbable. Speeches were made by Lord Derby which, as I know, were felt to be grievously insulting and irritating to those who were highest in authority in France. There was neutrality on their lips, but if not war in their hearts, there was a course of procteeding on their part which led almost directly to the peril of war. Why were all those preparations made? Did they suppose, because a particular Sovereign was carrying on war with a great empire in Italy, that therefore, at that particular moment, he was likely to make an enemy of England by declariug war against her also ? Why was ft that your First Lord of the Admiralty glori fied himself in every speech on the profuseness with which he was pouring out your taxes for the in crease of a navy already as large as all the navies of all the other nations of the world? Why was it that that same Government sought to infuse appre hension into the minds of the people by talking of emergencies that might arise ? I do not want to charge any one with an offence that I do not know e nt b s e p en ok a e ct o u f al t ly he co e m m m er it g t e e n d c ; ies bu t t ha t t ha m t nig G h o v th ern h rn av e t arise in a tone that made it appear that those emergencies might not unnaturally be provoked by the course they were themselves p ursu i ng in regard to France. All that reference to war could not have pointed to Austria. You cannot go to war with Austria. You cannot get to Austria; and everybody knows that she cannot get to you. Therefore, there can be no war with England and Austria alone. Your preparations were, therefore, made on the sole supposition that the course of ' events in Europe might force, justify, or induce your Government to take side with Austria and Germany against France. And we know very well that the sympathies of that party in this country, and the sympathies of the aristocracy everywhere, were naturally on the side of Austria and opposed to France. I hesitate not to make an assertion which nobody can disprove—namely, that from the hour when Louis Napoleon was elected Lo the Pre sidency of the French Republic until this hour there has not been a single act of his own or of his Government which can fairly be charged against him as an unfriendly act towards the Government or the people of England. (Cheers.) Since that time we have had six different Cabinets in this country—that of Lord J. Russell, that of Lord Derby, that of Lord Aberdeen, of Lord Palmerston, the second Cabinet of Lord Derby, and the second Cabinet of Lord Palmerston ; and I believe there is not a single Minister in England at this moment who has occupied a seat in any one of those Governments who can for an instant con tradict what I now assist with respect to the uni form friendly policy of the Emperor of the French towards the Government and the people or Eng land. I dare say I may be asked, 44 What have yon t s o pi s r a a y cy ab t o i u ll tAh e Walewski despatch and the Con- My answer is this, that occurred at a moment to which I am afraid almost all men are subject —a moment of of extreme irritation as it iviin was of extr eme peril, probably something, w ith it th emight Emperor like panic, not so muc h himself as with hi s isters and tkoso who sur rounded him. What should came from France and standing say if ng.m somen one man of fthe follows i" The council cannot conclude their report without offer. jug to the members of the Union their warmest congratula tions on the auspicious circumstances under which Parlia ment will be opened on Tuesday next, when, in addition to the announcement of the almost unexampled industrial prosperity of the country, her Majesty will be able to de clare the fact that her Imperial ally, the head of the French Government, has resolved upon the inauguration of a policy of free trade—a resolution which cannot fail to dispel what ever painful apprehensions may have been recently excited, and a policy which must, in its results, prove the best, the surest, and the most lasting guarantee of the future peace ful relations of England France. The oouncil do not doubt that the nation will render due honour to those who have contributed to bring about so cheering an event." The paragraph referring to the new commercial policy recently announced by the Emperor of the French was greeted with marked applause, and . was followed by three cheers for Mr. Cobden. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the • report, explained the principles of the Union, which he said admitted all classes of Reformers and excluded none. Important as it was that there should be an extension of the franchise, it was nothing compared with the necessity for a re-dis tribution of seats. There were those, however, who thought the pocket boroughs should be re tained in our representative system. But Messrs. Cobden, Bright, and Milner Gibson, when rejected through the passion and prejudice of misguided popular constituencies, had not found it necessary to take refuge in any nomination borough. (Cheers.) . Having glanced at some of the anomalies in the existing system, Mr. Wilson concluded by recom mending a general agitation in support of the ob jects of the association. Sir E. ARMITAGE seconded the motion for the adoption of the report, which was unanimously agreed to. Mr. T. BAZLEY, M.P., in moving the re-election of the officers of the Union, denied that the country was indifferent to the question of Reform. The pacific and dignified attitnde of the people on this subject was misrepresented as apathy and supineness. . Mr. T. B. POTTER seconded the resolution. .He had seen Mr. Cobden on the eve of his departure for France. He knew of that gentleman's great anxiety to succeed, and he had wished him God speed in his mission as the Apostle of Peace. It was matter for great rejoicing that that mission had . succeeded. (Loud cheers.) • The motion was then carried. Mr. R. N. PHILIPS moved, and Alderman Ri- LANDS seconded, the following resolution, which was carried by acclamation, viz.:— . ".That this meeting would express its deep sense of the value of the services rendered to the cause of Reform by Mr. J. Bright, its confidence in his political judgment and intwerity, and its hope that he will render his co-operation in Parliament for the establishment by law of the principles of the Lancashire Reformers' Union." • Mr. BRIGHT, on rising to address the meeting, was greeted with loud and prolonged cheering. lie said—Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,—lt is with great sincerity I say that I feel almost op pressed by the kindness with which I have been . received here to-day, and by the responsibility . which, judging from the speeches of those who have preceded me, is attempted to be laid on my shoulders. (A laugh.) But lam cheered, and shall be cheered in every step I may take in connec tion with this great question of reform, by the sight sow, and by the recollection hereafter, of the enthu siastic zeal which you have manifested with regard to it. It is now about a year ago that we met in this very room as members of this same association to discuss this same question, and looking over the 12 months which have since intervened, and remem bering the events which have marked that period, I think I am not mistaken in arriving at the con clusion that our position as the friends of Parlia mentary Reform has not lost, but has gained much in that interval. (Cheers.) At that time we had in office a Government presided over by Lord Derby —a Government which had not the love of freedom to induce them fairly to espouse the cause of reform, • and yet which had not the manly courage to enable them to oppose that which they really hated. The true character of that Government was discovered to the country the moment they were obliged to place their Reform Bill on the table of the House of Commons; and their measure was no sooner placed there than its pretensions were exposed, and the Cabinet which was the author of it overturned and destroyed. At this moment we have a Govern ment of a different character—not exactly the one we should like, but one which owes its advent to power mainly, if not solely, to the difference which it was able to say existed between its policy and its principles on this question and the policy and the principles of its predecessors. I take it for granted, and always have done since this Government was formed, that the offers which were made before • accession must necessarily be to honourable men dis. tinet pledges to the country with respect to the course they should pursue on this matter. Their Suffrage Bill—l mean the plan which was sketched by Lord John Russell—is so moderate that I have on all occasions to make some kind of an apology when I say something in its fav our. (A laugh.) For although in the 40 or 50 great towns:of the kingdom it will give a large and not unsatisfactory addition to the borough franchise, yet we must never conceal from ourselves the fact that in the small boroughs, which are by far the most numerous, and return far mor e than - half the borough members, a £6 rental franchise will add very little indeed to the constituencies where rents are so low, and where there are so few persons be longing to the working classes who occupy houses of so high a value as £6 a-year. Now, if we as Re formers feel it our duty out of doors and in Parlia ment to support this measure when it is brought forward, let it never for a moment be understood that we have relinquished the doctrines which we have hitherto held and still hold, We have always acted on this principle—to accept and to carry that which is at the time possible, but still to look ahead, and cherish the hope that, if not we ourselves, others who come after us will complete the great, the holy work in which we feel it an honour to be engaged (Cheers.) I stated at a meeting.in Birmingham the other day my opinion that the proposition to be submitted by the Government would not add more than :30 per cent. of voters to the county constituen cies, nor more than 60 per cent. to borough constituen cies. In the large boroughs there might be consider- ably more than that; in the very numerous small boroughs considerably less ; and I said the measure would probably add 500,000 electors to the whole liet. My calculation, mind, is more generous than that made by many other persons. The total number would thus be raised from 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 ; and nevertheless such a scheme, which some timid men might possibly even yet think perilous—(a laugh)—would leave near upon six millions of men over 21 years of age in the United Kingdom still excluded from the elective franchise. I believe there aro about seven and a-half millions of male adults in this country, and if you shut out six millions of them, let me ask how many of the working classes do you exclude and how many include ? We know that a £lO rental in counties and a £6 rental in boroughs would admit all that are called the upper and richer class, and, speaking generally, all who are comprised within the middle class of this country. The exclusion will still be directed against the work ing classes, and when you have excluded six mil lions of them, I ask you, when vou get home to night, to try and make a calculation to discover how many, and particularly whether any perilous num ber, will then ho admitted within the pale of the constitution. (A laugh.) I have alluded to the sub _ jest of the suffrage only, and I shall be perfectly co ntent myself if, (luring the coining session, that question be for the t . m :adjusted even on the prin ciples t o which I have adverted. I mean to say that a step will then have been made, and a sure step ; for there There is tlee no question ba c k in a career of this kind. of th e b a ll o t, an d th e question to which Mr. N ilsonreferred—the distribution of the seats. My . Plnlwhich more than 12 months ago I stated mo st n' earnestly to members of • the present Cabinet, is that it Would be desirable to introduce a bill to settl e firsthequestion of tine when th e t franchise. I believ e public eye can be turned without distraction eithe r One population other, solely to the consideration of side or th e -wrongs endured by the great bulk of the e ' enormous l:ol a a t tion through the unfair allotment of members, that shall find an amount of public opinion brought to c bear upon the subject which will compel any G o _ vcrnMent and any Parliament to make a much more important and valuable change than it is likely will either be proposed or can be carried by the present Goverument in the coming sessiee. We occasion ally see statements in the papers to the effect that the people are very apathetic. These opponents of ours are very hard to please. If a n y bod y makes a speech that is thought to be arousing to the just and honest instincts of an honest people, and if there follows any demonstration of political zeal, he is immediately denvuneed as a disturber of the public 212 1,107 1,138 2,654 6,895 2,776 1,758 6,740 The directors of this company have just issued their report. It states that the want of Parliamen tary powers has to some extent prevented the com pletion of arrangements for the convenient working of the traffic through London-road station, particu larly between Manchester and Liverpool. The directors regret the amount of inconvenience to the public and to the company which has arisen, and have cause to be dissatisfied with the want of regu larity in the service. They trust that these difficul ties will be removed 'when all the arrangements are placed'under the sanction of Parliament. The direc tors have concluded and sealed an agreement with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company for the use of Barnsley station and for other purposes, and They have also agreed with the South Yorkshire Com pany to work the traffic between•Barnsley and Don caster, thereby establishing a better. through ser vite between Doncaster and places north and east thereof and Liverpool and Manchester. The ac counts of the half-year show a total revenue from all _sources of £339,819, a t o t a l expen di ture of £l7 i,607, and a balance of net profit of £162,012, which, with the balance of £942 brought forward from the previous half-year, gives a total sum of £102,954 available for interest and dividend. The debenture and other interest charges against the half-year amount to £60,730, the canal annuities to £13,780, the dividend on debenture stock to £950, the dividend on the £6 preference shares to £23,690, the dividend on the 31 preference stock to £5,959, the dividend bn the 6 per cent. preference stock to £26,160, and the dividend on the new £lO redeem able 6 per cent. shares to £9,500, making a total charge against the above net balance of £162,954 of £140.769, and leaving £22,185 9s. sd. available. Out of this sum the directors:recommend that a dividend be paid after the rate of one per ctnt. per annum on the original stock of the company, which will leave a b dance of £2,641 to bo carried to the next half year's account. The debenture debt of the com pany, falling due on the 31st of December, has been renewed on very favourable terms, a large pro portion being at 4 per cent. The company's share of the profit in connection with the South Junction Railway has been Z 7,124, against £4,596 in the corresponding half of 1858. The receipts of the canals show a' steady improvement ; the increase during the half-year amounted to £5,316, while the expenses were increased by £4,658. The main tenance and renewal of working stock shows an in crease. In 1854 the cost amounted to £43,648, and in 1859 to £67,259. They state thct consider able improvements in the working stock have been made during the half-year. The engine -stock, too, has been improved, and its eiliciency enlarged, an operation which will ultimately involve a saving in working expenditure, though at present requiring a somewhat larger outlay. The capital account exhibits an increase of £26,552, of which £24,347 is for payments of land, works, sanctioned at the date of the last half yearly meeting, and £2,205 for new works ordered by the directors during the half-year. It is expected that the Oldham and Guide-bridge branch will be opened early in the ensuing summer. The works of the Compstall line elsihnsaerril'acter, are proceeding, and the directors have deemed it their duty to concur with the local parties who have deposited a Bill for an extension of about seven miles from the terminus of the present branch to New Mills and Hayfield. They have also approved a local project, promoted by the town of Stockport, for connecting the branch by a line of 21i miles in of valuable beds of ironstone, near Hazelhead, 241 and length with that town. The unexpected discoveries ds 7 e r a i c e h s at l on the important ironworks will be established at various in duceafiatlei lilde(si presentingthe directors 8141 nine, hai le t esd o stle h ffar e ei ara n kai o n: ' distant period points upon the main line of railway, The traffic of the half-year, both of the railways and canals, has considerably increased, and continues to show a very satisfactory growth, testifying to the sound policy of developing the resources of the railway by friendly alliances with other companies, and which policy the proprietors have confirmed. The capital account shows that £9,114,010 bad been recf ived, and £9,013,410 expended, leaving balance of £100,600. The revenue account for the half year ending 31st of December last shows that £339,819 had been received, against £293,399 at the correspondind period of 1858, showing an in crease of £46,420 ; and the total expenditure to £177,807, against £148,846 at the corresponding period of 1858, showing an increase of £28,961. The not profit carried, to interest and di v i dend o,eo Qua amounted to 4162,012, against £144,653, i .478 61,513 39,860 334 1,203 13,521 .717 30,124 .FROM TILE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT LORD GREAT CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, JAN. 20. All Peeresses wishing to be present on the occasion of the opening of Parliament, on Tuesday, the 24th January, will have places reserved for them in the House of Lords, if the announcement be made at the Lord Great Chamberlain's office, before 3 o'clock on Monday, the 23d instant, and tickets, not transferable, for the Peeresses'• bench will be forwarded to them. Peers' eldest sons will have tickets for the Peers' eldest sons' box forwarded to them, upon a written or personal application at the office. No person, except those entitled to be present in the House of Lords, can be admitted without a ticket from the Lord Great Chamberlain. Tickets for the interior of the House of Lords will be ad mitted at the Peers' entrance. Tickets for the Royal Gallery at the Victoria Tower on , trance. The doors will be opened at 12 o'clock. WILLOUG HBY DE ERESBY, G. C. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 12. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint William Richard Holmes, Esq„ now her Majesty's Consul at Diar bekir, to bo her Majesty's Consul in Bosnia. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 18. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Frederick B. Wells as Consul at Bermuda for the United States of America. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Cinias Larague as Consul at Kingston, Jamaica, for the Republic of Hayti. WHITEHALL, lAN. 20. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant George Brinewood Potts to be Adjutant, with the rank of Captain, of the Artillery Company of London, vice Snell, promoted. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Peter Mathews, Gent., to be Assistant. Quartermaster of the Artillery Company of London. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 20. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Pri vy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy o f a F rench Imperial Decree, fixing as follow th e d u ti es upon hemp and whalebone : "ET LIST. tiers are despatched by morning mail,. FOREIGN MAIL PAC. En the following table E signifies that le by (Telling mails from London, and M Next DESTINATIONS. Despatch Port of Mail of Mails. Despatch. due. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Feb. 11, E , Southamp. Feb. 9 Ditto, via Marseilles 'fib• 13, E Bahamas and Havana via New York Jan. —, E. , Liverpool.. Feb."l6 Canada, &c. (by Canada. pckt ) , ,Jan. 25 ,1 , , Liverpool.. Jan. 25 Cape of Good Hope, Ascen-I mon, and St. Helena iFel). 6, E. Devenport F e b . 1 China, Penang, and Singa pore, via Southampton' klan. — M l Southamp. overdue Ditto, via Marseilles r Jau. 26 , F 4 Jan. 26 Gibraltar, via Southampton... Jan. —, MiSouthamp. overdue Honduras and Melt/fields ...., Feb.l7, AvSouthamp. Feb. 16 India (Calcutta) and Ceylon,' I via Southampton 'Jan. —, AL Southarnp. overdue 3 1 South a m p . 11 i overdue overdueeJan.eebrr. Jan. d, i 5 2 2 tu 5 1 6 se Ditto, via Marseilles In a d m ia pt ( o ß n ombay), via South- ja a n n i 26, 27 Ditto, via Marseilles _ --- o, ll 3 2 l l l ; : o o u u t t h h a a m m p p . . Lisbon, Brazils,BuenosAyres,l l , j iri a ei n bi. .. and F. Islands Lisbon, Vigo, and 0p0rt0......Jan. 27, M(Seuthamp. l i Jan. 21 Malta., Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles lJan. 26', El Jiexico and Havana !.Jan. — ,lqSoutliamp. I Newfoundland Jan. 28, E , Liverpool.. r-- United States and British N America (by British packet) .ran. 22203,. Al R :: E. of i uv v et e irp rp laom o o o nl l .. ... ,r .:: : n ib,. .. 23 10 Ditto (by U. S. pa.eket) '.Jan. , —,E Southautp. West Coast. of Africa, Ma-1 i deira, and Teneritfe Wtzeons town, New India, California, Chili, Granada, ir.ern, ‘G \ v ' c e r.e n y e . -.- 1 Feb. 2, DI;. iouthamp. Feb. 1 [AnvricrismtuNT.] —Holloway's Pills and Ointment.— Winter D ' AeilS!! , Fl.—English winters bring with them pecu liar diseases, arising from variations in temperature and atm , :spheric impurities. From these noxious causes fow persons entirely escape ; most have colds, sore throat, or in fluenza, for which diseases Holloway's pills and ointment should bo used, and a cure will be certainly effected. While the pills expel all impurities from the body gene rally, the ointment well rubbed upon the chest %nd throat penetrates the skin, reduces inflammation, soothes irrita tion, and restores to certain soundness every organ of the human body. Asthmatic and delicate chests, tightenedto suffocation in f oggy d amp weather, are libera , ted 4 b' bing Holloway's ointment over the lungs, where it reeets all the blood in circul a ti on an d expels impurities, HEMP (STRIPPED) AND TOW. Per 100 kilos. . • 4f. In Fronch vessels In foreign do. WHALEBONE. Rough, produce of foreign lln French ve55e15........ 5 fisheries Cut and prepared 1 In French vessels. . . .. . . . ... 10 jln foreign do. ........ 15 The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Trade and Plantattons have received, through the Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Neapolitan Royal Decree, establishing the following duties upon the importation of raw silk into the kingdom of the Two Sicilies : Of the denomination below 20 deniers, 1 ducat 77 grani per rotolo. Of the denominatiOn of 20 deniers and upwards, 80 grani per rotolo. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Portuguese Royal Order, permitting the importation of necessary articles of food into the Cape Verd Islands, free of duty, until the month of October, 1860 : CROWN-OFFICE, JAN. 20. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT _ - PARLIAMENT. Borough of Lewes—John George Blencowe, of The Hook, Chailey, in the county of Sussex, in the room of the Right Hon. Henry Fitzßoy, deceased. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. County of Essex —To be Deputy Lieutenants—Lieu tenant-Colonel Edward Henry Moore Kelly; Wm. John Hamilton, Esq. ; Francis George 'West, Esq. Glamorganshire Rifle Volunteers-10th Company— Richard Bassett, Esq., to bo Captain ; Frederick Ridge Greenhill, E sq., to b Lieutenant ; Charles Henry Wil liams, Esq., to be Ensign. Ist Lincolnshire Artillery Volunteers—Francis Thirkill White, Esq., to be Captain ; Wm. Wilkinson, Gent., to be First Lieutenant ; John Field Smyth, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Ist Subdivision of Lincolnshire Rifle Volunteers—Geo. Charles Uppleby, Esq., to be Lieutenant; John Stephen son, Gent., to be Ensign. Norfolk Rifle Volunteers-sth Company—John Lowe, Esq., M.D., F.R.S., to be Honorary Surgeon. Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteers-2d Company—John Pleydell Wilton, Gent., to be Honorary Surgeon. sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Mid dlesex D'Oyley William Battley to Ls Lieutenant, vice Truman, resigned. 16th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers—Charles Edward Mur ray, Esq , to be Captain; Robert Lawes, Gent., to be Lieu tenant. 18t14 iktithilegex Rifle Voluuteors--Duncan Madera:al Gent., to be Ensign; Edward Francis Elliott, Major re' tired, to be Lieutenant. 21it Middlesex Rifle Volunteers—Nicholas Herbert Her rington, Esq., to be Captain; John Lowther Du Plat Tay lor, Esq., to be Captain. 6th Company of Cornwall Volunteer Rifles—Edward Baring Gould, Esq., to be Captain ; William Day Hanson, Esq., to be Lieutenant. sth Company of Derbyshire Volunteer Rifles—William Henry Cox, Esq., to be Captain; Alexander James Henley , Gent., to be Lieutenant; Alexander Buchanan, Gent., to be E 11th Company of Staffordshire Rifle Volunteers—WO. Barrows, the younger, Esq., to be Captain. Bath or Ist Somerset Volunteer Rifle Corps—Henry B. Inman, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Airey, resigned. Burnham or 4th S omerse t Volunteer RifleCorps—Benj• Tuthill Allen, Esq., to be Captain; Joseph Allen, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Charles James Brody Mais, Gent., to be Ensign. Bridgwater and Polden Hill or sth Somerset Volunteer Rifle Corps—Gabriel Stone Poole, Esq., to be Captain; Charles Robert Bate, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Wm. John Ford, Gent., to be Ensign. 11th Aberdeenshire Rifle Volunteers—William Esplint Esq., to be Captain ; Irvine Kempt, Esq., to be Lieutenant; James Haddon Bower, Esq., to be Ensign. Edinburgh City Artillery Militia—Henry Rolland, Esq., a Lieutenant. Colonel of the Bombay Retired List, to 10 Major Commandant, vice Lieut.-Col. Wm. Geddes, C. 1 3 resigned. Ist Company of Kincardineshire Artillery Volunteers -- Alexander Innes, Esq., to be Captain; Charles Gordon Robertson, Esq., to be First Lieutenant; James Tindal, Jun., Esq., to be Second Lieutenant. let Company of Kincardineshire Rifle Volunteers -- Thomas Fraser Duff to be Captain, Jas. Black to be Lieu' tenant, and John Milne to be Ensign. Ayrshire Rifle Volunteers—let Company—Jas. hunter Picken, Gent., to be Captain ; Robert Railton, Gent., to be Lieutenant; James Bishop Andrews, Gent., to be Ensign. Light Infantry Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia -- Ensign Joseph Bonham Clay to be Lieutenant, vice Artlin! Burton, resigned; Augustus Goring Bridger, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Clay, promoted. 4th Division of Lancashire Artillery Volunteers—FT, deric Lawrence Boteler, Gent., to be Second Li e utenant , Charles Birch Bean, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. sth Company of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers—Capta ill Adam Steuart Gladstone to be Captain Commandant ; sign Charles Edward Crosbie to be Lieutenant, vice Rebe r ' Jon Tinley, promoted. 2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Mflitia-- Charles Blundell, Esq., to be Captain, vice Edward Molr neux Seel, resigned. 7th Company of Surrey Rifle Volunteers—William Ready Brander, Gent., to be Lieutenant. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. James Greig, baker, Cornwall-place, Holloway. BANKRUPTS. James Kepis, licensed victualler, Old-street, St. Lukel to surrender, Jan. 26, at eleven, and Feb. 23, at twelve, the Court of Bankruptcy. John Varley, yarn spmner, King's Mill, near Hudderl' field, Feb, 6, and March 5, at eleven, at the CommercW buildings, Leeds. William Grindey, jun., cattle salesman, Longnor Staffordshire, Feb. 3d and 24th, at eleven, at the Biruilla . ham District Court. tit John Stanton Miskin, but c h er , R oc h es t er , J a n. 31, two, and Feb. 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. , Thomas Lewis Ingram, merchant, L u p us s t r eet, Piny of Feb. 2, at eleven, and March I, at twelve, at the Court Bankruptcy. Walter Shrimpton, dealer, Compton and Bishopst oY j Feb. 3, at twelve, and March 2, at eleven, at the Couri Bankruptcy. William Chellew, commission agent, Point, Truro, r eb ' 6 and 29, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court. _ Edward Haskins, horse dealer, Shortwood,Pucklechut; Gloucestershire, Jan. 31 and Feb. 27, at eleven, 6 0 " Bristol District Court. Samuel Ward, dealer in osiers, Croxhall, Derby 6 l,,, Feb. 7 and 27, at half-past eleven, at the Shirehall, tingham. 0 William Ellis and Son, scale board manufacturers, 79l tingham, Feb. 6 and 22, at eleven, at the Birmingham v" trict Court. Frederick Giles, ironmaster, Dudley Port, Staffordsed Feb. 10 and 24, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dig' Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Salmond, horse dealer, Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire. George Moore, pawnbroker, Paisley. Swinton and Fraser, builders, Dundee. William Burgess, South St. Andrew-street, EdinbtO BANK OF ENGLAND. • W l* do An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Vic cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 18th of January, 1860: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. otile es Notes issued £29,613,005 Government Debt Xl l .;kar, Other Securities .. 3, S IP Gold Coin & Bullion 1 5,1 0 ' Silver Bullion .... 1 / 0 f29.643' £29,643,0051 BANKING Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis - mis stoners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend de- e.PARTNIZNT. Government Secu rities _ (including • Dead Weight A nnuity) slo, Bl Other Securities 1 9 ,t 91/ Notes Gold and Silver 71 6;ir Coin counts) 5,166,259 Other Deposits 14,850,754 Seven Day and other Bills 812,139 30 1. e. .RSHALL, Chielefr° £38,713,844 M. Dated Jan. 19,1860. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. O r d The Average Price of Brown or M uscovado S a goxl, puted from Returns made in the week ending the 17 1 '1/ of Jan., 1860, exclusive of the duties of Customs pa ,I.) payable thereon, on the importation th ereo f into L"' Britain : Per &it; From the British possessions in America .. 28s Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 32s y, d 29s Average price of the foregoing COUNTRY MA.RK.E2'S. LIVERPOOL--JAN. 20. We had ,a fair attendance of millers and dealers 3Q' market this morning, and wheat met a very good c on 5 f 10, tive demand at no improvement in our quo t a tions e t 0 0) Tuesday. Flour was rather in bettor re quest, bt lower. Oats and oatmeal a slow sale, and both W e changed in price. Barley, beans, and peas were Idle, quoted. The am o un t o f b us i ness t rans acted i ll 0101" corn was still b e tt er , an d i n some i ns t ance s 34 " 6, prices were exceeded. WAKEFIELD—JAN. 20. • d The show of wheat was li m it e d, an d t h ere belmLeiei business, the quotation s were b are l y a t the curre,;d last market. The lots f res h u p were genera ll y in w e - j, 011 4 dition. The b us i ness d one i n b arley was linli 1 / 1 prices as before. Beans were the turn cheaper. shelling steady. ffollC , 'Wheat, per qr. of 8 bushels 601b.,Essex, 511„ 4 „. 0 r-,„' Kent, white, old, 48s to 51s ; now, 8. to 51s ; old, 42s to 44s ; new, 42s to 44s ; Lincolnshire And shire white, new, 45s to 50s ; red, 41s to 448. MANSFIELD—JAN. 19. 31 1 This corn exchange to-day was scan til y supplied iti a , tied wheat, and sales were effected somewhat slowly et PO terms. In other grain 110 material change. EXETER --JAN. 20. , The business to-day was d ull at the following Price-4;61 Wheat, white 5s 9d to 6s Od Barley. 4s 3d 0 3 , ai I Ditto red 5 s 3d t o 5 s 6d Oats .. . 3s Od ts„ . Flour, fine, 32 8 t o 33 s ; seconds, 30s to 31s per Po' CATTLE. P p The attendance was small, and the market W 0 r supplied with stock, but an inactive business doing. g A to ll carcases in moderate supply. Fat beef, p score,los6d to lis Ewes, per lb .• . • m ut t . li Pork carcases,do 8s 6d to 9s6d Wethers, d 0..... • i, c i t o Sheep, per lb. Rough fat, 41d per lb. COAL MART (Prices of Coal por Ton at s. d. Byass's Bebsids West Hartley l5 3 Bell's Primrose ......13 9 Hastings Hartley .15 3 Lambert's West Hart- CET—JAN. 20. the close of the market.) Walls End. Whitworth ................ Belmont ......... lO South Hartlepool.... • Garway and Duffll ll 3 Malting . ..... • 1 0 Hetton.... Trimdon Thornley. • • • 1 0 Eden l9 Acorn Close ......... lO Keiper Grange ....• • • Braddyll's Hetton .... G eilia Cadoxton Stea l33 l9 Heugh Ha 11......... ley 15 3 Howard's West Hart- ley 15 0 Walker Primrose 14 3 Eden Main ..19 0 Wylam l6 • Tanfield Moor 14 3 Tanfield Moor Butee 14 3 Ships at market, 63—Sold. 63. [i.uvEuTissmlNT.]—Yr. Benson, Ludgate bill. h r , published anew illustrated pa m phl e t on wa t e h es (f r ee for two stamps). It should be read by all who 0 . 41 buying a watch, as it co n t a i ns pr i ces and i mportan t iss' tion as to—What watch t o b uy ! where to b uy i t ! and efi use it ! BIRTHS. C l ti Cox.—On the 20th inst., a t Pi nner, t h e w if e of •-- Cox, Esq., of the Admiralty, of a son. or COBB.—On the 20th inst., a t H averstock-hill, the Wif e E. Cobb, Esq., of a daughter. GLOVER.—On the 19th inst. at St. Katharine'o, Roge o f , park, the wife of the Rev . J. Hulbert Glover, son. ri° 4 PRET..—On the 19th i ns t ., at 19, Upper Seyraour-streelf Portman-square, the lion. Mrs. Charles Lennon of a son. MARRIAGES. , ht OREEN—On—On:the 18th inst., at Christ •, r „- - 1 .00 Tiroporley, Henry, th e e ld est son of Henry Cross Joshua "00: Esq., of Highbury NewAotuk London, to Carolino r or both, sixth dau g ht er o f Mrs. Edwards, of ft Bank, Timperl e y. or; MEARES.—MOBTEITII.—On th e 18th inst., at ITE. , CllO e ) Lieutenant-Col one l W . P. Meares, to Mary Attb l i daughter of the late Adam Monteith, Esq. DEATHS. 010 i BILLING. —On the 17th inst., at 2, Bishop's-roads water, Mr. Ed war d Billi ng. geOf BunoEss.—On the 17th inst., at Checkhill, Miss Bur " aged 84. t yl DuNnAn.—On the 14th inst., at Holme House, 1 : 7 1 00" county of Inverness, John Dunbar, Esq., merely aged 43. FORBES.—On the 17th inst., at Herbertahire Denny, Sti r li ngs hi re, Mrs. Forbes, sen., of Callen e# JODRELL.—On the 18th inst., a t Portland-place, ° e# Caroline, the wife of Sir Richard Paul Jodrell,P'; o o o f MAlNwsurNa.—On the 11th inst., at Marbury, C ll Sir Henry M Mainwaring, Bart., aged 77 f LONDON : Printed and Publiahod by MURDO U o ilj of No. 112, Strand, Printets at Tht Sun Office, Strand, in the Preebiet of the Savoy, in the o °' Alithileee; Saturday, January 21, 1860. 693 23,333 I