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AMERICAN NEWF. THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. OREGON ANT) TEXAS. SENATE, Dec. 18. ALLEN, Chairman on Foreign Relations, wive not Of a joint rt-solution giving the twelve months' notic e to Great Britain, as required by the stipulation t o li f e t i li on eietonventions of 1816 an d 182 7, tor t h e di ssolving occupancy of the Oregon territory. The V ICE-PRESIDE NT announced the unfinished busi ness to he the resolutions of inquiry proposed by Mr. it'llasßtsrs,,,usel,,e,tieldieetith,o2.lre as follows : That the committee on naval affairs be creasy navy- inquire into the condition of the navy of e -U nited State,, and into the quantity and condition supplies now on hand ; and whether an in of them is not necessary to the efficient operations l o ind the 11" Y' and to its p re servation and aug men t a ti on ; and generally, i nto the capacity for def en di ng our coast .the Countryjeommmaervce, and for any service the exigencies of probably require. Resolved,—That the committee on military affairs be instructed to inquire into the condition of the national fprtifications and their armaments, and w h e th er ot h er Ilefensive works are necessary ; and into the condition and quantity of the milit ary supp li es ; and into the state 2f th e means possessed by the Government for the de fence of the country. Resolved,—That the committee on the militia be in structed to inquire into the p resen t con di t i on o f that reF br anch of the public service, and into the state of a laws, and that they be further instructed to r :rrt such changes in the existing system as will give re experience and efficiency to that arm of defence, and w i is 11 place it in the best condition for protecting the country, should it be exposed to foreign invasion. Mr. NILES said he would go for the re s ol u ti ons . After all t hat had b een done by the Executiv e f or the settle ppoeat of this controversy by negotiations, the matter had elength passed f rom his hands, and it was now thrown co the legislative department. The negotiations had w me 4ppeodi.nt—to a stand. ; they were broken off—they our ri hts We eanne,t recede—we must stand up for tom g • In regard of territory, the President has re claims mended all proper measures for the support of our i,e consistent with treaty obligations. Mr. Niles inoU adverted to the fact of the English Government ( I ) n g eXlended its judicial jurisdiction over its citizens bar re , g on. We were called upon to do the same in be 2of our citizens. The provisions of joint occupation tree not adapted to a settled and civilized country, nor tided to be. It was necessary to have but one Govern- T pre 'n w t over the same people. In reviewing the relative toss of England and the United States, the learned atalttor thought if theEnilishwere a bold, brave, .and %era b e f geous nation, it was fair to conclude that we might front so in an equal degree, descended as we were iterated the same stock, &c. Mr. Niles, in conclusion, t his determination to vote for the resolutions. CnITTENDEN next followed in the discussion. He rn the resolution s themselves nothing objectionable, e d he should vote for them. The remarks of the Hon. to illla ver, how ever, who had introduced these resolutions, sewe to th em peculiar significancy. Mr. Crittenden then we mus t the r emarks of General Cass of yesterday, that lai tA , 111 ! 18 t give the twelve months' notice, and that if Great aair n then Persists in her claim, war is inevitable ; and 0111.4 T :it if thi s were so, we had better, at once, employ from es to Put on th e w h o l e h arness o f war . H e rea d xi the reported speech of General Cass the passage it;1 18 t his poi nt, and asked of the distinguished Senator, II vas to b e understood as his solemn opinion ? t b et e . erei Cass, I hi s after some general explanation, said, abl e. own private opinion war was almost went mg of kr 0 e Se nate , nIT TENDEN desir e d a more e xplicit understand - the tnis branch o f t h e S enator ' s remar k s, d e li vere d in Gene a l n kon t k , r %Ass replied, that if we gave the twelve peri od s notice, and th a t if, a t th e expiration of that of the' Great Brit a i n pers i ste d i n her clait.n to t h e w h o l e territory. war was inevitable. Of Mr. CHII-reienEls commented upon the contingencies tati o it a r ' % c od said, that he had much preferred the expla llp th °` to day to the remalles of yesterday. built pr o , e contingency of war upon so many conditions and tritt Geai fts, that it almost dissipated it entirely. Mr. Aa i t end en had but one object in his remarks, and that yeate°4s'-iften the Edema which the Senator's remarks of t e„sel r t l 4 l might hx.ve excited. Ho should vote for the fs nott li w - „" n , s ,' h ,°weNer, as he feared not that their adop ;;ritt aaeten the contingency of the war. Mr. **o years, kg affording time for reflection, suggested kia e W .eotiee instead of one. to ms 7eesTER here rose and said—Although these !Pith , t , i 'ns did not charge the committees referred to introci-Y.axtraordinary inquiries, yet he regretted their kiehiuctlon a„ n ow, and the remarks of the Senator from tvee,F„ - - as calculated to produce unnecessary alarm. pek; .noecessary alarm about the state of the public bashi i , w as great evil, and was severely felt upon the . G ove " of the country. There were two ways in which :Oa % :Toe might proceed—we might excite a great 1 that Without any preparation, and we might proceed Zs o l;d: te u u c r i b et in a g nd efficient way of inquiry upon the .na net d • "'flees which would attain the end desired, with the public tranquillity. Mr... Webster ar " - Ab u Opinion that the President did not anticipate w ap pr the tone of his Message did not exhibit that he tl oue e r t h ,ed any se' s danger to the peace of the V fould ' l :e- Mr. Webster recurred to the losses which With i t gen, t our commerce and our seaboard from a war dr eadd, and was far from believing that any such b r "er. fti g,Zigeney was seriously . to be apprehended. te t/t ightf,a was astonished that nothing could be , 0 , -eat i t Th - Nerd upon this floor in regard to Oregon but .Ite re p' di invariably the opposition of the other side. moiee e r, l aiated all the chop-logic about silence, and i keer " 4 , 0 thing quietly, &c. But if we made a move 'reel) . ° Z, Mere inquiry about Oregon, we were told to GreeLul, or there would be war; that the steamers of attar tritain would ravage our coast, and their crews h it , q ur sucki ng p i gs; w hil e t h e S enator f rom Massa stetts talked of danger to commerce, and a ll a b ou t a t?,f barren country on the coa s t o f th e P ac ifi c . This to G," very well. It was, perhaps, a small business to righ t W ar about a few boxes of tea, or in defence of the 4 _ of a few scores of ragamuffins of sailors. But matt er was not disposed to act so stealthily in this lacy bullrr cower away to the bullying of Great Britain. 13 37 I; l ,Ying was the whole secret of her power—it was andp - k lYing' that she had got the nations of Europe hatli; Lee r thumb. Just like some of our Court-house feli o 2 in the West—they contrived to lick some . poor then,"i"d then every fellow in the country considered bullies, and not to be treated with contempt. But atitlytenator from Massachusetts advised us to lay low b l o l :dts ee l \ d 'illr-" (Mr. Webster here explained what e Pet a e l i o - t e iqr. Sevier " pursued his argument in a tone ree l b ic defiance to the end, and was disposed, so far t hee „ e m i g silent, to talk to Great Britain a little louder 4 1 n blg Yoody else.RIN respectfully dissented,. as one of the re „E th e ves of the people on this floor, f rom the remarks `Likt thsenator from Arkansas. Mr. Berrien regret:e . d ted ere gillr order of proceedings had been antici -4,4s iacot_h'se resolutions. He assumed that negotia tbr net at an end, from the evidence furnished in tect;otht that final letter to Mr. Pakenhten. He i:tine ~;",t if we should leave this matter of twelve di-.°"ne alone, G rea t Britain herself would give to " 4 Of solve accordingly the joint occupancy of the Iht b r ' . goil, which he thought would be preferable fe e foe !g . the notice. The dispute, which had ex . - t tei th e 'At dis h „ r tY years, upon this question, was . not,. in te for the territory, but fer the navigation of By te D. 3 a „., and if two nations so intimately b asso hen-4 e united States and Great Britain sfitristldeexro tls-ted e ll sa small an object, without having -1 4 1 1 4 th e In e !sils of an amicable adjustment, they would Al a. ..2 , !crati ons of a ll pos t er ity, &c. eilecittneenz! with almost unwonteclrergy, opposed the solic‘icail9ris from th e other side, to go on quietly, the ati eoli o il in the inquiries proposed thronueghdethf.e,ndreed ell iL e solu t i oTs ti le senator from Michigan. Idir Part "' and the speech of the mover upon the r m orn in . ots Ittt: r i ea llo twithst . anding the objections and p„.f•J. NC e .Z . against it to-day. N 4: deeenee'eLaa•Topt took up the subject of the Atlantic of ' 3 P3.at 3 ' The neglect of Congtrs, for . 15 or 20 theffiei en t° Put our seaboard fortifications in any state . 1 4 1 4 bid e Y was notorious. He concluded by saying, 4 ether triadently of any opinion on the subject, and r f kesol ltt , r '' would be peace or war, he should vote „ At ,oe s. Ler ii (3 r teg o t n ite ß advocated the resolutions, and insisted Ist , e kese . iii _ i so far from being the barren desert . it had ta te ; W oce , "` - ‘ l , WaS a delightful and prolific region. 4 01 ? or c'afttiacE, in view of the propriety in any f 'tin g up our defences, especially along our Them otiers, said he would vote for the resolutions. *lr. result aS,—Ayes 42, noes none. taw ALL EN;,lligi o l this morning introduced, on leave, the fol resolution, viz.:— t11;11•9 by the Renate and House of Representatives htablett,!_ilted States of America, in Congress as ho h , lhat the President of the United States th e 'ee t o 6 , ia hereby advised to give, forthwith, ta te I , Vie t „Qov er , G overnment of Great Britain . that . ()fie of t h,, n aent of the United States will, in o:ngus t, 'A sego article of the convention of the 6th 13 r : 4 t tri ta r . u. 827, between the United States and e lo `goe te .4 relative to the joint occupancy of the L eee rl ti t44 fr e rr oi lt° l3', and after the expiration of twelve ko mi recei eed t u k e day on which such notice shall have aA i atia abre oY the Government of Great Britain, IN 3Was r gate that convention." t iged h:ti the first time, and a second reading nir• Allen, but objected to. 13 Ni o i ' d 4bs •-•" `e? r tnet 'NI) B RADFORD RAILWAY DIRECT.—An 0 4. ron,btaleeeting was held on Tuesday last, at Pudsoy, r od in the chair, many influential mill the tveur oi.'"unolders being present, when resolutions to le e is the above line were adopted. It appears se t 7ship A ouf.Tinplated to pass through the important tact w itho ut t ', cl , 3 eY, Armly, and other places at pre ado Of l oc l'ailwaY accommodation. The gradients 114 ,1)t the atelornotive it is contemplated to °sphericprinciple, with the latest improve tieegt • The voi ce. meeting separated with scarcely a dissen -4°"qta Inee cle ath 1. 7 Tne M RTROPOLIS.—The table of Ne t c o ate ecia s :,gliatered in the metropolis during the week end eton4 a s 'January 10, 1846, exhibits a considerable dimi g jaZaPlited with the week preceding. In the week I,lencr, ~,,s n' ar,7 3, the total number of deaths, except from coffin Th e i;,_;• 0 61; in the week ending January 10 it was ' 4 ' number of deaths registered in the week o,larY 10, including ha ve 'th e lun deaths from violence, was 972. beea lungs and other organs of respiration appear during the last week, 308 deaths tltitn,,berlitotulAadiprr-thaarsaf't:nllader anyin other, tail which is a larger tattier ree,, esidente. r of tiloiltails at trrespondent of the . John i tte poet Jon t i tl i;re ila t w'll o b %O . Orkney, in all r Ati ° ll of • here reached I 1 Kirkwall, Rtaell7l Newyork teh( eaute as :rrol?;211 PORTUGAL. THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. LISBON, JAN. 2.—Tile annual session of the Cortes was opened this day by Donna Maria, with the following speech from the throne:— " Noble Peers of the Realm—Gentlemen Deputies of the Portuguese Nation,— " I again behold with great pleasure the representatives of the nation assembled in this place. " In the interval which has occurred since the last session no grave event has disturbed peace and public order—they continue unchanged. " Our relations with foreign Powers are preserved in per fect harmony, corresponding to the care with which I have endeavoured to draw closer the ties of friendship, and to pro mote the development of our mutual commercial interests. " The dispositions of the treaty of commerce and naviga tion which was lately celebrates with Prussia have been ex tended in those points which were applicable to the greater part of the states constituting the Germanic League of Cus tom-houses. " A consular convention has been concluded with Spain for the regulation of the powers of the respective consuls. " The firmness with which I have caused to be carried into effect the decree of the 10th of December, 1836, and the treaty which binds this kingdom with Great Britain in er.deavours to effect the suppression of the traffic of slavery, have produced the happiest results. "The good faith with which the Governinent bas con tinued to discharge its liabilities, both at home and abroac, is producing the most satisfactory consequences in all that has reference to the re-establishment and consolidation of public credit,. "By the budget for the approaching economical year, with which you will be presented, in conformity with the fundamental law of the monarchy, you will learn what are the charges and obligations of the state in the said year and the means and resources from which the same must be liqui dated. "I feel assured you will lend the most serious attention to the examination of the estimates, and the projects of law by which they will be accompanied, to the end that the Govern ment may be empowered to proceed in the faithful discharge of the duties which are imposed on it in this most important department of the public administration. "In determining the sea and land forces you will keep in view what the public safety and the dignity of the nation require. "Regarding the various branches of public service which call for legislative measures, my Ministers will lay before you such proposals as may be deemed fitting, and experience re commend. "I confide in the Chambers affording to my Government that efficacious and enlightened ce-operation, without which it is impossible to reap the advantages of a representative Government. "The session is opened." At half-past one o'clock the cersmony was concluded, and the assembly dispersed. LORD METCALFE. A meeting of gentlemen connected with the North American Colonies was held on Thursday, in the Committee room of the North American Association, Leadenhall-street, for the purpose of agreeing upon an address to be presented to Lord Metcalfe upon the occasion of his Lordship's return from Canada to this country. The chair was taken at one o'clock, by Mr. Robert Gillespie, who was supported by a numerous assemblage of gentlemen connected with our American colonies. The CHAIRMAN, having stated the nature and object of the meeting, and also pronounced an eloquent eulogium on the Noble Lord to whom it was intended to pay the tribute of a public address, begged attention to that which would be read by the Secretary. The SECRETARY read it as follows : " TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD METCALFE, G.C.8., &C. "My Lord,—'We, the undersigned merchants and others connected with the British North American provinces, beg most respectfully to express to your Lordship our heartfelt thankfulness for your safe return to this country, and our sincere and earnest hope that your valuable life may be prolonged, to your own comfort, and for the service of your country. " Aware of the high reputation your Lordship had acquired as a statesman of consummate skill, firmness, and justice in the Governments which you held in India and Jamaica, we hailed with the greatest satisfaction your appointment as Governor-General of the North American colonies at a period when the inhabitants of Canada were in a distracted state, and the Government surrounded by difficulties of no ordinary character. "By the exercise of firmness, combined with patient for bearance, and with a singleness of purpose to render equal justice to all, you have succeeded, my Lord, in upholding the prerogatives of the Crown, in promoting the prosperity of the people, in softening in some measure the asperities of party hostility, and in establishing a form of government which, if carried out in the spirit in which it has been con ceived by your Lordship, will be of the utmost advantage to all classes of the inhabitants of Canada. " While we deeply regret the painful malady which has made it necessary for your Lordship, in accordance with the considerate permission of her most Gracious Majesty, to ter minate your connexion with the North American colonies, we are desirous of according our admiration and gratitude for the devoted attention which, in the midst of personal suff rings of a most aggravated nature, you continued to apply to the affairs of the colony committed to your charge so long as you were enabled to remain there.—We have the honour to remain, my Lord, your Lordship's most obedient humble servants. (The signatures follow here.) " London, Jan. 15, 1846." It was then moved and seconded, and unanimously adopted, that the address be engrossed, preparatory to lying for sig natures at the office of the Association, and should eventually be presented by a deputation consisting of the chairman, and the movers and seconders of the several resolutions. The meeting then broke up. THE TEN HOURS BILL. LORD MORPETH AND THE YORKSHIRE CENTRAL SHORT-TIME COMMITTEE. AN APPEAL TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD VISCOUNT MORPETH, EV THE CENTRAL SHORT-TIME COMMITTEE OF THE WEST RIDING My Lord,—On behalf of the oppressed sons and daughters of the working classes of Yorkshire, employed in factories, we beg leave respectfully to express our very deep regret that your Lordship's answer to the memorial of the short-time de legates does not give them an assurance that Lord Ashley's Bill for ten hours daily labour will receive that support at your hands which it merits, and which they feel they have a right to expect from your Lordship's professions of earnest solicitude for the welfare of the factory workers. We would ask your Lordship in what manner is the de graded condition of these persons to be remedied, except by giving them time to recruit their bodily strength, to enjoy their homes, and to improve their minds ? In the present state of the law their time is engrossed and their faculties worn out by their more than slavish labour, inflicted by their masters, who justify the procedure by the prevailing and general practice of the factory system. We know not to whom we can appeal with so much pro priety as to our representatives in Parliament ; and if they turn a deaf ear to our just request, the responsibility is no longer ours. We cannot disguise from your Lordship the fact, that we think the mass of information which has been advanced, both within and without the walls of Parliament, during the last 15 years is a'rply sufficient to enable any public man to make up his mind as to the course he ought to pursue on this momentous question. The gross injustice now endured by these young persons cries aloud for immediate legislative interference ; and we submit that no man can expect to be looked upon as the friend of the working classes who shall in any way oppose the limitation of labour which Lord Ashley intends to pro pose in the approaching session. We conclude by entreating your Lordship to take that sound view of this great question which the humane and enlightened portion of the community have alopted, and to aid in the emancipation of the suffering factory workers, whose present, future, and eternal happiness will thereby be assuredly promoted. Signed, by order of the Central Short Time Committee of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Jan. 14. M. BALME, Secretary. THE NORFOLK RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—l-laving had occasion a short time ago to pass over the Norfolk Railway (a day or two after the late fatal catas trophe), I had an opportunity of observing the very dan gerous state of the line. In one case the rails were in that stats which would at once satisfactorily account for the recent accident. The part of the line to which I alluroa is between Thetford and Ely, about sixteen miles from the former place, and is indented [one of the line of rails] three inches in the course of four or five yards; from which it will at once be evident that an engine passing over this part of the line, at a speed not le ss th an 45 miles per hour, would most in evitably be " jumped" up or o ff t h e li ne. I mentioned this circumst ance t o t h e dr i ver of the engine which had brought us up from Norwich, who, after calling my attention to the accident which had just occurred, re marked that he was in great fear on every occasion that he was out with his engine; and added, " that the line sinks so much during the day and night." If you think this information worthy of noti ce , you w il l make use of i 1 at your discretion.—l am, Sir, yours, &c., Sheffield, Jan. 15, 1846. R. M. Lord John Russell, accompanied by the Lord Provost, W. Gibson Craig, Esq., M.P., D. R. Ross, Eeq., M.P., and Baillie Anderson, left Carrick's hotel on Tuesday morning, shortly after ten o'clock, and visited the College, St. Rollox Works, Messrs. Todd and Higgin botham's, Mr. Dixon's iron works, &c. &c., and returned to the hotel about half-past two o'clock. His Lordship left the station, head of Queen-street, at three o'clock, for Edinburgh. —Glasgow Chronicle. SUNDERLAND.—THE LEAGUE FUND.—A meeting of the Anti-Corn-law Association of this town was held on Tuesday at Donkin's, the Bridge Hotel; Alderman Bow maker in the chair. The object of the meeting, which con sisted merely of a few of the most active friends of the cause, was to commence a subscription in aid of the quarter of a million League Fund. Nearly 2001. were subscribed in the room, and several gentlemen were appointed to canvass the town. DEPARTURE OF THE FIRST MISSION SHIP FROM LIVERPOOL.—The mission ship Warree sailed from the Tra falgar-dock, Liverpool, on Tuesday morning, for old Calabar, on the west coast of Africa, provided vb ith everything that human forethought can suggest for establishing and prose cuting missionary operatings there, under the auspices of the United Secession Church of Scotland. The idea of this mis sion originated with the emancipated negroes in the island of Jamaica, who have embraced Christianity, and now long for the evangelization of their fatherland. This desire was com municated to the kings and chiefs of Old Calabar, and by these a formal invitation was given for missionaries to take up their residence with them. Four of the missionaries who have sailed in the Warree are coloured persons, two of them negroes, the other two descendants of the African race. Their constitutions are thus adapted to the climate. The use of the ship Warree is the spontaneous gift of an opulent mer chant of Liverpool, who has done much for the civilisation of Africa.—Liverpool Albion. REPRESENTATION OF LICHFIELD. -- LICHFIELD, THURSDAY NIGHT.—No candidate has yet declared himself as successor to Lord Leveson. It is, however, ascertained that Lord Waterpark, the trustee of Lady Lichfield; (not of Lord Anson), will not be brought forward in the Lichfield interest, but that the Whig candidate will be Mr. Mostyn, another gentleman connected with the family property. Th e Conervatives, or " Peelers," are on the alert. Captain Dyott is the gentleman naturally looked to in this interest, but it is understood that the gallant officer will not offer himself, unless operated upon by a strong requisition. In the absence of Captain Dyott, a gentleman of high standing on the Oxford circuit, should a contest occur, will be intro duced to the electors of Lichfield. There can be little doubt, that, in case of a contest, the election will be extremely close. Lichfield, previous to the Reform Bill, and ever since, has been considered a close family borough. The Con servatives have fought several Lave been inva riably beaten by small inajoriii. The ,, e once more to assert their cuilbtitatioiial 118:itS; eireunistaaces will, in the course of a few days, determine the course they intend to pursue. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDA Y MOR RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM. MANCHESTER, TitußsDar.—To-day, at noon, a meeti , of the Scripholders in this Company was held at the Star hotel, Deansgate, in this town, to consider the announ.ment lately made, x of an amalgamation with the Dudley, Madeley, and Broseley. At the time appointed, about thirty-five Shareholders and solicitors, representing shares to a very large amount, were present. Mr. HARRISON BLAIR moved that Mr. Todd take the chair. Mr. BLAIR moved that the "proposed amalgamation between the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and the Dudley, Madeley, and Broseley line is highly injurious to the interests of the Shareholders of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company, and that the following gentlemen be appointed a Committee, to protect the general interests of the Share holders." He would not propose that resolution, but he would propose the appointment of a deputation, and he would suggest that they be specially instructed to ascertain whether the Dudley and Madeley plans had been eompleted and de posited according to law, without which they would not be in a position to go to Parliament. Mr. SAVERY said that the effect of the proposed amal gamation would be to reduce the value of their property by one third, giving the defunct company three shares for two. Mr. AINSWORTH, of Bolton, and others, thought that a deputation should go up to London or Birmingham, as the case might be. Mr. JAMES WOOLLEY, druggist, proposed as an amendment, that Mr. Blair should write to the secretary for official in • formation on the subject. The amendment having been seconded, was put and lost by a large majority, and Messrs. Mawdesley, Davies, and Blair were appointed a deputation for the purpose before re ferred to, and they were directed to report to a meeting of shareholders to be held at a future day. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. A numerous meeting of the rate-payers of the parish of Christ Church, Surrey, was held at the vestry-room, yester day, for the purpose of receiving a communication from the board of highways with reference to the railway proposed to be carried through the Blackfriari•road by the London and South-Western Railway Company. Mr. Pegg, churchwarden, was called to the chair. Mr. Honsox sa id they were no doubt aware that it was proposed to construct a railway through their parish, and that it was intended to pull down some of their houses. There were two companies who had this in contemplation : one of these, the Londcn and South-Western, had served them with a notice; the other, the North Kent, had not. The Board of Surveyors on last Friday, held a meeting, and resolved, that as the meeting of the parishioners, which was fixed for last Thursday to consider this subject, had not taken place, to dissent from the proposed railway, from a conviction that it would be injurious to the interests of the parishioners. The VESTRY CLERK then read the notice, which stated that the Company intended applying to Parliament next session for leave to amend the Bill they had obtained for a line to Waterloo-bridge, and that they intended to substitute one which would pass through William street, York-street, Gravel-lane, and Jane -street. He also read the resolution re ferred to by Mr. Hobson, The - Cii_unstAx said, the line proposed by the London and South-Western would affect very seriously their in terests, and would reduce the property in the parish about 5i per cent., by the pulling down of 163 houses assessed at 2,648/. It was now time for them to see what steps they should adopt to prevent that; or should they succeed in getting that railway, to attend to the interests of the parishioners. The South-Western proposed an embank. ment, and the North Kent a viaduct, to be carried across the road. Mr. BowpiTcu said that they were met to consider what would b 3 advantageous to the collective interests of the country, as well as what affected the parish. It was certain that one-eighteenth portion of the house property in the parish would be destroyed, and that, consequently, fifteenpence in the pound would be added to their rates, or the difference between 8501. and 9001. The effect would be, that all the property in the parish would suffer materially, and he would propose a resolution to that effect. But it was not confined to the pariah to be opposed to this railway; the public feeling was in general against it, for it would destroy the beauty of the road without effecting any adequate benefit in the transit of goods, which would have been effected much better by the line before proposed. That line would have been carried, but that the Company could not agree with Mr. Alderman Humphery as to the compensation to be given him if they were to go to London-bridge, By the• Bill that was obtained last year they proposed to make Waterloo-bridge the terminus, and that place had the approbation of Mr. Hawes. Mr. WEBB concurred in the opinion of the last speaker, for he was satisfied that wherever viaducts were erected the neighbourhood was invariably injured. He was also of opi nion that the line from Kennington would be more desirable, for the traffic came chiefly by that way to the west-end of the metropolis. He, therefore, believed that it would be more consistent with the interest of the public were that line adhered to. Mr. WILSON said that the householders in the neighbour hood of Waterloo-bridge had suffered the Bill to pass from a conviction that the district would be materially benefited by the railway to that bridge, and that the rental would be con • siderably increased. And the Corporation of London had permitted the Blackwell Railway to come to Fenchurch-street from a similar conviction. They had even proposed that two of the largest railways should come through Farringdon street. It would be a perfectly futile attempt for any Com mittee they might appoint, to seek to prevent the passing of the Bill for the proposed railway. It would be more ad visable for them to work with the South-Western Company, and Government would take care that the interests of the parish were not sacrificed pending the time of their treating with that Company. They would also derive great benefit during the construction of the railway by the employment of labourers, and it was unwise for them, a small, metropolitan perish, to offer opposition to an important and useful under taking. Mr. HoasoN conceived that, on public grounds, it would be better if they paid it out of their own pockets. The houses that would be pulled down were not old, but most tof them new, and all of which paid rates. The rental with these houses was 3,327/., which would be reduced to 2,6481. And again, the viaduct that was proposed to be erected would be but 90 feet in width, while the road was 80 feet broad, and the footpath 40 feet. After some further discussion, it was agreed that a com mittee of sixteen persons, consisting of the overseers, church wardens, and other parishioners, should be appointed to watch the progress of any railway Bill affecting the interests of the parish, and to report the same to the parishioners, who would take the necessary steps to oppose it effectually. METROPOLITAN LINES. A meeting of the inhabitants of Isleworth was held this week, in the National School-room, Isleworth-square, Mr. William Day in the chair, to receive a report from the com mittee appointed by the vestry to inquire which of the pro jected railways would'be most likely to benefit the parish. Mr. Charles Stanbrough was the chairman. Mr. HORAT IO DAY read the rep ines out of the fourteen or ort, from which it appeared that only s even o f the projected lines fifteen origin a lly announced, had procee d e d so f ar as t o deposits th e i r p l ans with the clerk of t h e paris h.—( H ear , hear.) That f our oat of the seven were o bj ec ti ona bl e , as no t affording the local advantages the parish required, and of the remaining three, viz., " the London, Hounslow, and Western," " the Staines branch from the ' Great Western' at Ealing," and " the Great Western, Brentford, and Central Terminus Junction," it was considered the Staines branch was deci dedly the best for the interests of the parish; next the London, Hounslow, and Western ; and then the Great Western, Brentford, and Central Terminus Junction. It was to be distinctly understood that the report was based on the advantages to be derived by the parish of Isleworth, that being the limit of the instructions of the committees, and that it was through the highly nec e ssary, if any li ne were to pass thugh the parish, that the one which appeared to offer the greatest advantages should be supported. The reasons assigned for the preference of the Staines branch from the Great Western were, that it would ac commodate nearly every part of the parish that it would contribute more than any other towards the paro chial rates that it was much more easy of formation, con sequently cheaper, and would be more readily carried out, and although the Paddington terminus was objectionable, it was supposed the Great Western line would be shortly ex tended to the City. Mr. Dixox moved that the report be received and adopted. Mr. H. POWNALL moved as an amendment to that motion, That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Committee for the car e f u l report they have made, b ut t h at the meeting did not consider the bran from the Great Western the best for their interests."—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HARRISON then addressed the meeting on behalf of the London, Hounslo w , an d W estern, and Major BOILEAU on the part of the London and Windsor. The . amendme n t proposed by Mr. P owNALL was u l t i mately carried, a discussion having first arisen as to the right of non parishioners to vote, when the Chairman decided that as the call for the meeting invited the inhabitants of the district it was open to them to do so. AMALGAMATION OF THE SKREWSBURY AND BIR MLNIGHAM WITH THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM.—We un derstand that arrangements are in progress for an amalga mation of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham with the Lon don and Birmingham Railway Company, and that an agree ment is likely to be concluded mutually advantageous.— Birmingham Correspondent. THE SOUTHERN EXTENSIONS. Yesterday a meeting of the inhabitants of the parish of St. Saviour, Southwark, took place in the vestry room, to take into consideration " the notices given by the several railway companies of their intention to construct railways in different parts of this parish, and also, more particularly, such of them as interfere with parish property, and to adopt such steps thereon as may be thought most desirable." Mr. W. S. Hinton, the senior warden, having been called to the chair, the vestry clerk read the following report from the paro chial authorities with reference to the subject :—" We the churchwardens, report that notices have been given, and plans and sections have been deposited by the following com panies, viz.:—The South-Western, the North Kent Line, and the City Extension and North Kent Line The North Kent Line, and the City Extension and North Kent Line, as far as the parish is concerned, are nearly the same, both being promoted by one and the same company. The three lines, it will be seen by reference to the Parliamentary plans, will interfere with the parish. The South-Western Exten sion is the line which is of more serious consequence to the parish, and is the only one proposing to take parish property. The South Eastern Extension Company has also given us notice of an intended line through Dartford, taking a por tion of the parish property, and we have also returned our dissent." The report having been adopted, a lo ng di scuss i on en iosuveadr'aunsdC finally, a committee was a p po i nted to oppose the companies. M E . E. ELLICE, M.P.—This gentleman addressed a very large assemblage of his constituents in Cupar on Thursday evening last—Provost Nicol hi the chair. Mr. Ellice went over the principal topics brought before Parlia ment last session ; and in alluding to the present condition of the country, stated that nothing short of the total and un conditional repeal of the corn-laws would give satisfaction to the country, or do any good. At the conclusion of his ad dress, a vote of thanks and confidence was unanimously passed.—Scotsman. SHEERNESS, JAN. 14.—Commander William Hay hurst Hall, who was made a lieutenant in 1826 for his ser vices during the Burmese war, and a commander in 1840 for his services at the capture of St. Jean d'Acre, has been ap pointed to command the Electra, 18, corvette, ready for com mission at this port. Commander Thomas Bourmaster Brown, 1841, son of Rear-Admiral Thomas Brown, has been ap pointed to command the Snake, 16, brig, also at this port. The Sampson steam frigate, Captain H enderson, and the Vip e r schooner, L ieut enant , Gray, a re fi tt i ng for sea in the basin. The Sampson s heavy guns are ready to be shipped. a n u V e e t o u n understand that e t x h t a a t t h w er in Ma jesty Windsor The Viper is taking on board herst ores , but his expected that neither will be ready to l • ars the fittin g b as i n f or a l ong ttme to come. jCesailytVlewir.Nilaplfstge7rl7ethaee'gtCrSlaiTnaLpdtEeb. —r of the Order of the Garter. The `1" the F , EI ~f r , 4 ariA th, sevefai knights of that illustrious order, are invited to remain at the royal re sidence for the night. I NG, JANUARY 17, 1846. LITERATURE. A HISTORY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 2 Vols. Ry T. H. Brains. As a history of the most gigantic colony in the possession of Great Britain, and as a narrative of its natural and political advancement " from its settle ment to the close of 1844," this production of Mr. Braim is particularly valuable and important. Truly, as it is expressed in the quotation upon the title page, we may glean from such a work as the present some conception of the progressive improvement and future greatness of a youthful nation ; or, as we gaze upon those vast and populating territories, exclaim— "As in a cradled Hercules, we trace The lines of empire in thine infant face!" Narrating the occurrences and detailing the statistics of up wards of half a century, from the nomination of Captain Phillip as Governor down to the administra tion of Sir George Gipps in - dusively, allowances must undoubtedly be made for a certain amount of inac curacy ; but when these inaccuracies extend beyond an admissible limit, no condemnation can be adequate to such inexcusable carelessness. The office of an historian is fraught with very great responsibility, and for all conspicuous errors he is personally answer able before the tribunal of criticism. In penning any fallacy he is guilty of practising deception on posterity ; and for this prodigiou s literary crime he merits all possible blame. No matter if his mis-statements arise directly from his having consulted a questionable i authority, or i n di rectly from the hur ried manner n which his work was compiled, he is infinitely culpable for those very reasons. 'lt he could not resort to the most indubitabl e reference s , or could not obtain ample time for th e composition' erf anything laying claim to the dignity of history, he should entirely abandon the notion of such an under taking. We have been influenced in giving utterance to these remarks from the circumstance of many errors having insinuated themselves into the pages of Mr. Braim : not that the misstatements which we our selves have detected bear reference to any important political changes, but simply to several minor details —which are, however, alone sufficient to shake our credence in the other portions of the narrative. Among these egregious specimens either of ignorance or over-haste, we may particularise the absence of all correctness in his biographical allusion to the second Governor of New South Wales, Captain Hunter. Instead of rising merely to the rank of rear-admiral, as stated by the author, Captain Hunter attained, before his death, the dignity of vice-admiral. And far from " spend ing the closing years of his life in the neighbourhood of Leith, in Scotland," Admiral Hunter lived then almost exclusively in London, dying at his house in Judd-place, New-road, in the spring of 1821, and in the eighty-second year of his age. Mistakes as intolerable as these sully the pages of this work beyond all redemption, leaving the reader in un certainty as to whether he shall credit other assertions for which he has to rely solely on the accuracy of so extremely inaccurate a writer. Besides this, there are several conspicuous deficiences in the production before us—deficiences which render it singularly incomplete. On this point, for example, no mention whatever is made of Captain Kent, who, in the command of the Investigator and the Buffalo, made the first and the most authoritative Government survey round the coasts of that enormous colony. besides transmitting his name to posterity through the discovery of the group of "Kent's Islands" at the earlier part of the present century. Such oversights tarnish the entirety of two volumes like the present ; they render the assemblage of chapters a mere ghost of completeness. The style of the work is pleasant and atractive ; and the general estimate of our Australian possessions—their capacity for culti vation and colonization—is shrewd and sensi ble. Altogether, Mr. Braim's history is, in its existing shape, a mere collection of memo randa for some future and more substantial composi tion ; and from the capabilities which he evidences for such a labour, even in his present random sketches, we consider him better fitted possibly than any other individual to write a really historical account of New South Wales, from the moment of its discovery to our own immediate time. This task has not yet been accomplished; if, however, Mr. Thomas Henry Braim will submit his two volumes to a careful revision and extension, he may render himself in truth and act the historian of Australia. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The dense fog of the morning prevented the Queen or the Royal Family from taking their accustomed early airings. Prince Albert, accompanied by Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Duke of Wellington, and the Earl of Dal housie, went out to shoot this morning Colonel Bou verie was in attendance on his Royal Highness. Her Majesty and her Rot al Consort walked in the pleasure-grounds adjoining the Castle in the afternoon. Colonel Buckley has arrived at the Castle, and has re lieved Major General Wemyss in the duties of Equerry in Waiting to the Queen. Mr. L. Gruner had the honour of laying before her Majesty and Prince Albert the first complete copy of his work (the decorations of the Pavilion in Buckingham Gardens.) Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were graciously pleased to signify their approval. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, the Baroness le SFeth, Mr. and Mrs. W. Harcourt, the Rev. William Canning, Colonel Sir George Couper, and the Hon and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay. The band of the Grenadier Guards will attend during dinner, and her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. The Duke of C , mbridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House. Deputations from Railway Companies for British Colonies had a conference yesterday with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone at the Colonial-office. The de putations were composed of— From the Halifax and Quebec Railway—Mr. William Bridges, Sir R. Brown, Bart; and Mr. John Valentine, C.E.,Engineer.Eineer. From the City of Toronto and Lake Huron Railway —Mr. Charles Franks, Chairman; and ➢Zr. F. Widder, Agent. From the Cape of Good Hope Western Railway—Mr. H. Watson, Chairman ; the Hon. William Gore, one of the Managing Committee ; and Mr. W. Oldershaw, So licitor. From the Mauritius Railway—Mr. Glynn, Mr. N. Ogle, Mr. Hancomb, and Mr. Kitt, Secretary. From the Trinidad Railway—Mr. M‘Gregor, and Sir John Rae Reid. From the Ceylon Railway—Mr. A. Crowe, and Mr Noad. From the Sydney and Paramatta Railway—Mr. John Selby, Mr. T. J. Angell, Mr. G. Capper, Mr. Gilchrist Whicker, Mr. Walter Selby, and Mr. Valentine, En gineer. From the St. Andrew and Quebec Railway—Mr. Stainbach. From the St. Lawrence and Ontario Railway—Mr. You'd, Mr. Chapman, and Mr. Bischoff. From the Trinidad Great Eastern and Western Rail way—Mr. Giles Hall, Chairman. The Earl of Ellenborough attended yesterday at the Admiralty, and transacted business as First Lord of the Admiralty. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an in terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Sir James Graham had an interview with the Duke of Buccleuch yesterday. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from the Governors of the North American Pro vinces. Dispatches for the Governors of the West Indies, and also for the Governor of Sierra Leone, were sent off last evening from the Colonial-office. A deputation on West Indi i affairs, consisting of Mr. Colville, Mr. Barkly, Mr. C. Marryatt, Mr. Davidson, and Mr. A. Macgregor, had an interview with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone ves - erdav, at the Colonial-office. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. CHESTER, 1846. Handicap for the Tradesman's Plate. Faugh-a-ballagh, 5 yrs, 9st 81b Rowland Hill, 4 yrs, Est 131 b Alice Hawthorn, aged, 9st 21b Crim. Con. 4 yrs, Est 131 b Lothario, 6 yrs, 9st 21b Jenny Wren, 4 yrs, Est 131 b Inheritress, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b Patriot, 5 yrs, 6st 121 b The Baron, 4 yrs, 8$ 101 b Judex, 6 yrs, 6st 121 b Coranna, aged, Bst 91b Whinstone, 4 yrs, Est 121 b Sweetmeat, 4 yrs, Bst 91b Pedometer, 5 yrs, Est I llb St. Lawrence, aged, Bst Blb Rose ofCashmere,4 yrs,6st I Ilb Pompey-, 6 yrs, Bst 81b Mervis, 5 yrs, Est 101 b Zanoni, 6 yrs, Bst 71b Lvcurgus, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b Wolfdog, 4 yrs, Bst 71b Merryman, 4 yrs, Est 101 b Discord, aged, Bst 61b Turk, 4 yrs, Est 101 b Winesour, 6 yrs, Bst 61b Redstreak, 4 yrs, 6st 10lb lonian, 5 yrs, Bst 61b Javelin, 4 yrs, 6st 81b The Libel, 4 yrs, Sat 51b London, 4 yrs, Est Blb Trueboy, 6 yrs, Bst 31b Flahowlagh, 4 yrs, Est 81b Mosstrooper, aged, Bst 21b Duc-an-durras, 4 yrs, 6st 61b Morpeth, 5 yrs, Bst llb Clumsy, 4 yrs, 6st 61b Sorella, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b Colleen Dhas, 4 yrs, Est Est Needful, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b Gr f by Rust out of Annie, 4 Winchester, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b . yrs, 6st 61b Glossy, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b Cataract, 6 yrs, Est 51b Joe Lovell, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b Miss Burns, 6 yrs, Est 51b Rowena, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b Little John, 5 yrs, Est 51b William, aged, 7st 1 llb Flattery, 4 yrs, 6st 51b Ironmaster, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b Anti-Repealer, 4 yrs, Est 51b Yardley, 6 yrs, 7st 101 b Connaught Ranger, 4 yrs, Intrepid, 5 yrs, ist 91b Est 51b Miss Elis, 4 yrs, 7st 91b Columbus, 4 yrs, Est 41b Xanthus, 6 yrs, 7st 81b Elemi, 5 yrs, 6$ 3lb Weatherbit, 4 yrs, 7st 81b Plaudit, 4 yrs, 6st 31b Pythia, 4 yrs, 7st 81b The Magnet, 4 yrs, Est 31b Event, 4 yrs, 7st 81b Portrait, aged, Est 21b Queen of Tyne, aged, 7st 71b Advice, 5 yrs, Est 21b What, 6 yrs, 7st 71b Fitzallen, 4 yrs, 6st 21b John Goldham, 5 yrs, 7st 71b Queen Pomare, 4 yrs, 6st 41b Example, 5 yrs, 7$ 71b Teetotaller, aged, 6st Vol-au-Vent, 5 yrs, 7st 71b Vitula, 6st 61b Eboracum, aged, 7st 61b Best Bower, 5 yrs, sst 121 b IV ickey Free, 5 yrs, 7st 61b Mongrel, 4 yrs, sst 121 b Hope, 4 yrs, ist flb Colleen Bawn, 4 yrs, sst 121 b Satyr, 5 yrs, 7st 51b Devil's Dust, 4 yrs, sst 10lb Prince Royal, 5 yrs, 7st 51b Black Strap (late Euston), Laird o'Cockpen, 4 yrs, 7st slb 4 yrs, sst 10lb Ruff, 4 yrs, 7st 51b John avis, 4 yrs, sst 101 b Game-cock, 6 yrs, 7st 41b Valiant (11 b), 4 yrs, sst 101 b Dr. Husband, 5 yrs, 7st 41b Artist, 6 yrs, sst 81b Pride of Kildare, 5 yrs, 7st 41b Arthur, 4 yrs, sst 81b Lancashire Witch, 4 yrs, Stream, 4 yrs, sst 81b ist 41b Petit Morceau, 4 yrs, sst 81b King Cob, 4 yrs, 7st 41b cEoline, 4 yrs, sst 71b Hooton, 6 yrs, 7st 31b The Warrior, 3 yrs, sst 71b Vates, 5 yrs, 7st 31b The Hero. 3 yrs. sst 61b Valerian, 5 yrs, 7st 51b Correct Card, 4 yrs, 5$ 51b Little Hamptou, 5 yrs, 7st 21b De odara, 4 yrs, sst 51b Warp, 5 yrs, 7st 21b Outcast, 3 yrs, sst 51b Pilot, 4 yrs, 7st 21b Pal, 3 yrs, sst 51b Mount Charles, 5 yrs, 7st 21b Astonishment, 3 yrs, sst 51b Sir Diggory Diddle, 5 yrs, Marquis of Conyngham, 3 yrs, 7st 21b sst Roderick, aged, 7st 21b Blackbird, 3 yrs, sst Milden, 4 yrs, 7st 21b Camera Obscure ' 3 yrs, sst Ould Ireland, 4 yrs, 7st 21b Mermaid, 3 yrs, sst Salopian, 4 yrs, ist 2lb Isabella, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b Extempore, 6 yra, 7st llb Peasant, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b Beaufront, 5 yrs, 7st llb Punch, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b My Mary, 4 yrs, 7st llb Muscatel, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b Polish, & yrs, 7st Finvaragh, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b Surety, 5 yrs, 7st Spur, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b Lady Wildsir, 4 yrs, 7st Bro to Sir Henry, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b Roper's Daughter, aged, Tell, 3 yrs, 4st 81b 6st 131 b Billy Purvie, 3 yrs, 4st 61b Sarah Rebecca, 5 vrs, 7st 131 b Little Cassino, 3 yrs, 4st 61b Johnny, aged, Est 131 b Elena Clara, 3 yrs, 4st Highwayman, 4 yrs, 6st 131 b Bath Handicap—Ninety-on 's weight should be Tat 31b. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Brighton bans., Mon., Patcham ; Wed.,Race Course ; Fri. Dyke-11. Brookside harrs., Mon., Newmarket Hill; Thurs., Tals combe Tye. Findon hds., Tues., Parham Park; Thurs., Wapping Thorns; Sat., Ditchling Beacon-11 Crawley and Horsham hds., Mon., the Star, Horsham Com mon; Wed., New Inn, Chelmsford; Fri., Breadfield— Montgomeryshire hds., Tues., Brittledir Hall; Fri., Bryn der,ven Bridge-10. Mr. Horndon's hds., Mon., Trelash Lodge; Thurs., Chap man's Well-10i, Mr. Trelawny's hds., Tues., Skinner's Bridge, near Totnes ; Fri., Leather Tor-10i. Atherstone hds., Mon., Gopsall ; Wed., Higham Grange; Fri., Mastock Castle ; Sat., Pailton-11. Lord Yarborough's hds., Mon., Usselsby House ; Wed., Bradley Wood ; F r i., Lan g mere urze-11. Holderness Mon., North Dalton ; Tuesday, Catwick Village • Thurs., Cavil H a ll ; F r i., Che r ry Burton ; Sat., Constable Burton. Sir T. Sykes's hds., Mon., Racethorp ; Wed., Castle Howard Inn ; Fri., Fluckham-101. Captain Candler's hds., Mon., Croome Perry Wood; Wed., Ombersley ; Fri., Shrawley Wood-101. Shropshire lids. Tues., Fifth Mile- s t one on th e Baschurch road ; Fri., Cloverley-10i. Wheatland hds., Tues., Sidbury ; Fri., Hempton-101. Devon lids., Mon., Whiteway Lodge-11. Herefordshire hds., Tues., Venn Wood ; Fri., Wall-hills. Mr. Roe's hds., Wed., Whitemoor-cross ; Sat., Ludbrook Gate. Suffolk hds., Tues., Rushford Village; Fri., Denston Arms. Badsworth hds , Tues., Fenwick ; Thurs., Grove Hall; Sat., Hensworth-lane-end-10i. Lord Galway's lids., Tues., Headon Clump ; Fri., Piper Wood. Whiston hds., Mon., The Oaks; Thurs., Dinnington; Sat., Maltby Common-10i. Rufford hds, Mon., Walesby Village; Thurs., Thurgarton Priory; Sat., Rufford Abbey-10%. Earl of Harewood's hds., Mon., Harewood Bridge; Wed., Collingham Bar; Fri., Bickerton Bar-10i. Lord H. Bentinck's hds., Mon., Burton Hamels ; Wed., Blankley ; Thurs., Fisherton Long Wood; Fri., Midge Inn; Sat., Norton Place-11. Cottesn3ore hds., v on., Scottlethorpe ; Tues , , Rocart ; Wed., Casewick ; Fri., Coby Pasture ; Sat., Tilton Wood-11 Earl Fitzwilliam's hds., Mon., Orton; Wednesday, Thrap-• ston Bridge ; Thurs., Thornhaugh—lo. Duke of Rutland's hds., Mon., Goadby ; Tues., Weavers Ledge; Fri., Kirkby Laigthorpe-10i. Cambridgeshire hds., Mon., Waresby Turnpike; Wed., Warden Village ; Fri., Morden Heath-10i. Quorn hds ' Mon., Teddinworth Hall; Tues., B ar don Hall ; Thurs., Houghton-on-the-Hill ; Fri., Widmerpool Inn. Donnington hds., Mon., Cotgrave Village; Wed., Cavendish Bridge ; Sat., Lomet Tollbar-11 1 4. Southwold Hunt., Mon., Raithby-by-Louth ; Tues., Burgh on-Bain ; Thurs., Hagworthingham ; Sat., Willoughby Wood Cheshire hds., Mon., Dunham Massey; Wed., Hankelow ; Thurs., Cholmondeley ; Sat., Roscommon Windmill-10i. Sir W. W. Wynn's hds., Mon.. Iscoyd ; Tues., Allan Sad ler's ; Wed., Erthing ; Sat., Carden-10i. Mr. M. In gram's hds„ Mon., Rollestone ; Thurs., Eggin ton ; Sat., Wichnor-10h. _ _ East Essex hd,., Tues., Sturmer Lion ; Thurs., High Garret; Sat., Waltham White Hart-10i. Essex Union hds., Wed., Kits Hill Sat., Danbury Griffin. Essex and Suffolk hds., Tues., Mistley Lodges; Fri., Tat tingstone. Mr. Horlock's hds , Tues., Bradford Wood. Mr. A. Smith's hds., Mon., Conholt Park ; Wed., Ash man'sworth ; Thurs., Lower Wick Farm : Fri., Everleip ; Sat., Speerey Duke of Beaufort's lids., Mon., Hawkesbury Upton ; Wed., Avening Village; Sat., Wraxall Village. B. V. H., Tues., Chesilborne Common; Fri., Pointington Ridge —lll. e 1.:1 i kkii Ind La7,ls ley Junction Railway Company have duly deposited their plans, INSURRECTIONARY MO VEMENT IN LIMERICK. On Friday last a large number of people assembled on the lands of Sir Capel Molynenx, Knocksentry, near Castle connell, to prevent the service of ejectments. Many of them were armed with pitchforks and scythes, and they had a large number of fire-arms which they had piled on an old fort, a la militaire. They were regularly encamped; had their watch-fires, and bivouacked all night in the fields. They fired several shots for the purpose of intimidation and defiance. The police were brought out, but wt re afraid to encounter them on account of their superior numbers. Mr. Tracy, stipendiary magistrate, went to them on Saturday, when they asked him if he had come to enforce the service of ejectment? He said he did not. They then asked what brought him there? He replied, "To send them home." They then gave three cheers for Mr. Tracy. They did not, however, take Mr. Tracey's advice, and ultimately the mili tary had to be sent for, and about two o'clock on Saturday two hundred men of the 24th and 83d Regiments, with a troop of the 13th Light Dragoons, left this garrison for Knocksentry, under the command of Colonel Manse]. Upon the approach of the military the greater number of the in surgents dispersed, while the remainder still kept their ground, notwithstanding that the Riot Act was read two or three ,times. Among the more violent and contumacious were John Burke, Patrick Ryan, and John O'Brien, who were ari sated by the police and lodged in the City gaol. This proceeding on the part of the peasantry has struck consternation into the peaceable and orderly portion of the community ; and every good man, every man who loves his country, and wishes to see her great and prosperous, ought to unite to put down such an atrocious system of vio • lence and anarchy.—Limerick Reporter. THE LATE LADY HESTER STANHOPE. —ID no ticing the Memoirs, lately published, of this remarkable individual, the Chronicle observes:—" She was a person of great shrewdness and ability, who, in early life, en joyed every advantage, rank, wealth, and a brilliant po sition at the British Court could supply, and who, in later life exercised a species of sovereignty in Mount Leba non. In both positions she was a conspicuous person age—admired by many, feared by more, and wielding a degree of power over her fellow-mortals which has rarely fallen to the lot of any woman not born in the purple,' an :l succeeding dominion, or not raised to it substan tially as a Royal favourite. She was the daughter of that eccentric philosopher and republican theorist, Earl Stanhope, by a daughter of the great Lord Chatham. She was the favourite niece of William Pitt ; when grow❑ up she passed from her father's house to his, which she managed for him, presiding at his table, and assisting him in state affairs. He had confidence in her discretion, and she would appear to have been trusted by him with many secrets affecting his routine business as a Minister—secrets for example, relating to the manage ment of individuals, male and female, by the disposal of patronage and presents—to the communication with spies, by which their reports were received, and further instructions given to them—to the contents of letters and dispatches which she wrote to his dictation, and, she says, was wont to sign for him. Certainly he had a strong affection for her, and entertained a high opinion of her talents and abilities." HISTORY OF THE CAPTIIITY OF NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA. BY GENERAL COUNT MONTHOLON, THE EMPEROR'S COMPANION IN EXILE, AND TESTAMENTARY EXECUTOR. TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH, WITH THE SANCTION OF THE AUTHOR, FROM THE ORIGINAL UN PUBLISHED MSS.—This important and interesting work is to be published immediately by Mr. Colburn. In relation to it La Presse observes :—" Among our con temporaries there is one who is the repository of the most important secrets, of the most confidential commu nications of the Emperor—that person is General Montholon. If the Count Las Cases, who had the opportunity of recording during only thirteen months, the conversations, &e., of Napoleon has nevertheless furnished us with the most curious revelations, what intense in erest may not be expected to pervade "The History of the Captivity of St. Helena'—the work of one who shared, during Six YEARS, the agony of this new Prometheus ; who passed each hour of the day in talking with W him on the events of his reign, or in writing at his dictation, who for forty-two nights kept watch over his death-bed ; who closed his eyes, and re ceived his last sigh ; and who has thus retained a record of each moment of that existence—of that period of ab sorbing, and yet serene remembrance. Unexpected light will be diffused by the recital of General Montho lon. Numbers of facts are now first made public in this work—numbers of false statements completely refuted." INCREASE OF MEMBERS IN THE MANCHESTER ATHENZUM.—This time last year this excellent institution numbered 1,682 members; its present number is 2,003; show ing an increase at the same period of the year of 323 mem bers. We believe that, in every respect, and in almost every department, the institution is in a satisfactory, and, indeed, flourishing state.—Manchester Guardian. COLLISION ON THE MIDLANDS RAILWAY.---A very serious collision took place at the Chesterfield station on Tuesday morning. As the down train from Derby to Leeds, which is due at the Chesterfield station at seven o'clock, A.M., arrived at'the station at Chesterfield, it was coming with terrific speed, and was unable to stop. At this moment a mineral train, which was crossing, in order to get from the down line to the up one, was run into with fearful violence by the passenger train from Derby, by which means the engine of the latter was thrown off the line, and it was almost a miracle that none of the passengers were either killed or wounded. The whole of them, however, escaped uninjured, and the only inconveni ence they suffered was a delay of two or three hours until the line could be again cleared. By the collision the leading wheels of the passenger engine were completely knocked from under her, one of the tubes burst, the carriage steps were broken, and indeed the engine was completely smashed, and lay embedded on the down line a perfect wreck. The engine of the mineral train was also damaged. A large number of labourers were im mediately set to work to clear the line of all impediments. It is said that the reason the engine driver could not stop the engine at the Chesterfield station was owing to the slippery state of the rails. RECIPE FOR TAKING PAINT OFF OAK PANEL LING.—Make a strong solution of American potash (which can be bought at any colour shop, and resembles burnt brick in appearance) ; mix this with sawdust, and make a sort of paste, and spread it all over the paint, which will become softened after a few hours, and is esily removed by washing with cold water. If, after the panelling, &c.. is dry, it becomes cracked, apply a solu tion o►f not size vr'" brush, which will bind it well together, and make it better for varnishing, as well as destroy the beetle which is often met with in old oak, and is erroneously called the worm.—The Builder. ANTI-CORN-LAW MOVEMENT. On Thursday evening a public dinner took place in the Music Hall at Leeds, delegates from the various towns in the West Riding attending to hand in their list of subscriptions in aid of the Quarter of a Million Anti-Corn-law League Fund. Besides many of the chief manufacturers in the riding, and the Mayor of Leeds, Mr. L. I). Luccock, who occupied the chair, there were present, Mr. Cobden, M.P., Mr. Marshall, Mr. Aldam, M.P., Mr. Bright, M.P., Colonel Thompson, Mr. E. Baines, jun., &c., the meeting altogether numbering about four hundred. After the cloth had been removed, The CHAIRMAN pioposed " The health of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen." The other loyal toasts haying been given, The CHAIRMAN rose and said—l have the honour to pro pose the " Health of those Members of the House of Commons who supported Mr. Villiers' motion."—(Loud cheers.) The chief of those Members are now on my right and left hand.— (Cheers.) Rendered only the more formidable by defeat, the members of the League have gone through the length and breadth of the land, not as vanquished foes, but as con quering heroes. Associated with them is a gentleman who sits on my left, the representative of the town of Leeds; long may lie be spared to fight with them the battle of free trade, and share in ti eir renown.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Anna:a - , who was greeted with loud cheers, acknow ledged the toast. lie regretted that of the Members of the House of Commons, who had voted with Mr. Villiers, some one more able than himself fitly to respond to it was not there to address them. But he was relieved in finding among them men who had acted a foremost part in the move ment against the corn-laws, men of great ability, and who would amply compensate in their addresses for any deficiency of his. There seemed now a prospect of a settlement of this question by the repeal of laws so injurious to their interests. —(Cheers.) The principles of free trade had been distinctly recognised as true by the most able members of the present Government. They had heard from Sir R. Peel that true policy required us to buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest markets." Sir J. Graham had called the principles of free trade the maxims of common sense, and the able dis courses of Mr. Gladstone on matters of trade showed the irresistible tendency of his mind to consider free trade as at once incontestible in theory, and demanded by the actual circumstan ces of the country Cheers.) Severe, indeed, had been the lesson by which the present Ministry were taught the danger of a scanty supply of food for the people. The distressingscenes of 1842 were to palliate still too vividly Ni the aly painted minds o a l toallow any one f horrors caused The history exhibited b ti i i s e to 3 r , s e - aa o r f ss no t c l f i c e ep s s e sl vn successive islands yseries fo o r f dear a a s i t n quarter u r n e a n a r d t d eT a o r ( f: a h s : s e . century r s During 1 b g t 11 3 0 * e o d l abun dant food had given general prosperity and commercial ac tivity—in the years of scarcity, de arness caused depressionand stagnation; they were far advanced in the cycle of abun dance, and must look ere long for a reverse. Should they be unprepared for it? Should a system be continued which would entail the same misery as before?— (Cheers.) The prosperity of . the trade of England, and the well-being of her people, ought to depend no longer cn the precarious yield of the harvest within the narrow limits of the British islands.— (Cheers.) The basis of the supply of food should be ex tended to the Baltic, the Black Sea, the Mediterranean, the Hudson, and the Mississippi, and distress and starvation, such as the country had passed through in late years, would be inflicted only in the extremely rare and even improbable event of all the sources of supply failing at the same moment.—(Cheers.) New facts were con stantly presenting themselves, demonstrating the necessity of a repeal of the corn-laws. But a few days ago there was a report of a French Minister to the Chamber, on the progress of that country in wealth and resources. The ad vance of the United States was still more formidable—their population doubled itself in twenty-five years. In a short period their population would be greater than ours; in half a century, a mere moment in the existence of a nation, it would be little less than double that of the British island. If the increase of our numbers, and of our power, is to be restricted by the narrow limits of the small island we in habit, this nation would not for long be able to sustain the proud position it now occupies; but allow the energies of the people fair play, give commerce free expansion, and it would soon occupy a position of still more decided predominance. —(Cheers.) In answer to this, the bugbear of danger from foreign dependence had again been raised. When the seas were covered with our corn fleets, with increasing trade, would not our naval power be amply strong enough to pro tect them? This very dependence would give greater energy to our naval character, and perpetuate England as the mistress of the seas.—(Cheers.) Open the ports, let the corn trade become regular, take the surplus of a harvest whenever and wherever found, and the regularity of our importation would soon drive the bulk of the trade into the hands of the British shipowners.—(Cheers.) We were so far dependent on foreign trade that one month's suspension of it would inflict the greatest injury on the country. The example of England in adopting a free-trade policy was now producing a very sensible effect upon the conduct of other nations. France, whose object had hitherto been to make protection more strict, was relaxing her tariff; and although, In items of little importance, it must be viewed as indicating a changing policy. In Spain the tariff had been prohibitory, but a great party appeared to be springing up fn that country favourable to a freer trade. The states of Prussia, in a very remarkable address to the King, gave in their adhesion to principles of increased commercial freedom, and recommended the reduction of import duties. Even the anti-tariff party in the United States seemed on the point of effecting their object. If then the moderate advance to free trade which had been made in England had had such results, could it be doubted that the complete adoption of it would give an example to be followed, after no very long interval, by the bulk of the civilised world ?—(Cheers.) Before sitting down he might say that he had attended the meeting at much personal inconvenience, but the absence of a Member of Parliament might be construed into the indif ference of a constituency, and he was determined that no in ference should be drawn so much the reverse of the truth.— (Cheers.) The object of the meeting was to receive the re port of the progress of the subscriptions towards the League fund. One hundred thousand p. unds had formerly been raised. It was called " a great fact," and commented upon as evidence of zeal not to be mistaken, by the leading journal of the country. It was now proposed to raise a quarter of a million, to realise a fact greater than the preceding one, and a more powerful proof of earnest resolve.—(Cheers.) The ap plication of the funds of the League had been exhibited to the public ; they had been employed in enlightening the public opinion by the discussion of the principles of free trade at frequent meetings, and by the circulation of pamphlets on the operation of the corn-laws. The League had lately adopted another 'course, by establishing a machinery to fa cilitate the acquiring of votes. He entirely approved of their measures, and he anticipated very shortly entire suc cess to their movement. Mr. J. G. MARSHALL being called on by the Chairman, rose and said—The toast I have to propose to you is that mighty League, of which we are all, I believe, members ; but which is more especially represented amongst us by our two distinguished leaders, whom we have the pleasure of seeing to-night on each side of our Chairman.—(Cheers.) We are prepared, I hope. to greet our guests with substantial evi dence that the men of the West Riding have given a hearty response to that practical appeal made to them by the noble example of the men of Manchester.—(Cheers.) And surely, if we needed any confirmation to the strong internal convic tion we each of is feel that our great cause is identified with truth and justice, and deeply fixed in the hearts of the people, it would be found in the marvellous way in which, on every great emergency—whenever existing means of action appear insufficient or exhausted—the League, as by an electric shock, by an inspiration of power, suddenly becomes instinct with new faculties, new energies, redoubled strength.— (Cheers.) And I hope we may honestly add, what is indeed a still higher boast, a still higher evidence of the elevation and purity of our principles, that this power which is put into our hands—a trust for which we are most deeply re sponsible—has been, with as little exception as is consistent with human fallibility, constitutionally and conscientiously wielded. We are at last approaching the final struggle. We must now make distinctly known our determination to accept nothing less than the final and entire repeal of the corn-laws.—(Cheers.) This firm adherence to our principle, so necessary to our own safety, is admitted even by our oppo nents to be the only consistent and manly course ever taken. Even the more intelligent farmers all say, let the question be really settled; either maintain the present corn-laws, if pro tection is right, or if not, repeal them boldly and manfully at once.—(Loud cheers.) But whilst rejecting all com promise of principle, we should greatly injure our cause if we did not, as we grow stronger, become still more careful that the manner in which we urge our claim should be temperate and conciliatory towards our opponents, many of whom, we may hope, unconsciously prejudiced by self-interest, may, by such a course, be brought over to our cause, and thus render our moral triumph still more complete.—(Cheers ) But I will not speak any longer of our cause as in progress only. We have a right at this moment to look not only to a last struggle, but to a final triumph.—(Cheers.) Of the result of such a triumph I would say a few words. There are some amongst the most honest, but perhaps among the more timid, friends of this cause, who fear that this moment may be closely followed by some disappointment—that the echoes of unfounded expectations will be dying around us in , murmurs and repinings. " The people have been led,roin they say, " to hope too much from this measure of relief: I' the moment the corn-laws are repealed every working man wants of his family; and cheap and abundant , ts o_ will look to rind cheap and abundant food, and f s o us harvests follow at once on a season of disappointing harvests—harvests supply the It is true which throughout Europe have been deficient." tettalned, and that sonic present disappointment that such false expectations may more or . ybeen ensue.en but oft t t l m ess en h t a m ve a we know that in its nature it is but temporary. We must but we may hope that this evil can be small ex en look that the permanent expectations of our people are not ill-founded , We have enough of well-founded expectations to give them, expectations neither narrow nor poor. We have not led them to hope too much. It is hoping too little that creates any danger of disappointment. Let our endeavours, then, be redoubled, that the people may hope rightly, and hope enough. I may say, let our endeavours be continued, for it has long been the persevering endeavour of the League to throw a full clear light upon our true, our attainable object. The League has held Out no false expectation.—(Cheers.) We have not put forth the repeal of the corn-laws as an iso lated measure in itself sufficient to produce a total a"..d perma snaeyntiteliesvtahteiofinrsitngrtheeat c n o e n c d e s i t s i a o r n y o i n f a t i h s p e ephesoaphllee. stepNo, t e N p , t h b e u t r o w o e t from which a thousand other social benefits must grow. — (Cheers.) It removes a vast and undeniable pressure from our industrial resources, and by giving to the people of this country, in th e supply of the first necessary of life, the com mand of the r es . ources of all the markets in the world, though the variations of the seasons and of trade will still exist, they will cease to prodluce the frightful fluctuations we no , - rience, and as mu ch stability as human mean s ca n secUr:7ill be given to th e c; Rise of industry.—(Cheers.) The moment that the corn-law a arorepealed the League will cease to exist; and that instant also ought we to start forward with joint energies and har rnonious council in a new race of enterprise. Then shall we see the great work of education in its largest sense ca cried out on a scale commensurate with the wants, and with the intelligence and power of this great nation.—(Uheers.) Then shall we see our towns, under the favourtng auspices of prosperous industry, relieved from the danger of crowded cellars and undrained streets, the abode of fever and of misery.—(Cheers.) Will the men who have given their hundreds of thousands for the removal of a physical grievalice, not open their hearts and their purses and give equal, or if need be, greater contributions for the permanent, mental, and spiritual elevation of their country ? —(Cheers.) the men who have succeeded, by their persevering endeavours in moving the whole Legislature to improve their supplies of food, fold their hands in indolence and apathy when the comforts and necessaries, next in im portance, are wanting about their hearths and homes?— (Cheers.) I will not further trespass on your time, as you will now be anxious to hear other speakers. You are anxious to show the enthusiastic warmth with which Mr. Cobden and Mr. Bright was received, and by the extent of your subscriptions also, what it is difficult to express in words, your high and grateful estimation of the indefatigable labour, the unfailing moral courage, th e energy an d talent, which have characterised their career from first to last.—(Cheers.) I beg to propose " The League" as a toast.—(Cheers.) Mr. COBDEN, who, on presenting himself, was received with the most vociferous and protracted cheering, in the midst of which the band struck up, hero comes!" spoke as follows :—The League, o g somethingspoken of,tha t rare in these times, for we certainly have been the best abused body ix England. Probably it may as well devolve on me as on any one here present to speak as to the object of the League, having been in at the birth, as I hope I shall also be in at the death of it.—(Cheers.) Through the seven years of our apprenticeship it would be egotism indeed if I were to pretend to say that in this long period, when we have been pursuing altogether untried courses without precedents to guide us, we have not, and I myself have net, committed many mistakes. I have no hesitation in saying, that if we had to run our career ever again—if we had to form another League —we should beat the monopolists in half the tinae..... (Cheers.) Half our time has been employed in learning how I mayßut I s ie a r f e el w y e s a a r 3 e ,, , after seve n y ear s' a g itatio n ; an d I to do our wo r k, an d not a little in undoing what we had done think badly. at all events, that if we have made mistakes in our mode of operation, we have never changed our principles one hair's breadth from the moment we commenced our work.—(llear, hear, and cheers.) Men tell us that England has grown great, prosperous, and happy. I deny it.—(Cheers.) Looking to the advantages of the country, I maintain that the great body, the mass of the empire, are in the most degraded state that ever charac terised a people.—(Cheers.) Take half the population of Ireland, for instance ; take the agricultural population of this country, and a vast number of the unskilled labourers, and my assertion holds good. 'rake the agricultural labourers— the mass of the rural population has been deplorably sinking as a class for the last thirty years. I was myself born on a farm in the south of England, and of my own knowledge I can testify that the population in the rural districts have de clined and deteriorated for the last thirty years.—(Cheers.) Again and agaid I charge the monopolist landlords of the country, who have so long had the control of its destinies, with the miserable, degraded, oppressed social condition of the labouring classes of England.—(Loud cheers.) But now, without wishing to say more harsh things than needful of then, we will content ourselves with declaring that we will take the government of the country out of the hands of these people.—(Dear, hear, and cheers.) We are going to assert the right of the great mass of the manufacturing and industrious population of this country to the influence they are entitled to have in its government ; and I say that no Government henceforth can be carried on in this country unless it recognises for its basis the wish and the will, and the decision of the people in Lancashire and Yorkshire—(Loud cheers)—because Lancashire and York shire form the basis of the commercial and manufacturing energies of this countrv.—(Cheers.) I think Sir R. Peel understands this as well as I do; for I am told, on better authority than newspapers, that he intends en the meeting of Parliament that the Address shall be moved by Lord Francis Egerton, and seconded by Mr. Beckett Denison. Now that is rather clever.—(A laugh.) It at once indicates to the squires that Sir Robert Peel will govern through Lancashire and Yorkshire, or he will not govern at all. 35,000, I be lieve. is the number of your constituency in the West Riding; 24,000, I believe, is the number of ours in South Lanca shire. The members of those constituencirs I call trump cards in any man's hand • and it is quite clear Sir Robert k nows when and how to play them.—(Cheers.) I rose to thank you for the toast of the League in behalf of myself and friends who are engaged in it. As an individual I arrogate to myself nothing in connexion with this move ment of the League. It is the work primarily of the manu facturers of Lancashire and Yorkshire, co-operated with and most ably backed by the rest of England, the manufacturers of Scotland, by the middle classes generally, and now by the working class as a mass. It is your work. You have begun it nobly. We are but the instrument—the sharp point of the coulter turning up the soil ; you are the power at the butt end of the plough.—(Cheers.) You must do the work; and lam sure you will acquit yourselves as you ought. Depend o ns,a n n d d o t n h , e asmumazsinsgublys,chriebiped Sirby e L I thank you for the kindness with which I have ever been R u them,po' b) upon Robert lh e l Peel hn namese f n r a i p n ou i f n b : nos t uh h re e dt ° Q, I vi u ' 's Speech.—(Loud cheers.) tunnelre ceived separate I orkshire from Lancashire, in of the West Riding—way glad, opiningal through the to be the bond of union between the two counties; for, yen may rely on it, so long as the white and red roses intertwine in the same chaplet, with reference to this question, the mono polists never can succeed.—(Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMA.N then called upon the delegates from the different districts in the West Riding to announce the amounts collected in each, which was done in due order ; several of the deputies addressing the party in short speeches. The following are the results of the subscription so far as it has gone, but the probability is that several thousand pounds will yet be added to the gross total:— Barnsley (district) . Birstall ' 1,041 Bradford Doncaster .. Halifax Hebden-bridge 1,428 Huddersfield 6,300 Keighley Leeds 8,600 Batley-bridge Otley 125 Rotherham Skipton Sheffield Wakefield .... 1,053 Making a grand total of not less than £33,440 The details of this subscription, the reading of which occu pied much of the evening, were loudly applauded. The financial part of the business having been thus dis posed of, Mr. E. RAINES, jun., proposed—" Thanks to Mr. Richard Cobden, M.P., Mr. John Bright, M.P., and Colonel Thomp son, for their unwearied exertions in the cause of free trade." The toast was drunk with the utmost enthusiasm. Mr. BRIGHT, on rising to acknowledge the toast, was loudly cheered. He said,—" I need not say how great is the delight which my colleagues and myself have felt whilst at tending this very respectable meeting. You have thanked us for the arduous labours in which we have been engaged. We are repaid, if it were only that we have made the ac quaintance of and formed friendships with hundreds, I might almost say thousands, of the choice spirits of this day and of this country. We have had hard labours, true enough, but we have been cheered by your approbation, and not less by the glorious prospect which every increasing success offered to our view. We have learnt much since we began this contest. We have learnt that it is a greater and a more sacred contest even than we thought it at first, and we have learnt also, that, although the battle may be hard—the hill steep to climb—yet there is power and intelligence enough, and we now have organization enough, by which we can carry this great contest to a successful, to a most triumphant issue. —(Cheers.) The people of this country are to be hood winked no longer. It was madness to maintain the corn law, when its character was once found out.—(Hear, hear.) One of the most philosophical writers of this age has said that he could not write a chapter about the corn-law, for it made the very air hot.—(Hear.) Dr. Chalmers has said, " There is no one thing which our Government could do which would so sweeten the breath of English society as the abolition of this corn-law."—(Cheers.) We ask for a quarter of a million, and they would have laughed at us had they not recollected the previous 100,000/. and the 50,000/. before it, and now, within a short month, mole than half of the quarter of a million is already subscribed, and ready to be forthcoming.—(Cheers.) Well, here we are to-night —not a vast number—but representing a vast number out of doors, with influence, intelligence, and votes. This night—at this moment, whilst I am addressing you—the great theatre at Covent-garden is filled to overflowing, and the streets around are crowded by thousands who have not been able to obtain admission. To-morrow night, at this time, the Free-trade Hall at Manchester will have its 7,000 or 8,000 within its walls at least. Yesterday was the first day of issuing tickets, and 10,000 persons applied for them.—(Cheers.) Well, these are demonstrations such as have never taken place in this country before on any political question whatever. The political atmosphere has been foggy for a long time; but we find it clearing away a little now. I met a Conservative Member yesterday by accident, and really it seemed as if we had been fellow-labourers in the free-trade cause all our lives. —(Hear, hear.) There is no shyness now. In fact, lam not certain we shall know which side of the House to sit on when we get there on Thursday next.—(Cheers and laughter.) I have now only to tender the acknowledgments of myself and colleagues for the vote of thanks you have given us; and, as we have beforetime been borne up by your cheering co operation, we shall go from this meeting to-night conscious that we have a cause worthy of all the energies that we can bring to hear upon it, and that we have supporters in this district who are worthy of all the labour which we can pos sibly bestow upon this cause.—(Cheers.) Colonel THOMPSON then addressed the meeting in a humorous and able speech, and concluded by giving the health of the Mayor, and prosperity to the town and trade of Leeds and the West Riding. acclamation, and the meeting separated. Mr. ALDAM seconded the motion, which w as carried by R 0 YSTON. A public meeting was held Falvey and Mr. Bontems attended as a depu tationevening. Mr. the League. The meeting was originally an nounced from in Royston on Wednesday of the monopolist farmers attending the market, on a few declared that if the League meeting was held to be held in the large room of the Crown Inn, but Wednesday, there, they wo uld never attend the house again. Under these circumstances, the innkeepers, two orphan sisters, be came quite alarmed, and expressed their fear of being ruined how wm matters e r p s r o s t t e o c o t a i at n once ir i n consequence of the threats held ou t aga i nst t h em, by the I T ivie T rt i o t o c k hin t a o rs r h erie h v a e v t in h g e liber allearn friendsed young women from their fears of such petty and intolerable tyranny, and at the same time • provide for the meeting by granting the use of a malthouse or granary for the occasion. At seven o'clock the room began to fill ; and on the mo tion of Mr. TITCHMARSH, .T. G. FO&DNAM, Esq i ., banker and county magistrate, was called to the chair. He opened the proceedings by stating that, though he differed in opinion from the gentlemen who were to address them, he Loped they would give every one an attentive hearing. He then in troduced Mr. Falvey to the meeting, who had not concluded a sentence before a few neighbouring monopolists began to make the most hideous noises, and that, too, in opposition to the great body of the meeting, who were desirous of listen ing attentively. The chief disturbers were Mr. King, of Tadlow, and his son ; Mr. Meyers, of Harrington • Mr. Mieck ley, of Abingdon, and a few others who had threatened the innkeepers with their vengeance in the course of the day, anti prevented them from making the most of their was quite clear to all present, that the MOT".^• themselves drunk, in order to get'' Mr. Falvey, however, Iv — of every corn-la — to the _.,orn, It —violists had made .....weir drooping spirits up, .....eveled, and showed the failure __,,, slice 1815, in affording protection ,armers and farm-labourers of Great Britain and Ireland. He invited any of his opponents to discuss the question with him ; but they refused to do so, and confined their opposition to the sending forth of the most inhuman sounds. The Chairman repeatedly expressed his disgust at the conduct of the small knot of drunken monopolists, and said he intended to have said a few words in opposition to the views of the speaker; but he refrained from doing so in consequence of their un-English-like conduct. Mr. Falvey, at the close of his address, proposed the following r esolution: _ —" That, in the o pi n i on o f thi s meet i ng, i t i s t h e i n t er est o f the tenant-farme r , th e l a b ourer, an d t h e l an dl or d, that t h e f t. corn-law question should be p rom ptl y an d perma nen t ly oe tled, , , by a total, immediate, a n d unconditional re peal; the experience of the last thi r ty y ears having pr oved that pro tecteiroinppdlirnivg fesorceaigpnitatlratfireo, and injuresmlard,narr csiosotheeohpoemnonnim..couar.kiyet by , by ruinous fluctuations," o i d n s i e t i d n h m e a e s f d o w i nn a immedia t e Of repeal, twci resolutions ; one deprecating t system of corn laws, The CHAIRMAN moved atr h and the other condemning the present. ~ . , . hope that in the approachin,, session of and expressing a Parliament such a measur e fi nally maye amendmen t t b o e t total o a p n settle the question. H e then put both to the me e ti ng, when fr. Falvey ' s free-trade resol u ti on to b e carried. chthoep-ffraelelen. traders in Many cheers were then given for free t ra d e, t h ree for the he declared 3. , Three c L eagu e, and at the suggestion of Mr. Fal ve y, t h ree for the meeti ng broke evidently u of the townspeople requested t o h ave a second meeting as soon as possible, and NIL Falvey promised th a t th e i r request high Chairm an ; gl e, and an d the the monopolists should be complied with as soon as the qualification business for the present year was brought to a close. LORD METcALFE.-- We regret to learn that the Noble Lord is not improving in:health, and what is mors:dis tressing to his friends, there is not the slightest hope that he will recover from the inroads which his virulent disorder bu already made. 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