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of the r.he pait le° re 36 gent ti tu -2011 Iko n' I.o' e P I bs' e Th 9 i B e t at - tiailenlyitnfezeign spirits into this country at a less duty than paid. What he wanted, in fact, to know was, whether by the proposed chaikee, the Irish landowner. and distiller would be placed in a worse position in the English market than they now were? 1 ... Sir R. PEEL said 'that Irish spirits were now per- f tn n i o t t t ied to enter tbe English market upon the .a. r ) tAnt. .heegde.eares eEdeagglirsillevasnpei e r . i_ts, (H a e n a d r, h t e h a a r t .) su A e . l t , pr c e o se u i l i d t ' 7s. lode, while fo '4lsh Spirits paid but 2s. 10de and not la. t eigll_, ,spirits paid a great deal more ; so that it was . "u‘cle that Irish spiri.s would be brought . into any dm ad,wantageous coinaetition with foreign spirita—(llear.) 0 Hon. Baronet spoke of the subject as if it were a it t rance; but he (Sir It. Peel) really could not see how ) There certainly could be deemed such.—(Bear.) • • duties W e' ll-41 )e no proposition to alter the Irish spirit r the present. REPEAL OF PENAL ENACTMENTS. . leil!Ir. WAT' , a3N moved for leave to bring in . a for the ft ' lrth t er t r h e e p n ealof enactments imposing ,tki Penalties on her Majesty's Roman Catholic sub pains jeets en account of their religion. He did not intend . n to . 4 ° into the details of this measure, because a very eo :14lierable portion of the Bill had already receieed the lhad tion of the Criminal law Commissioners, to whom it e been referred. It was sufficient to say that the ob vial: the Bill was to remove the pains and penalties I to had been at one period imposed upon her Majesty's the:Catholic %au subjects —one of those penalties . being 4. aoposition of death if any Catholic exercised his re th'else:' It vvas surely time that such enactments as E° la were removed from the statute books of die , and therefore it was that ho (Mr. Watson) oe , 1 1 ' 1 9t expect that he should meet withapyopposition viiic.hisk subject. There was one part of the Bill to Riga Tl.e begged particularly to call the attention of the Oar o ell. Baronet, the Member . for the he University of seise re, and that was the necessity for t Retif.itnactmeats against the Roman Catholic clergy. th at i ° not desire that . any discussion . shoulddtahkee given for "er ling, as a future opportunity ! bp, a t'Y argument which could be brought weu to bear b th e he could not help th e ~ s ubject ; but ne e o'f'lght Honourable Baronet's attention . to . trees thes e penal enactments, which im e p f os t e h et e Roman Pertation for life upen the regular clergyman : Cath li 'ount r 0 c Church who should ar c ti o o m u Il ao . Y after the passing of that e lar in A te Act t th e is f elms of He believed that there ') existed no one Yet:i ° r l ,, r een who did more goo . 1 in their avocation; and thei r lueY came into that country in the du,chargeof th e duties, they were liable to transportation. high time th at rtlPeated, that he thought statet;",,ese enactments should be rem i o t ved Tandt htoPsaergt:we as a tat,°ok. It was a perfect absurdity' to speak fr o o f m th i e h m e that ai -e gu4rd to the Church of England, ohs"; b ,ach they should be still kept up. I Bill. feet - I,l,„ er s he . should add f n r o l t e h a in ve g t f e ur b t r h i e n r g o . o t n n the t.l - e sub • si r a , but simply move o be en called b ee 44 ES GRAHAM said that his attention ha in d Ise .. to this motion of t he e llair i t tnce of his (Sir James Graham) being fers;d4e,of the commission to which the Bill war re last - In consequence of what passed at the close of only .. 41810 11 on the subject of pains and penalties not , ef hj:. affected Roman Catholics themselves, but others .epa,„A --LaJeaty's subjects also, measures were H taken to and ree,l © evils complained of by the Hon. ature ris rr Gentleman. A Bill Oro such i a l d n been l aid e Honourable Member pposed li, itia e „, ° °, the table of the other House a of Par °eels -,„` °.,Y the Lord Chancellor, and every effort . had t hkt 14' 11Q e by Government to secure the passing of t hat li a ;l i P• He hoped, that in a very short us: Th e ~,", would be on the table of the House of Commo ene alleei7essure would be fully as comprehensive as the s ir n eed to the House last session. B aron e R. INGLIS taid that he had :eteraine I not to °ll that subject, until after the ans eer of the Hon. l ele t • Ho rejoiced that he had done so, but only on 'lee e ti- th Q uet. lie wished that Hon. Gentlemen would ",„_ere in e se matters in the hands of her Majesty's Go ttee, . 4 ' 4 . Re believed that the advice just given by 4he sleteC'renet might, with reason, be given to other lion to Before Befor e he could withdraw his formalopp t o h s et th i' t his Bill he wished the House to remember , 0 1 1 1 1 tile b n ° l 7 put forward was substantially the same as the Ile introduced. last year. It was a Bill to repeal s ' et °f Supremacy —to enable Roman Catho ics Bill, 60 1 °410 theses of the Established Church—it was a a ll Of other ew proc ess i ons of this sect when process i ons Ina., r se cts were p ro hibi te d to avo id pu bl ic disturb /44' and it was a Bill to repeal the Act for the expul reteehlf the Jesuits. Did any Honourable Member .ae pet 7uer that a Bill of this nature w_ test . 'o4ward in that House on the sth of July Bill, th4l4 Hon. Friend had said, with regard to that but h e 44 be did not oppose its going into committee, u h e e Could not agree to all its provisions.. It would hand for for lion. Members to leave these tlunge tt in , ul n a, N o : (:)f Government, instead of going down ddeal of time .ik e e bight after night and wastin _ ii . therefore, though he dtd not seek ao tl o iat his sugges- ZL r thould these that the most useful be adopted, yet ho believed de tha o t f it would be went, en leave them too Measures would be to su in g o gest them first, a th t d it in the _handsof the Govern lit. As understood—he repeated ._ Govern rate] far as he un - delibe he hY_, - t hat Bill comprehended the five points which the 4 " already related; nevertheless a Bill substantially tr:f- saves was to be brought in by the head of the legal essio n in this country, which he would again declare 'T nt to repeal the Act of Supremacy. , Sir JAIstES GRAHAM observed that it would be ~1 , the recollection Of the House his having stated that I j the Bill contained the same measures which the Hon. Member iutrodueed last year, be w ou ld as a member of her respect to the Maje s ty' s Government, o ppose certain c l auses i n it. 3Vith Bill int roduced in th e ot h er H ouse, he would, w h en the proper time arrived, be prepared to defend it in all its parts, and to prove that it did not re peal the Act of Supremacy. the JOHN MANNERS said he would not trouble t he :llouse with many observations at present, but when li e d! was fully brought under the consideration of the „„ us be would enter in detail into the subject of the fi'vesrt religious disabilities under which Roman Catholics rem -- (Hear.) H e m i ght, however, for the present Church ark that he could n o t possibly conceive how the yeses of E ng l an d could be benefited by the main- Pee e r i e " ° F what w ere ca ll e d i ts " safeguards, ' viz., those in ti es whi c h attached to such individuals as were not a; :tre , e Psic of the English Church.---(Hear, hear.) He te r ea rz with his Honourable Friend the Member for Ox the Chic E. H. Inglis) that there were safeguards which 11, th e m had a right to demand for its protection. Wught that the Church had a right to demand a th e eet freedom in its efforts to extend the education of 4 rh i n le • - • - (llear.) Ile think that the Church had h e rt to deruand that herancient landmarks should not l ' t erf wellt "IVs and that her bishoprics should not be sotir tiwi th.—(llear, hear.) Such demands as those -`• think the Church had a right to make, but he did thi oe 'eel a that the Church could be benefited by the atir li i t t°° ,, auce of those penalties which were alien to the kr‘ -l t only of the Church, but that of Christian t e,,sat '' ' L ed which it was impossible for any Govern- L'eset- end After the accession of the FPl nt ,'"evernment to power, a portion of the Irish 1 1 '1 f e l eaYed the Legislature -to put those penalties in m'eti °, c, e against their Roman Catholic fellow country . - Petitfouat the Government was, of course, deaf to their k r .. 4 ,; they did not venture to do any such thing. 4,'(1 ill's °f said the times were now altered, - At ir' e ot the present day did not believe that it was I ;4 li t ,sug to punish men on religion of lieir h sel , 4 7 4 th s- 4 s to th spread of that g which tcy liel ' d . re he ,beet. e He had not language sufficiently strong ~ e ouata 3 outrages that had Ceti to the conduct of the monster who had 1. - `Qa ~, e onlmit the barbarou no laws against tV 43 lt: ent lY perpetrated on the unoffending nuns . at ,etata, (Loud cheers.) They had . ~ ho , ,e n the '4l °r veworst form of infidelity, but er as, tb believed in the same God and , Saviour as them- He ptieedeY violently the feeling of the Otes t 4orrever, in the present altered Iliti 4't.Public -:(Efear Hear, hear 4 i0 4 la W hlch w • 'of the iron days of oppres th„ woul d , were a remnant hear.) He hoped those disca - N IT ,. ue no longer allowed to stain the rmirds of 1, 31 . 4 ry. That thejQ()(2l.l.l\T RUSSELL said that it appeared to him t relie,to lernment last year made it part of their . act h_c tlt th at e s °lt tau Catholics from religious disabilities, th s ti y et d. e sb itz iY clauses of old penal acts remained un seh" ere ":ere disreearded by them. In certain cases . It leh wlisstill L iab le to 6 the punishment of transportation, Itti e l n th ,e leh li i ic e absurd and ridiculous.—(Hear, hear.) obj, - " Pass e d Lord) thought it was essential to have it e V-t th e ' on the subject which would have for its h4 e laes es ee,ecelling of any penal restrictions against thfe . " for l?' lilting Majesty's subjects, at the same . time _ th e Chtn,ehecluiring full security to the institutions_ f 'llm ject - a 4 e very part of the world. He thought eq,--baeht. des the attention of her Majesty's Gro in ‘ he a etis' N 113111 -;,;',..4I)VOCATE moved for leate to bring r t' ea ll% ; e k'es e i - P r tvide fur the abolition of the exclusive . li' s ia I s - ,; e,arrYing on merchandise and of exercising ael;`,,r , Ittd r b g,as in Scotland. ,:: to th: 4 4,_ RFORD considered it would be a great ' 4' 1:,," Ple a „" °urghs themselves, and he would have L t i r % to s i r t L in supporting it.—Agreed to. ' 1 14 4 in at• ADVOCATE also moved for leave , to t o re _ lii to amend the Act Ist and 2d Vic., c. 114, g a tpa ef'oe°2:B doubts that he se arisen as to the interpre- Vt . . 11,0`rn clauses in the said Act.—Agreed to. lit the ate'tr,3 moved for a return of all applications 11,3dr e d s ...wardship or stewardships of the Chiltern , eio'Ziare,nt'eeived from any Member or Members of *4)2. with the Government during the present ses iilpfAultreent, [ late of such application, raid date of the (4,, , ,' with . ' w here such applications have been coin zot ere inen , Also, a return of all applications made to of 4 , ta t o 4 ‘,}3.Y Members of Parliament for appoint tothe ttiiii.e,s of the like nature with the stewardship e arn ,ith hr_e, Hundrds being appointments applied epr4 and he of vacating the seats of the appti eticatiens b ' elites of such appointments, where ie . e ste_ee pe rt i eul a a ve f been complied with. Also, e . -erite_erdshiN ~r forms of grants of the ste7e e(h°ts or t t e 7 1, the Chiltern Hundreds, - ,;'" of l' p or ~d.g h . e. t ita r n tri th i t ' i ed i n ' e nature, and o f t h e J • 411 u 01. other . eseq• n a ar e completing the e sime necessarily t h 1-I '2' 3 IC tfle • He the , ..ame, when such Q re w ieh heel or i Pre sem . taken pl aglit that the pro „to aqui attir e e vete d el r.Y, flint . 0 , - ,m ace would materially affect . e e 4 ,Yin,. "re • •It was a question deserving r Q ~,, .„. , r; . Iscea, deli any ~• ...e.ould be a power of expediting the .. tim e . ' as• lie did not, however, say that f,..2catia- -ORSt of power in connexion with the © eel ) '`.lt , - etieas, but he considered, nevet theless, that . eh'ra tali, take place. But he had been in ..it;ty which eire were two seats now vacant for the tit a 'fleet, he , n e,,had the honour to represent ; the tso eu ge to nau reason to know, was true, and yet, h . t e f %n 9 %Yr' • ' n ew , had • t been ~ les to ur th es 1.4 tor elections3e `,a)p er , obse t ,„„ e i two ra c elicits. It wns unnecessary for ‘qat i - .ant h-, teat ' • aerticular time, it was very e „ e t. ) tat th ese at this , . A,... - ' th e e nabl e th e se tw o aaoa r' . 1 2ould be filled up in 'witty.. Ittestien „e°,JYenabers to '4- be dise.ustilseeudi divisions 1114 th inch was soon ote upoii ' h a th is 0r94 4 . 9 i , t o - -, *ateMilacishiP alit Oa I Qta., T E SUN, ONDO N, FRIDAY EV 1-1] _N 1 1 FEB CT A R 6, 1846. two seats should be vacant at that time. However, it was now scarcely possible that those two Members could be returned in time to vote in the division. He did not know which way those two Members ware likely to vote; but no matter at which side of the House they sat, those two seats should not have been allowed to remain so long vacant. This• statement he now made without imputing blame to any one, but at the same time, he had deemed it his duty to make it.—(Hear, hear.) He again claimed for the public the right of having two courses in that House, and he had, for that reason, moved for the returns stated in the notice. He wished to know, as a matter of valuable information, what was the real period necessary to elapse between the application for an office of this description and its grant by the country. He also wished to say that it would be no bad rule for the adoption of the House, that any member of the Government who gave such an office, on applica tion, should be responsible for the moving of the writ. At present it would appear that no person was respon sible, and thus the evil, without any real blame to any one, might be delayed, and the constituency deprived of their representation. He, therefore, submitted this mo tion to the House, and hoped that they would have some further information on this subject. Mr. WILLIAMS seconded the motion. He said that any application of a Member for the Chiltern Hundreds, so soon as it was ascertained that it came from himself, was at once granted. He certainly did not consider it the duty of Government to move the new writs in cases where the Member accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, because if a power of that description was allowed, it would produce much delay and mischief. Sir W. MOLESWORTH observed that it would be bettter that Members should have the privilege of re signing at pleasure. Mr. WILLIAMS considered that a Committee of that house should be instituted to inquire into the causes of the resignations which bad so frequently oc curred of late. alley would then see those individuals who opposed them in consequence of their liberal measures. BONE-CRUSHING IN UNION WORKHOUSES. Mr. CHRISTIE then rose to move for copies of any papers or reports by Mr. Chadwick, Secretary to the Poor-law Commissioners, by Mr. Parker, late Assistant- Commissioner, or by any other Assistant-Commissioner, on the subject of bone-crushing in union workhouses. There could be no doubt that such papers had been pre sented to Mr. Chadwick on the subject of bone-crushing in these workhouses, and he understood that Mr. Parker had also reported on the same matter. He trusted, therefore, that the Right Hon. Baronet would not object to lay them on the table of the House. He (Mr. Chris tie) understood that those papers were condemnatory of bone-crushing in union workhouses. Sir J. GRAHAM said that papers had been received from Mr. Chadwick on the subject referred to by the lion. Member, but he (Sir J. Graham) was not prepared to lay such papers on the table. lie hoped that the Hon. Gentleman would not therefore persist in his mo tion, as it was impossible, for public reasons, to accede to it. The documents were considered confidential, and as such could not be laid upon the table. Mr. CHRISTIE said the Right Hon. Baronet had not referred to the papers by Mr. Parker—he wished to know if the same objection applied to them ? Sir J. GRAHAM said the same objection applied to these papers. In any case they would not have assisted the Hon. Member, as they related merely to statistical matters. The report by Mr. Chadwick was of a later date, and his opinion was that bonecrushing was not fitting employment for paupers. Mr. CiIRISTIE said that after what had been stated by the Right Hon. Baronet, he would withdraw his mo tion. At the same time that it was sufficiently clear that Mr. Chadwick had remonstrated against the practice. Sir J. GRAHAM said no, he had not remonstrated, he had given his opinion against it. RAILWAYS. Mr. AGLIONBY and Mr. BROTIIERTON brought up the reports of several Railway Bills from the Sub- Commitees. SCOTCH BILLS. The LORD ADVOCATE brought in two Bills, one to amend an Act, Ist and 2d Victoria ; the other to provide for the abolition of exclusive privileges in boroughs. Mr. WATSON brought in his Bill to remove pains and penalties from her Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects. These Bills were read a first, and ordered to be read a second time. NEW WRITS FOR DORSETSHIRE. Mr. g:O'BRIEN moved for t':° issuing of two writs for the county of Dorset, in the room of Lord Ashley, and Mr. Stull, who had accepted the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds. THE PREMIER'S COMMERCIAL POLICY. Mr. YOUNG presented a petition in favour of the en lightened scheme of commercial policy proposed by the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government. MACCLESFIELD AND LICHFIELD RAILWAY. Mr. SPOONER resented a petition, praying for leave to bring in a Bill for a railway from Macclesfield to Lichfield. The House adjourned at Seven o'clock. HAYMARKET THEATRE. A new two act drama, entitled The Old School, of which Farren was the hero, was produced at this theatre last evening, with complete success. The scene is laid in London somewhere about the year 1798, and Farren acts the part of Louis, the servant of the young Duke de Choiseul (H. Holl), a refugee French nobleman, who, after living at Vienna and Berlin,'_ has come to'London. Wherever he goes he hears of the fame of a certain Baron de Fleury. At Vienna the Baron is the first of fencing-masters; at Berlin he is the first of cooks; in London he is the first of dancing-masters. This Baron de Fleury is no other than Louis, who is really the uncle of the Duke, and who had sworn to the Duke's father to watch over the welfare of his son. The Duke's property is all lost, but still Louis will not inform him of it, and, as the Baron de Fleury, earns money, with which he enables the Duke to keep up his rank. Ile is exceedingly desirous that the Duke should marry the niece of the Countess of Bloomsbury (Mrs. W. Clifford), a woman of immense fortune, but the Duke, who has met with a fair country woman of his own, Estelle (Mrs. Edwin Yarnold), re fuses. Louis, at length, meets with Estelle, and in her recognises his own daughter, from whom he had been separated by the revolution, and whom he imagined dead. Urged by her father, she consents to quit London, and to resign her lover. It ap pears that the Duke has lost a sum of money at cards to a Capt. Saville (Mr. Brindal) to whom he has given a cheque for the amount, which cheque is dishonoured, and Saville thinks to post him as a swindler. This brings about an explanation from Louis, and the Duke consents to marry the rich heiress. The scene of the second act is laid at the Countess of Bloomsbury's. Saville, who is the Countess's nephew, and who wishes to marry the heiress, her daughter, for whom the Duke has proposed, denounces the Duke as a swindler, end produces the dis honoured cheque. At that instant a note is put into his hand from Louis, enclosing the amount of the cheque, and explaining that the mistake had arisen from the circumstance of the account at the banker's having been kept in his (Louis's) name, and not in that of the Duke. Saville, however, takes care not to explain this fact to the Countess, who in her turn re lates all she has heard to Louis, who, as the Baron de Fleury, has come to teach her the waltz. The Baron refuses to give her a lesson unless she will see the Duke and hear his explanation. This she promises to do, end then foll ows a most humorous scene—the first lesson in waltzing, the pupil being the Countess, and the tutor the Baron. This scene, which was admirably given by Farren and Mrs. Clifford, elicited roars of laughter and applause. They are interrupted by Saville, and, on the Countess retiring, the Baron at once designates him as a seouni'rel for his conduct to the Duke do Choiseul, and challenges him to fight. At first he laughs at the idea of a duel 71th a dancing-master ; but when the dancing-master, locking the doors, and taking down two swords, the larger of which he presents to Saville, announces him self as Louis do Bayard, Knight of the Order of St. Louis, Saville accepts the challenge. They fight, and Saville is disarmed. The fencing of Farren in this scene was very beautiful. A knocking is heard at the door, and Estelle enter:, seekiag the Countess, who had brought her from France, and with whom she had re• sided ever since. Th, party is immediately joined by the Countess, who brings good news to Estelle—a cer tain Pierre Bayard, her uncle, had died im mensely rich, and has left his fortune to his nearest relative. That nearest relative is Louis, who transfers the whole of it to the Duke de Choiseul, and the Duke, of course, marries Estelle. The pioce is well put upon the stage, and was beautifully acted by Farren, Mrs. W. Clifford, and Mrs. Edwin Yarnold. It was preceded by The Cricket on the Hearth, and followed by The Bed and the Orange Flower. Her Majesty, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and their Royal High nesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and their suites, honoured the theatre with their presence last evening. The royal party occupied her Majetty l s private boa, OtrrEatat CAP mitt NAOOLttalsl AT ST. HELENA, just pnbliSho; is ex'- citing, as was to ba expected; the greatestntterition. " General C as o s u o n ci t at ll e l i o n nt a hol i o te ; tt (O t b a se h r i v s e V i tr r t y J e o x u e r e n u a t l o ) r , , hasd 6t er Napoleon's tst t a h m b mined; detailed and honest statements; to biing ev6ry thing connected with this important *vent belbre the eyes of civilised Europe. We haat read with eager curiosity and intense interest the volumes now before us, and were eager to acknowledge the general good, sente4 right feeling, and strong desire for impartialk that have signalised them. The volumes contain ballni,nerable passages of interest, amuse ment, and inforn: A il on . It hardly requires our recommenda• tiith r• ad the book, since every one interested in the w o a d: s irful man, a part of whose eventful c areer it minutel y and familiarly chronicles, will naturally and eagerly resort to its pages." HoLLowAT'S PILLS AMP EktnA oaralwatr Ctrax.--Edward White, raiding at No. 15, Cie. ment's-lane, Strand, was an in - door p atient of King's College Hospital for an abscess in the thigh, and a wound nine inches long on the same limb. He could neither bend his knee nor put its foot to the ground. He remained at the Hospital five mohths, in bed, when he was informed that nothing more otuld be done for him. He was then carried to his home, and commenced using the above invaluable medicines. He is now, to the astonishment of every one soundly cured, and can walk as well as ever he could in his life..—Sold by all retailers of me dicine, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. A YOUNG MAN KILLED EY lIIe UNCLE.—On Thurs day last, a lad named Robson was killed by his uncle, named Routledge, at Swallwell, near this town, where both parties resided. The deceased, it appears, was abusing his mother, when the uncle, the mother's brother, came into the house, and interfered, and, after some quarrelling, the uncle struck his nephew suddenly on the jugular vein, when the latter fe',l down and expired almost immediately. An alarm was given, and information having been given to the police, Routlege was immediately anrehended. An inquest was held on the deceased, on Monday, and a verdict of "Man slaughter" returned; against Routledge, whco hart been corn- Mittqcll 19 tAlw toriAL—Tlng /44rGHT BATTENS AND BATTEN ENDS:— Not above 6 feet in length—the 120 Above 6 and not above 9 feet in length— the 120 Abov© 9 and not above 12 feet in length the 120 Above 12 and not above 15 feet in length the 120 Above 15 and not above 18 feet in length• the 120 Above 18 and not above 21 feet in length the 120 BOARDS, DEALS, DEAL ENDS, AND PLANK : Not above 6 feet in length—the 120 Above 6 and not above 9 feet in length- the 120 Above 9 and not above 12 feet in length:— the 120 Above 12 and not above 15 feet in length— the 10 Above 15 and not above 18 feet in length— the 120 Above 18 and not above 21 feet in length— the 120 Not above 6 feet in length—the 1 0 0 Above 6 and not above 9 feet in length— the 120 Above 9 and not above 12 feet in length the 120 Above 12 and not above 15 feet in length• the 120 Above 15 and not above 18 feet in length the 120 Above 18 and not above 21 feet in length the 120 RESIGNATION OF LORD ASHLEY. --- We yesterday announced the Noble Lord's intention to resign his seat as one of the Members for Dorsetshire, and we now subjoin his Lordship's address to his constituents on retiring from Parliament : " London, Jan. 31. "The First Minister of the Crown has propounded to the Parliament a measure for the total abolition of all protec tive duties on the importation of foreign corn. " The Bill seems so well adapted to meet thepresent and future exigencies of the country, that I shall think it a point of duty to do all in my power towards rendering it the law of the land. " I ventured, in the month of October last, to direct your attention to the pressing necessity of an immediate settle ment of this long-agitated questien. That necessity is now increased tenfold by the act of the Government ; and a re sistance to it, which could not postpone the measure beyond the interval of a few months, would mitigate none of the ap prehended evils, and would raise up others of a more formi dable kind. " I state these arguments for your serious reflection, but they are not the sole grounds on which I rest my determi nation to support the measure. " I shall accept it, not only without alarm, but in the full and confident hope that it will prove conducive to the wel fare of all classes of the community. " But there is a preliminary consideration ; the appeal to the country in 1841 was in fact, whatever the ostensible purpose, an appeal to the question of the corn-laws. I main tained at that time that protection was indispensable, though I reserved a discretion on all details, and obtained your sup port accordingly. " I am now of opinion that it' is no longer expedient to maintain such protection. " Although no pledges were asked or given, I should be acting in contravention of an honourable understanding between myself and the electors on this special matter were I to retain my seat, and vote for the Ministeral measure. " I have, therefore, requested the grant of the Chiltern Hundreds, that you may have the opportunity of proceeding to another election. " You will readily believe that I contemplate such an event with exceeding pain. .It would sever a connexion which I have enjoyed with honour and pleasure for fourteen years; one that I greatly prefer to any that could be of fered. It would shut me out, perhaps for ever, from public occupations, and stop the progress of various measures to which I have devoted the best years of my political life, and surrendered many hopes of personal advantage. I mention these things to prove to you how deep and how sincere are my convictions. " I am indebted to your kindness and confidence for the opportunities I have enjoyed of public service, and which, I trust, I have not misused. I shall ever retain towards you a lively sense of gratitude and esteem, with an ardent and un ceasing prayer for your general and individual welfare. " I shall appear on the hustings on the day of nomination, and call for a show of hands, to ascertain, beyond a doubt, the sentiments of the constituency. " I am, gentlemen, with much respect and esteem, your faithful friend and servant, " ASHLEY." LORD ASHLEY AND THE TEN HOURS BILL. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY.—Last night a meeting of the Lancashire Central Short Time Committee was held at their Rooms, No. 8, Oldham-street, in this town. Mr. Paul Har graves was in the chair. The meeting was summoned in consequence of the resignation of Lord Ashley—a circum stance which has created great alarm in this district, and in some degree affected the hopes of success which were enter tained of the passing of Bthe ill this session. There were several members present from Bolton, Oldham, and other places. The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings, and explained at great length the position of the question, in the course of which he detailed some of the circumstances connected with Lord Ashley's resignation, and concluded by reading to the committee the following letter from the Noble Lord to the committees of the manufacturing districts : "TO THE CENTRAL SHORT TIME COMMITTEE FOR LANCA SHIRE, YORKSIIIRE, AND SCOTLAND. " Gentlemen,—lt has been my painful duty to resign the representation of the county of Dorset. My address, a copy of which I have transmitted to you, will explain the reasons that have led me to this result. " I deeply regret my retirement from the occupations and pursuits of public life; but on no account do I so much regret it as that I am thereby compelled to relinquish the care of that measure, to which you are so ardently and so justly at tached, for the limitation of the hours of labour. "But you must not despair: there will be found other men to undertake this righteous cause ; and, meanwhile, your true and excellent friend, Mr. Fielden, has resolved to move the Bill to a second reading. " I exhort you to persevere in the demand you have made ; and, whatever interval you may accept by way of prelimi nary experiment, to abate nothing at last of the limitation to ten hours; it is both just and necessary; and you ask no more then that which every one openly or secretly assents to. "In promising you my continued and undiminished efforts, I may now, I fear, be promising but little of value ; it is, however, all that I have power to offer, and, by God's bless ing, you shall have the best that I can give. I rejoice, sin cerely and thankfully rejoice, that my resignation, the last act of my public life, the last at least so far as I can see, has been to advance a measure which, if there be justice or hu manity remaining, must render the concession of, the Ten Hours Bill not only certain but immediate. " Believe me, gentlemen, your sincere friend and servant, " L9ndon, Feb. 2,1846." " ASHLEY." The SECRETARY said, that since he had received his Lord• ship's letter he had prepared an address in answer to it, and which he would submit for their consideration. Mr. MoLTAxnux then read the following address, which was subsequently moved and seconded, and carried unani mously : my to ' r ' ci T ,_ o r Tnl:A eg ia re il t l I t etid • t° in k g b ly A t s b ii it t i Et any circuit). stances should have occurred to cause your Lordship to Pe. linquish 17titir seat in Parliament; by which we have been de prived of your valuable service in promoting the cause of our children in the House of Commons; but ititich nis we deplore your loss; we should still more deeply lament that even a tle. sire to eerie our Wise should induce your Lordship to hold a seat in the House of CorbitiofiS, the duties of which you could not to the fullest extent fnlfil in. accordance ffith Your ewn consciences We are not iriSengible te the fact. that your Lordship was not elected to dli On: i+oris iii parliament, but to represent the opinions of an agricultural district, Wild tau know but little Of the harciShipi t which factory workers are still subject; and therefore liold It fight id have their own views ropieSetited, ; But With these iniitthis tld. Our Cotirse is One In which arties of all shades of politicat ;..-titilong / unite in supporting; end IVO are resolved to prosecute it out rOrenet3 the raging political questions of the day. ,The loss of so itneortiprotiniint4 seivecate we feel most deeplyi Oft wentonly, stimulates its td redoubled exertions; and witu of Gott We Shall continue o•ir efforts; with a spirit of determination and inereased vigour never before exhibited, in pressing upon the attentiOn Of Parliament the elaittid elf our children, and the necessity of an, immediate adoption of the Tett Hours Bill. rejoite that; tinder the circumstances, the conduct ing of our cause in Parliament has fallen into the hands of our well-tried friend Mr. Fielden. His known worth, and the iinitersiti estimatithi in which the Eon. Gentleman is held in the country and in the Howe of Commons, give us great hopes of success. " We cannot conclude this address without expressing our thanks and the deep obligations we are under to your Lord ship for the Very Suectssfut efforts you have made on our behalf, asd the great amount of amelioration which has been extended to us through the instrumentality of your laudable exertions to improve our condition • we also venture to express a hope that the electors of Dorset' will once more return you to the British Senate, where your labours on be half of the poor of your country may be brought to a suc cessful issue. " In the Meantime permit us, most respectfully, to solicit your Lordship to come down amongst us that we may have the opportunity of personally offering you our thanks, and thereby show to the world how devoted the working-classes are to your Lordship, and the sacred cause in which you have for so many years been engaged.—We are, my Lord, your devoted servants and well. wishers, " (Signed on behalf of the Committee) " JOSEPH MOLLINEUX, Secretary." In the course of the proceedings, the best thanks of the Committee were voted to Mr. Fieldon, for his uniform sup port of the Ten Hours Bill, and the promptitude with which he had taken charge of that Bill on the resignation of Lord Ashley. It was also resolved to send an address to the elec tors of Dorset, requesting them tore-elect Lord Ashley. After the transaction of some other business, the Committee ad journed at eleven o'clock. Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial office, from the Governor of the Mauritius. THE TIMBER DUTIES. (Continued from The Sun of Wednesday.) RESOLUTION TO BE PROPOSED IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE ON THE CUSTOMS ACT. ieu of the Duties imposed upon Wood by the load according to the cubic content, the importer may have the option, at the time of passing the first entry, of entering Battens, Batten Ends, Boards, Deals, Deal Ends, and Plank, by Tale, if of or from Foreign Countries, according to the following Dimensions, viz.:— From and after sth April, 1843. Not above 7 inches in width. s. d. Above 1 % Inch and net above 2% in thiaknes. £ s. d. 1 17 0 2 15 6 3 13 10 4 12 6 Not above 93 inches in width. 5 10 8 6 9 0 Above 114 inch and•not above 3 1 4 in thickness. 2 19 8 4 8 10 5 18 4 Above 9% inekeel and not above 1134 in 'width. 7 8 4 8 17 10 10 7 4 3 11 8 5 7 4 7 3 2 8 19 2 10 15 0 12 11 4 From and after sth April, 1847 Not above 1% inch in thickness. x s. U. 1 4 8 1 16 11 2 9 3 3 1 7 3 13 10 4 6 Not above 1% inch in thickness. 1 19 6 2 19 8 3 19 0 4 18 10 5 18 7 6 18 4 2 7 10 3 11 8 4 15 7 3 19 7 7 3 6 8 7 6 Above 1 inch and not above 2% in thickness. £ 8. d. 2 9 3 3 13 10 4 18 6 6 3 2 7 7 8 8 12 4 Above P/ inch and not above 3% In thickness, 3 19 0 5 18 6 7 18 0 9 17 8 11 17 2 13 16 8 4 15 8 7 3 4 9 11 2 11 19 2 Not ahoy° 1 li inch hi thickness. X s. d. 0 18 6 1 7 9 1 16 11 2 6 3 2 15 4 3 4 6 Not above 11A 3 inch in thickness. 1 9 10 2 4 5 2 19 2 3 14 2 4 8 11 5 3 8 1 15 10 2 13 8 3 11 7 4 9 7 14 7 0 5 7 6 16 15 0 6 5 8 THE OVERLAND ROUTES TO INDIA. TO TRH EDITOR OF TILE TIMES. Sir,—l have the pleasure to enclose your particulars of the route by which the second express, rid Trieste, an nounced in your columns this morning, arrived. Should there still be any doubters as to the positive su periority of the Trieste route under the most adverse circum stances, I beg to tell them that if proper arrangements had been made, and good steamers placed between Alexandria and Trieste, Osten and Dover, this news would have been in London in eight days and a half from Alexandria. Pray allow me to thank you on behalf of the Austrian Lloyd's Company for the liberal present you made Mr. FrigehnUller, the ccurier who brought the express in ques tion.—l remain, Sir, your most faithful servant, THOMAS WAGHORN. Overland-office, 34, Cornhill, Feb. 5. - The Austrian Lloyd's steamer Imperatrice left Alexandria on the 22d of January at noon, encountered heavy storms, and having disabled some of her machinery, and run short of coals, was obliged to put into Corfu, and only arrived at Trieste at 6 P.M. of the 29th of January. The Imperatrice did not arrive at Domino, but at Trieste, as there were no previous arrangements made for a courier. The dispatches were cleared by the Board of Health at 8, and Mr. Frigelmiiller left Trieste soon after. Here it must be remarked that no preparations were made on any part of the route, as there was no intention of sending a courier until it was found that the dispatches were of such importance, and for the chance of arriving ear lier in London than the Marseilles express. There were no where horses ready, and in many instances the courier was obliged to wait for them. Rain or snow prevailed the whole journey, and in some parts the snow was from three to four feet deep, and the roads in the worst condition that could be imagined during any winter. The journey, therefore, was from— Trizste to Inspruck, Inspruck to Ulm, Ulm to Stutgard, Stutgard to Carlsruhe. The courier having arrived at Carlsruhe at night, and no preparation having been made for a special train on the railway to Manheim, and there being no steam-boats on the Rhine, en account of the floods, the whole journey from Carlsruhe.to Cologne was performed in a carriage, over roads that were much flooded. From Cologne to Ostend the journey was by railway. Arrived at Ostend, Mr. Frigelmiiller was obliged to wait five hours, no special steam-boat being available ; and then he came, not to Dover, but to the Thames. He left Ostend at 3 e'clock, A. 1.1., and arrived in the river at half-past 5, r.x., on the 4th of February. THOMAS WAGHORN. Overland-office, 84, Comhill, Feb. 5. EXTENSIVE FORGERY OF RAIL- WAY TRANSFERS AT LEEDS. (FROM OUR REPORTER.) LEEDS, THURSDAY.—A case of considerable importance, and which has caused a great deal of excitement in this town, particularly amongst sharebrokers and dealers, was heard beforo the Mayor, John Darnton Luccock, Esq., and a full bench of magistrates, at the Court-house here to-day. The person charged was Hermann Julius Marcus, late of the firm of Marcus, Naylor, and Co., sharebrokers, and a person moving in the best circles of society. He is joint secretary to the Mechanics' Institution,'a member of the committee of the Philosophical Society, and a deacon connected with a Dissenting congregation in this town. The charge against him was, that he had forged the name of Mr. Darnton Lupton, ex-mayor of Leeds, to transfers for one hundred shares in the London and Croydon Railway, for the purpose of cheating his partners out of the profits arising from the transaction. _ It appeared from the evidence of Mr. John Naylor, ono of the partners in ;the late firm, that about the latter end of June last, the prisoner purchased one hundred shares in the London and Croydon Railway, on account, as it appeared from the books, of Mr. Darnton Lupton, the value of which was 2,300/. About the middle of July, the shares were sold by the prisoner, on account of Mr. Lupton, for 2,4741. 10s., leaving a profit of 1741. 10s., which the prisoner had put into his own pocket. When the shares, however, were sold, it was necessary they should be transferred in the usual manner, and the prisoner accordingly forged the name of Mr. Lupton to the transfer, as will appear by the following evi dence. _ _ Darnton Lupton, Esq., being sworn, stated that he had known the prisoner for many years, and for some time had employed him and his partners to buy and sell railway scrip. It was usual when scrip was either bought or sold, for the brokers to send a written notice stating the particulars; and when the scrip of shares he had bought was delivered he paid the amount directly, either in a cheque on Messrs. Beckett and Co., or in cash. In August last he went to the office of Marcus, Naylor, and Co., to see how his ac count stood, but none of the partners were in. He saw the clerk, and desired him to turn to his (Mr. Lupton's) ac count, and he there saw a large amount to his debit, 2,3001. he believed, for London and Croydon shares, upon which he remarked " those shares are not mine," and put a cross op posite to the amount. Two months afterwards he received a dividend warrant from the London and Croydon office, and as he never held any stock in that Company, it excited his suspicions that all was not right. He shortly afterwards wrote to the secretary of the company, and from the answer lie received he felt it his duty to apply to the magistrates for a warrant to appre hend the prisoner, who was accordingly taken into custody. In answer to a question, the witness said that the prisoner had upon two occasions, he believed, orders to buy scrip for him, without specifying any particular line of railway, no amount being named. All his communications in buying and selling scrip through the prisoner or his partners were given verbally, but: he felt certain he never had any communica tion with them on the subject id London and Croydon shares. Ile was certain the prisoner never had told him he had bought 87 and 13 London and Croydon shares en his (witness's) account, nor any other number. The in variable practice was to send a contract when any thing was bought, and he had never received one, not had the prisoner ever told him that he had sold any London and Croydon shares on his account, nor did he (the prisoner) ever account to hir for the purchase or sale of any such sitares. The transfers were here banded to Mr. Lupton, who care fully examined them, a nd declared the signature Darnton Lupton,; which was a ffixed to each, not to, be his hand- Writing, and that he had never given his consent or autho rity for any party whatever to sign his name to an y suc h documents. Mr. Naylor stated that he believed the signature to be in the handwriting of the prisoner. The prisoner was then to remanded ti l Saturday, as I li at t unde he r , Otand it is necessary, complete the evidnce, t a the London and C ro y don Railwa y should be t a e ion c , le w rk hi t c o h t us he t m ed a g u i p: s On his apprehens ion, on Tuesday,' the prisoner attempted h i mse lf with laudanum, but fortunately the officer Swt to broke the phial before b e could swallow' its contents. He tratess a cnuYteta.nl°lbnle,°danadteccilarwinitgh t a he se e a xam at i t n h t around.ward e of two he scarcely lifted his eyes from the , the Alpha LIVE ASSURA.NCE.—This most important subject, ap preciated as it may be at present, is still more beneficially , secured to the tdenvietledopeLdibfey Assurance uprraonspceectaunsd of n a ve n s e t w me a n ss t association, and improving with its posthumous utility immediate and continuottaindg vantage during Bile time. It prooses to urchase property, possessioneor t o otherwise, t h e assur ed extending the equitable principles of Building Societies ; thus din affor atcoicimpgranvey instant ystanleast perfect security and large return to the shareholder, nlimited field for employment to the capitalist, full enjoy ment of privileges at once to the purchaser, absolute con -1 veyance on an agreed term of years, and certain unencum bered possession on death to his representatives ' w ith an id en tity of interest betw een the borrower and the Company thus completing, by these varied radii, a centre of mutual support and safety.—Glebe. STATE OF DUNGABNAN.--The amounts we continue to receive from Dungarvan are, indeed, melancholy in the extreme. Sickness, scarcity, and want of employment, shed their bitterness upon the devoted heads of the poor. There are upwards of five thousand human beings, we are given to understand, in a state of want and wretchedness, requiring as sistance from Government, or from those whom God h §s blessed with means for such purree. The poorhouse is crammed with women and children, in which there are also upwards of forty men capable of work, but none to be had. The spread of fever is really alarming, induced, of course, from want, cold, and hunger. Nor do the evils stop here. The poor law guardians met on last ThursdaY, when they reported that the supply of potatoes, destined for use during the season, and carefully put up, turned out, on examination, to be more than half rotten, and that gle reul4inCier are going fast. — Cork Examiner. . . ... THE FATAL AC CIDENT ON THE SOUTH-EAST ERN RAILWAY. The following are th en;terialpoiiions - of Major- General Pasley's report to the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Tirade en the fatal accident of the 20th of January, on the South-Eastern Railway, occa sioned by the falling- of a bridge under a goods train. (This report was yes';erday issued by order of the House of Lords.) _ I ,Th or ite ni h n al g I, of Ja t n h . " Railwtay Department, Board of Trade, one o'clock a.m. on the the 20th instant, "My Lord—The fall of an occupation bridge of the South-Eastern Railway, tint lermiaed by the floods, about whilst an up goods train ft •orn Tonbridge was passing over it, whereby an engine and tinder and two goods waggons were precipitated into the road beneath, by which the engine -man leas killed and the stoker injured, having been reported by Mr. Hebert, Secretary of the C om pany, in his letter veceived at this office on the 21st instant, I proceeded ye: nerday to inquire into the cir cumstances by the 11 - - 30 a.m. train. " The bridge that gave: way, situated • about a mile to the westward of the Tot abridge station, and 120 1 yard; beyond the third bridge . over the Medway, was twelve feet wide, built with substantial brick abutment walls supporting iron girders, bears ng strong transverse planks and longitudinal sleepers on which the rails rested. Mr. Barlow informed me that the foundations of these walls were sunk to a sufficient dep th in compact gravel, be neath a stratum of a still ms ire compact sort of natural conglomerate abOut foar feet - thick, on which a paved roadwayunder the bridge was formed. The ground ad joining to this bridge, on the east side of that road and south of the railway, arord ed ballast of good quality, which was dug on the spot, and used by Mr. Hoof, the contractor, for keeping the railway in repair, and in removing this material the ground had been cut away so as to form a v ell large excavation, said to be at least from eight tso ten feet in average depth, and in some places more. Being so much lower than the original surface, which was itself liable to be overflowed after heavy rains, ;she contractor had erected a small steam-engine for punai ing out the water ; and in order to diminish the treed )1e and expense of this operation, he made a tile drain from the ballast hole to the summer level of the river., ssshich he carried under the occupation road, and in so- doing he must of course have broken through the att.( rig crust of conglomerate before mentioned, by a trench at least two feet wide, to a depth which Mr. Barlow est' Wastes to have been about six feet below the surface, and . at this time the paving of the roadway was taken up, an d not replaced afterwards. I saw a labourer in charge of • the ballast-hole, who told sue that it was empty at nine: ,P.M. on the night of the 19th inst , and that the river ha d not then overflowed its bank. In . the course of the might a south-westerly gale of tremendous violence was b lowing, which agreeing with the general direction of the course of the Medway, caused the innudation of the river to rise to the extreme height, due to the oontinued heavy rains, in much less than the usual tine, so that it over flowed the low ground on both „Ades near the bridge, under which a rapid torrent from the northward, sup posed to be about four feet deep, ran down the occupa tion road, which met another curt tint from the westward on the south side of the bridge, near the ballast-hold above described, and by their con ibined action breaking down a low wall that had been ere cted by the contractor to protect it, they poured into the ballast hole like little cataracts, sweeping away the side: ; of it near the bridge, and probably scouring out the eat 7th over the tile drain, so as by degrees to undermine the abutment walls on the south side of the bridge. Consegu ently, when the goods train from Tonbridge came to the spot, about one- half or rather more of the abutment walls gave way under the weight of the locomotive engine and tender, both of which were thrown down, the cng ine lying on its side, almost at right angles to its original course, on a mass of rubbish, whilst the tender in rear of it was buried so deep in a chasm ;made by the violence of the flood that I could only sect a small part of it, though the inundation had at that time subsided, and there was no run of water under the remains of the bridge. At this time two of the original iron girders on the north side of the briage only were standing, one of which bore the outside rail of the down line, the other raillhaving been under-pinned by strong trans verse timbers under the original longitudinal sleeper ; so that the whole of the up line, over the broken bridge, was in a secure state for the passage of the Company's trains, a temporary but strong vvoonien viaduct having been formed upon piles to secure the• gap, the greatest width of which on the south side of the railway was fifty feet. After the accident occurred the passengers is the first trains were obliged to stop and walk over the bridge ; but about eleven o'es.lock on the same morning the down line was rendered safe for carriages, and in twenty-four hours afterwards. for locomotive en gines also, by great exertion, under the personal super intendence of the engineer, who came to the spot soon after the bridge broke down . The cause of this accident is solely to be ascribed to an error of judgment on the part of the contractor in having advanced his excavation too near to the bridge, and to the circumstance of its being empty at the.period when the river overflowed its banks. Had this ballast hole either been at a greater distance from the bridge, or had it been full of water before a rapid stream from the river ran over the occupation road, the same unfortunate result would not have ()courted. I fotend that nearly one • half of each of the abutment walls still remained stand ing in a perfect state, which way be ,considered a proof of the goodness of the brickwork, as -well as of the ori ginal foundations. Had either been bad, the whole must have fallen in. " I saw no symptoms of cracks or settlements in an of the brickwork, and no subsidence in an y of the wood ' - work of the bridges or viaducts, and therefore I beg leave to confirm my first favourable opinion of their safety, the only one that failed having been perfect in its original construction.—l have, &c., (Signed) "C. W. PASLEY, Major-General, and Inspector-General of Railways. " The Right Hon. the Earl of Dalhousie," &c. fff!=l SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YES I- ERDA.Y. The Chester Cup betting was flat, and unmarked by any particular movement ; it is only necessary for us to call attention to an improvement in Intrepid, in favour of whom several commissions were executed at 40 to 1, 35 to 1, and 1,000 to 30. Best Bawer, Whinstone, Sweetmeat, and Cataract were firm, at the prices quoted against them. The Derby transactions were few in num ber, and of small impo rtance ; from the state of the market, however, we should not be surprised to see an early change in the position of Scott's two favourites ; Brocardo is losing ground, and Ingo " looking up." Latest prices : NEWMARKET HANDICAP. Lord Exeter's Timbria is struck out. CHESTER CUP. 8 to 1 agst Wadlow's lot—taken 18 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentireck's Best Bower—t. 20 to la 22 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Whinstone--taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweatmeat—taken freely 25 to 1 agat Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free—no backers 30 to 1 agst Mr. Woffenden's Miss Burns—taken to 80/. 33 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Intrepid—taken 35 to 1 agst Lord Howth's Mermaid—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Cataract—taken 2 or 3 times 40 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Salopito—taken 40 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Discord 2000 to 50 agat Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair—taken' 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit_taken 1000 to 50 agst Intrepid and Salopian—taken Wadlow's lot consists of Sweatmeat, Salopian, The Libel, Intrepid, The Roper's Daughter, mid Redstreak. DERBY. 9to 2 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting-500 to 100 taken 15 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo 20 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's lagcl--taken 22 to 1 25 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's Spithead 33 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsey's Malcolm 35 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Traverse. r— to 150/. 40 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Tintliorpc —ken 1000 to 25 agst Sir J. Hawley 's Humdru.n ta— taken 3 times 1500 to 1000 on lago agst the Traverser— taken OAKS. 500 to 1 agst Mr. Littledale's Fantastic—takoi 350 to 13 age. Mr. Wyatt's Laundress filly—tat en. HosPrrAL YOB CoNsumrriosr.—lt will be in the ine rnory of our readers, that, nearly two years ago, a bazaar was held in the Royal Gardens at Chelsea, for the purpose of augmenting the funds of this most excellent and valuable " charity." The result has been, that a struc ture, in all respects suitable, and one which by its excel lence in architecture contributes essentially to the beauty of the metropolis, has arisen in Old Brompton—the Montpelier of Landon, famous for the salubrity of its air ; its peculiar mildness, indeed, has long been celebrated. It was in this vicinity that James 1. made the Attempt to introduce the mulberry, with a view to the home growth of silk; and in more modern times it is selected by physicians as the best calculated for persons afflicted will' delicate lungs. A better site, therefore, could not have been selected; and the architect has so ably discharged his duty, tat no structure in the kingdom is provided with a greater mlmber of im portant conveniences, while its elegance as a public building is universally acknowledged. Little more than the half of it is, however, completed; that which is finished is capable of receiving 100 patients ; but, alas !may we not ask c " o \ m V m ha it t te a e re h a they n w among ear will be cordially responded to by the public voice—is to nesTly m a an t y h P eart lL complete this edifice, an that the means of admitting patients he an o a bj i e n et w i h rl i r c i h eh o t e h y e may be in a degree commensurate with the terrible increase of demands upon the charity. As a large au xtxiliary to the fund, another bazaar w ill be again held in Juno ne—and again in the beautiful gardens connected with the old hos pital at Chelsea. We rejoice to say, the Queen has signified her will to become its patroness. Our preliminary notice— for we shall have other occasions of introducing the subject —is designed to stimulate the aid of our readers ; to induce their contributions towards the fully carrying out a plan of incalculable benefit to the human race; for the charity is not t , a andte of thethe weather, otuhrearb:ceauesheaantgheewb meetie h 0 ha d Nr taken only established to relieve suffering patients, but to study, with a view to cure, the most frightful and extensive malady by which our country - H o afllicted.—Art Union.. THE ROYAL STAGNDS.—The extreme fineness of dpthalaeye,emaint.GrtnieflrrLelards Cross, to be far more numerously n attended than on any bye-day during the present season. Among those present were his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, the Earl of .Rosslyn, Lord Paget, Mr. George Wombwell, who accompanied Prince George, &c. The Vicar of Bray, which has afforded during the past two seasons some excellent sport, was the deer selected for the bye-day. The Vicar, upon being uncarted on the common, took away to the Pack Horse, heading back over the heath, and breaking away to Mr. Hibbert's Park, then made along the high-road to Chalfont St. Peter's, I.taving the village on the left, on to Gravel Hill. The deer then crossed the brook, occasioning some half-dozen duckings, to Chalfont St. Giles's, making for Pollard's Wood, and thence to Nightingale Farm and Che nies. The Vicar, after making for Cherleywood Common by the eld kennel of Mr. Harvey Coombe, was run into and safely secured in the immediate vicinity of the town of Rick mansworth, in Hertfordshire, upwards of 24 miles from the Kennel at Ascot. This was one of the fastest runs this sea son. Many first-rate cattle were tailed off long before the finish Upwards of 20 miles of country were gone over in an hour and 35 minutes. LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL.—The Secretary of the London Fever Hospital, Charles Hyde, Esck, has just re ceived the sum of 2001., as a " further donation in aid of the funds of the hospital, from Will 590 1 4 Esq." DREADFUL SHIPWRECK. LOSS OF THE CATARAQUI EMIGRANT SHIP. 414 LIVES LOST. The following particulars of the loss of the above ves sel are condensed from the Port Philip and Hobart Town papers, received at Lloyd's this meriting : " It is our melancholy duty to lay before the public the particulars of the most awful shipwreck which has ever occurred in those colonies—the total wreck of the emigrant ship Cataraqui, upon the iron bound coast of King's Island. How terribly dues this catastrophe give weight to the observations we made in our last number upon the imperative necessity of constructing light houses-on the shores of Bass's Straits, whilst daily and hourly hundreds of valuable lives are incurring the same dangers as those who have thus been sacrificed. The following particulars are from Mr. Guthrie, the chief mate, who, with his eight fellow-survivors, reached the shore almost in a state of nudity, having of course lost everything they possessed. The Cataraqui, Captain C. W. Finlay, sailed from Liverpool on the 20th of April, with 369 ernizeants, and a crew, including two doctors, M. C. Carpenter and Edward Carpenter (brothers), of forty-six s Ads. The emigrants were principally from Bedfordshire, Stafford shire, Yorkshire, and Nottinghamshire. About 120 of the passengers were married, with families, anti, in all, seventy-three children.- On the 3d of August, at seven in the evening, the ship was hove too, and con tinued laying to until three, a.m., of the 4th. At half past four, it being quite dark and raining hard—blowing a perfect gale and the sea running mountains high—the ship struck on a reef, situate on the west coast of King's Island, entrance of Bass's Straits. No opportunity had offered for taking an observation, to enable the captain to ascertain the ship's course, for four days prior to the ship striking ; and from the dead reckoning kept, it was presumed that the vessel was in 141 deg. 22 min. east longitude;and 32 min. 17 sec, south, which would make her between sixty or seventy miles from King Island. Immediately the ship struck she was sounded, and four feet water was in the hold. The scene of confusion and misery that ensued at this awful period it is impossible to describe. All the passengers attempted to r us h upon deck, and many succeeded in doing so, until the ladders were knccked down by the workings of the vessel, when the shrieks from men, women and children, from below, were terrific, calling on the watch on deck to assist them. Tho crew to a man were on deck the moment the ship struck, and were instantly employed in handing up the passengers. Up to the time the vessel began break ing up, it is supposed that between 300 and 400 were got on deck by the extraordinary exertions of the crew. At this time the sea was breaking over the ship on the larboard side, sweeping the decks, every sea taking away more or less of the passengers. About 5 A-m. the ship careened right over on her larboard side, washing away boats, bulwarks, spars, and a part of the cuddv, and literally swept the decks. At this critical period the captain gave orders to cut away the masts, hoping the vessel would right, to enable the crew to get on deck the passengers left below. Everything was done that could be under the circumstances to put the vessel upright, but all to no purpose. The passengers below were now all drowned, the ship being full of water, and the captain gave those on deck directions to cling to that part of the wreck then above water, until daylight, hoping that the spars would be of some service in making a breakwater under lee, and thus enable the survivors to get on shore in the morning. When day broke we found the stern of the vessel washed in, and numerous dead bodies floating around the ship, some hanging upon the racks. Several of the passengers and crew (about 200 altogether), were still holding on to the vessel. The sea breaking over, and every wave washing some of them away. About four in the afternoon the vessel started amidships, at the fore part of the main rigging, when immediately some 70 or 100 were launched into the tumultuous and remorseless waves ! The survivors ran ridge lines along the side of the wreck, to enable them to hold on. The remainder of the upper deck now began to break up and wash away. A buoy was now made, and floated towards the shore, but it coald not be got nearer than twenty yards from the shore, owing to its getting entangled with the sea weed on the rocks, and there was not one on shore to catch it and secure it on the sand. The fury of the waves continued unabated, and about five o'clock the wreck parted by the forerigging, and so many ;Bulls were submerged in the waters, that only seventy survivors were left, crowded on the forecastle, who were thenlashed to the wreck. The sea continued breaking over them, the winds raging, and the rain heavy all night, and thus the poor creatures conti nued. Numbers died and fell overboard, or sunk and were drowned at the places where they were lashed. When day broke the following morning, it was discovered that only about thirty were left alive. The sea was now making a clean breach into the forecastle, the deck of ' which was rapidly breaking up. About this time, whilst numbers were helplessly clinging to the bows, and con tinued dropping off without the possibility of succour, the captain attempted to reach the shore, but was un able, and with some assistance regained the wreck. The lashings of the survivors were now undone, in order to give them the last chance of life. Mr. Thomas Guthrie, the chief mate, now on the spritsail yard, was washed out to the bowsprit ; he saw the captain, the second mate, and steward clinging to the bows, with about eighteen or twenty dead bodies on the fragment of the wreck. Mr. Guthrie was now driven to a detached part of the wreck, but soon found it impossible to live with such a sea breaking over him; ho seized a piece of plank under his arm, leaped into the water, and was carried over the reef and got ashore. He found a passenger, who had got ashore during the night, and one of the crew. John Robinson plunged into the water when he saw the mate ashore, and partly swimming, and partly driven, reached land. Five other seamen followed, and landed dreadfully exhausted. Almost immediately after the vessel totally disappeared. Thus, out of 423 sonls on board, only nine were saved. The names of those saved are—Mr. Thomas Guthrie, chief mate; Solomon Brown, emigrant; John Roberts, William Jones, Francis Milian, John Simpson, John Robertson, and Peter Johnson, able seamen; and Win. Blacketock, apprentice. They had neither food nor drink from the time the vessel struck (Sunday) to Tuesday afternoon, when they found one small tin of preserved fowl ; after eating which they went and laid down on the bush, having got a wet blanket out of the water for their only covering, and being almost quite destitute of clothes. The beach was strewed with pieces of the wreck and portions of dead bodies in horrible profusion. After a vain search for water, and without finding any other survivors, they slept that night in the bush. The following morning they found a cask of water on shore, but were unable to make a fire. However, about nine or ten o'clock in the fore noon they observed a smoke, which, presuming they were on the main land, they imagined was a fire of the natives. Shortly after they saw a white man ap proaching, who turned out to be Mr. David Howie, residing upon the island. It seems Mr. Howie, observing a portion of the wreck, arranged to reconnoitre the whole island. As Mr. Howie's boat was wrecked, there was no possibility of leaving the island. The party, therefore, constructed a hut, and remained five weeks, during which tim e they were most hospitably provided for by Mr. Howie and his party, according to their means, the supplies having to be carried forty miles, over a most difficult road. On the 7th of September they saw the Midge beating for the island, which toolcthem off with much difficulty; and by the aid of Mr. Howie, on Tuesday, September 9, they landed at Hobson Bay, at half-past ten this day (September 13). Throughout the whole of these trying events the sur vivors give all praise to the captain and crew for their exertions, and it was not until all hope was utterly ex tinguished that they left the vessel. Mr. Guthrie, the mate, is also warmly commended. They employed them selves in burying the dead bodies they ricked up, the mangled condition of many of which it is too painfully horrible to describe; and they speak in the most grati fied 'manner of the exertions and aid of Mr. Howie and his party of sealers, who reside upon King's Island. The following is a list of the passengers, furnished by Mr. Patterson, the emigration agent, with the exception of eight or nine, whose names it was impossible to make out correctly, the paper from which they wero taken being in a mutilated state:—namely, Tomas and Ann Allen, and four children ; William and Anp Allen, and two children ; R. Applelby, single woman ; And and _Harriet Arnold, ditto ; James Burke, and Mary Bennett and four children ; James Baxter, S. Baxter, Samuel and Eliza Bennett Page, and Charlotte Bennett ; William and Hannah Bishop, and two chil dren ; Joshua Black, single ; Patrick and Catherine Black, and five children ; Mary Ann Booth, single ; John and Mary Brady, Solomon and Hannah Brown, and four children ; Patrick Bothers, single ; Edward and Elizabeth Burke, and three children ; Becher and Elizabeth Bushby, and six children ; Samuel Bushby, single Margaret Campbell, single ; Benjamin and Sarah Coiner, and four children ; Susan Chuck, si ng l e ; Jonathan and Anne Julia Clarke, and ene child ; Thomas Collins, single ; William Condell, single , James Cook, Ann Cook, and three children ; William an d Anne Cook, and six children ; Joseph a n d M art h a Cotterell, and two children ; John and Rebecca Cope land, and four children ; John Cremford, single George and Ruth D a i stey, Gilbert and Anne Daistey, and two children ; Thomas and James Dawson ; Mary Duffy, single ; Bridget Duffy, single; Mary Fitzpatrick, single; George and Anne Findliug, and one child; Stephen and Hannah Floyd, and two children; George mad Mary Fobs, and six children; Emanuel and Mary Anne Franklin, and two children; Edward and Anne Gardener, and seven children; John Gilmore, single man; Elizabeth Gilmore, single woman; Thomas Grey, single; .W. Green, single; Isabella Anne Houghton, single; Helen Houghton; William and Anne Hay; Joseph and Anne Herbert, and three children; Robert and Emma llowe, and two chil dren; Joseph and Mary Hodgings, and five children; Jane Hopkins, single, and Thomas Hopkins, single ; George and Elizabeth Watts; Mary Williams, single; Thomas Whelian, single; Thomas and Ann White, and child ; John and Eliza J. White ; John and Jane Woods, and seven children; Mary Wood, single; William Woods, single; W. and M. A. Woods; James and Elizabeth Hignell and two children ; Robert and Agnes Woods and seven children; Elizabeth Woods, single ; Ann Irwin single ; William and Sarah Izard and four children ; Patrick Jones, single ; Isabella Kingston, single ; Mary King, single ; M. A. Love ridge, single ; John Loveridge, single ; Patrick and Catherine Maginn and seven children ; Bridget and Michael Magnin, both single ; Anthony and Edith Mery and nine children ; John Miller, single ; Benia: min and Mary M'Caffry and seven children; Mary.ativ Susan Caffry, both single ; Mary and John,_.l‘)fo'natQl,lail both single ; 11' illiam, Ann, and Bernard n Al d I one child single ; Jacob and Eliza Newell d Ann Paterson James Oliver, single ; John 9. an and five children ; Amos Fanny Pearce, and Fanny and seven children t • Thomas and. trlck t .ti ßei and one child ; Miles Quin, sln b le ; ditto ; Wm. and Mary Rowhottom, and two children ; '. and Fanny R utter, and two children ; John and / ‘ i in annah Rains, and six children ; Ephriam and Sarah Safford, and four ditto ; John and Sarah Savings, and three ditto ; Charles and Rebecca Knott, and seven ditto ; James and Martha Sherly, and two ditto ; Eliza beth Sheridan, sin g l e ; W. an d Deborah Simmons, and seven ditto; Catherine May, and Rose Smith, both single; Thomas and Susan Smith, and one chili ; Catherine and Dennis Sullivan, both single ; Josiah Smith, ditto ; H. and Mary Tegart, and seven children; Margaret Tegart, single; Wm. and Sarah Todhill, and four children; Win. and Mary Waldock, and four ditto ; Emily Walton, single; Charles and Mary Ward. ko s t of the ship papers, and the mail (except thirty four letters) lost. ADDRESS TO LORD METCALFE. At a meeting of noblemen and gentlemen personally connected with India, held at the Oriental Club on the 19th ult., the Earl of Auckland, in the chair, it was una nimously resolved to present an address to Lord Met calfe, upon the occasion of his lordship's return front Cenada, and his retirement from public lite. The terms of the address were agreed upon at the meeting in ques tion, and it was further determined that the same should lie for signature at the Oriental Club during the four teen days subsequent to the meeting, at the expiration of that period to be presented to Lord Metcalfe by the Noble Chairman. A copy of the address appeared in The Sun on the day succeeding the meeting. As a proof of the respect and affection entertained for Lord Metcalfe's character, we may mention that al though the subscribers were exclusively confined to the civil and military servants of the East India Company, and gentlemen personally connected with India, up wards of six hundred signatures were attached to the document prior to its transmission to the Noble Earl. Among them appear the names of Peers, Privy Coun cillors, ex-Governors, Directors of the East India Com pany; ex- Members of Council, Baronets, general officers, colonels and field officers, civil and medical servants, &c. The Earl of Auckland, Earl Amherst, Viscount Joce lyn, and Dwarkanauth Tajore head the list. Of Privy Councillors who have attached their names, we are enabled to announce the following :—The Right lion. Sir Edward Ryan, the Right Hon. Sir Ralph Price, the Right Hon. Sir Herbert Compton (since de ceased), the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, the Right Hon. M. Elphinstone, the Right lion. H. Mackenzie, the Right Hon. H. Ellis. Of ox - Governors—Lieutenant-General F. Adams, T. C. Rob er t son , E sq., W. W. Bird, Esq., James Faris'' ' Esq., Alexander Ress, Esq., S. G. B on h am , Esq., W. E. Phillip, Esq. Of Directors of the East India Company—Sir Henry Willock, K.L.S. (Chairman of the Board), J. W. Hogg, Esq., M.l'. (Vice-Chairman), Sir R. Jenkins, G.C.8., Sir J. L. Lushington, Major-General Galloway, G.C.8., Major-General Robertson, Lieutenant-Colonel Sykes, Major Oliphant, W. B. Bsyley, Esq., H. St. George Tucker, Esq., John Cotton, Esq., J. C. Whiteman, ES Q., Francis Warden, Esq., George Lyall, Esq., W. H. d. Plowden, Esq., H. Alexander, Esq , E. Macnaghton, Esq., J Shepherd, Esq., and H. Shank, Esq. Of ex-Members of Council—Sir Jasper Nicolls, Major- General Morison, C. 8., M.P., G. W. Anderson, Esq., H. T. Princep, Esq., G. Swinton, Esq., H. S. Grwme, Esq , G. E. Russell, Esq., R. Alexander, Esq., G. R. Clerk, Esq., J. Taylor, Esq., N. Newnham, Esq. Of Baronets—Sir T. E. Colebrooks, M.P., Sir Henry Strachv, Sir Charles Hepkiason, Sir T. P. Hayes, Sir John Forbes, Si: George Larpent, and Sir Frederick Hamilton. Of General Officers--General J. S. Wood, General Carpenter, Lieutenant-General James Watson, Lieu tenant-General L. Huskisson, Lieutenant-General S. W. Sleigh, Major-General Sir James Sutherland, K.L.S., Major-General ;ir Ephriam Satmus, C. 8., Major-Gene ral Briggs, Major-General R. Llauston, Major-General J; M'lnnes, Major-General J. Durant, Major-General J. Carfrae, Major-General J. Caulfield, C. 8., Major-General N. Sand with, C. 8., Major-General J. Salter, C. 8., Major- General A. Fair, C. 8., Major-General 11. G. A. Taylor, C. 8., Major-General Harry Thomson, Major-General S. Smith, Major-General M. White, Major-General D. M‘Leod, Major-General R. L. Evans, C. 8., Major- General 11. D. Clieland, Major-General R. Tickell, Major-General T. King. Maior-General J. Cock, Major- General T. Pollock, 0.13., Major-General F. Farquhar son, Major-General E. Latter, Major P. H. Cunliffe, Major General M. Monteith, K.L.S., Major-General Charles iri'Leod, Major-General T. Stewart, Major- General A. Aitchieson, Major-General W. Battine, C. 8., Major-General G. Swiney, Major-General T. H. Paul ; Major-General D. M'Pherson, Major- General P. Byres, Major-General E. Barton, Major-General E. Wyatt, and Rear-Admiral Sir Chas. Malcolm, besides several Colonels and Field officers. In addition to the above, the address was signed by 200 civil sanrants of the East India Company, about 100 medical gentlemen, several clergymen, and a num ber of gentlemen not connected with either the Queen's or Cotapany's service. The presentation of the document took place on Mon thy last, the Earl of Auckland conveying the same to his Lordship, unaccompanied by any deputation. Lord Metcalfe was absent from home when the Noble Earl called, but the following acknowledgment was re ceived on Wednesday by the Right Hon. Holt Mac kenzie, chairman of the committee, under whose super intendence the address was prepared:— " Ts THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE ADDRESS OF THE CIVIL AND MILITARY SERVANTS OF THE EAST INDIA COM PANY, AND OTHERS PERSONALLY CONNECTED WITH INDIA. "My Lords and Sirs—Often as similar declarations have been made, none can ever have been made with greater truth than that with which I now assure you that the language is inadequate to express the feelings inspired by the honour which you have conferred on me. "It is peculiarly dear to me as coming from a nume rous body, who have either witnessed or taken an in terest in my endeavours to serve my country in various capacities. Among them are some under whom I have had the honour of serving ; some whose public services I have had the honour of superintending ; some with whom I have co-operated as colleagues ; some who as schoolfellows have known me from my boyhood; some who as contemporaries have been engaged in the same field ; some who hold the highest positions connected with India ; and many who, without any personal acquaintance, have nevertheless concurred to do me honour ; the whole proceeding exhibiting an accumula tion of condescension, affection, kindness, and generosity, for which no words can convey a due sense of the feel ings of respect and gratitude, and heartfelt emotions by which I am overwhelm ed. " Such an honour far surpasses any estimate that I can entertain of my humble pretensions, but, although I am conscious that it is chiefly owing to kindness and affection, nevertheless to be the object of such feelings, I must ever regard as one of the highest honours that the world can afford. " Ilad I retired from the colonial service of my coun try with health to enable me to discharge other publio functions, it would have been the highest satisfaction to me to devote the rest of my life to those duties in the Legislature devolving on the rank to which I have been elevated by our most gracious Sovereign ; but as it ap pears to be the will of the Almighty, that sickness and infirmity should be the lot of my remaining days, I shall in that state cherish the recollection of your kindness as one of the greatest blessings I can enjoy. " Proud of my relation with the services in India, in which so many eminent men have been formed and are continually rising, it is a source of indescribable plea sure to me that the approbation accorded to my efforts in other quarters should meet with sympathy from those personally connected with that splendid portion of the British empire, and that one of the last acts of my pub lic life should be to convey to you my g rateful sense of the generous sentiments which you elter .11i ETCALFE. (Signed) " 2, Mansfield-street, Feb. 3, 1846." AMATEUR P,r.sFtricasrA artistsN CE inzveTrl recently STRANDntIy bebeen T ex ii h E i i b ir t n in E x . —The authors tia as amateur dramatic artistes with no small ertit, and it wou ld s eem that the presen t season is to be distinguished as the seasoa of a mateur actors. We understand that to-morrow there will be en amateur performance at the Strand Teatre, for the benefit of the Printer's Pension Society, when Colman's sterling comedy of John Bull will be represented. The characters in this comedy are all strongly defined, the plot is interesting, and perhaps a better play for amateur acting could rot have been selected, and the friends of the charity will, no doubt, muster in stong force on the occasion. REPRESENTATIO N or MAYO.—We are authorised to state that Mr. Ousels lliggins, of Westport, will address the electors of Mayo, as a candidate for the vacancy in the repre sentation caused by the intended retirement of Mr. Mark Blake, M.P. Mr. Higgins will come forward as a repealer. —Freeman's Journal. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION IN AYRSHIRE.—We under stand that a project is in contemplation for the immediate establislunent of a Collegiate Institution, in connexion with the Scottish Episcopal Church, in the neighbourhood of Kil marnock, or some other central point in Ayrshire. The object of this establishment is, in the first instance, the training of young men, of the middle ani . humbler classes of life, for the office of clergymen in Scotland, and in the British colonies ; and, in the sec nd place, the providing sound Religious instruction, together with a first-rate classical and mathe matical education for laymen, on the model of Eton, the Charterhouse, and other Grammar-schools in England. The system is to be one of self-denial, and the greatest economy is to prevail, so that those for whose benefit it is to be established, and whose clerical ministrations can never be adequately rewarded in this world, may be accustomed from the outset to a life of hardship and self-discipline. It is intended to place this school under the charge of two clergymen of high attainments, from the Universi• ties of Oxford and Cambridge; and it is expected' that the annual charge for board and education will not exceed 15/. or 20/. The institution will be chiefly supported by the produce of a farm, which may be obtained on very favour able terms ; and, as this will be cultivated in part by the students, care shall he taken that they acquire a thorough knowledge of agriculture and agricultural chemistry. 4Yr Obsei rer. A first-class CURIOUS RAILWAY COURTSIIIP.—A short time Blass young lady, out of her teens, was travelling There was railway carriage from London to firming!? _ became very but one other passenger, a gentleman , a ri° low Before agreeable by conversing politely 0n I , _ gl'iainthe gentleman dis the arrival of the train at 13 In and stole a kiss from her - sera welfare, that he out stepped the bounds of save sue- 0 h ffence that, at Bir played such intere d s s t inf trcofaris-rirtil:alnin roseate cheeks. This i gentleman " s given into the custody of a mingliam, our sce n o in the police court followed—a fine wras police im o p it o i s e e e c r ir .i , t dd impraci d i - 1;e but our hero had been smitten—by learned the name and connexions of this p_oli i e n e a r en ; and "the couple" were d adopted means to be introduced COMM , the fair `vas accepted, together in the holy bands of afterwardsmatri -fifio(u)nnt;.pi i I c'l e li v i souscjnoni joined dv these facts.— Hereford Twits. GLASGOW PIG-IRON TRADE.—TUESDAY.—We havo 110 improvement to notice in this article sii:ce our last ; on the contrary the general feeling i s t h at if t h e money market con tinue as it has for some time past, prices must further recede. Yes.terdav a parcel of 1,000 tons was sold at 7Ei.s. cash in 14 days, and to-day no better feeling manifested itself. We should say were 1,000 or any other quantity pressed on the market, fur cash, no more than 765. would be obtained.: Offers , were to-day wanted by brokers at 785., but parties seemed j indisposed to act at present. We quote the price as 78s. ' prompt cash, and for usual settlement 801— G/asgow Arationa4 1