The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-30 00:00:00

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Si ✓ A t sel' ( e the suto4l l Vl4 l dec t e he : 4t- ti t fl ou steP s o o a the id° boo cc/ verdict A Thar COURT CIRCULAR. Ce BB r 4 . 11... en and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prin t - “ ) ,)ar, took an airing yesterday- afternoon in an open k i'age and four. The Equerries in Waiting, Colonel Buc ( olonol Bouverie, were in attendance on horseba ) ck. , Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, I mee t VAllred and tlie Princess Alice, were . taken their accustomed alancg,3 yesterday in the royal gardens of Buckingham 11 's Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback Ye il er(l ,43, attended by Colonel Bouverie. g r 4 ' ) Yal the Duchess of Cambridge, attended 4 . •• weth ie ,4 's - e.e.dt, returned 'to her residence at Kew on der- evenie!r. \ n i t de t' t. A it l a i re, t h e F rench Ambassador,, le Comma ve,,tli3ro;nea L e ,b oa, Brazilian Ministe. - e and ount de Re (2, ?.t ~ the Dani s h Mi n i ster, transacted business yester ,.P.',. the Foreign Office. Governor of the Bank of England had an interview T:,erday w i th Sir Robert Peel and the Chancellor of the 4 equer. mitten Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a Corn- The In eeling yesterday, at the of ice in Whitehall-place. Com m ; • - Bishop of London, the Bishop ~„,ssioners prey r o t were—the th e I T 1 4, the 13is-; f1 „ p and he Ri rif g of Exeter, the Bishop of Llandatl, Beshor'ngli, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, i gh, s t llon. John Nichol!. tiew .:'ec-t;(esidefit of the Board of Trade had an inter ,th :nth S:d. Robert Peel yesterday. di n „ I'lhol e of the Cabinet Ministers were present at the 'rig, t r . . 7 -' 4v eri by the Duke of Buccleuch, on Wednesday even th e 4 settle the roll of Sheriffs for the present year, with of ii) x cePtion of the Earl of liaddington and the Earl --.Tr rlsil AMERICAN LAND COM- A. , PAN Y. Pain, r - ` l4l general Court of the proprietors of this Coni- An d it 3 heldyesterday at the London Tavern, to receive ,11Cenn,3ider an important communication from the Hon. e Preble affecting the interests of the Company. to CHAIRAtAN (J. C. Cummins, Esq.) said, that he had • th e tititie thst their Governor was called to Scotland b 3 the i `,,,, le ss of a " female relative. He had next to explain had fez' which the meeting had. been convened, which coreili! at in their ordinary meeting. Judge Preble had feet f- ar n the state of Maine in order to promote the ob-_ /none': which the Company had devoted a large sum ut of 1 , 4 8 ,2ViZ, the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad. th e i r "In'in_nly from the circumstance of their hav d ing.!ubscribed opi n i o , mousy but also of its improving the lan f ._ It was the * mot - et the Directors that the information o Judge Preble Galt h importance as to induce them to call that m . e h etin a T ejahaehad returned to America with a list of those o t h hat l th e e ri bed to the Company It might possibly arise Itnuld°lll,iniuniew.lens which they would receive from Mr.Galt , wer place t ;nern in osition to determine whether the) talcs e-nvriAeecl with the railroad or not. Mr. Galt would , rs had re ; r "-: that the expense should not exceed 5,0001. He reee,- .4 .."d v, lved a letter from Mr. Galt, dated Sherbrook, 20th --er, 1845, which was to the effect that he had tl4l:}t.,eote..cal.the route of the proposed railroad to Boston ; that ton lr L:',unn of the line to Boston was under inspection for il erib e ,r , ' in 1847 ; that 100,000 dollars had b been sub 41Abszeband that the inhabitants on the line had proposed e to PosseL t 6°0,000 dollars more. He also stated that Portland re 1 - 0 / 7 4 0 , ntagnificent harbour, and that the greatest de 'ailed 'll amicable adjustment of the Oregon question pre- The amt the inhabitants. ,4"; withREE said there was ex t ce a e n d d in geusi e ~,"!aLing a subject like the presen , g to d c i o ffi n: tha t! 4 !' those views which are necessarily connected _with e ki i. et under consideration. (The Learned Judge here ba„"ngthened statement, purport of which was that toetw`e'elnizl line of railroad ' would effect a communication n e tallv a'"es Ontario, Huron and Erie and the Atlantic, h and dwei: supersede the mode of jransit now in operation. It t en at k i ien the , ad vantages that would be conferred on Quebec t "s cl o:'` e u, if this line were established, by restoring these jilt () '-,st trade of whichlarge portion had been diverted me A pro ject. e hannels, id a of creating a trade. ~,, i ;a l °gons to that was in contemplation by one o t f the lat;es.rt governors the colony ever possessed—hemean n_ 4tr ucted . - \''Ord S ydenham—who had caused canals to be variety betsfdl thi that had been got up by his countrymen to n e ess_ t co ,,,eet, none of which could have any prospect of succ v Ineteßetition with their project, if they excepted the erd *oUld ,`'rrand Central Railway, which was circuitous, and 000,,„_`eclnire 20 000 OM while theirs would only require wow , e , • , and stating that the State of Maine would aflord Qud ed cr y assistance in prosecuting the undertaking . , con- Proeem.Y recommending the shareholders to lose no tvi . e i n k r l'g with the undertaking 14,1 veep°RtNBoll said that the eligibility of ,e undertaking di ke d admitted twelve months ago, N‘;',len they had sub dlstillet2°°ool. towards it. He regretted that there was no be,ProPosition before then, and that a statement had Prok,kss'4 made to show that the undertaking was that . t w g• conu:ived it not to be indicative v+herel the h eld in Very high estimation across the Atlantic, rse ti a e shares were nearly all in the possession of English tateculatoTl I.'e. thought there was a great security for the in s, tliat no hostile proceedings would take place, or be at, in at event not only of a war, but of any difference e ttitd lithe shareholders, their interests would be se- G Ithe 1,, eqjt.n, while agre g fully in what had fallen' from ee-Qe_4ke.r, c onsidered el . n the undertaking of such impor uational Point of view, that he would, .if it . were thUi Propose a further grant towards carrying out. th r ' n , l 'ea) lie would propose a resolution to the effect 7ir rii ( i t j - " a ,nits of the meeting were due to the Hon. and care tl if " ,, ge for his lucid and comprehensive statement.. " — ET' brieflyseconded the resolution which was Til ed " or ,aul• n er e ?, 11 --, a n , them Judge - PREBLE briefly returned thanks. Thanks the D, to, and acknowledged by, the Chairman, 4 " t ing separated. I lit IT DUTCH MAIL. %Ilt, rota our possessions in n , 4e NitarlP-, JAN. 25.—The . last mail d o i l-erl t a e nd the3 Arneriel Perfect tranquillity continued ltec,k2ll ruerchentman Surat ran a-ground t . borteDu The . t English war orisisii'' as the 31st of October, near Anger. The dre T vaa h hi e la cr Tl e v w aes , atea rrie _ng of seventeen men, was saved. T li lt , s : the Driver, from Singapore to New Zealand, coals. Lar e a t ,, (l4 ,, b aja on the 12th of November, to take in , . put tl f Oket —w ' late Prince Tanette, in Celebis, died on the 29th In t't.er, at Pas Liepokassie hataaraace has also been . received of the death of Bnleow 'treaty war& Oldin, Sultan of Koole, with whom a has been sent teutlelY concluded. A Government steam2rof Se P t etriber on a i t r a c ee- The Jura Conran*, of the 17thef the 14th of 'keti-g`set.' tr ° lll the Singapore Free Press, u ese MGovernor Oi V U- '' a nOtification of the . P t a cassar, Imar-Delhi stating that two native e v r essels of ttor and a boat of Rolli, which was lost on the coast the the s i a _, all under the Dutch flag, had been engaged a co in 1 `.e-trade. The commanders and crews have Tne4 a 'rxt tvith the Netherlands Government, of the t reat lalder they had received from the Portuguese authorities, keeorr,`,ae pretext of their being engaged in the slave-trade._ tit s_ ‘..tAng to their declaration, the Portuguese cruising b t _o e a r t . s . klad7 le na, (a place under the rovernment of the Iste h_ a W th' ) .'4‘-' convened a native chief to take down the flag thins ..Netherlands and hoist that of Portugal- The re. r l e int ° 4 1 1 ' 1 1 the Dutch' port of Timor, are instructed to inqui ne a Matter, i-..nd to take such measures as shall be gagary jool • ede ,arre, Aid -de-Camp to his R oya l Hi g h ness Prince att e h r o rK, set out yesterday for Berlin, to convey . the I -1%111,Y intelligence of the death of the young Prince Vil Alt_rederick. Ile P .l. , 4 triam, JAN. 20.—1 n making som e repairs lately in ctow°4'o%ce, a large chest, the existence of which was not 440 to any of the officers, containing a vast number of ate „ r l , B °l . the years 1735 to 1755 was found. Those letters at ii i 'llY fiOni the northern part of Germany, Hanover, la a h,`atahurgli. How they came to remain in this chest ter..,"l,)'''terY• They will probably be sent to the Dead-let , W',ee, and examined like other undelivered letters. ee : arn that the Second Chamber of the States -General "Voked for the 6th of February. trx, ... ......._—.......------....-.—..- GE, 1,0 11VERSITY INTELLI NCE. ,i:,, °11 / 3 1 JAN. 28.—The Regius Professor of Modern 41 a11,Y, (the Rev. Dr. Cramer, Principal of New Inn i wq ruPoses to commence his Lectures on the History ' l24 pe,i'',anY from the accession of Charles V. to the_ titri,(l-a, Throne. The text book will be the c . om h m i e e n m C' 'l, 4l. ol: n f l eidan "de Statue Religionis et Rei pui on 4nit,,xoilito Cassare." The lectures will commencelen who 4 . l tre d„, 4 3', Feb. 12, at two, P.M. Th ose t g i e l7 t O e H m the pro 'ltalt;r`stroas of attending are requese d o 411 t1t.,,, cj u 1 l Saturday, Feb. 7, between the e hours of twelve It e , • 1/, llOnsions_The junior proctor (the Rev. John T. aktliter, fell ow of Merton College) will , l 4e k : ,c 4 those undergraduates who 1 w . i n i t l ei r ni ece n iv ff e eri t n h g e 3, p th or the responsions one till two o'clock, mt (4ve3 f 444 on u,uary 3, from the hour of till three. in Lent Term, on Tues -4 ,w edtiesday the 4th, from twelve ll b e his teVte , late Fello w of Balliol College) wi cai 5© %Tina Professor of Pastoral Theology (Dr. IStilie7llectures for the present term on Monda y , the I te T v il > elruYs. Professor of Ecclesiastical History (the tropu3"obert TT seY B D Student of Christ Chur da y, k. cihr.„:' l to begin his, lectures for this term on Mon . y a , ' - ‘liel e VY 16h. The subjects Aill be " Eusebii llis,to.ric. it isti e a ' l lea,'' lib. vi. —x., and " Bedw Historica EL OI . I . den 0 !;'' The lectures are intended fur those gentle ~,"1 3 ' who have p assed their B A. examination. ... 44 Y, th11114)0E, N 2B.—At a • igregation held this aorlllaonfoei.ll:l3l,lviang.....degrees were e c o o n i ferred : Loft I'M Cottentihanna. 1.1 0 " Ante , Charles rin . E c d o w L a ; r d E P o e n p . y .s D , ,„ 11. b cy „ ,5, second son of Lord H as tings, Trin. Col.; eldest elaval .-rin. ~,,..%ia.s Q ~ r\ 44 Lu nde -c ' ru ull, third son of Lord Aberdeen, "Vol.& 10--.3-oa, B A R erirv 3 . X drailua 4 Edmund Fox, M.A., All Souls, St. j. 'Yr" T . (ivva rti Trin. Col.; William olia% 0 rin,, 0 , Allen, 11 4 , **,tler, eltnna Drew, Sidney Col. . L. 13 ',.. ° 1.; D e • " 31 . ; George Edward Haviland, Sead S 11 4.1, Yea r, t t---This festival, 414) ' Kenr Y Philip Marsham, Trinity Hall. or The rmi cere abooek nt ple.e” last night in the Town- sons the gayest of the net rank end '',:.l°o Present, including many P n 7 the g botarin, c0,....._7...,11 from Cambridgeshire a N I , ' "'"e • •Nalci,,, 'sot 0 , 1 4 . E.--Vo. act escb .c ock, as a emiesday morning, about half-past passing th.. Ll.Ycle panic, he named William Chessby 411)r—Tentiae dyer saw i n f 4,!! l'r B f owl , , at the east end, which, on being a bundle floating on t w h a e s wat e e t r n o n f t t , v l :l, ti e d uy , ',. to contain the body of a newly-born male n:1 0 , been i n ' t 'n a piec e of old calico. It is ___Beelersupposedrte for tw o or three days, and was kni t 'i l l l 'Y the 44 ts.hridg,y _t9 the dead house of St. Margaret's, B tiq, e ' r '. nin e o,oo7nere it a coroner's inquest. Al a ks: t r naa, wh ii _Ck 3 eBte.rday morning, Richard Pearce, - 111,1',,a Strand.;lll)cee,ding down.th e river in his boat, o tlis-4111g °a the str e-Green, Chiswick, observed . a bundle ie tlirvtreci it to beeaill ; and on taking it into his boat i !t! a e l (14y, o i, , the body of a female child, about two the " Lull '''' .... I t was taken on shore, and remains at ozlifil 14P:1911c-house until the inquest is held. 14:;..1.1.1;111.iutea,reellitiactnreputiehel'clia. ar ts ti r l Ea l B .— . ti e Ad intralty have most favourably s,riolve boi,,vec pemorials of the Masters of the Royal I\ av 3, 1 , 14 h i la 4tteutio it is now occupying their Lordship's most We hope that at least their scale of pay that ...ona proper r emuneratio n for their important ie more liberal and just retirement will b i lk OW obli_ sonic of the dock-yards, who th _ e r p s ana he .act.ually to die in active service. Those 4il. oy ai ya`J. Assistant -Master-Attendants, the Master of !'e, on e . ht ` l t , and a great many others that we could •--....V, since to have held the highest rank in the I . . QUtterli 1 d d :- , 4 11: 4 7 :R kt ,anar . , -if,,, • DONATIONS TO THE ORPHAN WORKING ( IC% , , (II I - p ,‘ , rIN'Pt, (1 4 .,, e ,e , iAI.).-...1 i i • ~,,, p-1 ati; )1. of tilt.' C:L of T. ;11- _4 0,,, a 3 n et ;the su m of 3001. toward s the special fund of fl u o._ / N `3ricing School. The Secretary has also latel 3 , stlrtz"lj George Byng, h unted, 1 05/., and from the kid President two guinea.% - LITERATURE. HISTORY OF THE CAPTIVITY OF NAPO LEON AT ST. HELENA. By General Could Month()lon, 2 Vols. Few men had better opportunities than Count Mont holon for i.;:tving correct and interesting details of the i.ce and adventures of the most remarkable man who figures in hintory. He was a soldier of the republ . L„ , to the rank of Brigadier General at the attly twenty-one, was a Minister Plenipotentiaty Conti, in Germany in 1812 and 1813, he Yvras an attendant on Napoleon at both his abdications, among the first to wait upon him at the Palace of Ely; Bourbon, on the 2lat of June, 1815, three days after the battle of Walerlor s went with hint to Malmaison, accompanied hint in his route to Rochefort, sailed with him in the Bellerophon to the shores of England, and, to use his owa words, " shared the captivity of the greatest man of modern times, and relieved the agony of his martyrdom, by atten tions which Napoleon denominated filial." In 1816, Montholon was erased from the arroyilist, banished from the House of Peers, like Soult and others of the same class, and lived in retirement and obscurity, till in an evil hour he became an accomplice in the foolish and mad attempt of Louis Napoleon to raise a commotion in France, and became a second time a prisoner, though ' ag'llnst his will, in the Castle of Ham. Much has been written about the captivity of Bonaparte, and by parties too who had full access to documents and all the most interesting details of his remarkable career have been laid before the world, but the present work shows that the mine is by no means exhausted, and that facts will yet come out, which will remove many of the mysteris which veiled parts of his character. Montholon, with occasional exceptions, relates events ' with judicious impartiality; he does full justice to Cap tain Maitland, and the, other officers and crew of the Bellerophon; and if he expresses indignation, at the con • duct of Sir Hudson Lowe, he only follows the example of most of his countrymen, and of a very large proportion too of the people of the United Kingdom. The intro ductory part is full of melancholy interest, and we re gret to say, exhibits Carnet, Caulincourt, and Davoust— for we put Fouchis out of the question—by no means in a favourable light. We find no fault with them for joining the provisional Government, and endeavouring to make the hest terms they could with Wellington and Blucher, but their counts.) men and posterity will justly condemn them for their rude treatment of a man who had raised them to the highest ranks, and whom, but a few days before they worshipped as the idol of their de• votion. In the documents they signed as the provisional Government, they at first styled their late master the "Emperor," and " his Majesty," but they soon changed their tone, and simply designated him Napoleon. And what an outfit for the voyage of " Napoleon the Great" did these men order some days previous to his departure from Malmaison ! The Duke of Otranto (Fouch6) sent a verbal notice to General Bertrand that the " heads of the Household Department were authorised, by virtue of a decision of the tiovernmeut--that is of Caulineourt, Savary, Carnot, &c., to deliver to him the following arti cles. Here follows the list of articles, among which are a service of plate, consisting of twelve covers, six dozen table napkins, twelve pairs of sheets, six dozen towels, three saddles and bridles, some maps, and 100,000 f. (4,0001.) fur the general expense of baggage. "Such," says Montholon, " was the outfit for his exile, which was allotted to the Emperor Napoleon by a man whom he had created a Duke; and to whom he had given an income of 200,000 f. (8,0001.) a year." But these former devoted servants of the Emperor were not singular —the same spirit was displayed by multitudes of generals and high dignitaries of the empire, who, when in the anti-chamber of the hall occupied by the provisional committee, they heard from General Beker that Bona parte had not left Malmaison, exclaimed in one general cry, " Let him be off ! let bins go ! we can undertake nothing either for his Personal advantage or for the good of Paris." Neve r , i n f act, was a man so con demned and desee;.ed, and even robbed. If he had re mained muet as longer at Malmaison he would have been left per:,-„yi„s, for even men of the first rank scrupled t' :,c to plunder him. 'We give the 'following extract in proof : " A case, containing some valuable snuff-boxes, adorned with portraits set with diamonds, which had just been sent by the High-Chamberlain, was placed by General Bertrand on the chimney-piece of his chamber. During a few mo ments, in which he approached the window with the mes senger of M. de Montesquiou, only a single person en tered the room—but when General Bertrand recollected the case, and went to look for it, it had disappeared. ThiS, however, is nothing in comparison with what happened to the Emperor himself. One of his Ministers had brought him some millions of negotiable paper, canal shares, and other securities ; the Emperor having counted them, placed them, in their cover, under one of the cushions of his sofa. The Minister was followed by a man whom the Emperor had been accustomed to receive in his cabinet ever since the campaign in Italy; his rank, and the high functions which he discharged, placed him beyond the reach of accusation. No other person entered the cabinet between that and the time in which the Emperor proceeded to take up his papers, in order to place them in safety in his bureau. He immediately perceived that they had been touched, and were incomplete. Fifteen hundred thousand francs had been abstracted. Who had taken them ? The mystery was as great as in the case of the diamonds." The condition of Napoleon at Malmaison must have been in the highest degree melancholy and :wretched. With a few exceptions, he knew not whom to trust ; he was harassed with constant messages urging his departure, and when he wished still to linger in that spot they tried to frighten him away by causing an alarm of the ap proach of the Russians, and by burning and completely destroying the bridge of Chatou, close to Malmaison. Ile was at last with great reluctance, compelled to leave, and proceed with all possible dispatch to Rochefort. The account given by Montholon of the journey is full of in terest, as well as the whole proceedings at Rochefort and the Isle of Aix, and at his embarkation on board the Bellerophon, Montholon admits that Captain Maitland made no promises, and gave no pledges of any kind as to the disposal of his person, and states that when the Em peror, on reaching the deck, announced that he threw himself on the protection of the laws of England, Captain Maitland only answered by a low bow, and a few minutes afterwards presented his officers to the Emperor. It is to be regretted that details so full of interest are occa sionally disfigured by anecdotes and assertions utterly improbable. We give two instances. While the Belle rophon was at anchor off Torbay, the greatest anxiety was manifested by the captives to learn the decision of the Privy Council as to the disposal of the Emperor. At last the Duke of Rovigo received an account from London which dissipated any illusion under which the Emperor had hitherto laboured. Count Montholon then adds:— " The Privy Council had just held a deliberation on the question, whether the terms of the proceedings of the Con gress of Vienna prevented England from delivering up the Emperor to the vengeance of Louis XVIII.; and the dis patches of the Duke of Wellington urged them to adopt bloody and terrible determinations. The energetic opposi tion of the Duke of Sussex alone, saved England from the infamoy of cmmitting an execrable crime." The second instance is evidently as little entitled to credit, and we believe is written only for effect in France. In England the description of the scene, especially the last part of it, will only excite r;dicule : The instructions of Lord Bathurst, Minister of the Colo- lonies, gave directions to subject the baggage to the most minute examination, and required the surrender to the Ad miral of all money or articles of value in gold or diamones ; our arms were to be demanded as from prisoners of war. " This last point gave rise to one of those silent but su blime sceneF, to which my pen is wholly unable to do jus tice, but the impressiveness of which every one will under stand by reading the simple but faithful narrative of what " The Admirals had been received by the Emperor in the state-cabin. Bertrand and myself stood behind, with our backs to the stern windows. adieus, ee udsappeared, for an nf y " General Gourgaud remained by the starboard guns, pre aLenevt to expect d e t K . x e re p i The cathiti E i amlteapnshegeratothiri,var had only 7g f an e ßn w licyriegt f wo e ittrihneicsnte,h, receive reto;vtniii the o li ear f execution h Em peror, and said in a voice approac hed subdued by eet ientheEng land of his long and brilliant military " The Emperor by a convulsive movement an placed his land demands your sword.' hand g elsylienhoaf an h E e n e g y l e is w h Te Ipiiesneotnralytinreplyrrver e on te t r l r l ib t le sw e o x r p d r , upon dared to demand— had it been more powerful or more Admiral was astounded, his tall figure shrunk, g. his ol d d , white with years, fell upon his breast like that of a ceminat sinking beneath the sentence of his judge. " The Emperor retained his sword. " The two Admirals saluted the Emperor with a respect, accompanied by deep emotion, and withdrew, without utter ing a word to disturb the solemn impression which the scene had made upon all beholders, English as well as French." These, however, are but rare exceptions, for the author, in general, relates facts with much impartiality, and gives a deep interest even to those which have long been before the public. The last adieu to France is admi rable, and far surpasses that of Mary Queen of Scots, so etriking, , in history : " On the 9th of August, the Admiral gave orders for get ting under sail, and a few moments afterwards the whole squadron was under weigh, tacking in order to get out of the British Channel, " Several times did the shores of France appear before our eyes as a vague and formless shadow appears in a dream, when the mind and thoughts are touched by a feverish im . The second is occupied with the petty squabbles be. tween Napoleon and Sir Hudson Lowe, so derogatory to the character of both, and with historical remi niscences of the more remarkable events O . f P , c neral BonapartQ's early political a' • _ . vhich setttfar4 ththeeri the reader cluno , Mono __ 'nit to tole a deep iblercst. - unlike M. ThierA, riiiiet; no pl'ejticiiceS his tb• we i:ceoknisc in him at once the iAea,rint andifeelings of a gentleman. While he praises his country and the hero whom he attendfA to the hour of his death, he does justice to his opponewir, tttid gives praise to whom praise is cbms, DASHES AT LIFE WITH A FREE PENCIL, By N. P. Willis, author of Pencilhngs by the Way," .S"c. Gray, the poet, whose dream of literary delight was "to lie upon a sofa all day, and read eternal new novels," would have been a happy man, from the moment he took up these three volumes, until, with a sigh, he came to those fatal words " the end." It is the fashion to cry down Willis—to accuse him of literary foppery—to in sinuate that he has " merely a knack of writing;" but, whatever his faults, who can deny that he gains his end —that, however critics may decry him, he is a very popular writer. The contents of these volumes are very varied. We have stories of European life, clever and not at all probable ; stories of American life, full of in cident and character; notes from a joitrual in New York, and other parts of the Union ; and a few "Scripture Sketches" (too few, indeed), which show that Mr.Will:s has a heart, as well as a head to invent and a hand to write. Ilis prose is brilliant—dashing—always clever. We doubt whether he could write a regular " three-liner" work of fiction. In the - short and rapid story, he has few superiors. No writer has a greater disdain for mere detail, in a novelette. He rushes forward, letting a sen tence tell what another man would expand into a chapter. He is sarcastic, but there is no venom in the sting. He attacks classes, but not individuals. It is to his credit—all of this volume having previously appeared, piecemeal, in American magazines—that he has never shrunk from severe animadversion upon the manners and customs of his countrymen. It is creditable to them, that they have taken his censure as kindly meant, and that he is one of the most popular writers in America. We have praised the few specimens of poetry. BUILDING OF THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.— The Select Committee that was appointed by the House of Lords, on Tuesday evening, on the motion of the Marquis of Clanricarde, " to inquire into the progress of the Houses of Parliament, and to report to the House," consists of the fol lowing Peers :—The Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Normanby, the Lord Chamber:ain, the Earl of Devon, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Earl Ellenborough, Lord Aberdeen, Bishop of Salisbury, Lord Willoughby de Eresby, Lord Pon sonby, Lord Redesdale, Lord Somerhill (Marquis of Clanii carde), Lord Brougham, Lord Ashburton, Lord Sudeley, Lord Monteagle, and Lord Campbell. ROYAL :MILITARY ACADEMY.—The large hall in which the examinations of the gentlemen cadets take place hes during the present vacation undergone a complete reno vation, and great improvements have been effected in appear ance by the introduction of appropriate devices on the walls, formed of ancient and modern implements of warfare. The academy opens on Monday next, and the gentlemen cadets will resume their studies on that day. Prince Castelcicala, the Neapolitan Minister, was pre sent in the House of Commons on Tuesday last. Mr. Leader, M.P. fox Westminster, has arrived in town from his chateau in the south of France. THE EARL OF li ADDlNGTON.—Wednesday evening the Earl of Haddington, late First Lord of the Admiralty, was entertained at dinner by the members of the Royal Naval Club, Bond-street. Covers were laid for seventy officers, in cluding many of the Noble Lord's political opponents, who, on this occasion, assembled for the purpose of testifying their approbation of his conduct while holding the distinguished office of First Lord of the Admiralty. Captain the Earl of Hardwicke presided, and was supported by Sir Charles Napier, and the Hon. Sir F. P. Pellew, as vice-chairmen. _ AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH IN THE STREET.-011 Tuesday evening, between seven and eight o'clock, as Dr. Pearce, a gentleman fifty years of age, residing in Mensham street, Westminster, was returning to his residence from visiting a patient, when in Peter-street, Westminster, he suddenly staggered and fell on the pavement. Every pos sible medical assistance was rendered, but all endeavours to restore animation proved ineffectual. The deceased has left a widow and family to deplore the melancholy event. ILLICIT DISTILLATION.—On Tuesday evening, about half-past eight o'clock, Mr. Beckwith, a supervisor of Excise of the Somers-town division, accompanied by an active officer of the name of Kaye, of the Kentish-town district, having previously learned that two illicit stills were being worked upon some old and deserted premises situate in a nook abutting upon the King's-road, Camden-town, visited the spot. On the officers effecting an entry into the house, they discovered a still which had been very recently worked, and a large quantity of wash ready for distillation, besides a stock of fresh spirits. The obscure and secluded situation of the premises in question was admirably adapted for the carrying on such a secret kind of business; and it must have required much ingenuity on the part of the officers to have discovered the progress of the operations of its agents. The house, which is on a large scale, with suitable outhouse accommoda tions, has been to let for a considerable length of time past ; and this occurrence may have, most probably, been occasioned by an idle rumour having prevailed in the neigh bourhood that the house was haunted. On the officers making their entry, they found that the occupants of the premises had absconded. There was no symptom of furni ture in any of the chambers save an old table and a bed and blanket, which lay huddled upon the floor. In the apart ments below, and in the stables and outhouses adjoining, was a quantity of tubs which had contained molasses, be sides small vats and a middling-sized copper, not set up ; and the implicated parties, by way of facilitating the carrying out of their illicit measures, had cawed an unusually long leaden pipe to be fixed in the wash-house, which, when in ducted into the stable, was capable, when the water was laid on, of charging the whole complement of the distillery uten sils prepared to receive it. The officers are still' engaged in working off the wash, and will, as soon as they have com pleted their task, report to the Board of Excise, in Broad street, the exact damage that establishment has sustained by the illicit transaction. No clue to; the parties concerned in the scheme above-named has as yet been arrived at. FREE GOODS.—The revenue authorities having had under their consideration the reports of their principal officers of the law and water-side departments, upon an application for the removal, under the regulation of the Warehousing Act, from this port to the port of Southampton, of a quantity of indigo, the produce of Asia, which had been imported from Amsterdam, and warehoused here fo r exportation, in obe dience to the law, which directs that no goods, the produce of Asia, Africa, or America, shall be i m p or t e d f rom E ur ope except for the purpose of exportation, submitting it as their opinion that a bond should be taken in a penalty equivalent to the value of the goods, for their due delivery into the custody of the revenue officers at the port of destination, and that in all future cases in which goods, free from, or of, duty, which may have been imported under similar circumstances, are removed from one port to another for exportation, a similar bond should be taken and re quired, orders have been given and promulgated for the proposition to be generally adopted, and for the proper offi cers of the revenue at this and every other port in the king dom to cause the same to be observed from the present time accordingly. This is of considerable importance, and it will be observed that it relates particularly and solely to those articles of merchandise which, although the duties have been repealed thereon, on importation into this country direct from the place of growth, by the Act of the last session of Parliament—being imported contrary to the navigation or other laws affecting the importation of goods from the other three quarters of the globe—caunot be admitted into this country at all, except for the purpose of exportation. Such goods, it would appear, when required to be removed from the port of importation to another port for the purpose of shipment, to suit the convenience or interest of the owner, are to be treated exactly the same as if they were liable to duty, in order to prevent their being taken into consumption, or made available for purposes other than is permitted by the law previously existing in their regard, and which was re enacted last session in full force and effect. _ n u ea H r E ly ST in Eß t tin i\ u l e lN s lie T s l a TE m S e D s l ta Y t'e j a A s tainty attending the proposed Ministerial measures, neither JAN. .—Our I m n a t r h k e e u t l e t e o e n r -- buyers nor sellers appear anxious to extend their opera. tions. On the whole, however, there is a tendency to improvement, both in goods and yarns, and prices are :decidedly firm.—ROCIIDALE, MONDAY, JAN. 26. Rather inure business has been doing in flannels to-day, there being a better attendance of buyers, but no im provement has taken place in prices. In the wool market there has not been much change. Dealers are asking higher prices, which .the manufacturers so far have refused to give. —Manchester Guardian. ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—On Tuesday night a young man, named James Bride, in the service of the St, another r George Steam-packet Company, was standing on the gun wale of a bar ge a l ongs id e one f the Irish steamers, when coming by thengdon collision. Two run foul of in it,th the barge was not h forced a r leapt over and caught Bride immediately, and they were in the act of raising him out of the water, when the outer barge swung round and jammed him between the two. The men were compelled to let go their hold of Bride, and his head was crushed between the barges. When they separated again his body fell into the river, and has not since been recovered. SCHOOL FOR THE OPULENT BLIND.—A new school for IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. OUSE, OF LORDS Thatsclay, Jan. 29. Tht)lr Lordships assembled at Five o'cloclp TOLL-BARS (SCOTLAND.) 81, t: • on 1-be bf the Duke of RIC.I-11VIOND, this bill was read a second time. . _ HIGH CONSTABLES BILL , • This Bill, on thas motiob_ of the Duke of 'ilea- MOND, . 4 / a s read a second time and ordered to be committed. CORN-LAWS. Lord ASHBURTON presented several petitions from places in Surrey against any alteration in the present corn-laws, without appealing to the constituencies of the country. The Noble Lord also moved for certain re. turns respecting corn and cotton wool, as we understood, for the Noble Lord was almost inaudible in the gallery. The Duke of RICHMOND rose to present a number of petitions from different parts of the country, very nu. merously signed by large numbers o: tenant-farmers and labourers. The petitioners prayed their Lordships not to make any alteration in the corn• laws, and many of them also complained of the unconstitutional acts of the League. He (the Duke of Richmond) had had many opportunities of seeing a large number of tenants and landed gentlemen since the opening of the compre hensive scheme (as it was called) in another place—(A laugh)—and he could only say that that scheme was re pudiated by every individual that he had spoken to, and they represented the opinions of the different parts of England. They viewed the measure with the strongest indignation, and they were all pre pared not only to maintain protection to themselves but also to the domestic ind ustry of the country. Th e y ex pressed their disapprobation of the conduct of certain gen. amen in the House of Commons, who were returned to Parliament pledged to protection principles, but who now seemed wavering and doubting. The petitioners thought that these men were bound to re , ign their seats, and see whether they would be re-elected. He (the Duke of Richmond) entirely agreed with the petitioners. He thought that the abandonment of protection would be fatal to every interest; and he thought, if nothing else existed, that th e manner t hi s qu estion had been agitated by t h e L eague should be sufficient to throw free trade overboard. That agitation had the effect of inducing the people to place no confidence in their public men, and he trusted that their Lordships would not by any act of theirs encouraged this feeling, The arguments that were brought forward would not bear the light of day, and he was quite satisfied many of the statements were fallacious. He would not go into details at present, but he hoped when the question was brought forward it would be advocated upon the principle of protection or no protection, and then he should be prepared to go into details. He, however, denied the truth of many of the Right Hon. Baronet's assertions, but he did not in tend to deny that some dozen soldiers of the Guards had asked for and obtained furloughs of late years ; but he would submit that the railroads might have had some little effect in inducing men to go chwn to see their friends. The compromise proposed was perfectly ridiculous. They were to be allowed half the apothe caries' bill.—(Laughter.) Could they tell him what would be the price of corn under the new law? If they could not, how on earth could they say whether or no they were giving too much or too little compensation? They must make up their minds about this matter of price, or how could they tell whether it would be remunerative to the farmer or not? and he for one ob jected to being dependent on a foreign nation. He was for protection to native industry, and he was prepared to resist the change with a large body of the people of this country—men who were not easily roused, but who were roused now, because they felt that they had been deceived and ill-treated by those who ought to have stood by them—men who were most respectable, quiet, and unobtrusive, and men who had not been se duced by means of the bribes of the Anti-Corn -law League. He hoped and trusted their Lordships would give to the country an opportunity to judge whether this system was right or wrong, and thereby force the Ministry to dissolve the Parliament, and have the ques tion discussed at the hustings.—(Hear, hear.) Lord KINNARD said the Noble Duke had made a serious charge against the Anti-Corn-law League, of which he was a member, and he could not refrain from rising to deny that they had done anything illegal or unconstitutional. Does the Noble Duke hold himself responsible for the language used at the meetings of the protection societies ? The Duke of RICHMOND stated that he was per fectly willing to become responsible for all the language used at these societies. The Earl of KINNAIRD—WeII, then, I own I was going to say that the language used at these meetings has been such that no man or Christian would have used. If calling Noble Lords, Members of this House, by the name of Satan was language such as the Noble Duke would render himself responsible for, he wished him joy of his charge. For his part, he considered that the League were acting in a perfectly legal and consti tutional manner, their object being merely to give facilities for the creation of votes according to the Act of the Legislature. Protection societies had approved of this measure, for they had adopted the same course as the League were now pur suing. In Scotland, it was well known that they cre ated all fictitious votes, and even at the present time, for the sum of 2001., it was customary to make all their ser vants voters. He said there were few Noble Members of this House, upon this or upon the other side of the House, who did not subscribe either to the Carlton or Reform Clubs, and these Nob!e Lords well knew that parties came to the committees of these clubs and stated the price of their boroughs. He thought that " those who lived in glass-houses should not throw stones." He would take the liberty of stating to the Noble Duke, though he did not know whether he should be quite in order, that with reference to the scheme proposed by the Honourable Member at the head of her Majesty's Government, although he might have wished that he had gone a little farther in his measure, still he would support it. He thought it a strange doctrine that the Noble Duke propounded, and one which savoured of Chartist doc trines, namely, that the Government should appeal to the country. It would almost amount to Annual Parliaments if the Government were to be compelled to appeal to the country upon the introduction of every fresh measure. Did the Noble Members of that House think that the country would submit to the postponement of the corn law question? It was perfectly impossible for them to do so, whatever that House might think. If the question were postponed, Noble Lords who were so anxious to maintain protection, and the Government, might expect that the consequence would be a sweeping Parliamentary reform, for the people would not submit to be thwarted. The country would not now submit to the postponement of the ques tion, when their object—the total abolition of protection —was so nearly within their grasp ; he meant to say that they would not submit to the present constitution of the House of Commons. The people would int tolerate the existence of so man y nom i n ation boroughs which were u the hands of the protectionists ; th would seek to increase the numbers of those who could vote in the election of Parliamentary representatives, however much he and other Noble Lords might regret the success of such an attempt on the part of the people. After a few words from the Duke of BUCKING HAM, which were whclly inaudible in the gallery, THE OREGON TERRITORY. the blind is to be opened in Dover place, New Kent-road, for the education of pupils of a superior rank in life. We know not if age will constitute an exclusion from the benefits of this institution ; bat if not, a short course of study within its walls may be recommended for the Dukes of Norfolk and Richmond, and not a few other great landowners, who are sadly afflicted with blindness, and who, everybody will admit, ought as soon as possible to go to school again.—Punch. Count Alphonso de N--, a young and ruined dandy, bad been for some time in great straits, when one morning he was awakened by the arrival of an important letter • he opened it to recognise the handwriti n g of Mlle. Adila G--, who had been his best love, and cost him his last possession of Berry ;—reading it hastily, he hurried to a friend rather worse off than himself, and exclaimed, "Behold our good fortune ! at least 2,000 francs have dropped down from heaven for us!" "What do you mean?" "Why, Adila, my poor Adila, she has some good in her, that girl ; she sends me back two suberb animals, which cost me 4,500 francs; but read for yourself." And the Count held out the note, which his friend perused eagerly. "You have forgotteP here to decipher Alida's handwriting—you have mistaken e for a (cheveux for eheraux)—lookr •‘ Oh, heaver, it is my hair she returns!" " But keeps your horses.'' MELANCHOLY CATASTROPHE NEAR HARROGATE.— pression ; but just as our hope of recognising or of seeing distinctly some points of the coast was about to be realised, the cursed signal to tack was to us as the awaking which de stroys the illusion of a pleasant dream. Once, however, while the Emperor was taking his accus tomed walk on the deck, the coast of Brittany threw off the clouds which concealed it, and presented itself to our eyes, as if to receive our last adieux. France ! France! was the spontaneous cry which resounded from one end of the deck to the other. " The Emperor stood still, looked at the coast, and, taking off his hat, said, with emotion— " Fare Well! Land of the brave, I salute thee! Farewell! France—Farewell!" Lord BROUGIIAM wished to be informed by the Noble Earl opposite (the Earl of Aberdeen) whether the Oregon territory bad been given up to the Americans, as he had been credibly informed that it had? The Earl of ABERDEEN—Certainly not. Lord BROUGHAM said that he was informed that an American globe-maker was now actually selling globes to his fellow-countrymen, showing the American territory to have been conceded by the British, but from the reply of the Noble Earl it would appear that the globe•maker had only done so for the purpose of pleasing his customers.—(Hear, and laughter.) THE RIVER PLATE. " The emotion was electric; even the English involuntarily uncovered themselves with religious res p ec t." The passing the Line too is graphic On the 23d of September, 1815, we crossed the line, by one of those singular hazards which som e ti mes occur , a t lati tude 0 min., longitude 0 min., declination 0 min. ; that is to say, the vessel, conducted by a west wind, which had blown for several days, came under the line exactly at mid-day, a t the first meridian, and on the day of the equinox. " The passage of the line occasions a great merry-making, and a kind of saturnalia among the sailors; all i s con f us i o n' —overturning of the natural order of things on board. " The boatswain represents Neptune ; he is sovereign f or a few hours, and no one is exempted by his rank from receiv ing baptism—a kind of grotesque homage to be rendered to the monarch of the seas by any one who has not before past ed the line." " Neptune exhibited towards us a very gracious respect; he exempted us from the ceremonies of shaving and baptism ; and when each of us, conducted by our godfathers for the time being, was presented to him, he told us that we had too often received the fire of baptism and of glory, to require another baptism before becoming his friends; and when the ceremony was concluded, he asked to be allowed the honour of making acquaintance with the demi-god, called General Bonaparte; the Emperor graciously consented to the presen tation, and gave, through the Grand Marshal, 500 napoleons to Neptune, in order that he and all his court might drink to his health ; this was a signal for deafening hu rras and cries of Long live the Emperor Napoleon!"' These details are chiefly containod in the dot volume. The Earl of ABERDEEN, in reply to a Noble Lord, said he was prepared to lay on the table all the late do cuments, in the possession of the Government, relative to the River Plate; but, at the present, he was not prepared to enter into any details with respect to the negotiations which were now in progress. CORN -L AWS. Earl GREYsaid he should be sorry if that conversation should cease without saying a word or two in reference to the observations made by the Noble Duke. The ques tion was one which should be discussed solemnly and without prejudice. If the Noble Lord stated, and he believed that he did state it truly, that it was one of protection or no protection, he should propose a resolu tion on the subject, and call upon their Lordships to affirm it. He regarded with pleasure the measure which the Government proposed to bring forward, which did amount substantially to an aboltion of protection The only fault he had to find with it was that it did not come into operation at once. He rega r d e d t h e mo dif y i ng scale, which was to continue for three years longer, as a clear mockery.—(Cheers.) It was regarded so by Noble Lords, who were in favour of protection, and being so regarded he thought the abolition should have taken place without delay. It was the only part of th e measure which he, as a landowner, was afraid of. H e did not fear for the operation of the measure on the agricul turists, for he believed them quite as able as the manu facturers to meet co mpetition . But wh en a pol i cy of au extensive description was announced, it was most un wise to prolong that state of things by which a transition was always attended. S o l ong as that state of things existed it was impossible for any arrange ment of a satisfactory or permanet nature to be come to between landlords and tenants. He believed tha t these circumstances would have the effect of throwing great obstacles in the way of improve ment in agriculture, and that the same indisposition evinced some years Tice, by reason of the operation of the corn laws would again develope itself indisposi tionnamely an on the part of agr iculturists to invest their capital in land, and an indisposition to take land f or any length ened period of time. The great impedim ent i n the way of agriculturists desirous of improving the land was the indisposition on the part of landlords to grant leases, and therefore any stimulant ad m i n i s tered calculated to promote that agitated state of feeling amongst the l a nd -ownersmust be injuri ous to agricul ture. It was, likewise, his opinion, that by continuing this modified system of duty or prot ect i on, f or two o r three years longer, great d ifficu lty Would be thrown in the way of the transm ission of foreign corn to this country. At the present moment the stock of corn held in store by foreign countries was upon that corn were very great. Now, if the duty ien re moved at once it would not in jure the country, be cause no sudden influx would take place ; but by this modified system of duty continuing for three years, the certain consequence would be, to indu ce th e f o reign t rader to h ohl hi his s t o c . , ~ zind thus dam up the sources of supply . for those three years, and when that time had influx of foreign co rn into a pired the res u lt would b e a vast this country when all restrie- Information was received in York on Tuesday of an unfortu nate occurrence which took place on Saturday night last, in the vicinty of Harrogate, in Yorkshire, and resulted in the death of a man named Brotherton. It appears that the deceased, who was a labouring man, was paying his addresses to a female servant in the employ of a respectable farmer named Atkinson, and, as is frequently the case in that part of the country, had been in the habit of visiting her after the family bad re tired to rest. On Saturday night the deceased, who was somewhat affected with liquor, went to the house on an amatory visit, and in seeking to attract the attention of the maid. servant, disturbed the adult members of the family, one of whom opened the window, looked out, and saw a man who he supposed was attempting to break into the house, for the purpose of committing a felony. Thereupon he seized a loaded gun, and fired at him. After the gun was fired the deceased left the premises, and nothing more was heard of the matter until next morning, when he was found in a lifeless state in a field near the house. On examination it was discovered that the whole charge of the gun had en tered his breast, and he had evidently died within a few minutes of receiving the wound. It turned out that the deceased, who was well known in the neighbourhood as an honest character, had merely visited the premises for the purposPs alr , ady stated, and not for thogo of plunder. The feelings of the family, on learning the facts of the case, may be better imagined than described. Liverpool contains forty-eight fire-proof warehouses. TB E SUN LON DON, FRI DAY MORNING, JAN UAlt V 30, 1816. tion had been removed, and the result would be a serious would not be driven from the opinions they entertained by any I injury to all parties. All those Noble Lords whom he I order, and who not only ought to maintain protection to agri evas now addressing were as deeply interested in this culture, but to the domestic manufactures of the country. It, Matter as lie WAS ; though, no doubt, this plan had been perhaps, was riot right to take up the time of their Lordships 'ltiefioiod 'fifth vitiw to Securing their sup - port, it et he . te . lth this subject at that period, but he could not avoid addres , trueted that if they took the same tiei,e of the sing them whets resenting petitions ,e Si w ned by thousands of the subject that he did, they would use their influence tenant farmers of this country ; g _as there_fore, that their Lordships would rather promote than prevent discussion, to preleent tl. tneastUre from passing; Which would he so and regretted that they had not an abler advocate than himself. ittitteiotm to tlienlsel4s, Thqe war another • pointto For his own part, he would rather have had free trade a t once . which he wo u ld w i s h t o a ll u d e . H e had hefird the than measures which only partake of that principle. Their speech cf one of the Noble Lords on the cross bench, Lorde'hipe should reiamember that the principle of protection had who had spoken in strong terms, in rather severe terms, existed in this cohntry far a great number of years, and, as Sir on the subject of protection to the landed interest. Robert Peel had said, had kept pace with the prfoagrdeisssadoframoatnaue but not in terms lest severe than that branch of factures, and had been of ad Q v k a e n d tar inste t a n d at o they should not g the subject which be dealt with deserved.—(picas; hear.) t d o es t t h r e o m . All st the farmers w hich had a' vvole r e w d a ;ell, ti ' nd hich ought, To talk of giving such a compensation as this was, to therefo y re a ; Jo Y be m eontinued. say the least of it, putting a gross delusion on their Lord- RAILWAYS. ships, as ho believed that the only real compensation The Earl of DALHOUSIE then rose and said—ln rising to which could be made to those engaged in agri- move your Lordships to appoint a Committee to consider what cultural pursuits was of the nature of which steps should be adopted with reference to ttie railway business of promises had been held out, but which this session ; I shall endeavour to bring as briefly as I can be he was sorry to learn from the pavers that fore your Lordships the f eta of the case with respect to the had been printed, was not intended to be fulfilled— amount of that business, sod to state the grounds upon which he meant the real spirit of competition, which was the it appears desirable that there should be some departure from the carrying out of the principle of free trade, with respect ordinary mode of dealing with this cats of Bills. My Lords. f to other articles, as well as to corn.—(Hear.) It seecrned in previous years the Bills brought under the con h sideratr o on th o e just that if they were to sell their corn at a cheaper the House have, until h yeee• been sns f a e r w d in se n c n t m ione er. I deposited price on account or the competition which would be enoen i s . s t i k o t n h e o olaer4dsotf Trade m w be a r s Youe Lordships will recol dered, that they should have an opportunity of produeino lect that at that time it. was a matter cf consternation to the the commodities which they required at corresponding House, and it was then supposed that such an enormous man pricee. Ho saw no reason why the colonies should have never could be presented again. During the present year, that an advantage which they did not possess. If the English is, on or before the 30th of November, there were deposited farmer was able to bear free trade, he wanted to know at the Board of Trade 815 plans and sections of projected rail on what grounds the colonies wore not able to undergo ways, of which 606 were for the formation of railways in Eng the same competition ? They had to support land, 121 for railways in Scotland, end 8 , 1 for railways in Ire armies and other establishments for prot cuing the land. On the 31st of December there was a considerable re colonial dependencies, and it was neither consonant with duction in this number, as the number of plans and sections deposited at the Private Bill Office on that to common sense ore quity to withdraw these burdens from afrsoonti day sav was 687. Now, my Lords, I do not me-an them, to the serious injury of this country. that all these Bills arc likely to come a loss to know why the principle of free trade was to be before the House. Some have already disappeared, others will applied to this country. and withheld so far as the co - form a junction with each o th er; an d . the extreme haste, and lonics were concerned—(Hear, hear)—and be hoped extreme inaccuracy of a great number of the schemes that when the proper time arrived for the discussion of the have been prepa re d f or t h e cons i derat i on of P ar li ament, w ill cause them to fail before the Standing Order, Committee. measures brought forward by the Government, that their Lordships would give the subject tlvir most seri-tasking Nevertheless,e%e mpaoasistigle" every deduction for these contingencies, allowance for r fo „ r ro these er e a h i s e s 0f 3.1i failure, s il sus consideration, and te usted that they would insist on , tnere can be n y o doubt that a of the principle of tree trade being carried out with respect come under the consideration of Parliaittent—a ra number far ex to other articles. The application of the principle to ceeding anything which has appeared in any previous session. one article to the exclusion of others was col - And, when your Lordships coueider that, even with the corn culated to throw discredit on the principle on which paratively limited number which came before us in the last the Government propositions were stated to be founded. year, the great difficulty we had in dealing with those, and the He hoped that when the measure came forward, it would excessive difficulty which the other House of Parliament had be disencumbered of all those absurdities which reminded to encounter, and when it is remembered that all this business them of by-gone controversies. He hop , d that they — this enormou s mass of legislation, is in addition to the ordi would strike out upon fresh ground—that thethink nary private bill bi o ssiness, C s o o m g n r i e d a t t ee t s ha fo t r it t w h ' e il s l e b u e abso true, sound, and right principles of free-trade, now lately the s t find for some interference. But a still so b.ildly announced, would be carried into effect for the r sufficient ' r a e te i r s difficulty groundis involved in this 'natter in the shape of the benefit of the whole nation. That which had fallen from the Noble Duke (the Duke of g ca l pital which will be required for these undertakings. I have the amount of the capital of nearly all these Companies, ob- Richmond) had induced him (Ea r l Grey) to tamed from their own official documents—and in those eases trouble their Lordships with these observations. where I have not been able to obtain the information from the Perhaps he had gone further than he ought Companies themselves, I have had it supplied from other on that occasion, but considering how generally sources ; and it appears that for these 687 Bills the amount those matters were decided—practically and vir- of capital required will not he less than 370,000,0001. tually decided before their Lordships had an Ido not, however, wish your Lordships to suppose that this opportunity of pronouncing upon them, he amount will actually be required, for, in addition to those lines thought there was some justification for them if they which may not have complied with the standing orders, there are a vast number of competing schemes, one only of which, ventured thus early strongly to express their opinion. under any circumstances, can receive the sanction of your He would only say, in his own justification, that the Lordsh i ps ' H ouse. M a ki ng ever y d e d uc ti on , th ere f ore , an d principles of free trade, since his first entrance into Par- taking the very lowest estimate furnished by those who are in liarn,ost, were those which be had always sympathised in. terested in making the sum required as small as possible, I con- On his first entrance into the House of Commons he had ceive that 100,000,00 W. will be the amount required. To voted in those very small majorities by which the prin- show your Lordships the amount of obligations imposed upon ciple of the sliding scale had always been opposed. yourselves, I may inform you that in the past year not less than From that time to the present the language 118 Bills received the sanction of the Legislature, involving an he had held, boils in office and out of office, had been that expenditure of 600,000,000/. ; and the previous year forty the whole system of protection was, from first to last a l ifl t ls h were sanctioned, requiring an expenditure of 14,000:000 . 0 1. of 70 e la o s o t o year w alone bu P t arlia ,o m u e r nt Lu r t d h s o h r i ise s d th w e ill exp r e e n e d o i l t leo re t mistake, injurious to the protected interest as well as In those against whom protection was granted; and the that this sum is only ) to be gradually P expended; sooner they adopted the principles of common sense— but inasmuch as it is necessary that many of those schemes those principles which every great political writer and should be pressed forward, and as the construction of them does philosopher had supported—the sooner those principles riot extend over a larger period than three t ears, this sum will were pi tostically adopted in legislation the better. be fully demanded in the se th ree years . Nour Lordships will, Lord ASHBURTON, who was scarcely audible in the therefore, perceive that, in the years 1846, 1847, and 1848, gallery, ventured to apologise for the warmth of the language the average expenditure will be te0,000,000/. The sum, there contained in the petitions which might be presented to their fore, taking the smallest estimate, which will be brought before Lordships upon this subject, considering that the p e titio ners the consideration of your Lordship? House will be 100,000,000/. believed that their whole fortunes, and almost existence de- I think, therefore, that it would be well for your Lordships to pended upon this measure being rejected. Government would take into your consideration whether the diversion of this enor never be able to carry out the principles so ably advocated by mous amount of capital into the one channel of railways, may the Noble Earl. If, indeed, that free trade could be este- not be at variance with the public good; whether it may not blished, then he said, as the Noble Earl had said, that it was interfere with labour and industry, and whether some limita the principle of common sense. But how could they, in a tion ought not to be placed on this extraordinary expendi country where such complicated interests existed—a country in ture. It is perfectly notorious, I appeal to Noble Lords which such artificial systems were fighting against the regula- from all parts of Great Britain, that already the price tions sought to be enforced by the Noble Lord—how could of labour is enhanced to an inconvenient degree. Now, they, he said, expect to carry free-trade principles into effect, my Lords, I will go further than that. I believe that it despite of this artificial system of Society. It must be recol- is for the interest of railway enterprise itself that the un lected that they had, in addition, a debt of 800,000,000/. bounded sanction of Parliament should not be given to this im on their shoulders ; and again he said, how was it mense number of schemes. It is well known that the prices possible then to carry out the principles of free trade ? of labour and materials have already, as 1 have just stated, risen He (Lord Ashburton) should like to have the opinion of a to an enormous extent ; and of course this rise of prices will Committee of Ways and Means on this subject. They might of necessity be considerably increased if we sanction this large perhaps find it a difficult matter, with diminished resources number of projects. Well, then, what will these promoters do arising from the abolition of protection, to maintain the credit in this state of things ? It must be remembered that the par of the country. 'the Noble Earl had stated that the British ties acting under these Bills of incorporation will have a great farmer could beat the foreign grower, but they could not fight and large amount of capital in their hands, while, at the same the foreign farmer with their hands tied.—( Hear, hear.) time, they will be armed with great and inconvenient power, While the men on the shores of the Baltic were paying for which, for the cause I have stated, or perhaps from some other labour 6d. a day, the British farmer was paying 2s. It re- cause, they may not think proper to exercise. And thus these quired no great skill in political economy to foresee, that so great and inconvenient powers will be kept suspended over the circumstanced, these two classes could not cope with each heads of all those whom the Bill may affect, and the public will other. The burdens peculiarly pressing upon the British farmer be deprived of those advantages which the public might derive should be rescinded, for he maintained, whatever might be said from the completion of the undertaking authorised by the Bill, to the contrary, that tithes were unusually oppressive on the and which, in fact, was the consideration which in landed interest. Then the poor-rate came more immediately duced Parliament to give to the promoters the im upoil the country, for towns were comparatively exempted. mense powers which the 811 itself contained.—( Hear.) Much as he admired the general principle of free trade, he con- On the other hand, suppose the promoters go on with their un ceived that it would be impossible to establish it in England in dertaking; and, notwithstanding the increased cost of materials its present peculiar position. They had had no wise man who and labour, they carry on their wores as rapidly as it was pos had ever said any other thing. If they took Bible for them to do, is it not more than probable that they will Huskiason, they found him saying, " When it is have expended all their money before they have by any means not necessary to want to raise sixty millions of taxes then you concluded their undertaking?—( Hear, hear.) Consequently will have cheap bread, but not before. So Mr. Ricardo also in either cases the railway people will not be benefited, but admits that on every principle of justice the British farmer was :host unquestionably in neither case will the public be bene entitled to compensation. In the present state of the country fited.—( Hear, hear.) Now, after all these considerations, it was perfectly Utopian to endeavour to bring about a system and the many difficulties which are in the way of carrying out of free trade. He did not complain of the League subscribing this immense number of projects, I ask your Lordships, whether money for the purpose of watching the registration of voters, you can safely now pursue your former mode of proceeding, or but he did complain of the League opening, in every county whether you ought not now to place some limit to the extent and town throughout the country, what he might term shops you will go in legislating upon railways e—( Hear, hear.) It for the sale of what he must certainly consider fictitious votes. has, however, been observed by a Noble Marquis, whom he did —(Hear, hear.) The advertisements of the League state that, not see in his place now, that the Government ought to take for the sum of 401., any person may qualify himself for upon their own shoulders the disagreeable functions of decid e voter in the county elections. As a proof of their ing what railways should comas before their Lordships, and success in this business, they stated that they had which should not, but it must be recollected that it was not in created as many as three thousand votes in one county. the power of Governmenttotake upon themselves this duty, be lle considered that if the Government did not bring forward cause they had not the means or the power of deciding the some measure to prevent this wholesale creation of votes, they question so satisfactorily as a Committee will have. would be acting in a very injudicious and improper manner. The Government have, however, at the earliest Lord MONTEAGLE wished to know upon what doctrine his convenient opportunity directed the attention of Parliament to Noble Friend founded his statement ? Upon a doctrine which the matter, in order that it may be settled to the satisfaction, he had heard elsewhere no doubt, and he (Lord Monteagle) if possible, of all parties. The Government have made prepa had heard it frequently advanced by persons who were most rations for laying before these Committees such information eager advocates for the repeal of the corn-laws, and who car- as they have been enabled to collect, and which they consider ried in their doctrines with respect to the protective duties, will tend much to remove the amount of their labours. They and with respect to the doctrines of the freedom of trade, just have caused maps to be prepared, showing the lines already such arguments as had been used by his Noble Friend, who constructed, those in the course of formation, and those which had put forward the revenue duties as being obstacles to the are involved in the projects before the House. These will be freedom of trade.—( Hear, hear.) His Noble Friend put for- arranged in such a manner as to show the districts which are ward, with his accurate knowledge upon this subject, arguments at present without railway convenience. This information which recognised no distinction between a maintenance of will be laid upon the table of the House for the guidance the revenue and a freedom of trade. But protection of the re- of the Committee, and ho considered that had the Govern venue he would hold was perfectly consistent with entire free- ment come down with any settled plan to be pursued as to done of trade.—(hear, hear.) Until we were producers of railway legislation, it would have been productive of no good tea in this country, and until we were producers of tobacco consequences. The best plan they could adopt was to propose likewise, the tea and the tobacco duties had no more relation the formation of a Select Committee to take these matters to the advance of trade than the state of our foreign relations at into consideration. The Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the present moment with India or elsewhere. He would not her Majesty's Government has proposed that a Select Com refer to the old doctrines upon this subject, for he thought mittee be formed in the other House. When the report of that such a course would not be either just or agreeable in that Committee shall be presented, the Government will then arguing such points as these, because ho would venture to say he prepared to submit to the House their opinions as that the opinions of the wisest men in the kingdom had under- to the course which they think wise to adopt. gone great changes on the question of corn. But then he There are other matters which will then come under the con must say, that with a very strong exception, all the variations sideration of the Committee, which I think will materially of opinion had been in one direction.—( Hear, hear. ) Per- conduce to the benefit of the parties more immediately in sous who had previously advocated the doctrines of protection terested.—(Hear, hear.) Under these circumstances he and the restriction of commerce, had abandoned those doe- begged leave to move that a Select Committee be appointed trines by degrees. Noble Lords themselves—the Legislature for the purpose of taking into consideration the mode of re of the country—had undergone great changes upon this sub- gulating the railway business before the House. ject. From the year 1815, up to the present time, there had Lord BROUGHAM quite agreed with the Noble Lord in been a gradual progression towards the doctrine of free trade the feelings of alarm with which he considered the question of in the Government of the country,—( Hear, hear.) Let the amount of capital. God forbid that he should entertain Noble Lords compare the year 1815 with that year in which the opinion that Parliament should not interfere in the suls the ninth Act of George the Fourth passed ; and again the ject of this enormous outlay of cepital. But when Parlia- Act of 1842, and they would at once see a manifest and con- ment was called upon to give some extraordinary, and he siderable change in favour of free trade. They would find would call them extravagant, power in any case--( Hear) that they had been steadily advancing towards the doctrine of —without which there could be no such investment of capital free trade since the year 1815. But without referring to by- as was asked for—it would not be proper for Parliament i gone opinions, he was surely entitled to refer to the opinion of to grant those powers without a du e regard to th_ e ds hear.) that great body—the merchants of London—on this all-impor- posal of the capital of the coun tr y .—( H a arlia taut question. A petition from that body was presented in ment had no right to interfere with .t theenratural employment the other House of Parliament, which laid down the princi- of the capital of the country, but when was sought to dis thereof, the ples of free trade, and prayed for the removal of all burdens pose of that capital by an unnatural employment from the commerce of the country, and that peti- Legislature was then bound to step forward and oppose the that there was any tion was supported, at the time of its presentation, attempt.—( Hear, hear.) the did grants sot see that had already been by a host of his friends in the other House of Parliament. thing morally wrong in He utterly denied that these laws were imposed for revenue, sanctioned for railway p urp o ses, of all providence and cir - but suppose he granted that they were more heavily taxed in had been . made with an abstinencegranror would he say that they this country than elsewhere, that was an argument why corn- cumspection ; but when he was called upon to make more merce should be left unshackled, and the enterprise of the grants to such an amount as would increase the expenditure merchant, the production of the farmer, and the industry of from 20,000,0001 per annum to 53,000,000/. (for that was the manufacturer freed from any restrictions which fettered the calculation) lie did think it the duty of Parliament to put, them. It was, perhaps, wrong to discuss the measure by an- a stop to such an extraordinary diversion of the capital of the ticipation, as the details were not as yet before them. With country into one particular channel.—(Hear, hear.) H e regard, however, to the three years' limitation, he believed it hoped that, before the House would proceed headlong into the would be prejudicial, rather than advantageous, to the interest sanctioning of fifty-three millions of money being granted for which it pretended to protect. He took the measure, how- the formation of railways for each of the succeeding thirty. ever, as a whole, and while he said that it gave him great three years, they would give the subject the most serious con pleasure to see such an approximation to free-trade principles, sideration. He apprehended that out of that House his argu he confessed that he would have preferred the measure if it ment would be misapprehended, but he certainly did hope to had come into operation at once. He thought the protectionists be heard before their Lordships on this subj ect w en it should themselves would see that a limitation of three years would come in a proper sh _ before the H ouse. He certainly did he more prejudicial than otherwise; and if they objected to it, consid e r that the y dealt a withßislwayC g omm u i e t s t t e i e on s s h a ou b l u d nd u r n e d d e . r fo g i o d great more he considered it quite possible even yet to amend it so as to thatalteration, and its powers sh ou ld b e abridged.—( Hear, H obviate this objection. e denied that the land had any right hear.) That b to peculiar protection. His Noble Friend had referred to the importantthan all the q ues ti ons which came before the Courts doctrines of Mr. Ricardo on tithe, but that c eased to be re- of Westminster, or any other court of law in the kingdom, garded as formerly, since it was made a perm anent charge on although it of course posses se d none o f t h e s kilf u l the land. As there was no question before the House, he experience possessed by the j u d ges o f t h ose ceurts , would now present a petition from Str anraer in reference, to 7 __With all possible respect for both Houses of (Interruption, amidst which the N oble Lord handed the peti- Parliament, he did not consider any Committee which they tion to one of the clerks.) might appoint a proper tribunal for the disposal of business Lord ASHBURTON rose to explain. The Noble Lord of such vast importance as that involved in the railway business went on to say a few words in reference to the growth of which it was proposed to bring before them. God forbid tobacco, which, he said, was one of the luxuries of the poor, that he should wish the privileges of either House to be inter and which the countrymen of the Noble Lord who had just sat fered with, or that he should sanction any attempt that might down had got into a knowledge of the growth of just at the be made to transfer those privileges to any other quarter time when it was prevented by an Act of the Legislature. —( Hear, hear)—but he was morally persuaded that the rail- The Duke of RICHMOND said he thought it was rather a way Committees were the very worst tribunals that existed in strange proceeding to enact a law by which the farmers were the country. He hoped, therefore, in conclusion, that their compelled to employ men when they did not require their see- Lordships would afford him an opportunity, on a future occa vices. Why should that be done? If the farmer was to be sion, of speaking more at large on this important question. compelled to sell his corn cheap, why should he not be at The Earl of KINNAIRD said that it was generally con liberty to buy his labour cheap? If he employed a man for the sidered by the public that Parliamentary Committees were not best part of his life, was that a reason why he should be cone- the best judges of the railways which were submitted to their pelled to give him in old age the same amount of remuneration decision. Oftentimes two lines in the same course were sane he paid him while in the vigour of life, when his labour was tioned which worked against each other, and in one case two of value to him? He (the Noble Duke) had heard a great companies clashed so much with each other that the public deal said about the reduction of the duty on brandy as a means were frequently misled in consequence of the confusion of of preventing smuggling; but he conceived this very measure tickets. Some combined system should be adopted by which to be a means of encouraging smuggling, for those who smug- , they and other evils, from a similar cause, would in future be gled were no more free-traders than those who caused free- I prevented. He would give notice for a motion on Monday trade by legal enactments.—( Laughter. ) If they reduced the next for a return of the fees on the different railways, and their malt tax, a sum quite equal to that now realised would be appropriation. On one railway the entire expenses connected obtained from the increased consumption which could not fail with Parliamentary extension amounted to 8,000/., and 3001. of to take place. But the members of the League were strongly j this sum was for fees. This he considered wrong, and should opposed to the removal, and cried out, "If you take meet with the attention of Parliament, with a view to its off this tax you will give a boon to the farmers." The remedy. recommendation in her Majesty's Speech respecting the removal Lor a l ASHBURTON, who, from the low tone of voice io of protective duties, in order to ward off the danger of famine, which he spoke, was almost inaudible in the gallery, approved was was the opinion of Sir Robert Peel in 1839, w h en h e was en- of the appointment of the Committee. He agree d with the be r° deavouring to obtain place and power. However, he had stated position of the Noble Lord, because he conceived it w that he would notbe amenable for the opinions which he had for- necessary to put some limitation to t he call for la . bour u w p e o❑ . merly gave utterance, but if he abandoned his language, those railways in this country. Many of those_ projects, it was 11 who were consistent might be permitted to take it up, and known, were got up by attorneys and engineers in country towns, who got up these schemes for their own private tir ! poses ; at the same time he would say it would be better to hove the millions squanderedaway - in these railways in England, than in speculations in Ru s sia. The Duke of MONTROSE said it was very necessary that a Committee should be appointed to consider the best means to adopt with respect to the number of projects now before the country, in order that they might consider whether it was in cumbent that the large amonnt of capital which might be re quired to construct them should be expended or not. He was, ' however, of opinion, that great inconvenience would arise unless the course proposed by the Committee for the adoption of Pare liment was known at an eariy day They must recollect that the deposits would have to be paid to the Accountant-General in a very short time, and that very soon after that period, those projects, who had complied with this order, must he submitted to the Standing Orders Committee, and unless the Committee reported on the subject before the time of paving the deposits, they would prevent a great number of schemes from paying their deposits at all, so that great inconvenience would result from the money being locked up. And then, again, if the Committee were obliged to report in a hurried manner great difficulty could not tail to Arise on acocunt of its being impes s.ble to decide on the immense mass of Bills which would be submitted to them, notwithstanding the facilities which the Government would give to them for the purpose of facilitating their labours. Then he could not understand the principle on which the Government could recommend that some schemes should be entertained and others objected to—what railways would be required in some parts of the country, and which scheme out of the many projected in the same district should be selected. It was true there could not be much doubt in determining on a project traversing a district suffering from the present inefficient means of communication ; but it was, peesible, on account of the variety of interests to he consulted, and the difficulty in deciding justly on them all, that a railway got up by attorneys and persons of no property or in fluence. might be selected instead of one in which landed pro prietors and others . ; whose interests would he materially affected, and which had the advantage and recommendation of being bone . fide. He only mentioned these things to show the diffi culties with which the consideration of the subject was sur rounded, and the great necessity of taking measures to give all the railways of a bone ficA character mature and serious consi deration. Earl GREY entirely concurred in the propriety of appoint ing this Committee, but he hoped that they would not be con sidered as pledging themselves to the very novel principle of limiting the amount of capital which Parliament chose to con sider the country could afford for the construction of railways. The more he heard that principle explained and discussed the more doubtful did it become. It appeared to him that what Parliament ought to do was to see that the parties applying for power to make a railway really had the capital which they pro fessed to have. Next. that the capital was suffieient for the object in view, and that the object, if attained, would be bene ficial to the public. Lord REDESDALE—That !hotel i be the first inquiry. Earl GREY—That should be the first consideration. fhen they should inquire whether the prepared works would inter fere unnecessarily or injuriousle with private property. If those inquiries were answered sat isfeetorily, for his part, he did not see that it was right for Parliament to interfere further. Those parties who subscribed the capital were the best judges as to whether that capital ought to be invested in railways or not In his opinion, Parliament would be stepping beyond its proper functions if it attempted to decide how much capital the nation ought to devote to the construction of railways. That which affected private interests must at. the same time affect the interests of the public. It could not be shown that the projectors were in a position, with a sufficient capital and full means, to carry forward their work, then Parliament could interfere and stop their proceeding further. ,It would only remain for the Legislature to refuse Parlia mentary powers where such power ought to be refused. It would lead to no useful conclusion, if they gave these mat ters only a hasty and artificial consideration. He had felt it necessary to make these remarks, in order that it might not be supeosed that, in giving his concurrence to the appointment of this Cemmittee, he meant to recognise the justice of one of the principles that that Committee intended to carry out. He considered it desirable that the Committee should look closely into the means by which they proposed to diminish the expense of the proceedings, and the great labour which must be im posed upon these Committees. There had been a suggestion thrown out last year, and he considered it a very good one, and he was anxious* that their Lordships should take it into their consideration. Itr the separate Committees during the last year, it happened that, where there were competing lines, one of them was sanctioned by the Committee of the other House, and the rival line was sanctioned by the Committee of that House. Thus both were lost to the parties, and great expense was incurred. Now, he should like to know whether they could not have a joint Committee, acting for both Houses. This would certainly diminish the labour throws on each indi dual Member of that House, and he thought it possible that every technical difficulty could be got rid of. Lord ASHBURTON thought that considerable difficulty would be found in ascertaining which schemes had a sufficient capital, for all they had before them was a list of names, all of whom, from A, B, and C downwards, got their scrip, and went into the market for the purpose of selling it at a premium. It would, in his opinion, be absolutely impossible to tell whe ther each scheme had a sufficiency of capital to carry it out. Lord MONTEAGLE said that they could not effect the ob ject desired by the Noble Earl as long as the House of Com mons dealt with railways and e ith money bills. It was ut terly impossible that their Lordships could overtake the busi ness which would come before them. Their Lordships would recollect the late period at which the majority of these Bills came before them. In March, April, and May, 11 railway Bills came up to their Lordships' House from the House of Commons ; in June, 81 ; and in July, 25 ; so that they had generally to deal with private business at a time when the pub lic business before their lordships was the most pressing. The House of Commons had the exclusive right of dealing with the taxation of the country, and God forbid that the House of Lords should ever interfere with this branch of the legislature. It was upon this principle that a railway measure could net come before their Lerdshipe before it had been before the House of Commons, because it was looked upon in the light of a money Bill.—( Hear.) But, in his opinion, this rule applied to railway Bills was meat preposterous: and, from personal communications he had had with several Members of the Haute of Commons, he knew that many men of the greatest experience were disposed to take the same view of the matter. Formerly a certain class of criminal measures were treated as money Bills ; but the absurdity of the rule was afterwards found out, and it was no sooner discovered than it was aban doned. Under these circumstances, then, he would suggest that, in the existing stiee of the people of Ireland in relation to food, the labours of Parliament should, as far as it was rea sonable and just, be directed to the encouragement of railway measures. Lord BROUGHAM—They should be cast into the balance. Lord MONTEAGLE—Just so; and for that purpose, he would suggest for the consideration of Govornment, and others whose duty it would be to consider ti,e matter, the propriety, if not the necessity, of dividing equally the railway business of the session between the two Houses of Parliament.—( Hear, hear.) Lord REDESDALE said, after all, the question to be con sidered was this—could the Legislature get through 650 Bills in the course of one session. For his part, he thought it was absolutely impossible, and therefore he thought the House was adopting a very proper course in appointing a Committee to consider the subject. If they had pursued the old system, the good and bad schemes would be jostelling each other to get into the Committee first, and at the end of the session it would be disagreeably discovered that same of the Bills which were of the utmost importance had failed in getting through Committee. He wished to say a few words upon a remark which fell from the Noble Lord, with reference to the opinion which he stated the public had entertained of the Committees of that House —that they were not a fair Committee. He did not think any thing that he had heard could induce him to be of that opinion. —( Hear, hear.) Committees of that House are, its their very nature, uncertain, as all other tribunals are. As far as he knew, the Committees had acted according to what they censidered the merits of the case, and in no instance had any feeling of private interest, or any other motive, been allowed to influence their decision. The Earl of KINNAIRD said that he meant that they were not competent judges—that they had not sufficient infor mation before them to enable them to come to a just decision. He looked upon the Committees of that House with the great est respect. He had heard eminent leading counsel say, with reference to matters brought before them, " That will do for the Commons—it will not do for the Lords." Earl DALHOUSIE then moved the appointment of the Committee. Lord BROUGHAM considered that every member of the Committee should solemnly promise not to open his mouth with reference to the decisions likely to be come to by the Committee. The Duke of WELLINGTON asked if the Noble Lord would like it to be a Secret Committee ? Earl ELLENBOROUGH thought that there was no neces sity for making it a Secret Committee. He was sure that no Noble Lord would allow any information to come from him. Earl DALHOUSIE stated that the Committee would pre sent their reports to the House as soon as they had come to a decision. Their Lordships then adjourned` onday next. Thursday, .Tan. 29. HOUSE OF COMMOIVS, The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes before four o'clock. Petitions were presented for leave to bring in the fol lowing railway Bills, viz.:—The Colchester and Stour Valley ; Manchester, Matlock, and Midland ; Man chester and Southampton ; North Junction ; several extensions of the York and North Midland Railway ; Cheltenham and Oxford ; Newport Pagnell ; London and Birmingham (St. Albans, and other branches, in eluding the Rugby and Stamford Extension) ; the London, Hounslow, and Great Western Junction ; Great Western and Uxbridge ; and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Rotherham. A petition was presented from the trustees of the Woodstock•road, praying to be heard by counsel against the Bury St. Edmund's Railway Bill. Mr. ALLIX presented a petition from the inhabitants 1 of the Isle of Ely against any a lt era ti on i n the present corn -Iwo. Several petitions were presented in favour of Lord Ashley's Ten Hours' Bill. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the inhabitants of the West Riding of Yorkshire, praying the House to pass into a law the Ten Hours' Bill. The Hon. Member also presented a petition from the inhabi tants of Reading against any increase in the Parliamen tary grant for the services of the army and navy, and against the embodiment of the militia. Sir R. H. INGLIS moved for a return of the duties received in the last financial year on each of the several articles enumerated in the resolution moved, on the 27th of January, 1846, by the Right Hon. Baronet Sir R. Peel. THE GAME-LAWS. Mr. BRIGHT gave notice that, on Monday next, he would move the re-appointment of the Cornmittee . on the game-laws. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.—THE MILITIA. Sir ROBERT PEEL said that, as his Right Or. Friend had given notice of his intention to move that the v_ ud _ j l . House at its rising do adjourn till Monday., .he now move, therefore, that the House at its rising ao so journ till Monday next. ask a On the question being put from the C hair, uestion . Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMBEre t e e hto militia. q The respecting the emboiliment. o f country had been led to un k ci e er p s l t a a c n e d o th n at an an ear e l m y b dly i- , ment of the militia would.tasdann in consequence pre, manner v would i i tadkwe h p i l e c h c , e. and time when, thi, and great excitement an d vailed as to t he Clubs were form' raising of the for ce ins to find Substi t utes for those who might be d rawn and, in many i n stances, associations of pe rsons were form ing to protect parties in offering passive re s i s t ant t h e service. What he wanted to know was, whet& to a n early embodiment of the militia was tc:o-- "fiCii :fn. p l ace , and whether it was to be made imailr' - ill 7 4:a_ -- -,. t.' AN present law, or that a new one was to be int ocrtthak f - '''Z'e;" If a Bill was to be introduced, he hoped it wool *OO3 - 41., ,- -, 13.4 a on an early day, and not when the session was', . ' iN s ` , '".v: 1 r't so that the whole question might be fully cornfi etitti'';'ti.„l-‘ ' ' Sir J. GRAHAM said that it was the intenti lsi--7 - 1 1 eta'' '''' ~ k c• - v ... ,p,, i ■ I