The Sun. — London, England, 1846-02-17 00:00:00

Inquires to 198 families. We are utterly unable to describe the ex tent to which the destruction has gone on in this part of tke country. _ . Mani - families who have planted sufficient for their ordinary wants, incitiAing - a portion for seed, have not had a potato for the last month. This is the month of February, and it will be at least live months be fore- we call receive any supply hi the ordinary natural course. Other families have lost nearly all, and the stock still remaining is totally. unfit for human food ; in fact they are a mass perSectly disgusting to look at. We have .examined many, but the results are always the same—there are no potatoes remaining in the country." These are totters received by me during the last two days. There is another from the county of Waterford, written by Lord Stuart Decies. " Your Exoellency will find the announcement of the alarming fact, that in two districts of the union there are at this early period of the year no less than 300 persons whose stocks of provisions are on the point of becoming extinct, and the disease is making great ravages sunong the potatoes. Those persons have no hope but from parish assistance. It was the general impression in the district, that a rise in the price of all kinds of grain would take place before the spring, and that although foreign supplies were had even now, they would be far short of meeting the evils of the case ; unless the Govertunent, as far as the interests of Waterford and the surrounding country was con cerned, established corn stores where the people might be supplied at wholesale prices. The writer was of oplri:on that ix Youghal, Waterford, Clonmel, and °Diet - towns in that part of Ireland, the establishment el these stores would be of the greatest benefit and could be easily kept open, as there was an adequate military force in them all for their protection. The next letter I hold in bIY hand (continued the Right 110 n. Baronet) is from the county Kerry, and is dated the 9th of February. The gen of tleman who writes it was Sir Thomas Dillon, a gentleman Whose statement was entitled to the greatest respect. The Right Hon. Baronet then read an extract, to the effect that. very serions ravages had been made in the potato crop by the prevailing disease. He (Sir Thomas Dillon) had gone round the district during the last ten days, and he had had every opportunity of hearing and witnessing the destruction which had beenanade in the potato crop : the disease was gaining ground rapidly„ and excited the greatest claim among all classes, as to how th e people were to get a supply of food. The House (resumed the Bight Hon. Baronet) will recollect that some time ago a Commission was appointed to sit Is Dublin, and t• carry out an inquiry as to the extent of the potato disease in different parts of the country ; that Commission has lately made its report, and this official report embrac es every part of Ire land, or I may say every electoral district of that country, wi h the exception of 99. From all these districts, with the exceptions I have named, returns have been made. And what do they reveal ? I find in four electoral districts the loss on , the, potato crop has been not less than nine - tenths of all the produce. That out of ninety-three electoral districts the loss hsis been not less than from seven-tenths to eight-tenths. In 125 electoral districts the loss is seven-tenths on the whole crop. In 16 electoral districts the failure is six-tenths. In 596 electoral districts about o ne-half of the crop has bepn destroyed, and in 582 electoral districts the less has been four-tenths in the amount of the produce. .These are the returns made to us, and acting on its dates and the re commendations we have received, the Government has decided on the establishment of stores of corn—( Loud cheers)—to be sold at low prices, or given in remuneration forlabour.—(Renewed cheert.) But though we might establish stores and receive supplies of foreign -grain, to get potato seed from foreign countries was next to impos sible. One-eighth of all the potato crop was required for seed, for the ensuing year. An acre of land required a ton, or at least three quarters of a ton of potatoes for seed, so that at this rate it would require a supply which cantot be had from any part of Europe. To reserve a supply in that manner is almost impossible. It is therefore necessary that we should look to save a supply of seed from the present crop for the ensuing year. —(blear.) But to do this it is necessary to encourage saving from the p 1 esent crop by the substitution of other supplies of food.—(Hear, hear.) Unless this is dyne the danger of the coming year may be forgotten by the people. The Government mast endeavour to prevent famine and at the same time to preserve a stock of potato-seed for the next year by substi tuting other articles of provisions under wise arrangements, taking potato seed in exchange.—(llear, hear, and cheers) If we asked you for large Votes of public money, or were we to recommend ap peals to Roman Catholics or to the Established Church far charitable assistance in order to meet the case —if we asked, you for a vote of from 200,000/. to 300,0001.—h0w could we stand before you while at the same time we maintained the duty on corn?—(Cheers.) Such a proeeeding on the part of the Government I am sure would not have been tolerated by the House.—(Hear. hear.) How could I have blinked the statement that in Ireland, in 586 electoral districts, seven-tenths of the potato crop were destroyed, in 600 more the crop hilt gone, and in some the crop eight-tenths destroyed, and yet have maintained the corn-laws inviolate ? Under these circumstanees, supposing the persons anxious to lieeep up the present system, I do not believe that the conduct of the landed aristocracy would warrant the Government in not proposing that the corn-laws be repealed.— (Hear, hear.) Fidelity to the landed interest leads me to that supposition. I would relieve you of the odiUm of supposing you would maintain the duty on corn in the face of sack a Aide of things. In Holland and in Belgium steps had been taken at an early period to provide for the coming scarcity. The Belgium Executive Government had taken the pre caution of opening the ports. The Government of Holland at the beginning of the season, by an order, repealed the duty on foreign corn, and the Legislative Chambers of that country immediately on meeting (though Belgium is an agricultural country)., unanimously indemnified the Government for what they had done. The report which I have brought before your consideration shows that the state of Ireland is worse than any of those countries; undersuch circum stances then what course was open for us to propose to the Par liament of England, interested though it was in agriculture? What, but to appear before'you, and ask you to support a similar remedy? In every view of the case nothing remained for us but to propose a repeal of the duty on corn.(Lond cries of " Hear,. hear," and cheers.) I come to that part of the question now—l rejoice In that cheer—l,look upon it as an unanimous assent, or at least an appa rently unanimous assent to the course I have proposed.—(No, no, from the Conservative benches.) If not, I recognise it at least as a very general assent to the policy of a free importation of food to meet tho Wants of the people.—(blear, hear.) If so, I ask you to expedite the passing of those Bills the Government has introduced, so as to enable us to meet - the difficulties of the country by every means, by deciding that the duty on every article of provision shall henceforth cease.—(Cheers.) I am only asking you to do that which has been done in other countries, and if I did not do so, I should be chargeable with that unfaithfulness and treachery to the interests of the country and your Interests, which you have so often charged me with. Agrcat deal had been said about my treachery to the cause of pro leaion, about my flinging protection overboard ; and a great deal had been said about rousing the British Licin—(Loud laughtsr)—in maintenance of the corn-laws,—(Hear, hear.) To all this I can only say I have been guided solely by a sincere desire to advance the best interests of the country, having not only the interests of the many of the people, but also the landed interests steadily in view. If such a measure had not been ptoposcd, would it have been stipulated that no objection would have been made to the . present duty ; that maize, and oats, and barley, should not have been admitted duty free, and that wheat wound have been maintained at 17s. per quarter? In 176.5 there was an ap prehension of famine, and the very first act of the House was, I think, a foolish one —they preserved a duty, but by the second act they admitted the importation of foreign corn duty free. We also were apprehensive of famine, and we determined to admit corn duty free. In 1791 the old law was abolished and a new corn-law was established. In 1793 there were apprehensions of a second famine, and notwithstanding the new corn-law the first act on the statute book was to remove all duty on the importation of foreign corn. In 1795 there were again apprehensions of famine, not so severe as we have now reason to dread, but measures were taken to meet it. In 1796 the same remedy was applied, namely the removal of all duties on foreign corn. In 1799 the same course was again pursued, and with these precedents before us, would it be wise for Government to pursue a different course than that which was then pursued? Wbold it be wise to determine on the maintenance of protection? If. tSovern ment maintained the law as at present enforced, I will ask what de gree of odium Would attach to us if we were doing so ? "Could we Offer any defence for our measures? It would be impossible. It'was on the very same grounds that Government had universally acted in every period, not only when corn was at a 100 s. or 80s. a quarter, but when it was only 60s. The remedy was then, as now, to open the ports. Let It be remembered that there was then no other re ' mealy ; there was no sliding-scale then. When corn was 645., foreign grain was admitted at a duty of 6d. ts ew, why did Parliament interfere then ? It was in order to give a guarantee that a high duty should not attach to any ' sudden importation. Well, under these circumstances, I advised, as did three of my colleagues, au immediate suspension of the law. But you ask, what is ityuu recommend now ? —by your measure the Ittiv is not merely sus?ended. It would be disreputable towards Par liament to recommend a suspension. It would be impossible to do it. It is not in the power of the Crown now to do that which I invited you at one time to do. But it may be true that the most fitting time has passed away— that may, indeed, be true. It may bc'true that when we were first informed of the progress of the evil it would have been the better time to avert it. But admitting the necessity for doing so by an order in Council in December, is it not a greater reason -Is it no; an increased reason—why it should be done ou the 16th of February ? (Cries of " Hear, hear," and great cheering.) True, the supply might have been greater then, but we have six months yet to come. But you may come to this ; you may say maintain the existing . law, and make some other provision by in creased facilities for supplying the country. If, therefore, on account of this temporal and unforseen necessity, we are obliged to refer to precedents, they Are, in our favour. Beason argues that we should suspend, the existing law, bnt it may he said, suspend the existing law for six months. What are you then to do? This is a question which any mail, having to examine the. subject, .would be required to consider. But our conviction is strong, that it Is utterly impos sible, after establishing pi rfect freedom of importation for the pe . riod of eight months to permit the corn-laws to come into operation at the end of -that period. I repeat that my conviction is perfectly strong that such a course would be impracticable. But you say further, give us a temporary suspension, but give us' a guarantee that at the end of eight months the present corn-laws shalt be re newed. 1 say it is impossible to do so. It is an utter misrepresen tation of the. state of public feeling to suppose it to be probable, that after this country for the period of eight months should have tasted freedom from all duties on the iniportation of food, for Government to renew those restrictions, either by its own principles or by the enactments ‘f foregone statut. s. When yen refined the admission of maize in the course of last Session it was a matter of consideration so nit' cslleaestes aol myself, whether we should at .yrice sitspeta; 1 tie law ur rather ' Ming some modified measure. I ad mit inane I you were of opinion that maize should he admitted, but that protection Amid be kept up upon other ~ . lisinst r e. Do not diaregaid public opinion on those things - do not slight that feeling—for, thliend upon it, that when a question of this character is involved, poetic feeling cannot be disregarded. By the present corn-law, the duty on maize varies with the duty on o rcorn corn. It was desirable to admit maize free of dat y , but as t h e price rose the price of maize rose also. Yet it is remarkable that in the last session of Parliament it was proposed by some o'yo t u o t h h a a v t e m it tize should be imported duty free, because it was desirable the feeding of dot to cattle. You think it advisable -or recommend the - repeal of the co . rn-laws . you admit the principle that maize ' '' 5 " -4 ailltr i come t In, because such admission will be for t he , oenetle of the farmer In she feeding of his cattle. But y•e.;.4 fbreeet that there are other articles necessary for hmansust;imias Upon which you say protected - duties,ought.to he mainta;:..ed. What do you advise us now ? I may assume that it ie . necessary now that this law Slioald be sue pended. i will asae d ne it Is suspended. Would you deliberately advise las to giveyou On the ground of any public or private necessity, a Mlarantee ',fiat the corn-law, at the expiration of eight months shout(' be renewed. Do you not feel that the fact of the suspension would constitute a new element In the consideration of things ; that the fact eithe suspension would give tenfold energy to the agitation at present existing. Would you invite us to fight the battle? What is the 'state of tb e feeling you invite us to oppose, by asking us to grant dfis renewal ? I ask you to look to the public expression, and of the sincerity of which Honourable Members have given amp le proof. Did the Noble Lo:d, the Member for Dorsetehire, vacate his seat ttom any unnecessary motive ? bet Mr s Sturt, did Mr. Wilson Patten avow their change of eoineas from any dishonest motive?—(Cheers.) Did Mr. Egerton, the ••_denaber for Cheshire—did lard Henniker entertain any ritr.e,r,tviitin a real change o f op i n i on, and a real conviction that the tm as tome for a settlement? Did that young Member of this House, Mr. charterie, who has shown as high and no bl e a spirit as ev er animated the breast ' of an English gentleman, combined with ;great acuteness, abandon his t, with great promise of excellence—did Mr. Charteris rum ineti e •• t for Gloucestershire from any dishonourable or cor inntiye.„,, l e v si' v Bid Mr. Downey resign kis seat through corrupt who had underta'kare not these conclusive proofs that that Minister taws would hay, 1 .Z 1 .• after suspension, to guarantee the existing corn let us take tl., d numerous difficulties to contend with ? But, course of Nions, the egp„.,00,,, the pros l it d e b a t e - l et us ta k e the admis iii their condiannatimt:r opinion of those who have been the loudest the Alember for ilun the tine o ar the Government. The first Instance is 3 urprisexl at some of 0 " 1 1 * — W (Cheers.) ell, I coulees that I was with respect to the mil e P nt ons maintained by th e li on. G ent l eman yi: e f the Gover nment. —(Cheers.) Will that lion. Gentleman follow me )asdefence of the existing corn-law after sespension?— (Hear, hear. ulna thinks that this is just the time fr from that, the Hon. Gentle man to the corn -laws. That mean s or making a compromise with abandon me if, after suspension, I s 1111 ul n 'e d w ert e a ° k rn e - t i ‘ a l w gUariainetweectuihel existing corn laws. That is quite clear. was an unfortunate arrived for a compromise. 'Why, if ever ( C h e e Andrese) ,:.11,, there says the time is just but is the mean moment for a compromise this is it.— lug of a compromise but a new corn-law ? for the tuaintenance of that?—(Opposition cheers.) What cents the security security? What says every Hon. Gentleman who tee ~ p ceuld be the part of the agriculturists ? Why it is this—" What we lairriccUll'Unr9ltes ' wish Is permanence as to corn." Well then, can any one who thinks the agricultural interests will be promoted by a permanent rystem of corn-laws advise a mere alteration of the corn-laws to take effect after a period of suspension ? I am now considering that question ' after suspension, a nd it would be impossible for a prudent men, having the re s p on sibility of Government, to advise the continuance of the corn-laws. What would be the state of parties? I will only take Vac loudest and most vigorous advocates for protection. Now, be imp os sible to restore the corn :Mrs after a suspension. Wha t sa y s I nu truly convinced that it would the llon. Member for Box loudest in his denunciatio n. bargleskire ?—(Cheers.) He was t he The Hon. Member for Roxburghshire leas a curious notion of the linlsters—and the Ministers relations between tits country and its a l likens me to a the Sovereign. The lion. Gentleman hired advocate -- a particular • counse l who had thrown net aware up his brief. Perhaps the Ilon. Gentleman is. that the Minister takes an oath, and that constitutes the material difference between his position and that of an advocate. and debuted The Minister takes au oath that in all matters to be Iver his opinion dis cussed in Council he will truly and unreservedly del that aecording to his heart and conseience— (pleas) —and I apprehen d that olillgatiou constitutes a material difference between his position and that of an advocate.-- ( Loud cheers.) 1 will ask the Hon. Gen tlewum who eays he stands here ti, advocitie the old corn-law, and that I had made a terrible ',reach in 1642, but that I was bound, at any rate, for considerations of consisteney and honour, to !maintain the corn -law of 1842—1 will ask what was the admission which the 1 41zgry deer* thefore he got to the dose of his speech ? lie ' .edrute that in my own couuty, within the last t44 .,....„,,k* •L imp rov e men ts _)have een s u c h m a d e • rift t ik - ii"...hgatt i, ) , eluctions of. science, and indeed • . r • • :46 7 r 44.4 ) 64:,,____ , _ n _ e cheap corn, that my opinion 4. 4 4 t „ ~,!____. e ?na. o , ,he e n e the present cern-law should be al- . ~ ......t t . ~ , c .e :- : !,c t __ fs.) W ell, . I said to the Hon. Gen• set for on 1 1'.As_Perf*IY lug*, nt'at being. Of course, the lion. Gen , ono, and he Chitin for himsclfo _.....dasupposed to be an advocate r _ .47.440 s the Attorney-torc"'e which animated ..--..(Gheeu k anWighter.) Both the M ember eneral for the human Were 011Redi elti 'n I asked him for wi lum be and the Minister Via:i VA:I4W, the lion. Gentleman said, " Counsel That is an imputation on my 7 honour. lam counsel for the agriculturist s—l am counsel for the commercial Interest—l am counsel for the whole country—l am Coun sel for humanity."—(Loud cheers and laughter.) .All I claim is to be counsel for all the great interests of the country. I have obliga tions superior to any which party engagements Impose—namely, to give that advice which is required of me according to my heart and conscience, and which I believe to be the best for the country."— (Cheers.) Well, then, there is the Member for Newcastie-under- Lyne. He informs me that hereafter, and fbr ever he must with draw his confidence from me, and on this ground, that I establish no peat principle in respect to the corn-laws. Id() not know whether the Hou. Gentleman has shared in my mis fOrtune, and read the pamphlet of dohn Colquhoun.--(Great laughter.) I «ill now refer, with great respect, to a Noble Lord who has not yet spoken. I meats the Noble Member for Newark.— (Hear.) But would it be possible for the Government to rely on his support if they had taken the course of adopting a new and modified system of corn-laws?—(Hear, hear.) I know_ not what course he will take with respect to this measure, for though be says he is in favour of a repeal of the corn-laws, yet he thinks that the present Farliaraent is not the one to enact it. Surely that is no satisfactory reason.—(Hear.) The Hon. Member for Maidstone said he would not ask whether the measure was right or wrong, but that he i would quote extracts from my speeches to show that I was not con sistent. Sir, the question for the country is this—is the measure right or wrong? If it be right ant necessary I call on you to pass it ; if it be wrong, then withdraw your confidence from the Government.--(Cheeriug.) You cannot justify an adverse vote if you believe that we are right.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Member for Huntingdon is in favour of the continuation of the present measure ; and he further gave me notice that henceforth I cannot calculate en him* as 4 supporter. I Implore of him to visit all consequences on the Ministry which he may think we merit, but not to injure the measure we now offer to the country.—(hear, hear,) If you believe the measure to be necessary, pass it at the present crisis ; but take any opportunity that may offer for punish ing the introducers of it.--(Bear, hear.) In the course of last year I proposed, Is the course of the last year, • that certain duties on grease should be remitted, as grease was much used in mmufactures, but the lion. Gentleman resisted me. Hence, avaunt ! this is holy ground ! Grease you shall not touch.—(Cheer s and laughter) For, said he, though grease may be introduced for the benefit of manufac tures, yet I doubt the vigilance of the Custom-house officers, and some persons may introduce and use the grease intended for manu factures as butter. Ido assure the Hon. Gentleman that it is rather hard . to devolve upon me the duty of defending protection, after such measures as that ; and I do not believe that Use Hon. Gentleman, by taking this stand upon grease'—(Laughter)—did so much injury to the cause of free trade as to the cause of protection.—(Cheers ) Mr. MILES—I merely stopped the discussion iss order that it might go on the next day. I was not present at the division. Sir ROBERT PEEL—I think the Hon: Gentleman has shown his qualification for the past of leader, by the discretion which he used in being absent from the division.—(A laugh.) Now with regard to cattle and meat, the Hon. Member opposed the Introduction of foreign cattle, because he said it would tend to reduce the price of home produce, but the fact is the price has increased rather than decreased, and yet the Hon. Gentleman voted for the corn-ltw of 1841, but strenuously opposed the admission of foreign cattle.—( Hear, hear) And what is it the Hon. .Gentleman does 'now ? Why, while exulting in having opposed the prohibitory duties imposed on the admission of foreign cattle into this country, he says, in the year 1843, we suffered severely from a defective supply of meat, and in the course of the last six months he says the quantity of sheep brought to Smithfield has been 250,000 less than in the half-year pre• ceding—that the average weekly supply •of sheep in the London markets is 16,000 less, and that the cattle bought in Smithfield in , consequence of deficient food weighed from 7 to 10 lbs. less than in former years, and were extremely lean and ill favoured.—(hear, hear, and laughter.) Now, in the course of the last six months this deficiency of 250,000 sheep had been supplied from abroad, and with this Met staring In the face ought he not to regret having opposed the carrying out of this anti-protective principle.—(Hear, hear.) But how does he think It is now possible for him or me to maintain that law, when from diseases and defective fodder we are often compelled to go abroad for our supplies.—(Hear, hear.) Was it not a strong fact against the motion which the lion. Member brought forward some time ago to restrict the importation of fo reign cattle, that from the defective food produced by the land of this country, 250,000 head of sheep were prevented from coming into the English market? Did this not show that it was against the interest of the landowner to restrict the free importation of wholesome and healthy fodder? Mr. 311 LES—My motion was not to prevent the importation of grain. My motion relative to cattle was to tax cattle by the weight, and not by the head. Sir It. PEEL—Whate'ver the motion of the, Hon. Member might have been, his words were that he was disappointed with the work ing of the cons-law, and he wished to impose a further restriction on the importation of cattle.—(Hear, hear.) Now the Hon. Gentleman must excuse me if I refer to flax ? And what do we leans front the history of flax ? When there was a duty of 101 per ton upon the im portation of flax, there was a certain parish In the county of Somerset which grew flax, and let us take that parish for drawing our -compa , risons. In the parish of Chtselberough there were 100 acres of . ... land devoted to flax, and the Hon. Gentleman says the growth of tilmilff thiat land was abandoned in consequence of the withdraw2l of. protection, Now, I ask the Hon. Gentleman at what period was that ?. Mr. MILES—At the removal of the last duty. Sir ROBERT PEEL—WeII, then, the last removal of the last duty was only 2s. per cent. ; the higher duty on flax having been unloved in 1824. The duty upon foreign flax in 1821 was 101. per ton. It was ' reduced in 1824 to the nominal duty of 2s. per cent., and in 1842 it was removed altogether. Now, by the removal of this duty you say 100 acres of land in the parish of Chisleborough were thrown out of cultivation, and that is what you call withdrawing protection from native Industry. But let us see what has taken place in other parts of this great empire, in consequencs of this withdrawal of protection of native industry. You will find that the growth of flax in Ireland has become a very flourishing trade since the with drawal of protection. Some Honourable Members are very fond of taking particular localities, and saying, wlint has been the consequence of your policy here ; and the Hon. Member for Somersetshire had done the same to Ciriselborough, but let us look at Ireland and see what has taken place there. What his been the consequence of the withdrawal of protection in that country where manufactures were very much restricted, why you will find that the growth of flax is mach more profitable than wheat. F.ax without protection affords a better return than wheat with it ; so much for agriculture.—(Hear, hear.) Now what has become of the manufactures in Ireland since the withdrawal of protection. Previous to the withdrawal of protection the importation of cambric into this country from Ireland was as 6,000 to 1;000 from France, New, Filleo the withdrawal of protection, has there been any increase or not? In the year before the withdrawal of protection, the num bers were 10,000 French, 110,000 Irish. In the next thur years the increase of the Irish importations in London was 300,000. In the next four years from 1838 to 1842, 400,000. And what said the great manufacturers of cambric, in Loudon, who waited on me the other day, when they said ten years since three-fourths of the cambric handkerchiefs introduced into the London market, came from France and four from Ireland ? Since the reduction Of the duty, they state that three-fourths come from Ireland, and the remaining fourth from France.—(Cheers,) Then, whatever that parish of Chiselborough may have suffered in consequence of this alteration, the culture of flax in Ireland' has prospered, and the linen manufacture in that country has long had a degree of prosperity which its most sanguine friends could hardly have expected.—(Cheers.) Well, now, will you restore this duty upon tlax?—(dear.) This debate has chiefly turned en the corn-laws; but it is not necessarily a corn-law debate.—(Hear, hear.) I pro pose that we should go into a Committee of the whole House for the ptirpose of considering the principles of our commercial policy (Hoar, hear)—and no doubt the corn-law will come before that Com mittee. But it Is perfectly open to you to reject the measure for the cern-law and yet to consent to these measures. Sir, so much has been said on the subject of the cora-laws that I cannot pass it by. tier Majesty's Government have proposed, after the lapse of three years, that the ditties upon corn should be repealed, or at least re duced to a nominal duty. I proposed that measure on the part of the Government from a sincere belief that it would be more ac ceptable than any other to the agricultural interest. .I propose.' it . _ ttom a belief, not merely that it would be more accptable to them, but that they would prefer it to immediate repeal. We combined with the measure of the corn laws—we combined, I say, for en couragement in the improvement of land by advancing money for the purposes of such improvement.— (Cheers.) I certainly thought it would be more probable that with respect to many parts of this country we should be in a much better position to compete with foMgners If the corn-law repeal were postponed to the end of the next three years. I thought there would be snore opportunity for arrangements between landlord and tenant.- -(Cheers.) But, above all, we seriously considered what could be done with respect to drainage, and what advantage could be taken of that proposal of the Government. I certainly also thought that the consideration that Canada has at present, the advantage of a repeal in the admission of her cern compared with the corn of foreigners -I thought that it would be much mere like to he acceptable to Canada and more for the interests of Canada, and that some time should elapse before their corn came into competition.--(Hear, hear.) It was for that purpose bona fide, and believing the ar rangement upon the whole much better, believing also that it would be more for the advantage of the agriculturists, that on the part of her Majesty's Government I make that proposal. Believing it to be the best, it is my intention to adhere to it -(Loud cheers)-that is to say, it is my intention to I ropose it-(Ch e ers)-and to use all the means-the legitimate means I can, for the purpose of giving effect to it. But it was intimated the other night by the lion. Gentleman, the Member for Suffolk, that he greatly preferred (speaking on the part of the agricult ura l b o d y ) that he greatly preferred immediate repeal to the measure wkich I have proposed. -(Protectionist cheers.) And whea he uttered that sentiment he turned round to his friends, and it received apparently their general concurrence.-(Cheers.) Now, as I stated before, it is the inten tion of the Government to adhere to their proposition.-(Cheers.) They have stated the reason why they propose it, and why they are inclined to prefer it.-Considering the advantage of the oppor , tunity that there will be afforded for an improvement of the land. But I stated this, that if the agricultural body are not of ophilm that It Is for their advantage-(Protectionist cheers) -and if they think that immediate repeal will he preferable to the deferred repeal -(Great chefs and laughter oil the Opposition benches)-and th,-y place me bl the minority, then the only consideration that shall bear ht intuit will be this -- What course can I best take to gi effect to the law as anien,led upoli yolti instance? - (Lon/ 1 peatect Opposition cheers, amid laitgli:er.) I will 410 al' carry the proposition of the Government. - and t will persist in believing It to he P interest. I da not say what I ant to pursue. My meit of the corn-law • prefer ininic4ll9' sir, it 1. co, and re cruit I can to ,oeerz.) I prefer it, to the a., ricultural course -speaking for myself —• -oon with respect to the final adjust . will remain unaltered, and I shall decidedly -.5 repeal to the coninsion of the country.—(Cheers.) ..ight carefully to consider w h a t course we s h ou ld pursue ...ME question. This I do believe, that the final adjustment of this question has become • paramount to all other questions.— (llew, hear, and cheers.). Now, Sir, I was asked in the course of this discussion what price I calculated ter corn in the year after the proposed repeal.—(Hear, hear.) . I thought it; too, natural to say that it would be very difficult for me to give a positive answer to that question—that I thought the price of corn must be affected by seasons, and by other considerations, and that therefore I could not undertake to give an answer, and I am afraid that past experience induced me to avoid giving any guarantee to any price whatever.— (Laughter, and cries of "Oh, oh.") But this I will say, that I think nothing can be more ruinous than to suppose that the Interests of agriculture are necessarily and intimately connect d with the price of wheat —(Cheers.) Now I will own that I do not anticipate that 'when the Hon. Gentleman talks of countless miles that are ready to be cultivated, I will only ask the Hon. Gentleman to consider that in Germany there has long been a free trade, and that corn from Egypt and Odessa is plentifully admitted, subject to a nominal duty. The price of corn is dependent npon its quality. • Corn brought to Malta from Egypt and Odessa, bears what is there called a fair price of 31s. per quarter. It is stated that the same corn will bear a price of 10s. less in the markets of England, on account of Its infe riority ; and, therefore, it is impossible to draw an inference from the merely nominal price of corn, or to ascertain the real value which should be fixed upon that article. I entertain the hope that a re duction in the price will be caused by a more extended importation. 'What I want to show, however, is this, that agricultural prosperity is nut necessarily connected with the prices of wheat. It is ad mitted upon all hands that there never was a time when science has been so much applied to agriculture, or the cost of production so much reduced as for the last three or four years. Now what has beim the prices of wheat? We shall see that it has a natural tendency to decline in price.—(llear, hear.) Now we will just take the decennial period commencing with the year 1805. In 1805, the price of wheat was 81s. 2d. ; 1815, 975, 6d. ; 1825,785. .6d.. • 193.5, 565, 7d. ; 1540, 575. lid. And during the last four years, which have been years of great Improvement in agriculture, the price has been only 51s. 10d. So that the price of wheat has fallen from 975. Gd. to the comparatively email price of 51s. 10d., and yet it is generally admitted that persons employed in agriculture are in a state of greater prosperity than at any period before. And If there should be a still further reduction in prices it will be the result of scientific improvements. The price of wheat, therefore, cannot be taken as a criterion of agricultural pros perity. There is another circumstance to which I will also allude. The rental of land. As taken tram the returns made to this House, makes the gross rental of land in England, in the year 1815, the sum of 32,500,0001.—the price of wheat for the five years ending 1815 was 102 e 2d. Now, this is very remarkable, for in the five years ending in 1842 the price of wheat had fallen to 625. 7d., and the gross rental of England had increased to 37,000,0001., so that, coin cident with price has been the increase of rental.—(Hear, hear.) Now, 1 am perfectly ready to admit the benefit which you might claim with reference to the difference of currency ; but, remember that if you take 10 per cent. off the price of wheat (102 s. 2d.), you must also take 10 per cent. off the amount of rental (32,000,0001.) and ati 1 it will leave 710 question but that concurrent with the great reduction, aila since there has been a great increase of agricultural e prosperity,—(. Ito m hear.) New I must refer to the speech of' the n. cia P were the for Northam ten (Stafford O'Brien). No e, what orgurrients be adoptdlW? " Now (says, the Hoe. Member) after these corn-laws to his laudlonl and pre will have passed, ,rd thus address him. the tenant farmer will come landlord, " I cannot ate He will say to the hitherto—the bones of my tet'' pay the same rent which I have paid iuoiretatbers have been collected in the charcchyard of this anclen.tf my y li—it 13 most painful for me to think uitting the residence sli ancestors,, the c h urc h of my fore fathers, and the home of my family, seek my fortune in a str ange place." And it will be remembered that fire 11ou. ns i e . q h tt . on i ( t l he nt i l, t e t rn th a e n tie ni t ad on c e a great Impression on the House in co nsequence ; , , e iber then in which the speech was deliver tenant. He pro posed that the landlords should make speech to the ,ert.)hat tilleisroglitte makes him say, "My good fellow"— ( roars of plaaungslitit trite that your forefathers ive lived in this been an intimate relationship between your ancestors and mine, that a' the priticiples of free <rade are prevailing. I can purchase articles sr cons!' iiipt ion at a cheaper rate, and I must deal with you up on the num principle. It is quite trite that the land you now occupy Pro duces only three quarters, whereas by the application of a little capital and skill It might be made to produce five quarters, and there is a gentlemen close by who Is connected with the Anti-Corn-law League."—(Cheers, and cries of "No, no," from Stafford O'Brien ) If I have not correctly quoted the landlord's speech, I wish the 11011. Member would add make the landlord's speech again. — (Roars of laughter.) The Hon. Member says the gentleman alluded to was not necessarily a member of the League. Well, at any rate, he meant a person with large capital., The landlord proceeds in his speech to the tenant to say he must sell in the dearest market, and must, therefore, give the preference sugges tohinl (the capitalist); Now, t a better spech Sir, if the Hon. Member will allow me, I fir the landlord.—(Hear, hear.) c, My g ll ood fellow "—(Rears e of buried in the church-yard laughter)—" your forefathers have been "1e1... 1111 C , Year forefathers have had their fortunes interwoven with the fortunes of ray atmstors. It is piEE•ible that stranger may overbid you in the market. Under this protecting law, your land, which should produce live quarters, produces only three, end public opinion will hardly tolerate this, or accede to our desire that no foreign cattle shall be Imported. We must therefore take Some measures to increase the productim of the land ffom three quarters to five. I have the advantage of the new tariff, and I pro pose to apply that advantage to your assistance.—(Hear, hear.) I will not turn you out ; I won't let the manufacturer come in to re slace you. It Is my interest as well as yours that the produce of the land be increased from three qu triers to five. I will lend you ca pital, I will assist you, and let you and your son, to whom this lane will descend,. keep out this foreign invader. I, by my capital, and you, by your industry, will remain by the land, and let it be handed dawn to our posterity wills all the improvements which we respectively can give it." But if the tenant should say this is a labourers' question, I should, make hint say in reply to that—" If we make this land produce five quarters instead of three, surely more employment wolfld be created, and all this by the application of that saving which the rich shall derive from the benefit of the laud so improved. That was how be should be ad dressed. This was the question her Majesty in her Speech had said, " I recommend you to take into your early consideration whether, after taking a review of the laws relating to protection, some altera tion might not be made so as to benefit the agriculture and the com mons of the country." The address was so worded as to give no pledge en the subject. It said that the House would take into con sideration whether it would not be advisable to make such further reductions In those laws as might be compatible with the interests of the country. How then doyou fulfil that assurance? You refuse MO into the question at all. I expected from the early notice whicls the lion. Member gave of Isis Intention to move an amendment, that it would have been either that the Government was not entitled to their confidence, or that no change should take place in the protection to industry. Now what was the amendment? Why, not a great principle was involved is it. You refuse to take the question at all lute consideration. • Do you decide then against the admission of foreign brandy? Do you decide against the admission of foreign silks ? This amendment proceeds so far. The question for you to consider, with regard to, our commercial policy, is, will you advance, or will you recede ?—(Lond cheers.) You perhaps say, you will stand still, which is the effect of the amendment—to postpone the consi deration of the subject for the next six months. I say to that, that there is no stationary point—to standstill is to retrograde.—(Cheers.) l do hope that this Parliament, which passed the law of 1842, which simplified the Customs, which consented to a change in the tariff, which passed the Canada Corn Bill, which assented to the tariff of last year. I hope that this House will net accede to the sroposition that this question be postponed for six months.—(Lpud cheers.) The question at issue simply was, whether there should he a relaxation of duties and of protection, or whether they should restore prohibitory- duties and Increase protection.—(Cheers.) I offer this challenge —I never said that it was upon the experience of the last three years:that I was induced to propose the alterations now under consideration of the House. What i said was, that tiring the last three years I have seen coincident with low prices great prosperity, great contentment, diminution in crime, improved health, and Increasing commerce, and that experience of three years has convinced me that cheapness and plenty were the concomitants of relaxation In our prohihitory duties, and were the foundation of our commercial greatness.—(Loud cheers.) I did not take credit to myself for the tariff. What I said was, that it was a measure which had conduced to the general interests of the country. This is the challenge which I throw out with respect to the tariff. Show me a taxation th it on removal did not create some unnecessary apprehension. I will go further ; show me any removal of a taxation that has not contributed to the general interests of the country. Why, I was ashamed when I heard of many of these petitions against the present measure. Why, here is a petition sent from the shipowners: They invoke the wisdom of Parliament to support the general interests of the commtusity, and to prevent all further rash experiments on the mercan tile interests ; and, above all, to mutilate the timber duties—and this is a petition from the shipowners —the builder§ of ships.—(Hear, hear.) You reduced the timber duties from 455. to 255., and the reduction did not work that injury which the opponents of that reduction would have reside out. There is one branch of the timber-trade which required to be Unproved, and to which good timber ought to be supplied. So trifling was the supply, that, at thi present moment, there was not, in one of the greatest maritime ports in the kingdom, a single block of foreign wood .of that descrip tion which was the most valuable for ship building. I propose increased facilities for procuring timber, in order that good ships may toe built. [relaxed the duties on timber, and with that relaxation as enormous increase of Canadian timber had taken place, in the same manner as a reduction on the duty on wool caused a vast increase of the importation of that article. That reduction increased the demand for Canadian timber, In which we arc so deflicientand which is so useful in the building of ships, that in the port of Liverpool was none to be found. *a much for that. The Noble Lord the Member for Liverpeol made a long speech about the colonies. What am I proposing? lam not Proposing an immediate repeal of everything. lam not pr,posing that you should sweep away the customs' duty on spirits and other articles.—(liear, hear, and cheers) I am not for doing away with all protective duties for revenue. With respect to the colonial interests, I know that very great interests are involved. The Noble Lord the Member for Liverpool proposed that discern!• Hating duties should be at once repealed, but it was not his polity to diminish protection, whore it was necessary. That was the pen - Ciple of the policy of my Honourable Friend. What did we do in 1842? We permitted the colonies to get the produce of this country At a trifling cost. We said with respect to the colonies, that the time was come for relaxing those principles of restriction which had marked our policy for many years, and which could not any longer lie maintained, with the sustainment of the liberties of th's country Has it injured the colonies ? You are wrong to say that the affection of the colonies for the mother country depends on the amount of supply. Look at Australia—what is the great benefit derived from her ? I propose to proceed on the path that leads to prosperity and abundance, by gently redwing the protective duties. My Mon. Friend who spoke on the first 'light of the debate was very severe on the removal of the protective duties on foreign carriages.—(near.) I really do not know anything In this country to prevent it. I knew that there was a duty of a farthing per yard on printed paper, and I proposed th there should be a cus toms duty of 2d. per yard en foreign paper. Why is it that we can not compete with France in paper hanging ? The patterns are not So good, but a limited competition would give the trade a' stimulus and the talent Would Increase. I know of nothing in the physical consti tutem of an Englishman that would hinder him from drawing a proper pattern. The Hon. Gentleman had said that when he looked out of the window of his foreign carriage he would see a number of people standing 'and e.e would be obliged to say to them, "My good friends I have been obliged to sacrifice you. When has there been an alteration made in any protective duty that this argument has not been used--(Laughter)—that the same anticipations have not been indulged us? In the tariff of 1842, I proposed to let in potatoes at 2s. per cwt., and -the potato growers of Yorkshire came to me in a body, saying that the potato cultivation would be ruined. With regard to hops, in 1842, I reduced the duty from 8/. lOs to 4/. 10s. All Kent and Sussex were in arms, saying that the trade would be injured. What is the tact? Since that time only two cwt. of hops have come in, and yet the hop growers had feared the Influx would be so great and inju rious as to throw a great many persons out of employment. Mr. Ituskisson let down the protective duties on silk, and Mr. Baring, the present Lord Ashburton, restated it to the utmost of his power. He said that hundreds of thousands of poor honest men, knowing nothing whatever of political economy, would be thrown out of employment. He had said that a duty of thirty per cent. was n sufficient protection against foreign competition, and that an admis sion of silk at that duty would drive all the workmen from the trade. Mr. Huskisson said, in reply to the clamours raised against his course of proceedings, " I have been assailed by ungenerous appeals to my feelings, appeals calling on me to commune with my feelings, and asking me if lam not open to the visitations of sorrow. I hope lam not wanting in the duties of a man or a Christian. But at the seine time that I entertain these feelings, I have a duty to peetbrm as a Minister." That was the language of Mr. Huskisson.— (Hear, hear.) He, however, persevered and removed the prohibitory duties. What has been the result ? have the hundreds of thousands of silk manu facturers been thrown out of employment? Have the poor-rates been burthened further for their support ? (Hear, hear.) Have we not been able to compete with the foreieeer ?—(lienewed cries of "Hear, hear.") In ten years euding in 1823, the import of raw silk was 19 million pounds, in the tell years following it rose to 3() million pounds, and finally increased to 88 million pounds. Now which was the true philanthropist—he Who said, " Keep out French silk, their patterns are sunerier to ours; you will never be able to compete with them ; yen Will ruin thousands of workmen ;" or the Minister who sahls " Good God, do you charge me with apathy? I run not Insensible to the miseries of my fellow-men. I have-escort...tined that Spitalfields is threatened with devastation by famine. Let me try whether or net, by bringing the free air of competeion, I may not improve the condition of my country." (Great cheers.) have we been enabled to compete 'with Pereign powers ? Why yeti have sent more silk manufactures into that country which is said to be the head of the manufacture you have tent .in the last year-more silk manufactures into France than you eeperted • to the , whole world in any year Under' the Old eyettile- , -(Cheers.) Now, I can go over the whole of there tirtielee. I Can enumerate tinaberoilk —I can even reter to Inferior articles, and I may men tion one reduction in 1842. 111 that year we reduced the duty out foreign feathers,—(Laughter.) It seemed to me a small article, made up by an aggregate of small articles—(Contlntled latighter)— but a manufacturer, came to me and said, "Oh, title is the Most hard-hearted measure you could have pasted. It Will thin the Melt farmer — (Laughter) —I have a horse Of call flir lhittlletBl the Eng lish farmer Is ver y ca r e l ess of his feetilefel telt the Irish farmer finds hie profit in th e ir tr a d e. afirleti, ' I take all my feathers reduction, front Ireland. use son tellit of feathers, at 20s. a stone. This trade will be drsttinytel.' The duty was red u c e d. A no th er l e tter ." to .as th r e e i ce r i t7ra l a there grating that ohicti never I ' l ' C 'as had ass i e t t e s eli a s a t h i re W t t o sgt import ven 300 tons from foreign countries, and 150 bated from Ireland, and in stead of 20s. per some, he had been obliged to pay 2813: 10d. lie paid also, that the greatest demand hail been tlntS Cornwall, and the Cornish miner had been enabled / lee theee feather manufactures, to rest himself from the labottrs Or the day, without being obliged to expend the greater part I h 1 t earnings.' I offer you that chal lenge, that you eelltetat er t "..4 me-'-I won't say some small manufaeture, there may h • Q 511 MC which will be injured—but I offer this chal lenge thee', .1 .1 ' .:eing for the list thirty years, to the re laxation .s, your Colonial policy—to the relaxation of your protec tie- ,e policy at home —I challenge you to produce an instance in 'which the consumer has been injured---I challenge you to produce an inslaeee in which the producer has suffered. You have to matte yOur choice, and vote .on this question. It is a question of confidence hi, the Government. It ought not to be. Reserve that lot a' separate motion. The question is, will you advance in the • path you have hitherto pursued, or will you retrograde. (Cheers.) Just look at the amount of force you use for the purpose of prevent ing smuggling, and don't refuse to consider whether it may not be 'right to reduce protection on s, irits. Reduce the duty en feleign spirits. I only ask you to reduce the present duty on French beandy to 15s. On English spirits the duty is 9s. lam only asking yen to cut up •the trade of the smuggler by the roots. I ask yeti to -permit French silks to come in at a duty of 15 per cent. Is It not possible tora benetical result to follow th.s ? Thirty per cent. la now levied, and smuggling is going on. A further reduction in the duty on silk would cause the manufacture to increase. Vivify your manufactures by a spelt of free competion, and see if a beneficial result will not follow.- But then you will have to decide by a vole -upon this question. Will you advance or will you recede ? What is the policy best suited to this great commercial empire ? I ask you to look at the advantages that God and nature has given yoq. Look to your geographical position on the confines of Western Europe, the connecting link between the North ot Europe and the great continent of America The improvement in naviga tion and the application of science have brought you within ten days of St. Petersburgh on the one side, and ten days of New Yerk on the other. Look to your physical advantages. The nerves and sinews of manufactures, iron and coal abound in this country. Look to your acquired advantages-you have ten times the amount of capital possessed by any country in the world. Look to the advantages derived partly from the instate tendency of yottr own character, and partly from a constitutions reconciling per fect liberts , with an absence from licentious rules.—(Cheers.) Look to all these things. Look to your physical —your geographical posi tion. Your physical resources, your capital, and skill, are immense. You have every advantage. Your powers are beyond any of the other nations of the geobe.--(llear, hear.) And will you allow it to be said that ether countries on this question are in advance of you ? There arc countries that are so, from whom I least expected such conduct, ant to whom I did not refer. I did not refer to Sardinia, where the duty or the importation of foreign grain has been re pealed. • Naples is stated as likely to follow.—(Hear, hear.) Prussia is shaken in its present course, and France was desirous of following, the only objection to that course being from the aristocracy of ma nufactures and commerce. The Executive are fully alive to the question, but at present are restrained by the p ar ti es I re f erred to in the Chambers ; but the opinion of all sensible men is, 'that before long, the question will be settled in favour of a more liberal system.— (Hear, hear.) The leading men of the United States give, us great encouragement to proceed, and by carrying the measures of the Government we will be strengthening the halide of the party in that country - who are desirous of establishing com mercial freedom. But whether these countries act in a liberal com mercial spirit or not —whether or not they relax the principle of pro tion, do not punish yourselves because others choose to do so. For the sake of your country, and to show a good example to other countries ; let the decision of the present debate be in favour of com mercial freedom.—(Loud cheers.) Let y - ottr vote be for a principle, based, not on three years' experience, but out the experience derived from every, relaxation of protective duties.—(Loud cheers.) Set the glorious example to other nations, and you Will force them to follow in your wake ; but if even there is an uncertainty in that, pass the measure, and believe me that int so doing you will be taking that step which of all others will be most conducive to your own security—(Hear, hear, and cheers)—and at the'same time by doing that, will settle st question that will lead to the'contentment and happiness and willing obedience of the great body of the people.--(Loud cheers) It must be clear to all, that after the measure is passed, there will be no certainty that pros perity will be generally secured, or that periods of distress in the ma nufacturing or agricultural districts may not arise. It will not make a state of prosperity certain, though it will do much to prevent the recurrence of distress. We shall have, no doubt, as before, seasons cf scarcity following on seasons of plenty ; or it may be that a return of manufacturing distress will be coincident with a season of agricultural scarcity. You all recollect the times of 1841 and 1842, those are periods that may occur again.—(Hear.) Let me revive the recollection of those sad years. The memory of the winters of 1841 and 1842 never can be effaced from my recollection.—(Cheers.) Recollect the course that we pursued on every occasion on which the Sovereign met her Parliament when there was an expression of the deepest sympatey with privation and suffering—recollect that ex pression of the warmest admiration for the patience and fortitude with which those sufferings were borne by the people.— ( 1 (oed cheers.) Those times may have gone, the years plenteousnem may come, and the ears of adversity may also withlt they do come, and if it be 1 t ^ • our ( u y main to express sympathy w sutrerht and I do ask everyman her a,,ant to exhort the people to patience. himself ties queition : e l o r corse A mune with his own heart, and to ask must express sympathy withtlsese calamitous times do come—if we to fortitude —will it not be a ce ufrerin‘ g—if we must offer exhortation selves, trout the heavy respensirtioiltation that we have released oar food of the people.— (Cheers.) Wilt ofn regulating the supplies of the be snore consolatory ?—(Cheers ) wilt our expressions of sympathy Lurie be more impressive, if we at the sa n n u se t the exhortations to forth fully, that urged by no necessity, and time say, and say right aoticipated those difficulties — (Cheere) • _ to no clamour, we - eds-'• 1 removed every/• • meld to the free circulation of the bountiesof raped:- --(Hear, hear, and load cheers.) Will it not be the Creator. a great and ltst: consolation to us to be enabled to say t o a suffering people, ing are the chastenings of an all-wise and beneficent Provide,tl„ieenset for :soma dreadful shas to abate our pride possibly, and convince us of our nothinincS3—to awaken us to a sense of our dependence on our TILE SUN, LONDON, TUVSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARA 17, 1846.1 God ; they are to be borne without murniuring, and the dispensations I of Providence have net been aggravated by human institutions which !, pr&ent the supply of food.—(The Right Hon. Baronet resumed his seat amid the loudest cheering, which lasted for some m'nutes.) Lord J. giNNERS moved the adjournment of the debate, which was at oneelthved to. PRESENTMENT BILL (IRELAND). The House:then went into Committee on the County Works Pre sentment Bill. Alter some discussson, in which Mr. Redington, Mr. F. French; Sir J. GrahaM, Sir R. Ferguson, Mr. Sharman Crawford, 'Lord Clements, and other Hon. Members took part, the clauses were agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be reported. THE FISHERY I'IERS, &c. (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, that the Fishery Piers and Harbours (Ireland) Bi 1 be read a third time. Mr. WYSE said, that at many of the harbours the people were so poor as to be unable to get boats to pursue their trade. He suggested that loans should be allowed from the Government for that purpose. , Lord CLE SIENTS asked why the 5,000/., granted in 1822 for that purpose, had not been applied to that purpose ? Sir J. GRAHAM made some observation iu reply, which was quite inaudible in the gaPery. The third reading of the Drainage (Ireland) Bill was then postponed. The report of the County Works Presentment (Ireland) AdvAnce of %Riney Bill was then read and agreed to. The House adjourned at a Quarter to Two o'clock. • PARLIAMENTARY ,BUSINESS. From the Votes and Proceedings o f the House of Commons.) MONDAY, FED. 16. The following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Bills ordered to be brought in Ny the undernamed Hon. Members:— Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle—Lord James Stewart, and Mr. E wart. Cheltenham and Oxford—Mr. C. Berkeley and Mr. G. Berkeley. Lancashire and Yorkshire North-Eastern-31r. B Denison, Sir Q. Strickland, and Mr. Cayley. Blackburn and Preston and East Lancashire Amalgamation—Mr. Patten and ➢lr. Walker. Longon and-Croydon (Thames Junction Branch) 2 --Mr. Kemble and Mr. Antrobus. York and North Midland (East Riding Branches—No. 2)—Mr. Rroadley, Sir .1. Lowther, and Mr. Hudson. .Great North of England and Boroughbridge Branch—Mr. 0. Dun combo, Mr. L ZUN son, and Mr. Hudson. Great North of England Purch se —Mr. 0. Duncombo, Mr. Lawson, ittid Mr. iludson. West of Scotland Jnnetion—Mr. Oswald and Mr. Hastie. Great North of England and Bedale Branch—Mr. 0. Duneombe, Mr. Lawson, and Mr. Hudson. Midland (tiyston and Peterborough Railway Deviations and Branches)—Sir J. Trollope, Mr. Fitzwilliam, anti Mr. Farnham. "Glasgow Harbour Mineral—Lord J. Stuart and Mr. Baird. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. 'From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16. - • PRIVATE BILLS. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That it be an instruction to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, and to all Committees upon Private Bills, not to hear parties on any Petition hereafter referred to them, which shall not be prepared and signed in strict conformity with the Rules and Orders oC. this House:" — Amendment proposed, to leave out the wont " hereafter :"—Qsestion put, " That the word' hereafter' stand part of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY-AYES, 105 Aciand, Sir T. Fielden, John POten, J. W. Baillie, William Ferguson, Sir It. Pattison, James Baine, Walter Finch, George • Plumptre, J. P. Baldwin, C. B. Forbes, William Price, Sir R. Baring, F. T. French, F. Puisford, Robert Barrington, Lord Gaskell J. M. Rashleigit, W. Bateson, Thomai Gore, Montague Ross, David It. Bell, Matthew Grogan, Edward Ruthcrffird, A. Bennett, Philip Halsey, T. P. Seymour, Lord Bowring, Dr. Thistle. A. Shaw, Frederick Brotherton, Joseph Hawes, B. Sheppard, T. Buller, Sir J. Y. Day, Sir A. . Sheridan, R. B. Christie, W. D. - Ilayter, W. G. Smith, It. V. Clayton, R. R. Hindley, C. Somerset, Lord G. Clerk Sir George • Hodgson, F. Sothcron, T. IL Cochrane, A. - Hodgson, Richard . Stansfield, W. R. Colebrooke; Sir T. Hope, Sir J. Staunton, Sir G. Collett, John Howard, C. W. G. Stuart, Lord J. Colquhoun, John Howard. P. H. Strickland, Sir G. Connolly, Colonel Inglis, Sir R. Strutt, Edward Courtenay, Lord James, William Thornely, T. Craig, W. G. Jones, Captain Trelawny, J. S. Crawford, W. S; Layard; Captain Vane, Lord H. Darner. Colonel Lemon, Sir Charles Villiers, Viscount Davies, D. A. Lindsay, Captain Vivian, J. E. Dodd, George Lung, Walter Walker, Richard Douglas, Sir C.. Lygon, General Warburton, H. Drummond, H. Mahon. Lord • IVawn, J. T. Duncan, Lord Maitland, Thomas Williams, W. Duncan, George March, Earl of IVorsley, Lord Buncombe, T. Miles; William Wrightson, W. B. Buncombe, A. Mit c hell, T. A, Yorke, Henry It. Dunalas, Admiral . Neville, Ralph Young, John Ebrington, Lord O'Brien, A. S. TE.ILLE33. Esmonde, Sir T. O'Connell, M. J. Greene, Thomas Estcourt, T. G. Ord, William Heathcote, Sir W. MINORITY-NOES, 63. Ackers, James Duckworth, Sir J. Masterman, John Ainsworth, P. Duncannon, Lord 11fildmay, 11. St. John Anson, Colonel Ellice, Edward Moffatt, George Archbold, Robert Elphinstone, H. Mostyn, E. M. Arkwright, G. Escott, Bickham O'Connell, Daniel Bailey, Joseph Etwall, Ralph Paget, Colonel Baillie, Colonel Fitzgerald, U. A. Pendarves, E. W. Berestbrd, Major Forester, G. C. l'huncidge, Captain Blake, M. J. Gibson, T. M. Repton, G. W. Blewitt, R. J. . Gore, Robert Ricardo, J. L. Broadley; Henry Grimsdltch, T. Picott, Francis Buller, Colonel Hamilton, Lord C. - Shelburne, Eari.of Carnegie, Captain Hill, Lord M. - Smythe, George Civendish; G. H. Hope, G. W. Tancred, 11. W. Clive, Viscount Houldsworth, T. Trotter, John Colborne, R. H. Hudson, George ' Troubridge, Sir E. Collett, W. It. Humphery, Ald. Wall, C. B. • CoMpton, 11. C. Hussey, Thomas Winnington ' Sir T. Copeland, Alderman Lowther, Colonel Wyndham, Colonel Corbelly, M. E. Mangles, R. D. TELLERS. Dickinson, F. F. Manners, Lord J. Entwislo, Iv. Douglas, Sir H. Marsland, Henry Gisborne, Thomas SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. From the opening of the room to its close, Mermaid was the most prominently in demand 'of the Chester Cup horses, and she ultimately closed an equal if not a better favourite than the Best Bower ; at all events, if not quoted at less odds, she had by far the most powerful party. Several others were backed, but, no changes of any moment manned. The Derby transactions were of some importance. 1,000 to 200 laid against Sting in the early part of the afternoon was fol lowed by several bets, at the same prices, and I I to 4 having been totted against him in conjunction with Brecardo and lago, it was inferred by some that the horse or his nomination .must be amiss; the, layers, however, were constant, and, at the close, 5 to I was ob tainable. Brocardo "came again," that is, 15 to 1 was taken several times, the lay, rs, nevertheless, being willing to go on. 1.000 to 30 was taken, nine or ten times, about Tibtliorpe, and 500 even offered on hint against Spithead. The betting, in other respects, presented nothing of peculiar interest. Latest prices : CHESTER CEP. 8 to I aget Wallow's lot. 22 to I agst Lord Howth's Mermaid r -t a k en. 22 to 1 Lord G. Bentinck's Best Bower —t a k en . 25 to 1 agst Mr. s lerry's Whinstone —taken freely. 25 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Rill's Sweetmeat—taken. • 25 to 1 agst Mr. E. R. Clarke's The Baron. 30 to I ngst Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free—taken to 501. ' 35 to l agst Mr. W. Scutt's Cataract —take 40 to 1. 35 to 1 agst Hesseltine's Fitzallen—take 40 to 1. 40 to 1 agst Sir. Thompson's Hope—tak en . 40 to 1 agst Sir. Copeland's Arthur,-SC, to 1 laid once. 40 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress. 50 to 1 agst Mr. F. Ongeley's Roderick —taken. 50 to 1 agst Mr. IL Stebbings's Billy punt,. 50 to 1 agst Mr. E. R. Clarke's Mervis. t ° d r P r ti e • • NEWMARKET HANDICAP. s lir a — ko tit in ke_n i • 16 to 1 agst Mr. Goodwin's Dexterous, on's DERRY. 11 to 4 on the field agst three—taken to 1001. 5 to 1 agst Lord R. Russell's Sting—taken to a large sum. aken. 15 to 1 agst Gen. Shubrick's Brocardo—taken and aft offered. taken several times. 50 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Nutleaf—taker, taken. 1,000 l;000 to to 30 25 asst 3 s i t r r . J W ii s a c n o i t o t y 's o,sA T : ib st t i l o t 3 2 0 2 to w 11 agstg s agst C m o r l i tn ro s ' 8 to 1 agst Forth's lot—taken to 501. 11 to 1 agst Sir C. Monk's Vanish—taken to 501. 20 to 1 agst Mr. Gulley's Mendicant 20 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Cuckoo —taken 35 to I agst Sir. Wrcford's Wilderness —taken.' LIVERPOOL STEEPLE AND Iturtmx RACES.—IIy a corrected return of the acceptances for these events, we perceive that the Coiner is struck out If the steeple-chase, and that Crcesus accepts for the hurdle stakes. COVENTRY RACES. ; to } R a t n • yrs ; , a.o- Girl, 3 yrs; Yardley, a c u Y mont, 3 yrs ; Godfrey, Symmetry, 4 yrs. 11, icall: Norm 34yyrsrs;; nations tp, ea i f b, for the s t a l e4 TouchstoneC y r r s a 1 Craven toi T tut r tr i e a os l fs S , t 3a Laurakye s rsi Stakes—lsabella, a ms i t ) ao e z i n i ni a si ;6 3 3 ye nrst : 3isiyi grits, -; handicap of 10 soya. each, 5 ft. To declare, March Ist Billy Wild Roe, 4 yrs ; Europa, 6 yrs ; Queen of the Gipsies, 5 yrs ; Reliance, - 43rs ; Kilgrant, 5 yrs ; Buttress, 3 yrs ; Astonish 61'uyr;si - 1 3 , ' 0 y r r t s o ; He li l l o er 6 u y re rs Trir 3 , r° 3 ti y i e r r s "The City Stakes of 5 toys. each, and 20 added—Silversides, bl m 1 6 n ye Astonish ment, s t ~ 3 yrs ; by Hangout out of Ewma's dam, 5 yrs; Powick, 4 yrs; Kitty Wee by Advance, 4 yrs ; nobe, 5 yrs; Master Downes. 4 yrs ; Isabella, aged ; rotitoy, aged ; Sir Harry, 4 yra. The Hurdle Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 25 added—LitUe Johnny, aged ; Isabella, aged ; Mayflower, aged ; Tom Tough, 6 yrs. - The City Handicap of 5 goys. each, and 25 added—Marian Rain say, 3 yrs; sailor, aged; Bendigo, 6 yrs; Exhort; Europa, 6 yrs; Fama, aged; Niobe, 3 yrs. 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Manufactory, 2.5, Strand, THE MURDER IN DRURY. LANE.---APPRERENSION OF THE SUPPOSED ASSASSIN.—The boy Wicks was apprehended shortly after ten o'clock last night by Thompson and Pocock, two constables of the F Division, at a small coffee•shoP in Little Queen-street, Hol born. He was immediately removed to the chief police station in Row-street, where the charge was formally mitered against him. We are requested to contradict a paragraph, ccpied from a morning contemporary, which appea,red in The Sun of Satur day last, headed " Capt.. Williams and the Norwich Gaol," which, with the exception of a mandamus having been threatened, is wholly untrue. turp H o e f r 2 11nj 071. to t s il t y o the of Qu een St. p, D ui o ,s i: c a h ger oois, h ß as urs transmit ted 09 WESTMINSTER ELECTION. NOMINATION.-(TIIIS DAY.) To-day, at twelve o'clock, the nomination of a Member to repre sent .the city of Westminster in Parliament, consequent on the resig nation of Captain Eons, by his appointment as one of the Lords of the Admiralty, took place in front of St. Paul's Church, Covent-garden. The numher of persons assembled before the hustings could not be less than 5,000. The candidates were the late Member, Captain Rohs, who again offered himse.f, and General Sir lie Lacy Evans. Whed these gentlemen, accompanied by their respective friends, came on the platform, the crowd, wlich seemed pretty equally divided in opinion as to the merits of the candidates, expressed their partialities by the most discordant noises ; and one clique, whose begrime(' faceS proclaimed that they belonged to the genus coal -heaver, favoured the company with a series of yells that would hare done honour to an Indian war dance. A strong body of Police were in attendance to preserve order, but it 'was soon very evident that they were insufficient for the purpose, and after gal lantly withstanding for nearly half an hour the efforts of the assail ants to get close to the platform, they at last, by command of Super intendent Pearson, retreated in good order behind the breastworks, from where no effort of the enemy could dislodge them. - This ma noeuvre was beautifully effected, with only the loss of one policeman's baton. Among the gentlemen who accompanied the candidates we ob served Lord Francis Egerton, Lord James Stuart, Lord Marcus Hill, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Lord Elphinstone, Lord W. Bruce, Lord Can tatupe, Celonel Fox, Mr. Bouverie, 31.1'., Mr Tennyson D'Eyncourt, M.P., Mr. B. Hawes, M.P., Mr. Ellis, 3L.P., Colonel T. Wood, M.P., Hon. F. Byng, Mr. Merryweather, &c., &c. Mr. SMEDLEY, the High Bailiff, then came forward, and, as well as we could hear him, for the gentlemen who composed the crowd were too much engaged in listening to their own sweet VOiCeS to at tend to the speakers, said that he had that day the honour of attending there as the returning officer for the city of Westminster. The electors were assembled to express their opinion as to who of the two gentlemen who solicited their suffrages should be their representative hi the Commons House of Parliament. The electors were no doubt aware that the present vacancy had taken place in consequence of one of their representatives-he meant Captain Hone- • having accepted office under Government.-(Cries of" More shame for him," from one section of the-crowd, and cheering from the Gallant Captain's partisans.) That gentleman was, however, eligible to re-elected, and he was there to offer himself to them. The other candidate was General Sir De Lacy Dvans. He need not point out to them the importance of the privilege they were met that day to exercise--(Ahouts of" We know it") -but he would at once conclude by causing the writ to be read. The preliminary forms were gone through amid much interruption, when Mr. J. C. WOODS' rose to propose Captain Hone as R fit and proper person to represent the city of Westminster. The speaker's adlress could, however, only be heard by the favoured few who stocd beside him ; when shortly afterwa . ds • Lord F. EGERTON seconded the nomination. He was equally in audible, the terrific noises which issued front the persons in front completely drowning every sentence. Mr. BOUVERIE then rose to propose General Sir De Lacy Evans. He said that the. electors were met that day for the purpose of returning a Member to Parliament, and it was with great pleasure that he proposed to them General Evans.- (Mingled cheers and hisses.) They had unfortunately elected a Tory and monopolist once before, thus rendering the city of West minster a nullity in the House of Commons ; for if one of their Members on all of the great questions which concerned the happi ness of the people said " yes," the other Member as invariably said " no." - (Cheers.) If the one sought to advance every great social and political reform, the other opposed him. if the one contended that these reforms were ne cessary, the other maintained that they were not. The city of Westminster had at one time always been considered in the front ranks of liberalism, and the period was now come when she should resume her former position- 7 (Cheers)-when she should show that she had within her the first, the most liberal, the most enlight ened constituency in England.-(Cheers, laughter, and cries of " Don't come over us," &c.) They had that day a place at their disposal, and they had two applicants for it. It was no place of emolument, although, jadging from Captain Roue, it was a mode by a hitch a place of emolument could be obtained.-(Cheers and great confusion.) One of the applicants had always been a free-trader and he was so still - (Cheers) -he had always been against the present corn-laws and he was so still ; he had filWays been a Reformer and he was so still.-(Continued cheering.) They had one who had always been on the side of popular rights and he was so still. But the other applicant what had they had to say for him? Ile had been a Tory. What was he now ? He was a most extraordinary combination of opposite opinion. He seemed a sort of amphibious animal, a kind o. horse-marine, not one thing or another. They had been asked the question by Sir Robert Peel, would they have free trade in the country ?-(cheers.) Let theta, as electors, answer yes.- (Cries of " Yes.") Then let them return General Evans for he was a staunch Liberal.- (Cheers.) Would they have Captain Rocs? Let them loudly answer "No"- (Commingled cries of " No" and " Yes.") They had no confidence in the fixity of his opinions. They would rather that Westminster were represented .by one who was for the people and not against them. Let them, then, be early at the poll and return General Evans to Parliament. Dr. BAINBRIDGE seconded the nomination of General Evans, and he now appeared before them fo - the sixty or seventh time, to pro pose or second the nomination of the long-tried friend of the people, General Evans - (Cheers)—a gentleman who had always been op posed to the corn-laws, and a stern defender of the rights of the people.—(Hear, hear.) He was a supporter of free trade principles when they tid not lead to place or emolument, and he was still the same.—(Cheers.) His Hon. opponent (Captain Rous) had told them that he was still unchanged. He came into Westminster as the child of the Tories and the Opponent of free trade.—(Cheers and hisses.) On a former occasion, on these very buntings, he spoke against free Made, and told the electors that it would be carried out, and send the labourers and artisans to live on bread and onions and a Suck at the pump.—(Cheeri and laughter.) Latterly, however, he had made a change, and he (Dr. Bainbridge) must say, judging from that, that the Gallant Captain's judgment must be very defective, or he must be acting dishonestly. If he has not changed his opinions, and is in favour of a repeal of the enrn laws, then lie must in the previous election have spoken in opposition to his convictions (Hear, hear)—and thus have acted dishonestly, or he must have laboured under an aberration of judgment, and did not know what he was doing. In either view of the question such a gentleman was not a fit representative for a great and intelligent city like Westminster.—(Cheers and uproar.) He (Dr. Bainbridge) would leave him on the horns of this dilemma. Just before the as sembling of Parliament, a great meeting of the electors of Westminster was held on the question of the corn-laws, which was then so extensively agitating the country, and a requisition was sent to the Gallant Captain, most numerously and respectably signed, inviting him to attend. But he refused to de so, because he (Dr. Bainbridge) supposed the Gallant Captain did not then know the course the Ministry would take.— (Hear.) Was such a person a proper representative for thews ?—(Cries of " No, no," and " Yes, yes,"from the suppporters of the respective candidates. He might add many other reasons why they should vote for the Liberal candidate—(Cries of "So we will,") — and reject Captain Mous, but he would leave them to be given by the Gallant General himself, who was much snore able to enter into en explanation of those reasons than he (Dr. Bainbridge) was. He now called on them to emancipate themselves and this great city from the disgrace of being represented by an apostate Tory:: _ (Loud cheering, and great uproar(—whom no one can undei stand—a nondescript politician, who is neither flab, flesh nor fowl, but a sort of marine monster with a long tall and 1,0001. a-year tied to it— (Laughter, cheers, and hisses)—who comes to Westminster expecting the electors to help him to a good place.— (Cheers.) He (Di. Bainbridge) trusted that they would rescue their fair fame, and restore the city to the former high and proud position from which it had been hurled; and to enable them S to do so, he begged leave to second the nomination of Gen. Sir Le Lacy Evans. —(Cheers.) Captain Rous then came forward to address tire electors, and was received with loud hisses and groans from the supporters of General Evans, and cheers from his friends. The Gallant Captain, who was much Interrupted in the course of his speech, spo' e to the following effect:—He came forward at the present crisis to take the sense of the electors of the city of Westminster on the measures of the Govern ment. He considered that it was the duty of all who wished well to the measures of Sir It. Peel to unite and say we will support no half-and-halt men, },rho desert their colours every day, but men who will labour faithfully to serve their country, and also will support measures calculated to advance its true interest-.—(Hear, hear.) In 1841, when he was first elected, there was a great stagnation in the commercial, manufacturing, and agricultural Interest of the cc untry ; they.were engaged in two wars, the funds were low, and a general despondency pervaded all classes. When Sir R. Peel accepted office such was the state of the country ; but under his Administration trade amended, the wars were brought to an end, the funds rose, and general prosperity pervaded all ranks of society.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) To what but to the policy of Sir Robert Peel could he (Captain. Rens) attribute the change. In 1841 and 1842 he was a protectionist —(Hear)—but the events that had taken place during the last three years had caused an alteration in his views. What had taken place since the alteration of the tariff in 1843, had shown him the great advantage of the working of the free trade principle, and therefore he could come to no other conclusion than to advocate free trade now, and support the Government in its endeavours to carry them into effect.—(Cheers and hisses.) Upon the pre sent occasion it would be necessary for him . to state that in the House of Commons, he proposed that Australian corn should be admitted at a greatly reduced duty. In September last, when in Suffolk, he told his .friends, not only that a free trade' in corn must soon come into operation, but he went further, and said that as population increased, it would be necessary to give a bonus on the importation of foreign corn. That disposed of the aster nen that he had changed his opinions in order to serve Sir Robert Peel. His (Captain Rout's) opinions had been changed long before the proposition of Sir Robert Peel had been submitted, or perhaps before that Right Hon. Baronet had himself changed.— (Hear, hear.) And now he (Captain Rous) supported the Govern ment of Sir Robert Peel, because he believed no man was so well calculated to carry ont free trade as that Right Hon. Gentlemam. He considered that no person could more effectually carry out the principles of tree trade than Sir Robert Peel. The electors of West- minster will recollect (continued the Gallant Speaker), that, in no single measure calculated to promo e their interests had he been unfaithful to his duty.—(Tremendous uproar and confusion.) Ile had supported a motion for the repeal of the window-tax, and he had oaposed the contemplated alteration in the Vestries Act. Ile would support the present measures of the Government, as being, In his opinion, likely to conduce to the welfare and promote the hap piness of all c asses of the country.—(The confusion at this time be came tremendous, and a combination of the most discordant sounds entirely drowned the voice of the speaker.) In conclusion the Gal lant Captain stated that whatever should be the issue of the contest nothing should erase from his :mind the memory of that confidence which four years - since had returned him as the representative of a constituency which, for a quarten , of a century, had not been represented by a Conservative Member. The electors of this city had brought him for ward; they turned the current of opinion in Ills favour, and he defied his opponents to point out a single vote or act of his during the four years he had been their representative which was not for the benefit of his constituency and the people at large, and he felt convinced that he had not for feited that confidence which had been so honourably reposed in him. Ile had accepted office, not to promote his own advantage, but for 1 the simple reason that he thought he should, however humble his abilities, be made useful in effecting those much to be desired re forms in the . office of the Admiralty to which her Majesty had been graciously pleased to appoint hhn.—(Great cheering and uproar.) To -morrow will decide the question ; and, he repeated, that whether beaten or victorious, he should continue to feel an inte rest in the welfare arid prosperity of the city of Westminster, and to remember with feelings of gratitude the confidence they had hitherto reposed in him. General EVANS (whose appearance was the signal for most voci ferous cheering from his own supporters, as well as groans and other marks of disapprobation from his opponents) then said that although it Wits not his first ' appearance before the electors of West minster, he never felt a greater 'interest in their prosperity or more desire for the s:iccess of a measure than for the one which now affected not only.their interests but the interests of all classes of the community. The returning officer had saved him the duty of declaring the reason that they were now met upon such an occasion as the present. They ha d been told ' that it was * because his Gallant Opponent had ac cepted the office of one of the Lords of the Admiralty. In all fairness to his Gallant Opponent, he must bear witness to his excellent personal quallties,, to his unblemished and manly character in society, and begged to say that it' any remarks should fall fresh him calculated to wound the feelings of his ops ponent, he at once ditelalined all intention- of doing so. His opponent had stated that lie seotild support Sir R. Peel ; and he (Captain Rous) believed that the measures proposed by him were calculated to prothote the interest and happiness of all classes. Sir Robert Peel had not always had the interest of these classes at heart ; he had , Ibr years opposed the measure for the i emancipation of the slaves, and atsd his Roman Catholic fellow subjects. He also opposed the Reform Bill, attd Mrs when that measure was carried, has he not since opposed to his utmost by the technicalities of the Registration Courts, and he extended the opera tion of the benefits to be derived from that measure to the commu nity at leatts—(Csitfusion and uproar.) The Gallant speaker said that he had supported the principles of free trade for upwards of twenty years, and would continue to do so. He considered that the true test of sincerity in change of opinion was that laid down by Sir J. Graham, he said that they should consider whether or no any advantage or emolument would result from this change of opi nion, if not, it was pretty clear that the change of °pluton was according to the , dictates of conscience. Applying this test to his Gallant • opponent, he could hardly give him credit for disinterestedness • In his change of opinion. For was he not receiving advantage or emolument from tkis change of opinion ? Ile had obtained by it the situation of one of the Lords of this Admi raity.—(Tretnendoua uproar.) Ills Gallant opponent, previous to his appointment, had stated with no very great national taste, that the removal of the corn-laws would give them only bread and onions, and a suck at the pump.—(Great laughter.) If he were to seek the office it was not for emolumentary porpooes. He was always the friend of the people—he was always the opne nent of 'restrictions on trade—and he would now Jell Captain Eons and his party that the question of free trade did riot depend on them. Itdid not depend on either Sir Robert Peel or Lord John Russell — that amiable and enlightened nobleman—but it depended on the will and the disposition of theSpeople.—(Tremendous cheers.) Yes, the people of England had decided on free trade, and it mattered not who were the parties in power, that free trade would; and should be carried.—(e rent cheering.) Ills honourable opponent now said that he had among his supporters maws of the aristocracy. In the election of 1841 he said nothing of that kind ; it was not then fashion able to entertain such principles. But he (General Evans) could also boast of havins some of the aristocracy at his side—those illustrious families who were an honour to this country—he respected and ad mired ; but he did not at the same time, like his gallant opponent, boast of the glitter of - the aristocracy.-. (Hisses.) But what do the exponents —the representatives of that high free-trade party—say ? What does the Standard and the newspapers say ? Why, that it was necessity that drove them to these measures of free trade. He lately met a Relishes of the present Parliament, a man of as high principles, of as high character, and of as honest independence as was now in Parliament, that man said to him (General Evans) he was glad he was going to stand for Westminster, for although he had voted against him at the last election he would give him (General Evans) his cordial support on that occasion. This gentleman was a high Tory, but he was disgusted with the party wto pro fessed liberal 'principles, but did not feel them.—(Loud cheers.) That friend said, that in common with the English people, he loved and honoured consistency. lie felt obliged to that gentleman, and he (General Evans) hoped that they would all vindicate, atid prove • before to-morrow evening how much they re vexed the great principles of civil and religious liberty. lle (General Evans) supported free trade measures when it produced no profit .to do so.—(Cheers.) When office was not procured by doing so—(great cheering)-when it brought no rewards, but, on the contrary, when it brought indignities.—(Loud cheers.) Ills Gallant opponent came forward on free-trade principles, buthe (General Evans) had alwa) s been the staunch supporter of popular rlghts, and he hoped his conduct would be estimated as it deserved by returning him to Parliament on that occasion.—(Cheers:) On a show of hands for Captain Rous a few were held up, amidst the shouts and laughter of the assembled thousands ; and on a similar display taking place for Gener.l Evans, the immense assembly, wig" a few exceptions, declared in his favour. A pod was then demanded by the friends of Captain Rous t and the time fixed for its commencement was at eight o'clock to-morrow morning. Alter which the vast multitude quietly dispersed. MONEY and COMMERCIA.L NEWS. CITY, QUARTER To THREE. In the Liverpool Cotton market yesterday the sales were 3,000 bales. The market was dull, without change in prices. There was but little done in Railway Shares. The debate in Parliament is almost the exclusive subject of con versation here to-day, and all are hopeful of the free trade measure being carried. The English Funds have been very unsteady, and there has been not only a very decided disinclination to buy, but an absolute decline in prices in most instances. The sales are not large, but the continued absence of purchases b} , the Chancery broker, and the protraction of the corn•law debate, have a marked influence c n the quotations. ' Consols have realised 96% to 95%, and are 96 again for present transfer: time bargains have been made at a decline to 963 and 96. The pre mium on Exchequer-bills has been down to 395. and 365. Bank btock is dull at .207 N, and India Stock 258 to 260. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been 98% to 97% . The Foreign Investments have been heavy. Spanish Five per Cents., owing to the change of Ministry, have declined to 27, and the Three per Cents. to 37 3 „' x . Portuguese Four per Cents. have been at Mt. :Mexican Bonds are worth 30% ; and Grenada, 23%. Railway Shares are fiat in most instances, and there is net much doing. •-- BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, (From the Official List.) Bank Stock .. • • • • .. 27% 'Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 97 96%3i% Three par Cent. Consols Annuities .. 96% 96 95% 96 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 96% 97% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 9-16 % Ditto, 30 years, Jan 5, 1860 .. 101 4 5-16 India Stock .. • • .• 260 258 Bank Stock for Account • • .• . • • . 207% Consols for Account • • • • • . .. 96% 96 96 Exel.equer Bills. 1,4 d. I%d. 1,000/. .. •. •• 36 39 pm. 5001. • • .. •• 36 39 pm. Ditto, Small .. 36 39 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Danish Bonds, 3 per Cent • • .. 88 1 4 Granada, 1 per Cent. • • • • • . 23% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account 30% Ditto, Deferred . • • 16 ti Portuguese Four per Cent • • .. 59 • Russian Bonds .• • • • • .. 11l SpAnist. lionds, 5 per Cent. Ditto, for the Account -• • • 27 Ditto, Passive Bondi • • • • .. Ditto, Deferred • • • • .. .. 16% Ditto, Three per Cent .. • • • • Ditto, for the Account .. • • 37% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and•a-Hall per Cents. 59% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certiticates 04% 95 BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Birminghatn and Gloucester • . .. 100 .. —l2B ex div to Birmingham and Oxford Junction .. 2 2% •• • . to Bristol and Exeter .. • • .. 70 .• • • to Ditto, New • • • • .. • • 5 .• .. 1254 .. to Chester and Holyhead • • .. .. 20 •• • • 21% .... to -- Direct Manchester (Remington's) • . 2%.. • . %••to - Direct Northern • • • • • 2% .. .. 2% •• .. to Dublin and Galway .• .. 4 .• .. 4%.... to Eastern Codntiei • • • • • • 14/. 16s. 0d..... 22% .. to 21% Ditto, New • • • • • . • . 81. 16s. Od.• •• • 7IAp• . to Do., Perpetual, Perpetual,s per Ct. No. 1,. 61. 13s. 4d. •• .. %%•• to Ditto, York Extension 10s. •• .. 1% %• • to East Lincolnshire ..........1 1 4.... 2 14 %.. to Edinburgh and Glasgow • • . • •• 50 .• . • 79% .... to Aoeryst., & Cent. of Wales • 1% ...• 1,4 .. to Goole, Doncaster, and Sheffield, /sc.— 425. • 1% % p to Grand Union (Nott inghanf and Lynn) 1% 1% %• . to Great Eastern and Western • • • • 2% •• • • 1 •••• to Great North of England .• ..100 • ...220 ex div to Great Western .. • • • . 85 .. —155 ex div to -- Ditto, Fifths .. .. 20 .... 3454 xdto Fareham. and Portsmouth 5 •• .. 5 .. •• to Lancaster and - Carlisle • . .. 35 •• • . 57 .... to Leicester and Bedfurd 225. par • • .. to Leiest., Tam.,liir., & Trent Yal.Junc. 425. % dig.— to = _ London and Blackwall • • 161. 13s. 4d. •• . • 9 • • to ' Loudon and Brighton • • • • .. 50 •• • . GG ex d.. to 65N xd Ditto ditto Fifths • • • • • • •• 20 •• • • 30% • • to London and Croydon • • .. 131. 15s. 9d. •• .. 22% . • to London and South-We:tern • • 411. 10d. ••• • -M. Ditto, New .. • • • . 12% 24 1 A .... to London and York • • • • • • • 234 •• • • 4 ., .77 3% Ditto, llalf Shares 2f,;.. • • 2%% . • to ManchNiter and Leeds 82 •• • • .. • • to -- flat°, Extension 425. .... p to Manchester and Birmingham 40 .... .... to Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. 4 .... 12%.... to Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • 425. .. 1%%% pto Manch .ster and Southampton .. • • 2 .. • • 2% • • • to Midland • • • • •• ••100 .• • •152 .... to -- _ - Ditto, New . .. •.. 12 .... 28% to Ditto, Birmingham and Derby • .100 •• • • 122 ••to . Newcastle and Darlington Junction 25 •••• 45 .... to Ditto, New • • .. • • • • .. 1 •• • • 10% •• • . to Newcastle and Berwick • • .. 10 •• • • 22% .•.. to Newark, Sheffield, and Bostort 2% •• • • 1 ye s .... to North British .• • • .. .. 17% 24% .... to 25 Ditto, Halt Shares • • • • • .. 3% 7% ..•• to Ditto, Carlisle Extension • • • • 1% •• • • 3 •••• to North Kent and Direct Dever .. 2% • • • 3 ... to North Staffordshire .. • • • • 425. • %pto Northampton, Banbury, .& Cheitnam. 2 ... 1% .... to 2 Oxtbrd, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 12% 15% .. to Portsmouth Direct • • • • .. .. 3% •• • 3% ••• • to 4 Scottish Central • • • • •• • • 7% .. •• •• • • to Ditto Now • • • • • • •• • • .. 2% ...• 9% •• .. to Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3% to Shropshire Union • • • • .• .. 425... %% dis to South Devon • • • • • • • • • • • • 35 •• .. 36%.... to South Midland • • • .. • • .. 42a..... 2% %pto South Eastern and Dover • • • . • • 31% 38% • • • to Ditto, New, No. 2 •• .• • • 18 •• • 12% .. • • to Ditto, New, No. 4 .• • • • • •• 2% •• • • 33814 % to Trent Valley • • • • • • •• • • 5 .. •• 25% to 25 Warwickshire and London .• .• 425..... 34 dis • • to York and Lancaster • • •• • • • • • 2% •• • • 1% ••.to Ditto, Sen.) , .• .. 30 • • 74 .. •• to '75 Ditto, Extension • • • • .. 15 ••• • 33 .• •.to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens • • .. .. 10 • • 11% ••.. to Bord., Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 •• • to Ditto, ditto (Esrelete) • • • • • • 2 •• • • 24 .... to - CM tral of Spain .. • • • • .. • • 2 .... 1% .• • • to Dutch Rhenish • • . • .. • • 5 •• • • 7. ... t0 Great Northcni of France Constituted 5 •• • • 14:V s % .. to -- Great Indian Peninsular • • .. • • ss. •• • • %••• • to Luxembourg . • • • .. • • .. .. 4 •• • • 2%.... to Madrid and Valentia • • • • • • .. 2 ...• I% •• • • to Namur and Liege • • • • • • • 4 •• • • 3% •• • to— Rouen awl Havre . .. 20 ..28%:29 28% •to 29 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. British North American • • .. .. 50 ...• 45 %•••• to National of Ireland • • • • .. .. 20 .• .. 20 ••• • to MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered • • •• .. 4 •• • • to =— LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB. 17.—Wind W., light breeze and hazy. FEB.DEAL, l6.—Wind N.N.W., Arrd. Sirius, Mulder, Ba tavia, for Holland. Arrd. fro m t he River and sailed, Eleanor Lan caster, Lodge, Port Phillip ; Richard and William, Brigstock, Singa pore ; Aner. Dunker, Cape of Good Hope ; Portland, Charleston: OFF TORBAY, FEB. 14.—Isle of Wight, Ratsey, Mauritius; William Duke, .Pitts, Denla. • PLYMOUTH, FEB. 16.—Wind variable.—Sld. her MajestY!S. ship Grampus, South America. BRISTOL, FEB. 16. —Wind N.W., light.—Sld. John Mullett, Chris topher, Mauritius ; Neptune, Bevan, Jamaica. PILL, FEB. i 4.—Sld. John Bullett, Christopher, Mauritius. CARDIFF, FEB. 14.—S1d. Edward Thurne, Johnson, Valparaiso; Pandora (of Cork), Martinique. LIVERPOOL, FEB 16.—Sid. Athena, Ogg, Calcutta ; Nelson Village, M`Lamie, Savannah; Fredonia, Lunt, New York; Perseverance, Bennett, St. John's, New Brunswick. CoRK, FEs. 12.—S1d. Lewes Castle, Florence, Port Talbot. The Effingham has been towed to West Passage, to discharge, having eight feet water in her hold. LONGHOPE, FEB. 9.—Sld. Rolla, St. John's, New Brunswick. • Hum., Fan, 15.—Arrd. Forrester, Steele, Monte Video. , • SHEERNESS, FEB. 14.—The Nymph, Roberts, il•om Pwllhelli to London, got on shore on the Shoebury Knock Sand, during a fog, but was assisted off yesterday and proceeded. Limnatcx, FEB. 14.—The Susan, Jones, heace to Liverpool, in proceeding down the river, 12th instant, got en shore ; assisted off and put back here, with pumps choked, and is discharging. NOTICE TO MARINERS. The agent to Lloyd's at Vince', states that by late observation made it had been ascertained that the current caused by the Great Jetty across the Bar formed at the mouth of the port of Malainacco, had already cut a channel across it of about 40 fathoms from the edge of the Jetty, the uniform depth of water on which was about fifteen feet and a half at mid tide, decreasing abruptly at the termi nation of the 40 fathoms to about 12 feet. The pilot had received in siructions to avail himself of this channel in bringing vessels into port. CHARTS OF THE LEVANT, &c. The agent of Lloyd's at Smyrna, mentions that few masters-of vessels going that way appear to be aware that the Charts of the late survey, made by Capt. Greaves, in the Grecian Archipelago, &c., have been published. LOSS Ok' TWO VESSELS Isle Jeremie, King's Posts, Hudson's Bay, Dec. 19, 1845. Sir,—Letters received from Captain Edwin Penheath, of the ship Jane Morrison, of Quebec, and from Captain Donald Campbell, of the ship Sir lilehara Jackson, from Montreal, bearing date, Mascicongan Shoals, ith December, inform me of the loss of both these ships on the night of the Ist to 2d instant, and that they had at the time the ships struck cut away the main and mizen-masts of both ships seve rally to ease them. The boats of the former having been all stove in or washed overboard, the crew were saved on a raft constructed by them of deals, of Which consists the cargo, and the crew of the latter ship, after having been a day and night fast in the ice in their boats at last get on shore, where both crews were witheut provisions, and in the former case with hardly any clothing. "An Indian whom they met relieved their temporary dlstresses out of a scanty quantity of provisions, which afforded only about half a meal a day to these crews, numbering with master and one *pas senger (Mr. Midleton, from Liverpool), about forty souls. This Indian bruught, after a few week's delay (on account of two large rivers intervening between this and the wreck, which were not strong enough frozen to cross) the above intelligent, conveyed through the Wtters IYom the masters, and lost no time in repairing to their assist ance, and am happy to thank the Almighty that thirty are now safe here ; five are In charge of Indians, with slightly frozen leet ; two elderly men have died ; and four, at their own choice, were left on the wreck of the Sir B. Jackson, which does not appear to be break ing up ; but which, I fear, will be carried off by the ice, as is invariably the case with vessels cast away on these shoals. This vessel is laden with provisions and grain. The Jane Morrison I did not see ; but understand that she is much damaged about her bows. " Wm. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's." MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NAT DICANZETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 55 to 41 105 ; Clover ditto, 41 5s to 51 10s ; Oat Straw, 11 lOs to 11 12s ; Wheat Straw, 11 13s to 11 lbs per load. Both Hay and Straw, the supply of which was good, moved off slowly, at about last week's quotations. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Slay, 31 8s to 4/ 120 ; Clover ditto, 41 5s to 51 Ss; Oat Straw, 11 lls to 11 135; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 11 165 per load. A moderate supply, aied a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Slay, 315 s to 4/ lOs ; Clover ditto, 41 55 to .",/ 15s ; Oat Straw, 11 lOs to 11 12s , Wheat Straw, 11 125 to 11 lbs per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. Yesterday morning the remains of Jeremiah Spence Stark, and Helen Stark, his young wife, whom he murdered, after wards destroying himself, were buried in one grave in the Tower Hamlets Cemetery, near now. The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges the receipt of a 501.-note (No. 51,567, 21st May, 1844), front " Con science." This money will be placed to the public account.—Down ing•street, Feb.l6. DEPARTURE OF FOREIGN MAILS.--POZT-OFFICE.— By a notice affixed yesterday at the General Post-office, the master Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz,Gibraltar, the Mediterranean,Egypt, India, China, the West Indies, America, Sydney, and New South Wales, will be dispatched as follows : —This day, Tuesday, the 17111 inst., the West Indies, New Grenada, Vigo, and Madeira, will be dispatched by the Tweed. The Peninsular will also on the same (this) day be conveyed by the "'echo. The Mediterranean. Egypt, India, China, with the Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, lonian Isles, Sec., cia Southamp ton, by the Oriental. The next mail fOr India, via Marseilles, will be dispatched on Tuesaay, the 24th inst. On Saturday, the 28111 inst., the Sydney, New South Wales, fic., by the Agincourt. On Tuesday, the 3rd of March, America, by the Hibernia. THE LATE ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE AT BlLENTFORD.—yesterday, Thomas Lowe, aged 73, was committed for trial for stabbing his son, a shoemaker, at Brentford, on the 13th of Jan. last. It will be recollected that after committing the crime with which he stands charged, the prisoner attempted to cut his own throat, and was not, until yesterday, sufficiently recovered to un dergo an examination. SUDDEN ATTACK OF ILLNESS.—T. H. Phipps, Esq., the Chairman of the Quarter Sessions held at Warminster, Wilts, was attacked with a fit of paralysis on Monday, and remains in a very alarming state. Mr. Phipps was at the same time sitting at the Petty Sessions at Westbury. MELANCHOL if SUDDEN DEATH.—Wo regret to an nounce the sudden death of Mr Edward Jorey, clerk in her Ma jesty's dockyard at this port. Deceased was in the act of preparing to go to the evening service of St. John's Chapel on Sunday last, when he complained that he felt a pain in his chest, and almost instantly expired, He Was universally respected. Derartart Telegraph, QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAV.) (Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN and a Special Jury.) BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. SMITH r. LORD ERRER& a s The Court sat this morning at half- F past -nine o'clock, ande Da 6 the previous day, the Court became crowded to' e xcess.. ladies, relations of the noble defendant, were accommoda ted wtth seats on the bench. of liter Prudence Scott was the first witness called—l am the demi e. the PoStmaster of Shirlyweck. I did not assist in the pest•° 1 1000 knew that Lord Ferrers had a post-bag there. I kept the keY• enters" 1 tt e bag comes it is locked, ar d I open it, and take the letters.c have done this for the last two or three years. I have senor' on the corner of his Lordship's letters, and knew the handwriu• 5 Moclated Within the last 18 months I have observed a change in the writii i ig e , r, it appeared to be rather larger. I know a person named Lead Vc`. lie is Lord Ferrers' house-steward. About half a year ago, ; so f I.ord Ferrers' riage, Leadbeater called at the eilice. n e ‘.. e . evil Lord Ferrers write but the writing now shown me is a gr * .c‘" gls like the signatures I have seen. The letter No. 9 is like. but not so much like. No: 7is much like it. No. 6is like it, but smaller. No. sis rather smaller than he is in the habit ot.:kos now. The 'same answer applies to letters No. 4, 2, ath ,..n"ls The letter marked A" is rather like ; that marked letter ' great deal like it. c faticer and Cross-examined by the AvvoRNEE-GENERAL- 31 Y mother are not here. The reason I began to notice the wri • to because Loyd Ferrers used, to write to icy father, requesting b ell register letters. I have seen perhaps half a dozen of hose, the inside and the outside of them ; this was during a f 4 t▪ he spread over two or three years. I did not look at the letters „to purpose of ithiiitifying the writing, I merely picked tlic in " look at them. sent Re-examined—When Lord Ferrers lived at ChartleY ileterS letters constantly to the post-office. I have seen a good n utyl ' ' duTheg rin that time ; he has sent fewer since his marriage' „ „ ATTORNEY-GENERAL then asked if the Solicitor-uci.— ;,11 1,1 prepared to accede to the proposition he made yestenlaY ? np oa to of Mr. CHAMBERS said he did not think he should be Ca re 16d t h _, do this until he had heard the case for the defence. It niV`,o- the offer to Inspect all the letters was made to defendant's „des several month, ago, but they denied that any such offer watft, the His LORDSHIP could not see what objection there could "" inspection of the letters, • vou r ' ' The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he would not now aceePt diet" as it had been refused.tie° T he • Frederick Hilyard, clerk in the General Post 7 offiec ----1 ", - ini, In the Post-office with regard ;o refused letters is to °Pea 11)duelc' it possible, return them to the writers. They are not reelsicre to OW they contain value. If they happen to be letters addreas e ' h n i re men, they are selected and sent out ; and if all efforts ' r fail, they must be opened. I have examined the registerot i•o and 1844, and find no register of such letters to Lord Ferr, e „ j e tter a letter is opened and the writer cannot be found; then il"' lestroyed. 017 i James Hatton, postmaster and parish clerk at.ApPie - A tldas say that more letters passed through my office for 3 11 % 1843 and 1844 than usual. They were generally letters al'ore affairs between Atkins and his wife. Not so many as t ic° IS the Nee a week, or four or five a month. The post-mark on , ift es 11 Hammersmith," and on ethers " Ashby de la &itch." ! - " w its middle of 1844 I have received :one letter from l'AtklaS_%.,.i, postmark of " Ashby." I did not notice them having any suspicion. too R' 31rs. Perry was called, but the answer was that she • e le t and could not attend: e le , A clerk in the Will-office produced a copy of the will °' Lord Ferrero, by which it appeared that the estates, c` c '' seeuded to the defendant. g Mr. eIIAbiDERS called upon the defendant's counsel to Primes letter of the 24th of June, 1844, from Mr. Smith to Lord The Register read a copy of the letter, which was eac h ; coal ce , particular, the pleasure the writer felt in the expected alliance, and ',71 0 el o , o l tion that the defendant's happiness would be secured bY . .," t ieit l e o though the writer had no hope of seeing the plaintiff 1111"„oi peer of the realm. The Register then read the letters , , v`"" ten in number. • on e Mrs. Elizabeth Perry was then called.—l recollect beillt with Miss Smith's father, in the month of April, 184 4, a l e ed l i e TbeY Mrs. and Miss Smith were there one or two days. - pi mturned sooner than I expected. While I was there gave me a letter to put in the post. It was direc ted to 0 0 0,1 Hon. Earl Ferrers, Chartley Castle, Staffordshire. I cli le idterl4 ," i contents of the letter. Ladies do not generally show tile p e p write to gentlemen.— (Laughter.) I put that lett er in flieft Lichfield. I was in constant commucication with 111i 0 ,, wife her contemplated marriage with Lord Ferrero. lam la', b ite• clergyman of the Church of England, and reside in Oxforas Her tit e the case for the plaintiff closed. die -The ATTORNEY-GENgltAL.then proceeded to state tne'ca defexdant, when our report left. COURT OF RtVIEW___(TIIIS ••- (Before Vice-Chancellor W MUM.) oto FRANK V. WALLER. ' 11 1 / A case of some interest to Benefit Societies came b efore abe tio i on a bill, filed by the plaintiff and six others, members 14,101 society; called the " Welwyn Club." These seven euuleefits ,jep 011 0 they had been illegally deprived of all share its the b e , te en c o' club by the remaining seven members, therebeing but ttl; te s 01 1 0.1 , hers in all. The Welwyn Club was formed in 1824 wi t , i p oci bers, some of whom are plaintiffs, and continued tcrotil when there were fourteen members, and the fult u ' t to 2701. Coif , ols, and 401. in hand. In January o f tin ' quarterly meeting of the club, when all the menthe" "„re it o' o , o o , except one of the plaintiffs and one of the defenda nts, posed by the plaintiff, Frank, that 101. apiece should be, 0 from the funds of the club ; five of those present adiseretLe U ccA? poser, and the sixth did the same by letter, read on tut tl5 d The recusants to this proposition considered O a 4 1 :1 herents had violated the rules of the sec ietl lng rk at iti? cceded to expel them, on the ground of the follu w i ' oti g Rule 19 says that the society shall not be dissolved , s° -tog Members are willing to support it, and any member Pr,",;,,sa) l it solve shall be expelled; and Rule 27, that any troduced into these rules and be binding, if agreed to U. , 0 0,, , altera ti t. for 01 of the members, always provided that such alteratto.taipotiV: dissolve, or tend to dissolve, the society. Under o° , l o l i t 110 0 these rules the defendants acted, and contended to act. It was contended, on the part of the P.'" d OU t o they had done nothing to merit expulsion , sin the ground of a verdict by Lord Eldon , pt o r right, if they so wished, to withdraw, ,and tak e „i.e . , Von of the funds. It was remarked on in court t'ored, in the present case were absurdly stringent, and ev en co ,ftl.; it; and it was deprecated on all hands— by his Honour I t o tiP, the counsel engaged--that the case had been presse a l o Fe came a suit in Chancery. The counsel for the Ptst,, n .,,y,ef . Romilly and Mr. Waltbrd; for the defendants, M. 1 Tremenheere. • Judgment was deferred. MURDER IN DRURY - Li - A - N 4' BO W STREET.—(THIS ) f oe Thomas Wicks, who stands charged with the murder,o, James Bostock, was this morning placed at the bar I,o„.°Tpe!:o'. ford as soon as the night charges had b e en disposed 0 1 :,, Ar a P nation, of which we shall give full particulars in our had not not concluded when we went to press. C A W 'MURDER AND SUICIDE Al 1 L. - r 4 A 6 Shortly after seven o'cIo BERWE L m ck yesterday orning the •- n ° ( De gje of Southampton-place, Camberwell, was thrown int n ,,'t 1 11 7,ttil , consternation by the screams of a woman, who had oil a 0 sr r'" escape, by the back door of No. 5, Wellington-place, ,• residence, only two stories high. The first person ...i v ,; 1- 4, it . ,l", the spot was Mr. Pratt, a surgeon, who resided at .. 74 ,',,,eie fv t o upon entering, was horror-struck at the scene which c a In an upper room, upon the floor, lay the lifeless .041?,t re Horeau, a Frenchman, aged 53, with his th roat . : 01 A ear ; on the bed, his son, 'aged 13, quite dead, shockilii,44 about the throat ; and iu a lower room, another son, ng',, t eAli s ', o ol o B throat cut, a wound on the cheek, and his hand muchlacer,;pa of at first supposed to be dead, but afterwards showed sonis'cceia'.Sietp;gl life, but totally unable to articulate or give the least 1 -00 , 41 0er dreadful catastrophe ; and in a short time afterwards ' s n ick " 1 1 ;j1 aged eight months, was found dead in a water-butt e l io tile garden, but having no wounds whatever about its P 5 0 1 pears that the unfortunate man had resided at ;t in gtl"idt twelvemonth, supporting his family as a teacher 0 w on: 0 0 , 0 i had been in the habit of rising about seven in t he f ets , -*so' usually took down stairs with him one of the twin attfits," in the same bed as he and the n;other. Yesterd 3 e .' h od r' o os -La 1, dressing himself, he did the same thing, taking .V ri . C te t pc and leaving the other in bed with the mother. t to t i c P,l o e, the mother, being alarmed, by a loud shrieking , roV,,, and on opening the door was met by the younger,..icotreot diately ran down . stairs bleeding, at the bottom of t osV‘ apparently lifeless ; and on entering the room 1 0 - . 0 .0 ti or i dly her unfortunate husband in the act of catting It Corp4e, 010,0/ before she could interpose he had fallen down aut O s / farther, she discovered her eldest son dead in the to t J perceive any traces of her infant child, who ws, s, the If , if Or A afterwards discovered to have been drowned tn ta (perrife There is no doubt whatever but that the U nfOrtUnat, e ,,,yingfieP i , to the garden instantly on leaving his bedroom, Oa re ec , 0 00 4 the child, then ascended to the children's room, w ile t ee l i ofre, perpetrated the other murders, committing suicide alarm was raised. As no vital organ has been sc; c d,ill t i,e 6 entertained that the youngest boy's life will be r ive t eel , r ( course, there is great danger that he will not to _ a y There seems to be little doubt but that 0 0 % co w es'' fr, vations. temporary insanity was the imrnedi n ' s - ja co o ,o-,,14 shocking affair, as his pecuniary e mbarrns„ t - elP,0!",q 1 1 :4 some weeks past induced great depression , ' J0 00 1 ;01'4 At , widow states that she believes it was her husband.s piLas f ,,cro murdered her, and all the children, before he destra e til e pc he doubtless would have done, had it not been for t t -"fie sou Phila. ete. Such precautions had he taken, ti ns stre„,,t-,,,e tot' s terf i rd , , was found so twisted that she could not open . sne Os $l, O escape, had he made an attack uon her hie. o tl been married nearly twenty years; that the dee° ~1 0 11P,t o li"- , D . 1 0 a schoolmaster at Leicester, but bad of late been: , t d subsistence for his family by teaching the F renet .. guags. In the back ;Gem, first floor, were a crio . mattr e ess, and scarcely apy clothes to cover 01°4010.0,10Potfcc were neither chairs, tables, or any other ar ticle of 0.100 utu adjoining room was an old mattress, on which tn r . ,,' he ee IP" fortunate wi;e, with her twin children, slept. 'vac' stead, only three old chairs and table. The is rooms were perfectly . 1 40 0), RAILWAY SHARE MAA o irey 4 • ti c* MANCHESTER, I.s oa e L e. y . STOCK EXCHANOr.—The sales are-Birkenheitteo orond Cheshire, 4 p.—Blackburn and Preston, 6 p. -4 10,31 16 0 —Goole, Doncaster, and Sheffield, 1% p.—li n i jSo r 00,10 , 4 *hotter Railway and Canal, 7% p.—Lancashire n. ,--0 ,0 ,4 ',;/ p.—Leeds. Dewsbury, and Manchester, 65 0 „fte„ f $.,0 4 Bury, New Shares, 3% p.—Liverpool, Ort!..24,ponl,sPil 3% p.—Liverpool, Preston, Manchester, and St i d o,de don and York, I% p.—Manchester, Buxtonti7-p,--__YottoW Manchester and Birmingham Quarters (A). B ,oa (C), 6 3 4 p . Manchester and ' Leeds, Fiftlis, . 1 ; sion, 3% p. c.—Manchester and Soutimmpton,4coterTa ett, % dis.—North Staffordshire, 3% p.—Nor i L i ,, l ol 11 ,4 9 ° field and Lincolnshire Junction, 2% p.- o .„ . '` as tern No. 2,6% p.—Ditto, No. 3,3% p.— South -r-ta s 3 P . solidated Halves, I % p.—West Riding Unio n, d olviievsi!; LEEDS, Ems. 16. l ee s is leff ° o f6 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—klanche , s vilie New Quarters (C), 6% p.— Great Grimsby ante& !',1000,1,y,, 14 p.—Huddersfield and Manchester, 6% P., a wl 16% —Ditto, New Branches, and Carl sytt Ditto, New, ss. dis.—Lancaster and Carlisle, ~-rsaterC... i i ' British, New Carlisle Branch, 21. 19s.—Dirc e .t ot eshq,;e1t , ,'it Riding Union, SI. Is.—Lancashire and North 2 . 0, )13., ee cester and Bedford, par—Manchester, Rtes West "9.4 land, 343. p.—North btaffordshire, 4 p.—Norte it,400.4, HULL, Fes. 16. ' DeruY , Dew ld ttsn CP STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are— e a 010 Grimsby, Mt.—East Coast, 30s.—Grim sbY 17s. 6d.—Hull and Barnsley Junction, 36. 0 ; s .. 0 0,0 1 3 '" ,4 f' ? fleet, 34s.—Newcastle and Berwick , 2 2;s — ' oe l- 0 11 Branch, 3 —West Riding Union, 5. 16- IP e SHEFFIELD, „ it)) , ant 3 ,-", STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales arc— O. d, _JO .0 sion, 2/. 16s.—Leeds, Wakefield, and /didlan_.,o, / Wainfieet, 11. 1 Is.— Manchester and Lincoln le, 0). —Sheffield, Rotherhani, Wakefield. and afire Coal Railway, ,,, 16. HUDDERSFIELD, ic 4 . r e f i r m... 4,010 1 , "o j p STOCK EXCHANGE .— The sales a a t V' •,' r -- r tp - South Eastern and Dover, N e w (issued , "04 01 dersfleld and Manchester Railway and Ccaoll'ernMe' and Sheffield Junction, 21% —.Armagh, site —North Western, 2%—Goole, Doncaster, 1 6 ' 1 161 054 sow and Dumfries, 465. l s j . i sil e ' d NEWCASTLE-UPON-TY Lice poe ; (01, STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are ster, 001 00 , p p Newc . —Nast le orth Jun ßritish, lialvection, s (11awic M anche k . ), 4 it Aa itll,,, lisle), 1%. - a n d it " S ' U' '.- - 4 14 a 0 4 ,1 -or-- P STOCK EICHANCE. — The sales re—,-1 tester and Bedford, Il.' 29.—London , ~.„sorA 10'1! 049 ' ‘.4, Driffield Junction, ii,4•:Manchester, - _, s 31.19a.—Newcastle and Darlington Exteu.'lliortri • 251,4—Ditto, Carlisle Extension, 3—Torx A. r i ,t if ,r. aim, Now (Fart and West Riding), 1 03 / 4 • f o ice , I , , i _____---i-,h 0 ,oe A j i --__----- _r soar Ot.„, Margaret Joicey (the sister 0, ai l the w ilflu d , J P P IO ' , imprisoned in Morpeth gaol, charged v!._..tuuberlaeS for ri ,,,ff 4; father, Robert Jolecy, at Cockle l'arit,7,sQr'!!oo.oitt ~ 5e e,„7,00 f , of December last, by arsenic), has beal she was 'y or e Il w irolfefl forthcoming assizes. The charge is , tha , given Dee ul9 oi r . the fact. It appeared from the evidcnc broth to „. 0 , 0 ...0 i . " ing magistrate, that she assisted her brn°ll4escriPl',.roct ii,;,t, kands of justice, by giving, his pursliers,7tibe cotadrci.reete till and directing them to a different Par' -. t he W B ' 04' ii # :, he was found ; it will be recollected t_ha,,x. nn Sia til d io o ,o til OS . castle, being then on his road to New I°l- , .........,- ot - ,lt- ti OFFENCES IN ST. jADIESS P Aditu7ii,g tll e r e l' o f 0 r t. 50 , 0 o v i , usual notices of offences in the Park .__ Diciest!, fo , ...,,, posted at all the principal entrances of otT,..*,,,,,ar,'necte.`,:etoilil:, park, by order of the Commissioners 1; fo 1 !P a l o l',, ; individual was committed for three month, A &OW ,10 ,gl ' I , ' Herself;darboolvvenPai• l‘''sliseecwonads handed to tolultellreiff."-i e°ol(l'' W1,1'161: tiVal•°:' Perin some asylum. The notices haiiiirl,,g_Aevecniin,ioi; i ' ~ ~ arks has been the Means of annaostie I, w ig ►p lace ,csig rer; of indecency that were nightly t• _____ --------_ --- ~,ta - 1 •,,' 10 34 D/ED . 0 1 1' 9 ' 0 i Co' • A c e ofhcr o° ' relict On the 10th inst., at the residen c boa. r e 1 1 ' Skitme R.N., at an advan.celi ag , I .' ' __-•<.;1$) -----, 0 gregor S kinner, Esq. , of 13ella!l___.---------,0410,6 •vpo fu a la ' 0 London: Printed and Published by , _.,-. ,;,„ tra m, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, Sjui,3'di;l, Twe of the Savoy, RI tho Ceunty of 11, 1846, itous , s Pur-street. ~dmi tt; 4 14 1LW Atletio nt , ?p " 'td la e n S a t r 1 1 1 1t,t:1 1 , 2k Ir' ‘Ath, Ali to ab' ad 111 1 / 4 l ' t N ot 'd Ci 3' th Publi c I L '171'4144.77 1 1 ;! er I N. 2s. 60 0 It l t °tlce kitcG w itre ' °l7 nPany ", ) 1 try ty. the cti on , Xt, ? :N ot , of th e 411 ale Wales I 44 _eat relatit ' l ll, ? „%lie e ls he ):, 1 4 11 4ar ° 3 1 .. Tr allafe liekoext, 0 t, it,! 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