The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-30 00:00:00

The; THIRD -- EDITION of The Sun of last evening contained— A report of the Meeting of the British American Land Company. The Betting at Tattersall's, up to Six o'clock. The Parliamentary Proceedings of the evening, being full repartak& the Debates in both Houses of I'arlia ment up to a Quarter to Seven o'clock, extending to five columns and a half. CORRECTED THROUGHOUT BY THE NOBILITY. Now ready, in one vol. (comprising as much matter as Twenty ordi nary volumes), with upwards of 1,500 Engravings of Arms, &c., price 38i. bound, ME. BURKE'S PEERAGE AND BARONBTAGE, For 1x46. A NEW EDITION, corrected throughout from the Personal Communications of the Nobility, Ste, AND CONTAINING ALL TEE NEW CREATIONS. " The most complete, the most convenient, and the cheapest work of the kind ever offered to the public."—Sun. Henry Colbarn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now Ready, and may be had of all Booksellers, 3 vole. Bvo., with Portraits of the Marquess Wellesley, from the originals, by Sir Thomas Lawrence, and Count D'Orsay, and a Portrait of Tippoo Saib. 31 EMOIRS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MOST NOBLE RICHARD MARQUESS WELLESLEY, K.P. and K.G., D.O L., &c. Including a numerous Collection of Letters and Documents, now first published from original MSS. By ROBERT ROUIERE PEARCE, Eaq. " The importance of this work can hardly be overrated. It is out of the genuine historical publications of the age"—Lit. Gazette. Richard Bentley, New Rurlingtou-street, (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.) • ILLUSTRATED EY LEECH, AND WITH A PORTRAIT OF GRIMALDI BY GREATBATCH, AND VIEWS OF THE FACADE OF SAN GREGORIO, VALLADOLID ; THE ARCO DE SANTA MARIA, BURGOS ; SCULPTURE IN THE APSE OF HIE CATHEDRAL OF BURGOS; THE CLOISTER OF SAN JUAN DE LOS REYES, TOLEDO; AND THE PORTAL OF SAN TELMO, SEVILLE. The February Number, price Haif-a•Crown, of BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, Will contain BRIAN O'LINN ; OR, LUCK IS EVERYTHING. By W. 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The Wassail Bowl. . _ _ TIPPERARY HILL. CONTENTS! : —The Whiskey Drinker's Prologue—The Venue —Horace at a Discount—Preparations for a Broil—The True Report of the Potato Commission—The dignity of Grilling—Whisky • Vesuvius and the " Vestiges of Crew ion"—The Oregon—Songs of the Co lumbia, American and English—The Love of the Travelling Bat chelor—Jurisdiction of the Police and the Beauty of the Beulah Spa—Broken Teeth worse than Broken Hearts —The Steeple Chase without a Steeple—Rum and Milk-1 he Queen's Visit to Ire land, &c., &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE, of -SATURDAY, the 31st of January, and SUNDAY, the let of February, will contain—Sir Robert Peel's Speech and New Tariff, with the Old and New Rates, and the Duties to be repealed ; printed In Tables, with Explanatory Notes, Editorial Comments, and a Letter from COTTON T %UST. 017:^e, 337, Strand ; and all Newsmen.—Price 6d. r HE PRINCE'S CLUB-HOUSE, Corner of St. James's-street, in Piccadilly. Notice.—Noblemen and Usotlemen are respectfully informed this establishment is now prepared for their reception, with aug mented arrangements and Increased accommodation. Princes' Club, St. James's-street. Entrance in Piccadilly, No. 162. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a Grand Opera, in three acts, called MARITANA, Charles the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Caesar De Bazan, Mr. W. Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. Stretton ; Maritana, Miss Homer ; Miss Poole. In which Mdlle. F. Fabri and M. Bretin will introduce a new grand Pas de Deux. Between the Second and Third Acts of the Opera Professor RtgLEY and his SONS will go through a Series of their Classical and Popular Exercises. To conolude with a new grand Christmas comic Fantomine, called HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Wlll be pertbrmed the Tragedy of ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Miss Cushman ; Mercutio, Mr. Holl ; Benvollo, Mr. Brin dal ; Friar Lawrance,Mr. Swart; Peter, Mr. Buckstone ; Juliet, Miss Susan Cushman ; Nurse, Mr,;. (}lever. Between the acts of the Tragedy the Band will perform the 'Czarina Mazourk," the " Cricket Polka," and the Overture to " Masaniello." To conclude with a Grand New Extravaganza, entitled THE BEE AND THE ORANGE TREE; or, The Four Wishes. Principal Characters by Mr. Hudson, Mr. James Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mr. Clark, Miss P. Horton. Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Caulfield, and Mrs. Stanley. TIIEATItE KU YAL, THIS EVENING Will he performed THE CRICKET on the HEARTH. John Peery bingle, Mr. 0. Smith; Caleb Plummer, Mr. Lambert; Tackleton, Mr. Cullenford ; Edward, Mr. Selby; Dot, Mrs. Fitzwilllam; Bertha, Miss Woolgar; May Fielding, Miss Taylor. To be followed by a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM BREAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, Miss Woolgar, Scc. To conclude with an entirely New and Original Christmas Pan tomime, called HARLEQUIN AND POONOOWINGKEEWANG FLIBEEDEEFLOBEEDEEBUSKEERANG; or, The King of the Cannibal Islands. Hareuin, Mr. T. Ireland ; Columbine, Miss Fleming ; Clown, Mr. C l . J. Smith; Pantaloon, Mr. Mitcheuson. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCE UM. UNDER THE, MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. The Cricket on the Hearth," and " The Enchanted Horse" every Evening until further notice THIS EVENING WILL BE PERFORMED THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH: A FAIRY TALE OF HOME. The Principili Characters by Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, Mr. Emery, Mr. F. Vining, Mr. Meadows, and Miss Grove. Alter which will be tOpeateel a New Grand Romantic extravaganza, entitled THE ENCHANTED HORSE; or, Prince Fireuz Schah of Persia and the Princess of Bengal. Prineipal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Wigan, Y. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, &c.; Mes dames Keeley, Villars, Hodson, Dawson, Hward,de, &c. Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 48. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, 6 u (1. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STILEET. THIS EVENING Will be perfOrrned Shakepeare's Tragedy of OTHELLO. Othello. Mr. Macready ; Jag., Mr. Wallack ; Cassie, Mr. Cooper ; Brabantio, Mr. Ryder ; Montan o, Mr. Fisher ; Roderige, Mr. James Vining ; Ludovico, Mr. Wynn ; Grattan°, Mr. limner ; Desdemona, Mrs. Stirling; Emilia, Mrs. Ternan. To conclude with the New Christmas Pantomime,•entitled THE KEY OF THE KINGDOM ; or, HATMEQUIN AND THE FAIRY Mullen ;Clown, Harlequin, Mr. W. H Harvey 11111.mbine, Miss Mullen Mr. Flexmore ; Pantaloon, Mr. T. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. IMMENSE SUCCESS OF THK NEW BURLF.EQUE. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE WILD BOY OF BOHEMIA. The Whi Boy, Mr. Leclereq. After which will be repeated THE CRICKET ON OUR OWN HEARTH. In which Mr. James Browne, Mr. Romer, Mr. Cockrill, and Miss Kate Howard will appear. And concluding with the new Pantomime, unapproachable for gle and grandeur, called FORTUNATUS ; or, THE MAGIC CAI '. Fortunatus, Miss Hamilton ; Prince Megrim, Mr. Cockrill ; Fairy Queen, Miss Bromley ; Harlequin, Mr. Smythers ; Pantaloon, Mr Charles ; Clown, Mr. Jefferitti ; Columbine, Miss Laidlaw. NEW STRAND THEATRE. M. PHILLIPPE'S WONDERS and incredible CHINESE DE LUSIONS will be repeated every Evening, doors open at a quarter past-Seven, to commence at a quarter before Eight. M. Phillippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiments win be varied by the Amusing Performances of the Chiarini Family and astounding Feats of the American Brothers. 2.1. Philippe will (by desire), and in consequence of the Immense overflows which have attended his Morning Performances, give a Grand Juvenile Entertainment every Thursday Morning, commencing sat Two o'clock. Stalls, 31. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. A TLKY'S ROYAL AMPUITIIKATRK OF ARTS. LAST WEEK BUT ONE OF THE WONDROUS DOG EMILE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the novel Drama of THB PYRENEES. In which 3f. Wellen's celebrated Dog Emile will appear, whose per formances at the Cirque Olympique, Paris, has drawn crowded houses for the last nine months. New Scenes of the Circle, combining the talent of the French and English Artistes. After which will be repeated a New Grand Comic Equestrian Pan tomiine, called HARLEQUIN DON QUIXOTTE DE LA 3IANCA ; or, flaUelad PadZa, and Dulcinea of Taboos°, with new Scenellry, Dresses, Mechanical Changes, &c. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. FIRST WEEK QF THREE NEW AND ATTRACTIVE PIECES. THIS EVENING. Will be performed Tllll RUINE I ) HOUSE ♦T MILBANK, Supported by Messrs. Saville, Fredericks, Dale, giggle, Searle. ilerbert, Misses Vincent, Terry, Richardson, &c. To be followed by A NIGHT OF EXCITEMENT. De Conic!, Mr. Fredericks ; Le Grange, Mr. Saville ; Marlette, Miss Vincent. After which, Professor HEMMING and his SONS will give more suiparalleled feats of Classical Gymnasia than ever yet has been ex laibited, and surpassing even the celebrated Risley himself. To conclude with WALTER BRAND ; or, A DUEL IN THE MIST. SPORTING IN TELLIGENCE. TA.TTERSALL'S.—YEsTexpay. Taking its tone from the movements at Manchester on Tuesday, the betting yesterday afternoon gave Sweetmeat a lift to 20 to 1, who was placed beyond dispute at the top of the tree, and this on a very moderate outlay. Mickey Free at one time was also at 20 to 1, but receded to 1,000 to 45, layers. 1,000 to 40 was betted agst Best Bower, tl e sa me agst Miss Burns, 4,000 to 100 agst Mermaid, 1,000 to 15 and 20 agst Vitula, and 1,000 to 15 each agst Gamecock, Redstreak, and Salopian. The Derby betting was fiat, and that on the Oaks, beyond showing a very strong disposition to back Fantastic, presented no new features. CHESTER cur. ,20 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweatmeat—taken 1 000 0 45 agst Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Best Bower—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Woffenden's Miss Burns—t and aft, of. •>5 to I Apt Mr. Merry's Whinstone 35 to 1 azst Mr. Bennett's Hope—taken 40 to 1 agst Lord Howth's Mermaid—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Warp -taken .50 to 1 agst Mr. F. Ongley s Roderick—taken 1000 to 15 L OOO to 20 agst Mr. Parr's Vitula—taken 1,000 to 1 5 ags t Mr. Thos. Taylor's Gamecock —taken o n to 15 agst Mr. Wil liams ns Redstreak—taken 1';000- to 15 agst Mr. A. %V. Hill's Salopian—taken NEWMARKET I[ANDICAII. Offers to take 20 to 1 about the Nike filly, but no blow he only bet, in fact, was 100 to 5 agst Anti-Repealer. s truck ; t DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Lord E. d Russell's Sting—rtako—ell Ito 2 to 100 13 to 1 agst General Shubilck's Bree,a,4oo taken 25 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's lago—taken 28 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsey's Malcolm—taken s times: 1000 to 20 agst Mr. Scott's Tibthorpe— ake everal OAKS. 11 to 1 agst Sir C. Mon'k's Vanish 1000 to 50 agst Mr. Preston's Osprey—taken 1000 to 50 agst Mr. Gully's Mendicant—taken 2.500 to 100 agst Mr. Littledale's Fantastic—taken 1000 to 30 agst Mr. Bowes's Mewerina—taken 10 00 to 30 agst Mr. Maher's Perdita filly—taken EPSOM SPRING RACES, APRIL 3. The 'incensed victuallers of London, and their friends, have been so liberal in their contributions, that it is intended to add a bonus of not less than 2501. to the " Metropolitan Stakes," which, we :aseffive to understand, will be a haftdi cap of 5 sovs. each l the be run Course ; the horses to start near e " te on the new Derby cote's trainer, and run the house of Sir G. Heath: tlnatt;otthe,ies Trialver stationed on the grand s t and. ° i di s e t i n d eije i in view of those sporting race, there will be Sir -Gilbert: Plate, and two other races ill heats, to e,ll of wuwb , we may eiticulate on largo fatties. M A P THE RAILWAYS. IN A FEW DAYS, WE SHALL PUBLISH A "RAILWAY SUN," ~ I ''''';''' ./. P: , 44 - : iscli, ..,.....' 4--i . , . . . t ., 4 t " ' I ' i (? • 1 ' 4441 --7 ; ' - -;-;.- ( 4, Ask 1 1 1 / 4 lc \ - .: : i :._.._, . - ?Alp \ - 4 1; ~. = , , , ;t4....„,;: : :. ~ iic r - il, /0,, iZ - illgge • , !x.....-- , „di% ~.46. - mow«, , . . • ~,t.. 0. , ~ . u ft " . ,f' , N -%:': - .i- * 4 0 "' • _ • "Ilip , iel, --- .. Nt.t.' , . ..- - ~ CONTAINING A MAP of the RAILWAYS in ACTION, in PROGRESS, and in PROMISE ; executed in a style of surpassing Beauty and Correctnesi. In fact, it will be a Map of the greater portion of the Kingdom, with all the Lines so marked that he " who runs may read." PREPARED BY THE CELEBRATED JAMES WYLD, GEOGRAPHER TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. Orders received by all News-agents, and at The Sun Office, 112, Strand. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, JAN. 30. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 42 ; Highest, 53 ; Noon, 47. BAROMETER, 30.07.—W1ND W.. fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. M minutes after 3. f Evening .. 13 minutes after 4. ~~ t itni ,nt LONDON, FRIDAY. JANUARY 30, 1846. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Woolsack at Five o'clock. The Toll bars (Scotland) Bill was read a second time. The Duke of RICHMOND, in presenting several peti tions in favour of protection to domestic industry, stated, that he and they entirely dissented from the Ministerial proposition with regard to com mercial !policy, and that he considered the scheme as unjust and uncalled for, and that he denied the truth of the assertions on which the plan was based. It was perfectly ridiculous to talk of this as a compro mise. It was no compromise at all ; and, besides, he was averse to all compromise. They ought to have stated what would be the price of corn under the system before they talked of compromise. The farmers felt they had been illtreated, and it would be dangerous to pass the measure in opposition to their wishes. He hoped their Lordships would throw out the Bill, and force the Minister to appeal to the country. He had no fear of the results, notwithstanding the bribery of the Anti-Corn-law League ; but he, Lord KINNAIRD, as a Member of the Anti- Corn-law League, denied that they bad bribed. He would not hold himself responsible for all the language that had been held by them, and he thought the Noble Duke would scarcely hold himself responsible for all the language made use of at Pro tection Societies. The Duke of RICHMOND would hold himself re sponsible for the language used at Protection Societies. Lord KINNAIRD congratulated the Noble Duke. He therefore held himself responsible for the gentleman who had compared a Member of the other House to Satan, and for the burning of the Times newspaper at a protection meeting. The League had not bribed— they had merely enabled persons to obtain the franchise according to law. The Noble Duke, in advocating an im mediate appeal to the people on every great question, was merely advocating Chartist doctrines, and if he were to succeed, he would merely give rise to an agitation for a further reform in Parliament. After a few words from the Duke of BuckiNcßam, Lord BROUGHAM wished to ask, with regard to Ore gon, if it were true that on a globe published under au thority, the American boundary had been drawn as laid down by the American Government? The Earl of ABERDEEN thought his Noble Friend al luded to some prior transaction. He had no objection to lay before the House the instructions under which the party had acted. Earl GREY said t! - :at with regard to the proposals for the reform of our commercial policy, if they were to be opposed, he thought it would be better to meet them by a resolution in favour of protection. He ap proved of the principle of the measure, but should have preferred a repeal of the corn-laws at once. The three years' duty was producing a state of indecision. and was a mere mockery, continuing the uncertainty and agitation which was the great evil of the present state of things. The real security of the landed interest consisted in granting leases ; and anything that pre vented this rendered that interest insecure. So low was the stock of corn in foreign countries, that any al teration now would be attended with little effect ; but these three years delay would dam up the current of exportation from abroad for three years, and at the end of that time would let in a flood of foreign corn, to- the detriment of all parties. He trusted that their Lordships would prevent this part of the measure from passing. With regard to the mea sures of compensation, although some of them were just in themselves, to talk of them as compensation was delu sive. The only real compensation would be to eats. blish the principle of free trade completely in every thing as well as corn. If they were to sell cheap corn, they ought to buy cheap coffee, cheap timber, and cheap everything else, If the home producer would support cheap competition why could not the colonial prcducer, He trusted that if the experiment were tried as regarded landowners it would be carried out as regarded others, to the great benefit equally of the Treasury and the con sumer. He was sorry too to see that the fallacy which he had thought utterly exploded of making a distinction between free and slave labour sugar, that most absurd of all fallacies, was still to be maintained. Ile had always felt deeply attached to the principles of free trade, and from the moment of his entrance into public life he had denounced the principles of protection as, from first to last, a mistake ; that the principles of free trade were principles of common sense, and the sooner they were adopted into our Legislature the better. Lord AsanuteroziTeared that neither the Government nor the House would ever be able to carry out the prin ciples of free trade, as advocated by the Noble Earl, in a country placed in such a complicated position as this country was placed in, owing to the great burdens which were borne by this country. It was impossible tbat the British farmer could meet the foreigner upon equal terms; and all the authorities upon this subject, such as Mr. HUSHISSON, Mr. RICARDO, and others, admitted that the British farmer was entitled to compensation on account of his peculiar burdens. As long as they bad the debt in the state in which it was, and as long as foreign countries continued in their present state, it was perfectly Utopian to hope to establish a system of free trade. The Noble Lord then complained of the conduct of the League in opening a shop in every town in the kingdom, for the pur pose of providing what he termed fictitious votes. He thought it the duty of the Government to provide some remedy for this evil. Lord MONTEAGLE denied that the revenue duties were obstacles to the freedom of trade. His Noble Friend had, in the most strange manner, confounded revenue duties—which were no obstacles to freedom of trade— with protective duties, which were obstacles to the free dom of trade. For instance, neither the tea nor tobacco duties were obstacles to the freedom of trade. Few men had been consistent on the principle of free trade ; but with one exception, all public men had advanced towards free trade. When the burdens of the country were greater than they were now, the petition of the mer chants of London had, in 1815, laid down the broad principle of free trade, and had been supported by the highest authority in both Houses of Parliament. If our burdens were great, that was a reason for leaving industry unfettered. With regard to the delay of three years in the repeal of the corn-laws be considered it would be prejudicial to those for whose ad vantage it was intended, bat he accepted the measure as a whole as the greatest step that had yet been made in regard to free trade. Lord AsnnunTon explained. wanted. thefarm I was ,L l .ed to employ more men than th h a e t 'be pulie of RICHDIoND complained -. he was to be foi;:fd farm er to sell cheap bread, he should be secured cheap labour. If they had cheap bre d h it •w y should they not have cheap beer? It would be better to repeal the malt tax than the brandy duties. He was for pro tection to all classes, and he hoped the farmers would not enter into a compact with the League. He thought that if they were to have free trade, it would be better to have it at once. Protection had ever existed in this country, and all the farmers wanted was fair play. The Earl of DALHOUSIE then rose to submit to their Lordships the ici:64 which he proposed should be j adopted with regard to railway Bills. In former years those Dills bad been few in number, but during the present year there had been deposited 818 , plans of projects in the Board of Trade, and there now stood for the consideration:of the House 687 Bills. There could be no doubt but that the number of railway Bills to be considered during this session would be so great as to render it impossible to find Committees to consider these Acts. The capital required for these Bills amounted to 370,000,0004 of money. Now, this sum would not be all required, because many were compe ting schemes ; but making every deduction, not a less sum would be applied for than 100,000,000/. Last year they had authorised 118 Bills, requiring 56,000,000/. ; the previous years 46 Bills, requiring 14,000,0001; making a demand; of 70,000,000/. in three years ; thus making an average call during the next three years of 20,000,000/ 4 and the lowest estimate of the amount required during the next year would be 100,000,0004 It was necessary for Parliament to con sider whether the diversion of this enormous amount of capital to railway enterprise must not be detrimental to the interests of the country, and whether some limitation ought not to be placed upon it ? Already had the price of labour and materials been en hanced to an inconvenient degree. Neither was it fur the interest of railway enterprise itself to permit this state of things to continue. It had been said that the evil would provide its own remedy ; but still Parliament ought not to invest companies with great powers, to keep them suspended over the heads of parties interested, and to permit them to indulge in reckless expen diture. On these grounds, he thought it right that some limitation should be placed on these schemes. He thought the Executive Government was right in not taking upon itself the responsibility of not placing a check upon these schemes. It was for Parliament to decide on the subject; Government had applied their at tention to it, and had made preparation to lay before Parliament all the necessary information. It would be useless and unprofiitable to lay that information on the table for discussion before the House, and the Govern ment thought it the more useful plan to refer the matter to a Select Committee, and he therefore begged to move for the appointment of a Committee for the purpose. Lord BROUGHAM, when called upon to increase the grants of money for railroads from 20,000,000/. a year to 53,000,0001. a year, said it became Parliament to pause and inquire before they consented to such a grant. He would suggest some alteration in the manner of conducting the Private Bill business, in order to secure a proper consideration of these Bills. He would never wish to take from the privileges of the House, but Parliamentary Committees were the worst tribunals to sit judicially and decide upon the disposal of millions of property, and he trusted that some more satisfactory tribunal might be established. Lord KINNAIRD trusted the Noble and Learned Lord would bring forward some measure to remedy this evil, which was undoubtedly a great one. The Noble Lord gave notice that on Monday he should move for a re turn of fees paid to this House on introducing railway Bills, and also on petitions. In one case he knew the costs of opposing a Bill had been 8001., and out of that sum 3001. had been paid in fact to the officers of that House. Lord ASHBURTON supported the motion for the ap pointment of the Committee, and agreed that it was ne cessary to put some limitation on railway specuLtti.n. He was inclined to refer the prosperity. of the last three years and the increased employmentlxiven to the labour ing classeP, tothe increased expenditure consequent upon, the formation of railways rather than to the relaxation of the protective duties. A NOBLE LORD suggested that it was important that the report of this Committee should be presented at the earliest possible period, in order to prevent the pay ment of deposits on those Bills which were report, d against. On the other hand, they would do great injus tice, if they did not give the ►ubject due consideration. There should be laid down some principle on which these were to be considered. There were great diffi culties attending the subject. It would have been better to have applied some check at an earlier date, and thus have prevented an useless expenditure of money. Earl GREY hoped they were not to be considered as pledging themselves to the novel principle of limiting the amount of capital to be invested in enterprise. Parlia ment. ought to consider if parties had sufficient capital— if the object in view was for the public good—if it unjustly interfered' with private interests. Parliament was stepping beyond its functions if it attempted to decide how much capital should be withdrawn from other enterprises to be invested in railways. Individuals were the best judges of that point. They would be committing great injustice, if, upon a hasty and superficial examination, they took upon themselves to determine which of the railway schemes should be proceeded with, and which not. He would sugg( at, that instead of having two Committees of the two Houses, it might not be possible to havg one joint Committee of both Houses. Lord ASHBURTON considered it almost impossible to ascertain whether the companies possessed sufficient capital or not. Lord MONTEAGLE considered it was impossible for their Lordships to discharge their functions with credit or satisfaction, so long as the House of Commons in sisted on treating railway bills as money bills. He hoped, in order to afford due consideration to Irish railway measures, the House of Commons would consent to an equal division of the consideration of railway Bills. Lord REDEBDALI believed that it was impracticable for Parliament to deal with 600 Bills in one session, and therefore it was necessary to make some alteration in the existing system. The Earl of DALHOUSIE then nominated the Com mittee. Lord Baouatum proposed that it should be a Com mittee of secrecy. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH thought there was no danger of the proceedings of the Committee becoming known. The motion was then agreed to, and their Lordships adjoured till Monday. The House of Commons met at Four o'clock. Petitions were presented for various railway Bills. Mr. BRIGHT gave notice that, on Monday next, he would move the re-appointment of the Committee on the game-laws. On the motion of Sir ROBERT PEEL it was agreed that the House at its rising should adjourn to Monday next, after a short discussion. In answer to a question from Mr. T. DUNCONBE, Sir JAMES GRAHAM stated that it was the intention of the Secretary -at-War, at an early period of the session, to introduce a Bill for the amendment and consolidation of the Militia Act. In answer to a question from Mr. BRIGHT, as to when the militia would be called out, Sir J. GRAHAM stated that, under tho present law, it was competent for the Government to call out the militia at a fortnight's notice. Sir R. PEEL, in answer to a question from Lord JOHN RUSSELL, said he had no objection to lay on the table the papers with respect to the hostilities in Rio de la Plata, as far as they had reference to the grounds on which France and England had united on this question, but th * e papers relating to the atrocities committed he must at present decline producing. Lord J. RUSSELL, in answer to a question from Mr. B ESCOTT, stated that he had not yet determined whether he should, during the present session, again bring in the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill. Mr. HASTIE, on the part of the bankers of London, complained of their being compelled by the standing orders to pay the money they received for railway de posits into the Bank of England in the name of the Accountant• General of the Court of Chancery. lie thought there ought to be some relaxation of the stand ing orders in this respect, as the greatest confusion would prevail. He believed that all purposes would be answered by paying the money into the Bank of Eng land and sufficient protection afforded to all bona fide railways. He would make a motion on the subject on a future day. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the deposits, when paid in to the name of the Accountant- General, were as available for the purpose of trade as if paid into the Bank in any other way. All that was required to get it out was the order of the Court of Chancery. Mr. P. M. STEWART said that the money that was paid into the Bank of England in the name of the Accountant-General was froze up and totally unavailable fur the purposes of trade. As to obtaining an order in Chancery, that, as was well known, was the work of time. Sometimes zuch a document was not obtained for twenty years. Mr. HUDSON thought that the whole difficulty wonld be got over by the transfer of India Bonds, or Consols, or Exchequer-bills, instead of cash being required to be paid into the Bank. Mr. MUNTZ could not see what objection the Govern ment had to receive their own Exchequer-bills. Sir R. PEEL trusted the House would not interfere in this matter, as he felt convinced that the spirit of im proper speculation would never be put an end to unless the public sustained some inconvenience. After a f?w observations from Mr. F. BARTxg the sub ject dropped. On the motion of Sir C. NAPIER, a Committee was appointed to inquire into the manner in which the Poor law Commissioners hare exercised the powers for the THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANTJAU-CV 30, 1846. establishment of district asylums for the houseless poor ' in the tn-tropolis, confided to them by the statute of the 7th and Bth of Victoria, c. 101 ; and also to inquire into the effects of any asylums supported by voluntary sub scriptions which may have been formed for the same purpose ; also (pursuant to previous notice) a Select Committee to investigate the subject. Lord ASHLEY moved for leave to bring ;in a Bill to reduce the hours of working of young persons in fac tories to ten hours in the day. Two years hail elapsed since he brought the subject before the House ; but events had since taken place that illustrated the truth of those principles he had then propounded ; and the question was now narrowed to this—Would his proposition be carried into effect without injury to trade or detriment to the wages of the labourer. The Noble Lord then went at considerable length into what had taken place during the last year in the manufac turing districts, for the purpose of showing that the shortening of the time of labour had been attended with no injury to trade, while it improved the wages and the physical condition of the labourers and their children. Their physical and mental condition had been so improved, that they did not appear to be the same race of human beings. He alluded to these statements with great satisfaction, be cause they gave him great hopes for the future. Great benefit had also been effected in the manufac turing districts from the half-holiday system. Among all these improvements, none had been effected with respect to children whose ages varied from thirteen to eighteen, they were still called upon to work twelve hours out of the twenty-four. He thought the House would admit that this was a subject well worthy of its con sideration, and that was the great object he had in view. Without the House adopted some such measure as that he proposed, he was sure the manufacturing labourers would never desist in their perseverance to obtain it. It was the tenth time he had brought this subject before the House, and he trusted it would be the last. It was honourable to the operatives of this country, that, endea vouring to procure justice, they had never used the words of menace, or a vindictive expression. The Noble Lord concluded by moving for leave to bring in the Bill. Sir J. GRAHAM, on the part of the Government, would not, on the present occasion, offer any opposition to the Bill. In his opinion, however, what had passed since 1844 showed that there was no necessity at the present time for legislative interference between the em_ ployer and the employed. He thought the Noble Lord was entitled to great merit for the arrangement that had already taken place ; but he thought that some thanks were due also to the Government. By these it ensures no man could work in a colliery, linen, !Ilk, or flax manufactory more than twelve hours in the day. He admitted the magnitude of the subject, and its importance to the parties interested particularly; but the public must also be considered. He thought the proper course would be to postpone the opinion of the House upon this subject until a decision had been come to on the question brought forward by his Right Hon. Friend at the head of the Government on the subject of corn. Sir J. STRICKLAND thought the operatives themselves would be satisfied with an Eleven Hours' Bill; and if guch was the case, it would be unwise, at the present moment, to inter fern between . the employer and the employed. Mr. TRELAWNEY thought the Bill would be of no good ; that it was, in fact, a meAsure to rob Peter to pay Paul. Lord J. MANNERS approved of the measure. Mr. HUME objected to the measure. He believed that all the arguments of the Noble Lord could be easily met and answered. He considered the course proposed to he adopted by the Right Hon. Bnronet at the head of the Home Department waa the correct oue. Mr. B. ESCOTT believed that many hundreds of opera tives had been ruined by the measures of the Noble Lord, and he should be able to prove that, when the proper time came for discussing the Bill. He believed the Noble Lord was maintaing a mistaking philanthropy. Mr. COLQUHOUN believed the Noble Lord was correct, and trusted that he would persevere in his honourable and humane course. After some observations from Mr. ROEBUCK, Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. FIELDEN, Mr. WAKLEY, and several other Hon. Members, leave was given to bring in the Bill. The remaining orders of the day bei:ig disposed of, the House adjourned at Half-past Ten ,'Clock till Monday. The aristocracy, under almost every form of' govern ment, and in all ages, have claimed for their order peen iar privileges, honours, as well as exemptions from taxes and duties imposed upon the rest of the community. The only exceptions, perhaps, have been in republics, and these fur a limited period. When the ruling, the wealthy, and what may be called the official party, became strong and brought the plebeians under their power, they, agreeably to the propensities of human nature, began to take care of themselves, to throw all the heavy burdens upon the vulgar, and those who could not resist their authority, and to cover their selfish pur poses and unmerited privileges under the pretence that in some great emergency theyhad rescued the State from the brink of ruin, and that no honours or rewards could be too great for the saviours of their country. The :barons of England claimed great merit in this respect, but all they did was to humble the KING, and increase their own power, if we except some trifling advantages which they claimed for all classes, but which they rarely afterwards en forced. Self-interest was the prime mover—self interest regulated their future conduct ; they raised themselves to the rank of demi-gods, disdained to take oaths like other people, because their word of honour was stronger than the oath of plebeians ; they would be tried for flagrant crimes only by men of the same rank, who had an interest in screening a compeer:; declared their honours and their judicial and senatorial rights perpetual, and for one tax which they laid upon themselves they laid twenty on the rest of their fellow-subjects. In France these principles were carried to a still greater extent even than in England, solely because the middle classes were more depressed, and, consequently, less able to resist their unjust pretensions. Like madmen, the nobles thought the power of their order would last for ever; they had embarked with them in the same system of oppression all the high dignitaries of the Church, and in time the whole of the clergy. Religion and the sword ruled the destinies of the country, till, some sixty years ago, the people, indignant 'at such mockery of justice and abase of the sacred truths of the Gospel, burst forth like a volcano, and swept the united race from the face of the country. What has been the result? During all the revolutions which France has undergone the crimes of the nobility arid clergy have never been forgotten or forgiven; they have been re garded as outcasts, and even to the present day the stigma still adheres to both orders. The iron reign of NAPOLEON made an outward change : nobility was made hereditary, and the Church, to a certain extent, was raised from its low and deplorable condition; but when the hand of the despot was removed, and the influence of foreign powers which crushed the national voice, it again broke forth, and demanded that the Peers should enjoy no rights inconsistent with those of the people. The hereditary peerage was abolished, the KING was restricted even in the creation of temporary Peers, and all classes became alike sub ject to taxes. The great revolution led mainly to this result, but the second, called that of July, completed the work. Would it not be prudent for the Peers of England to take a lesson from their neighbours and be wise in time ? Why should the possessors of land have any exclusive privileges, and why should the great body of the people be enormously taxed for the benefit of one class?--for amid all the arguments of the monopo lists the main argument is, that the abolition of the corn laws will reduce their incomes. The fact has been inad vertently admitted by the most strenuous advocates ofthe obnoxious impost, and all rational men know that the interests of the tenants and their labourers have no- thing to do with the question, that these classes are brought in as ignorant auxiliaries and that the rent-roll guides the whole movement. The discerning public cannot be deceived by such shallow pretences, and the Peers, for they are the prime instigators in the affair, will yet find that by persevering in their opposition they will only excite further investigations, and that the offers of the Duke of RICHMOND and Lord BEAUMONT will be accepted by Mr. COBDEN and Mr. HUME. The former has repeatedly attempted in vain to ascertain, by means of a Committee, the real amount of burdens on land. His request cannot now be denied with a good grace; and while the new tariff for corn con tinues in operation, there will be ample time to carry the inquiry into full effect. But an inquiry into the burdens alone will not do. The exemptions can not be omitted. There must be a balance-sheet, and the legacy duty alo ne w ill t h row a vast weight into the scale against the landl or d. Th at en ormous and unjusi tax is universally rep ro b ate d b y a ll, except those who are exempted from its op , rations. It is calculated that, within a period not exceeding the span usually ellotted to human life, the whole personal property of the country goes into the public Treasury. From this grievous tax the Peers and metre wealthy le.ndowners are enera lly exempted. They ra re l y have ' much p ers onal property , an d t h eir entailed estates pay nothing. The amou nt thus im properly diverted from the Treasury is enormous. Take, for example, the landed property of one of the Cabinet Ministers, and see what he and his family would have paid to the public revenue had Peers been treated like hard- working tradesmen. Suppose the estate has changed hands twice within the last thirty years, and that it is worth 7,000,0004—a very mickrate calculation. Even descending from father to son, the legacy duty would amount to 150,0001, and had it descended to distant relations, the sum would have been one million and a half sterling. But property changes hands by descent or will much oftener than twice in thirty years, .and this circumstance, con sequently, would make a vast difference in the calcula tion. The family, during that period, has succeeded to two other estates—one of which would bare been classed in that clause of the Legacy Duty Act by which ten per cent. is charged, and the other five per cent. Each of these estates is large, and perhaps, taken together, they may give a rental of somewhat less than 80,0001., some say 100,0001, but we rather state the case hypothetically, and leave our readers to reckon the amount which the family has thus saved by one exemption alone. They will find that, according to the average of human life, a family pos sessing so much landed property must save an enor mous sum in thirty years by this unfair immunity. When the burdens on land are taken into account, facts like these cannot be kept out of view. Immethodical and formless as the opposition of the Protectionists appeared to be on the first blush of their discomfiture by Sir ROBERT PEEL'S secession from their principles, the necessity and peril of their position has driven their plans to a most precocious development. This single fortnight between the mere exposition and the veritable discussion of their downfal has imbued them with such a wonderfully vivifying impulse, as to force their schemes of antagonism to a premature growth. What originally appeared to be a vague and un systematic antipathy to the Ministerial statement, has now budded forth into some kind of shape, however much void of symmetry : the rage of the landowners, previously a creature of chaotic bitterness, has " taken limbs unto itself"—but those limbs are sinewless, and thewless, and utterly destitute of moral force. All the earnestness of will is there, but without the power of action : the Archimedean standing-place is there, but without the leverage wherewith to move the political fabric. In the Upper and the Lower House, in the agricultural districts, and in the metropolis, the great mouthpieces of monopoly are breathing vengeance against Sir ROBERT PEEL for what some designate his cowardice, and others his chicanery, and others his pro fligate inconsistency. Not only is Stamford in all the effervescence of chagrin, and not only do " the powers that form" in the vicinity of that borough growl with something between malice and disappointment against their representative, Sir GEORGE CLERK,. 411 t similar sentiments, though of extra acidity, boil up in the bosoms of the protectionists in Oakham. A still more marvellous fury is goading sundry of the inhabitants of Newark to expressions of the bitterest discontent : and in divers other quarters—in nooks and corners as obscure and remote as Welchpool—the first feelings of prostration are gradually sub siding, and in lieu of them feelings of the most acrid, and at the same time of the most impotent rage, are gurgling in the hearts and bubbling through the lips of a vanquished but braggart class. Through the medium of oratory the flames of agricultural agitation are evidencing them selves, and are crackling somewhat lustily, though unhappily for,no recognisable purpose whatever. Yet, so repeatedly have the same materials been consumed over and over again in precisely the same manner—so charred, and blackened, and tinder-like had they become through constant use, that the fire of opposition would either smoulder away to insignificance, ur be at length irretrievably extinguished, but for the interposition of some powerful political bellows. That bellows is his Grace the Duke of RICHMOND, who, in his capacity of President of the Central Agricultural Society, was yes terday instrumental in breathing something more vivi fying than usual into the principles of which he is so uncompromising an advocate, in the shape of some very valiant resolutions and very hopeless recommendations. The first resolution declares the Society's " alarm at the proposed measures for establishing free importation ;" while the second utters its firm opinion that such mea sures would excite a revolution so terrible as "to in volve not only the agricultural but the other productive classes of this country in certain ruin." It would, we canjecture, require some great metaphysical ingenuity to ferret out the argument, the influence, the applica tion, or the utility of these two vastly important and amazingly logical declarations. The deduction con tained in the latter is so miserably non-apparent ; the announcements are so manifestly founded upon as sumptions ; and the whole originates so clearly and ostensibly in the dark and murky principles of self interest and self-aggrandisement, that it withers away ' in its proportions, until it becomes in the estimate of every sensible thinker something very little short of nothingness. The subsequent recommendation, how ever, is equally shallow and equally preposterous ; it is addressed to the country in general and the local Pro tection Societies in particular, advising them severally and collectively— " That they do immediately form committees, of not more than twelve gentlemen, to wait upon the Members in their several districts, who were elected on protective principles, and press them either to reject the proposal of Sir Robert Peel, or at once to resign their seats, and appeal to their different constituencies for a sanction of the change in their political opinions." Hitherto we have laboured under the impression that an English constituency was capable of conducting its own affairs, and scrutinising the conduct of its own re presentative, and duly estimating its own consistency, without the interference of any extraneous or infinites simal force; but, thanks to the Duke of RICHMOND and his adherents, our erroneous notion is dispelled; we clearly perceive, according to their mot,le of drawing inferences, that the case stands quite otherwise, that hot is cold, and that white is black. All Hon. Members may, therefore, now expect some twelve da‘ a of delightful dunning, and pestering, and importunity; besides the additional pleasure of arguing with men as capable of comprehending a self evident proposi tion as of seeing commerce conducted with scales of an equal balance. Assuredly the character of opposition adopted by these lovers of exclusive protec tion is proportioned to the littleness of their policy. Like the Abyssinians mentioned by BRUCE, they would cut their dinner from the living flesh of the animal they rode—they would satiate their appetite for emolu ment from the life-blood of their count , ymen—they would extract wealth for themselves from the property of the country. The accounts from Madrid of the 22d inst. are of an unsatisfactory character. The proposed marriage of the QUEEN with the` ount DE TRAPANI is exciting great op position, and will either break up the Ministry or lead to the dissolution of the Cortes. Scarcely any party in the country seems to approve of it ; the chief supporters of the measure being Queen CHRISTINA and NARVAEZ, who are encouraged in their scheme by the Court of France. We learn from some of the journals that the Deputies who had resolved to protest against the marriage re mained firm in their purpose, and that several of them are generally supporters of the Government. The Tiempo states that the text of the resolutions is nearly as follows :—" The undersigned Deputies, strongly con vinced that the marriage of her MAJESTY with the Count DE TRAPANI would be fatal to the country, to its institutions, and to the consolidation of the monarchy, pledge themselves to appoint a Committee from their own body to confer with the Ministers, and demand from them a formal promise that they will not consent to such a marriage." The 7 iempo adds that more than fifty Deputies have already signed this resolution. It would appear, therefore, that there is little chance of obtaining the approbation of the Chamber of Deputies for such a marriage, as the Progressist party would have only to add their votes to those of the dissidents of the Ministerial party to.defeat the project. The Universal states, that so far from there having been shown any disposition on the part of some of the Deputies who had resolved to protest against the mar • riage with the Count DE TRAPANI to retract, they had all remained firm, and their number was being hourly increased.. The Ministers held a Council, at which they are reported to have resolved that they would reject the message which it was proposed to send to'them, to re fuse any information on the subject of the marriage, t o dismiss all public functionaries who should take part in the manifestation, and to dissolve the Cortes if the majority should persist in the course that was pur sued. That journal adds :—" Most animated discus sions have taken place in the Council of Ministers re lative to the message and the Trapani pretensions. It is not doubtful that the discord existing between the Ministers will end in a modification of the Cabinet. We are in a complete Ministerial crisis, and may Heaven prevent its results being detrimental to the country and the throne! The Deputies who have signed the message are more than ever determined to persevere in their project, and the difference of opinion that separate the Opposition and the Majority have vanished before the immense importance of an affair which concerns till parties and all society." The affair altogether forbodes some serious movement, but - mention of it has yet been made in *'• - no Phare de Bayonne of .the or.. ~.e Cortes. The when we wo , •- • says :—" At the moment -stun, informing to pres s we rece i ve d a l etter f rom mforming us that the Spanish Cortes have been dissolved. Although our correspondence gives us this news as positive, we do not publish it as entirely authentic." The Funds were greatly depressed on the 22d, in consequence of the alarming state of public feeling. The Three per Cents. closed at 3l cash, and 328 at 60 days; the Five per Cents. at 23 at 60 days. The discussions in the French Chamber of Deputies, which are likely to be prolonged yet for several days, are generally without interest, and will probably con tinue till M. BERRYER brings on his amendment respect ing the liberty of the seas. It was said that Ministers would meet the amendment by a motion which would give a triumph to neither party, but an interesting de bate, however, was reckoned certain, and M. GUIZOT would have to contend with all the Republicans, Libe rals, and Legitimatists. These parties might be better employed at present in devising some scheme for the relief of the army in Africa, and restoring disas ters which have cast a gloom over France, than in wasting time and throwing away oppor tunities by long speeches on contingent events. Every packet from Algiers only brings additional ac counts of misfortunes. In fact, the army seems to be disorganised, one-half of the horses lost, and the Go vernor-General totally bewildered by the numerous difficulties in which he is involved. Letters from Setif, in narrating the calamities which befel the division of General LEVASSEUR, are unani mous in attributing them to the disorder which reigned in the corps d'armee. "It must be de clared," says one of them, " that if the column had remained organised very few men would have been lost. Three thousand men, united by discipline, ought by mutual aid to surmount all the difficulties of a march, which, after all, was only ten leagues. The snow and cold were certainly the incidental cause of the disaster, but the determining cause is the disorder which, in the absence of the commander of the column, reigned in the ranks." The Constitutionnel says :—" Accounts from Tenez to the 15th were received at Oran on the 18th. Marshal BUGEAUD, on his return from his expedition from the Ouarensenis, was in that town, and his column, cantoned in the neighbourhood, was in a state of great demoralisation. The men were harassed with fatigue, and the horses could scarcely stand. The greater part of the saddlery had fallen into the power of the Arabs, who will not fail to make a trophy of them." The following deplorable account, in which probably there is too much truth, appears in the Courrier Francais " We learn that the Governor-General of Algeria, who was on the 11th in the environs of Tiaret, returned on the 14th to Tenez. What were the motives for this precipitate retreat ? Was it the want of provisions that prevented the Marshal from maintaining his ground at Tiaret ? or was it the fatigue and disorganization of his column that forced him to go into cantonment at Tenez ? It is unfortunate, but too true, that the column left strewed on the way behind it stores which it was no longer able to draw along with it, and the harness of the horses which expired on the roads, and which the Arabs ekill collect as trophies. Mast assuredly the Marshal too much abused the only good quality he pos sesses, that corporal hardihood which enables him to sustain fatigues, deprivations, and dangers. He drags along his soldiers, without regarding their exhaustion from the incessant marches he compels them to make, with out end and without object. M. Bugeaud, no doubt, con siders as a wonderful activity this restless and blind mobility, which induces him to be at every moment changing place for the mere pleasure of changing. He calls General Bedeau into the Ouarensenis, presuming that Abd-el-Kader is there. In the meantime the Hainza remains unprotected, the Hodna rises in insurrection, and General Levasseur, to occupy the interim, goes and buries his supple mentary regiments in the ravines of Djebel Djira, in which is also involved the column of General d'Arbouville, of whom we are still without any news. Now M. Bugeaud retire to Tenez to cover himself, no doubt, from the rigours of winter; he drives General Korteto the bottom of the province of Oran, into the Yacoubia, where he fancies Abd-el-Kader may appear some day or other. He sends Generel Lamoriciere among the Flittas, in search of the Emir, being himself unable to find him. He has him tracked by his troops through the closest recesses of Algeria, and vet the Emir, who is everywhere seen is nowhere to be found. At a vast cost, he prepares an expedition to be ready in the spring to make a move from Djemma Ghazaouat into Morocco to attack Abd-el-Kader, who establishes his government more strongly than ever in the very centre of our possessions. After all these various displays of forces, after all these grand movements of troops, are we yet on the heels of this evanescent enemy ? Not at all ! Some say he is in the country of the Flittas ; others, that he is more to the south, at the extremity of the Chot el Chergui district ; pthers, again, that he is in the east, towards Goud jilla ; while M. Bugeaud seems to believe that he is to be found in the Yacoubia, quite to the west, while the Marshal himself hopes to find him in the circle of Tenez, in the northern centre. Therefore it is in this wild imaginary pursuit that our soldiers have been engaged for ten long months, leaving fragments of their flesh torn off by the pointed rocks, and on the thorny bushes of the plain. Because it is the plea sure of M. Bugeaud, are our soldiers to confront the snow as well as the sand storms ? to endure the piercing gales of the winter as well as the suffocating simoons of the summer in this absurd chase, followed at hazard without glory, with out profit ? The razzias have destroyed all the means of sub sistence, the hospitals are overcrowded with the sick, whole battalions have sunk under cold and fatigue, even the horses have fallen down and died on the road from fatigue, all the equipments have been worn out or lost, all the stores have bean exhausted. But Marshal Bugeaud, confiding in the strength of his own constitution, runs first one way, then another, not knowieg where to stop nor precisely what direc tion to take. If the Government should still refuse to call upon him to account for the legions entrusted to him, the mothers who have thus seen their children perish without glory for themselves, without benefit for France, these mothers will cry aloud for vengeance upon this . Varus, who thus is sacrificing a whole army to his own headstrong folly ! Is this all ? Alas no. Within three months 12,000 colonists have been sent over to Algeria, the Government encouraging their emi• gration ' and granting large parcels of land to them to be cul tivated. And what has followed? M. Bugeaud, braving the will of the Government, refuses to put the grantees in possession of their lands, and the poor colonists are prevented from farming on their own account, or labouring forhire for others, as no lands are assigned to any of them, Waiting the good pleasure of the Governor-General, these too confiding colo nists are driven to mendicity to satisfy the wants of nature. They are seen in bands in the streets imploring charity, and often in vain, or perhaps yielding to the worst suggestions of misery. Before the credits for Algeria are voted, most of these wretched beings, deprived of employment, and devoid of all other resources, in the very heart of winter, under a climate which decimates them, will have returned to Europe, Thus M. Bugeaud, if due care be not taken, will have at once compromised, and perhaps irremedi a bly , both our con quest and our colonisation. This is not a question of party opposition, and rather than accuse the Ministry of all these disasters, we prefer conjuring them to repair them, if be yet time !" A letter from Rome states, that on the 17th the congrega tion of Ignacious Loyola inaugurated in its church, at Rome, a Triduum for the conversion of the people of England to Catholicism, on which occasion the church was filled from morning till night. A great rise has taken place in the French Funds, attri buted to large purchases of stock for the account of certain railway Companies. It was said that the Directors of the Lyons Company have come to the determination to invest 24,000,000 f. in the French Funds, half in the Three per Cents. and half in the Five per Cents., and are now engaged in car rying out this operation. The Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 85c. ; the Five per Cents., 122 f. 65c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,268 f. 75c.; Rouen, I,olof Havre, 735 f.; Avignon, 980 f. ; Vierzon, 705 f .; Bordeaux 642 f 50c . : Boulogne, 547 f. 50c.; Troyes and Montereau, 457 f. 50c. ; Basle, 2521: 50c.; Great Northern, 756 f. 25c.; Fampoux, 502 f. 50c.; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 57% ; Spanish Passives, 6%. The following are the quotatiops for other lines :- Paris and Lyons, definitive, 6141. ; the Paris and Strasburg, defini tive, 544 f. 50c. ; T ours an d Nantes, definitive, 565 f ; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 511 f. 50 c . ; di tto (Leco i nte), 505 f.; * ditto (Com pagnie Meridionale), 50If. ; Bordeaux and' Cette (Mackenzie), 501 f. 50c.; ditto (Espeleta) 507 f. ; Charleroi (Kysaens), 495 f.; Caen (Delamarre), 501 f. LYONS, JAN. 26.-Marseilles and Avignon, 983 f. 75c.; Paris and Orleans, 1,272 f. 50c. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,040 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIIac RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 29. Dutch Rhenish, 7 % —East Indian, 1% —Great Northern of France Constituted, 14►{—Great Indian Peninsular, % —Great Western Canada, 3% —Orleans and Vierzon, 17—Orleans and Bordeaux, 11 Paris and Orleans, 483(—Paris and Rouen, 394—Paris and Stras bourg (Ganneroa's), 2% —West Flanders, s—Luxembourg, 2%. The Duke of Buckingham has at last turned Sir Thomas Fremantle out of Bucking ham. A requisition from the electors of Buck ingham, calling upon him to resign his seat, has been presented to the Right Hon. Baronet, and be is consequently about to retire from Parliament, and from the office of Secretary for Ireland. But he does not retire without a handsome provision for life. ➢ir. Dean has been prevailed upon to resign the chairmanship of the Board of Customs, and Sir Thomas Fremantle is ap pointed his successor. Lord Redesdale has given up the post which he has so long filled, of whipper-in for the Government in the House of Lords, in consequence of the new measure. It will be observed that Lord Ashley, in his speech of last night, hinted at the possibility of his not having another opportunity of addressing the House of Commons. It is said that the Noble Lord intends, after voting for Sir Robert P‘el's measure, to resign his seat and appeal to his constituents for re election. There is a rumour that Lord John Manners intends to take the same course. Mr. Lascelles and Lord Courtenay are mentioned us probable successors to Sir Thomas Fremantle, in the office of Secretary for Ireland. Mr. Lascelles, however, would be sure to lose his seat (Wakefield). PRIVY COUNCIL.—The Queen held a Privy Council at half-past two o'clock this afternoon, at Buckingham Palace, for the purpose of appointing the sheriffs for the different counties throughout England and Wales for the present year. The ceremony was performed according to ancient practice by her Majesty pricking the roll of gentlemen nominated to the office on the Morrow of St. Martin,in the Court of Exchequer. GRAVESEND AND ROCHESTER RAILWAY.—The fol lowing are the traffic returns for the week ending January 24, 1846 :—Passengers, 4,248 ; amount received, 1041. 15s. 2d. LIBERALITY.—On Wednesday evening one of the many gratifying acts of liberality, which we are g-Ifl:' to tee growing up into practice amongst many re-- pectable firms— that of promoting kindly fe9 ll " . ' — ,A the mutual inter est of the employer and the IT.Uployed—look place at the annual audit of the n— line,- -- —in of Thomas De la Rue and Co., of 110, —,aul-row, when the numerous foremen and women who preside over the several departments in that extensive esta blishment, were severally presented with a very handsome and gratifying testimonial of their esteem and confidence, in promoting, to the best of their power, the best interests of the firm and those over whom they have the honour to pre aids,—From a Correspondent. s THE QUEEN'S SPEECH IN PA TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. es Sm,—Observing in the Times of Mo nda y that he to credit for having been the first to convey the Queen's Speech to Paris, I think it only just to you to say that The Ses newspaper, containing the Speech, was received thlt capital three hours before the Times. Some weeks since I received instructions from a or r i, spondent in Paris to send him the first paper that shot; appear with the Queen's Speech by express, leaTing_n c take what measures I might deem necessary. Aecertu°%; a special steam-boat and a special engine wer e ordered te in readiness, and on the 22d, knowing the just repntstr! The Sun has acquired for dispatch on these occasions, I W ; to the office in the Strand in excellent tim e, and re,ceiA, some of the first copies printed, with which I star t usat the London-bridge station exactly at 2 45. On Folkestone at 4 50, I found they were expecting the down immediately, and at the same time I wa s informed tha t the weather would oblige the boats to make for Calais, ies te4 . of Boulogne. Having no time to lose, I embarked forthwild% and arrived inside Calais Pier by seven o'clock, havi n g i 'l e r the journey from London-bridge in four hours and A ( 1 11 ' ; „: the quickest passage, I believe, yet recorded on that I ".' er From Calais I had to post to Boulogne, from whenc e a c°llrl 6o conveyed the dispatch to Paris, and I have the satisfac-0. to say it arrived there before three o'clock, giving mid to spondent time to translate the Speech from The 5W 4 .. 1 for V expedite upwards of two hundred copiefef it by the .rig. all parts of the continent before the Times had reached 1:17d The following is the subterfuge to which I have 111,406 On my return to Folkestone I heard with surprise tha',, e ; i r o ; Times came down by the train which leaves the BriCkbl Arms at fifteen minutes past one. As this appear ed n3Y l t 0 4 I made it my business to inquire into the circumate n 7 oo It discovered that it reached the Bricklayers' A rms sti— er about twenty-four minutes past one, and was sent bYtasiok cial engine to overtake the train which had left t er before. The engine came up with the train a t Ref it to from thence the messenger continued his journey hi . A t oe Folkestone. It seems that the engine which cos passed him at Ashford, arriving at Folkestone about A V' of an Now,o hur before him . ni t bilg e Sir, what I complain of is, that the Tieteen3— been.,not only printed, but actually dispatched at le rate f e ' d an hour before our gracious Sovereign had Pre nnu Speech ll iisr 4l peech ; and I ask, is this fair either towards you or te the public ?—I remain, Sir, your obedient se rvant , y London, Jan. 29, 1846. FAIRPIJ` THE SUN ' EXPRE S SES' vaito (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) res s - „ d i NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, WEDNESDAY.—AII Ba p s i r Su - re . of The Sun, containing the important speech 0 9 ,0 Peel, in the House of Commons on Tuesday eveh o .n o c • ceived by Mr. Horn, of this town, about ten e di a telf morning, b'y the usual mail train, and was jo in 5 of place v inten t culated in the News-rooms and principal resort, where it excited the most extraordhla%i e s of,o About the same time a special engine brough t , c 4 o o, Daily News, which had published a special ;r m . V e l a was dispatched from London shortly cociPet'gr o'clock on Tuesday night; but this nor, al a rrsr t ,a. for public favour had been in all its mechan ic al the ments anticipated by The Sun, the Daily New s ' l o more t a r vantage of three full hours in ondon, bringing b a d ace of the speech of Sir Robert Peel, which The Soo m„ r i e taro si it pliahed apparently without an e&rt. The P r° i F t h o ot t P one of the local papers, who had been waiting . 1c - eh? breakfast from eight o'clock in the morning; coach and four, to take on the News to osilig near) Sun Glasgow, had the mortification of wit° d vel y Sun dispatched from Newcastle north/ vitr o; ( e oi l three-quarters of an hour before their extraordhi; t he 01 , e lf press ! ! The Sun has thus accomplished one 41 104 surprising feats in newspaper history, and thrown : o ' o l ,ol ' into the shade the laborious effort a a morning C on e to outstrip its rivals. • 0' „ to ',lc( DEVONPORT INDEPENDENT vell -- at te! - f o ot We received the copies of The Sun, by Ina"' ; I , and w itli to-day, and, just as we had sold them, a e ef !'" flos' passed our door with an express from the Dailt oo doa , e 6 two persons from the o ffi ce. They left e d b i er a special train at one o'clock, and rea"7 - 0 at half-past ten—about two hundred mile s 0)0 by special train, and forty-five miles f ro m thenct,, eil t o a coach and four and post-horses—in all nine e 1 „,.."i of j i half from London. They presented papers ti) 10 2"' ou rebf r c i leading persons. We could have sold double the na lly',O The Sun if we had had them. They serf out th e ' 9 00" from the hotel ; twelve were sent to us. I ne ver ~01 anxiety to get paper e irindfir., 1. At an early hour this morning, throng. .+h „ ess e , - -,1 56 Messrs. Willmer and Smith, we were p u t in r oft " s9° copies of The Sun of last night, Robert Peel's most imp or t an t sp e e n ch taini the co rn L n on the new commercial policy of the GOVerturiellt"-- Courier of Wednesday. Sunfor thetPeti We have to thank the proprietors of The u ° f sir Edition of that journal, containing a portion c 6 Peel's commercial statement.—Kent Herald. .JO S .tso. ) PARLIAMENTARY . BU-- I P f afo r, (From the Votes and Ps oceedings of the Ileum of 0 0 THURSDAY, JAN. 29. _ ta rred The following Petitions for Railway Bills were Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills : v . Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Reut a l lol.f . Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Junction Manchester and Southampton Railway. North and South Junction Railway. 1)• York and North Midland Railway (Leeds Extensien). so , York and North Midland Railway (East Riding Brancheal--000' York and North Midland Railway (Wide n i ng a nd ElliArg e Cheltenham and Oxford Railway. alic 11) :j 1 )4 London and Birmingham Railway (Newport P,..,gne1l i iry London and Birmingham Railway (St. Alb t . :a ., and L u ton s ts London and Birmingham Railway mden an d DO ° 1, Enlargement). Rugby and Stamford Railway. Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchest , ,,f R a il way. Exeter and Exmouth Itsf,way, London and South Et;,, ex R a il way. • South-Eastern It-;,away (Branch from Reigate to Dorkiniftgle' South - Easterd Railway (Tunbridge Wells to Hastings 41 : 0 0 South - Eastern Railway (Godstone Station to East Gha ts South-Eastern Railway (Rye to Rye Harbour). South-Eastern Railway (Chislet to Margate). London, Hounslow, and Western Railway. Great Western and Uxbridge Railway. North Union Railway. West Riding Union Railways. Airdrie and llathgate Junction Railway. Direct London and Manchester Railway. Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick Railway. WishaW and Coltness Railway (Greenhill Branch). 09j Slamannan and Borrowstoun ess R a il way. t Slamannan Railway (Bathgate and Jawcraig Branchee,',,,or- Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coltness Railway ( l e or° of Branches). n Willentown, Morningside, and Coltress R a il wa y Leicester and Bedford Railway. CP NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE RI-- , THURSDAY, JAN. 29. Edinburgh and Northern (Newport Railway and st. 4 / ~ 6, Branch) Railway—Committee en Petition, F r iday, Fe""d "le" Edinburgh and Northern (Kinross, Woodmill, ~ Branches) Railway—Committee on Petition, Friday, i` ns ioe''' Edinburgh and Northern (Lochgelly and Leslie E% te way—Committee on Petition (Dunfermline Feb. 6. nall lol c o' Edinburgh and Northern Branch) mittee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 6.eyy/s9~4s* Edinburgh and Northern (Stratheam Deviation) Z t DfrA, mittee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 6. Edinburgh and Northern (Branches from the Dundee - 0 and Tay Ferry Improvement) Railway—Committe e Friday, Feb. 6. 104 1001 op f / Edinburgh and Northern (P e tt ycar and Perth „,„. f and Deviatiolle) itailway—Committee on Petition, „ l a York and North Midland (East Ridi ng Branches, h' Committee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 6. Ce York and North Midland (Leeds Extension) Baillval -- on Petition, Friday, Feb. 6. Fe D 'Wor North Union Railway — Committee on Petition, „I • York and North Uni on (Wid en i ng and Enlargenl eu" ,r Committee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 6. South-Eastern (Godstone Station to East Grinstead) reti• r Committee on Petition, Friday, F e b. 6. 011 / South - Eastern (Rye to Rye Harbour)—Committe e Friday, Feb. 6. gadgadLondon and Birmingham (Newport P agne ll Branch e s) Committee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 6. W el° . d e• London and Birmingham (St. Alba n ' s and Luton ur way—Committee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 6. London and Birmingham (Euston and Camden-et. - et D ment) Railway—Committee on Petiti on , F r id a y, Feb. ' sf , 'Cheltenham and Oxford Railway--Committee onfrO Feb. 6. R o° ' ugby and Stamford Railway—C omm itt ee o n Pe ts Feb. 6. .iivo o. Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead ie• mittee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 6. d r fe;o1 South-Eastern (from Chislet, on the Canterbury Branch, to Margate) Railway —Committee on Petition, ." South-Eastern (from Tunbridge Wells leading to Rye) Railway—Committee on Petition, Friday, Feb. Lowe mor South-Eastern- (Branch from Reigat e t o D or king) mittee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 6. P r fi nctiel l P- Manchester , Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midl an d s , ? Committee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 6. West Riding Union Railway . Committee on Petition, ye ti i North and South Junction Railway—Committee on day, Feb. 6. Exeter & Yeovil Railway—Committee on Petition, Jutioo, Exeter and Exmouth R a il way —Committee on Fe Feb. 6. Manchester and Southampt on R a il way— C om mit tee 110 Friday, Feb. G. „ L ..° r e London, Hounslow, an d Western Railway—Conirel' — ra nt)'" Friday, Feb. 6. On Great Western and Uxbridge Railway—Commi ttee Friday, Feb. 6. Inverness and Elgin Railway—to lie on the table. A . O l e 000' CONTLIOVERTED ELECTIONS anti Mr. Speaker acquainted the H ouse th a t his vr.. ,. -ttee f°l ° r • pointment of Members to serve on the Gen e ral Con of t o , o ir tions was upon the table. The following are the nar ae -tigelge" inittee :—Lord Granville Somerset, Sir G eo rge GreYt r ,,;-,oor don, Mt. James Loch, Mr. John W. Patten, and The a b o b , THE LENNoxEs.—There is a report that fir As et, Lennox has resigned his situatio n un d e r Peel. -Mg o l ble POO ever, it is only a report. It is said that th°,;iffia c or wrote a kind of ambiguous letter to Peel , eni or i, opinion that the Premier would expect his resietile...--P— -sequence of the part taken by hi s b ro ther, the .1, 04°4 ton Guardian. 114,1 11. MURDER OF A CIIILD.—Last evening„- held an inquest, at the Marqui s of GranbY 15 ' olele' road, Knightsbridge, on the body of a new-boro.va Pot which was found strangled in the Serpentine A l l s i;ted dfi ti park. Police constable B rown , 124 division . 0 0 about eight o'clock on Monday morning last be e n - tin e rj el o and passing along the south bank of the Se r P s t the 00 when he observed a youth get over the railingsootiefor end of the river, and pick up a parcel which Yit ng the the water. He went to the spot, and, on insg e f ig roft r ,P tents, found it to contain the dead body of aJ u r 0. 40 4 child, and was wrapped up in a piece of ea ! e t . a I'4 - 00 Brown, surgeon, said that he found the mark of it m e around the neck of the child, which was done.n."ooooboP-0 alive. He had since made a careful post- 170 1 7 1 d otto to dd. tion, and he had no doubt whatever that 01% ilful alive. The jury returned a verdict et “."' seP against some person or ersons unnovetn." loreho o Liverpool contains f o rty -eight k fire-proof of * ' - EA' BIBTHB. On the 26th • inst.., at Stockwell, the lady _ i f e o daughter. t he ' On the 9 ` ~, gillitr e ' lth inst., in Portman-street, Portni , - -- - pg , %e V a George ro e ' 1 Robe'. , Gwyn, Esq., of a daughter. i the 14th inst., the lady of William ft gell'i -01 Gandy Hall, No: folk, of a daughter. doli• DIED. odge, HO On the 24th inst., William Burls, Esq., Brent L , _ O4, On the 25th inst., Mr. Thomas Lorkin, of Rood-l:Are d o we l' Sir Oil- On the 25th inst., Thornton, youngest son of a it' of Luton, Beds the w ife of - On the 25th inst., at Dieppe, Anna Eleanore., ,i.os. renee Vaughan Palk, Bart, of Haldon House, D e ' _. l ig, t 'fall of 14.. e cili c __----_ riDO 'Os V 00 London : Printed and Published by M- - str oddis AD Strand, Printer, at The Bun Office, NOS 2, nitiali hiiddieg St of the Savoy, in the Cnunt7 a 30 . 1846. sancro , i 1 A r tl ti 1, dl t o T, J r J ai