The Sun. — London, England, 1852-11-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, 185 2. made to them—not with the view of exciting dis cement at recent legislation—but if the truth had been fairly told them, we need not have waited until to-night for the settlement of this question, but at least four years ago that question would have been finally settled by the .general assent and concurrence of the nation. (Hear.) I mus t own, air, that what I must call double-dealing has been carried on up to the results of the recent elec tions. (Hear, hear, and cheers from the Opp os iti on .) Now, it has been said that th e E ar l o f Derby has acted v a ry fairly, that he put before the country this question, .4 A ra you for free trade or are you for protection ? I shall be ready to bring forward protective measures if the country is clearly for them, but otherwise I shall assent to the free-trade policy which has of late years been adopted." Why, sir, I certainly do not wish to say anything harsh of Lord Derby. (Ironical cheers from the Ministerialists.) Besides other considerations, in udging of Lord Derby, one should look to what his pre vious conduct had been with respect to office. I cannot but recal to mind, in speaking of the conduct of the noble lord, that when I was his colleague in the Admin istration of Lord Grey, he left that Cabinet because he could not concur in the measures that were proposed. Again, in 1845, he left the Cabinet of Sir Robert Peel, because he could not give his assent to the repeal of the corn laws ; and last year, when he - wished to propose Some duties on corn, and found that he could not make a Ministry upon thatprinciple, he abandoned the attempt, and gave up what must have been the highest object of kis ambition. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Now, then, I say that with regard to the man, one ought not to judge prematurely or upon partial grounds that he has departed from that character and that honour which becomes a great public man in a high station. But I must say that the theory upon which he seems to have gone was a theory utterly impracticable with this constitution, and with this Parliament—(hear, hear, hear)—that if he h a d b een the Sovereign of this country, or if he had been an abso lute Sovereign in any country, he might have said, "Let the people decide, and let them tell their represen tatives their own views with respect to commercial policy ;" but In this country, as the head of a party, it was inevitable that those who were joined with him should take part on one side or the other in the elections, and thus we have had a most extraordinary spectacle, and a most extraordinary result, because we had gentle. men going into the towns and saying, "We are against any tax on bread ; we could not bear a return to the corn laws, and we support Lord Derby ;" and other gen tlemen going into the counties and saying that the great est mischief had been done by the repeal of the corn laws, and that they were f o r protection, and therefore that supported Lo r d D er b y, the Administration all the while helping - both, and taking care to provide them with the best means of securing their election. (Hear, hear.) They said to Mr. A, in the town, "You must take care that you are for a large loaf, and that you will never hear of protection ;" while at the same time they said to Mr. B, in the county, "You are to take protec tion for your motto, and you must declare for a restora tion of the corn laws." (Hear, hear, from the Opposi tion, and loud cries of "No, no " from the Ministerial benches.) I will not detain the house at this time of night, but instances of that conduct have been given over and over again. They were stated by the right honourable gentleman the member for Edinburgh in the speech which he made at Edinburgh, and he goes through the different places and the different profes sions that were made at them. Why, sir, I believe, in deed, there was one case of a gentleman who stood in a county on protection principles, and failing in that, he stood for a town on free-trade principles. (Loud cries of " Shame, shame," from the Ministerialists.) Well, if it is absolutely necessary, I will come down another evening —(the remainder of the noble lord's sentence was drowned in renewed cries of " Shame" from the Mini sterial benches). Well, but what was the result ? Why, the result has been, that we have seen it stated by a gen tleman who still remains on the side of protection, that in many places a Protectionist candidate would have succeeded, had it not been that the Government sup ported the free trade candidate. That is the statement made by a Protectionist, not by a member of the Government, but by one associated with them. And then comes the noble lord at the head of the Government, and he makes, as I understand him, this statement. I certainly do not wish to misrepresent him, though I think he has often misrepresented me, but should on that account be only the more anxious not to treat him in the same way. But as I understand him, he says, " This country has de cided in favour of its present commercial policy ; that being the case, I am ready to adopt it, and to support and carry measures in consonance with the free-trade po licy, but I still believe there is great danger in that po licy, and that—but God grant I may be wrong—great calamities may ensue from this course." Well, that is a new position for a Minister of this country. When Sir R. Peel dissolved Parliament in 1834, he announced what his principles were in what was called the Tam worth manifesto. He stated the principles by which he meant to abide. The integrity of the Irish Church was one thing by which he meant to abide. He did abide by it, and when he was defeated upon a motion made by me, he gave up office. (Hear, hear.) Again, when Lord Melbourne proposed his measures in 1841, he said—" I propose certain duties on corn, sugar, and timber." The result of the elections was unfavourable to him ; the House of Commons came to a vote against him, and he at once - retired. But you have now a provision for a perpetual Ministry. (Rear, hear, and laughter.) Th a t has been the case hith erto, according to the constitution of this country. Ministers have had certain opinions, certain views, certain principles ; and if they found that they were thwarted in those principles, when they thought that they ought to be carried into effect, they no longer remained in office. (Hear.) But as I understand at present the case stands thus :—" If the country ap prove of protection, I will carry protection measures, but if the country approve of free trade, then I will bring forward free-trade measures ; but if lam right, and free trade produces great calamities, then I turn Prot ec ti on i s t again. And thus the same Minister may be a Pro tectionist, then a Free-trader, and then again a Pro tectionist. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) That would be a new thing in the history of this country ; and giving the noble lord the utmost credit for thinking that his course is consistent with integrity, and that he can reconcile it to his own sense of duty, I still say that it is an example full of danger. (Hear.) But then the right hon. gen tleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer has adopted this policy. Now he has shown to the house that while he was connected with the cause of protection, he did not faithfully serve the cause of protection. I say there fore, now that he has espoused the cause of free trade, let us take care that he is not as faithless to the cause of free trade. (Hear, hear, and loud Opposition cheers.) When we observe, that which we must most of us ob serve, that in the course of his speeches when he sat on this side of the house, he never boldly put forth such opinions as the noble lord the member for Leicester shire expresses, and that he never defended with any earnestness that cause of protection, although it was very satisfaetory to the house that that cause was not urged with more sincerity and with more zeal, and although that was an advantage to the cause of free trade, still it would be quite a different thing if the cause of free trade were in his hands--(hear, hear) — and it would be a great loss to that cause which we prize if it were not properly represented by the right honourable gentleman, if its principles were in any way departed from, and if any measures were proposed con sistent with free trade, and extending free trade, but not "prudently " extending free trade (according to the phrase of the amendment), by which free trade measures might become odious and unpopular. (Hear, hear.) Therefore, sir, I think it is the duty of the House of Commons to watch the course of the right honourable gentleman, and to take care that in his free trade policy he does that which is best for that cause. (Hear, hear.) When Sir R. Peel came down, in 1846, he said, "I have changed my opinions ; I render that homage to the cause of truth as to declare that I will no longer be guided by the observations of 1842." Every one sitting on this side of the house at once gave full credit to his de claration. We b e li eve d ent i rely, and we are justified by the event in doing so, that he had embraced completely that system of commercial policy which is now connected for ever with his name, and that we should have his support. The only advice that I had to give my friends during that struggle of 1846, and which I gave both to the members of the House of Commons and to the members of the House of Lords, with whom I was politically connected, was to give their suport to Sir Robert Peel in that great struggle which he was carryin g on, I felt quite sure that he would conduct it in the most skilful, in the most able, and in the most prudent manner to an end, but I have no such confidence in the professions of the right honourable gentleman. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) I think the comparison of the honourable member for Bir mingham may not be a very elegant or refined one per haps, but may be quite true, and that there would be great advantage to the country in having new measures from new men. I should be quite ready to have those measures proposed, and I for one should be sorry if thl3ughte motion to-night should prevent them from being forward. But I think that we are bound to c w o a u t r e a h e With jealousy those measures, and the whole who of this debate has shown that there are many verseasittilpi ,Protectionists at heart, and who, if any re country, if tia pPen in the commercial prospects of this should p r ,Zer - apeculation or the state of the currency lend their aid ee a jeraPerazy distres s , wou ld b e rea d y to the old sy stem — to join in agitation for a return to is our duty to Zear, hear.) I say, therefore, that it ear, and cheers) went. (Hear, h Le h the proceedings of the Govern- Mr. WALPOLE sa i d tha ome observations which had fallen from the noble lord thet member for Londo n , i n d uce d him to make a few remarks na be w The noble lord's observatio fore the d e b a t e was closed. some respects similar to the resolutions before them. ere n a themselves into three parts, and were hear.) They divided tive character. Those points wojezetlae the coo a p d r u o t s p e o c f . .0 the y, the himself and his colleagues, and Ton on the subject of the con), laws. se f the Op posi prospective part offered some prophecie s a s 4. which he supposed his right hon. friend int en d ed tob f i e n t, forward and, thirdly, observations on the co nduct of theg noble lord at the head of the Government. A, to the first subject, whether we adopt the motion of the hon. member for Wolverhampton, or the amendment of it, - which b as been moved by the noble lord the member for Tiver. ton, the only point to be considered was, whether they were prepared to say, that the measure of 1846, was in all respects " wise, just, and beneficial." The observations Which the noble lord had made on that part of the subj ec t , should n ever confirmed him in saying that he agree to that proposition. The grounds on which the repeal of the corn laws was resisted were, that it was impolitic to depend upon foreign nations for our supplies of food . that the corn laws themselves were in harmony with the general policy of the c o untry in commercial matters, an d that the change which the repeal would introduce was sudd en and precipitate. He (Mr. Walpole) came into the house is 1846 he th e question was first mooted. He voted against Sir Robert Peel on that question, and he might say he never uttered a word in any degree harsh against the distinguished statesman by whom that great commercial change was proposed. (Hear, hear.) On the contrary, he deprecated the attacks that were directed against him, and only discussed the question as a question of policy. Now, he contended that the grounds to which he had adverted were of a nature to jus tify him in giving a silent vote, and the last two grounds justified him in not concurring in the measure as a just one. (Protectionist cheers.) Wisdom and justice could corn-law debate, but there were reasons which he con bneontebficilaleditocaetvederyofclaaly. measure, unless unlnoetssdeitsirweerteo equally y a ireonwoafs the n r . eso Th lut e authority of Adam Smith for this general proposition honourableecon ceivedjutifimeedmbheirmforinWoporversinhgamtphteo in political economy, that it was wrong to remove pro tection from any particular interest hitherto protected, without giving it an opportunity of adapting itself to the altered circumstances of the times. Every such change, said the great economist, should be effected by a gradua tion. (Hear, hear.) Now, as to the second topic in the noble lord's speech, he could not forbear making a few re marks. The noble lord, taking up the expression of the right honourable baronet the member for Carlisle, had assumed in his speech that they were going to give what he called, or understood to be, a compensation to the landed ,interest, and he had employed a strong argument against any such supposed compensation preparatory to the budget itself being laid before the house. The noble lord could not fail to remember that if there was one thing more than another he had insisted upon in speeches from the Throne, it was that a paragraph should be inserted de ploring the existence and extent of agricultural distress. The noble lord, when he heard the budget, would find his his suspicions totally unfounded. He (Mr. Walpole) was not at liberty to enter into the budget, which his right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer would do in the course of his duties, and with far greater ability than him ' self; but he could assure the house that it would be founded strictly on the resolution which the right hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer intended to move as an amendment to the motion of the hon. member for Wolverhampton ; that was, that they unreservedly adhered to the policy of 1846—0 f free trade, as they (the Free-traders) called it—of unrestricted competition, as they (the Protectionists) called it. They would adhere to it fairly and fully, and the measures they proposed to intro duce should not be inconsistent, or interfere with it. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the third point, he thanked the noble lord for the fair and honourable manner in which he had spoken of the noble lord at the head of the Govern went. He (Mr. W'elpolo) had seen in the last few months much of that noble lord, and he believed no minister ever lived who was actuated by purer and higher motives, and he was sure he would scorn to act in any other way than honesty and the precepts of the constitution prescribed. (Protectionist cheering.) The noble lord was perfectly sensible that if they had taken office on principles they had renounced, they were no longer entitled to retai n it. L e t him remind the noble lord that the question of commercial freedom was not the only question, nor by any means the most important one, which cons tituted the bond of union of honourable gentlemen on that side of the house (the Govern ment side). He must remind the noble lord that they did not come into office by any motion of their own. They came into office because the noble lord had not the confidence of his supporters; 2dly, because th e no bl e l or d recommended that Lord Derby should be sent for; and, thirdly, because Lord Derby and his followers were at that time, in point of num bers, the only party likely to obtain the confidence of Parlia ment and of the country. If itwerenot so, bring the point to the test. They only held office under the conditions of the constitution. They did not desire to hold office a day longer than they ought to, and he must say—and he said it with regret—that he wished those criminations and re criminations which he had heard in the course of that de bate, as to gentlemen on one side only seeking office for the emoluments which belonged to it, and gentlemen on the other side only aiming at it for the same purpose, might no longer be heard ; for he utterly disbelieved that the majority of public men could be actuated by any such motives. All he could say was, that the noble earl would not hold office a day longer than his political justification warranted him. The right hon. gentleman the member for Wiltshire had said that Ministers holding certain opinions, and not carrying them out when they had the opportunity, being in office, ought not to remain in office. He (Mr. Walpole) contended, however, that neither the abandonment of opinions on conviction, nor the retention of them when unable to carry them out, were disqualifi cations of men in office. (Protectionist cheers.) And, if otherwise, he did not know who would hold office for any length of time. If it were otherwise, as the right hon. baronet the member for Carlisle once said, he would con cur with Lord Ashburton, in saying that the country was not worth living in. (Hear, hear.) He was pre pared to adhere to the policy of free trade, upon the same grounds that the m os t s t e df as t Protestant adhered to the Emancipation Act, and that the purest Tory adhered to the Reform Bill of 1832. (Hear, hear.) He was bound to vindicate the character of his noble friend at the head of the Government, and believing that they had a higher policy to carry out, namely, a Conservative policy, which had been always their bond of union, until the house with held its confidence from them, they should feel it their duty, as Ministers of the Crown, to maintain those prin ciples by which they were united, and in the maintenance of which he believed they would best consult the welfare and happiness of the country. (Loud cheers, and calls for a division.) Mr. COBDEN then rose and said—Mr. Speaker, on this, probably the last occasion on which the controversy be tween protection and free trade may ever be pressed on this house, it may probably be not presumptuous in me to offer a few observations. (Hear, hear.) Upon the last and most solemn occasion on which this question was treated—on the second reading of the bill of 1846—1 re member it well, because it -was a cause of the greatest uneasiness to my mind—the noble lord the member for Tiverton took a similar course to what he has taken on the present occasion. It is no secret that in that Par liament there was a very large majority of the House of Commons who in their hearts were opposed to a repeal of the corn laws. Perhaps it would not be too much to say that two-thirds of the members were by in terest, if not by conviction, opposed to it, and pro bably not more than twenty members of the House of Peers were favourable to it. Now that which gave me, as one most deeply interested in the success of the measure, the greatest concern was, lest there should be a sufficient num ber of leading statesmen of the day, on either side of the house, willing to carry on the business of the country and maintain the duty on corn. For I was sure it only re quired a sufficient organisation of such men, with the sup port the House of Commons would have willingly given them, to defeat the purpose of Sir Robert Peel, and give us a fixed duty on corn. Under these circumstances, when I heard the noble lord, the member for Tiverton, at the conclusion of his speech at th a t ti me, declare that 'he was still in favour of a fixed duty—that declaration, which is still vivid in my recollection, gave me great anxiety. Now, sir, the noble lord's political course has since that time been the subject of great controversy in this house. I was one of six on this side of the house who refused to vote for Mr. Roebuck's motion, and my feelings with relation to the noble lord's foreign policy, were affected by his con duct with reference to great questions at home. (Question and order.) When I heard that Lord Aberdeen gave his vote in favour of the repeal of the corn laws. (Cries of " Question," which drowned the remainder of the sentence.) I mention this as a reason why the juveniles, 88 they are called in this house, shouldnot follow th e no bl e l or d i nto the same lobby. When the noble lord rose, with that blandness which characterises him, to suggest the alternative of his amendment, we were under the impression that the noble lord, who at present sits at this side of the house, would, unless w e accepted his mediation, have withdrawn his n r ft, side perfectly t yt appears,haewhraware house thatehowever,wl withnine-tenths t e t w a although o h u e g e h tmh members vote o b e e With the h on . an d learned member for Wolverhampton, e s l e a o e m rd t e his n i ara s exceptions,ton, yet the noble lord has pressed his amendment into the ser vice of the Protectiomst Government, and if this division should result unfavourably to the free-trade cause, the country will understand—(loud murmurs from the Minis terial side of the house)—that the noble lord—(renewed murmurs)—is the author of our disasters. (Oh, oh, from the Protectionists, and loud cheers from the Opposition.) I do not complain of the terms of the amendment per se as the noble lord has given it. Ido not complain of the terms of the amendment so much because it does not go to the full extent of the affirming of free-trade principles. What I object to in the noble lord is, that when free trade is per fectly safe—and nobody can now believe it is in danger— you might as well believe that you could pull the stars out of the firmament, as that you could now impose a duty on corn—the noble lord has, by his intervention, and by uniting with the Protectionists, taken the only course which leaves a chance of danger open. (Oh, oh, and cheers.) Were the motion of my hon. and learned friend adopted by a majority of this house that would, so far as a vote could go, bar any claim to compensation--(hear, hear) —but by refusing to acknowledge that the repeal of the corn laws in 1846 was just, and, by excluding the word " property" from where it appeared in my hon. and learned friend's motion, the noble lord has just opened the door for the question of compensation. Now, Ido not deny what has been said on the other side , that it is perfectly compe tent for any mem b er to bring forward a motion to grant compensation to the landed interest. Nay, Igo further ; if the majority of the house decided that we should not grant compensation, still, if any hon. member thinks other wise, it is his bounden duty to bring it before the house. But what we want on this occasion is, to affirm, by a vote of this house, that the majority of the house are of opinion that the repeal of the corn laws was a just measure, and that, in consequence of that repeal, no party had any claim for compensation. (Hear.) Now, the noble lord wants to prevent us from taking that course. The noble lord has not said a word against the motion o f my hon. friend ; on the contrary, he said he a pp rove d of it, and would vote for it if necessary. The noble lord has not ad verted to the arguments on the other side for the purpose of showing that they were wrong. He has not proceeded in the manner a friend of ours should. Master of argu ment as he is, he has employed his talents not to bring the opposite party over to our views, but to bring us over to theirs. (Hear, hear.) Now, what is the objection to the word "just ?" lam told it is objected to by those who are not Free-traders at all. I know by the cheers of gentlemen opposite, that a great many of those hon. members are still Protectionists. Now, if that be the case, we do not expect them to vote for this resolution. Those gentlemen will as much betray their principles as Protectionists, by voting for the noble lord's amendment as for the resolution of my hon. friend. If any man thinks free trade injurious, and protection a _sound principle, that man betrays his con• science and his duty to his constituents by voting for either of those free-trade resolutions. (Hear, hear.) But the great question now is, whether the act of 1846 was just to wards the great body of the people, or whether it was a law which only served a small fraction of the people, while it inflicted great injury on the masses. If the latter be the effect of the law, then we have a right to a brogate it, but if the former, it should be maintained, and no claim for compensat i on should be allowed, because th e I.n jar7 which th e law would inflict on the few would be o l'aly the measure of the injury perviously inflicted by me. h ° e l 7 e lYon a t i b,e many, and instead of granting compensation, how s . s t a ll s e ..._ cow ,„ hon. gentle u De the best possible claim for restitution. But n who objected to the word " just," forgot that of 1815 had worked. When that law of the p'euuopl:llhaetwas such a protest from the great body liament with arnac j c r i ° : ( t l ha d t° surround the Houses of Par work ? Have yo u f or r tt ' e • (Hear.) How did that law years 1817, 1818, and 181'91?the prices of corn during the [The hon. gentleman then .:,oreigner named Willis, of the the corn laws. The quoted from a work, w r it ten b a description of the injmious Jf e a c writer stated that the average p r i ce during those years was 103 s. a quarter; that the cornresnit ing, were bankruptcy among the tenaut_dnneneerarsil:y speak disturbances, incencliarism, destruction of threshi P n7 ma- , chines, pillaging of houses and shops, encounters with th e military, 34 sentences to death, 5 of whom suffered, Luddite insurrections, &c. The hon. gentleman was frequently in terrupted while perusing the extract, most of which was cries of " Divide," that constantly reso un d e d f rom erial side of the house.] During th a t p er i o d we the lost l m y s Capel-street conspiracy, and the ou tb rea k of the which led to the Manchest er massacre. ( Oh, h h iank ad th ete e oh ! from be Ministerial side of the house.) He (Mr. Cobden) very' much doubted whether the greatest politica changes which took place in this country had not resulted from the corn law of 1815. (Oh !) That law put a prohi bition duty on corn until it reached 80s. a quarter in this country. What was the state of this country in 1841 ? Why the whole of the districts in Lancashire and York shire were given over to desolation. Stockport had then 3,000 empty houses. The people, reduced alm os t t o d espa i r, by an extraordinary instinct had abandoned their houses and workshops, and went to the roadside. Now all those sufferings were as clearly traceable to the corn laws as any effect could be to its cause. (Hear, and Oh, oh.) If you looked to the prices of corn at that time in Russia, Prussia, Germany, and America, and compared them with the price in this country—a price sustained by artificial means—yon would find that the greatest disparity existed, and that if tie barrier of monopoly had been broken down, you would have had millions of quarters coming in to feed the unhappy masses of the country. The Registrar- General's report showed what were the effects of this unjust restriction on the health of the people, and our criminal statistics proved that as the price of corn rose crime increased, and as it fell crime diminished. (Hear, hear.) In 1836, when wheat was as low as 395. sd. a quarter, the commitments were little more than 20,000; but in 1842, when wheat was dear, the commitments, ex ceeded 30,000. In 1850, when the price fell again, the commitments also fell to 26,813. From 1846 to the pre sent period, notwithstanding the increase in the popula tion, the commitments had decreased more than 5,000. (Hear, hear.) Was it not, therefore, clear that the corn laws had produced all those calamities which, as Christians, we prayed might be averted ? He would then ask whether it was wrong to brand those laws as unjust ? (Cheers.) But while they were discussing whether the odious epithet of just should be applied to the repeal of the corn laws, the only communications with which he was troubled were complaints that the Free-traders were too quiet, and did not assert their principles with sufficient ardour. (Oh, oh, from the Ministerial side.) Hon. gentlemen opposite had been allowed to assume too much the tone of a griev ance. They complained that the Free-traders were too harsh, and wanted to trample on those that were down. He saw no symptoms of being down among the supporters of the Government. On the contrary, he had seen very high spirit maintained among them, and he saw also, with feelings much akin to disgust, the way in which a por tion of the other side of the house treated the son of the illustrious man to whom we owed this measure. He (Mr. Cobden) complained of gentlemen opposite, not because they behaved badly to Free-traders, but because they behaved badly to those who sent them to Parliament. Some of them claimed compensation on the ground that free trade had done some injury to the farming interest ; but he complained that the landlords of this country had been the authors of all the mischief that had ensued. For six years they had kept alive the delusion about the resto ration of protection. Those six years might have been better employed as a transition state for the farmers, for he admitted, that in getting back from a vicious system to a sound one, inconveniences must be felt by somebody. That was the penalty which people who went astray had to pay for being put right. (Hear, hear.) But the transi tion penalty should not be thrown on the farmer' shoulders. The landlords had enhanced the mischief, by sending round the honourable member for Warwickshire (Mr. Newdegate) to delude the tenant farmers. That honourable member had called him (Mr. Cobden) a successful dema gogue. He could not return the compliment. (Laughter.) He had been sent on the platforms at Drury-lane and Con cert-hall, to do his best to keep alive the delusion. Such gentlemen had been the mortal enemies of the farmer. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Cobden) would advise the hon ourable member for Cambridgeshire, a tenant farmer, to keep out of bad company. (Laughter.) This metropolis was a dangerous place, especially in the political world. The honourable gentleman said the farmers had been nearly ruined during the last six years, but what had the agents of the landlords done for the farmers ? He tells them not to talk about rent—about clearing away hedge-rows and diminishing game. (Cries of " Oh, oh ! and interruption.) He was aware he was coming to the marrow. (Laughter, and cries of " Hear, hear.") The agents told the tenants to look to protection, and to depend on Mr. Newdegate, who had 100 protection societies throughout the country. (Derisive opposition cheers.) The honourable and gallant Colonel cheered. (Colonel Sibthorp here called out " Hear, hear," in so loud and boisterous a tone as to call forth laughter from both sides of the house.) He (Mr. Cobden) had read the gallant colonel's address at Lincoln, and he had marked his conduct there and in that house • but he was sure the gallant colonel would agree him with i when he said th a t h e was not persuing the course of hon. gentlemen around him. If these gentlemen had principles, they did not show that they were worthy of good principles. They came into that house to maintain protection, and they told the farmers it was the cause of justice. But, although they came there to maintain protection, they were ready to say they w e re for free trade, if they could get the noble lord the member for Tiverton (Lord Palmersten) to draw up an amendment. (Cries of Divide, divide.) If they persevered in their inter ruption, it would redound on themselves. (Cries of Oh.) What was the language they had held in that house ? They said they were in a minority—but they would bow to the majority. Did the Free-traders do so ? When he (Mr. Cobden) came into Parliament in '4l, for Stockport, a vote of want of confidence was moved against the Government by the hon. member for the West Riding of Yorkshire on the question of free trade—and what did the Free-traders do ? Did they bow to the majority of 90, which turned the Government out ? No ; they set manfully to work, and they gained the representation of Yorkshire. (Cheers.) If the Protectionists think their cause to be just, let them trace the same course. He (Mr. Cobden) would say that they wanted the courage of their countrymen if they did not take that course. If they retained their convictions, don't let them vote for the amendment of the noble lord (Lord Palmerston), or for the resolution of his hon. friend (Mr. Villiers.) Let them maintain their prin ciples, and if they be ju s t th e y cou ld no t f a il o f success. He thoughti he could not speak too strongly of the insult offered to their reason and their common sense by the language that had been held by the right hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the course of the debate. (Cries of `: Oh, oh," and interruption.) He had tried to make them believe that he had not been encou raging the party who called for protection. Why, he had a pocketful of extracts to prove that the right honourable gentleman had done so. He had told them that he had measures in store for the agricultural interest, and yet the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Wal pole) had told them that they were not to expect, in the budget, any remedial measures for the agricultural interest. The question really at issue that night — (interruption) —he was going to say that the question at issue was to vote for a resolution in support of a free-trade policy, and to vote for a resolution for free trade accompanied with compen sation. (Cheers and interruption.) Looking at free trade as a measure calculated to put an end to injustice, to sedition, and rebellion—(loud cries of Oh, oh, from the Ministerial side)—he should vote for the resolution of his honourable friend (Mr. Villiers) and he should most em phatically state that the question of free trade was not settled, while those who had taxed their bread-baskets had their hands in their pockets. (Loud cries of "Divide divide," for several mi nu t es .) , Mr. BUTT could not recognise anything in Mr. Cobden's past conduct or station that justified him in assuming the tote of a dictator. The motion, as interpreted by Mr. Cobden's speech, was not to approve of free trade, but to record the triumph of himself, and what was known as the Manchester school, and to humiliate every section of the house. With regard to the motions, Mr. Butt explained that ho could not, with his Protectionist opinions, vote for the amendment, but with a clear conscience he could oppose the motion. Mr. GLADSTONE said, it was not his intention to have addressed the house after the speech of the right honourable gentleman, the member for Wiltshire (Mr. Herbert), after the speech of the noble lord, the member for the city of p L London wasde h o n ocf ( o L tn o ht r ee d nr it,Jog. in speaking - a s e 11) , honourable an d o stilln tgentlemanh m e ocirueetfiturnr question, o e .wpa soothing sp: lbey.) H the antecedent conduct of the men who now held the reins of office. But he had heard an appeal from an hon ourable member (Mr. Cobden) to the friends of the late Sir Robert Peel, in which he had expressed astonishment at the course they intended to pursue, and how they could be found in the gallery voting on this question with the Protectionists. He could not, therefore, hear that appeal in silence. The reason, then, why the friends of Sir R. Peel would be found voting for theresolution of the noble lord (Lord Palmerston) was because they believed their vote to be dictated by the principles of justice. He (3lr. Gladstone) was quite certain that the hon. member (Mr. Villiers) when he proceeded to frame his motio n , di d not intend to excite party warfare. It would appear, however, from the explanation they had heard that night from th e hon. member (Mr. Cobden) that the object of the objection able words was to exclude the question of compensation. (Hear, hear.) But he (Mr. Gladstone) took a different view of the matter, and would say that from no rational con . struction of the words could they draw such a conclusion. (Hear, hear.) The epithet used was that the repeal of the corn laws was just. It might be so, but collateral c l a i ms might arise for compensation. (Ministerial cheers.) It might be just to abolish the slave trade, but j us t to give compensation.r ds (Cheers.) He was simply argui ng from the relied on, and which did not bear the meani ng given to them by the hon. member for the W es t Ridin g (Mr. Cobden). He (Mr. Gladstone) did not for ge t or under value the services words they that hon. member had given to free a trade. Complain they might of the course of . argument par. it could not be denied that he had sued in that house, but triumph of that been mainly instrumental in the. _ measure. was this : —The Secretary of The dirtinction between them that State, who had addressed house the evening, said that • in 1856 he did not think free trade _ was a just_ or a wise policy ; but he says that now he does think that p o li cy both wise and just. Then, what was the difference betw een • were united in this feeling, th a t them ? Why, that they while hon. gentlemen opposite were obliged to put up with Omitting that they were wrong, the hard ne c essity of a believed th e they on his side joined them, because they _ measure of free trade was wise, just, and beneficial, which hon. gentlemen on the opposite side also assen ted to. (" No," from the Ministerial benches.) If this were so, why need they travel back to the year 1846, for the pur - pose of finding out materials with which to insult hon gentlemen opposite ? He put it with confidence to the hon. gentleman wh o b roug ht f o rward this motion, and he had no hesitation in declaring that the resolulion was drawn up in form of language for which there was no Par litmentary precedent. He did not mean to say that there was no precedent for a motion to adopt a similar resolu tion to that moved by the hon. and learned gentleman, but he did contend that there was no case as a precedent where such a resolution was adopted by the house, and if the house would allow him he would refer to a case which had the closest analogy to the present one of any that he was acquainted with. He alluded to the case of the celebrated appropriation clause, H and he did not refer to the case for the purpose of creating any bitterness of feeling between parties on the present occa sion. The noble lord (J. Russell) could well bear a refer ence to this case, for it was one of those rare cases in which the noble lord, notwithstanding the ability and judgment which he displayed in the conduct of any matter which he undertook in Parliament, was baffled. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord, after displacing Sir Robert Peel in 1835, fought the battle of the Appropriation Clause with consummate ability, until he was obliged to give it up in 1838. He had placed upon the records of the house the declaration that no measure for Ireland could be satisfactory that did not appropriate the surplus revenue of the Irish Church for the purposes of education. Well, then, the Government were defeated upon this motion, upon which the hon. member for Devonshire brought forward a resolution, ca. ing on the house to rescind the resolution which it had come to on a former occasion favourable to the principle of appropriation. The noble lord met this motion by say ing, that the party opposed to him ought to be content, for it had gained its object in preventing the Govern ment from proceeding to carry out the resolution of the house in reference to appropriation, and that it ought not to ask the House of Commons to stigmatise its own acts, or to oblige the Government to submit to the indignity of having its propositions altered in the way recommended by the motion of the hon. baronet. The noble lord the Se cretary for Ireland also brought around him his friends, and took the same line of argument, and the result was, that the appeal thus made to the house was successful, and he (Mr. G.) was not sorry that it was so, and he trusted that a similar spirit of moderation and forbearance would influence their proceedings that evening. (Hear.) The hon. member for the West Riding had asked how could they— the followers of the late Sir R. Peel, support the course proposed by the noble lord the member for Tiverton. The answer to that question was, they pursued that course which Sir R. Peel would have done himself had he been present on that occasion. (Hear.) Let them, therefore, imitate him in the magnanimity of th e course w hi c h h e had always pursued undr similar circumstances. (Hear.) He gave up, in accordance with his own views to promote the public good, political associations which he had held closelyfor3s years. He looked for his revenge for the attacks that had been made upon him, not to stinging speeches, but to the consciousness that the policy which he had recom mended would operate advantageously even for those who in their ignorance objected to his policy. He looked, therefore, in the first place, to have his reward in the goodness of the measures which he brought forward; secondly, in the as surances that the aristocracy who had opposed these mea sures would find their best advantage in the abolition of the corn laws, which they were anxious to uphold. The right hon. gentleman then proceeded as follows:—" My right hon. friend anticipated, I am convinced, those bloodless, those painless rewards, which would be honourable and delightful to him, had it pleased God to spare him—which will be honourable to my hon. friend the member for Bury (Mr. Peel)—to those who were entitled to claim kindred with that great man —which are now delightful to us, who have had, in former times, the high privilege of combatting by his side, and who are now, as fondly as ev er , a tt ac h e d to his memory. (Hear.) These are the vindications for which he looked, and looking for these vindications, and seeing that we are now arrived at the point when we are celebrating the obsequies of this obnoxious policy, and are about to adopt by an overwhelming majority, in one sense or the other, a decla ra ti on adm i tted to be perfectly une quivocal, of the beneficial character, and of the predomi nance of the system of free trade, which he defended—oh, sir, I say in such a moment a. this, if we still cherish the desire to trample upon those who have fought man fully, and have been defeated fairly, let us endeavour to put it away from ourselves, and rejoice in the great public good which we have been enabled to attain, and to take courage from the attainment of that good for the perform ance of our public duty in the future. (Loud cheers.) Mr. NEWDEGATE rose amidst cries of " Divide," and said that he had designated the hon. member for the West Riding as a democrat, with the will to become an autocrat. He begged to withdraw these words. He would vote against the motion of the hen:member for Wolverhamp ton, and if it w as p oss ibl e f or hi m to have voted for free trade, he would have voted for the amendment of the noble lord, because it was dictated with the spirit of a gentle man. He would not vote for the amendment, but he would not vote against it. Mr. VILLIERS rose to reply, and in doing so said he would only occupy the attention of the house for a very short while, as the subject would be rather personal to himself. As he had been frequently referred to in the de bate, it was necessary that he should say something in respect to himself. And here he must remark, that he was afraid that the selection made in this case, to bring the subject before the house was not a wise one. (Hear, hear.) He had been flattered by the reference made to him. It was said that he was selected to bring this question before the house, because he had been a consistent advocate for free trade—that in doing so, he had but a single purpose in view, and that he was not taunted with any sinister purpose whatever in the matter. He feared these were not exactly the qualities that fitted him for the position that he was called on to occupy. In framing the resolution he expressed what he conceived to be the opinion of the majority of that house, and what was of more importance, what he believed to be the opinion of the country. That, therefore, was his prac tice. As he said last night, he had not the credit of being the author of the resolution, but it was agreed to after much consideration, and he took the responsibility of it. He, however, now felt bound, afte r w h a t h a d taken place, to reveal the truth to the house—(hear, hear)—and he did so, because many strong things h a d b een sa i d i n the course of debate against him, and the course he had pursued. He was charged, for instance, with having -brought for ward a resolution for which there was no parliamentary , precedent, and that it was such a resolution which no gen tleman could propose in reference to another. Now, he was not aware of any person who had cast imputations upon his resolutions in that respect on his (Mr. Vil liers) side of the house, who was not a party to the drawing it up. (Loud and continued cheering.) Every one must see that there was a great distinction to be drawn between the expediency of the resolution and the charac ter of the resolution. (Cries of " hear, hear.") Now his resolution was on the table before the amendment was proposed, and if it was so objectionable in character, as it was now said to be, it was so before the amendment as well as after it ; but so fax from any fault being found with it in that respect, when he showed it to the noble lord who moved the amendment--(h ear' hear)—and th e r i g ht h on. gentleman the memb er f or the University of Oxford, they both pronounced it unexceptionable. When he submitted the resolution for the opinion of the noble lord the member for Tiverton, he passed over the words " wise, just, and beneficial," which had been since so much talked about, without mating the least objection to them. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord did suggest an alteration in another portion of the resolution, and which he (Mr. Villiers) acceded to. (Hear, hear.) He did not say that the noble lord had not proposed a more expedient resolu tion than his was, but all he wanted was to vindicate himself against those charges which had been brought against his resolution. (Hear, hear.) The house, therefore, must see that he had not taken the course he had done out of any disrespect to the Government, or any portion of the house, but being requested to do so, he framed a resolution which he considered would have the support of the great majority of the house, and which he was certain would have the support of the great majority of the country, the Government them solve admitting that the feeling of the country was in favour of the principles he had set forth in the resolution. It was admitted that there was a necessity for such a reso lution, and he had only proposed one embodying those principles which were laid down in the Speech from the Throne. (Hear, hear.) One, however, would think, from the heavy charges which had been brought against him, that there was a wide and important difference between his resolution and the amendment, but let the house con sider how the case stood. The great difference between his side of the house and the opposite side was, that free trade had produced none of those beneficial effects which were set forth both in his resolution and the amendment of the noble lord, and if a bona fide amendment had been submitted to that effect, the matter would have been placed upon a proper footing, but that not having been done, what h e wan t e d was now t o ascertain from the house whether that which was admitted by all to have improved the condition of the country was wise, just, and beneficial. (Cheers.) Every one, there fore, who went into the lobby in favour of the amend ment of the noble lord, while they would affirm that the people had been improved and that trade had been increased by means of that policy, would at the same time affirm that it was not wise, Just, and beneficial? (Cries of "No, no.") One was, therefore, brought to inquire why this difference of opinion between the resolution and the amendment, and why the averseness to approve of the words, " wise, and just, and beneficial," and as to that they were not left in the dark, for some hon. members had let the cat out of the bag. There was something, it ap peared, behind the sc enes i n th e s h ape o f compensation. (Cheers.) That would be given as a substitute for protec tion. That seemed to be the opinion of the hon. member for Surrey (Mr. Drummond), for he did not seem to find any fault with his resolution. " But," said that hon. mem ber, " I have constituents who have suffered in consequence of the repeal of the corn laws, and they would hardly be satisfied with my conduct if I voted that that measure was `wise, just, and beneficial.'" Had he been met in the same spirit by other hon. members on that side of the house, as he had been by the honourable member for Surrey, he might have consented to withdraw the words in question ; but why h e th oug ht th e i nser ti on necessary was, that the Governm en t were no t conver t s t o this policy—(hear)—they only submitted to a necessity and to a state of things which they could not control, and that therefore it was proper that such words should be inserted, in order to prevent them from intermeddling with that Policy should an opportunity occur. (Hear, hear.) He, therefore, asked hono ura bl e gentlemen who all along sup ported free trade, how they could go into the lobby in favour of the amendment ? Lord PALMERSTON said, as his hon. and learned friend had referred to a conversation which he had had with him in reference to his resolution, he wished to say a few words in explanation. It was true that one evening, towards the end of the night, his hon. and learned friend showed him sitting on the end of that bench (pointing to the bench on which Mr. Villiers sat), the draft of his as to whether he w ou l d vote for it. H e (L or d P almerston) re solution, for the purpose, as he understood, of ascertaining pointed out one p ar t of it which he cou ld not agree to— (he,;r)—and his hon. and learned friend agreed to strike that part out. After the resolution was laid on the table notice of an amendment to it was given by the Government, on seeing which he wrote a note to his hon. and learned friend in which he stated that he presumed the objection to the resolution proceeded on one particular part of it, but that he was sorry to see that a resolution which it was in. tended should establish a great system of domestic policy should degenerate into a mere party struggle, and he the house. He did see en treated him to endeavour, by putting himself into commu nication with the Government, to devise some form of his hon. ththeemin%pwrehsastion on his to wor hi d m s w t hi ha c t h h m e might bde. see him to the great majority of the Douse of Commons. His hon. and learned friend stated a ti n e d ula le rs arn of him in the house accordingly, but without stating the par edthefricoeendverreltdionhimbetwleeften mind that he was not master of his own conduct—(Mi nisterial cheers)—and that he was in the hands of other Persons. (H ear, h ear.) It was not, therefo re, fair f or hi m to say that he made no objection until his resolution was before the house. He wrote him that note, which he could make what use of he pleased—show it to whom he liked, and read it to whom he pleased. (Cheers.) Mr. GLADSTONE also rose to explain. If they were to be put into a glass beehive, so that all those communica. time in respect of these resolutions might be seen, he had not the least objection, for there was not one word which he had spoken or written respecting which he was not ready to place at the service of the house, for he had thought it prudent to c arr y a ll the correspondenc e in his pocket. Kn owing the m isunderstandings whick t oo k place in these matters, he took the precaution of taking that course. (Hear.) As to the charge of the hon. and learned gentleman, he met it by stating, that he believed the resolution was placed on the table of the house at 12 o'clock, the 17th of , and on the 16th, at six o'clock, he wrote a note t o the * hon. and learned gentleman, ob jecting to the resolution in the precise point on which the objection to it had been founded that evening, on the ground that, if kept in that shape, it would not gain th e support of so large a ma j ority of that house. (Hear.) Mr. VILLIERS, in explanation, said that there was not one single word that had been stated but confirmed what he had said, and he felt called upon to add now, that the terms which were since so objectionable to the noble lord, did not strike the noble lord at the time that they were in communication with each other on the subject, What he said on the occasion had been made subject of doubt, and all he had now to say was, that if the obje c ti ona bl e wor d s were objectionable at the time they were nevertheless admitted to be true. With respect to the right hon. gen tleman (Mr. Gladstone) he had written to him (Mr . Villiers), and stated that ho had been informed, as the right hon. gentleman, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, had stated that he had been informed, that the objectionable words had been put into the resolution for the purpose of preventing others from giving their vote, and his (Mr. Villiers') answer was, that no such object had ever been thought of. The house then divided, when the numbers were— For Mr. Villiers' resolution For Lord Palmerston's amendment 336 Majority for the amendment ... 80 The house immediately afterwards divided on Lord Pal merston's amendment as an original resolution, when the numbers were— For the motion Against it,., . 468 . 53 Majority The announcement of the numbers was received with cheers, and the house immediately afterwards adjourned at two o'clock. FROM THE GAZETTE OF YESTERDAY. WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 26. 6th Regiment of Dragoons--Acting Assistant-Surgeon Henry Charles Boate to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Logie, promoted on the Staff, Nov. 23. 3d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Edgar Dumaresq Batt, from the 13th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Reade, appointed to the Staff, Nov, 26. 6th Foot—Captain Henry Phillips, from half-pay un attached, to be Captain, vice Crilice, who exchanges, receiving the difference ; Lieutenant Henry Pratt Gore to be Captain, by purchase, vice Phillipps, who retires ; Ensign Walter Tyler Bartley to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice H. P. Gore, Nov. 26. 13th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Frederick Clarke, from the 25th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Batt, pro moted in the 3rd Foot, Nov. 26. 24th Foot—Ensign Samuel John James Burns to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Drew, who retires, Nov. 26. 25th Foot--Acting Assistant-Surgeon Watkin San dom Whylock, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Clarke, appointed to the 13th Foot, Nov. 26. 31st Foot--Captain Charles Octavius Eardley Wilmot, from the 96th Foot, to be Captain, vice Rocke, who exchanges, Nov. 26. 41st Foot—Captain James Eman. to be Major, by purchase, vice Seaton, who retires, ; Lieutenant Hon ourable Richard Handcock to be Captain, by purchase, vice Eman ; Ensign Henry Stratton Bush, to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Handcock, Nov. 26. 55th Foot—Ensign John Richard Hume to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Feilden, who retires—Thomas Maude Roxby Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mackinnon, appointed to the 64th Foot, Nov. 26. 64th Foot—Ensign David Mortimer Murray to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hood, who retires ; En sign Walter Carr Mackinnon, from the 55th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Murray, Nov. 26. 82nd Foot—Staff Surgeon of the Second Class Wil liam Ord Mackenzie, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Hume, promoted on the Staff, Nov. 26. 96th Foot—Captain Henry Bagshawe Harrison Rocke from the 31st Foot, to Captain, vice Eardley Wilmot, who exchanges, Nov. 26. Ceylon Rifle Regiment--Captain Thomas Cochrane Hammill, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Albert Watson, promoted, without purchase, to an Un attached Majority, Nov. 26 ; First-Lieutenant Frederick Arthur Walter to be Captain, by purchase, vice Ham mill, who retires ; Second-Lieutenant Robert Seymour Croxton Sillery to be First-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Walter, Nov. 26. St. Helena Regiment—Ensign Thomas Conway Lloyd to be Adjutant, vice Prenderville, who resigns the Adju tancy only, Nov. 26. HOSPITAL STAFF. -- Surgeon Thomas David Hume, M.D., from the 82d Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of the first class, vice George Home, who retires upon half-pay.— , Assistant-Surgeon Cosmo Gordon Logie, M.D., from the 6th Dragoons, to be Staff Surgeon of the second class, vice Mackenzie, appointed to the 82d Foot.—Sur geon Henry Cooper Reade, from the 3d Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of the second class, vice George Hume Reade, who retires upon half-pay. BREVET.—Captain Thomas Cochrane Hammill, o the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Major in the Army,f Nov. 23, 1841; Brevet Thomas Cochrane Hammill, of the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, Nov. 11, 1851 ; Captain Henry Philhpps, of the 6th Foot, to be Major in the Army, Nov. 23, 1841; Brevet Major Henry Phillipps, of the 6th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, Nov. 11, 1851. MEMORANDUM. —Ensign Henry John Yonge has not roverted to the 74th Regiment, as stated in the Gazette of Nov. 23, but continues in the 61st Foot, as stated in the Gazette of Oct. 15. • Erratum in Gazette of Sept. 21. Ist (or Grenadier) Guards—For Francis Byan Davies, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenent, by purchase, &c., read Francis Byam Davies, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, &c. ADMIRALTY; Nov. 23. Corps of Royal m ll/ 1 -ajnr Ilugh Evan ,, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Garmston, retired on full pay; Brevet Major Samuel Robert Wesley, Assistant Adjutant-General, to be Lieutenant -Colonel ; Brevet Major Thomas Fynmore to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Hornbrook, retired on full pay ; First Lieutenant and Adjutant James Ainslie Stewart, to be Captain, vice Evans, promoted ' • First Lieuten an t an d Q uartermaster James Pickard t o be Captain, vice Fynmore, promoted ; Second Lieutenant Thomas George Shelton Meheux to be First Lieutenant, vice Stewart, promoted ; Second Lieutenant William Tauzia Savary to be First Lieutenant, vice Pickard, promoted ; First Lieutenant Rodney Van sittart Allen to be Adjutant ; First Lieutenant John William Collman Williams to be Quartermaster. COMMISSIONS BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. Walter Long, M.P., Herbert Watkin Williams Wynn, Esq., M.P., and John Naylor, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenants of the county of Montgomery. Edward Knight, Doctor of Medicine, Henry Allsop, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant of the county of Stafford. George Henry Carleton Sunderland, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant of the county of Lancaster. 3rd Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia, Thomas Ellames Withington, Gent., to be Ensign, Warwickshire Regiment of Militia, Lieutenant Ash ley Henry Wilson to be Captain. Royal Wiltshire Militia, Walter Coleman, Gent., Alfred Oliver, Gent., Samuel Whit c h urc h S loper, Gent, John Leigh Reed, Gent., to be Li eu t enants ; Beverley. Robinsnn, Gent., Thomas Noyes Lewis, Gent., Th omas Pocock, Gent., to be Ensigns. East Kent Regiment of Militia, John George Wit Liam Brydges, Esq., to be Captain ; Richard Penne father, Gent., to be Lieutenant. Durham Regiment of Militia, Theman William Ush erwood Robinson, Gent., to be Lieutentint. BANKRUPTS, James Thomas Wheatley, lighterrnan, Cranmer-place, Waterloo-bridge-road, to surrender, Dec. 8, a t t wo, and Jan. 7, at twelve, at th e C ourt of Bankruptcy. Stans feld, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Lawrence and Co., Old Jewry-chambers. Henry Fisher and Edward William Selwood, milliners and lacemen, Aldersgate-street, City, Dec. 7, and Jan. 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook -court, Basinghall-street ; Ashurst, Old Jewry. James Gazely, Carpenter and builder, Ring's Lynn, Dec. 3, at twelve, and Jan. 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Trinder and Eyre, John-street, Bedford-row. Thomas Crossley, commission agent, Noble-street, City, Dec. 1, at half-past one, and Jan. 8, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street ; Sole, Turner, and Turner, Aldermanbury. Henry Kennall, stone mason, Hastings, Dee. 1, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Gregson and Son, Angell -court ; Scrivers and Young, Hastings. ~.. William Northwood, cabinet maker, Wigmore-street, Cavendish-square, Dec. 1, at twelve, and Jan. 15, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-cha,mbers, Basinghall-street ; Newbone and Evans, Wardrobe-place, Doctors' -com mons. Joseph Ick Evans, clothier, Harrow-road, Paddington, Dec. 9, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Steinberg, Bread-street, Cheapside. Joseph Taylor, grocer, Hoxne, Suffolk, Dec. 7, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street buildings ; Newbon and Hutton, Noble-street, Cheap side. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. G. Burgess, Ramsgate, Kent, coachmaker, Dec. 18, at twelve--T. Delf and N. Trubner, Paternoster-row, booksellers, Dec. 20, at one—R. Cross, Southampton, watchmaker ' Dec. 20, at eleven—J. H ug h es d on an d A . Mackay, Chundernagore, East Indies, merchants, Dec. 18, at eleven—W. A. Coger, Newgate-street, City, boot dealer, Dec. 18 at half past eleven—J. L. Bensusan, Magdalen-row, Goodman's-fields, merchant, Dec. 17, at eleven—G. Staner, jun., Margate, Kent, baker, Dec. 21, at two—H. Saunders, Upper Thames-street, whole- sale cheesemonger, Dec. 20, at half-past twelve. In the Country. T. Tomlinson, Winterton, Lincolnshire, corn mer chant, Dec. 17, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds —J. Beach, Bradford, apothecary, Dec. 17, at eleven, a t th e Court, Leeds—W. Kendall and J. Standish, Leeds, Yorkshire, grocers, Dec. 17, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—A. L. Stocks, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, draper, Dec. 17, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds —W, 11. Stafford, Sheffield, Yorkshire, paintel., Dec. 18, at twelve, at the Council-hall, Sheffield—L. Palfreyman, Sheffield, York shire, scrivener, Dec. 18, at twelve, at the Council hall, Sheffield R. T. Carlisle, Sheffield, York shire, builder, Dec. 18, at twelve, at the Council-hall, Sheffield—T. Moyle, Deansgate, Man chester, draper, Dec. 21, at twelve, at the amrt, Man chester—R. Peel, Blackburn, Lancashire, ironmonger, ' Dec. 22, at twelve, at the Court, IVlanchester—W. G. Williams Accrington, Lancashire, draper, Dec. 22, at . twelve, at the Court, Manchester —J. Brown, Kidder minster, Worcestershire, carpet manufacturer, Dec. 21, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham —W. J.Williams, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, hosier, Jan. 11, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—S, Wilkes, Birmingham, clock-dial maker, Dec. 18, at ten, at the Court, Bir- , mingham—C. F. Bailey, Burslem, Staffordshire, boot maker, Dee. 18, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham—W, 1 K. Broadhurst, Fenton, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, earthenware manufacturer, Dec. 20, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham—F. Braithwaite, Hereford, apothe cary, Dec. 20, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham—W Laird, Birkenhead,Pmerchant, Dec. 20, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—T. M. Harris, Liverpool, shipowner, Dec. 17, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—T. Tatters all, Liverpool, corn merchant, Dec. 17, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. Gouldesbrough, Manchester, manufacturer, id., and first divid en d 7 s. 2d., on Tuesday, Nov. 30, and following Tuesday, between ten and on; at the office of Mr. Lee, Manchester. , Guthrie and Cook, Liverpool, merchants, id., on Monday, Nov. 29, or any subsequent Monday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. G. Walsh, Blackburn. Lancashire, pawnbroker, 12s. 5d., on Tuesday, Nov. 30, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. E. W. Dickenson, Liverpool, merchant, Bd., on Mon day, Nov. 29, or any subsequent Monday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. T. N. Asshoton, Liverpool, merchant, 3d., on Mon day, Nov. 29, or any subsequent Monday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. NOTICES 01? CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. H. N. Brewer, Deptford, and Bermondsey-wall, block maker, Dec. 20, at half-past eleven—T. Delf and N. Trubner, Paternoster-row, City, booksellers, Dec. 17, at half-past eleven—J. Holmes, Regent-street, West minster, shawl-war e h ouseman , D ec. 20, at half-past twelve -J. P. Sandle, North Ockendon, Essex, cattle dealer, Dec. 20, at half-past eleven—J. Strevens, Ber mondsey-wall, Berm on d sey , sa il maker, Dec. 18, at eleven—T. Meeson, Fenchurch-street, coal-merchant, Dec. 17, at half-past eleven—R. Pitt, East Donyland, Essex, builder, Dec. 17, at one—A. Forfar, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, straw bonnet-manufacturer, Dec. 21, at eleven. lit the Country. T. Moyle, Deansgate, Manchester, draper, Dec. 20, at twelve, at the Cpurt, Manchester—C. S. Harris, Li verpool, pawnbroker-, Dec. 20, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. _ _ CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. W. C. Brewer, Gloucester, licensed victualler, certificate of the first class.--R. J. Dangerfield, Dun stable, Bedfordshire, printer, certificate of the second class.—W. Trego, Coleman-street, City, builder, cer tificate of the third class.—R. Brumwell, Halifax, York shire, draper, certificate of the second class.—J. Eyre, Sheffield, grocer, certificate of the third class after two years from Dec. 13, 1851.—E. Jones, Liverpool, linen draper, certificate of the second class, after twenty-one days from Nov. 22.—J. B. Davies, Liverpool, provision merchant, certificate of the second class, after twenty one days from Nov. 17.—H. Jones, Chester, hop dealer, certificate of the first class, after twenty-one days from Nov. 17.—F. James, Walsall, Staffordshire, ironfounder, certificate Of the second class, after six months from Nov. 4. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Martyn and R. Martyn, Whitechapel-road.— E. J. Featherstone, W. Wayne, R. Jenkins, arid Anne Wayne (so far as regards E. J. Featherstone), Car marthen.—J. Peniston, E. W. Peniston, and J. Peniston (so far as regards E. W. Peniston), Leeds, clothiers and outfitters.—H. Adkins, T. Pinches, J. C. Adkins, and G. C. Adkins, Smethwick, Stafford shire, soap, alkali, and red lead manufacturers.— J. Milsom and W. Bowden, Bristol, sack manufacturers —F. Millar and Major Usborne, Groningen, Holland, corn merchants—S. Hartree and T. Hartree, Bath, pub lican—R. Skipwith and C. C. Sharp, Robbers Mill, near Nottingham, starch manufacturers—J. Kirkley, W. A. Swinburne, W. Anderson, and J. N. Buckland, South Shields, brewers and maltsters—J. Preston and L. Top ping, Manchester, common brewers—J. V. Morel and W. J. de Bammeville, New Burlington-street, manufac turing jewellers—B. Ward and W. J. Frood, Manches ter, brewers—H. Byrt and G. Chubb, New Sarum, linendrapers Emma Leuty and Anne Spence Fox, Bradford, Yorkshire, milliners. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Henry Sears, Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire, tailor. John Hewitt, Nottingham, baker. John,Williamson, Snenton, Nottinghamshire, butcher. William Manners, Snenton, Nottinghamshire, clerk. Benjamin Lacey, jun., Norwich, plasterer. Robert Gunn, sen., Great Yarmouth, grocer. William R. Critten, Great Yarmouth, publican. Charles Howell, Bristol, sailmaker. John Jones, Talgarth, Breconshire, farmer. Henry Stevenson, Ipswich, horse and cattle-dealer. Richard Taylor, Kidderminster, licensed victualler. James W. Banyard, Ipswich, tailor. Enoch Byham, jun., Colchester, jobber. George Fairweather, Wragby, Lincolnshire, cooper. Robert Williams, St. Asaph, Flintshire, publican. Robert Bates, Buxton, Derbyshire, chemist. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. W. Reid, Edinburgh, Wright, to meet within Dowel and Lyon's Rooms, Edinburgh, Nov. 29 and Dec. 20 attwo. BANK OF An Account pursuant to the Act 71 the Week ending on Saturday t ENGLAND. di and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, he 20th day of November, 1852, aIITMENT. £ Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities ...... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 20,779,021 silver bullion .... .... 19,154 £34,798,175 MARSHALL, Chief Cashier, ;r, 1352. :PART4ENT. Government securities "' (Includg.DeadWeight Annuity) .. 13,962,688 Other securities 11,605,403 Notes .. . Gold and silver coin 523,819 £38,219,460 MARSHALL, Chief Cashier, r, 1852. :A_NGF--YESTERDAY. Gibraltar . Leghorn .. ...... 30 65 Genoa Milan .. Venice .. Nap1e5................ Palermo .. Messina .... Lisbon .... Oporto .. Rio Janeiro Buenos Ayres .......... New York,6o day's sight Philadelphia 41 123%% l2t 53% PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz. Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin.. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars .... .. 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...... 0 0 0 [ADVERTISEMENT.]—The Royal Exhibition.—A valu able newly invented very small powerful Waistcoat pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known 14 mile's distant, they answer every purpose on the Race-course, at the Opera-houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles ; they are invaluable for Shooting, Deer Stalking, Yachting, to Sportsmen, Gentlemen, Game-keepers, and Tourists—To be had at 39, Albemarle-street, Picca dilly ; observe opposite the York Hotel. Telescopes._ A new and most important invention in Telescopes, possessing such extraordinary powers, that some, 3i inches, with an extra eye piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's Moons, Saturn's Ring, and the double Stars; with the same Telescope, weighing only 3 ounces, can be seen a person's countenance, 34 miles distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles ; they supersede every other kind for the Waistcoat pocket, and are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. Opera and Race-course glasses, with wonderful powers ; an object can be clearly seen from 14 to 16 miles di s t an t. M essrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians, have invented invaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses; . immediately they are p l aced before imperfect vision, every object appears c l ear and distinct, the most aged defective sight becomes bright and brilliant, is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. instruments e invisible O rgan i c Vibrator, and all kinds of Acoustic for the relief of extreme deafness.— 39; Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, observe op posite the York Hotel. [ADVERTISEMENT.] — HoIIoway's Pills a most Effectual Cure for Dropsy.—Extract of a letter from Edw. Rowley, Esq., of the Indian Walk Estate, Tobago, dated April 1852, to Professor Holloway deem it a duty I owe to you and the public at large, to inform you of a most miraculous recovery from that dreadfu ldisease " dropsy," and which, under God, was effected by the use of your pills. I was tapped five times in the course of eight months, and s kilf u ll y treated by two medical practitioners. Notwithstanding which I got worse, and my strength failed so much as to leave no hopes of re covery. I then tried your pills, which in six months perfectly cured me.—Sold by all druggists, and at Pro fessor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, London. ELECTRIC SCIENCE AS APPLIED TO DISEASE, &C.—lt is but a few months since Pulvermacher's Hydro-electric chain was introduced into this country, heralded and attested to by foreign medical authorities of high repute and now, g o w h ere you may , among phy s icians, sur geons, o r d en ti s t s , an d you fi n d t h e Hydro-electric chain, in one shape or the other, there used as a powerful battery for penetrating, and rapidly, alternative im pulses, recalling with the rapidity of lightning life when upon the very threshold of the tomb.--These, used as a small necklace, infusing in a mild and genial manner that peculi a r mysterious fluid originates so many nervous diseases. Indeed the opinion appears to be taken up and repeated everywhere that the discovery o f the ex trordinary curative virtues of mild streaming electricity, as evolved from these chains is a benefit already en j oyed by thousands, and will be blessed by millions of su ff erers long after their gifted originator , has passed a way. C ONVE YANCE OF CLEOPATRA S NEEDLE TO E NG . LAND. _Th e c r ystal Palace Company, wh o h ave obtained permission of her Majesty's Government to exhibit Cleo patra's Needle in the grounds at Sydenham, contig,uous to the glass palace, are about to remov e th at great novelty from the shores of Egypt to England. Notice has been issued inviting tenders for its conveyance by ship to this country, and in the early part of the ensuing year we shall have to announce its arrival, ISSUE DEP, £ Notes issued ........ 34,798,175 £34,798.175 Dated the 25th day of Nevembe] BANKING D) Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest 3,131,287 Pubic deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings' Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 6,661,061 Other deposits ...... 12,414,448 Seven Day and other Bills.. ••• • • • 1,459,664 £33,219,460 M. • Dated tlto 25th day of November COURSE OF EXCI Amsterdam.- •• 11 17 Ditto, three months.. 11 lY Rotterdam • • .... 11 183 Antwerp .......• 25 42% Brussels 25 423 i Hamturg.............. 13 7 Altona .... • Paris. ........... .. 25 25 DittO, three months 25 45 Marseilles 25 45 Bourdeaux ...• •• • • Frankfort-on-Maine 120% Vienna. 11 46 Trieste .... ........... 11 48 Petersburg]; ...... •• • • 38 % Madrid.......... • ..... 49% Cadiz 50% Barcelona, ..... Seville .........• •• • • .. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. From the London New Price Current of Nov. 96.) SUGAR.—The business transacted in colonial for ho d consumption has been less than for some time past, et a slight decline has taken place, although the q uail,, 'if brought f orwar d h as no t much exceeded that last week, and consumption keeps favourable, few arrival s , an d stoc k s are f ar b e l ow those of T est To-day there was a reluctance to operate in India Sugar for home consumption, and easier rates cepted, showi ng a d ec li ne o f f u ll 6d p er cwt as coniP;i with last Friday. P urc h ases are on ly 495, makingl 81 hhds &c. for the week, including a t auction to -da Y hhds Demerara cr y s t a li ze d , which sold at suede terms, good to fine yellow at 38s 6d to 41 s 6d, and ° to mid 36s to 38s per cwt. REFINED.—For Dutch o r ders have not been son 1113146- rous, and a desire is ev i nce d t o se ll at 24s to 27s i ' ti extra 28s to 28s 6d. Belgian has been purchased:"tea caution at 26s to 275. Treacle continues to be 1 " ° 0 at 15s to 15s 6d ; Bastards 21s to 22s ; P ic ot and wet lumps 24s to 28s. Loave s are bees offered under former rates ; export orders hav e not to so extensive, and supply i s rather larger. Tur ke Y 5A lbs 42s to 455, Hambro 6 to 15 lbs 31 6 d to 34s 6j, Tittlers 22 to 39 lbs 31s, Prussian 40 to 45 lbs 293 0 1 to 30s, Dutch mad e loaves 6 to 10 lbs 31s to 3 25, 5 , r Belgian 28s 6d to 29s . 6d p er cw t. To-day re fined te - c _. was purchased with cauti on f or h ome trade Pub to brown lumps at 445, and low to fine grocery, 4 1, not 47s 6d per cwt. Crushed sugar for shippi n g ,tes much wanted, and there i s a d es i re to sell at the r quoted. e d of; MAURITIUS.--At auction 9,500 bags were dispos 0 , to fine yellow 36s 6d to 38 s 6d, good 35s to 3 60, „1 64, mid 33s to 34s 6d, g oo d t o fi ne b rown 30s 6d t o ` 4 . 0 0. mid 29sto 30s, refining 32s 6d to 375, low ditto 310 " ug tir, To-day there was no public sale of Ma,uriti us and little was done privat e ly, s till h o lders gen°' fuse to sell at a further decline. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon only small Vi r a re were made in East India su gar p r i va tely, still ration, a generally sustained. Of 566 bags Bengal at ali c v3 g eocl part only sold at 38 s t o 39 s 6d ° for ord to el white Benares, being barely the former value. , for FOREIGN.—To-day th ere was a qu i e t marks' t i o ri; sorts of foreign sugar, an d none was offered 5 t 7 e c ipt still the leading hold ers are not disposed 10 further decline, ; tif e COFFEE.—There was a reluctance to operate -118/I:,•er° Ceylon up to Wedn es d ay , an d rather l owe r rat e d - t accepted, good ord selli ng a t 46 5, an d ne w in 43 , - 455° 6d. Jamaica is in d eman d, l ow to goo d ord 595 , 48s, fine ord 49s to 51s, fine fine ord to mid 52s Lelt better sorts 60s to 945, and triage 42s to 465. ' l : 3 lof rather less than last year. Mocha, a good denO to 90' to mid clean garbl e d ru l e a t 75 s t o 82 s, go od 84s l otic 6 This afternoon prices further ad v anced fo r te ly' Ceylon, and large parcels were disposed of pris l o tioo 47s to 47s 6d for good ord, whilst 750 bags i t t i :tsti,l realised 47s 6d to 48s for real good ord. In ." - ,. Ti cee",.i ' a good deal was done privately rather above la s ,":t st n " . terms. Of Madras 1,200 bags at auction vie nu g i, rates, from 45s to 58s, and very fine Os •to,'" 1 . 1014 Mocha 100 bales were taken in at 90s for gre emj°- berry, being above the value. - to 360 2.) COCOA.—Guav- 'uil is W' 1 341 ,a . anteu ‘ Para has beenpurchased with caution at s 27s to e a, as 3 t Bahia 24s 6d top u y 25s 6d. Trinid a d is less there being a more plentiful supply, rates ha ve ,:isi 9v e j is to 2s per cwt. At au c ti on 450 b ags wer e ofli.Y„ sold • grey at 32s to 34 5 , l ow t o m id red 34s to 31) '' se' to fine 37s to 40s. to g .11 Tom.—There is no decided decline for low' s nr, common Congou, yet p urc h ases h ave been c' ri r o til w scale at 9d to 91(21 per lb, and supply is more superior P e v e! Pekoe sorts, is to i s 7d, fi ne t o of OF quail • fi r crop is 8d to 2s 2d. Pouchong of clean qua held for 6d to 9d, but less has been done. "f a t", home consumption, better sorts in good deraall' A to prices, low to mid Hyson on is id to is 4d, gOO% C/ 1s 5d to 2s Bd, choice 2s 9d to 3,5, young 1 1 3 75 t v ett ton 8d to 11d, Hyson kind is to is Bd, fine an ds'Q L l is 5d to 2s 3d, Twakay 8d to ls, Gunpowder 050 1 - O ili t i is Hyson kind, is ld to 2s 9d, fine 2s 10d to 3 ° 0,1 0 , penal Canton 10d to is, Hyson sort is ld to 2s , to s " ' 'Tyson skin 6d to Bd. Flowery Pekoe contin ues tract little attention and there are free sellers of mid at is 3d to is 7d, good to fine is 8d to 3s ou' 1 5 1u 1 is dull of sale, boxes can be obt a i ne d a t lod to ets and Scented dto is 4d. To-day there was a .e'`„iliig n ist et _ o to operate in Tea a t th e public sales, which C- re ci chiefly of Gr een an d scen t e d . Th e quan tity offe coe 5,000 pkgs, and only 500 found buyers; in s °l/1 'toe' Father lower rates were acce pt e d. SPIRITS. —A greater d eman d p reva ils for )104 Island rum, and pri c e s con ti nue t o a d van ce, sale been been made at is 7d t o i s 74d proo f . S e veral t 1 61" tions have taken place in E as t I n di a a t is 6d to I being an advance, and supply is not larger' pisc e , e f Demerara considerable tr ansac t ions have ta ken p/.„ 1 at improved prices, 30 to 40 per cent 0' 0 ; 4 Do• selling at 2s ld to 2s 4d, but chiefly a t ;1 - 44 Sales of Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1 5 ' - e s s"' to 1 1 jr been made at Os 10d to 7s, 1850 ditto Is id 1849 ditto 7s 4d to 7s 6d, older Geneva is much to s4' mand and realizes 2s 4d to 2s 6d, fine 2s 9 ,1 , - 6 0 , The British spirit market is active at 9s 9d c ash P 22 under 8s 4d and 17 ditto at 8s 10d per these terms there are not free sellers. COUNTRY MARKETS. EXETERI-Nov. 26. • sle Fat bullocks fetched from 7s 9d to 8s 3d per score • eoep ig 5d to 53d ; lambs, 6d, calves, 4d to 6d per lb. ; 1 1 ‘ 1 , 0 , 9 ,`.; sheep, 25s to 30s ; lambs, 15s to 18 ; cowes and 0 „„ to 131. ; barreners, 4s 6d to 5s 6d per score ; pork,Z a j 7s 9d per score. Wheat, 4s scl to 5s Od ; b a rley, °' 4s tOd ; oats 2s 3d to 2s 9d per bushel. BRISTOL—Nov * 26 . this l ittm f;(o ) There was a moderate supply o f grain at „A oaf' a fair business was doing. Wh ea t, o ld, tetchy''' 5s to 6s ; new, 4s to 5s p er b us h e l ; b ar l ey , 25s to 3 69 ;. 17s to 21s ; beans, 34s to 44 3; p eas , 32 s t o 40s. per 4 . • WARRFIELD.—Nov. 26. L. We have good supplies of w h ea t an d barley', active trifling of other articles. There continues an a t mand for wheat, and the stands are well cleare'' e advance of is per quar t er . B ar l ey i s h e l d w ith morel ness, and the best qua liti es ma k e extreme price , : Ste p other descriptions as last week. Oats and shelling at late rates. Beans are quite as dear. LIVERPOOL—Nov. 26. co f rcig' o l f The weather was exceedin g ly we t, an d a tt en dail • ric o small. Business doi ng on ly li m it e d ; b u t f e w P Tuesday's realised by all articles. COAL . 26. Prices of Coal per ton at the close MARKET—Nov of the market' ; d i s. d. 16 g 9 Bate's West Hartley 15 6 Ed en M a i n .............. ••''ls $ Buddle's West Hartley 15 6 Belmont ..................•• • J6 6 Carr's Hartley 15 6 Braddyll.. ............. •• '' , l6 5 Hart on Hartley 15 6 Hetton ................ •''' . ll 6 Hasting's Hartley 15 6 Haswell ................. • " . 16 6 Hedley's Hartley . . 14 6 Lambton ........... •• " ...16 6 Holywell l6 3 Pensher ................. • •'1.6 9 Stewart's Hartley 14 6 Stewart's ...............••• • 'l6 $ New Tanfield l4 6 Plummer ...... .•'•'l6 6 Tanfield Moor Butes 14 6 Cassop .. . . ............. •• • 'l6 0 Townley 15 0 Hartlepool ............... '''l6 West Wylam Trader 14 91Heugh Hall.. .............. 'l6 0 Wylam 15 6Kelloe .... .. ................. "16 Wall's End, &c. (South Kelloe .......... .••" . 1 $ Gosforth 15 0 Thornley ................... 15 6 Northumberland l5 6Backhouse ... ........... • ••' l 4 6 Northumberland E. l4 0 Pease's West .......... •• • ' 'l6 6 Walker l6 0 Tees .. .. ... . ... ... - -,:, .. :, 1 " ,:iio ICillingsworth E. l5 0 Nixon's Me r thyr & U 3 1"" Ships at market, 271 Sold, 105. RAIL WA r SHARE MARKETS. ,reA t L I VERPOOL, Nov. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The Share market has sh e er strength and firmness this d a y. A n anx i e ty evinced to purchase London stock, Midlands, Cale" - u an ti " and York and N or th Midlands for the next f ; , , ; e n s, ,0 ' Brokers have been muc h occupied with prepara';i. the next acc oun t, w hi c h t a k es place on Monday' 11671,,te'' day's transactio ns are th us reported :—Blackburn , C. and W. Y.), 7 11-16 ; C a l edonian, 32, cashire, 194, ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 871 i , 19). shire and Pre s t on , Th ree -Q uar t ers S hares (issued T'g dis,), 43 p rem . ; L on d on and North Western, 115 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Pref. Shares, ; Midland, 79k, 4. e, e , I ; ditto Consolidated injort P , ham and Derby 48; North British, 10 1-16, Kok, Staffordshire, 44 ; South-Eastern and Dover / Whitehaven and Furness, 8; York and North 304. MANCHESTER, Nov. 26. werab fa ll STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business to-day was L-rbth good, and prices we re s t ea dy. Th e sa l es were :--P"."Stoc," Preference, 26 ; Leeds Fifths, 2 15-16 dis. ; Loncl°,ll O f 'l' 1251; North Staffordshire, 4 1 4 dis. ; Dovers, 241t - "so• Eastern Counties, 12 13-16 ; Sheffield, 32 / ; ditt°j fish 94 ; North British, 10 1-16 ; East Lancashire, 19 ; 'A B 79 Australian, par. ; Caledonian, 324 , Midland' riid Sheffield (New Pref.) 9-16 prem. ; York and No n dP , land, 304 ; Whit e haven a n d F urness, 7 15-1 6 ; '— and Enniskillen, 16. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 26. opoi e STOCK EXCHANGE.—The Railway Share market At this morning as it closed yesterday evening, e firmness ; but, in the ab sence of sellers who cont o g o a tremely scarce, there was very little business tn . - 089 1 0 100' 'ch ange . N or th St a ff ordshire was done at 41 d i ' stocks, no sales were reported. BRISTOL Nov. 26. 4in 1) 0 STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market to-day , was very inactive. Tall' Vales were done at 170. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 26th i ns t ., at 13, Cambridge-terrace , Fryde . p aTlCl the wife of James Carson, Esq. OF A DAUGHTR. On the 25th inst ,at 23, Edith-villas, Nortiq u arris ter ham, the w if e of Frederick James Smith, Esq. , " at-law. theOn r _2sth inst., at Eastbo HARRI mme , Henry Alfred Pit ow , * of Montagne-place, Russell-square, to F voice only daught er o f T. Wildman, Esq., of Ea.stbour DEATHS. os On the 25th inst., at Brompton, George Stow, ESCI.' the General ffice, age. On the 25th Post-o inst. at 132, d Slos4ane-street, William Antler'son, the 25th inst. of the Wa at Clifton,d 68. On th.,Margaret Frances , i'l ec°l4 surviving daughter of the Rev. W. Knight. wee of On the 25th inst., at Southsea, Mary Anne, Captain H. Byng, R.N., aged 34 G of London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUN Xl2, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county Middlogas, Saturday, NoTeraker 27, 1 862. 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