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~'., Tay ihu. Treasury Board and Secretary of State before the conlineu•ft*eakof the service to which the Estimates apply. 3. Treetlired, ' That it is the opinion of this Committee that such EsteneatesreC e . • ompanied by a comparative statement of the re eeteteg ;ea . • iture, made up to the close of the year previous to that Wert*. Estimates are prepared. 4. - • • That is the opinion of this Committee that such Es asat.s, terlards the Colonial Receipts, shall represent the gross - isenseilin• • their several and distinct heads. 4,-itsgavea,—That it is the opinion of this Committee that as fikardsf4e Colonial Expenditure, the different charges, including the ViTargerfff collecting the revenue, be classed separately under their different heads, and that the same order of arrangement be univer sally adopted. 6. Resolved,—That it is the opinion of this Committee, that the fixed charges for salaries and other personal services be kept distinct from all other charges. 7., Resolved,—That it is the opinion of this Committee that in case of extraordinary or unanticipated expenditure, a Supplementary Es timate, in the same form as the Yearly Estimate, be prepared in the colony, and forwarded without delay to the Colonial-office. 8. Resolved,—That it is the opinion of this Committee that imme diately after the local examination in each colony of the annual account has been completed, a comparative statement of the esti mated and actual receipts and dirbursements of the year should he prepared by the auditors or other officers by whom the accounts are examined, showing under each head of revenue and expenditure any difference that may have occurred between the estimated and actual receipts and disbursements of the year, and explaining the cause of any such differences. 9. Resolved,—That it is the opinion of this Committee that as all the evidence taken before the Committee proves the superiority of the double-entry system of book-keeping,—its success wherever in troduced into the public departments, and its general adaptation to the public service, it is expedient that the said system be adopted tor keeping the accounts of Colonial Revenue and Expenditure. 10. Resolved,—That it is the opinion of this Committee that a cash book, journal, and ledger be kept in all the colonies, and that the ledger distinctly represent the various heads of receipt and expendi ture, as exhibited in the Estimates. 11. Resolved,—That it is the opinion of this Committee that with a view to the prompt examination of the Colonial Accounts, in all cases where a local auditor has not been appointed, provision should be made for a speedy and efficient local examination of the Accounts; and the auditor or other officer to whom ch loc examination is entrusted should be em p o wered at any an su d all re al asonable times to compire the cash or other balances of the Treasurer, or rely other officer entrusted with public money, with the balances represented in the cash accounts of their respective departments; but such in spection and comparison are not to supersede the periodical verifica tion of public balances by Committees or otherwise, which the Go vernors of colonies have heretofore been instructed to institute. 12. Resolved,—That it is the opinion of this Committee that the accounts of receipt and expenditure, when sent to the Audit Board in London, be accompanied by the Estimates for the year to which the accounts belong. 13. Resolved —That it is the opinion of this Committee that the Colonial Accountants be required to make up and forward their ac counts to the Audit Board in London within three months after the close of the financial year to which the accounts refer, or specially to report the causes of any greater delay. 14. Resolved,—That it is the opinion of this Committee that in ad dition to the accounts sent home after audit in the colonies, copies of the colonial cash book and journals be forwarded to the Audit Board. 5. Resolved,—That it is the opinion of this Committee that where any inquiries or questions necessary for the elucidation and prompt audit of the Colonial Accounts are suggested by the Board of Audit, the Colonial Accountant be required to reply to the same within one month after their receipt, or to send a special report as to the causes of delay, stating the period at which the explanations may be expected. 16. Resolved,—That it is the opinion of this Committee that in case such replies or explanations shall not be received by the Audit Board within a reasonable time (to be estimated according to the distance of the colonies and the facilities of communicatioa with the same), the Audit Beard shall call the attention of the Lords of the Treasury to the neglect of the Colonial Accountant. 17. Resolved,—That it is the opinion of the Committee, that a quarterly Report be made by the Audit Board to the Lords of the Treasury on the state of the Colonial Accounts, showing the arrears and the causes of the arrears, and calling the attention of the Trea sury Board to every case of irregularity and delay. 18. Resolved,—That it is the opinion of this Committee that ab stracts of the Accounts of the various Colonies, after being examined by tile Audit Board, be annually presented to Parliament ; and that they be accompanied wills copies of the Estimates for the years to which they refer. 19. Resolved,—That it is the opinion of this Committee that it is desirable that steps should be taken for ensuring the more punctual transmission of the periodical Returns of Revenue and Expenditure, providtd for in the 7th chapter of the "Rules and Regulations for the Colonial Service ;" and that it is also desirable that a systematic record should be kept at the Audit-office, in a complete andeoncen trated shape, of the results of all the Colonial Accounts rendered to am' examined in that department, in such manner as at all times would afford the means, so far as regards the Crown Colonies, of 1, - ing to Government and Parliament specific information on all points relating to the Colonial Receipt and Expenditure ; and likewise that the Board of Audit should, from time to time, suggest the intro duction of such improvements in the existing modes of keeping or rendering the Colon , al Accounts as would remove the present arm ' t ulles, and secure a uniform, regular, and correct system of colonial 'book-keeping ; and should also suggest the needful instructions to the colonial officers for that purpose, and prepare such forms and i.nodels as may be useful to give effect to these instructions. 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Notice.—Noblemen and Gentlemen are respectfully informed this establishment is now prepared for their recept'on, with aug enent(Jl arrangements and increased accommodation. Prluees' Club, St. James's-street. Entrance in Piccadilly, No. 162. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THI4 EVENING bz repeated a Grand Opera, in three acts, called MARITANA, Charles the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Caesar De Bazan, Mr. W. ifarrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. Stretton ; Maritana, Miss Hoer;li Cazarillo, Miss Poole. In which Mdlle. F. Fabri and M. Eretin will introduce a new grand Pas de Deux. Between the second and Third Acts of the Opera Preessor RISLEY and his SONS will go through a series of their Classical .arid Popular Exercises. To be followed by a uew grand Christmas comic Fantomine, called ITABLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. TIILATBR ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING IVIII be performed ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Miss Cush ir an ; Juliet, Miss Susan Cushman. i'o concluda with A Grand New Extravaganza, entitl THE BEE THE ORANGE TREE; or, The Four Wish e e d s. Principal &::!araeters by Mr. Hudson, ,Ir. James Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mr. C'lric, Miss I'. Horton, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Caulfield, and Mrs. Stanley, THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL THIS EVENING Wl.ll be performed THE CRICKET on the HEARTH. John Peery. bingle, Mr. 0. Smith; Caleb Plummer, Mr. Lambert; Tackleton, 31r. Cullenford ; Edward, Mr. Selby' Dot, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Bertha, 3liss Woolgar; May Fielding, 3liss Taylor. To be followed by a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM T4REAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, Mlle Woolgar, Sae. To conclude with an entirely New and Original Christmas Pan tonn:ne, called HARLEQUIN AND POONOONVINGKEEWA.NG FLIttEIiDEEFLOBEEDEERUSK.EEBA.NG; or, The King of the Cfmnibal Islands. Harle J. Mr. T. Ireland ; Colurabinc, Miss fieming ; Clown, Mr. C. . Smith ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mitellenson. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. The Cricket on the Hearth," and " The Enchanted Horse" every Evening until further notice EYENING WILL BE PERFORMED TIIE CRICIitiT ON THE HEAr.TII: A FAIRY TALE OE. The Principal Characters by Mr. and MrS. Keeley, Mr. Emery, Mr. F. Vining, Mr. Meadows, and Miss Grove. After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic extravaganza, 4tutitled T TIE ENCHANTED HORSE; i,Y, prince Firouz &hal; of Persia and the Princess of Bengal. Principal Ctlefacters by Messrs. Reeky, Wigan, F. Matthews , Collier, Turner, K 1 'lames ces 'lames Keeley, Villars, Hodson, Dawson, Howard, Ardeß, klh. Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Gd. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING =Will be performed the Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. gaeready ; Polonius, Mr. Granby; Laertes , M r. Murray; Horatio, Mr. Fisher; Osrick, Mr. James Vining; Ghent , M r. Cooper; Ger trade, Mrs. Ternan ; Ophelia, Mies Emma Stanley, To conclude with the New Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE lET OF THE KINGDOM ; or, HARLEQUIN AND THE FAIRY !•:CA, F. .BELL. Harlequin, Mr. W. H. Harvey; Columbine , Mies I.3ulten ; Clown, Mr. Fleamore ; Pantaloon, Mr. T, Hill. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. iumwtsliE su OF THE NEW BURLESQUE. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE WILD BOY OF BOHEMIA. Buy, Mr. Leciercq. After which will be repeated TIIE CRICKET ON OUR OWN R . 21 r. In which Mr. James Browne, Mr. Rome; Mr. Cockrill, and Miss Kato Howard will appear. concluding with the new Pantomime, unapproachable for glee and grandeur, called FORTUNATUS ; or, 'MB MAGIC CAP. 1..,,1,1natz", MISS Hamilton; Prince Megrim, Mr. CoekrUl; P4 try ly . .'Ass Bromley' ; Ha rle q uin, Mr. Sm Pantaloon, ; Pantal 2.'r Clown, Mr. J e tTerini ; Columbine, Miss Laidlaw. The Wild ASTLEY'S noym, A7.I.IPHITZI7.k.TRA7 OF A R TS. LAwr WEEK BUT ONE OF THE WON DROUS DOGE . is Ev*zning, and during the week, the DOG of the PYRENEES. 3111 consevenee of the many parties being disappointed of witness ing the Mornt - ig Performances on Thurselay last, owing to the stop- Pa V , Westminster-bridge, on the occasion of her Majesty's vial tto the , 11 4. , uses of Parliament, Mr. Batty is Induced, in compliance with 51W wishes of several families of distinction, to announce s L AST GILA DAY REPRESENTATION for To-Morrow, THURSDAY, ..rannary 3.3. when the celebrated Dog Emile will perform, Wm :enenciag at Pelf-past One precisely. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. sin ivi )ygitit Gk . THREE THIS E ;AND ATTRACTIVE PIECES. Will be performed THE - ItHINE4 I"' H ', N ., Supported by Messrs. Saville, Fredericka, D ale, AT MILBANK, Searle. l'i b a s t v ,e Courci, Mr. Jierbert, Misses Vincent, Terry, Richardson, &c . Ri gg ie, To be followed by A NIGHT OF EXCITEM Mr• Saville; Marlette V r esOricks ; Le Gra..nV , A na; which, Professor 11E313111 , 7G and lila SONSh ill hu'e s i nt ; „,,,_ un,larailcled feats of Classical Gymnasia than ever yet habee,u—ex— xiblivi..and surpas sing even the celebrated Risley imself. 'To 4293)Clude with WALTER BRAND ; or, A. DUEL IN THE MIST.' NEW STRAND THEATRE. 14i, aITLL IPPE'S WON DERS and incredible CHINESE D LUSO7S will be repeated every Evening, doors open at a quarter paot-,Seveii, to most at a quarter before Eight. M. Plitllippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiments will be varied by the Aniusing Performances of the Chiarini Family and astomAing Feats of the Imerican Brothers. M. Phißippe will (by desire), and in consequence of the immense verflws which haVe attended his Mornin% P e rformances, give a U E;raiv Juvenile Faltertainment every Thursday 3foraing, commencing stt Two o'clock. Stag, 3i.: Boxes, 2 a. ; pit, Is. ; Gallery , 6 d . ___..-------- be no advantage in making personal property liable to it, and how could they levy it in small amounts, as personal property in rural districts? If they instituted an inquiry into the profits of trade, they must do the same into the profits of the farmer, which, conducted by local authorities, would be an intolerable inquisition ; and he believed, that for the State to take upon itself the maintenance of the poor would be most objectionable. He proposed to take upon the Government the charge of the maintenance of convieted prisoners, and to defray it from the Consolidated Fund by an annual vote. He proposed, also, that that portion of the expense of prosecutions which was borne by local rates should be borne by the Government, which would give them a control; over prosecutions. In Ire land this would amount to 17,000/., and in England to 100,000/. a year. If any part of the kingdom would suffer by the removal of agricultural protection, it would be Ireland, and he proposed to relieve Ireland by taking under the control, and into the pay of the Government the whole police force of the country, thus relieving the land of the whole of the rural police rate. With regard to medical relief under the poor-law, he proposed to Luke one-half of the charge of the payment of parochial medical officers in the Consolidated Fund. He estimated that would amount to 100.000/. a-year in England, and 50,000/. in Scotland. He also proposed, with regard to Scotland, that the charge for the prison at Perth should be borne by the public. In many workhouses the provisions or education were very inadequate. He proposed that the right of appointment should be vested in the guardians; but they proposed to provide a competent salary, on condition that they might require competency in the schoolmaster, and exercise the right of dismissal. In every case in which he proposed to place upon the public the payment of these public burdens, it was ' accompanied by some public good. Before the mea sure was rejected, he hoped both parties would seriously Consider it. Immediate removal of du ties in many instances, distant removal in others, was what he proposed. He asked for the ex pression of no immediate opinion, but he trusted the statement would be seriously considered in the same calm temper of mind in which it had been listened to. While he had no guarantee that other countries would follow our example, the Government had resolved to consult the interests of the county, and nut to punish other countries and our own by a continuance of those high duties. He admitted that other . countries had increased the duties on our goods and yet our exports had increased, partly by means of the smuggler, and partly by the high tariff, so increasing the cost of production in those countries, that, notwithstanding the high duties, we had been enabled to compete with them. But, they might depend upon it that the example of England would be followed. The interests of the consumers would ultimately pre vail, and prohibitory and protective duties would, in spite of Governments, be removed. The recent report of Mr. Walker, Secretary to the Treasury of the United States, proved that such would be the case. In Europe the example of England was producing its effect. In Naples liberal commercial views were beginning to hold sway, and the Sovereign of that country took a personal interest in the subject, and he be lieved that from Naples they would have a liberal tariff. Sweden, Norway, Austria, Hanover, were all becoming more liberal in their commercial policy, and he did not despair of their following our example. He trusted that increased commercial intercourse would increase the bond of union between different countries, and give a guarantee of the preservation of peace. But it should be remembered that peace exposed us to in creased competition, and it was therefore necessary, to secure a pre-eminence, that we should have abun dance and cheapness of provisions, and securitY for the continuance of that abundance. This would contribute to the increase of wealth, and to the alleviation of local and general burdens. He asked them to give their consent to these measures, because the true source of increase of revenue was in creased comfort, and an increased taste for luxury. He asked them to consent to them, because abundance dimi nished crime. It had been said there was no scarcity. Scarcity was a relative term; and they should remem ber that two years of abundance had altered the feel ings of the people in this respect. That which was not scarcity in 1844, would be scarcity in 1846. Let them not check the genial current of prosperity by forbidding the import of articles of focd. The furloughs of the soldiers in the Guards had increased greatly its the last three years, in consequence of the increase in comforts of their relatives, who were constantly inviting them to visit the country. If asked why he disturbed the existing law under which this prosperity had been enjoyed, his answer was, that since October last there had been a sympathy between the prosperity of the manufacturing districts and the price of provisions. These were the proposals, which on the part of the Government, he offered for the ultimate adjustment of this question. He would not appeal to any unge nerous feeling to induce them to consent to this measure. There had been agitation but not to a great extent, but he believed that there had been in the minds of the mass of the community a great at tention to this subject, but still there was a general feeling of contentment and loyalty. Their consent to take taxation on themselves, so as to re lieve the labouring classes, had produced gratitude ; and he besought them to avail themselves of the present opportunity of effecting an adjustment, which he felt could not be much longer delayed. For these reasons he should deeply lament the failure of his present attempt, which he recommended to their calm consideration, as one cal culated to maintain friendly relations among all classes of the community, by bettering the condition of the great body of the people. The Right Hon. Baronet, who had spoken for up wards of four hours, then sat down amidst loud cheerin;. The CHAIRMAN then read the resolutions, and Sir R. PEEL suggested this day week for proceeding with the further consideration of the question. Sir R. Leon's wished to know what would be the amount of increased expenditure to be saddled on the country by his measures? Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN suggested the postponement for further discussion for a fortnight. Mr. HumE defended the policy of the Prime Mi nister. to 2d. per square yard. He now approached those ma nufactures connected with metals. All manufactures of metals were charged with a duty of 15 per cent. He proposed that no duty should exceed 10 per cent.: that was to be the maximum. Then with regard to brocade and earthenware, he proposed a similar reduction Then with regard to foreign carriages, he proposed to reduce the duty from 20 per cent. to 10 per cent. He proposed to reduce the duty upon candles to one-half of the present amount, and also a simila r reduction in foreign soap. Hard soap, now subject to a duty of 305., he proposed to reduce to 20s. ; soft soap to 10s., and Naples soap from 565. to 15s. There were many articles in which he proposed to remit the duty altogether. There were 500 articles standing in the tariff in respect of which there was no duty. He pro posed to apply this principle to many other arti cles. In respect to all articles connected with the manufacture of leather, great remittances of duty had taken place. He proposed to remove altogether the duty on dressed hides, and then there would not be a single raw material subject to duty, and then he proposed to reduce the duty on foreign boots and shoes ; shoe fronts 3s. 6d. to ls. 9d. per dozen; boots from 11. Bs. per dozen to 145., and for shoes from 14s. to 7s. lie proposed to reduce the duty upon straw plait from ss. to 3s. 6d. per lb. He was disposed to act freely and impartially. lie had exhausted every article of manufacture. lie pro posed to reduce the duty upon brandy and foreign spirits from 225. per gallon, and the consumption was not now greater in this country than it was in the 17th century. There was no article in which smuggling more prevailed. He proposed to reduce the present duty of 225. to 15s. 'per gallon. With regard to sugar, he intended to propose the reduction of the duty on foreign free labour sugar to 3s. 6d., reducing by that amount the differential duty. He now came to those articles connected with agriculture. There were many articles subject to heavy duties which did not operate as protection. There was, for instance, the article of to bacco ; and, in treating of these articles, he hoped that that House would bear in mind the necessity of support ing the public revenue, and not press fur a simulta neous removal of duties which would be thought high. He would take first those articles not connected with food, and he thought that, by reducing the duty on grass seeds, he was conferring a benefit on agriculture. The duty on clover seed, for instance, was a heavy bur den on agriculture. He proposed to reduce the duty on all seeds to ss. per cwt., as a maximum duty. In order to promote the fattening of cattle, which was so neces sary to the production of manure for the fertilising of the soil, he proposed that Indian corn should be hence forth admitted duty free, or rather with a merely no minal duty. He considered that, in doing this, he was not doing any injury to the agricultural interest. He proposed to subject buck wheat to the same rule, and the flour of those articles. He proposed to admit the meal of those articles on the same footing as the grain. With regard to linseed cake and rape cake, the price had been gradually rising for years. He had been re quested to enable many articles used in feeding cattle in the United States—such as rice cake—to be admitted duty free, and he therefore proposed to admit it. lie came now to consider those articles of agricul tural produce used for the food of man, and he felt the difficulty of dealing with them. His object was to come to some adjustment of this ques tion between the demands of those who upheld unre laxed protection and those who contended for the repeal of all duties. He feared neither party would approve of his plan, but he proposed it for the public advantage, as the foundation of a settlement. He did not propose an immediate repeal of all dnty, although he proposed an immediate reduction in respect to all, and immediate and total repeal in respect to many. He proposed to make an immediate reduction, upon the whole of the articles. He proposed to reduce the duties one • half on butter, cheese, and hops, and on cured fish to is. per cwt. He proposed to repeal immediately the duty on bacon, fresh beef, salt beef, fresh and salt pork, and vegetables of all kinds. Every thing of vegetable, everything of animal food, should henceforth be imported duty free. He had, by removing previous duties, enabled the agriculturist to compete with the foreigner; and, therefore, he called upon him to give up his protection. He proposed that all cattle, and animals imported from foreign countries, should come in duty free. Complaints had been made as to the injurious and un equal operation of the tariff with regard to fat and lean cattle. This alteration would redress that inequality. He trusted that the agriculturists would bear in mind that he had called on the manufacturers to set the example of giving up protection. He would now state his proposal with regard to the corn-laws. He did not propose their immediate repeal; but in order to give time for adjustment, although he proposed a ts porary reduction, he proposed that after the lapse of a certain time foreign grain should be admitted duty free. He proposed a considerable reduction in the existing amount of duty, and that the continuance of that re duced amount of duty should continue only fur three years. He proposed that after the Ist February, 1849 oats, barley, and wheat should be subject only to that nominal duty which he proposed to'apply to Indian corn. He could not admit that he had taken an erroneous view of the pressure to which they would be subjected before the next harvest, and it was necessary to take precau tions against the approaching calamity. He much wished this calamity might induce among the people of Ireland a taste for a higher order of food. They had to consider what provision was to be made to meet the deficiency in the potato crop. He was not now about to propose what be had proposed in November, the immediate suspension of those duties. He proposed that there should be immediately a great reduction in duty, to endure only for a limited period, after which it should be merely nominal. Under the ex isting law, the rate of duty on all descriptions of grain had been regulated by that of wheat. He proposed that all colonial grain should he admitted at a nominal duty— that all restrictions applying to the importation of meal should be removed. He proposed that the enactment, to endure for three years, should be as follows : —The duty on wheat when the average price should be under 435., 10s. ; above 495., 9s. ; 50s. and 51s, 75.; above 525. and under 535., ss. ; and whenever the price of wheat shall exceed 545. there shall be an invariable duty of 4s. With respect to other descriptions of grain, they followed the scale which they had adopted with regard to wheat. There would be, therefore, now levied on wheat, instead of a duty of 165., a duty of 45., and other descriptions of grain would be subject merely to a nominal duty. He proposed to accompany this provision with others calculated materially to advance the interests of that portion of the community, which, after a lapse of three years, would be called on to relinquish pro tection. He would review some of the bur dens pressing on agriculture capable of alleviation, not by the transfer to other parties, but by reforming the manner of levying. With regard to the higway rate, he thought it possible to introduce reforms which should be a relief to the landed interest. At present there were 16,000 local authorities for the management of the highways. What could be more absurd than that every continuous high way should be subject to different highway sur veyors? There was a law existing enabling parishes voluntarily to enter into a union for the management of continuous highways. He proposed to make this compulsory, which would reduce the local authorities from 16,000 to 600. He would compel the guardians to appoint a competent surveyor to undertake the management of the highways. In a district in the north, in which this plan had been carried out, the roads had been improved, and the expense had been diminished from 6d. in the pound rate to 11d. in the pound. It was one of the points of relief to agriculture which he proposed to adopt. Then he proposed an alteration in the law of settlement At present a man moved from an agricultural district to a town. The manufacturer had the benefit of his labour—he was thrown out of work and he was sent back to the rural districts. For the purpose of doing justice to that man, and to the rural parish, he proposed that, after being devoted five years to labour in any place, the labourer's settlement should be in that place, and also the settlement of his wife and children. At present, immediately on the death of a labouring man, his widow must be removed. He proposed that she should not be removable for twelve months ; and that when a labourer became ill, no order should be taken out for remo val on the ground of chargability by sickness or accident. He recommended that the state should give facilities for agricultural improvements, by adopting measures to promote drainage by a loan of public money. He would advise the advance of loans immediately under the sups rintendence of thelnclosure Commissioners, and that their certificate should be the warrant for the advance to be repaid by a rent charge, and by annual instalment., giving this loan a priority of payment over all ()tea._ . havingtibiliii4 D a n tio ti n ; s ; except in cases where the parties charge object to that advance, in which case the - - itavltte should not be made without the consent of the Court of Caance - ny. With respect to direct local burdens, he could not advise any material alteration of the system under which as sessments took place. It was said the poor -rates were a charge upon the land. In point of fact it was not so. The opposition was not between land and other nroperty alone—it was between real and personal pro perty, and as this was merely a local charge, there would M A P THE RAILWAYS. IN A FEW DAYS, WE SHALL PUBLISH A "RAILWAY SUN," Sir IL PEEL requested the Hon. Gentleman to let him defend himself in his own way. He proposed that the discussion should be renewed on Thursday wt , ek. The question was of vast importance, but he thought a fort night too long to keep the country in suspense. The House was subsequently addressed by several Hon. Members. The House then resumed, the Chair man reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Monday, the 9th of February. The House adjourned at Twelve o'clock. The mystery in which the plans of the Minister, for the abolition of the corn• laws, have been so long involved is at last removed, and the people of the United Kingdom may rejoice that the fate of protection is sealed, and that the most obnoxious of all burdens will in three years be utterly abolished. Since the memorable occasion when Lord Joint RUSSELL introduced the Ministerial plan of Parliamentary Reform, we know of no event which has excited one-tenth part of the public interest, or which will spread such glad tidings to millions of her MasEsTy's subjects, as the result of the scene which took place in the Commons' House of Parliament last night. Sir RonsenT PEEL, had the courage to hold out against the opinions of the majority of his col leagues; like a man conscious of the justice of his measures, and the infallible victory which they must soon obtain, he persevered in his purpose, resigned his high station rather than yield up his convictions, and at last, obeying the general will of the people, resumed his position in order to gain the most illustrious of all triumphs—a peaceable reform. He is, in fact, the author of a great revolution, which will have an immense effect on the destinies of the country, and astonish the world by the boldness of its principles, as well as by the liberal views which pervade every part of its character. The question of commercial reform we regard as settled. The Peers and the landlords may for a time rebel, or pretend to rebel against the Minister, but all the wise, all the pru dent, and all the able portion of the aristocracy know that their efforts are vain, and that in this country no class, how ever powerful, not even the first nor the second estate of the rca'm, can gainsay the voice of the people. That voice has been heard from every part of the land. England and Scot land and Ireland have demanded, in language that cannot be mistaken, the repeal of the corn-laws, and our statesmen, like prudent rulers, have listened to their voice, and granted their prayers. Neither party can claim peculiar honour for this great result, for Whigs and Tories, and Conservatives and Liberals, and Radicals and Chartists, all have their share, and the leading statesmen of the two great sections in the State have alike vied with each other in furthering this noble achievement. To Lord JOIIN RUSSELL, the brother of one of the first Peers in the realm, who is opposed to his views, and whose family connexions have so much interest in the profits from land, every praise is due. He prepared the way— at all events hastened the crisis; and by his open avowal of complete freedom in the trade in corn, left his opponent no alternative but to dare boldly and carry out his own firm convictions. The Conservative leader was not backward, and, to his honour, resolved to offend a nd time his par t y for the good of the country, and to risk the hostility t of the lime of Peers, the whole IWO intereat, every tribe of monoptAists in a cause so just and sacred.` •ut con‘t of her MAJESTY throughout the w hole anxious crisis sgronlonly ogle universal thyme of admiratipP, and fttr; nish proof of the admirable workin4 o out . constitutional THE SUN, LONDON,. WEDNESDAY EVEN INC. JANUAR) 28. 1846. system when properlyadministered. The QUEEN ntade no dis tinction between Whig and Tory leader—her object was the peaceable and satisfactory settlement of a great question, and in every respect she displayed the brightest ex ample as a limited SOVEREIGN, and as the best friend of her people. What the result might have been under such an obstinate and misguided monarch as GEORGE 111., or his aristocratic and selfish successor, with all his preju dices against the people, we fear to contemplate. Under such management, and with such actors, we can con template nothing but complete success to the great principles for which The Sun has long con tended, and of which it has, for more than twenty years, been the earnest, steady, and unyielding advocate. No journal has so long and so faithfully exposed the enormities and injustice of the corn-laws, or kept the grievance so constantly before the public eye. We rejoice that, after a tedious, and for many years a hopeless, struggle , victory has at last declared itself; and statesmen of all par ties now join in denouncing the obnoxious and destructive Act of 1815, and in advocating the only safeguard for a great commercial country—the abolition of all those prohibitive and oppressive duties on foreign productions, as well as those of native industry. But this result does not affect the United Empire only—it extends over the world, and its announce ment will excite universal wonder in every civilized state. France and Russia and America will receive the news with joy equal to our own, and let us confidently hope that its effects will be beneficial to humanity, and bind closer the peaceable ties of friendship among civilized nations. English .. .. .. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 4,000 bales, 500 being on speculation. The market was quiet. Shares were dull, and there was but little doing. - At Messrs. Lamond's yesterday the sale was very flat, and where sales were effected, a considerable reduction was sub mitted to for many of the new schemes. There appeared no buyers except at ruinous prices.-Birmingham, West Brom wich, Wednesbury, and Walsall,'lB.9.-Essex and Suffolk,lss. -Great North of India, 7s. 6d.-Ipswich, Norwich, and Yar mouth, 11. ls.-Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford, IL- Bideford and Tavistock, 10s. 6d.-Chelmsford and Bury, 19s. -London and Windsor, ss. 6d.-Chester and Manchester, 11.45.-Bideford and Tavistock, 12s. 6d.-London, Bristol, and South Wales, 155.-London and Manchester (Rastrick's), 165.-Great North and South Wales and Worcester, 6s. 6d.-Great Western of Bengal, 145.-Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena, 11. IN.-Worcester and South Wales, 1/. 7s. 61. -North Stafford, Churnet, and Potteries, 4/. 17s. 6d.-Lon don and Birmingham Extension, and Northumberland, Da ventry, Leamington, and Warwick, 17s. 6d.-Reading, Guildford, and Reigate, IL 25.-Eastern Counties, ex new and ex div., 211. IN.-London and Windsor, 55.-Louvain and Jemappes, 2/. 65.-Great North and South Wales and Worcester, Os. -Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie), 21.-London, Hounslow, and Western, 15s. 6d.-Leicester, Tam worth, Coventry, Birmingham, and Trent Valley, 2/. Bs. -Sheffield, Buxton, and Leek Potteries, 135.-Bideford and Tavistock, 1 9 5.-South Midland, 11. 55.-Waterford, Wex ford, Wicklow, and Dublin, 11. 2s. .-Norwich arid Bran don, New, GI. 55.-North Staffordshire, Churnet, and Pot teries, 4/. 18s.-East Indian, 11.75.-Calcutta and St. George's Point, 10s.-Great Western of Bengal, 155.--Great Indian Peninsular, 11s. 6d.-Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth, IL 55.-Great North and South Wales and Worcester, 6s 6,1. -Isle of Jersey, 183.-Ditto, 19s-London and„Windsor, 55.- Ditto, 65.-Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham, 2L 4s. Sheffield, Buxton, and Leek Potteries, 135.-Ipswich, Nor wich, and Yarmouth, 11. 35.-Ditto, 1/. 4s. 6d.- Liverpool, Preston, and North Union, 11. ls.-Birmingham, West Bromwich, Wednesbury, and Walsall, 125.-Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 21.15. 6d.-North Staffordshire, Chnrnet, and Potteries, 4/. I Bs.-Ditto, 41. 17s. 6d.-Oxford and Cambridge, 155.-Great Indian Peninsular, 125.-Ditto, 12s. 6d.-London, Oxford, Cheltenham, Gloucester, and Hereford, 7s. 6d.-Peterborough and Nottingham, 158.- Chelmsford and Bury, 17s. 6d.-Direct Norwich, 2s -Corn - wall, Half Shares, U. 103. 6d.-East Coast, 18s.-Derby, Gainsborough, and Great Grimsby, 18s.-Surrey Grand. Junction, 7s. 6d.-Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Macken zie), 27.-Chester and Manchester, 11. 4s. 6d.-Ditto, IL 4s. -Chepstow and Forest of Dean, IL 55.-Worcester and South Wales, 11. 7s. 6d.-Assam Tea Company, 111. 108. - Ditto, 111. 155.-Worcester, Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester, 1/. 7s. 6d.-Cornwall and Central Devon, 1/. 15s. 64.-Read ing and Reigate, 11. 35.-Great North of India, 7s. 6d.- Ditto, Bs.-Calcutta and St. George's Point, lls. 6d.-South ampton, Manchester, and Oxford, 285.-Cork and Lime rick, 12s. Accounts, of November 15, from Buenos Ayres, state that there had beey some angry debates in the House of Repre sentatives against England and France, but this is only what we might expect. We have had later dates by way of Rio de Janiero. The extraordinary interest felt to-day in the development of Sir Robert Peel's plans we need hardly mention, but the Evening Edition of The Sun had already informed the me tropolis throughout its length and breadth, and to-day was merely needed for the digestion of that information. Most parties seem satisfied, though of course there are points which could be improved, There is another failure to-day. A merchant's house, de prived of its ordinary discount support, has fallen into diffi culties, and it is said for some amount. The public Securities are better to-day, and there is a disposition to look upon matters in a more favourable light, so potent are the influences of enlightened legislation, so intense is the feeling of the important bearing of free trade doctrines upon the public mind. It is true there is no marked advance, but yesterday, with the unfavourable news from America, prices were going decidedly lower, and this retrograde movement seems to be checked. Consols have been 94% to 3 4 for present transfer, and 94 3 % to 95% for time. Exchequer .bills have advanced from 19s. to 275. premium, owing to a purchase just effected. Bank Stack has been quoted 206 to 207. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. are worth 96% to 974. The Foreign Bonds are still neglected. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 28 ; Portuguese Three per Cents, 60 ; Bra zilian, 82 ; Mexican 30 to 30 1 A ; Russian Bonds have been firm at 113, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have realised 59 3 % to 60. Shares are heavy. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock .. .. • . .. • . .. 207 206 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities • • 953 95 953 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 94 14%%% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Aims. 96/ 97 IA Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1660 .. 1034 7-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1839 .. 10% Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 103 India Bonds, 1,0001 .. Ditto, under 1,0001. Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1,0001. • . 5001. .• Ditto, Small 130. .. 95 94% 95% I%d. .• • 21 19 27 pm. ••• 21 28 pm. .... 21 26 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bends, 5 per Cent • • • • 82 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 3o 30 Portuguese Bends, 5 per Cent. .. 76% Ditto, 3 per Cent • • • • 60 Russian Bonds .. .. • • 113 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. 28 Dividends on the above payable In London. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent. .. 98 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. .. 60 59% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. .. 95 94% BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Buckinghamshire • • .. • • .. • • 425. .... Ul4 p.. to Caledonian .. .. • • •. 10 .... 14%.... to 14 . 24.... 34i%.. to • .. 20 to 1%..•• to . 42g..... 3 %.... to Ditto New • • • • Chester and Holyhead .. Cornwall and Central Devon i/artmouth, Torbay, and Exeter Derby and Crewe Eastern Counties . • • . .. 141. 16s. Od.• .• . 21g.... to 22 Ditto, New .. .. .. •• 61. IGs. 0d... •• 7 ... to 67/. Do., lierpetual,s per Ct. No.;1, 61. 13s. 4d..... .. to . - Ditto, ditto .. .. N 0.2, 61. 13s. 4d.....i p.. to Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 2%.... 2► •• • • to (loole. Doncaster, and Sheffield, &c.• • 425. .. 1% p.... to • 1 p Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn) 1% •• • • 1)4 .... to Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 15 to Ditto, Extension .. • • • • • • 12% 19 .... to Great Western • • • • • • • • •• 85 •. • • 163 .. •.to Ditto, Half Shares • . •• 50 .... 92 .. • • to 91 Ditto, Quarter Shares • . .. 5 .... 19 to 20 Hull and Selby • • • • • • .. •. 50 .•.. to Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • • • 7 ...• 26% •. • . to Leicester and Bedford .. • • .. 225. .... 3g p•• to 1 , 4 p Leicst., Tam.,Bir., 83 Trent Val. June. 425. ... . 1 4 p.. • . to par Liverpool, Manch, and Newc. Junct. 24 .. • • 316% • • to London and Birmingham •• • • ..100 •• • .223 .... to Ditto, Quarters .2 . 2 •• • • 27% to Londonalici Blackwall .. 161. 13s. 4d. —— • ... to Ditto, New .. .. • • ~ ...• 4% to Loydon and Brighton • • • • 50 .... 68% .. to 68 London and Croydon .. • • 131. 15s. 9d. •• 221,4 to 22 London and South.We.iterti 411. 63. 10d. .... 77% .. to London and York . 2% .... 4% %.. to London, Warwick, and Kidderminster 2% •• • . 1% .... to Manch •ster and Leeds .. .. 82 .... .... to Ditto, Fifths .. 1 .... 1214 .... to Manchester and Birmingham • . •. 40 78 .. •• to 77% Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .. 425. .... P• • to 1 % I ) Manch , ster and Southampton .. .. 2 .... 24 .... to Midland •• •• •• •• 100 —153 154 152 to 154 Ditto, New • • • .. .. 12 ••.. 28n , (...• to 29 Newcastle and Darlington Junction .• 25 •• .• 57 •• • • to 58 Ditto, New, Brandling .. 20 .. • • 53 .. • • to 52 Newcastle and Berwick .. .• .. 10 ••• • 21 .••• to Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. 2% •• • • 2 1 .,; •• • •ItO North British .. 17% •• • • •• • • to Ditte, Half Shares . • • .• .. .. .. 7 •••. to Ditto, Carlisle Extension • • • • 1% •• • • 3% •.•• to Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 .• to _ Ditto, New • • • • .. .. • • 1 .. 18% to North Staffordshire • • • • • • • • 42 5. •• • . p.. to 3% p North Wales .. • . • • 3% •• • • 3% •• .. to Norwich and Brandon • • .. .. • • 18 to Ditto, New • • • • • • • • • • • 3 ••••6%.... to Northampton, Banbury, & Cheltnam. 2 .• • 2 .... to Portsmouth Direct • • • • •• 3N 4%•... to Rugby and Huntingdon •• •• •. 2 .. • • lg% •. to Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. .. 234 .... 3 1 4% .. to Shropshire Union . • . .. 425. •• •• 1k dia... to pa Elmtil Midland .. .. • • 425... to South Eastern and Dover .. • • 38% •• • ; to Ditto, New, No. 4••• • • • 5 •• 2% ...• 3% %..to South Wales .. •• •••• •• •• .. •.5h..• . to Wavency Valley • • • • • • • • • • 2 .... 1 .... to Welsh Midland .. • • • • • • . 2% ... 2%.... to 1% Worcester and South Wales .. 428. % die... to York and Carlisle .. .. • . .... 2% .. • • to — York and North Midland .. • • .. 50 .... to Ditto, Half Shares . 25 .... 56 .• • • to 1/itto, Selby .. • • • • •. 30 .. •• 85 .. to Ditto, Extension .. .. 15 .... 37%.... to 38% FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens •• • - .. 10 .. • . 11%% .. to Ceylon •• • • • • • • • • • • 55 . •• • • I '• • ' to Dutch Rhenish • • .. • • • • • • 5 8 .... to 7N. Jamaica South Midland Junc ion • • 1 .... 3 s .... to Luxembourg • • • • • • •• • • 4 2y04% to Madras .. 2s. .... 114 .... to 6 11U..•• to Orleans and Bordeaux • • . . 13i y, MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered .. • • ... JOINT-STOCK BANKS Union of London • • .. •• to .. 10 .... 11% .. to— COURSE OF EXCIIANGE.-(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam .. .. .. C.F. 12 9 1 91braltar.. • ...... .•• .. _ _—. • Ditto, at sight . • l2 5} Rotterdam ...... 2 U 12 10 Antwerp. 26 15 Hamburgli ......M.B. 13 15 Altona • ....... ..... Paris, 3 days' sight .. 25 75 Ditto, 3 months 26 Marseilles Bourdeaux . • • ... 26 10 Frankfort on Maine 122% Petersburgh, 3 Us Berlin ••..•• • • . • .•• • • 30 75 .... • • Vienna, effee.flo• • • • • • 10 8 Trieste, ditto.. • • •..... 10 9 Madrid • • •• • ....... 36 Cadiz • • : • • • • 36 .. •• •... Leghorn .. Genoa .. • Milan .. Naples . • . 4t. Palermo, per oz .. 119% Lisbon.... •••• • • • ..... 52 % Oporto • .••• • . • • 52% Rio Janeiro .• .• • • 2434 Bahia . ............... Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .... ...... PRIC/18 OF BULLION, PER oz Foreign Gold In bars ...£3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 3 17 5 Barcelona •• •• • New Doubloons New Dollars • • Silver in bars . • • • • • • • 0 0 0 0 4 9 % 0 4 11 k LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 28.—Wind S., light airs and hazy, with drizzling rain at times. FALMOUTH, JAN. 27.—Wind W., strong breezes and squally.— Arrd. H.F.M.S. llossignol, Cherbourg for Senegal ; experienced very bad weather, and has thrown all her guns overboard; Johannes Christophe, Grill, Hamburgh for La Guayra, leaky, bora up from lon. 10. Musoan, JAN. 26 . — Arrd.,Adr! ana, Connell, Liverpool for Benin. part of the crew in a mutinous state; Leech, Evan, Liverpool for Swansea, leaky, and loss of sails, anchor, and cables, having struck ea a rock. Coax, JAN. 25 .—Arrd. Sir John Beresford, Tredgold, Liverpool, for Ceylon, &c., bore up from lat. 44, longs 12, with damage to upper works and spar, &c., having encountered heavy gales; Reply, Robinson, St. Domingo. Sailed, Cynthia Ann, Ballet, St. Jolyf s , Now BrunsWick, HARWICH, JAN. 26.—Sailed, Sarah Scott, Butcher ; hobart Town. SHIELDS, JAN. 27.—The Mary Anne. Melvil% of Dundee, in putting to sea last night got on the Head-land ; crew saved. CowEs, JAN. 27.—Arrd.'Nueva Yberlis, Travino, Havannah. OFF DARTMOUTII, JAN. 27.—Nymph, Thomas, Newfoundland. PLYMOUTH, JAN 27.—Wind N.IV., strong.-11. U. steamer Cyclops Rio Janeiro. MARKET. NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY. The supply of Erglish Wheat on sale here was but moderate, yet the qematri fbr that article was limited, at about Alooday's prices. At the close of business a clearance was pat effected. Free tbreign Wheat—the quantity of which on offer was small—met a slow in quiry; but holders were firm, awl oktained full prices in every in stance. In Grain, untie; I,opk• next to nothing was done. The best malting E,Atlex rtas. cadte as dear, but other sorts were neglected. Oats." Ilean.s,Teas, and Flour without alteration. ARRITALS. Barlcy. 2, 4 0 qrs. Oats Flour. 1,740 qrs. 1,460 sks 1,580 1,430 :at Foreign ...... 2,4.70 CONTAINING A MAP of the ItAILWAYS in ACTION, in PROGRESS, and in PROMISE ; executed in a style of surpassing Beauty and Correctness. In fact, it will be a Map of the greater portion of the Kingdom, with all the Lines so marked that he " who runs may read." PREPARED BY THE CELEBRATED JAMES WYLD, GEOGRAPHER TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN.: Orders received by all News-agents, and at The Sun Office, 112, Strand. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JAN. 28. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 42 ; Highest, 50 ; Noon, 48. BAROMETER, 29.5. WIND N.W., morning, drizly rain: afternoon, sunshine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 18 palliates after 2. Evening .. 41 minutes after 2. • 4_l' ;Fik 4 s ca,w • •••.•ti f ar - t . • , r, E "ti r • no SECOND EDITION. trtning LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1546 The Lords met at Five o'clock, and adjourned almost immediately after, having transacted no business of any public importance. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Several petitions were presented. About half-past four o'clock his Royal Highness Prince ALBERT, accompanied by the Earl of JERSEY, entered the House, and took his seat under the gallery, immediately behind the Sergeant-at-Arms. Shortly afterwards his Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE entered the House, and took his place by the side of Prince ALBERT. Immediately after the Duke of CAMBRIDGE had entered the House, Mr. M. PHILLIPS, amidst loud cheering, presented the great Manchester petition, praying for the total and im mediate repeal of the corn-laws. On the motion that the order of the day for the House resolving itself into Committee on the paragraph of Her Majesty's Speech relating to commercial policy be read, Mr. MILES trusted that ample time would be given to the House to state its opinion on the subject. Sir ROBERT PEEL said his statement would be rather a commercial statement than a financial one. He would not call on the house to come to any decision. He would not wish any opinion on the plan until after the lapse of some days. _ . The House then resolved itself into Committee, and Sir R. PEEL rose to explain to the House the mea sures which the Government proposed fur their adop tion, in order to carry out the recommendation which had just been read in regard to commercial policy. Whatever might be the opinion ultimately formed with regard to the merits of the proposal of the Government, he was sure that the vast import ance of the interests concerned would secure to him a patient and indulgent hearing. He was about to review the duties applying to many articles, the produce of other countries. He proceeded on the as ,umption that the repeal of protective and prohibitive duties was good, that abstractedly those duties were bad in principle, and that it was necessary to show special cause fur their maintenance. He agreed, that during the last three years there had been increased pro duction and increased consumption, concurrent with the repeal of prohibitive and the reduction of protective duties. The course he should pursue had been sanctioned by the House, and it was perfectly consistent to follow out that course. He maintained, however, that in the adoption of good principles they should no t be regariless of meriting public credit, nor should they forget the recommendation that no loss should be inflicted on any class of her Majesty's sub jects. He wished the house to deal deliberately and dispassionately with his proposal. Perchance he was about to meddle with so many interests, that all might unite to oppose him, and when the question came forward for discussion, it might be met by a notice that protection to domestic industry was a good object, and ought to be persevered in. It might be that those who dissented from his scheme in part might be dis posed to support it as a whole, in order to bring the present conflict to an equitable termination. The principle of the relaxation of protective duties he was not about to apply to any particular interest. He was not about to call upon the agriculturists to relinquish protection, and continue it to others. Confident that his principle was a wise one, he called upon all protectionists to relinquish their protection. The principle of the new tariff bad been to lower all duties to about 20 per cent. ad valorem—that was in 1842. In subsequent years the principle had been still further carried out. The duty on the raw material of manufac tures had been relinquished, and therefore he was en titled to call upon the manufacturer to relinquish his protection. He proposed to continue to act on the prin ciples which that House had sanctioned, and to remove the duties from those articles of raw material still subject to it. These were only tallow and timber. Tallow was largely used in important manufactures, and he pro posed to reduce the duty levied upon tallow. The present duty was 3s. 2d. per cwt., and he pro-- posed, in order to encourage Russia in her libe ral policy, that Englund should, without stipulation, reduce the duty from 3s. 2d. to Is. ad. With regard to timber : Colonial timber was admitted at a nominal duty, and as they were about to affect domestic interests, they had a right to effect a reduction in the timber duties; and he was anxious the consumer should reap the advan tage of the reduction, and therefore he proposed to make it gradually. On an early day, after there had been an opportunity of stating the details of the subject, the in tention of the Government should be made public with regard to the reduction of the timber duties. These were reductions, not repeals, and with those exceptions he hardly knew any raw materials which were subject to duty. He, there fore, called on the manufacturers to give that proof of the sincerity of their convictions of the impolicy of protective duties by relinquishing the protections. He asked the manufacturers of woollen, linen, and cotton, to set the example of relinquishing their pro tection. His Hon. Friend, the Member for Dorsetshire— and he trusted that no political differences would inter rupt their private friendship—had expressed a hope that small interests would not be interfered with. He in tended to interfere with great interests, and to meddle as little as possible with small ones. Manufactured cottons formerly were subject to a duty of 10 per cent. He proposed it should be imported duty free, without restriction. The duty on manufactured cottons, which was now 20 per cent., he proposed to reduce to 10 per cent. Tie was the more anxious that the manufac turers should assent to this, because they had set the example by asking for protection. Adam Smith stated that it was not the agriculturists but the manufacturers that had commenced the system of monopoly. " Country gentle men and farmers," said Adam s3aith " , were least actuated by the wretched spirit of monopoly.—(A laugh.) Pro. tection was first pressed on the Legislature by the trading interests, and, therefore, they should first relinquish it. With regard to linens and woollens, he proposed that they also should relinquish protection, and he doubted not but that the skill of the country would beat foreigners. Woollen goods were subject to a duty of 20 per cent. He proposed to reduce it to to per cent ou linens as well as on cottons and woollens ; that the aperser sorts should come in duty free, and that in regard to the finer sorts the reduction of duty should be reduced to one-half of its present amount. With r., : :: ect to silk, he thought that th e y s h ou ld app l y, but make a great r e d uct i on . Th ey not the same sysL.7l' t to many articles . was pro had a duty whi ch in res p L n to domestic hibitory, and it wa s considered a p roteeLL industry. It was no such thing, for there were how: :n Paris which would guarantee the delivery of the goods in London at one-half the duty. They would, by a re duction of that duty, encourage a lawful traffic instead of an unlawful one. There were many articles of silk on which the duty was more than 30 pei• cent, as, for instance, on crape and other articles of manufacture. He proposed a new arrangement of those duties, and that the general rule should be to levy a duty ad valo rem, in no case exceeding 15 per cent. Then with re gard to paper, the duty was ls. per square yard, without distinction of quality. He proposed to reduce that duty (FROM A CORRESPONDENT). On few occasions has the mind of the public been more excited than at present. The great question of the corn laws has been debated far and near, the agitation has been universal. During the last week every feeling has been merged in expectation. " What will Sir R. PEEL propose?" was re-echoed on every side. From his speech of Thursday great things were anticipated, and never were the most san guine expectations more fully realised, nay more than realised. He has done what his most ardent admirers had not ventured to predict, what the lovers of free trade had scarce dared even to hope for. He spoke not of corn alone, but of commerce. He did not act for one class, but for the com munity. His speech, last evening, will be an example to all future statesmen. It needed not the moving powers of oratory—it needed no adventitious adornments—it was calm, considerate, and comprehensive. It was received with breathless attention by the House—it will be hailed with universal delight by the country. It received an un usual mark of royal approval. Prince ALBERT and the Duke of CAMBRIDGE were in the House. The people have not now to learn how cordially their SOVEREIGN responds to their feelings. Were proof wanting of the sentiments of her MAJESTY, it is amply afforded by the event of last evening Her MAJESTY was, of course, aware of the measures to be proposed, and the presence of her Royal Consort more fully testifies her concurrence than the formal " Je le veux" she will pronounce when those measures become law. The speech of Sir R. PEEL is thus favoured by high and low, and never did a speech of Minister or Member deserve at • tention more. It is not the discourse of a Right Honourable Baronet, it is not even the proposi tion of a Government—it is the Magna Charts of our commerce, the manumission of fettered industry. It. is worthy of the Minister of a country on whose empire the sun never sets, on whose equal he never shines. Our flag waves over every sea, our commerce extends to every shore, — must we then be bound down in narrow limits, must wo submit to paltry restrictions and factious rules ? Not so ; the measures proposed last night, which the House must carry or the country will, the measures of Sir R. PEEL arc framed in a broad and com prehensive spirit which will render our commerce free and glorious, as it should be. His sneech will convince all not too prejudiced and partial to heed truth, his plans must be affirmed by all who wish well for their country. Many have desired an immediate and total repeal of the corn-laws, yet, on reflection, they will acquiesce with the present arrange ment. In three years we shall have free trade, and three years are little ill such circumstances ; in the mean time the duty will be greatly reduced—at present only 4s. instead of 16s. But not alone in corn is the power of protection destroyed; duties are remitted or reduced upon articles too numerous to mention here ; above all, upon those things necessary for the people's food. Cattle are to be imported free, and all grain necessary for fattening cattle. No longer shall our labourers own "they know what meat is, but have never tasted it." Sir R. PEEL seems to have left nothing untouched ; his genius has been " universal as his theme." Even in offering compensation to the agriculturists he hashed an eye to the general advantage. Among other things, he pro poses to facilitate the improvement of the soil. This is, in deed, a most necessary proceeding. The chief object of a landowner is to get money, not to lay it out—his land gives ' him rent, he gives it nothing in return. The farmers can afford nothing; they can hardly pay their landlords as it is, much less devote their earnings to improve the landlord's • soil. And even if they could they would not do so; for, being mostly tenants-at-will, they are liable at i any time to lose their master's favour, by a wrong vote at an election, or any act of insubordination, and the land is taken from them and the money they have sunk in it. Thus is the soil of England neglected, and by means of those who call themselves " the friends of the farmer." Sir PEEL will obviate all this. He proposes to lend money upon Exchequer-bills for the purpose of draining and improving the land, such loans to be arranged in a manner that will be satisfactory to all parties, and highly beneficial to the agriculture of the country. This is only one of a hundred salutary regulations having for their object the general good, and dictated by a wise and liberal policy. The great ques tion is deferred for more than a week, but the time will not be lost; the people respond to the Minister, who only echoes their own thoughts, There are some selfish enough to prefer their own interests —let them learn that the interests of one are the interests of all. Yet reason is useless, they will not listen to the voice of the charmer; we must leave them in their ignorance. Sir PEELneed have no fear—the House must respond to him; f not, let him appeal to the:people; there he is secure. Whigs and Tories, Radicals and Conservatives, will be forgotten ; the people feel their national enthusiasm, and, as true Bri tons, will respond to the truly British measures of their Minister. We have received Madrid papers of the 20th, but they bring no news of the slightest interest. On the Bourse the Three per Cents. closed at 33%, and the Fives at 23 13-16 both for account. The Paris papers are almost entirely occupied with the proceedings in the British Parliament on Thursday, and one of them devotes not less than seven columns in small type to the debates. They in general pay high compliments to Sir R. PEEL as well as Lord J. RUSSELL, and some of them ex press the greatest admiration of her MAJESTY'S constitutional and disinterested conduct. "As to the Queen of ENGLAND," says the Siix/e, " we cannot too loudly express our admira tion at her conduct. In a country where royalty is an in stitution, where parties of the most extreme feeling profess a kind of idolatry, we are indebted to the young female who sways the sceptre for showing that deference for public opi nion and that complete submission to the Parliamentary law of majorities. With nations less advanced in the practice of the representative system, kings have been seen to yield but in appearance to the wishes of the Cham bers, and raise unseen obstacles to ruin the combinations which they have appeared to accept. It has not been the same with Queen VICTORIA. In reading the letters produced by Lord J. RUSSELL, it is difficult to know what most to ad mire, the entire abandonment made by the Sovereign of her prerogative into the hands of the Prime Minister pointed out by public opinion to her confidence, or the decision with which the deposit of such an authority was accepted. Certainly a people whose Government acts with such frankness is capable of great things." The France, after adverting to the speech of Sir R. PEEL, adds :—" This is a language which announces a very firm resolution not to yield to any secondary con sideration. The crisis has, in fact, doubled the strength of this great statesman. It is probable that success will prove that he is right, for everybody asks what could be done if he should not succeed, and no other person than himself would dare to accept the burden without presumption and mad ness." The following well-expressed compliment to her MAJESTY and the leaders of the two parties appears in the Journal des Debats. " What is worthy of admiration is the manner in which, during j the whsle of this great crisis, the two statesmen of England compre hend their duty towards their country, their Sovereign, awl them selves. The spectacle which these two heads of parties, forgetting their rivality, or only remembering it to turn it to the profit of the general good, only seeking, in place of exciting mutual embarrass ments, to facilitate for each other the task of guiding the destinies of their country in the midst of a most difficult crisis, is, we think, a spectacle unique in the history of constitutimal Governments. On one side, we see a man who had emerged from the ranks of the people, and who, by the force of circumstances, was placed at the head of the aristocratic party, and on the other, a man taking his origin from the oldest and most exclusive of oligarchies, and placed at the head of the popular party—each aiding the other, and the Queen assisting both, in order that from this union might emanate the good of the people. That assuredly is a spectacle well calculated to throw honour alike on the Sovereign, the Ministers, and the country which presents it." The discussion on the Address was still going on in the Chamber of Deputies, but it possesses no interest for the English reader. According to a Toulon paper, several letters 3,375 f. ; Neapolitan, 10.0 f from the province of Algiers give grounds for believing that ew Loan, 831 Fainnotut, 5001 dv • "c. Mar shal BUGEAUD, and that after the affair of Temda, instead of ABD-EL-KADER has once more succee ie d ,;t e s t Ni l i many- of the off at 1,258 f ' 7(5111g retiring towards the west, the Emir went and made an attack upon the Beni-Zoug-Zougs, who had delivered up to the French BEN-ABDALLAII, the brother of Bou-MAzA. 620 f. ; T On Monday the French Funds improved considerably, an d no market closed as followg :—Three per Cents. for cash, 83f. 50c. ; for account, 83f. 70c. ; Five per Cents. for cash, 1221. 15e ; for - 5c ac count, oc. Tue Spanishs l2 l e3iOnTca.hr; market ce i e l t a s , o ; f l ei t s ; si r t a tfio n: m e r:i s ,a, l ei l is a d, re 3f s oir freely lie A t e r a c t a_ll4 3, s o sl s . : Vierzon, 905 f. ; Strasburg and Bale, 255 f. ; Northern, '".3i ; Ipaiersissalingahtiltuteecne,dl/3, o P l a ; rl i s to =o ,u r i l i e l a i n ia s y lgv 7 it l i s g f. ; ; 5561.; Strasburg, 548 f. ; Avignon, 565 f. But few buyers. Tours and Nautos, BUSINESS LONE IN FOREI.;N RAILw i 4l LONDON STOCK E 7 CIL J AT THE. Boulogne and Amiens, 513/ —2 „ 4 East Indian, I'l4 Bo i r )e d n ea n i i i t x i, ,_ e 6 , 42 o f ff . France Constituted, 14%—Great Indian Northern , of offering South Midland Junction,3% - Luxemhourg, ~ 2 n s i nsular, —Jamaica deaux, I 2 —Paris and Rouen, 39% —P A -Orleans and Bor nerou's), arts and Strasbourg (Gun- Tit; Hon. Edwin Lascelles is Lord De c4roy's candidate for Ripon. It is said that Lord De Ore ) , expressed his willing ness to return the new Attoiney-General for Ireland, but would not consent to Mr. Gladstone. Mx. O'Connell, accompanied by his son J(?la .. Q'Con nell, Es_c 2 3i•P„ arrived ra - ou t VOnSOniThill'ittaned 3: o e ff::vyl n o: Mr, Barneby for a Wheat. 1,230 qrs. 1,230 Malt. 1,230 qrs. WIZITSICILA.PEZ. We had a steady demand fbr Mutton, at higher rates ; otherwise the trade ruled inactive. Beef, from 28 6d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 38 lOck :o 4s 10d; Veal, 4s 8d to 5s 8d ; and Pork, 3s 10d to be 2d ?er by the carcase. CHANCERY.--(THIS DA V.) The Lord Chancellor was occupied the whole morning poi bankrupt petition, in re Brittain, the facts of which posses' s ' the least public interest. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY') The Vice Chancellor of England heard motions an d causes t o C4P" but no case of any interest, except to the partie s concerned, before his Honour during the morning SOUTH UNION, or MANCHESOg POTTERIES anti LONDON R AILWA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. of the S*a,—Some remarks having appeared in the City Times of this day affecting the South Union or Manehesatrteirelle'.o,t,teell4 and London Railway, which are calculated to mislead the ng ) ! l ge are requested to state that the plans, acct ens, and books of r_ 01 „, have been duly deposited , and the standing orders of Parliament ! ow plied with up to this day, for making a railway from Cotton of we Trent Valley Railway to Leek, there to join the Churn et an' Pf7 her a North Staffordshire, or one of the projected railway s, youdd a completing the chain of communication from Manche ster to 0 Reports have bees industriously circulated by parties Wnt,„,; interested in rival schemes, to the prejudice of this underhi+7o and the report in the Times of this morning, appears to eroant Od'or iomor from one of those persons, or else from one who is -.- the c W fa ehall feel obliged by your giving the same publicity sg, statement, as the Times did to the mis-statement. --18e yours, most obediently, N. STEVENS and PEARON,/ T. R. B. STEVENS, South Union Railway-offices, 17, Fludyer-street, Westminster, 'Joint Solicit° January 27th, 1846, • IMPORTAN T NE WS FROM SOO° AMERICA. "Devonport Independent' OP' Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2 r-v- t The Cyclops steam-frigate, Captain Lapidge, ha s P is rived eir at this port, after a very short passage, front bei n .We are confidently informed that she brings disPetethe from Rear-Admiral Inglefield, detailing an account 01 e a French and En g li s h s qua d rons i n th ose seas having at-to"c and taken some fortifications about 150 miles beyond 11 tb Video. The French had 75 wounded and 1 8 d an ts English 10 killed and 17 wounded, including two l ieuten of our squadron among those killed. „,,rg The following is a copy of a letter received at LO , I bis morning, from their ageLl at Plymouth : a SP I3IPORTANT NEWS FROM THE RIVER PLATE, BY Q Tl 6 JESTY'S SHIP CYCLOPS, OF THE ACTION BET" m. o r COMBINED FORCES AND THOSE OF GENEaAL hosiks, SIDENT. " BUENOS AYRES, Nov. 20, 1845.—0 n the 28th of vember, the Procid, French hi re d vesse l, arr ived at 1356°6 Ayres, bringing word that on the 20th o f Novei nber ' combined Anglo-French forces took u p their P °si ,,, ti i ° p 3 t ; di 10 A.M., the San Martin, bearing the flag . pol l Frehonard, leading, followed by the Comas, , 1 11, 0 taking up her position had her cables c ut through , a l :".: 0 d) adrift. One hour and a half elapsed (from want of h " l aid before the Dolphin could pass the San Martin, whic h ° TV inside, between her and the left bank of the Til er ' oti l action was kept up with great spirit on both 6°6 ' ° llo 1 r.m., when a shot from her Majesty's steamer P i blew up the Republican gnn-brig, moored at a tete ae p o st 1,1 above the boom. As the fire from the engulf s ho i t! , did not slacken, Captain Hope manned h is ; s ia P o and cut away the chain cables and vessels Couip-ps# the boom, thus allowing the steamers t° A i os and take the fort in reverse. This service was perfor ° '' veri most gallant style, Captain Hope being exposed to $ 0 0 severe fire of musketry. At four r.m., the en e T Y ; 5 slackened, and carts were seen to be employed carrP! . rie g the dead and wounded from the batteries. The ' 3 : were surrounded by a body of cavalry 3,000 strooP - 10 as lancers. At 4 30, the gunners and soldiers' in V° enemy's batteries were seen to run from their Bn lls° h:fi deavour to pass the line of cavalry. These latter cv o pt upon them, and for a short time a severe skirmish '` l eelf up between the two parties. The gunners were tri o driven back to their posts, and another attemPt /( 1, r.* peated on their part with the like ill success. .A t the French Commander-in-Chief proposed to `ost' Hotham to land and carry the batteries. Captain F re ' 00 5 ti passed up the line of the enemy's tire cam gallantly, and landing at the highest fort , ; U d it, and the enemy p rec ipit a t e ly abandonet! position. It appears the guns had been work ed °j i ve' enemy's batteries by Englishmen, A mer i ca ns, and ile , b sc ° A son of Admiral Brown made hims e lf very consPi cl ' - :130 the ramparts of one of th e batteries, and escap ed e : The enemy's loss a moun t e d t o 120 negroes (gullnied, y a found dead under th e i r guns , an d a b ou t 400 whites the like number wounded. " English loss-10 killed, and 25 wounded. " French los.s-18 killed, and 70 wounded. ." Large quantities of ordnance and stores w f° of t: the works. 19 brass guns were reserve d, the re si. h ",j l7 ordnance destroyed. The F u lt on , F renc h steamer' `: paddles knocked away and he r c hi mne y cu t thrOUP to t,i 107 shots in her hull. The San Martin had I' 4 , 5 , 0 0 her hull. The Dolphin riddled. Lieut. Biickdsle , " - yie° killed; Mr. G. Andrews, clerk in charge. kill ed; Doyle, of the Philomel, killed." (From the Times.) ea r PLYMOUTH, JAN. 26.—This morning her MajestY s jo eo Cyclops, Captain Lapidge, arrived from Rio de O A which place she l e ft th e 2 3d o f December' f ir, Cyclops conveys very heavy mails, whic li landed at 10 A.M., an d b r i ngs the i mpor t a nt 9- , the destruction *of the batt er i es o f R ows i n the v ee by the combined fleets of England and F ll ,, P be 3; an engagement on the 19th of November, produ cill t e loss on both sides. The B raz ili ans l e ft 400 d e ad I Vro teries, and are supposed to have carried away an e q te r ber. On the part of the co m bi ne d f orces the gr e3 fell on the French. SPORTING INTELLIGE- - g ef BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TvO O ' . CREST= CUP. t, 20 to 1 agst Best Bower—offered 40 to I agst Catara ct t 22 to 1 agstWhin s t one —t . 25 to 140 to 1 agst Hoye O il 22 to 1 agst Mickey Free—ditto 140 to 1 agst Warp _v.toe 25 to 1 agst Sweetmeat—taken 50 to 1 agst Redstree" 30 to 1 agst Miss Burns—t 33 to 1 ~„„, Fre ° On Saturday and Mond a y Whi ns t one and Mickey backed for large sums, at a ll pri ces f rom 25 to 1 to 20 to Nothing done oh the Derby or Newmarket HandicaP• 1) 1 RECEPTION OF SIR l co f f R. SPEECH. Oc t isit' y stn .0/ The Premier's speech of last evening_ was received Aeck,,, by the free.traders, and with stillt'd silence by the Pw to e cts3 whose looks evinced plain y that they felt the game of P r o j up. The cheering, which all came from the OppeSiti ° * fr House, was neither so frequent nor so vehement ea t of on Thursday night., but the speech of last et ot O'f ;istened to with_ much greater attention than was w e d 1° ,,e 0 4 1 day. It wag a business speech, and it was liste e , D icb ",f,4 that theughttill, silent, and profound attention with 0 . 1 2 6 5,P 0 business are wont to listen to business statements. The ota ti ,' to the House were crowded. Every trade had its repres e re ef ✓ as any one emerged from the gallery, he was sure to be g , P 44 a host of questions, "'ls Sir Robert Peel down, S ir ,' ee' D el' " Did he say anthing about tea or coffee ?" askcd a sh„ r o xisg, ' o t who evidently represented the grocers' interest. On I; goe,7 not, the gentleman queried about sugar. " What is 11 ,, e - glf with leather ?" asked a gentleman smelling very s t ,r y de ttev.. ' 1 64 64 Carpenters were there, °Acing about timber; ilia: 4 ,0 seat ; chandlers about tallow ; in fact, all "' i ota' 10,4 represented there save one. No one asked ettle ti o t the Prernalr's intention with regard to corn. It ( 5 i e,,,, 0 i!" taken for granted by every one that the ta nsl o 7 s p corn-laws was sealed. Sir Robert Peel finished his e t o f tn quarter after eight o'clock, and before nine a full report 0 , 4 0 of his speech was published in The Sun, and dispatcP o Fis o o p e trains along the various lines:of r a il wa y t o ever y Parr and Kingdom, and also to France, Hamburgh, GermanY! to o d parts of the continent. The crowd o f p ersons anxielce ! g iro papers who were assembled in and aroun d Th e Sun ° d 0504 mense. It extended half way across the Strand, a o r rather a crowd waiting for admittance o u t s id e the doors o $ 'tp on some grand night than a crow d o f per' .n their turns to purchase a newspaper. For Mo re and pia hours this c o' rowding around The Sun o ffice continued' c e O e ,ry considerably past midnight bef ore th e d oors o f the i )e cssPSl closed. He who had procured a paper frequently _ 00 0 .5 . ' nucleus of another crowd, or fproceeding:by the lug gas-lamp, to per use it s contents—persons him, and eagerly inq u i re as t o w h a t th e announcement r oil° i w li o g til h a t O - 80orftelie r ,4 e ter had been. Since the night on which Lord Johnit° - e o t P ro d' posed the Reform Bill never has any Ministerial stateT s ci half the excitement that has been produced by Sir B. r' last evening. v vo c si Th ° ,„ f. l 'ol• MARGARET CAPE'. By the Author o. _ , - t • D s destine Marriage," &c.—This work has the tone of g o° 'AVect t ptl better still, a vein of pure and healthful sentiment. I t , ' e t° •' it mated picture of country life among the upper class o f g se eet4, present day, sketched with the skill and tact of a nice 0 /¢0 g.4'' with s ' w r possesses the art of indicating scenes and persons . i s. ta t 4 ol o ,l touches, and the power of making characters act and ..; 031 0 . - ,4 0 The story is enlivened by scenes and incidents of a V C 'S( c, ll 'lol"isi scription, in which the ridiculous or vicious peeuliariti.,;:d o s, °t if such as are often met with in real life, are clever/1 "" yrit'', ts,t, pencil that emulates the witty drollery of caricatu re see ° .,ge . ,e; coarseness. The class is individualised so well that 0 11 °, se , " v ",tle ts c cognise the originals. Mr. Casement, the gross, br uta n d / 11 0 , ,,ps who affects cynical eccentricity to hide his selii-lines e u- of i c yr Mr. Humphries, a rich booby, who can neither tal k , 11 trit e ,1 i' t tif sings and rides to admiration ; Mr. Gage, a tall trooP e 'i j o s - e sr'os across a drawing-room listening to the jingle of his s Piet: o ,(l o o strife, stare, and stateliness Hubert Gage, a careless, to ri t ti , i,er laughing sailor, as sedulous to conceal as his brother...l pes ~t e Profession ; and Harriet Conway, a bold, dashing, vl lliu to telllo of fun and mischief, but with sense and good-natur e he so 10: OA, extravagances ; and others a;, felicitously depicted. ' l ,'' wita c ol o : - ,/. Minty does " catch the manners livi ng as they rise' Tae,ir glance, and hits them off cleverly and satartlf- f • tile g habits, eouvcrsation, and air of th e p ersons a re those v At J hour.—,Spectator.ter/3bl" The Emperor of R uss i a arr i ve d a t St. re- the 14th last. . •-• CO P r ei BIRTHS. f Oe °7g te e On the 17th Inst., at Maldon, Essex, th e lady o g 0 Esq., of a son. On the 23d inst., at Catlstlehl House, Hants, OA 1341 o, d ~,„re, , Taylor, Esq., of a son, islt-" reol f On the 23d inst., Mrs. Richard Hunter, of Brun"' , r §' daughter. )i f n ye, 4 e , On the 94th !mt., at South-place, Cambervell - IP" .„, jet. hold Nevin Rhnnett, of a daughter. f Eclrfa re" 1•0 * On tht 4th inst., in Lowndes-street, the lady 0- - ,so Es ^i., of a daughter. r s" o f 1° gtt On the 25th inst., the lady of Matthew Floire. , fre• crescent, Hyde-park, of a daughter. wi sq ftio u are ' Y'''' On the 26th inst., in Charlotte-gtreet, Hedfo• os , r , Elam, of a daughter. Ides , le 0 , On the 26th inst., at Church-street, Chelsea , ellsduff, of a son. o fe, On the 26th inst., in Charlotte-street, Nedfor d lo. o f Edward Gill= White, Esq., barrister-at -law, of A .fo - ..., 0 1 T,41 1e- MARRIED. ilisi" 01' 10 4 W 1 titer On the 22d Inst., at Maidstone, Mr. Char ~,,i g ',l e st .- Patcrnoster-row, London, solicitor, to Jane, e ld est GIP, Esq., of Rocky-hill, Maidstone. ~ il t`* "ow, ( v e et ° 0 DIED On the 2lst Inst. in the: Circus, Bath, ~s a 0 pant -General William Neville Cameron. Deo, 1 i. On the 21st inst., at Leamington, the Es c '. 'd 53 dg e-r os` Dryden, Rector of Whitnash, Warwick. c b, age De * Charlotte, reD al ) On the 23d inst., at Kennington, Miss On the 23d inst., in Gilbert -buildings , W es telf' tt 4' Thomas smith, aged 83. Steinnyatiottr ..4s._ ..re ~0 Ir J. Vi ''. J . o' On the 24th Inst., at Oulklford, Surrey, ; Lswis ~,re, 0 1 Oil the 24th inst.. in De Beauvoir-square . Itr,•..sseit-sci" Dl On the 25th inst., in Guildford-street , l'" ite stPt - 0. Johnson, Fsq. r. T..- • c a wstli! at s. On the 25th inst., Rebecc,a, the wit . „ fr . ••,„0,•• • , Hoxton Old Town. On the 25th inst., at, Holly Cottag, 1 1° ; On the 25th hist Ist Upper Thames-street, 2 " - ' •o• s "S o f - 1 , i TSOr _,,, -- AfTritto v°- ,i, is '7 1 0 03 ImAdi. , A s Printed and Published by -- " 2, stra orlail Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. .,._ widn of the Savoy, in the County of liiiddieg y '" 28, 1846. Little C....hesnaano e SOY Fp SON •nu Part / iarn ' Gie o Dirt i• Woraen Mani, By .' CAUL -.................. C ill Per. ZgLei! rl --°IS 41 e to °4 ght t th 41.13 bil e sue eld ti 4 o the ;1 1 tforZ „ Pe t;:a l :. , L eall ed tin we rniu., 4sured P in _lf a full ao grly other n a z y, 0 The He John it Ale x. j Joh n aDtain Han 'VA] Ateh%ll % V 1 TF 111 ttlw 44l 11 10,,, 411 11 441C84 ClnC Ito . j Den I Stitn 4 tt ll r t. thi kay 'en , I 14 ' P t 1 A3B th,',l)ro v to h ;kri t , T i Dar t It 4, liar s ]