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__--' isineei cl° M this day._d 3% 13 s77' 61 0 3 / a 7 '~ DArd ESDA Ir :, fee D •day ::; bUYel e d 01 0 00 ids N.'. 0 of condi° eh 0156 0 4 p0r, well fOlloc l AI all!' tfr e. 10Te d ° O , not' id 6 0° Wer e r o rfl adia ll '- Ot°' P i p 4 :20. I,' 80 0 7, 62° g,9 0111' 5,1 1° et Ae el° _ A ye 13 • ea t` 02d; r Y /4° ,_. (,) s PAP PT • - J 0 og; Arr John P i ref •0; jet;; i 4 e r ° a 0 'coo est° l3; c lf Art► ' ba 1 13 boor , dos 156Y ttfij eilt e ors os:0 , 3 l s ber dl or jo bsod ° l O lt , , s Deng a vog the 111' isa slstt ,d. g e' , The - 1 ej a tior],!? regu~ r egu D e lr , t t 'ec".' l ion l a 5 / , ' s 0 10/ nun) . e 5 1,10 —AJP,l rl vo una;il le 1. 013 1 , e t o. e t none - re , sv - 0 r e ckb 3 prO f „ t 4e' 0 were nye fro LI. , and D" • bt'r ,ety WEST IND lii MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 2. The Royal Mail Company's steamship Idagela lena, Captain Vincent, with the West India m,;ils and Mexican mails, arrived this evening at eleven o'clock. Her dates of sailing were Vera Cruz, Oct- 5 ; Havana, 9th; Chagres, 9th; Jamaica, 12th; Derr. e rare, 10th ; Trinidad, 10th ; Barbadoes, 12th ; nada, 11th; Antigua, 14th ; and St. Thomas's 7th. The cargo of the Magdalena comprised specie and bullion on merchant's accounts from Tampico, 56,358 dollars; ditto from Vera Cruz, 137,600 ; specie and bullion on account of Mexican dividends, 28,676; total amount of dollars from the Gulf of Mexico, 220,635. Specie, bullion, and gold dust received across the Isthmus from the Pacific ports, 3 01,977 dollars ; specie and bullion from California, 410,477 dollars ; from Carthagena, Santa Martha, Chagres, and Greytown, 65,591 dollars ; from Ja• rnaica, 6,962 dollars; from Havana, 16,805 dollars; from other parts of West India, 20,949 dollars ; total value in dollars, 1,045,399 dollars , and a large ge neral cargo. The House of Assembly at Jamaica was to meet for business on the 9th November. The !,mall-pox and measles had entirely disappeared from l iingston. Rain had fallen, and heavy falls bad been exp erienced, which had done much damage. Porto Rico had been visited with a violet t storm, by which more than one hundred lives had be en lost. Martinique and Guadeloupe had been visitA with a malignant African fever, which had caried .off the troops in large numbers. Whole families had been carried off by it. The yellow fever was ravaging Barbadoes. Com missary-General Neil had been carried off by it, And, within four days, his wife and four children had shared the like fate. The Island of St. Thomas was very sickly. Thirty of the troops had died within the last three months, and a very large number of deaths had occur red amongst the crews of the ships in the harbour. At Carthagena, on the 9th of October, a sev ere storm occurred, and the house of the British Con sul Was struck by lightning. The Jamaica House of Assembly was to meet on the 9th of November. The smallpox and mensle bad entirely disappeared from Kingston. The screw steamer Tamalapas arrived at Jamaica 011 the 11th, and was to leave on the 13th for Tampico. Count Charles de Montholon, Fren ch Chargé d'Affaires to the State of Ecuador, has arrived by the Magdalena, with his family and suite, liaving been forced, by a series of insults, to abandon that State and seek redress from his own Governmes at. Accounts from British Guiana state that slight showers have fallen throughout the c lony. The Supply of provisions had increased. Labour was scarce and dear. The Court of Policy sat on the 3d ult., and an educational bill had been introduced. Iss St. Lucia a favourable change ht scl taken place in the weather, and the last remnant of this year's crop had been shipped. Trade was mu , 3h depressed. In Antigua, dry weather had succeeded the storm of the 22d of September. Domingo was rather unhealthy. A fearful gale devastated the Virgi ..ta Islands, St. Christopher's, Nevis, Antigua, Montser:r at, Domingo, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and other isl. ands, on the 22d of September. Notice of the effect, of this storm at St. Thomas's was received by the last steamer, the Orinoco. A great deal of damage was done to the shipping and small craft, and on shore many buildings had been injured. In Jamaica the produce market was firm. Sugar was advancing in value, and the prices; of Pimento and Rum were well supported. Breadri tuffs were in active demand. Fish an ample supply. Exchanges on London Jamaica and Colonial 13 ank, 90 days, per cent. premium. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTO]g, Nov. 3. The Peninsular Company's steam hip Madrid, Capt. Weeks, with the Peninsular mails, arrived this morning, at seven o'clock. Her dates of sailing were Gibraltar, Oct. 26th ; Cadiz, 27th ; Lisbon, 29th ; Oporto, 30th ; Vigo, 31st. She brought a large cargo of fruit, five packages of specie, and 43 'passengers. The screw steam ship Melbourne, Captain Cox, from London to Australia, with cargo and 146 pas sengers, put into Lisbon on the 24th to repair damages, having all her top-masts and jib-boom carried away ; the wreck getting entangled with the screw, stopped its action, and it was with diffi culty she reached the Tagus. She was repairing. There is little political news by this arrival. The Commercial Association of Oporto have, in an address to the Government, expressed their full ap probation o f th e recen t decree relative to the exporta tion of Port wine. Lisbon exchange on London is 54 for bills at 90 days' date. FRANCE. M onday, being All Saints' Day , wa s observed b y /a/.11 the 'heal P ar i s j ourna l s a s a close holiday, and Political not one of them was pu bli s h e d yesterday. This tn is the first time (says Ga/ignani, which ap peared as usual) that All S a ints' Day has been so closely kept by the public press in Paris; for, up to the change of Government in December last, there were two or three journals in existence which did not keep these religious holidays. Abd - el-Fader, says the Courrier de Lyon' is ex pected in that city about the end of that week. A highly interesting publication has just been issued from the office of the Revue des Deux Monde's, which, under the name of the Annuaire dus Deux 3:londes, gives a very full history of the different states of the civilized world. The work is not a mere dry compilation of facts and statistics ; but a history, in the true sense of the word, which, brimful of in formation, is yet very pleasant to read. The chapter devoted to Great Britain occupies 86 large pages, and is written with impartial intentions. The whol e is thus wound up : THE CONTINEN2'. SPAIN. Advices from Madrid are dated the 28th ult. It was said that the Government intended to send General Manuel de la Concha, one of its moat trious officers, to represent the armies of Spain at the funeral obsequies of the Duke of Wellington. There was a report that the President of the Council intended to put the Government salt mines up to sale. Madrid Bourse, Oct. 28.—The Three per Cents. 47 1-16 paper. ; Exchange on London, 50 30 paper. BELGIUM. The Independance of Brussels of Sunday confirms the account given by telepraphic dispatch, from Brussels, of the way in which the new Cabinet in Belgium is composed, and states that the new Minis ters were to take the oath to the King on Sunday. It adds --" None of the members who compose the Mi,3is try are unknown ; but it will not be useless to me•atton the claims of each to public confidence. M. El de Brouckere, after having studied at the uni versity of Liege, where he acquired a high reputa tion, was named Substitute to the Procureur du Roi in the same place. Elected in 1830 as member of the National Congress, and appointed by that as sembly as one of its secretaries, he took an active part in its. labours. On the 29th August, 1831, the arron disse,ment of Ruremonde sent him to the Chamber of Representatives; on the 30:h May, 1833, after the dissolution of the Chambers, which took place under the Lebeau Ministry, he was elected for Brussels, when he represented until 1848. He was ap• pointed in 1841 Governor of the province of Antwerp, and afterwards of that of Liege. In 1850 he was named Plenipotentiary of the Ming of the Belgians in Italy, and concluded the treaty with Piedmont. He is a Minister of State. M. Liedts, who is also Minister of State, is, like M. de Brouckere, one of the men whose loyal and firm liberalism and experience in affairs is generally ad mitted. M. Liedts has been in turn Substitute of the Procureur da Roi, and President of the Tribunal, and was also one of the secretaries of the National Congress. He was member of ; the Liberal Ministry of 1840-41 ; was named, in 1841, Governor of Hain ault ; and afterwards Governor of Brabant. M. Ch. Faider was educated at the University of Lik4e. He was named Substitute of the Procureur du Roi at Louvain, and afterwards held the same post at Antwerp. He subsequently became Procureur at Antwerp, Avocat•Greneral at the Court of Appeal at Brussels, and then of the Court of Cessation in the last-named city. To great firmness of principles he unites great moderation of character. M. Piercot, who, before accepting the portfolio of the Interior, was Burgomaster at Liege, was born at Brussels. After studying at the University of Liege, he was named Avoue at the Court of Appeal there. He is a firm and sincere Liberal, and is an eloquent orator. SPORTING NOTES. No. CCCXL. EPSOM AUTUMN MEETING. Mr. Di )rling, as usual, successful in all he undertakes, has gives us for to-morrow a strong list of sport. It will commence at half-past twelve with the Match between Abdallah wad the Greek. At one, the Paddock Stakes of 3 sovs. each, 25 added (over the mile and a-quarter course), will be run. At half-pest one, we have the first stake of any note marked for decision, namely, the Beddington Stakes of 100 soya., ad dad to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, half-forfeit if declared by nine o'cicck this evening (one mile). It is impossible at the present moment to say whe t will start, but it seems the list will include the top and bottom weights, who now hold the positions of first and second favourites. Notwithstanding Exact's perform-Ince at Newmarket, winning as she did, cleverly, with Bst 81b up, I cannot fancy that, with the stiff finish at Epsom, she can carry 9st successfully. Little David, Lady Louisa, Gossip, and Ethelbert have no attractions for me. Beverlac and Corybantea, at 7st 81b each, aro more suited to the course than any of those whose names I have just now given. Miss Agnes at ist 51b, and Miss Tennyson at 7st 41b, are of no use here. Michaelmas Maid, after the curious proceedings about her which took place at Newmarket, I shall de cline meddling with. Valour will, I believe, give way to his stable companion, Charming Woman. Psaltery is a runner, more I know not. Diomedia, I should say, is a very doubtful runner. Ellen, and the Faugh- a- Ballagh filly, I think, are made safe by the Charming Woman, who at 6st 7lb ought to run very forward. Lady Flora, Shropshire Lass, and Mrs. John are hope less. Hatchet has many friends, and I think the ground and distance are in his favour. At Est 61b he is not overweighted ; neither is Little Swift, at bat 41b. Frenzy at sst 121 b, and Tobolski, at sst 71b, are let loose ; the running of the former, however, being much the best. Tobolski's only previous performance was running a bad fourth, and last to Pride, at Egham. The race, in my opinion, will be with CUARMING WOMAN, Hatchet, Little Swift, and FRENZY: the first and last named for choice. The horses entrusted with the prin cipal amount of the cash for this race, are Tobolaki, Exact, and Ratchet. Pelion, Cheddar, itty Darling, Amazon, Eulogist, Ireland's Eye, Hobby Horse, Alti tude, and Feramorz, have paid forfeit. Tho Epsom, Autumn Handicap will be ran at a quarter past two, and is over the Now Derby Course. The field will probably comprise Hobble Noble, Candlewick, the Proctor, Allegro, Dulcet, Don Pedro, Vermuth, Tested, the Varmint, Plunistead, and one of Lord Clifden's. The running of Suarry and Chief Justice is doubtful. The merits of the animals I need not discuss at length, but merely state that the race, in my opinion, will be confined at the finish to the Varmint, Candlewick, and Tested—the VARMINT, if that is Dawson's intended, or Tested, in all likelihood, proving to be the winner. The Bentinek Plate in its result will depend so much on the previous races that I shall not attempt a selection of the winner. This stake brings the day's sport to a conclusion. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. P.S.—Allegro is in great force for the Autumn Han dicap. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WORCESTER AUTUMN MEETING. TUESDAY. Sweepstakes of 5 soy& each, and 25 added, for three year-olds, &c. One mile and a quarter. 4 subs. Mr. Tafts's fby Don John, dam by Mundig, 4 yrs, 95t 7lb (A. Taylor) 1 Mr. B. Land's General, aged, lOst 71b 2 Mr. Marsh's Forest, lOst 71b 3 Betting-6 to 4on the filly, who won in a canter Handicap of 5 soya. each, and 40 added. The winner to bo sold by auction for 80 soya., and the second to receive 101. One mile. 15 subs. Mr. Lees's Deceitful, 4 yrs, 7st 10Ib (Hiett) 1 Mr. Goddard's Priam the Third, 3 yrs, 7st 41b Mr. Smith's Gauntlet, 5 yrs, 7st 41b 3 Mr, Brown's Lucy, 6 yrs, Sat Mr. J. Day's Snowstorm, 6 yrs, 7st 61b 0 Mr. Foulkes's Lady Bibina, 6 yrs, 7st 21b Betting-6 to 4 agst Deceitful, and 7to 2 agst Priam the Third. The favourite made all the running, and won in a canter. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, and 3 only if declared, with 100 added. Two miles. 29 subs., 6 of whom declared. Mr. G. Drewo's Odiham, 4 yrs, 7st (Charlton) 1 Mr. Rowden's Happy Joe, 3 yrs, Est 2 Mr. Davies's Titterstone, 4 yrs, 7st 61b Sir W. Booth's Baotou, 5 yrs, 7st 41b Mr. Cooper's lanthe, 4 yrs, 7st 61b Mr. Hutchinson's Young England, 5 yrs, 7st 41b Mr. Dawson's Lerrywhent, 3 yrs, 7st 31b 0 Mr. Crossing's Madame Wharton, 4 yrs, Est Mr. Darling's Thunderbolt, 3 yrs, Est 41b Mr. Buckley's Royal George, 3 yrs, Est Betting-2 to 1 agst Lerrywhent and 6to 1 each agst Odiham, Titterstone, Happy Joe, and Thunderbolt. Won easy by six lengths. The Selling Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 25 added, for three-year-olds and upwards. Winner to be sold for 1501., &e. One mile and a quarter. 9 subs. Mr. Wile's Miss Talbot, 4 yrs (200, 7st 61b (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. Lyster's Priam the Third, 3 yrs (301), 7st 61b 2 Mr. Rowden's Lady Speedy, 5 yrs (200. Bst 3 Colonel Clowns's Dr. Husband, aged (301), Bst 91b... 0 Mr. Day's The Moor, aged (30/), 9st 31b 0 Mr. Mason's flaresfoot. 4 yrs (201), 7st 91b 0 Mr. J. Day's Anti-Radical, 3 yrs (201.), Est 41b 0 Mr. Flintoff's Taley, 3 yrs (201.), Bst 21b 0 Mr. D. Samuel's The Gift, 3 yrs (20/.), bat 41b 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst Prism, 4to 1 agst Dr. Husband, and 6 to 1 each agst Tuley and Anti-Radical. Won on the post by a head. The Scurry Handicap of 3 soya, each, with 20 added, the second receives 10 soya., half a mile, 8 subs., was won by half a length by Mr. Jones's Exchange, 2 yrs, sst 41b (Cliff); boating Mr. Jones's Flora, 4 yrs, Bst 71b; Mr. Shepherdson's Itburiel filly, 3 yrs, Bst; Mr. Owen's Carinetta,,3 yrs, 7st 71b; and Mr. E. Herbert's Gauntlet, 5 yrs, 6st 41b. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. WORCESTER STEEPLECHASE. 3 to 1 agst Bourton (t) 4 to 1 agst Proceed (t) EPSOM HANDICAP. 5 to 1 agst Varmint (I) 6 to 1 agst Vermuth (t) 6 to 1 agst Robbie Noble (t) 8 to 1 agst Don Pedro (C) 8 to 1 agst Tested (t) NOVEMB Epsom'REEILS FOR 1852. 4 Stretford I Liverpool Autumn 9 Warwick Cowbridge Hunt I Northallerton ll Shrewsbury Autumn... 23 "The year 1851 has, in fine, been for Great Britain a i year not less full than those which have preceded, and even perhaps of a more animated character, both as regard* the metropolis and the colonies. We have just Been the prodigious activity of the Australian colonies, the vicissitudes of the Kafir war, and the results so rapidly obtained in the no less important war which adds fresh prestige to the English power in Asia, we mean the war against the King of Ava. Our readers Inv now appreciate the great ameliorations accom plished or rejected by the mother country, in her legis tion for these vast and numerous possessions. At home, the London Exhibition concentrated, for a moment, the attention of the old and new worlds, and occasioned an extraordinary movement of population on the English soil. As if to s h ow t h at material interests do not form the sole pre -occupation of England, a great political agitation, one of those popular manifestationspowthlicah know so well how to rest within the limitsc()ofmlegatlity4 human industry. e Th o e a suc ceeded the concourse of so many people, mire in London the marvels of hailed the chief of an insurrection (Kossuth) which had so deeply moved England in 1849. Unfortunately this demonstration, although it did not d e p art from Eng legality, exceeded the limits of inter nat i onal pro prieties, and the Foreign Minister, by mixing hi m self up with it, officiously compromised the British Cabinet in the eyes of the great powers of the Continent. This situation became more complicated in consegnence of the events succeeding the coup d etat of the 2d o f December in France, and the chief of the Foreign-offic e had to suffer the consequences, reserving to himself, however, the right of reprisals on his col l eagues , who had abandoned or rather dismissed him. Hence follows a struggle in the heart of the Whig party which led to the advent of a Tory Government. The recent elections have probably served only to exhibit, in a stronger light the dislocation of parties ; but while rendering the practice of Parliamentary Government more difficult, this critical phase of parties imposes on English society and English government new duties, in which it may be affirmed they will not fail. The Continent may fall from one extreme to another—the English constitution Witnesses'such agitations without being shaken by them, like the British soil itself in the midst of the waves which beat its shores." _ The arti c l e on F rance i s well worthy of attent i on , ofor as the An nua i re b e i ng on l y at the commencement f let us hope, a long series, lays the foundation of the future series on a deep and copious exposure of the act ua l s t ate of the country in its various relations. Turkey, too, is h an dl e d i n a large spirit. Altogether the work may safely be recommended to the student Of contemporaneous history. The Paris Bourse has been active to-day, and for the end o f t h e present month prices are somewhat in a dvance o _ of th e c l os i ng rates of Saturday ; Threes left . 7 at 82f. 60 c ., and Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at I °Gr• 75c. The market closed as follows :—Three per Cents., for cash, 81f. 75c , for account , 82f. GO , ; Four-a n d- a -H alf account, 106 f. 7,sg.p;er Bank C of h' ranee for cash, 1051. ; f o r ace ranee Shares, 2,990 f. ; Austrian L oan , 94 ; Turki s h L oan , S pan i s h Th rees , and u N eapolitan nut quoted. BUSIN— IRISLI RACI NO YE ES TO COME• :M ER. _ Kilkenny ... 28 , .............. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. DEVONPORT. Noi . 2. The Dido, 18, Captlin W. H. Morehead, C. 8., arrived here to-day from the Pacific. Her dates have all boon anticipated. She is 112 days from Tahiti, and from Rio the Bth September. She has brought home the officers of the Bonetta, as stated, to attend an Admiralty inquiry, She is ordered up harbour to have her defects made good. In the event of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir Fleetwood Peflew accepting a command, either to his nephew, Cap tain Halsted of the Dauntless, or Captain Fitzgerald, it is said, will be his flag-captain. Naval Instructor—lT. M. Lefroy (1845) has been ap pointed to the Impregnable, flagship, Devonport. Master's Assistant—Charles W. Ross, to the Victory, flag-ahip, Portsmouth. SCREW LINE-OF-BATTLE Ships.—The conversion of the Hannibal, 30, at Deptford, into a screw-ship, is being proceeded with, and from the number of men employed on her it would appear that she is to bo completed with out the least delay. She is to be lengthened about 10 feet abaft. Same of the stern timbers have already been removed. Tits,' NEW EXPRESS ENGINES.—Some time ago we noticed the, contract entered into between the directors of the London and North-Western Railway Company and Messrs. Fairbairn, of Manchester, for the construc tion of a number of locomotive engines, designed by Mr. M'Connell, of Wolverton, for the attainment of high speed. The positive announcement that before the end of the year the important town of Birmingham was to be brought within two hours' distance of the metro polis, naturally excited great interest, and the construc tion of the engine has been watched with anxious atten tion, not only by its designers and constructors, but by the most eminent scientifie and railway engineers. Messrs. Fairbairu have already completed the first engine, and at the preliminary trial, which was made at their establishment on Saturday last, the entire success of the novel principle was fully established. Without at precent entering into a detailed description of this new application, its extraordinary effect will be under stood by recording the fact that, within 45 minatea of the time when the fires in the boiler were first lighted, a pressure of steam equal to 100 lb. upon the square inch was indicated. The time required for this process in ordinary locomotives is nearly three hours. The calcu lated power of the new engine when running at a high Velocity is not less than 650 horses. No doubt we shall soon be called on to report the actual performance upon the road of this now " Flyer," and the easy accomplish menttme another,oa f ho a i nf 1 t o t t n ho g e r t ae a ua i t u th e fo d arcittsi speed es oo of ff tEh 7 ue o s at m ogne i e s q s lu p ria e r r teh h our, as the t e o let ea u s n have on tho day of trial a clear road and no favour may not be out of place. T 8 5 . ] 2 Tt o ho l e l 0 Curew Professora y of s Ulcerousi n Holloway.frn ent Wounds.and Dear [ADVERTISEM o u t s h p a a t r tsshe of wastbe t Pills on astonishing dated A ug.l Remedies ic l —Extract of a latter from John Noble, Esq., Mayorof Bos ton, afflicte dbody ;a with althoughu'l ulcers Sir,—Alrs. Sarah Dixon, of Liquorpond. street, Boston, has me nd, s f e ee d t, b a e n fo d re vari the first medical advice was procured, at. the cost of a large which means she has been hum of money, she obtained no relief, but became worse. Being advised to try ; our invaluable ointment and pills, she did t o h n is th d e a day deposed perfectly s° and l'e c l u 4 r e e v el. r — ed cured.—Sold t b h y eir al u l s d e L b g y gists, and at Professer Hoi oway'B LAADlieluaelit:;a 4 ; §traud, Ludo,. NESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON zTOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 2, 1852. Dijon and Besanpn, B%—Grand Junction of France, 7 1 ,4 Luxembourg, 4,1/3Lyons and Avignon, Liege (with interest), 83 4 —ditto (ex interest), 6 3 4 — N' r " them of France, 35%—Orleans and Bor./eaux, 22—Paris 15—Namur and 89 and Lyons, 30!,i—Paris and Orleans, 69—Paris and Rouen, —P ar i s and Strasbourg, 34—Paris, Caen, and Cherbourg,._ 3 .'tßouen and Havre, Weitelll truce, 1814. 19 1 Z ; Samb re an d Meuse, lAr/s 1 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 3, 1852. FREE TRADE BANQUET AT MANCHESTER. Last evening the great demonstration in favour of Free trade took place at the Free.trade hall in this town. The object of the meeting was to afford an opportunity to the advocates of unrestricted commercial intercourse, on the eve of the meeting of Parliament, of declaring their firm adherence to those principles of Free trade which received the sanction of Parliament in 1846. The public announcements of the meeting de scribed it as a " banquet," but, unless the " feast of reason" is regarded by the men of Manchester as a com pensation for the more substantial viands, the entertain ment certainly had no pretensions to such a designation. It was, in fact, a mere dessert, and its character may best be judged by the following bill of fare, which would scarcely be objected to by the advocates of vegetarian diet :-4,000 pies, 4,800 meat sandwiches, 3,000 fruit sandwiches, 2,000 raspberry and strawberry tarts, 1,000 black currant tarts, 3001bs. of biscuits, Bowt. of grapes, 4cwt. of raisins, iewt. of almonds, 3cwt. of figs, 6,000 pears, 6,000 apples. Among the gentlemen who accepted the invitation of the League were—Mr. M. Gibson, M.P., Mr. Bright, Id.P., Mr. Cobden, M.P., Mr. Alcock, M.P„ Sir James Anderson, M.P., Mr. Barnes, M.P., Mr. W. Brown, M.P., Mr. Bass, M.P., Mr. H. Berkeley, M.P., Mr. Brotherton, M.P., Mr. Biggs, M.P., Sir R. Bulkeley, M.P., Mr. Ball, M.P., Mr. H. Brown, M.P., Mr. Brady, M.P., Captain Bellew, M.P., Mr. Crossley, M.P., Mr. Crook, M.P , Mr. J. Clay, M.P., Mr. Cheetham, M.P., Sir W. Clay, M.P., Mr. Cogan, M.P., Mr. Dunlop, M P., Mr. Esmonde, M.P., Mr. Eccles, M.P., Mr. Fagan, M P., Mr. C. Forster, M.P., Mr. Geach, M.P., Viscount Gode rich, M.P., Sir G. Goodman, M.P., Mr. Gardner, M.P., Mr. Greene, M..P., Mr. H a dfi e ld, M.P., Mr. Heywood, M.P., Mr. Ingh am , M.P. , M r . K ers haw, M.P., Mr, Kinnaird, M.P., M r . K enne dy, M.P., Mr. Keogh, M.P., Mr. G. Langton, M.P., Mr. Lucas, M.P., Mr. Milligan, M.P., Mr. Serjeant Murphy, M.P., Mr. Joha Macgregor, M.P., Mr. Milner, M.P., Mr., Oliver* M.P., Mr. Otway, M.P., Mr. P. O'Brien, M.P, Mr. Potter, M.P., Mr. Pellatt, M.P., Mr. Pilkington M.P., Mr. J. L. Ricardo, MX., Mr. Roebuck, M.P., Mr. Scholefield, M. P., Sir J. V. Shelley, M. P., Mr. Sadleir, M.P., Mr. J. Sadleir, M.P., Mr. Sullivan, M.P., Mr. Serjeant Shee, M.P., Mr. F. Scully, M.P., Mr. Swift, M.P., Mr. Thornely, M.P., Mr. Thompson, M.P., Mr. Thicknesse, M.P., Mr. Wilcox, M.P., Mr. M. Wilson, M.P., Mr. Urquhart, M.P., Mr. Devereux, M.P., Mr. W. D. Seymour, M.P., Mr. M. Philips, &c. The invitation was also accepted by several members of the late Par- Heyworth, Mr. Henry, Mr. Mowatt, Mr. W. J. Fox, and Mr. M'Cullagb. Mr. Roebuck, however, and Mr. Ricardo, and some others of the number we have mentioned, were eventually prevented attending. Letters expressing regret at being obliged to be absent, were received fr om Mr. J. D. Fi tz ' era ld, M . P., M r . C. S. Butler, M.P., Mr. Gly n , M 17., Sir G. Peohell, M.P., Lord R a d nor , Mr. Phi nn, M.P,, Mr. Milnes M.P., Mr. Sh a ft o , M.P., Si r William Molesworth, M.P., Mr. Grace, M.P., Mr. William Willi a ms, M.P., Mr. Locke King, M.P., Mr. Duffy, M.P., Mr. M. Dunne, M.P., Mr. Cowan, M.P., Mr. Locke, KZ, Mr. Townley, M.P., Mr. T. F. Lewis, M.P., Sir J. Duke, M.P., Mr. Peto, M.P., Mr. Laing, M.P., Sir G. Strickland, M.P., Mr. Bouverie, M.P. Mr. J. B. Smith, M.P., Mr. Kirk, M.P., M r . G. Duncan, M.P., Mr. J. Wilson, M.P., Mr. Headl am , M.P ., L or d F . L . Gower, Lord Monck, Mr. V. S m i t h, M . P ., M r. M . O'Connell, M.P., Mr. Miall, M.P., M r . T. S. D uncom b e M.P., Sir D. Norreys, M.P., Mr. F. Pe e l, M.P., Si r C. Wood, M.P., Mr. Lowe, M.P., Mr. Strutt, M.P., Mr. Hume, M.P., Mr. Currie, M.P., Sir B. Hall, M.P., Mr. 0. Ricardo, M.P., Sir W. P. Wood, M.P., Lord R. Gros venor, M.P., Mr. Westbead, M.P., Mr. V. Scully, M.P., Mr. Mitchell, MX., and other members of Parliament. When the meeting was resolved upon in October, 2,700 tickets were issued for the accommodation of ladies and gentlemen at the tables, all of which wore taken up within four days. Additional provision was subsequently made for the admission of persons whom it was impos. sible to provide with seats, and, including those who had merely standing-room, considerably more than 3,000 persons must have been present. The arrangements for the accommodation of so large a number of guests as were admitted to the banquet may h be briefly indicted as follows: —Alon g the bod y of thß all, at right angles to the plat form at the west end, were 16 parallel lines of tables covered alternately with white and pink drapery. In order to facilitate access to the seats, a wide avenue crossed the hall about the centre of the lines, so that there were altogether 32 tables in this part of the building; half of these afforded seats for 56 persons at each, and the others for 62 each, making 1,888 in all. In each of the two side galleries were two lengths of tables, with seats for 76 persons at each, and four tables in the front gallery, with seats for 224 persons. On the platform were six lines of tables, with seats only on one side, accommodating 72 guests and 167 vice-presidents. b G 1 Gibson, ah andic which became Mr.B At half-past six Mr. G. Wilson entered the hall, and took the chair amid loud cheers from the vast assem blage, m husi a a d s e tie ther as i Mapr.peCaorbandeeen, after Bright him. Grace was said, or, rather prayer offered, by the Rev. D. M'Kerrow. well as Lord Derby, or that ingenious trifler the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, who found the money. (Laugh ter.) He therefore called on the distinguished gentlemen on that platform to lend their able and energetic efforts to bring it to an immediate and satisfactory issun. (Cheers.) He begged leave to propose the " Health of the Free-trade members of the House of Commons." The toast having been drunk most enthusiastically, the whole assembly rising to cheer. ' The CHAIRMAN called on Mr. Cobden to respond, as ' the representative of the largest constituency in the kingdom. (Great cheering.) Mr. COBDEN, M.P., on rising to respond, was received with most enthusiastic cheering, the whole company rising and giving cheer after cheer for some time. He said,—Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, I am much obliged to my friend, the chairman, who has explained to you the reason why he has chosen me to return thanks for the toast, on account of the extent of my con stituency rather than any personal merits of my own, or I should not have had the presumption to appear before you to represent so numerous and so influential and distinguished a body of men as those for whom I have now the honour of re sponding. Gentlemen, a portion of the Free-trade mem bers of the House of Commons have been tried men, and therefore they need no voucher from me to commend them to your confidence; but there is a very large por tion of the present House of Commons consisting of new and untried men. Many of these are now before you, and I have no doubt whatever that when they appear on the arena in Westminster they will be found as true and faithful to their pledges and recorded principles as any of those with whom I have had the honour of fighting and winning some Free-trade battles. (Cheers.) Non, gentlemen, I was very glad to see ono sentiment so loudly applauded when it fell from our respected chair man in connexion with this toast. It was where he said, what you expect from us is that we should bring this question of Free-trade and Protection to a speedy set tlement. (Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, I confess to you that, so far as Free-trade is concerned, in this meeting to-night, it appears to me that that is almost the sole object we can possibly have in view. It does not appear to me that we meet here to discuss the question, when all the arguments relating to it have been worn thread bare by means of discussion; it does not appear to me that it requires we should convince ourselves or con vince others of the superiority and justice of; Free trade as opposed to Protection;: but what me must ask ourselves is this:—How is it that, when un doubtedly 19.20ths of the population of these realms are in favour of Free-trade—when in all our commercial cities you cannot find a sane man who is for Protection —(Loud cheers)—when, I verily believe, in the whole metropolis you could not find a score of individuals out side of Bedlam who would commit themselves to Protec tion—(Cheers and laughter)—when the whole agricul tural labouring population are vehemently in favour of Free-trade, how is it, I ask, that in such a state of things as that it can be necessary that we should meet here, in this not very temperate atmosphere or very salubrious room, again to protest against a Protectionist Govern ment ruling this country? Why, gentlemen, the reason is this—and although I am as little apt to infringe the rule of a Free-trade meeting by introducing extraneous topics as anybody—the truth is this, that our House of Commons is a packed House of Commons. (Loud cheers.) It is a House of Commons where the intellect and the wealth aad the power of the country are so unequally and unduly represented, that, instead of its being a fair exponent of the opinions of the country, it seems to be little more than a machine where ingenious jugglers, like Signor Blitz himself, can shuffle the cards and play their game, and win the stakes in spite of the opposition of 19.20ths of the population of this country, (Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, I still think that if the Free-traders who wore sent to Par liament at the last election are, as I believe they will be, true to their principles, we may bring this question to a close, as we are bound to do, in my humble opinion, before the next Christmas. (Cheers.) Now, as you have shown that you are in favour of the immediate settlement of this question, and as I am sure the Free-trade members of the House of Commons would be glad to have your sanction, or to in quire the opinion of a body so influential as this—so powerful and socially so influential in all parts of the kingdom—as to the mode by which wo should bring this question to an issue, I ask your opinion on the plan which I humbly submit ought to be followed by the Free-traders in Parliament. (Cheers.) We want to make a Government declare its opinions. (Cheers and laughter.) We want to know what are the opinions of the Government, in order to know whether the Govern ment be in harmony with the majority of the House of Commons and the vast majority of the population of this country. Have we not a right to know the opinions of our Government upon the question which,of all others at the present moment, concerns the welfare and the happiness of the people of ithis country ? Then, I say, when Parliament meets we have a right to know what are the views of the Government upon the question of Free-trade and Protection. When I had tae honour of meeting you in Manchester in March last I stated that I had had a conversation with Mr. Villiers urging kim to put a notice on the paper of the House of Commons, pledging the House to withhold its confi dence from any Government that was not pledged to carry out the principles of Free-trade. You aro aware that when we met again, after the short recess, and after the Ministers had been re-elected, that motion was altogether evaded by a declaration from Lord Derby, and his representatives in the House of Commons, that the Government did not expect or propose to carry any measures in the House of Commons, knowing they were then in a minority, but intended at the earliest pos sible period to take the sense of the country on their policy. Lord Derby told us at the same time that he would call Parliament together before Christmas, in order that we might come to a decision on the commer cial policy of the country. (Hear, hear.) Well, gentle men, we have had that election, and, defective as is our representative system, still there is a considerable ma jority of the House of Commons pledged to free trade. (Cheers.) I have a very high authority in these matters with the Government, Major Beresford, as for the fact. (Cheers and laughter.) Well, now, gentlemen, all I stipulate for is, that when Parliament re-assembles we should know whether the Government be now Protec tionist or Free-trade. Is there anything unreasonable in that? Why have we had a general election but to de cide that question? Why do we meet now before Christ mas, but avowedly, by Lord Derby, to settle that ques tion? I propose, therefore, to follow out that view which seems so much in accordance with your sentiment; I pro pose that the Free-trade Members of the House of Com mons should bring Lord Derby's Government to a decla ration of their principles on this question. Now, I say that if the Queen's Speech does not contain a distinct renunciation and recantation of Protection on the part of this Administration, then I think the Free-trade majority, if they are true to their principles—as I honestly hope and believe they are—are bound, either by an amendment to the Address, or by a substantive resolution in the House, to declare that no Government will have the confidence of the House of Commons which does not avow—mind I say avow—(Loud cheers)—its determination to adhere to the policy of Free-trade, as it has hitherto been adopted, and to carry it out in every practicable way. (Cheers.) I sas the House of Commons should call upon the Government to avow its opinions, because I draw a very great distinction between a decla cation of the Government or tho intimation—the mysti cal intimation—from the Government, that they don't intend at present to interfere with free trade, and an avowal of the Government that they have changed their opinions, and they are honestly in favour of Free-trade. I say that, having nineteen-twentieths of the population of this country, and a large majority of the House of Commons, in favour of a certain policy, our constitu tional system is a farce unless you can have a Govern ment in harmony with that majority. (Loud cheers.) It is not enough to satisfy you, I am sure, that those who have been the inveterate enemies of the principles which you have met here to support, should bo left in possession of the Executive power in this country, and free to damage the progress of those principles, or to prevent their extension, and if possible to bring back a return of Protectionist principles. That will not satisfy you nor satisfy the country. But why I wish a determinate and specific course to be taken by the Free-traders is this, that nothing short of that will ever settle the ques tion in the agricultural districts. (Cheers.) The great home of this delusion of Protection is in the dark cor ners of our agricultural districts. (Hear, hear.) It is there that still survives this 'faith: in a Ministry which promises one thing at the market-table and talks in an other tone at the clubs and coteries of London. I need not tell you how rife is this faith in Protection in the agri oultural districts. We have seen almost every agricultural county, swayed as they all are by aristocratic influence, owing to the system of voting in this country —we have seen them nearly all carried in favour of Protectionist candidates; and, in fact, some of our best and ablest men among the agriculturists themselves, such as Mr. Pusey and some of our Liberal aristocracy, like Lord Nor. rep, in Oxfordshire, for merely . saying " we have no faith in this delusion;" and eminent men, lik e M r . Cornewall Lewis, in Herefordshire, have been discarded solely on the ground of speaking for and of leaning to Free-trade opinions. And who encourages this? The political party who have crept into power on the faith of this delusion. And you cannot put an end to this de lusion in the agricultural districts by any other process than that which I hav e alluded to—b y carr y i ng this theory to an immediate issue in the House of Commons, and compelling the Government either to avow itself Free-trade, thereby opening the eyes of these deluded people in the agricultural districts to the delusions pree tided upon them , o r else declarin g themsel ves still for P ro t e ction, and then going, as they must h onest l y go, into opposition to advocate their principles. Now, I don't blame members of Parliament, and members of a party. for advocating, perseveringly and continuously, principles in which they believe. I say, if the mem bers of the present government are still of the same opinion that they were when they were in opposition, let them avow it, let them go into opposition again. They are in a minority, but you have seen that when you have faith in your principles, and belief in those principles being true, you may make a minority into a majority, but that is a process to be done in op position and not in the Government. (Hear.) Now, the agricultural districts of this country have been kept for the last six or seven years in a state of suspended animation by the course that has been pursued by the political landlords of the country. They have prevented men from devoting themselves to their pursuits, and re lying entirely on their own energies; they have been looking to those members of Parliament and those poli tical parties to do something for their interests, which can only be done by their own ,individual and united L ; efforts. The agricultural c onstituencies, in the way in which they have been standing agape at thao political After rather more than half an hour spent in disposing of the viands. After the usual loyal toasts had been drunk. The CHAIRMAN said, with respect to many who were now present it would be impossible to ask their admira tion of a meeting in the Free-trade Hall, on the score either of its members or its novelty ; bat he did think that when they considered that at the present meeting they had among them distinguished guests, a very con siderable proportion of the members of the House of Commons, and in addition to that, those who most truly might bo called the representatives of the industry and energy of this country, collected from all parts of the kingdom, then this meeting must be admitted to be in some respects unprecedented. (Hear, hear.) Why was it that this question still retained its hold upon the public opinion of this country? Fourteen years ago, as they recollected, it was the most neglected of all public questions; no statesman of any eminence dared touch it; almost all rising men in Parliament refused to look at it, as one of the most uncompromising subjects in the whole calendar of national grievances. It was reserved for some seven gentlemen, three or four of whom were now present, to initiate the idea, to draw public attention to it, to draw around it an organiza tion, greater perhaps than ever was known in this country previously. They saw that idea gradually grow and increase in magnitude until it absorbed nearly every other ; they saw Ministers, who formerly had deemed it almost the height of absur dity, become its groat apostles and teachers and pro mulgators ; they say it afterwards become the rallying point of the antagonistic feeling of the country, then be come an Act of Parliament, and become handed down to posterity as their contribution—at least of the good things of the world—to their successors. (Cheers.) Three years ago, at a similar meeting in some respects to the present, they ushered in a great era of free trade amid rejoicings. Those who had been known to each other in that arduous struggle for many years—those who had loft all their pursnits and sacrificed all their connexions for the prosecution of this object, took their final leave of each other there. So far as they were concerned, he did not believe ono gentleman present at that time ever anticipated that, within the range of the remotest possibility, they ever should be called to gether again upon this subject in that hall. (Hear, hear.) They left, it might be said, unlike other generals, the field in possession of the van quished enemy. They marshalled themselves under new leaders, casheried their old officers, hoisted their old flag under new generals. They took possession, as it appeared, of the forlorn hopes of this country, and through meetings, speeches, marchings al) to London to wait upon their great leader, and marchings down again with assurances from their great leaders, the Free-traders looked on with the most perfect indifference. There was certainly one occasion when they felt some little annoyance at the observations of the noble ear► at present at the head of her Majesty's Go vernment, and that was when, early last year, he assured a deputation from every county of England, which had met first at Drury-lane, and was then adjourned to St. Jarnes's-quare, one and all, that if there was in any district in England any one who entertained the idea that there was in his mind any flinching or change of opinion. ho authorized them to go back and announce to those whom they represented, that such was not the case, and that, in the memorable words of the Duke of Wellington, he only wished for an opportunity, he said, to say, " Up, Guards, and at them.' Well, gentlemen, at tk:at time, certainly, they felt themselves a little ruffled, but they consoled themselves with this fact, that the noble earl had omitted to notice certain portions of the subject, which were certainly necessary to his success ; first, that the Earl of Derby is not the Duke of Wellington, and that they (the Free-traders) were not the French. (Loud cheers and laughter.) So long as these were their practical amusements, the people of this country showed no evidence or traces of anxiety. But early this year a change came over the complexion of parties. They found the Noble Earl, the head a the Protectionists, also the head of her Majesty's, Government, and called to administer the affairs of this country according to the principles which he said he was bound in all honour to maintain. They saw him surrounded with all those who had uniformly backed his opinions during the last seven years; all the groat offices of the state occupied by men who, rank and file, had no recommendation or antece dents in this country but as genuine, downright Protec tionists; and tinder these circumstances was it surprising, or not at all to be anticipated, that the people, feeling, perhaps, some temporary alarm, began to think that the time was come when it would be necessary to inform the Noble Earl at the head of her Majesty's Government, that a demonstration should be made which should imme diately, on the slightest appearance of danger, spon taneously burst forth to an extent beyond any of which, from any previous anticipation, he could have the least idea? Under these circumstances, the merchants, traders, and manufacturers of that district mot at Newall's-build logs, in Manchester, on the 2d of March, and in the short space of 25 minutes put down somewhere about 27,000/., which sum was afterwards increased to 70,0001. (Cheers.) Since the League was reconstructed, it was certain that they had heard very little of processions up to Drury-lane. He believed that building was now to be had very low indeed. And there was not much said about Protection now at the Carlton, where, at the beginning of the year, there was always so much noise made on the subject. Somebody must have caused all this, and as to who it was ho left them to draw their own conclusions. There was ono thing which they were bound to do, and which they were met now to put in operation,—to take care that this question was brought to an immediate settlement one way or the other. (Great cheering.) Experience of the benefits of free trade had given the working man an interest in this aneetien Otrcnger then be ever felt before: He knew as parties, and believins- everything that these political jug glers have told them, have reminded me of a bumpkin on a village green watching a juggler, who is pulling ribands by the yard out of his mouth and swallowing fire, and believing thee he is doing alt that in the course of nature, and not by mere artifice and legerdemain. (Laughter.) Now, gentlemen, I have had some oppor tunity of witnessing the effect of this long continued de lay upon the interests of agriculture. You ore prospering here in the manufacturing districts, and if they aro no' prospering in the farming districts of the south of England to the same extent, it is very much owing to the fact that those engaged in tho rural pursuits of this country have had their attention and energies di verted from their own individual pursuits by the delusion that has been practised upon them. The agricultural labourers of this country are not, I am sorry to say, so well off as they should be, though they are certainly better than they were under the auspices of Protection. But I sometimes hear it stated that you are short of labour in this part of the country. Now, having resided some time in a purely agricultural dis trict of England, I venture to say that the wages of agricultural labourers in the southern counties—includ ing Oxfordshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Kent, Sussex, Surrey, and all the counties southward, includ ing D:von and Dorset—the woges of agricultural la bourers, the heads of families, honest, industrious men, do not average 9s. a-week, and in Dorsetshire and Devonshire many are working at 7s, a-week. They are better off than they were under the regime of Protection, when the price of the loaf was double what it is at pre sent; but they are not so well off as they ought to be; and "the reason why" is, that there is not capital enough in the agricultural districts to give the people full employment. You cannot improve the condition of the labourers in the agricultural districts of England— and I want to see them improved there, rather than to see them compelled to come here for employment— (Cheers.)—more effectually than by investing capital in the cultivation of the soil, with the view of affording them employment; but if you want to deter the flow of capital to the land you cannot do it more effectually than by keeping up those delusions under which the farmers of this country are looking to Mr. Disraeli and Lord Derby for their safety, rather than to the increase of their capital and the application of skill and industry to the culture of the land. (Cheers.) In the interest of the agriculturists, therefore, I call upon the Free-traders in the House of Commons to bring this question to a decisive issue. (Cheers.) Now, gentle men, will this suit political parties ? Will it suit the old game of Whig and Tory ? I hold that we are not to consult political parties in the settlement of this ques tion. (Hear, hear.) When we first assembled in Man chester, fourteen years ago, we resolved that we would keep this question distinct and free altogether from the old political combinations, and it was owing to that re solution Mote that complete success was the issue of our agitation. Had it been otherwise—had we joined the Whig ranks—it was impossible that Sir Robert Peel could have taken up this measure. It was by hold Mg entirely aloof from both Whigs and Tories that we enabled Sir Robert Peel to take up and to settle this great question. Now, do political parties want to procrastinate this question that they may play a game of delusion, in the hope of mixing it with some party struggle, tripping each other up, and having Free-trade in reserve as a small and infini tesimal subject for party discussion? If so, have no thing to do with any political party whatever. (Hear, hear.) We want to bring the matter to an issue— (cheers)—and having cleared the question of protection out of the way of all parties, we leave them to make some new combination. Indeed there is no honest man, whatever party he may belong to, who wishes to see progress made with any other question, who is not inte rested with us in removing the questions of Protection and Free-trade from the category of political discussion. (Hear, hear.) I know that it is very fashionable among certain politicians to say, " Why don't your Liberal members of the House of Commons get together and form yourselves into a party?" Some people out of doors will say " You should form a Radical party." Others will say " Why don't you form yourselves into a progressive party?" I must confess I think that all people who look to members of the House of Commons to form parties or to determine the policy of the coun try have a very insufficient notion of what it is that con stitutes the force of political movements in this country. (Hear, hear.) What is it that makes Free-trade now a powerful political question that gives to the question of Free-trade the vitality and force which it possesses in Parliament? It is not because a few members of the House of Commons got together, and determined that they would make a party question of Free-trade. (Hear, hear.) Free-trade did not become a powerful question in the House of Commons or among politicians until some men, rather young in years, and who had never before been known as politicians, engaged most actively and energetically in the advocacy of the principle out of doors, and by means of such meetings as this, gave an impetus to the question which enabled members of the House of Commons to carry Free-trade as it was carried. But if anybody supposes that till this question is settled any members of the House of Com mons could form themselves into a party for any other object, unless the people out of doors indicated what they wanted, and prepared a question for Parliament to deal with, such person has entirely forgotten the history of the Free-trade agitation, and must be totally ignorant how parties are constituted in the House of Commons. (Hear.) Therefore, whatever other subject may be most yours out of doors—whether you want an extension of the suffrage, ballot, or any other measure, you aro inte rested in clearing the ground of this Free-trade contro versy. Get rid of this out of your path, and then, like sturdy, honest Englishmen, set to work, bringing out some men not above 30 years old, because :you will want some time to do it ; and whatever is just and right and politic, if you only work for it, you will be sure to succeed in obtaining. (Hear, hear.) Now I should not wonder if wo should bo met by some wise politicians with the question—What aro you going to do if you turn out the Government ? How will you make another? Well, I think that question is much easier of solution after the experience of the last six months than it was before. (Laughter and cheers.) I don't think we shall ever be in any great difficulty in finding a Govern ment, after the experience of the last Government. (Renewed laughter and cheers.) We have a Cabinet now, I believe, comprising a dozen very worthy and respectable mon, but I venture to say there aro at least 500 men in the body of this hall who are quite as competent to fill the office of Cabinet Minister as those gentlemen. (Laughter.) It has been show', that it does not require that you should have an cesters who were Ministers before you ; it does not require that you should have been chin deep in " red tape" all your days (hear, hear) ; it does not require that you should have a broad coat of arms, or even a crest—(A laugh) ; it does not matter what lineage or race you belong to—(Laughter and cheers)—there is no sort of embargo henceforth against anybody being s Cabinet Minister. (Cheers.) Therefore, the difficulty we used to be met with is everywhere lessened. (Hear hear.) But we started—the Free-traders started, b) declaring that they had no political rights to serve (Hear, hear.) I confess I won't be chargeable with such transparent hypocrisy as to affect the modesty of not being able to be as good a Cabinet Minister as some half-acorn gentlemen now in office. (Great cheering.) I hope it will not be supposed that I have any ambition to fill any such office—(Some laughter)—l have no such desire. (Hear, hear.) Not that I think, where peoph can hold office and hold their own convictions too, it it not a most honourable and desirable post, a post which gives men great power to do good. (Hear, hear.) Bin I think nobody will charge me with having any ambition of that kind, in wishing to see the present Government brought fairly to brook, and compelled either to give in on the question of Free-trade, or to go out as Protec tionists. (Hear, hear.) But, I think, we aro fairly en titled to say this—that whatever else the men ma) be, we insist upon having a Free-trade Administration. (Cheers.) And when I say a Free-trade Administra tion, I mean a body of men, if they are to be the men now in office, who shall distinctly and emphatically .re pudiate all the doctrines they have been promulgating in their past lives upon this great question. (Laughter and cheers.) We have seen that done before by greater and better men than they (cheers); and Heaven forbid that in these times of marvellous change, when the world itself is undergoing transformations almost like the ka leidescope, where we see such incidents occurring to upset all calculations and combinations in the physical world, I should deny it to men at the eleventh hour, or the eleventh and three quarters, to recant all they have said upon the subject of Free-trade and protection, (Hear.) But it must be emphatic. (Hear.) They must say that Free-trade does not lower wages (hear, hear); they must say that Free-trade does not cause a drain of geld from this country (hear, hear); they must say that Free-trade has not thrown land out of cultiva tion in this country (hear, hear); they must say that the land of this country is still worth something (hear, hear); and they must eay that wheat, good wheat, has not been imported into this country, and cannot be, at 245. a quarter. (Hear.) Those are a few of the things they must say, when they said the very opposite before. (Hear, h ear , and cheers.)ea And we must have no aceampaniment about 0 . P cation." (Hear, hear.) Do you look in your n d s " , ic n taLry. and you and see what the word "compensation" will see that if there is any compensationint d o e :e l 86 4t6a,ll,wietries to those people who, from 1815 () ague we adopted kept upon short commons by the a u d r r i o s:t o n e racy. (Cheers.) Recollect that when we launched o and unconditional for our motto—" Total, immediate , ei pensation ; well, but I repeal." (Hear, hear.) .C°(.lfear, hear.) I boldly deny that there is any declare, and challenge the adversary to deny it, that the agricultural land, taking value of land in this co= ry' and one county with another, is one acre with anothele as a in 1844. (Hear, hear.) I do greater now than it w not mean to say that there are not particula r cases; where som e of the great landed pr o p r i etors were where, prevent railroads coming illy foolish enoug h to .for instance, their neighbourhoods, in which there may not be found some empty m ansions and stagnant count ry towns. That is the fault of those who opposed railroads, as they did Free-trade, and everything else th a t i s good. (Hear, hear.) But that is more than compensated by the vast increase in the value of the land where railroads h ave been allowed to run. (Hear.) But taking one with another, I tun prepared to maintain and prove that the value of land has not diminished since 1844, before the Corn-laws were touched by Sir IL Peel. (Hear. hear) But I do not mi n d if it had. Have not the landlords had their share of compensation already in the advantages Free-trade has given to them, in the price of living, and in other ways? (Hear, hear.) And, be sides that, if they had had no such advantages, I main tain that no class of men in this country can have a vested interest in laws. (Hear, hear.) Individuals may have a patent right and may be entitled to compensation if their individual interests are invested for the benefit of the country at large; but classes, great classes, such as drapers or grocers, or any other class, can have no claim to compensation when their interests are affected. Take the ease of the lawyers; Wo haw lote/y hod PIO changes i❑ the law; we have had " John Doe and Richard Roe" abolished. (A lftugh.) They wile Each. more ancient acd venerable thou Protection, and yet thee lawyers, with the modesty that characteriz d them-- (laughter)—never asked for compensation. No, then e must be no compensation. (Hear.) The party tient holds office in a Free-trade country like this must be prepared to carry out Fres•trade to its legitimate consie quences—(hear, hear)—to advocate Free-trade, to argue in favour ef Free-trade—(hear, hear)—not to sneer at "ate Mancheseer School," but to put themselves to the Man chester School to learn their lessons, (Hear, hear.) We must be able to present before the world a Govern ment which, when it meets foreigners, as it does in its foreign relations, shall be able to show them the reason why we .are Free-traders, and to lay before thorn, with industry and pertinacity, from year to year, the fruits, of Free-trade in this country. (Hear, hear.) Could ten w q quietly areetly ambassado r b e b etter employed than in convey i ng in to fr t i h en e dl Ministers r elations, of s, t he foreign stai stSietaaltefrsuiwtsitohf whom Free trade in this country? (Hear, hear.) Could anything be mere convincing to a Treasurer, a Chancellor of the Exchequer a b roa d , than if the Chancellor of the Ex chequer in England took care that he should know that the revenue had i m p rove d rather than fallen off in con sequence of Free -trade? (Hear.) But how can you ex pect the Chancellor of the Exchequer to do this so long as he is adhering to the opinio ho has always ex pressed that Free-trade is sure to cause a great falling off in the revenue? (Hear, hear.) You must have a Government not only avowing itself in favour of Free trade, but prepared, in every possible way. to pro• mote the extension of the principle in ail its ra mifications and consequences. (Hear, hear.) For instance, I am very much sneered at sometimes because I couple with this question of Free-trado the question of pacific relations with other countries. I am told I am Utopian. Why, lam only doing a little more practically what those who support Free-trade do theoretically ; for I scarcely ever heard a good free trade speech but what the peroration is showing the con nexion between Free-trade and pacific relations. lam only carrying Free-trade to its consequences when I say it will have the effect of rendering nations more de pendent upon each other, and that they will therefore be the more bound together by ties of amity and friend ship, as was most happity and beautifully expressed by the Rev. Gentleman who asked a blessing to-night, and whom I always hear with pleasure (dear, hear), ono who has invariably devoted his powers of mind to the advocacy of sound principles. (Hear, hear.) lam not Utopian—l am practical ; I give a reason for the faith that is in me. (Hear.) I see Free-trade au accomplished fact in this country, as the greatest commercial country in the world,—l see that its example must be followed, and that that example must lead to the extension intercourse between this and other countries ; and I see in that, not the Utopian realization of a dream, but I see cause and effect (Hear, hear) ; and I say men will be made peaceable because their interests will bo Allied in the cause of peace. (Cheers.) Now, I only ask you this in conclusion—to watch our proceedings in Pare liament—(hear); and, as you come from all parts of the Kingdom, and I have no doubt have had a powerful voice in the election of perhaps hundreds of members of Par liament, I hope that you will have your eyes steadfastly upon us all—;hear, hear); and if any of us falter, if any of us seem disposed to palter with this question, and to postpone its final and definite settlemeet from this short session to another, that it may be mixed up with other questions and be made the game of party, that you should admonish us and keep us to our duty. (Hear, hear). It is with that feeling that I beg to propose as a sentiment, " Health to the constituencies who have returned Free-trade members to Parliament." (Great cheering). The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The Health of Sir W. Clay." Sir W. CLAY, 111. P., was received with loud applause. lie said, the toast which had been given from the chair was "The Constituencies which had returned Free-traders to the new Parliament." They were, no doubt, perfectly aware that the constituencies which bad returned Free-traders comprehended, almost with out exception, every large town constituency in the United Kingdom. There was one doubtful exception, to which ho would not allude, but it was not very remote from the place where he was now speaking. (Hear, hear.) With that exception, every great town constituency in the kingdom had returned Free-trade members to Parliament. And those constituencies, in so doing, had only pronounced and given voice to the opinions and deep-seated convictions of the entire people of this country. But what was to bo the result of the entire views of the people of England being pronounced in behalf of the principles of Free-trade? Why, those results must flow from it to which his hon. friend had so well alluded. He agreed with him that the time for ac tion was come. The arguments in favour of Protection had long since been swept into that lumber-room where were accumulated the exploded fallacies and forgotten sophisms of the past. With regard to the men who had used them, they were fast vanishing from their view; it was becoming more and more difficult to meet with a pure Protectionist. They would very shortly disappear from view in the dim obscurity of distance. He was going to say that they would " loom" obscurely in the past, but a great man had especially devoted that word loom," to what he denominated " great objects." Now, he (Sir W. Clay) believed that nothing could be smaller than Protectionist statesmen, and every day that passed rendered them smaller still. They would soon take place in the imagination with those venerable persons whom some of as still remembered—gentlemen with powdered heads and pigtails, with knee-buckles and top-boots, and whose chief delight was, he believed, in long whiskers. But if this was now the state of public opinion, it was not always so. The time was not remote when this great question first assumed its due importance. ['here was a time, net remote, when one large part of the people of England wore ill-informed on the subject, and a yet larger portion cold and indifferent. He could himself remember when, some 15 years since, he pro posed to the House of Commons the repeal of the Corn Laws. (Cheers.) He remembered that when he brought forward that motion he should have been wall pleased to I obtain the encouragement and support of that great con stituency which then, as now, he had the honour to re present. He could not obtain it; there were few with gave him any encouragement or support. But what was the fact now? There had recently been long and fierce contests in that borough; there were five candidates, and not one of them would have dared to present him self to that, the largest borough constituency in the kingdom, if a doubt had hung over the sincerity of his devotion to his principles. One of the first men he applied to at the commencement of that contest was among the largest, if not the very largest, of the ship owners of this country—that class among wnom Protec tionist principles had lingered longest. He said, speak ing the views of one of those parishes which constituted the port of London, " Give yourself no trouble, we are all Free-traders." If this was now the state of the constituency, to what was this blessed change mainly owing? In his calm and deliberate opiniou, it was mainly owing to the men of Manchester, to the Anti- Corn. law League, and to his hon. friend who sat near him, whom ho need not name, for his name had become a household word. (Loud cheers.) It was the men of the Anti-Corn Law League who had, by their well directed exertions, informed the ignorant, confirmed the doubtful, given courage to the timid, and, at laat, by their unceasing perseverance, rendered those truths, once perceived and contended for by the few, the pro perty of the world. (Che ers. ) He remembered the first beginning of that League, the feeling with widen it was regarded, the sneers with which it was met, and among the sneerers were not only Tories, but those who set ipposito to Tories, some of whom were afterwards floated into power upon that tide of public opinion to which its exertions had given the first motion. (Cheers.) They had persevered and triumphed, and found the greatest compliment paid to them in the imitation of their method of agitating by their opponents. They said the League distributed so many tracts, and they would distribute so many more hundred weights, and they might possibly have succeeded, for heavier literature than Protectionist tracts it had never been his misfortune to meet with. The men of Manchester and the League had sot a glorious example, and he hoped the people of E viand would fol low it. It was from the battle-held on which they had planted their victorious standards that the friends of progress and constitutional reform must advance to fur ther triumphs. (Cheers.) law League." The next toast was " The Anti-Corn - Mr. BRIGHT, who was called upon to speak to the toast, was received with several rounds of che ers. lie n to respond to this sentiment, said—Being called uP, e singular position; tor, on I feel myself in a very_ meetingso recurring to the proceedings otsomewhat like this, held a I find that, anew nearly four years ago,among the sentiments • offered to that m eetin g , was that of " the Memory of the Anti Corn -law League. (Laughter and cheers.) I do not recollect whether it was received in mournful • silence or w ith acclamation—(a laugh)—butt this I know, that we felt we had followed the League from its merit to its extinction, and we fancied that commence ment we had seen it placed in its grave. (Hear, hear.) Wo recollected it for the grandeur of its lineaments, for the benevo lence of its action, for the portentous warning which it held out to the oppressor but we never imagi ne d t and the unjust; hat we should see it again a living combination, as we have seen it during the last eight m ont h s, and as we see it by its representa tives gathered w i t hi n this hall to-night. (Hear, hear.) Our opponents said that it was but the ghost of the League. Well, they are not the first body of people tio have b een d r i ven from the field by a ghost. ( . L aughter and cheers.) I t a k e l eave , ho we v e r, to assert ,that the manifestati on o f o pi n i on d uri ng th e period of the last few months, and especiatly during the period of the general election, has been such as to show, that if the League was buried, its spirit is still an existing and a living spirit—(cheers)—a spirit that dare and does defy any Cabinet that may exercise authority in this country to touch again the sacred question of Free-trade. (Loud cheers.) If any man says that we were wrong in reor ganzing the League, let him for one moment look at the facts. Lord Derby, the notorious and unscrupulous leader of the most intolerant of the Protection party_ (hear, hoar)—came into office. It is difficult to say he w he came there. (A laugh.);l have heard of generals sur rendering with whole armies at discretion. I am not sure that the leader on our side of the House did not surrender without discretion. (Laughter.) Some say his staff was disordered; some say his troops nmeimed. Some felt that they were almost as often led into the ranks of the foe as led against them. (Hear.) But whatever be the reason, somehow or other Lord Derby came into office. We had Protection blasts, and, finally, Lord Palmerston offered himself as the great trumpeter, and the walls of the Whig Jericho fell at once to the gioand. (Laughter and cheers.) But having Lord Derby in office, the re presentative of a great, though a mistaken policy, wo can hear nothing of that policy. (Hear.) When theeßeform Ministry came into office, everybody talked about re form; the followers of the Government were encouraged to talk about reform. When Sir R. Peel came into office, Eater his teuTuary resignation aoyeu year ago, every- GERMANY. A letter from Berlin, of the 27th ult., in the Jour nal de Frankfort, says : " The deputation of the Prussian army which is to attend the funeral of the Duke of Wellington will, it is said, be composed of Baron Hiller de Gartringen, general of infantry, on the retired list ; two aides-de-camp of the King ; and of the colonel and some officers of the 25th Regiment of Infantry, of which the Duke was the Commandant. M. de Hiller is the only Prussian officer now living who commanded a considerable body of troops at Waterloo. In addition to this official deputation, more than 40 generals And officers of the staff will attend. It is said that the Prince of Prussia will leave Coblentz on the 15th for London for the same purpose. M. de Kisseleff will return to Paris in a fortnight. General de Wrangel will return from his journey to Constantinople at the beginning of No vember." ITALY. With respect to the ministerial crisis now pending at Turin, the Opinione, of the 30th ult„ states that Count Balbo has not yet succeeded in forming a cabinet. His advances to Count Revel and Baron Manno are said not to have had the desired result. TURKEY. The new Grand Viceroy is the personal enemy of the Viceroy of Egypt, and it is thought in conse quence that before long circumstances will arise to cause a rupture between the Porte and the Court of Cairo. The revolt which has broken out in Syria and Mesopotamia assumes a threatening aspect. The Arabs have organized a system of pillage on a large scale; the caravans, as well as the vessels in the Euphrates and Tigris, are rifled. The Sheik Montefesch has put himself at the head of thousands of Bedouins, of the tribe of Oms, and has proceeded as far as the gates of Bagdad. An English ship has been arrested at Bus sorah, and the English missionaries who formed part of the crew taken prisoners, for whom the Arabs demanded a heavy ransom ; but the English Consul having strongly protested egainst such a proceeding, the Arabs released both the vessel and the mission aries. Four other vessels were arrested on the Tigris, not far from Kut. The number of insurgent Be douins daily increases, and the Sheik Jobal has joined them. The Arabs are precipitating themselves on the plains of Mesopotamia like a hurricane. There were rumours of an outbreak in Bagdad. It is necessary that Turkey should put forth all her power to suppress these revolutionary proceedings. COUR7' CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 2. The following had the honour of dining with Her Majesty yesterday:—The Duchess of Kent, the Prince and Princess of Hohenlohe Langenbourg, the Princess Adelaide and the Prince Hermann of Hohenlohe, the Count and Countess of Derby and Lady Emma Stanley, the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, and Sir G. Couper. Prince Albert, attended by Colonel the Hon. Charles Groy and Lieutenant• Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, went to London this forenoon by a special train of the Great Western Railway. The Duke and Duchess of Nemours aro expected at the Castle to-day on a visit to her Majesty. The Marquis of Exeter and the Right Hon. B. Dis raeli have been invited, and are expected to arrive this afternoon. Prince Albert returned to Buckingham P.lace from the Trinity House, yesterday afternoon, attended by Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon. The Prince left the Palace at a quarter before fivo o'clock on his retur❑ to Windsor Castle. Sir George Bonham had an interview wth Sir John Pakington yestprday, at the Colonial-office. General Campbell had also an interview yesterday with the right hon. bart. A deputation from the parish of Lambeth, upon the subject of sewers, had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole, yesterday, at the Home-office. The deputation consisted of Mr. W. Williams, M.P., Mr. J. P. Mur rough. M.P., Mr. Robert Taylor, churchwarden, Mr. John Sewell, churchwarden, Mr. Thomas Denyer, over seer, Messrs. T. Giles, S. Hodgson, and J. Lemon, sur veyors of highways, Mr. J. B. Clark, ♦estry clerk, and Mr. Thomas Roffey, clerk to the surveyors. A deputation, consisting of Mr. T. A. Mitch°ll,:M.P., Mr. M. Forster, M.P., Mr. W. S. Lindsay, and Mr. Stafford, had an interview with the Right lion. J. W. Henley, yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yesterday afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle. Sir Charles Fitzroy Maclean had an interview on Monday, with Sir John Pakington, at the Colonial office. Despatches were received yesterday, at the Colo nial-office, from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. THE DUKE OP VVELLIIVG7'ON'S FUNERAL. cathedral a tLordhodr vis Y it e e e d le t r h d e a to insp a i l ardingo and Sir Charles Barry, in company with Dr. Millman, ect th t e he Ij p r e e a p n a r oa tfieSnst. i P n a p u r l' o s . , grass, and availed themsel ves of the opportunity of offer- Watmough, who are carrying to Messrs. Plunkett and arrangements for the uri"out the scenic and other and the officers of Woods solemnity under Messrs. Cubitt was understood to take r and W or k s . L or d Harding()ments, ments, the suggestio ns of heiZt l interest in these arrange chiefly to the disposition of th u e r l iship having reeference will be in attendance on the nee large military staff that the original design connected with the A n a l terat i on in seats has been made within the lastthe amphitheatre of which accommodation will b© obtained day or two, by for I`,ooo instead ' of 13,000 persons, as originally Contemplated Instruc tions were also received yesterday by Mr.' ' the heed of the department to carry 0, serviceopolding, round the four arches that spring from the s'tB Corinthian columns supporting the great dome, with a wreathing u a g r the same round what are called the q uarte r galleries, which will be set apart for the cler gy , to g ether with a reticulation of lustres round the architraves and cornices, under the whispering gallery, and that reign generally round !the cathedral. From each of the semicircular arches supporting the dome will depend gas chandeliers. To expedite the interior construction the number of men has been augmented to between 300 and 400, and the hours of labour since Monday have been lengthened to as late as ten o'clock. The great range of seats extend ing 200 feet in length by 100 in breadth on either side the centre aisle are nearly completed; and yesterday the massive trusswork for the tiers of raised seats, over the transepts on the north and south, 240 feet long on either side, end radiating from the central urea under the dome, was thrown up. Some of the beams are 47 feet high, and 4or 5 feet thick. The quantity of timber carted into the churchyard up to the present time is 1,500 I ?ads, each load representing 100 cubic feet of timber, giving a gross total of woodwork within the cathedral of 150,000 cubic feet. The interior of the great edi fice presents all day the appearance of an enormous workshop, the noise of the sawing 2n other d machines reavunclUag in every direction. RACING FUT, N 6% v 30 % % I sli 20 i % y 74 n g L 7 / 8 2 )/s 1% t% i%