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

;;6 4 1 P -7 . N 0 ) 1 _ , r_ PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, JAN. 26. The folio . win:g Petitions for Railway Bills were presented, Uti oideted'Wlie on the table . • libbutt6n),Newton, and South Devon Railway. aegit y Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway. ~Pf..4itdon- a tid Brighton Railway (Dorking Branch). .fiondon and Brighton Railway (East Grinstead Branch). North Kent Railway (City Extension). Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool Railway. Waverey Valley and Great Yarmouth Railway. Taw Vale Railway Extension. Blackburn and Preston Railway. Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway. Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric Railway. North British Railway. Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Newport Railway and St. Andrew's Branch). Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Kinross, Woodmill, and Newburgh Branches). Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Lochgelly and Leslie Rxtenaions). Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Dunfermline Branch). Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Strathearn Deviation). Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Branches from the Dundee and Arbroath Railway and Tay Ferry Improvement). Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Pettycur and Perth Harbour Branches and Deviations). Col Anson's Joe Lovell, 5 yrs, 7st 81b sir R Bulkeley's Chertsey, 4 yrs, Ist 7lb Col. Peel's I-am-not-aware, aged, 7st 71b Mr. Payne's Johnny, aged, 7st 11b Mr. John liirg's-Yuung Lochinvar, 6 vrs, ist 7lb Mr. Irwin's Ould It eland, 4 yrs, 7st 51 . b Mr. Brooke's b h, Captain Flathooker, aged, 7st 31b Lord Albemarle's b..aumont, 5 yrs, Ist 31b Lord Exeter's Wee Pet. 6 yr., 7st 21b Mr. Worthington's Doctor Husband, 5 yrs, Ist 21b Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger, 4 yrs, 7st 21b Mr. J. Tilbury ns Judex, 6 yrs, ist llb Lord Chesterfield's Jenny Wren, 4 yrs, 7st Mr. Wigram's Kesheng, 4 yrs, 7st Mr. Woffinden's Miss Burns, 6 yrs, Est 131 b Mr. Drinkald's Elemi, 5 yrs, 6st 131 b. Lord Glasgow's b h by Velocipede out of Amulet, 5 yrs, _ _ •• 1 0 ' 1, 6st 13113 Mr. Shelly's Hawkesbury, 4 yrs, Est 91b Mr. H. Pitt ns Merryman, 4 yrs, 6st 91b Colonel Anson's Rowland Hill, 4 yrs, Est 71b Mr. Freeman's Sir Diggory Diddle, 5 yrs, Est 71b Mr. Copeland's Arthur, 4 yrs, Est 61b Lord Milltown's Colleen Bawn, 4 yrs, Est 51b Mr. W. Carter ns f by Defence, out of Nike, 4 yrs, Est 51b Mr. Cooke's ns Chemise, 4 yrs, Est 51b Lord Eglinton's Bretwalda, 4 yrs, Est 41b Mr. Lowther's Lyons, 4 yrs, Est 31b Mr. Bainbridge's The Wreck, 4 yrs, Est 31b Mr. Coape's Energy, 4 yrs, Est 21b Mr. Goodwin's Dexterous, 3 yrs, Est llb Mr. Jaques's Anti-Repealer, 4 yrs, Est llb Mr. J. Herbert's Devil's Dust, 4 yrs, sst 131 b Mr. Delme's gr f Rosa (h b), 4 yrs, sst 1 llb General Grosvenor's Scarlet Runner, 4 yrs, sst 10Ib Lord G. Bentinck's Blackbird, 3 yrs, sst 51b Lord G. Bentinck's Marquis of Conyngham, 3 yrs, sst 51b Mr. Death's Thrapston, 3 yrs, sst Mb Mr. John Scott's Curiosity, 3 yrs, sst llb Lord Albemarle's The Little Vulgar Boy, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b Mr. Etwall's f by Discord, out of Soldier's Joy, 3 yrs , 4 s t 11Ib Lord Glasgow's f by Retriever, out of E m ili a , 3 yrs , 4st 101 b Lord March's Muscatel, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b. Hon. S. Herbert's c by Venison, out of Pet, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b Mr. Jaques's Spur, 3 yrs, 4st 91b. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. MONDAY, JAN. 26. North British Railway (No. I)—Committee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 6. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway—Committee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 6. Ashburton, Newton, and South Devon Railway—Commit tee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Edinburgh Land Leith Atmospheric Railway—Committee en Petition, Friday, Feb. 6. Ayrshire, Bridge of Weir and Port Glasgow Junction Railway—Committee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 4. Stirling and Dunfermline Railway —Committee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 4. Ayrshire and Galloway Railway—Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rosstrevor Railway—Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Belfast :and County Down Railway—Committee on Peti tion, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Ballymena and Ballymoney Railway—Committee on Peti tion, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Lish Great Western Railway—Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Waveney Valley and Great Yarmouth Railway—Commit tee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Taw Vale Railway Extension—Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. London and Brighton Railway (East Grinstead Branch) — Committee on Petition, Tuesday, 14 eb. 3. North Kent City Extension Railway—Committee on Peti tion, Tuesday, Feb. 3. London and Brighton Railway (Dorking Branch)—Com mittee en Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. erpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway—Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Blackburn. Chorley, and Liverpool Railway—Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Blackburn and Preston Railway—Committee on Petition, TuesdAy, Feb. 3. THE TERRIBLE WAR STEAMER. The Terrible war steamer is in commission and now fitting for sea at Woolwich; she has 20 guns mounted, also a brass field piece and carriage, and a waggon for powder to accom pany it. On her upper deck, each side the bow, are two long 56-pounders, Monk's 11 feet guns, to firs fore and aft in a line with the keel; these are mounted on a slide, and will cross fire with each other, and also sweep round to thesides; two mere of the same guns, right aft in *e stern, will also cross and sweep to the broadside on their pivot, so as to tire forward, acting as chase guns if required. She has two 68- pounders on each broadside, to carry shells or solid shot, which can be trained fore or abaft, according to circum stances. On the deck below, which is also flush fore and aft, are eight guns, viz., two long 56-pounders, Monk's guns, 11 feet long, in the bow ports, to firs in a line with the keel, and also several degrees of training on the broad sides, and two of the same guns in the stern, right aft, which can give such depression as to prevent even a small boat from coming under her stern ; with four guns, 68-pounders, on her broadsides, for shells or solid shot. There are four smaller guns on the upper deck, to be traversed to any place or carried on shore in her paddle box boats, if required for use in landing troops, &c. She has four separate boilers, in dependent of each other, which may be connected when required; four funnels, one to each boiler; the two after ones strike down, so as to allow a square mainsail to be set when sailing, and still using the two foremost boilers, thus working half her power , at the same timesaving a considerable consumption of coals. This is an excellent contrivance, as there are fou r small funnels, instead of one large one, which is a great advantage, as the ship will not be wholly disabled by losing one, two, or even three funnels, like the one funnel ship would be on hers being carried away ; her one funnel lost, she has lost all. The Terrible has two magazines, and two shell-rooms, one of each before the engine-room, and one abaft for the safety of the vessel, to prevent any powder passing the engine -room when firing the guns. She can store 400 tons of coals below the lower deck, and is prepared on the midship part of the deck to take 200 or 300 tans more, packed in bags, as a defence from shot to the engines and boilers, filling up a space of eighteen feet. In addition to her thick, substantial, solid sides, she bas good capacity, and if required for any particular service can carry more coal in sacks. With regard to the conveyance of troops, she can berth 1,000 men under cover on her second gun-deck, inde pendent of her ship's company, their berth being below for ward, and the officers' cabins, gun-room, kc., abaft ;so that each gun-deck is entirely clear and always ready for action, without removing a bulkhead, and the deck being perfectly free from the captain's cabin abaft, to the bow of the vessel. She is constructed in the strongest and most sabstantial manner, on Mr. Lang's improved method of uniting the frame timbers, making her perfectly water-tight, so that she would swim even if her external keel and plank were off her bottom. This method is also adopted in the Royal Albert, 120 guns, now in her frame, and may be seen on the slip in 'Woolwich dockyard. The engine -room of the Terrible is most splendid ; on deck, the whole length of the engine-room, are gratings open and well. ventilated by hatchways, giving light and air to the engi neers, stokers, &c. It is an admirable plan, such as no steamer as yet had the advantage of; and each boiler has a separate hatchway, and may be readily taken out for repair, without interfering with the other boilers. This method of Mr. Lang's invention prevents the necessity of ripping up the deck, which is the case with other steamers, when the boilers are required to be taken out from those vessels, and there, too, the deck, covering the boilers, the engineers and stokers have the light admitted by the hatchway over the engines only. The Terrible's engines are most majestic ; they are 800-horse power, the production of Mandalay. Sons, and Field, and show to advantage in this large war steamer. Her decks have hatchways in various parts, scuttles, sky lights, &c., for ventilating the ship even to the lower parts of her hull ; and there are many other conveniences too nu merous to mention, contributing to the efficiency of the ship and the comforts of the officers and crew, so that she may be said to be the largest and most perfect war steamer ever built. The Terrible is commanded by Captain Ramsay, late of the Dee steam -vessel, and she is to have a complement of 240 officers, men, and boys.—Nautical Standard. The following Members were appointed a Select Committee to consider the mode in which the House shall deal with he Railway Bills proposed to be submitted to the House during the present session" :—Lord Granville Somerset, Sir George Grey, Mr. Strutt, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Estcourt, Mr. Greene, Mr. Fwart, Mr. Colquhoun, Mr. Hodgson Hinde, Mr. Pakington, Sir George Clerk, Mr. Baring, The O'Conor Don, Lord lisrry Vane, and Mr. Shaw :—Power to send for per hens, papers, and records; Five to be the quorum. COURT CIRCULAR. Their Royal Highnes3es the Duchess of Gloucester and the Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princess Mary, viiitel her Majesty yesterday at Buckingham Palace. The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday in the Royal Gardens, His Royal Highness Prince Albert after wards rode out on horseback, attended by Colonel Bonverie, Eouerry in Waiting. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice were taken their accustomed airings yesterday, in the Royal Gardens of Buckingham Palace. Tier Majesty and Prince Albert honoured Drury-lane theatre with their presence yesterday evening. The Royal suite consisted of the Viscountess Jocelyn, Hon. Miss Kerr, the Marquis of Ormonde, Colonel Buckley, and Colonel Bou- veric. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, Prince George, and the Princess Mary, arrived in town yesterday morning from Kew. The Duchess, accom panied by the Princess Mary, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess cf Gloucester, at Gloucester House. A Cabinet Council was held at one o'clock yesterday after noon-, at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wei:ington, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of Haddington, the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Ellenborough the Earl of Ripon, Lord Granville Somerset, the Earl of Lincoln, the Earl of Dalhousie, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and the Earl of St. Germans. The Council sat three hours. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Hee liLljesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured Drury-lane Theatre with their presence last even ing. The per formances consisted of Vincent Wallace's beautiful opera of Maritana, in which was introduced a grand pus de deux betwee n Mademoiselle Flora Fabbri and Monsieur Bretin, of the performance of Professor Risley- and his sons, and of the Pantomime. The royal party seemed particularly delighted with the performances of the Risleys, and Prince Albert applauded them to the echo, and, truth to say, they were worthy of it. Throughout America and Europe have these talented artistes borne away the palm, and the Prince Consort (an ex cellent judge of art) has, by his approval, confirmed the judgment of the artistical world as to the transcendent merits of these incomparable artistes. COLLISION ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSAL'S—YESTERDAY. Notwithstanding the extraordinary number of accept ances for the Newmarket Handicap, it was wholly neglected for the Chester Cup, on which a large amount of business was transacted at prices differing—very materially in some cases—from those last reported. The " pots " were, Best Bower, Whinstone, Miss Burns, Sweetmeat, and Cataract •, and as the avarages, at which we have quoted them, yelled to a considerable extent from those that ruled the betting in the early part of the day, we will mention the leading tr ,ns actions :-350 to 10, 1,000 to 30, 500 to 15, and finally 2,000 100 100 against Beat Bower, the last bet being coupled with anothor of 2,500 to 100 against Whinstone, who was backed singly, and with some eagerness, at 1,000 to 35, 355 :0 10, 30 to 1, and at the finish, but in connexion With a similAr bet agst Best Bower ; 1,000 to 40 was laid agst Miss Burns; 2,000 to 30 once, 1,000 to 20 several times, and at the finish 1,000 to 25 . agst Sweetmeat; and 1,000 to 20, two or three times, and in one instance 1,000 to 25 agst Ca taract • 30 to 1 was laid in two or th ree p laces a g st Mick y .Free; ' l,OOO to 25 agst Hope; 2,000 to 50 agst Mermaid; and other bets of smaller amount at the odds returned un derneath. The Derby and Oaks transactions were of too little interest to midi for observation. The following are the closing prices : STANSTEAD, NEAR BISHOP'S STORTFORD, MONDAY EVEN lNG.—Yesterday a series of mishaps occurred on this line, near to the above place, the particulars of which are as fol lows :—lt appears that shortly after one o'clock on the morn ing of Sunday last, as one of the trains for London was stopping at the Stanstead station, for the purpose of having the wheels cooled—they having fired on their journey from Cambridge—another train came up, heavily laden, about two hours afterwards. Through some mistake this train ran upon the wrong line, and the consequence was that a mis take afterwards occurred with reference to the signal*, which proved serious, but which was, happily, not attended with loss of life, although some injury was sustained by the stoker to one of the trains. In consequence of the stoppage on the line, and the porter at the station having shown a wrong light, from the fact of the position of the laden carriages being mistaken by him, the engine-driver appre hended no danger, and the consequence was that his train (the quarter-past seven one) was propelled without check, and the engine ran into the luggage and beast-train, en tirely smashing a truck containing a large load of flour, breaking in another, in which there were several horned cattle intended for the London market, and materially in juring the engines belonging to both. The guard, it is stated, escaped almost miraculously, be having jumped from his seat on the ground while the train was in motion, and the stoker was thrown off the tender with considerable force. Fortunately no one suffered any breakage of limb, the in jured parties being able to walk soon after the effect of the upset was over. The damage to the property of the com pany was considerable, and the rails were considerably bent by the shock, and several of the sleepers shivered into splin ters. One of the carriages—that containing the sacks of flour—which was covered with a roof of zinc, was torn almost to pieces, the bed and wheels only remaining entire. Two of the buffers, one before and the other behind, are completely carried away ; the off-side is broken in, and the roof torn quite off. The engines, mutilated as they were were with some difficulty got to Bishop's Stortford, in the course of Sunday, and it was not until quite afternoon that the line was cleared. The damaged carriages remain where the accident occurred, nor will they be removed until after the examination, officially made, by the directors. This ( Monday) afternoon workmen are employed consolidating the road, and making the whole of the works firm as they were before the accident. Seaborne, the porter, and King, the station-master, have been called up to give an account of the occurrence.; but up to the time of our reporter reach ing London, the merits of the case were not decided. It is perfectly clear, from the peculiar bend in the line at this sta tion, that the utmost care should be taken in signalling the trains, as any neglect might proye fearfully fatal, tbirb Vibttion SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL, JAR. 24, 1846. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, grant ing the office and place of Advocate-General or Judge-Mar tial of her Majesty's Forces to the Hon. James Stuart Wortley. WHITEHALL, JAN.SI6. The Qza,i,Toi ;a been pleased to constitute and appoint the Right Hon. Thomas Berry Cusack Smith her Majesty's At torney-General in Ireland, to be Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Rechrds of the Court of Chancery in that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire. W. F. Hutton, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant, Jan. 19. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. J. S. North, Esq. ; W. P. W. Freeman, Req. ; H. P. Powys, Esq.; B. J. Whippy, Esq., to be Deputy Lieuten ants, Jan. 20. f -;- IT . Ox ores ire Regiment of Militia—F. L. Dashwood, Esq., to be Captain; A. M. Matthews, Esq., to be ditto, Jan. 23. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Perthshire. J. Ker, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Jan. 24. Royal Perthshire Militia—The Hon. J. Rolls to be Cap tain, vice Sir J. S. Richardson, Bart., resigned ; Ensign S. Robertson to be Lieutenant, vice A. Campbell, deceased; T. Nicoll, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice G. Balvaird, deceased, Jan. 23. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire. Royal North Lincoln Militia.—G. Gilley, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Jan. 16 ; S. P. Walsh, Gent., to be Ensigh, Jan. 23. Royal South Lincoin Militia.—S. Brailsford, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Jan. 16. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Hilary Term, 9th Victoria. January 26. 1846 This Court will, on Friday, the 6th day of February next, hold Sittings, and will proceed in disposing of the business then pending in the Special Paper and the New Trial Paper, on the said 6th day of February next, and also on Saturday, on Saturday, the 7th day of February near, and on Monday, the 9th day of February next, and the five following days, and on Monday, the 16th day of February next, and the five following days. Read in open Court, Edwd. Bennett. By the Court. BANKRUPTS. Robert Godfrey Fox, wine merchant, Canterbury. John Bunn, builder, Norwich. Laurence ennedy, pawnbroker, Rochester terrace, Stoke Newington. Thomas Oakley, farmer, St. Albans. Joseph Metford, jun., ironmonger, Southampton. Edgar Barnes, wine-merchant, Aldborough, Suffolk. Edward Clayton, licensed victualler, Edgeware-road. James Coulson, provision dealer, Bridgewater. John Massey, gas-fitter, Etruria, Staffordshire. James Melhuish, innkeeper, Exeter, Samuel Cullen, chemist, Nottingham. James Hill, share broker, Leeds. William Walter Sanderson, baker, Great Russell-street, Covent-garden. Thomas Tubbs, cowkeeper, Palace. row, New-road. Charles Gibson, cheesemonger, South .street, Grosvenor square. John Carlile, commission agent, Little Love-lane, Wood street. Michael and Henry Emanuel, goldsmiths, Hanover-square COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam ......c.r 12 9% Ditto, at sight . l2 sy, Rotterdam ...... 2U• 12 10 Antwerp ......... . Hamburgh ......M.B l3 15 Alton... Paris, 3 days' sight 26 75 Mao, 3 months .. Marseilles Bourdeaux. ..... 26 10 Frankfort on Maine 122% Petersburgh, 3 Us — Berlin •• •• Vienna, effee. flo • . . • 10 8 Trieste, ditto.... • Madrid 36 ►NGE.-(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar Leghorn Genoa ...... .... 26 10 Venice . Naples .. .•.... • . 40 Palermo, per oz . . Lisbon Oporto • . 52% Rio Janeiro 2434 Bahia Buenos Ayres .. New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia ........ PRIM, OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin • . 3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars ........ 0 4 9% Silver in bars ........ 0 4 11 IA Cadiz ........ 36 Bilbao.. Barcelona •.... ..... 5evi11e........ .... MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Jan. 27.) StroAß.—To-day an increased dullness prevailed in the market for all description of home trade Sugar, and prices must be regarded as nominal. In West India there was scarcely any business transacted. Mauritius was not asked for, and the only public sale was that of a small one of Bengal. Rurnism.—To-day the home-trade purchased Refined tioods with caution, and rather lower rates were taken, brown grocery lumps selling at 62s 6d to 635, and standard lumps 63s 5d to 64s per cwt. The market for Bonded Crushed Sugar is firm at 34s for first quality. MARITIUS.—There are sellers, by private treaty, of all de scriptions, upon rather lower terms, still the business trans acted has been extremely limited, and none has been sub mitted to public competition. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon 125 bags of Bengal Sugar in bond, at public sale, went at rather lower rates. FoREIG:e.—In consequence of what has transpired in the House of Commons with respect to commercial measures, a stronger desire has been manifested to purchase all descrip tion of Foreign, but holders insisting on an advance of 6d to Is per cwt. has prevented purchases of moment. TEA.—In Congou a good business has been transacted, and a further advance has taken place, common sound bringing 10%d, and good common 11d to Is. Pouchong tas been in excellent request, and stiffer rates are given. In Twan kay several purchases have been made, and prices rule firm. In Hyson sales to a large extent have been made, and 2s to 2s 2d are the rates paid for ordinary quality. Of Imperial and Gunpowder several parcels have been sold at fully former rates. Smarrs.—To-day there was a much better demand for Rum, and several parcels of various soi is were sold at higher rates,. The clogng price of proof Leewards was 2s Id to 2s 2d plr Coy:rites—To-day there was no public sale of any kind of Coffee ; home trade sorts were purchased with caution by private treaty, but holders would not take lower rates. Ship ping kinds were much asked for, and prices are still on the advance. HOPS—The amount of business transacted in all descrip tions has been to a small extent only, but factors for the most part are unwilling to take lower rates. Rica.—To-day East India Rice met with little attention, and at a public sale of 1,369 bags of Bengal, prices declined 6d to Is per cwt. Low small broken and duty white went at 13s 6d t o 14s, ordinary yellow cargo rather dusty 128 to 12s 6d, and sea damaged 12s per cwt. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met to-day at Five o'clock. The Duke of RICHMOND laid upon their Lord ships' table a Bill to prevent tne sale of spirits at toll bars in Scotland. CHESTER CUP (ACCEPT OR NOT). 6 to 1 agst the Irish lot—taken, afterwards offered 7 to 1 apt the three yrs old—taken to 100/. 20 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Best Bower—t. 25 to 1 25 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Whinstone—take 30 to 1 SO to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free—taken 30 to 1 apt Mr. Woffenden's bliss Burns—taken 35 to I apt Mr. Irwin's __Warp --taken, a ft erwards offered 40 VI 1 agst Mr. Bennett's Hoo--takeu 40 to 1 agets Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweateat—taken 40 to 1 pt Lord Howth's Mermaid— m taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Cataract—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. E. R. Clark's The Baron—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's Eboracum—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. F. Ongley's Roderick—taken 1000 to 40 each agst Miss Burns and Best Bower—taken 2000 to 100 tag The Baror, and 2500 to 100 agst Best Bower and Whinstone in one bet. 50 even on the field against the following 2 5 : — Best Bowes. Blackbird, Intrepid, Columbus, Rowena, Fitzallen, Pedometer, Little Hampton , Jenny Wren, Wbinstone, Pilot, Mermaid, Vol-au-Vent, Hope, Mickey Free, Ould Ireland, Queen of Tyne, Arthur, Cataract, Advice, Roper's Daughter, Crim Con, Correct Card, Roderick, and Miss Burns. DEBBY. The Earl of MINTO presented petitions from various parts of Scotland in favour of a total and immediate repeal of tke corn-laws. The Earl of STRADBROKE presented 37 petitions from places in: Suffolk in favour of the present system of protection. The Duke of RICHMOND presented petitions from Ross against any alteration in the corn-laws. He would take this opportunity of stating that a person of the name of Feargus O'Connor had asserted that he had received a proposal from him (the Duke of Richmond) to induce him to desert his pre sent principles, and advocate those entertained in favour of the corn-laws. Now he begged to say that he had never directly or indirectly had any communication with that individual, that he had never attempted to buy any body, and never would, because he believed that if men would take money to abandon a cause, they were not to be trusted. 5 to 1 agst Scott's lot—taken to 1251. 11 to 2 apt Lord E. Russell's Sting-600 to 100 taken 13 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo—take 14 to 1 2f) to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's Spithead—take 28 to 1 28 ttr 1 agst Colonel Anson's Iago—t(1500 to 50 also laid) 30 to 1 Aga Mr. Ramsey's Malcolm—taken to 40/. 3.3 to 1 aipt Mr. O'Brien's The Traverser—t and aft off. 4000 to SO agst Mr. Stephenson's Sheraton—taken THE OAKS. Earl GREY presented a petition from Forress in favour of the repeal of the corn•laws. -- PRICE AND SUPPLY OF POTATOES IN THE LONDON MArteem.—The supply of potatoes to the various markets continue undiminished, and the majority are of an excellent quality, but the prices are considerably higher. During Sa turday the general price, wholesale, was as fol:ows :—York shire Reds, 8s to 9s. par cwt. ; American Kidneys, 9s. and 10& ; Champions (inferior kind), 6s. to 7s. per 112 lbs. ; a small quantity were offered at ss. 6d., taut were of a very bad con dition, in consequence of the prevalent disease. Retail, the price of potatoes are, the cheapest, 3 lb. for 2id., and the finest 2d. to 24d. per lb. The price having increased to such an extent, the consumption is reduced nearly two. thirds. ROBBERY AT ORIEL COLLEGE.—Yesterday informa tion was forwarded to the Metropolitan and City police of an extensive robbery of jewellery, plate, Sec., which took place at the above college, at Edinburgh, between the evening of the 20th and the morning of the 22d instant. PRICE OP GOLD.—On the 20th instant the price qf gold in Hamburgh was 434 k per mark, which, at the Engliih Mint price of 81. 17e, lOid. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 94; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London, at short date, being 13 11i, it results that gold is 0.80 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. On the 23d instant the premium on gold at Paris was 12 per ;nine, which, .at the English Mivint an eof exchange 3/. f 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold , 25 45, and the it exchange uresiti tahtatPgaorlid is co Paris onlvn per d cent. on, nt dearer at d s e ho e r r t date, being 25 549 in London than in Paris, PREMATURE BURIAL. —At a late sitting of the Paris Academy of Sciences, M. Le Guern pointed out the danger of enforcing the regulation for interment within the short period of time now allowed. The author says, he has ascer tained that since the year 1833 not less than 94 premature burials have been prevented by accidental causes. Thirty five of the persons supposed to be dead had awoke from their lethargy at the moment when their coffins were about to be nailed down ; 13 had been recovered by care ; 7 by the up setting of the co ffi ns in which they had been pl ac e d ; 9 b y incisions or punctures in pinning their shrouds; 19 by accie 4:14,1 delays in the ceremony of interment; 6 by delays, the til'nhum4iberboefe;: e c r r a e on at s ed purp osely by their Mods, and sbe other causes, Al• Guern a prematu rel y supposes, s, buriedwithmmu s u t c h h e r evaesroyn great.hat merely conjectural, but T year , theil lneeosrot.o,rThoifs,44otfhceooutricase,teids His estimateis 27 a cases which be gives of persons who p r m r aht T un e rk d e b t yhatchw burials,ar: he c ne e froi,2 this hoirible fate, we are incline i d wa t r o a o he takes annual average of only is very much below the truth. - - On Monday the occupiers of the remaining houses in the streets, lanes, and alleys in the Rookery of St. Gile B , s were served with notices from the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, immediately to quit their habitations, for the purpose of razing the whole of them to the ground. Excel lent Ehßoruosie:rss airNe.ituonbye c e r A e E c t s e E d E o y tl s T .e li tt e s f u t y h p e o lt r o c , :k c e accident occurred to Miss I h —On Monday evening. betwute,eeni Soho, who incautiously snuffed the Parlole.wltie her sciss?rs, e l i i ti gn te tt:t is a tan nel /e n e, oP ß :it s h e : when, the snuff falling standing her screams brought dr i e m s m s, of her recovery. riously is she injured, that but slight hopes are entertained through his His h o u yal given ilig l h Oo lle r to 't w h itr e the erectifin of a new church at Clandowu, fi9unne;' rd3rinee of Wales, THE NEW lIOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. ....__ _ 12 to 1 agst Sir C. Monck's Vanish—t 16 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Queen Anne—t 25 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Cestus filly 0 to 1 agst Mr. Littledale's Fantastic—t EPSOM SPRING MEETING. We are glad LI) find that the innkeepers of London have been em i n ently succzssful with their " Great Metropolitan Stake," to be added to a handicap to be run for at the first Meeting under the new Management. Between three and four hundred pounds had been collected yesterday, and there are strong expectations that at the close of to-morrow even ing the gross sum will not fall much short of 500/. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE AND HURDLE RACES, &c. The following horses have been named for the free Handi cap hurdle-race of 10 sous. each, 5 ft with 50 added, to come off on the 4th of March next : Mr. S. Wahnsley's The Heir-at-law, 4 yrs—Mr. Griffith's Lucy, 5 yrs—Mr. Heap's Chintz Print—Captain Crofton's Brunette, aged—Lord Chesterfield's Poor Soldier, 6 yrs, Coektighter, 5 yrs, and New Brighton, 6 yrs—M. W. H. Jobustone's Th e Era , 6 yrs—Mr. Sutiffe's Alice, 5 yrs-- Or. Dyreock'e Grace Darling, aged—Mr. Shephard'a Mud lark, aged—Mr. Irwie's Patriot, 5 yrs—Mr. Roberts' Quick yrs—Lord Howith's Swilah, s il v er, 6 5 yrs—Mr. Clifton's P e dlar, aged—Mr. C. Daly's Isabel, aged—M r , H orn b y ' s Cock Rob in, 5 y rs—Mr. Ird's Tottenham, 4 yrs —M r. Duak vorth's Clear -the-Kitchen, aged—Captain Allan's The Ex : i ae—Mr. Powell's Delamere, 6 yrs an d ri nt '" e ''` ' ' L'ttle John a g ed - M= , Cracksman, I—Me A.ustin s 1 ny, ag —Mr. Brotherton's age( • h's Erebus 5 re— A 'to 6 yrs--3lr. Lamplug . y Mr. King's qui , r and Mr. E. R. Clarke's Sir E The Artful Dodge Edward, Dodger' Firefly, aged—Captain aged—Lord .Waterf . yrs—Mr. Campbell's dMr R a l p h as Evertors, itendsr- Crtrsus, age •,.. 6 yrs— mr.Fox ' s Deuce Ace, 5 yrs-- wi's h g The Artist, . , d—Mr. W, Turner ns ands,S Nr. Cross ns Single Pecrr: ag e t d_ Mr. R. P. Cow: he's Amal -6 yrj s—Mr. Moore's Magle, ag, - rs nd I ock wood s Wandering y , g ganiatei 5 yrs--Mr. . Mr. Quin's , Violet, 5 yrs. The Steeple chase closed on Thursday. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1846. .Aeseptarcee for the Newwarket Handicap Stakes, of 25 Nock each, 10 ft, and only 5, &c., with 200 added, Clermont Coun t .. about a mile and three quarters; the second to re ceive, 1110 soya out of the etakee. 133 Subs., 73 of whom de clared. Mr. Ntieklam's Inheritress, 6 yrs, 9st 2lb Ur. Prte's Queen Mab, aged, 9st lib rranna Iced wate r f ow l' s c o ' , aged, 9st ilr. Moore's Wolf-dog, 4 8 101 b Mr Meikla ,yrs, Bst . m s Tru e b oy , 6 y rs, Bst lolb Colonel Peel's lonian, 5 Lord Exeter's Wood pi yrs, Bst 71b Jar. A. Johnstone's Rowena, 4 yrs, Bst Sib )Ir. G. Ileathaote's .I.ltbax,a'ss yrs, Bst 31b yrs, Ilr. Drinkald's Vol-au-Vent, ssat 31b Bat lib 31r. Cul'hbert's Queen of Tyne, aged. 7 st 131 b Kr. Mare's Event, 4 yrs, 7st Illb Lord Glantis' Satyr, : do vA - a , 7st 101 b Lord Chesterfield's L y Wildair, 4 t yrs, 7at 91b fir J. Hawley; Maul" 5 yrs, 73 91b The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved the re-ap pointment of the Committee with respect to the building of the new Houses of Parliament —Ordered. RAILWAYS. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE wished to ask the Noble Earl at the head of the Board of Trade a ques tion with reference to the progress of railway Bills in that House. He understood that in the House of Commons a Committee had been moved for with respect to railways. Now he thought that a bad mode of pro ceeding, and one altogether unworthy of the Govern. ment of the country, because it was in fact shifting the responsibility of the Government. The labours of the Committee of the Board of Trade last session had done little or no good, because instead of reducing the evil of the gambling system it had imcreased it. — (Hear, hear.) Now, what he wanted to know was whe ther any distinction would be made with respect to Irish railways? If the Government were desirous of providing employment in Ireland they could not do so better than by aiding and expediting the completion of such works as Parliament should think it proper to sanction. He wished to know whether the appointment of the Committee would cause any delay in the intro duction of Irish railways? The Earl of DALHOUSIE said that the appointment of that Committee would not cause any delay either to the Irish or Scotch railways. He would not enter into the question now, as it was his intention on Thursday next to bring the whole question before the House. The Noble Earl then gave notice that he should, on Thursday, next bring before their Lordships the whole question as to the manner in which that House would consider the different railway Bills that should come before it. On the mot ion of the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, re turns were ordered relative to the Dublin metropolitan police, POOR (IRELAND ) The Earl of CLANCARTY gave notice of his inten tion, on Thursday, the sth of February, to move for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the operation of the laws with rebpect to the destitute and sick poor in Ireland. Their Lordships then adjourned. Till?, SUN', LONDI)N, TtTES DAY EVENTING. J ANTI - A*llN 27. MI& House, and took his seat on the cross benches imme diately behind the Sergeant-at• Arms. HONG KONG. Dr. BOWRING gave notice that on Thursday he should move for a return of the expenditure of the co lony of Hong-Kong. ISLE OF MAN. Dr. BOWRING postponed his motion for corres pondence, or extracts of correspondence, ou the subject of the House of Keys, in the Isle of Man, till Thursday next. COLONIAL ACCOUNTS. _ _ Dr. BOWRING then moved that the resolutions of the last session on Colonial accounts should be read by the Clerk at the table and confirmed. The resolutions were then read at length by the Clerk, and agreed to. Mr. M. PHILLIPS presented a petition signed by 52,579 inhabitants of Manchester, praying for the total, immediate, and unconditional repeal of the corn and provision laws. On the motion being put that the Speaker do leave the chair, Mr. MILES rose, and said he wished to ask the Right Honourable Baronet at the head of the Government a question before they resolved themselves into a Committee of the whole House, and he was sure from the well-knoWn courtesy of the Right Hon. Baronet, that he would answer his question if it was in his power to do so. He understood that the Hon. Baronet was now about to make his financial statement, and he wished to know whether it was his intention to take any vote that evening upon the question? And if it was, he should be glad to know if the Right Hon. Baronet was prepared to press for the decision of the House upon his financial proposition before the country had had time to express its opi nion upon it. He hoped that previous to their coming to any decision upon the question, time would be allowed for duly and properly considering it in all its branches; but, at all events, whether the Right Hon. Baronet answered the question in the affirmative or the negative, he would afford ample time to the counties to state what their opinions might be upon it.—(Hear.) Sir R. PEEL—The statement which I shall make to night will be more a commercial than a financial statement, and, therefore, I do not intend to take any money vote in the Committee of the whole House.—(Hear.) It is not my intention to ask the House to express an opinion to-night upon any part -of the statement, because it is my earnest wish that the proposal I shall make should be maturely and deliberately considered by the House before they come to any decision upon it.—(Cheers.) For this there are sufficient reasons. I believe that the task which is imposed upon me is such that the House will be content to take a candid and indulgent consi deration of the position which I hold, and whatever may be the opinion entertained, I have no doubt in my own mind as to the result at which we shall arrive ; but I trust in the mean time that the matter will be dis cussed in a candid and impartial spirit. The SPEAKER—The subject for consideration is the alteration to be made in the corn-laws, and the altera- Cons which have lately taken place.—[The Speaker then referred to the Queen's reply to the Address, part of which he mead, and the whole of which has appeared in the columns of The Sun.]—The question now is that I It ave the Chair. The House then resolved itself into a general Com mittee, and Mr. Greene took the chair. THE PREMIER'S STATEMENT. the head of the Government, to propose a great change in the then Custom duties. The general principle of the plan under which I then acted was to remit the duties upon arti cles and raw material constituting the element of manufac turing industry. The plan then submitted to the House was to subject the general manufacturing articles oflabour in other countries to duties not exceeding 201. per cent. The House adopted the principle upon which he had acted in 1842. In that year he selected a number of the raw articles for the remission of the duty. In 1844 we reduced altogether the duty upon wool. In the year 1845 we reduced alto gether the duty upon cotton. There is hardly a raw material remaining for import into this country upon which the duty has not been either entirely abolished, or considerably diminished. The manufacturers of the country therefore now have an advantage which they did not possess hitherto. They have free access to the rem material which constitutes the fabric of their articles of manufacture, and I consider that I am therefore entitled to call upon the manufacturers to relinquish that amount of protection which they now have.—(Hear, hear.) The manufacturer has now an advantage which he has not had before. There might have been great doubt as to whether you might have continued to derive the same amount of revenue from the importation of cotton wool which existed in 1844. But the House disregarded the amount of 600,000/. or 700,0001. of revenue derived from such a source. They wished to establish the stability of the manufacture of articles from sheep and cotton wool, and to place it upon a sure and certain foundation . They were willing, therefore, and consented, to forego this amount, so easily levied, and which caused so little complaint from the great body of the people. In order to remove this duty, not only upon sheep, but also upon cotton wool, this House submitted itself to the imposition of the income-tax, in consideration of the removal of the duties upon these raw materials. I propose, Sir, in reviewing those articles upon which there at present exist duties, I propose to take first those articles of raw material which still remain subject to a duty ; and in dealing with these articles, I beg to call upon the manufacturers to relinquish that amount of duty which they now pos sess. Sir, I hardly know any articles of the nature of raw materials subject to duty except tallow and and timber.— (Laughter.) Tallow is an article of very great importance to the community, and the people at large, it being used in the manufacture of soap, candles, and also for the purpose of dressing leather. I propose to make a reduction in this article from the amount of duty now levied. With respect to the duty on tallow from the United States, the duty on which was 3s. 2d., I will, purely for the purpose of encouraging that produce, which was now chiefly procured from Russia, propose a re laxation in that duty,with the hope that it would ulti mately procure a reciprocal reduction on their part with respect to the produce of this country. I will, therefore, for that purpose, propose to reduce the duty on tallow, which now is 3s. 2d. to ls. Bd. I am taking the articles of raw material first, and shall now come to timber, the produce of our own colonies. timber is the only article which I cannot definitely give an explanation of, as the reduction which I am dis posed to make must depend on the manner in which I am mi t by other States on that article. The course her Majesty's Government intends to pursue will be a gradual reduction to a certain sum of the existing duties on timber.—(Hear, hear.) The reduction will be apportioned, if possible, so as to cause no derangement of the duties on timber from the Baltic. But at a very early period it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to make known their ar rangements with respect to timber, on which it was difficult to get that information which was necessary. And now, after having made all these reductions, I hardly know a single raw material which has a protec tive duty imposed upon it. After having taken this course after having afforded the manufac turer every facility—after having given him a free command of the raw material—l will call on the manufacturers of the three great articles which enter into the consumption of the great body of the people, I will ask them to give that proof, which I am sure they will—(Hear, hear, hear)—of the sincerity of their convictions as to the impolicy of protection, by consentir.g to relinquish the protection on corn.—(Hear, hear, and loud cheering from the Opposition benches.) The three branches of manufacture of which I speak are those which give clothes to the:great body of the people. I mean those of linen, woolen, and cotton. I will ask them to set the example to others by relinquish ing at once, cheerfully, the protection on corn.—(Hear, hear.) My Honourable Friend the Member for Dorsetshire (Lord Ashley), and I call him my Honourable Friend, for it shall not be my fault if these unfortunate political difierem es interfere with private friendship and regard—l will call him at once my Hon. Friend—expressed a hope, being jealous of an ex pression which occurred in her Majesty's Speech, that the small interests of the country should not be visited injuri ously. I will tell him that those interests will meet with the especial care of the Government. I do not purpose in this review of the tafiff to subject my self to the impu tation of concealing my intention. I declare it now that I mean to effect great interests and protect, as much as possible, these small interests alluded to. My Honourable Friend will, therefore be gratified in his expectation.--(Hear. hear.) I shall propose, with regard to cotton manufactured goods, including the great mass of heavy goods, such as calicos, prints, &c., to make an alteration. Manu factured goods were now subject to a duty of 10 per cent. These I propose to make duty free ; and those articles which are charged 20 per cent., I propose to reduce to 10 per cent.—(Cries of " Hear, hear," and cheers.) The articles which constitute in a great measure the clothing materials of the great bulk of the people I propose to make duty free.—(Loud cheers and interruption.) Allow me to state the whole of my scheme before you draw inferences as to any part of it. I do not wish you to suspend your judg ment for a year. I merely desire that you refrain from forming conclusions till I continue ) the details of what I propose.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) I am the more anxious to call upon the manufacturers to relinquish these duties, because, according to high authority it was not the agriculturists but the manu facturers who first called upon the Legislature for the imposition of protective duties.—(Cheers.) I doubt not therefore, but they will now come forward and set the first example in giving them up.—(Cheers.) Adam smith, a great authority, says—" that farmers and gentlemen connnected with agriculture were, of all persons in the community, the least subject to the wretched spirit of monopoly."—(Great laughter and cheers.) He also said, that it was not the agriculturists, but the manufacturers, who had first appealed for the protection of the restrictive system.—(Loud cheers.) They are always ready to call out against the restrictions on all other articles but that which pressed heaviest upon their countrymen. They may be. said to be the original inventors of all monopoly. (Laughter). Hon. Gentle imn may have cause for laught e r, by the reading of this extract, but it is p er f ect l y true. I prepose that the duties on the co arser art i cles of . manufacture shall be materially reduced, and which will have a material effect on the manufacturing inte rest of this country, but not to the great injury of the manufacturing interests. I propose that the made up woollen goods shall also be reduced in duty to the same amount, namely, a reduction of from 20 per cent. to 10 per cent.—(Hear, hear.) I seated the other night that flax was a very important and a stable article of our manufacturee, and also that although there was no duty on this article, that its great import was'not injurious to our growers of that article, and I believe that has not been contradicted. The duty on linen goods varies according to their quality; but the reduction of duties on those articles cannot be so injurious to our manufacturing interests as may at first be imagined, for I am of opinion that the improve ments made by our own workmen will always keep up the market in their favour. I now coma to another very important article of our imports. I mean the silk trade.—(Hear.) Now don't let us suppose that the existing duty on silks operate as a protection to the domestic manufacture of that article.— (Hear.) You have a duty which you call 30 per cent., but which with respect to many . articles is a great deal higher; and as a false reliance is placed on this, as to its being a protection to domestic manufacture, I think it proper to state that there are many houses in Paris, and on the continent, which will guarantee to deliver goods in London at half the duty at present levied. — (Hear, hear.) It is therefore a mistake to imagine that the duty affords the protection which is stated. In the first place it appears that it is an encouragement to smuggling, as the article may be frequently purchased from those engaged in this traffic fora small sum, com pared with that which it will realize in the legitimate course of business. I conceive therefore that by a new arrangement with respect to the silk duties —in fact that a reduction of these duties which are not interfering with any domestic manufacture, will, at the same time, diminish the profit of the smuggler, and encourage a lawful and wholesome trad e . —(H ear, hear.) Now, the gene ral impression is, that there is a duty of thirty per cent. on silk rnanufacture. I h eld in my hand an acco unt of the duties upon the silk manu facture as at present levied ; and, although, in r e sp ect to some it may :not exceed thirty per cent.,in o th e rs less than ten per cent., yet there are many articles comprised under this definition with respect to w hi c h the duty is much higher than this. In the case of crape the duty is not less than 40 or 50 per cent. ; on fancy silk the duty is not less th an f rom 301 to 311. per cent. ; on silk bonnets not l ess than 145 L per cent ; in the case of turbans it is at least as much. Does any man, therefore, believe for e i gn turbans, bonnets, and hats, pay a duty o f 1451. per , cent. It is no such thing. Th e art i c l es is in commont use y here, but its v a l ue i s reduced by the common smuggler. Now I propose a new arrangement with respect to silk, but I must ngt pow enter too mt143:1 into Sir ROBERT PEEL, whatever may be the opinion entertained of the course intended to be pursued by her Majesty's Government, or of the proposal which, on their behalf, I have to submit, no one will entertain a doubt that their objects are of the highest order, and that the purpose of the Minister is one perfectly coincident with their views of the advantage to be derived from a full con sideration of the interests of these several portions of the community, and I think that none will disagree with me in the certainty that the public interests can be better served by candid dealing than by mere party endeavour. It may suffice to say that in this discussion I calculate on the impartial consideration of the House. I am aware that in so important a discussion as that which may possibly take place her Majesty's Government, whatever may be the result, are determined to fulfil the duties of their several offices, and, whatever may be the character of the Ministry, oe this they are agreed—that the relief of the duties on commerce, whatever that may be, and the relaxation of the duties on commerce which I had the honour last session to propose, should be con tinued this year, and enlarged for the relief of the people. I am about to proceed on the assumption that protective duties ought to be abolished, and are in principle open to objection, and that the policy of maintaining them may be defended, but that there must be special considerations, either of public policy or of justice, to vindicate their maintenance. am about to act upon this assumption. During the period of the last three years there has been in this country an increased production of revenue, notwithstanding that there has been a remission of many heavy taxes — that there has been an increased demand for labour— that there has been an increase of commerce, and that there has been increased comfort, happiness, and con tentment in this country.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) I do not say that these blessings have ne cessarily been caused by any particular policy you have adopted, but this I say, the enjoyment of them has been confirmed by your measures—that these blessings have been sanctioned by the House of Commons—the policy of repealing prohibitory and reducing protective duties. I am not now, then, by praising that policy, about to call upon the House to recede from any course that has been pursued a course which has been sanctioned by the House of Commons, and which, as productive of public good, ought with regard to consistency to be persevered In.—(Hear, hear.) Sir, I am at the same time, in advising the continued application of these principles, not about to discard the other recommenda tions contained in her Majesty's Speech, namely, that the adoption of good principles should not be the means of endangering the public credit, or of causing any permanent loss in the revenue of the country. Neither, Sir, have I lost sight of the other recommendation—namely, that in proposing sound principles, we should act with sober forbear ance, and not prejudice any great institution 1 hope this will not be rendered necessary, either on account of any measures I may have to propose, or you may have to adopt; above all, I hope that the confidently expressed opinion of her Majesty, that this great subject will receive the deliberate and dispassionate consideration of the House of Commons, may be realised. I have already said, in answer to a question put by an Hon. Gentleman, that I do not contemplate asking the House of Commons to pronounce to-night any opinion upon the entire, or a component part of the measures to be submitted for your consideration; but that, on the contrary, it is the wish of the Government the questions shall be dealt with by you is a calm and dispassionate manner.— (Hear, hear.) It may be possible, that as I am about to propose so many reductions, some Hon. Gentleman may denounce me as rash and improvident, and de clare that my measures ought on that account to be rejected by this House. If such should be the prevailing impression among those who are favourable to protec tion, nothing can be more easy than that on the day when they are called upon to consider those great and momentous questions, I should be permitted to ask the House to put upon record a counter principle.— (Cheers.) My motion will be some such resolution as this ; not that any protection on any particular branch of trade is advisable, but that there should be a comprehensive system of protection for all artic:es of domestic in dustry, believing, as I do, that it will be for the good of the country that our native in dustry should be protected.—(Hear, hear.) I thinn that that principle ought to be sanctioned.—(Hear, hear.) It may be, on the other hand, that the House and this country, considering the great difficulties of this question— considering the variety of opinions —considering the nature of the; z contest, which has long existed, and which I hope will lung continue unless there be a satisfactory and early adjustment of this question.—(Hear, hear.) It may be that even those who may dissent from par ticular parts of the great scheme which I am about to propose to the consideration of this House may be disposed to accept this proposal as an entire settlement of the question, and that the voice of the country may pronounce upon it as such. This were an unjust thing. An inequitable or unwise adjustment it may be considered would be preferable to the perpetual conflict in which we are in volved ; and if that be the position which the general opinion of the reasonable and intelligent of all classes shall take, in that case I shall have confidence of ultimate success. On the other hand, as I said before, if I touch so many interests by the application of that great principle, that protective duties are not in them selves abstractedly, and ought to be relinquished; in that case another fate will await my proposal; and the sooner it is disposed of the better will it be for the public good. Sir, that principle to which I have referred, namely, the relaxation of the protective duties, I am not about to apply to any one particular class of trade.--(Cheers.) I am not about to select that great interest connected with the agriculture of this country and call upon them to relinquish protection, and at the same time forbear to call upon other interests to relinquish their privileges. I shall make no isolated proposal. The principle for which I shall contend is a just and a wise one—l shall ask all classes to give up their protective privileges—(Cheers)—and to make the sacrifice, if it be a sacrifice, which that application shall cause. — (Bear, hear.) Sir, the House is aware that during the l as t three years, what is called f t i l the c C us u t s o tc a m s consideration of thi s House, In 1842 it was m y dut y , as R d ' u p ; i u e t s i e w s e A r e c t u w b a m s i a t t m e d e n to de d t h; eatretvhiaetwtaimnde details, as the whole of my statement will be subject to correction after it has appeared to-morrow morning. I now wish to introduce a new principal, based on a gene ral scale which shall enumerate each species of si;lr, and the amount per pound at which it will be ad mitted with an option to the Custom-house officer to levy a duty on every quantity of silk of the value of 100/. a duty not exceeding fifteen per cent. The general principle, therefore, shall be that a reduc tion of 15 per cent. on this article, which, heretofore, had been, at the lowest, 30 per cent. on such articles, but in reality it was greater on some articles and less on others. There is another article of manufacture which I think may be fairly p erm itt e d t o en ter into corn petition with the same article in this country, for I do think it would have the effect of stimulating that trade to greater industry and exertion ; I speak of the article of paper—(llear)—that is paper hangings. At present there is a duty u p on a ll f ore i g n paper-hengings imported into this country of one shilling per square-yard ; and this applies to all descriptions of paper-hangings. Now, I believe it is possible for some descriptions of this article to be manufactured and sold at the rate of one farthiag the square yard. Of course the very fine descriptions, such as those with gold borderings, may still be liable to the duty of one shilling; but I do think that a shilling per square yard duty upon paper which can be made for one farthing per square yard is exorbitant, and therefore I propose to reduce that duty on certain de scriptions from one shilling to twopence the square yard upon paper hangings coming from abroad.—(Hear, hear.) I now approach these de seriptions of manufactures which are connected with metals.—(Hear, hears, and cheers.) It is impossible that I can go through its detail without entering into minute details, and therefore I do hope that the House will hear me with patience.—(Hear, hear.) We haye already reduced the duty upon foreign ores ; and I do think that if there be any articles of manufacture in this country which more than another, can bear competition it is that description connected with metals. The manu facture of metals (I do not mean to particularize them), are now chargeable with a duty of 15 per cent. I pro pose with regard to them, and I include all descriptions, which I do not now mention; but I say, as a general rule, that this duty shall not exceed 10 per cent. — That is the maximum duty which I how propose on those articles, without enumerating them. I have made an exception with regard to paper hangings, for the reason I have already stated ; but the duty of ten per cent. on metals shall be without • any exception. With regard to the duty of 10 per cent, on all such manufactures as umber lead and also hardware and other articles, such duty can be considerably reduced, as also on all manufactures of hair. At present there is a duty of 20 per cent. on the import of foreign carriages, which I propose to reduce. That will be giving an im mense advantage to the consumers of this country, as no article is so very dear as a carriage and equipment. —(Hear, hear.) Look at the carriages made in Brussels and also in Edinburgh. The price there is considerably below the London price. and I see no reason why foreign carriages should be subjected to a duty of 20 per cent.; and I propose therefore to encourage a wholesome competition in this country by permitting foreign carriages to come in at a duty of 10 per cent. There is also another manufacture in respect of which I propose a considerable reduction — I propose to reduce the duty on canvas. As I have reduced the duty on spermaceti, I this night propose a reduction of the duty on candles to about one half ; and I also propose a reduction of the duty on foreign soap to one-half. In the case of hard soap, now subjected to a duty of 305., it shall be reduced to 205., and in the case of soft soap, now subjected to a duty of 205., it shall be reduced to 14s. There are a great many articles besides on which the duty is so slight that I propose to remit them alto gether.—(Hear, hear.) In 1842 the tariff which I pro posed contained the names of nearly 1,100 articles. Those names still remain on the tariff, because it is con venient to the Custom-house officers to run their eyes down the alphabetical list to see what articles are free from duty, but in the case of more than 500 of them, the duty will be either reduced or omitted. These articles I have no objection to state to the House, should it require it.—(Cries of " No, no.") Well, then, I will proceed to the other proposal I have to make. There are still some manufactured articles on which I deem it advisable to reduce the d u ty t o 10 p er cen t. Respecting the article of gloves already a great reduction has taken place. I now come to an important article of consumption, namely, that of boots and shoes, on the raw material of which I propose to reduce the duty.—(Hear, hear.) On a former occasion an altera tion was made in the duty, on the material N hich en tered into the composition of these articles, but the duty on raw hides was still re.aincd. I now propose that raw hides shall enter duty free.—(Hear, hear.) When the tariff was formerly altered, I retained the duty on all articles that were imported for the purposes of tanning, but now I propose to to remit the duty altogether. There is one article to which I will refer which does not take the character of raw material, but which is of the greatest importance to the working classes—l mean the article of dressed hides. As this article extends largely into boots and shoes, and is of great importance to the people, I propose to take the duty altogether off dressed hids. Having explained what I mean to do with this article. I will now proceed to state what amount of duty I mean to propose on articles made up of these dressed hides, to which I have re ferred. I intend to diminish the duty on foreign boots and shoes, a step which I am persuaded will be a great benefit. Having taken the duty off the raw material I propose reducing the duty oil small boot and shoe-fronts, from three shillings and sixpenc to Is. 93. per dozen; on large boot fronts from ss. 6d. to 2s. 93. per dozen; on boots from II Bs. to 14s. per dozen ; on shoes from 14s. to 7s. per dozen; other articles of this kind to be reduced in the same proportion. There is another reduction I mean to propose, which was omitted in 1842, but which I regret was not then car ried into effect. I mean the duty on the article of straw platt. On this article I propose that the duty shall be reduced from 7s. 6d to ss. ; and on straw hats, from Bs. 6d. to Sc. per dozen. I omitted to state that there is another article con nected with the silk manufacture that I propose to reduce the duty on, I mean the article of dyed thrown silk. I hope I am convincing the House that I am disposed to act fairly and impartially in re spect of the application of those duties.—(Cheers.) I believe I have exhausted every article which can be called an article of manufacture as the word manufacture is generally used. I have shown you that I intend to reduce metals, clothing, and those things generally in use as articles of con sumption, and the House will I hope per ceive that I have pretty strictly adhered to the general principles I had laid down in the begin ning. I shall call your attention now to another article of great importance, which, although it may be included among manufactures, yet, in coin mon parlance, does not come within the denomination of m mufacture. It is an article on which reduction seems at the present time, to be peculiarly required. I propose to reduce the duty on brandy, and other foreign spirits. (Great cheering.) The present duty upon brandy is not less than 225. 10d. per gallon, and this high duty has, I believe, prevented any increase in the importation of the article.—(Hear, hear.) 4 tlshosouglhirnt it right h a t n tl l , e l x i e e r mpt t Majesty's hat sGovernmentugarfreima the operation of of the general principles which I have stated. We 1 ) .. 1. : 0 p ,se, therefore—assuming that the 'copulation is " r ed t . foreign o de d u c suga r 11 3 gs a . ferential duty. In the case of muscovado suga _„ d 9s. 4c l l. h f e rom produce the amountof fr free o i a f b tohuer sepnrtorPcisi a i n m otuhnet case i ff e e f r e n a a l y e d d u ty s g i s a , r I thdelinatounto of. deduce t differential duty is I Is. Bd. We propose t deu_, L p , tion 3s. Gd., leaving the amount of differentia _ll from the amount of differential duty on each d i esc d " oty in favour of British colonial sugar, competingnd 7 lO sugar the produce of free labour, es. 10 d. ; the case of the finer sugars, cleared, th e rential duty will be reduced from Ils. Bd. to o .i e d Now I come to those import duties which ha ve a de , b, l° oo influence on agriculture. I would not only sal b oon , which have an immediate effect, but those which are thio k fleeted with agriculture.—(Great cheering.) I ree te, that I am perfectly justified in alluding to their inte d and in considering those who are intimately affect in it, for there are great properties which are c oncerne u e s the matter, and of which the best judges are desire tout; obtaining a definite result. I would allude hou gh to the article of tobacco, an article v hich , al l i u xu rf it may be considered as a matter of the poor. by the higher classes, is felt to be a necessity by t of oat , In making this allusi o n, however, I do not exp ect because it is an expensive article, it should be left ° re, the account.—(Hear, hear.) But in making thes: ett s marks, I do hope that the House will not lea ua~ of their calculation the consideration of reve sot to (Cheers.) We must not forget that we ough t tipe a d,press the revenue of the country, f °l : g oOd that depends all our means of doing a n J e d i r e ing to the public, and the opportunity of Z ; h are tho impositions upon those commodities ww e ose se absolutely needed by the people. I, therefore , P l :r i bie, that all those duties should be reduced as far as P ° st be but yet it should be re c oll e ct e d that a revenue tn,_ntibe raised, not for the purpose of hostile aggression, nufore, the sake of national defence. I would, there the propose that a revenue should be raised fo r for e, object of national defence. You must, t here ot, keep that consideration in mind, and believ e . e ert while I am proposing this reduction of the 1113inies duties that I am not at all unmindful of the nee ° i n to which exist in consequence of the obligations' re• which the agriculturist has entered; for wh i c b collect that there are certain duties a ide cannot be obviated. It is our business top r- os ett for them. lam aware that some of the duties iinpd o upon agricultural produce are extremely high ; ! e dits my object is to relieve that interest from as 036111 1, e tie 0 burdens as I can, I would attempt a re similar to that which I proposed on - c hel factures during the last session. Now, th e 0 10 1 on grass seeds can affect nobody, while its rein ace may be of service to the country. ..I propose t0 „ . 0 2,11i that duty. In the year 1842, it produced 1 44, 7;d1/ the remission of the duty the country will be al e ee. served, whilst no injury will affect the r el tbia I believe that the producers of clover in iue country look upon the duty levied upon the tai portation of' clover seed rather as a beavl bee e) upon themselves than as a protection.—(He ar L e d ul l With respect to the removal of the duties iu'pp be agricultural seeds generally, th en , it will Tara so much a removal of protection, as eon 0 a benefit on agric u lt ure ; an d I int° osbe to reduce the duty on seeds as t 0 doeett it less than nominal.—(flear, hear.) It was r e still one-half in 1842, and it subsequently underwentv;v the further reduction, and I now intend to sits):: pre' duty imposed on seeds in the same way that I ha l ute' ture' posed to simplify the duty on articles of roann - a I° The uniform duty on munufactures I have fil e " - gel / per cent., and I propose that the duties °n. s oil shall not exceed ss. per cwt.; hitherto in some ca se s' les e for instance as onion seed, the duty has not befeedit than 12s. per cwt.; but now with respect to al l propose that the maximum duty shall be ss. per e; v bieb have already spoken of some other articles, smell are of the utmost importance to agriculture , n tol iee o those used for the fattening of cattle. I f per it is impossible to over-estimate the importance 13 0 00 muting the fattening of cattle, because it tends toad It all improved system of agriculture.—(Hear, hesro'r ) e, has tended to restore the fertility of many soils m Nbic b believe, than any of the artificial means s ate are sometimes resorted to, and, I the House will see that any measure h e will promote the fatte n i ng o f ca t t l e mus t prove - 001 4 beneficial to the country.—(Hear, hear.) I belie e ;re atli is nu manure so va l ua bl e as t h at w hi c h is "; coal derivable from the so il it se lf, an d nothing, 11/„003011 vinced of it, w ill l ea d more to t h e iniPN'', feel,',' of agriculture than by encouraging 0 0° , tening of cattle on th e l an d i tself, c al' thus promoting the acquisiti on o f manu re for Wore • taral purposes.—(Hear, hear.) I p ro pose, th e „ re ia be , that the article of grains., hich I believe w°"here' much employed for the fattening of cattle, s h a ll be h ieb alter imported duty free. There is an o ther artiel e Lia might be applied with great advant a ge to the fi l 7 o pola of cattle—namely, Indian corn—which I also P n ; via shall be introduced duty free.—(Cheers.) By re", fi ° de' the duty upon grain I do not consider that Is;i 0 g 0 priving agriculture of protection, b u t rather cornuerteei benefit upon it.—(Hear, hear.) Maize is an article, i 0 is much used abroad for human food, and I belie: e a ill utility for this purpose has been m uch disregar d e uP Europe, and in no place more so than in this co oed ie It is used, if lam n ot m i s t k en , f o r human ob: Italy, America, and many parts o f F r ance, an", pith ing at its utility for t h e f atten i ng o f catt l e , I thin'' 0 respect to this article also, I am conferring benefit on, rather than imp e di ng the Pr ° tb . of, agriculture in this country, by eemovin h g ee rt) restrictions imposed on its importation.- -- ( C :4001 I also propose that an article c a lled bu c k-when 7 t ote d be subject to the same rule ; that is, that it be a u nieti t at a mere nominal duty. I propose that the meal 401 should be admitted on an equal footing with,. "vetl corn. If any gentleman will ascertain the ugh. large sums paid annually by the best farmers thre out Great Britain in the purchase of linseed eat o sei S s` - rape, be will agree with me that an in e , ec l fo r facility for the admission of articles that can be ° "(flea r : the fattening of cattle will be of no disservice. -- ` 100' hear.) The demand for the articles I li sl ,: e .eota l named is very considerable, and the consumption ' ,7 ,401 , farmers being very great, if I am informed cor'-oitr the chief object upon some farms is to provide atoieg quate quantity of manure for the purpose of ha' 00 the soil. The prices of linseed and rape.cake b° I BA gradually rising of late years. In the yea r I It.° linseed cake was from 91. to 10/ ; in 1844, from 121. 121. ; and in 1846, f rom 1 2 1 . t o 15 1 . Th e pr ice or l og .• ; cake was in 1843, 41. ss. ; in 1844, 4/. 10s. to 51 ' r and in January, 1846, the price rose to 61. now in my hand a letter from a merchant, a re sl ", i - l• b e the United States, who recommends that there 0 11 %0 0 a n free importation of all the articles used to fatten e- t iele t o recommended especially for the purpose an at sr termed rice-meal. Now surely a cheap supply.oft",.o - is very desirable. It is the refuse of rice Ikattil . up, and is much less costly than oil-cake ortb e descriptions of artificial food now used by fartnel,, therefore, is ad m i ra bl y fi tte d for the fee a7o l °' cattle. The ad m i ss i on o f such an art i c le ",. f ° ice , in my opi n i on , b e so far from a diss e. , a positive advantage.—(Hear, hear.) I em.tell Sir, to the consideration of th ose art i c l es inn eul j l eg' connected with the food of the people.—(lie ar 'i tr e ,; and cheers from all parts of th e H ouse. ) Sir, ° ll jjoiy ducin this que,tion I anti c ip a t e t h e greates t differe ll oot opinion.—(Hear, hear.) I have those to meet o ° o o l no delay and no qualification, and I have also t ° those who insist upon it that there shall be no Lio! tion of, or reduction in, the present aseount of Pr°" b ie, r —(heal., hear.) Sir, my object will be, if poss l st io o ' make some adjustment of this important cl li n e h l ‹, I know that nobody will appro ve of raY r (Great laughter)—but our d es i re i s, w i t h ou t fa l-li gge' undue partiallity towards any class, to s t o ter, that which we belie ve t o b e j ust, an d ca l cu laieu;;elf: minatt d that co n fli c t t h e cont i nuance of which inrhef hl fatal to the coun t ry. —(H ear, hear.) Ido trust ""j the plan which I have proposed the jealoust„sr jest session between the different classes of her it,,,p i r subjects may be removed without any injury to 81j " 511 0 1 promote the general interest of the titular class, and thus, it is to be hoped, that W e coun try; 010 t er th t e h n a l t d it meetis f w o i r th th a e fip,tilabilicsetaidlermanentatg......o settlement.( : 40 ) consider I am not about to propose an immediate reP t Tesve duties which are imposed upon corn. What . 1 ,1 5 11 % propose is an earnest of the principle upon whi e 'deetl . s act. lam i n d uce d to propose an immediate 1'A0.137 upon ma n y art i c l es o f primary importance, an of constituted a principle portion of the food n p lay people ; but I must state this in p tto t li Z, which I shall propose, that there 00 t ; les immediate reduction of the duties on those ar - r e ppeel which I do not propose an immediate and total ri o I propose that the duties—speaking of the ° tic i'l e4 •ve r e ' die consumption—l propose to take that exteno- to • of the articles included in the tariff relating ;4 0 articles constituting the food of the country. I to make a reduction — an i mme di ate r eeriletie w ; the duties of the wh o l e of theta. I propos, t th e part of her M a j es ty' s G overnmen t, the hatl et duties should be immediately reduced apt V et o from 1/. to 10s. per cwt.; upon cheese fro lll , l cwt. to ss. per cwt.; and upon hops from 4" ;, ierj 21. ss. I will now mention the articles of a_g r ,„ il reP e '; produce upon which I propose an immediate With respect then to those articles of gener l " e fia l ta er tion, upon which the reduction will be total an - s tir diate, I propose to abolish entirely the dutie bacon, also upon fresh beef and salted be r of salt pork, and fresh pork, and °il l t he re: articles of animal food enumerated in the last t a r ne e I propose to be admitted duty free. With rerevbeo heti potatoes and other articles enumerated unde r p l ot c ° , t e ,e ' of vegetables, and which form articles a gln,:sholim surnption, I propose that the whole of the dutlePhea 111 totally and immediately repealed. Everything; e l n ael: l '4.. eluded under the heads of vegetable and a nimal o r e be admitted duty free. In thus acting, ol' i s r h -v ono have dealt equally with the agricultural an d g- a facturing interests. To the agricultural increased facilities, by removing the duties n ° . on seeds and other articles. The reduction In t Jea d g butter, and other articles of food, w ill 1, 6 2 ° 0° 4 1133 the manufacturers. I believe that t"" , 11 0 and increasing skill of the eou''',„VetiP,„. - / , the stimulus that will be afforded them bff eu'''fbre') e will give them an increased advantage u, v b e e r 0 10 countries. Then, having reraoved s e " t he from all articles of food, I • prey- on • ) to remora at once all the duties , 11 P c heev h s i s it of cattle.—(Hear, hear, an", into t'' In short I propose that all • pate° b e country shall be admitted duty free.—(l' e- n oloun. o o There is no necessit for mentioning th e 0 00 1 . interest w duties now levied upon cattle, still less „f Ol e g, have I to mention the several ' amoun t s late tor' duty upon other animals mentioned in the lilt ; e stsl6 ' I will now propose thq reduction a all EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESS EDITION . SUN-OFFICE, Half-past Eight. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. THE PREMIER'S STATEMENT. Sir ROBER I' PEEL (in continuation from our Third Edition) said—At the present moment, I think the con sumption of foreign brandy is not so great—certainly not greater than it was at the latter end of the 17th century.— (Hear.) This, I repeat, is mainly attributable to the fact of the present high duty. Theie is no article in respect to which smuggling so much prevails as in the article of foreign spirits. A diminution of the duty is not, there fore, less protective to the home manufacture than if the high duty were continued. The reduced duty, I have every reason to believe, will have the effect of converting an unlawful into a lawful traffic, by the increased demand for the article consequent upon that reduction. I propose, therefore, that the present duty on brandy and foreign spirits shall be reduced from 225. 10d. to 15s. per gallon. Sir, there remains but one article to which I will revert, in respect to which an arrangement was made as late as the last year, but which I now intend to reduce still further—l mean the reduction of the protective duties on sugar.—(lmmense cheerinff ) o s s discussions i b l , i n respect will take this ti i l n t g i is h q a u t i quite impossible, a prolonged p concerningp r laC c e leconi de h r. e it, it i s qu ite i m p oss ibl e that I can enter into details of the arrangeme propos e. nt which I shall t submit to the House, on th e p resent occasion, the ir ei tion of her Majesty's Gover nment, avoiding n g anydetails. I am very much afraid that the proposal I have to make will not at all meet with the approbation raised t and the concurrenc e o f those who at the mention of the article sugar. I may, however, generally state, on the present cc o • which her Majesty's Government h a a s v ion, the proposal undertaken to make. N ow , i n the last. yearl estimated the pro bable amount of increased consumption of sugar, in con sequence of th e re d uct i on in the duty, at not less than 50,000 tons a year. Up to the last return, the increase in the consumption had already reached 38,000 tons, and whether or no during the remaining period my estimate has been borne out, I cannot imdertake to say, as it would be exceedingly difficult to calcutate, unless I had the total amount of increase up to the present time. Still there cannot be a donbt that there will be a very considerable increase in the consumption of sugar. The amount of free labour sugar brought into competi tion with British colonial sugar has not equalled my ex pectations. I calculated that the amount of free labour sugar would be 25,000 tons. The amount which has been actually brought into home consumption has fallen very short of that, but I believe that this may be accounted for by the failure in the crop at Cuba, and by the increased consumption in other parts of Eu rope. This, of course, caused a deficient supply to this country from those parts of the world in which free labour is employed. Although this will in a great measure account tor the reduced supply, yet I am bound to say that I think the British Colonial sugar can bear in creased competition with foreign sugar, the pra duce of free labour. I am not prepared to make any relaxation in our principles with respect to the admission of sugar the produce of countries carrying on the slave-trade. We shall adhere to those principles but with respect to sugar, the pro 4uce of free labour ? while the consumption of that sugar HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair precisely at Four o'clock. Mr. CURTEIS presented a petition for leave to in troduce a Bill for the Rochester, Canterbury, and Dover Railway. Petitions, numerously signed, were presented from the inhabitants of Tring, Coventry, Walsall, Salford, and Kettering, for the total and Immediate repeql of the corn:laws. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the towns people of Arbroath and Dundee for the immediate re peal of the corn-laws. At half-past four o'clock his Royal Highness Prince Albert- acconicanied by the Earl of Jersel, entered ti lt r 'S