The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-27 00:00:00

nirti Vattion SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL, JAN. 24, 1846. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, grant ing the office and place of Advocate-General or Judge-Mar tial of her Majesty's Forces to the Hon. James Stuart Wortley. WHITEHALL, JAN. 26. The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint the Right Hon. Thomas Berry Cusack Smith her Majesty's At torney-General in Ireland, to be Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Rechrds of the Court of Chancery in that part of Ulf United Kingdom called Ireland. C2mmission by the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire. W. F. Hulton, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant, Jan. 19. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. J. S. North, Esq.; W. P. W. Freeman, Rsq. ; H. P. Powys, Esq.; B. J. Whippy, Esq., to be Deputy Lieuten ants, Jan. 20. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—F. L. Dashwood, Esq., to be Captain; A. M. Matthews, Esq., to be ditto, Jan. 23. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Perthshire. J. fte;,fsq.:Co be Deputy Lieutenant, Jan. 24. Royal Perthshire Militia—The Hon. J. Rolls to be Cap tain, vice Sir J. S. Richardson, Bart., resigned ; E nsi g n S. Robertsoa to be Lieutenant, vice A. Campbell, deceased; T. Nicoll, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice G. Balvaird, deceased, Jan. 23. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire. Royal North Lincoln Militia.—G. Gul ley, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Jan. 16; S. P. Walsh, Gent., to be Ensigh, Jan. 23. Royal South Lincoln Militia.—S. Brailaford, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Jan. 16. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Hilary Term, 9th Victoria. January 26. 1846. This Court will, on Friday, the 6th day of February next, hold Sittings, and will proceed in disposing of the business then pending in the Special Paper and the New Trial Paper, on the said 6th day of February next, and also on Saturday, on Saturday, the 7th day of February near, and on Monday, the 9th day of February next, and the five following days, and on Mcnday, the 16th day of February next, and the five following days. Read in open Court, Edwd. Bennett. By the Court. BANKRUPTS. Robert Godfrey Fox, wine merchant, Canterbury. John Bunn, builder, Norwich. Laurence Kennedy, pawnbroker, Rochester terrace, Stoke Newington. Thomas Oakley, farmer, St. Albans. Joseph Metford, jun., ironmonger, Southampton. Edgar Barnes, wine-merchant, Aldborough, Suffolk. Edward Clayton, licensed victualler, Edgeware-road. James Coulson, provision dealer, Bridgewater. John 'Massey, gas-fitter, Etruria, Staffordshire. James Ifelhuish, innkeeper, Exeter, Samuel Cullen, chemist, Nottingham. James Hill, share broker, Leeds. William Walter Sanderson, baker, Great Russell-street, Covent-garden. Thomas Tubbs, cowkeeper, Palace. row, New-road. Charles Cason, cheesemonger, South -street, Grosvenor square. John Carlile, commission agent, Little Love-lane, Wood street. Michael and Henry Emanuel, goldsmiths, Hanover-square COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam .. ....C.F. 12 9% Ditto, at sight ...... 12 5% Rotterdam ...... 2U. 12 10 Antwerp.... ...... 26 15 llamburgh ......M.B. 13 15 Paris, 3 days' sight .. • 2b 75 Ditto, 3 months .. .... 26 Marseilles •••• • • • ..... 26 10 Bourdeaux.. ••• • • ... 26 10 Frankfort on Maine.... 122% Petersburgh, 3 Us.. • • • • NGE.-(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar.... ...... •• Leghorn ...... •• 30 75 Genoa ..•• •• •• • • 26 10 Milan . . • Venice.. .. ...... 40 Palermo, per oz .. 119% Lisbon.... • • .. Oporto .. . • .. ••.. • Rio Janeiro Bahia . . Buenos Ayres — New York, 21 days' sight Yhilsdelphia ........ Vienna, • effee. flo• ••• • • 10 8 Trieste, ditto.... lO 9 Madrid PRICKS OF BULLION, FEB OZ. Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 3 17 5 New Doubloons ...... 0 0 0 New Dollars ........ 0 4 Silver in bars ........ 0 4 111,i 36 Cadiz • . ... : Bilbao .......... Barcelona •• •• ...... . Seyille.. ...... • • • • • . MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London ffew Price Current of Jan : .27.) SUGAR.—To-day an increased dullness prevailed in the market for all description of home trade Sugar, and prices must be regarded as nominal. In West India there was scarcely any business transacted. Mauritius was not asked for, and the only public sale was that of a small one of Bengal. REFINED.—To-day the home-trade purchased Refined Goods with caution, and rather lower rates were taken, brown grocery lumps selling at 62s 6d to 633, and standard lumps 63s 5d to 649 per cwt. The market for Bonded Crushed Sugar is firm at 34s for first quality. MAarritta—There are sellers, by private treaty, of all de scriptions, upon rather lower terms, still the business trans acted has been extremely limited, and none has been sub mitted to public competition. EAST INDLL—This afternoon 125 bags of Bengal Sugar in bond, at public sale, went at rather lower rates. FOREIGN.—In consequence of what has transpired in the House of Commons with respect to commercial measures, a stronger desire has been manifested to purchase all descrip tion of Foreign, but holders insisting on an advance of 6d to Is per cwt. has prevented purchases of moment. Tza.—ln Congou a good business has been transacted, and a further advance has taken place, common sound bringing 10 1 ,4 d, and good common lld to Is. Pouchong has been ,in excellent request, and stiffer rates are given. In Twan kay several purchases have been made, and prices rule firm. ilyson sales to a large extent have been made, and 2s to is 2d are the rates paid for ordinary quality. Of Imperial and Gunpowder several parcels have been sold at fully former rates. SPIRITS.—To-day there was a much better demand for Rum, and several parcels of various sorts were sold at higher rates. The closing price of proof Leewards was 2s Id to 2s 2d per gallon. Corium—To-day there was no public sale of any kind of Coffee ; home trade sorts were purchased with caution by private treaty, but holders would not take lower rates. Ship ping kinds were mach asked for, and prices are still on the advance. Hors—The amount of business transacted in all descrip tions has been to a small extent only, but factors for the most part are unwilling to take lower rates. Rica.—To-day East India Rice met with little attention, and at a public sale of 1,369 bags of Bengal, prices declined 6d to is per cwt. Low small broken and dusty white went at 13s 6d to 14s, ordinary yellow cargo rather dusty 12s to 12s 6d, and sea damaged 12s per cwt. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. - Their Lordships met to-day at Five o'clock. The Duke of RICHMOND laid upon their Lord ships' table a Bill to prevent the sale of spirits at toll bars in Scotland. The Earl of MINTO presented petitions from various parts of Scotland in favour of a total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws. The Earl of STRADBROKE presented 37 petitions from places in; Suffolk in favour of the present system of protection. The Duke of RICHMOND presented petitions from Ross against any alteration in the corn-laws. He would take this opportunity of stating that a person of the name of Feargus O'Connor had asserted that he bad received a proposal from him (the Duke of Richmond) to induce him to desert his pre sent principles, and advocate those entertained in favour of the corn-laws. Now he begged to say that lie had never directly or indirectly had any communication with that individual, that he had never attempted to buy any body, and never would, because `he believed that if men would take money to abandon a cause, they were not to be trusted. Earl GREY presented a petition from Forress in favour of the repeal of the corn-laws. THE .NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved the re-ap pointment of the Committee with respect to the building of the new Houses of Parliament.-ocdered. RAILWAYS. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE wished to ask the Noble Earl at the head of the Board of Trade a ques tion with reference to the progress of railway Bills in that House. He understood that in the House of Commons a Committee had been moved for with respect L railways. Now he thought that a bad mode of pro ceeding, and one altogether unworthy of the Govern meat of the voantry, because it was in fact shifting the responsibility of the Government. The labours of the Committee of the Board of Trade last session had done little or no good, because instead of reducing the evil of the gambling system it had imcreased it.— (Hear, hear.) Now, what he wanted to know was whe Ih!y any distinction would be made with respect to Irish . railways? If t h e G overnmen t were d es irous of providing employment in Ireland they could not do so batter than by aiding and expediting the completion of s such works as P ar li ament hould think it proper to s anction. He w i s h e d to know whether the appointment of the Committee would cause any delay in the intro duction of Irish railways? The Earl of DALHOUSIE said that the appointment of that Committee would not cause any delay not either r to the Irish or Scotch railways. He would into d the question now, as it was his intention on e, i'llur next to bring the whole question before the Ho s ay 'rho Noble Earl then gave notice that he should, on Thursday, next bring before their Lordships the whole question as to the manner in which that House would consider the different railway Bills that should come before it. On the mot:on of the Puke of BUCCLEUCH, re turns were ordered relative to the Dublin metropolitan police. _noon (IIaLAND) The Earl of CLANCARTY gave notice of his inten tion, on Thursday, the sth of February, to move for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the operation of the laws with re,peA LO the destitute and sick poor in Ireland. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE 01.' COMMONS. The SPIIMLER took the Chair precisely at Four o'clock. Mr. CURTEIS presented a petition for leave to in troduce a Bill for the Rochester, Canterbury, and Dover Railway. Petitions, numerously signed, were presented from the inhabitants of Tring, Coventry, Walsall, Salford, and K e tt er ing, for the total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws mr. HUME presented a petition from the towns people of Arbroath and Dundee for the immediate re pee of the corn-laws. At half-past four o'clock his Royal Highness Prince Albert, acc ompanied by the Earl of Jersey, ent ere d the House, and took his seat on the cross benches imme diately behind the Sergeant-at• Arms. HONG KONG. _ _ _ Dr. BOWRING gave notice that on Thursday he should move for a return of the expenditure of the co lony of Hong-Kong. ISLE OF MAN. Dr. BOWRING postponed his motion for corres- ' pondence, or extracts of correspondence, on the subject of the House of Keys, in the Isle of Man, till Thursday next. COLONIAL ACCOUNTS. Dr. BOWRING then moved that the resolutions of the last session on Colonial accounts should be read by the Clerk at the table and confirmed. The resolutions were then read at length by the Clerk, and agreed to. Mr. M. PHILLIPS presented a petition signed by 52,579 inhabitants of Manchester, praying for the total, immediate, and unconditional repeal of the corn and provision laws. On the motion being put that the Speaker do leave the chair, Mr. MILES rose, and said he wished to ask the Right Honourable Baronet at the lima of the Government a question before they resolved themselves into a Committee of the whole House, and he was sure from the well-known courtesy of the Right Hon. Baronet, that he would answer his question if it was in his power to do so. He understood that the lion. Baronet was now about to make his financial statement, and he wished to know whether it was his intention to take any vote that evening upon the question? And if it was, he should be glad to know if the Right Hon. Baronet was prepared to press for the decision of the House upon his financial proposition before the country had had time to express its opi nion upon it. He hoped that previous to their coming to any decision upon the question, time would be allowed for duly and properly considering it in all its branches; but, at all events, whether the Right Hon. Baronet answered the question in the affirmative or the negative, he would afford ample time to the counties to state what their opinions might be upon it.—(Hear.) Sir R. PEEL—The statement which I shall make to night will be more a commercial than a financial statement, and, therefore, I do not intend to take any money vote in the Committee of the whole house.—(Hear.) It is not my intention to ask the House to express an opinion to-night upon any part of the statement, because it is my earnest wish that the proposal I shall make should be maturely and deliberately considered by the House before they come to any decision upon it.—(Cheers.) For this there are sufficient reasons. I believe that the task which is imposed upon me is such that the House will be content to take a candid and indulgent consi deration of the position which I hold, and whatever may be the opinion entertained, I have no doubt in my own mind as to the result at which we shall arrive ; but I trust in the mean time that the matter will be dis cussed in a candid and impartial spirit. Tile SPEAKER—The subject for consideration is the alteration to be made in the corn-laws, and the altera tions which have lately taken place.—[The Speaker then referred to the Queen's reply to the Address, part of which he read, and the whole of which has appeared in the columns of The Sun.) —The question now is that I leave the Chair. The House then resolved itself into a general Com mittee, and Mr. Greene took the chair. THE PREMIER'S STATEMENT. Sir ROBERT PEEL, whatever may be the opinion entertained of the course intended to be pursued by her Majesty's Government, or of the proposal which, on their behalf, I have to submit, no one will entertain a doubt that their objects are of the highest order, and that the purpose of the Minister is one perfectly coincident with their views of the advantage to be derived from a full con sideration of the interests of these several portions of the community, and I think that none will disagree with me in the certainty that the public interests can be better served by candid dealing than by mere party endeavour. It may suffice to say that in this discussion I calculate on the impartial consideration of the House. I am aware that in so important a discussion as that which may possibly take place her Majesty's Government, whatever may be the result, are determined to fulfil the duties of their several offices, and, whatever may be the character of the Ministry, OH this they are agreed—that the relief of the duties on commerce, whatever that may be, and the relaxation of the duties on commerce which I had the honour last session to propose, should be con tinued this year, and enlarged for the relief of the people. I am about to proceed on the assumption that protective duties ought to be abolished, and are in principle open to objection, and that the policy of maintaining them ma} be defended, but that there must be special considerations, either of public policy or of justice, to vindicate their maintenance. I am about to act upon this assumption. During the period of the last three years there has been in this country an increased production of revenue, notwithstanding that there has been a remission of many heavy taxes — that there has been an increased demand for labour — that there has been an increase of commerce, and that there has been increased comfort, happiness, and con tentment in this country.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) I do not say that these blessings have ne cessarily been caused by any particular policy you have adopted, but this I say, the enjoyment of them has been confirmed by your measures—that these blessings have been sanctioned by the House of Commons—the policy of repealing prohibitory and reducing protective duties. I am not now, then, by praising that policy, about to call upon the House to recede from any course that has been pursued a course which has been sanctioned by the House of Commons, and which, as productive of public good, ought with regard to consistency to be persevered in.—(Hear, hear.) Sir, I am at the same time, in advising the continued application of these principles, not about to discard the other recommenda tions contained in her Majesty's Speech, namely, that the adoption of good principles should not be the means of endangering the public credit, or of causing any permanent loss in the revenue of the counted}'. Neither, Sir, have I lost sight of the other recommendation—namely, that in proposing sound principles, we should act with sober forbear ance, and not prejudice any great institution 1 hope this will not be rendered necessary, either on account of any measures I may have to propose, or you may have to adopt; above all, I hope that the confidently expressed opinion of her Majesty, that this great subject will receive the deliberate and dispassionate consideration of the House of Commons, may be realised. I have already said, in answer to a question put by an Hon. Gentleman, that I do not contemplate asking the House of Commons to pronounce to-night any opinion upon the entire, or a component part of the measures to be submitted for your consideration; but that, on the contrary, it is the wish of the Government the questions shall be dealt with by you in a calm and dispassionate manner.— (Hear, hear.) It may be possible, that as I am about to propose so many reductions, some Hon. Gentleman may denounce me as rash and improvident, and de clare that my measures ought on that account to be rejected by this House. If such should be the prevailing impression among those who are favourable to protec tion, nothing can be more easy than that on the day when they are called upon to consider those great and momentous questions, I should be permitted to ask the llouse to put upon record a counter principle.— (Cheers.) My motion will be some such resolution as this ; m t that any protection on any particular branch of trade is advisable, but that there should be a comprehensive system of protection for all articles of domestic in dustry, believing, as I do, that it will be for the goGd of the country that our native in dustry should be protected.—(Hear, hear.) I thine that that principle ought to be sanctioned.—(Hear, hear.) It may be, on the other hand, that the House and this country, considering the great difficulties of this question— considering the variety of opinions —considering the nature of the] ,contest, which has long existed, and which I hope will long continue unless there be a satisfactory and early adjustment of this question.—(Hear, hear.) It may be that even those who may dissent from par ticular parts of the great scheme which I am about to propose to the consideration of this House may be disposed to accept this proposal as an entire settlement of the question, and that the voice of the country may pronounce upon it as such. This were an unjust thing. An inequitable or unwise adjustment it may be considered would be preferable to the perpetual conflict in which we are in volved ; and if that be the position which the general opinion of the reasonable and intelligent of all classes shall take,• in that case I shall have confidence of ultimate success. On the other hand, as I said before, if I touch so many interests by the application of that great principle, that protective duties are not in them ,elves abstractedly, and ought to be relinquished; in that case ano:her fate will await my proposal, and the is ose go d o is d p .s d ir, of tha th t e pr b i‘ e lc t i t p e l r e t w o i w il hi i e t h ble have s th o e one p r ub i l t ie referred, namely, the relaxation of the protective duties, I am not about to apply to any one particular class of trade.—(Cheers.) I am not about to select that great interest connected with the agriculture of t hi s country and call upon them to relinquish protection, and at the same time forbear to call upon other interests to privileges.ifr which shall I makeail contend cnooinsodlted o relinquish proposal.their The principe just and a wise one — I shall ask all classes to give up privileges —(Cheers) —and to make the sacrifice, tiefiitybeeasac sacrifice, w h i ch that application shall that cause.—(Hear, hear.) Sir, th e House h Is aware called during the last three years, w the Customs' Duties Act" was amended ; at that time the Customs duties wore submitte d to the review and consideration of this House. In 1842 it was my duty, as the head of the Government, to propose a great change in the then Custom duties. The general principle of the plan under which I then acted was to remit the duties upon arti cles and raw material constituting the element of manufac turing industry. The plan then submitted to the House was to subject the general manufacturing articles of labour in other countries to duties not exceeding 201. per cent. The House adopted the principle upon which he had acted in 1842. In that year he selected a number of the raw articles for the remission of the duty. In 1844 we reduced altogether the duty upon wool. In the year 1845 we reduced alto gether the duty upon cotton. There is hardly a raw material remaining for import into this country upon which the duty has not been either entirely abolished, or considerably diminished. The manufacturers of the country therefore now have an advantage which they did not possess hitherto. They have free access to the raw material which constitutes the fabric of their articles o!' manufacture, and I consider that I am therefore entit:ed to call upon the manufacturers to relinquish that amount of protection which they now have.—(Hear, hear.) The manufacturer has now an advantage which he Las not had before. There might have been great doubt as to whether you might have continued to derive the same amount of revenue from the importation of cotton wool which existed in 1844. But the House disregarded the amount of 600,0001. or 700,0001. of revenue derived from such a source. They wished to establish the stability of the manufacture of articles from sheep and cotton wool, and to place it upon a sure and certain foundation. They were willing, therefore, and consented, to forego this amount, so easily levied, and which caused so little complaint from the great body of the people. In order to remove this duty, not only upon sheep, but also upon cotton wool, this House submitted itself to the imposition of the income-tax, in consideration of the removal of the duties upon these raw materials. I propose, Sir, in reviewing those articles upon which there at present exist duties, I propose to take first those articles of raw material which still remain subject to a duty ; and in dealing with these articles, I beg to call upon the manufacturers to relinquish that amount of duty which they now pos sess. Sir, I hardly know any articles of the nature of raw materials subject to duty except tallow and and timber.—(Laughter.) Tallow is an article of very great importance to the community, and the people at large, it beingused in the manufacture of soap, candles, and also for the purpose of dressing leather. I propose to make a reduction in this article from the amount of duty now levied. With respect to the duty on tallow from the United States, the duty on which was 3s. 2d., I will, purely for the purpose of encouraging that produce, which was ' now chiefly procured from Russia, propose a re ; taxation in that duty, with the hope that it would ulti ' mately procure a reciprocal reduction on their part with respect to the produce of this country. I will, therefore, for that purpose, propose to reduce the duty on tallow, which now is 3s. 2d. to Is. Bd. I am taking the articles of raw material first, and shall now come to timber, the produce of our own colonies. timber is the only article which I cannot definitely give an explanation of, as the reduction which I am dis posed to make must depend on the manner in which I am m, t by other States on that article. The course her Majesty's Government intends to pursue will be a gradual reduction to a certain sum of the existing duties on timber.—(Hear, hear.) The reduction will be apportioned, if possible, so as to cause no derangement of the duties on timber from the Baltic. But at a very early period it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to make known their ar rangements with respect to timber, on which it was difficult to get that information which was necessary. And now, after having made all these reductions, I hardly know a single raw material which has a protec tive duty imposed upon it. After having taken this course after having afforded the manufac turer every facility—after having given him a free command of the raw material—l will call on the manufacturers of the three great articles which eater into the consumption of the great body of the people, I will ask them to give that proof, which I am sure they will—(Hear, hear, hear)—of the sincerity of their convictions as to the impolicy of protection, by consenting to relinquish the protection on corn.—(Hear, hear, and loud cheering from the Opposition benches.) The three branches of manufacture of which I speak are those which give clothes to the'great body of the people. I mean those of linen, woolen, and cotton. I will ask them to set the example to others by relinquish ing at once, cheerfully, the protection on corn.—(Hear, hear.) My Honourable Friend the Member for Dorsetahire (Lord Ashley), and I call him my Honourable Friend, for it shall not be my fault if these unfortunate political differences interfere with private friendship and regard—l will call him at once my Hon. Friend—expressed a hope, being jealous of an ex pression which occurred in her Majesty's Speech, that the small interests of the country should not be visited injuri ously. I will tell him that those interests will meet with the especial care of the Government. I do not purpose in this review of the tariff to subject myself to the impu- ' tation of concealing my intention. I declare it now that I mean to effect great interests and protect, as much as possible, these small interests alluded to. My Honourable Friend will, therefore be gratified in his expectation.—(Hear. hear.) I shall propose, with regard to cotton manufactured goods, including the great mass of heavy goods, such as calicos, prints, &c., to make an alteration. Manu factured goods were now subject to a duty of 10 per cent. These I propose to make duty free ; and thou articles which are charged 20 per cent., I propose to reduce to 10 per cent.—(Cries of " Hear, hear," and cheers.) The articles which constitute in a great measure the clothing materials of the great bulk of the people I propose to make duty free.—(Loud cheers and interruption.) Allow me to state the whole of my scheme before you draw inferences as to any part ' of it. I do not wish you to suspend your judg ment for a year. I merely desire that you refrain from forming conclusions till I continue the details of what I propose.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) I am the more anxious to call upon the manufacturers to relinquish these duties, because, according to high authority it was not the agriculturists but the manu facturers who first called upon the Legislature for the imposition of protective duties.—(Cheers.) I doubt not therefore, but they will now come forward and set the first example in giving them up.—(Cheers.) Adam Smith, A great authority, says—" that farmers and gentlemen connnected with agriculture were, of all persons in the community, the least subject to the wretched spirit of monopoly."—(Great laughter and cheers.) He also said, that it was not the agriculturists, but the manufacturers, who had first appealed for the protection of the restrictive system.—(Loud cheers.) They are always ready to call out against the restrictions an all other articles but that which pressed heaviest upon their countrymen. They may be said to be the original inventors of all monopoly."— (Laughter). Hon. Gentlemen may have cause for laughter, by the reading of this extract, but it is perfectly true I prepose that the duties on the coarser articles of manufacture shall be materially reduced, and which will have a material effect on the manufacturing inte rest of this country, but not to the great injury of the manufacturing interests. I propose that the made up woollen goods shall also be reduced in duty to the same amount, namely, a reduction of from 20 per cent. to 10 per cent.—(Hear, hear.) I stated the other night that flax was a very important and a stable article of our manufacturce, and also that although there was no duty on this article, that its great import was:not injurious to our growers of that article, and I believe that has not been contradicted. The duty on linen goods varies according to their quality; but the reduction of duties on those articles cannot be so injurious to our manufacturing interests as may at first be imagined, for I am of opinion that the improve ments made by our own workmen will always keep up the market in their favour. I now coma to another very important article of our imports. I mean the silk trade.—(Hear.) Now don't let us suppose that the existing duty on silks operate as a Protection to the domestic manufacture of that article. — (Hear.) You have a duty which you call 30 per cent., but which with respect to many articles is a great deal higher; and as a false reliance is placed on this, as t:) its being a protection to domestic manufacture, I think it proper to state that there are many houses in Paris, and on the continent, which will guarantee to deliver goods in London at half the duty at present levied. — (Hear, hear.) It is therefore a mistake to imagine that the duty affords the protection which is stated. In the first place it appears that it is an encouragement to smuggling, as the article may be frequently purchased from those engaged in this traffic for a small sum, com pared with that which it will realize in the legitimate course of business. I conceive therefore that by a new arrangement with respect to the silk duties —in fact that a reduction of these duties which are not interfering with any domestic manufacture, will, at the same time, diminish the profit of the smuggler, and encourage a lawful and wholesome trade.—(Hear, hear.) Now, the general impression is, that there is a duty of thirty per cent. on silk manufacture. I hold in my hand an account of the duties upon the silk manu facture as at present levied ; and, although, in respect taworhtiicselhes om t e he it d may ;not exceed thirty per cent., and in others le ss th an ten per cent., yet t h ere are many ucomprisedty. is umnudeehr higherthis than this. with l respectn the caseo of crape the d u ty i s not less than 40 or 50 per cent. • on dutyis not no leas t l e s t s h t a h n a f n r o i t n 45 3 1. 0 p L e rto cent 3li . per in a ma cent. fancy ; silk 0n the silk bonnets the case of turbans it is at le as t as much. Doesy ' , therefore, believe foreign turbans, bonnets, and hats, pay a duty of 1451. per cent. It is ro such thing. The articles is in c ommon use here, but its value is reduced by the commo n ' smuggler. Now I propose a new arrangement with respect to silk, but I must not now enter too muc3 into details, as the whole of my statement will be subject to correction after it has appeared to-morrow morning. I I now wish to introduce a new principal, based on a gene ral scale which shall enumerate each species of silk, and the amount per pound at which it will be ad mitted with an option to the Custom-house sfficer to levy a duty on every quantity of silk of the value of 1001. a duty not exceeding fifteen per cent. The general principle, therefore, shall be that a reduc tion of 15 per cent. on this article, which, heretofore, had been, at the lowest, 30 per cent. on such articles, but in reality it was greater on some articles and less on others. There is another article of manufacture which I think may be fairly permitted to enter into com petition with the same article in this count r y, for I do think it would have the effect of stimulating that trade to greater industry and exertion ; I speak of the article of paper—(Hear)—that is paper hangings. At present there is a duty upon all foreign paper-hengings imported into this country of one shilling per square-yard ; and this applies to all descriptions of paper-hangings. Now, I believe it is possible for some descriptions of this article to be manufactured and sold at the rate of one farthiag the square yard. Of course the very fine descriptions, such as those with gold borderings, may still be liable to the duty of one shilling; but I do think that a shilling per square yard duty upon paper . which can be made for one farthing per square yard is exorbitant, and therefore I propose to reduce that duty on certain de scriptions from one shilling to twopence the square yard upon paper hangings coming from abroad.—(Hear, hear.) I now approach these de seriptions of manufactures which are connected with metals.—(Hear, hears, and cheer s .) It i s i m p oss ibl e that I can go through its detail without entering into minute details, and therefore I do hope that the House will hear me with patience.—(Hear, heir.) We have already reduced the duty upon foreign ores ; and I do think that if there be any articles of manufacture in this country which more than another, can bear competition it is that description connected with metals. The manu facture of metals (I do not mean to particularize them), are now chargeable with a duty of 15 per cent. I pro pose with regard to them, and I include all descriptions, which I do not now mention; but I say, as a general rule, that this duty shall not exceed 10 per cent.— That is the maximum duty which I how propose on those articles, without enumerating them. I have made an exception with regard to paper hangings, for the reason I have already stated ; but the duty of ten per cent. on metals shall be without any exception. With regard to the duty of 10 per cent. on all such manufactures as umber-lead and also hardware and other articles, such duty can be considerably reduced, as also on all manufactures of hair. At present there is a duty of 20 per cent. on the import of foreign carriages, which I propose to reduce. That will be giving an im mense advantage to the consumers of this country, as no article is so very dear as a carriage and equipment. —(Hear, hear.) Look at the carriages made in Brussels and also in Edinburgh. The price there is considerably below the London price. and I see no meson why foreign carriages should be subjected to a duty of 20 per cent.; and I propose therefore to encourage a wholesome competition in this country by permitting foreign carriages to come in at a duty of 10 per cent. There is also another manufacture in respect of which I propose a considerable reduction — I propose to reduce the duty on canvas. As I have reduced the duty on spermaceti, I this night propose a reduction of the duty on candles to about one half ; and I also propose a reduction of the duty on foreign soap to one-half. In the case of hard soap, now subjected to a duty of 305., it shall be reduced to 205., and in the case of soft soap, now subjected to a duty of 205., it shall be reduced to 14s. There are a great many articles besides on which the duty is so slight that I propose to remit them alto gether.—(Hear, hear.) In 1542 the tariff which I pro posed contained the names of nearly 1,100 articles. Those names still remain on the tariff, because it is con venient to the Custom-house officers to run their eyes down the alphabetical list to see what articles are tree from duty, but in the case of more than 500 of them, the duty will be either reduced or omitted. These articles I have no objection to state to the House, should it require it.—(Cries of " No, no.") Well, then, I will proceed to the other proposal I have to make. There are still some manufactured articles on which I deem it advisable to reduce the duty to 10 per cent. Respecting the article of gloves already a great reduction has taken place. I now come to an important article of consumption, namely, that of boots and shoes, on the raw material of which I propose to reduce the duty.—(Hear, hear.) On a former occasion an altera tion was made in the duty, on the material which en tered into the composition of these articles, but the duty on raw hides was still re,aint d. I now propose that raw hides shall enter duty free.—(Hear, hear.) When the tariff was formerly altered, I retained the duty on all articles that were imported for the purposes of tanning, but now I propose to to remit the duty altogether. There is one article to which I will refer which does not take the character of raw material, but which is of the greatest importance to the working classes—l mean the article of dressed hides. As this article extends largely into boots and shoes, and is of great importance to the people, I propose to take the duty altogether off dressed bids. Having explained what I mean to do with this article. I will now proceed to state what amount of duty I mean to propose on articles made up of these dressed hides, to which I have re ferred. I intend to diminish the duty on foreign boots and shoes, a step which I am persuaded will be a great benefit. Having taken the duty off the raw material I propose reducing th 3 duty on I small boot and shoe-fronts, from three shillings and sixpenc to ls. 91 per dozen; on large boot fronts from ss. 6d. to 2s. 9d. per dozen; on boots from 11.8 s. to 14s. perdozen; on shoes from 14s. to 7s. per dozen; other articles of this kind to be reduced in the same proportion. There is another reduction I mean to propose, which was omitted in 1842, but which I regret was not then car ried into effect. I mean the duty on the article of straw platt. On this article I propose that the duty shall be reduced from 7s. 6d to ss. ; and on straw hats, from Bs. 6d. to ss. per dozen. I omitted to gate that there is another article con nected with the silk manufacture that I propose to reduce the duty on, I mean the article of dyed thrown silk. I hope I am convincing the House that I am disposed to act fairly and impartially in re spect of the application of those duties.—(Cheers.) I believe I have exhausted every article which can be called an article of manufacture as the word manufacture is generally used. I have shown you that I intend to reduce metals, clothing, and those things generally in use as articles of con sumption, and the House will I hope per ceive that I have pretty strictly adhered to the general principles I had laid down in the begin ning. I shall call your attention now to another article of great importance, which, although it may be included among manufactures, yet, in com mon parlance, does not come within the denomination of in mufaeture. It is an article on which reduction seems at the present time, be be peculiarly required. I propose to reduce the duty on brandy, and other foreign spirits. (Great cheering.) The present duty upon brandy is not less than 225. 10d. per gallon, and this high duty has, I believe, prevented any increase in the importation of the article.—( Hear, hear.) COMMONS' SUIIMARY. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Several petitions were presented. About half-past four o'clock his Royal Highness Prince ALBERT, accompanied by the Earl of JERSEY, entered the House, and took his seat under the gallery, mmediately behind the Sergeant-at-Arms. Shortly afterwards his Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE entered the House, and took his place by the side of Prince ALBERT. Immediately after the Duke of CAMBRIDGE had entered the House, Mr. M. PIIILLIPS, amidst loud cheering, presented the great Manchester petition, praying for the total and im mediate repeal of the corn-laws. On the motion that the order of the day for the House resolving itself into Committee on the:paragraph of Her Majesty's Speech relating to commercial policy be read, Mr. MILES trusted that ample time would be given to the House to stele its opinion on the subject. Sir ROBERT PEEL said his statement Would be rather a commercial statement than a financial one. He would not call on the House to come to any decision. He would not wish any opinion on the plan until after the lapse of some days. The House then resolved itself into Committee, and Sir H. PEEL rose to explain to the House the mea sures which the Government proposed for their adop tion, in order to carry out the recommendation which had just been read in regard to commercial policy. Whatever might be the opinion ultimately formed with regard to the merits of the proposal of the Government, he was sure that the vast import ance of the interests concerned would secure to him a patientduteiasclp n a i p n i d y u i l ng gent hearing. He was about to review the to many articles, the produce of other countries. He proceeded on the as,umption that the repeal of protective and prohibitive duties was good, that abstractedly those duties were bad in principle, and that it was necessary to show special cause for their maintenance. He agreed that during the last three years there had been increased pro duction and increased consumption, concurrent with the repeal of prohibitive and the reduction of protective duties. The course he should pursue had been sanctioned by the House, and it was perfectly consistent to follow oat that course. He maintained, however, that in the adoption of good principles they should not be regardless of mer iti n g p u bli c credit, nor should they forget the recommendation that no loss should be inflicted on any class of her Maje , ty's sub jects. He wished the House to deal deliberately and dispassionately with his proposal. Perchance he was about to meddle with so many interests, that all might unite to oppose him, and when the question came forward for discussion, it might be met by a notice that protection to domestic industry was a good object, and ought to be persevered in. It might be that those who dissented from hi s sc h eme i n p art m ight bo dis posed to support it as a whole, in order to bring the pre sent con fli ct to an equ i ta ble termination. The principle of the relaxation of protective duties he was not about to apply to any particular interest. He was not about to call upon the agriculturists to relinquish protection and continue it to others; confident that his principle was a wise one, he called upon all protectionists to relinquish their protection. The principle of the new tariff bad been to lower all duties to about 20 per cent. ad valorem, that was in 1842. In subsequent. years the principle had been still further carried out. The duty on the raw material of manufac tures had been relinquished, and therefore he was en titled to call upon the manufacturer to relinquish his protection. He proposed to continue to act on the prin ciples which that House had sanctioned, and to remove the duties from those articles of raw material still subject to it. These were only tallow and timber. Tallow was largely used in important manufactures, and he pro posed to reduce the duty levied upon tallow. The present duty was 3% 2d. per cwt., and he pro posed, in order to encourage Russia in her libe ral policy, that England should, without stipulation, reduce the duty from 3s. 2d. to Is. Bd. With regard to timber ; Colonial timber was admitted at a nominal duty, and as they were about to affect domestic interests, they had a right to effect a reduction in the timber duties; and he was anxious the consumer should reap the advan tage of the reduction, and therefore he proposed to make it gradually. On an early day, after there had been an opportunity of stating the details of the subject, the in tention of the Government should be made public with regard to the reduction of the timber duties. These were reductions, not repeals, and with those exceptions he hardly knew any raw materials which were subject to duty. lie, there fore, called on' the manufacturers to give that proof of the sincerity of their convictions of the impolicy of protective duties by relinquishing the protections. He asked the manufacturers of woollen, linen, and cotton, to set the example of relinquishing their pro tection. His Hon. Friend, the Member for Dorsetshire, and he trusted that no political differences would inter rupt their private friendship, had expressed a hope that small interests would not be interfered with. He in tended to interfere with great interests, and to meddle as little as possible with small ones. Manufactured cottons formerly were subject to a duty of 10 per cent. He proposed it should be itnported duty free, without restriction. The duty on manufactured cottons, which was now 20 per cent., he proposed to reduce to 10 per cent. He was the more anxious that the manufac turers should assent to this, because they had set the example by asking for protection. Adam Smith stated that it was not the agriculturists but the manufacturers that had commenced the system of monopoly. " Country gentle men and farmers," said Adam Smith, were least actuated by the wretched spirit of monopoly."—(A laugh.) Pro tection was first pressed on the Legislature by the trading interests, and, therefore, they should first relinquish it. With regard to linens and woollens, he proposed that they also should relinquish protection, and he doubted not but that the skill of the country a ould beat foreigners. Woollen goods were subject to a duty of 20 per cent. Ile proposed to reduce it to 10 per cent on linens as well as on cottons and woollens ; that the coarser sorts should come in duty free, and that iu regard to the finer sorts the reduction of duty should be reduced to one-half of its present amount. With respect to silk, he thought that they should apply not the same system but make a great reduction. They had a duty which in respect to many articles was pro hibitory, and it was considered a protection to domestic industry. It was no such thing, ! - or there were houses in Paris which would guarantee the delivery of the goods in London at one-half - the duty. They would, by a re duction of that duty, encourage a lawful traffic instead of an unlawful one. There were many articles of silk on which the duty was more than 30 per cent, as, for instance, on crape and other articles of manufacture. He proposed a new arrangement of those duties, and that the general rule should be to levy a duty ad valo rem, in no case exceeding 15 per cent. Then with re gard to paper, the duty was le. per square yard, without distinction of quality. He proposed to reduce that duty to 2d. par square yard. He now approached those ma nufactures connected with metals. All manufactures of metals were charged with a duty of 15 per cent. He proposed that no duty should exceed 10 per cent.: that was to be the maximum. Then with regard to brocade and earthenware, he proposed a similar ,reduction. Then with regard to foreign carriages, he proposed to reduce the duty from 20 per cent. to 10 per cent. He proposed to reduce the duty upon candles to one-half of the present amount, and also a simila r reduction in foreign soap. Hard soap now subject to a duty of 305., he promised to reduce it to 20%, soft soap to 10s., and Naples soap from 565. to 15s. There were many articles in which he proposed to remit the duty altogether. There were 500 articles standing in the tariff in respect of which there was no duty. He pro posed to apply this principle to many other arti cles. In respect to all articles connected with the manufacture of leather great remittances of duty had taken place. He proposed to remove altogether the duty on dressed hides, and then there would not be a single raw material subject to duty, "'yid then he proposed to reduce the duty on foreign boots and shoes ; from boots Is. 3d. to Is. 9d. per dozen; Boots from 1/. Bs. per dozen to 14%, and for shoes from 14s. to 7s. He proposed to reduce the duty upon straw plait from ss. to 3s. 6d. per lb. He was disposed to act freely and impartially. He had exhausted every article of manufacture. He proposed to reduce the duty upon brandy and foreign spirits from 225. per gallon, and the consumption was not now greater in this country than it was in the 17th century. There was no article in which smuggling more prevailed. He proposed to reduce the present duty of 225. to 15s. per gallon. With regard to sugar, he intended to propose the reduction of the duty on foreign free labour sugar to 3s. 6d., reducing by that amount the differential duty. He now came to those articles connected with agriculture. There were many articles subject to heavy duties which did not operate as protection. There was, for instance, the article of to bacco ; and, in treating of these articles, he hoped that that House would bear in mind the necessity of support ing the public revenue, and not press for a simulta neous removal of duties which would be thought hich, He would take first those articles not connected with food, and he thought that, by reducing the duty on grass seeds, he was conferring a benefit on agriculture The duty on clover seed, for instance, was a heavy bur den or agriculture. He proposed to reduce the duty on all seeds to ss. per cwt., as a maximum duiy. In order to promote the fattening of cattle, which was so neces sary to the production of manure for the fertilising of the soil, he proposed that Indian corn should be hence forth admitted duty free, or rather with a merely no minal duty. He considered that, in doing this, he was not doing any injury to the agricultur sdd : eiat i nthdlbgh, i emu i le t gice e pntir r raat g titinhe s lne: t e. ei, t tiat o huota:ai s ,resi u ltleiyi b nc i sla e erea c rsiens t tdioyi buck ennlgace rast tf.khio articles Hes y h asa, wheat a adu t re s proposeds er t . footing to da p t i e ee c a s f he a ktaea m oe re questedhmt%ahva e ee di a t p l hb fir e o o r o e f u e l gt ro t oa h s g eo r o re d d f s ai n in the United States—such as rice cake—to be admitted duty free, and he therefore proposed to admit it. He came now to consider those articles of agricul tural produce used for the food of man, and he felt the difficulty of dealing with them. His object was to come to some adjustment of this ques tion between the demands of those who upheld mire laxed protection and those who contended for the repeal of all duties. He feared neither party would approve of his plan, but he proposed it for the public advantage, as the foundation of a settlement. He did not propose an immediate repeal of all duty, although he proposed an immediate reduction in respect to all, and immediate and total repeal in respect to many. (LEFT SPEAKING.) RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LEEDS, JAN. 26. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—London and Croydon, 22% c. —Manchester and Leeds, Sixteenth Shares, 11% p.—Sheffielta and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 3, 6—East Lancashire, No. 2 (late Accrington), 4% p.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 10—Ditto, Exten sions, 15s. p.—lluddersfleld and Sheffield, 22—Leeds and Bradford, 50 c.—Leeds and Dewsbury, New Shares, 3% p.—North British, New Carlisle Branch, 3/. le.—Wakefield, Pontefract, and Gbole, New, 7% p.—London and York, 43i —Liverpool,Ormslclrk, and Pres ton, 4 % —West Riding Union, 6%—Ambergate, Nottingham, and — North Boston, Bs. p.—Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland, 10s. tits —Clinic roe Junction, 2%—Grand Union, 10s. p.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 17s. p.—Leeds and York, 7s. 6d.dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 10s. p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 11. 17s. p.—Midland and Thirsk Junction, 18s. dis.—Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, 15s. dis.—North Western, 2N—Shropshire Union, 3s. p.—South Midland, 2% p. HULL, JAN. 20. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—North British, Carlisle, 3—Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, &c., 3 —Axholme, 2% Derby and Gainsborough, 21s.—Grand Union, 35s.—Great North and South Wales and Worcester, ss. Gd. —Hull and Barnsley Junction, 38 3 . G d. —Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 2/. 192.—Landon and York, 1 x 7 17s.—South o . -n--,S sand d h 3 3 1 1 : L 1 1 :1 c l d k , —North44l.l7s. Shl r e e N s v t s e b ri tt 4 3 4% 17s.—Shrewsbu r y and Bir ms—ti,),,itrigaohnradc.shhe:s3rtese,r.,sp SHEFFIELD, JAN. 26. a li nd ak S e h n e e fil ki e , l a d nd:lid , Exten sion, 2 • —Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 4—Ditto, Extension, 31. Is land, • iiii:tr h- t e er s S a ll e a s re a s r , e 2 - i G — r L im eed bY s, YORK, JAN. 26. ales re— EXCHANGE. —The 6 a Newcastle and DII ar ngton Ex- STOCK Midland ensiou , , iii i i —York and North Extension, 39—Ditto, New (East and West Riding), 10 — Newcastle and Berwick, 2014 North British, New, Carlisle Branch, 3— London and York, 4% Grand Union, 11. 185.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 21 195. - -- Leicester and Bedford, 2— Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Mid land, 4%—Welsh Midland, 2%. STOTEC lB E s s_ci p iA ll ie t n o 7 —South Yorkshire Coal Railway, 314. The Duke and Duchess of Somerset are entertaining a select circle at Wimbledon Park. Lord Glenelg ,Lord Sey mour, Sir Edward Colebrooke, Lady Shaw Stewart. and Miss Stewart, Mr. P. M. Stewart, M.P., and the Hon. W. Grant, are among the guests of the Noble Duke and Duchess. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-ROUSE. Just as the Lord Mayor was leaving the bench, John Kin chin, master of Waterman steam-boat No. 5, and Edward Afockey, one of the crew, were placed at the bar charged with a riot. It appeared from the evidence of the policeman making the charge, that from instructions he received that morning at the City Solicitor's office, he had just taken the defend ants into custody on account of the dispute which arose on Wednesday last respecting the pier at Paul's-wharf. The case having been partly heard, a solicitor appeared on behalf of the defendants, when the Lord Mayor, before he had time to make a remark, asked who he was? The gentleman stated that he attended from the office of Messrs. Newbon and Evans, the solicitors to the Waterman's Steam Packet Company. The LORD MAWR then said, "Go beyond that railing, sir;" and on being remonstrated with as to the place where the gentleman was then standing being the usual one fur solicitors when attending there, his Lordship said if you do not go out from the railing you shall be turned out. The solicitor then went outside the bar, and the statement of the police having been taken, the Lord Mayor ordered the defendants to find bail in 100/. each, and two sureties of 507. each, to answer the charge at the sessions. The solicitor, during the hearing of the case, stated that he took the order to go beyond the barrier as a personal insult. The LORD MAYOR said, in reply, "I meant you to take it as such," and the solicitor then left the Court. GUILDHALL Phoebe Richards, a young woman of respectable appear ance, and Edward Barlow, a clerk at Messrs. Wreford and Co.'s, 2, Aldermanbury, were re-examined, charged with stealing a writing-case and other articles from the Commer cial Hotel (the Barley-mow), Salisbury-square. Mr. Clarkson, with Mr. Philp, the solicitor, attended for the prosecutor, and Mr. Ballantine with Mr. Hudson, soli citor, for the accused. The room was crowded with the friends of the parties. Mr. Clarkson said there had been a short examination on a former day, but it would now be necessary to go into the matter minutely. He called— Mr. Pare, the landlord of the hotel, who deposed that the female prisoner, Richards, came to lodge at his house on the 15th of December, representing that she had come from South Petherton, near Bristol. Her luggage was brought in a cab. Having a sitting-room for gentlemen staying at his house, but no such accommodation for ladies, she was in vited to sit in the bar parlour, and while she was lodging in the house property to the extent of 301. was lost. She left on the evening of the 20th of January, without any inti mation that she had taken a lodging elsewhere. She went away pretending she was going to the Great Western Railway to meet her sister, who would arrive at half-past nine; but, in fact, she went directly to Hoxton, where she had taken a lodging a week before. There was a raffle at prosecutor's house for some silver watches, which were kept in the bar parlour. The raffle was to have taken place about New Year's-day, but on looking for them they could not be found. They had been last seen in the bar parlour on the 23d of December. The chamber-maid miss ing something on the 19th, the servants had notice to quit. Barlow was a frequent visitor to Miss Richards, and was her acknowledged suitor. As she did not return on Tuesday night with her sister from Bristol, although she had ordered an extra bed, and that the fire should be kept up, he went to Barlow on Wednesday morning. Barlow said he had not done anything with the young lady, and he asked if she owed anything ? Witness said she owed 11. 4s. Barlow said he would call and pay it in the evening. Witness re quested him to bring Miss Richards with him, as she had, no doubt, by mistake, taken away same ar ticles which b e l onge d t o Mrs. Pare, or to Mrs. Clarkson, a lady on a visit to her. Barlow pro mised he would do so ; but, in consequence of some infor mation, both the prisoners were taken into custody in Aldermanbury about 6 o'clock in the afternoon. On Wed nesday morning a note was received by post, bearing a Cripplegate post mark, setting forth that she did not return last night because her sister arrived so late, and that they slept together in Aldermanbury. He went with the officers to search the lodging at Eliza-terrace Horton, and saw cer tain articles found there. None o f the missing property was found on Barlow, or amongst his effects at his employers. Mr. Alderman CHALLIS asked how the female prisoner accounted for removing her luggage, if she gave no intima tion that she was going to leave ? Mr. Pare said he was not aware that she had removed her luggage, but he returned from the country in the course of that day. Mr. Willoughby, a lodger at the hotel, stated that he missed his writing-case from the commercial-room on the first floor. It was safe about five o'clock in the afternoon on the 20th, and he missed it next morning. The outside was of russia leather, but there was a black leather portfolio in side. He identified the clasp of the portfolio by a scratch. The case contained bills and papers of importance to him. The policeman produced the clasp which he found at the lodging at Eloxton. There were ashes of paper under the grate, and he also found in the ashes some small nails, screws, and a hinge, which he supposed to be the remains of the writing case. Mrs. Bircham, of 1, Eliza-terrace, Hoxton, said the female prisoner slept there on the night of the 20th, and she heard her busy with the fire till a late hour. Witness had two furnished parlours to let. Barlow first looked at them, and said be would send " his good lady." She took them to be man and wife, and the lady came afterwards and approved of the place. She did not take possession till the morning of the 20th, when she brought her luggage in a cab, but went away immediately. She returned with Barlow about eight in the evening, but he went away about half-past ten the same night. On the following day witness entered the room while Miss Richards was absent, and saw under the sofa-pil low a strip of Russia leather with a torn edge. She also saw a gold chain with long furnished links, and short inter vening links. The officer said both these had been removed when he searched the place at night, but he found another chain. Such a chain as was described had been stolen from Mr. Pare, but the chain produced waa identified from the work box of the bar-maid. She saw it .safe in her bed-room two days before Miss Richards left. . The bar-maid also iden tified two pocket handkerchiefs found at the lodging at Hoxton. One belonged to herself, and the other to her mistress. Mrs. Clarkson, of the Walworth-road, who was staying at the hotel on a visit to Mrs. Pare, identified a brooch which she had broken, and which was found at the prisoner's lodging. Elizabeth Fisher, the chambermaid, identified Barlow a s having been in the commercial-room on the afternoon of the day on which Mr. Willoughby's writing-case was stolen from it. Mr. Clarkson then proposed an adjournment of the hear ing till Saturday, and he was willing that the young man, Barlow, should continue to remain at large on his, recog nizances. ----- 111:Iiallantine said he was willing to assent to this, for the fuller the inquiry was he was• sure the clearer would the innocence of Barlow appear. He had been paying his ad dresses to the young woman, intending to marry her. He had hitherto appeared as counsel for both the prisoners ; but from this time he should represent only Barlow, who be lieved the young woman to be innocent till proofs of her guilt not to be resisted were produced, but now he could no longer endeavour to protect her. The female prisoner, who seems indifferent to the result, was then remanded till Saturday, and Barlaw was bailed to appear at the same time. WORSHIP-STREET. A middle-aged man of respectable appearance, named George Samuel Abrahams, described as an auctioneer and house-agent, was placed at thebar ' before Mr. Broughton, for I final examination, on numerous charges of embezzlement and felony, and obtaining money under false pretences. Two charges of fraud, after an elaborate investigation, the Magistrate considered it unlikely would be followed by a conviction, and they were therefore abandoned, but the pri soner was committed upon one charge of felony ; and A lady named Lane now stated, that wishing in the latter part of December last to dispose of some property at her villa, at Ealing, the prisoner, who was recommended to her by a friend as an auctioneer, waited upon her to draw up the particulars of sale. Amongst other articles in the list were an agate snuff-box, gold-mounted, and with a beautifully executed representation of the Coliseum at Rome upon the lid ; and a silver cruet-stand, both of which having sustained trifling fractures likely to depreciate their value, the prisoner took them away with him on the excuse of getting them repaired. She had repeatedly applied for their restoration, but unsuccessfully, and now found, upon their production by the officer, that they had been pledged by the prisoner, and of course without her sanc ti on. She hail also seen a set of mounted cruet:, found by the officer at the' house of the " pn soner, which were likewise her property, and must have been abstracted by the accused from her house on the occasion of his visit, and without her authorisation, as they were entire and needed no repairs. The snuff-box and cruet-stand were produced in 'court, the latter by Mr. Russell, a pawnbroker in Shoreditch, at whose shop it had been pledged by the prisoner, at the latter end of December, for 41. The prisoner offered no defence to this charge, and Hol land, the warrant officer, next predu'...ed a cigar-case, which he had discovered upon searching the prisoner's house, and which was identified as his property by a Mr. Rubens, a vanilla merchant, who had left it in an apartment to which the prisoner had access, serving as the temporary bar of a publican named Collins, residing in Wellclose-square, Whitechapel, whose house so suddenly fell down that his family had scarcely time to escape with their lives, and fir whose benefit a subscription was set on foot and collected by the risoner, to the amount of more than 801., and applied by him to his own purposes, with the exception of :about 61. only, which had been obtained from him by stratagem. In this case the prisoner, who betrayed the coolest self possession throughout the proceedings, expressed his inten tion to reserve his defence for another occasion, and he was then fully committed for trial upon all the charges. COLCHESTER CORN EXCHANGE.-011 Saturday l ast, notwithstanding the general depression of the trade, there was less opposition manifested by the farmers to the policy of Sir Robert Peel, than we had been led to imagine by the " Essex Protective Society" would be the case. Indeed many expressed themselves favourable to repeal, and none seemed inclined to favour a gradual abolition. The general feeling seemed to be, if the corn-laws are to be repealed, let it be done at once. It is evident that the farmers in Essex, uninfluenced by their landlords are not as a b o d y i n favour of the "Protection " system.—lpswich E x p ress. STATE OF TRADE.—BIRMINGHAIII, JAN. 26.—The inhabitants of this town and district continue to enjoy good trade. The orders from America by the last mail are exten sive, and :a good many exports are also in preparation for China and Bombay. The large plate glass works of Smeth wick, which had be en l y i ng idle for years, have for some time been in full work, and prices are such as shall ensure to the company a good dividend. The gun trade is singularly brisk, and with the prospect of an increase of the naval and military estimates, is likely to continue so for a considerable time to come. - NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMO UTH , MONDAT.—A court-ma r ti a l, com p r ising Captain Moubray, of the Victory, president ; Captain Corry, of the Superb; Captain Chads, of the Excellent; Captain Martin, of the Grampus; Captain Sir R. Grant, of the St. Vincent; Captain Lushington, of the Retribution; Captain Seymour, of th e C ar y s f or t ; an d Mr. G. L.Greetham, Deputy Judge-Advocate of the Fleet, assembled this morning on board the St. Vincent, flag-ship, to try, at the instance o f , Captain Collier, two seamen of the Rodney, named, respec tively William Walkingshaw and John Berry, for desertion. It appeared the prisoners obtained leave of absence on the 23d of December, while the Rodney was at Spithead, which leave was extended, on account ofChristmas-day, to the 26th, but the prisoners never returned, and entered on board the Scourge, steam-bomb-vessel—Walkingshaw in the name of Fearless, and Berry in the name of Roxberry—tben in the basin in this dockyard ; but the Rodney, requiring alteration and repair, came into dock, when the deserters, from their close proximity, were speedily recognised and arrested. This was proved by several witnesses, On being called upon for their defence, Walkingshaw said be had liberty from the Rodney to the time stated, but hav ing been in company during that time with other persons than bikcompanion, and having lost his clothes, he feared the consequences, which he mentioned to his companion Berry, and they agreed to desert and enter on board the Scourge, hearing that she was fitting out and going inane diately to the Pacific station. He further said he 'did " t intend to quit the service, which was evidenced by his enter ing on board the Scourge. He threw himself upon the mercy of the Court. Berry said Walkingshaw had expressed his (BerrY's) rcy timents exactly, and he also threw himself up on the me of the Court. Guilty, Th e CaoautinT, sentenced after due eact e deliberation,reeereceive fiffotuyn lashesd the Guilty, anti sentenced each to receive fifty lashes P o n ri s b °o s the Rodney, and to be each imprisoned for two m onths u" kept to hard labour in the county gaol of Winchester. A seaman named Main, a deserter from the Gram then put uon his trial, and, after very conclusive ePviideiti;e_, convicted, and sentenced to be imprisoned for tithe and during that time to be kept to hard labour in Was chester gaol. The corporal punishment in this case re mitted on account of five years' good character in the se vice which the man had previously borne. The Comet steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander NV O a ! Pretyman, arrived last evening from the eastward with_ost pernumeraries for the Grampus and Janus. Sh e left W with on last Saturday week, but the weather was fo fogf on reaching Gravesend that she was obliged to anchor. started at one P.M. on Sunday, and anchored at Shoe r d rie j o the same night; left the next day at eleven, anclio t gale blowing Roads the same afternoon in consequence of a g i a nt; blowing from south-west; at eight o'clock next ulu rn „, oo started again but was compelled to anchor in the 1 1 / 4 ;_ from the extreme foulness of the weather, where sb w r ' s , mained three days, during which time she encountered veto ther which would have compelled less experienced offic . “ l , t abandon her and take to the boats. On Friday luo rnin ' v a er five o'clock she started again, and at nine madefast to P Ol harbour, where she took in coals and water, the win d blowing a hurricane at the time. Here an extraorth7ein instance occurred of the truth of the adage that "dr u ,, n ," men and children have charmed lives." A man 13 • 00 - e g Robert Braxton, ship's corporal of the Grampus, was ° An a to the Comet from the shore, when, in walking roil the pier to the vessel, he lost his equilibrium 11 ' fie over into the dock into a boat, a distance of 35 fel l s t. was taken up insensible, but the prompt and skh on "y e et, ten tion of Dr. Bahingto 1., assistant-surgeon of the, ; n ay, soon restored him to consciousness, and he was stultt ati ly well next morning to answer his " muster," t he ,• • injuries he appeared to have received being a few b ru ? e g, ' The Comet left Dover at 8 o'clock on Saturday ollea the wind having somewhat lulled; she went along he n exceedingly well until 4 o'clock yesterday morning, je t she was abreast of the Ower's light, at which time a w o o hurricane was blowing, and an awful sea running. S he', obliged to haul off the land, and stand to the soutbnlo, when a tremendous sea struck her on the starboard s'sra carrying away her stern-boat, and staving in the O r t ip, paddle-box, sweeping fore and aft. At noon she bere,,,,,) and ventured to make the land, the master (Mr. 1 3,14 being convinced land was in sight, or very near, altbet, the weather was so very thick nothing could - be distiu c ' made out at any distance from the ship. At 1 rat.)e .. . Bu dst er she made the land, which proved to be Dungene"' ;Olt about 5 o'clock entered this harbour, after having bee° e "gbe days in making the passage from Woolwich to this po rt 'be will now have to be docked and repaired before sbe sent to sea. Tice Comet is a fine old craft, the first MI 6 " war steamer ever built. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Monday, Jan. 26 * ,N-LAWS. The Duke of WELLINGTON (in continua our Third Edition of last night) said—My Hon. '.,„ e st followed the advice of the members of the Goaerm' a sa and he tendered his resignation to her Majea t Y, % e st! advised hew to form a new Cabinet. Her Mss but asked a Noble Lord to form a new Administrati on, o o that Noble Lord did not succeed, and the c onseti ll , t he was that her Majesty asked his Hon. Friend 1 " head of the Cabinet to remain in o ffice., her colleague wrote to me informing me e v es' Majesty's wishes, and then it became fl o es, sary for us to act nnder the e ircucesT st and my Hon. Colleague having been of opinion .00, alteration of the corn-laws was necessary, severs! "`,.. hers of the Cabinet agreed with him in that opin i %iii I do not say that all were of the same opinion, hu t . s ell do know, that a great number of them were, and 11 °,,1 0 1 among them. I came to the resolution that le t o al would happen I should support him most cordiani , duct am of the same resolution still. I applauded the ce lete e of my Right Hon. Friend on that occasion, and I t oe mined that I for one should stand by him. 13 10 is my Lord, I felt it was my duty to my country to 03,,,a And I did think that the formation of a Gover ° 6o 6• in which her Majesty would have confidence was M., d ici• nately greater importance than opinions of any r ge or, dual of the corn-laws, or of any other laws- - hear.) My Lords, my Right Hon. Friend w rote to, ~i 4 de siring that I wou ld a t ten d th e i r C a bi ne t, which%del be held that even i ng , w hi c h I did. I t h ere aPP'. 3 ,.btea the conduct of my Ri g ht H on . F r i en d. I w as deli.a t os with it—beca use it was exact l y t h e course I should her e• pursued myself unde r s i m il ar c i rcumstances , a nd I de fore determined to stand by him. My Lords, t!' . 01 00 o ss same time that I did this, I k new we ll the p which my Right Hon. F r i en d stoo d in re is jo to the present corn-laws. I knew well thar' o o consequence of his having resigned his a s; into her Majesty's hands, because he ee" st 4 prevail on the other Members of the Cabinet to 01,9, him in a material alteration of the corn-l a ws, tha t ' h os who were employed to form a Government eett° l ,,,aeg obtained a knowledge of the parti cu l ar circtons7 . I under which my Right Hon. Friend h a d resignise therefore beg to ask, my Lords, how m y Right Friend could enter the House of Commons 5 170 rj!...s. defend the corn-law, which he b roug ht in hin e ues e) he had done only in the pre ce di ng July.—(Heart How could he go into Parliament and defend the corn' bis against those gentl emen w h o were i n f or med ° nr set, opinion that it ou g ht t o b e a l tere d , and who, of e°* - would have reproached hi m f or th e f res h alteratic 0 opinion he had come down to support. I lee well that I should have acted a s I did, an d I then • 0 4 told him that I should stand by hi m i n th e r esuol t s o f of his government. I also knew well that, in I must be a party to the proposition of a material 0 1 '0 tion of the corn-law. I could no t b e o th er wise. it, and I knew it. —(Hear, hear.) So far, thee! re' Lords, I have accounted for my own conduct. The P o ye position of my Ri g ht H on . F r i en d, a l t h oug h i t w ill inYfg,c the materi a l a lt erat i on o f t h e corn -l aw, w ill be satispef tory to the coun t ry , an d satisfactory to the friends o to Right Hon. F r i en d, an d w ill give such advantag b es t to the landed inter es t as t h e l an d e d i nterest have a ri : g" all, expect in the gen e r a l arrangements e f the countryjea Lords, my Right Honourable Friend is a great la n ce proprietor. His pursuits are those of agriculture. _0 is connected by friendship and by associations be most of your Lordships. I cannot suppose t h ,t t of would betray the interests of a b o dy suc h as t " - osr the land e d i n t eres t s . N o , my L ords, I entreaba'r, Lordships to wa it unt il you see w h at t h e peoposit t° o o that he w ill l ay b e f ore you. H e will bring his meacw* before P ar li ament i n t h e course of the next few v eil and then y ou w ill see whether or not he has betr ° ',at his duty either to your Lordships or the country all events, my L or d s, w h atever that measure may ,: so highly rewarded as I have been by the people of tiO land —co u ld not re f use to give my Sovereign ° 6o• assistance in my power towards the formation Of %I'd vernment. I could no t re f use th i s when I wa l c l ea t upon, in order to ena bl e h er M a j esty to meet PartA3*-00 and carry on th e b us i ness of the country. on ta• ground I have now presented myself before your 1 , 1, ships. I h ave no d ou b t that the measure to wbiejotf! have referr e d w ill g i ve sat i sfaction to the ugricaltar and will meet with general approbation. After a pause of two or three minutes, 0,10 The Marquis of CLANRICARDE rose and e ll A wished to withd raw t h e mot i on of which be ha'"„ session given notice, with respect to the Loam' York Railway Bill. . The Duke of BUCKINGHAM wished to know 10 3 it was that the Noble Lord and his coil, agues, win 0 0 ; undertaken the task of f orm i ng a Government, "olor been successful in th e a tt em p t . H e confesse d they ,torf ment just made by his N o bl e F r i en d was not sa tis e a' to his mind. The present Government was alto' s- n oi tirely a free trade one, an d h e therefore wishe d to It i d why the Government, when it declined the ta , k' ee 0 feund Noble Lords ready to come forward to n'¢ lu ng Government—why, as t h ey had altered their 011-40ot with respe c t t o t h e question of free trade, they (I' eel) join the new Government (if such it could be e . 3 0,519 that had al wa y s a d vocated free trade conscientt telt and consistently?—(Hear, hear.) He begged t° , sh l9 l the Noble Lord (L ans d owne) why they had been 111,3 to form an Ad m i n i s t rat i on.—( Hear, hear.) ge-w°4 the measures to be brought forward on the foo-o a s , evening in the House of Commons, by the Rig ht , i1 ; 0 ; Baronet at the h ea d o f t h e Government, would o°' factory.—(H ear, h ear.) For his own part he 1 ' the t e the most distant idea they could be satisfactory: t° tbs G country or to the agricultural interests. Believl' l g a tie the measures about to be proposed would be de st A r ti - ar to to tl,e agricultural interests, it would be his - protect them as far as he was able, and to defe at ,. aai measures that might be brought forward by this stair,, other Government to introduce a free trade Leg' s The Duke of WELLINGTON wished to lin° /I V the Noble D u k e meant b y a free-trade Gover nlne (Laughter.) He certainly was staggered at it. et° s Toe Duke of BUCKINGHAM o b serve d h e o n et! staggered to find the Noble Duke now in the cl proposing m easures w hi c h h e formerly so st rong. hi; pressed his disapproval of. The Noble Dek ° , l ,, ° ,er°: friend upon a former occasion turned out the ""„ c e ment, which attempted to support measures t o e) . _ those now about to be brought forward.—(lTea t. ' - .fort° . The Marquis of LANSDOWNE had been upoli tl ' r op s, day perfectly prepared to state, at some length P e ., - a, th, ° , the circumstances under which he in comrnen:„' s eili,' Noble Lord, the Member for London, (Lord John - 1 " ;evil and others, had been called upon to form a Gove A rn e upon which the Noble Duke (Buckingham) b it " 11 60 r " principles of free-trade." All the circumstances!. d tc: ever, had been so fully stated to their Lordships,f°;loea the public, that be really did, not feel Mal i n ss itt e a ' upon to relate all the ocaaarrences that ha d r i;egra He did not feel himself exiled upon to enter at Ohio; t" into an explanation et' the reasons which indue e ;d be e ct " become a convert io free trade, because they r , s tate d fully stated in Another place. After it had b ee " - i•tti ) '‘ 110 ° by so un . porAant a personage as the Right 13, .O aC ,C Baronet dt the head of the Government, that w iple not Consent to any measure involving the Pr` ria lsiv i ,' a Axed duty, or any relaxation ef the precent c° to rte_ he felt he bad no other alternative than to resort trade principles ; guarding, at the same time,lllo thf legitimate claims of the landed interests, as ` o r flee other interests of the country. Had the pr°P, yend ° "' his Noble Friend, the Member for the city oi d been adopted at the time when he proposed a nn l e y be s i c; a stability would have been given to ea d e ete • , oe tations which followed would have been pre y ed data pre hadanevertheless, never maintained the fil - c s loto na" principle, but he contended that while reml: abs olet e ry , made in other articles of commerce, it w. l l , e coni!. t oe necessary ; considering the circumstances 01 t• r t icle ot and, in particular, the failure of a material ae bring food of the people, it became impracticabl,.oe, it Y fi vie fixed duty before Parliament, and, thereiV, 0 0 . 1_ 14 necessary to resort to a free-trade measure. -:_" acer to o o 4, an evanascentduty wouldonly be perputatirtrhis pl . , u fie and its attendant evils. The measure he . _" elica red " 0 , Friends would have brought in would hav°,; ev i a tiottf distess of the country, consistently with an a" THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING. JANUARI 27, 1846 ry:c