The Sun. — London, England, 1846-02-09 00:00:00

stated ,efore ?r peneil onging cet. stand en e article?,, ff penco as if ° l ' ( ' , 1 oop iown, °- d o wn ked aw* er p*ter: a mediat lus t I~erused her 'c snit a that a f ou ndth icon . the t ste I IA be f" and, ad he r rd, t° whose rib' aused tbe her t th fur ffence of lydou —t o uld F r a ° o . 4 luta at, het e that vcrY Con d u ce. ot i° es. ~, be tanc - ' OOl . I ld rec re , to be P ,46 1, ir _ st3 . 0.0 r ,ge, gu wb° l ' use, f the len t o siou t s ' ado A ro ?ct the 1 brcjhe in• o t• d it 11; oot ro c 00 0 , vvo • O a [AO , lred• r i P atiPe c ieo l rin~ e„ 9 Sall l e d Ig ; ,; 0 , pe r-",, lic.rc n y Of; the),j 41 f' t 6nY o ; tal'e tY fret.o:ll e fel 31.1 Ch reo *no c A ltr tb° , bo il ,dY ` / yI t. : clu irP l ol , o r ti do!, be 01:0 1 d °' . ' po it _i br a ru u ill 1 tb i ` t bo htio ,tl ,l ',thee ' a er r ee 0 T o llic r iv jv An (0' a ¢' o o o co E. n AIA GAZINES—(CONTINUED.) -OLBaR N , s um r_ I. PD SERVICE MAGAZINE. di The arti c l e on ttp - ! Submarine Propeller, or Archime tan Sel'ew, is concluded in this nurneer, and the writer e es us a complete list of all the -patents which have ~ 11 t aken out for propelling vessels by means of a screw Tom the year 1655 to 1843. This is a very valuable Ilst, the compilation of whicll must have cost the writer 4 great deal •(if trouble and research. We have also a teorroi; e v r a ,,t l; ah 1 e Paper on the salvage of Life, Letters, and fro ni Hi ipwrea, ' and Letter from a New I* Sliipbuilder Oa naval cons!ruction, which is well vier thy the utt eut i ve consideration of those in authority, i as t relates to a subject which at the present moment is of pit a l a importan ce to the country. These are all papers 0 Pentiv:ent value; tEo ;c w h o see k amusement mere l y ei Ivill find th at the pr esent numb-r is by no means defi ehtiu talcs of "lovinz acci'lrAtts by flood and field." bOUI -GLAS JERROT.D'S SHILLING MAGA - ZIA E. 1 : The Confeisions of Richard Grainger," with which thi s ; numbe r opens, is the autc.biography of one who, ‘' ll to des sutedesperation by th e oppressions o f a d omest i c our erat, in a imement of passi o n, f e ll s hi s ty ran t t o th e th, and, fa ncy i ng h e has killed him, escapes, and s for concealment in the B a b e l of London. He toils poverty for years, and, at length, hearing that his p.%ullal-'esed Victim, who is his uncle, is still living, returns, is v eteeneiled to him, and eventually inherits his xeeelth. The following are his reflections in the scones 113N i ll2h which he passed during his period of probation. lie 4 4 . es e llid net bear to look back upon this period of nay V ia ': I did rot consieler that it has taught me, far better ett;;', "Y . book could teach me, some lessons for the good paid for I, B ' i hag taught me, sir, that men are not to be pai n_ . - t e - ` r laboltr in money or bread only ! The la!rurer of tn 4 l l / i, 3 ',.;14 'we all require, brotherly ftx!ings, sentiments•ll live as a vespeet, nuke him feel himself a l 3 man n h - as among 747.1 1 . Who wants an equality They must be poor earthly of souls earth who would strive iv such t 'But quality of honour and kind elinc fur a o l7w (-) h - o ec lalionr . in the " system of human existence eou,rnis is what we want—somethin g to raise the head and en t6,age, the heart of the poor . werkrnan, to make him feel felte. his fellow-men reckon him worth somethin,g. I have , t his want thousand heavily, and I know I am ee "wroag inbelievingtha ti t m i e t s, is the most pressing and de roadizig deprivation which the poor and the hard-toiling have A t adure. Where is the religious law of ' Honour all men.' "llother truth I have learned is, that to mend the thoughts s ts 414 dispositions -of men, you m us t men d t h e i r circinn eees too. We are not angels. We are not sunbeams, 'tlelually pure in all places. Von who loek forth upon plea it Darks, from the windows of drawing-rooms, oh, it is so vi ti ,: vh ' 4 uy little book of poetry, or religious prose, to con- At a CYou that the world is a very pleasant place—that the bee et of it clearly designed all men to be happy ;I . iut things A t a ;,e a different appearance when viewed on a dud winter . 's lz,3erti,,vongh the paper squares of the cottage windows in tra,AtattlFo4l, and many places like it. Yon who distribute Sou r 15.V on gh the miserabl e l anes an d a ll eys o f our towns— light; c P o se is a good one ; but remem b er th a t a i r an d 74 , leanlin eiontribute ess and beauty, are God' s goo d messengers ; e t t you endeavours to remove the gloomy, or th o ugh Places left upoa . the face of the earth by centuries ,sou ilSht a nd action be s t owe d u p on wrong purposes. If adittie—" of.! "aye the pe o pl e b e li eve i n a h eaven, show them ,zhe ; it." ri te %Tul of the s er i es o f . " E ng li s h S cenes an d Cha fititer' ~,,b37 William Howitt, is scarcely worthy of his ofhis Dick Redfern, tho county Wag, the hero and i ft t "le, must have flourished at least a hundred ber ,•` 3 ' Years ago, seeing that the greater num kor°`,Redfern's waggeries were faithfully chronicled t ,' l ao a century since by the late Mr. Joseph Mil of the' Memoranda of Maturin," is an interesting sketch W orld career of a v ery g if te d man, to whom as yet the tomid : l , l s not rendered j us ti ce, an d " R ome - war d till la a smart satire on those very clever, hers,chat eolVnat who are to be found in every nook and aylre„.°f provinces among the squirearchy. Horace fled w e gyres us the " Confessions of an Old Picture, s icur s recommend it to the attentive study of all con nd we have an admirable paper on the tt•::::ipoefrthe Press," which we should have been e P4ve transferred to our columns had we space for Hedgehog" gives us a caustic letter on Dartiuigeneral, and on the calling out of the militia in B t. J a , 1 41. .„ But we miss our old friend " St. Giles and , st p.,:7! , and al so t h e " History for Young England!' Il O rs tlbr7 it we we have several excellent papers in this 4re could well have spared some of them to t lat az i ti llired the presence of these, the features of this I TRE RAILWAY REGISTER. of ittlaltdditioll to its usual history of the railway , doings o f ill n.aontb, this number contains an admirable paper erits of the es gall.ge question in which the relative preei Wetly° lines are fairly set forth, and justly m ap titth:tri„.itatoerndtheTeeewrersitoerf g sa iv fe es ty t , he preference to the broad Iverki n 11 'w gauge on the score of a e n e d nn p n o rn w y er, i a n nd th t e o % e h 8.5• After elaborately stating the arguments on ~ From he thus concludes:— ri,erfel.a these statements, cl " al td P Ibee:4lrettdy referrec to, it minayeminbexit6ono with toes e a x y p t e b r a i i early to , °veer alone considered u , ot th it e s e Illeetio ho the advantage . on b si . r d o e a . d g l a t ug n e la a y pp b e e ar a s which local and braockn, bklwever, whether in light traffic, k ore . traff ic generallv i, and will become . so more and the (123 exte n B ions are can led out, whether in b th a es s e e c ri a o s t e ls s disad;f l weight of the broad engin? may not e Upon this ee n'side' r nt e in an economical point of view. eugg.,,t.'"on, which we merely at present throw _o t u te t as a fe rfnit, l ",' we doubt very much whether absolt uni truttaj,` uge do turn out to be desirable upon public -__________________ tretit:::„.212;1::::0P THE MONTH, By 771 A f unnins• iluert A'Beckett. tinning commentary . on t th a e Parti c i e rn onth, full of smart satire, withou e of grossness, malice or ill-nature. ot, TILE LITERARY ASPIRANT. th _ r Dumbe r of t. rc , °T ully periodicals are really mount to"tup to such an inordinate quantity, that the ultimate httnrquenees of the co mpetition in this species of lite -4,4, di,, t/ s . a re More than conceivablethey are seltevid9t, their`"ltlntion in their number, and an improvement in than , g k eu eral to that are no less inevitable latd er "lcY are desirable. The Literary Aspirant, now rest t , t , °Ur ebow, bears in every respect the outward eut wa l i s , the outward character, and (so to speak) the tatilep't cornplexion of a thorough magazine ; but we . IteeeneltsPeeted, from the style of the index to this, its el4 l. An,.llcher, that the semblance was merely super& 3°lvoc:"t" ex amining the contents, this suspicion re- Nitz , b ltdeli into a conviction :—" The form was pleas -grtlt the soul was wild." We have first a flippant ' l . 'r ea . 1. , i b tir veY of " Brittany" very well powdered with t a i tr":tsrraca—a characteristic that has a faint smack ~ ilv -. w' 1 very power f u l s mack of'" Boyer 'a Die -0114,,,' It 4ik e e.. 4 p e ted the easy -chair system. Somewhat of the tritsr;lcre are the "Recollections of Travel." L . et th re e sL tr.;li h - re4letnher that Addison described "Italy in pure `QreBar 2"1,1 that, too, very graphically. Of the poetry( ) ,14,qosikekstrveral.seraps—one to " Moonlight." Unhappy. I ,'",e to o ' I gt 1 Why is this silver beam so bedaubed with 'oe a', stria and the mud-colour of every blockhead ,", 1'4, - ;' ; ' string rhymes together ? Another about a ft,lSttlet t " e ll to the Villa7c," which is decidedly by no St,:iji!?rious Milton;" and another about " Morn -1...qt ...4,. the first yer-e of which calls up an unplea '3ll4l.ection of that - very disgusting wormahop in 1/4 lACtidere s through the vault of heaven—. 7,s' i 3- i s brightly r beaming stars! me, have ye never striven? jety Ict.evef.lt intestine jars?" ;I, 4l Ch. cirl e Who - 1 s beheld that most loathsome shop :::::, :tiitehfi. its horrible la display of bottles, will see ourld sa,.. a, -„, . k e b,,1. Asesides the foregoingspecimens, we slum e e ry tl , u 1 .or the literary taste of the editor from u li t i a s P, t Y tjocegiure upon a very excellent gentleman, b rs.3'llold Ywellstreet author, by name ant Mr . G. W. M. much, or 40 1',41 ' n consc , Ntlet. 8. We ca n i ience ut so e, for the Literary Aspi h--, 7'llP: LON DOIV TEETOTALER . , ti% ' Rill°ted to the interests of . temperance, this pu oceedings of ap oei4ll to obtain a wide circulation, and more the ° Y s() fr ° o l iti cheapness. 1111 Y ar"ls nsaecitiloas of ihat pra T i! l e e wo p r r thy t_ ,c,deported 1,1 44 o f its itiesett in th , ,, t,tti columns, and . thus ever one inte class are k e kie ea pr se retty easily obtain a knowle ge osperity. 4171 P AI ' 7' - ________-r-_. R p Li/BLEB. 4 fan . f . ON , [l4 r - ~ 14 0 , uld, wictlhtlni Pertfait by Cor `ettieir - slilbu.e un nedeft'alG of B ELLE Byron's moon, foN etdar sera e' ' a ' a , b rnikler" for a is all th 3 tbe ro tt • 1 ?e of the ti . ,t however, ~!) fsil,., 13Pleee to this number; - ' f e o n r e a v r s a ta tue, and a ,A at i d ; 1 .1 4 t''' Blvtillnw t h ese vagaries as specimens tpta at. .41 4 „ ~• '''° engravir, not therefore be eft _ . ~ rulluwt.e Etapi e __ - .14 raUst • the literary Way . whi a c r h . 4 tYr a,' l3 ; it i,of ttietaur"diit3. inndard:—stories of 4, ' 3 _ 4 orai'leead of each . r t i v q :". ti ; i s ‘ a,:, l ; s i( . l e , B of s G li e a no s a ta " with half-a-dozen . I 4 t M alia o ll N le; 4 'g * gin ves, and plentiful____ in amTohnet a chapter, and m s e u e p ta p n l g y s 0 among ti, er Press f . r ' - -e 4 t ' s •Ornaing a d stanzas `e the •,`',loe written on iny Birthday, --.° the principle prok?rtion. 41I q y ovreet Star _of Eve" —all very unassumingti. 4e ht. etY diluted, both in language and sell- Plea 4„ There . ivr "re fr o are, nevertheles and ~ au,, ,„ ern these joint roil etions of satin paper, nt helbiug, and prf P ' u ' - mast, in consequence, 'flr th ttl'genteel -,e tuned ink; we' many . Who derive iiel, 9enizo c. incopgh to express any de t ci m de o d nt il h is o r f el t i h sh e Of (e 44„.0uM e it to say, the presen ~„tla Jo. a , . . • ..,..e L h, '° 44, • '•iee has an e)-- ll qit assortment of this kind . Art e writing • ° ' l ll h: th e reatl-rs ? ' t'iti,-mNitio., th - f. nom d' have particularised, and for the better encouragwee the very .I'4'.il e , ',,,, ...,' -41nong the contributors are_. Toulmin, 114,114.er (4, 3 1;7 ek bf ElizAbeth Youatt, Calicakinn P I°4s fu r l 01, and others equally we descriptive, 4 1 , - l'nb b I and . tv„,, •..i l 4,,, Nary, ut i pictorialo a stn. The ``H, tV,opriate 'conclusion to the articles enume ;1:k In 471 P FP' II LE" S FRIEND. 46`,.aroti11113' pa'mpldei, delevo.te exclusively to the tastes f p Atieo countryworr.en. It consists of „ ors d; 3, bio,,. h . , and here ..ttq •teu r „. t,rap test notices, and Verse, is t essays, dis titil otir ~,,:tve• Morality and happiness are inculcated f () ; °of '''''ll, and t fore it is well spirited. The 1 , 4 eit 41position isle s art anti condensed, and ther k 4 I'',,gdable. e refer the inquisitive --- to its 2„,„„_ .4..._________________ titi'brll(.44o"-t -C' .PROSPEC7'IVP 11, ( if at 4 . 6 11 1 its general t —RR VIEW. , - er e • erial s ti .; ....me, and choice in its setec ite an is , , li, re% 0 • -4 4 t 144;131,, -on-augurs well for its prosperity. w•rrellr? Aznir o . B oi l , e ~, - charaeter in its composition which kt`ltLe,doitka iihort of vigour, vrhile it en force 3 the t, ~ 4 8 4 ' y 140. almost fis 144411 as mere argument itil's,"l,,, , 41Qi iit , , A. criticism upon the Chevalier titi4 .hi, ' ter,. Of Egypt," another of " Explana ii tt ,r , . 4a r.--, c 1 t ''''' -. 'Ch ''°' to " Vey °f of Creation, ' and ' ' t , - 14.; 4°l3ore Parker'• "I.Y‘' of Religion " qt., -net t - , n ar t i o _ . b Leollrses , 1 ant i Dei,ts,, . u 3 in th:s fifth part. One also upon I . rit ole. all is deserving of notice more for its ab horrevre_ C's than top ft: ^---"---- ^ 4 ' --- - - "on. J . ; oziii 4 t a r„ t.--,......,,...,... ',...4 Oz r t iliglidst 5u .... - "~'~.: T tl I brightness, and hence, possibly, requires our more particular stigma We ascribe this solitary instance of partiality against a creed rather to the carelessness of the (Alto!' than to his matured purpose. Yet on this very account, more especially, we point the linger of criticism at the blot, and warn its conductor against any future repetition of the like, if he would propitiate the favour of his liberal-hearted and liberal-minded gene ration. WANDERINGS OF A PEN-AND PENCIL Pleasant wandcrings are these; and choice, sun-lipped companions .are Masters Crovvquill and Palmer. The pen is smartly nibbed for the nonce, and the pencil ever pointed. Though the woods be seductive for a descrip tion, the old ruinous monastic buildings which nestle in all sorts of nooks in this our "merry England" seem to offer greater attractions to the pilgrims d - literature and art, and precious coifes of anecdote and millions of legend do they rake up from amongst the moss and the green stones. Then, for example,, at page 168, is the veritable chamber of Alexander Pope, at Stanton Har court, the roan ,in which he finished he fifth volume of his Homer. Think of that good reader! the very room in which our rare, dainty, music-tongued, irritable little poet bath often donned his slippers and snoozed off into a dream of bueolics. For more particulars upon this and divers other curiosities, we commend thee to the good company of Alfred Crowquill. KNIGHT'S PENNY MAGAZINE, Though . smaller, this new series of an o ld favouri superior both in appea rance an d te is infinitely smaller, salection of material:; to its predecessors. All readers of taste will feel themselves under obligations to Mr. Knight for an alteration so judicious, and to Mr. Harvey also for his delicate and occasionally deliciOus pictorial contributions. Some morsels in this first part - from the pencil of that eminent draughtsman arc pecu liarly pleasing, inasmuch as they remind us of his glorious achievements in the embellishment of the Arabian Nig'at's Entertainimnts: in the present case, however, to employ a quirk, it is in the embellishment of the " English Knight's Entertainment." Beside s th e ordinary proportio n of antiquarian, or, rather, book worming matter, tales, and poetry, and reviews are inter spersed through the Penny Magazine, giving an addi tional attraction to that deserving and popular publi- cation. LORD LINCOLN and the ELECTORS OF SOUTH NOTTS. Lord Lincoln having vacated his seat for South Notting hamshire, by accepting the (Alice of Chief Secretary for Ire land, has issued the following address to his late consti tuents : " TO THE ELECTORS OF THE SOUTHERN DIVISION OF THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM " Gentlemen,—lt was this day proposed to me, through the gracious favour of the Queen, that I should undertake the important office of Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieute mist of Ireland. " I have felt it to be my duty to accept that appointment, and the seat in Parliament which I have occupied by your suffrages for fourteen years has thereby become vacant. " I hasten to solicit at your hands a renewal of the trust, of which I hope I have not proved myself unworthy, either by the step which I have now taken, or by any other act of my ,political life. " So far as more personal considerations are concerned, I might have hesitated at any o th er moment to exchange the effice which I lately held under the Crown for that which I have now undertaken. " Circumstances which have lately taken place amongst you hare, however, overruled every personal objection, and make me rejoice in a legitimate and constitutional oppor tunity of appearing at this particular juncture before the constituent body which has repeatedly honoured me with its confidence. " When, a few days ago, I received the formal announce ment of a resolution passed unanimously at a meeting of the Nottinghamshire Agricultural Protection Association, calling upon me to resign my seat—a resolution in which my honour' was openly assailed—my first impulse was to comply with the demand, and instantly appeal from that meeting to the whole constituency by a new election. Re flection, however, and a deep sense of constitutional obliga tions forbade that course. " The Constitution does not recognise the right of a Mem ber of Parliament to divest himself of the trust confided to him. It has not even given him the power to do so. The resignation of his seat can only be accomplished by a fiction —by a request fur a nominal office at the hands of the Crown. The principle of delegation is at variance with the spirit of our institutions, and those who demur to the ex pediency of annual Parliaments are bound to resist such a call as that which has been made upon me, come from whom it may. " I know that others, situated like myself, have lately yielded to a keen sensibility of what was due to their hon'our, called in question as mine has been. I honour and respect their motives, whilst I deprecate the step they have taken, and fear that they hardly foresee the consequences of their esatnple. "Neither they nor I were sent to Parliament as agents or advocates of one interest in preference to others, but as Members of a deliberate assembly bound to legislate for the good of all—for the interest of the nation as a whole. Of that whole you form an important part; And in my conscience I believe that neither have I heretofore done, nor am i now doing, that of which in calmer times you will have reason to complain. "I am told that I shall be opposed by a candidate put forward by the Agricultural Protection Society. Let me warn you of the danger of submitting to the dictation of any political association or club, however respectable may be its members. That danger is increased when, as in the ease of the Protection Society, such a club is, if not affi liated to, at least in direct communication with, and acting under the direction of, a central body sitting in London. Believe me, such a system is fraught with mischief to all interests, but especially to that which this Society professes to protect. Whilst, however, I repudiate the principle of being 'your delegate, and claim the highest position of vour representa tive, I freely recognise your right to the fullest and most ex plicit expression of my opinions upon all political subjects. I will, therefore, attend any meeting in any part of the division to which you may summon me, between this time and the day of election, to discuss with you the measures lately in troduced by her Majesty's Government, and at my nomi nation at Newark you shall find me ready to explain and to justify my conduct. " I cannot within the limits of an address enter into the details of so large and comprehensive a scheme of commercial policy as that lately laid before the House of Comnions. This much, however, I am bound in candour, when addressing an agricultural constituency, to say—that on the question of the, corn-laws my opinions are changed. In 1841, honestly, and not from any party mltive, I advocated measures for what is now called 'Protection of native industry.' Mature re flection,—constant and anxious consideration of the subject,— attention year after year to the arguments brought forward in the House on one side and on the other,—above all, the experience of the last four years have convinced me, not that the corn-laws alone should be abolished, but that our whole commercial system should be subjected to a great, a bold, and a comprehensive revision. " This change of opinion has not come suddenly upon me. Three years ago my confidence in the principles of protec tion was greatly shaken,—last year I felt that they had be come indefensible. Still, looking to the mischief of any violent shock to party attachment (not for the sake of the leaders of party, but for the sake of public confidence), and conscious of the peculiar circumstances under which the present Parliament was elected, I felt anxious that, if pos sible, this groat but inevitable change should be postponed till after the next dissolution of Parliament. This, however, I had firmly resolved—that I would never again appear be • fore you on the hustings without an express stipulation that I should be free to vote for the repeal of the corn• laws. "But, in the autumn of last year, it pleased Provi!ence to visit our country, and more especially the sister island, with an infliction which some have ventured to doubt, nay, even to deride, but the alarming extent of which I greatly fear has yet to be unfolded. Thus the desires of politicians have been frustrated, the calculations - of statesmen have been thwarted. What would have been praiseworthy caution and deference to existing circumstances, in times of abundance and prosperity, would now be culpable neglect, or a slavish submission to the fear of reproach and personal odium. The Government has been compelled, by an imperative sense of duty, to bring forward at once a final settlement of these questions, for none but a final settlement—no half measures—no temporising expedients—could ever again be entertained ; and I am prepared to adopt my full share, of the responsibility which must attach to the members of a Government which has endeavoured to reconcile in a great and comprehensive scheme the various, but not conflicting interests of the country. " I regret that the shortness of the interval between the issue of the writ and the day of election will not allow me to wait personally upon each of you at your homes. I have, on this account, suffered my address to run to greater length than I could have otherwise desired. " Again, I must assure you that, after the imputations which have been cast upon my motives and my conduct, I hail with satisfaction an opportunity of appealing to your suffrages. I look forward with confidence to the result, and anticipate with no faltering hope my return to Parliament, for the sixth time, as your representative —I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your over faithful friend and servant, "Whitehall-place, Feb. 7." "LINCOLN." THE REPRESENTATION OF EAST - - - SUFFOLK', The retirement from Parliament of the doubting Lord Henniker affords the tenant-farmers of East Suffolk an op portunity of rescuing themselves from the thraldom which has so long oppressed them, and which was so unblushingly declared by the now sole Member for East Suffolk, Lord Rendlesham, in his notorious assertion of the " landlord in fluence" on the hustings at Ipswich, in April, 1843. The de risive shout which met that insolent taunt—albeit that the tenantry of East Suffolk were compelled to " pocket the affront"—was an indication of the working change in their minds since 1841. It is now for them to throw back the taunt upon their noble representative ( ?), and following the glorious example of the West Iliding of - Yorkshire, assert the influence of the many Over the few, the nation over the oligarchy. Mr. Alexander Shafto Adair has loosened the "screw" in East Suffolk, and in the short Interval bet Ween the election of June, 1841, and that of April, 1848, he had reduced the Conservative majority 341 votes, under the most unfavour able ciecuttistaetes-=te Tory (toile-meta high In favour; but partly by the aid of the Canada flour question. If that slight movement towards a liberal policy in commerce worked such wonders in the agricultural county of East Suffolk, what will be the result of the Government's free-trade declarations? It will be for Mr. Adair to give the electors another chance of throwing oil' the influence of the Bences and the Myddle tons, it Lord gendi esham should dare to heard it nominee, and to show that his pledge to buckle on his armour and "shiver another lance in the lists" of reform was not an idle one. The unanimity manifested a short time since at the meeting at yramlingham Castle augurs much for his success if he should again cane kifettftt saae, ta: :nd:: : Gbo l rTeb e itnesi: f r a o htnitin l iai o l NegE i nim : es: v i prei i following Tn g 7spo i fssi causet I Li svF r i d neAfTgo) H ulrlinEl e dta n eß c eiA i tpy l k is e Tref r eo t v a 7 f en a st i e ucit w roev le e oss l mfsi l oir a eveN d iel d troph r eF e i s etr s S nl ;Ll tca T imnr F cge O un l tm i lf . doiicrciurirgretdhavrthpicehrio:a,veenjidnd;eudee3d-Otime eeettfofirtledlninecieustittshd the high trust so long reposed in me. • "The members of the present Government, whose general polity I have cordially s uppo rte d , hav i ng thought it advisable to introduce the litipeetant subjeet of the corn-laws to the consideration of' the Legislature, seith a strong eXpfessioti of their opinion that a relaxation of those laws at the present mo ment, and t lt he e i i r ra t r o e t ; al hreapteealfel felt after my a s e f years, j e f w cal led puaroento o essential re c to th i e lititihc toe sUojeet and the objeeti of theil Il I and confess lam unable entirely to satisfy myself what course I ought to pur sue consistently xfit4 my implied premises to you other than that I addptedi " I tally acknowledge that, at the last general election,' declared the maintenance of protective laws to be indispen sable to the interests of' agriculture, en which, I need scarcely remind Yoii; rily Bwh iffe dellendlAtt; atld I vir tually pledged myself to uphold that opinion ;puf, Ina the statements and reasons adduced by the first ]Mister d ie Cioi 4 ii2t ititll tyke 41riiogi iiiiiiiiniodiAn6ifyferi6e of the Cabinet, (.loilinsea as it is of many persons of ttid character for ability and experience, and whose interests are identified with those of agriculture, I am so far rendered doubtful in regard to my previous convictions, that I do not feel I tx4ld coilecientiOnAly,pethirut ply out without entire eklon; end tiereptioli frfirti all 1 ritiet thidtifsttield pledges, &c. "Placed in this position, I have no alternative but to re sign my seat in Parliament, for otherwise, in case of my concurrence . in the view of the Geverumentl I must have tided ineofigietently With m eiWn qofie6iintidifs Cotivittlofie iri opposing th4iii, iiiiplled jitBiiiises f i You, 01 itipOriihg them: I have, therefore, this day taken the usual course for accomplishing my determination, " Iq taking leave of Op; Orli - lit. me to say that your con stant kindness and cOnsideration for me Ball for the expres• sion et my warrriest thanks; yotit cdnfielenee hitherto has been nieSt gHtiryiit, rue; Anti it his tali, indeed, a entire° of' satisfaction to me to have had the opportunity of forming friendshipi with very many for Whom I entertain sincere .6g . iLta; and I hefie that the friendly sentithents I have ex perienced may continue unabated. " With great esteem, and fervent wishes for your prosperity and happiness ; I have the honour to be, gentlemen, your very faithful aim qbedlent servattt i . Thornham Hall, Veb. 4, 1846." country, I will in sincerity assure you that there is no one more truly attached than myself to the Established Church, and my exertions will ever be used to preserve, unimpaired, the Protestant religion. " Upon the important question of the corn-laws, I at once frankly avow my decided opposition to the measures now in troduced by the Government, and my desire and determina tion to endeavour to preserve that protection which the agri cultural interest has hitherto possessed, and to which it has so just a claim. I have ever felt respect and sympathy for the industrious classes: my attention shall be given to the subject of the poor-laws, being desirous to do all I can to ameliorate them, to insure to the labourer and his family every possible com fort, and to protect their interests. "I need not add how gratifying it will be to me to promote to the utmost the interests of the town of Buckingham and its neighbourhood; and shall always feel anxious to carry out the wishes of the inhabitants, and to have the gratifica tion of frequently communicating 'with them, and receiving tl.eir opinions. I hope to have the honour, before the day of election, of waiting upon you, and again repeating my grateful thanks for your kindness and good opinion, which I hope, by honest conduct, with the blessing of God, to retain through life.— I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen, your faithful and obedient servant, " CHANDOS. "Stowe, Feb. 6." LORD JOCELYN. TILE REPRESENTATION OF LYNN. The Norfolk News, after quoting the paragraph which ap peared on this subject in The Sun, says :—We copy this paragraph, as it fully accords with our own views, as to the loyal and independent borough of King's Lynn being un der the direction of Lord George Bentinck ; at least, that it is so understood in the upper circles in town. It will be remembered, that his Lordship turned out Lord William Lennox,--at least, it was so stated at the time; and in the exercise of his power in this pocket borough, he has now doubtless been the main instrument of relieving the electors of Lynn of another of their representatives. When the paragraph which appeared in last week's paper was written, not even a rumour had reached us that there was a probability of an election prior to the anticipated general one, but the last few days have disclosed an organised attempt to obtain one. It appears that a deputation, by whom sent we have not yet learned, waited upon Lord Jocelyn, in town, for the pur pose of ascertaining his views on the corn tariff of Sir Ro bert Peel, and whether it was his intention to support him ; the nature of his Lordship's reply has led to the tender of his resignation, which was received last Sunday; and, the result is, that after consultation, it was decided to invite a few of the burgesses to a meeting at the Town Hall, on Wednesday last, care being taken that no one should be present who dif fered with the "leaders" on the score of Protection, and, ex cept in the case of two or three merchants, no one who dif fered with them in politics. We know that about forty per sons attended this meeting, and that though strictly a "pro tectionist; one, yet some difference of opinion existed as to the policy of accepting the Noble Lord's resignation: this is not much te be wondered at, considering that these very men are first and foremost to condemn the system of " pledges," when resorted to by their opponents, and the con sequence was, that a specific motion by Richard Bagge, Esq., seconded by A. Carter, Esq., that Lord Jocelyn's resigna tion be accepted; and it was moved as an amendment, by F. Cresswell, & - q., (Mayor), and seconded by the Rev. John Bransbv, (we do not pledge ourselves to the exact words), that Lord Jocelyn's resignation be not accepted, but that his Lordship be at liberty to vote upon the question as he may think beet. On the question being put, there appeared ten for the amendment, and 27 for flip original motion, which was according carried. A deputation was then appointed, consisting of Richard Baggo, Esq., and Everard, Esq., to wait upon his Lordship in town, and acquaint him with the result of the meeting. It was now urged by a solicitor, who had voted in the majority, that unless the minority wore prepared to remain neutral in case of a contest, that they had better retire, as it was necessary that the meeting should be unanimous on the proceedings which would follow; five only of the minority felt it to be their duty to withdraw. So much for Lynn consistency. The appointment of Lord Jocelyn's successor was next discussed, and the result was that the deputation were requested to wait on Attwood, Esq., London, the Tory gentleman who opposed Lord John Russell in the City election, and offer him the vacant seat; and in the event of this failing, the name of Bond Cabell, Esq., was named as a second chance. The gentlemen of the deputation left for London, but were too late, as we are in formed, for the train that evening; and here ended acted the first of a farce now performing in this borough, under the distinguished patronage of the patriotic Duke of Portland. We have already stated that Lord Jocelyn's letter reached Lynn on Sunday morning, and that a deputation had pre viously had an interview with his Lordship. This was con firmed by the appearance of his Lordship's address on Thurs day evening, one day after the meeting was held, at which it was decided to accept his resignation, notwithstanding the request made in his Lordship's letter that "as soon as I am informed by you that this paper has been m a d e pu bli c to my constituents, and they are desirous of taking adva n t age o f my resignation, I will make application for the Chiltern Hundreds, and the writ will be moved for a new election." It is therefore palpably evident that the conditions upon which his Lordship resigned have not been complied with, unless it can be shown that the 37 invited electors represent the 900 electors of Leeds. We hope that no other borough in the kingdom, containing from 16,000 to 17,000 inhabitants with nearly 1000 registered electors, will ever have laid to its charge the disgraceful and disreputable accusation that it sold its electoral rights for a mess of pottage. REPRESENTATION OF SELKIRK-. SHIRE. On Friday the nomination for this county took place in the ,own of Selkirk. Mr. PRINGLE, of Whytbank, proposed Mr. Elliot Lock hart, of Rortbwickbrae, the nomination being seconded by Mr. Scott, of Gala. Mr. GRIEVE, a farmer, proposed Mr. Murray, junior, of Philiphaugh, which was seconded by Mr. GILL, a manufac turer. Mr. LOCKHART then addressed the meeting, and was fol lowed by his opponent, Mr. MURRAY, who declared himself a thorough free-trader, supporting the League in all its acts. The LORD PROVOST of Edinburgh then came forward and put a number of questions to Mr. Lockhart. The answers elicited to these questions were, that Mr. Lookhart thenght Sir Robert Peel had gone too far in his measure. The ques tions referred to Sir Robert Peel's measure—the equalisation of the prison assessment in the burghs and counties—sites for the Free Church, Ike. Mr. Lockhart thought Sir Robert's measure went too far. He was not prepared to give an opinion in regard to the prison assessment ; and in reference to the Free Church, he stated that he would have no objec tion to give sites if clear cases were made out that such were needed in the particular localities where they were requested. The SHERIFF, without taking a show of hands, asked if a poll was desired, when Mr. Pringle, on the part of Mr. Lock hart, demanded a poll. Great dissatisfaction being expressed at the Sheriff's conduct, in departing from the usual custom, the Hon. Mr. Elliott, after that functionary bad retired, asked for a show of bands, when only one was held up for Lockhart, and almost the entire assemblage for Mr. Murray. Three cheers were then given in rotation, on the motion of the Hon. Mr. Elliott, for the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, the free-trade Duke of Buccleuch, a n d th e measure o f Si r Robert Peel. The assemblage then quietly dispersed. We understand that Mr. Murray has protested against the validity of the proceedings, on account of a show of hands not being taken. " HENNIKER. THE REPRESENTATION OF BUCKINGHAM. _ SIR ROBERT PEEL AND THE CORPORATION OF NOTTINGHAM. The Mayor of Nottingham has received the following reply to a communication addressed by him en the part of the Corporatioi of that town, expressing their approval of the Premier's free-trade policy : "Whitehall, Feb. 5, 1846. " Str,—l am highly gratified by the communication you have made to me by dire c ti on o f th e Town Council of Not tingham, and will make it known to my colleagues in the service of her Majesty. " I sincerely hope that the measures which it has been my duty to propose, on the part of the Government, will, if sanctioned by Parliament, conduce to the prosperity of the town of Nottingham and the comfort and happiness of its inhabitants.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, "ROBERT PEEL. "The Mayor of Nottingham." The following address has been issued by the Marquis of Chandos to the worthy and independent electors of the borough of Buckingham and its boundary parishes : " Gentlemen,—l hasten to thank you most sincerely fur the honour 3 - oil have conferred on me, by the requisition so numerously signed, to offer myself as a candidate to repre sent your borough in Parliament. "More consonant would it have been to my wishes and feelings to have remained for the present a private indivi dual in your neighbourhood ; but after this most gratifying proof of your good opinion and regard, I cannot decline the request, and oar my humble but faithful services to those for whose unvarying kindness and generous confidence I am so deeply . obliged. " Untried in political life, I must entirely depend on your accepting honesty of purpose to compensate for the want of superior talent and experience; assuring you that my best services shall always be at your command. " As regards my opiiions upon some of the important fittiOctfi 4c PY ILO attentia or the SUN LON DON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUAIt, V - 9, 1846. THE POTATO CROP. The following is an extract from a report of the Commis sioners of Inquiry into matters connected with the failure of the potato crop : (l e g s t e i s o t n s t o of the e G y o ; r e b r u n t m w e e n t co mas e u r re i s t i n n o v t o l o v n i n ly g Dublin Castle, Jan. 20, 1846. We have not und ers t oo d i t to be within our province to within n rt o a u n r t province, but our imperative duty, to bring, without further delay, under the notice of Government, a state of circum (stances which appears to us t o call fur immediate considers tion, and in which questions of pclicy may be involved. Two questions of very pressing nature have been under the consideration of the board, which, for the present, have been disposed of by a suggestion that those interested in the re spective localities shall avail themselves of the Act 1 Viet., c. 21, which enables the Board of Works, upon certain pre liminaries being taken, to advance money for the execution of local works. We beg to refer your Excellency to the reports of these cases, and especially to that of Nebber, as presenting pro bable indications of that which must be expected in very many instances to occur. We cannot disguise from our selves, that the remedy we have suggested in these cases may fail of being successfully adopted, and if adopted, may be but a temporary alleviation of the distress then prevail ing; and that numernuse cases of distress are likely to occur and some are near at hand, for which neither the Act pointed out by us, nor any other, as far as we know, in exist ence or in the contemplation of Government, can provide an effectual remedy. It appears, from undoubted authority, that of 32 counties in Ireland, not one has escaped failure in the potato crop; of 130 poor-law unions, not one is exempt; of 2,050 electoral divisions, above 1,400 are certainly reported as having suf fered; and we have no certainty, until the receipt of more minute returns, now in progress of completion, that the re maining 600 have altogether escaped. Every variety, in point of extent of loss, and every shade of subdivision in pint of locality, will be found in the re turns laid before us; and this circumstance, while it implies an exemption from widely extended and uninterrupted loss in one continuous locality, complicates, on the other hand, and renders difficult the application of relief in the manner apparently most desirable, by employment in labour. The poor-houses will, without doubt, be found a most im portant means of relief, and we consider it a most providen tial circumstance that such an extensive resource is available against a calamity more widely extended, and more serious in its nature, than any that has affected the Irish poor since the year 1817. We have the satisfaction to know that the resource is still open to a very great extent, and that even in the most distressed district the peer-houses are very far from beingfull. We look with anxious attention to their progress towards repletion, as a strong, though not conclusive indica tion of the state of the union to which they belong. We refer, however, to the constabulary report of the recent oc currence at the poor-house at bells (in which union Nobber is eituated) ' for a proof that it would be unsafe to rely upon the state of the respective poor-houses, either as a certain test of the amount of distress in the union, or as a sole re • source for its relief. The ordinary expenditure for one year of the poor-houses in Ireland is about 260,0001., including established charges, repairs and instalments for repayment of building ; and taking the largest pecuniary estimate of the relief which their capacity would afford, we cannot consider it as at all equivalent to meet any such deficiency in the crop as that estimated. In turning therefore from this branch of resource for the poor to those afforded by existing and contemplated laws for the encouragement of public workQ, we are islet by diffi culties attaching peculiarly to the present emergency. In all cases of public distress, it is necessary, as stated by the Commission of 1822 (16th May), to prefer small local undertakings, where employment in labour is to be given, to those on a great scale. Works on a greater scale have a tendency to invite an accumulation of numbers to a given spot, and probably to disappoint the greater part of them. That which is necessary on all such occasions is pecu liarly necessary now; the extreme variety in the extent of the potato failure, and the minute and insulated subdivisions of land in which it prevails, lead us to entertain the greatest doubt whether any fidjustment of public works can be made to meet the need wherever it may occur; and it must be met, or death from famine may be the result. Sir John M'Neill, a highly competent authority, in a document transmitted to us, estimates the distance to which the benefit of employment in public works extends at five miles only. (Signed) EDWARD LUCAS, Chairman. COMMITTAL of a. SHAREBROKER FOR FORGERY. On Saturday last Herman Julius Marcus, a stock and share broker carrying o n b us i ness i n L ee d s , was brought before the Mayor (Mr. J. D. Luecock) and Mr. E. Baines and Mr. D. W. Nell, two of the Leeds borough justices, for final exami- Nation on a charge of forgery. The examination terminated in the committal of the prisoner for trial at the ensuing as sizes at York, but the magistrates consented to admit the prisoner to bail—himself being bound in reeognizances to the amount of 3001., and sureties to the same amount. The case is one of a rather peculiar character, and from the re spectability of the prisoner, his position in society, and other circumstances, great interest has been excited in Leeds by the discovery of the alleged forgery, and the Borough Court , house, in which the examination took place, was crowded in every part by the principal merchants, tradesmen, share brokers, and other respectable inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood. Before giving an outline of the facts of the case, as developed by the evidence, we may mention that Mr. Marcus, who is a German by birth, but has been naturalised in England by a special Act of Parlia ment passed some years age, has resided in Leeds a long time, and followed O.; business of a wool-broker, till the spring of last year, when he gave up that business, and started as a stuck and sharebroker, in partnership with a gentleman named Naylor, under the firm of Marcus, Nay lor, and Co. The partnership, however, was dissolved some few months ago, and after the alleged forgery was committed, but of the forgery Mr. Naylor appears - to have had not the slightest knowledge or suspicion till it was dis covered a few days ago. Mr. Marcus for ma n y y ears p as t has tak en an active part in the management of the Me chanise' Institute the Philosophical and Lit erar y S oc i e t y , and some other institutions for the promotion of know - ledge, as wel as others for benevolent and charitable ob jects. He is a man of considerable natural abilities and mental acquirements, and has hitherto been received in society as a man of irreproachable character. The party whose name he is alleged to have forged was one of his most intimate friends, Mr. Darnton Lupton, a magistrate of the borough, and the Mayor of Leeds for the ye!ir endin g the 9th of November last. Th e f acts of the case may be briefly stated as follows :—ln th e mout h of July last.- Mr. Marcus bought of Mr. Henry Ell v th orpe Robson, ofiver pool, 87 shares in the London and Croydon Railway for the sum of 1,999/., and also 13 other shares in the same railway for the sum of 299/. On the usual transfer deeds for the transfer of these shares being executed, Mr. Marcus had the deeds filled up in the form of a transfer of the shares to Mr. Lupton, and he signed the name " Darnton Lupton" to the deeds, in the capacity of the transferee, and put his own name, "H. J. Marcus," as the attesting witness. The 100 London and Croydon shares thus bought were afterwards sold by Messrs. Alarcus and Naylor, in lots, to five or six different persons ant in the various deeds necessary for the transfer of the different lots of shares, Mr. Marcus signed the name of Mr. Lupton as the transferer. The money for the purchase of the shares was paid by the firm, and the va rious transactions were entered in the partnership books as on account of Mr. Lupton; but Mr. Lupton denied that he had anything to do with the purchase or sale of the shares, and that Mr. Marcus had no authority from him to sign his name. The whole 100 shares were sold for about 174/.los. more than they cost, which balance Mr. Naylor said he un deretoo4 had been paid by Mr. Marcus to Mr. Lupton, for he (Mr. Naylor) had got none of it. Mr. Sanderson, solicitor, appeared before the magistrates for the prisoner, and in the course of his cross-examina tion of the principal witnesses he elicited the fact that Mr. Lupton had some time before the transaction in July last, in a conversation with Mr. Marcus, gave him some autho rity to buy shares for him when he saw the opportunity of making a good investment, that after the purchase of the shares in question they fell in price below that given for them by Mr. Marcus, and that some weeks elapsed before they rose again so as to allow Mr. Marcus to sell them at a profit; indeed, that he sold the first lot of them at a loss. Mr. Sanderson was allowed to address the bench, and in an able speech he contended that Mr. Marcus had not been guilty of fraud, nor the intention of fraud, and therefore, though he had committed an improper and an immoral act, he was not guilty of forgery. The Magistrates, however, took a different view of the case, and committed the prisoner for trial. He appeared to feel his degraded position most keenly, and left the Court in tears. When first taken into custody he made an attempt to commit suicide by taking laudanum, but was prevented by the timely interference of a police officer. BRITISH AND FOREIGN IN STITUTE. A very interesting conversazione took place on Saturday at the above Institute, when the question of the best means of increasing the supply of food to the people was discussed. The attendance was not so numerous as might have been anticipated from the interesting nature of the subject. Mr. J. S. Buckingham opened the dis cussion by observing that a deficiency of food was one of the greatest evils that could befal a country, as its con sequences fell on those least able to bear them, the poor —while these consequences reacted on the rich, who were the only parties able to provide for the poor. It was also injurious in a moral point of view, as when a people were pressed by hunger they could not respect the barriers between right and wrong. Various causes tended to produce a deficiency of food ; ignorance was one cause ; on the banks of the Missouri and along the valley of the Missisippi there were millions of acres lying unproductive, because the Indians were ignorant of th e me th o d of? cultivation. Indolence was another cause, while tyranny and des potism formed a third cause, for no man would sow when he was ignorant as to whether he should reap. Having alluded to the causes of deficiency of food, he would now bring forward his plans for preventing that evil. The first was by draining the bogs and fens of England and Ireland. This should be undertaken by - Government, for private individuals could not expend the sums requi site for draining on the necessary scale, nor, could they afford to wait till a profit was returned. There were many successful instances of draining in England—Chat Moss, for instance, which, not many years ago, was totally barren ; there were also th e fens o f Lincolnshire. His next plan was to convert all the waste lands of Eng land and Scotland into productive land, by covering their surface with fresh soil by means of manures and earth brought from elsewhere. He mentioned several instances in which land formerly barren was now most fertile. Malta, when it was presented to the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem by Charles V., had not one hundred acres of productive land in the whole island. The Knights of St. John, however, had caused shiploads of earth to be brought from Sicily, and made a layer of soil on the surface of the rock, so that Malta was now one of the most fertile spots on the face of the earth. Then there were the numerous lakes in the North of England, which might be stocked with fish from the ocean. It was thought that sea-fish could not live in fresh water, but this was a mistake; for many species of fish were common to both, such as the salmon, smelt, lamprey, and others. Another means of preventing a scarcity of food was by carrying out sea-fishing to a large extent by Government, who might provide a number of vessels, and man them with seamen, under a system of proper discipline, with officers who might be taken from the half-pay list of the navy. This would form a nursery for sailors for the navy, while it would amply pay all its own expenses. For Ireland such a scheme would be of especial advantage, as the sea along the coast of that country was teeming with fish; an ad vantage of which the people, from their poverty, were unable to avail themselves. A proper system of sewerage, too, would also be of great advantage, as the manure thus obtained might be employed for the fertilisation of the soil, instead of, as now, running to waste ; at the same time, it would be a positive saving from the superior cleanliness thereby produced. The last remedy he would propose, was freedom of exchange with other nations. England had immense stores of iron and coal, great mechanical invention, and un wearied industry • aided by these, she could p ro d uce great quantities of manufactured articles, which she might then exchange with other nations for articles of food. Mr. Buckingham concluded by observing that the mutual dependence of nations OR each other was the best guarantee for peace. An animated discussion then followed on the ques tion, and many interesting facts were adduced in favour of the views advanced by Mr. Bucicingham. The party did not break up till a late hour. FOREIGN Paovxsioxs.—The arrivals of cattle and provisions from the different continental states within these few days have, as may be supposed, been of a somewhat limited nature, which may very reasonably be attributed to the alterations about to be proposed with reference to the duties chargeable upon them on importation into this coun try. The weather is remarkably mild for the season, and no difficulty appears to be experienced in clearing from the ports of Rotterdam, Hamburgh, and other Dutch and German ports, still the importations of cattle during the past week have been of a very trifling character compared with previous weeks, as the market returns have shown, and it is evident that the owners and feeders of cattle in olland are holding back and declining to send cattle over for the present to any greater extent than is absolntel7 necessary to meet pending engagements or keep a position in the metropolitan markets. If our space permitted it, it would be interesting to men. tion some of the importations, which have taken place within the last ten days, although the arrivals during the latter portion of them 'have been of a very scanty have nature, excepting the supplies of poultry, butter, and other articles of general consumpti on , from France been of the an d Belgium, which usual irent varieties arrival, itwould be enumeratethe d their lf order we ero r f e r o i n p s ti o in ns. small seen that importations o r d t es a t e i the supplies of cattle have b orne but a d proportion of them, and although num erous i n quantity, important in character, are not to b e compared with the supplies of three or four previo us weeks, _ when several vessels arrived almost daily with cargoes of cattle. Past experience has proved the capabilities of foreign states, and especially Holland, to produce and supply us with cattle and pro vions generally; and it would be difficult to say with any degree of correctness, to how great an extent those ca pabilities can be increased, if the import duties at present levied upon them are, as is probable will be the case, entirely remitted. Holland is, unquestionably, of super eminet importance among the continental states, in the matter of the production and supply of these necessaries ; and that country will, doubtless, consequently experience a very considerable proportion of the advantages which will accrue, if the proposed remission of the duties on cattle, and the reductions of duties on other articles of provisions, be car ied into effect. THE FISHERY CONVENTION.—This important treaty, brought about by the perseverance of the gallant representa tive for Brighton, has just yielded most valuable first fruits. About ten days ago, during a violent gale off Beachy Head, one of our boats, the Sir Robert Peel, the property of Mr. Henry Pocock, parted with twenty-nine of her nets. These wore subsequently picked up by a Dieppe fishing-boat, taken icto the French port, and in obedience to the Fishing Conven tion were given by the crew into the custody of the Douane at Dieppe. The number attached to the nets, as required by the provis►ons of the Convention, informed the French authors • ties that they belonged to a boat sailing from the port of Shoreham, communication was instantly made to the Eng lish Consul at the French port, who, in his turn, sent i_ntiteal‘l,.ie gence of the recovery of the nets to this country; ang c i ., l are tin satisfaction to add that the whole of them, which valued at upwards 70/., have been restored to , * ilin P2T u c in k: who has only been required to re-pay a n v d er c i ry t l l l 2 _ g he u m , which had been disbursed for p h a ic r o tt r i r t an expense which he must haveh.ch g ed, a bad the nets b een they parted. The good French fishermen as by the recovered by the boat f b r y om th w e faith displayed as w e at Dieppe, and the prompt mea suresgentlemen of the Douan Consul our at that port, are deservin t o; prove incontestably the entente cor diale of M. Chapman, l the two great nAtion..., ofttie whichhighes t p ox ra i i s s t e s , and prove Xrighton Guardian• MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. - (From the Observer.) It is now very many weeks sinee, writing from the information derived from practical and influential men, that it was stated under this head that the fall in the values of the Public Securities could be but of a tem porary character, and that the attempt so zealously made to excite alarm by a leading daily contemporary would turn out to be at leas( founded upon great exaggeration. Furthermore, it was stated that, upon all reasonable in ferences, and with the general reservation that peace and tranquillity should not be interfered with, either as respects home or foreign relations, the quotations of the Public Securities would rapidly ascend to the high point paid before the forced panic in the railway world was at its zenith. And very nearly has the opinion then ex pressed been realised. Consols have this week advanced almost continuously, and have attained a value within 1 per cent. of that realised ere the deposits upon new railway projects required for completion that nume rous sales of Stock and Exchequer-bills should be made. Hence the reaction in Consols, &c. of about 5f to 6 per cent. upon a value acknowledged to have been high, and out of all proportion to what was the rate of interest upon the first class of commercial paper. The most extreme divary fact in reference to the state of the Money Mar ket, and as exhibiting the fallacies of the assertions of the panic mongers, is that with deposits daily, and al most hourly increasing at the Bank of England, on be half of the managing body of fresh railways, amounting, according to the last returns, to about 11,000,0001., re mains to be recorded. This largo amount of capital, until the last eight. and.forty hours, or the great bulk of it, hrs been actual'y kept hermetically closed up, either in the hands of the private bankers, or in the pos ses •,ioa of the directors of the Bank of England. And how is this fact established ? Why, by a reference to tie last Bank returns. It appears that under the head of " other deposits" in the weekly return from the Bank, there was not less than 17,000,0001. and over, and with out producing anything like a panic in the Money Market, or reqeiring any measures of a coercive tendency on the part of the directors of the corporation. The chances now are that era the month of April arrives the Three per Cent. Consols will again touch par. Mercantile men, however, it must be confessed, are not very anxious now to operate with vigour, nor will they do so until the new measures of the Premier be carried out, and hence there are much larger balances in the hands of bankers and the discount houses than is usual at this season of the year. And the same remark will apply to and account for the present condition of the Stock Markets, but only to a limited degree. The present favourable aspect of the Funds, may in truth be stated in a few and concise words. As the de.'line was occasioned by sales to pay railway Oeposits some months since, and as re-invest ments have been recently commenced, the present supply is scarcely equal to the demand. Most especially, too, ought it to be borne in mind that all fears of a panic and a consequent necessity of the screw being put upon the irculation, have for some time ceased to operate upon the minds of bona fide fundholders. The almost daily purchases of the G vernment Brokers —say to the amount of from 21,0001. to 22,0001., in diminution of the Public Debt—on behalf of the Savings' Banks (5,0001 on each Transfer Day), and for the An nuity Fund, have, of course, strengthened the movements of the operators for a rise, and per contra, led to many and serious lapses, it is to b e apprehended, on the part of the Bears. The remarks upon the transactions of the first week of the present month may be wound up by stating, as far as the brokers and jobbers are concerned, it has been one of considerable profit, business having been very animated. TBE STUDENT. • A serious, sober, . honest serial. Partially scientific, partiklly critical, partially devoted to light literature. I❑ this number there are —" A Legend of Ancient Mexico," a " Life of John Ronge," a botanical account of " Hemlock" and its prop rti.;s, with other miscellaneous contributions. And as the whole is devoted to the "In terests of Trade," it is surely to the interest of trade that it should be supported. PICTORIAL GALLERY OF ARTS. Mr, Knight here brings the first volume of this spi rited series to a conclusiDu; and, considering its exceed ing cheapness, it may number among the many marvels of typographical and illustrative art that have issued from the press of late 3•cars. It is an undertaking deserving of all praise and all ervouragement, as one likely to foster a love for-the higher descriptions of art among the mul- titude : it forms in itself a kind of moveable " National Gallery." The frontispiece is a curiosity ;itis a copy froin a piece of tapestry in the possesion of Lord Brougham, taken from the renowned " Virgin in the Chair," of Raphael. The colouring of this plate is brilliant; it is a good example of chromatic effect, at once dazzling and subdued. OLD ENGLAND'S WORTHIES. James I. (that choice bard-prisoner, in the dungeon at Windsor Castle), Floury VI. (that weak and feeble Monarch, familiar more with rosaries than sceptres), 'lV°lsey (that problem of party-feeling, by one regarded as the Cardinal-virtue, by another as the Cardinal-vice of his age)—these and others, afford excellent materials for the Second Part of Old England's .Worthies. The biographical condensations are judiciously managed, and the tone of narration is admirably impartial. When completed, the volume will be an invaluable companion to our native history. CHUI?TON'S LITERARY REGISTER. A fantastic assortment of queer things is the opening article of this number, not inaptly staled " The New Curiosities of Literature." h groups together nearly every superstition and "legende hoary" in connexion with the month of February : it Offers us some bits of antiquarian and scholarly information of the " blood baths" used by the ancient Romans for purifying the victims of Elephantiasis, or, as it is commonly called, the white leprosy. It submits'to our notice some fragments from Dekker, descriptive of " moon-men," or half witted persons, with sundry other eccentric gleanings from old folios, breathing of dust and cobwebs—smelling anciently and wormeaten—a resuscitation of Sir Cor nelius Agrippa. In the after portion of the miscellany there is scarcely a single publication that has appeared within the past four weeks but what is mentioned in some sort critically. The literature altogether is su perior, and the I?eyisfer deserves patronage. THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL. Though but the preliminary jump of a new ad venturer among our monthly publications, the People's Journal bears about it an impress of health and stability, which at first is sonewhat enigmatical, until we re member that its literary and artistic contributors are equally experienced in the requisites for similar pub lication. What appears to be the most decided charac teristics about this serial is its fervid, and earnest, and paramount advocacy of the populace. Nor is th;s tone of earnestness, an affectation ; it bursts forth in bosom gushes, it beats with the beating of an unseen but eloquent heart ; it utters its bold ban upon oppression, it breaths a soul sigh for the woes of poverty, it points to the on comings of better and brighter things ; its general spirit is not that of morbid grumbling, but rather of a heaven-born hopefulness. These qualities, however, from their very sacredness, are restricted of course, to the serious portion of each number; the lighter litera tare abstains from the profanation of such themes—the anomalous mingling together of grand truths and flip pant jokes. William Howitt gives two rather milk-and watery estimates of Charles Dickens and William Wordsworth—men whose eulogy should not be sounded forth in staid and formal periods, but in warm, and im petuous, and unstudied tones of love. We say advisedly of love—for is that not a recompense well merited ? Have they not severally attempted to excite within our hearts affection for the Unseen and for the Seen ? And have they not succeeded triumphantly in that beautiful endeavour?—have not their simple utterances stirred up the waters of our inner-spirit ?•-•-and are they not each absolutely in some measure, what Shelley calls " The silver key of the fountain of tears!" by moving our dearest sympathies " up from our heart unto our eyes,"—and after this shall we not speak of them boldly, plainly, lovingly, and cordially ? For this quietude of style, William Hewitt is the very anti thesis of George Gilfillan, who estimates passionately, and yet discriminatingly. Some metrical morceaux of Ebenezer Elliott ; two smart sketches from London So ciety, by Angus B. Reach, with capital illustrations, by Kenny Meadows, (the couple of waiters in the tavern scene being the very extravagance of driller)) ; with a plentiful supply of other very en - ertaing matter, form altogeaier a valuable and amusing magazine of more Than ordinary merit, for the surprising small sum of eightpence halfpenny. So much enterprise, so much ability, so much benevolence of purpose will not surely go unrewarded or unnoticed. A numerou!c P oPle n cti r o i n iV e G f b n ri E ef V b l u E t l q q a . pital contribu tions ; they are chiefly capital s but not all, ono or tw sinking down below n'itn mediocrity, p art i cu l ar l y a very o (fortunately) Short chapter, headed " A Safe Shot." It is all attempt at the graphic and conversational, which sinks to the common-place, while it taggs Cn td clever engraving from a painting by Arnfield upon the same subject, like a briar to a lady's petticoat. Sweetmeat, the property of Mr. A. W. Hill, is here presented to us by the engraver of llacker, and a worthy descendant of Lollipop he appears to be, from that limning, Scribble gi.Ts a rollocking" Day with the Pytchley," and, with some similar sprightly and roystering effusions, The Sporting Review passes muster this month with no little credit. THE Duals eV Whingtvrox AND THE DOVER VowNrntrAid.—Last week we noticed that active steps were being adopted by an influential class of our ytiung and spirited townsmen, to constitute themselves into a body Of volunteers, to avoid the less noble militia service in, the eitnt of the embodiment of that corps. Ptitstiaht to thhi piirpoSO 4 John Hunt, Esq., toiVii cotmcillor, last week addressed a letter to our Lord Warden, the Duke of Wellington, re questing his Grace, in the event of the militia being Called out, to allow the parties in question tp mt k;oltinteo within this ancient Cinq u e Port% To Mn Hitnt'g letter his Grace has sent the IblloWing reply, which puts at rest the notion which had got abroad that it was the intention of the Govcrnment shortly to call out the militia "London, Feb: 3, 1846. "Field. Marshal the Duke of WellinetOU Prehnii his ENV' , pliments to Mr. Runt Ite hM reKved his letter. The Duke is the Lord Aratdtii bf the Cinque Ports, and the Com mander-in,Ohlef of the Army; but he is not aware that in either capacity he has legal authority to enable him to orgy. nise and form bodies of armed men in the Cinque Port& He has no information upon the intention of the calling °tit of the militia. It has been stated that one of her Majesty'* Vet vants has given notic, in the House of Parliament of which he is not a member, of his intention to introduce a Bill for the amendment of the militia laws. The Duke has not heard that such Bill has been introduced. " John Hunt, Esq., Dover." UNDERGROUND RooMs.—A correspondent of The Builder, adverting to the contemplated revision of the Me tropolitan Buildings Act, draws attention to Schedatle which wilt render tenantless the underground apartni ~nfe of nearly the whole of the small houses in r , o ndon, after July, 1846, without remunerating 4 t h- a owners for the loss of rent for the same, although each •'' . mete houses has been built agreeably to the old several district and under the inspection of the tirely er- - _.urireyors. Should Schedule Kbe not en , fe" ....sod from the new Act at the expected revision,. sd as existing buildings are concerned, sonic protision should be made to remunerate the on nerd of such property, who ate generally small tradesmen and frugal mechanics, persons who ought to be assisted and not injured by Acts of Parliament. 20,000,0001. were not long since voted to re , munerate the rich owners of human flesh whose property in the same was prohibited by Act of Parliament. ROYAL HARWICH YACHT CLUB.—William Knight, Esq., the Rear-Commodore of this club, has just received a letter from his Excellency the Danish Minister at the Court of London stating that the yachts of the club shall be free from the charges in the harbours of that country. The Harvdcb Yacht Club now contains forty-four sail, in addition to a f ew on the stocks ' • the privilege now conceded by D enmar k already been granted to the club by eleven other powerS ii2'lluding Hanover, I'russia, Holland, Belgium, - Portugal, &C. in, * Harwich regatta is fixed for July next. ARRAN.—W e ha . ”e received a communication from a corresponde n t i n th e i s l a , , ds of Arran, stating that fever pre vails to ap al arm i ng extent %ens the poor inhabitants of cli§trT9%.=.4caway,Srcrorr-- STATE OF TRADE. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, FEB. 6.—The demand for wool is without alteration, and prices are stationary. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, FEB. 6.—Transactions in foreign Wools have been somewhat less extensive this week than during the preceding one, but recent rates are firmly maintained. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, FEB. 6.—There is no quot able difference in the value of either short or long wool this week, but the market is less buoyant than three weeks ago. The Riding election hse, however, brought uS more cus • - tomers, and rather more has been done than for one or two previous weeks. LEIDDS.—Both on Saturday and on Tuesday there were rather more goods sold than during the last few weeks. The prices are steady, and the stocks less than usual at this a ti n si c n i e m ss are ha c s on b fl ee d n en i c u e or i e s l e iv x e r ly res i s t e i a t i li n e t r i ' e ar o el p l i o z u li s o e n s i l h ea is ibil week ß , that there is likely to be a Kis g E o rw od elsei s kA p ,R ri Ka n nE g dt t , rade. Trot HE b C ee li.li n O m lf u D c W h ' very FEa. few 2 .— There e buyersre haat! tended the iliark il e dc' t Eo t i o nß - g d L a At y l4h . There has been little variation t„-‘ritea for the last few weeks. Mitt it —Busiaesi still continues extremely flat, both among Lie alidon and country hosiers. The extraordinary weather for the seastillf tut More especially the ti g ht ness o f the money market, and the tengtfity with which it is held by aipitdlists; till ttie railway crisis is over, are the reaso ns as _ signed fa If/ Tens are steady in price, and wools continue firm.-:-Liicestei• dotirActl. uk "f divi; Tn u m i Ar .—The,re is no increased activity on the part of the guifinets tit; purchase combing woohr, and the quantity changing Banff 4 ill som ewhat less than at the b eg inning of the year; an d until 'het% is a giving way in price, which at present is strongly /*w e d, we do Ed aped more to be done. The position of the hinealuspe hope suspension iPithiefs Is Ain very discouraging , the price of wool con. ti nu ing very firm; afid Yanis trol advancing, there is mo re inquiry, and no increa se in stock. The business doing t o -d a y i n s further is fav (t o c u t r i a v b i t 1 ; ,,. we T piece goods is tolerably. e xtensive, and as the prosp ec t f or b at riu di ot the Leeds Lind West Riding B ank a pp ear s t o have thrown a little gloom over the manufacturers, and some a ppear to tisi: t s 4 s li w t petithittyhdetoAm see ersicatilnl have suffered considerable temporary embarrassment. MANCHESTER , THURSDAY EVEIHNG.—We have had very little doing in our cotton market. The discount market operates extensively, and only small quantities for present wants find purchasers. Prices are nominally as on this day week. There is no expectation of any amendment till the money panic has subsided, Yarns are not such ready sale as on this day week, but prices are quite firm for all numbers PEEL'S DIFFICULTY. APPOINTMENT OF ime Minister, Si r R o b er t ae lv sl- as ePmrP h il i fi s eci " h great difficulty." lißENverza. is, own remark illustrated —ln tmh sa ue y set i o n u g : , Cte e t il h o Ireland f a h t haivee a seen ree r But in our opinion it was never more strikingly than by the appointment of Mr. Brewster as the Soli- 1 citor-General—a man the most unpopular at the bar- 1 a second-rate lawyer—one of inferior mind, imbued with 1 the bitterest prejudices, and only remarkable for his 1 coarse taste, and the unenviable distinction he has ac quired as a public prosecutor. It is scarcely possible to be lieve that Sir Robert Peel, who must see that his only chance of governing Ireland is by conciliation and justice, could willingly have selected such a man for so responsible a posi tion. The fact is, he is forced to carry on th e affairs of Ire land through a now worn out and fallen party. His power of selection is very limited, and so long as ho remains Pre mier, however wise may be his Relic) , in England, however anxious he may be to conciliate Ireland, it will be his fate, through his appointments to produce discontent and dissatis faction.— Cork Southern Reporter. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET. FEB. 6.—The sales of the week are limited to about 350 hbds. West India, at very full prices: in Mauritius and BengaLs the transactions are unimportant. Rum is very quiet, and prices quite nominal.— Nrtsiol Atersury, THE POTATO DISEASE. The following is a copy of the report of the Commissioners appointed by the Government to inquire into the extent of the disease in the potato crop in Ireland, extracts from which were read by Sir Robert Peel, in his speech on the 22d ult., and which has been laid on the table of the House of Com mons by Sir J. Graham, at the request of Mr. Newdegate : " London, Nov. 15, 1845. "Sir,—With reference to the conversation we had the honour to hold with you to-day at the Home-office, and your wish that our individual opinions as to the extent of the potato disease should be dommunicated in writing, we have the honour to make the following statement : " During our stay in Ireland, we carefully examined such official papers as were transmitted to us from the Castle; we consulted persons acquainted with the facts of the disease ; we visited the district lying between Dublin and Drogheda, and inspected various potato fields and stores in the counties of Dublin, Louth, Meath, Westmeath, and part of Kildare. Judging from the evidence thus collected, and from what we have seen of the progress of the disease in England, we can come to no other conclusion than that one-half of the potato crop of Ireland is either destroyed or remains in a state unfit for the food of man. We, moreover, feel it our duty to apprise you that we fear this to be a low estimate. " - It is, doubtless, true that in some places a much larger proportion of the crop is apparently safe ; but, on the other hand, there are districts where it is not too much to say that the crop is lost. For example, we may mention a large field at Skerries, where not more than one potato in twenty was found by us in a state which would admit of preservation ; and aaotbea near Oldbridge, in which, from the want of skill in the owner, all appeared to be perishing in the pits; and we have proof that these are not rare examples. " We would even add, melancholy as the picture is, that in all proability the late rainy weather has rendered the mis chief yet greaten! " Of the remaining half thus assumed to be capable of pre servation, there can be no doubt that the principal part may be relied upon as food for the ensuing winter, provided the methods of storing which we have indicated are followed. But, considering the means, or rather want of means on the part of the Irish peasant, the wetness of the climate, the disputes between landlord and tenant, and perhaps the de spair or other feelings of the poor cultivators, we dare not venture to hope that our plans, simple as they are, will be fully carried out; and in the meanwhile more of the crop will disappear. " It is also necessary to direct your attention to the quan tity of seed potatoes which must be reserved for the coming year, if the cultivation of the land is to be persevered in We can state that en an average one-eighth of a crop is re quired fur planting the same quantity of ground; so that, in fact, only thre-eights of the crop can, in our view, be at this moment assumed to be available as food. _ _ " There is an opinion that *pen the whole the potato crop is this year a very large one. We regret to add that we have been unable to obtain any proof of this. On the con trary, we have seen that the crop was small, and we have it in evidence that it is below the average; but we have also seen it to be heavy, and we, therefore, conclude that it may perhaps be an average crop. " We are not sufficiently acquainted with the habits of the Irish peasantry to be able to state at what time the want of food from the failure of their potatoes may be first expected. —We have the honour to remain, Sir, your most faithful servants, " JOHN LINDLEY, " LYON PLAYFAIR. " The Right Hon. Sir J. Graham, M.P., &c." THE LATE EXTRAORDINARY VERDICT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—If it will not be encroaching on your valuable space, will you allow me, through the medium of your journal, to ask two questions of those enlightened jurymen, who dis played so much judgment and humanity in the case of the unparallelled monster, Captain Johnstone? The first point on which I should like to be informed is, whether a man's drinking to excess, with a view to embolden him to commit some atrocious doed, is a sufficient plea for insanity? If so, I should advise all murderers, ere they proceed to their awful task, to take to drinking a day or two beforehand, when they will undergo a mock ceremony, called a trial, and be acquitted on the ground of insanity. Why was Tapping hung, who shot his sweetheart in a fit of jealousy, which amounts to nothing less than temporary insanity? The second question I would ask is, whether they took their own views of the case or those of the counsel for the de fendant? It would seem they were entirely guided by the latter. Thus the primary object of juries has been frus trated. Your humble and obedient servant, . JUSTITIA. EADVENTISIMENT.j—Deafness andDefeetiveVision Rellieved.—The undermentioned sent into the country free by post.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, and 25, South Cas tle-street, Edinburgh.—Acoustie Instruments.—lnvisible Voice Conductors, when fixed in the cavity et the ears, are not un comfortable, nor more perceptible than having a small piece of wool in its place. They enable individuals at an advanced age, and of extreme deafness of 40 and 50 years' standing, instantly to join in general conversation, and to catch tiso sound of a distant low speaker at church, theatre, &c. They pour the conversation into the ears to such an extent that in the most severe cases deafness cannot be observed. Also, original Ear Cornets, French, German, and Spanish Artificial Ears, and Improved Hearing Tru.mpata of every description. Many of those instruments have received the approbation of the Royal Society and Royal Insti:ution of Great Britain. The newly-invented Spectacles, inawdiately they are placed before extremely imperfect vision, it is bro ught to its youthful, natural and original state. Also, Achrcmatie Telescope;, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, &c. Caution—. Messrs. S. and B. Solo mons, Opticians, arc not in any way en ected with a person of the same name in their immediate neigi:bourhood, nor in any part of the country. To prevent mistakes, be cautious, and Observe—Only to be had at Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, and 25, South Castle - street, Edin burgh. [ADVERTISEMENT.] --HOLLOWAY 'S PILLS AND OINTMENT.—A REMARKABLE CURE OP PILES, FISTULAS, AND BEARINOS-BOWN.--A half-pay lieutenant, lately resi ding at St. Helier*, Jersey, whose name, by rsqueat, i s omitted, had for three years suffered from piles and fistula, besides a general bearing down of the most distressing nature. He had twice undergone an operation, but to no purpose s and at last gave himself up to despair. Yet, notwithstanding this complication of complaints, together with a debilitated con stitution he was completely cured of all his infirmities, and restored to the fullest enjoyment of health by Holloway's Pills and Ointment. —Sold by all druggists and at Professor Hol loway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London FLAX GROWING IN IRELAND.—The committe of the Society for the Promotion and Improvement of the Growth of Flax in Ireland, met at Belfast on the 28th ult., when a most favourable report of the progress of 'the society in in troducing the growth of flax into the south-west and centre of Ireland was read. The secretary stated that agriculturists of the acciety had visited districts in the counties of Kil kenny, Cork, Kerry, Mayo, Roscommon, Longford, Leitrim, King's and Queen's County, and Westmeath. In all these they had selected land for flax, and their report was highly favourable as to the quality of the soil and the growth of the crop. A. letter was also read from an English flax grower, Mr. Warne, of Tirmingham, Norfolk, in,wbich it was stated that, owing to the abundant employment to women and chil dren created by the growing and preparing of flax, there were now no poor-rates in his parish. DUFFIELD.—We are informed that immediately upon Sir Robert Peel's financial statement becoming known, orders were speedily issued from both the firms at Helper for all the hands then on strike to return to work, which accordingly has been complied with in this town, the men having gone in at their former prices. So great is the scarcity of hands that the bellman has actually been sent round for the purpose Of ISQlidting WQrklnOno.2 4 Tottingham Review, COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, the ladies and gentle men of the Court, and the domestic household attended Divine service yesterday in the private chapel in Buck ingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their so eustomel walk yesterday in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice were taken their usual airings yesterday and on Saturday in the royal pleasure grounds. Sir Robert Peel had an audience of the Queen on Saturday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Mr. G. E. Anson, visited and inspected the new palace at Westminstsr on Saturday. The Queen had a dinner party on Saturday at Buckingham Palace. The company included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, his Royal Highness Prince George, his Excellency Count Dietrichstein, and the Countess Dietrichstein, his Excellency Baron de Brunnow, and the Baroness do Brunnow, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Duro, the Ea rl of Lincoln, the Earl of Auckland, and the Honourable Miss Eden, the Earl Jermyn, Lady Caroline Murray, and Lord and Lady Dalmeny. The band of the Grenadier Guards was in attendance during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in the palace and performed during the evening. A deputation respecting a reduction of duty on tea had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday, at his official residenee in Downing-street. The deputation was headed by Lord Sandon, M.P., and Sir Howard Douglas, M.P., and included a deputation from Liver pool, consisting of Mr. Charles Turner, Chairman of the East India and China Association; Mr. William Nicol, Deputy Chairman ; Messrs. William Potter, William Peat Bushby, Christopher Rawson, and John Scott, Members of the Association ; a deputation from Manchester, consisting of Mr. Robert Gardiner, an d Mr. Robert James Farbridge ; and a deputation from London, consisting of Sir George Larpent, Chairman of the East India and China Association; and Mr. Samuel Gregson, Deputy Chairman. His Excellency Henry Wheaton, Envoy Extraordi nary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States, at Berlin, arrived at the Brunswick-hotel, Jermyn street, on Friday evening. C.)lonel Dixon had an interview with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence, in Downing-street. Dispatches from the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope and the Mauritius were received on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. The Duke of Wellington and Sir Frederick Trench attended the early service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated. At the daily service in the Chapel Royal, the prayers were read by the Rev. W. Hall, and the lessons by the Rev. Dr. H. Dakins. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The anthem, " I will seek unto God" (Greene), was sung by Messrs. Hawkins and Bradbury. Sir George Smart presided at the organ. The Marquises of Anglesea and Salisbury, Lord and Lsdy Palmerston, Lords Talbot, Cawdor, Sheffield, Powis, Hawarden, Clive, Ingesfre, Vivian, and G. Paget, and the Bishop of Ely, were among the nobility present. __ _ - The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on Saturday. The Lords present were the Lord President, Lord Brougham, the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, and Dr. Lushington. An appeal was heard from the Prerogative Court. Cooper v. Bockett, relative to the will of Robert Henry Spencer Cooper, Esq.; Mr. Peacok, Mr. Turner, Queen s Counsel, Mr. Wigram Queen's Counsel, and Dr. Bay ferd, appeared for the respective parties. At the con clusion of the case the Court rose. SPORTING. INTELLIG ENCE. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. LIVERPOOL GREAT NATIONAL STEEPLE CHASE. s W Ee De pN s Et as Dk Ae s y o , r 2o )LAR CHsous . 8 4. . 0 a WEIGHTS ch, 1 It, and l 01l ' s r HE only ifde HANDICAP.c declared on or before Thursday next, the 1 11 2 ii th astt i 22 ni bb tant. - , C Fo o x he b i e r :r s y s , Ugly Peter, list 21b ss C F r i u . r r iL e t e fi ce - h j a z . e l e l rr , l , :l B l 2 t 22 s s t s B t 4 l :l l b b Boskeeper, List Lycurgus, list 121 b Lattitat, list Pioneer, list 121 b Homihiarriho, list Regalia, list 121 b Lancet, list Eagle, llst 121 b Crcesus, llst 121 b ch g by Belshazzar, llst Eugene Sue, lost 121 b Golden Pippin, list 121 b Little Tommy, lOst 121 b Alice Gray, list 121 b Mameluke, lOst 121 b Little John, list 101 b Condor, llst 101 b Wiverton, lOst 121 b Belshazzar, lOst bib The Hawk, list 71b Amalgamate, lOst 101 b Major A., list 61b Pickwick, lOst 101 b Coiner, list 61b Satan, lOst 101 b Troubadour list 6d The Artist, 10st 81b Tramp, lis t 51b Perambulator, lOst 81b Culverthorpe, list 41b Wilton, lOst 61b Carlow, list 41b Veluti, 10st Gib Brenda, llst 41b br g by Oliver Cromwell, d Sacrifice, list 41b 3 b , __. § traphon, 10 41b Single Peeper, list 4lb Tinderbox, llst 41b Peter Simple, llst 21b NEWMARKET FREE HA: these proposed Stakes close IThe Scavenger , lOst 21b Lady Gray,lOst : : DIC AP s.---The Acceptances to to-morrow. . TTIE MINISTERIAL MEARURES.—A friend, who mixes .i‘llCrere:fitaarh;3ceta,isnn.utuotgliolitnnace,etirrgdiniu'lsvainaaatsstttetahrr:e. al no The h e j a much in business with the farmers in different parts of this 28 county, informs us that the feeling of the farmers, gene. rally, is by no means unfavourable to the measures pro. posed by Sir Robert Peel. Their desire is that the repeal should be immediate, instead of at the end of three yvt_r! , because they would then be able to effect an immediate arrangement with the landlords in respect to ren r t ted azwil matters. The appeal of Mr. Cobden, pp!. Robert Peel, Mr. Gladstone, and others, i t the thus meets is by the opinions of Lord John Russell, E . l e or i e t t ve G ur reY of , S an ir immediate abolition of the corn - laws, views of the agriculturists, it ever will no doubt landlords, 'ow , carried out. Many of "1° la der top ostpone any alteration oppose immediate repeal in u o u r iery interests, and Sir Robert, which might affect their pec di, the opinion of the country, will and we houe tat it will be boldly unless powerfully backed y Probably g ' eve w?-sTelrial plans appear to have had very little „. h point to the influence of the landed gentry. and cattle brought to market. At the fhileejecil°lrjnnniarket on Saturday, there was no depre• t j nce perceptible in the sales effected; and the case at Exeter on Friday, Fat cattle in the same was both p • lwes brought quite as 41zia...-1 —,-- ual.-- Figniouth Journal. , ~- The fl o o ds floods in Germany hav94 tAcier v ' cliF . ' ~in E u q se l u b d a e rtErl?:tili: . s ii: ‘ .to ' ''. :ollll.Ble th i jury already, and the rivers stillro nar, :. en tl, s e ;o r :l oo t s ; ern e inhabitants. The Danube has broleo its hem ' many parts, washing away the soil with theteeds _in it, - and deivaing in place sand an d gravel. Most if the roads' are rendered impassable, The Weser has done - gteatclamage, particularly at Minden, in Hanover, where more tiAla - gre-town is inundated. The Tim, in Saxony, has a tt nn unusual height and causes great apprehensions, and most of the fields near Kehel, in Baden, have been submerged for more than Took by ;In =Oa, ---~; _`~.»-~~ thi g t ~ae fle L e ; a 0 e $ St ' oa , ° ~t to' co; de r - lb ° it 0 I dq j a id " I LI °