The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-23 00:00:00

r‘ttrb Vbitton SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Cloek. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The 'Tenter part of the day was occupied in the hearing of mottore 3 which were quite devoid of public interest. 7 . 7! WIIICKER V. HMO. This was a motion for a further order in this case agalual. The de fendants, who refused to comply with a former order. Mr. Pzavts stated the case, from which it aplorAred that Mr. Whicker was the heir-at-law to Dr. Gilchrist, the testator, who died en the Bth ofJanuary, 1841, possessed of an estP:cti Of 500 acres, near the town of Sydney, in New South Wales, an estate in Scotland, be tween 17,0001. and 18,0001. stock in the r.;Jocimercial Bank of Scot land, and 15,0001. stock in the Bank of F.awland. The testator, after devising several legacies, bequeathed slut residue of his property for the purposes of education, as far as. it was possible. The plaintiff, as heir-at-law and next of kinito the. testator, under these circumstances, Sled his bill, and the will having been proved in this country, a ques tion arose with reference to the property in Scotland, which rendered it necessary to prove the will in that country, which was accordingly done, and the requisite steps taken with respect to the estate in New South Wales, An answer was put in by the executors, and on the 4th November, 1842, a cross bill was filed, when for the brat time a question was raised as to the domicle of the testator, who it was stated had died in France. An order was made refer ring the matter to the Master to ascertain the domicile of the testator, who was his heir-at-law and who were next of kin. Under these Circumstances the probate of the will had Been obtained ex parte. Mr. Whicker, finding that the question about domicile had been raised, and that the law of Scotland was quite inadequate to pass the estate, ether necessary proceeding s were had recourse to, A n d subsequently an order against the trustees was obtained, to 'Which the defendants refused to accede, and the present motion w - as made for the payment of the costs and the !kinds in the tthuds of the trustees iota Court. An order for the payment of the money out bf the Consols into Court, by consent of the parties, without Vejudice to any other proceedings in the case, was granted. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this Night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bt,p of Victoria, Map. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 17th day of January, 1846. MIME DEPARTMENT. Notes iesucd.l l , 26,573,910 Government debt • • 11,015,100 Other securities •• • • 2,954,9.0 Gold coin and bullion 11,025,956 Silver bullion .. 1,547,954 X 26,573,910 X 26,573,910 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1846. Dated the 22d day of January, OEPARTIVNT. Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity).. 13,137,047 Other securities ... • 15,773,121 Notes Gold and sliver coin.. 565,466 X 34,869,382 M. MARSIIALI„ Chief Cashier. MG. GE. --(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar., Leghorn BO 75 Genoa Milan Venice N aks •-• • 40 Palermo, per oz 1194 Lisbon ... 524 Oporto. .• ........... 52i Rio Janeiro .. Bahia ....... Buenos Ayre3 NewYork,2ldyssight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLTOR, FIR 07. Foreign Gold,bars..l3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Poubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9A Silver in Bars 0 4 1 BANKING DI Proprietors' capital. • 14,553,000 Rest • • • • 3,311,777 Public deposits f in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners, of National Debt, Say ings-banks, and Di vidend accounts) . 4,710,957 Other deposits .. Seven day and other bills • • . • • • 1,009,030 X 31,869,382 Dated the 22d day of January, t COURSE OF Amsterdam CF. 12 9i Ditto, at sight l2 5t Rotterdam 2U. 12 10 Antwerp Hamburgh M.B. 13 15 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 25 75 Ditto, 3 months 26 Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 10 Frankfort on Maine 1221 Petersbnrgh, 3Us — Berlin — Vienna, effec. flo. lO 8 Trieste, ditto Madrid 36 Cadiz Bilbao — Barcelona — Seville — RAILWAY LEGISLATION. THIRD EDITION OF “ THE SUN. On MONDAY EVENING, the 26th inst., will contain a FULL REPORT of SIR ROBERT PEEL'S SPEECH with respect to RAIL WAYS and RAILWAY COMMITTEES. REPEAL OF THE CORN-LAWS. A FULL REPORT of SIR ROBERT PEEL'S SPEECH on the subject of the CORN-LAWS will be given in a THIRD and EXTRAORDI NARY EXPRESS EDITION of " THE SUN" of TUESDAY EVENING, the 27rn INSTANT. TIIE SUN LONDON, FRIDAY EVENINS, J_ANCAttit i 846. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) At the Court at Windsor:Castle, January 19, 1846. The Queen, as Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, has been graciously pleased, by her letters patent, under her royal,sign manual and the great seal of the Order, bearing date respectively this day, to dispense with all the statutes and regulations usually observed in regard to installation, and to give and grant unto the Most Honourable George Charles Marquis Camden, and the most Honourable Richard Marquis of Hert ford, Knights of the said most Noble Order, and duly invested with the ensigns thereof, "full power and authority to exer cise respectively all rights and privileges belonging to a Knight Companion of the said Most Noble Order of the Garter, in as full and ample a manner as if they had been formally installed, any decree, rule, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. CROWN OFFICE, JAIL 22, 1846. MEMBER RETWRNED TO SERVE LN Tills PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Buckingham—Robert Hall, Esq., Eieutenant Colonel in her Majesty's Ist Regiment of Life Guards, in the room of Sir John Chetwode, Bart., deceased. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Ji 21. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. William Cerro], as Consul at St. Helena, fur the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. WAR-OFFICE, JAR. 23. 3d Light Dragoons—Cornet Robert Hodgson, from the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Bruce, who ex changes, Oct. 31, 1845. Bth Light Dragoons—Captain R. T. Hopkins, from half pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice G. Brown, who ex changes; Lieutenant A. J. Lord Killeen to be Captain, by purchase, Tice Hawkins, who retires ; Lieutenant P. B. M. Wood, from 73d Foot, to tie Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lord Killeen, Jan. 23. 9th Light Dragoons—J. IL King, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice M'Farlane, promoted, Jan. 23. IGtli Light Dragoons—Comet G. W. K. Bruce, from 3d Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Hodgson, who exchanges, Oct. 31. Ist, or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign J. Carnegie, from 92d Foot, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bradford, promoted, Jan. 23. 4th Regiment of Foot—Ensign G. Collins to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Thomson, appointed Adjutant, July 15, 1845 ; Ensign C. R. Wollaston to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Collins, whose promotion, on 30th July, has been cancelled, July 30; Lieut. G. L. Thomson to be Adju tant, vice Sheppard, promoted, July 15; Sergeant-Major W. Thorpe to be Ensign, v ce Wollaston, Jan. 23, 1846. sth Foot—Lieutenant C. Durie to be Captain, without purchase, vice Baker, deceased ; Second Lieutenant F. W. L'Estrange to be First Lieutenant, vice Durie, Jan. 9; Gen tleman Cadet H. Monro, from the Royal Military College, to be Second Lieutenant, vice L'Estrange, Jan. 23. 6th Foot—Lieutenant C. B. Blaydes, from half-pay Un attached, to be Lieutenant, vice Ralph, promoted, Jan. 23. Rth Foot—W. H. Macadam, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Lyon, appointed to the 68th Foot, Jan. 23 9th Foot—Lieutenant C. Elmhirst to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Brevet Major Ogle, who retires; Ensign W. H. Forster to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Elmhirst; H. E. Fardell, Gent., to be Ensign, vice F ors t er , J an. 23 . 18th Foot-Assistant Surgeon T. W. Barrow, from 2d Foot, to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Smith, promoted, Jan. 23. 21st Foot—Second Lieutenant E. Clemison to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brabazon, who retires; E. T. Barnard, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Clemison; Lieutenant J. P. Stuart to be Adjutant, vice Dears, who resigns the Adjutancy only, Jan. 23. 434 Foot—Ensign R. H. Wayland to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice A. S. Bruere, deceased, Dec. 28, 1845 ; Sergeant-Majar E. Dwen to be Ensign, viceWeyland, Jan. 23. 46th Foot—Brevet Major G. de Rottenburg, from the 60th Foot, to be Captain, vice Mansel, who exchanges, Jan. 23. 53d Foot—Captain J. G. Ogilvie, from half-pay Unat tached, to be Captain, vice C. Inge, who exchanges; Lieut. C. H. Fenton, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Ogilvie, who retires; Ensign F. E. Tighe to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fenton ; G. J. Ashton, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase _vice Ti he,; Jan. 23. 5 7 th Feot—Lieetit. L. Frost to be Captain, without pur chase, vice Jackson; deceased ; Ensign C. G. D. Annesley to be Lieutenant, vice 'FrostO P. 11, 1845. 60th Foot—C aptain G Manse], from 40th Foot, to be u Captain, vice de Rottenb who exchanges, Jan. 23. 64th Foot-4. Singleton, Gent. to be Ensign, by p urc h ase , vice Reed, who retires. Jan. 68th Foot—Capt. M. C. Treviira E. n, from half-pay 14th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice by Macpherson, purch a purchase, v who i exchanges ; Lieut. P. Hill to be Carta.il3, Trevillian, who retires; Ensign tr. nant, by purchase, vice Hill ; Ensign Storer r to be Lieute- Foot, to be Ensign, vice Storer, Jan. 23. D. Lyon, from Bth 69t h F o ot—Assistant-Surgeon J. C. G. Tice, M.D , fr o m the Staff, to be Surgeon, vice F. O'Brren, w h o retires pen half-pay, Jan. 23. 73d Foot —Ensign A. C. Knox, to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Wood, appointed to the Bth Light Dragoons; F. J. T. Arnie', Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Knox; Jan. 23. 80th Foot—D. B. E. Bain, Gent., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Macnish, deceased, Jan. 23. 88th Foot—Lieutenant E. Norton to be Captain, by pur chase, vice De Butts, who retires, Ensign E. G. Maynard to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Norton : Gentleman Cadet H. Ernest, faom the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Maynard, promoted, Jan. 23. 94th Foot—J. Lurch, M D., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Booth, appointed Medical Officer to the Military Prison at Greenlaw, Jan. 23. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment.—Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel W. H. Newton to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Elliot, deceased ; Brevet Major R. Muter to be Major, vice Diluter. Lieutenant Hector Munro to I be Captain, vice uter Dec. 18 ; Ensign and Adjutant R. Macdonnell t o have. the rank of Lieutenant, Dec. 17 ; H . G. ign A. Powell, e Ge be . d to Ltoieuttan nt, vice Munro, D ec . 18 ; Hnt STMT.—Lieutenant J. M. mason fr om 24 th Foot, to be Jan. 23. t, vice Ensign , vice Geale, Distric Dec. 23. Adjutant of a Recruiting Cowell, promoted, BZEVET.—Captain M. C. Trevillian, of 68th Major in the Army, Jan. 10. Foot, to be - 11.0eNTAL Sms-v.—Assistant Surgeon G. N. Foak e 43d Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of the Se con d Class, from Brodie. Dec. 15, 1845 biIifAQAANDVAI ...The commission of Lieutenant E. 6 Smyth, as Adjutant in the 2d Foot, has been ante-dated to the 16th of Dec. 1845. Commission by the Queen. West Dr:iddlesex regiment of Militia—Capt. J. IL Evelegb, to be Adjutant, Dec. 17. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Kent. East Kent Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet C. M. Lushington, to be Lieutenant, Jan. 11 ; N. H. D'Acth, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Jan. 12; F. M. Mulcaster, Gent., to be Cornet, Jan. 13 ; F. C. Hyde, Gent., to be Cornet, Jan. 14. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—HILARY TERM, Victoria 9th, Jan. 22, 1846. This Court will, on Monday and Tuesday the 2d and 3d days of February next, and also on Monday the 9th day of February next, and the five following days, hold sittings, and will proceed in disposing of the business in the Crown paper, the New Trial paper, and the Special paper, and giving judgment in cases then pending. BY THE COURT. WHITEHALL, DEC. 24. The Right Hon. Sir N. C. Tindal, Knt., Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, has appointed William Rees, of the town of Haverfordwest, Gent., to be one of the Perpetual Commis ioners for taking the acknowledg ments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act pasied for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the si:. - bstitution of more simple modes of assurance, in ar d for tl,c town and county of the town of Haverfordwest, also in and for the county of Pembroke. these Peers. Last night, gentlemen who had spoken against the proposition of her Majesty's Govern. ment, threw out a challenge to the Ministry to test their measures by a general election. In that case, bow did they hope it would turn out ? They knew that they would not be able to carry their views without the influence of the Peers; and to that influence they trusted in the event of such an election taking place. They were aware that without the Peers and the other country gentlemen they could not hope to defeat the Ministry; for they knew the measures proposed by the Cabinet would meet with the support of the great mass of the people. For the sake of the character of the House, if they passed such reso lutions, they should be accompanied by proper means to enforce them ; or if they could not give effect to them, they ought not to be passed.—(Hear, hear.) Sir R. INGLIS said the House had from time to time passed' the rules to which the Hon. Gentleman had referred, to prevent a Peer from interfering with the election of Members of Parliament, but the Hon. Gentle man was not content with objecting to the proposition as voted, but wished to prevent, by more stringent means, the still further inter ference of great men with the election of Members of Parliament. Was he prepared to disfranchise a Peer of that hereditary right which he el.joyed in common Kith his fellow-subjects, of voting for the election of Members of Parliament? Was he prepared to establish a maximum scale and to say that a large landowner ought not to inter fere with elections, and that this privilege should be left to the 40s. freeholder created by the Reform Bill? He ought t recollect that the privilege which he desired to neutralise, so far as one part of the com munity was concern( d, was conferred by that very Act to which the Members of that House owed their seats. He should hare sought the abrogation of the principle when the Reform Bill was under discussion. He (Mr. Williams) wished to go much further than the sessional orders, and prevent every landowner from in terfering in any way with elections , _ a rule which, consi dering their great stake, would be both arbitrary and unjust. He (Sir R. H. Inglis) might not see sufficient reason for retaining the order, but he saw no reason at all why it should now be either abrogated or rendered more stringent. This, as' well as the other orders, was agreed to. Mr. WILLIAMS again rose to express a hope that the House would take into their consideration the neces sity of making some arrangement respecting Wednesday sittings ; and complained of having been obliged to wait frequent]) in that House to see if a-. order would come on, Lund said that if he happened to leave for a few minutes it might come on. He was of opinion that orders should come on regularly, and such incon veniences would be avoided. He took that opportunity of making an observation which he deemed of much importance to the Members of that House. 6ir ROBERT PEEL replied, and said, her Majesty's Government would be most happy to afford every facility in their power consistent with the arrangements of public business, and he did think some better arrange ment could be made tl:an at present.—(Hear, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL observed that it would be more convenient, with respect to Wednesday, to select twelve o'clock, for the commencement of business such as was alluded to. Sir ROBERT PEEL remarked that the House was very frequently counted out on Wednesday, and on the whole there was not more than two or three hours de voted to business; at the same time, if they could have the evening of Wednesday, he would have no objection, but he trusted the Hon. Gentleman would not put the Government to any inconvenience. Mr. BROTHERTON said that an order with respect to Wednesday would be a very useful one, but he was not disposed to interfere with the arrangements of the House, or with its business ; it was never his will to do so, and would not on this occasion. Mr. HUME said that at the end of the last session he suggested to the Government the propriety of making a rule that the House should only sit on Wednesdays between the hours of twelve and one, during the pres sure of private business ; and he trusted his suggestion would be now carried out. Lord JOHN MANNERS said in all probability there would be an immense number of railway and other Committees sitting, and the proposed arrangement was, therefore, in his opinion highly objectionable. 111 r. WAKLEY must say that he thought the arrange • ment most objectionable, and nothing could be more unwise, or more likely to be detrimental to the public interest. If he understood the arrangement correctly, independent Members of the House, who had measures to advance which were not supported by the Government, or in which the Government were not interested, were to assemble on a Wednesday at twelve o'clock, and pur sue their labours until six in the evening ; and after that period the Government were to be at liberty to bring on their measures.—(Cries of " No, no.") Then lie was to understand that the House would rise at six. —(Cries of " Yes, yes.") And the usual dinners were to be enjoyed after that hour.—(Hear, bear, and laughter.) Sir G. GREY said, as the order was but imperfectly understood, perhaps the Right Honourable Baronet would have no objection to delay its further considera tion till it hae been printed. Sir R. H. INGLIS objected to the proposed arrange ment on many grounds. He understood that Etom 12 to 6 on Wednesdays was to be devoted to private business, or rather business that was not connected with the Go vernment. Now his Noble Friend had, within the last half-hour, given notice of one of the most important mo tions which could be brought under the consideration of the House; and if it was the intention of Ministers toabsent themselves from the House on a Wednesday this important motion with respect to charitable endowments might be brought on and disposed of in their absence, and the question decided when perhaps there would not be more than forty members present. For this and for other reasons he certainly objected to any alterations being made in the existing sessional order. Sir ROBERT PEEL said, if the Ministry fonnd that the motion, to which the Honourahle Baronet alluded, was to be brought forward on a Wed nesday, they would certainly take care to be present. An HONOURABLE MEMBER wished to know from her Majesty's Ministers whether in consequence of the large number of Railway Bills before the House this session making so many more Committees than had been sitting last session of Parliament, the public business would not be postponed till the rising of the Committees, so as to enable Hon. Members to attend the House. Sir ROBERT PEEL said it would be matter of con sideration. The sessional order was thed read and agreed to. RAILWAY DEPOSITS. Lord JOHN RUSSELL wished to know from the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exche quer, whether the amount of the deposits on Railway Bills had yet been taken into consideration. Last year the amount paid in was 3,000,0001., bat this year it was calculated that 9,000,0001. would be the sum ; and that amount might cause a very great depression in the money market. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he felt exceedingly obliged to the Noble Lord for haring given him an opportunity of removing from the public mind any doubt that might have existed as to the course the Government intended to pursue on this subj, ct• The House was aware that by a resolution of the stand ing orders of this House all parties engaged in railway speculations were bound to pay a deposit equal to three-fourths of the whole expense of the under taking. And by an Act of Parliament passed a recent session, the parties making the deposit had a right to have the money invested by the Accountant- General in any way they should think fit. About the middle of November last, an application had been made to him by very respectable parties in London, that a definite answer should be given as to the course the Government intended to pursue in reference to that order; and it was then suggested that the resolution should be so altered, that parties, instead of being com pelled to invest their deposits in Exchequer-bills or Government Stock or India Bonds, should be allowed to invest in bills of exchange. To the application so made he gave an answer, which he had resolved upon after due consideration, to the effect that he could not give an assurance of any alteration in the standing order in question. Under these circumstances, he did not feel justified in holding out any hope that any proposal for an alteration of the standing order in question would be held out, or that he would not resist any such proposal if it should be made. He had every reason to believe that the difficulties apprehended from the order as it now stood were not founded in fact, and that, therefore, he would not be justified in acceding to an alteration of the order. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he had not put the question with a view to consider to what might or might not be the benefits to individuals, but with a view to avoid inconvenience to those who might have misappre hended the order. Mr. MANGLES conceived that the Right Hon. Gen tleman had taken a very one-sided view of the question put by the Noble Lord. The Right Honourable Gentleman the Chancellor of the Ex chequer seems to think that this question has nothing to do with any portion of the community, except those who have been engaged in railroad speculat ions. And I must beg to inform him that the evil has fallen much more heavily upon the general dealers than upon those who were most intimately connected with railways. It has happened within these few days that circumstances have come to my knowledge which evince that great hardship has had to be endured by individuals engaged in business. who have, through the want occa sioned by this unsettled question of the railway deposits, been deprived of the accommodation which they have usually received from their bankers. Those who have been accustomed to grant that accommodation well know how heavily the pressure has weighed upon those with whom they have to deal. Nor does the evil rest here, for not only is there the deprivation of the means, but the money deposited in the hands of bankers has not only been locked up, but has commanded such prices that those most in need of accommodation tott right h h e an ge in himself, are q u it e una bl e to o bt a i n ; an d h ence b us i ness h as grievously suffered. He spoke in the presence of many et gentlem en w h o are much better acqur i nted w i th matters in r th e erC City l e f, ota b ni ut er h cid eb o el oto iev m ed un l i h ty at t h han e was to perfectly a that the mischief was far g the proprietors of railroad property. Mr. MASTERMAN said, that as he had d the honour of being the me di um of enjoye d the commu nication between the parties referred to and the Chancellor of the Excheque r , he felt it necessary to state that when he went to the Govern ment to obtain some definite understanding respecting the railway deposits, he did so from an impression that the , question of the mode in which they were to be received most deeply affected the commercial interests. He must acknowledge that this interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer was anything but satisfactory. The answer he bad received left the matter quite in as much doubt as it was before, and it was of more importance, as he knew that within the last 14 days this matter had oc casioned serious inconvenience to several gentlemen of high repute in commercial circles. Mr. S. CRAWFORD said that it was necessary that the matter should be settled, as it materially affected the interests of the Irish tenantry. Sir R PEEL—As there are measures of equal impor tance with the railway deposits shortly to be brought under the consideration of the House, I must beg leave to say that I must defer giving an answer to the Noble Lord's question till some days hence. CORN-LAWS. Mr. COLQUOHOUN said that he should crave the indulgence of the House for a few moments, not upon his account, for ho felt he had no claim upon them, but he felt that he should express the sentiments of many lion. Members of this House. He begged to express his opinions upon one of the questions raised last night, and he referred to the question of agricultural protection. I voted last year with the Honourable Member for Wolverhampton, with the opinion that the preserva tion of a moderate protective duty would be desirable for the country. He was most anxious that the adjust ment of the question should be effected with a view to the benefit of all classes of the country, It was not his intention to enter at length into the questions which had been introduced last night, either by the Honourable Member for South Lancasoire, or the Right Honourable Baronet ; his fingers certainly itched last night io be allowed to say a word— (Laughter) —upon some of the subjects advanced by the Noble Lord. He heard also with surprise one statement of the Right Hon. Gentleman at the bead of her Majesty's Government, which he considered to be of paramount importance. The subject of wages he had often heard much better and more able arguments upon the question. He only hoped that these distinguised leaders would indoctrinate their disciples with some better arguments. It may be right to repeal the corn-laws, but do not repeal them upon false grounds. Do not repeal them on tl.e maxim that wages have no connexion with the price of provi sions. Is is a doctrine which he did not find in any of those standard political works which were so often quoted by Honourable Members in this House. He could not, he said, find them in any of these works, down from Adam Smith to Senior. And when the Hon. Member for South Larcashire stated that the produce of the soil sheuld be placed upon an equal footing with other manufactures, and that it was entitled to the same protection. We shall be able to show the Noble Lord that there is some diffe rence—a great difference, one of which any mind as candid as his will not fail to admit that the force and truth He had read that morning a speech of the Hon. Gentle man the Member for Stockport, who stated at Man chester, that if the ports were to be opened now it would be the best possible time, inasmuch as this country could get scarcely any provisions from abroad, because the whole world wag contending for the stock of corn at present for sale in America.— (Hear, hear.) If, therefore, the Right Hon. Baronet anxiety for the welfare of the population was to be re lieved by the opening of the ports, he (Mr. Colquhoun) would say, that he hoped his anxiety would be relieved by some other mode, as he did not anticipate the discussion they were to have next week on the subject of the Corn-laws, he rose on the previous even ing to advert to some remarks which fell from the Right Honourable Baronet the First Minister, but had been anticipated by the Honourable Member for Shrewsbury.—(Hear.) He did not wish, afteriso able and so eloquent a speech, to occupy the attention of the House, but he felt it necessary to say something on the subject of the appeal made. ay the Right Hon. Bart. and to acquaint him with the views he entertained con cerning the relation existing between a party and the Minister. Sir Robert Peel, it apceared, had evidently reconsidered his views with respect to political and other economy during the last three years. (LEFT SPEAKING.) MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London Near Price Current of Jan. 23.) SUGAR—The purchases made in raw Sugar for home con sumption have bcea upon rather a larger scale than they were last week ; prices advanced for West India, but any improvement in Bengal, Mauritius, and Madras, has been prevented by the extehsive parcels that importers continue to offer at public sale. REFINED.—There has inert more activity in the market this week, and a good demand has prevailed from the town and country trade for Refined sugar: more especially for the low and middling descriptions, the rates paid have been in some instances rather above those previously quoted. This afternoon there were sellers of Mauritius Sugar by pri vate treaty at rather lower rates, still few buyers are to be met with. This afternoon Bengal Sugar met with little attention, and 2419 bags at auction were only in part sold at a decline on former rates of is to is 6d per cwt. To-day there wasmore desire shown to purchase all kinds of Foreign Sugar privately; but business of moment was pre vented by holders insisting upon an advance on former rates of is per cwt. COMM.—This afternoon the market was abundantly sup plied with Mocha Coffee; three parcels, amounting to 1,192 bales, and two half bales, were submitted to public competi tion. The principal part found buyers, the lower kinds at full rates, but the long berry sorts went 2a to 4s. per cwt cheaper. Cocon.—Holders of British Plantation are less inclined to realize, and have refrained from offering any at auction, by private treaty the operations have been upon a more extended scale, but not at better prices. TEA.—lmporters have confidence, and still refrain from submitting any to public competition; there is not a large quantity of black or green offering privately, notwithstand ing the stock is heavy. None has been received since this day week, whereas the deliveries since that time has been upon a large scale. MOLASSE.S.—West India are still held with firmness, but the demand has been limited ; previous rates are however sustained. SPlRlTS.—lmporters of Jamaica Rum are not inclined to submit to any further decline in prices, but shippers and the home trade have been cautious in their proceedings. Lee ward Island has met with little attention, but cannot be had upon lower terms. Demerara is little wanted, and former rates are with difficulty supported. For Brandy prices rule very firm, and large purchases have been made. Sr es.—To-day Black Pepper was purchased with more freedom, and 250 bags at auction were sold at, full rates. Nutmegs are little wanted, and three chests at auction went a little cheaper. COCHINEAL—This afternoon at public sale 100 bags of Honduras were all sold—middling to good silvers at 5s 5d to 5s Bd, being from last sales rates to ld advance; black fetched 6s 3d to 7s 6d, which is rather higher; 51 bags of Mexican, silvers sold at 5s 4d to 5s sd, and black 5s 6d to 6s 3d per lb. SALTPETRE.—To - day there was little desire shown to pm , chase Rough, and 2,559 bags Calcutta at public sale were only in part sold, upon rather lower terms. Taeww.—This afternoon at public sale 139 pkgs 63 hds South American Tallow were onlxin part sold at 4ls 6d to 42s ; 46 casks North American all sold 39s to 42s ; 440 casks New S. Wales only in part sold at 40s 6d to 42s 9d, and low 38s 6d to 39s 6d; 25 chests East India taken in at 455; 50 casks Petersburgh Yellow Candle sold at 41s 6d for second sort; 46 casks Odessa Sheep 41s 9d to 42s per cwt. INDIGO.—To-day during the progress of the sale 405 chests were withdrawn, and 735 chests have passed the hammer. The biddings were rather more animated, but there is no alteration to notice in the prices. 4,970 chests have now passed the sale, of which 2,917 are sold. Ons.—Although there are sellers of Linseed Oil upon further reduced terms : still the operations have been upon a small scale. Rape Seed Oil has been purchased with cau• tion, and prices are with difficulty kept up. In Olive Oil only a moderate business has been transacted, but holders are prevented from pressing sales by the smallness of the stock. Cocoa Nut has been sparingly dealt in, but not offered at at any further decline in prices. Palm is not to be had upon lower terms, but the demand has been small. Lard Oil is heavy of disposal. Although Cod Oil can be obta rate of 261 to 261 10s—still :the business transacted has been li mited this week. CUICHESTER.—An instance has just occurred in this vicinity of refusing to read the burial service at the grave of a child baptized by a Dissenting Minister. The circumstances of the case are as follows :—An infant whose parents are members of the Independent chapel in the vil lage of Bosham being unwell, their minister was sent for to baptize the child ; subsequently it died. The vicar of Bosham being applied to to bury it, he sent for the father, and told him he could not read the burial service, because the child had not been baptised by him, who, being a successor to the apostles, was alone qualified to perform that religious rite, and that the Dissenting Minister acted only by Satanic agency. These arguments, however, having no influence with the father, another stratagem was resorted to in order to induce him to consent that the child should be interred without the usual forms, viz., that the reading of the burial service could be of no service to the dead; to whie;i the father, being a conscientious man, assented. The vicar then asked if he would be satisfied if he attended the funeral without reading the service ? The father replied that feeling conscious the child could not be benefited, he should not insist on its being done: but he wished for the sake of others that it might. A witness being called, he left the vicar's house. The Dissenting Minister having heard what had taken place, was on his way to lay the matter before the Bishop of the diocese when he was met by the father, who told him that the vicar had not positively refused to read the service, and that he felt persuaded he would. The child was, however, taken to the grave and si lently interred, after which the vicar read the Lord's Prayer and the Benediction only. What a pity that individuals holding the sentiments of Dr. Newman do not imitate his example and go at once over to Rome. The Vicar of Bosham will do well to be cautious how he refuses the burial rites to another Dissenter's child, as it is not very likely that another father will be found who will submit so quietly to his priestly authority.—Brighton Guardian. AMSTERDAM, JAN. 20.—The statement given by many Beigiaa journals that the negociations between the Nether lands and Belgium arc resumed, we are able to contradict on goad authority. Noble Friend that it will be the means of prev6nting • great barbarity and many horrors, and will promote a noble emulation between the two countries. With re• ference to the Oregon question, my Noble Friend has given an opinion in which I also concur, lit, that ' whatever party on that side of the water may do to promote irritation between the two countries, the good sense of the Americans, and the knowledge that their interests are identified with ours, will enable her Majesty's Government to come to an amicable arrangement. As to the increase of the army and navy, it must be obvious to your Lordships that the duties and labours of the colonial service are oft the in crease, and it would not be fair to strain too hardly oh our soldiers and sailors there. The next topic in her Majesty's Speech is one in which I feel great interest-- the recommendation that some endeavours should be •ised to suppress the system of assassination in Ireland. I should be the last man to propose any coercive measures to affect the general liberties of her Majesty's sub jects, but I do think that something beyond the ordinary efforts of the law is necessary for Ireland. I do not wish to be misunderstood, for Ido not refer to the whole of Ireland, but only to those districts where the system is carried on ; and- in those districts it is well know n that such is the impunity with which the assassin escapes, that the price of blood is brought as low as three or four pounds. Under these circumstances, I lo think that the state of Ireland requires your Lordships' serious consideration.—(Hear, hear.) I now refer to the scarcity in the potato crop. It has produced, and may be expected to produce, a great deal of misery. All who visit that country can speak to the unbounded hospitality in Ireland; but I think there is another virtue not sufficiently apppreciated, and which also prevails to a most unbounded extent upon all oc casions of national distress. This charity, exerted in so praiseworthy a manner, will, I think, pre vent the worst evils anticipated by the approaching distress. We also know that there is great room for employment in that country, and a great latitude for the outlay of capital. There was access to the interior of Ireland by water, there being no part of it more than fifty miles from the sea. With respect to the relaxation of the prohibitory duties. it is a subject far beyond my experience ; so I will content myself by saying, that what has been done in this respect has not produced that evil which was expected. The importa tion of foreign cattle has not, I believe, been pro ductive of any injury to the British farmer, —(Hear, hear.) I not anticipate that any injury whatever will follow the other contemplated re laxations. All I will do is to draw the attention of your Lordships to the measure which may be proposed, and I venture to say that no measure will be produced that Pill not receive your just and dispassionate considera tion. It only remains now for me, my Lords, to second the motion which my Noble Friend has proposed. The LORI) CHANCELLOR then put the question, and declared that the Contents had it. After a few seconds, The Duke of RICHMOND rose and said—l am not at all surprised to see the desire which has been evinced to suppress discussion upon — The LORD CHANCELLOR—I beg the Noble Duke will not state that. I waited deliberately for a few minutes, and finding that the Noble Duke was not in clined to rise, L put the question and put it slowly. The Duke of RICHMOND—I am perfectly in order. I should have listened with satisfaction to the speech of the Noble Lord who moved the Address, if he had not in part of his speech re marked that we should wait until we heard the statement of the Minister. I have heard, my Lords, enough in that address to know what the Minister intends to do.—(Hear, hear.) He intends to withdraw protection.—(lnterrup tions.) I should like to have heard a more manly speech, and that he had mentioned the corn-laws at once. I defy Noble Lords to say that the Speech just read dors not relate to the corn-laws.—(Hear, hear.) This is getting rid of' the compact which Sir Robert Peel made in 1842 with the agriculturists, and which Mr. Gladstone, the Secretary of State, said removed difficulties, and was made for the purpose of securing to the agriculturists a permanent law. It was to secure that permanent law that the agriculturists acquiesced in that sacrifice.—(Hear, hear.) My Lords, I wish to draw your attention to what Mr. Gladstone said in 1843. He then said it would be unjust to the agriculturists, and dis honourable to the Government and to the Parliament, if they made a charge in the laws which protected British industry without a great and adequate cause. Where is the cause? Decidedly not the potato disease in Ireland. No, my Lords, it was not so. The potato failure was assigned as the reason in the first instance, and promulgated in the Anti- Corn law League.—(Hear, hear.) I cannot for my life see why Mr. Cobden should not be made a Peer and sit on these benches.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) I wish to ask the people of England and those persons who disagree with me in opinion on the question of the corn-laws whether they approve of the course taken by the Anti- Corn-law League?—(Hear, hear.) I say their course has been unconstitutional and that they are the authors of this change. I hope this House will not so far abandon its duty as to permit itself to be intimidated by the Anti- Corn-law League, or by the money that body has raised. But what is the time the Government asks us to make this sacrifice to popular clamour ? We find that Sir Robert Peel has not produced tranquillity in Ireland ; but that, on the contrary, murders and assassinations con tinue to take place every day.—(Hear, hear.) In this speech, Sir Robert Peel comes to us, and asks us to give way, and alter those laws which every man knows an: for the benefit, not of the agriculturists alone, but of every class in the community.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.) I shall now call your Lordships' attention to the statement made by Sir Robert Peel in the year 1839, when he wanted office from - the agriculturists. He then said, " If you take away pro tection the farmers will ask you to get rid of all protec tion on every other article." Upon that occasion Sir R. Peel stated what would be the effect if pr otection to corn were abolished. The effect must be that all protec tion on other articles must be abolished.—(Hear, hear.) Are you prepared to destroy your Custom-houses, and by that means destroy the revenue that now goes to support the liabilities of the nation ? If you are, where will you get revenue sufficient to pay the public creditor ? If protection to corn is to be got rid of because it is a great monopoly, are there no other mohopolies in this country ?—(Hear.) What do yon think of the East India Company ? what do you think of the Bank ? and what do you think of the hundred others? If you consent to make a further inroad into and get rid of protection, you will have to pull down the house and rebuild it from the commencement.—(Cheers.) I will ask whe ther the Civil List will remain. I will ask if a single salary in this country will remain if ycu at once destroy the protective duties of this country. My Lords, f for one will not give your Lordships the trouble of voting upon an amendment upon the present occasion ; but I enter my protest, my solemn protest, against that clause in the Speech, which is contrary to every principle which the present Govern ment has ever brought forward from the Speech of 1839 up to the present moment. I know nothing of what their measure is, but I have a right to speak strongly, because I happen to be one of those who are of opinion that no relaxation of the corn- laws should be made. What have we said respecting these little mea sures brought before Parliament by the present Govern ment, against which I and some of your Lordships voted? Only that they were steps towards free trade. We, fortunately, voted against them; but Sir Robert Peel has contrived, by his eloquence and by his soothing speeches, to get a large - number of Members of both Houses of Parliament to place con fidence in him. My Lords, that confidence may exist still in some quarters, but I beg to say that it exists not in the large body of the middle classes of this country. What is the fair, open, honest, English manner in which the farmers of this coun try have come forward on a late occasion ? They do not ask you to reject the measures to be pro posed. No I But they come to yon, and they say to the Government, " You came into office pledged to pro tection ; you have thought fit—we know not why —we care not to impute motives—but we say you ought not to carry out these measures without app e ali ng to t h e coun try.'--(Cheers.) It must be a bad case indeed when a Minie(er does not dare to face what is called a popular queolllsn on the hustings.—(Cheers.) We ask for no more. We ask for a clear stage and no favour. We ask you to appeal to the country to know whether or not these modern innovations are to be admitted, and to know whether we ought to be made dependant upon foreigners for a supply of that which we can produce ourselves. I think the House has a right to demand from her Ma jesty's Government the reason of their sudden changes. I know not what to call them. These reasons are only known to some dozen individuals on the opposite side. I think the country has a right to inquire why they threw up their offices, and if the protective duties were in any danger.—(Hear, hear.) My Lords, I feel that your Lordships will take this question into consider ation, and will do your duty to your Sovereign and your country; and that you will banish from your minds the Minister who proposes these measures. My Lords, I do not on -this occasion intend to offer any factious opposition to the Address, but I do intend, and I do trust, your Lord ships will aid me, to offer every fair opposition to the proceedings of the Minister. We have heard a great deal about the disease in the potatoes, and we have suffered in England as /veil as in Ireland. There will be plenty of opportunities for discussing this ques tion. But I beg to enter my solemn protest against that part of her Majesty's Speech which threatens the ruin of the agricultural interests, and this House, I think, is entitled to know the reasons why they have come to such a decision. The Duke of WELLINGTON—My Lords, the Noble Duke states that he will not offer any amendment to the Address, as proposed. lie has complained of the omis sion of all allusion to the corn-laws in the Speech from the throne. My Lords, it is not necessary in this House to follow my young friend in his observations on the conduct of the Ministry.—(Hear, hear.) Nor do I think it necessary to make any allusions to the Address moved by my Noble Friend, as I beg to in form your Lordships those measures will be brought before the House in a very few days.—(Hear.) I entreat your Lordships to consider whether now it is right to expect me to make any explanation such as that which the Noble Duke requests.—(Hear, hear.) I hope it will not be insisted upon that any such matters will be entered upon ; but I entreat you now to adopt the Address, and leave explana tions to another time. Respecting such a ques tion as that which has been put by my Noble Friend, regarding the resignation of her Majesty's Ministers • the Noble Duke who has put it, h as b een a privy coun cillor himself, and knows that a privy councillor of the Sovereign must keep the counsels of the Sovereign secret. I cannot, therefore, state here what has passed in that privy council, without obtaining the previous per mission of the Sovereign. Before my Noble Friend had asked the question, he should have given notice of his intention of doing so, in order to afford an oppor trinity of the necessary permission from her Majesty preliteinary to such explanation being given. Had known that such a question would have been asked, I should have obtained permission to make a statement in answer to it. But why ehoeld the question be put on the first night of the session ? Such a course is not iistittl, The public interests require that the counsels of the Sovereign should be kept secret. It is no doubt convenient that sometimes what takes place should be revealed, but as a general rule the secrets of the council cannot be revealed without obtaining the pre vious permission of the sovereign. '1 his is the first in stance in which such a question had been put without precious notice, and no one present can desire that the sectets Which it involves should be at present stated. The Duke of RICHMOND said e would be glad to give notice of his intention to ask the question, though he tould not but wonder that his Noble Friend had not ex pected that such a question would have been asked, and therefore have been prepared for it by obtaining the Queen. He would now give no previous consent of lice that to-morrow night would ask the question of his N ble Friend. Lord STANLEY said, --Although lid bad the per.. mission of het Majesty to teelse any statement in refer- , ence to the subject that ?vas under the consideration of the llouse, in reference to the circumstances connected with hie resignation, he thought the present time was not a proper one for going into explanations. Still, without going into details he would state briefly the rea son why he had separated from t hoseolleagues with whom he had acted for the last four yelled. Althutigh dif ferencea bad existed which led to his septitatioe from the Ministry, he still entertained for those with whom he had hitherto co-operated the most unfeigned regard and esteem.— (Hear, hear ) He could /Kit state all the grounds that had led to his retirement, without also stating the measures that were then under the consideration of her Majesty's Cabinet. At the present he could not go into details, and therefore he could not vindicate his conduct, or afford all the explanations necessary why he had abatitlotied the position he had held. Sine° that time those measures may have been altered and modified, of others may have been introduced in their stead ; but, in reference to them as they then stood, he would only make the state ment that on one measulOi and one only, there was a difference between himself arid his colleagues. On all the others they were agreed. The measure to which he referred had relation to the degree and nature of protection that was to be afforded to the agricultural interest.—(Hear, hear.) The measure pro posed could not meet with his approval without a sacri fice of his consistency and convictions, which he was not prepared to make. The opinions of his col leagues during the past few years had undergone considerable change, but his own had not done so ; and he could not make himself responsible with them for the changes proposed. He therefore separated from the Ministry, being certain that to remain would be to sacrifice his personal character and consistency.— (Hear, hear.) Such he believed to be his public duty. He would not go further now than to state that on one ground alone, that which he had just explained, he had dissented from the rest of the Cabinet. The details of the measures under consideration, at the time, as he before observed, need not be gone into at present, as other opportunties would be afforded for that purpose. Those questions would be explained on a future occasion. The Earl of HARDWICKE said, he could not agree with every part of the Address, still he thought that, from sentiments of loyalty and good feeling, it should go without an amendment. He was glad that he had sat down and had given the Noble Lord an opportunity of making the explanation he had done. . He wished to follow in his footstept, and to enter as little as possible into the disetission at present, reserving such till another time. His feelings he could only say, at the present moment, were in uni son with that Noble Lord, which was to give au opinion without any mental reservation whatever ; and that opinion was, that he thought that the measure agreed to in 1842, respecting the duty on corn, was at least for a considerable time a final measure. He con sidered the question settled, and in conse quence with it the wants and exigencies of the country. But, they had it in the same Speech that there never was a period. in which the people were better off; better fed, or more cheaply supplied. If this be so, what should we do when we come to a time of difficulty ? He was desirous not to be led away upon this occasion, and, therefore, He was desirous to control his feelings, but he would rather stop short, that he might not give any offence to those with whom he had been associated for ten years. He deeply regretted that anything should have occu rre d which should have led him to differ from those Noble and Honourable Friends whom he looked upon as better fitted to guide the country than any men he knew ; but there was a change come over the spirit of their dream. He stopped where he was; but it appeared to him that they had gone on in a course which, however right it might be, or proper it might turn out to be, appeared to him to be wrong, for he did not know where it might stop. lie would say no more about this subject, or the reasons which led him to dissent from those friends who had put into the mouth of the Sovereign the Speech which they had heard from the Throne; but he telt it incumbent on him to give expression to his sentiments on this occasion. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE observed that he was induced to rise for the purpose of saying, that on this subject he entirely agreed with the senti ments expressed by the late Secretary of State for the Colonies.. Like him, he expected that an explana tion would have been made that night on the motives which had led to the resignation of the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government. He -was delighted at the course taken by her Majesty's Government with regard to the question of America. Lord BROUGHAM rose also to express the great gratification which he experienced at the course which Government had pledged themselves to adopt with regard to America. He did not wish his observations to take from that re spect which he, in common with all who had observed his Noble Friend's public conduct, felt for him; but still he might express his regret at the course which his Noble Friend had adopted. There were some matters on which he differed from his Noble Friend, and there were some on which he agreed with him ; and he felt bound in fairness to take that opportunity of setting his Noble Friend right, if he thought anything that he had said came within the scope of his observations. In 1839 he (Lord Brougham) had made a motion, in which he failed. He had made a motion that evidence should be called, and that they should examine the whole of this question by means of testimony. It was his opinion that an alteration in the commercial policy of this country with regard to corn was necessary, but not for the purpose of lowering the price of corn, which he never expected it to do, and which he had endeavoured to show it had no ten dency to do, any more than the corn-laws, against which he had argued, had tended to keep up the price of food. But it was for the purpose of remodelling the whole commercial system of this country that it might assume such a position with-regard to foreign powers as would enable and make them open their markets to our manu factures and produce ; but in that attempt before, their Lordships were aware, he was so entirely defeated that he did nut try again. He hoped, however, that he had lived to see better times, and greater Aanges in opinion, and be hoped and trusted that before he had done with that subject some of his opinions would be more favourably received. They were, however, quite uncertain what the Minister's policy would be with regard to the corn- laws. It would be folly to say that, because they had taken one course in :842 they should not alter or change that course in 1846. Such was the doctrine of his Noble Friend, but it was no part of his policy : he had learned a different lesson. He must; however, express his disapprobation of the manner in which his opinions—important as they were, and sincerely as he held them—had been received and supported. He had said to their Loidships—and they knew well the grounds on which he wished to re peal the corn-laws in 1839—could he have said to the public as an honest man, that the repeal would make - bread cheap ? Could he say now that the corn-laws, against which he argued, so strongly were, the mine of scarcity in the country? the cause of famine in the country, the cause of disease in the country? the cause of crime in the country? or the cause of mortality in the country? He would rather put his right hand into the fire, and see it consumed, than put it to any document which purported that the corn laws caused famine, crime, disease, and death. He bad sat for four years in her Majesty's Councils, never saying a word to prevent crime and famine, disease and death, knowing that these things were the fault of those laws, and that their removal would be the advantage of their repeal or alteration. He differed from his Noble friend and with many persons on the question, and he was as much at issue with them on the one side of the case as he was with his Noble Friend on the other. But there was another class of persons connected with the question--he meant the agitators—for whom he en tertained no respect whatever. his Noble Friend might ask him if he were the friend and abettor, or perhaps the accomplice, of the Anti-Corn-law League. He said, God forbid. He differed infinitely more, ten thousand times more, from the conduct pursued by that body than he did from the corn - laws, and tho se w h o advo cated t h em . After long observation and much reflec tion, he was deeply convinced thatarep w re i s li e c n h ta w ti a y s e bGeost vernment was the form of Government adapted to confer the greatest amount of happiness and kind of human Gov r e a r c n e m . Now th e nature an d that was, that when power f e r s e s e e d n o c m e of o t n ha t t he was deh gated to representatives, the representatives hem to t i o n f'auntus wree,rantdhenotNtohbeleconbastritduenincy, what he said as to appealing to the rand e r e o t r p i h c i ices. led him to answer the Noble lord in reference to what he said as to appealing to the people. It was not a wholesome thing to appeal to the people when they were in a ferment. At that period it was wrong to call upon them to pronounce upon an exciting subject.—(Murmurs.) He did not mean to say that there were no exceptions to that prin ciple. He did not mean to say but that there might arise conjunctures when it would become necessary to make such appeal.—(Hear, hear.) When differences of Opinion arose between the two Houses of Parliament, the only means of composing the difference was to appeal to the people, but i: oa every question that interests Parliament they were to appeal to the people they ceased to be a representative Government, but were entirely influenced by the multitude, and even by the mob. He did not see in the whole circle of political questions one more objection able for such an appeal as that which was at that moment occupying their attention. A continuance of such an agitation would expose them to the same dangers as those which followed the agitation which was now being pursued in Ireland for the repeal of the Union. With respect to these agitators, he was about to state the course of conduct now in great vogue w;th that body, some of whose members were highly respectable, while on the contrary others were quite the reverse, as was customary in all large bodies. He found they BANKRUPTS. John Tuddenham, builder, Pickering-place, Bermondsey, to surrender Feb. 5, at two, and March 12, at twelve. at the Court of Bankruptcy . . Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Dolman, Clifford's-inn. Joseph Cleary, builder, Church-road, De Beauvoir equare, Middlesex, Feb. 5, at half-past one, and March 12, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin lane ; Bishop, Lincoln's Inn-fieldss Robert Baker, stone mason, Southampton, Feb. 5, at one, and March 12, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basingiiall-street ; Townsend, Howland-street. John Carlisle, commission agent, Little Love-lane, City, Feb. 3, at two, and March 3, a t one, at t h e Court ofßank ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Bagster, Size-lane, City. John Linnit, goldsmith, Argyll-place, Regent-street, Feb. 6, at two, and March 6, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewr y ; Boulton, Northampton-square. Joseph Hutchinson Hipwood, merchant, Cornhill, Feb. 3, at half-past one, and March 6, at half-past eleven, Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchat the urch lane ; Morris, Stone, and Townson, Moorgate-street-chambers. David Hutson, agent, St. Albans, Jan. 30, at half - past twelve, and March 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury, City; Weal and Co., Falcon- street, Fleet-street. Bartholomew Calway, draper, Tooley-street, Southwark, Feb. 6, at one, and March 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury, City; Reed and Langford, Friday-street. John Turner, printer's broker, Brooke-street, Holborn, Feb. 2, at half-past eleven, and March 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers ; Willoughby and Co., Clifford's Inn. John Coker, builder, Narfora, Norfolk, Feb. 4, at half-past two, and Feb. 27, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Dufaur, South square, Gray's Inn ; Pillans, Swaffham, Norfolk. William Buchanan, merchant, Old Jewry, Feb. 4, at half past twelve, and Feb. 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-builgings ; Stafford, Buckingham-street, Strand. Samuel Bateman Holder, merchant, City, Feb. 4, and March 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street -buildings; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row. John Roberts and Ilugh Hughes, linen drapers, Manches ter, Feb. 5 and 26, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Powdrell, official assignee, Manchester; Reed and Langford, Friday-street, Cheapside, London ; Sale and Co., Manchester. James Freeman, lodging housekeeper, Feb. 5 and March 6, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller official as signee, Bristol ; hall and Co., Gray's-inn, London. Thomas Hodgson, bookseller, Liverpool, Feb. 6 and 27, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Vincent and Co., Temple; Payne, Liverpool. Thomas and Michael Thomas Knight, upholsterers, Bath, Feb. 10 and March 10, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Galsworthy, and Co., Lincoln's Inn ; Graves and Co., Bath. Benjamin Crossland, heald knitter, Fenay bridge, York shire, Feb. 12 and 26, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Abbott, Charlotte-street, London ; Atkinson and Co., Manchester. George Middleton, wine merchant, Nottingham, Feb. 6, and March 6, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Brown, Nottingham ; Smith, Birmingham. John Arnold, woollendraper, Walsall, Feb. 5 and March 5. at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Smith, Walsall ; Smith, Bir mingham. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the produce of the British possessions in America, computed from the returns made in the week ending Jan. 20, 1846, is 84s. 2id. per cwt. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) - • HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.: EDINBURGH AND PEEBLES RAILWAY. Mr. MACKENZIE presented a petition in favour of a railway from Edinburgh to Peebles. MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. Mr. ENTWISLE presented petitions in favour of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway. AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION. Mr. LAWSON presented petitions from Borough bridge, Skelton, and twelve other towns in the West and North Ridings of Yorkshire, in favour of protection to agriculture. CORN-LAWS. Mr. VILLIERS presented a petition praying for the immediate and total repeal of the corn-laws. THE CONVICT SYSTEM IN VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. Mr. EWART presented a petition from Van Diemen's Land, praying for the total abolition of the present sys tem of making that colony a general receptacle of the transported convicts of this country. The petitioners stated that this system had been found to be attended with many evils, and the co lony, from being in the nourishing condi• tion it was in before 1849, had considerably altered for the worse. In 1844 a change had taken place in the mode of transportation, for the Noble Lord the late Se cretary, had issued an order confining transported con victs to the single colony of Van Diemen's Land. In the last four years it appeared that not less than 14,000 convicts had been sent there, and the consequence was that vice had increased, and the morals of the colony generally been greatly deteriorated. The colonists said that they lived in a constant state[of dread, and were apprehensive both for themselves and their families, and that looking forward to the probable state of the island, they could not wish to leave their children in the midst of so much vice. There was also another circumstance of a fearful character, and which called for the utmost indignation of the country. It was believed that it was the intention of the Govern ment to send convicts from Norfolk Island to that colony, and if those were added to the number already there, it would make the place a scene of vice of the most intolerable character. They therefore prayed that the number of convicts sent to that island might be reduced, and the practice gradually discontinued. THE NELSON MONUMENT. Mr. COLLETT wished to ask the Noble Lord, who was at the head of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests why the Nelson Monument, in Trafalgar square, was not finished; and why its completion had been delayed so long, and whether it was the intention of Government to complete it at all ? The Earl of LINCOLN said that the monument bad originally been projected by private individuals, and subscriptions had been raised for its erection. It had remained unfinished so long in consequence of a deft• ciency in the subscriptions, and the Government, finding that no more money was likely to be subscribed, had unertaken its completion. The Honourable Member would remember that at the close of lest session a sum of money was voted for the purpose of finishing the monument. The reason of its delay at present was in consequence of the great difficulty of obtaining granite of the large size required. With regard to the orna ments round the base, the Government had decided upon employing three or four first-rate artists, and there could be little doubt that the work would be finished in the course of a few months. CORN-LAWS. Mr. ESCOTT presented a petition from a place in the county of Somerset, praying that the House would adopt such measures as would relieve the wants of the country. Mr. MILNES was sorry that the Hon. Member— (Cries of "Order, order,' in the midst of which the Hon. Gentleman resumed his seat). Mr. COLVILE presented a petition from the county of Derby in favour of agricultural protection. Mr. E. WODEHOUSE moved that all papers con nected with the appointment of Mr. Chapman (late as sistant commissioner for the purpose of inquiring into hand loom weaving), to the Chief Justiceship of Welling ton, in New Zealand, be laid upon the table. Dr. BOWRING moved for the correspondence, or extracts of correspondence, on the subject of the Eclair, and of the epidemy which broke out in the said vessel ; with copies of any orders issued from the public depart ments regarding the same. COLLEGES IN IRELAND. Mr. ROSS, seeing the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Secretery for Ireland, in his place, wished to put a ques. tion to him on a subject of very great interest in Ireland. The House would be aware that there was in or near Belfast a col'ege being erected by the Government, and he wished to know whether the Government in tended erecting it in the very inconvenient situation an ticipated by the public ? Sir THOMAS IfREMANTLE said, that in answer to the Hon. G entleman, he might say that the subject would meet with the most careful consideration of the Government. mr .ROSS—Am oss —Am I to understand tha t the building will be raised within the precincts _ of the site h to we a t: Sir T. FREMANTLE Tactual not been finally fixed upon. SESSIONAL ORDERS. Mr. CARDWELL-moved the usual Sessional O r ders. The SPEAKER then read the orders fro m Mr. 'WILLIAMS thought it was of no its chair, such sessional orders, in as far as they related o to p tne election of the Mem bers of that House, as it was noto • rious they could not ca rr y them out. Before these or ders were allowed to pass a s a matter of course, they ought to ascertain how far they possessed the power of enforc ing them. It was well know n that in a great number of instances the Members of that House were elected under the influence of the Peers. In any county wherever there were three or four Peers possessing large estates, persons acquainted with election matters well know how matters would turn. They could tell that no other per son would be returned, unless he had the sanction of , IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Thursday, Jan 22. ; ;The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack shortly after Fi ve o ' c l oc k. Earl Grey, Ea r l P om f re t, the Earl of Vernlam, and Earl Spencer, took the oaths and their seats. th e Bishop of Oxford, VESTRIES ACT. The Duke of WELLINGTON introduced the Select Vestries Bill, which was read a first, and ordered to be read a second, time. HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH—THE ADDRESS. Lord DE ROS then rose to second the Address, and said, lam much obliged to my Noble Friend for the able manner in which he has moved the Address, and I shall not, therefore, occupy your attention at any length. I shall commence by paying a just tribute to the Emperor of Russia, for the honour able manner in which he has assisted her Majesty's Government in establishing peace. It is a distinguishing feature of his country; the manner in which he en courages the arts and sciences; and be himself has been distinguished in his efforts to assist her Majesty's Go vernment. With regard to the convention of the King of the French as to the slave trade, I concur with my avowed object. He admitted the object was lawful, and bra soma on the Woolsack.—(Laughter.) These agita tors pealed to the Noble Lords opposite clustering et , thic kl y no Act of Parliament in thus collecting a large ma (no matter whet pricise sum it might a mount to) w tor the purpose they had in view. Now, he 0. ,_ would ask, what was that purpose ? Their e_ ject in collecting the large sum was to purchase voie: in different counties.--4A Noble Lord, "No, freeholds.") When he said to purchase - votes, he meant to purch ase the right to vote. This party of agitators boasted that in one county they had obtained two thousand votes,. and that for the future they would be successful in securing able champions for their cause. They s aid they were now about to add 2,000 voters to the roll for the county of Yorkshire, and a similar number for South Lancashire. By such means as those they avowed they would be enabled to return one hundred Members to Par liament. To obtain that end some send their thousands, others their five hundreds,and others their fives.— (Hear.) To those who were the members of the League—those who had been for some time writing upon Dukes, such as his. Noble Friend the Duke of Richmond, who appeared, to be considered by these writers as force name, and j; hie to be preyed upon, to them he would give the benefit a his opinion without giving them his al., and that opinion was, that it was per fect:; legal for them to act as they not ;tin. The course they were pursuing violated no law, eun i z es ee , „: statute. If his friend Mr. Attwood , and other rich Leen . 1 ike him were to subscribe a minim of money to the pureNstes, of freehold qualifications, they would have a pesfeees ,:' et ht, as the law- now stot.d i to do so. They eljg e 1 7 . in-chase those free holds foe the purpose of' eetu:ning Members of Parliament. To such a course .the law dd not nay nay. The late' Mr. Bentham tisee; to argue that there was no such thing as unconstitutional- 4n it appeared to hies that unconstitutional meant anything , anybody did not like. " Show me," he said, " any thing lawful, and that is constitutional ; show rce any' thine unlawful, and that will be unconstitutional." No w he (Lord Brougham) would adduce an instance to illustrate the argument lie had referred to. The Sovereign might' , create five hundred Peers. He might march these five r hundred Peers into that House, and as the preirgative was net confined to numbers, neither was it confined to rank. He might ennoble five hundred soldiers out of battalion of Guards, and make every one o f them Peers of she realm. It would be an underri" able and unpreecriptible right fur them to tak e seats, and to vote in that House, and the sovereign might march that battalion of rowly-niadi peers into that House to overwhelm the Members of tha t House, and to carry any measure by a majority of a Inin a dred. It would be perfectly lawful. There would be nothing illegal—nothing in the slighest degree contrail to law, in the exercise of this most undeniable prerogiv rive which the Crown possessed of creatine. peers. But if the Lord Chancellor should put the great seal to those patents of peerage, so surely as the° fell on the ears of the Commons House of Parliamen t, the announcement of the act which he had done—te e which he had committed—perfectly lawful, bu t perfectly unconstitutional—a gross breach of the Con stitution-a foul violation of the Constitution—a hig h crime and misdemeanor—so surely would the head o t, that high officer—if not in fact, at least by r ight and by desert—fall for the crime h e h a d com mitted. Ile knew that if he was called on he would say they ever° not committing an unconsftutional act. If be were asked his opinion as a lawyer he would give i t s t . end without requiring five pounds either—(A laugle) - "" in that capacity he were asked which of tee two acts were the most unconstitutional, he would say that act which raised money by voluntary contribution for guilty purposes. He would say that as a lawyer it was legal, but as a constitutional lawyer it was illegai-e -(Hear, hear)—and a break up of the Constitution He had not for the first time stated this opinion. He was once asked to aid in the creation of 500 votes, and his answer was distinctly that he would not. subscribe one farthing for such it measure.. But he placed his ob jection on higher grounds ; he saw it was an unconl i tutional act to multiply votes. He would say one word on voluntary contributings. Those who thus sair scribed and contributed to raise large funds to create votes must be prepared to differ fro? some of the most constitutional lawyers in th is country. He did not say that contributions for the pur posei of enabling the Crown to defend the country was P o legal or unconstitutional ; but, oa the contrary, wor is praiseworthy subscription, and was not a subseriptte .. for the purpose of subrertir g the established regulftgi°l r of the country. He alluded now te He supposed it was just as constitutional as the per:r e adopted now—many people might think it a Itt` more justifiable and more constitutional.—(Hear, Those who considered it a legal act, will have again* them the opinion of the late Sir Philip C rom pton, an t will also have to combat a stillgreater opinion —he Wea l ; Mr. Fox. They would also have to combat Lord Grey 6 opinion, as welt as Mr. Pitt's. On such grounds Of Parliament had by its votes sanctioned the use of money raised by voluntary contributions. They ruf s hale been wrong—that he would not exP re an opinion about. He considered that the cours e of this country ought to be, to raise mo ney by consent of Parliament, and through the sworn Min is ' tern of the Crown. Ile did not like to see a trade car ried on with impunity, which would alter the foundr lions of their Constitution, by raising a new trade la this country. His love of free trade was not very great he meant the trade which was driving for money—for ba s l lucre, for filthy gains —and f or that purpose he woula not consent to such a political agitation. If that trade was not checked, there would never be wanted person° to trade in it, because it is of all trades the easiest ear` ried on, and the meanest. Of all trades it was the easiest to drive, end they saw in Ireland what agital was doing, and now in England, in the repeal the corn-laws, a good trade was also carried el He had an equal dislike with his N o ble F r i en d s to will is called mob government. He would have this count's, governed by the Crown and the Parliament. lie wo o have the measures for the sa f e ty o f t h e peop l e o f Yeue , land discussed and propo un d e d by w i se men. H e h a d bee t) reproached with inconsistency for advising the Croce to dissolve Parliament during the agitation of the Befe r f e Bill. But he cared not f o r th e c h arge if h e f e l t be `/Pi right. He had sat at the helm of the imperial years, and for four with others mor e wort hy to steer, u- d . saw the vessel more than onc e i n sig ht o f breake y ':g • he had no desire to see them again. —(Hear, hear.) ,g Noble and Learned Friend had st a t e d th a t a fter u'' . 7 4 had taken place in former ti mes , and after the opin i t,"4 which he had expressed, he held it inconsistent with - own honour to hold a different opinion. Lord STANLEY begged to correct the Noble st' ela ff —his expression was, " holding the sam e o pi n ions 11. ' as he did then." Lord BIIOUG HAM apologised. That was V" -- „ 0 , different thin g . H e was b egu il e d b y t h e wor d tnc sistency. It was not inconsistency to act one WaY. - 1 1 ,. I think anoth er —(G reat l aug h ter)—it was dovenrhy dishonesty. Il e h a d o f ten heard the charge o f inc he ' sistency ; but he had no respect for, nor did this wish to court or belong to, the sect of t ' A is arsevithtoouot proudany itnocregaus class of persons who allow years to Fr e e and who w th h e o m length of years, or profit by the lessons of i s: t e her of wis k d e o rle f e r ? perience. To do this was not inconsistee e ;; In conclusion, h e w i s h e d to express his 113,-;/0 cordial appr o b a ti on o f t h at part of her Majes'ilie Speech which recomm en d e d th e i r L or d s hi ps ta king 4 j, disturbed state of Ireland into their early considereq" n o The Earl of MALMESBURY b egge d to protest eg al os that part of the Noble Lord' s sp eec h i n w hi c h h e ree e bo s mended an appeal to the people. H e p er f ec tl y a greed such an appeal should be made on n o t r ifli ng or trivial , sion. If it was necessary to take the opinion of the ee i e r e %s let it be the one which they expressed in 1841, wilie jl e elg pressed itself in a protectionist Parliament. Ile e"..ed not suppose that because the Prime Minister had chlg i f) his views, that the people had changed theirs.—( ll e.% . • The Earl of RADNOj observed that it " - ‘,.011! matter of necessity to yield to public pressure " o ld without, when they had not a Government who No of lead the public m i n d . T h i s had been the practic'be late years. He would wish to ask the Noble Lordt ec ei fore he left hi s p l ace, whether all the ghee' measures which h e h a d seen carr i ed had not "-aicf so carried by p ressure f rom w i thout ? He wou l d was not the abolition of the slave trade carried by P 'OO sure from without ? Had not Catholic Emaneie j d been carried by pressure from without 2 not the repeal o f t h e Orders of 'Ac' „ 1100 been carried by pressure from without ? Hfree / the repeal ofth e T est A cts b een carried by pressure_weili without ? He lamented t o sa y t h at t hi s wa s T o e the case alien the people outstrip in ' - ttt ledge a nd en li g h tenment the Government of the 00e"104 They should reflect that to carry out any great tee,ese pressure from without was required. Some refe .a. '" bad been made as to raising money for such purr : Sib . being an unconstitutional act. In that case it W, () ; the an unconstitutional act to subscribe 100,0001. '‘ ) ,, , f ) ise l purpose of a railway. There was also te a , e " o tiea_s which at present was occupying considerable at", 9 r _e; —it was a scheme for improving the dwelling 10 1 the poor in the metropolis. To raise nsoneicoilse that purpose, according to the Noble Lord, woe' stilf e unconstitutional. So would it be with raising o t i scriptions for churches ; in f ac t, it wou ld place e a l i e l hargo on many charitable p ur p oses . The Nou s loe' Learned Lord had also chosen to cast violent Or natia / on the Anti-Coin-law Le ague . H e (L o rd - ; however, had nu objection to the name, howeve r a to, it might displease the N o bl e L or d : b u t he denif te they raised money for unco ns tit u ti ona l p ur poses. k .iev,,e" • a subscriber to that f u nd—(H ear , h ear )— an dlie: a iteel that in doing so h e was su b scr ibi ng f or a OW/ purpose ; for he believed nothing could be tnel - „J e ar ; table than effecting a repeal of the corn-laws, a- beaL, rying out this principle of free trade.—Olear'et vo te The Noble Lord bad said that the League boug&jet ; with the funds they were raising. He (Lord ••j s , h" r denied this. They bought no votes with the ,V e y e tc ; it was raised only to carry on the agitation. ' t ..4 seeded people to buy votes—to lay out their 10 ifejgive effect to their opinions, but they ei votes. The League, therefore, merely facilita...„olesbo' getting of votes, but they did not make them' os hear.) They opened an office to enable Pen s e wanted votes to get th em f rom persons who vve r ,.(lo o l to sell that which conveyed that privileg e 'des hear.) They did not make votes, as other 1 311 : 1 dian% done, by the 501. clause, by which they e ffeele their farms into four or five parcels for thirtg such a purpose. The League did O ores t P e v a secret, but their object was to carry out l ' int e a olYj e ar tical object. The Noble and Learned Lord s ..oe ts, o , to their agitating for a political purpose , l o rd P__ l o f , tional ; but had not the Noble and Learnetel_bootnitte, self done so in his agitation on behalf of tb the slave trade? If the one agitation wa s ter'' '.( l tional, the other was also of that charel clorge:00 hear.) The Noble and Learned Lord bau_seaderal4 League with being actuated by selfish evo- 11E; It ) . C o , ttle-Hr. ~ VlO, l dp k ty >I IV. 11 : 4e v ',ll!;t4io Re 1 c. 1, kl 7oW ' . °4 .r 'Ri ll 1 Otl I Paktv