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PETITION I I A T a SPECIAL MEETING of the COUN :- CIL of the NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE, field on TII IIRSDAT,JaIIIIary 29, 1846, it wa.s unanimously resolved— ' That the announcement of a new Corn-law renders it desirable t that the friends of Free Trade throughout the kingdom should be in 'W to oricinate Petitions for the Total and Immediate Abolition of all Laws imposing Duties on Foreign Corn and Pro visions." Ey order of the Council, JOSEPH HICKDT, Seeretary, Manchester, Jan. 29, 1846. uIICE.-ALTERA'FION OF 1 , 11/1E ANL tut d railway REDUCTION OF FARES. GRAVESEND for 6 , 1. or 9d., an included. The STAR and BLACKWALL I",keEETS are now running dt the above reduced fares from the .. r etunvickl;zr z i, Blackwell, at 9%, lON. 12, 1%, 3%, and 4M, . Ban days. 12 awl 3% excepted. ' From the New Terrace Pier, u r avcsend, at 8%, 9%, 11% 1,2%, and 4. Sundays 9% and 1 ex , e Pted. Fare : F ore C a bi n an d Second Class Railway, 6d.; Saloon aza First Class, 9d. Star nm Gravesend, Fec. 2, 1845. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Gt ,,, Notice' is hereby given that the neat HALF - YEARLY ...,,,r4BEAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY hokien ill London, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, at the T;l in gton Station, on THURSDAY, the lah of February next, at b i t t v e for One o'clock * precisely for the ELECTION of FOUR ~,_.FCTORS, I n th e place of the same number , who will retire by " t ,r 6 h, and for oth er purposes o f b us iness. • 'he Chair will be taken at One o'clock nreeiselr. . . - -- - -- - CHAS. RUSSELL, Chairman. The Directcra retiring are re-eligible ui..ler the provicions of the Act. Jan By order, C. A. SAU.NDERS, Secretary. • nary 15,1846. _ _DIRECT EAST and WEST JUNCTION . AIL WY. sh the Directors of thi s Compßany hav A e the pleasure of informing the i,,4lfholders that they haVe made advantageous TERMS' of WORCESTERSHIRE with the I:MEM - SHIRE, STAFFORDSHIRE, and ' 4CE STERSHIRE RAft IVAY • COMPANYt By order of the Board, J. A. J. 3POREGOR, Solieltx;r to the Company. ____2.2.2:torgate-street, Feb.s, 1846. 3 1 ' PROVISIONALLY REGJSFEUED. pLyMOUTH GREAT WESTERN DOCK COMPANY. Capital, 150,0001., in 7,500 Shares of 251. each. LiabDeposit, 11. 2s. 61- per Share. Po sit • limited to the amount of subscription. The whole do tileir :6 Act be returned in the. event of the Company not obtaining The r PROVISIO NAL COMMITTEE. Earl of Mount Edgecumbe 'lades Russell-, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Great Western Rail- Pr w el aY C MPanY "lc' Prot Barlow, Esq., a Director of the Great Western Rail cliVra3' COinpany B, t rt "Pl-te , ilarris, Esq., Nasal Bank, Plymoun. ble u Er,,„ °;;"Qr, Esq., Plyrnpton J— —a Clark, Esq., Eflbrd Manor Kl 6 Tb om 11-u —ead, Esq., Upland . . C. " (1111 , Esq., M.P.,Chairman of the south Devon Railway P 'tti ln eit TY Ju L _ _ -idler, Esq., M.D.; I Directors of the South Devon ha‘tl! ttundle, Esq. Railway Company itutZ l ,., n erlT, Esq., ' Devon and Cornwall Bank, Plymouth Ju e , Nl`Calmon Esq., London wilauander Beattie, Esq., London Ge n mu 1)0 :gal Christie, Esq., M.P. -rge 'William Soltau, Esq., Little Efford. ENGINEER—T. K. Bruncl, Esq. BANKERS. .1 4esI rS. Harris, Mudge, slid Co., Naval Bank, ~.",e l' ort and Cornwall Bank, Plymouth !_ll e.s e National P rov i nc i a l B a nk, x srs. Bodge and Norman, Dev onport Messrs. Gill and Rundle, Taristock Ile ssra• Glyn, Ilallifax, and Co., London. SOLICITORS. — ars. Whiteford, Bennett, and Tucker, Plymouth Messrs, W. 0. and W.llunt, 10, Whitehall, London. Posi The nonti of the port of Plymouth, its facility of access in all ot attions of weather, and at all hours of day and night, the eaten, Mai ts e, "chura ge, and the security of the harheur, which have long or I; t ened its pre-eminence as a naval station, promise to obtain enctilh the improved state of its land communications, the same oa as a comercial port. it Z . the completion of the South Devon Railway, Plymouth will, Of v : course of a few mon•hs, be brought within six hours' journey the metropolis. The distance of the port from Birmingham . is lesa than from London •, and the Bristol and Exeter Rail coriri' and its extensions eastward and northward, afford a ready e dit anntlicatien with the manufacturing districts of the north ; y> 01, , I , °° _allY, the projected Tavistock, Launceston, and North 01 ""ovrays, will effect an immediate connexion with the whole orth and Central Devon, and the ports in the Bristol Channel. - Th ey "'vantage to passeneers of embarking at a port from which bei , ean proceed directly to sea in almost any state of wind, and el es landed almost at the entrance of the Channel, can scarcely be ever. e etigintaetnedea, a and a t r h e e nt s . aving of expense to the shipowner in both The ls l laving of p ti p me in the transit of goods is equally important , of t e n a '3' in these branches of in which the utmost acceleration ae v nves often essential to e preservtion o the crgo, or its s e eZnutg S eousage i sale. From commu th a nications which have been had commercial houses in London engaged in the fruit, and the Le eat and Mediterranean trades, it appears certain that a large pro rine of their imports will, oa the completion of the South Devon xii.leg,iabneclrnded at Plymouth, and conveyed by railway to all parts of tacil te the event of war Plymouth would obviously receive an im- Th_ryseerianafiruax4f shipping of all descriptions. , Port charges, and the rates of pilotage and lighte are ;am low, the latt er b eing only 2d. per ton. The numerous b u ild ers ' tent B . ln the port afford the m e ans of repairing shipping to any ex - t hat may b e requ i red. Provisions of every d escr i p ti oa are r, and the markets abundantly supplied. artar b i , ta very advanced position in the Channel, and the extent to Plymouth possesses all the requirements of a public mail station, its station, its large Government establishments, its dockyard cal o r • . ", nal, and as the station of naval and military e torn can hardly be doubted that this port will, wi7 b e m n e m o tie:r t a e h il e w i e e y_ en,... nt nnication with Bristol and London is complete, .e of cket compaxios conveying t h .the vessels of the great steam y , r eniasular, Mediterranean, ° l ra' Mails. East steam-packet West India, and other i t growth and development of the population and trade O f the nation Pert are indicative of a high degree of prosperity. The popu " llYmouth has nearly doubled within the last twenty years ; 1 "-- 'AM Inert • in the assessable value of property subject to tho .ocal rates has exceeded that ratio. New streets and buildings are rapidly extending in every direction, and numerous joint-stock and rivate trading and manufacturing companies have been recently timed, and are in successful operation. The trade of the port for . Year 1 544 is given bylm official return as follows : — Inwards, ▪ 439 vessels goods, 450,626 tons ; outwards, 2,124 vessels; goods, 22 7,815 to ns . To meet the rilegnirements of a trade and commerce thus advancing, cannl i d aTle se.c er u e r s e ei a n s , for which t i h t e i, advantaßc.s which thea capacious c o ia f u P s ly w m e t o udthas,owpi with proposed to provide exte.ntivremraanigones e a f u s d vn g y n f e a r g a , cellar fo t* advantages. Millbay, by its position, pe circUtestances, presents extraordinary Millbay occupies a position perfectly central to the three towns of eDteennvoninpuosrto,f Stenehouse, and is in immediate Vox" im PlYm ity ° t a ci t t l % the prevailing southerly wile* bSoutyl pevon Millbayßailway. p of Which is excellent anchora area of 11 and Drake's Island, it end the thSehßelreteraekiwfartoemr, half oses a n pwards of eighty acres, g in ri can one to ten fa thorns water, at the lowest state of tide. From e the peculiar form and sin . y sheltered position of the bay, it constitutes a safe dock, almost in euat i tt, ts abatt natural state, and is capable, with works of very moderate ex being converted into an extensive floating basin, with every to take e i ac cessorY. The Entrance Lock admits of being formed so as 'n, even at low water of the spring tides, vessels drawing eixteen feet of water; and the depth of water within the basin will De upwards of twenty-two feet. 0 The basin is desig ne d t o b e.upwards of twenty acres in extent ; and Eider the basin, b u t w ithi n the shelter of the existing pier, a eon able space will be a p propriated to the reception of steamers kite !sad t her vessels touching at th e port, and not requ i r i ng t o en t er dock. The Millbay branch of the South Devon Railway is designed to ding along the sides of the d oc k, so that the em b ar k a ti on and and removal of goods can be conducted without the expense se cartage, and with the greate;t facility. 4 , 711 0 considerations already adve r t e d t o are sufficient to establish se remunerative character of the work, and these views will derive ;anditional force from considering the identity of interests between a ~°PlPany firmed for the purpose of this undertaking and the power at combination of railway interests which have been so successfully en gaged ere. in promoting the South Devon line, and to wh om th e in of traffic with the port is manifestly of th e grea t est 4n ...eta/tee. the whole of the land required fer the undertaking', the consideration e l e i ln r g Made payable, in great aes, part, in the form of rent ges, secured on the property of the Compaity. TI annual is arrange nttnt, and a careful revision ef the estimates, have enabled the Com- D ose te e to make a considerable reduction in the amount of the pro.. A d claeltal. o , 21 rarli Act of Incorporation will be ap, lied for in the ensuing session ,ament, and as the Committee have complied with all the re 4pnmetnents of the standing orders, and entertain no doubt that the e lalica tion will be successful, they feel justified in engaging that if, te„' n any unforseen circumstance, the Bill should fail to be carried, s hareholders shall be entitled to receive back their deposits, wlthout any on for expenses. Oh l ewer will be sought by tile Act to allow interest at 41. per cent. o - h 'lle deposit anl paid up calls, until the opening of the dock, and a nbscriber wil t incur liability beyond the amount of his sub •atiPtion. 4 Pinications for shares in the form subjoined (accompanied b a t l ' f actory reference where the par . ties are not personally known t I,„.Oeels of the Provisional Committee), may be addressedto the o ie ri l- , - "ra, or to the following sharebrokers :—Messrs. Westropp, 14 -c eP, and Method°, 75, Old Broad-street . ; M A e f a e s s ra sr . s. n S o u p t , to vo n e , d G a ri n h d - O ' a nd Sutton, rs. Tyeth Royalxchange, London , iiinswer, or Messand luscombe, Plymouth, of whom copies prospectus may be obtained. t-w"GtehnetiPmroevnisional Committee of Company. the Plymouth Great Western Dock ,—I request that you will allot to me shares of tru m p Pounds each in the proposed Plymontat Great Western Dock_ ni ° l. - d -Pan Y , on the terms and conditim of the prospectus, and' sign t 10 ,ccestaike to pay the deposit of 11.:3, 6d. per, share, and , I 1).7_.3' d eeds. when required. "'"t tkis day of , 1846 ffame • • .. Profession ••••••••• • .. • • • • • • Place of Abode • • • ....... • • • • Reference .• •••••••• • • • • • • • • Address of Referee Itt U``, --....- I'm, , L AND'S °DONT(); ° -4(1 by A or, PEARL DENTIFRICE. 'Wh it a nd the Queen, and the Royal Family of Great Britain, to st , - e li owd several Sovereigns and Courts oft Europe. t and qui t Lethe reh .e,rf or the Teeth, compounded the choices Albll''' Of ei e ingredients of the Oriental Herbal— the leading re .„ degr e , e anliness and efficacy being present in the highest , pos ,isUres „ , It extirpateS all tartarons adhesions to the Teeth, and 7Atic an whiteness to the enamelled surface. Its anti !eeit3' 0 " i n !'• 41 W - scorbutic properties arrest the further progress of eat h _Pie Teeth, and induce a healthy action of the Gums. The or . ' 4 ' so attain, a fragrant sweetness truly grateful to its pos °e Most eil ° : lo i'n, i low efficient and fragrant aromatic Tooth Powder ever Isf D 'ed a di st . L AND'S ODONTO has for a long series of years oc slinky v_ ln guished place at the toilets of the Sovereigns and the ktneun,..lughout Europe, while the general demand Sr it at once " 1 e favour In which it is universally held. eADT kiss! i°N.--To Price 2s. 9d. per Box. .1, 4 ,..0ner, of ...,. Protect the public from Fraud, the Hon. Cornd en to b e 'tamps have directed the Proprietors , an Name A. engraved on the Government Stamp, thus— titOeNZAD:Dtoras:id SON, 20, Hatton-garden t . - Sold by the and which is OD' ed on each Box. arli . by Chemists end Perfumers. *** All others ar 4 fraudulent Imitations. tI t-BROWS, 4r4wn "r6llBl)r°duc e ed .13 ' a kW weeks br using an essential Spir o it_ sent in 484' kno wn - IdOUSTACHES, and W HIS- Nthich ar‘l: l ,_C h oic Aromatic HMS, the peculiar properties i • 'Ally to the in'ttntor, and although perfectly d bv weak- Th a egs or it self , produce "here Hair on bald places, cause f na . l ent r I tuti anN tu e has not bestowed this or . 0 th. , - ,or a r f the Nobt ty and - - httman figure. It has been known to many o info ter Ty, (dentry upwards of eleven years, some of whom the Inven ee.,i'at sincerely thanks for their attestation of its merits, in the . .t.re,,MY of restoring Hair and giving it additional lustre au l d IN _ - 1`.... Its virtues are manifold—it prevents the Hair from flu irfloor::eort the ' ~ ruing gray ; a few drops on the crown of the head w . lterid e ,, .. , e m est distressing - pain in that part produced by or ~,T h. _-, wtth faintness ; and is aeltnowledg( d by the Faculty as the 4, e',pecille known to cure that disease of the head called Ipori t go aNdielavana (which causes the Hair to come off in patches) ; a evt: I,l4,nppne removes (landfill. This wonderful discovery is fu llyex ne w i ', 4 , l o a Pamphlet containing testimonials to its regenera t i n g Ore,;`!•lr uPon bald places, entitled, " Three Minutes' Advice on the xn,,,_,orand P reservation of the Human Hair," by W. Grintstone, pt a i r l % , o a f the Aromatic Regenerator for the Growth of the Human ten et 'La_ certain preventative of headache and fainting , also_ a tate., „vearrndon o n e n e aring the In ven t or ' s signature, HerbarY, HIP o att 4 3 . laold only ' Y in tri angular bottles, with name, Sm. dm., cast thereon, retail, 73 ., and lls. each, Government stamp included, wholesale and appointZenatll Chemists, Druggists, and Perfumers, and by special I,tessrs. ffit/i a t/ orTrzlgoilLo:viret:.juAemGEistttTS3 rot LONDON, Regent-street _easusd Ifewlond-street. Itf. _ars. Fisher and Toiler, Chemists, Conduit street, Boni-street. eaNirsilger, Chemist, &c., 150, Oxford -street. 141,—* Ha nnay and Co., Chemists, &c., 63, Oxford -street. '"". Barclay and Son, Patent Medicine Warehouse, Farringdon ., street. 4 hos ii. .• 1:. pd_ aulllC, Chemist, 79, St. Paul's -churchyard. , T. roller, ar"' Patent Medicine Warehouse, 67, St. Paul s-ehurchyard. in. I'atent Medicine Warehouse, 4, Chrupside. " 81 '3. W. Sutton and Co., Patent •Medicine Warehouse, Bow- It . lnzehy ard. atpx, ° ) .,: • tre', Patent Medicine Warehouse, 6S, Cornhill. ' n et r,n, Broberg, and Scott, Wholesale Druggisig , 22-, Th. me • lie, . _-i s•strcet. 225 and 447. ra w and Hayward, Wholesale Druggists, Great Trinity- 14 . 1 05. 4', and R. RalizesrluOid. CO.hirruasliiiitsa Leitlryndk. i ri x ; i n n : 11 00 riaai ed ) fla t. • g i ot by ga te 1( : itlasl° t reel ;rictioii° r • ;Crr' 11th lair. de. 0e53 on of '' •••:* ri ,e )0..• ..... , 4 1 fora Ti 1 1 (150' js 11$ 11 ' 11 i oa 11 1111 C ,a 16 ' lot e to° r , J• so , Ole c s re it d odge' 1 ,1 ocl o Dl' Lll O wo e P er <O 7II A Or r iD e ow"' ro LON DON FRIDAY, '4 l / 4 04 - ^ MUSH INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL. The GALLERY, for the EXHIBITION and SALE of the WORKS of BRITISH ARTISTS, will be OPENED on MONDAY NEXT, the 9th instant. • Admission, Is. Catalogue, Is. WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper. PUBLICATIONS. QACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER -7 HALL. On :FRIDAY EVENING, February 20, 1846, will be performed HANDEL'S ORATORIO, 'SAMSON. Principal Vocal Performers, Miss Birch, Miss M. 93. Hawes. Mr. Brattam, Mr. Leffler, and Mr. H. Phillips, The Band and Chorus will consist of above Five Hundred Performers. Tickets 3s. each, Reserved Seats 55., may be obtained of the prin cipal Musicsellers ; or of Mr. llonley, 53, Charing-cross; Mr. Ries, 102, Strand; or Mr. Mitchell, 39, Ch 1 . mos. B ro REWER. Hon. See. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INS '.I:ITUTIO.N Lectures on CHEMISTRY, with Brilliant Experiments, f,y Dr. Ryan, daily at Half-past Three, and on the Evenings of Mondays, 'Wednesdays, and Fridays, at Nine o'Clock. A Lecture on the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, by Professor Bachoffner, a Working Model of which, carrying several persons, is eiltibited daily. The additions to the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE, DIS SOLVING VIEWS, and CIIROMATROPE are very effective. The PHYSIOSCOPE. Submarine Experiments by means of the DIVER and DIVING BELL. Among the various additions to the Working Models is Coleman's NEW AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, for avending and da:cending Inclined Planes. A magnificent Col lection of TROPICAL FRUITS. Mr. Downe, the celebrated Flute CONTENTS:- . 1. Lord Campbell's Lives of the Chancellors. 2. Missions of the Church. 3. Mr. Newman—Theory of Development. 4. Lewes's Ancinut Philosophy. 5. The Cornaws and the Aristocracy, No. 2. W. Pickering, 177, Piccadilly. Player, will take part in the Masle, conducted by Dr. Wale. Open from Eleven to Half-past Five, mil from Seven to Half-past Ten in the Evening. Admittance, One Shilling. Schools, Half-price. , By LIEIIT.-COL. STEINBACH, Lat 6 of the Lahore Service. London : Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill. POSTER'S PENCILLED COPY BOOKS. In Chancery—Souter v. Grant and others. His Honour the Vice Chancellor of England having granted an INJUNCTION in this Cause, restraining the Defendants E. C. Grant, W. D. Griffith, and G. Darnell, from printing, publishieg, exposing to sale, or otherwise disposing of any Copy Books with diagonal lines, similiar to, or in imitation of, those used by B. F. FOSTER in the Bill in this Cause mentioned : We hereby give - notice, That in ...We any person or persons shall print, publish, or expose to sale, any Copy Books published by the said Defendants, or any or either of them, or by any other person or persona, with diagonal lines similar to. or in imitation of, those used by the said B. F. FOSTER, in the Bill in this Cause mentioned ; such proceedings will be taken against him or theta, in respect thereof, as the Plaintiff shall be advised. Dated this 2d day of February, 1846. MAIJGRAII and KENNEDY, Plaintiff's Solicitors, 100, Chancery-lane. " To be or not to be, that is the question."—Shaksiatare. EASE IN WALKING, WILLIAM BADDELEY, of 130, STRAND, is induced to give publicity to his much-admired PRE PARED LEATHER (so noted for extreme SOFTNESS and D(JRABILITY), in consequence of the patronage he - has received, Ind the general satisfaction given by him in manufacturing the above into BOOTS, &c., on his peculiar fitting principle of combining elegance with case. An extensive assortment of best made articles ilwaye ready on sale. Established in 1767. No. 130, Strand, corner of Waterloo-bridge, London. WALLSEND COALS BY RAILWAY TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Snt—We beg, through the medium of your paper, to inform the public that the METROPOLITAN is the only Coal Company who deliver the Best Screened Sunderland Wal'send at 255. per full ton, unmixed with inferior sorts ; Prime Newcastle, commonly sold for best, 235. screened ; Coke, 17s. Delivered free of extra charge within five miles.—Your obedient servants, H. BEARDSWORTH and CO. 279, High Holborn. j)AVIES'S CANDLES, sd. per lb. ; extra fine Wax-wick Moulds, 6%d. ; best Sperm Candles, is. Bd. ; Wax Candles, Is. 2d. ; fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Transparent, Is. 811. ; Genuine Wax, 2s. hi. ; Hale's Composite, 9%d. ' • Yellow Soap, ' 18s. 525., and 58s. per 1121bs ; Mottled, 60 s. and 643.; Windsor, Is. 4d. per packet ; Old Brown Windsor, Is. 9d. ; Rose. 2s. ; Al mond, 2s. Gd. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. per is.; Sperm Oil, 7s. 6d. per gallon ; Solar, 3s. Gd. For Cash, at DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. Mar tin's-lane, opposite Slaughter's Coffee-house. NATIONAL LOAN* FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, COENHILL, LONDON. Capital 4500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This institution offers important and substantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to bornw, without ex pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the preralum paid, (see table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances far terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enaidee the Directors, at the last suannal investigation, te declare a third Bonus, varying from 3U to 75 , per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. R. ti m s, 4' l g al 1 . 0 ° I 1-4 Bonus Berm in Ezt El - tee, .w n 0 [ Premium. 2 c added. Cask. In '' 2, R 0 a 4 2 o . t• ..... si s 1 s s. 4. 1837 «191 13 5 «87 13 5 £l3 17 1 £ 395 11 1 1838 165 13 01 74 13 10 11 8 6 346 2 3 60 1000 74 3 4 [1339 138 13 61 61 14 3 9 210 296 13 4 i 1 11840 . 89 00141 13 4 68 0 247 4 5 The dl-vision of profit' is annual, and the next will be made in De cember of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX. See. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMP ANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Empowered by special Act - of Parliament, 4th Viet., cap. 9. ADVANTAGES OF TIIIS INSTITUTION. MUTUAL ASSURANCE BRANCH. Complete security afforded to the Assured by means of an ample subscribed capital, and the large funds accumulated from the pre• mioms on upwards of 6,000 policies. Half the amount only of the annual premium required during the lrst five years, the remaining half premiums being paid out of the profits, which, after five years, will be annually divided among the Assured. MUTUAL ASSURANCE BRANCH. PROPRIETARY BRANCH. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. Half Pre- Whole Pre- Half Pre- Whole Pre- DEAL FEB 4—The Rockers, Nelson arri , Age. mium, first mium, after Age. m i um , fi rs t mlutn, after Downs from Demerara, experien five years. live years. seven years. seven years. had decks swept, and loss of sails, boats, &c. ( 1 xs.d.X s. d. Xs..X H. d. Poorx, Fn . * ed a hurricanen, B.—The Falmouth, Mills, from 20 10 0 20 0 20 018 0 116 o Falmouth, parted her chains, and went on shore 25 12 2 24 4 25 019 7 119 2 Bay y es t er d ay, b ut got off after throwing her b 30 14 11 29 10 30 11 9 23 6 board, and came into this port. he u s h e ' , s 1 8 6 2 17 0 35 1 4 11 2 19 10 40 a p n o d rt i fills o w n ith sh t o h re e t o iti n e. the lih m e a ln ia ti r ettr fo t r Ae p a 55 2ls 10 5 17l 35 1 13 3 36 6 40 19 2 218 4 to Lt!yEnpooz, FEB. 4.—The John Horrock. frog 45 271 19 6 319 0 45 114 10 39 8 9 4 15 6 50 2 2 6 4 5 o 50 • 8 65 212 9 55 6 shore on the W e st H oy l e, is breaking up, g up, ant PETER MORRISON, Resident Director. washing out. There i s a sma ll vessel on shor Al. OP_ frlr P...... 4— ____ . BATHER WINTER'S EXPLANATION ! ih How is it, Father Winter? Explain yourself, I pray How Is It that you're acting, Sir, in this uncommon way? It seems that you've dismiss'd " Jack Frost" (that chilly little fellow), And the only thing we hear of you is now and then a " bellow." No frozen water-drops are seen, wherever we may range, No snowy shovers arc seen to really very strange. liow is it, Father Winter? Explain yourself, I pray ! How is it that you're acting, Sir, in this uncommon way. THE REFLY. I'll tell you how it is, ray friend : The w'nter dress of '" Bas made me shrink from an attempt at thine. ^ With winter articles like these, 'twould To try to chill you with my cold. r - While Messrs. MOSES hay" You'll only mock my But do not tako. And cast - Fo,* your noses. of little use , fright with my abuse. use power to wrap you up so warm, hand, and ridicule my storm. advantage, pray, because I'm so remiss, ...side your winter dress at such a time as this, if I take it in my head, as I very likely Man I'll show you that the Winter King cast " Cottle atibtber day." You'd better stick to MOSES' coats, Whilst they will stick to you, And, when you find them rather old, you'd better purchase new. Unless you act on this advice (which I would not withhold), - Depend upon't, you'll have to say—" Oh, dear ; it's very cold l" Beaver Taglionts •••••••Os•• •• •• OS S••••• •• ••••from 8 A c Westet ft olds or .'odringtons 9 10 6 D'Orsays, Attols, Pembroke, and every dosetiption *of , Winter Coats .....•••••• ..... •••••••••••••••••••••11...... 1 0 Bcys' Winter Coats in every style ...... from 9 $ 6 Winter troasers, lined ................. 4 6 Doeskin, ditto.. l• •• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 0 10 6 Dress Ceti* @aged ......... ....... . ..... 1 0 0 Froek,ditto•• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 1 i 0 Roll Collar Vest•• •••••••• ..... • •• •••••••• ••••••••bb 9 Double-breasted Boys' Hussar and Tunic lb b% 6 t I . 0 18 6 Ditto, Winter Trousers ...........- •• 11% 1.1 411 s. •• •• d ao Ditto, ditto Teats •. •• .• .• .• •• •1 4.1.•• •• •• ••• •• •• 0 1 6 LIST OF PRICES. AZ ADY MAIM GREAT BELL OF ST. PAUL'S JL will strike ONE on the 15th of FI6I3IWARY. 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CHASTITY_; its ABUSES and DISEASES - (7 - 1' Engravings) Thise two interesting little volumes are not infented for idle or in discriniinate perusal, but they are earnestly offered to the attentive consideration of these who may be more legitimately and perhaps painfully interested. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street; Mann; 39, Conahlll, and all booksellers, or direct from the Author, 21, Anindel-street, Strand. At home daily till 2 ; Evenings, 7 till 9. DEAL FEB. 4.—The Rockers, Nelson, arrived in the Downs from Demerara, experienced a hurricane, 17th ult., had decks swept, and loss of sails, boats, &c. POOLE, FEB. 3.—The Falmouth, Mills, from London to Falmouth, parted her chains, and went on shore in Stadland Bay yesterday, but got off after throwing her ballast over board, and came into this port. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 4.—The John Horrock. from Demerara to this port, is on shore on the main hear Leaseover light house, and fills with the tide, The Mary, for Demerara, on shore on the West Hoyle, is breaking up, and her cargo washing out. There is a small vessel on shore on Burbo. The Alice, for Preston, was not on shore on Burbo, as re ported in the list of the 3d instant. DUBLIN, FEB. 2.—The Grace Darling, hence to White haven, has been towed back, and laid upon the ground with damage, having been in contact *Rh tht Anti Holt, arrived at this port from St. John's i. NqW Brimswick. RAMSGATE, FED. 4.—Wind W.N.W. to W.—Arrd. Orpheus, Nif' l '..olson, London for Men, with bows and bul wark; uamaged, having been in contact; Nautilus, Thomas, 11- LiCton for Mauritius, with bows a nd cutwater damaged. which Not tingham Town Council was he Si R. Peel's free-trade petition to Parliament In favour of r at the same time THE PREMER'S MtASVatld.—onAvimeteneetsirdiagvo, schemes was agreed upon, the Mayor being ee to Sir John fatten seal. The petition was to be intru sted Hobhouse and Mr. Gisborne for presentation. rektiested to alto the document the import ance of the corpo- Knight,P ove only daughter of Mrs. Idwafd Knight, formerly Miss Y! The New loth Evening Express thus sp untimely death of Miss Julia Hamilton eak s of the : Olt lAtated doillie actor of that n re a m m i e nded many years a favourite at Crary-ltine Theatre , w ho married son of gi DE A t i t joyo A Si[ ;c' MAntd"—We are . obi*Etiy,lisii itiri seeingt I.l‘i'r. t.1‘..; Elintintetnen . t of the death most forcibly of.thia 114 or ibe Poe; Up on loo k ing at our 1 et Miss J ulia Hamilton Knight, aged i 8 ; a young lady whose promise as a musical genius was such as is rarely held out by One so young; a promise, too, which the lapse of every day was rapidly realising. Most thoroughly grounded in ,ln= the if it . a , fir elements d that dttinegt of tli ARS; knib at 11 ited; tipl kith Jai of it From a child, she new its pitlldsilph Ai *izli di its practice; its thedry as *ell . as its nrieChinistit. 'Nutt by l i e bat mast6rk, MA licirroOd illitliink ridtti the . Whith oitil. atii:Paskilig &his did rid eidhaoe piano were the wonder, as well as the delight, of all Iyh 14 ‘e (3.*6diitibri of it, and her performances upon PI listened to them. And what made them all the more charm ing was the utter freedom from everything lilie oterwbe nig i• iti itz conceit, ,or peFsoA al t AO , br ii.n4its Pride iii het 11-e iii)Catht was in her exhibited of gentle modesty, and an laiiithilitiit `koi iIA 444-iciiiitiii; iii so mien genius the rare en tire absence of everything 11; * pretenton. This - lovely young person was the only child of her mother, t i he taisn d, F. r t , B l; Knight, for so long ft I,IMe a raVotirite with the Vets of ti friends and admitetSs ?..hil music and the &alba in thiS city as well is hi , iondi3n: Julia wits brought up here, and hefts •Wete,d*Yildged OF Pii traordinaty poWett. Biie liptt let a ii• l iN lo! stlOttiY attathed deaLtha,NonnoeNofkevr LoitlirotseprtirdAr4rohbili. a uOthig mother and untie; to mourn het early loss ; while art has lost, in hei Prenlittire London ci svued oChop PE SUDDEN vuen:r DEATH H ° f o s 2 p o l OA t s tiT.l,, as aE D, Charlesfurther DINNER y Eeßr d e , dio, A i f Er TABLE.—Yesterday E t o . , ed n ih i at n a lr y 4 s Y a h : j; s u o :s i:f oe 6 t f : dttrhaheyee funds of the hospital, from William South, Esq." If i 8 . 80 n held r ov a e n , inquest i t i e h s e t baotdtyh of fColeridgeJoseph A Vining,rm s ? , i r r i . n :: s. k . 5 e t Princess-street, e t A' , aged 59, a tobacco-pipe maker, at 12, Sandford. street. On Sunday last he sat down to dinner, id his *f , al is wi eha ving said grace, he responded fervently " Amen." Instantly after wards, he sank down in his chair, and Flavin?, moaned three times, expired. He w as latterly in good health, though partly disabled by a previous paralytic attack. Verdict—. " Accidental Death." WEST RIDING ELECTION. NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF LORD ➢iORPETH. his s h bl o u r s t t ly e r, a n f o te t r d a t r e i n n g o t ,e o lo s c h k ow Lord Morpeth was y es t er d ay e l ec t e d f or th e West Riding of Yorkshire without any o pp os iti on; M r . Ferranti, after all • L h o ia rd fac : ro o r n pe th il e i h a us a t iv in e g d s . . Isis Lordship wore a court dress, and rode up Wood-street at a walking pace, surrounded by an enthusiastic body-guard of his supporters. He was, of course, cheered to the echo, and seemed in high health and spirits. R. H. Anderson, Esq., the Under-Sheriff, officiated in the room of the nigh Sheriff, who was preiented by indisposi tion from attending. After the usual formalities the proceedings commenced. Mr. W. FAWKES, of Farnley Hall, stood forward to pro pose Lord Morpeth. He addressed the aasembled multitude —who were estimated at fully 30,000—at considerable length, beginning with some sarcastic allusions to their agricultural opponents, and especially to Mr. Ferrand. After having dilated at much longth upon, the inestimable advantages of free trade, and the triumphant position the advocates of that principle now occupied, Mr. Fawkes con cluded an harangue of great point and ability by saying,— that he would proceed at once to the proudest office which a man in his humble capacity ever performed, that of nomi nating, as lie then did, as a fit and proper person to repre sent that riding in Parliament, their noble, talented, and tried friend, Lord Viscount Morpeth. • J. G. Monstrou s Esq., seconded the nomination. He said that Lord Spe ncer was gone from them; that Earl Fitzwilliam was prevented only from participating in their victory by his absence from England; but that they had still amongst them Lord Viscount Morpath, and that they would keep him as their own. (Cheers.) It would ill become him to detain them long; he would therefore simply conclude by performing his high and important duty of seconding the nomination of the Noble Viscount.— ( Loud cheers.) The UNDEP,SukrarF then came forward and said—Has any other elector any other candidate to propose; if so, let him come forwara and- he shall be heard 3--(Cllee.m and great laughter.) No response having been made to this appeal, Lord MonrErn stood forward, and was received with long and reiterated bursts of enthusiastic cheering. When silence was partially restored, he said—Gentlemen, electors of the West Riding—and let me add, old friends—(Reiterated cheers)—it is not, it could not be, without varied and very deep emotion, that I find myself here again before you.— (Cheers.) Yes, even here in Wakefield, before a constitu ency of the West Riding, do I, the beaten and rejected can didate of 1841, now come forward in 1846, without having offered myself, without having canvassed, and, as it now seems, without being opposed.—(Loud cheers.) Not that we have not had some rumours and some demonstrations of opposition.—(Hear, and laughter.) There has been plenty of blowing of trumpets, at least there has been plenty of bray ing.—(Loud laughter.) We first heard of the pretensions of Mr. Archer Gurney, from Rock Vale, in the county of Devon. —(Laughter.) That sounds very picturescpie; but I believe that this gentle stranger has returned to his sequestered home.--(Laughter.) I am told that he appointed a meeting in Wakefield, and that he was met there by four protectionists andseven reporters.(Laughter.) All I hope is, that he did not convert the reporters, because I rate their intelligence suffi ciently high to be persuaded, that whatever their employers may be, they at least are on the side of free trade. — (Cheers.) Well, next to Mr. Archer Gurney carne—[A voice in the crowd, "The Bingley Bull.]—(Loud laughter) —next to Mr. Gurney, I say, we had a gentleman who, as I am reminded, spoke in somewhat harsher accents. He was not so much a candidate himself as the godfather of candi dates—(Laughter)—only, indeed, his godchildren did turn rather rusty. He first hit on two gentlemen, both bearing names —l o ng highly respected in the West Riding— (Cheers) —but the first object of his affections chose to go and fight the battle of native industry in the particularly independent and self-directing borough of Ripon.—(Laugh ter.) Now that seemed somewhat cruel in him to his gad father—(Laughter)—but I think that Mr. Ferrand himself it was who exercised the cruelty endured by the next can didate, because, if I am rightly informed, he has sent a cer tificate to state that he is riot well enough 'to perform the duties of High Sheriff. High and onerous, however, as these duties may be, I dare, from personal experience, to assert that those of a representative of the West Riding are still more trying to the health.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) The result, however, is that this day, when the question has been put to you, no opponent has come forward to dis pute your choice.—(Hear.) And how is it that this has come to pass? Will you for a moment in my anxiety to ac count for the phenomenon—will you let me refer to the last occasion of my meeting you in this town, and then take some credit to myself for having exhibited something of the spirit of prophecy in the remarks which I then ven tured to make.—(Cheers.) I said on that occasion " that the opinions and the measures of which I am the advocate are now moving in their onward though unseen track, and hastening to their accomplishment ;" and I added, " if there be one subject more than another in which a nation is mast likely ultimately to see itself righted, it is on that which concerns its fbloa."—(Cheers.) And it is on the question of food—that question which has stirred the mind of England to its inmost depths—that I am now come again to ask for, and as I believe to receive, the recovered suffrages aof the West Riding.—(Loud cheers.) But I further said, on the last occasion of our meeting, that "the triumph of our oppo nents is the most signal and decisive which has set been attached to the car of Conservative reaction." May I net, then, now say with equal truth that my return this day—my unsolicited, uncanvassed, unopposed return—will lay the corner-stone of a great electoral reaction, on which other constituencies first, and finally Parliament itself, with the sanction and sympathy of—highest of all—the Sovereign herself —(Cheers)—will erect the finished tem pie of perfect free trade ?—(Loud cheers.) For I do feel, gentle men, that often as we have met, and fully as we may have sympathised already, there never has yet been an occa sion on which our opinions and our hopes have been so much in unison as at present.—(Cheers.) I do flatter myself that the great mass which I see around me consists of men boast ing honest and simple hearts, wound up to one common aim; and I put it to you what object can come so closely home to your interests, to your bosoms, to your every - day life , as those laws which profess to regulate the admission of corn, and which do in fact regulate your daily meals—(Hear) — which concern every class and condition among you-S - -which concern every man whom I address; and not only that, but every one of your wives whom you have left beside the kit chen over., and every one of your children, who, though they may not be able to ask for food, yet can very well cry for it ? —(Cheers.) I have already referred to the past ; and while I certainly shall think it. my duty to address myself mainly to the great question now at issue before the nation, I hope you will not think that I unduly dwell uponany topic merely relating to myself; for, gentlemen, when a candidate comes to present himself to the choice of a constituency, some degree of egotism is almost rendered nece=sary by the circumstances of his position.—(Hear, hear.) In addition, then, to what I have already quoted from former sayings of mine, you may remember, when I was last before you, that I also stated that I did not think I could rccoacile it to myself, for the present, to occupy any other seat, or represent any other men, than the seat and the men of the West Riding.—(Loud cheers.) Now, it is true that a great number of the inhabitants of this riding, in an address which they were good enough to present to me, absolved me from all that could be considered binding in that engagement, and although it is true that the time had come when I might have considered it my duty again to embark in the struggles of public life—but, gentlemen, how I de re joice now that I have not entered into any other service— (Chcers)—that I have called no other men my masters — (Loud cheers)—that I have reserved myself for this cause and for this hour—(Tremendous cheering)—and that should you shortly confirm my election, I shall go into the House of Commons as the Member for the 'Vest Riding, to vote for—(An enthusiastic burst of cheering drowned Lord Morpeth's voice. When it subsided, he exclaimed)—l think you must be aware that the sentence was intended to have concluded with " the total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws."—(Cheering.) You will bear in mind that this was the main point on which I sustained defeat, and the Liberal party in the riding sustained defeat with me, at the last general election. I was then opposed, and then beat en—(Cries of " Shame")—by the exertions of the great body of the landed interest—(Cries of " By bribery-n— -and by other friends of monopoly, because they said I had adopted a very violent and revolutionary course in recom mending a fixed duty of Bs. per quarter.—(Laughter.) I think they would ho slightly obliged to me now if I could se cure them the rejected Bs. duty.—(Cheers.) But that scrip has- gone down in the market—(Loud cheers and laughter)—and no efforts can get it up again.—(Laughter.) However, the revolutionary 'Whigs were got rid of; but, in the meanwhile, a youthful League bad sprouted up. Oh ! but they did not mind that—not they. On the contrary, they brought in an amended corn-law of their own, which preserved most of the machinery of the old sliding-scale, with some additional features, which they termed "rests."— (Laughter.) " Rests !"—most delusive word. Whatever may be the beatitudes of the corn-law now-a-days, rest is not an element in which it seems destined to breathe.—(Cheers and laughter.) However, there were two or three good har vests in succession, and matters went on with comparative smoothness for a y ear or two. But then came the events of the last autumn, w ith which most of you must be suffi • men The average price of th tly familiar.e quarter of wheat higher than the year before. The price of was 13s. or 14s._ the best wheat iu the market was fully 20s. higher, and in a ddition to this th e p otato cro p was afflicted with certainly a cons idera ble and still unknown and ysterious degree of pestilence, in Engl_and, Scotland, and Ire m land. Under these circumstances, all we know of the movernsnts of Govern ment was, that several Cabinet Councils had met, and broken up, and made no sign. Now, in this state of things the League came clown tam dine at Leeds, and I wrote them a er) lam aware that I have some letter there.—(Hear, ass , " 1 ' fall me, that it was fastidious friends who told me, and st.i.. . in fal well to express myself as warn 4as I mea t - ;mist _ all very sort}-laws, w vour of the repeal of the ,a, but that had nets td iivg lok !Ho* to I t .eatlefilaughter, in the „A d a cfted ntiti " t tH a t sr, _rat his secured pant elect:oil "s•---BenOitYgd Ittqgliteo Isis fv ship tontinuld;;Well; if that was the CON trist fate —rCh6ers and laughter.? At all es red 1 bought it Cheery.. .N . • feel that any e . finenot have formed Nil h the League will not be looked Upon as a very grave oiltncoi yotir gyps—Zoi iip)--and neekhardly t.reithl! Myself , with any i ! ..gth_ •ta elegy glat 4 s cl i ti e alOn an occa t sion like ee n pat; ot .• irt,l s°lll9 . n of my well-wishers which I should not thee; r sant 444. that, in the first place, the very little bit of n mentioneu Was money which has bee given tO promote the total r vstrotion of the West Riding, and as a poll taken on thefdrnir lift Of tlegdfe tttrhed me out, I can't be held If I cd-dperitte itlth Aide' tO rectify what, Jilel t And to enlightenVl; 4iA; " 4 f h P d ricia—(C Ors an ging tet) tit further f uture eonstitue nce to the Lea • all I could League gener than the; With rqe at the ,vents of the Bak to tile , . last few years, and not — C H A frthil thyself that, although many mem sanie ImB thae League may have said things in which I could bars of the although the League may have done things no t agree, and a t subscribe, tth t' fth ye a time question o e to which I could no , es *t he law sow s present position mainly to repeal of t (Cheers) —to its unmeasured exertions, and to the League— nd ability of its leaders.—(Loud cheers.)—[A the energy a exclaimed, " Three cheers for Cobden," which voice here rtily.]—His Lordship resumed :—And be were given heartily.]--His I do not like the notion of reaping the fruit of sides, I confess without assigning the reward which is other men's labour , w thinkthat k it would be reversing, due to the wor • if it was the labourer who and not following the parable, came in at the eleventh;, ho ur w ho was to be the party associations,mm o a k idensg of objectionsre overcoming d t i roa desirable lh h e the modes obstinacyv o a d g e e 8 o assigned j s e e c lf t - s c o o f ns s t u i c tu h te in el lp b o o r d ta ies nc , e w as h t e o th n e e r ce y s o si u ta c t i 4 ll: eN t , h en em ob l j e e a c gu tio e n s a , worked from the first. And, although Ido not think large s tf ao w nr , ch ework ingout legislative measures and changes • yet there are ob jects r o machinery the to r him e s i objectionable which they are opposed. Knowing, then, how powerful and multiplied are the interests combined—l play sa y leagued— against a repeal of the corn-laws—feeling this, and viewing the corn dews, as we all do, toppling to their fall, I could not —such were the sentiments in my bosom—l could not with hold that without which good wishes are but hypocrisy, and what Sir John Tyrrell—(Laughter)—would call -" humbug" —my acknowledged and avowed support.—(Cheers.) Next in order came all the Ministerial changes and the changing and crashing of Cabinets. The, gentlemen, has now be come rather an old story, with which we have not much concern. You will rememberi that .ctir Robert Pe 1, though at the head of large majorities in both Houses of Parlia ment, felt it his duty to resign the Government, and Lord John Russell was honoured by a commission toforn an Ad ministration in its stead. Now, all with which I have to concern myself is this—l consented to accept office in a Government every member of which had unanimously agreed to the proposition for a total and immediate repeal of the corn •laws.—(lmmense applause.) Well, that endeavour —that glory-giving endeavour even—was net made. It was interrupted by causes wholly independent of 'that question. They do not concern us now, and I will not enter on their consideration, though I have a strong opinion about them; and I never will conceal my wish that my pure and high minded friend, Lord John Russell—the statesman who had proposed the abolition of the Corporation and Tests Act—the statesman who had introduced into Parliament the Reform Bill—should also hare been the person to have proposed .to the Legislature of his country the final abolition of the corn laws.—(Enthusiastic applause.) However, I certainly my self should feel, and. I am sure that he would feel, any individual or any party disappointment as compensated, and more than compensated, if it should turn out that this great- question itself—a question of free trade—had - more chance of being. brought to a satisfactory and trium phant issue with the Government in the hands of Sir Ro bert Peel rather than in his owu.—(Loud cheers.) And more, gentlemen, I think that the dispersion of the Whig leaders would have merited still graver reprehension. I think their hesitat ion would have degenerated into cowardice, and their caution into treason, if they had not felt thst they had reason to believe that a Government, of which Sir Robert Peel was at the head, was prepared to do great things for free trade.— (Loud cheers.) That expectation has been borne out.—(Cheers.) I think none of us will deny that in the re cent proposals submitted to Parliament Sir Robert Peel has done great things for free trade.—(Cheers.) I reserve for myself the consideration of the precise details; but I may say that I cordially approve of the great feature of that measure. I rejoice in the instant admission free of all duty of colonial corn, of Indian corn, of meat salt and fresh, and live cattle. I am not sure, though I know that therein I differ from many of my friends, and from many ardent free traders in general. I am not sure, I say, that I shall feel myself called upon to dissent from the differences which he still wishes to retain between the admission of slave grown and free-grown sugar. —(Cheers.) My doubt is, whether he can in practice realise that difference. But if he can, great as are the lengths I would always go in behalf of free trade, I must ever disconnect from all fellowship with that glorious cause the blood-red flag of the slave-trade.—(Loud cheers.) But, with respect to his measures. I wish above all to avoid the three years' delay before. we arrive at the totally free admission of corn.—(Cheers.) I object to it as much with reference to agri culture as to any other interest, I am not sure wheth r it would not in the end tell more prejudicially on them than any other class of the community, and in any amendment or motion which may be brought forward, I shall be ready to vote that that which he wishes to take place three years hence shall be immediate and at once.—(Loud and protracted cheering.) Gentlemen, if you send me to Parliament, I shall then, as I have explained, be on the whole prepared to give my cordial assent to the measures just submitted to the Legislature.—(Applause.) And in this state of things, whilst this great proposal has been just launched into the House of Commons, whilst the whole mind of the country is intent on the reception it is there to meet with, it happens tt.at by the will of Providence, and by the sudden and unexpected death of Lord Wharncliffe, to whom and to whose race I have been ever opposed during my whole public career, but to whom no one of his most deter mined opponents could refuse the just praise of being an upright, high-minded, and most useful public servant— it happens that by the vacancy occasioned by his death, the consideration of the proposal of the Prime Minister is just at this important and critical moment submitted to this consti tuency, which is not only the largest in the kingdom, but which, in company perhaps with one other, has a greater in terest in having it solved than any other in the realm.— (Loud cheers.) Yes, gentlemen, the West Riding of York shire, comprising Leeds with is s woollens, and Bradford with its worsteds, and Huddersfield with its fancy goods, and Halifax with its piece goods, and Sheffield with its cutlery, and Rotherham with its iron, and Barnsley with its linens, besides the far and fair domain of agricultural enterprise—this riding has reason to say " aye " or " no," shall there be a total repeal of the corn-laws— (Loud and enthusiastic applause)—for that, gentlemen, is the banner which we have planted in our van and which we engage to support against all assailants.—(Cheers.) I cannot be sorry, though free-traders, as such recognise no party, and though they are -glad to enlist supporters from every party In the State, yet 1 cannot be sorry to see before me soaire- • veiling a complexion of our own old colour.—(Cheera.) I re member in one of our former contests having christened it the'' sun's own colour."—(Cheers.) To-day we will call it the " colour of the goldenwheatsheaf,' which the samesun is now ripening on a thousand shores, but which the legislation of man has hitherto kept from our ports and markets.—(Voci ferous applause.) They may talk of a black cloud in the west, but the harvest sun has a ray warm enough to scatter it.—(Renewed and enthusiastic cheering.) I know that on the other side of the Atlantic they are uttering big words about Oregon, and we hear that the inhabitants of the western states of the American republic talk particularly loud on that subject, and that they are anxious to have a brush with us; whilst it seems that the inhabitants of the eastern states are more pacific in their disposition. Why is this, gentlemen? It is not in the natural order of things that men should grow more warlike as they live further west. No—it is because the inhabitants of the eastern states have a long sea-bound coast, large manufacturing towns, and ships, and harbours, and commerce. They do not like to risk those things, and therefore they say, naturally and very lauda bly, they are inclined for peace.—(Hear, hear.) But it is different with the western states. In the first place, they cannot be very easily got at; in the next place, they pro duce nothing but agricultural produce, and they know that, if besides living 5,000 or 6,000 miles away from us, the quarter of wheat, which they might be inclined to send over shall have to pay a duty of 20s. when it arrives, they would not be able to get rid of a single bushel of it, and therefore they fling up their caps for war.—(Loud cheers.) But give them the same motives for peace which the inhabitants of the eastern states have, and being sprung from the same stock as their brethren of Boston and New York and Phil adelphia, being the sons of Puritans and broadbrims them selves, they will be actuated by the same motives as their more sedate and sober fellow-citizens, and instead of wishing themselves to go a thousand miles further, where they would meet more new tribes of Red Indians to contend against than draughts of water by the way ; and when they arrived there to go to war with us for a number of uninhabited pine swamps, they might think it were desirable to bestow a little more skill on their own rich clay cottons, if you would only give them the means of takingyour cotton, your woollens, your worsted, your hardware in exchange for what they can send us, whether it be wheat or Indiancorn—a food hitherto but little known amongst us, but which, from experience, .1 can safely recommend to you whenever you can get hold of it. 'You will find that some of their cakes, which they call Johnny cakes, go hard to rival some of our far-famed York shire cakes.—(Cheers.) What I have said of the present state of America applies still more strongly to those parts of the American republic which have more intercourse with us, and still more to the countries of Europe in proportion to their proximity; and I rejoice to think that in extending and encouraging universal commerce, we take the best means of extending and encouraging universal peace.—(Loud cheers). I was much struck, a year or two ago, on conversing with a neighbouring farmer of ours over in an adjacent county, as to the prospects of agriculture, and he said to me, " Ay, there never was a friend to the farmer 1ike...." Nosy like whom do you suppose? Like the Duke of Richmond, or the Duke of Buckingham, or Mr. Hudson, the railway king? No ; but like Napoleon Bonaparte. " There never was, said he, "such a friend to the farmers as old Bonaparte."—(A. laugh.) I thought I had never heard put in such close but un conscious connexion the genius of monopoly and the genius of war.—(Cheers.) What was the state of the world then, with wheat at 1365. a quarter, as it was in 1112, the quarter's' loaf ls. 61d.; war all over the world, and at home nothing but Orders in Council, as our Saddleworth friends will well remember.—(Loud cheers.) Give me then, I say, the com merce—not the conquest of the world—overflowing garners, and not an empty laurel—open ports, and free produce. not a decrease of intercourse and the substitution of an embargo— a dependence—l will even use that obnoxious word—a de pendence on foreign countries, instead of independence and an isolation from them.—(Cheers) Dependence on fo reigners ! Why, that is the favourite bugbear with which the sleek, soft-tongued monopolist tries to bamboozle his gaping crowd of rustic auditors.—(Loud cheers.) Why, I ask him, how he would do himself without dependence on hters foreigners? I need not ask bins whether his wife and daug do not rustle along in the silks of France, the velvets of Italy, and the lace of Florence; but I would ask himself whether he does not procure his tea from China, and his coffee from Brazil — whether he does not wear the fleeces of Saxony, aye, and perhaps smoke the cigars of Havannah.—(Loud cheers.) And if he does that, ask him in your turn why you may not have wheat from the Elbe and bacon from the Ohio 2—(Loud cheers ) I believe that it is not in diminishing, but in in creasing our dependence on foreigners, that, we shall best follow out the laws of nature and the will of Providence, and thus enterinto the strongest recoguisances for the harmony, ~he p e ace, the civilisation, and the prosperity of the world.--- - a For, let me put it to you, what is the case w ith l b Cheer., ' , tiers of which the mistaken friends OS6 mantitau... ' yes present us with so unreasonable added Miffed tomes..., are there is work 'Cheers,) What are all the iftid insfettided a eBl '?—% -^oll nidn+afeettiras tritriecl ottt,. 'Whether .... e!!, cotton, worsted, of tillci but SO Winch itotlt to sell? 'Wt... Odd must be hands, and *here there are bands- here mus t e . fitsrito.lthil; and those mouths aft fi lled with the bet.. .--- Mutton Ott her and bread which are rafted front the soh hi ille landlordt title farmers of England. Bat they sa y , I *o4it td irafisfer that stlpply from the native to t he foreign iffeareii aid i It five just talked of wheat from the Etbe and bsea from the Ohlo—well, but the foreigner will not give iiia bread and bacon for no thing. He may have a very goOd o_pinion Of the manufactures of Yor kshire and of England gene rally—he may have a better opinion of you than Mr. Busfeild Ferrand has .—(A laugh, and a voice " lle have o ' him."). But has as good an opinion of huz as we la .11 still, though he may think them very fine fellows, e wi d not be likely to supply them gratis. He will ask a fair, an what he considers a remunerative price for his corn ; because corn, and there is if he does not get that he will not send his _ An end to all the alarm about the transfer of supply. But I hope he will send a large quantity, and that he will receive a fair price for it,which he must receive either directly in your , man uf ac tures, or else in money for which vou will previously h ave exchanged your work.—(Cheers.) - Well, to turn out fresh work you must have fresh hands. Fresh bands, again, bring fresh mouths, and the fresh corn which the foreigner se nds over will be availab le for additional food, and Ihe.rieve the additional hands will p re tty nearly absorb the additional food ; consequently, the demand on our native rural toll w . ill be very nearly the s ame as at p resent, and any fall in p . PROPRIETARY BRANCH. 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PRICE 5D Sub-Committee No. 2. now The \ a l b , e l e s t t to quoteßiding, remember Sir Robert Peel once to have said—and Liberals al alt ( n ße Ft p oe ca ledl t - ed hilas c ea li it e l e , R. Peel said, in talking of our last victory in India cc after the preceding; reverses—he said, uWe have eft' .ne cheers.) sy: and : a a jtg l :lei And, g . I g ) ce — nc memory of our shamedirtne-fiel:Laf...our_psesiees. - nr , asters.'" There is no title in the gift of the monarch, of the minister, or the people, of which I should be so proud as that of the West Riding's own.— it is no selfish or personal victory we have ;on to-day.— (Hear, hear.) Broad as is this r'd' I ing—multiplied as are its t ha l e e 's e r n r sS en .i ), interests, the efforts of our struggle over principle cannot be confined to any new local boroughs, or any single consti tuency, and in its ultimate results I hope it will not be con fined to any natim, or to any quarter or the globe, but that. they will extend to the utmost limits of the round globe on which we live.—(Hear, hear.) 1 hope the shout of our triumph will spread over the broad fields of England—find an echo within the walls of the Imperial Legislature, and be stamped, and ratified, and blessed to all future time in the confirmed intercourse and increased plenty of nations. You. see, gentlemen, I do not lightly estimate the efforts you have made—the front. you have shown, and the hearty goodwill with which you have silenced at once the hiss of monopoly, the firm tread with which von have planted the glorious banner of free trade ; and I - hope, whenever we meet again, it will be to congratulate each other on our consummate triumph. I have now, gentlemen, after the singular patience and indulgence with which you have already heard me, no ' longer to trespass on your kind att ention—that attention to which I never yet appealed in vain—that kindness which d i d. not fail me even in the moment of defeat, and which I re joice to see renewed and accumulated in the glorious shout of our finished victory.— (Cheers.) Three cheers were then given fur the League. for Lead Morpeth, and for the Queen. Mr. CHARLES WOOD, M.P., moved a vote of thanks to the tion, Under Sheriff, and after it had been carried the proceedings terminated, and the crowd slowly dis persed. The friends of Lord Morpeth, to the number of nearly MO, afterwards sat down to an excellent lunch in the Corn Ex change Rooms. His Lordship was present. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. Sub-Committee No. 1. This Committee re-assembled at the usual hour yesterday morning, Mr. Strntt in the chair. LONDON ./1.3713 SOVTII-WESTERN (EPSOM' lINC it) RAILWAY. The customary formal process of the deposit of plans, &c., having been tendered in respect' of the project, and duly gone through, the Committee declared that the stand- •`-'' ing orders-hild been complied with. :LIVERPOOL, raa,:ucanssmiz, aram • C.LISTIc ATP ON=lnacE RAILWAY. The next line called on was that of the Liverpool, Man chester, and Newcastle-upon-T3 - nc Railway ' which was op paced by several landowners, who complained of defects in the deposited plans and sections. The tint allegation of one of the petitioners complained of deficient measurement on one portion of the line. The agent for the Bill demanded that before the Com mittee entertained this allegation and the other allegations of the petitioner, proof should be adduced that the petitioner was owner the of the land, or had the consent of the owner of the land, upon which the omissions occurred, to proceed with the opposition. The agent for the petitioner protested that such proof was qui:e,unnecessary ; and the Committee deciding that it was contrary to the spirit of the standing orders to require such proof, the allegation was proceeded with, and successfully sustained. Some other allegations of a similar character were also made out to the satisfaction of the Committee, and it was ultimately decided that the standing orders had not been complied with. VIA.NCH:ESTZR AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. The next petition called on was that of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill authorising the construction of four important branches from their main line. The branches were respectively desig nated as the Billington blanch, the Macclesfield deviation, the Prestbury branch, and the Northwicli branch. The customary proofs having been put in, the Committee declared that the standing orders had been complied with. NORTH smarronlosHima (crtunNET V.&L LET) RAILWAY. The Committee took the formal proofs in this line, but the hearing of the allegations of a number of petitions opposed to the project was postponed till to-morzow. The Committee adjourned at Four o'clock. The Committee re-assembled at Tarelre o'clock yesterday, in room No. 6, Sir J. Yarde Buller, Chairman. The Committee commenced the business of the day by taking ,TUE NEVYThY, "arfs.UR.E.Ti.TPOINT, AND ROssTßEvort RAILWAY. i The line s to be eight miles in length, and is estimated at a cost of 82,5001. Mr. BRTDEN appeared for the promoters. The Bill was unopposed. Mr. Godwin, civil engineer, was examined as to the cor rectness of the plans and sections. Mr. W. N. Wallace and other gentlemen were called to prove the deposit of the plans and books of reference with the public officers in the respective localities of the line. Mr. llugh Willis and others were examined as to the validity of the contract deed. The Committee then declared that the standing order* had been complied wick,,. The next case called on was Tian AYESIIIRE AND GALLOWAY RAILWAY. This Bill having been part-heard yesterday was post ' poned to hear arguments upon the contract deed. Mr. BURKE appeared for the opponents, and argued at some length against the validity of the deed, inasmuch as the parties signing had not bound themselves in conformity with the standing orders, and consequently could not be sued upon it. Mr. CoNNELL, for the promoters, contended that the deed was bonafide according to the Scotch law, and the managers could sue each other. Mr. BUUKE would contend that, as the managers who had bound themselves to carry out the terms of the contract deed were themselves shareholders, they surely would not sue themselves. Such being the case, the Committee must see that the deed wcs wholly invalid. Mr. CONNELL could call several emminent Scotch lawyers to prove that the deed was strictly binding by the common law of Scotland. After some further arguments the room was ordered to be cleared. _ . Upon re-admission of the parties, The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee, after considering the case very carefully, had come to the opinion that the standing orders had not been complied with, inasmuch as the parties were not bound by the contract deed according to the standing orders of Parliament. There were several other allegations against the Bill, but the opponents declined going into them, as they were satis fied of the last decision of the Committee being fatal to the case. THE IBELrAST AND COUNTY DOWN niIXX:VITAY. This was an unopposed Mr. BEYDEN appeared for the promoters, and called wit nesses to prove the correctness of the plans, and sections, and books of reference. In the ease of this Bill the Committee declared the stand ing orders to have been complied with. THE BLACKBURN, CHORLEY, AND &WEE. P 0 oi p.axLIWILY, Mr. Pritt appeared for the promoters of the Bill, and after calling the several witnesses to prove the plans and sec tions, &c., the Committee declared the standing orders bad been complied with. THE STIRLING AND DUNFERMLINE nArzAvalr. Messrs. Deans, Dunloppe, and Co., appeared for the pro. moters. After hearing evidence, The CIIAIR3IAII said the Committee were of opinion that the standing orders had been complied with. THE AYRSHIRE, BRIDGE OF usznz, AND PORT GLASGO Vir .TONCTXON RAILWAY. Messrs. Deans, Dunloppe, and hope appeared for the pro- rooters' ea j w o o u petitions rn e d ti against ll twe theo Bill.oo'clock to morrow. The petitions contained several allegations against the plans and sections. The formal evidence of the books of reference and de depositing of the plans and sections was being proceeded. with, when the Speaker was announced to be at prayers, and M t r h . e C c on o n m e i l n i tt • Sub-Committee No. 3. The members of this Committee sat yesterday at Twelve o'clock, in room No. 8, when were present the Chairman, Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Stansfield, Captain Jones, Mr. Aldam. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY (FROM WA.. TERLO 0-BRID GE TO . _THE GREENWICH) RAILWAY. The CHAIRMAN said that with respect to this Bill it was all settled, except estimates of subscription. The other mem bers of the Committee, to whom he bad mentioned thet matter, were of opinion that the case was so doubtful as to• require some further consideration. By the subscription contract the parties had bound themselves to pay so much as was applicable to points B and C in the contract deed. If they would refer to the subscription contract to obtain the ne-S cessary information on the point, he would bring the matter before Mr. Speaker, by whose advice they would abide. Mr. Burke, Parliamentary agent, said that a simnel subscription contract was agread to last year. The CHAIRMAN and the other members of the Committee p s r o es u en . t rr d r id E n A ot s tl T )in z k litisr the precedent(srtznre all vri uded c t ij o w T as o suffi en c i ie:t . : and the Bill was postponed. HAM, NEAR CANTERBURY, WITS EIZANCHES) RAILWAY. The notices of services, accuracy of books of reference, fee" in compliance with the standing orders of the (louse, being, proved, the line, which was unapposed, was passed. SOUTH-EASTERN (FROM GILETINWICTX IL.A.ILWAY TO CHART, NEAR HFORDir WITH BRANCHES TO TUN BRIDGE AND RIVERHEAD) RAILWAY. This Bill was passed, subject to future dec ision ; and the SOUTH -EASTERN (CANTERBURY TO DO, VER) RAILWAY Bill was passed. SOUTE-EASTERN (I"ROAT ATAXIC/STONE TO STROOD, NEA3Z nocnzsTiszt) =ll/111WAY• This Bill was passed likewise. THE LARNE, BzxltAX.r.asLT, A ND SALLYIVLENA VJAY Bill which NM nnopposcd, ned till twelve o'clock to -morrow. Th e Committee adjour EXTENSIVE icn N AgsTaLtfi; eu r O .T I.ii ENGINE FEB . B 3 . 1 LI L A D b ° I ti n a t — o n NO- iokn '.A was discovered in the ex ry of the Me ssrs. Hawthorn, situate at tttherlue:rs 2 fki vo:To'ecrlto.mhc akßnatunbfkiasCs,t pear this town, which has not been got under without doing great damage. It broke out in what is called the pattern and fitting-up shops, and it is said. nearly all the valuable patterns have been consumed; and four or five locomotive engines, in a very forward state, which were in the fitting-up shops, have been rendered. nearly useless.. The origin.of the fire is not known; it can scarcely be supposed to be the work of an incendiary,. as tho Messrs. Hawthorn are deservedly most popular with the DESTRUCTION rAc.ro ity whole of their workmen ; one of the latter, however, who was seen to enter the pattern shop with a candle shortly before the fire was discovered, is in custody. The loss'" es timated at from 10,000/. to 15,00 01 .; the premises were In sured, but not the engines. FEBRUARY 6, 1846. would, I flatter myself, be compensated by the demand for the different kinds of produce, and for the food which is pro duced on our native soil, and it would be compensated further by the withdrawal of the superfluous hands from the old rural districts into the new and improving fields of manufacturing industry.—(Cheers.) What I am tempted to look forward to as the result of an entire repeal of the corn laws would be much the same in effect as a perpetual cue• cession of good harvests. There would be more to eat in the land, and when there is that, you may depend upon it there will be plenty of mouths to take it.—(Loud and long continued applause.) I cannot but suspect the motives, or, rather, I will say I cannot but object to the reasoning which shrinks from abundance.—(Cheers.) The blessing of hea vensetad a l x t l . ci — ( C considerationh eers ~ ) as a Why, me supposing, k token of their r cannot be the bane of mae.—(Cheers.) It is not ,so much to me the absolute diminution of the price of matter provisions co r n g - corn-laws. i s s . er to corn which I look to as the result of an alteration in the law, but it is to the uninterrupted steadiness of trade—to increased supply following increased demand—more to do and c,ful more regard o r ei n f S o u r ch th a e are British tlle ull eo blt e con sequences mereasae p . smitten of fancy, that some foreigners were to be so violently with l ove f or us , as t o sen d over ev ery year large cargoes of p e p s l, are we to say, " Oh no, not by - any means ; we are much obliged, but really we have plenty, we would rather be excused ?" Why, as I hav e t r i e d to .ion is not much more in fapNr-ooiNice,o;h t it e extravagant supposi than the present state of things. B6i t tish corn-grower ()reign corn-growers will have money's worth. course be paid in manufactures, and more manufactures ymust will produce a demand for more home and for' food. And now let me ask you, gentlemen, whether these are all crude and unsupported theories—will they stand the test of facts ? Why, our more recent experience sufficietetiv shows, that in saying what I have said I am only speaking the words of truth. and soberness.. We have recently had periods of dear and cheap years. This point was very fully stated in the House of Commons by Sir James Graham —lt has been demonstrated also by Sir Itobett Peel, anal no where more fully or more ably than in our excellent weekly instenctor, - the .he-ds ireictiry.—(Cbeers.) ' Wtll, if you re member, there were two periods of commerce ; diminielied home trade, diminished wages, diminished revenue, with an increased amount of poor-rates, turbulence, and crime; while the cheap years have as uniformly and regularly ex hibited an increase in wages and employment in everybranch of industry; they have recruited the public revenue, and, comparatively speaking, set open the doors of the workhouse and the prison. —(Loud cheers.) In the summer of 1842, which closed the last period of dear years, who does not re• member the state of affairs ? Every manufacturing town .n -vaded, every mill barricaded ; while last summer, which for the present. but I hope not ultimately, has closed the period of cheap years, what spectacle did it exhibit ?—(Hear, hear.) Why, every man, from the Premier to the navvy, turning up the sod for new railways (Cheers and laughter)—while the great difficulty to be en countered was, that of preserving people from throwing away their good money too fast.—(Cheers.) Now, I wish to ob serve that we have been charged with reckless, almost with revolutionary conduct in suddenly propo•ing to subvert long-established protection, and to upset deeply-rooted habits of industry. Well, with respect to the suddenness of the proceeding, I think that the events of last autumn will suf ficiently acquit use I have told you of the rise in the aver ages of wheat, and in fact the prices of wheat have varied in the same market from 365. to 725. For a practical view of the results of such variations let me refer to an agricul tural paper, the Mark-lone Express. That journal stated last autumn that "the very inferior quality of a large propor tion of the wheat of this year's growth has hitherto prevented the duty from receding more than a step or two; and from present appearances it is questionable whether the article will be for some • time admissible below 12s. a quarter." And again, "Had the quality of the new produce been only tolera bly good, the duty would undoubtedly, ere now, have fallen to 10s. per quarter, or even lower, in the regular course" of things, the finer sorts of red having been for some time selling at 70s. and upwards, while choice samples of white have realised as much as 80s. per quarter at several of the principal consuming markets. It may be conceived, there fore, how bad must be the quality of the common runs to have kept the general average below 60s. per quarter : such, however, has been the case, the 'last weekly return for the kingdom being only 595. - 2 d. per quarter.—(Hear, hear.) So you see the rates of duty founded on the averages are no indications of the real quality of wheat in the market.— (Hear, hear.) Then we had the failure of the potato crop, respecting which . I may as well read one of the resolutions of the Mansion-house Committee, which sat in Dublin to in vestigate into this melancholy subject :—" We are, unfortu nately, able to proclaim to the inhabitants of the empire, and in the presence of an all-seeing Providence, that in Ireland famine of a most hideous description must be im mediate and pressing, and that pestilence of the most frightful kind is certain and not remote, unless imme diately prevented."—( Hear, hear.) Now, however Pro tectionist Societies may declaim and protest, I appeal to you whether a Prime Minister could lay his head on his pillow, had he not first taken every means in his power to augment the stock of the nation's food, without the risk of being awakened from his sleep by the sharp cry of a nation's famine?—(Bear, hear.) With respect to the more prominent and general charge, that there'll anything revolutionary in our proceedings, I say, that whilst there are many things in the constitution of this country, in the modes of thought and habits of feeling . interwoven with the framework of society, which I should wish to be enduring and eternal, yet'tliere is one feature, one painful and per vading feature of our condition, which any one who, like myself, has visited the younger world across the waters—at the same time that he saw many things which he might not wish to copy, would earnestly desire to see remoeed—an abiding plague spot which he would be ready almost to give up the wealth of both nations to wipe away.—(Hear, hear.) What I allude to is, the striking and painful inequality between the two extremes of society—the extreme of wealth and the extreme of poverty.—( Hear, hear.) Do not mistake me, I am not declaiming against wealth; wealth we must have to find our millions; neither am I trying to stir up your minds to repine against poveriy. While such numbers continue to cover such space, poverty we must have. But I confess I should not much lament any change which would have a tendency to reduce the extreme inequality of the balance. For what is it I see among my countrymen—what is it I see among the inhabitants of the West Riding, who, in the wonderful multiplicity of their employment, are a very apt and complete representation of the community at large ?—(Hear, hear.) Why, I see industry without limit and without parallel—lining the valleys, swarming up the hills—plying on the rivers, chinking even the railways—an extent and variety of active production calculated to warm, to clothe, to arm, to defend the whole world, if they could but be our customers. But what is it that in this boiling, warming, struggling mass of life and energy alone seems wanting ? Why, more to eat—(Cheers) —a large loaf, 1 a fuller meal.—(Cheers again.) Why, I sometimes feel that the very strength of our case constitutes my weakness. I sometimes feel I could willingly shrink from putting it in its full outline before you.—( Hear, hear.) I almost wish I had made a mistake in reckoning the extent of the injury which I conceive has been brought about by restrictive and exclusive laws.—(Hear, hear.) But is it not so ? Taking our whole population together, can it be said that we have all of us enough to live on ?—(Cries of " No") And is there, then, not reason to believe that by the removal of restriction, by the admission of foreign corn—by the downfal of monopoly—we can get much more to live on?—(Loud cries of " Yes," and cheers.) I know that it always bears the appearance of in vidiousness to quote or rely on any religious grounds as the means of enforcing a political question, and I quite agree that it is most invidious and objectionable if we assume that we are more guided by conscientious and religious motives than our opponents.— (Hear, hear.) But still I think the person who discards all the religious considerations which can be brought in favour of our view of this question of free-trade, shows himself strangely wanting in his estimate of the real importance and urgency of the healing measure which we would propose. And, though I will not dwell or insist on any such grounds, I cannot, before closing these remarks, re frain from asking why, in the face of such evils as we have experienced, and in the face of such advantages as we may hope to realise—why may not human legislators sometimes endeavour to act in the spirit of that blessing inchwithe national church repeats on every Christmas rn II will bless her victuals with increase, and will satisfy I bread ?"—(Loud cheers.) And if sin her poor with in reference to asked whether the chosen people of old, the limits of whom these words are used, were confined to . . Id quote again, in their own rocky and barren Judea, I would ht be onred in reference to the foreign supplies which mig . p . slew shall bring h " The kings of Tarshish and the is . . upon t em— • and Saba shall bring gifts. ts; the kings of Arabia Pr r h e s e r e : shall be heaps of corn on the earth, and high on the hills."—(Cheers.) I may be told that those words refer to a still higher fulfilment. They may so; but I contend that the highest and most sacred ministry of faith and of pro phecy may be faithfully copied and adopted in every act of disinterested benevolence, in every exercise of comprehen sive charity, in the cup of cold water, and in the crust of dry bread to the meanest disciple.—(Loud cheers.) I will not venture to recommend the great cause we have in hand to any mea ner consideration ; I will not let my argument stoop from the height to which it may fairly be raised; but I commend this whole question—the question of free corn, of free f o od, and of free-trade—l commend it to the reason, to the feeling, and to the consciences of mankind.—(The Noble L o rd sat down amidst the most overwhelming applause.) Mr. W. WALKER (of Bradford) wished to ask whether his Lordship would support the measure for limiting the hours of factory labour to ten in a day for all young persons between 13 and 21 years of age? Lord MORPETH said—l think the willgive repeal of the corn-laws an opportunity for a fresh consideration, and, I hope, for satisfactory adjustment of the question of the hours of labour. 1 ardently wish that the question could be settled by agreement and adjustment between the erne ployers and the employed.—(Cheers, and a voice, " No one else has ought to do wi' it.") I consider that in the vote I shall give on the subject I may very likely go against the opinion of some of the masters--itgainst some of the men ; but I will leave myself at liberty to act with respect to both as I think the circumstances of the time and the real interests of both shall at the time require.---(Loud cheers, and cries of " We'll trust you with it.") Mr. WALKER having thanked the Noble Lord for the courtesy of his reply, The IINDER-511E1MT came forward, and said—Has any other elector any other candidate to propose ? If there he any such elector, let hiln come forward, and he shall be heard.—(Cheers.) No other candidate having been proposed, The UNDER-SHERIFF said—Those freeholders and other electors ltho are in favour of the election of Lord Morpeth hold up their hands. In an instant a dense forest of hands were exultingly dis played. The UNDER-SHERIFF continued—Thom freeholders and other electors who are against the election of Lord lilorpetb, let them hold up their bands. We tenld only distinguish seven hands held up against the Noble Lord, resent The UNENII.SITERIFF then said—The electors p nth, b e i n g unanimously in favour o f the election of Lord Mo r p Howard, coin- Ido declare that George William Frederick l elected to d mo nly called Lord Viscount Mor p eth, is i_• y if Yorkshire. serve in Parliament for t he West Ridragtsoan d handker (Vociferous applause and waving 0 h f se in the immediate chiefs. The example was set by vicinity of the hustings, and wae the vast crowd, extending thew those taken up by bollmelength of Wood-street. which prevailed rendered The enthusiasm and unanimity the scene strikingly imposing.) said — a dd constituents — G en tlemen—and I may now again Lord Monrwrit i Hear )—not for the first time—(A voice, "Nor th ise last") —this indeed like old times. This scene recalls many striking memories. We have, gentlemen, as I is read 11 1 , p l° ; e i v " d opy gES. e r e bee ° from lie Pr e ; mswil" y ~ j.. ~.